Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-25

traitor er9uired, WHAT the americans
would do 10 him, il he lhould fall in their
hands I" Your leg, thar was wounded
in our ieryice, replied the captain, they
would take Off & hnry with tie honors o.
war: hu. ,be ref Of your body they woule
hang in gitbers.''
I he tradition from Arnold to Paine IL
extremely ns'pral. Paine indeed was ne
yer wounded in the conntry's legvice
becaule, having aomach that could d.
GET beef-Rakes snu brandy, much better
than leaden balls, he always KEPT himfess
OUT of gaa-lhot but he wrote COED
pamphlet. Bravo. Let him have the
homer. Let this traib<r lwave Ia his
French cap, While MS general character,
as drunken de5apchee, as hcrrio blal-
phemcr OF religion, and as ipiteipl re-.
yi!er of Walhngton, IS doomed by all
good Americans to he fuipended on the
gibbs. Of in.amy. -Balnnfe.
co3y of1 letter 1Gfe9 Cape. Franecis, Dec.
rs, 1902, to q mercantile gentleman Of
Bah. communicated 10 The editms ef
tbe Ameriean FIR publication.
DEAR SIR,
An occurrence took place few days
nnce in the CAPE, which no doubr will
cauie much noife and alarm in the United
States. In order TO remove any unfayor-
able ideas with which exaggerated reports
of this event may have .mpseAed your
mind, we beg leave to lay before you a
concife and impartial relation of the facts,
which if you judge expcdienf, you have
our pesmi!iion 20 make public.
The low Gate Of the finances, little aug
mented by the reduced revenue a,iiing
from the declining commerce Of the Colo
ny, rendered i, neceaa1y, in order to meet
the eurrent expences OF the army, to anti
cipate by way of loan. To efed this,
tie general in chief called in three French
merchants, from whom he demanded 81,
600 dollars, for which he offered bends
on the trea!ury, payable in the courfr of
the following month, either in cath, or 10
be taken in compensation for duties and
the proof of his good faith in this prefent
inftance, is, that thoie who have had duties
to pay, have been already Reimbursed in
that way, although il is but fifteen days
fnce the loan was made.
Theie merchants as little verfed in the
fcience of finance, as they are ignorant OF
the difpoGtions Of mankind, inaead ct con,
vening the merchants, and opening vo-
luntary fubfcripiion, by which eaiy and
iimple means double the amount demanded
would have been fubferibsd in half an
hour, arbitrarily tool upon themfelyes to
tax each individual with the fun they
thought fit and demanded il in peremp-
tory manner. The neceifity Of the mea.
fure being obvious, many, although they
difapproyed OF The mode of leyying, I'M
mediately complied others, for reaions
beR known to themielves, abfolutely re-
fufed. The general in chief, after having
given repeated notifications, during the
fpace of twelve days, that rigorous mea-
fures would be reforted TO in cafe of non-
compliance, thought proper to enforce
his meaisres, by ordering to Priion four
American and three French merchants,
where they remained one night, and
were liberated the next day on pay
ing .he fun demanded. In the preient,
as in every other infance that has come
under our otfervation, foreigners have had
no more reafon TO complain of this Co.
vernment than les own citizens. 1t is
true, that few obicure infrigues have
continually held us up as objects OF jealou-
~, but their meafures are Only calculated
TO defeat their object and in or opinion,
the perfons and property of foreigners in
this country, do now, and will continue to
enjoy as much iecurlty as they ever have
done.
We remain fir,