Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-04-20
To fhe Citizen. Of Alexanaria.

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formanees OF OTHERS in the town. am induced
once again TO folicir Till further and more ge
j neral attention to the cultivation of the fmalI
back lots adjoining your dwellings. / am anx.
ious 10 lmpfcis your minds with belief OF what
rs conviction with nc, that beneficial corfe-
qucnoes will attend the prscaice many Of ,ho(e
places are, what both farmers and gardeners wonid
tel you, rich enough to produce plentiful We
/ getatlon, and tits yet nor too i for you to
procure this years cabbages, &c. In abundance !;
attic fame time | would recommend 70 yoa
more open method OF fencing, than has hitherto
IN general prevailed; this kind of fencing Will
render the plants mole healthy and thriving, and
alto more Wholetom. food, by permitting free
ejaculation of air, as air Of fome kind is as NE.
cedary 70 vegctablc as il IL TO animal life; ard
oeidcs this, yoa may indulge yourfclves with
greater comfort ard fafety in veatilating your
apartments, than you have hitherto been enabled
70 do in fultry feafons: This mcclure i am per
fuadcd will be approved OF by feveral of the ciJi-
zens. and to thofe peh9ns, whofovcr they n, lay
be. take the liberty olfollciting their bea en-.
beavers IN promoting il. by their advice, by
their Recommendation, and by WHAT may, per
haps be more efsttusl than either, BY their ex.
ample.
He merchants and trader, will ,alse notice
thai too little attention IS given by many Of
them 70 the laws in force againf the incommcd
irg OF foot paGsngers with platter OF Paris, tar,
enpty ca1s, and great variety of osher All.
ccs: Draymcn ard Carmen too, mutt NOT leave
their carts and drays in the freets, as is now ge
morally praehled if better atsentlon in future
be oes given in thof repetts the Fenaliss sg sinA
delInquents will be enforced.
I. Vaudeville,
Superintendent OF Police.
April 20. d5t
The foAo1uing extract ofa lettsr from ogen-
t!eman in Vlncenaes, (I1ldiana territsry)
zvas received BY house of respecta6itity,
an Baltimore. It's made public Nth the
vlezO q calHng the attention of the dry
good merchants to a trade, 50 highly im-
Portant.
VINcRNNEs, asa March, 1904.
Permit me to ak how it happens that the
immeniely valuable fur and peItry trade of this
country, hould DC neglected by the American
merchants, and fufeIsd to fall altogether into
the hands Of foreigners To give you an id.a
OF the value Of this trade, will inform you OF
the manner in which il ia principally carried on
from this place" A merchant from here goes
yearly to Detroit in the fpring, where he pur.,
chates fuch goods as are fultabe for the Indians.
(He does not generally buy Of an importer, but
OF pcIfon who had previouGy procured them,
al Montreal. He brings them to this place. dif
pofrs of them TO retailfr., who difpafes of them
all over the Indian country 10 collect peltries
Now it is we'll known that each of the perlons
through whole hands the goods PATS, make "a
very comfortable praat. and tbs importer, 0.
the goods and exporters the peltries at Mon.
treal large fortunes, But how ouch mere ad
vansgeous would it prove to the American
merchant, who would pufchafc the goods in Eu
rope and from Baltimore or Philadelphia tranf
nit them to this country where they might
be fold to retailers and the pel,ries exported re
Europe, ola N<1U Orleas.. You will ak per.
haps why the traders Of this country do NOT 90
to one Of theiports Of the Atlantic faras for their
goodss where they are fure of buying them
cheaper than at Dctreit. 1t is uucalon that
have myfelf frequently aked and have Uni
tormly received this anfwer:
/" In Baltimore, philadelphia &c. we admit
that goods Can be bought more reafonabIy than
at Detroit but goods irritable FIR The Indian
trade cannon be had a. either of them. Thofe
OF US who have made the experiment have never
been able to find in either OF ,hof. cities an az
fortment of Indian goods, which caa bear any
companion, in point Of quality, with thofe which
we get from Caosds bccsule there are none of
the American merchants who will take the pains
to cumberland the particular Kind Of goods flitcd
TO our trade. To thu incony enience is adied
another, hill aoreimPoriant, and wing from
the tame csute. There are but few perfons to be