Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-03

from this city TO tori Otoauart, mSie "ieo
ae,a;ned az Mobile ill duty OF twelve
psr ceny. was paid t.e.eon, duties are also
exacted on all exports passing down the
Mobile, and paid very reluctantly by our
citizens.
The Spaniafds are fortifying Pensacola,
and the town OF Mobile ; at the former
place there is 10 be stationed hive or SIX
hundred men, and at the latter battalion
of artillery aad a company OF Dragons are
now employed"
s Copy ofa protest ct joseph Chambers,
II. S. factor
Whereas, by the order OF the proper
officers OF the government OF the Us. OF
America, 60 bales,three hogsheads, md re
barrel of peltries 81 furs, the property of
aaid government collected at the govern.
mental trading house established by author.
ity for the friendly accommodation OF
the Choctaw nation of Indians, was d.
rectedso be transported from said trading
house, 10 the county of Washington, Mis-
sissippi Territory,by descending the Ion
bigbee or Mobile river, and from thence
TO the city of Philadelphia, in the Attain
tic part Of the United States, via New Or
leans. The said cargo OF peltrles aud iurs
being on its passage aforesaid, at the
mouth of said river, at the port OF Mobile
the .ofGcers of his most catholic majesty,
the king Of Spain, did at that pest demand
duty Of 70 per centum upon THEIR estl.
mated value of said cargo, TO be paid for
the use of his majesty, and it was then;
made known and properly certified to the
said sihcers that the said peltries aud turs
were the property of the government OF
the II. States, and was there on ITS pas
sage from one part thereofto another not
withstanding which the. said officers did,
5 on the 18th April, 1904, desain and stop,
the said cargo at the said port OF Mobile,
and did then and there refuse TO permitis
70 proceed on It's passage until the said
duty Of twelve per centum, amounting to
one hundred. and eighty two dollars and os
cents, was paid.
Now the undersigned agent tothe ", S.
having paid the aforesaid sum of one hum.
bred and eighty Two dollars and 6s cents,
not admitting the right of his most cathe-:
lie majesty's officers TO exact or impose
abe aforesaid duty In manner and form a.
foresaid, cannot suffer a proceeding, so
unacconodating and apparently unjust, 10
pass with TACT acquiescence, and IN COM
phapce with his official obligations, he en- /.
tiers this his solemn remoustrncs and pro-
test.
Because the exacsiop ola duty upon the
property of a.government passing upon ma.
vigable waters, which are the common
highway Of nature, from enc part of its
territories TO another, although this pas.
sage might intersect the limits of "a differ
emit government, is violation of right
which ought not .obe questioned by natl.
ons friendly to each other.
Because his most Catholic maiesty'h has
manifested disposition friendly, liberal
and just towards the government of the
United States, and the chief magistrates
of each nation have mutually cultivated
peace, harmony and good will between
their respective citizens. and subjects. It
is therefore supposed that this proceeding
is without his malesty's orders or his
knowledge, and that it has probably ema-
mated from the same source from. which
the unauthorized act of shutting the port
: of New.Orleans against the United States
right of deposit. IN the year 1902, pro.
ceeded. That the proceedings aforesaid
may be duly made known TO his most Ca.
thollc majesty the king of Spain, and &c
he president of the U. States of America
sand shereby become the subject of propel
investigation, this rsmons.rance aud pro,