Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-11

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| .mong number of lgal!arlans as an imhrn
Among the ,pranks ne played wfiie era"
!. dee, general Monies, our present gesEi g
i or. did not escape. He was then com
! mandaat of some placeln Spain, and was
made 70 pass his troops in review = osiort
the Sol disaut marquis. No person car
Ishaye reliance upon his interpretations s 10
l-rather than appear ignorant ne will tas
and most probably talk things dlametrieM
!! " opposite to the intcntiens OF these loi
whom he speaks. We had a resource here
some titne age in q Mr.. Young, of Goa
nec,icut, who perfectly understands spa
nish, and was not afraid boldly TO translate
Pour sentiments this did not please his
excellency, and Mr. Young was ordered
to qais the island. Others arc unwilling
to risk the same consequence; and we are
new, in affairs of the greatest momeat,
obliged is rely upon such character as
Calderon; of whose Official talents you
have perfect picture in the critic, that IN
imitable hurlesque ofshs inimi,able Sheri'
dan.
From I'll. stature of the Spanih laws, and the
character OF thofc who adu,pittes than, which
have rather sofleusd than otherwise, you nay
very eafly judge of sa,anger's proipeef OF
obtaining even the semblance OF juaiee, in this
place, when forced ,o:aePeal to it. But II is not
alone in the oPeraton Of their tribunals thar you
are thus liable to injury; these is yet another
fsttto be mentioned peculiarly intereff,ng TO the
merchants who trade here and which ! viii re
late in as b:iesa manner as possible and wisrout
c5pmrne.
About three monhs ago 1t Pleafea the 60,
vernon for scaions bea known to himself, to Issue
his orders that all foreigners arriving in this
island, either to fell or purchase cargoes, fhoo!d
cop6gn to ono of four pe,fons named by him in
The said orders; unlels in The fhpping papers ad.
drefcd to feme SpaiGlh merchant. The very ma.
tuFc of'uch an appointment renders II. and thoic
who receive it fnipicous; bur forne of thcie -FOUR
aie.not Indebted TO this guberna;ora diRin6tion
fora fame already wide erongh extended, and
drnly enough cttabhfhed. By tbcir own preyi.
ous 'ndeta,igable exerusns they have fixed the
coors of their regulations, and grounded them
70 deeply, thar all the waters in the bed of Am.
ptittile can never rcaore to them the hue Of pu.
riiy
Wemay lep.satc thefe four into two clafts Of
be9 and qo>,yf. In the frR fan5 Mizuel Tor.
rena, and Girardo Miro ". Toreas, agaihh
whom no criminal matter has yet been found !;
but as their good s6tious are equally occult, they
are 10 be conEdered merely negatively good, by
the fame rcafcaing which conldcrs the friGaner
asraigned tor murder innocent, even Until the
Jury pronounce vcydia again2 him. TIE her
two ere !ofet Ygnacio Marreto, and Fernando
fernandez names which fome of our American
traders have already location, and Others are In
4 talr way toiisve occafion 70 rclneulhst. Ihcle
is hete, however, blue and better blue. Tbs
hrit no ioGek msn, who knows him, will keh.
tate to pronounce the very reverie OF hl'n!eif;
nc has not Ole continent pars of good charac.
ter to loic. To iufity thislen,ence | could re.
late numbsslels anecdotes of people deipc!lcd of
theiE property by this fellow, and of fome totsily
ruined by han. Thefc are unneceGary, howe.
yer, and particularly in NewY York; whrre
there are ,hole who are at pteient fmart,ng for
their, confidence in a conEummase fwindlcG.
cannot fay 70 much of the other. Blu, nei,her
of them 5cfesyes sisher confidence or, reeonmen
dation. OF the four, Miro is the bsf !; bur
would honeaiy caution the American mercha ant
sgainit rruaing to any OF them in any reipstf.
The ways which these geniuses have to
circumvent are various; one / shall notice,
because it proved most successful. The
government at It's pleasure lays on, and
takes of duties on imports. When such
worthless as these geta young inexperienced
person into their hands, they persuade him
in order to save money 10 repors only 8
certain portion of his cargo, perhaps, halt,
perhaps, though very seldom greater
quantity: when the sales ars TO be made
out, they are presented only for the guam
tity entered at the casiem,house: it is vain
10 remind them, that it was by their own
advice, that SO small q peTtioa oDly was rs.
ported; they have 10 knewiedge Of any
r.sa.ta~ md laa ,,r,