Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-11
FcoNcLuDED1
ST.. JoHs, (Porto Rico,) January
20. 1906

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next on the scale. have already given
passing blow to the good aad pure L'on
! Manuel Garcia. He Is gons, = with all
his blushing hoaors thick upon him n de-
sparled as tale that is told, arrested BY
.~aths hand Of authority In the full career OF
s~siniquify, he is now deprived OF any power
~of committing deprsdatiens On the proper
~ of the Innocent and unprotected, or ct
again staining the pure ermiRe of justice.
Let Us therefore leave him toshs pleasing
communion of his own thoughts, In the
obscurisy and ueglect into which he has
fallen. ais successor, Bon francisco &C.
~--brera, is young maa of handsome at.
taiamen,s, who, hitherto, has bore very
Hair character. While practising as an
Abagado, or counsellor, he was incessaat-
ly-quarrsliing with Garcia; and in fact
openly, before. the governor, and even IN
his own efsce, brasded him with infamy.
and exposed his venallty; asserting and
offering to aemcnstrate that he was con-
acerned as partner 10 the privatesr that
the Patty. 1t renaaips>n now sobe
proved whether the possession of office
can change the disposition of Cabrera
The unfinished business of the brig Polly
and schooner Mary-Ann, is now before
him, & his decision in their cases will fur
nish very good clas to the unravelling of
his judicial character, Of which we are at
present utterly ignorant, alshoughinclined
TO put upon il she nnoss favorable con.
sstrresiono
These are the men from whom ell de-.
erees must come BUT, unfortunately, af-
tier those DEGREES are ISSUED even by rhe
= highest authority, they cagiHot be execut-
x ed until confirmed BY a notary. Of these
there are now two eRployed By govern
: mens one 10 notary for the iateodaacy,
5 and register of the marine, having charge
. of the archives OF the latter, and being.
: obliged TO confirm all the general ofhcisi.
acts of the former; the other is notary OF
the royal estate and treasury, and has cog.
nizsnee of all things relative to imports and
vessels. Without the signature of one or
the other -of these, nothing under a legal
form is valid, or can &c acted upon. The
consequence Ia, that all the operations OF
she administration are completely at the
mercy of notary public whose caprice
can retara the execution of any decree, and
TO all intents aud purposes g stop the
wheels Of government The notary eff
the marine is Don .Gregorio Sandoval, an
arch, notorious sceundrel; the notary OF
the royal estate is Don Josef Nicolas Ces.
tero, yeuug, conceited sand disobliging
Creole, who heartily wishes the property
of all strangers, as we'll as the strangers
q 4. IL
~ TO say any thing further of such reptiles,
unless it were TO regret that the. property
of. honest men and the reputation of a gs'
-xernmeul, should beat their disposal. I
The only person of consequence to a
stranger, in his relation with the govern
ment, that remains to denoted, is the IN,
tsrbreter. His title fully explains tbs great
importance of his Office, and the necessity
that he who occupies 1t should not only be
4 person we'll versed in the different lau.
guages in which he pretends TO speak, but
tha,,he should also be man Of upright
intentions and iDsorrupsiblc integrity. The,
present incumbent is certain don( for they
aresall dons) joan Rodriguez Caldsron !.
is certainly man of abilities; but further
10 his praise this deponent saith not. The.
z6rstthing TO be remarked in him i. that he
does not, nor cannot, understand an entire
sentence of English. French he under
stands tolerably well bur to Americans in
general this is of no importance. have
limited thar he is man of abilities; per-.
hass eleyeruess would have been better
phrase. Take an example. Early in the
French revolution he held military COM
mission under Robespierre. After quit.
ting the army be returnedso Spain, assam.
ed the character of a ,graaaee, dressed
himself 10 its costume, appeared at court,
and travelled over Spain with the title of
,,,~nt,;. <.ub eceyAr he came he DEGRADED