The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-31
Bos7oN, March II.


Bos4oS, March II.
7HE SOVEREIGN OF CoUHTgRFEI7ERs.
The following letter zuos rcceived q .fe4v
Days since from thar Rogue for I}e. BUR-
ROUGHS by which IL afi,ears fhat the
eallous wretch " glories in his shame.
GENTLEMEN,
HdYI.MG etien seen your !" Only sure
guide to blank bills" and admitting your
kind id6ors for the fu6iic avedt, in detecting
the works of those " ingenious rogurs."-
have enclosed aud jorsvarded TO your En-
change Office u bill on the Shi11ton Bank
(which has very recently commenced its
Liberation and bray you aUiN have the
goodness to glue the itu6nc The earliest no.
tice. should. SPURIOUS bills Of that Bank be
discovered to be in circuianon.-.4s lam
PRINCIPAL Stock holder in the Shifiton Bank,
goa suiH do me a favor, or 7ohich I will am
fly reward you, by giving Me genuine hro
totyfe 1aesuter Hiate bills good credit at your
for the Shihton Bank Bills, yon may be
assured shall be faid you in Bank Sock.
" I wish, Gentlemen, you svoufd be at
fentiUc to my request, and strictly e1aniinc
al 5iiis on the aforesaid Bank by the encio
sed genuine 6in--for such is the dshraUify
Of man, and such the success Of counter
feitiny, that 4 lately observed i,s one Of your
nesvs faters, that Hatent buck suheat nan
cakes had been so eIactiy counlerfeited in
-Ncsu Jersey, that none erceft The Officers
of the Pancake Exchange could distinguish
them from tie originals ~ soiiclt your
friendship, Gentlemen, in this imhortuna
business, ca. me and am, Afessieurs,
90 Your levoled humble seru'k.
S. BURROUGHS.
y Nessrs. Gilbert e Dean, Boston"
- The letter inclosed Carricature Counter.
.jft Dill for sirhence-hao cling on IL a.fgure
of an Ourong Out0mg, from whose mouth
Issues a label with the svords =" Death or Be-
tany Bay, ha, ha, ha.''
1t is universally conceded that every ma
ton has right to establish its own interior
regulations, of the operations of which other
nations have no equitable cause of complaint.
The consequences resulting to those who Ell
gagged in the forced trade to Spanish Anne
RIGA against the commercial restrictions OF
the Spanish crown were we'll known. The
merchant undertook this perilous enterprise
with open eyes, aware of all its difficulties /;
and in all cases where such VOYAGES were
frustrated by capture. the parties concerned
met their fate without murmur. The
French Emperor has declared all vessels le-
gal prize coming from England to France
Ihe object he has in view, is total non-in-
tercourse as we'll as war with Great Britain
However we may dislike tine regulation, VIC
have no right to interfere in its operation
IT is well known that the British are III the
habitnf granting smuggling licenses TO neu .
trails TO procure from Countries in a state of
hostility with her, such commodities as she
may stand in need of or to vend her surplus
produce or manufacture. A number of A
merican vessels have been employed in this
Kind of illicit trade. Their captains, I'M
Inindful of the beni6cent purposes of the
American embargo, remained in Europe,
procured English licences, and proceeded
from England to Rochelle and Chrente for
French brandies, with full knowledge of the
fate that awaited them, in the event of de-
tection. The consequences are known to us
by the arrival of the Batavian The vessels
have been sequcstrated, and the captains and
crews incarCerated. This has been pro-
duced III the tory prints as evidence of the
hostile intentions of the French Emperor
against America. The same reason might
be adduced as evidence against the Ameri-
can government fits hostile intention against
foreign powers, for the seizure and condem-
nation OF foreign vessels caught in the act of
violating our embargo or revenue laws. This
cannot be considered as one of the wrongs
inh1ted on US by France; nor can it be ta-
ken into view in the adjustment of our diff
ferences with that power, nor have we any
evidence that they are included in the cap
lures, the condemnations whereof i'm the
French council of prizes, have been the jus,
theme OF complaint against Americans.
Bat. american.
WAsHINCroN, March ~.
Since the three celebrated historical painters
OF our coantry, West, COPY & Trunbull have
attained so high grade in the English school as
70 be ranked by the common consent Of the age
the ar l.