Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-09


.h;eh have been imported within .hc last 8
,or,bs. aud commissioners have been ap-
.;,,.d 70 conduct the examination at the
'rs.ren. ports. A good deal of alarm was
., frs, excited among those interested, but
., the object of the measure came to be
,,.arly manifest, the alarm has subsidized;
.,J being now satisfied of the origia and
;,,,nr of the examination, it is confidently
.,,,c,,d that the restraint will be removed
~ soon as the examination takes place
The commissioners at Tonniugen have H.
r;shsd their business and reported to the
I king, having found no enemy's property
there. The commissioners at Altoona have
| not yet gone through with their sxamina'
ton. But some property has already been
restored, by order of the king, upon spe-
eial application made to him. As to the
property of my friends, it is so indisputa-
bly clear, and so well a,tested. that I should
have no apprehension about its being re-
,eased, after the most rigid scrutiny. With
regard to the present examination, it is per.
feclly we'll understood 70 be one in which It
is not the wish of the government, or its
officers to make discoveries, were there
any thing to discover-for obvious rea-
sons. All the property has already gone
through the formali,ies required by the
laws, which are in themselves extremely
rigid though l cannot say or think they
have been very rigidly enforced. The con-
sequence of detection would be, to discrcdit
The kings authorities, and to justify the
suspicious Of the French both which it is
certainly The interest and policy of the 60
vernmens and people to avoid. If there
really be any covered property at all, the
amount, in my opinion, is inconsidsrable.
hut since this inquiry has been ordered
four vessels under our own flag have arrived
'at Tonningen, which Mr.. Forbes, our con.
sui, has thought proper to denounce, as
coming f. I'm England, and they have &C.
,sordinslS been seized and their erewsIeon-
fined. I have no doubt but Mr.. Forbes
h,s been actuated on the occasion by what
he conceived to be sense Of duty, however
questionable the sxpediency of the measure
may have been. He has certainly acted
under great responsibility, and will doubtless
incur much odium from many quarters,
whether the vessels be loaded on English
account or not. The people of Tonuingen
especially, am told, are very much exas'
psratsd against him, because they con.
eeive, and think very truly, that it will
occasion their port to be shut; Of course
they will have very little TO do afterwards.
The present season is a glorious harvest to
them.
The present prices of colonial. produce
ohc purchasers taking the risk of the pro-
Perty) are nearly, and some actually, quite
as high as they were previous to the arrest /;
which may be considered the strongest
proof that could be given, that little doubts
are entertained as to the safety Of the pro-
perry. You will also understand, that the
actual possession has not been required no.
thing more than return of the articles to
the commissioners. hope, and expect In
a few days, to be able to give you informa-
ton of the entire restoration,of the property.
1 know full we'll what alarm the first &C
counts of the detention will create in the U.
States which is my chief reason for being
60 particular on the subject"
IMPORTANT.
altoona, NoVember so, 1909.