Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-02-20
NEw YoRE, Feb. II.
PROM LSRON

FROM LISBON.
rs the Hibs mia, in So days from Lis.
: bon, We lrara that the head quarters of
lord Wellington are still at Car.axa, and
the French at Sautarem. On the 14.h
Iof December skirmish took place be.
between the cavalry OF the opposing ar.
| mics, which resulted in considerable loss
on the part of the French. No other move.
a'enl of any cons quence had occurred.
Extrart sra letter from Mr.. adams, minis.
/ terfrom tic Uuted States at the cur.
| II So. Petersburg to a friend in Bosts,.
You have Quoted a paragraph which
some papers IN Americ:'. copied from an
English publication, accusing me OF being
medlhng advocate for the exclusion of
! American vessels from the Russian ports.
| shall not boast TO you, how macy Ameri-
| can vessels have been, by my exertious a.
lone, admitted Into tn Russian ports, and
which buk tor me would have been ex-
cuded from them. There are documents
public and private upon this subject,
which need no, display before you. The
ofaciai papers have been and will be receiv-
| eel at the Department. Of State, and there
willingly leave them Neither is it neces
sary Tor me to tell you, that not one Ame.
rican serssrl, has to my knowledge been
excluded from Russian port since my ar.
rival here.
Russia and England being a, war. the
commercial Intercourse between Ihrm is OF
course forbidden; and nsi,her English YES.
sells nor English subjects arc allowed TO
come into the Russian territories.
already know, that one ot the exprdepts
BY which the English have attempted to
evade these prohibitions. was by presenting
themselves as Americans win forged pass
ports and ships papers. The Russian 20
vernment admit universally, every Ameri
can, recognized as such by the American
minister or consul. his business since
| have been here, consInues as 1t was be-
fore, To be transacted by Mr.. Harris thr
consul. who never fails however 10 consult
'ae, aud take IN. op!oon III every case sus
ceptlDie Of a QUESTION. Rhad ait been here
a week before / was asked TO authenticate
pafsr, purportpg to be passport Of the
mayer OF Nav Work, aad sn Rhinent mer-
chant sot this city, sent nae Ia writing Es
guarantee stHt the man named IN the pass
pore vas native citizen Of The u. Siates.
r lh- passport was forged in London by
jew named Van Sander, who has kept there
sshop tor neutral papers for several years,
and the man nance in it was a Liverpool
trader, who had nrvrr SET his foot ia tie
United States. You very naturally per.
ceiyeo that cot only refused the auhen,
tcatiun desired Of me, but that did not
enuIrly suppr, S. sentime ut Of indignation
at the imposition which was attempted TO
be practissd on me III the guarautsr.
Within a fortnight afterwards 2saips
ENTERED with registers Of the same Van
Sanders fabrication. They were detected
by Mr.. Harriss who laid che papers before
me, and who duly Informed the Russian
government that they were farged. The
vessels with their cArgnes were can6seas.
I'd and their papers Delivered to Mr. Har-
70 who has sent them to the Department,
II Sfate. In this he acted entirely with
ny tountenaaee and appreciation, which
andcr weight Of mercantile influence ex-
isdng here IN favor OF these frauds, was
undoubt diy s.tui il not necessary 10 him.
/ certainly did Jet it be understood, by all
the merchaa,s Of S.. Petersburg, and Of
the other Russian ports, that forged papers
pretended TO be American, oaid find no
conpivance nor mercy from rae, Whenever
they should coms to my knowledge; and
a!sho' this determination, SO explicitly ma
nitested. did not recommend me 10 the ia.
vor of Engiishmen, nor evea to thai of the
merchants in ST.. Petersburg, do mos,
sincerely believe, that had it not been FOX
it, the real American fag, would losg be-
fore this have been excluded from the
ports Of Russia, as it has been from those
of Denmark and Prussia.
II have had no more forged passport.
with guarantees. sent to me TO be aushenti.
Gated, AID only two or three of Mr.. Van
Sanders registers have appeared in the
Russian porls during the present year.
They have met the same fate with their