The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-11-22

ticab4 (asccrtain whether the articles thus
enterd are actually on board. Thus such
entri@ as "a quantity ofpaister" or tween.
ity blles merchandise, " ere altogether in
admissible. The entry should specify the
numttr OF tons ofpIaister, the precise guam
cfths bales, the nature, quantity, and es-
tima:ed quality of merchandise contained
III eich. Except in the last case, that OF
melthantiize In bales, or other packages
thee is no difficulty in ascertairing whether
theiquantity entered is actually on beard
anoieven i'll the case of dry goods, there
shoild be no hesitation, when necessary, to
seM an Inspector on board and to examine.
as n the case of dry goods transported with
benci;t of drawback, whether they are &C.
tualy shipped. This should be done in eve
ryinstance where goods entered are Of
great value, where the supposed shipmens
ishot OF the ordinary course OF business, or
where the Character of the vessel, mastc.
cs shippers, or any other circumstance
Induces a suspicion that fraud is intended
Coasting vessels ought also. on their ar
1val IN any port, to be watched with great
vigilance, and the quantity and the na.l,,r.
4 the foreign articles on board, be ilnmci
lately ascertained, and compared with thaS
Entered On the manifest. Grcatcr precau-
tion will be necessary with respect to veg
sells Coming from or arriving in Maine, Mas
sachusetts, or Georgia, and generally wita
such as have performed voyages which
have admitted of their touching at foreign
port, or Of meeting by appointment other
vessels at sea. Those from Passamaquoli-
ldy (Which includes Eastport) and all those
Laden IN whole or III part with Plaster cf
Paris, are at present particularly liable to
lsuspicion; as it is ascertaincd that almost
the whole OF wtat had been legally impor-
ted into that district, has long ago been ex-.
mr. tod ,ncfx 4
quantity of that article in the u. States, has
been Illegally imported in the manner above
stated.
must call your attention to the irnporta-
tons OF articles of British (principaiiy colc->
nal) produce, made in vessels coming from.
St. Bartholomew, or from Spanish or othcr-
permitted ports, and accompanied with pa.
lpers intended to prove that such articles are
the produce of Spanish, Swedish, or other
permitted port. Although there may be-
some articles the origin Of which cannot By
| inspection be easily asce,tained, yet am
informed that most of them may alwaysbc
distinguished by grocers or other dealers in.
such articles; that the sugar and rum of the
British colonies never can be mistaken for.
similar articles of the Spanish or other COL
onies. 1t appears therefore necessary, thai
such articles should on their arrival be ex-
amincd by the inspectors or other proper
Judges and whenever they shall from in
spection appear to be Of British growth or
m anufacture, they must be seized &, libellec,
any certificates or ether documents cf ex-
Portation or origin notwithstanding. 1t is
indispensable to assert and enforce the prin-
ciple, that such papers, either forged or
Itraudulently obtaino L in a foreign port, shall
not supcrcede the evidence arising from the
examination of the article itself. The re-
lserictive and even the ordinary revenue
laws OF the U. States would otherwise be
altogether defeated. If Jamaica Spirits can.-
with the help Of an Havana certificates
be forced upon us as Spanish rum, there
lis nothing to prevent the importation Of
Irish linens or British cloth, under the name
or German OF Danish manufactures, OF even
that of Madeira wine under the designations
of Tcneriffe.
Other plans not known at this treasury,
have probably been devised for the purpose
of introducing British goods into the United
States; and have to request, tina. whence
yer any new information is obtained on that
subject, it be communicated without delay
| to the collectors to whom it may be useful.
and also to this office.
am, very respectfully, sir, your obed'sr
servant,
ALBERT GALLATIN,
Secretary ofthe 7reasurY.
| 1bs collector ofthe customs, Phiiadelt,hi9.
WASHING ON, november ~.
We have seen, with 10 less surprise than
concern, an attempt in a Baltimore Fedes
raj paper, to make animpression that, while
a tone of great decision is assumed in the
Message to Congress, and in all the public
acts OF the government, a secret supplica-
ton was intended to be made to Great
Britain, by communication which was to
be forwarded to that country by the Hornet.
Nothing is more remote from the fact than
such an insinuation. We are confident that
all the acts of the government are in strict
unison and that the instructions which may
be given to our Ministers abroad, will corr
respond in every Circumstance with the
tone assumed in the Message to Congress-
1t is known that the Hornet is now ready to
take dispatches to our Ministers in Europe,
particularly to those in France and England,
and it is expected that she will sail in a few
| days. The attitude taken by the govern-
ment is Of character not to be mistaken,
and there is every reason to believe that it
is one which the Congress will maintain &c
the nation approve.-.Wdt. Int.
GABRIEL DUAL, Esq. TIE present
Comptroller of the Treasury OF the United
States, and JOSEPH STORY, Esq. of Massa-
chusetts, have been appointed by the Pre-
sident and Senate Of the United States, to-
be Judges CT the Supreme Court OF the Uni
ted States the former to supply the va
cancv occasioned by the death Of Judge