Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-02-08
FRENCH TARIFF.
Ertract ofa letter from Washington, received
in PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8.
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ing of the ignorance OF the administrator as
I'd the terms of the French Tariff, which haa
ben asked for By the senate, SAID, that altho
! the executive, with the assistance OF their
. tharpe d'affairs, before Mr.. Barlow>s appoint
nent, and with his assistance since his arrlvai
il France, (the beginning of September dur
np which interval to his knowledge, so or
TO vessels at least had arrived from that coun-
,ry, and with the help of the French .ambas-
Il sacjor, and the consul general, were unable
10 furnish the document required; he had
4 nook (which he would undertake to say, was
Il the Office of every French consulate In the
T. States) that gave fell information on
subject. He then read an account OF sales OF
/ a oargo of tobacco shipped to Hamburg by X
| Giknor & Sons of Baltimore out OF $50 hlds.
! the emperor "who loves the Americans"
/ took $50, for Payment Of the Tart in kind, &
! immediately exposed them to sale, which with
other sales OF similar nature, SO reduced the
price Of the article that tho $50 hogsheads,
which remained to the owner, fell | think
! $3.50 short Of paying costs and charges, rms
same general Smith has out7vardly been the ad-
| yocate for war; yet he said On tins OCCASION
that in a commercial point OK view the war
had no object; but the orders in council did
not mole eHectually prevent trade to the con-
tinent, than the enaperor's municipal regula-
tons F.; that il they were revoked tomorrow,
the trade alluded to would not be worth far
thing
To what condition has democracy reduced
our country Her councils distracted-No
system-no plan of Decentralization upon
fiction exists among the majority, each afraid
of premature disclosure of its views-each
afraid to encounter the denunciation OF their
party Giles has been denounced, and it is
believed majority of the senate are disafect-
ed to the administration. Some of the demo
cratic members are so alarmed about Gala
tins report, which, by the bye, was meant to
cool their warlike spirits more than any thing
else-for they talk Of adjournment, for
the purpose of asking their constituents
how they are to act. But the federalists will
hope oppose this, unless they agree to take
off the restrictive systeni--then let them adj
iourn as soon as possible-for no good re-
suits from their being together.
Ertyut ola letter. from Hauanna dated Janu-
arg l6, receiosd in PhiladeLthia.
"All is hustle and 10y in this town, in con-
sequence of the arrival of 1000 veteran troops
from Old Spain, 600 for this place, and $500
for Vera Cruz. The first division arrived on
the 18th, and the remainder yesterday. The
troops for Mexico sail again immediately, that
is, as soon as the transports fill up their water
casks. have Just returned from on board
the "a and one transport, and was greatly
pleased to behold the strict discipline s clean
illness of the troops: they are very fine men
indeed. The officers, except the etat ma or
or staff, are all young men, who have seen
much service in the peninsula, and the staff is
composed Of excellent materials in point Of Ia
Tents and experience.
g The troops for this place are landed. They
could not arrive at better season, as there is
10 sickness at present and this is also the
healthy season at Vera Cruz.
owe have letters from Vera Cruz to the
lst instant. Our friend Zanoni writes, that
affairs had assumed most favorable aspect In
that kingdom. The arrival Of the above men
toned $500 men at Mexico will insure the
perfect tranquility of that rich country and It's
frontiers.
"The insurgents at Caracas and elsewhere
have made such miserable figure in the at
tempt to establish an independent government
of their own, that all sensible people among
them see the futilty of their efforts, and find
at length, that in lieu of lettering their situa-
ton, they are exposed to all the horrors of
anarchy and confusion, and are menaced with
a repetition of the bloody scenes of ST. Domin-
go Miranda is observed with jealous eye
and is quite unpopular, except among the
mulattoes and negroes, whose interest he has
had the policy to secure. His wavering DO
litcs, which have made him by turns every
thing but Spaniard, and his jacobinical prin-
ciples imbibed at the clubs in Paris during the
revolution, do not by any means endear him |
to his countrymen of the Main.
"This island continues to enjoy tranquility
and abundance. Our trade, considering |