Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-04-14
ALEXANDRIA.
cnAY MORNING, At'ra a.
. woPyH FIGHTING ORR!
,1rT1E NARRATIVE

81 TO the man Of sober refectlon
,,d,d POLITICIAN and none others arc
Nv nsrnse it. Light, trivial affairs are
s"u y to the winds,-are read as pas
: nd are thought of no more; but "h0n
narrated which involve principles o.
.ors;deration to government by sap
s;,,ls of its revenue, and OF course
,.,,, it behoves every good eiti1e" to
-. the CAUSE, and if the evil be re-
I'm M. to sthly tie remedy. If the fault
.D =. constitution, to alter it /; ifin the Gd-
u,;,r 10 turn them or, neck and HEELS
u,.,ideat Madison to the most lHslgnl-
.,,Jerhsad that dozes out his six dol
a,v writing to his g O6faeer' to " take
:. of the creeters, rehar the fences, and
ind the nienuVer"!
,msrchant of this town, Mr.. Joseph omith
s,,.5 s. hogsheads of Tobocco to Ionlngen
\. 1909 and 10: it was addressed to Messrs'
y Bock & Co. Hamburg, subject to the
-, If Messrs. Vanstaphort & Co. OF Am
.r,m Alter the tariff was laid (Which IS
,,ry a small municipal regulation of Bona
,,.,s whereby he takes from one kaJ to
,-.r eig5ths of the article itself, or the gross
,,cseds Of it, when shipped to his damlnlons)
/, To5aceo was ordered to Hamburg and
ID there in July, 1911. The result was, al
ahe charges of all descriptions were deduct
Iii produced loss cfthe zvh9te ef the To-
ats AND A DEFIcIq OF 3704,l GUILDERS!!
l1s sum (being only Fourteen Hundred ana
l,ity-9ae Dollars 60 Cents J Mr.. Smith is
nv,sted to, and will Of course remit TO his
respondent The principal part of this
Pnent was selected, prime Patuxent To-
HM.
Amount Of Invoice in Alexandria S2S4S 81
lsterest Of the same 2years months 47o 5
Deficit 1881 81
Making total compound loss Of 1890 81
We think this, as comparative loss, out
'aH any thing of the kind on record in this
VS1ct We have heard of losses and total
'a's out here they are not content, like 0rdi-
~!FOObers, with taking all there is, but Mr..
.'a Is ordered to send great deal more
"R' But, gentle reader, how Is he to
~Aor pay it? We confess We are una
devise mode ofremittance He accu-
-''a The debt first by Sending .}aads he
>DO' therefore hay ii by sending funds for
'arF," or claqv Of the devH, will be. laid
'u''eSer goes there; of course, the more
'Us, NE more he will be in debt. We will
~s Question, and perhaps some ingeni-
SShOOl-boy may answer it by some of his
II merchant should ship to Holland
! ~'Olce OF Goods amounting to s 2s4s 81
-Sf zorS years yexatious delay, it should
"'" IN debt to the Consignee Sl4Sl 81
J., "p'A more must he ship, export, receive,
vote, bring or carry, to pay the said con-
~ BY the same rule !
)" mean time we will inform our read
H. made this rule and who maintains it
~ "e merchants of the United States,
%e'er having the question put TO him in
b, ~4y doge so ? 1t is .Naholeon Bona
i b.. "'' notorious robber who boasts that
b., 80 '"'ers Of cur country are in his
SaS.; ne can e9hose Them. On their
H., acknowledge that Re has by some
''4Sr t10isted Ais cards round them
~, 'N8' ens vpHA the ssord. Who is
70 cut ! Not the gigantic villain
s@p ''ea those cords round US, but it is