Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-12-20

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Congress of the &. States
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House cf Representatives. !.
T,lesdas, Dee. lg.

49,
Tassday, Dec, 10.
1 The Speaker laid before the House "a
letter from the Secretary Of the Treasu.
-Irycossringthe annual repors of goods.
siuares and mcrcHandize imported into
the U. States. Referred to the commit
lice of ways and means
4 T,AEr. NeHtSn from the cnmnittee Of
'icemnerce aud manufactures. reported a
hill for the relief of Thomas & j.. Cliff
Fifsrd, Elisha Fisher, and Thomas Cliff
.iford & Son of Philadelphia, which was
itwice read and referred to acommittee
Ief the whole house for Thursday next. !.
| MIR. fancy from the committee Of
lclaims, reported bill for the relief of
y. b. Easton, which was read a frst and
second time and referred to committee
of the whole house for tomorrow.
Mr.. Yancy from the same committee
made areport on the petition of Jabez
Hull, which was in part unfavorabie and
reported bill forhis relief in part. which
was read twice and referr.A to commit
tee OF the whole house, for Tomorrow.
Mr. Nancy from the same committees
reported bill to authorize the payment
for property lost. captured or destroyed,
while In the Military service of The o..
Estates, which was read a first and Sc,
;coad time and committed to : committee;
of the whole house for i, morrow.
Mr.. Reyne!ds offered the. following 3
Resolved, That the co5n.attte on the
public lands, be instructed 70 enqsireI
Into the expediency erredpciias the price
Of the public lands, andreport by bill orr
acknowledgement.
Adorned.
We preseat tire following cory of a.
letter, ST which we l.oll tie orisiual, tos
Ethe petusal of every honest Ameri-
can. whose Indignant igeiIns at Sc cross
IA fraue, We can readily All sure ans
|ticipate. The transactioa calls for
|pro.npt aud vigorous investigations, and
hxii,. We irust. BIZ s5oa followed by AMI
Exposure to the rui,Iic, ri the guilty m-'
ldiSidual, by iian.e.--.E. I. Eteaiagii
Post. $3.50
Extract OF aietter from a gentleman IN
Eayre, to mercantile house N his!
city, dated
satre, Sept. s.. 1915.
Gentlemen-F enclose for Your cou-i
Esideratioil, as well as those conoerpet,i
documents Of unqWestione5Ie pre-sf, uni
Etoidins transaction which tear s>s.iiI
Ieventiiate To the injury OF Ike ,nercan-t
|siIe character OF America; for it musli
be observed that q proportion of tae,
french people have not sufficient .ressonl
|to disconnect the merchant in n. York;
Iison The pianter at Geargia, bit will;
Icansidet them associated far The pntl
I0ose of gross deception, the magnitude
he which calls for TIE interposition OF
leyery honest heart, To Check hope
kn its bud, the growth Of G system, taa1
h MA ,,rea, must iReYitabiy destroy II
Ieonidence, which is indispensable, andI
lever shoald exist between one nan anoI
lJHother.
The first discovery referred TO, andl
(which gives rise to these observations:l
!xas made during my absence from ha-l
Eyre on business. There were sold 7eI
l,ales Of cotton, and the purchaser, as lSI
usual here. proceeded to take sar,pses|
Iby piercing with kind Of gimblet e tke|
icentre Of each bale. in this lila<at q
something stopped the progress, Az
led its point. and induced hia 50
the same to be opened, which As $
billed with. and a parcel Of VI.
found packed in the. mid e M
weighing sixteen pounds. Hs !he'l s' y
81 al, indispensable conditIeS @ 8 & q
should be opened. and if M 1': y 81
Iof the kind, he would be g q
THE purchase; IN consequ q - = y
the whole was exposed to z'''' y
with cnspeakable shame to se.sa 8 '''s &
lsoutbern planters, there was discover
upwards Of 200 pounds Of stone.
This fact became generally known, aris