Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-12-13

Sotie iCrwafd ana settle their accounts ifnIncdi-
ateiy as there will be divssirn of The estate be-
tween this AMI the 25,h of Dec. and ail-accSunfs
brought latter that date, this Dotce VIII be plead
| in bar. ~ - y
JOSEPH HOWARD.
Powhatan, Nov 29th 1915 4w
From the London Morning chtonicle of Oct. 10.
Our announced Commercial Treaty Nth
tie United States.
The substance of our Commercial Trea-
ty, about to be concluded with the United
States OF America, has been given by the
Ministerial prints, and we copied it into
our columns on Friday last. At the time
our Peace Treaty was concluding at Client.
we limited that the talents of the parties en-
gagged In that important transaction were
extremely unequal, and the result verified
our predictions. From their local know
ledge, the American Commissioners had
certainly great advantage over men treat
ing respecting the boundaries, Internal ma.
vigation, &c. ola country, which those
they had to treat with only knew'by mans.
by detached and muItiiarious reporisilodS-
ed III our public offices, or by visiting the
American Atlantic ports. Hence the fn1
iians, who had been reused IN our cause.
have been LETT partlyat the mercy of their
neishbors, and we actually stand ON worse
ground than when we began the var
When the United States were about to
settle their contested points VITA us. they
picked out the most sagacious long sighted
men they had attached to their govern
ment; men practically acquainted With In
uian affairs, and who knew exactly the no.
lltIcai connexions Of each ttibe. though
these are SO numerous. 1t happel I'd in the
course OF the transactions, that they were
asked to make peace with tribes placed on
a list, with whom they had actually made
peace year before. Hence, by the keen
Americans, this Treaty was received en-
Enthusiastically, not because it put an end to
the horrors OF the war, but because it would
serve as future basis to the great views
Of their government in the Western parts
OF the country, and eventually throw the
principal mass Of Indian trade into their
own hands, SO favorable were the bounda-
ries agreed on. Tie result of the Client
TRANSACTIONS was consequently hailed in the
United States as the barbiHger of great
good, nay by all parties, it was pronounced
az an over reaching on their part q"
What WILDE tire reception of our Com
merclal Treaty if really such as represent
ed IN the said prints, we can also well ina
gine, whence have we venturcd few re-
marks ON that subject, which'by some will
be deemed speculative, by Others nrema-
ture, but which, we are confident, will
have their due weight on the thinking part
Ell the British community. We Shall,
therefore, consider the three material
points in detail.
NOW, however, we are at peace with the
United States, we cherish fond hope that
| it will be long and lasting. We reDine not
at the commercial prosperity of any nation,
but the murmurs Of our own niercanfile
men begin to be heard. We depIored the
commencement of the past American war 1;
we observed its progress, and the animosi
| ty which its close sas given rise to, with
! poignant feelings of regret. for people de-
rived IRON the same common stock, similar
IN pursuits, and Kindred in their. sy,npa-
thies, appear made by nature to be cordial
friends, though an immense ocean inier-
ycnes between them. =
The first article Of said supposed Trea-
| ty is dispensation of the navigation laws
VI DOtll Countries or, IN other words, as we
understand IL, the foreign tonnage duty is
mutually given up, From this being the
trst mentioned article, it is natural to CON
clude, it is also the material clause II Is,
therefore worth while to see whether we
have gained or lost.
IL a fact well known TO the practical
merchant, that for one British vessel that
goes to the United States, at least 10 A.
merican ones visit England end British
possessions, and the amount of property
shipped is in equal proportion. Accordjdg
to standard list. Of duties regulated by
cong; 1ss, and enforced from the LIST day Of
June, 1904. all foreign vessels paid duty
OF 10 per cent. on all property imported,
more than III American vessels, rating the
said duties according to the regular list
published cy congress. and alphabetically
| arranged in the same manner as our own.
Besides this, each foreign vessel paws SO
cents per ton, called light money, by Act
of Congress, March %, 1904, as CUSTOM
house rate, before such vessel receives per.
nit to land cargo. An American vessel,
in the same case, only pays 6 cents per
ton. Our custom-house arrangements OH
foreign tonnage are pretty similar, but To
| nut the question OH n moro cTao,. sr,,,, ,,d