Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-06-17
ALEXANDRIA.
MONDAY, Juss IL.
!. :. If letter from the respectable
Eiu '.ss # +. DEGEN eco. to one Of
lo., luz correspondents in New York.

Naples, s5th March, 1916.
= according to determination OF his
ct. a the king OF the two Sicilies, pub
r ,isSsJ q our newspapers, the law hrst
inls'aa s By the late military governments
eus. 70 the importation Of tobacco, IS
lsisasasforth to be. vigorously executed.
n seusssble to the tenor Of this law, any
Asssa ether national or foreign, which
. ssssb, st any Of the ports OF this king
i S'ss loaded entirely or in part with to-
s s.' i to be con6scated vessel and car
sss. q ale benefit of government; besides
81 sSs;eb. the captain is liable to the correc,
, sa,s and pecuniary penalties established
uOa a. said law. The law makes an ex-
" , 80 freu these general dispositions,
ssnar Of those vessels which might
~ sh,;0ed to look for, shelter in any OF
~ norris Of this kingdom, BY storms. or =,
:. ~ saneriior force, to be legally proved;
sls0 n faser of those vessels which
m;s J directed to the AGENTS OF govern
~sSt. BY virtue Of a contract previously
stipulated with the importers.
The following endorsement was made
Nav Is. By the commander Of bis Britain
~ maiesty's ship Menal, Of o. guns N
The Bay of Fundy, on the back Of the y,
.sass If the schooner Clarlssa, Lear:
m .s belonging 10 Newcastle,
Warned from fishing in the ports,
A.,bors. creeks, or bays, within the juris-
d S;st;on Of his Britannia majesty's North
American colonies, or using ang part
thereof. for any purposes connected with
the fshery.n--hv. Post.
Crain-The annual consumption OF
,,a,a Of every kind. in England, is 20,
soo 500 quarters, and in Scotland, S,9Ss,
A0(l making the consumption Of Great
Br;,s;n. q. $50 200 quarters; OF which
no less than I,762,400 quarters are con.
suued in Lsndon, Westminster and their
sabarbs.
The Library of Florence, collected be
Lorenzo de Met.icis, was so great and
valuable, that. after it had been Ld!agrd
aud dispersed by the army Of Charles
VIII. Of France, in 1894 IFS relics, col
lected with infinite pains by Catharine o.
Medicis, still fornl the most respectable
part Of the "BibEotheqse da Roi," ii
Paris.
Why should not the allies restore to
the true owners the remains OF that yaiu-
able collection. Ia addition to the c!aiGl
set UP By Charles the VIZ, the right OF
conquest, the allied soveFeigns might su-
peradd that Of the original right Of the
purchase made by Lorenzo.
The venerable Charles Thompson, Sc.
cretary to the Revolutionary Congress,
bias justpublished, at Philadelphia, a new
edition of the Bible, upon which he has
been engaged twenty years. It's writ
ten in the modern style less obscurely,
n
and mere coniormsbly to tae original than
sAe translation nov muse.
A letter has been recently rseaived by
Benz. Winslow, eiereaatlt Of Nantucket,
lrOm a Mr.. Gaze, informing him that q
Ar. John Mitchell, who was born in son,e
part Of the U. States, aud supposed to be
dead, is now in the hospital al Port LOUIS
inthe island of Mauritas. Nr, Gage
further states, that MIR. Mitchell is il: Il
badstate of health, and wishes his friends
to obtain for him a conveyance hame.
which they may do, by directing a line T.
Route Cadet, merchant at Port Louis. =
What part Of the United States, Mr.
mitchell was born IN, where his + lend:
U connections reside, are circumstances
not mentioned in Mr, Cages letter Il
Mr. Winslow, and are unknown to u.s.
This IS published for the Information o
bis euds.--.9urora.