Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-10-10
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ALEXANDRIA,
THURSDAY, OcTosxR 10.
1ss Eastsort Rssmor. The Boston
.zette of Thursday gives the ruEiorI
s'sn Eastport. which was noticed 10 our
||Is ii; ald adds ss follows
as;ace the receipt Of the aboyes wei
80 been fold ;;aat the report a. respects
~. ~ se;1,lre Of American property, has
B - .ob.bIy arisen fSom the circumstance oil
sssv collector being appointed at st.
\ go .S.sus. ii, which district Is colnpre-
s V.Ssd Esstport, wao deemed the indul.l
sSneeg of the former collector incorrect (;
) - accordingly, had seized on all the
..asrebsndize which was judged to have,
Sssn imported contrary to law. The
,nsrshants, having been so long INDUCED
~ free trade, and not dreaming of'such
change. we're very naturally surprised s.
and of course, had spread alarms, calca.
lated to awaken the public sensitilitS i
hit the suggestion OF a war growing out
q this circumstance, is indications in the
extreme
Beanaary line.--4A paragraph has been
Going the reuads of the papers, stating.
sIst ,be settlement of our boundary lille,
will rive the United States i6 townships
- I,ewer Canada, and their Nirt audi
G.,and. the Isle au Noix. We have rel
snestable authority for stating that this
reeoort is entirely Incorrect. Gentlemen
who are every way qualified, inform that
thew have repeatedly taken observations
m the spot, Tor their own satisfaction,
and have found The line, ~ II always has
heen received, is the true Asth de. &c orr
DaralleI Of latitude Gee Of the con.nis-'
sioners for settliag .his isee, passed. thru
tavo Yesterday aid conGr.ned the abnye|
statement, winch induces US to give itI
pnblicity. WuHil it not be better thar
this and all reports respecting this sui
;ecs should be suspended, till the prypesI
authority have decided CO the bpEnilfyI
uuestion. Portsmouth, Gag.
Extract of letter from Amelia h.and.|
dated Sept 81, 1916, to a gentleman
IN Charleston.
/; You ought 60 look out, Cor your lawsI
seem to be Of no avail. Ihase seen al
great nHmber OF Africans, sent from lla-
wanna to this place. who are intended to|
be smuggied to Savannah, and from
thence, across the countryt t. Charleston
WHY not place enc Of the American ma
Wy, say Gully "a guns, OF our port, and
the crew would make fortune, by cap
taring few Of these smuggling vessels,
as they have plenty Of Specie on board
exclusive of Africans. BY thus doing,
not snly a stop would be put to the trai-
&c, but the derredators made to repent
their unlawful camRerce.p
BosToS, October 2.
FORGERT.
Extract of a letter from Mr.. VIM. w
Montgomery, Of the house of Messrs.
w. aud |. Montgomery, Of New-Or.
leans, TO Capt. Jehn Pratt, dated
PHILkDELPHrA, Sept. %.
Some rascal has been forging the
name If my house in New-Orleans. II
know OF drafts to the amouat of ten tbos
sand dollars which are logged, and have
been presented /; aud doubt not but there
are still moro which have not yet come
forward-theretore be ON your guard .
IN. b. A draft fer Sls4S Al, on
Messrs. Josiah Brasllee and Co has beer
presented here. For further particulars.
refer TO Capt. John Pratt, or Mcssrs. Ja-
siah Brad!ee and Co. The bills appear
lobe copperlate. and endorsed by Charles,
r, Bi,lings, and have been negotiated I'M
the western country"
October s.
The Seasoa.--We regret to learn,
from various parts, that the severe frosts
on the nights of Thursday aud Ffida,
last, have destroyed ia many places the
good prospects which tile Indian COZ
ieidswere presenting. Most OF the vine
are also DESTROYED. Tie weather siucel
has been fine, and the fall feed promises
to be abundant. 'rhe accounts froso|
Maine are very uuiayofable, and viii call
Dor provideat exertions to prevent n,uch
distress.
Treaty tommission.--The British and
American Commissioners, whose inteEd.
ed meeting at st. andrews, has been an
nounced, have met, aud adjourned tol
May next, then to convene at Boston,
They have. We learn, made the necessa
ry arrangements for procuring saryeys
and the collection nf ilacnnenfs and w..