Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-18

way to Delhi, delaware county y Ha-
german and Gen. Sieddiford slept in Sc
parate beds in the same room, the beds
were as good as any gentleman would de-
sire-no objection was made 60 ,nem'-
After they had left Mrs Radcliif's' she
went up to the room, and iound the glass
of framed picture, representing Baona
parte chained to rock, &c. broke III
pieces; and on taking of The bed'clothes
she found that The contents OF the cham
ber-pot had been carefully emptied into
| the bed. Some of the members OF tne
court martial arrived in town from DEM
on sa urday night last; Mr.. ilaserman
aud some others, did not arrive MI sun.
day, and he, after taking breakfast, went
on his way, through bad rain Storm
Mrs RadcliT was suspicious he was the
person that was guilty; but being deter
mined to know the truth and have 1t
known, she obtained two warrants from
Justice on Monday evening, one against
Gen. Van Buren, and the other against
Colonel Varian. Upon the trial OF the
suieagainst Van Buren,, Gen. Steddiford
was called a. a witness by the Plalntlff,
and he testified that he knew not who had
broken the picture, but that he saw Mr..
Hagerman empty the pot into the bed
that he saw it too late to prevent 1t, orhe
/, would have prevented it-rhese two men
| were alone in the room at the time. Al
ter the generals testimony, the suits
were both withdrawn, and | was directed
to proceed as have against Hagerman."
" The signature is, fer the present,
kept in reserve"
From the day of the publication of the
above letter to the present time, neither
Hagerman, nor any friend for him, ever
called on Mr.. Coleman to contradict the
facts stated in the letter, or to complain
of the publication. On the contrary, the
facts were confirmed as precisely stated
by respectable witness.
The above facts, gathered partly from
Mr.. Coleman himself, and partly from
other sources, are communicated for the
information of his numerous friends and
the public. A FRIEND.
From the " 7. Com. Adver April "A.
One Of our latest London papers, in
noticing the advance of cotton, remarks
as follows: " When we consider the ex-
tent and Importance Of the cotton manu-
facture, that it employs nearly ten times
as many individuals as any of our other
manufactures-that the annual amount
of the sales in it is from 40 to so millions
sterling, it will be found that there can
be no more certain mark of the revival
of our trade and manufactures than the
great rise which has lately taken place
| in the raw material. If that rise was oc-
casioned by diminutiOn of the supply,
nothing could be inferred from it as pro-
wing that the manufactures were again
busily employed, and the workman re-
ceiving his wages. But the truth is, that
the cause of the rise in the price of cot
| ton is, not that there is a smaller supply
| of the article in the market, but that
there is a great increase in the demand.
And with this all the accounts from the
manufacturing towns correspond. Eve
ry mill and loom is again atwork, and
the workman receiving his wages"
A detachment OF the Goth regiment
had gone from Chatham to embark at
Gravesend for St. Helena.
American stocks in London, Feb. e8.--
s per cents. 70 l-s; old per cent. 81;
new loans per cents. 104 l2;7 per
cents. 40 l-2 a Ill; bank shares S4i,
nominal, no demand.
From London Price Current, Feb.'24.
The following Official letter sets at
rest the important question OF projected
additional duty on timber of cur colonies
in North America, and also gives
pledge that no alteration is contemplated
in the. duty on timber from foreign
states:
Office of Committee of Privy Coun-
Gil for Trade, Whitehall, Februa.
ny 20, 1918.
S1R,-I am directed by the Lords Of
the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade 20 scquaint you, for the Informal
ton of the Committee of the Ship Own
ers Society, on whose behalf you have
addressed a memorial to their lordshlps,
respecting the duties ON timber, that up
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