Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-23

These gentlemen swindlers viii no doao'
dash into busiue" in the first style OF
their profession, as they pass down the
Ohio. Let editors Of papers sound the
alarm. -
Lexington, Ken. .april I.
BANK ~ ST LOUIS
BY a publication 10 & newspaper at ST.
Louis on the 18th of March. we are in
formed. that the bank had been opened
asreeab'y to notice. on the 10th OF that
month, and was then paying specie regu-
larly on demand. The extraordinary
differences and proceedings, which had
taken place, and in which it is difficult
to discover what party was most in FAULT
seem to have been accommodated. aud
the business of the bank resumed in the
usual way. To be enabled to judge what
degree of credit is due TO its paper, the
public should know, that its late cashier,
John B. N. Smith. sold bills, as its officer,
to the amount of more than 10000 dol
Iars-for the proceeds of which he has
not accounted to the bank, and the whole
Of which il is probable The bank will lose
that its capital, if we are rightly in
formed, is but 10000 do'lars-and that
it still continues in the hands Of the di.
rectors. BY whom Smith was kept in ofiice'
and by whose m,smaDagemest the late ir-
regularities we're produoed.-[ Reporter.
From fhe Savannah Republican, .aprii IA
INDIAN ALARM
We have just seen gentleman, who
arrived in this city last night, from Darien.
He informs US, that on Sunday last, the
major Of the regiment in Wavne county
reached Darien, with dispatches for gen
eral Hopkins-the substance Of which
vert, that the Indians had entered Wayne
county, burnt several houses, and that the
inhabitants were flying for refuge into
Glynn. On Monday last, our informant
states that, gen. Hopkins issued order.
for the militia Of M'Intosh and Glynn, to
march in pursuit Of the Indians, forthwith.
1t appears probable that the number Of
applicants for the bere6, Of the provisions
Of the act for the relief OF the inhiyent
survivors of the Army Of the Revolution,
will exceed the largest computation which |
was made whilst the subject was under
debate in Congress. -Four hundred and
forty FIVE. it appears, have already applied
from the vicinity Of Boston alone. The
accounts from various par 5 Of the country |
give gratifying information Of the bless
ings which this act will shed on the poor
and decrepid veterans. In the town Of
York, Pa. it appears. thirteea persons
(none of them commissioned cficers)
have applied to the proper judicial officer.
whose ages combined amount TO CSC Years!
&c What spectacle" says the York Ga
zette, ais Sergeant Thomas's venerable,
honorable, and ancient squad! Their
history is all eveltful. Poor, DID,. lame,
blind, deaf, and forgetful! They never
looked to see this day. They have been
banded about from pillar to post, often
without q home or stated place Of resi-
ience."
From the Boaoa Centinel, Of .aprit15
Up to Yesterday AS Of the old officers
and soldiers Of the Revolution have ap
peared before Judge Davis, to put in
their claims for the small, though needed
and timely bounty Of their country. Some
If these veterans were now more than 80
years Of age-one we saw was ss--ahd
'ne. aged 81, who entered his claim last
week. has since departed to obtain high
.r and eternal reward. Nat. Intel.
From the Boston Dai. .9drertissr, ZIP. IS.
SPAIN. ..coNcLvDEp.