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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-24
AleX'a. Common Council.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MARCH 18th. l3Iy

MARCH 18th, 1919.
The act fixing the salaries OF the officers
Of the corporation for the present year, was
returned by the mayor, with his objections,
in writing.
The council proceeded TO reconsiderthe
same: motion was made to strike ont The
words "siy hundred and fifty dollars" from
the first section, and insert in lieu thereof
the words seven hundred d fifty dollars"
The ayes and noes being called for, were
as follows:
Ayes. Messrs. Keith, Swift, Sandfod
Hooe--4 Noes, Messrs. Kinsey, J. C.
Vowel, keene. Vaudeville, Bryan, Ram.
say, Longden, /. Vowel, Grid, Rhodcs-
II was then moved to retain the words
six hundred and fifty dollars; and the
question being taken on the motion, it was
carried.
A motion was made TO strike QUIT the
third section. which vas carried. The bill
was then ordered to lie sent 10 the mavOr
for his signature.
On "alloting for an Inspector of fish, Le-
vi Talbot was duly elected.
Resotred, That the laws and orders Of
the common council bepublished in one of
the newspapers in Alexandria ana ha.
sealed proposals for publishing the same be
sent to The president OF council. 10 be open.
ed and decided upon al the next meeting
OF the council.
Leave was granted to bring in bill to
rereal an act, entitled IAN act to establish
a vaccine institution in the town of Alexan.
dria.'
On balloting for trustees of the Door
house, the tol'owing gentlemen were duly
elected, viz Reuben John, ton, Guy A.
kinso Anthony Crease, Amos Alexander.
On balloting for a physician to the poor
house. Thomas Semmes was reelected
Mr.. K,eRe, from the committee. TO whom
the subject was referred, reported bill
making provision for the debt OF the copo-
ration which was read first time, and laid
OH the table.
On baloting for collectors for the pre-.
sent year, J. c. Nj andell was elected for
the northern and John II Phillips for the
southern district
Ordered. That Messrs. J. C. Vowel and
Swift be committee 10 bring in a bill to
repeal IN act, entitled IAN act to authorize
the payment of the salary Of the .upern.
tendant OF pumps" passed the 9th Janua.
~, 1916. Extract from the minutes.
Teste, l.P. THOMPSON, &C.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-24

March 20, 1919.
Ordered, That Matthew Robinson, Alex.
ander Mckenzie, and Reuben Johnston,
be commissioners to hold an election at A.
Rhodes's tavern, on the 2nd day Of April
next, for member to serve in The common
council of Alexandria, for the first ward, 10
the place of Thomas Sanford, resigned.
A copy.
Tes;c, 1. P. THOMPSON, C. c.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-06
DOMESTIC.
ssssss .sss
SUPREME COURT.

WASHINGTON, Feb. s. We got HE
impression from common report, hat on
ly two Of the Judges attended on Mon
day. We now learn that the following
Judges aiiesded, viz: Chief Justice MAR
sHALL--Judges WASHINGTON, JOHN
SON, LIVINGSTON, DUvAL, aud STORY.
n. u. Reid is elected Representative
TO Congress from The state of Georgia,
vice John Forsyth, elected 10 the Senate.
Arrivedin tie Potomac river, from Nor
folk, the steam boat ROANOKE, with a
bout twenty passengers, among whom
were Captains Harrington aud Rodgers,
of ihc Navy. The Roanoke left Norfolk
on Saturday evening, but. on account Of
the thickness of the weather, came toe at
night, abreast Of New Point Comfort
On Sunday morning, she encountered a
severe snow storm, which compelled her
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-06
MAI. ROBRFRY

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. BY an adj
veft'sement in Tins days paper, il will be
seen, that the great mail has been robbed
between this city and New York, near
brldsetown, New Jersey, by three men,
Two of the robbers spoke Frencb, they
are represented as being small III stature.
They also robbed The passengers OF their
money ami watches, one of them we uli-
dersiand was gold hunting ,catch.
Franklin Gazette.
We understand that The persons who
took the baggage from behind The Balti-
more mail stage, last aeek, have been ar
rested by Mr.. Bailey, and committed for
trial. I'm
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-06
INSOLENT AGGRESSION.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 2S.-Arriued, schr.
Golden Pheasant, Darrell, 23 days from
JacmeL coffee. JAN. II, when tiic Gold
en- Pheasant was standing for Crooked
Island, at o'clock. p. NJ. discovered d
large brig standing out from under the
land at 80, P. M. the brig within pistol
shot distance, on our weather bow, fired
30 pound shot, which passed between,
our main rigging and main mast, MOI
more than ten feet above the deck; our
colors then flying. This shot was free
evidently with an intention 10 iniure tbs
alter tins the brig ran down, hailed, and
ordered u under his lee boat then
boarded from the brig and informed Us IL
was III. B. Ms. brig BeIle,ie, Captain
PeackeIl. The owner OF the sclir. Mir.
A. 5. DUNCAN, expressed ip very pointed
terms to the boarding officer his disappro-
baiion OF his conduct; ON The return of
tie oit1cer, he made report To the capt.
o. HE brig, who demanded FROM Mr..
Dangana written apology to his officer /;
on hie refusal, they took him, together
witt part at The crew on board the schr.
and ordered us for Bermuda at 5 p. NJ.
hgding II impossible Ia obtain an apollo
Ky for What they termed AN insult 10 his
malesty's brig, they brought Mr.. Dun
gan and seamen on board, aud after en-
dorsirg our register, suffered us to proceed
III our voyage.
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to make harbor in the Kappa liza mock,
from whence she got under way on Mon
day morning, and came to an anchor a
few miles below the city the same night.
The very heavy weather she experienced
afforded an excellent opportunity 10 try
her machinery, which is OF different con
siruction from any heretofore in use, and
is reported to us by a gentleman who has
seen II, to he of superior power, and more
complete workmanship, than that on the
old plan. Mt. Int.
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We understand that Mr. Henry Cohen.
a passenger iii the mail coach, had ten
thousand dollars i'll his possession at the
time, which he prudenlly slipped down
under foot, and which was not discover
ed by the robbers.
Ii is not yet ascertaned how many of
what particular description of letters were
taken. Sixty one single letters from New
Orleans are missing, and all those from
Philadelphia, except those on which the
postage aas paid, are gene. These be-
ing in a bundle by themselves. escaped.
BY his dialect, one of The robbers was
foreigner. Theireountenances of course,
could not be discerned, and their dress was
prepared for the occasion, being covered
with loose jackets and trowsers, which
no doubt, were thrown off before they
mixed IN society.
II is believed that these robbers have
moi been successful in obtaining the most
valuable par, OF the mall N. Y. Ga=.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-06

From do. TO Vermont State, M. mis-
sing and No. . bill received.
From do. TO Boston, Ne. bill received:
and No. missing.
From do. to Conneciicn' State, No. 1
received rest, with bill, missing.
From do. to Maine District, No. re-
ceiyed rest, with bill. missing.
From DO. 10 Massachusetts State. No
lrCceivei rest, with bill, missing.
Prom Philadelphia TO New York, No. 3
bil! rec we'd; rest, with bill, missing.
From Baltimore to do. No. 1 received:
rest, wish bill, missiug.
From New Orleans 10 do. Nos. and 3.
with bill, received; No. I, containing 81
letters, missing.
From Savannah to do. a mail due. bur
none received.
From Augusta to do. mail received en-
tire.
From North Carolina to do. do. :
From Richmond 10 do. do.
From Norfolk 10 do. do.
From Petersburg TO do. do.
from Alexandria tn do. do.
From Washington City To do. do.
From Chanbersburg TO do. do
From Winchester to do. do.
From Fayetteville 10 do. do.
From Nashville Cren TO do. do.
From Georgetown (Col.) to do. do.
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tender in payment ofdebts. shall he limit
ted so as TO apply TO debts below five dol.
lars.
4. That an appropriation shall be made
for enabling the mint to com greater
number ofpieces than il now can.
s.. That the act making certain foreign
gold and silver coins a tender shall he
continued for l8 months, so far as relates
TO the silver coins.
Any plan whic, may be proposed for
supplying the United States With coins
of their own would probably be liable TO
considerable difficulties but The incon-
veniences of the present system are not
slight. An annual expectation OF tie cur
rent money of the country, TO AN amount
much greater than our own mint can sup
ply, perhaps hall as great as our cireula-
.ion employs; an irregular importation
from other countries TO repair tie loss !;
the use Of foreign money SD various that
our current CONS are now at least seven
different standards +; a provision for ma
iional mini, which was expected, after
three years TO dispense with foreign COINS,
and which after twenty six years, has left
The great mass OF our CONS still foreign
thcse circumstances seem 10 show that
some change Is necessary. The wisdom
OF The Legislature must determine what
that change ShalIbe.
The bills accompanying this report are
now before committee of the whole in
The House OF Representatives.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-06

CoHNrNICATsD.
MARRIEDl-On the 2lsl January, AZ Charleston.
Kanawha county by toe Rev. Heuty Rufner, ROBERT
N. STEELE, Esq. to the amiable Miss ELLEN }.
LEWIS, daughter OF Howell Lewis, Esq.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-06

Weare requested to state that YIN. jackson,
from the considerations of whose petition tie
committee of pensions have been discharged,
was Of Goshen, N. Y, and not Major VIM. Jack.
son Of Philadelphia. the agent for sle snrsiving
Revolutionary Officers, in their claim now be-
fore Congress. Nat Int
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-06

Sum toialioT each voyage, 1850, go.
Allowing each boat to make three voya-
gesin year, Tie amount produced by6I
boats at the above rate OF freight aud pas
sage money will be the enormous sum per
annum of S556,660.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-04-28

Extract from the Orderly Book Of The Horse
grsnadiers Of the Consular Guard. e
:, Order Of The 22d Fforeal, (ysar 10Y
The Grenadier Grobbin, has destroyed
himself in consequence Of love affair. He
was otherwise respectable man. This is
the second event Of the kind which has hap.
,pened 10 the corps within month.
The first Consul has directed that it shall
be inserted in the Order of The Day Of the
Guard, that Solder ought to know how to
subdue sorrow and the agitation Of the pas
sions, that there is as much courage in en-
during with Grmness the pains Of the heart
as in remaining steady under the grape shot
of a battery. Toabandon ones selfto grief
without resistance, TO kill ones self in or
der to escape from it, is to fly from the field
OF battle before one is conquered.
(Signed) BONAPAR TIE, First Consul.
A true copy BESSIERS.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-04-28

sit is generally known how to value the
loss arising in tobacco from its collection to
the time, wherein it is to be deposited =
Consequently, if the planter should depo-
sit 30 h. instead Of loo lb. be actually pays
Immediately the duty of the wanting 50
pounds.
From the N. York Com. .Adv. Of April "a.
LATE FROM ENGLAND.
London, March l2.
The imports of bullion lately from the
continent are not extensive; within week
nine casks of specie from Holland, and two
from Ostend, have been reported at the
castom house; great proportion is said to
be gold.
According to advices of the 3oth of July
from Batavia, the crop of team China was
very moderate. and in some places had to-
tally failed. There was large stock OF
cotton in the warehouses OF the Chinese
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-18

There has been chasm in the fine Of
lis continuance. IL has not even that
characteristic which is essential 10 the
goodness OF a custom, by the common
law. II has not been continued(o). This
interrupted acquiescence, toe, NAV have
arisen from another cause. The contract
being matte, II may have been supposed,
tilai ihepubiic faith required tina should
be permittedto have lis efiect; or 10 run
out.-We are told by Waite, (p) that the
suspension, of right does not obardom IL,
Tor that the suspension NAV have been
prudent. There is no doubt but many
oi those who voted for the bank, did il
under what was supposed the peculiar
pressure OF the times. itwas not adopt
ed in relation to ordinary times, nor on
ihe ground of lis being a constitutional
0,casure. am possessed OF facts, on this
point, WHICH entirely justify the idea. 8
''~ luis' Ia; aU1 interrupted &c
',i,ssehce has been deemed BY the court,
II >0Me measure 10 settle the question =
There have been also some sab Ss!eRtio
iecisions upon the subject. The court,
However, VIII knows, That decisions of
TINS character, do not settle great ques-
hons. = No decision is dee,aed solemn
and final. viii h is no, rendered upon
consideration and argument.
cannot conclude this number, Mr. Ed
itor, without expressing my regret al ano-
tier position taken by the supr, me court
They say, that if the necessity Of the bank
was less apparent than il is, IL being am
appropriate measure, the de- gree ofihe ne
cesS'ty Is To be erclssiceiy decided on, by
congress. iiiiis only All appropriate means.
how doesithe question at lis necessity arise!
And IT congress should assume power
under degree of necessity short OF that
contemplated by the constitution, ought
not the cour, 10 Interfere !-Are congress,
" although there's a written constitution,
"to follow their own will and pleasure"
---- HAMPDEN.
(o) Black. Com. pa.77.
(p)Eattei, pa. 4i1.
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Srspension of Specie Prgments.

The suspension Of specie payments by
the state banks is one of those topics
which is frequently touched, both in con
versstion and in the newspapers. There
APPEARS 10 be pretty general Impression
Of The necessity Of such measure aud
the only question is, whether II be uore
expedIeut to do it, while The vaults Of the
banks contain certain stock Of specie, or
TO tait until they have been perfectly ex-
hausted. We have examined this sub
Iect with much anxious attention We
have sought for Information from all the
sources that we're accessible to us we
confess, that TIE arguments in favor Of
suspension are very specirus, and have
occasionally beeD urged with great inge
unity yet, from the lights now present
TO our understanding, and from the Inior-
nation of gentlemen particularly CONVEX
SAINT with the situation Of the banks, we
are by no meaus convinced that there ex
lists At this moment any such necessity.
II we may rely upon the information of
gentlemen, the most familiar with such
subjects, our impression would he that
the Virginia Bank anu Farmers Bank OF
Virginia are both able and determined TO
maintain their specie payments. AtanS
rate, fhc Law which gives SUMMARY
process III case Of refusal must funiisl
powerful motive with the Directors foi
abstainiug from any such experiment.
| The principal facts relied on by the op.
ponenis Of suspension are The following
]. TIE banks have called in larg,
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proportion OF their loans. The claims
against them, in The shape of del posts and
OF circulating notes, are much diminish
ed. They are still going on IN the work Of
reduction. .-.
2. They have nearly paid ofrtheir debt
10 the Bank OF the United States. $50.
3. IS the money of the neighborinv
states is Withdrawn. from Virginia, (parii-
culariy tie immense amount, OF North
Carolina paper, which has been aeoat,) il
will probably be found that The Virginia
banks will have NO pore paper in clrca=
laiion than the internal trade and actual
operations of The state may demand.
4. The stale taxes will soon be culiecia-
hle. and they are payable only III tiIe pa-
| per of the state Institutions. -r.
One of the greatest difficulties wifi,
| the banks has hitherto arisen from the
balance OF trade being agains, Virginia
Tor this balance has hitherto been paid In
| specie. The Withdrawal of the foreign
| paper from the state, which wenow anti
| cipa'e toa considerable extent, viii create
demand Tor our own paper al home, ard
! will canse matiy ofthe Migrants io return
from abroad, not for the purpose of beng
exchanged Tor specie, but OF supplying
the actual wants OF our own circulation.
But we add, that one of the greatest
remedies for The evil Of the balance of
| trade is in the hands OF the people. Let
them buy less, and sell more /; in other
| words, be economical. Let them be
| more sparIng5 IN Their purchases OF fo-
reign productions. Let them forbear for
a season, and our monied institutions will
not be compelled 10 throw the currency
OF the country again into this deplorabie
confusion. $3.50.
IL we are correctly informed, The Bank
directors are opposed toa suspension Of
| specie paymeats. Things ought TO wind
up; and II IL possible that they are wind
ing up with TOO much rapidity and pauic
Some gentlemen however who are better
informed on matters OF detail than we
are, and who have better opportunity
OF seeing the Internal operations OF the
intricate mac hinery of banking, are im-
pressed with the necessity. of the meas
ures actually adopted. We admit (sav
they) the disire- ses produced by The pre-
sent, scarcity of money: they are iii va
rlety OF cases most soreIy felt; many bei,
minded and honorable man weeps drop.
OF blood; but what Obey ask are even
fhese disiresses IN broad national point
OF view, when compared with the cnnse-
quences OF deprecated aut dsprcciailig
currency ?"
There is q great delusion ever the pub
tic mind concerning the effects of The
scarcity ct money al home on the prices
OF produce. In truth, those prices ought
erer to he regulated BY the actual demand
OF solid capital, rather by an exvess y:
paper money. This excess butinvites US
TO desperate and losing speculations,
that In the first insisncei njure the towns,
and ultimately recoii on the agricultural
ist Besides, let the farmers recollect
4 II la- L.. 81 A
that money is more valuable fromiits dimi-
nation. ifproduce sells for less, every
thing else will fall in the same proper.
non.
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POS'ISC MARY.
An INDIAN WAR RREWING


WAsHINGTON, June l6.-A letter from
gentleman AT Belle Point, OH the Arkau-
saw, TO another in this city, saws, Thai the
Cherokee aud Usage Indians are on The
eve OF another war. THAI the Cherokees
are the agsressers, II Is said, there Is no
doubt. They had, within a few DAYS.
stolen forty horses from The Osages and.
IN taking them home, they killed four
men, and Wounded several more. This
mode OF procedure Is looked upon by the
Usage nation as a war measure, aud iust-
ly. There are a Gumber of the more nor
thern indians Who are urging the OSages
10 war, and offer them assistance, &c
II is said that Major Bradford, of the ri-
lie regiment, VINO commands at Fort
Smith, sent word 10 them, If there was
war 10 be carried OH, he must have hand
III u, and that they must and should sus-
pend bosiilifies until they heard from
him. He was TO hold council with
them In a few DAYS. fNat. Int.
IheJotioUiRg a, ticie reached ms, By vestsr-
days mail, from oar ". York correspondent.
His scarcely necessa,yto say, Tint there is no
cdise for alarm to tie friends ofpeace minis
country from a transfer Of a hGn,ifrt of Bri- :
tssh troops to the Canadian prorinces TIM
ttdg haze been transported across the Htfa.s-
TIC to be ont Of tie toay ia England, or 10 be
III the tcau in Upper Canada. The British
gerernme'h may Hare divers motives to,. His
disposition Of ITS forces, vithont the least re.
ference tohe ertsfing relations GetDeen thas
gOveiimlent and this II is far from inpya.
6d6e tint tie real cause offhc Increment mar
6s 10 The revolutionary symptoms which
hGre, Of late, appeared al the upper Dropfnee.
and may here been thought sufficiently seyfouy
10 require The presence Of q military torce. 4
IFb
NEW YOnK. June l3.--Accounts are feceiY-
ed At Montreal thar eight regiments of infar-
Try one OF the cavalry, and a proportional adj
dIuon TO the marines and seamen on the lakes
are on iiIeir way from Great Btiiain 10 Canada
Various coniecturesa are entertained vas 10 the
object of this movement. One stattt that Is
proceeds from the hieb-toned repisA of the
United States governments, in the explanation
dtmauded by Great Britain on the j fJainot
aud ABbiister business.
We understand thai the Spanish con
sui, with the marshal for IN slale OF n.
Jersey left the city bis mofnius for tic
purpose Of seIzng Spanish vesfrl, SAID
10 have been brought INTO the waters {
New Jersey, as prize 10 some orr at
the many patriotic Prvafecrs from The
Chesapeake Bay. IN. J. liz. Post.
PHILADELPHIA Jane lO.--L Us. Bank
stock was sold ihls forenoon ai 935.
Dollars in Boston haze got rp 10 az
vance. FyehkRH Gaz.
HYDROpHOBIA.
We learn that another ISSUANCE Of This
awful maIsdy has occurred IN lhe person Of
respectable Soioured Wonlan 0! h.. Is.
The physicians ofthe Dispenssry exrrled
themselves To save tie nniortun paiicnf,
but vain. Two men, oDe ia tie l)is rict
ct Southwark, The other IN the North n
Liberties, were bitten by b. mad dogs q
few days since. PM. Union
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Staples of the Rieknoad DInrLel

Tobacco 5 to IO-CorD s IS - &C.
Flour So 75-M Meal IS a S4-W heat S TO-
Hemp l40 5 TOO per ton Oats, 50 a 3 %.
tsroccrics.--Sugar, brown S 10 . i5 pei
hundred-Cohee u a 81 cts. per I'm oias-
ses so go cts. per gallOu--Cui Hrfr,ngs -
S. per bbI.-- Bacon. III ana cts. per b. Rum
West India 81 % cts per gallon.
PRICE or !gTIJCES
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PHILADELPHIA, Jane iO.+J. s. Bank
stock was sold ,hls iofeudou ai 935
Dollars in Boston have got up 10 4 az
vance. Frehkfg qua.
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p~rLyNCHnIIRC mappIp

tHEsubscrbers having put ;heI MerbLc mn in one
ration, are prepared TO execute with SKILL and dis
patcb, orders Tor chimney. Inantirs. hearhs sts,S
ohosones sills &c. &c. The mill is situated on tBs
Petersburg aud Norfolk can be hed al little expence T
freight VI
IPs iis believed, is the first and Ony esiahlisbne
VI the Sins III virginia aud asthe citizems have now
Nopp"fuhitt Diminishing themselves with these us
,i ahdoIGainensi articles Of ne quality, the pToduc
n ,nef own state. the ProprietoTs cannot but in
dugc hope that they will mseIheral euconragen,cn,
X .. QnarTier WHO can come we'll recommended
willTeseiVeliberal wages.
Samuel Cirisfopher & Jordan 41tbon.
Lynchburg, sept. 40. a2t.S