Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-12-02
/. ,h,ov them al, asack, and reduce the

hvow them all 6bhch, a"o II q
.a,e O, interest very low, III The eh'e' !
,o,ev marke,s OF Europe lastly,
n the lot Of January, 1925, there WI" /
re- thrown upon our market op"sro' j
f,uenty millions OF U. 8. stocks 10,
.eemsbie at that time. TIE ns'ofa'
i. necessary effects of ell these e'rcam
,.n,.. will DO to reduce the rate OF IN
srest to 5, and perhaps 'o4 per cent
Nth ma. and then is the TIME III wh'c"
AN effort to repeal the laws against us"@
90 can he most successfully made -
when money is plenty and all can Dor
Gov. none will Object to doing away
these lave. whereas any attempt 'ososV
hen moneyis scarce wou'o De resis'en
On tho ground that it was only u'geo
for he sake of enabling capitalists 70
ext IT still larger gains. q,
1t may, indeed. be answered !oa.'
interest ID about to fail Of itself, there
can be no necessity to take any 'rooo'0
sbou, tho laws regulating it. but IL"
no, for me present moment. nor 10 20.
ference to any particular ooJec ., oo'
! mon general principles thai We desire
to ace the usury laws repesled and as
we have said before, there 10 no t'mo 20
favorable to snch an attempt a. 'ha'
:, pb;cb from the abundance OF Capt.
70, 10 one feels, that they are Of any
value.
Wa have thns preached this subject;
"a o,r I,eu,slature will assemble
in q few weeks, we shall endeavor from
3 time TO ime previous the, eto, to sno"
, c. use why they should at least CONSIDER
Of the ex pediency OF sbolishlng the eA'
;uins laws agsinst usury, which are
d literally what has been SAID OF some .
" thor laws cobwebs to catch HES on
II through hich the larger aa'ma'' oFes'
1t without difficulty or danger.
ct WAR BETWEEN MEXICO B. SPAIN
x CHARLESTON, Nov. 24,-BV the semi
!. Eliza we have received Havana papers
~ tho 18th inst. 10 the Noticioso OF the io'
DID we find the important news that MEAiC
rs HAD DECLARED WAR AGAiNo
=. SPAIN. The following is a summary
"a the intelligence
X. Havana Nov. lO.-The day beto
ey Yesterday the schnr. Fame, Capt Hen'+
I" arrived a, this port from Alvarado, IN
DAYS. having on board the Spanish Got
) missioner, Don Santiago lrlsarr' and u
lose Ramon DE- Oses and bis son, the We
lis lean government, having declared war
or. sainst Spain-the term Of forty dsyss
lowed previous to the commencement
ner bos,ilities sgains, the vessels oil The iss
vs.; OF Cuba, and ninety days prey'ou' TO D
avs tilties against those OF the Peninsula
mo- This unexpected occurrence at the
ity, ment when the Commissioners OF our
Do" ept had made 10 that OF Mexico p
. 3D. position. OF peace. and had presented
D. sawahtabJf imhSS and Commerce. {
inst unequivocai proof of the bad faith v
poo which the Mexicans proceeded, and c
'ory firms the opinion which We entertained
ary, ~. ,u;..;o.
Oms "'
mn. Be this as il may, this event may prod
ece- incalcuIabis evils to the Island OF Cu
ow. and we would therefore call the atten
most of the government OF this Province TO I
eau timely measures to prevent them.
VIC short time The Mexican Cult will sw'
~. with foreign prvsteers under the 6a
,son Mexico, and our commerce, already p
{ in trated by the political circumstances
' or Europe and the destructive war which
rea. pirates have wsged against Il, IS aboa
Ion, suffer this new blow, which may be q
Fch- tai il means be not found 10 divert or
msaish its effects.