Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-01-23

,,nt. OF the foreign commerce Ut the United
st,te,." have the honor to submit the follow
A., staternerls of the commerce and na,isa.
.;o1 Of the United States, during the year end
-. an the outh September, 1922. viz:
~. A general ,tatement Of the quantity and
..,h, of Merchandise imported in the United
states. ,,
Cd. A general statement Of the quantity and
.,los Of domestic articles exported.
I'm. general statement Of he quantity and
line of loreign articles exported
s,h aad 9TH. Summary statements OF the va
IA of domestic and foreign articles exported.
7rh. A General statement Of the amount OF
,n,r;can and foreign tonnage employed IN the
SEN trade of the United States.
ss. general statistical view OF the con-
re ,ad navigation of the U States; and
eth A statement Of the tonnage entered and
.,.,red. in and from the several states.
From these statements, it appears that the
.,n.rts. during the year ending on the 3Oth
81 S.vtember, 1872, have amounted to DS3,.
40, N. of when amount DC, 9S4 1851 were
:naorted in American vessels, and D6, 251 ,zl0
=. -" f,rs;on vessels that the exports have, du-
n:nstne same Del ,od. ano lntedto D72 ,l60, 2Sl,
s',hich Dag .o74,s79 were domestic, x Dr.,
o. aJy we're foreign articles; That of the do
-~.st;e articles D39 93l, 9l3 were exported IN
,.n.r;ean vessels, and p9 ,942 ,l66 in foreign
.ssssl, and, of the foreign articles exported,
20 5Ss SIS we're exported in American, and
II ,os 81, IN foreign vessels Iha, 7sI,Sol
tons of American shipping entered, and $751;
SIs cleared from the ports of the United States;
- that lOO, ST. tons of foreign shipping en- :
,.r,d. and 81 ago cleared from the ports of the
Tn;ted states during the same period.
r.m,;n. with respect, your most obedient
lam, WIN II. CRAWFORD.
Hon P. P. BARBOUR Speaker OF
the House of Representatives.
The letter was read, and, with the
Arguments, ordered 20 be printed
Ou motion of Mr.. Hill. of Maine,
500 extra copies of the letter and do
cuments accompanying the same, were
ordered to be printed, BY vote Of So
to 81
.ssULAr,oS OF DUTIES ON IMPORTS.
The House then again resolved itself
into a committee of the whole on the
state Of the union, Dir. Hill in the chair,
on the unfinished business OF Thurs
day last. being bill regulating the du-
ties on imports.
The gentlemen who took an active
part IL arranging the details Of the bill.
and discussing the various amendments
proposed to it, in the committee, to-
day are Messrs, McKim, CambreIeng,
Golden, Little, McLane, Tracy. Wal
worth, Wright. Iugham, Barstow. Rhsa,
Whipple, Tomlinson, and Mccoy.
Before going through the details OF
the bill, the committee rose.
The Speaker communicated letter
from the President of tho United Ssates,
transmitting report Of the Secretary
of the Navy, respecting tho cost and
.xpediency of terrifying ThomPson's
lsiapd, or Key West; which wac re-
fsrred to the committee on Naval Al
fairs, and ordered to be printed and
The House adjourned.
NEW MODE OF RAISING THE WIND.
A we'll dressed man arrived,.a short
time since. at the Talcot Inn, Bristol,
by one Of the London coaches. He
made some inquiries respectingt the Elk
e,er coach, BY which ne ssIdbe intend.
cd gong the following day. He or.
dered supper and his brandy and water,
and went to bed. After breakfast next
morning, the waiter gave him his bill,
when to his surprize, he declared he
had no money. The landlord was call
ed and was about sending for an off.
Ger, when the gentleman begged he
would not, and offered to leave acme
part of his dress He actually took off
his pantaloons, and left them for his
bill, which was about seven shillings,
promising to redeem them on his re.
turn from Exeter, rs he had no friend
10 Bristol to whom he could refer. He
had frock coat and good pair of draw
ers, and did not appear to feel the loss
Of his pantaloons. He went directly
from the Talbot to the Bush, and there
made the same enquiry respecting the
, western coaches, ordered his. dinner,
and said he would remain there till the
next day. in order to go by the Exeter
coach. On the following morning he
rang his bed room bell in a great bur-
~. When the servant came, he desir-
ed him TO send his master. and exsla;m-
ed that he bad been robbed of his pan
falcons, with $40 los. in the pocket.
When the master arrived, the gentle
man put himselfiu a great passisn and
his story was readily believed. The
landlord became alarmed for the 70
spec'aeility Of his house. and he return