Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-26
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST ze.

10 bring intelligence tour days later than
has been received by arrivals at other
ports. The captaio has coOie up, and bret
his letter bag, which, he was informed by
his consignee, contained papers Of the Ia
test dates: il turns out, however, that no
papers nave been received.
A letter from Liverpool, to a mercantile
house 10 town, dated Sd July, says, I'VE
have this day received advices OF the safe
arrival in Holland Of The ship Pioneer. OF
your port. Cotton is a shade higher, and
the grain market remains steady"
Several of our papers, on the authority
Of a French paper, have stated hat our
Minister in Spain haG followed the example
ot other Ministers there, and reDaipsd at
Seville. instead OF proceeding With the
government To Caiiz. This is a mistake.
Mr. NELsoN had not arrived in Spain atthe
date of our last accounts; and our govern
ment was represented there by our Charge
d'Afaires, Mr.. APPLETON. who promptly
followed The government 10 Cadiz, al
which place be was ca the goth June. 10
this course We undoubtedly acted IN unison
with the feelings OF the people OF the Unit
ted States. At that time, 1t is believed that
be was the only diplomatic representative
near the Spanish government. Ii any re-
gret is felt that several months, croWdei
with incidents Of peculiar moment, should
have elapsed between the departure OF Mr..
FORSYTH. early 10 March, and the arrival
of Mr.. Nelson, IL is diminished by the be-
lief that. in the charge OF a gentleman pos
sessing more than ordinary acquaintance
with our foreign relations, and with The
world, acquired in part by a residence tor
many years past in official capacities al Sc.
veral foreign courts, our affairs VIII not SUI
fer in the interval. iNas All.
WASHINGTON, August 93.-Mr. SeaweH,
Arbitrator on The part OF the United States.
under The disputed article of the Treaty OF
Client, arrived in this city Yesterday from
his residence IN North Carolina.
Mr.. Mcravisb, the Arbitrator on the
part of the British Government, has also
arrived in this city, is temporarily absent
IN Baltimore, but will return TO the city
Immediately.
So that we presume the Board will forth
, with proceed to the business for which it
is organized. Vat. nv
B~.IrraoRE, Aug. sl.-We are pleased
TO learn that the Mechanics Bank Of balti-
more intend affording facilities to- their
customers, by receiving the notes OF near
" all the Banks In this state, on the same
terms as their own paper--and that the
notes of Banks Of b. District, Old Virgi-
MIA Banks, Valley Bank and Branches,
and of most of the Banks of Pennsylvania,
as Chanbersburg Gettysburg. &c. are re-
ceived on deposi,e from customers OF the
Bank. lFea' hcP.
S,lver Mine Late accounts from Wash
irgton county, Missouri. inform (ssys the
Lexington Gazette Of the 9th inst tina: a
trading party was forming, TO visit Santa
Fee. IN Mexico, and also TO open a silver
mine tbat was discovered last summer,
high up on The Arkansas river The guam
tsy and richness OF the mineral afford The
most iattering prospects Of a very exten.
siye manufacture of silver within the limits
OF the Uniied States
The master Of q vessel from Belfast, Me.
hiss been prosecuted by The City Marshal,
(says the Boston Evening Gszette) Tor Sc
Sretly landing certain Irish passengers con-
trary 10 law The penalty tor landing with.
out reporting passengers who have no set.
element within that Commonwealth, is 200
dollars tor each passenger so landed
An attempt was made on the night of the
10th instant, by the prisoners confined in
the New Jersey State Prison. to escape.
About 40 succeeded in getting into the
ward, and by means OF rope ladder three
Of them had escaped over the wall before
a discovery was made. One was re-iaken;
but the other two Joseph Robertson and
Peer Stuveysant. have not been heard Of
as yet
Nsw-YoRK, Aug 2O-Yesterday morn
inc. on hoard the schooner Blue Eyed Ma
~. which had just arrived at the Qusran-
tine Ground, from Matanzas, a dispute a
rose between the mate, Mr.. Josiah Bar
new. and a seaman named Joseph Haiues,
when the latter unfortunately received a
wound in his abdomen with q cutlass. by
which be Immediately died A Coroner's
inquest was held on the body OF The de-
ceased, who returned a verdict OF murder,
griikout malice ofore,hought MIR barney
was committed 10 the Hospital prison.
We understand he is OF a very respectable
family, and a midshipman in The navy.
Outrageous "A writer in the New-Or
leans irrs, states that on the I7ih ult. he
sent corpse TO one OF the burying grounds
OF that city, through charity, when the
right OF sepulture was refused The corpse
was returned, and derently inferred in a
private lot, with this inscription on the
cotin-"The last rights OF hospitality are
Z denied"