Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-01-01
ALEXANDRIA,:
THURSDAY, JANUARY l, ASA.
How comes il to pass, friend snowde


How comes il to pass, friend Snowden
that your brother editor Of the Herald al.
ways informs bis readers OF The domestic
news OF our town, while you keep Us 10.
tally IN the dark as regards those matters.
and cram the columns Of your paper with
the proceedings of Congress, the affairs OF
Spain, the cause OF the Greeks, and such
like undressing topics 4? Now, The edi.
tor of the Herald las all editors should do.
who would consult The wishes Of their pa.
trsns,) gives bis readers all the local news
OF our town. Every thing that he sees.
hears, learns. or even dreams OF, con.
corning our town affairs, is communicated
through the columns OF bis paper. II vas
announced by him, yesterday, that our
tanks had received, from Baltimore, no.
wards Of Sloo, 900 in specie: this is .
large sum Of money and rben il become,
, generally known, by the widely extensive
circulation Of the Herald, it's more than
probable that the Banks OF the Valley will
wish 10 borrow some OF il and that lh,
country merchants. supposing that The
merchants of our town will not want dir.
counts for SO large On amount, viii be
pouring in 10 obtain loans. Our friends.
too, OF Baltimore may, probably, think
that they have been treated unkindIy.
and may make preparations to restore !be
Del gratia to their vaults again. Now.
in order to prevent such good friends
from taking the slightest offence where
none was intended, and that the Banks of
The Valley may be spared The expense Of
chartering wagons to relieve our Banks Of
! SO much Of the specie as their vaults will
not hold and also, tina! The country mer.
chants may be duly spprised that there is
not more money to be loaned BY our
banks than the merchants OF our town
require; you will nave the goodness 70
promulge, that although some specie bm
! Seen received from Baltimore by tho
banks of this town. yet il would take more
money than the editor OF the Herald could
count in day, il in dollars, and more
than be could count in week. if 10 quGr-
tiers, to make the sum OF Sloo, 900. The
banks in Baltimore have, for some time
past, been drawing specie from this Dis.
trict every week, aud their agents refuse
checks on the banks OF their own town.
Under these circumstances it became ne-
eessary for The banks here 10 send 10 Bal.
timore for their funds. The real isct
should be made known, lest erroneous
impressions should be drawn from ibe pa,
| rseraph In the Herald. MERCAT0R.
Mr. Brown, our new! y appointed MI
mister to Spain, and bis lady, left ibis city
on Friday last. for New York, where they
will shortly embark in the Ship Of War
Cyane. [!Not,o"aI iateihssntT.
THOMAS SWAMI, Esq. Of Alexandra,
was yesterday elected President oil lbs
Office OF Discount andIdeposite; Washing.
ton, in the place of George Graham, ESQ.
appointed Commissioner Of the General
Land Office. (ib.
A., pc.rv 81. I,,, Cons,J o.n.,,I oe
France. we understand will take passage
in the Cyane, With AIR Brown for Bis ns.
tive country. We are about 10 lose this
gentleman, alter aresidence oil forty years
amongst US. He came 10 The UnIIed
States during our Revolutionary war, in
the family OF The Duke dc Lauzun, and
has, with one or two short intervals, con-
tinued here, in private or public stations,
ever since, and has had The good fortune.
during all that time, to conciliate The es'
teen and enjoy The respect Of all our
countrymen who have known him. l't.
The New York papers mention that
| Aaron Burr, esq. has recovered tbe whole
OF the Eden Estate, which has been so long
pending 10 court, and that by this decI'
sion be will come into possession Oh q We
~ handsome fortune.
From the Hagsrsloyn Herald.
POTOMAC CANAL.
A public meeting OF the citizens OF
Washington County is requested al
the Court House; on Friday next, Inc
26lh inst. at 7 o'clock in The afternoon
10 take The subjec, OF The Potomac Canal
now before the Legislature Of b,y'aao'
into consideration. This subject has De-
come OF deep importance to the ope"
all the upper counties, and The more sO'
as al large meeting in Baltimore on ga
turday last, it was determined to se9o =.
deputstion 10 Annapolis, in favor Of 'oS