Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-02-03

supperteo Oy the most ample tesumoDSt
u it not nsiorious, that whole easEoes 81
old and sour 6ou. have been dipped from
this port to ioreiga places. and ssen eosst-
wise, which were purchased At very re-,
duced prices-and accompanied With le,-
tiers from merchants, lhst the said csrgoes
were composed Of good AlsIsndris super.
fine -four? Did not. the captain Of brig
that twice carried csrgoes to tie West la
dies Of this sort Of -four, declare, 10 tho
presence Of respectable gentiemea, that
hewas actually afraid 10 60 back 10 those
ports where he bad sold them--well know
ing that most gross and Immoral iiiDipcsi.
lion had beenbracised on The unsa,pee,..
log purchasers Die be not declare. ,b,%
The -four, in one instance, was -rolteo2-~
Can any man, or sci Of men, who could
practice such deception, with The leasr
consistency complain Of the grade Of -four
being too low? Shame! shame! Mr.. Ed.
tor, to attempt to visit upon an honest and
faithful officer the consequence. Of such
conduct, Is adding crime to Crime
Shame! for those to cry out tor the public
good, who commit the most indefensible
acts, directly tending to iojure the best IN.
terests OF the community. The Inspector
10 ready to satisfy the world, as he b.. al
ready done, that bis hands are clear Of all
o&cia miscon dsct; that be has alway, do.
Tended and promoted The interests Of the
people; as far as they were entrusted. by
Law, to him. Let others, (who make such
an outcfy aboat the depreciation OF our
Hcur,) 60, and do likewise.
The Alexandra -four, it can be proved.
when Of lair selection, is considered in
foreign markets equal to any in The Uni.
ted States: and'tbat its depreciation i, sole.
y owing 10 the cause above stated.
And Why has the Baltimore inspection
increased? Hohestus knows very we'll.
and would have stalled it, if be bad beea
in quest of truth, that the Baltimore mer-
chants give one dollar per barrel more .bao
the Alexandra merchants give. A man Of
common sense, in possession Of ibis fact.
will be at no loss to know why some Of The
-four that formerly came to Alezandria
Cow goes to Baltimore. If Hone.fus can
contrivs mode in bis moral alcbymy Of
causing millers and farmers to care nothing
about dollar extra IN the barrel for their
-four. there j. no doubt they will then trade
to Alexandra, particularly if tbs distance
it shorter than that to Baltimore. y
/, It cot we'll known, that the dealers up
Kiag.strest in the article Of dour, are jevt
cd 10 The last cent BY purchasers Of Hous
for expectation? that the dealers e'uo-
able to make any thing like reasonable
profit on the sriicleg that they are frequent.
~ compelled TO sell at . loss, sad Away.
for The prouissory ootes Of these purchas..
ers? which, as often happens, they are
not able 10 get discounted, and couse-
quently cannot carry on their business
with regularity. The writer IL this .ri.
Gle knows nothing about The mode Of dos
ing business among the -four merchants; be.
does not know that they are suiliy OF any
i'll practices: but IL they are, they should
be publicly exposed; asd it 10 not bis wish
or intention to screen them 10 any way. IL
he had it in bis power. lfsny evil prae-
tees do exist, no doubt the shove stated
conduct Of the purchasers bss been. ID
some measure, The cause of them. Let the
evil exist where it 1ay, il ought to be era
Dictated, whatever shape il may assume
Let 6our be shipped under equal advsnts-
ges from Alexandra, without fraud or im.
position. and it 10 con6des,ly asserted. it
will produce as good price a. any other
To- the United States.
Honestus states, in bis acute endeavors
TO explain this part Of political scooomy,.
that the -four inspectors Of Baltimore
get but one cent and quarter per barrel
for inspection. 10 Fredericksburg, the
inspector has three cents; and in no town
10 Virginia, where aour inspection 10 es-
tsblisbed, has be less than two cents.-
Why then should The Alexandra Inspector
be curtailed 10 bis fees? The millers and
farmers Of Virginis care nothing abou, thu
price OF inspection: it is too little matter.
except for north casters calculation.
The diminstion Of the quantity Of Hour
inspected in The town Of Alexandra foy