Niagara Spectator 5 August 1819

Abstract

An article from London regarding bullion versus bank notes; Mr. Forsyth is appointed Minister of the United States; excerpt from Jose de San Martin’s (Commander in Chief of the united armies of the Andes and Chile) address; an article on the competition between the Dutch and the English for trade in East India; arrival in Franklin, Mo. of the steam boat Independence, the first steam boat that attempted ascending the Missouri River; a note that crops in Niagara have exceeded yield expectations due to excellent weather;