Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-10-27 00:00:00, page 2

kct" 0 . sssilsi -
'si FALL GOODSf
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L-ALL GOODS-si'g
.si'ss'ct; si Thomas janney & Co.
Bade Ne"? md by the William & ]ohn, Ji
sssi ct- .si. mt La tr'usctt-ou'. (: .d 'tl'cr arr vals,
siN O T I C E.
,. si' THOSE PLRSONS who subsmibed wish
ss me so: sithe book of Wax t)1's, axe zespccdusi.
si ,"lsiyss idlosirmed that the books hzne usime lo
"hand. pnd are ready to be desnercd when
,ssc'aned f01,atmy shop. '
- Edward Stabler.
To the Sub-srribers to the tarmm BanE of
- Almandrm,
HAT an election w; "! be held at Brooi':
tavcm, in this town, on "] uzsmss, the
. h . wss'ct: me Susild
3 ::nksicagrecabky to. theanisicle: of associa—
fie Home I now accuþy' ,
THE LOl" 'rsfie sect from on kin;;str cet,
-Wninghack.loc feet., and is covered with
.. Wlsiﬂable Brick Buidings, excepta small shcd ;
med to:: cnti'mg straw in. On the back lisine &
there is : um story Brick Bussilding, 18 by ct
si-' _ (chct, ssa stable lar four horses, which wid
how I {ons o: hay, a large Smoke House &
' _' Ppivysi, a complete Milk House and Pump of
sisi Water, And the yard xs paxsied On the front
there issact : large two "story Brick Building,
Wed &)r a State and Dwelsing, with a
Mþcﬄ—t feet square, the whole capable of
, holding 3on barrcls of 1] um and has a wheel
ss.sisi;_ct,zinmmplcgemder :or hoisting. lt 13 subject
si 'si - sinuwu. ground rent of lls Sdsi. per foot.
- -3- - ct si'niuation fs' eciual to any in town sorsi' the
' _. jlosissm'si and Grocery business. T osi prevent un"
_ lar?! ;ppliquiqns my terms me 87000,
- . : ill! to" be paid by Christmas, the bal
- ' " W—Kdd two years.
si , Adam Lyn nn & Co.
Havejus: receivpa' per t/ze Wi/ctz'am 83 join
jrcm Liverpaol,
' A GENHRAL ASSOH 'sIiFNT OF
'Irsionmongety, Cutlcry, Brass, japen
ned and Phted GOODS.
. .d L & 0,
A smsiv Setts of elegant Coachee and
w "si" "s'a" "" ""
Daily Saze'ttc, 6 Dsiol] arc per azmumsi."
63th Gaunt, 5 Damia
'lewhen. of their Fall imporcation.
. ct Consistinsiqnf
A GFNIRAL ASSQR'lMEKT O]
ssnþgral acceﬂlbly of Virgmia. for an act to incur...
ate (: Mulactunsizzg cocicty at eke town qs
qualities. . _
_ _p. 6. MarstcH-cr.
ﬂcwbfi 22;
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,. i sssi'lctissss _si sictsi Alexanchsi Pdrry.
-W}w' wzstm to Pur'chasc,
" 'NMGsi-NBERVANT, who can he weH
. - ssct ct shmendcd. and has been- aecustomeil to
mixing in the house."
chber 26. _ dlw
I mad dispose of 2 or 3 choice
siI'AVES, "at the lace imposirsitatiorsis, at pzivate
tale. Thsiiy may be seen at my ("arm near
Mbitdoznss'n. Apply to . _
0 He HOOC
Gig Furusinure of;. 0 latest issashions—
Which they oﬀex for sale at their slow
corner of King and Roy al street:, 11 lzolcsalc
add Rttm'l.
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"Nssotice is herebyb viven
Wooden. and Cation boods-si
October 16. 512w mbd4w
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-5cpmnbcr 25
On Tfiesday, she Sir .nst. vill be sold at the
QVeoduc Sto'rc, on a liberal credit,
One base osmixsit Kersey s,
One do. drab anms of drsscrem
ctsszctzsishyortcd . m the ship William anssﬂ
tain Woudhoussiesi from Liverpoo},
dﬂctmon will be [zrcscntrd to the mxt ge
Th-"e ' Commssxo-N ]: R &.
ssssOctober 77 _ _ ciiSOLh
hJﬂdiþkb-AL 0? l'OLlle-Ah.
rm'ren Arm zvnnssmzn m
SAMUEL SNOWDEN
ss-mth mo. siffi- m"
ss WEPH RIDDLE
wi Wls-Hsi T'6sisi-3LL
SATURD IctY, OCTOBER 2..
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RoyasIf-ssnreet, Alciandrssia.
PUBLIC S ALE.
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ctBut uhen at last pale Vicen ith giant stx idc,
- () cr ran the won ld with murIcssrdustU' plidc,
hom these pclluted beats, all sta'm'd with
yore,
The h ippy Cods their ﬂight indignant sogxr
'lo thcix own skics, to visit earth no more—
! AH but a muu'nst !, weak, devoted band ,
ss\V he ﬂew {01 ldugc to some distant laud :
And them the crimes os wretched man de
plcr [. ;
Lon-r nere unknown, and long were um
i (10! t].
The etern nal Sire, in pity fix'd their doom,
\Vlnle time should- last o 'er all the woxld to
! [Dan]
? That love should sosten man 'sobdurate heart,
! Aud midst n-is woes a glcam ot joy im—
pmt ,
And tcudct pity teach his soul to know,
'I hut kindcn sense " w tcel 101 othcl' & woe,"
Anssd n clting mercy lcam his breast to Warm,
Cool fietcc nevenge, and calm tsi-siudc pussiou's
si' stotm.
But chief to gentle Chality was given
Esisslhc litilest Oﬂsispling of indulg ent heaven)
{0 thrlll the heart with & divine glow,
Tcach it like heaven benevoicncc to k-si .QW' ,
To sweetl-ssj soothe, and succo: the (hstnest,
_ She fix'd her empirc in the female breast.
; Yesdmcly woman! heaven hasmactle it thine
By matchless dcetisot chali ) to shine.
All that divine y great and good we know,
: Its tniuc t' isspne at thy examp! .c snow:
To seek the child of misery unknown,
Relievc his wants, and soothe his burscingss
groan. ss
._ T—hc lnnclctv widow's broken heart to cheer ;
s \ icl ps. lc Disiczzsc and l'amine (hazppear:
'l 0 wipe: the tude otph-n s teultul eyes,
AndL-ssun her cart to feel new fiiile tte s
And knew, thou fairest, tis * the muse '5
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some fabuy, and-some to-visit. His dem
u— help meet," a good sort of woman, but if
"(de UpiShL} inciined, is highly PlC'dSCd.—-si
Higdaughters voo (for he Bas several, some
'grossWn and others growing up)'are all migh
tilcty pleased. T'hc goods happcksitcd to be
ill chosen,— and divers articlcs Were unsalssca
ble. Bur'fis the handiesist thing ib the
world, especially where there is a large &
mty family, to have ascoresi' insi one's own
hojsizsg; for it helps One to shrnish his house
hold with soft faimessm, his table with "nick
nacks. and his r'ooms in a ' manner & lssinle
splendsiid-si—and w ddsiit all in his way;
Well, the wheel of business tard! add
ss thrns, till. what With liberal coctomen ac
khomg, [ad yhat [vich upscivg' on} and rsic:
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"Pis fioinc the brirxht exampie to display,
That ** sp'ca- s fair Charlty's more ample
! Va}.
That was.: r: _ue, ev ry charm is thine,
xinc. si sisi 'ct si
Thou mphan's joy, O! long of heav'n ap
prov'd,
M iy'st thou be blest in blessing- . and he lov'd.
() could, sweet Challiv , the teehle 14),
The mehing ruptuze at thy pow r display—
Thcn would mankind live only to be 'sih-st,
Thy cmpire would he fix'd in ev'ry breast :
si A seconu holden Age on eat 'Lh would be Con
fcst. . F. k
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si From the C'cmzectzcut Ccuranz.
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;.zIDDRESSED TO fills: .M'. vl- Dictsssi Bct'si'sioctF
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TED CHANctGELmo was a thrifty sarmcr,
'ah-d mlgiu navc been so at thm tune, had
_ he been cmucme .as: "3 scu-ssk to his business.
_ law in cash and owe: nobody. Son Tommy
is :: sprightly lad, and can read and write, ct
Despendcd to the such, to bless mankind ,
si'lhcn Cods with men in blisslul pleasuxcs
join 'd ,
And long they here preserv (! thcix chst a
\ bodcs , —
WVss'b'en vix me, with her wfiss'sz'le celestial thi-ong,si
For earth wa: heaven and men were like the ?
But on: day as he \ : musmg in the field,
Uniucksi-ly thoughts (sit ws kind pnppcd incu
his hcad.-—-" Wssnat signifies It to be: toilmg
and moiling hue L'sic and emm'ct. when (
"might grl money Lctssscr with half. the pains.
Bcszdsss- [his [arm I have five hundred dol
pare of h—is—dwsseshng house (or a store. The
Awa) goes ch to "town and buys goods; 5
and (bcmg a carclul man, and not wiHing}
to run into needless expcnces) he fiu up a !
cradc Opens, and the nri-gh'bors ﬂock in, ct
be behind the counzcr than at the plough ;
and at m.ghtbc the making of him. "sis
resolved : l will go into made. Whac
(bra? Shall [sell mysarm? No, I will
huld fast to that, and so] shall have two
strings to mv bow."
pride
To blazc those vn'tues thou, aif-good, wouldst
hide " '
THE FRZEND.
Bawar: lzsiaw to t/zrow away (: certaintsiz/far
un u-ct'zcet tauzty.
and can cas; up accoums. He Woukl rather -'
THE Gommr Aoasiwe thpme of ancxcnt
For sithe Alssexahdrz'a Dailsizssyss Gazezctsstcss
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sissZeivshfi [: bmi'ssisic'i ' soffsssi cteasb; die "gon Hare '
;ctmostly disposedctctqssfy The five hundre ' dol
ctlars gbnc,_;a largectdc bt qommctcd to bosioc,
- ::ndssno means ot'payment, no mkmey in the
sisschcgczsi XVhat nex: ? The form is mortsisi
signgizd. New credit is' obtained, and the
ssMorc is wchnishcd again. For, Ntd, as
well as'hla wv'uc, has ambitimsiz, and both
arc sore lozh to shut 'up' shop flzccausc that
wuuid set the neighbours ?: ta' king,;you know.
Things now work as they aid before. The:
lsiarm goes at last ; and all not enough to pay
she deb's. .
Is this :: solitary case? No] it has been
so wish scorcs and with hundrcds in our
country. Reader, a word ol'advicc whis
pered in your ear.ss if you ha'vc: a sarm, or
a crude, by which you can make an honest
]ivelilwod, and can yearly lay up a little—
Gt ck m ic-si-sor ifyou leave it for some
ss ming : lsv, great is the adds that you make
3 :: losing bargai—n,.and repent when icia wo
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From the C'onnecticut ﬂlz'rror.
1 luncand a jealous eye over the cobducc of
si the public ? rcasury.
3 & One instance only Was then particdadctv
sum]. with the: accompzanzsiing documencs
and vouchcrs. It. seems, by the report of
the committec, that Wilsiam Simmons', Esq.
the Accountant of the War Departmenf,
was cnlicd besovc the commitiec, and- re
quircdsito give information, relazivc to the
monied transactions of gen. Vv'ilkmcon with
(hat departmentz Pv'ls. Simmoas, it seems,
gave his depositicn to the committee, and
i-"t appears in their printed report ;- that part
which related to Sand/zagm and the horses, a
was extracted in :} former number; the}
Whole dcposilion here follows; and (he pub- ct
lic arc calied upon to attend to it, as con
taining a starcm'em of facxs. comingfrmn:
the govcmmcnt izscl's—or srpm a mcmbrctr!
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of ]! at least, who has long held lhmofficcg
neral Rffilkinson, and who must have a per
feet knowledge of the: factsct, about which
he dbposes;
Deposition of Wiiliam Simmoizq Esq'.
GENTLEMEN,
ss _ AT the time I attendedyour honora
ble commictce. in-co'n'formity to your sum
mous Of the ssch, inssicssant, When I Was- re
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he now holds,ssto- the satisfatciom it is bc- ;
lieved, of cocry one, cXcepc it may be gc-i
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Sticnce asrlraining n-zonryfrom the Tyra
sury.-—-'shat the. peoffic should keep & vigi
their {agcmssi in she expcndicure os public
money, is one of the fivst maxims, in :: re
pudiican government. They should. be cau- '
tions,. indeed, that they do not too casi!y,
and without examinatiun, give credic w ,
false and unsoundctcd statemcsims and accusa- :
tions us peculation, but on the other hand, siss
they should beware, lcst misplaccd cu-nsi-f
dcncc shc-uld lull l'ncm imo a too fatal sc- ;
curity, or the syrcn wise (! party spiz'it'
should too easily lead them astmy, :.nd illu
dcr them from examining a sul-jsi-ct, which
so nearly concerns their interest. The l'ait—h- ;
ful pagvos history has informed us, that in s
all agcs and among all nations, men, ulm,
have been- enunsted with public money,,
have, in innumc rable instances, ubuscd- xsizzursi
trust ; that xhcy have ecsi-sslaudcrcd it, tithes
to suppmsic their extrzwagnnce. to szsziuiel
their avarice,; or to promote: their ambiuouz
vicws. If ihis Wcl'c not the case. has not:
the short history of our um government, si
tough.: us some important and uscsul lsses
sons on this subject? Have these not been
ins'zzmcs in our own country, and,. consi
dering che; i'nsmcy oisiour government, many ,
instances, where Men, whu us puirio'sis hsiwc
stood high in (he: cszctzmaxion of the pubii ", :
and who have received no: only the siap-J
ptnus-s buc th: votrs Os thousandes of their !
lctcisslow-citizens, have: b-si-cctn guilty of chci
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From these and omcr instances of a sin
milar nalu'Tt, let the peupl: ()slhc U-Statcs
take warning, be vigilaur, and examine for
thsi-mseh-cs; and let them mark the man.
whatever may be his polizics, or of what
ever pnrw he mzw he. who shall abusc the
trust thus reposcd in him. In ;: so:.nc:
numhcr, che: attention of the public was
casscd to :: report of & committec of Con
gless, nho du: mg the last Scssion, was ap
pointed to enquire: into the conduct os gcn.
Vvilkinson, and pan: cular-y to that ]a'c,
which related to his drawing money from
ss . si! ,...ss..J-o. ----, usiun lht
pu acsi llcuaurlcs 01 which they havczhad
.. .:mnagemcnt ? "
'shc late conduct os Thomps—on Sk-inner,
and the still later conducr of Bamubsizs Kid
well, will not, and ought not,. soon to be:
forgotten. The snrmsi-r puniuc is indeed .
now no mure ;. the latter, who has been held
up to public view as the. pauern of stern in- 1
tcgrhy and uprighmess, and for his sup
posed rigid vxrcuc by many been considered
as a son of modern Cato, has, sur cmb-siz— )
zl'mg public money, and mher cximcs com
mitted to concctfal che sacx, lately bcusix oblig' ,
cdlo quit_ his famil) and country. !
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ffiadc bj' licut. Knight, on the: authority
3 letter sisiom Hent? Diarlmm, ssscrrmrsiv
war, under date of4th of ]ctmnzssv. 1809,
and L-lhibit-ss'd to me for & cuch m the my
m'siffisfsa' :}nd :} charge against the. Unircci:
ST'MLS', Which! have: refuses] to admiz, he—ss
, ing paid contrary to law, itnfl that gene-mli
; VVilkinson's nccuunc'alssml}, stands (hsissssss
ed Wsih considerai-silsi- sum; of ;;uth m-m-ssv'
lmﬂCssffiUﬂtccl sor. This ascuuml "have- r-ct
POTYW} TO the treasury with mv uhjcrtimwctsi
i" " '"mss t0 she: couusthcr, ussulo-r dare M
th: 15th Os March, 1810, requhing ;! li'W'
decision at the treasur) , which has not _\'-Css
been doUC- After the nllmvancc hue! b-v"
made to general VVilkinson (us ezxm sj'ct'
t'mns for the period, and at the time 10"
WhiCh th*-'}' had. been rcCciw-d by cu! w
Cusbing and culoncl Frccrmn, ( cailcd UZT'
on th'cSc gentleman to rcshaci, s-Jl' che pcsf'
od a'dchd to the general. They have- bmss
refused; contending- Lhzmhcy were the 08'
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Ilctvuotnccrs COUM ba rznitlcd m cxzm ran}
' tions 2" she Am: time, and so." (In: e'ssmrzi
'post. General YVilF-rimofisi huw--ve-r, :sp
[)Cﬂlcd from my decision, to th- acc un ing
OffiCcl'SOsthc trcnswz'. to whom [. saatc-Z
' m)- O'chctions suily, in a letter to the: romp-.
FW'HSY, under date of the IOch ]:muarctx,
- 18095 Who, on the ll'th anmum-y, 1553'3,
! xT'mmsisscl me the. account, and (he.- opsimwn
"stbsic nztome)? general}, with (!ircctinnst'zct
;pass thcsiamoum to the crcd'xt of- (knows!
si VVilkinsdn, on the b'odks of my rffi-s ;i
['whichl have accordisin'g'ctlssv dun-ct. On 1'1'!
Sth ofj'unc, 1'809, general Vv'iikinmfi prt
sentcd'an'ot'hcr account m ]irzut- S. Knighssi
ssdistricc paymastcr at New Ok'ltzm, fm'i
obtained pnyment from him, for thirw-sif-f
rasion's prr day, from the: 13ssn Of Mﬂsctisi?
to the SOLh Os September. 1809, mnmmtin;
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siesszamfctfsiy -. asct-ssss-si ss- . si.
{non that'lp088'2881d,'in rdsi'sisim sso'ssffim.
_du-—tss ol— brngadssser gesiners! JamfsW-si ?csisssi
m'anf-weno :hc sctssom-zs simsf'sud- 'msc,
mlmzonctfiom Kþc Hemms: of Rt In she
Livill'now proceed u- Zsi" Pssss '
asfhasisss-csicctmcctm my—sisssim me usiiilsswv
guc-kl corrohczrafing anmmg n', .sssict
irbm OthrsS, in nsiy 'sszc'zal (si, suivsi-sictss
invcstigmion of- ssthc FisihjCCh-zss: xsiss. r-r- si ,
'the rclmive cursinpariscmss llzsi-sssisi'sssi'ss .
son to believe arc: :Y'ao {si c si: css-m'nsi.
In answer to the susc pan (,,siss}, -
relativc to the Spamsh agc-nu- I'C "Quis};
thing about it. In l'clmfcm' (0 ss'ss si'ss'ﬄss' mct
might have hz-sidin the Burr'zssulrlsi."
only information "73! has ugmxsssfi:
knowledge, is in the (lisbursmmsit ctFO m
monks, drawn smm public sissctnsisi L' Wine
Orleans, in the- year \8(>7ss sctss'sh "
VcSSclS chattcrcc! by him ",!
scmers and witnesses smm N
the sun of government, and 5
es go witnc-sscs, (ces tv hawjssssss-rsisi &sict Szsiisil ctss
]):- mcurr-fl by 'the conspjmsi). (ct- Ass"
..un- ; Wlnch (]:shummsi-ms as "(si sim
thers, 10 11 ("("Widfffi-sie im'hn'sit m-(llsi'sh
warrants immediately suom (;);5 dsssssisi ' si
drawn bv the former 5<'(T(-(;=s\ss us;." si
sunzlry ubjcms us the: like xxuctuze, ;usszct' [or
which there chc no spc-cific npp-"ossr'ss'rioss
to which] could charge zhcsc epssdsisictctssctss
l was therefore unnUc— :o crulicctlhcf &c.;-si:
urcmusi the.- acctumms m am bczd (,g' (six
d-ilLll_'C, until (he 29\h (Js NuYsirsifisssi Isssisissct,
\\ lzcn the p'rcssim sc cr'si-mrctv o! v. as, ", . m 'c
me m—srulc UssHT acrcznt, directsidss ;;sisi .__
the: (Iishuesnmssms had been mad.; I;) vizu-si
nsordcrs from :f'ctc (!cpm-fmzm Us ussctsi .
t'sim ycm's 1806 :xud IZJCLT, {l.at tfcty \ct'-:ss-.
chzn'gcublc. m sh: Cummgtnt inn:: (,! thr
uzzr dcsznrzmctsi-m, shrrc; him; no <_,\_h., j-ctsssssisi.
of rxpcnditue'c m v hid] 11. _- (cum iss- m,
prl'iy (.hzn'g-d ; I have zrcwssniisssssiss sssisiss
us the account. and ran gin: no uctsiixess-r 'My,
isiurmation un Lizis subjecz.
In answer to your csi qui",- m " szte she
smu- m nisi money xiv.-31 m} bjsi' gem. ss\\'iisk.in
son in {in: ;,"cctsicta-sir 1804, from Jctzsiz-ssssh ssl'niur,
;sssssieszam rezsixlitzusiy 35an ;st Nc-w O-lzfznsssi
{or public service," Iz-fply, xi.-at me um"
money hc appears to have. rnc'z-si-sid {w}:
"saylur, iat Fsinctv (imc on ;zuhii: acc'ssm—z, isa
In answer in your enquiry relnrive me-x
tra rutic—ns claimsi-d by sisitctllri'izl V.'.-lkin5ss,—n,
and how ::Zlcm'cd, Zi'cpix'. !'n.-t in ]:enmrv,
ISCO, an account was ;:r-sisazzsitsid o :nr- al
mittcsid by Hent) ].)cctn :!Jmsix, Sr-rrclisr's "2
_ofun s- r_ cxtm raticns, claimcdh} gcz y'
ral w. kimon as comm 'n-mdingdlssi. .si
fNatchimchc's :md New O!]rsi'ms, [sum n.:
-. 13m Septcmher,1806. lo the: 24- h 91");
1807, atthsinl) ssi-x latiﬂns ;c-r :ia}, incul
'ng :: charge for q-n: ssnrrus, &: zbiin-r &:- 2—
momuingr to 55 *2033 16-103 , w..ic:_z d..i:n
he rated .md rclusitd to an )W—osiT'Sf, hsi- -"'<
cause : covmd- red that ;my ailmvancs 10
geneml U ilkinsm, 0!th : ctzm wis: was
fixed !)ss' th: as of the IGsisih Me r n,13')2,
WZBS lliiidinwsib]? ; an' (] Zhl]: CO vnsif Cushm
in: aftd CUkm-sii I recmm. us Commanding
officus h: w. ugdeawn calm razicsim a! th':
same. poszs, for Lh-ssiss sum: time, and that no]
us!
sum of thra, - :hsctm—md duliars, xsiecL-ivcd un
ths: 2;l.'.'n Aprz-Yz 1834.
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