Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-07-03 00:00:00, page 2

"siss: si, ,— ,sisi- Boy-Here", lkssicndric. . _'
si, We? 6 Dallarcts' per manam
'Zsi- Cmtry Me, 5 More. , -
sisixsif*_-—ss—_ -— T si-M
54? New-t Y, IULY— 3. _.
sigisict-si sisisisi'sssi Septum qfhaining m'oney fibm the tied-. .
Curysi-sHave you examined the abstracts csigf
mows, mpmded, an account of the presi- ;
WHEN Me," as officially called forth by the ss
Zsifisi commmee ? Although they msiay he tho t, I
perhaps, to Betoken curious and cunning ]
manus felative to the management of pub- i
flic simdhisies, let the subject be fhirly con
udered' The items, it is true, arsie not the
dame as have been seen in consul general
si-izLssenx' s asiccounts, which are so notorieus for
mfilsiuþlmw, and enormicy of charge; a
gainst (he, Unlted States, Items for mak
ing and rsicpairing puarps, and pump box-as,
Tsi'sisideasirinz out the well, repairing the ceil'mg,
' six
-- ' irih'g csiosstnices, &c. iwhite washing and
inﬂux-ing plssaistering, new water pipes and
Wsirepatrs to offices, putting-up one grate and
Ltaktdgﬄown another, Small j'obs; levelling
4 aAssd' 8t'essissng ground to the president s gar
dea, manure for the presidents square,
"hindring,- sowing grass, &c. clover seed,
the-= apetnlic sum of 2,850 doilars, and 14
centsstn one itetn for digg'ing earth & cart
sssi-sisssimg uch changes appear to have been paid
'_*' 'T'stzptctnss'si the treasssctsisitiry of- the United States, on
it i" tsiof'thetdrestdent s house Accord
idgss to the official statement— (No. 2) the
WW of the expenditures, placed under the
cttheadﬂqf Presidevtt s house, in the course of
about she years and 3 months, atnOunted
to him: than-fififty eight thousisandssdollars.
Dotyou 'ctsichoosesi-to knowctthe amount dis
ssttnctly, without any of the "si more or less,"
WIppeared to osiiciaisi? at) le, as economical
tinowlqdsisssi'jetrutnng by wholesale, when
Mercury eat-born was enjoying : salary.
L'?" of 4 500 dollars er anon-m, and could dis
piacesspersons experienced competence,
"that the"- {easily estabiishment might ﬂou
"'ctssssrsiish ) Take itffithen, precisely as set down
in the State-ment, from the treasdry depart
meint! :si-The eutn is 58'578 dollars, and 9
.ceuts; _So*much was actually expert-ded m
relation to the palace, from the 29th of
ZMarsich, 1803 to the SOth of ]une, 1808, ac
sicordmg to accounts rendered and settled at
treasurv department. The balance of
thornes, advanced from the treasury, and
"remamng to be accounted *or by the super
Meddant of the cit-v of Washington, on the
'si'sch "of ]une, 1808, according to state-ment
"(No-2) was 49,107 dollars ansictd 58 Cents,
'f-ndtther more nor less. It does not appear
Watry of the documents, how much of
that bala'nse was then considered specifical
1): rssssesiservesid for account of the palace.
Although the public information, there-,
fore, 18 not so complete as might be desired,
, with the data now" before us, some es
Yrtnate may be formed of the public expen
'* diturctes relative to the presidential estab
ltahmvnt, for the two administmtions of
! years The comparison is" interesting
ebpectally it there be & question, Whether
ghedﬂ'ectation of economy can be used as a
Mandimres _ m relation to the preSidency of 1
, - General Washingtan.
Soler y—say for ei in years from
March 1789 to Zlilarchss17'97'si-u
it compttted at SISPOO per an
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;;ssGctKm-ge --for. accommodation' of " s
' houohoYd—say, within firstpe— '
si And of 4 years, l'ss14ssss,000
_,sif=\ct'E.\7mces——on account of house si
ssﬄ not] rsielative accommodations
at seat of government", as de
. si-siductesid _ from president : salary
4 and not siccthacged cozpubfic trea— "
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Amomu To faction to presi
dency of Gen. Wasbingcoa, 5214-000
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Word run-, from March . -
45 in! to MrAh W; compm.
;; ssxctd wis-mon manam si Mpoo
=> sichn jot" hssovuhold, ' si— ' * *_
gﬄ- Oh!; reference If.) the _ _ s,
rzsiact. vadof-t carnou- ' _ ".
dancing : 'Mh dy,- _ __ .,4
ctsi 55 ct' 1303- 'PPW-ss {si} ;7'2'f;;ct
xsisissss-z- mionsi' of 5 lsooai j' _-'_" 4
yuco 24Lh of A- * ' 3
pohucal cloak for Extravagance ?
WWH in relation to the presidmcy gf
_ si ss Me fast-non.
. num, _ 8200, Doo si
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S'LMUE-vsnosswnl-ÞN si 1
asiss-ss horn tsslze Connectrc'ut Mrr'or- -
Ball)! Guettc,
man a- POLﬂ'chL.
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belonging To !;sisf'sssi (
bout—hold Of pkestdcntsssi sssi " , & *
Actsida Wss'sisi—sssisisiY. act of 8_d_ss_si_ ssss siss
of Maich Wi fo'rf—ss-ss - ss
esttmated value o'kthi =
ss Whole;sisi'asiay .ss __ _ "who .1
WWe—for chommo-ct; ,
_ (lation of housholdsi sigssxssct , si " ,
s Witmfermcc tothe ', si =
s 'ss peribsidssof four years, , si, '
ss confinidncmg the 4th ct si
' of Mprch 1808, kp- __ ,
ss sss propnatton of s14,0si00 si si ' ct*
'ss'ddlhtrh with 'sales of - _ .. _
'ssdc'cayctcd surtfitu'r'e 33 _ " ' ;
'e utpa ,b acto
ss "WifiMagfhsss {BOJY "sht'
* "the whole, iacty ' 14 ,000
-- ua—LQPOO
Expences-si-sioh dec'dusitstof—
house and relative ac-ss
'commssddattons at seat
of government ; charg
ed to public treasury
ss o—estjmatc—char ed
si from 29th of March
" 1803 to am Decem
ber 1808, as per offi- -
" cial statemen't (No. 2 ) 32, 865" 90
" appropriated by act of
ct'silsi-Sd Mar'ch 1807, 85
, per stasst cm'ent of ap- ' si.
" pfopriations " 15,000 "
appropriated by asict of
---2$th April 1808, as
- per statement of ap- .
.. propriationa '14 ,OOO
S 61—,—865 "90 ss
'sisi-'orestitnate Othehvisea— ,- 5229,000
charged from 29th -
' March 1803, to BOrh
.. June 18'08',siassi'per dffi- __ .
cial statemsient (No. 2.) 583578'09
"Balance of monies ad
vanced to'si'the 'si'supsier
" intend'alft being 8 49,
ct-ss107 58-100 on the Bath
of June 1808 :' for pro .
":po'rtibn on acco'untksiif
palace, Say only e'om: _ ss
stent]: part -' 4,9'10
" h—a
=sisss 63,480 09
but to fittow' for' "any (possible: '
error, And. that the estimate
=.si-si'may not be overcharged, set "
' downafor the- whole,-"no more , "
than _ ' ' 61,000
Amennt in rﬄazi'onto president)- -_ _ 7
of Mr. Jcsserson, ) 'si'si SFZOODOO
.The diﬀerence betweeussrhe surns paid
during the presidency of Gen. Washington,
and that of Mr.si_jeﬀerson,' "is—76,000 of:-na.
for 8 years; -
A general increase of public Bxpenee'bfi
account ofctssthe þreaidentias siestnbl'ishment,
tusuch an extent," Was probzsh'ly n'ot expect
ed "by-the body "of per-sone; who applauded'
th: inahgural "speech, masidsiesiby president
]essersonct'in March -1_801. :A'pportioning
8 76,000 sor 8 years, the average "is ss9si500
dollars annuallysi—ssa' sum 'consid'erahiy more
than sufficient to desray the" s'alarictes of' the
governor and lientenant, the secretassry and
treasurer, and compsitroller-os accountssfor
the state os' Connecticut, together" with al
lowances'sifor- their clerk hire, and other ex
pencrs of office. ct ' -
So 'cha'racte'ristic He th'esi diﬂ'rrencesisibe
tween the presidencyl of Gsien. - Washington,
-and the pre'siclen'cy of Mxsi sisiss]essersbn,si siwith
respect to public _monie:,ct1nsscase3 'more im
mediately insstere's'ting to thewseluxs.
To be accused of' both. was rczerved for ?
an administratioo within-the Present-cen- {
tufy. _ \ ,, 1 ;
'ln'menfi'bning the court-95}, zc-ssas no;—'m- ;
si tended to'wpreset the admzmsfuanoo ass act: 4
zing-or zffifing magnanimdysly,_visiyþ rc- ;
sifercnccxþsifsihe'Britislror thc'Frcnch {It-che -.ss
siSpdudhjsssi'ss' si . — _. . si' . ' si '
Ffec {me braggart 'pssetulance,' national
sihqnorsspelsiwisits noseﬀ dcglsiadation, with ye;
ss ferencg to an'-{a power whatever. Nor
'nuglzttsi—ixsi'ss-siw 4- sissssupccred, that . the-siknown
maden (is.-an: aﬂm'inistration with" refer.- ssss
si'j'cn'ch-ufwne. benigqrent , power, lfidulcsilss 5... ]
chf'xhC-cqntempc ps a belligerencfijd, ss
.,sixs nsia question, When)? the -. bemin
" " lt must indeed ' fcrcatc astonishment,"
"saidsisiMr. Fo'x, in sithe'Bl-ctufish' house of com
mune,;speaking of the illunriosiw Washing
ton [in the-year 1794,"** I;"susf'indeed crc- *
ct" are aston'ishment—thac'ﬄe should in no
" on: instance, have been'accusM\eirher-of j
" peevish insolence,*siorsi<ss>'f mean sdbmission l
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" to his transactzons wuh- sorelgnmatiom." I
'AME'Rl-CRNLDLPLOMACY;
fnom THE sAME.
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'F cret._ Instructions' asicts publrsnedsi [nere,-foe
si forecrossing' thesi'Atlantic, mlght þc si'sicxhl
' bi'ted for stagesi-eﬀ'cctsion the-'Amc'ﬂchn the
si'atre, where some temporary'applausc Could
besibb'talnsi'Zd' for thcsia'dmitsitistratisionsi if ap
pearing upon stilts, and seeming for*ss'the
' moment to as'ssiume'sithe-sspost of Mars.
'- To 'be'sw-aggerlctngss at si home, and tof—be
' sneaking abroad; are disserentctmodifications
of characterisric littleness. _ _
— Of the forelgn'rontempt for 'exe'cu'tive
'proceedings and sta'ggerings and recedings,
' we w'adt no stronger'proof, thansitfh'c neglect
of the French 'g'ooefnm'ent 'sitO' rnurnsi'any
answer whatever to offic'ml communication:
-of' g'en.si Ars'nS'tr'ong" in'thess year 1808, the
pereniptory dog'matism'" of'si' Cham'pagny's
note, datcted'atsi Altenbu'rg insi18095siand the
dictatorial combinatirsim of absisurdlty and—in—
sultsi, in the'note-srnm the same Champngny
l'as duke o! Cadore in 4810,'sitogether with
' VRFlOL'tSsiBslllIh publications '-in--additionsi-to_si
the date and tenor of the inW'esirsitosi'MT.
,Pinknezsis letter of t-he-Lssd of January.
That letter of Mr. Pinkncy giVes"e-vide—nce
' of— other instructions beside those- c'nm.
mu'nicated to Congress, at the Sesssiion 'sswhich'
commented on the fourth {Monday of No
vembcr, 1809; For on some-of the parti
'culare—,' hess' speaks of being-instructetl in'
terms, which are not sound insi-aoy _of the
fctstactte paper-s laid before COn'grESs. ! FrOm '
that correspondence viewed'"in connexion":
with thectshowofsiBritish sheep, "and Amc- ss
risican dlplomacy; yesioU'CaLZjhdge os'the sul). !
'tlc manner that might be employed in-G. cta
:Britain, While-"the oﬄcial strut could be RS!
'sumed in the U; S. _ 1
- And is'it now" shrssenc'ossmlsiastssi'ofsi thesi act.
shinistrationct, to be whincting before the pub
'silic, "sinbout "the-"want of_ respe'Ctsul- attentions
frOm foreign powesirk? The spirit ofsiWaSsi—h-,
ingtonss-"ssth longer preaidee i'n-sithe govern
ment. _ , '
1Let not the Ga-v'y'qf Canzre'sssi be con-sisi
E dfeffined for the deficiencieszof-Me cabz'necsisi' .
l- "V'Vhfossiesi-duty 'was 'it- to attend especially
( to our forcign onqcerns, and to recommend
; svstemattcss—-simeasurcl. for legxslativesi consi
gderation? ls'dtr'ong partiaans, and arc-al:
: politicians in Congreas, Were habituasilly die
si posed to wait for an' eatecutlve not] towar
[termine their vote-s; was' it to be GXPWW]
si- that they would propose any-system ofmea
; Bare! instead of the executive? The phr
ss' nosssimenon Would imply-a reversal ofsscharae- }
' tets. ' ' * .
si'A "diﬀerent 'cburse, indeed, "from what .!
has been" ac'tUally witnessed, might havessi
'ctbe'ssenssfos the welsare osthe public, 'bUt would !
ss'ctnot have "been according to the political
fashion ofthe day:. The state of'om sh
ssrsieign relations, might have'been communi
cared, and—the measures judged'necessary, ;
or expedsiient, might have been recommend- i
ed, in terms of such intelli'gihlessimport, as
not to countenance various and contradic- .
tory interpretations: Thi'S'mightsi-have bee'n
acceptable to-iegislators, preserring the la
ssbor of thinking, to the indolencectof ment-al "
vacancy, and choosing rather to avail: safely
in the light, than to grope about and about
in the dark. With satisfactory information
'relati've*tn the active state of assairs abroad,
'Iuch legi'slatorl might have materials for
compre'hensive political estimates so as to
aid in suggesting or maturingmeasunsis of
practicil utility. '"But this would not have,
'been consistent with that ohscurity which
conceals deiecte, and favors-imposture..._
siWould clear &ih'ibitions'of fact, and dis.
tinct views osptﬂicyfin zctﬀasiirs os'grcat ing-" i
tional interest, have "disagreectdsiwirh the offi- :
cial case osct member-ass ofThe-admin'isti-at-ionl '
The inferepce seems'ndt withoutj-"reason;
especiaiiy tf- a.judgtnent ' is ' to ' be stay-men
frdm the. repeated publication "of animposis- &
pibility, with respectctto Zhe time When Mr.
ﬂaminijtratimssoFP-thþ ssUxxir95.;Ssstztessi mÞY'ibcg
deemed of i'iisibmiuivenesssisi insi- traneactigns
si'sisssiithsi'F-tl'ic: "British ?;A—C—pnsider "? some" recþtjrj
rffittl'arl—bthc'si'dffiti'al "letter from Mr.
"Fluid ,ytsi'fdsis the marquis'"-fW-sszllessilgyctspndcr
si-"ctdacsigyl 'dshsizd ofLJansssi 1810, and 'thcsss'arnc'
Mr: Bsslnlffity's diplomatic'exhibition, at the
"Somcrvissl-le show siof siahcep aboutsithe begin
ning' ol'sisiMarehct, w'i'thctthgffinswer 'o'f th'esssi-l Lth
of March from the-marquis; as followed
siby. MrTPinkney's acquiescing silence,-.
Not is the-accusation discountcnanctccd by
the iasisict 'dctf "prbsidentctMadison's approving
in official form,_thc legislativc resolution
(called Mr: Gilcs's) "which applabd'esid the
refident's, oWn conduct, and gave a siso
lcmn-sisa'ced pledge-to stand by'himssielsfivhil; ;
it dischargecl a mixture of 'coarse invectivcsi': ?
lagainst one soreigner._ * The manner'of that ?
zesolution, indicates so little; of the delicacy l
of honorablcsi principle, it' isssgpsi (liﬀcrent
lsisifrom-evcry thing which president Washit-g
ton ever recommended', =orsisiapprov£d,ss that
'you might ble let] to inser the inﬂuence ctsiofssasi
submlSsivef'spirit', in some-of*thc secret in:
structic'ms to Mr"; Pinknry, is it were clear
ly ascert'aincd that the iCabinet Sent -him*-in
structions of diﬀerent sorts with reference
L to the s'amc 'assair-si—som'c pttblic—somcejse
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have made (liscloshres 'to the people. of
; which the cahinet at \ssV-sitshlsctg-tsien sun the ha- ss
; tard, the 'policysiof suppressing the insor— '
simation, by giving an c'xn-ctcz, was not usiuct. ss
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- part osthess state otssGcorgiu called the " it"!
asqnfir'evaﬂ andsihaif eares each, nndctg-rm !
--ed alomr kneeleth; 'she salc of tickelsto
ss'th'bss cilinms ofiGem-gia at ass low Nice, the
:prizcs w-siconsisin omen-within the purchase
3 "11me os-Khesehu the subseri'oer now os- sit
Iscn fo'fiake. some are in the vicinixy of the
ssaity of Mil-ledgevilkc, the per—manent scatof s
'the state government, its present white po
pulation exceed: 1500 souls—it is situutsi'd-sisisssisia
ss'nponsi't'hess-vcrge 'gf 'the Ocnnec, Which is nu
Vigablc for bouts that carry from fifteen 10
'hssv/enty'tonj, to Daricn, upnn the Allamic
indoed the'whole purclwsc isbecomc very po
pulcsu'i-sissssfc thosp disposed to engage in Sc-um
crn agriculture, or to p-urchaw upon Specu
'Ia'tion, cannot do better man to avail tlem
selvcs of sihis opportunity Lo obtain good la,-wis
now for sale. Several of the truc—ts- are con- '
ftiguous to each other and some in the neigh
borhood of ﬂourish'mg coumy towns; some -
unite many desirable advantages. 'l'hc coun
try generally is well supplied with brnnchessi
creck su'earsins, rivers, and springs Human
s_tamly ﬂow. Many osthe tracts now adver
tnsed have the advantage of fine timber" "
mill scats. si f ' !
Those inclined to'bccome sipurchuscrs- mar
[&an the terms by applying to the subscribcr
]Wlng as Alexandria, in "the dim'ict osL'O
lussmbia; .
The first and second vojumgg of this splesi"
'didsi Wbrk m'ect ctju=t come tb hand and a".
ready .fdf ct-dcliirery-to ;ubs'cgjlssngs, who 0"
chHened tovcallsor them., _ __ . :
. .ss "James Kcnnedysi sex-ir
si Line . -- ' ' - Ztco
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Puncmsieect'
He can most confidently affirm that his ti
tle is clear and-indiSputable—this he wishes
.to impress in order to remove any prejudicc
sithat may exist in the mintls of those disposed
to purchase Georgizt Lands. The ti*actssssi\*?-w
'l'or sale are situated between the Oconctesi In!
Ucmitlgee rivers, and (we-within the last pur
chase made of the-Indum by the stele 0
ssC'corsisigia. - The'silesizislature 'of Georgia to ch
4courage the popnl'ati'on of the district as well
sissas'tosi henefit the-inhabitants of the state, had
. the mchase sat-vered end:-"divided into lots or
simy m. - - . .1 33.
Wz'lsanfs Amerz'c'an (}mz't/zoz'ogy
"'os March. - In a paper of W'ednesday, the.
'ssimpossibility is-aguin published as fact— Mr.
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' Ptpkney, :it Lordon rerezted adeic'e um,,
rupture that was complete}: in Nozenber
siat "the citj of; Washington.
_ During the late sitting vacancz of Con
sigress, it the Cabi—net believed tiothing m.,
si'sicessary or expedietit, whv Was there Stlch
ssan aﬀectation "of intended somethi 'pn , and
something of impressive consideration?—
"Why wasÞnOt the perildus state abroad
made known- shr general information, shsi,
private citiZens might consnlt the safi () of
their own intereSts, while hopeless of pro
tection or relief liom the government. js
however, the my sterious veil had been tt- ss
moved,- the share and hopes at the p mule—1
might have ceased to be the eport osp gbss
in place, or Ameriean supplies might'o A .;
been wanted, ainidst the various ps ('
the alfiance heffieenrthe Gallo-Corsif __ ss ,
* nasty, and the blood of the Cttesars. sisi
i ' One at the great legitimate purpost-s of
ovemment, is to accurc in practice the
, rights of person, and property, against to..
reign alms: and violati—on. it is now to be
Ltuidcsirstood, that the purpose is to be ahan.
doned on the part osthe'ctCabz'net :? it such
'si-he the fact, it is not impossible to aceoum
for some of thewhining eﬀu'sions, tcuml,
the secre'tairy of state.- Yetzhe paper for as
ficial, 'and demi—eﬄeialz and—unofficial put).
lications, at the seatos government, has rc
presented Mr, 'Pinlmey as receiving despatch.
es o'n'the QTth of the- same month. In that
paper there has been given an Extract of a
it.-Fler'st'omA {'Vmssf Pinknc'y, Leg. to R. limit/:,
qu. Sccretary of State, -da!ed-Lorzdsi:n,-fi1sicrch
21; '18'10. Tsihe beginning- of the extract is
in these Womb;-" On the 27 th of N ovember,
Mr. Brownell "delivered to me your letters of
The ctilth, t4th and —23d, of the preceding
"month." isiTbis-Wns published in & paper os
_Monday-, the si215tssos May, ]810; with acoþy
of Mr? Pinkney's letter of the'2dof January, .
Pinkney—beingstuted to have "received his
despatches on the -27th of November." The
extract, with the eorresponclcnce between
Mr: Pin'kney and Lord 'W'ellcslcy, must have
been furnished from the dt-phrtsiment of state.
to Lord Wellesisleyend the answer of the Htlt
laid before sscongress, are cdntained 'in a letter
bearing date the Wd'fof November 1809, ironsi
published at the seat of government.
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sine-Mr:
' If the publication ol'the whole letter, would ;
' . [sign-notions relative 'to that rupture, a;
"5000 siAsscresis of ansidsor Sal .
HIS subscriber oﬂ'erssi for saie a number
. 'þi'very vdluaþlcsi Tracle q/ Lord in that
Authony Dycl',
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