Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-08-30 00:00:00, page 2

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f- SA-MUEL SNOWDEN,
I'lorian ) Jeﬂ'erson
Ga'spard ( an old do—
meszic ) Francis
Sanguine} Bravocs in the lzay Charnock
Le Noirc of Longucville, Z szrris
Geraldine ( niece to de Mrs. Jcﬀerson
- Valmont )
Rosabcne (her U'o- Mrs. Wilmot
man )
Monica ( an old Pca- Mrs. Francis
sans)
sssi ]. T. RAMSAY,
si Mexmria Daily Gazette,
83" REMOVAL.
OBERs GRAY has removed his Book
and'Stationary Store to the nouh -ide
of King street between Royal and Pitt strects
dearly opposite the W'ashington Tavem.
August 23. "
Deily Gazctte 6 Ballars per ammm.
CQW Gazette, 5 DaJars.
THURSDA Y, AUGUS'I 30.
E." - ct- . ...— ._ .. - .. .
in;...si... ___-__. __si._ _ _ __ .. __ _.
.dttomey at Law.
-Intends practising the Law in the
Suþeriossr and Inferior Courts of Lou
doun County. He WIH sectle at Lees—
burg h.
__Aug 17. (!
Wet Nurse Wanted.
VVANTED immediately, A "set .Narsc,
either white or bl_ack.
_\Vill be presented a celebrated an PLAY,
in 3 acts, (interspcrsch with Songs)
' CALLED
Count de Valmont, Mr.?one ]}
Buﬂlcd 69 de Fctu/ctmont, Master Bssarrett 1
cj' The Publz'c are rcs/ssssfsully iifmmed,
that in consequence as the verystaftcring
recrjztwn t/ze " Foundling of the I wrest"
zvas lzamred zvz't/z on its ffir .zt represen {a
tun (and at the request of swe'tal [adic {)
it well be pmsifc—rmcd agam,
(son Posnn ::LLY (m; LasiST TIME 'rms
ssctxsoNss) a
Bcrtrand, ( Valct to 4
. Longucvsiil/e) Bsll': Hardinge !
L'Eclair; Valet to
. . qoumnsscm UPOLXTICAL. '*
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fi/z/zly to the Printer.
_August 28. . St
1" Act 2d, the CASTLE GARDEN, dc— !
corated for a Fete. In the centre an open
temple fancisully decorated with Flowers,
Tt'ophies, &c.
A CHARACTERISTIC BALLE T,
By Sz'x Warriars. C'amþosed by 1111'; F ran
('I-90
Girls enter as Wood Nymphs, who sur
prise and disarm the VVarriotsss—they remove .
tctheir arms and replace them with Garlands.
Combat between two Boys habited as War
:riors.
Act Sd, represents the Banks of the Rhine
{by Moonlight. the river ﬂowing at a distance !
....on one side a_ Pavillion extends obliquely,
nhrough the lower window of which a light ;
wppears ; on the opposite a Bdwor of Lattice !
Mork entwined with woodbine.
By Wir. Dimbﬂd, authorsiof Adrian and Orz'lla, :
Huntef Qf llze dl/zs, Uc. As ]msormc-d in '.
London, PIzisslarz'c-ljzlzzsia, .Nc-w Ycrlc, and Bal— ,
timorc, with the most dzsistz'ngius/zed a/z/zlause.
'1 'lze .sc'Zuc-ry, dresse-s and (lecorations entire
ly now- Drcssccts by Air. Maccubbin. \
The Original Alusic by Kc'lly. Accomjzanj
ments by 31. Pellz'sz'crc.
TO "fish Will by added, a FARCE, in one act,
( Never Performed here ) "
CALLED
Half an Hour after Supper.
_Mr. Sturdy, Mr. llardinge "
Mr. Bently, Master Barrett
Captain Berry, Mr. qunie
Ermk, , - Nthmot
Miss Elizabeth, Mrs. Jacobs
Mrs. Sturdy, Jeﬂ'ersol
Miss Sukey, - \V ilmot
Miss Tab'ttha,si Francis
Nancy, Seymour
UnknoWn Female, Mrs. Barrctt. 1}
ALEXA NDRI A T HEA'] RE
On leursday Lzsiening, Aug. 30, (
_ Doorc to be opened a! six andpevfarmance
lo commence at 7 o'clock. ss
The Fbundsing of the Forest.
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p ks' Hotel, mung Office, and at Mr.
dlr. Snowden'si'lz be ad at t e hea re, at
.ss Rossyal-ctreet, Alexandria.
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ss scription is from 25 to 30 dollars per acre—
! prices are not less considerable, and atoundi
ss most valuable meadow, at an
si.
lt is believed that when the cenSus now ct
taking is completed, the popuiation of the
City of Washington, , and the'tw6 toWns—in
the Disttsiict of Columbia, will be found to
hassvc, doubled in the last ten )ct'eat's, unpro
pitious as these years have been,]o the
growth of town depending for their pros
perity on that kind ostrade, which has for
its basis, the products' of Our dwn country ;
and which are too remote from the sea, to
rival towns on the sea-board, in whatis
called the carrying trade.
If in such times the increase of popula
tion has been so great, what may not be
expected, in the-next ten years to come, in
which, and perhaps in all future times, for
at least half a century, itseems more than
probable, from the state of the world, we
must content ourselves with that trade onlysi
which depends upon our own reSour'ces?
And it will, [doubt not, be a happy cir
cumstance for the country, if we can bring
ourselves to so much moderation, as to aim
at no'more—indecd this, properly cultivat
ed, will be enough for all our activity, and
all our enterprise. ln such & state of things,
the progress of \Vashington, and the Other
towns in the district, will bear some proz
portion to the magnitude of the back counsi
try with which nature has connected them.
it is well known, that the countrv west,
and north and south west of the district,
watered by streams sitributat'v to the Poto
mac, and assording, sor somesimonths in the
year, inland navigation sor several hundred
miles, is certainly amongst the most sertile
on the casteth waters; and may be iusdv
(lenominztcd tho stair) country Of the Af
lantic states. Extrztvagant as it may seem,
it is nevertheless trUe, that even at this mo
ment, an equal market price sor ﬂour, and
grain of all kinds. would attract to the dis
trict more abundant supplies than any one
town in the United States nnnually receives
-—:\nd for this, there is the plaineSt reason
in the world—becnuse the growers of the
article in the ]urgest and finest grain coun
try, would be subjected to less expence in
transporting it to the district, than in car
rying it to any Other market accessihle to
sea vessels—and this advantage in savor of
the distriet. will become more decisive eve
ry succeeding ycnr, as the inland saviga
tion of Potomac, and its diﬀerent branChes,
becomes more perfect. '
rather to call the attention Osthc proprietors
of the lands in the vicinity, to the import
ance of making due eﬀorts for their im
provement, with a view to the supply of
the growing market at their. door—pnrticu—
lazsily with those articles which either will
not bear the carriagc, or which, from other
from a distance.
point OU! Lbsitsie-"Dﬄwh'm 'Uotumbsita-silffii "
circumstances, cannot-be so well supplied !
proper cultivation, is no where so valuablc
as in the neighborhood of the (listrict——in
no other place is there so great a demand
for grass, and all the articles depending on
grass; hence it is, that the articles, so es
sential to the daily consumption of tosswns,
constantly commngd prices from 20 to 50
per cent. higher in the district, than in the
great markets us Philadelphia and Balti
more—and it need not be apprc bended, that
the improvement of such land can be too
general—or too rapid—no 'essorts in the
power of the proprietors to make, can kee
pace with the stiil mere rapid increase in
the pupulation of the District. _
Each owner of such land will be able to
calculate for himself the expence of laying
it down in grass—the profits will probably
exceed any idea he may be able to form on
the subject, without some knowledge of the
value of such lands near other markets. lb
the neighborhood of Philadsielphia, ] am in.
The kind oflz-md which more immediate
ly calls for improvement, and which will
best reward the lubor of the judicious im
prot'er, is that which is not but little better
than an ineumbrance to the ouner, but
which is capable of being converted into
meadow, at an exPence trifiing indeed, in
comparison With the atznual profits it will
be sure to yield. Bleadow ground, under '
Baltimore, but little inferior. Surely this
should be sufficient to excite the proprietors
of low lands, near the district, to the most
animated exertions for theit improvement—
Many hundreds of acres me so situated as
m be capable of being converted into the
the price for the fee, three hundred dollars
per acre. In the vicinity of New York the
Phiﬂo
A FARMER,
expence per
acre less than annua! tents near Phil—adel
lormed, the annual rent of land of this de
My present object, however, is not to
From the Agricultural Musettgu.
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T "Scz'encc'qf'drairzzHg monqysrom "53 trea
sury.--In the latter end of February91809t
just before the ctadjoumment of congrcss,
Mr. ]cﬀersgzxn, (then president) sent & {RCT
sage to the cnate, informing them of his
having in the month of August Psfcsidfssfgt
commissioned WILLIAM SHORT sits minis
ter plrss-nipotcntiary to the court 91 St. Pe
tersburg ; and nominating him for that Of'
fice. Cungress had then beenin sessxon for
several months, and sromiday to day _cm
ploycd in discussing our foreign relations),
without any knowledge or even inttmatxott
of Mr. Short's mission. The Senate una
nimnusly rejected the nomination.
Whatztuthority had president ]eﬂ'ersot},
_' to appoint, commission, and send oﬀ a Im
nister to Russia, where the Unitcd State!
had never before that time had a minister ?
By the constitmion, the president is autho
tised " to nominate, and by and with the
: consent osthe Senate, to appoint :tmhztssa
' dors, other public ministets and consuls,
jtsidges of the supreme cdut't, and all other
(;fficers ()flhc United Stactssiwhose appoint
ments art- not herein otherwise providtd
for, and what}: shall be- estabct'is/zc'd by law."
" The president shall have power to fill up
; all vacancies that may happen during the
recess of the Senate, by granting commis
sions which shall exPire at the end of their
next sc-ssion." It is very certain that the
nppcintment of M r. Shurt was not made by
virtue of the power contained in the latter
clause above quoted, for as no nmbnssador
had ever been appointed from the Unitcd
Stntc's to Rusissctza, no t'acnncy couid have
hztp'siwmed ; and the power given by this part
, ot_the cc-nstittttis-n, extends only to the. case
& oi & t'acancv happemntx when the Senate
' render ths: constitution void on the suhj-ctsict
5 and then filling them up. The word " lzajz
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; 'l'ht- missmn 01 Mr. Sitnrt, is the first of
t tht: sort on record ; and we hope and trust
I it will be the last. In virtue of htsss Spurious
ss appointment and commission, he went, not
to St. Pctetsbung, but to France, the great
ss centre of our fotcign corrcslsondcnse, :sind
diplomtttic aﬂsiairs. By the laws ol' the U.
: Stzttcs an nmbassndor, rc'g'u/ursy (zjssssmintvd
tuasoreign court, is entitled to a salmsiy
not exceeding nine thousand dollars a year,
? and an outfit not eXCecssding the amount of
a year's salary. This salat'y, and this out
ss fit, cannot be lawl'ully paid out of the trea
sury of the United States to any but an am
bassador legall;] and constitutionact'iy ap
pointed. The following documents will
ss serve to shew that a considemble sum of
the people's money had been besere that
ss time paid to Mr. Short in consequence of
ssl u The secretary of the treasury, in obedi- ss
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REPORTS :
" THAT William Short has not receiv
ed from the treasury any sum of money
whatever, for outfit or compensation as mi
, nister or agent from the United States to
the court of St. Petersburg.
" That it appears .by the accounts of the
bankers of the United States, at Amster
dam, an extract whereofis hereun-to annex
i ed, that he did, between the 16th day Of
' ceive from the said bankera 9946 guildess,
_ made out of the sums remitted to them for
si- the purpose of defraying the exPences in- "
cjden't to the intercourse with i07358" na
r ctons.
"equal to 331978 40, which payments Were:
pen-an," does not naturally suit the case of
a removal by Presidentfal authority. But,
is he had bzcn disposed to give the consti
tutsiton a fair consttuctism, he would not
have made all the varancies happen by re
moving the officers during the rccess; he
would have taken the opportunity, whct. the
Scnatc was in scssion. in the present case,
however, he made not only the officer, but
the ostcc. Congrcss had made .t'sio provi
sicn at all sm- a mission to Pctcrsburg. and
_And-thsiat the dis'btsszrsements made by the
satd' bankerz out of that sum], being always
no other pctxctcssffissdhsittct would have dared to
venture upon. This is not (inly the obvious
and nue constrasition of the coustituticn,
hut it is believed it has also been the: prac
tica/ construction of it. Neither Vss'ashing
ton nor Adams, everclaime-d or rxncised
the power of creatiug new diplomatic mis
sions, and !cgations, to whatever courts
they pleased, -
March, and 30th day of June, 1809, re-ss
tionaliy sent on this mission, How much *
his being thus irregularly and unconstitu- s
more he may have obtained since is not yet
is nOt in session. It is true that Mr. ]cf—
serson, duning his presidency, contrived to
of appointmcnt to office, by removing mul
titud-cs ot'vsstccrs and thus making vacancies
known.
" REPORT.
the. :sstsipoinsmrnt Cfssnlr. ZMLWWH
ence to the resolution of the house of re
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I busincss of \his son is zrmsi:su<.tui " incvu
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._ -z*.,,m.".e in.;tcnmnuiczsi with tle
f they may receive from the de.
' state, no evidence exists in [he!
partment of the particular aushsi,
lhorities, under which the'
qjunc 1. Do. ofthc same,
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11809.
This sum, by Mr. Galiatin's rer-ﬂff- ?"
mounts 'ro THREE THOUSAND, NINE sssi'si'
DREDz AND SEVENTY-Lwn'r DQLLARS. 55"
IORTY CENTS. lf Mr. Shorc was zsi-ssi-Fss-ss'
entitled to this, or indeed any sum. m ssssssct
tue of this appointmcnt, We see not iss "
"35 m" legally entitled to 18.o(1000-**"s'
that is. 9,COO dollars for a Yﬄ'ss sisiss'ss'ssssct-ct
If he was not entitled to anssv thing, her; if
a disposition of nearly sours thousand 0
lars of the public mcucv, by Ms- ]csisi
without any prsiovision by law, and
in the face: of the constitutioo.
, All which is uspectsisclh-suln.
' Trrasury De/zarhneut,
slþrilQSt/z, 1810.
T Exssctctfrom the acrczud as
] had the honor (o rc-Ceive yourlccceras
(he LSLH instant, cc—vc-ring— a upon ustizf
secrcuny us the treasury, on a lssLSUiUiiinli
the house of rfpt'CMmat'ivcs of th- 25._iiz'51
relative to advances os public money !0
\Villi_z_1m Shurt, and staiing that [he gem
mittee of ways zmd mczms, had direct:
you to ask for bllt ]] iizshmsswicu ?.S may [43
in POSSC'SSiCD Of the de-pm'munt oi siattﬀ'
]:uivc thcrc-lo, and iss'sisslistctﬄly— ])y Vdiss'l'c
authority the same. has been paid to him"
in reply to this chuiry, I have the lsi.(=cts-s-s
") insm—m you, that the !:xtc Pnsicsiclcsilst Pffhsi
United Scales, during the Pt'L'css' s-ssiusi'
grcss, cummissisi-nu! Mr. Shmi us mimslts
plcnipotemim-y us ;ht- court of St, shen
hurgh, that .Mr- S/iort jzzc-c'csiaz'a." to ]:Mfilct
on his mission in chbcr, 1308, xkznt.=?5
is usual cn such msscaziczns, a cn-dii (by lfsisi'
ter (lated Scpicmlzcr 24Lh) was (ct'lsssiictd "i
him by the departmc-nt of state, mzh shss
bankcrs of the Unitcd Stmrs :ft Airsis:
dam, and that he has, in virtue- (1f (his Cﬀ'
dit, according to his stzucmcnt, drawn We";
ty thousand, two hundred, and scvcmy-W'
srancs.
I have the honor to be, with grfafsc'
spcct, your must obedient Servant, "
(Signed) R. SMlTH
WILLLS ALSTON, Esq,
' March 16. To drusc of Hot.
fssormitz wish iuszrucaions rucivcdjb'guztsct
(z'ssc'þm'lmmt Osanne," appiicmim ws mad:
by the commiuee osu'actxsis and meum cczha!
departmuxt {or the necessarv inimmaznr,
and the n>ll<,\':'1np; answer to that :tvpirczctzzrn
was receivccl tum Nz. Rsi-bcn Snsizisi'n,:c
ucctlaly of state.
MZV ]7- I)Uo ('i 'sisi-C SLJTC
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Uuzsss/LSmtca q/ Amcru'sl," dau-d fur
. . l/ZC' lmlffictss,
t/le Umtcd Statccts, at Amct'trrssxmctssz, '
tlt'd, u 'I lus- (z'cfartrmnl.
- Frs. 5,125 92 paid to
. Du/mrtmcnt of State, Asi/usii/ SOJctE,
1810
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duucljip.23,
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Frs. 5,CCG paid to
the Samc.
35 Lhcircs.
ch. 5sioss atSS 5-s_ 2,si1916
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Pus. 5636 &: 58 7-8
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]"ls. 5035 at 53,5--8 2,45916
Frs. 5,(_:(ss() paid to the
(laud April 10
35 (] (fast.
Frs- 5,()UO paid &ozhc
same.
35 their cs.
Fns. 5,1C\5 OO at 59 3 8
29. Do. of the same,
SRIPC.
dure,
datcd 22d do. 85 (1
'Willsimfihurt.
39 (38 lhciscs.
&c.
86 shcsii'r cs. E-zcz.
&c.
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