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Ia be Leajed

UC 1CNjC1
FOR the term of IL years, 1t reaionable
rents,
Sundry tracts Of Land in
the counties of Berkeley and liampihire,
IN tenemenss of convenient dimendons,
from 100 to 200 acres.
In BERKELEY.
$40 acres upon the river Potomac, Or
polite TO fort Frederic.
100 acres upon the siver Potomac, a;
the mouth of the Warm Spring run.
600 acres upon the north fork of Sleepy
Creek.
o. Mr.. Butler, living at Bath, car
thew theie Lands.
IL HAMPSHIRE.
5ol acres ca New Creek, at the mou,l
OF RlttieIick branch.
100 acres on the drains Of Abraham.
creek, on tie Allegheny rncunlain.
o33 acres ~ tae luafa !2lA. OF Glib.
b3n'S lun.
654 acres or the Allegheny r7ounta,n,
{. tween the gap ooc- TO Pire Swamp an,
another gap, called "lbc way to Bu!an2
tons meadow
SIS acres, called tie i" Trout-ponc
tract" on the drains of Great Cacapon.
The FIVE lait mentioned tracts were "a
Ken up near 40 years ago, and granted &c
Thomas Bryan Marsin, deceaied, and b,
him conveyed to the iublcriber. ANY 81
theie tracts are TO be purcha!ed at rca-
ions5le price one halt of the money 10
De paid down, and for the other credit .vill
oeailowed. For further particulars apply
IN Alexandria TO the iubfcriber.
CHARLES LEE.
Sent. IS. 900
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80 Dollars Reward.

STRAYED or )2olen from the
/aklrry6rr's p19Rnrs, (me0r the /ent ef tbe
late Mr.. Madn, and a6ent 4 miles f,om
tk's fo'svn) en- Tbuy/dqy mgbt, the Iofb
infant, tzv0 CEILINGS, one of tbem a
bright bay, a5out IS hands high, hes a
ranging mais and CooHeb tail, a Par and
,EmaA 0i@as OF ./uip da7un 10 or near bis
neN, braadtd on one Of bis thgbs, but
zu5itb is nat recoiieded, THIS, O.. be
tr0ts 7vsH and Very eey liz a Qa4v fynvek-
ling gait, and qvas @od before.
TIE etber fright /orrei, about hand,
high, a &ort made boye, has hanging
main and /zvifeb tail, qobne Ibot xbau
bis back, oeeqJfoued by The /addle, irots
bnra, and drags bis bind feet, by zvbicb
f3ey are much zv0,n, b0lds bis lead bygb
zvbes mauuted, has bad fbe gLandsys 1ay
.Iome time, b3t is aLusf 1vfN; he zoasI boa
bsfars, bit bad LEFT oue efb5 l6oes.
WboeOer delive,s tbeJaid boylss TO tbe
./n5/c,5er, BaH rreeive 20 dollars, ezvard,
or 10 doAzars far either Of them. If The
HIRES 7vere ./foleu, qvbicb is more tban
probable, The beyjou fobpng and /rcuriug
the thief, 70 that be may be convit7ed, /5uH
receive a reward ef 80 dolars nbm his
beng e0nviaed far fealiug the aIorluia
hoyfes, or either ef them.
PHILIP R. Kendall.
Alexa1dria, I2tb Sept. 1901. d.
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VALUABLE LOTS,
AND
GROUND RENTS
In the town of Alexandria, for Sale.

WILL BE SOLD, at Px6he Aut7ion, an
The brrmyts, on The /eeond Monae.y IN
NOvsmber nexf, lbs toho4Oixg rv4luadle
Lars in The toe,ou Of AIesanaria, rvis.
One LOT Etuate on the
eGf Ede Of Faiytas 4reet and Joufb Fde of
King .f,xet, fronting on F0i,fas .Freet So
feet, ard on King ./Rreet SO feet 6 inches,
6oAuded on The /5utb B, an ALLY. This
lot is one Of The bcf Ftua.ions III The toqOn
gf Alexanaria ia, b3lfmejs, ard hes oun
large and eo~Venie1t fore ard d1vslling
bon/e.
One other LOT Etuate on
t6e firth fde efKmg Freei, 6s:7peen W,n-
ter and Union .fyeets, f,ontiAg on Kmg
Jfreef Go feet, amd extending back III
feet to a,salAy.
A'ea one other LOT on the
7osf Ede Of Waler Rreet, f,onting on Wa-
terf'eet 81 feet, extending hack 90 feet
5 inches to an alley, auAls 6sunaea on k6e
north by ar alley.
The .tolloeUmg GROUND RENTS in
fee, viS.
4 Rent Of tuo hundred
and fqo0 d0Aars and an haLf, granted by
Job1 Jrnrhs, dry W.mGl5r, Jos. JeueIs
and Cra7vtora Jeneks, TO ,Jobn Fnxpt
rala, late decd, bis heirs and qNEgus fir
e'0fy, Daing oat ofand charged on t7vo Iols
9 grs11dov The e4R /ide of N0tey Jqr.et
and I3tb fae Of Ki@g arert.
And one other Rent of
fOVent1 one 9oHuds, currpnt moury of Yir-
lgi~ia, granted BY Benjamin Lang foa TO
10 The Inia Job1 FHgerald, bis heirs and
GOtgns JareOer, dDning arr ef and ebarged
IN a LOT Of ground an hbe /o4fb fde Of Kmg
Frret, bef7veen Wnter nnd Uuiou Ryeefs,
7o0bic6 JrVerai lars ard ground rents, eove,e
co"veyed BY /aid john FH&geraI 10 The
Ju9/c,iJers.
one foa,b Of tbe bnrcbaJe Nancy qvli
be required in eye, and mates, qcSH en-
DARED, negotiable in the bank ofALrxQn-
ari0, or m any of tie banks Of Baitimo,r,
Or in The bank Of C0lumba, ba,ubs in
thirty, Jfty and ninety days, qvW be taken
far the re/laue.
Wallace, Johnlon s. Muir.
Srbt. 8. Iaw4W. ddts
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MIS- ST NC

From Mr.. c. Beveriey's paf-
ture, at Elkwood, light bay faddle
HORSE, about IS hands high, with a
imall itar IN his forehead, aod his hip on
the near iide f0mewhat larger than the
other. ALSO,
A red bay HORSE, about IA hands
high, with fmall Har in his forehead,
and one hinl and fore foot, on the fame
jde, white. A liberal reward will be
given TO any perfon who will deliver the
laid horfes, or either of then, TO Mr..
Beverly at Eikwood, to me in Nortbum-
1erland county, or iccure them and give
ne notice 70 thatthey be recovered.
WALTER JONES.
Sept. III. co
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TOR 81 l. K.


lnpuriuance of an order of the Orphans
Court for the county of Waiting ron, in
the Dihritt OF Columbia, will be ex.
poie TO iale on Friday the Esd day Of
October, inf. at / Q O'Clock, A. NJ. at
Rock Hill, late the rcGdence of Gut.
tavus Scott, efq. dcceafed,
a number Of Negroes, Houie-
hold and Kitchen Furniture, liorfcs, Cow,
and variety otother articles. The terms
OF faie will be as follow Where the pro.
perty iold TO any one purchaitr ihall rot
exceed twenty dollars, Cath but where
the property fold to any one purchater
ihai! amount TO more than that fun, cre-
dit OF fix months will be given, on the
purchaier's patiing bond with good f:curi.
~ tor the payment thereof, with lnteret
from the day Of iale.
And on the Tuelday following, the 18th
DAY OF October, at 10 O'Clock, A. M.
will be exp ii to public falc, at the
farm callei strawberry Vale, tituated
IN Virginia, ABOUT nine miles from
George i,o.gn,
Z number Of Negroes, Horfcs,
Mules, Cows, Calves ADD Farming Utsn-
liis; belonging a!io TO the eRa;e Of GU.
tavuS Scott--terns Of fale as above.
On thc day Of flie at Rock Hill viii Ike
wife be fold at public vendue,
One moiety OF Gria Mil
Landing on Rock Creek. --Likewir, a
number of well lituated LOTS in the Iii.
yof Warrington. --Alfo, a nlmoer Of
POTOMAC and POTOMAC BRIDGE
81 hRES, belonging 70 faid eita.e. Tie
terms of faIc will be made knowa at inc
day of fa!e.
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, Adm'r.
Wa!hiDgton, OK. 2. coot
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LAND FOR SALE

A Farm OF about 500 acres on G, !,
creek, in the county OF Loadoun az
8 miles from Middieburg, on which X yV
are pretty good tanned dwelling l., ,I !
and good apple orchard OF choice 9,, r-; I;
irui'. The land is OF thar qualify yS;@ .l
may be highly improved by p.aiaer. y.
further particulars Apply to Mr.. Ian~
Keith, jun. Of Alexandria. 'D''
kAWLEIGH COLSTON
Sept. z6. 7m ra,v
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Valuable Property for Sale.

Valuable Property for Sale,
at The Afle Fails Of Potomack,
About three miles from George Town
and the City of Wahingt ton, and ten
from Alexandria.
~ acres Of Land, upon (Which
are a aaOeling boye 0ua /uaayl othey i'm
pr>veme1ts, Js7oe,ai Goue guart,es and hit
H4@ds, and raw V0couf mill Eats.
Two m1dlvlded third parts of r
acres Of Land, nbon qobicb are mryclAnt
nil, q0itb tbree par # Fr<ucb Juyy mil
times and er0er, msc51cy, combhte, far
manHfd7nrmg Rour IL The bea ua.Unutnge,
md qOifb as httt manual h5or as 6aAYbl ::
a breeoery and dJqHleyy, a grauay, II
m'lfer's bog/r, a brezuer's bsn1r, eoGbry's
[51p, &C. and a Oacaut mill Jeai.
IaOo und1vJded third barts Of
200 acres ef land, aaJsiniag The 7 acres
91@ TT acres Absqrmratioued, rpm 4ol9eb
bF'r are JeOOral ,lo4c guarrics and tn
funds.
The pwchG(ey Of the above pro-
bfry, qDM haze an alignment qfaha/c
j'p'' me 7Ioer @ndiVjASdtbndb part, of7pitcb
f"F'F 7''H be oJen,s 10 came 1rom the Iy4
@gy IF Sepfsm6er uexi.
The Jtone on the 0boUe lands IS
F7aal IN gooaae/sn any, aAd Eubsyioy to
mV .foa1aahun fine an fbe yisrr--0eE
us 3a1r 6arfbra tbqf can 90 to Ceoyel-
l27V@, can 90 up 10 Tie mil and Roar
gAarties.
my brt(on or -per/0us, qobo may incline
IN P"rebG/f, rcOiU Of eouyJr vieqv A6e IRE
myF'' t6ersfore II rs not ibongbt nrceNry
10 be mere bayfienlay.
For ffrms aRf1 10 Gra. Uriab Foyyef,
at George To4vu, or to
PHILiP r. FENDALL,
~ Alexandria.
J1ue 20. 1a-.
KU8S b0UgiLt at tins 0mcp
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The Subscriber has for Sale,
attbe H9Hfe lately occupied by DR.. Ken
rely, N Prince y2rert,
Brown Sugar by the hoglhead
or barrel,
Loaf and lump do.
Holland Gin by the pipe,
L,ibon Wine do.
Pepper by the bag,
Hyfonikin Tea by the chef,
RaiGns by the keg.
Cordage by the hundred,
A few DIS. Mackarel.
CroUe Wright.
Sept. II. 2aw
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My ISLAND oppoitc to the Civ e
Waihlng'on, comfortable part OF wi;sS
which Is well taken in Timothy. ltS
thought unneceaary TO be particular in :
deicrip'ion OF il, as the property !, we'll
known----the crop, notwithstanding n,
drought laR fummer, will cvince the fem;
lity of the foil to the perCon wifb;ny :,
rent, who, it is prefumed, will take ,
view of the premi(es.
Philip Alexander.
October z. on
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COLUMBIA ACADEMY,
Kmg Sueef, brtqveea Pr and RgyaiS,reh
ALEXANDRIA.
Young Gentlemen are taught
Rngliih, French, Latin, Greek, Writing,
Arithmetic, Bookkeeping, Geography,
Mathematics, with other branches of an
ueul and ornamental education, by tbs
Rev. games CHAMBERS, A. M.
many years matter of a Boarding School il,
England.
TERMS.
Dols. Cts
Education, Beard, Lodging, |
Wafhing and Stationary, SO
per quarter,
Day Scholars, for Latin, .a
French, &c. -
Do. do. for Englifh,
French, SIC.
DO. do. for EngliiA, A
rithmetic, SIC.
N. b. Prope. afliltants are confantly
employed. Young ladies' are taught in
feparate clales, Engli(h, French, Writ
ing, Arithmetic and Geography, in fepa
rate apartments. Great care will be taken
to .inttruet the more advanced youth in
the elements of competition, particularly
Epiitolary Writing, and the rules to be
obierved in Public Speaking.
Auguh /. d
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PORK anil BEEF.

The fubferibers have juR received a
few barrels of f3uthern pork and Lin
beet, tor fAle at their warehouie and arc
opening an aaortment of
W00IenS s. Linen G00dS,
amongit which, few bales Of (acbing.
RlCkE IT'S, NEWTON u Co.
Sept. II. 60
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The iubfcriber will be
Obliged to the gentleman TO whom he len,
his idrtout coat, five or tx weeks aoo :,
retara it. CHARLES BFNNPrT
Aug. &c. %
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not only liaen, but fpeak and aa. No.
icenes are continually buraing into v;ev,
the elements are inveited with life. :.
touched with reverence, and awe: e ,. ana
breathe and words burn" The bon1 lo Is Is
job affords numerous paHages ofthe G,H,; VI
and beautiful, mott Of which have bss 1'..ne
ticed by writers on rhetorical Gu az
This poem abounds with the moe foys; $500
lnterrogations, the mott pieeure{oue W.
fcrlptions, apt allufions and bold usr.
phors, that can be found in anv otbsr Sa
EN-, ancient or modern. Of the n,aa ~,
kind ofpoetry, the fong of Solomon !, COW -
Plete in its parts, and in the higheG decree
tender and beautiful. Of the eleo;sc So ~
the lamentations Of Jeremiah, of Dav;d s,s
the death of Ablalom, and his eulogv ",
on the death Saul and Jonathan. Tbot.
in implicitly and pathos, remain without
parallel. Many of the plains arc reoul,r
odes. Of thefe, are the roAth, the 18th
the o7th, with many others, which. IN
form, are exact, and fuperior to the odestof
Dryden and Gray.
have made thefe loofe remarks. mere
ly as induces of the fubjes: at iome fu.
ture day, it may receive critical dit.
cuaion.
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NEW YORK, March Q.

Arrived, fhip Chrifianburg,
Cadiz /; brig Betty, Corih, Tenerife;
Hoops Linnet, Seely, Halifax Polly, Ca
lens, N. Carolina.
Captain Corifh from Tenerife, on the
10th February, in lat. 81, long. 81, fpoke
fhip Two Brothers, of Bottom, from Rot
terdam, bound to Baltimore, out II days,
all we'll. Captain Corih informs that on
the 9th January the Betty, lying off and
on at Onatavia, was boarded at night by
two armed boats. The captain being on
fhore, they broke open his cheit, and be-
haved very dilorderly, by frA firing 2
mufket before they boarded her (the ball
is now in the main-mait) and when they
came on board, having met with no oP-
petition, they preached the cargo, let out
one quarter cals, and damaged hoghead
Of wine. One Of the men, who appeared
to be an officer, drew certificate in the
log-book and fgnedi it, Thomas Coodose,
from the Lapwing. The mate and crew
of the Betty are confident that the boats
belonged to fome Britifh man OF war
Some Of the crew declared their ihiPs
name was the Bordelais.
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He WIZ III the gentleman from South
Carolina Is modify his motion 70 that it
may be fuch perions as fhall be appointed
by the PRECEDENT, and then every OBJECTION
will be removed, although the very fame
perfons fhould be named.
MIR. Harper confen1ed, and the motion
was carried.
The quefion for concurring in the
amendment Of the lenate as amended, was
then before the houfe, againft (which Mr..
Harper again fpoke, hoping that the ma
tional gratitude and acknowledgment Of
the unparalleled fervices of Warrington,
and the national thanks to Providence for
having given fuch patriot, would not be
evinced by this parinonious mode. He
wilhed fomerhing to be done in fome mea-
fure proportionate with the character of
the man and the nation whom he was born
to 1erve.
The quehion to concur, in the amend
ment of the fenate as amended by the
houie, was taken and carried-yeas az,
nays 80.
The lenate informed the houfe that they
had refolved that the PRECEDENT Of the Unit
ed States be qualified in the ienate cham
Der, where there would be provided ieats
for the accommodation of the members
who choofe to attend, and for the officers of
the government.
On motion of Mr.. Harper, the unf
nifhed buhneis; the bill refpeeting ilaves
efcaped from the lervice of their matters,
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BOSTON, March :.

Arrived, ich'r Wilmington, La,hrcp,
Rotterdam, IS days-Left there, fhip Hol-
land, of Bottom to fail next day; nip Ro-
yer, Rich, of do. and capt. Rich, in
barque, of do. with ieveral Others. Ian.
IS, LAT. IS, sc, long. SO, fpoke capt. At
kins, in 4 ich'r. of Bottom, from Virginia,
for Ireland, all we'll. Feb. II, lat Al,
long. So, fpoke fch'r. Polly, from Bottom,
for London.
March 4.
This day arrived floop Ruby, captain
Brown, IS days from Surinan,. Feb.
IS, fpoke a brig from Savanna for Mar
Unique, 4 days out, belonging to New
London.
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FROM THE PALLADIUM.
REMARKS on tbe HISTORY, POET
RYseJc. oftbe SCRIPTURES.


ALL claHes OF men read the fcriptures
for entertainment as we'll as infruetion.
The man of taie and letters finds his
highef qualification in poetry, in elo-
quence, and in hifory, when he feeks it
in the Scriptures. The illiterate man finds
an irreGftable charm in the variations and
parallels which leads him again and again
to perufe them. There mutt be fomething
in the manner in which the Bible is writ
ten, which attracts and delights equally
the peaiant and the philosopher, the child
and the man of genius. 1t is not becaufe
truths Of infinite Importance are taught,
that the Bible is read by all descriptions of
men, by infdels and wicked men; but
it is becaufe the mind is pleafed with va
riety, with novelty, with implicitly,
with grandeur, with fublimity, with
ariking incidents, with apt alluions, with
imagery, with delicacy Of fentiment, with
eloquence, and pathos; and the book,
which contains the mott of thefe, will be
the mott read and admired. Our minds
are 70 confined and embarr a1ed from their
connection with orr bodies, that we are
unable to. contemplate things long, in
pure intellectual manner. Soon wearied
and exhauRed, it thinks from an employ
ment 70 abfraet and refined, and feeks
recreation in objects of fenfe and magma
ton. Hence it is neceHary, that man.
kind in general fhould be interefed, be-
fore they can be imtructed. That they
may be interefed, the imagination mutt
be addrened, and the various emotions
and panions of the mind mutt be excited.
The emotions Of wonder, Of admiration,
of pity, Of love, fix the attention, and
prepare the mind for ttrong and laffing i'm
preiiions.
The writers Of the Old Teitament liv-
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PHILADELPHIA, March II.

An accurate and respectable correiroi'-
dent having favoured us with copy OF the
following claufe, which has lately Deen
adopted by all the public and private Ma
rinc Infurance offices in this city, ana M
ferted by each of them in the body OF tne !.
Policies, we think it our duty to make i
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ca unoeI the lnnuenCc OF mild and genial
fkies. In rude fate offociety, with feel
ings ardent and elevated, we might ma
turally expect bold and figurative fyle.
Accordingly we find that their writings
abound wirh imagery, and exhibit that fe-
licity of thought, and magni6cencc of
diction almo& peculiar to oriental nations.
In the hiitorical parts, we find the DEITY
frequently Interpreting in the affairs of
Ifrael, attended with circumstances the
mott awful and affecting. We fee his hand
frequently difplayed, for the relief and
comfort of his cholen people, and fome-
times, for the punifhment of the rebellious
and difobedient. Living characters are
introduced as fpeaking and acting, which
gives the hiitory dramatic caf, and eve
ry circumstance is feized by the writer's,
which makes objects difinet and impref-
five. That particular fyle of writing,
which touches minute circumstances, is
happily illuarated in the fcriptures. The
mind always finds iomething upon which
it can reit, and is never confuied in the in
diifinction of general epithets. A charac-
ter is drawn at a Jingle itroke, apparently
when no fuch thing was intended; and
we are made acquainted with our company
without the forrnality of an introduction.
Some circunfance is feized, which, at
once, opens an entire icene, and the mind
is at leifure to view the images as they
rife. Every object has many relations,
and is afociated with many circumstances:
when fome of thefe are happily touched the
ret follow, the fcene enlarges, and the mind
travels through it with delight. This is
the perfection of deicription, and more in
frances of Fit occur in the Bible than in any
other book. The hieorical parts of the
fcripture combine every thing which is
pleafng, interehing and inffructive. The
Imagination is addrened, the paflions ex-
cited, and the understanding enlightened,
without any appearance Of art or deGgn.
The ftory Of Joieph, of Gideon, of Samp-
fon, of David and Goliah, of Elifha, and
many others, are too well known to need
any comments. No writer has ever vet
produced variations 70 fmple, 70 natural.
or 70 intereAing. The moral and didac-
tic parts are written in a iimple, though
highly f1gurative manner. The 1entences
are ihort and pithy, and convey the mott
important ideas in few words. Ineruction
is communicated through the medium of
fenfhle objects. Images are anembled
from nature to give force and livelinels to
moral fentiments, and fuch are felected as
(" find mirror in every mind.''
Wifdom and truth come to as, yelled
in the fine tifluc of allegory. Every fen
timent which is uttered, makes its way
directly to the heart; and this is effected
without any appearance of art, or any adj
herence to the critical rules of compoliti-
on. Nothing, in the way of infruefion,
can be compared to the parallels in the
New Teitament. The art of man can
form nothing 70 imple, and natural, yet
70 beautiful and tender. In point of eIo
quence, the fpeech of Paul on Mars hill,
and bic defence before or;rr>a are 49,
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ford, Stone, Sumpter, Stewart, Talliafer-
70, fancy, Thornton, A. Trigg, j. Trigg,
Varnum, Wadiworth-4o.
Mr.. Harper then moved to Hrike out
the names in the bill, an to infert the four
heads Of the executive d partments. His
reafons for this were grounded on the ma
ture of the duty, and wefe of a confitu-
tional kind. He conGdered the expendi-
>ture of any monies for national object
twas an executive act, and therefore none but
executive officers of the government could
do it confident with the contribution which
|comrnanded in the frf fiction, iecond ar
ticle, that s the executive power fhall be
vefed in PRECEDENT Of the United States,'''
and this being an executive act, 1t ought
to be placed Immediately under the con-
trout Of the preGdentof the United States.
MIR. Bayard objected to the amendment.
He believed it as confident with the contsi-
tuition as many other delegations which
had been made: many infances had occur
red of the expenditure of public monies be-
ing entruhed to thofe who were not exc
cutive officers he particularly mentioned
the furniihing the capitol, and the purchafe
ofa library. But he objected to it on ac-
y count of the perfons nominated being the
mof proper that could be. He would
rather con6de the buiinels to perfons OF
tafe and integrity, than to perfons whom
the houle,'did not know. 1t was inpofible
to fay now what would be the quali6cati-
ons of thole who were not yet nominated
to office, or their willingness to carry into
effect this meafure, which fome gentlemen
oppofed. To do Jingle iubHantive act
was not an Office, or was any emolulnent
attached to it. He could not therefore
conceive how the contitutional objection
could apply.
Mr.. Nicholas hoped it would prevail.
He was defirous of removing the refponf-
bility which would attach to the men who
would fill the executive office. He did
not conGder it in the light Of an executive
duty.
Mr.. Harper did not confder it in the
nature ofan office, but it certainly was an
executive act. He entered pretty largely
into the objections he had ftated declar-
ing at the fame time that his refpeet for
the qualifications of the gentlemen named
were fuch as he hoped would remove any
idea that he wanted confidence in their
talents or integrity.
MIR. Gallatin fupported the fame princi-
pies. He believed the gentleman named
were as fit as any who could be named
but that would not Eatisfy the contribution
al objeetions. What, he aiked, would be
faid with refped to that part wherein it
was faid that " no ienator or reprefenta-
tive fhall, during the time for which he
was elected, be appointed to any civil Of
fce'under the authority of the u. States,"
&c. Here no office is to be erected dur
ing the Legislative powers of any perfon
who fhall 10 appointed to hold fuch office j;
but according to the opinion of fome gen.
tlemen any members ofeither houfe might
fill the office now in queaion, and elect