The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-10-13

III money ana tue Hate OF our trGaiary
report, among other rhiugs, thar it as
the &c opinion of the iaid colnmitte thar
pToyiiion ought TO be made BY Ln40 for
the appointment Of a yMgsoa for the
pu6lic guard and for the priionrrs in the
penltentiary houie, with a moderate and
adequate falary per annum.' This
OPINION, IT IS iaid, aroie from the diff
coyery OF the allowance and payment of
very lmmoderate fns 90 particular IA
Vorltes Tor icrvices of rhar fort Ano-
ther item IN the accounts of public mo-
mes expended, as laid before the houic
by'ihe report of the fame committee, is
Tor [" Compensation TO law council $50
dollars and 50 cents, We have been told
rhat 200 dollars piece have been paid
10 two gentlemen Of the bar for appear
ing III one particular cafe before the
NIGH court OF appeals, where there are
Judges, every body knows, as comps
tent 70 the examinations OF plain records
as any gentleman at the bar. But aoby
IS an affafRey general employed 1oitb
fomPefeHt Eaia1y? Will it be acknow-
legged that pubic officer OF this ior
has been employed, and thar we arc
Obliged TO engage and give others
eaormous fees TO ailiit him in the
execution nFhis daties. Upon my con
icience, rhiS is roo FAD.
fubmlt 70 the pubhc whether the
ieurteeii hundred dollars thus paid 10
The TWO councillors, in the courr az an.
peals, ought NOT TO be deduStei from
The ialary of the attorney general ? It
he cannot a6t In the court OF appeals
ana 1t every other court, what is the NE
OF him Or, if he cRufes to 90 70 orbrr
courts, and gather fees, when he thail,3
be toilng for his falary in the court ,,f
appeals, fhonld he not be obliged TO Owe
ltaremenr OF sd zach receipts, in order
to place them in the vacru i of tb,.
tfeatury, occaiioned by the fourteer
hundred dollars, &c. /?
When Queen Elizabeth was once
making tour through England, The
came TO the city ofCoventry. She ad-
dreiied the citizens in ferries of yer4cs
ne lait hne vas in theie words:
Good I'D gobot fc0ls YAK bc'ay
When we approach the abyfs Of Viz
s'hian finance, we can hardly fupprefs
arePeaticn ofthe royal apofrophe.
"llh thefe plain documents and ltub-
Dorm facts before oul eyes, what laaa
we lay 70 the ai}erticn, e tEat nor one
-s"f OF the public morcy has been i'm
properly applied? :" Was the express
niFe 70 go TO WILMINGTON and the
Illumination Of the Capitol On the
Flsffion q M', Jsfsylan properly ap-
Piiedf Were theie furns e APPLIED
&c Pa6he parpySs q0itb on BaueR view
TO ne f'45hc afsrsf? Were the enor-
nous firms paid TO captain Clark
under his own certificates conlifent
even with former precedents, or
any other Precedents wherein the pub
lie lhtereft was confulted Were the
iumss paid for diggit 6 and removing
earth, 70 phyiclans, lawyers. &c. mo
MES properly expended? Wi h refpe2
TO the money laid our in illuminating the
Capitol, monies laid out in feaf &c
GooGoPs la9ie,p for the pagtic1liar graft
tlcation of the cxeoutive and of all tholc
who enjoyed that illumination, would
have been q1lte as much for public pur-
poles, with an benef vieq0 to The f,AlAs
tUtere9.
Citizens Of Virginia l---reaea on
theie facts, and before the next election.
enquire who we're your repreientadves
who 10 THANKFULLY abandoned your inte-
feits, by imothering thefe tranfsctions
ana even By covering them with =
e0mpff"eHfa'y fs0lafioD ! No wonder
under iuch fhameful ahufes inanv