The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-06-02

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iadelphia for three naic dollars Der
pound. Thus by the grois incapaciey OF
the American envoy, the tribute was
at once trebsrd.
Another intfance iball be given Of the ;uc-
lice of this Iah aiIertiou. The barea;n for
MATS was of the fame kind with that for on,
powder. Donaldfon eitimatcd them st Thrse
hundred dollars each, There Is reaG,, 80
think that they could not be conveyed to Al,
giers for total loiS of lets than rsys,va -,
thirteen hundred dollars. Some Of then, hal
been cut within few miles of lake O,G.r,>
III the rate of New York. A perton NY
was concerned in the buiineis, iaid, thai tba,,
COLT one hundred pounds per flick for tranf
Portation from the place Of their growth to ,b,.
axe. From thence, they were to be Hoate3
down the oufquehanna, which rites from th,t
body of water In May, l7oz, a number ~
rbeie mats had come as far as NVright's far,v
in Penniylvanla. Several had tuck upon ne
rocks. About Chrifmas, 1907, others had
been fold at Wrigbt's ferry for twenty doIlars
each. and were lawed down into planks,
Judge Cooper had been the contractor for
thcfe mats; and well ii was for him, thar he
had voted in congrefs for JAYS treaty. He
got or or two ticks transported by land to
Philadelphia. He offered to the perion who
took them down eighty dollars for the carr;-
ages In aniwer, ne was told that twice.
that fun would be heceliary. The mans
were, themlelves, beautiful fpecimen Of the
vegetation of an American foreR. Tbey
Were ninety or an hundred feet long, and. from
three to four feet in diameter, without one
limb in the whole piece.
Before the lenate and prefdent had ratified
this treaty, with the fcheiule annexed, thew
ihouid have read ever the fchedule with friA
attention. Ii they did not know the price of
gunpowder, one Of their own clerks or door
Keepers could have told them chat iecter.
ms IS the uncomfortable negligence, or fone-
thing worie, with which public bufinefs has
hitherto been conducted by the federal male
nty. AN amendment was entirely within
the power of the ienate. Humphreys, in the
Codicil, reteryes the final ratification 70 fber,
and the prefidtnt.
But nothing of this nature is &c be expected
from the greater part OF the fc!arc 4 mem
Der OF that afembly once ahured NC, shat ,s
TO the majority of the fenate, there was not. in
his opinion, q mare corrupted 69dy Of men man
soTfb : tie faid that he had heard much of
slc'r depravitY before he went among tiieo,
hGt mat what he daily aw with his own ewes,
did far exceed what had been reported 70 MIN,
or indeed whatever he believed 70 be poaibic.
! nave received obiervarIons 20 the fame pur-
pole, although not in the very fame words.
from other members of that illuitrious BODY.
And before proceeding with the Algeriae
tribute, shall juf mention TITO anecdotes
OF the ferate of conerefs.
After the clofe Of the weitern expedition.
general Mafon propofed in the ienate, that
an account of the e>pences lhouid be Given
u H. r
agreeable TO an express claule of the conGitu-
tion. 1t met with warm reiiltance. AtYan
It was carried but in March, 1900, the ac.
compt had not been produced; and in ali pro-
babl!itY, 1t neyci will be fo. An interval of
more than three years had elapied from the
date of the refoluton, to the rifnr of the fifth
eongre!s, IN March iaf; and not the fnalleN
attention had been paid TO the demand. The
accomPe had neither been laid before the
(enase, nor had the fecrciary condefcerdsd 20
tell tt1snl when il would be ready. This is
an excellent way to conduct public buf1efs.
What would you think of clerk in your fore,
or an oyerieer of your plantation, who reflfes
70 give in his accomplish
Another crcumltance NAV fcrve TO heW
what the fenate is. Granville agreed TO in
iert in jays treaty an article for the protec-
zion Of American iearnen from Britfh prcGs-
gangs. Jay did not chufs 10 write the qrti-
Gle. For this grois breach Of duty, his excel
lency fhoud have been fent to the wheel bar
row lnltcad of that, he was made governor
OF New ork- When he came from Eng
land, t,lis ambaaador, with the n1oA furpyif1g
compoIure, put upon the table Of the isnate,
the very letter by which it appeared thar this
propoial had been adopted by the Britllh min
liter, and overlooked by Hamilton journey
men. II one drop Of republican Blood bad
warmed in the veins Of the majority Of .he
fenase, il their hearts had been acceaible to