Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-26

OF foreign ministers heretofore, MI, C!ter.
san wuuld not have consented to this sslita.
lry good appointment
Mr.. Randolph wished to take the dat,
wholly from salt, and continue the duties
whence arises the Meaissrrznean fund.
The senate determined 70 continue both,
| bur TO reduce the duty ca salt from 20 to 10
cents per bushei. MIR. zRandolph's car.
lnostness to stop the salt duty eatlrciy, ia
duesd father Findlcy TO ascribe his mstive
to a wish to enbarrass the administration.
ID. r. Williams declared sach inslanr,i
ons BASE very loud call of ORDER !! Or
DER, ORDER. Mr.. Fiadley rose, but was
so choaked with rage he could hardly be
understood. He was sailed most loudly TO
order, but refused long time 10 sir. A
message from the senate fortunately pusan
end 70 fhe alteration. Afterwards Mr..
ERapGo!ph spoke with uncommon coolaess
and prapriety. The hecse agreed to tia
senate's amendment, IL cents instead ef2o
ION salt,
An the course If Mr.. ]. Randolph's re.
marks he cast his eye on sol. Lyon, closs
to whom sat at the tine 4. NJ. Randolph
T. NJ, Randolph tho't ]. Randolph iaesni.
esopnething fer him: ne reee with srea, ire.
1 pidauon and excessive rage. He said lha;
bstwsen him and ]. Raadslph there was,
from pature, IN Unreasonable difference Of
talents, . There aeeds no ghsss, ray Isfd ),
come f4om the dead. 10 tell Us ths'' but
he I'm. excsfse& .Jabs. ~ much is pa
,Eicasm, as John eseeedss him 10 talents.
4 aumph, very modest, AID as tree as six
pence add four esnce nsaks fsv pence.
lie koew Johns mode ef asrfafs, powder,
bali, and even steel az was wiling TO
dealWi,h him il ei'ber. Af,cra rslisy of
! heterogeneous nossease, he squattsd. ---
Fhls was the arst ,iGse that az spsa cha'.
ienge for a DUEL was ever given in lha,
house. Some supposs that Il. ". r.. wish
edso rid the nresidess Of this Jshn r.
The president, like king John to Hubert,
might address his sen in law thu.,
! e-r---..--..1-.z. -.----------Fhrow HING eve
On yon young boy; iii tell thee what nay friend,
+! He lsa very terpenr in my way,
AND whereto'er this foot of nine doth tread
/ He lies before me Dot thou underitand nee !!
But this is base conjecture. Some tias
after, I, u. II. rose, and said ina. he had
been informed by some respectable men,
! bers that ]. r. irtenaed sese of his re-.
marks particularly fer him; aud IT SO, he
greatly regretted the language and ssnsi-
meats he had used. t" Your III is the
only peace maker"
Sloan, fame time after candle Eight, introduced
two refslutions; the ore, thar the aandins com :
mi,tses OF the heufs huuIi be ciIoicn by ballot |;
the other, that they lhosld be obliged TO report
teYeEy week, Thsss retoutions were igtrodoccd
by writt:n lpecch of a5cu, half an hour, a
fpeseh thst empticd the heed OF the oa fnplcson
! Of halt its satve water. Cruel it was cemical
itfain OF pulpit inycaiye asainf thar Satan of a
/ ] IN Randolph Slosn thoks he can sver!urn
/ Olympus with pudding Rick; bas the Horfe are
greatly IN error, when they p--mit him to &c talk
70 amply and uaneceGarly, on all eccaGons, and
/ without ecralloa, TO the great cxpenfc Of time,
and to rhe yexation of common sente. Parvum
paueu detenr, but Sloan esrfdsrs himfelf MAG.
! NUS.
| The HOWE adjourned about III o'clock at
| night, ill the kr.t Monday IN December. Sc
| thai. If our differences are adiafsd with Great
Britain, The PIetident mua cali Congrsis ther
before that time.
An1 10 ends the S-flior. Atcvt one weeks
bu6nes was done the Sra Ave weeks--three
| weeks were fpsnt,in agreeing to pay ,rihatc TO
Fra &C, The negeeiattsn tor the kieridas will
sawcver eventually fail, About fortnishi's
| buiineis was done before the fra of March, Cen
gftfs agreed to buffer and do nothing iefpetaifg
6. Britain. A bill has pag we'il allow, bot NUT
agree with Mr.. Randolph, that It's wosfe than
nothing: We mutt alto partly agree With Kim, In
fsying 'tis the effect OF " mercantile aysrce."
Doctor Johnson il rot far ffoG the general truth
in fayiag; No mercantile nlan, or netcaatiic ma
ton, hs. any frieudssiP be; for money an stii-
srcs between thesn will laG 30 ionger ehan their
oomnoa fate y or commoa prcGs is endangered; no
iongss than they have an enemy who .hrcstens 20
take from escA, more than sither can Zeal from