Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-13

sp't.m's su,ergsnty, il would have be-.
pssss asesssary 20 purchase il At high
fpp' # il was asked why salt pesfe was
9I ss'ss,sed IN preferences 10 powder' = was
'pFsas i, had been found that powder
l: 8, -, 3: preserved IN magazines; on.
tSo's s. $ Il was Thought better 70 puss.
''s ~ he iseredienss for making powder
.sass ), = nnrchase the article itself, as i
i''s a be made as fast as waited He be-
sse s' iii ,he other items 81 the stores.
'',so,;rd 90 similar principle.
4 s' gIaaer tie existing law Of the land the
s,,n, was authorised to increase the
~. we corps 10 the numher st one thou
4 VA. q and four, ,soder the present circuna-.
..n.s be thoughs proper 70 exercise that
.wsr. No approPriayion had been made
',h. puspose but il was presumed ,has
sSe law provided the power Of Increasing
Il. cores, il iosended that they shonld De
s,,orsd aud sloaihed.
sa s. 10 timber, the same reasoning would
...v Il was thought essential 10 make.
.I..nsralious 70 guard our dsfsnceless
t'b. and TO prevents our cities from
E.aa burn. or desroyed. With a view
.,his purpose Z. was thought proper 20
.,sssre a quantity otsimber for qua boats,
a q order TO enable the legislature 70
$, soeh a form 10 the preparations ter
= ssFeccc Of our hatbors as they should
~.ts, the timber was so selected as 20
s, auy purpose. Aud ifis should be ne
,,.,ary no, TO make use Of this timber. !,
s. veil kuowo that iscould be sold with.
caloss,
There had been 30 c.hef exPences IN.
,o;s..I than tHosc rendered necessary hy
4 Is si,ua,ion ia which the country was ,7lsc~
. aby The attack op the Chesapeake; and
bbsiiesed thc present bill Included every
,Ayi:onal sxDenai,ars that sss made.
nj, 9ancy observed, thai 10 making
hes. enquiries his inren,ion vas nol 70 cas-.
i, bIame on the incurring of these ex.
rnces. His single object WIS that ne end
Nhshouse nigh, understand how The thug
u; done He did not perceive shas
.i.ber The chairman of ,he committee OF
rys and means or the gentleman LIST up,
nd answered his quessRon. Cne ct them
\ had detailed at length the proceedings since
B i. AFFAIR of the Chesapeake which Mr. q.
+ III cot wish 10 Cnudemn. He wished the
hsuse should understand 10 WHIST manner
\ ksbusiness had been managed. Situased
5 IS b. was upon this aoor, possessing no
more means of information thar any other
\ gtnieman 10 the house, he underwood that
dssrtielss had been purchased snd paid
Tor. Reasoning in his own mind on this
's5jess, as he would on any subject IN com,
nOa lie, he could see bus three funds from
SSrh this 6@o,ooO dollars could BE- deriv-
! I'D: The frs; fund was the treasury il
vas certainly not Obtained thence, as lhey
saknew the. The treasurer cannot pay any
money but by IarTsDss; and the secretary
. d the treasury cannot issue any warrant,
'xcsps on an appropriation by lsw This
hen was no,the fund the next arose from
he secretary of TIE nayv having 10 his
hands appropriations of money destined
iar purposes authorised by law whish ne
nay have applied to purposes which were
laso authorised. He did not belieyethat
hare was so much more money than was
assessary appropriated TO any appetite OBJ.
lssisin the haads Of the secretary as would
table him 10 meet these additional ex-
FACES, without affecting other nppropria-
zoos,
M. G. could then only suppose that the
sretary Of the navy had purchased and
pad for these articles from his own private
Nuse or that Of some other person. He
sshed TO know now It vast If he could
@ obtain informasion this way, he must
? some other. He wished that the laws
IAe country should be so modified. as
q give all security to the individual who
y 'akeu on himself so great a responsible.
n u.
(To be continued
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