Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-12-17
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE or DELEGATES.
THURSDAY, December 6.

" A motion was made that the House
should come 10 the following resolution !:
Resolved, that this House win proceed this
day to appoint Chaplain to perform d.
vine service during the present session
which zvas neg atiOed" Economy has be-
come SO much the order of the day, that
religion is considered too expensive to be
maintained. In our Congress some oppo-
sition is usually made at the commence
mene of every session. The opposers ar
CUE that chaplain costs ihr y. S. about
10000 dollars OBTAINING the Rouse every
day ten minutes amounts TO one hour ia
week; 90 an average eighteen hours ev-
cry SESSION. The House set on all average
three hours, the expense 500 dollars an
hour; hence the detention by prayers and
the salaries amount to 10000 dollars.
They also argue that prayers are Of no SER
vice, so few attend TO then, generally not
above dozen or twenty. But this is vie
argument. Perhaps there never was le
g:sla,ive body thar more needed praying for
and till they have more grace there is no
hope of them. Editor.
FFREY.-Mention was some time
since made. of a seaman tina, was lief. ON the:
uninhabited Island of Sombrero, by capt.
Lake, and of lhe English government having
srns out vessel, to his relief, but thar he
had previously been taken OF the Island by
an American vessel. "A iontlon paper of the
24sh Of Octob., mentions JufT,ry's having
arrived there on the preceding Monday,
when the Lords of ;he Admiralty gave I; m
his free discharge from the service and,
The friends OF capt. LAX made him liberal
compensation for the hardships he had sus.
tanned. He is good looking Young fellow
and confesses he made the - Tor his name,
though he can write but be sarsit is con-
mon among sailors to use the cross for short
ness He says he was eiGh, DAYS on the
Island Of Sombrero, during all which time
n had nofhing but rain water TO suhsis,
en-. which he drank Out o he crsvic, cf
the rocks-.hat several vessels passed with
in sight, but he was too weak 10 hail them
and that he was IN the very Lass sag OF
starvation when ,ht American vessel touch
ed at rhr lsiand---He les, London ia
very high spirits, with his m.ney, &c S. his
mother Some people were after him, to
make him exhibit himself for money bur
he go, his discharge from rhe service ex-
expressly on the condition that he should
quit London immedasely.
An act zooythy Of american Seamen.
While the frigate Constitution, Capt.
Hull. was coming down the Delaware, a
young SEAMAN accidentally fell overheard
and was drowned. A subscription was
opened on board the friga,e, on Monday
last, Tor the relief of his mother, poor
widow, living in Phiisdrlphia ;. when the,
sum ef one thousand doiars was subscribed
By his ship mates, which they have reqnes-.
ted The Hen. Secretary. Of the Navy TO have
stopped from THEN. pay, and to be paid over
to this unfortunate woman. The BRAVE
ARE ALWAYS GENEROUS.
DR.. Franklin used pleasantly to repeat
an ohseryatdn Of his negro servant. whea
the Dr. was making tn. tour Of Dcrbyshise,
Lancashire and other manufacturing towns
in England : Every ting, hkssa, scork
in this country water zvork wind zu1rk !;
fire uuork; smokt zvork; dog marx; n,@n
zusrk !; OK uuork; horse rvork !; ass zuurk !.
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