Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-10

>Aau tRe Puoiic stieasuty ~"
siYfp millions worse than itneeded to have
been. by the ruinous conduct Of govern
ment, aud a resort to a loan becoming ne
eessary, we are gravely told that the loan
is On account Of principal and interest OF
debts contracted by the federalists." The
revenue is pledged 10 pay the public debt;
the surplus beyond the annual appropriation
is to defray the ordinary expenses of go,
vernmen,. BY the misconduct of the adj
ministraton there is deficit; and we now
r-sor, to loan, to pay the ordinary e"-
Fences 9 government, notwithstanding the
In,elligence's declaration TO the contrary.
Two years ago Mr.. Jefferson pretend ed
to be perplex~d, net knowing what to do
with our surplus revenue. Now, when the
men who formerly rallied 50 much because
the fedsrslists were compelled to lean mo-
ney, from their own mjsmanagement are
obGgtd to 90 the same they would attribute
the censure to the frderalists. The truth is
that the public treasury is at this moment
sky millions worse than it ought to be: a
loan is Obtained to dcfray the ordinary ex
pences Of government. Ten thousand con.
tcnp.ibe suggestions Of the administration,
shro' the medium OF their particular news
paper, will never convince the people to the
contrary. If the government did not give
Mr., Sales $500 to father the paragraph At
tempting to charge the public .dcit on the
Washington administration, he certainly
yields his character to public contempt for
an Inadequate price. Houseless, naked,
fasting upon some barren heath in cold De-
cember, AZ Shakespeare somewhere speaks,
a person of manly feelings might, to save
himself from the immediate jaws of death,
be tempted to write or father such little
ness: had he The gallant spirit Of many
Roman, however, he would spurn coat
and a loaf Of bread offered on such terms,
and die in honor.
It is in England where the arts and sci
enres, where all the most polite and most
refined accomplishments are taught and are
corried 20 perfection. However other Ia,
tons may keel them in som. respects, in
the pugiliseic art they have long been unri.
vail i. But the glory Of tn If nation in this
rospecl will probably soon b. shorn Of its
brams.' The United States, tho their par
lamrot is nor tn: first ir the world tho
lttle wisdom shin@s in their public coun-
ellis /; tho thy have not yet produced
Handel, nor single epic poet, are soon to
have the honor OF having produced the first
boxer in the world. a black man by the
name of Mollineaux, native Of the state
of New York, has fought two battles with
two of the first English boxers, and easily
came Of victorious. The last accounts from
England state that he is shortly to hgh
Crib, the first br2ffss0r, as the English call
him, Crib having accepted his chalenge.---
The London papers meution that Molii-
neaux is about feet 9 inches in height,
weighing about 100, and is &c years of age:
his hits are sufficient to sun a bullock
he has entered the lists with determina-
ton 10 mil the whole race of fighters, and
is not unlikely to succeed.'' Betting was
to against Molineaux at the commence
ment, but the Englishman was beaten in 8
rounds. The particulars of the rounds are
given in the London paoers, and we are