Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-26

The brig Inca, Mczick, from Sylt, has ar
rived at Annapolis, bound to Baltimore, came
into the Capes on Tucst ny ! 9Th inst. the same
day spoke ship from Isle Of May, bound to
Alexandria.
Nm unlocked for compliment. MIR. Porter,
in his speech the other day, in favor Of the
gag r"tr, observed, that, what was generally
termed tie minority in that hc,pe, consisted
Of about f,rty members and that at least
thirty OF whom could speak three hours each,
dmasensi6!y too, on any subject that might be
brought before them. This was a handsome
compliment; but by no means unmer;ted;-
there is incontestbly, a majority Of talents in
the minority Of noses. Qninery, Randolph,
GARDENER, Dana, SC. we believe, are allow
cd to command the house better than any of
the mcjori'y who can be marshalle6 against
them. There may be some mise heads among
this mcjority, as it Is called, but there is la
mentable proportion Of l2gser-heads, who sit
there from yesr to year, on the little salary Of
dollar and half per hour, and excepting
the hefent arguments Of yea and nay, are as
sullen and incommunicasive as the statue over
the speakers chair When any business, ef-
!ecung our foreign relations, is before the
house, it is quite iulicrous to observe by eve
~ look and gesture of these munckances,
blinded and stubborn Partially for one of the
belligerents, and wrath towards the other,
hotter than the furnace of Ncbu chg tnczzar.
1t is glorious r,i, ;ction, that they are not
altogether allowed, like the hair-brained
PA1fon, the guidance of our political chariot;
or We might soon look for consequences as
awful as what issued from that indulgence
One day, at the last session of Congress,
we took notice of a pretty boy belonging to
this sfsc thalanr, in bar room near the ca
pitol: hc WAS an odd .fsA, OF the SMELT
species; brought al! the way from Georgia
not very fresh, but quite raw, by the aid of
good sti't's. He being as blue as indigo, un-
bent perhaps rather more than he would have
Gone, for at these srasons, nature will break
forth" "Oh !" says he to a pert looking
DStehman who stood by, " love your very
looks, because you are Frearhman, "-giv-
ing most fra,ernal squeeze Of the hand at
the same time, " ali |! I love your country.
men, the French, inexprcssibly :" So do I,
says the Dufchman, ninety tousand miles of.
All! so do l." rejoined tho doctor, (being
700 klne 10 understand what the Dutchman
said $50 do !; but do you know that lived
in the city Of Paris, Zh-,har-ree, that's the
name, six months, and can't far Ter 700 one
word of French I'm Doctor Smch, called
to serve my country two years more, for
which I'm very sorry Six months 10 Par
rec, and not know a. word of French I'm
ashamed OF it, I'm such dear lover of the
country" Oh dat vas because you vas a.
'bovc all desc little yrovelIing accomplish
ments, returned the Dutchman repeating
a sentence OF Dutch at the same Gme.) 81
can't, cont answer you, can't speak one
word Of French, though l love you like
brother" said the Doctor.
How extremely degrading L! that this en-
lishtencd country, as prolific OF talents, doubt
less, as any in the world, should send such
beetle-headed sots, who have not prudence
sufficient to conduct themselv-s with dec ency,
to preside ouer our desfinics.
Court Of appeals, sc.--On Thursday
the house of Delegates passed the aat-du-
cling bill, by large majority ayas ia2-
noes 43.
Both houses have respectively adhered
Gas the technical phrase isl to their Propo-
sNions on the cour, of appeals. The billie
therefore probably lost. Thus ,om mis-