Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-01-28

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x,n,s. merehan. of this town, to Hiss IA"
81 lung.
q W. bei5<se STR. Pickering is as cordially
81 hated by The democrats us any man IN the
,.;,o. which 10 much To his credit, when
q !, is considered by 7thom he is thus de-
i tyrd.
a Boston paper hints at a doneeur once
given 90 Mr.. Pickering BY persons I'M
kaswn 10 him, and Indirectly accuses him
Of ingrati:ule. We presume the facts re-
frred 90 wer. these. When Mr.. Picker
Jag gnltrd me oiice Of Secretary OF State,
h retired 80 distant part Of Pennsylvania.
on some taads he owned, with an iutsnl!Gn
there 20 spend his days. His friends at
the nsrthwsrd were anxious to have him
frtvys tf,cre, which he could not well do,
WITHOUT selling his property in Pernsviva-
p;a. which was his all. Srvrra! g-nl.etnen,
40, opg them the PRESENT lieut.. gov. Of Mas
s,sbus,rs who substrihrd 5000 dollars,
bough. his Lands, at two dollars per acre,
anal Mr.. PiCkeiing purchased farm in
Massachusetts, The land was afterwards
sold. and the somp,n,'s fr9fts given TO the
hsi,s Il Gen. Hdmlton--lhc land having
been sold for .t6rr dollars per acre. If
shsre lie any d,'uceur OK ingrati.ude in
tbis NC cannot discover it.
Is ~ said TOO. that Mr.. Pickering was
dismissed FROM the Office of Secretary Of
STATE, f,s Keeping back certain important
psp-rs. IL is nos true. Mr.. Adams sees
these ia!s.aoods and does not CORE c, them.
Ons Of the Classes 1T dismissal we MENTION
cd 10 this paper several months since
We have heard another, on which reliance
may be placed. Mr.. Adams did no, wish
Mr.. Hamilton in the army, much less a,
.hs head oil, under Washinsson. Fl sent
thx Sonisa.ion 70 the Senate, Of Hamilton.
Pinkaey and EaoS as Mrior.Generals, ex-
preting the Senate would on the same day
agree TO the nomination, and then which
he chose might have the ghars, commits.
sion. Some of the Senator'S suspected that
hs. Adams would make Koox's the Oldest
sommission, if shey agreed to the oomiaa
sinn of all on .hr same day, and wished 10
agree 20 H,ani!tou's first ; others said he
could nJs De- guilty of such a trick and
the aosa;nssioas were all agreed tn on The
sans day. Mr.. Adams went to Quincy.
Mr. Pickering made out the commissions,
Mr. HamiItou's krst, and sen, them TO
Quiaeey, for Mr.. Adams's signature. He
rz,urasd th< N, and told Mr. Pickering TO
alter 'hern and pss Knox's first. lrfonua.
sion Of this was given TO Gen. Washington,
who wrote to Mr.. Adams on the subject,
snd Mr.. Hamilton was pas first. The
Presidents at leass suspected Mr. Pickering
Ut gis'as Information to Gen. Washington.
Co such sashosity as We cannot doubt, we
give This snseng other CAUSES Of dismissal.
EGt Shes shas traduced, we think, hu-
rs''issias as Is may appear TO answer such
dvcrae',on. shst Mr.. Pickering himself, or
sems Of be friends aceuaintrd with n.
SGtisst, ought 10 answer and silencs them.
Extract sfs ir.irr from Ams'erdam, d.
tra, Oct. Is.
The sshr. Mars, and brig Harmony,
wsrr preparing for sea- at Amsterdam IN
She sstter end II Sept. as il was contem-
plaisd sSsy ~ouid ,s,tain permission 70 come
away ~Iss passengers.
= ana ~ hoMty expec:aricn of being
called 5000 50 repay sh- proceeds of cotton
and tobacco reserved by vir,u- Of the kings
pe'mtssics sad DEGREES in 1869. which has
t<sa already r-mss,,d for, according to or
srss ssj 10 this case mus, cali upon my
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