Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-06-02
From the Wilkes5ore Gleas~.

INC means of supporting the present
war I, has been said that s, Elequsnce
i. power" Sure,y we have oeeh c!o-
ouert saough if this were true 10 con,
uuer The world MS can easily be pfn'co
by reference TO any OF our era.efs, "0'"
th0ndcrer Williams, down to Mr. Grun-
dy. But allow that talking alone w'n
do and anu aware OF the vulgar aGasc
Of "Hluch cry and little WOOL. MONEY
sins been called the sInsw ct war; an'
peal therciore, 10 tho strength OK tha'
hncw to prove that the present admins
traitor hiss done overy thing mits power
,o=ards conducting the present contest
With tive greatest vigor. Indeed might
saw, tina, it has attempted much more
,r,n was in its power troal It's laudaoie
,nxiety on this hesd-Wltncss the great
length of time the treasury hooSsGave
been opon Tor the loa !, and which m'ght
have been effected without either tron-
bic or delay il the tories were not SO re-
iuc,ant to give any thing to the govern
ment for the prosecution OF the Just and
accessory 7var I!
am Induced TO make these remarks
to YOU by a paragraph in one OF y"n' late
papsrs, in which you say e." w 6ilc me
war lasts, let i, be conducted with an G.
/ nerey worthy Of the nation" 1t can ca
SLY be seen sir, that this IS only rounnl
about way Of telling your readers tha
the var has not been conducted with an
energy verify of the nation. | nope
that YOU will set the matter III II
light, aud publish the following law OF
the late congress, by which our fellow.
citizens Will see the justice Of my aaser-
ton, il this case. ! am aware thu! the
speaking - round numbers ii Tie many
millions we have expended IN snpporI Of
our measures may maks but ittIs I'M
preston upon the world at.laFgc. For
instance, Eve millioDs-tsn millions
fifteen millisns, ali sound. very Much
alike and we are apt 10 think that the
only difference between ten millions
and illean millions, is. that the 'attrrl:
one syilshIe longer than the iorner-
But in order to pIase the affair III It's
true light before the most uncsloulating
mind, have takclf the trouble to make
an est,msls Of tie qv~ight OF the specie
employed | have not supposed 1t
will be Ike the paper money OF the last
war, zvhSn @ f0trlrt az me conclusion Of
his 8errn u~arS services, could noS fro
cure breakfast for hhe 7phrir o. MS rva-
l,,ii
hard money % pound, and htrcvn
bundled pounds TO load for common
two horse Wagon which | think qultc
enough, especially can,iderins the con
dltion which the supervisors suffer he
roads 70 be in at SONG distance from
your village. As there are fractions in
eli, or r>ost Of the acccup's,I have car
lied these oul in pack-ho'se loads. est
mating them at three hundred weight
each. Pretty good Io'ds Ton, but these
are democratic pack.horscs AID can
wade through the mud and uirc with
stout bur,hens. All the. -uMs below
that weight. have consiacrcd as to-
Insignificant 20 bc taken int the calcu
i,tion, although the t. al 1t The items
thus thrown away, would amount TO a.
bout two thousand six hundred and :
leven pounds weight.
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES
nv ACT
Nsking appropriations for the support
OF the military establishment. aud o.
FL ,Lf al
vice of the United States, for ihs wear
one thousand eight hundred AID thr.
toen.
Be il enacte9 BY tie Senate and Hou'r
or Representatives. o. IT. GNHed Stet s
IF fmeriea IN Congress assembled, That
for dcfrsying he expenses Of the mill
,urr establishment OF the Unit.d Safes.
including the volunteers and militia. in
.heir actuM service, for the year OK
thousand eigh, hundred aud thirteen.
for the Indian department, and for the
expense q! fortihcaiicHs, a'senals, ard
arpnries, the following sums including
the sum oi ono million Of dollars alrca-
dY appropriated by the hrst section o.
the act entitled An act making certain
partial appropriations fur the year one
thousand eight hundred and th'teen,'
be, and the same arc hereby fespecti,t-l
~ appropriated, that is to say
For the pay o! the army Of the United
States including the pay OF the ar'lEcers
and la.orers in the quar,er-saStsr &c.
ueral's and ordnance departments and
Ct, tbs private servants Kept by oHicer,,
and for The pay Of the volunteers and
militia in the actuel service Of Tie Unit
ei States, Eve millions one hundred and
:ix,y-s'sh, thousand eigh, hundred ard
three dollsFs a
Fer forage to officers, one hundred &
nine thousand two hundrel ard twen:y-
four doIlsrs. [6l
For the subsistence OF the army, and
volunteers and militia, two millions nine