Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-06-08
other. IA such case the commissioned
may draw lots.

fOIlCls tf ku ,oekSe Sss'S s.-S
sI,nay draw lots.
Mathew Carey, who knows as much
Ieyery thing as any man in the uplte'
Estates excepting Dr.. Mitchill, says, OF tb'
.Inew national bank, that he had s beiiey
j ed it pregnant withruin to large portion
sIof the community. but on a serious aux
attentive consideration Of the subject ht
has entirely changed his mind The PEG
Pile may now rest easy, the author OF the
li]iiye Branch having given his opinion in
Its favor. Did not Mr.. Carey write q
.Ipanphlet against a national bank IN 1871
i Great men have different opinions en-
1.-The same sabiecta at different times This
has been greatly the case with the great
ilCobbett. AS saon as we receive a register
written since his knowledge Of the vote
/ of congress in favor OF. a bank, we shall
Iprobabiy find that he also, $ on a serious
and attentive consideration of the subject
). has entirely changed his mind"
Yirgi'nG Patriot.
4 i.
| By a late arrival at n. York, from the
fceast of Africa, it is stated that anum-
Der Of vessels engaged in the slave trade,
haze been taken by the British ships
stationed there, and condemned. We
are much gratided to learn this fact. One
of those vessels is said to have belonged
90 New-York. We should hope that no
;inhabitant Of that city, could be so lost to
/ all lastice and humanity, SO monstronsly
cruel and deprayed, as to be concerned,
directly or indirectly, in that i,orrid and
Emurdefous traffic. Let the fact be as it
may.We hope most servently. that every
snip employed in it may be destroyed and
every man concerned in il, either as
owner. freightor, master, or mariner, may
DC ruined in his estate, and severely
|punt5hed for the offenCe--an offence a
ggain.t the laws of our country, as well
as the law of God Indeed. we-wish that
Ia general agreement mlsht be entered
Ii9ta by all the nations in Christendom,
Ito declare any vessel engaged in the
slave. trade, liable to forfeiture. aud to
}punish all persons concerned in them, or
Ithsir traffic, as outlaws and pirates.
Nothing short of measures of thi, decisive
nature, will put al end 10 this foul blot
on the character of civilized and chris
titan nations.
.albeny Dai. .4dv.
Upon the monument of Mr.. Pitt, a
Gailahall, the inscription characteristic
Ical of that eminent Statesman. written
10y Mr.. tanaing, concludes With these
lines
- Dispensing fof near ttceftg yearsfa
farorS Of The ero1cn, he tit'ea ,ritkous
ostentdtion, ana he died poor
I Mother times the like boast might have
beer made of several Amelic.p states
men high in rank and Office Hamilton
stdied poor, and Ames left the world ia
barely middlms circumstances: althousf
,ltkey Goth, from he full Knowledge tteva
previously had of he effects Of the fund
Ing system, might have made themselyes.
immensely rich by Specializing in gayern.
Inent paper. Nor were those men TIC,
only instances. Scarcely man, during
1.-The administrator OF Washington. or
wen &c Adams, was the richer Tor serving
the pubic. They retired trom office with
fclean hands. but empty pockets, Bat nov
1.-THE order IT the day is qui,e reversed
Ii'he statesmen OF tie new school. II not.
Imore wise. are mere cunning, While TAX
ing care ofthe public they did not forget
10 take care Of themselves Galatir pub
ltished a book asains. Tie financial system
land condpctof Hamilton. GaIlatin sue
decided 70 ila,niiton's place !; but vas un
iable TO devise any amendments at all of
!iiaInilton's system, as has lately been liz
'.igenuously acknowledged BY Gen samuel
Snith OH the floor of CONGRESS, Gal,
|l@tin had. hsweyes, one faculty which
.Iiiamilton had not; he retired from The
.Iotfice with a ptinccly fortune. How ina
iny scores OF them. within eight short
/ ears, lave leac ed fortunes out of the
|sGhlic, They came iHto office lean and
flank, but quickly they waxed fat. Nh
does this kind of thrift seem to lower
them any in popular esteems Contrari
lwise, the mere cunning is Their manage
inent 10 enrich emseives with plundere'
ilEoooty, the better Qualified are they though