Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-03-04

par4 themselves, Il becomes the duty
Land i, beli.veit is the inclination q
their fellow citizens to afford to fll'
moderate pecuniary aid. As long
Itb;a on;ninn obtains in the commun
Ity. an aims house will be requisite.
and OF course an officer must b, en- :,
lployed to superintend it. This indl,
lvidual must remain the Whole year al
the hospital and attend to the indlsen'
land vicious who may be committed 60
Ibis care. Can any suitable person DC
persuaded to undertake a rcsponsibi,
fifty SO unpleasant in its nature, ans
(which necessarily Withdraws bin
from every other employment Tor
Hess sum than 500 dollars !?
The objection to the watchmen was
urged. / believe, with more sincerity
than any precedent one The yexa'
Itious checks offered by these Officers
Ito the nightly yotaries of the gaming
table and the brothel. naturally Undue
led wish among g Hard Times" A,
b. &c. not only that their wages
should be diminished, bat that theiI
functions should cease.
| Mcssrs. MandelI and Philips, the
two collectors Of the taxes receive fol
their trouble, $40 dollars between
them. "Hard Times" intimated thai
a friend of his would perform this du,
lty for 700 dollars. but the public know
this writer too we'll to be prnpitiated
Ito any candidate by his recommended.
ton. The fidelity with which the
present collectors discharge their dI,
lty will not dispose their feilow-citi-
lzens to hazard any new experiment.
The regulators oil the streets are al
so submitted to the examination Of this
financial antagonist. If this acute
protector had read the la" he would
have seen that they receive no annual
salary, but a certain daily sum for
every day they are employed. IL en-
gagged in public business they are paid
| by the corporation; If in private bu-
sinrss by the individual employing
them.
Since the year 1919, the expenses Of
the corpo alton affairs fave amounted ia
S4050. They have been augmented 'lur.
ing tie present year, b. the addition Of
| 8 $50, in which sun are included 75e,
tor three additional watchmen The in
ereasee population and business of the
own fully ascertained that SIX a'c.men
v ere too few The sppointmentotS more
aas added two cents to the tax Vi each in.
ldyidual, and this has Deen charged upon
The council as an act VI prodigality 'and
oppression. lie relieve the TOW 4 from :bis
mighty burden the laws are to be repeal
ed, and new modelled. The watchwen
lare too numerous, and 500 dollars must
be saved by cashiering three Of them.-
The lamp lighter will so soon become
lrich by the enormous salary Of 200 dollars,
that the streetsmust continue dark rather
than SO dangerous a precedent should be
introduced The incons enience OF having
muddy streets should be preferred to pay
lug 600 dollars to the ca'inger for
cleaning streets, which form twenty or
thirty squares. Bot these amendments
Iaptly correspond with the characters of
our reformers. Darkness and dirt are
their natural elements.
Next comes the formidable "Amor Par
triae." He deigus to bend his mighty
mind to the drudgery Of detail, and un-
,.ertakes 70 state the debt due from the
town. With his usual contempt for
yeracity, he would inslnuate that the pre-.
sent council created this debt. BY an
accidental deviation TO the truth, he
states, however, that 7000 Of this debt
nas for years been due to the Bank of
Alexand Ia. But speedily reruraing to|
his proper character, he censures the pre-
sent council for 1850 dollars OF duel
bills, although these bills were issued mi
iSi4. and Iur the public accommodation,
with regard to the item of %, $40 dollars.
Tor the current expenses Of the year.
Amor Patriae knows, or at least ought tol
have kno~n, that this wa. the probabtel
est'mats oil these expenses. The council
knowing their Inability to appropriate
money ny simple order, applied to each
Object 81 ordinary expense, sum sui
hclent for that OBJECT. II is matter oil
public uot0riety,. hat the above mentioned
sa'a oil 2s,o40 dollars, has not been e1-
pended.
rs an INSTANCE Of this, il may be men.
toned that part oft. s0O dollars, appro.|
Prla,ed to cleaning the docks, is still I'M
the treasury. Tho SEQ doiiars annr,