Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-02-14
Richmond, Feb. II.
Virginia Legislature.

hSiLha ASoio'"luiC.
The Convention bill, not yet taken up
in the Senate. The select committee 10
whom it was referred, have reported by
way Of amendment, almost entirely new
bin. The feature of limited Con, en-
ton is still recognized. The following.
the 9Th section, will speak for itself:
Re it further enacted, That the SAID
C invention thus organized. shall have
full sewer aad authority To amend the
constitution Of the state, b. reforming
the representation in he House OF Del e
gates and the senate. so as to give and
preserve, as far as practicable to the
people oi every part of the common.
wealth. theirJust and 1rcpey sha, G Of po.
Iitcal power IN each branch ut the Lp.
81 ,Iature: and so TO amend the said Con
,Gto,ion, as to pro.da 3ach general e.
guIation a. may be necessary aud prnpei
for securing at all times 10 the people
of eve part oi the commonwealth. as
far az practicable an exemption ,ram a
ny undue proportion of the harthen OF
public tases, pro,id-d. howeve.. iSat
rhe powers hereby given to the said CON.
vrntiOn shall not be So construed. as 10
authorize any change in the right of
>l!Fsge, in he election of memher, Of
"ithpr house If the general assembly as
nov regulated by the constitution or sny
increase or iiminutlon OK the number of
senators now requ!. ell Nv the cpnstitu
ion, or any increa.c or dimi,Ttion of
me period OF service. either Oi the dele.
yates O. Senators in the general asseHbi,
save ontv sucn occasional diminntion of
The perind Of service OF The senators as
NAV be found convenient for caUualiZ.
ing tne representation in the senate.
from time t. time.
The substitute has been printed and
will probably be taken up, this day in
the senate.
Nt,o- Fork. FEB IN.
II is but an act 81 Justice 10 a gallant
Young officer, to Civ publicity TO the to'
owing extract of letter, dated Gibra
tar Bay, Nov. 90, 1916:
II cannot omit to notice an occurrence
which am sure will have a tendency to-
increase the esteem which am aware you
already possess for Lieut.. S'ringhGm y
Il was in one Of those trem, udods squalls
which eddy roupd the rock of GibraItar,
Whose height Is l452 freO forms whirI.
nools OR the water, and carries up the
snrav in eddving circles LAT above its sam
init, that Il French vessel, endeavoring f."
make the anchorage of Algesiras. wa.
oyertsken and instantly upset Her dan
par was extreme, and unless speedily re
lieypd, the crew, who had got upon her
bottom. must perish. as she was fast foun-
der;rg. Several English aud Dutch men
of war lay nearer to her by several miles
than we did, aud in suug n"orings, while
we were dragging orr aachvrs, and de
iberatinu on the necessity Of getting un-
der weigh. Perceivius that no assistance
wa. like'y to be rendered to the unfe'.
Inmates y those around them, Lieu'e.
nsnt Stringham volunteered to relieve
them: and with an ihtrepidity and perse
versncs that does him honor, succeeded
i'm taking them from the wreck, long be-
fore IN, boat, which followed his example
from the English and Dutch, had pulled
half the distance to her. ills good Tor
pne, however failed him before be reach.
cd the beach Of Alsesiras, and his boat
was cap.ized. and one of his crew rev and %s q
Freuchman perished-a hard fate. WHEN
tempted from. motives so humane. Lieut. S
stringham, himself, barely escaped ha'
ing been driven to the shore in state
Of insensibility, and picked up on the
bach BY the sPaniards. Yet the ' ID
ra,tar papers,. the next ,ias' Glaim,d the {,
perIt Of thi. transaction for the boats {.
the, Minden, which were probably NO.