Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-02-06
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THURSDAY, FL "a,
..;Ni OUR CURkE> I.NutS,
AL WAStllN IIUN.
reuruar,

larc indebted for the u. States Bus
To apply the Bonus which I! styuIs
|tion that bank is to pay b sovernmeB.
to the purposes of internal impp,s
ments, that is to say, o. making road
land cutting canals to connect tie aas
remote parts Of the un n by anq
speedy intercourse wi h each otL,
and SO increase and ex end our IN
nal navigation, already by nature 4,
finest in the world, by forming al6..
cial communications b tween our !,
land rivers and lakes. Yesterday,
house resolved into a committee .
take into consideration bill brog,s H
in for that purpose by r. Calhoun,
who introduced the Inject with I
speech full of energy az manly sens (
in which after display & the maniGs[ /
advantages to the nat on with viii,
his proposed plan was fraasht, tqsi
a succinct view. by Ant. >ipation, Of a;
the objections which might be raisI
against it. and answer d them all, b
the perfect satisfactio believe, 4
every dispassionate mn present, and
then enforced the ado ton Of the ii
by an appeal to the common sens
and patriotism Of the house. Tm,
are SO many pretty wiys of dispose
Of a large sum Of money. that it is IA
wonder several proposals were maa
for applying this Bonus Erre"' too
thcr purposes than those sugSesietSI
Mr.. Calhoun. Mr. Wright though
:. il w0uld be better to appropriate tit
the discharge OF the hat anai debt. and
thereby relieve the people lron To
Land tax.
Mr.. Robertson tho't that it Ni!
: be much nor. ascfully employs. 10
the establishment of schools for tie
education of the rising crop OF ciit
zens. and said there We're many wGs
OF laying out THIS ca h superior t
( that of making roads ami canais
There was indeed as serious a diver,
sity of opinion about dispatcling TN
Bonus az there was between the b!E
j. Endians and the Little Endians ID
I Gu!liver's Travels about breaking o.
pen the EgS. when they have on't
agreed however, whether it shall 10
broken up on the bisc d or the littI'
end, the probability is hat it will be
swallowed with little difficulty q With
out salt, pepper, or vi gar to rendeI
it palatabie. Prosperous times these
Mr., SnOwdcn, when half million
BONUSES for 1 cannot agree vi,
Mr.. Randolph in til hiking that suci
things are MALusEs) are going aboN
begging Appropriations, and star
suddenly into grass like an unexpect
ed pot-luck dinner. into the mou9
of a hung y trayelle"
! recommend it h Y ever to the gen
tlcmcn who ind it s. difficult to :if'
about the mode of d;SpcsIng OF !hH
It'll" windfail, to bewar that i: doe
not fare with them as it once did viii
a certain worthy barOnct and a nciSH
Dor of his. On the ceast OF Sussex Il
England.
By some unaceoa able subnarIa'
volcanic eruptio AZ island Of ah''
two hundred fat acr"s was thrown "
from the sea. and Il pearcd one morn
ing within pistol sl Of their estates
and so equally on he shore OF ea''
estate, that it seemed to belong N
much to one as the ether.--ln'''a
|of agreeing to diNid his Gsd's''u
lthey agreed to go to law about II
lin order to see which should have TN
whole with the assistance OF wv
t,lI, otfop.,,.u fhpr hpaurhI the ISLAM