Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-12-30
MUSEUM OF WAX FIGURES.

MUSEUM VI "hA ftooRLss
We are much pleased to learn that the
proprietors of this museum have had no
reason to regret the exhibition Of their Gu
riosities in this town from want of patro-
mage. Ont contrary, the reception they
have met with has been such as to excite
their unfeigued gratitude. We admire this
liberality in our citizens-tor, while it e.
vinces disposition for novelty, il shows a
chaste discrimination in the selection Of
their amusements. But few days since,
a juggler, announced an exhibition under
the imposing appellation Of Mathematical
and Philosophical Experiments The veil,
however, was too flimsy to conceal the de-
ception, and he met reward justly pro-
portioned to his deserts. Messrs. SoreHS
Bradley, the proprietors Of the museum,
have enlisted no fictitious aids 10 excite ad-
miration; they have had recourse To no
pompous panegyric 10 adorh their collec-
ton nor have they entered into ssordy
car to ercite The sy,nputh,es Of Strangers
Their expectations rest upon the intrinsic
merit of their ollectIon--their claims, up
on the superiority Of that collection over
all others. The superficial observer adj
mires its splendor, and the connoisseur is
struck with the symmetry OF proportion and
harmony of arrangement. The dresses dis.
play the skill OF the arts; combined with
the accuracy of the historian; and we
are at loss which most to admire, the
magical effect Of the whole group, or the
minute exactness Of individual representa-
ton. Merit 7rhere merit is due.
The following extract from pamphlet
lately published, IN the present state of
banking operations Shy a Virginian," is
entirely in accord with our own sentiments.
[.Naionol Messenger.
Certainly 1t is inconsistent with every
idea Of propricty. il,at position other than
the metropolis OF the nation should have
been selected for the mint. Tie coming
of money being universally regarded as one
of the highest acts Of sovereignty, unq,ies-
tionahly this establishment ought to be at
the metropolis, under the immediate con-
trol and inspection Of the rational govern
ment. So also at the seat of the national
government ought TO have been the bank of
the United States, under lire like. inspec-
ton and control. In fact, where the execu-
tive powers reside, where the legislature
assemblies, where The supreme court holds
its sessions, where all the great business of
the nation is transacted, and especially
where the officer at the head of the treasury
performs his duties--there also ought TO be
the great mcnied machine of the nation.
VERMONT
An act has passed relating to poor debt
ors, which allows them to hold exempt from
execution, stem sheep, and one years pro-
duct Of said sheep, either of wool, yarn, or
cloth--the best swine, or the meat Of said
swine, and one COW, with sufficient forage
for both sheep and cow" BY another law,
pensioners are allowed to take the poor
mans oath, the same as If they had nothing
due. ---
SLATDER1a A..t{s2 T.
4 case Of SANDER was latelytried at Rut-
land, Vermont; Josiah Hooke, and wife,
vs. Henry Bigeiow. Verdict for the plain
tiffs, s15O, and recovery Of costs. The
high standing Of the defendant, (says The
Rutland Herald) who is pastor Of very
respectable church in Middletown, and the
interesting appearance Of the prcsecutrix,
who had formerly been member Of his
church, and who now appealed to court
of justice in defence Of her reputation, which
had been violently assailed, excited an un-
usual degree of interest in The minds Of a
crowded audience.