Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-08
ALEXANDRIA:
WED.NESDAT, april g., 1918.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT WASH


near the capital-was decided in COM
mittee of the whole on the bills tor erect
ing additional buildings for the accommo'
dstion of the executive Experimentation
making appropriations for the public
baildines-aud for furnishing the oaPi'o'
and the Presidents house In the dis
cussions on this bill, various amendments
were proposed. That for erecting tue
new public Offices on Capitol Hill, vas
one of them, and was negatived without
a division
The zeal OF the PROPERTY PATRIOTS
| on both sides, Il mean out OF do"rs) was
uuickeued into more than ordinary ami
nation on this point. ] am glad that re
house treated the proposition with such
manifest slight.
Thirty thousand dollars were approprl-
| ated for furnishing the Representative
Chamber and Committee Rooms, by "a
votes to IS.
Thirty thousand dollars was then as
signed for furnishing the Presidents
house but not till the members of the
house had erayeiy shown their accurate
knowledge of upholstery expenditure by
some proposing and the rest "esat'vlng a
proposition tor a., 7s9 dolls.--by go votes
to So. These a'e What an upholsterer BY
trade would call very nice ca!cu!.tion'
nice enough to battle the experienced kill
Of The sous of the tacking hammer them
selves. How our coontry's representa-
tives come by that knowledge in mahoga-
ny and hangings, collectively, which in
diyiduaily, the chance is, not one in
hundred possess, is question OF curious
solution.
Then came the question about the sum
to be allowed far offices t. the Pr sident's
house, aud this was tossed about thrssgh
variety Of sums from 1857 dollar down
20 1000. at which il s'uck-and 1000 was
inserted | should like to see the calcu
ls,ious of the several prcpcunders SIT
down in black aud white-they might be
of use TO future state architects. eve
~ thing in this life" says Ycrick, dis big
with mrrth. it we had only the sagacity
to discern it."
The following then were the appropri-
atoms
eapi,ol $4,000
Towards proceeding with the
centre building 100000
Offices to the Presidents house 1000
Furnishing repre- ,ent'ves chamber $4,000
d.. senate chamber, &c. 10000
Furnishing the Presidents house so,ooo
From the Norfo k Herald. .8pril l.
Among the vessels which went up the
bay on Sunday afternoon was the brig
Huron, Martin, Is days from Havana.
with a cargo of mciasses and sugar
Cap. Appleby. of this town, came pas
senger in the II. and has GENE up in the
sloop Gen. Swift, from North Carolina
Capt. A. states that about 8 days Prev
Gus TO his sailing, dispatches had BEEN
received by the governor from the g.
| vernment of Old Spain, instructing him
to close the port of Havana against all
nations Unfortunately; which order II
was expected ouid be carried iuto exc
cution, in a few DAYS, as the governor
onlv waited the arrival of the next pack
ct fur a duplicate of his Instructions
Can't A. fu Their state, the British GO.
vernment, determined to enforce their
measures tor putting >tcp TO the African
slave trad", had sent two agents on tina
business, who had arrived at Havana a
few DAYS b,tore he left there. l. wa
| thought that this step. coupled with the
n. W order OF FERDINAND, would proGuct
something like revolution at Havana
The Bueuos Ayrean squadron. was ,ti
cr,;,;no cIo,e in with the Moro and
blockadipy the hatbor. The sickness had
again made its appearance. There "a'
but little alte, alton in the marke :, Anne
r;can prpduce dull. l land do scare" and
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