Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-09
ALEXANDRIA,:
,MO.Np.9R, MARCH 9, 1918.
FROM oun CORRESPONDENT Ar NASH
Saturday, March z, 1918.

sSUt" -
petition was yesterday presented to
the house Of representatives, on behalf Of
major, general John Stark, ter relief from
the bounty lsha,ne! to call it bounty
when even should il 90 granted, OF which
| can scarcely entertain hope, it would
not be half JUSTICE Of the house. This
brave veteran, who distinguished himself
, in the day OF trial, fighting under the
banners Of freedom, and whose valor was
30 signal as, when spoken of, to be gene
rally Illustrated by comparison With the
hardihood OF old general Putnam, is now
driven by the incompetency OF his Cit
cumstances to his support, to throw h''''-
self on his country for relief in the last
stage Of life. After what has passed IN
the case of Gen. st. Clair, who demand.
ed only the money ha had lent, to save
the country, is it likely that any thing
should be done for the relief OF General
Stark s-I fear not The house yester-
day too refused to consider Gen. Reeds
resolution for monument TO Baron d.
Kalb.-Thesc things might all De aone,
and the character Of the natien kept pure
and unsullied, by the crumbs that fall
from the tables of our gluttons:
The subject Of internal Improvement
was Yesterday introduced by Mr.Tucker
of Virginia, in q committee of the whole,
Mr.. Pi,kin in the chair, BY the following
resolution, contained in the report Of the
committee to whom that subject was re-
ferred-a report which must still be fresh
in the memory Of those who pay the pro,
psr sttention to the important congress
sional documents:
/" Resolved, That in order to promote
and give security to the internal COM
merce among the several states-to faci.
litate the safe aud expeditions transfor-
tatiOn of the mails, by the Improvement
Of the post roads, with the assent OF the
several states-to render more easy and
less expensive the means and provisions
necessary for the common defence, by the
construction of military reads, with the
like assent of the respective sta,es-a"-.
for such wher internal improvements as
may be within the constitutional powers
of the general government, 1t is expedi-
ent that the sum to be paid to the United
States by the Goth section OF the act to
incorporate the subscribers to the Bank
of the U. States, and the dividend which
shall arise from their shares in its capital
stock, be constituted fund Tor internal
improvement"
The resolution was read, and motion
male that it should be adopted. 1t nigh
be regarded as the opening wedge which
was to make way for a system Of pro-
gressive Improvement of incalculable i'm
portance to the country. But the stuff
it has to pierce through is full of knots,
and tough and cross-grained, and will not
be easily Independently at this time,
when the spring Of home begins to make
the sap rise towards the head. In short,
at the very first stroke Of the maui, item
countered knet, in motion that the
committee should rise-but this was ne
gatived, and then began the long talk
so that without any thing being done, but
speaking, or so much as new PROPOSE
ton for amendment being ofiered-which
was wonderful-the house adjourned, al
ter giving the committee leave to sit a
gain. 10 me it appeared that there was
much less zeal disclosed than the magni-
tude and value OF the subject would in
duce US to expect However, it is TO be
resumed again, probably this day, and We
shall see.
Jacob Hoffman, Esq. was on Saturday
last, cleo ell Mayor of the town Of Alex
andria, tor the ensuing year.
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