Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-01-07

Thomas Swami, James Harper,
John C. Vowel, Wilson C. Selden,
w. X. Armistead, Thos. Lawrason,
Charles l. Catlett, Richard Stuart.
r. w. Harrison,
At m Getting of the board, r, M. Scott,
Esq, was reelected president.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT WASHINGTON
Wednesday, January 6.
Whether times will mend or not, who
can tell ? but if they do not-that is to say,
if the congressional proceedings continue
to be as barren of interesting matter, or
even of matter of public importance though
uninteresting, as they have been for some
days, nay weeks past-my Office OF cor
respondent will be that most wicked, cor
rupt, and anti-republican Of all things
mere sinecure place. Of yesterdays bu.
siness, had il not been for two memorials
presented by Mr.. Sergeant on the heart
rending, disgraceful subject of the slave
trade, | should have nothing to relate: for
though the day was occupied, even to half
past three o'clock, by the same private
claim which exhausted so much of the pre-
ceding day, do not consider an Grafton on
Mr.. Dela6eld's affair with congress sub
ject sufficiently pleasing and nationally in
teresting to fascinate your readers, recon-
mended though it was by the bewitching
melliAui,y of Mr.. Rea's eloquence. Mr..
Sergeant's two petitions, OF rather two me-
MORALS, however, will probably afford to
the private contemplation of your readers,
qualification of more substantial kind than
they could derive from any effuson OF mere
eloquence, and | doubt whether there are
not some of them who would consider those
two humble remonstrances as entitled to the
rank of eloquence of no subordinate kind.
Your quaker readers, and all who, like
them, think the Africans are creatures of
the same species as themselves, would, no
doubt, prefer them to the speeches of a
whole wilderness of stump orators. The
first Of them was the memorial Of SUM-
dry inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia,
praying that the laws prohibiting the inn
portation of slaves into the United States
may be so amended as that people of color
unlawfully introduced into the U. States
may not be sold as slaves and this was re.
ferred to the committee on that part of the
Presidents message which relates to the il
licit introduction of those unhappy suffer
ers.--The second memorial was from the
American convention for the abolition OF
slavery, and improving the condition of The
African race, and prayed that in any nego-
citation between the U. States and Spain,
and between the U. States and the republic
of South America, measures may be adopt
ed for suppressing the African slave trade.
This memorial was ordered to lie upon the
table.
fought not perhaps TO omit mentioning
that bill was rerorted from the naval COM
mittee, by Mr.. Pleasants, providing that the
amount Of security to be given by navy a.
gents shall be incTeased-and that all who
90 into that Office before the first of May
next shall execute new bonds for $50, 900
His excellency Daniel D. Tompkins, vice
president the United States, his lady anc
! two daughters, accompanied by the hon
Smith Thompson, secretary of the navy
; commodore Chauncey. and general Swift
arrived from New.York yesterday after
noon, at the Washington hotel, in this city
Washington City Gazette.
CONGRESSIONAL BANK COMMITTEE.