Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-05-25

to being shot, and a rcyenseful lem,., L
the officers OF the garrison against o.,
Thompson and his four lieutenant, psaI
led to secret combination of eoo @
ried officers, to takethe field against H. a
unfortunate Americans. AClrI7pr
SUMMARY PROCESS AGAINST Pull,
DELINQrKNTs. Ky
The law "prmiding for the l..
organic ton Of the TREASURY ,ss.9a
ment," passed at thelatc Session ft%f
gross. is Of very important cbar,.'
in relation to the prompt accomt,lrF'
Of persons having the rcecival u
trib ution Of the public monies: # s,e
rises a summary process to be eyacn.
against delinquent public officers
their sureties, in all cases wherc;, %O
principal shall fail TO lodge in the r., ~'
snry, within the time required hy b"'
moneys received on account ar The F'
ted States: Also. every person eaplos
ed in either a civil, military, or S,,.
department, and charged with The A.
burscment of pubic monies, who n.~
fail toiendrr their accounts in dge 60,
son, agreeable claw. is together vii
their surcties. liable TO an immoa;,,"
legal execution, under the proyis;nn,
of this act ten days notice of The s.,
of effects so seized being only REQUIRED
previous to the public disposa! there.
Of.
Such a law bad no doubt become n
dispensably necessary, to more eEectr
ally protect the treasury against pol.
lie dcfaultcrs, who for some time mas;
have contributed TO swell the list n
outstanding balances to an enornou,
extent, which the government could ne
yer expect to sec diminished, under Tie
operation of former laws. The fore
sight and wisdomof Congress, in enact,
ing this salutary law. cannot be to
highly commended. Washington Gas.
From the Bali. Morn. CAroa. MAJ la.
The intelligence which we this day
publish from England, several daysEs
ter than the accounts heretofore receiy.
ed, surely represent not only that coun.
try, but the continent, to be in a slate
unsettled and turbulent. Every hours
experience confirms the fact, that the
Enceladus of Reorganization, notwith.
standing he mas been. by the conieders.
ted majesty of Europe, prostrated on
his back. struggles to throw Of tie
mountain that weighs him down, and
shakes the continent by earthquakes in
his excrtions to rise. He has already,
to carry on the a!lusion, waged war
with Heaven, and it remains a question.
able point. whether he is not hourly
gaining strength 10y his rccumbent pos.
ture. The example Of the Olympic
boxers may have taught US, that to
PROSTATE is not always to subd0e. On
this subject, We scout all historical pa.
raIlels, for history affords no parallel
t, the wonders performed in the pre-.
sent age Wo have sometimes in ina
gination transported ourselves far in
to futurity, when time shall have drawn
his obli,ious curtain over the heroes
that do now, or recently have BUSTED
on the stage OF human existence; when
the plough of the husbandman will pas.
over the field Of Waterloo, who will
gaze With great a~stonisi ment and lg-
norance on the human bones that he
disturbs IN his passage when nothing
will be revealed to the generation !Aha-
biting the earth, bnt those casual gimp.
SEES, afforded by the historical taper, al
such seasons we have often though
what a harvest the present day SIl
yield to the sickies Of the future novel.
lists and poets. When they wish TO tell
of events, strange, passing s%tranS''
such as put all c~reduIjty at defiance
our. century will be the inexl,austIls
.repcrtory of such scenes. Farcy VIII
here be exceeded by fact, and The man
who is prowling through the darkn's'
Of centuries for wonders, will find E.
nougb, and more Than enough in the
present age, to satiatc lis rspaclty TOT
prodIgies. ;.
Cur time stands a perfect unique u
the unrolIlng records of history. Arc,
volution accomplished in Spain. scarce
ly excites a single exclamation Of as 5,
constituent. II the next breeze slioulu
m H.. .AlIs.,.cn tUn.