Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-14

of the Jan. CoEinllttee Will llc dooSo Ca
cepti.n was referred to the Committee vi
the whole. :.
Various resolutions were then submit
ted, respecting the questions how tar Mr'
Rawlings could be considered as the Gen
eral Agent of the Society, and how lar
his securities were bound on his o:hcial
bond finally, the following one saomit-
ted by MIR Stevenson was greed to:
Whereas James Rawlings has suggest
ed to this Society the propriety or renew
Ing his Bond in consequence OF some
doubts entertained as to the manner OF
his appointment heretofore as Principal
Agent: :.
Resolued, That the standing Commit
tee of this Society be authorized and re,
ouired to take new Bond from the SAID
James Rawlings, with sufficient security
in the penalty of one hundred thousand
dollars, conditioned for his faithfully ac-
counting for all monies, funds, &c winch
NAV heretofore have come to his hands
while acting as the Principal Agent OF
this Society, and that he has with good
faith performed all the duties required OF
the Principal Agent Of the Mutual Assn
rance Society against fire on Buildings OF
the State of Virginia-and also for his tn
ture good behaviour, whilst ne shall re-
main in the said Office.
The meeting then resolved itself into a
Committee of the Whole (Nlr. Scott III
the chair) to take into consideration the
Report of Mr.. McRae Except as above
excepted,) also the report on salaries pre-
sented by MIR. Bouldin.
The salary report came under the con-
sideration of the Committee of the Whole.
On viii ch point much discussion ensued-
MIR. McRa submitted resolution de- lar
ing that all that portion of the Clerk s
hire received by MIR. Rawlings himself,
was illegally received by him, and ought
therefore to be reimbursed. Mr.. Bouldin
also submitted resolution (as substl-
tute to MIR. McRae's,) declaring that MIR.
Rawlings had legally received it, and
that it was no more than an equivalent
compensation for extra services perform
ed by him:-Finally, as substitute for
these two resolutions, Mr.. John Robinson
submitted the following:
Resolved, AS ttr, opinion of this Com
mittee that the several sums heretofore
received by the Principal Agent under
the resolutions of the Standing Commit
tee for Clerks hire were SO received under
a belief, that he was lawfully entitled
thereto, and that he ought to retain the
same.
This resolution was adopted by the
Committee and they then rose. And the
Meeting adjourned till this Morning 10
o'clock.
From the Crat9nman.
"Kn truth Horatio, It's no more a lie,
That owls do preach, and witches sweep the sky.
For on my fathers farm near Holv Rood,
I've seen coektuik,e, lead their silly brood :"
During the month of June last, it was no.
!ced by some OF the domestics, in the iami.
ly Of Dir. P Hasbrouck, worthy farmer in
The Town OF New Pallz, n. Y. that black
cook turkey became from day to day very
troublesome in pen where ben of his spe-
cres was confined with her brood. He ap-
good will Of the young, and by way Of mani
testing his paternaI beuignitS, he frequently
squalted down and encouraged them to gath.
er under his wings. As bis modesty, how.
ever, did not extend so far as 10 stint him
in the indulgence OF his vocarious appetite
with The food which al intervals was thrown
into the pen for the consumption Of the
brood, it was deemed measure OF necessi-
ty 10 impriSon the poor fellow in sort of sty
where one of the hens had hatched. The
loss OF liberty seemed al first, greatly TO al
feet him: but like William Cobbett, Sil
Francis Burdett, and other eminent prison
ers OF the human species, he was not long ir
forming a scheme to divert his mind during
The solitary hours OF confinement. Fortune
it seems in one OF her capricious humors
had preserved the sddIe eggs in the old nes
o.! his prison, and upon these eggs, without
more ado, he carefully settled down.
When he had thu patched away two te
dious weeks upon eggs that were destined
never TO fulfil his hopes, his mistress, ia pay
fcr the motherly solitude evlEced by him
removed the two addle eggs, and filled bi.
nest with upwards oil twenty fresh ones from
the common dunghill fowl. Upon these egg.
lie continu ed tc hatch with the same gooc
faith and anxiety, pecking violently an;
thing that was thrust into the sly to disturb
him, at length, in due season, he had the
happiness to 6nd his uncommon case reward
ed by the production Of a large and be auti!u