Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-15

When the horrors ol Sea-SlckneSS were SUM,
added to the other painful circumstances attsnJ
ing my situation, my sufferings became great.
than can describe. Deprived of everycomfo.
with not ten feet square for exercise, pestiIs,
tial air, and most offensive smell pervadns eys,.
part of the ship: and even without the most cor
mon medicines, assure you, sir, that deaf
would have been no unwelcOme visitor. ~.
seized with high fever, and in ten DAYS rpdu,
ed, in my opinion. and IN that Of those aroun{
me, to the brink of the grave. At this time W.
spoke an American ship from New York. bouri
to Antwerp: the captain, who was likewise if
was bearing for Fayal, in the Azores. and. h,
great persuasion. was induced to take me q:
board. in miserable condition. Two davs II
ter this removal, my new captain recovered Ii,
indispostion. and resumed his course for AM
werp. Having no inclination to vis, HOLLAND
determined to avail myself of the next shin tb,,
we might speak, and return to the United States
or go to England. From the time that boanlsJ
the vessel in which then was. had begun Slow
ly to recover, from the superior comfort lite a,
commodatlons. On the Goth of June. We snoI.
the brig Olive. from New York to this port. and
the captain consenting to receive me. arrives
in Liverpool on the lst instant, having been :,
sea 55 days. The dispatches which were a.
trusted to my care, forwarded to Mr.. Forba,
IN charge of Captain Human. of the William
Tell, to whom he was consigned; stating the 70,
sons of my not bearing them in person. and r.
questing him to forward those for Mr.. Rasuet =,
Rio. If the William Tell goes safely. the do.
spatches will safely reach their destination.
These, sir, are the circumstances which hav
brought me to England, and hope that they ar,
such as TO excuse my abandonment of Inv char, |
AS am here, have determined to devote few
weeks to the purpose of seeing the country. ,fq,
which | shall have the pleasure of giving Won, n
person, more detailed account of nv VOYAGE
With high respect, your obedient servant
JN0. II. PLEASANTS
Ertract ola letter from Mr.. Clay 10 w. Hami.
ton. Chairman Of The Committee Of RarasS
ment.
1t was not believed that the visitation Of PA.
violence with which he was afflicted, ought ,ode
prive him of all allowance for expenses, and al
compensation for services; but it was not though.
right that the per diem should be continued dur.
Ing the whole period Of his absence from hOme,
and until his return to New York, on the 2ad
tober, 1925. 1t was therefore limited to the I'D
August, 1925, that being the time when it S,I
estimated he might have ret"ned to the United
States, if, after abandoning the voyage to Sout
America, he had sought an opportunity Of comm,
home, instead OF proceeding to Europe. 1t va
within the discretion of the Department to ha,,
compensated him as the bearer of dispatches frOr
Mr.. King; but il was not deemed proper to max
him any allowance for that ser,ice.'
Were these explanations satisfactory: VIII "a
did the Committee say then? These are thar
words:
Amidst the numerous appointments Of me-
sensers made by the present Administering
they will select the account If Jno H. Pleasant
Editor of the Richmond Whig because that cas
in their estimation. presents the most fasal
example of abuse"
8. Either his dispatches were or were not
importance: if they were of importance like
soldier on post, no considerations should have
induced him to have deserted them if the, ser
of no higher importance than to have rendt0r
safe that they should be cOnfded to the ciPH
of an ordinary merchant vessel. then they $40.
have gone through this channel, and Mr. Pa'
SAINTS ought not to have been appointed.
Sir, Daniel P. Cook was pursued by the ge
tleman, because he was dead: John H. Pleasant
was in like manner pursued because he wasaW
The case Of Mr. Brooks is another on thu n
cord. He was Clerk in the office OF the Ira
sury. Grown old and becoming enicebIed,
fellow clerks, with generosity of purpose PFC
liar to themselves, performed his duties 10
hours of recess, or by extra labor. and permit
this aged and destitute man to recelve-one.hlH
the salary This instance Ofredoubled dIIgl
and charitable provision for a supcrannuaed
Iow-laborer in these generous men, Is set &C.
in the genteman's diary of abuses, and the b. &
cutive is censured, because this aged man.
his family was not thrown out to perish 10
streets.
The case of Anthony Morris is another: b.
Clerk in the Registers Office. Mr.. Morris
an old man, is one Of those few veterans o.
Revolution and old Congress now alive T'@
their empIoymon. and memory, connect Ge
sent with the past Government. He amen
man, the only one, says Mr.. Michael Noat"
the office. What of that7 In consldeno%G
his advanced age, in6rm health. and thai -"
daughter, he might be absent from the w.
three months in the year-one month more
the ordinary allowance to all the clerks i,
This case, sir, is, by the magnanlmll!"
gentleman, marked down among the ln'ap.
gross Executive abuse. What can the ssya
man reply to these exploits of his magoa e' 4
leave it to the nation to compare Rnu'
with John Randolph; and the mission Oh w.