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may b seen by . reference To Col. Wsr.,.
Report u has frcquenslys happened That
many things have been done (ss We bel;ey,I
70 lsyies The County Levy. and The application
thereof, - also Of he Deposiiun. which Is an
nuAify provided for, " hich would not have been
done there had been - each court Q foil a.
tcndapce Of the Magistrates from The country.
To support us in these allusisns, We beg leave
again TO refer TO the said Report, which COM
Prtses mo>t Of tho proceeding Of the county
court from the year 11s5 10 the present time.
In relation to tho County Levies and the sppR-
cation thereof. From this il will DO secn
with what 2rofusion the money drawn from
Tithaoles Of the County, has been expended
upon the Court House yard, and tho pubiic
square, In the erection OF Clerks Offices.
tor Water Pipes, Paving, &C., which expen-
ditures, We verify believe. would mot have
been incurred # the Court House had been
placed In tho Country, or IN some small VIII
lagc In the County. Notw Outstanding tho
great amount which has been already ex-
pended upon the Court House aforesaid. and
the public square, Il Is IN contsmplstieu, and
hns been for some time past among some Of
the Magistrates in Winchester (ss We have
been informed aud bclieve) TO pull down tho
present Court House and 90 erect upon its
foundation splendid Edi6ce, which shall DO
an ornsm ent TO the town, and correspond
with the dignity and importance Of the great
County OF Frederick, one of the 6rst in the
State. In addition To this, we have reason
To believe. IL they should succeed in this OBJ
ject, an attempt will then be made 20 tako
down The present Jail, and build up another
which. in its style Of architecture, must also
comport with that OF the int ndesi new Court
House. For ourselves, who, without being
consulted, would be compelled TO hear large
portion Of the cost Of those ex pensiye build
ings. we must beg leave 20 enter our posi-
tive dissent to those projects; and the con-
temptation OF this grievance is among the i'm
Polling causes which induce us to seek for n
division Of the County; especially as we be-
lIeve that our proportion Of the amount or
those expenses, would enable US TO erect such
public buildings in our new County, upon n
more moderate scale, as would satisfy our
wants.
In making the above illusions 10 the Ma
gistrates residing. in Winchester, We do not
mean 20 insinuate that they have been aetu-
ated by any selfish or personal motive, or
that they alone, without the aid Of some
OF the Magistrates residing in the country,
have made all the profuse expenditures which
have been made but we believe, nj the same
time, that many Of thoss expenditures would
not have been made or attempted, IL they had
not been prompted by false taste for gran
deur and ostentatiou, among some Of the town
Magistrates: = taste which prevails In greater
degree generally In towns and eities, than in
the country and We arr moreover willing 10
admit n TO be very probable, that il we ksd
resided In the town OF Winchester, that We
might have been equally DESTROYS Of seeing
tho public square embellished with all tho
graces Of Grecian architecture. The ex-
penses already incurred upon the Court House
and Its nppurtenances upon the public square.
have, we believe, amounted to somewhere
about SIS, 900, and III We are to embark in
those new projects above alluded TO, We have
some reason TO believe they would cost The
County double that sum.
There remains one other grievance of great
magnitude, which We shall briefly aliuds to.
and that Is our Poor House Establishment.
which, with the farm Of three hundred acres
and buildings erected thereon, have cost about
the sun Of $4,000. This fact will appear
from a statement made by Lemuel Bent, ESQ.
who is Clerk TO the Oyerseers Of the Poor.
and the annual contribution from tie wholo
county aud :he town Of Winchester. for tho
support and maintenance of this eStsb iishmens.
has las We believe) for the last three years
averaged upwards Of $4,000; this will also
appear from the same statement. We have
great cause to complain Of the barthen Of this
establishment, because we believe that our
section OF the County DOES not furnish ona
tsash part Of the Panpers who are provided
for there In making this statement, howe
OF our population, within our proposed lfnaita.
are IN easy circumstances, because IL Is note
rious thsta considerable portion Of our terri
tory on our Eastern boundary consists OF
mountain land, as also, on our Western. Of
Opequon lands, where the residents, many OF
them, are in Strengthened eireumSsancss.-
u may here be mentioned also, that when
the farm above alluded TO, was proposed 20
Be purchased, il was with m expectation.
81 a. A.
some ofthe pauPcrs upon the farm, they would
be able to support the establishment; but this
prediction has proved illusory, inasmuch a.
The annual LeVies for IL have increased, and
the Levy for the present year appears to
have been IS cents upon each Tithable.
We have thus far endsavoFed TO iAy before
your honorable body, plain and gsVarsish-
ed exhibition OF many Of our grievances,
which greatly Cypress usi aad Il may appear
strange TO you, perhaps, at frat sight, TO dis
cover that our memorial snd petition " "a pro-
baby receive It's principal support from other
members than those who represent at pre-
sent the County OF Frederick. The members
who have been elected, are all from tlssWest
ern section Of the County, one Of whom re-
sides in Winchester, ono other Of them re-
sides near that place, whore be has been =
resident also, end tie other % y believsd)
has also resided IN Hiseh~stsF, where be hes
some near eOnesctIoos. WhsisVeF oPposs-
ton there may be 10 our visbes, viii prOba-
big come from Winchester, and We have
some reasoB 20 believe that al iis iHfasnes
which - po1erful) will be brought into &C.
ton against ". We shall trust our Gauss.
howe ser, 10 God and our COuniry, believing
u 20 be JUS, and console ourselves with tie
belief that DIR "ery wiil be heard, !" end that
We shall bo delivered from our distress -
sbd " we shoaid, contrary % eli expsctstiou,
fell IN Our petition a. this time for New
County, We should nevertheless pray fhat he
residing IN the COrposaiion q
w inehestsF may no longer BE- permitted ~
exercise tbe power Of laying Issies Oe the
Thhablcs q the COunty.
And your petitioners, a. 10 assy bounS,
wiii ever pray, &c.