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v m fv’w»d by three upon the a**t*e.Vs
i * tv: discussed, and t'l -»«■ v ni intend** ' to
complete the others in th*s imnn?'*, jf .vlr.
(iemy had not refuse I to nnswr thereto.”
lint lot any candid man read our correspon-,
deuce, anil declare, if he can, that your pro- j
restatipns were not altogether vague, from I
the beginning to the end —did you not know ;
before the publication of the dispatches of'
the envovi. that, superior to pretexts, the !
envoy von nail selected to negociate, declared i
himseff, for th« reasons herein stated, unau*
thorised to treat ? Did you not, in conse
quence of those reasons, and from a .convic
tion of the;r truth, pledge yourself to prepare J
tnfo^mully with him, a treaty, and to send'
a minister to the American government for
u ratification of it? And did you not, after
the promulgation of the dispatches, depart
from the arrangements, and renewproposi-j
lions long before made to and rejected bv •
him for treating separately? If then, sir,:
your protestations were not vague, why did!
you not, in the :nl'Orm:*l mode agreed on, dis
cuss fairly and substantially the important
subjects of the negociation ? Whv, in lieu
thereof, did yon propose * formal epistolary
negotiation, and even in this confine yourself,
to the correction of a consular convention, j
■which was soon to expire? Why did yon not;
enter on the most important object, the pro
ject of a commercia 1 treaty ? Of what use, I
without such a treaty, wu . a consular con-j
vent ion ? Your beginning with the smallest!
nhhe'of the negoci .'ion, and indeed your;
whole conduct in that discussion amounted, in
fov mind, to proof positive, that you was'
governed by no. motive pr expectation of at
taming the important objects,of the negocia-'
tton, but that your sole view, ns before stated,
was to amuse tile French government an>;
nation, and to divert from yourself their in-,
donation, resulting from the rupture of the
negociation. Your letter then proceeds,1;
** when it became necessary to abandon the J
idea of treating with that Envoy, who j
li, ught it important only to icnr'tv hr to c,
n-gucinrion ni ght hereafter be re turned, I i
gave him the m ist solemn assurances con-1
cerning the reception that a new plenipoteu j
ti ny would receive.”—But did that envoy
xnniK it impomnt omyto Know inw a nrgo
ciation might thereafter he resumed? You
know, sir, he did tmt. In his letters to your
tdf of tlie 4t t and 20th of April, ir9o, the
Jirst being be ore, and the last subsequent to
the departure from Paris of one of his cot
leagues, he early proposed to “confer with
you informally and unaccredited, on any sub
jt ct respectin ; his mission, and to com muni,
cate to the government of the IT. States the
r< suit of sur.h conferences.” He gave you
aureeably to your request, the outlines of
such a treaty as he thought would ha ve been
arreptshle to your government an ! repeat
edly urged you to come forward, on vour
p T t, with propositions “ for terminating ali
<1: defences, turtle restoration of harmoify
d Iriendshio ; and for the rt*.. establishment
ot c'l.iirntrcc between the United Stares and
Fiance;” anti to effect'these objects he as
stn ed yon ot his immediate and cheerful co
operation. Look at your correspondence
with him, which you appear to have forgot
ten, and you will there find a record of these
arid numerous other facts, proving his unre
niitted exertions while in France, to establish
a commercial treaty and restore harmony
between the two republics. Is it not then,
much To he. regie... .1. sir, that you have ha.
yarded such unfounded a-serf ions, and pro
duced tiie painful necessity of detecting
them ?
Your letter then proceeds to state, "that
you wished to encourage Mr. Gerry by the
testimonies of regard that his good intenti
ons merited.” “Although you could not
dis cinble, that lie wanted decision, at a
moment when he might have easily adjust
ed everything. That it does not thence fol
f’w, you designated him; that you will even
avow, that you think him too irresolute to
f>e tit to hasten the conclusion of an affair of
’his kind.” “ Testimonies of regard”. Sir,
In nego< iations, inspire neither courage nor
confidence: they are seldom successfully
practised and always illusive ; and had you
manifested such to him, he must have can
didiy declared to you, “ tirneo danaoa ct do
in frrentea.” 11is primary object was to
promote, on principles of reciprocity, the ho
nor, interest and welt ire of his country. In
the pursuit of these you was fully convinced
that, he was above encouragement, and that
nil your impediments and discouragement*
were of no avail.
I hat he “ wanted decision” to clour with
your degrading- firc/ioeitious, is conceded ;
it is U monstrated by the correspondence yop
refer to; and it therein appears also thatjie
*ias '‘irresolute” to do wrong ; an irresolu
tion which he frankly avows, which lie pre
fns infinitely to “diplomatic skill,” or di
plomatic artifice, and which permit him,
sir, fnun a long experience and full convic
tion that in public, as well as private con
cerns, •• honesty is the best policy,” to re
t "iiimeiul to your consideration and patron.
5 ge.
As a duty whirh I owe to myself, I have
ttransmited copies of this letter to yourself,
■■tough I rei ch and American c.li innels,
duch will ensure the delivery of it ; and
I'-’tl you adopted a similar measure, by send
ing to me a copy of your official letter to Mr.
1 it lion, in which you very freely usemveh t
j ncter, you would have received an unme
t-late answer. *
Accept inv assurances, sir, of all due enn
* Migration and respect,
E. GEKKY.
Cum bridge, July 1809.
nAMxntn’, Sr/t. 2.
■f(tr tuinefl Dr. Hollmtin made his first
of'firuranrr in Haiti won-on Thursdau_
vtn-nt i vi media telu to hi a friend Jl.ihi-t n's }
hut wha' /».* naif! or did since, 1 know not—
and for e ram file’s sake, we ought to murk
•’ll ,the actions of great men, threat s/iirs,
i’-eat traitors and ffreat dti/irs. I Jan\
< tark's hook u gainst den. Wilkinson, has
arrived in town Ukt wise ; whether it came
in the stage iff’tIt Holliman, is uncertain,_
Jt arr has arri veil at Clottenhurg on his mis*
si an from .*>7. James's.Whig.
J’rom the Salem (iatefte, Jfutr. 20.
7*rr<vi* account* from the North of Europe
t« hr favorable to American r„.n
Trterrr A letter rrf>m Mr Williams in Lon
don, date-’ G»h July says_
“ I his moment I get advice from Mr. Jo
^ itrairo, dated 13th Junr, of wnjch I
1 're ro„ the- substance. Three Vessels had
r invert with cofiV^and some sugar at ron
origr ), and were freely admitted by th«
f)a . h government; whlrit gave the most
e ass,rranr.os that they wool 1 continue
to protect and receive them. •— Mr. P. re com
,s tl,J' I filial i port of Kiel for tii a • who
• i. ho mil to Ilnvs'a : the ilistaar.e from it t< ■
2 tmhui^;, sni!lU sritfl regij,,r WH<J5.»||S. i*;
•*at*...-rood—ifcadls, ih t tlier is no
taw of Denmark against vessels which Inve
been boarded, nr touched at England, thon h
it would be ho muck) the better it'neither
happened ; but the ship's papers must clear
ly show that the whole cargo was shinned in
the U. S. .
“Mr. Pitcairn has written to several cap
tains and supercargoes at Gottenburg. re
commending the port of Kiel, from its vicini
ty to Hamburg, where Teas, Nankeens and
Sugars will produce higher prices than far
ther up the Baltic.”
We understand that accounts are also fa
vorable from the South—That ca^ goes are
sold at Sardinia, and from thence find a chan
nel to the continent, at a g<xid price.
A letter from Stockholm states, that the
late king is to be allowed to retire from
Gripshoim, and residi tiee from guards on
the island of Wisingo, in the lake Wettern :
and that at the end of the war, he will he
permitted to live in any part of Europe which
he may prefer.
rttECEDENT.
The following Historical extract from the
European Magazine, tor June, 179H, is en
titled t >the attention of our government, and
may furnish a useful precedent for the lion.
D. M. Erskine.—Hartford Merc.
FXTK ACT.
*‘ In the time of James the First, a match
was propose*! by the Spanish ambassador for
one of the daughters of his court witli Prince
Henry. Salisbury, now was a most accurate
statesman, saw so ne kind of juggle in this
business; and without applying to the Am
bassador on the spot for art • xplanation, wrote
to the Unke ot Ernna. Prime Minister of
Spain in such atnamer r.s drew from him a
confession that there r> . cr was any serious
intern ion in the business. Salisbury, not sa
tiylied with this, and judging that the Am
bassador.ivas only made a tool of by bis Court,
summoned him to full council, and there
told him, “He Had abused the King and
Sta * e about a treaty for marriage which lie
had no commissions for. and that therefore
*ie was liahi ■ to b • punished hv the ia.ws of
our kingdom ; for,” said lie. “when an am
bassador doth abuse a Stare by hi* master’s
commission, then the servant is free ; but
without commission, was culpable anti liable
tobr punished by the laws of that state, as
being disavowed to be servant ui the king
his master.” The Ambassador thunder
struck at his discourse, after some pause said,
“ As he did not understand the cause of his
being summoned, he was therefore unprepar
ed to give any a' ;wer ; but on the Monday,
lie would come ae-iiu ajid give in his an
s ver.”
“On Monday, he amc and thus delivered
himself, “ My oui my God’s, my life my
master’s, my rt putation mv own, anti 1 will
not forfeit tlie first and hist to preserve the
second. He then laid down his commis
sion and letters of instucti >n, under the king’s
>wn hand : thus preserving the dignity of his
character, tho’ ater wards disgraced by bis
own court.”
England declares her enemies under block
(lilt. She is herself under a block heud.
Globe.
A Nashville paper speaking of the im
provements and discoveries in the western
country, observes—“ Tlur prying eye of
science has discovered on the Ca ny- fork of
Cumberland river, in an un frequented nioun
lahi, tiiousmids of tons of copperas Sc alltnn
mingled together.Petersburg Int.
'iMTL’
ENQUIRE 11.
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HtCI/MQ.YSJ, .yUp TEMPER 8, 1809.
IMPORTANT I!
“/1. P. nf a letter from, a re slier table House
I'i JJ i.imorr, to u House in thin City,
dated Ath in*t.
This very moment, when I intended to
close th;s letter, the Ship Inca has arrived
in Ji6 day's from 1 tiiiningen, and brings the
disagreeable account, that between the
French and Austrian armies from Hie 4 li
until tiw- 8-h of July, one of tMe most terrible
battles hud%een fought, wherein tlu- Austri
an. lost 6;j,0b0 men, and that the. Archduke
Cn irles retreated with tu«i rest of his army
ot 40.000 111:i into lloiiemia. Ytm will see
srohablv to-morrow the detaiTSi of these ac
counts in tue newspapers.
POP THE JiA'QLSPER,
It is curious, with what apparent mtconcern
TJ'.' learn the fate of multi tu leg nf nu n and
of distant nations. A tooth ache—a throb
bingof the temple-the loss of a puppy,
scents really to affect us more, than tiie
j (i-Mfhs ofUioiisatids of our distant species,
1 and tin tall >»f remote empires,
i In some cases, distance oj fi/acr seems to
have the ■ inu- truiiquiliisiug effect upon our
j spirits, as distance of time. We seem to
! consider those, who are separated from us
j by oceans and circles of earth, with the
same unmo. Mij; indi.Tercnce, as if they be
i longed •• to years beyond the Hool”—as if
they were buried beneath the oblivious
! grave of antiquity.
I his property of our nature lias been no
ticed, by one of the sweetest as well as the
wisest «.l moral philosophers, Adam bnrnth,
in his “Theory of Moral JJeipiments.” •• Let
us mi|5|« se, ‘.ays he, that the great empire
id ( hma w itli all its myriads of inhabitants,
was •mddeiily swallowed up by an earih
tpiake, mid let us consider how a man of
humanity in Lurope, who hail no sort of con
nection with that part of the world, would
he afh ctt'tl upon rcceiving intelligent e ot this
dreadful calamity. He would, I imagine,
lit st oi all, express very strongly his sorrow
♦or the misfortune ot that unhappy people,
he would make many melancholy reflections
upon the precarious ness of human life, and
tor vanity of all the labours of man, which
coaid thus be annihilated in a moment. Ue
wo i’d too, perhaps, it lie wa* a man of sjite
i dilution, eater into many reasonings concern
ing the efleets wliic.li this disaster might pro
dure upon the commerce of Kurope and the
trade and business of the world in general.
And when ail inis fine philosophy was over,
when r.ll <hcse humane sentiments hud been
once fairly expressed, he Would pursue his
business or his pleasure, take his repose, or
his diversion with the same • use and tran
quility as if no such accident had happened,
the mo t frivolous dis ister which could hap
pen to himself wo.*id occasion a more real
disturbance. If he was to lose his litpe fin
ger to.morrow, he would not sleep to night;
but provided he never saw them, he witi
snore with the most profound security over
• he ruins of a hundred millions of Ins bre
thren, and the destruction of that immense
!multitude seems plainly.an object less .liter
•sting to him, than this paltry misfortune oi
I lisown.” The'ingenious writer then gots
on to t'tow, how, in *pi*<* of thls.*orpn« of oil**
fiaxv re feeling#* the power of conscience,
*n;l toe mom/ sense within ns, prompts the
generous upon nil occasions, hint the mean
upon many, to sacr fi.ee lheir own interests
io the greater interests of others— :tn<l wi»y
thin property of our nature is in many cast s a
wise dispensation of tilings— how, by a/ways
feeling the sufferings ami losses of others, as
if they were our Own, we should have become
“ the universal Sensitive of pain, the heir
of evils not our own.”
We hear of the most tremendous andjlio^
dy battles which have been fought on the
banks of the Danube—of the fall of 00,000
Austrians, between the 4th and 8th of July,
land no doubt of an immense havoc among
jthe French—but most of us will set down to
this day’s dinner with an undisturbed appe- i
tite, and sleep ns snugly on our couches, as
it the din of arms had not disturbed for cen
turies the waves of the Danube. We shall
perhaps cry out, •* what a bloody battle is j
this! how much more sanguinary, than a-,
uy which stands recorded on the blood-stain- |
ed pages of history”—but our sympathy will :
1 close with our expressions. We bed no tear,
; wc heave no sigh. Our imagination is dis i
sipated among the heaps of carnage, or by
the width of the Atlantic Ocean. We seem
to forget, that each of these 60,000 individu
als, who are thus prematurely struck out of!
the rolls of existence, has left some one behind 1
j him, who is now mourning his tall—some
sweetheart, some father or mother, some I
aisiracieu orphan or widow, who is thus be
rclt of their clearest treasure! It is not |
on the hanks of the Danube, alone, that A- I
ffttiy and Despair are seen and are felt —
tor irt how many towns and cottages of Aus
tria and of France, lias Death exhiuitel
these monuments of his power!
How much happier are rae in this blessed
country!!--But though war he a great e- !
vil it is not the worst of evils / For wiiat I
are submission ami dishonor !
It would he a curious and a useful office* I
for some political arithmetician to sum up j
the number ol men, who nave perished with- I
in the last 20 yfears. *The wars, which have !
desolated tue rontinent of Europe, the tiiuu
tiers, which have swept the surface of lue >
seas, have beefi fatal beyohd example, The!
:4Wegate of the slain, if it Could be faithful- I,
J) collected, would astonish and astound the !
stoutest heart—M re have been destroyed, j
than would he sufficient to people a flourish- '
ing empire—and though the invention of gun
powder has no doubt contributed to reduce ;
tnc proportionate destruction of war, by
throwing armies farther from each other, (
and facilitating the means of retreat—tuo*
our present battles, in proportion to the num
ber of combatants, are evidently less mur
derous, than they were in ancient times,
when armies fought principally with the
sword, cominus, band to bund-yet it
may be safely laid down, as an unerring pro
position, “ that during the last 20 years,
more human lives have been lost, than du
ring any other period of equal duration. ”
II those events were traced to tiieir pro- j
per causes, they would be found principally |
owing to the c ialition.s of the continent and
the mad policy of England. These have com
pelled trance to take up arms in her own de
fence--'o dissipate and to subdue the ele
ments of all future and sifnilai combinations.
This necessity, conspiring with the increas
ing ambition of Napoleon, has lt d to those
destructive transactions, which have blood
stained the history of modern Europe.
These coalitions, perhaps, are, for the pre
sent, at an end. 'The power of France vvi 1
rise triumphant on the continent. The Bri |
tish King has principally made Bonaparte !
as great us he is. The gold, the intrigue and
corruptions of his ministers, will scarcely
j he(*e..tter find the materials of a new confe
deracy. The fate ot t.ie western part of the
j continent is sealed—Germany will soon be !
j subdued, but she will be emancipated from !
\wars and restored to the tranquility of des
potism—and in a short Hnie Europe will
not tor several years, behold a repetition of
i i lie carnage of the last 20years, unless Hus
j s,:l should be inspiratid by jealousy, or am
! biden to dispute the empire of the continent
I or unless Napoleon should seek the ashes of
j !us forefathers, and like Alexander the
| Great, hequuithe new contests 6c carnage to
j his survivors.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
No. 2.
FRENCH INFLUENCE.
1 lie world have been disturbed or amused,
at some time or other, by Creatures of the
Imagination—by visions—hobgoblins of su
perstition, or the artful tales of the Politi
cian.
Egypt l>*d her tour of Priests, of sphin
xes, and of Mummies.
Rome i an her career of Augurs, haruspi
ces and auspices—-the entrails of oxen, and
Iter sacred chickens.
I he I iirks have hern tethered by the
dogmas of the Koran and the terrors of
Mahomet.
I he Catholic world have been Held in awe
by the bulls of a conclave and the littlu toe ot a
Pope.
Modern Europe has been bound to the
tyrant's foot stoo/, by extravagant visions of
the " tears of change,” innovation and revo
lution.
The Catholics of Ireland have been filched
of their political rights, at one time by fears
of tocir attachment to the Ilouse of the
Stuarts, and at another ot their acquiescence
in the supremacy of the Hope.
At this very moment the people of Eng
I land are to be deterred from a Reform of the
I corruptions of their government, by the art
: visions of their ministry. The love of
| Parliamentary Reform is to he conjured
| down by conjuring up the imaginary dangers
of a trench Revolution, and such miscreants
as Castlereagh & Hercival are to be screened
from tlie charges of Parliamentary ooriup
tion, by artful representations of tbe d.fo
yers, which attend the purest patriots, in
the worst times of persecution.
lly the same poor, theatrical tricks arc
the people of the United States to he gulled
and insulted. They are to be deterred from
the vindication of their rights against theen
c roach men ts of Biiftm, by the most artful
ascription ot those measures of redress, to
fhc i n fluent r of /-ranee. Their ey«s* are to
be insidiously turned a wav from the real,
and indisputable wrongs of (»reat Britain,
to the imaginary influence of France. Mea
surcs are#to be canvassed, not so much upon
theirown merity ; as on the ground of the mo
liyr.i to which they afe artfully ascribed. -
“ Plie hand of Napoleon” ib repiesented as be
ing in u ery thing ; that mighty wizard, as he
ing concealed behind the curtain, moving a)
the secret springs of our government—the fin
gers of Jefferson, and Madison, am the lips
c.t Smilie and Montgomery. Tuns whoax
the real thieves,on the political drama, art
thus the lirst to rals™ the hue and cry a
goinst their virtuous ne’ghbors.
Vve have shown, that ftriUtsh Influence
i< no vision of the fancy—that it is h crea
ture ot real flesh and blood ; of mo^t alarm
ing port and tremendous s«e. We have
traced it in the identity of language and si
milarity of our laws-in the intertwisted
relations of commerce—in the numbers of
British natives, who swarm in our tawns, and
interfere with u r affairs—in the revoluti
onary remnants of Toryism—-in the diplo
matic agents of the British government—in
the voluminous writers, whom they have
pensioned, and the presses which they have
avowedly established amongst us——we
have seen it in Corbett and in Cullen, in
Bronson and in Bond. We have seen the
maov-headed Hydra in our institutions of
commerce and at our polls,in the very coat
which covers our nakedness, and the night- j
cap which hushes ns to our repose.
\W have asked for similar means, and I
motives of French Influence in the IJ. :s.
but we have sought them in vain. We J
have not heard of a single Press, that h.is i
been firoved. to have been established by :
France—no' a single pensioned' writer-L ‘
nor a single Napoleon of Con!, that has been *
used for purposes of corruption. We have !
not seen swartusof Frenchmen in our streets
—nor any possible inducement in the public !
men, who now rule our councils, to sacrifice 1
tueir souls, and their countiy mr tile benefit 1
nt r ranee. It such motives do exis*, why are '
they not exhibited? I; such mmns have
been employed in any part of the U. Stales, ,
why are they not drugged into the light? }
It seems almost ridiculous to enter mto an
argumentative discussion of tins subject—
to trace this phantom of British imaginati
on through all the forms which it has assu
med—to dissipate all those empty shadows
which have served from time to time as the
miserable foundations, on which were built
up t!iis p; iiticni machinery of Elfs and Wi
zards. \Y tiat limits would h-i set to this
task? Every measure of the republican I
party, for \ ears past, lias licen artfully ascri- j
jed to the same imaginary phantom—until j
hose very men, who early began to employ •
it as a mere instrument of de ceiving others,
iave, like other impostors, terminated *!teir
Hallucination by deceiving themed -« • into a
Helief of its reality.
Why call in ■ • is phantom of Federalism,
to explain a single measure of the Republican
part) ? It is one of the maxims of the Poe s j
hat Aec Dcu* inter sit, nisi digitus vindice
nodus, and me observation is certainly just
as true of the L fabolatt. as it is of Deus.— It j
is one Lord Bacon’s maxims of fihilonofihi- j
ting, th it no “ more, causes are to be c>l eil
io to exfiluin a phenomenon, than are true,
Lind sujfficient coexplain it.” But “ the Bri
t h party in this country.” as Mr. Steiihens
has styled them in the House of Comhions,
are far from being correct logicians They I
have ridiculed philosophy so much, that they
have violated one of its most sacred princi
ples. The suppose ion of the existence of
FreuCh Influence, is neither true in itself-*—
nor necessary to explain a single mea-uie of"
the republicans. Why call in the chimera i
of French lnJUience, where he conduct of
that party may be so readily explained by
actual and honorable causes?
All the measures of the republicans, which
have been ascribed to the secret agency of
France, may be easily explained by one of
three solulions. Try all the visionary at
tempts of the British party, to prove the
existence of such influence amongst us; try
all their arguments, by each of these tests,
lid how readily will they dissipate into
smoke (
1 Those who have traced the rise of
French Influence, up as far as the Arne
rican Revolution, have obviously mrg itten
to ascribe the feelings, which we then
had for France, and tne confidence wluui
some of our countrymen reposed in her_to
the aid which we liadjust received hum her
in a seven year’s war for liberty :
Or those who have traced it in the sen
timentsot the Republican party towards the
Fieuch Kevt lotion, have artludy supposed
those sentiments to exist at the pi esent lime
—they have transferred ah the feelings,
which we had for France at the most auspi
cious periods ot her Revolution, when sue
was struggling for liberty, toihc despot Em,
which lias now supervened in that country.
3. Or those, who pretend to trace it now in
the sentiments of the republican puny, co
in the acts of the last ad ninistrauou, are
guilty of the folly of ascribing muse step-,
and sentiments to French Influence, winch
we have been obliged to embtace as the
means ol redress and preservation against
the multiplied wrongs of (i. Bi ltain — l n„se
measures, which we have adopted as tue
means ot resistance to British encroach
tnents, have first been art,uily construed in
to;a hatred tor Britain, and then into a love
for Fronte.
W’fe shall f-esume this subject In our next,
and Ripply these principles to »hu- series of
arguments, which have been used by the Fe
deralists to prove the existence of a French
party in this country. Arguments, they can
ftcarfcely be Called, which uie no more than
the creatures of Suspicion, or thn instruments
of Deception.
The Federal Gazette of Baltimore gives us tf)e
ii|v items, that we h.ive received respecting the
■*i*itrsh minister, Mu, J ackso n.—Acconlm^ to
tliat paper, he was to have landed at Annapolis
on the 4fh Irist.—diiectioni had been given by
the President to the Se retury Of Stale, to rc
p.tir immediately to \V a- hington, on the arrival
ofthc new Minister, to receive him—if Mr. J.
has no very important communications to make at
once, and Mr Smith cun ConveintsiUy » on w, : h
the ordinary business wi hoot thn President, .i, ,»
his wish not to he »< nl for—But ir vi • J’» btts.
tiess be urgent,Mr. S. ,» tty di.tp.e th a mof ie„
Kcr to the 1*. U. S. w lio will i cp or to the seal of
government—We shall soon loam, how far this
stateuu nt is , orrert—it is hkeiy, .hat the events
on the fhinube may give a new spur to the Brilisli
Minister.
By Pe i sit Pi nt>An-*180fl.
Attain the Academy 1 greet ;
(hice more, niy graphic Inends, we meet—
Shake hands—Ah! why the greeting liaert with
draw ?
I.o ! hy your looks ye seem to sty_
*■ Avaunt, thou vagabond—away_
We’d sooner take the devil hy the paw !
Well, vkcll f once more th« hard appears.
He sing*, in spite of rolling yfars •.
7Vmt- has not stnieu one atom of' hi* fire •
I he M:tee, unconscious of d(».ay,
Still, pour J the proud Pindaric*'^,
Still strikes with equal energy the I,re.
Now, cries thecritirk of myjrliyme,
“ flow darent thou dream dfthe snhlimC,
Ami l imy that it eVrinspired fiy Odes ?
Mow darest thou take p;„ fa', „hrnCf
To steal into the dome of i mne,
And place thy Me mat hy the »itU of god*
I owi* that ’lime to my .thpr.ie,.
Has done *un e m.sihtcl to ink eyett.
And done that mischief much nrt'tjst mv
Hut as ilu* lfuilfinch, beyonddoubt,
Sin^s better when his eyes are out,
Why not the ..ongater of the Aonian hill I
7'inie too has chosen to t flare
The fine Apollo form and grace
\»:<! somewhat h.-nt to earth my lofty head t
And though the knave has touched iru f: '.tu?#
The goose-quid yet it can command,
And u er tlie snow the iealUercd giant Mad.
Time has ma le free loo with my features.
Those jjret y inoffensive cre..twre»,
That never yet were cruel to the fur;
Spoil d im pi or lip, and dimple sicek,
Kun Ins hard plough share o’-r my cheek,
And stolen the Meshing Hoses, that were iiere.
Time too, I own, my mouth ha., entered ;
To steal sniifb (leari, the rogue has ventured,
Asd given a lisping . > .ny uni.ii:t tongue—
Hut thank lie \iujei t it" ilieir rc.
And Pruebus—oj ii * trick, au ...
S .} is my Main -'.lie ! ill'll of lio .% nig song. •
The Acbiemic'. mt would rejoice
II 7'ivie had aiM> stole.■ my • .»ice : —
rim win. - that voc *. i \is:s, by Heavens I’ll
But min she, while 1 pour my hys
To Justice i ny‘dtar i nisc,
T o v nu a* 10 p. ni.itie tlit AJuttt' spi ing.
Ji certainly must he uohirst.
I c m_- t juOsi m* welcome guest,
‘Mid sheaves of cm m a sort .-.vick dweovil :_
As f It Ais 1 orietiy t-li’ein,
Ti-it ju.tr.t<u runt extum*
A .hough i hr Jr so. nor -w-iuid behold ‘I c dsv'J.
riSTtre. 1 " rr.'M— • •• ——--—• .1 « Mi
• Xlic&montt
—,-trr. -—i-.. iii.
Tlic public arc re*fieciful!y lijornud, that
during .//icason, no Tlau zvill bx re/icu: -
erf. no' wilt there be any U.istponeuiCnt, on
account oj iveuihtr
On Fi id ay Evening, Hit S .ptemh' r, will be
presented (never per■fViiiol here,) a celebrated
Comedy, written l#y Moretou, called
TOWN & COUNTRY,
OH,
WUICli DO YOU LIKE BEST.
After the 1' ay, A H >>KN I 11JL., l>> Sully.
10 WfllCU Wll L BK ADDED. Til’ FXVOUl i a
I* A - C li OF
FOR r iJ NE’s l? Ito L I ?> K,
THE TRUE USE OF RICHES.
^Tj’Box 1 —Gallery 75 cent?—Ciiii'hi.-n bslf
price.-— I icket* t> he had at tlie. Theatre, Iroin
Vlr l)-*V.s at ins pruvin r.oili •, —Honrs (ft tieo
"vri- l it 6 o’clock -Curtain t • n«i- •, 7 i,’clock,
precisely. Sept 3-11
N.‘Vr L,E.l THk /.’ > TO A —<> - \>ote tite
Eagle-Tavern.—ffvhn Me Piter tv” respect
fully uf 'ims *ie c-ttz u* of It itmond, its vici*
nity, and the politic ge wi-allr, tliat. he Ins open
eil a general uttorttHent of thv !>• s .V irthern I. a
ther. mtlieston torm.-vly occupied by Mr. Simp
son Morns; consisting of.—
Upper and Sertl Leather—Harness and Skirt”
i tjj do.— iil-.rk Murl Russel liricie do.—bn- k 5c
Russet Raping do—Brown U- tier ..ml Bi llows
Hidtfs do.—brown it white S rn Skins—Tan
ked and dt'eis- d tit;, k .Sk i — Waand grained
Call skins—KTuast-1 ditto m t M. .at Legs-- H ig
Skn s md Roundings— HI ick and Brown Deer
ar.tl D. g Skins—Black, green, red unu yeliuw
Morocco skins.
A t so, a great quantity of co .rse NEGRO &
WELl'EI) SHOES, llof which will he sold
one.- mmnnly low, tor cash, or neat Drye«l Hides.
September 8. ' wtfwfl
1 AND l OR SALE—lie subsenht r otiers
for sale that vtdoMilt rs te on which he
( m-ily resided, I) mg on Janies River, near
the rown of Warminster, in the Cmmtv of Nel
si n, lately Amherst. This ti vet contains nearly
t a o thousand acres—Th low grounds are of
the most vain ihlekiml, and the log Lnds imine
diat* ly adjacent thereto are very fertile and un
commonly level—It might be divided into two '
plantations to advantage, or conlitiued in one, an
might suit llie ownrr. The houses are ifevv and
amply suflicien1 for the comfort .hie hCCOmnuida
tion of a family—A more minute description is
, deemed unnecessary, as it is prcsuimd the pur
chaser will view and judge tor himself, ilus
subscriber will only observe that the place is
v rv healthy, lies in a tine neighborhood, and
commands, perhaps, as many advantages as ;j)y
other situation that is oiler*.d for sale in the stale.
One fourth of the purchase money -will he rc qui
red on the first of January, when possession
will be given; and the balance will be divided
into nine equal annual installment.-, without any
charge of merest if the principti lit punctually
paid—A large crop of small gi ain will b« s v.n
in go<al order, and the purcli •>< r may be accom
modated with corn &.c. stifHcient for a year’s
supply. Letters directed toflir kingiiam Court
House, or to VVa. mins or, would be soon recoi
led and attended to. In my absence, mV biot. cr
Mr. Joseph C. Csbel1 w ill shew the land to any
person desirous to purchase
wm h. Cabell..
September 1. tf
I WILL lease for three years, my PL A S' l.l
| TION, in Hiclmiocd county, c-intainivg se
ven hundred and fifty aetea, lying on Uappahan
iw>ck river, five miles below Hobbshole Ties
improvements are a cornmodious d w< King house.
out homes, Ac An apple orchard, containing
six hundred bearing trees, anVl eighteen hin.u cd
peach trees.
Also, for sal'-, (wo hundred fourteen and three
fourths acres ot LAND, in Essex county, laying
on Kiippahamtocl . iv •, six miles h. low Hobbs
hole, on which there i> a comfortable dwelling
out houses. Ifthel.ist mentioned tract oflaim ia
not sold hefovR the first day’ of October,- I wiil
lease it (or a term of yen s. For terms apply to
the subscriber—For an advance in cash, as rent,
a great bargain may be had.
PETER RUST.
Septerfiber 3. 3W
Tt'dR SALE, MJ'J Sait I’etred HAMS,
cellent quality—Also, fresh Timothy N. cd.
ipplyto EDWARD HAl.l.URl
September 8 lt«j
I’HOSE Commissioner* oi ihe Hcve
tic, who
li ve faded to return to ties fii
iu- It-1 ot*
L-jjul lax, and Taxable Propel tv .•
1809, arc requested to forwu 1 diem
soon as
possible, together with a l.*t ot ti'-eif •<
■rant' tl
to Merchants, tu the first inc .
spe* dy
compliance, will prevent the dtsaj. recat
nerf-s
sity of proceeding against tin m
or t ie
■ n*«
pc-cd by taw, t -r tins tiilirre.
S A ML A L S//J PA t< I), Auditor.
Anditbr’s Ofhoc, S<-r-t.
2lH
'? ALI/ING GAHDLN LOTS FOU
SALE.
Tlie Suhscri-H r intends offering lor
m
the premises, at public Auction, to bug.
i fat 19
o’clock in the forenoon, on the l«ith d y
present month, sundry vr|«i ie ].Oi
ted in the Falling Garden iti the < iiy
■ it ir ti—
mond Tlie cond lions will be one ih
or nepbli mfe rndor *--<1 is , s
p-yi Ie in the
Hank of Virginia, wi'li the d o
dded t one othe'r *tiii-«l i
tl e other third in tv o years fr«.»r
1 he lots will tn- sold bv
•cross tlie front, l >nt *
i lot of s size to suit in . .
wo Lst paym.- nM, r >lc no
wt i
of trusty will oe rtrjo'ied,
•fid pl .ee, one or iimie L-.
cash.
'f 'i n»n t^a