Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-09-29 00:00:00, page 3

gf'ctfssinz. . It has all thc_paint of a lead
,nbzn- thcts you can dzzcusscr b_c\au_ty,
.nnt, and the: pubhc comcndc
Mad ,Zou iz: opinion ;siwþzzt necessity is there
sssssssioning cq c_hac bxshngsgatc langugge
sictsichyou exhlbxc, and that vulgarsirzujmg
,ffisih discovers che aothor to be ;}s dcficxcnt
ialhf scelings of ; gentleman as to the feel
in;! of apoet ? r .
You accuse.m-: of mactzce. No, no, sxr.
You have mzidc the chiu'g: where l am
known, and hence: yo_u wnjl not be believed.
um: often an mchpauqn to laugh: so
me the readers ps thus papef' : and my in
lenrion was princgpally w aﬂord their risi
Nesacuhsilcs theme pleasurablc sensation
D own rsicccivcd on psirusin-g your suppos.
cdsibﬂmy am] point." The amuscmenc
wash-lrmlcss : we: all wish amuscmcnc ; &
if)ouchusc m ubcrudc yourscll on the pub
LLHsaIa-ssxgh'ssn-si; stock ; ex-m you condemn
usiorcouvizhhohling chase. smilcs which
izisimpossibic to rcprcss ? I grant you
thulsom': .
seventssv. might rcnd your vchcs with & sc
rioascounu-n-mw, be.:cno judge: of poetry
whoiscapubi: ossmiling can refrain_t'ro;n
(hccnrcisc of his risibkfs.
_An0ther motivc l had in Spendins; ten "
Manuwstunss-ticc your udc, as you call it,
'I}, to (shall the: violence of vour cauoetct'zes
Scrrbequ: to save from trouble: Mr. Lctakiu
ud sworn] mhcr cdiwtsis whom you ara- 50
octfiru pestec'ing wizh your pulitical ancl p.)
ﬂlcaltrash. [know che'rai edicors, am! l
.uvc suffﬀcd enough mysch, from being
Psi'mcdm publis-l your silly productions.
fielmttcl is ever xniscrablc,'and th: trou
Wfsslncuding vour gramznar and your ur—
shﬂgsapl'siny, of both of which you are ex
tremdyngnurant, is too much {or persons
I::s !M'Y pȝcicncc." ltsisivas not mulicc; ,
ctsis SWOJ Will, not ui Wln, that led m: (0 si
Wssc YWF Udc. I have refused (] nia,; you '
{ZYRW bY a scgasid to your age {m.} ;: w_ish ;
,P"e )four feelingz, many a um: hciurcsssi
T: bn lt you: will bsi: so ubstinamly sool- ;
:siuv'silsi'ou lnuch-xpjcc that l shall n->_t rc- ;
'Nfi-chJssE' u_ttcnpg wnsst chry (me thanks, -
- . lstlngmsh a hccrurz- hawk from a
lfmhctz. Besidcs, sir, y0_u shotlicl rccol- ,ss
- WCW one who gives bls produc—
__ m'h: Þ'z'zlic, chsiulicngcs th :ir Opinion ;
WFsictPct-"Ct to man. ccnzurc or com
ct'sstfﬄ? 38 hjslubors may descrsiVc. lc
WHEN Ossl mine to notice m:rc defsor
'ss'ourþmavsssiaþssss; but. I never yet saw
fel: in:siuctdussusions any thing else. Had [
Nrn 'Mss'n- to be scvcrcct I could hfvc '
""srcc'ctsit: mist? _ ccnmn-ms and wnh .'
Inﬂux? bct-Ce- . l intended merely a frcnd
m. : Mad [( mast have: been, or use
d as" your cgrcgious vanity too
""Ne-( ;?kdssvsim would h'avc silcntly
() —- am profifed by me remarks.
: 'lsicliiiisiilsil: SR-IF nmc some poetry in
""? mctz- &;hrsi crilaps the author us a
ssssctsiffth-xk :)nirzw :rczfter eȝcccl, and
\_ 'isr1[\)d43)[- , :r (; lm: mg hts too ca
fe-l mc : cchds :} tis .ct'fsssisss' not x-c't Qui).
'frcl grace! logs :) ermsrn. lsnousirl
'sifck . _u al. l b:cn, whcna lad,
simiosi silsslc wound lx'ncprchntcd the
"kick ( lmny a co.lee_:non of shymas
si'sssiasst . mil, laugh, masctablc chcd,
I, , N'sih dxsnwucr stuﬀ as your side.
* sir", arc pasc-amcndmctnc. !: is
- neourag: th: eﬀorts of youzhsul
F:iz;hes for [)Mllh/ a
'lsHWM as readily with scarching eye exa
' the: s
do 'anI
'ssﬄsigzeonibkss sir, that you have a
Wfintiality foksirheofsspring of your own
, .ldo noc sayeﬀspring of your own
sing,, ; furthere : _ _
To" of anyssiﬂ the production Qf thus plece.
Annzhcr object I had in view was a rc
gardmth: msi—uwry of th'; rcactlly amiable
mdcxccllcnz msim whom your rhym 's have
disgmcul. He has been un acquaintance of
mine, once vczsiy intimate, tncsc fifteen
years: and tho' inclined to dcmocracy he
me one instance of that paradoxical cha
racter. :m honest and intelligent mm, 'yct
friendZyJo thclprcscnc and has: adzninsszstra
m He had moreover, many years since,
rendered mss: services; and I was now hap
py-ing'zcing absc: parciasiiy tosi rcqu'zt; them,
bydctnying'thac his memory deSchd msi:
disposed your vilc rhymes: or to bc- so
insuked by a stranger. He has rclcttious
mew:! vjvhosc i'cckings will be deeply
stouﬂdcdisisiaouhl they ev_cr-s:c your litera
Bimurders. W'hat must they su,>p n.: m.
frkzndsto b:' whom he acquirccl by ;: s'sisix )l'l
Wldcmhcrc, if lh:y Wcsc': all umrclv' ca
Psslblr cs scribbling smh laughsizbic lamenta
"008- 'Gfu. Wlncing was a juch ui poztry
hzunfllf: hasil hc Sccn your vsi-zrssi-s previous
fqnudmh ;cxaciua wouisil imvu hasicnsd
Lsis end.
25
a ctl 4555: hutssctcbatsi'ctyctoiitsi quick; addsihis __
tied to the sime immorxahcy. _
a Rice
mhsul visages ot' Diacbcch'ssi
s this Qdsid All brevi
- "we. lt has brevizy because si,
a [: would have possessed '_
'wct brcvicy, had the: odc ended:
'I
.
children and grave granmcs of
'svno evidence of the up.,
'I I.
--—-si-_ _ - _
-o— -
ssgctenins, but "to _stop the puny labors of 53.
cond or incessant ch. lsidhood, that occasion
lv than ye 1r3vlt.
. Yo-l adhere to the proprictv us " Oh
greedy envious heaven ;" nnJ quoce :h-ct
so]! nuing scrisi-rnre in justification. " _\Vhy
dost thou suﬀer m'mc vn-s-mv to the up
against mc ?" And " Thou hast aﬄicted
me in thy holy dZSLsi-lc-asurc." [( is impos
sible.- for me to scc what cunnssxiam there is
between the two cassis. And you believe ,
l hwe ncv-n' read thr- Psaims olss D.\vid.—— ct
[should exceedingly regret it Wt'l't' l lxss -
acquainted with the hsiamy and sublimity "si
of them than ynnrm-Hsi Ysi-s, sir. l have
scuch-fl thrm most attentivczly in the- origi
nal Hebrew. (indulqe me in a lite]:- os vour
vanity,) but nchr rherr sound lhc Almigh
ty reproached with grre-dincss. Envy is
sometimes poeticallvsi applied to Angcls, but
a masu-r only knows when the application
can be mach- with propric-n'. Ysit how wi"
you reconciic this grc-c-dincss with a prcCe-d—
ing line, when you say he would not have
died
Could Ana'et's tears or man] wirtue save ?
.: Y
If Angcls or the D 'ity were envious and
greedy to receive him.. it is difficult to cnn
;cctmc how they shsi-uld at the: same time
shcd tears to prevent his death. The only ;
us: you appear to make of th: pactica licen
tia seems to be a licvncz :o wrin- nons-"nsc.
l am charged with designedct'y misqnoting.
The charge: has no soundzuiun in truth. (
qjmccd " long might he liv'd" as it stands.
You have chsiang-d it to " h: might live
long," which is equally ahsurd. " Earthly
maundct" ( inddu'crsiantly used for " carthv
m-sunsil ;" but this is of no Cunzrq'silcnccsi-si
To sink in couragf. or 10 blissful? in courage,
is equally improper. _
I am charged with ." being wicty at the
a-zlcmnicy of death." That the reader may
be able to judge: of this old gentlcmun's
pwn as well as poetry, I will quotcct & sent ct
ll
** This little backbicing c. icic, whose kind
and imbevility never prompt him to atcac kf
in front." What was your meaninsi; he'ssct-siss .
Surclsiv )ou are not auackud hc hind. Y nu
are not attack (] at all s'n. Can he: wh>
much hinlSt'llsi ridiculous ih thr: eyes of c—vc
ry one be said to be azcackcd by all that
laugh at him. _
You speak of rich anvcd )to: and incidents
which yOu mig ht d tail :ccmccmlng me —
Pray, sir, do not lorb-ar. l ask no q lar
tctcr. Your long life. with va hi h ( am m m:
acquainted than you are unsure, would at
ful'd me: ample: scnpc lur re-tort, Were: you
so disposed. But this rrcurrcncc t.) p-si-r
soul concerns and lh-sissct unwmrnctd use of
vul gar epithcts which you hav- b szuwcd
on me , are the rcsmrcc of blockhc acls (m
ly, - never used buc iu lailurc ul argument,
good scnsca - asi'nl urbssmiry ofm nctrrs. si'lnc)
arc weapo 15 that wousild only the: person ;
that Wiclds them. '
You still insist on the: proprlcty of the
;w-si, n-sit lines. Had they bccu a little: va
risscl so as to read thus,
speak of disappointed nmb'nion. My
[know with what p-rrtimcitv, for ( luce
witnessed many similar instantes nl xour "
composition, you would contc-nd for their
" beaucy and point" and nature. De. gns
tlhus n'm chapman lum; and you hau- th:
same: right t) ulmirc that ( havc to smile.
You speak of the- " mmd of a consu
mate pcttissrqg-ctr " 0-1 thar. sssz'ujss-r-t'vou are
quite at hnm -; and pc-rhaps my one knows
the mzndnssuvh a character more perfect- -
slander and malice; butct it is ivngctmssifrie
to find a beauty in it. The whole: us it is
far, Very far, below mediocritv. Were its
laughable blundcrs and its childishn-ss-qe re
deemed by a single scintilhztion os original
any one has told you dS. yon avercthsi: i: wﬂl -
** live admircd," he must have been some
wag who well knew she immeasurablc swal
low of your vanity; and wished 11 please
himself in seeing you delighted. I nm at a
CXCCHCDCC; or wc 'c it merely frig'xcllsiv cor- '
friends generally accuse me oshav'mg none.
known only to a few. The time:" has not
yet come, and perhaps never will, to
prompt me to exwt it , so that l can chcr
put have been disappointed with respect to
This militarvﬂctwcr lo death doth crnp,
Lct cmuous war and small arms go pup pop!
loss to know to what you refer, wh-sszn you -
cious author," &c. Vtht slander could
there possibly I): in remarking upon your
verses? Had there been a mixcure os henn
ties and faults in the composition, and I
had wantonly dwelt on the one and n-pl-fct
ed to notice the: Other, there wc—uhZ haw
rect , it would have been unnot'zccd. If
butlc 15 of a silcnt kind, and osa nature '
been some soundationyfor the :!tnf-gsi-z ossi
ed my notice of you.
You Speak of " slandcrous streams from
As muchl have hOWevcr as any n.:,1n
ing from the disccmpered brain of a mah- ,:
the drvs of disappointed ambition, pour
....ct—si— —--
SHIP
Part of Alexandrza.
ENTERED,
Brig George Washingcon, Sheldon, Prosi ,
vidcncc: northern produce : to the Mctsi'f
ter.
_ CLEARED,
Sloop Pacific, Snowdcn, Philadclphiaf
by A. C.' Ca'zmovqss *
-ten_cc. " ctlnshat gwl'ul scssene out; ancestry
.will have no a'vail, nor will thc-p'atronagc of
the great aﬀord relics, 'whc-thcr 'wc rcCcive
the summons on a bed of down, in the- peace
ful or hosulc -ficId,or by sia pr'qﬂigac'y qflg'se,
or from an elcccric 'shock xs immutcrial,
simcsidcaah is the: cummon lot, and who,ssour si
friends and relations are.. this Clilic will
find of no advantage, only in this instanCc,
tho' lhcy cannot save: from death by det'rrpi
tude o: old age, they may probably save
him snz m the dcmmzzZ—z us she:- 50.ss'si/azm."—
liar: sisauuxffissisi, puusi'zctsiussi'siion :}.m. scfszc :erc
ai: equczllvsc: ac drfizezzc-ss: :"; (r.;usi'. The
luw {ling'sicttuss-f Lzsi'LL-uI—ctsigsi'sictij' Cidilsiwtr \".'h'dl
(lates at the cnsuing election.--1rcunan 's ;
Yournal.
ing the B'sihic.
'hc Odc ( in troth but very siightiy nsio
tict-d. Had l pt>53csscrd any othtr inclina
tion than to do him a service by a gentle re
bukc [might have shown in almost every
iinc some; blundcr or wcakmss. [L.d l
suppostd him capubie'of such dctp resem
mcnt, of so unhappy a temper, compassion
would have commanded sothcsiirancc. Buc
respect is not always due to old age ; and is
out: who'boasts of an cducation at Harvatd
Ur.i'vctsity,'w'sto in Senate and in Council,
in his profession, among books and among
mc-n, ought to have acquirctl some litcrary
taste, or at lcazt good manners, dtports
himSclf with respect to both so unsetmiy,
thc mortification he may receive is of his
own procuring ; and ccnsurc can be attach
ed oniy to himself. Brsides, I know of
but fcw who attempt to criticisc with more
st-vc-ri'ty; or who are more indisscrcnt to
the fccnnxsssisos others, than himself. behind
the sct't-c-n. The attack on me is petsonal,
tho, lsitarmicss; yet ! V-"iii for the present
spare.- him the two of seeing his name c-x
possi-d ; hoping the present admonition may
be of SrtviCC to him. I never attempted to
wound the fcciings of another lmtitctSCHCd
ly. To hent: dunc so, would have for more
chr-rt_2y aﬄicted m-si: that". such perso n.
Thsi rtsi-adrrs of this paper will have: the
gutsi-tinrbd t'o pardon this occupying oi so
muth room. A single: chastiScmcnt like
this msi-Y 1); of txtcnsivc utility as a warn
ing to others.
Bardctt (chosen) 11546
Dinsmorc (chusssn) 1 1523
T Pd H \ 11388
'siHarpcs 11302
Blcrl'ill 11166'
Federal Ticl'et.
VsiSuHivan 11445
WHulc ] 1426
>X=Vosc 11396
WBiaisdcu 11384
\Vilsnn 11179
Scattcring 1085
gs'dpisslcta.
Mr. Lcukin is rcq-siiestcd to republish the
abOK'c. C. Po
" Canging Locss agm. --()ur friends in
Ncss-w isiiampdhire announccd L'ne joyful (isl
ings xix.-si ih: clcciiun ther: hzsid czscmuzuc'sil
in iavor of the fsicdcsal lickct. On ﬂur part
we lost no time in " windisisig the horn" us
exult..tinn, and wastiugthc pleasing news
E.:sz. Vv'cst, North and Sauth. Sumc how
or ( khc r this pleasing llcws has lurnrd out
tob what quizz zﬄal gentlemen WUuH call
a/zolitichf Hoax '-— the, induralists arc acut
e'a' cut. sis a little mouiiying to be Surc
—no one likes & " lakc-iu"-—aml thc du"
n'mcrats wiil laugh heartily : Aye du, gen
tlemen, laugh (ill your sides ache : and as
it is uselcss to lament, why if you have no
ubjccticm, we may as vull laugh wizh you.
" Let him laugh that lcmscs ;
. He that wins will laugh."
They manage these things better in Con
necucut
The following is th: offit'lal statement us
the votc—s from th: secrctury us the: cum
mon'siculth :
of this papzr- ] have: nothing to do with
th:- ctiitorship. Having business that will
pmbai-iy tictsiiin lnc hctc a ssiw Weeks, Dir
Snowdss-u l'LqLILS'ttd in:: it' at leisure, occa
siotrsitiiy to tssut'nisit him with a few pura
h-si; hzw ulvaincci csssi'si ?. sihzlsz'zsisiu Lsim'ii b'y stud
Ncccssary for a choice 11480.
[hose marked thus _s_*] will be the candi- .
Mr. Lc'zlkiﬂ speaks of me as the: Esislz'tar '
NEXV IIANIPSIH' {E ELEC'HC PN.
!—-—:®:-———
Dcmacratic 'z'j'zc/ect.
NEVVS. si
]
si-w— .____ -,
- _.-_ si--._..*,._..
siSTmpsiM-sisirgarei, Pearcc, Bna.r.d}ss-Mr.e ':
L)" ]. & ssl. Vuctull. ' " " siP',
Susiuy lwucta, Chuiwiclsi, New Ballad:
she Mz-strr. _ ss siss ss ,
Sun,} A;}l'a, l'Yc'usilzrct-d, 'Ntw Bcdsmd :
]ulm (.i. Luch :.m u} us. ss
To be SOH Cheap, is taken immediately
from on board the ship Brumitt, captsst'ui
'Singlcton, at Kirk's uhsitrs, Lctwccct Dog,}
and Wolsc Strccts.
Vss'm. Iartshome.
6sih tho 29. St
. __--'\
Atsi' Mcctz'ng tsst/ze ounsitc Companj
cj Alcxana'sta, Scjzt. 27, 1816,
OLtDERL'D,
'I HA'I' the sum of Twenty Dsiollars
be appropriated For t'euardtng the dif
ferent lzct'lons us Colur tsho asiistcd in
working the consip m.)"s engine on
Monday last, and that the lame be:
paid under the directionoi Mr. john
isslooﬀ treasurer. ct
It having been rEpresented to some
members of this company, that their
membc ss directed mo:.t oi their sot'ce
at the late him to & particular build
ing, in preference to some other pro—
perty equally invuived: it is therefore:
thought ptcsisi-ez', as a juﬂificcttion of
such picietsience, to puhiiih the 6th ar
ticlc of the compact entered into by
the diﬀerent fisisic companies of .si'silsi'six
andria, which io as {oilows :
5 The membersos the several co'r'n
panies pledge themselves to each other
that they mill assist a member of ei—
ther of them whose property may be in
danger from Ere, in preference to pera;
sons who are members Os neither."
By order, ,
jat zcs Ysicnncdy, jun. Ciksi
ss—PALMLR'S Packct wiil sail sor
NonFou-L cn 'I ucsday next.
Sz-ptemhcr 29.
Young Ladtcs' Academy.
THE inhubttat-ts of Alexandria arc respect;
htHy informed. that an Acudcmy exclusivei'y'
devoted td the et't'ucat'fvn (us young lddzcd, will
be opened 'on the first Monday in Octubcr
next, in the large room 'os Mrs. \Vilsvtt's
house, adjnining' Doctor Kcnncdy's ShOp. on
Fair-sax street, under the care and 'tsith the
assistance of the Rcv. Mr. _(jil-st.'n. In sin si'i
tion to the common branches, r'eudiszg VL'L ss
ing. Arithmctic. Geogkaphpctﬄth the sin.
of the (Llobcs mad English ()rsinssmar, it ?:
prupcscd to ;;itc particular attention to the
Pechchttt-rs and Listoty ; at cu :: to 'cmich
the mind by a correct tu'stc i'n polite litera
ture, art! enlarge it by "a Ltstsivsslcdpc of nan
kind. With the patrmzzzpc c-t'tl c- public. it
is also ptoposcdss. 10 extu (} the usehtlttcss. ()f
this instittcttion Ly ]chsills'g U-c or more
])CHUHS aszzbsiibtznt tcaclus, Mu alms] be
siq t-zt'tiftcd to teach the (jls'cflitl'zlal btal't] (& Lf
sc'nrctle uTuwtion.' 'l lzt: H.].L—cril-{t le'Zl-yx ;,
snangcr, t'equcsts tlose vlo "v.,csiukl (30 [sism
th lsiu-rr m (stauilc uq-cctim— l-ctn-chs. 14
(all on the Pcv Mr. lum}. ( r<.r Mt. (;.L.
son, to T.].tnz La; Lad sansiittu] Lis testing.
Salt Ailoat. _
About T/zr'cz: T/zau. and Bustwsi's cf
sadcsiz siSaa'zf,
ADAM LYNN, &. fc.
"T'!- "sII Ectcossmmittee appointed by ss
the common Council of A chandtia,
for the putpose dei: tribmissng rewards
to those 1si'LlRsiSU-NS UF LLOLOUR
who distinguished thcmselv'es by ext
trasiordinary exertisions at the late fire;
Wlli meet at the council chamber, this
evening, at low o"c}oc!<, whetc such
persons as are entitled to reward, will
attend hilh tertificates attesting their
good conduct. dueh of the citizens
as are able to give infmsimati-on on the
above lubject will please communicme
it to the co ntnittce.
.S'uttsi'ra'ay, .S'cpt. 29.
nials- .
Henry Flcldo
' "T" - '
u— '1 lsiez-e, ssWlil 'frcto ['Wch
Sen me in. 1] e. I'srt tlyttnan
( LLl'ch ssnczsit Esi-alz-Lath. _
. iN LUMLBCN ((.LFCIL.
.Slct/Jlr- [(2' 17, ]si81ct0._
Fesoz'ctz a], 'lhsit- ] (me li. ILtt-css Lia'sisst'l
M'Kt: gsih. (haths ]. Catlttt, arc] ]:sina—
thar. l.uuher, he at an ss-itte'c to request
tl e loih-ttssg gentsshhun, to 'tt'i'- siWiHiam
l'lczl.ctsit, 'l'ht n;t;s Venal}, .Jf'U-i) Ht s-man,
Cusisil'bcrt Fowl], Edward btt-bhr-ss at'd Jo
tzsih '] hcnrps-t-n, to act in (( r._jt.t.cticn withsi
tht m lo: the ].mpcse (s s'o'tigititzg aid (of"
the scsirrew by the latt- firm
Exuaet ltem the ntsstsxlolf-S,
.- aw—