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Allorncy at Law. 4
Intends practising the Law in the
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siWILL BB SOLD 01 Tuesday next the 2823:
instant, ,
_ The un exg'n'ed term of service of a young
NEGRO V OMAN, ending on the l4-th
May. 1815. A credit of 6 mouths will be
'given, and a note with an approved endoxser
ct :equirod fOl the purchase money.
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and Stationary Store to the north" dde
King street between Royal am] Pin streets
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Music can the heart rcvive
When with sorrow 'tis opprest
L And peoplexing tmuble-drive
; From the carsse-cmbarrass'd breast:
7 Music has a'powersu] char-m
; 'l'o delight or soome the soul,
Can the breast with courage arm,
, Rising paszion can contssroul.
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W'hcn the vocal strain is blended
VVit-h the sost Piano's sound,
', Vv'ith what sweet eﬀect attended
'I Does the music melt around!
?usie! I confess thy power,
_ From whatever source it springs ;
3 But the swittest ﬂics the hour,
W'hcn-eweet Philomela sings:
i'ssss
! From Knickerbracleqr's sttory q/ New
, 2'01'16.
siShc-wiog the great importance os party dis
} - - tincciuns.
' " For some time the worthy pohticinns of
New Ams'sierdam, who had conceived the
-sublimc project of saving the nation, Were
very much perplfsi-Xed by disaentions, and
5 strange contraricty ofopiuious among tht m
sclves, so that they were often thrown into
the: most chaotsitc uproar and cuntusion, and
ail isior'the simple: want of classification.—
va it is a fact Wril known to your expe
si ricnccd politisiiarcts that it is (quaHy neces
' sary to have A metiuct classification and no
tn-ss;xz-si.}'sisssitz.z;ss.; in pui'uics, as in the physicztl
sciences. By this means the Several orders
of p.".rnuts, with their brcctlings and cross
.brccdingsiz, their affinitic-s and varieties mav
, be progm ly disdngutshcd and known. Thusis
have arzzsi-n, in dzssu-cnt quarters of the
w-ssrtd, msssi- generic titles oi' Uncifs & (ihib
b-si siui, Riz-und heads 8: Cavassliers, Big cu
dtatm and Littic cndians, VVhig and Tory,
Arzswcratsiand Dcmucrat, Renublican "m!
ultsisissssgw - si ss-zss-ctct—ctsi-sszsi-ct—sssi-ct'm 0
si— u- ss d ceutqm mongtcl party called
&qua'; whtch seems to have been fingeﬂder
:.u between the two last mentioned parties,
as a mule is produced between a horse and
art ass—antl Like ;: mule it seems incapable
of procreathm, fit only for humble drudﬀ-c
ry, doomcd to bear sussccssively the bar- *
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= then of father and muther, and to be cud— ;
present parties in bzing, as do sithe robus
[is.us st-LLULCS Of sing and Isag-Qg, to the.
worthy London aldcrmen, who devour tur- -
cttlc under their nuspiccs at Guildhall; yet
are they used on all occasions by the sove
reign peopfe, as a pair of spectaclcs, thro'
which they are miraculously ena'blcd to see
beyond their .own noscs, and to distinguish
a hawk from at hand saw, or an owl from a
.tmkey buzz_ard !
W'cll was it recorded in holy writ, " the
horse knowethshis rid—crsiand the ass his mas
trr's cribsi," for when the sovereign people
are thuz harnesscd out, and properly yoked
together, it is delectable to behold with what
system & harmony thcyjossg onward, trudg
ing through mud and mire, obcying the
commands of their driven, and dragging
the scurvy carts of faction at their h-ccls.-—
How many a patriotic member ofssCon.
great have I known, loyally disposed to
adhere to his party through thick and thin,
but who would often, from sheer ignorance
or thcssdictatri .Qf congcicncc and common
senze. hctzts zssx-thsxlsi We ths ranks of 39
of W/zig and Tory; which titles, thoughsi
they bear about as near an zzﬄnit-y to the
geucu sounaiy lu'r us parns.
The important bclu'si'. of chPse distinc
tiOﬂS is C-b\'iOUS. How very many BZFCHU'
ous and hard wokmg [)atriOls arc (here,
whose knowledge is boundsizd by the politi
cal vocabushry, and who, nere thcynotar
ranged in parties would uc-ver know their
own minds, Or which way to think on a
subject.; so that by solluwmg th-ssir own
common sensc-lhe commmzity might o'ssien
tail into that unatctimxty, which has been
ci-ctarly proved, by many excellent writers,
to be latal to the: Wcii'sim; us & repuhiic. 'O's
ten have I see:: a Very Well meaning hers)
of scvmty six, moot horrihly p-tzzl-sictsscl to
make up his opinion about certain men and
msi zsssisurc'a, and running a great risk ost'hink
in;; right.; until all ac once :hc resolved his
doubts by resorting to the old touch stone
ctMUSIC sweetest plenure bring s,
Pleasure of echerial kind,",
Who, when Philomela lings,
Can possess a stoic mind 3
Music can the hours beguile,
'l'edious Qen they ﬂow along,
Can educe the cheersul smile
By the well selected song.
On being agreeably entertdiizdd with her
' Mask, vocae' and inurumental; "
For the Alexandria 'Dailinazettg'. _
TO A YOUNG LADY,
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I. S.
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ss collect a handshl of undisciplined vagrants,
ithe measure was hunted at, as feeble and
; an effisizie-nt body of troops for internal de
, tence, the mob, that is to say, those vuga
!
funds on impotent enterprizcg_ Did he se.
sort to the economic measure of proclaim
50", he was lattghed at by the Yankeea—
did he back it by non intercourse, it was
evaded and counteracted by his own sub
jects. Which ever Way he turned himself
he was bcieagured and destractcd by peti
tions of " numerous and resprccable meet
ings," consisting nssome half: dozcn acur
vy pot-house politicians—all of which he
read. and what is worse all of which he
attended to. The consequence was, that
by incessantssy changing, his measures, he
gave none of them a fair trial; and by list
M 59 ths sxza'exzctef ths 52? and indea
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nity and safety, and as lavishing the public '
inadequatC, as triﬂing with the pubiic dig
. and I scorn to tell any thing clse--wcrc not
" the mere progcny of whim ,or accident, as
" were those of Ten Breechcs and Tough
work -' '_ ,_.* . .
commonwmsim—assembn-ug together m sc
parate bccr hnus-si-s. and smoking at (ctmh
other With implacahsilc animusity, to the
great support of th: state, and cmolumtnt
of the tavern keepers. Some indeed who
were more Zeal0us than the rest went sur
th'cr, and began to brspatter one mother
, wnh numerous very hard names and scan
1 dalous hulc words, to he found in the Dutch
ignguagc; every pantizan belizzving reli
guxnsly that he was scrving his country
when he bcsmuttcd the character, or da:
magcd the pockec 'of a political adversa
bond membsi-rs of the community who have
nothing 10 lose, immediately t0uk the alarm,
vmciisicratcfd that their inten-sts were in dan
ger—thztt a standing army was & ]egion Os
moths, prcying on the pockets ossociety;
a rod os-iron in the hands of government ;
and that & government with a military force
at its command, would inevitably swell into
a despocism. Did he, as was but too com
monly the case, defer preparation until the
momfrnt of cmergency, and then hastily
A -__si..si
' were the dogmas or clcmcntary principia ot
7 the protubcrunccs ot an azuu, unu PlsiOVcs
; that, your whorson jobbcruowl, is your true
Iskull of gcnius. 'shc Linea ["as-cialz's- of
ctDr, Pctl'us (lampes, unatomicnl protsisissor
fin the Cusitgc ut Amstcruam, w'mch regu
'ct lates CVCsy thing by Ic relazivc position of
ths: upper and luwzrjaw ; sncwzng the an
* cient opinion to be correct ma; sine owl is
si the wisest of animals, and man a puncak:
if face is an unl'ailiug inﬂux of caicms, and a
Z-truc mudel ol lzcaux}--—& finally, [hc Urcccn
ctology of professur Higgcnlwtunn, wings:
i—ccacnes the surprisisg and intimate connec
: tion between sine dC'di. oi honor and Lht: seat
: of intrlluct—a doctrine supported by cxzw
irimcms 01 pcdagogusi-s 10 31! ages, who
ct-havc found mm appliCRliORS a parte passe,
iarc maruilonsiy csiicacssious m (Lusicksi-nmg
the perccpnons of Usiir ssihoiar-ss, and wet
, the most tth—diuus mode: of insulsing
lknowlcdgc into thcsiir heads, is to hammcr
it into l—hcsils bouoms !
Thus then, the cnlightcncssd part of the
inhabitants of Niruw chcnsixzzndze, being
cozmurmblyarrazsigcd inm parties, chc to
r .
ysi Unhappy Vv'iiiiam Kiestl" exziaims
the sage writer of the Stuyv-esast manu
script—doomed to contend with enemies
too knowing to be entrapped, and to reign
over people, too wise to be governed! All
his expeditisms against the enemies were
baﬀled and set at nought, and all his mes
sures for the public safety, were ca-Veiled
at by the fieople. Did hc proposc levying
'adsix'rcrdasirtes; "and" advobbted she ssbfiﬂbsitd
Side of the qpcstion, had out .the parties
been thus broadly' dessgnatcd by gcncric ti
des.
The wise people of New Amsterdam,
therefore, after for spmc time enduring the
evils' df confusion, at length, like honest
men as they were, sob'erly scttlcd down in;
td two distinct parties, known by the name
of Square head and Platter. breec/z— the. for
mer implþing that the beares was dcficicnt
in that rotundity of pericranium, which was
considered asa token of true gcnius; the
latter, that he was dcstitutc of genuine cou
rage, orgoad bottom, as it has since been
technicasiny termed ; andI defy all the poli—
ticians of this great city to shew me wncre
any two parties of the present day, have
.split upon more: important and sundamcntal
pomts
These names, to ten the honest truth-—
those ingenious systems since: supported in
the physnognomich tracts oi Lavuter, who
gravcly measures intellect by the: length ofa
nose, or detects it lurking in the curve ufa
lip, or the are!) of an cycm'ow. 'l'nc crani
ology Os Dr. Gall, who has found out the
encampmcnts and strong hukds of the vir
tum and vices, passions and hdbtts among
Breechcs in the days ofyorc, but took thcxr
origin in reconditc and scienufic dcductions
ofccrtain philosophers. in a word, they
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si City, they had not [He mfg'umimiyzsi'j
= 'tsﬄlt With sranknssrss am] P'sinctsue a pssmum
but entireZy ncw line m' conduct. L.):i
ﬂ'iP'sszlcd sna'kc thev rolled simd unwi
lhc-mscsisilvcs in endlsi-ss gyrztionssc, inzngfcf
i" CUWCS and in tvmy direction bJsl-E
Stctasigm line, whisih th': broken srsiinc'WJJ-ct
nor admit.
' What wm finzdly bﬀcomc of us is kﬂffi
only to Providence, for as Wa-ct :xssimisicclf
8 letter spun ?! m:mb.-r Us Csid'ct'sCr
I PUL'siYth in :\ demucm'ic pactbi'l'as L'fct'ctsisi:
Of the last SCbszon—chwi-{chc [N.sisisil)
CVery thing si" UF, because non,;rcS-e-Tss ;
'nothing; lwexxn-Whilc mad: lS ssisizspcsju:
! and national honor fisimssssss An1-si-sl'si'-'5si_ss'_'
? back with a sigh na thc- (lays whzenw ',-' "'f
the days os W-sizshingtm} an ] Us ctsissssi' :
fear that they arr- gssz-nss: b'r Mr ;"! s—si' ct
l'dþsc of :Eme brings wirlf it a t'usi-n1cz'lsisisisi'
nmio.) of hJss'zpiness, proprsif' ctsssiznsi'i 'sisssisssi-ct:
and his stand still, acimzrmsss bin. ""t ).
ing against th: accumulatt'zs Yss-sisi'si'
haps we, .?Tc thus is;!ctztuatctu' I:) sssisizcssssict:
downsall more sudd n, complete sisi' .ssct:
trievahlc; or shail Wci yct is,:bs::-'"si*"ctsisisisiss-t
and summoning all the vigf-ctr 35} csisi'si'sijssct,
thc occasion n-quire-s, dsi-tcz-mm: sib'si.
our condition? Alas! it is ncusct
our power. The gtxzzrdiﬄ-S Vsic hfwctsisi:
pointed, have so mismznaged cfzrisssisictct'
as to leave us nothing to hop") "("dsisi
0 0
them now) DE? !???" at any Psi'" Pct" sisi
now in place, by way of chastiscmfsifictzsisiss,
adiﬀerent mode: of conduct. Thlssictwm.
ing calculation is also : fallacy- , si,
tions of sentimcm do not take Place! sspctct
months, and we have no right so ed,
o—uw -.- - 4
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I more approved character, may sir" . ,ct
!
mediacc election of members ol Cﬄ'a has:
our wcissiare n- uires. The: Who sisi be ss,
may be dilapidzaccd, before they c'"
moved and forced to account. 5 .
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" vor'mg to do every thing, he;" sober
did nothing. trusssi
] wouid not have it supposed, how \
that he took all these memorial; sin f-Veyss
i-crcnces goodnaturedly, ior Such an'm-ct.
would do injustice to his valiam s ."ss'si'siq
the contrary, -he never received :: p.":saa
advice in the whole courseot his sisssiffiwsi-fsis
first getting into a passion wi-J. (sir 5034
But l have ever observed that Y'W's-assz
ate little men, likc small boassis wish gou
sails, are the cas'lc-st PPSf-T cr bmwsi ourg:
their course ;_:.ssnd this is dﬂmmffiakd c.
governor Kcm, who though m lcm er?
ment as hot as an old radish, audwsi.si*
mind, the terrimry of which Was suljcsifi.
to perpetual whirl wind_s and tornudsi,t5,:3
never sailed 29 be carried away by shrlsiz
piece of adnce that was blown iqu-sict
car. -
have I) a-J'eci : w .: '. quL-fsi. ( (i um um; Ictszac'
marks as to discard 11 I ).ssu'six awake:
l'sUm lhc 03? "it w '33 remuvrcn un !:tsi'lccsix
Of the last Sts sssszion ( PrUCCLulsiuHLlu'
gr-ctss have been :} (issue. of ill ulzssszzs
imbccih ty, vapormssr and him 1h:)si.-:
nounced over and over again m: ;rzzss
the) act out With, ..nd b-UW ' '"ss-ss'ct'sisi'si
seSLlldUOﬂ'Z m the face 0] h': "un ]] Mul
nacion. But howeversrflifig 'sisisiissisisi'ct'si'sict
th': CXCTÞICFS (—' : lss'ct- us Qdsi'": ;"Ssi,5 Lctd (w'
pt'llc'] th': &:1*J*7]\ss' [0 [h\\ H. V.], dsslhss.
was vauntcd in public as pussc sssctg a
am s power? line cXcC'sinivc of the Cu- =
Sla'cs. \\ h') ngc fix'd} to Lss.\lacux';-ss,z
clra zsins' supported it. " '1' n-si sets Ram: ,ctsictss
tlemen; Butgrandngt thsit thC) pm-ssij
mor: resolution ; more !] n zrctblc [sizmct -_ ss-_
th. :y hewe )ct exnsifit- & ,f'tsisisissj' c.': . .ss..sigsi—sict
go to war r.0rrt.i.n ;ss's: she rmu -rjsi3' 1..sict
have not lhesi. mums ot making \'-..: L',
En'rlzmd, for {hay an' vshzwuf. m myc-zsi.
mamcms, * and she neck 'Aix =!) .szugict;
)icl-siluli sclf wit.: nut l'<-S}S'.'siln_ss: w Lsi'1czsirsisi'.
bmgn tmcc years ago, Wusi.I-:] now bfsi-ctxce
so much as'to rcn ler (zosiml as {he a::.csisizz
to sorcc i; un again. A suzi:i.1;; (;usssipsi.
son of the lsies by this master p-ssc-xQHctcal-z
ness and miscthisis, izs 1si-wn m she ear:;
from the- Phiiadc-lphiu R-gzstz-r'si \vi1i(hcfz,ct'ss
to bsi: vngravcd uctfctsion th: mind csij'sircz'j,'nu.ct,
as ?: complete rc-hcttctxism of Wﬂzllrt'ﬂct'ssm
csim bc His! in {15 im-nr. And itouz'x-ss
ver to be so;, ozter. that L' "L' ct'ﬄ's'
tmn of priL'c-s t! e (sirssunrrsi. is zrzcsi ctw !)
-——q:®.*d——
From the Fca'eral Reþublz'can,
The call sor cnergy by the demccsi-ng.
prime must subside as it arose: [or " (an:
not be gratisl-si-d, accordmg lo prcsssmsssi
pearance. Before: the: new congrcss msi'si
unless specially convcntd by me psi-si-smctssss
mon: than a year must clapse; ;qsi-si; sssi;
should call them, it could not be on: an
lsszss than six or acvcn mouths m goss\1t_\
From his present npnt'iqss'simd his past (sin,
duct, there is at) czucuiau'ctsiu so be uctsinss-sisisi
fzn-or of a sut *:':: lusty poszure wwctruzh.
reign nations. For who drprecaud (;:
cshbargo in private cunl-jrcnus asizhsi'ct
Bsi itish minister, Ill". L'n'rsL'mc, w'rulsxsi
cos=L
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