Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-07-14 00:00:00, page 2

ss ssctssFfbm Me Ladzcs' Litem'ry Yoilctte. si}
, ' M'Goqu, si
Thpencloacd iifics were osicsscasioncd bct y vi
- " afiersisi a' long absence, a spot where in ,
calm unrussﬄcd days osboyhood I had spent '
ss. six-a fesfiþe hour. By giving it a place in
ss Ladies Literary Toilette, you will add to
" fiVOf ctah'ezctidy conscrred on
Þctctffiv - ctss . si sssssisict . _ . - Ossux.
Month showssow near yon ]ucid stream,
' þeualvcr waters glide sercnely slow,
ss- ss ' its Wsiﬀ ssbolIssom Pl-cbus' giories gleam,
ffictjss'th—on ic'dfct bank!) luxuriant, iiolsicts grow .
52- "Isd'fﬂze sad soul up'rear'd by Friendship s queen .
Psssissi- And there her vot' ries court the silent '
_ssss shadc'ss' , ,
fine it it) spizc of withming winter green-—
i _ But in Nature s sweetcsic smilcs array '.d
sir,. ss
as? ;siBQneach that seat may my cold sorm re
'FÞz,
;ss'sik
XL.-n'is A ngten
5}— VYssþqre, housss'd in death, Orlarsixdo' s ashes
- ss' Eke!) : ss
__sict,sqme-£ond friend with lilies clock their
sictzsssisiiw {Thick,-,.- . - .
, -. 7"me the Churleeton Caurier.
'W' in: n'ot—te 'rnov cooo AND rAz'rant.
* =: :, sERVANT."
WHAT welcome language to the hum
le christian! Conscious of imperfectioi],
{that} feeling no title through his own merits
{fish the divine suitor, how transpozting to
Yaﬂum io he met upon th'! confines of the.
__ '"Geternal worid, when his pilgrimage on earth
tis closed, with that sentmc: of approh :ttion
*—-"' Well done, good and faithful servant,
sinne-red ss me from the lips of him, is hose
Jud mentis irreversihlc it language fails
describirg this exalted. this sublime plea
until-e, ssitcttrcly it is an object now to aspen-tain,
whathec we poss=ss thoS'e ma: k5,' \\ hich
;:sisi'? cuts faithful to our Lord it 16 3 ques
ssssct'eton that we may put to ourselv es in every
Lsssivalk and circumstance, o! lite, " Am I a
? ctissssfaithfui servant ' ?Do I me the talents, with
which} am entnsizStcd, for the glOry of him, ;
with m"- their rightful prOprietor , and with
tower:-ﬂee to that solemn day, in which he
si'mil demeiid my account of them. ? What
{mation earth is net interested in this tr) ing
'sisi' Autumn? - 'Who, that possesscs not some
Wffiiem from sithe bountisul God, which he
ss away improve for his own or neighbors
O0d, and for {he glory of the Giver .
Qui- wasteth not a hard one. He does
, ct sinctsssl owne sswill
. use" Zyi! ctto -the "si Father of
Kitht'ni't iosisidivine' maye: etiem the
fihutuof his labor, before *sshe oﬂ'ereﬂ them "to
31e will all;; is vings true
. si}; -f _- Onmmno.
ssss :, -' fzsi'siss ,si _ SONNET. si i
,_si did! to my woods—40 the roar of
;,ct-ctsiss- ..mcty' mountain slreams,
-si;\5\ninnnctaovsnr on the days of other
?
MAMI oer their tomb some waving willow ct
Glest he 51e youth or maid who sheds the
.'-e jsssisi
; ctsi we by it shalter'd when the rude winds
sicKct: Iss roar, .ctsssssi
fear to the spot to mirth and rosgat'e joy,
"L.-16 cymcmpIsia-tion how supremely swect* ,
here mue glide: on; and peace without al—
esssxoez w'ishm the calm murct'd rect-eat.
'sish' 'ct\( i'si-ssssssss "
\ (
__ - The in,-,: who had miﬂhct, Would ask of
a heart to de vise liberal things, "and a
-- {Inner wide his bounty Hislan—
should be, thy malt/t is not my own* ,
mass-f- seed whdom &Stribute it
* si wssbe placed, WPTCCWJ :: in my
ssetebfz If ye spotted vssith'cowpanions gay, ],
_ 4; "" ed to nip where he has not am ,
when msiy hours of transient 1ti are o 'er,
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MTURMY, JUL—Y 14.
'ss' " mead-ly, he should expect to reap
Gentle 6 Day": per ammm. "
Gan-us, : Dosillan. si '
it; iii '{sieesonabie that, it he has jsi
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ssWt-sisie'si _
mtmzssmewfmutnes iwsstllthzshþfor
sishshonor dtfictfifictissW ' " si fitfsiziltfipissiztiﬄsusctisi;
mesiunderss-tandms" ct
Themvmwnuastwshearr hence-eve;;
mation um- cowaof .w- must-sit;
, "add,";bplyfsixosscation ?? si'sssssisiss ;fIs tsiIZu ssbeconnngsssi-t si
ibharit'eter'of onqffiiwhdsissdias taken Upon big,-31
T-s'elf ssthesisi" trustsi-osssa siShephet-d Os-seuls 3." i.".si . ,ss ]
? T' ranxsicxctan'Will ask," that" his talent!
ss-may notonly bsie' Exectr'csisiiscd-ss'lor the temporal, !
but for thesispiritpalssgood of his {death;—
si'He will wish,ss'abovesiall things, to heal the
d—isordssers of his own soul; :He will ask that
he may be'confirmed in the principles ofctre
ligicn by'observing- sithe wonderful powctersct
and organization of that 'syt'stem, which he ;
siis called to relieire and invigorate. \ He will '
desire "to look through the material body to
the spirit, which animates it. "He will in- "
uire the cause of its manifold disorders,
and finding " death" to be " the wages of
sin," he will then be 'imperceptibly drawn
to look antd'ﬂy unto'JESUs, the conqueror of
death, and de'spoiler of the grave. Seeing j
much ol the infirmities of the body,, and the ;
cctpnseqssuentunhappiness of the present life, )
he will naturally extend his thoughts beyond '
it, and contemplate' with joy and delight that ?
unm-iXEd state "of felicity above, "where sin
and death have no place ; where the inhabi- _
tants shall not say, " l am sick ;" and where i
tears shall cease forever.
The MBRCHANT, though engaged in the
active-pdrsuit of business, yet, feeling that
the gain of the whole world be a 'miserable .
recompence for the loss of his soul, ponders
upon his plans of profit, and 'asks it'they
trespass not upon his neighbors rights, is
they interfere not with the demands of reli
gion, is they rob him'not of an unreasonable
portion of his time, or do not enfiross too '
much "of his attention, and finally, ishe can
retain his character ot'a " a faithful servant"
of his Lord. If his conscience cannot
promptly satissy him in these inquiries, his
determination is fixed, to relinquish his de
signs. His anibition is to lead a useful life,
to exhibit a fair and hrighte'xample of a man
engaged in active, excensive business, ssStill
having hissirst; best thoughts onﬀhctln, who
made and preserves him ; by whose smile
he prospers ; and'on whose tzlessing he de
pends; consecrating to him his earnings,
and resigning himSelfto his disposal, anx
ious only to securc the " pearl of great
price," the savor of- God.
'The Peel MAN, with his small talent of
"worldly wisdom, and still smaller of earthly
goods, convinced that riches is denied him
in mercy, that the sources of his disappoint
ment and temptation may not be multiplied,
checisully accommodates his mind to his
condition. He has learned that j
l-Vhat powers of mind hesspossessesis, he im
proves for the edisicationsi: and comfort of
his companions in poverty; he points to
ss the rich " inheritance osthe saints on high,"
and directs and urges their attention to se
"cure a title to that unfading, imperishable
sitreasnre. He administers it notto the bo
dilv wants of his neighbours, yet to their
Spiritual necessities. He endeavours in the
chamber of sickness, and in the hour of
dissoltttion, to apprOVe hintSelf faithful to
his Lord, 'hypointing to the Lamb of God,
who taketh away the sin of the world ; and
entreating all about him to lay hold, while
it is yet oﬀered, on the hope ofthat glorious
Gospel, which is all that can aﬀord rational
happiness insilife, fortitude,'peacc, and com-si
fort in death. _ _
Instead of specuiating upon douhtful and
difficult questions, which usually perple'x, -
darken, and confound the mind, rarely im
pressing'it with seriousnsiess, orieading to_
practical godliness; instead 'bf curi0us'ly
si enquiring " Are there few that are saved,"
we should all fill 'wisissth'usesulness and,.dig
nity the several stations assigned-sitte," striv
ing to enter in the straight gate," we shOuld
find in the issnse a favourable answer to '
our-question, in the-Multitudes "which by
shis conduct; would attain'ct the " crown" of -
gloryct' the reward offaithsulness. si
We are all hastrning to One common{
end. *Oo tlfis Side and the other the young, si'
the gay, the 'vigorous, and the aged, are
crumbliog into dussit. "How often dsio we
witness thEirssdepasmlsic, fonctow than 'to the
narrow, humble habhasition of the grave,-and
enter again upon the business and vanities
of life, {sclddm realiziog for one singlcsi'mo
man, that in 'also _ musx soon occupy (he
same mansion; Would it'noc be wise to
mak-cannlvrn a friend? .
' . Our blessefd Lord, just before he attend
fsh'e parable, which gave rise to our multo,
_. left, in one word, to all his followers, thiaj
ssmost uscfu], im;>0rtant,_and solemn lesson, ,
" wxmn." The faithful servant; anemivc
"To sith'xs i'njuoction, ,wﬂl- nevdr scar- ib: com.
He. of bi-siimamszsi his.-talent haznot be:-si
;Wncsiezlfdf—F Wss'ibg the}, goodness: of .hiiﬂ
zsiLexda YPYÞVBM'K in;-ltpe'ndcnceaupbd
"'Man wants but little here below, _
Nor wants that little long."
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due blessing. ?Epsiaccoumsitfsr it,-"he is al si
'Waysxcaxlyct and zsis he bahfihaily acts With,
reverence to the any of ﬂaming-; ttsican,
ctnevenatre thim entire-pared Be this out?
state. eftbts the present, constant con
2' hero of on":- made, to be found t igitam and
FsslAsslTHFUL. Whiting for the- torning of the
.siLotsitD ---__Pa;:ojzlist. ss ..
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Fram th'ectC'oumctcn'cssut Cau'rcmt.
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parents, they are placed to the read to rum; '
Zens, nor knowing any better how to save
sithan how to earn. '
and turn and turn upon their. heds, seeking
in tain the balmy repose which exercise mid
wemperance alone an gite. Time itself
hangs perpetually a's a heavy bord- -:n upon
them; zml; groaning under its intolerable
. si — siM'
is"! 'ssIssPssf' fiss"
There scarcel) is in the whole catalogue
ofhuman ltailties one of more pttnicious
constquences, or harder to be cured, than
inveterate indolencf. It stagnatcs the shun-F
tain of life, and undets tscltss all the gifts
of nature. What signifies it that one has
hands, it he is too lazy. to help himselswith
them. ? Or what sign. ctsus it that one has ta
lents if he lets them lie encrnsuctd and buri
ed under the war of sloth? Health and
Strength of bod), learning and parts, the
best endott ments of nature, anstter no pur
ctpose without application. What tho the
slu ggard has a field, it ) ieltls him no bread,
being all grown (ner with thorns.- What
tl o he has a trade, or: ny. occupation else,
neglecting his bUSlDCSS or )awning our it,
his rustomers leave him, his assairs go to
win, & while he is yet lolcling up his hands
for a little more sleep, f/zrtrcs/itar cui'ws,
and his (iron-5) eyes are opened at lust to
behold ghastly speeches, poxett) anda ajct :il.
As there are no (ll fficulties which resolu
tion will not surmount, no circumstances ss
which industty and prudence will not im
prove; there is, on the contrary, no state
of man but indolcnce will its—pair and mar
it. As Liber br. ces the had), helps it to
carry on the natural and necessary secre
tions, and promote-s its health : inm'tz'on, on
the other hand, sussers all parts of the body ss
to fall into relaxation: is it (lOt*S not wear ss
the bod) csi-ut, it rusts it out As industr)
tends to contentment and self (fﬂjs)nlt,ni si
indolence tends to lissitude, pettishness,ss
an OfplCSSl'J e s'ettse of the ttetght of time: ;
and it tabiwal loathing of one s ottn exist- j
ence. As indus'si ry is a shield to tnorals, ?
indole-nee or idleness is the nurse of vice , 4
(singtfidc: ing and some-ring irregular propen- 1
sides and lating one open and exposed to.
eve-ry tt-ntstation. I: is difficult to be idle !
( Yourchf a shadow, cy/zltes, scm 77 of me.'"
SOPUOCLE.
it. Nothing can more Stiongly evincc their
want of Sell- enjoyment {and "the burden of
tvsin their ()wn existence, than the common
phrase with them, any thing to pass' army
the time.
" not sloshful in business," to be diligent, :
ed inthe British navy-"is much smaller'sthnn -
isiisigengssmf' supposed, Those Fþ? lsszȝyess
*Such" are she pains ' and' pens-[ties ofjdle
nen." Providence bass so orderedfitsitssiat a
life os'indolence' shouM be p'rocluctive of in
conveniencies and sits-fetchednectss; ;simd that
'tsi'onten'tment and happiness can be found on
ly in the diligent and-ugsicful tmploymfnt'os
our sacultiesis. "For Which reason it isfone
to'keep chsixldren from issdlmesa and tosibtsiing
them up to industty To learn themto be
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of the most tmportant points m tsiducatctlon, 5
When childisien are left to contract habits ofsi
temperate, srUga], pfudent, is, of itself, bet
ter than a torttme wnh opposite habits. For
not one in twenty of them perhaps nsi'er af
ter becoming industrious and usesul cssiti
pressure, they deviie all'possible'means'and si
expedients' (sixcepc the right ones}to lighten _
idleness, whatever be the fortunes oft'neir
and mnocent.
Nistiz ble is the condition and pitisul are
the t"nj-i_\ssmtnts of such as have nothing to
do , no kind of regular emplo; mmt either
{or thtir hands or to: their mintls. Is poor,
the) have but adng s life, hunger (mass/0! lz.
"lfrich and lukurions, they me object-; ra
th: r of pity than olss ent-35. Pleasures them
eeltsses, by their multiplie-ity and perpetual
kept-tition, produce: satiety and disgtist.—-—
Delicious loo d they have in abundance, l-ut
no keen appetite. The poor lahorer (for
nothing whets the appetite like exercise)
relish-es his coarse morsel far bettei than
they do. their rich dainties. The great sooth
er of wear} mortals, sound and quiet SLEEP,
is denied ihem. ""he ] sleep of the. laboring
man is sweet; but the idle, and especially
those who are both idle and ltixur'ious, turn .
.ss ss - On lNDOLEN-CE. _
" siLear-n to assist yourself, or you willfnd, \ '
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The number of American :zcamen detain
From the Fedcral .Qfþublican.
si '- IMPRESSMENTS'.
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" The anncXcd report to congrrsson
subject of imprcasmchts, with the addic
( [such cases as may be in the handsgnct
Exving, will writy the remaek m in;,
raticn to the present nar (vizct thacG
:' Bmain gainsicd but lcw of her scamenbv
practice ol impnssmcm.) The state
_ made ly) his pcv-odeccssor during lhc
i war, and which is aiso annexed, is igr'
' szmc' view still more condusive. T
smtemcnt ccmprezlunds no: oniy afizhe.
; plicatims made: by him in the first izsmsi
ss; for the liberation osimpress-ssctd scamtn,
tween the mcsimh of Jame, 1797. zzsidS
1801, but many also, which had bee. m;
prnious to this age-ney ly Th r. (Thus)?
Pinkney and Mr. DKZ ng, and v: hich m
necessary for him to unew. 'Ihreea
cations therefore ma y fairly be consid
as embracing the gn mer pan of the se:
osthe war , and as appl'zcmim & me he
to be pretty indisnctmfnatciy made th
-ma) further be considcnd as erst-rating.
not the whole, xbc lar gu—ater panoiu
impress-numb, those of Bruish suLj-uc
well as miss-Is. th the tcsult (xlisii
12059 cases cniy, and of shis nurrzberll
; sc-amcr- were duamtd as British qu-jcif
i which is l-siss than I- SZOah of the numbtrin
pressed and 1142 (Ziscbzngul ororduid
be: so, as not being Bxixissh subjectssicz:
805sorfur1her proof {viththc strongest;
sumption that the greater part, it non!
Whole, wuc Americans or Other ziid
uht-sc proof of citizmsbip had been its:
destroyed or whose Situation would accc':
; ior the difficulties and dela)s m produc
Thus, therefore, it appears oﬄciaiiﬄi
the executire knew of only 2059 cases
: complaintsos impressment, from the ye
the war comnu-nced, or more cometh
speaking from-the latter end of 27931Wiss
latter end of 1801, being eight years;
less than 266 per annum on an avenge
Must likewise be remembered, that in p
'osthis pericd the temper of Engiand.
wards this Country "was more 'unlavorai
'thasin ittsi-ver has been since, that forsoss
time she actcsid towards Cur'VcssJS as if
"die ha'd'been'cast ter-war, and that in\
sssquence of the almost indiscriminatcf
ture of our veSSeis,an intmeme number
ctonr'siseamcn were thr'onn'bptm hrr S-si
_dcstitctutc, unprotected and'more than-w
ssly exposed to inipresislamenti —As mosct .
this-war was the-first its-which seamenflss'
'tections were required to ,prove thous.t
*emption as nentrais,'tnany—m9re were!
ipressed sor'want 'siosthe'm, then "when Lsissisi
continuance siofthe War, their use and nff
"sity chamc more familiar. Ysszundd
"those" unpropitious circumstances, Wiss
annuai average of 260 conssipiaints,
than haisthe number of seemen 05"
relief. Osthose cases not repml'd'
's'us'cz-ptihle of immediate reiiet', a full
afiotvance than is admitted by Ns- 51;
son, is to be made for such as were "i"
tions,nr where-in the men, made them
cape, died, entered, were when in 6an
"vessels of war. &c. So that the grosssi
ber may probably he reducul to 200 si
ai'iy. lt is likewise to be observe :"
from the rciiance placed in me candOso
agent, from the experience they had m
his conduct, the admiralty Steiclom0{ (
rejected & pointed application from him
the discharge of a native imsrt-ssed
can ; and that his successors have-not
men Who were. not entitled to equa
ence for their demands, on accountﬂ
Bctllimcms 'os justice, to say nothing 0.
ralitysim the foreign governmtﬄt
"whose permission theysi-aetcd. , at!
-ln the interval of peace from the 7"
Ameins to the trecommencement 0
ties between France and Of"!
Some of consumed-Were discbttrzed ;,
,lt partial retiuction of the 'nav . and
Y ,
Ptqbabless. that si'siottsi the approach of th'
_ ,rate'dzitctatsi 5CCO,- axe-, mmh man."
r who). have swciicd It to 30,CCO, are (],siss
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, iznt who. under an Amcticm masL-mss
' by spun-inns docpmcnts, expert to (Sta
'- the csi-mtt'd as such, and. whose: cas"
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simonptsitssatsiikzssg-this. Wect Slct-RH' PssVcssilsigu,
the-safe ciassed among the Americanfi,
or without proofs.
In the letter dared January 5, xgoctsi
dressed by Mr. Madison to Pssl r. Men
containing instructicns for arrang'rngass
with Great Britain he: observes, Upon
lit-ad of impi'cssmcrtts (printed Vt)].p.1g*
follows. The rc marks apply to the: )
cct'xcmsivcly of tfficiai ,statc-mcrcta m?
the'ictcxexutivb. sisi It must hnwe H't' i'elssht
ed, thatssthesi humbers d'ctailc (I by she si
of out-[government is sctgtr ox'c—z-ctsisssssii
because by stmtinizirg the P'ilmd
ments it wiliibc found that th: Such
iS'osu-n enumerates] as sn 'qmssusi'y ?Bthss
petition Of crmpiamt for n-licfis mach
the individual; and Ld. many ccssss,
are made by petSCl'iB who are not (it:-(
bie With grass misctrepnsmtatium its
PERsiIOD nzronz THE YEAR 1802.
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