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Z'si Scenesifid, AssRud-c Slzcltcr is sect) ameng the
If." "trees in' a wood, w-ljdchsi-Darifi-i's sons have
?; fzrmed as & tomporaryresidence for theirmo- l
I SCcne Sd,_ The CAMP of Dcmba Sego ﬀact'la, !
=: : &? -si
?; si - ﬂlandmgz King ofKassz'n. !
,ssss .si-On several parts-piss the stage are displaycd
ss'sisii pﬂctcs of shggots, for the purpose of burning ]
the crifningis, with "various implementsssof!
deture. '
Procession of Warriors and Slavcs making
if": Preparatianfar the: executzfon.
sisi ' The whole to conclude with
{; _ A Grand. smale and Chorus.
& ss ran/aid; will be.-added afavoritc FAR CE,
?* ._ct_ _ct si CALLBD
ss {THE VILLAGE LAVV-YER.
:. _- ; Scent. (the mue-go .
sij' - ". Lavjeycr) Mr. Allen, [from the
' --—si . ss , Theatrc Boston,
_ . _ f—si'ctsisisizi'ctsi -.bis firsrappeak—
_ * *ss ' a-ssbdr}
_'- _ ct_ swnb _' - si ss Francis.
'z-z; P'fif-Q'Wwsissmm, Bricks. *
ss [5 -, SWpsace, sits" * Blissett.
si - , _ WVilmot.
3 WW'? _ sit Mmrszct-Jacobs: MW
ss' " "" **cubbin,-8=Q._ss . -
W' Ssscout, Miss Petit.' "si si
line — si - MrsYSeymour:
.sibficsssiIsi Me,-bon,- Us. Uc.
'I he ! mt act opens with a ﬂew of
THE TOWN OF FATTECONDA,
' . Scene Second,
' THE INTERIOR OF THE PRIEST
-.> si sin.-?; ÞFARDLHO'S CA VE,
sidch with appiopiiate suruimre of the
" " - ' Fouiah nation.
scene sheThud leprcsents aFARU-LHO S
__ TENZT. itoccupics the whole back of the
*' "scene, except wheieits shape and drsiapeiy
admit apeep ofthe country. and a straggling
- , building or two of the town of 1 attemnda be
yond it. -ss-:The side scene represents trees,,the
sistage is ibcforcgiound of the T—ent, theinte
ctrior' of which is fully seen. During- this scene
o Asandingo Warrz'ors destroy larulho' s "
not, and she toivn of Fattecouda is discover
ed in l-"LAMES.1
. m ACT sncoxn, THE
TOsiWA OF FATTECOAD 4 [A R—UINS.
Sdico appears wanderitig distractcdly over
sect-the fragments of the demolished dwd
Dsictusicarisi, JacObs
"'Mzmdingo 'Chicf and
' Warrior, , . VTsiiimot
ss Qd VVarrior, Maccublzin
;,f': Ciicr, {astcrlesi'ersun
_ si - EUROPEAZ'S.
fj : Henry AnguskaMug, Mr. chf; rsnn
ct'sssisissct sichtchch ÞFRDCZS
Marrowbonesi - - Blissctt
fsi- '_._fi1*1m, " " silloston
ctsctss. .Czliptain Adamant, '- Downie si
'Tlaxalsi " 33 lCYS
Wilwsspen as George Sole-man., Essvq an.
_ mares (he Paar Gentleman, 70)": Ball,
sij—i 'sictsiss' My mid life-"am, 59"c. Ii zt/z the origi
si n_q_l jlysic and accompaniaments. I/ze
ctsi' Egg-merry designed and care-cured by Mr.
. ajfﬀl-rsan. The Dances under the direc
ss_si_.._sssi._ man qffisr. Francsictsis. ss
'si ' Dem5a Sefgo Jalln,
' YKz'rzg. osijss Ha sum) Nii. Harrzs
.. - THE THEATRE WILL OPEN
' 05; Tuesday Evcmng, Augusiscti 7,
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Akxandna Daily Gazette,
COMMLRCLAL & POLLTwAL.
'- ruin-xxb man PanumD 57
" SAMUEL SNowssDEN
.ALEXA NDRss—I A THEATRE.
amhosiftbc Piicsu Mr. Chernock
actual, Hasdifigc
Maddiboo, ss ss ct Conc
Wlaster Banett
Femalea. Mrs, S'cymour, Mrs ..acobs, Mrs.
Petit. Misicts Peti , Miss Jeﬂ'crson.
Att Fits-t. A Ass ssn'E mew/11, D/M (is) ,
as jﬀqfﬀsm, Sc'rzvcner, .Misa 1'c zt,
With a ceiebmtecsiDnama in time: acts, intel
- sperscdwith Songs, Uuels and
Ck: oxuscs call: (I
-si " sisi'ox,
Darina, " Mrs. Barvett
Berissa, \Vilmot
Smm, Jeﬀcrscn
' MANDLVGO S'.
Dcilysi Gasizette G Dallars per anmzm.
Country Gazetsitcssz Dal/ars.
The Public are respect/"ally informed,
that in consequence of the great variety
of"chv 'chccs" to be Presented t/zzs
season, no Play to:/! be 1 epcatcd.
War, Love and Dutv.
THE. AFRICANS;
TUE8D AY, AUGUSs'l T.
Royal-Nrecl, Alexandv m.
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-sifi'l'z.
" We shall perform a very pleasing part
of our duty, in recommending this able and
intbresting pamphlet ; which possessere've
if ry claim to the public attention, that canssae
I rise from extensive knowledge, original in
' formation','polit'rcal science, enlarged and
accnrate views, brillianry of wyle, an im
= portant subject, and an nseful tsiendency.——'
L'she strength of our recommendation will
[not he thought excessive by any unpreju
diced reader of these pages. - Nor indeed
' will prejudicc itself be found capable of re
sisfzng their influence, except amongst the
i blindest End most inl'atuated of its dupessi
It has often been observed, 'as not {t'-little
if-eattraordinary, that a partiality for the pre
l sent ruler ofFrance should still-exist in any
; order of men amongst us. - The admirers
, of the French revolntion might have been
expected to be the Very first to cover his
it marked osa certain personage, by one who
ss- stroyer of despotisms, and lind lsiavor with
& ranny to an ald one, —trom :: persunsxon that
' its oppressions will be lesssiiutoierable, and.
si its foundation less s'ecure. =The most dan
' gerous cause of partial'ity, however, is a be
7 lies, that even the present inﬂuence of" such
l 21 power is salutarctv, that its exercise is be.
nisicent, ancPits-subjects happy. siTh—is be- ss
ssctlctch,—-whichsiis, to ugreat extent,, the eﬀect
of the partiality, as well its the cause—a fic
ss titious ground, which it first creates and ,
then occupies, is certainly maintained bya ss
-considerable number of politiciasis, especi- ct
, ally siof-thc-lOWCs kind, both in- England and {
-Ameriea. sisi-But, whatever be the origin of ct
the sentiment, its prevalence, in any free ;
ss'DaLiOD, Wbtﬂdsisibc a dangerous,- if— not a fatal
si disease, It would corrupt the principles of 4
the people, is not destroy the independence I
--ofthect state or the constitution of the go- l
"vernment. To be enamoured of what is
vicious, is to be tolerant of vice. siVV e re- ct
gard the pamphlet before-sins as a very safe
- and a very eﬀectual antidote. ---Its principles >
ss may'be received, ,and its purposes answer- ,
jsi-ed, without involving any acquiesecnce in
ss abussies—o: misrule. --It will tend to expose
the true charasinerof the French dominion,
and removsicss'many erroneoussi and pernicious
idcas re3pecting' the domestic prosperity
siwhichit has been supposed to promote. The
yiews it gives of the dispositions of France
' ' . . E-XTRACT ;" . .ct
From sia Revicw of WAL'SH's Lungs-in
_ the Elecpic Revicsi'w;
Apxr. -Vlll-.--_sissA Letter on the-Genius and
.:Disposisstssions of. the" French Government,
'incinding : Viewsiouf the Taxation of the
_FrenchsiEmpire. By an American re
centlysi returned from Europe. Phila-ss
delphia printed—-Londpn re-printed
-— Svo. pp* 258. _ Price 65. Izongman and
si -si--Coct. 18-10. ' ;
- kind: a despotic power may s4ill ly.: 't-he-de- ss
T'—
- fierce lustre ofunrelenting energy, uninterct
. pathy and abhorrence.- "so have favored the
ss true in the North American commonwcenlth,
ct, ces, and require a more extensive develope
si measure, the case even in England.- A .sort
had studied his character, * -ss The tutor
ofthatctyoung man must take care what he
beats into his head, for he will never ' be a
ble to heat it out} The fire which has once
fixed the colors of an enamel painting, is
said to be incapable o-l'detaching them-.
sl"hose,—h0tvever,ss whose attaclvment to the
French-interest- was less enlightened and
philanthropic, who were—rather the 'cnemies
oiss-England than the sriendso-fFrance,what
ever else they may be:-accused ol', must be
acquitted of inconsistency. '-lt seems that
some. men, moreover, are dazzled with the
rupted success,-and unhmited power ;siss.s
the splendor ofa conﬂagration beguiles us
into an oblivion of its horrors. In many in
stances, the partiality may be of a diﬀerent ss
those who prefer a new institution of ty; ss
ment than this-cursory notice will- allow.
in some then, the predilection arises from
an attachment to the French cause ; an at
tachment produced by various principles
which have not since been excited to de
stroy it, or,asit olsiten happens, which are
ahsoluteiy unequal to the task. It was re
and those who are acquainted with the state
of opinion in the various classes of English
society, must be aware that it is, in some
name with execrattons. it would seem na
tural for the friends of liberty, of com
merce, of—h—umanity, of peace, of democra
tic institutions, to regard the- bitter-enemy
and base violator of every thing they hold
in veneration, as the fittest object'of anti.
04 idolatrous assection for the French Empe
ror seems to pervade a large class osthc
American population; and the same spirit,
tho'" in :: weaker form, undoubtedly exists
in a small and decreasing number of our
countrymen. The solution of this paradox
is not perhaps very difficult, though it may
be somewhat diﬀerent in particular instan
republican general. would havesi'sibeen the
surest pledge of hatred to the imperinl des.
pot. The very reverse of this, however-., is
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BOS'l'ON, jssulz/ 28. ,
ctUzgfi'i'iunaIe s/zz'j) sillargarct. A
""We have some further tidings of the sate
of the crew of the ship Margaret, captatn
Fairchilds, which was upset on her voyage
, from Naples, and part-of her crew (15)
saved in the long-boat, as narrated in the
Centinel of2ch ]une. -W'hen the long-boat
lest the wreck, 31 persons were lest on it.
-On-thc 29th June, in let.-40, long.-41, the
small boat at the Margaret, having captain
Hsi Larcom, of Beverly, Mr. John Very,
and Mr.si E. A. Irvine, of Salem, on board,
ssl was fallen m with and picked' up by captain
;. DaviS, in the General" Johnson, trom Lis
l bonssand resrored to their-friends and fami
sssilies. siMr. lrvme and Mr. Very, are in a
; weak and emaciated state ; captain L:-.rcom
siss is much more restored, and has furnished
ss' the editor of the Salem Gazette with the
sifollowing melancholy particulars:
ss " The long boat (as has been heretoshre t"
ss published) quitted ("he Ilargaret with 81
ss souls remaining upon her, on Monday the? \
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' Blst of May, at noon. The yawl was lest
" advise, having before been attached to the
i stern of the long boat, but was recovered by ss'
f one ot'the sailors, who swam to it, and —
? brought it to the wreck,wherc they fastcned-s 3
L""hershattered parts together in the best mansi- ss
ss ner they could. she people on board then
ss proceeded to establish some order, to give , :
. the more efficiency to their exertions- lsior selt
preservation. Under the direction of capt.
-Larcom, whom they appointed to act as
their head, a scaﬀold with a covering was
: erected-on the quarter 'rails, and prbvisions
and water secnred and dealt out. The first
: week they had a plenty efss salt meat, pork,
' hams, ﬂour, water, &c. 'The)" also caught
ss atnrtle, and having found a tinder box in a.
chest, kindled a fire and made a souP, which
- gave them. all a good' warm dinner—but the
; last they ever conked ; "for in a gale of wind
; on the filth of May, the upper deck of the
5 ship was ripped up by the Violence of the
fsisea, the stern broken oﬀ, and their'provi
ss sions and water swept away. On this capt.
ss- Larcom and four other's took to the yawl,
crazy as she was, keeping a painter fast to
3 the wreck; the other tWenty-six went for: _
" ' " The sltetch which he has drawn or the :
French finances, is collected from original-si
doe'uments-of unquestionable authority, and
together with many of the topics in relation
sito the-state os—England; upon which he-has
merely touched, forms but the outline of a
much larger work which he now has in a
state of forwardness. {n'-the publication of
these pagesss, he derives no-small confidence
from the habitual attention which he sshas
given to political studies, and from the fre
quent intercourse which he enjoyed, during
along residence abroad,. with many of the
most enlightened statesmen of' Europe.—
These advantages greatly sacilitated the at
tainment of correct information, and in the
4 Opinion of those particularly whoarc ac
. uainted with the extent of the last, can-not
fail to add weight to his theory. & to stamp
acharacterof peculiar authenticity on the
- acts which he has occasion to introduce-in
l the progress of this enquiry." p. 1v.
sil'he-number-of subjects discussed, and
the want of regular connectiorr bet veen the
various discussions, renders it difficult to
give a satisfactory analysis of the work —
The anthor's leading propositions however,
l these are-satisl'actorily established we think, '
are distinctly stated in the outset ; and
by a very extensive collection of proofs and
sat-guments,"
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-The Revicwer then proceeds to _quote
pussa'ges from the letter, which, as the re
marks are shott, need not be 'here repub
"lishedss 'Vvse rather recommend to our read
- ers, (the. whole having been r-epublishesid by
BI-ssdlsizry and Co. in a cheap edition) to read
ss the entire ltttet', as there is not a page in
it, which does not contain very uselul in
- fox-mation. '
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stewardssisszkmqncasi, siandssthsiefitght ).0 which it
ctgentieman who enjoys the highest reputa
'fexhibisits the'BritisE character, Warrant the
tion as a statcsmnn and an author, both in
Europe and Americn. It was publishcdnt
Phissiadeiphia last December. The author
tells us, and there is strong evidence to
confirm the truth and excuse the tone of his
assertions—that
between the two nations, united as well in '
to give such an account of it, as may at
once extend its salt-: and dissuse its senti
ments. -
---The name of;'1\'lr. Walsh, an AmerEcan
gentleman connected with the legation from
his own government to that of France, has
removingthe prejudices of our brethren a
cross the 'Atiantic, and res'tortng cordiahty
been so extensively whispered, as the au- ;!
most sanguine expectattons of its eﬄWCy, in,
interest-si as in origin. We shall endeavor-si
and" the person addressed is said to be " a
thor of this:-pamphiet, that we prcsume
there can be no impropriety in mentioning
it. f'lssne form adopted is that of a letter,_
mss
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" Durit .g their ]) ing in this wretchcgsids
cuation, their miseries were aggiumssd,
seeing no less than lour sail ol vessels ,,ctcts,
at distances too grtat to observe the tired;
the first of these was on the third d-t) alle;
the long boat had lest them, and was so
near that the yawl was dic spatched to ta,,
cept her—but in vain -she approached ['iSii
enough to see the men meting Upon ass,.
but not to attract their notice, and ,,ct,
obliged to return unsuccessful.
' " Sevcntsien da)s had now passed away
without relief, and little l cpe reniaincd us
much longer p-rtstrving their exist: net-....
Capt-cttin L; rcom then su b'gtSlHl the (her.-,?
of moving with the bout lurthcr no: tltwmd
sins being more in the [lack oi VtSStls; [h-N
were moily three on board the tireclt me;
were in a Situation to take any interes in it
and these thought their chance as good ,,
remain, as to Vent urc oﬀ to sncha shame,.
ed boat, without ) r0t isiot s. Lapt. I.".rcozi
however, and the four that Were nith ltini
(t'. " . Messrz. I). A. lrvine, john it.-7,
Jcpthah La)th and John ssCRdWCll, all of
Salem) determined on this cXp-cdicnt, and
according—ly set a little sail, and stern-i
north-west, having some pork, some bran
dy, and a quadrant on board. 'lhe) in;
the wreck, by ohset'vzttion, in Iat. 39,12.
Usi—ng the island}! ut) s, .trm5 ) the) tic
rived some sttpp ort from It , then porkthc)
could not eat lor \ ant of drink. ctAstert-siit
or twelve do); sailing, it tained, and thy
Saved some w: .xer by sucking their has-siket
chiess and wringing them into a box; they
also made a dip net of their ltsrﬂtlssict'l'chiclsii,
and caught some small fish, which thcssvspii:
and- dried, and derived from them some
nourish'rnent. 'Bttt their latigue was ct
cessive . while one steer—ed, .t. .othsr wascb
liged to keep incesscntly-baling out the wa
ter, so that the) nearly wore the bottom
thto :gh. 'ss-sslh ) had also some v er) rough
weather. The 16th day alter leectting ii.:
wreck Mr. Treac IWcl't died, and in the Air
Mr. Layth. At diﬀerent times they hai
seen three Vess-ss ls pass without being sect
by them. Atlength, on the 23d day, rot!
Strength being almost exhaustedctmd scarcc
ly :: ray ol hope remaining, they gave over
all further exertion, and resictgned them
selves to that late which seemed inevfitabh
when looking up, ca, t. L. espied a sai'l -
boutlour- mti es discant. This gave them
new life. {'ortunatcly they were to iiim-ss'
ward, and they had laid their COUsSCS-ss' a'f
curately as to meet her direcd) in her p...
lt on or ed to be the schooner General jul-ss'
50l1< capt. d'tcp'sien L. UJVlS, n'om new-w
for Gloucester, on board of which the?
were received, and treated by capt- UW
with the tenderness of a friend, and ill:
care and skill of ;: pliysician ; and on Satus;
day evening they arrived at Glouccstcsi 2'
daysxfrom the time ofbeing taken UP
" The following is a list of the pessosif
living on the wreck when cept. Lrucomlf'
it, viz z—Henry Tucker, Benjaminffiss'
cept. ]. ]anvrin, ]ohn Mcrril], lad-rit
Wingate, Nathaniel Shefficld, JacouqFosi.
let", jamesr Sinclair, William Bursllli
kxsimder Mars-ball.
" Of these, capt. ]anvrin and tw
retained a tolerable degree of strength, :.
rest appeared to be greatly sunk tmdﬄ an
suﬀerings, and were lying passwcly "lb
:he stage, probably never more to [Fish
mong them was the amiable Mr. _ d'aﬂ'
as Salem, late supercargo of the ship is
:is, detained-at Naplei/
FOR SALE, si,
. SMALL FARM, containlngsiﬂbou
acres, called " Hybla Vallfyoss onssﬄsi
Mount Vernon road, about five ﬄfssfussctss
Alexandria, together with the sirmsisiasisiopct
zils, stock of cattle, and the prcscs"
hay, Wheat, and Indian corn. anYPct
Any description is unnecessary, 35
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. . ,. he
sonctmshing to purchase may 'lcw ss ssss
mises. 1. B. Nickousifss
ward ssto she bowsprst, with two
wine and a littlc'salt meat;
stasigc wctffi [raised upon the [;
Updn.ss ' '
" After she upper geck and shct
were gone, the vcsissel rose considfsi-rrddysssl.
that the: water was only about knce ct'ctsþm
the: lower dcck. 'l'þcy were; able Wizbsi
boat hOOk \0 CUHCCK lrom [)c'low him!—5, &3
but for the want of water these wuss (si! ]}
tlc benefic. The wine above nxcutiom ! ct'
all the drink they had sorscvcn (lays; shrsiv
then wish great labor procuzcd al'ipe si-ss
brandy from the lower hold, which Psmesid
immediately fatal to many of shcm: ,
.thcir great thirst promptcd them to (his,-{si
too freely of ", and hssur'cecn lsil'islud li.:
succeeding night, ;xmssurssg Whom Were Mr.
Carpcsllcr and his. Bl'mCr, .[wq mUCh la
mentcd young gentlemen o} lhlswwnss.
One (a black man) had Formhcd two (la).3
bcsm'c- of hunger and thus:, and asimhct
disscd the day alter.
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