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? ctsisisissss " Tss :ssi BVENING.
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gfsi' * * ?sssiAnd twilight appears in her mantle osgs'eY- ]
; to rest,
. Whenyodd by lone quiet, each bird seeke ss
& .-si; its nest,
?} ssct ken the la'st gleam oi evening fades' ms the
?;sisi : fix-; si-sict "west, _
:? r.;sisisisi- And the moon sheds the mimic reﬂection
., _ -siiq_fday—
Ah' then, when the mind' 18 divested of care,
If nought but the toils of the day hath op
:ssfz'si'ss Fsisi ss si . pressed,
.sisisissz; each aCt Yeview'd will thsiretrospessct bear, ;
No-dssuty neglected—no crime rankling there, -
;ss__- Or if the aicovc, remote from each eye,
" To m'u'sing resign d—and tho' pensivc not
- , - sad ,, si
Mow sweet then to soar to the regions on high,
sisiB Faith the fair bow he of bliss to descry,
- _ [nisi-er in siverdure unchmging are clad.
Men;-wrie died:-for our'ssCriines, and was bruct'med f
ssssgss. 1'si ctf'or qur sins : _ .
ssjﬂﬂ'tilmahant an roSc, and again'took his seat
_ 32? t-'dul*t;isightsi'sihhsi'nd'ofpower for man to en
jf'ct'si mass-The spun-te whence true happiness begins
ctss- ssctW gssnt'siwh'en tho' lMg-night of death she?!
si - 45. ..sisi-z , nmve, .
ctzsixm -;W_Wss_9ach tie- is dissolv'd, and the soul
'a: 'ss ssﬂics away,
;? si-fiZfssssctsitþcn'FZth this SAk'xoun our s'psrits "shall
sssisi si (si silive, ss
' ZHOE'pxqt-ious the rest which that hour will
'si ; She, '
That opens thctssectsisi'doorssiof celestial day.
CHRISTl—N'A.
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_ 'ZFrﬄ the Sqlem Gasizette.
.; si -ssct]T HssctE ct M o N 1 T R E ss.
si' fsi'si'si'f'hglctaudnble' desire, which actuatee asi'ﬂ
--siss "ct-*f"i-_an_k_sctsi.'_to' promote female education, gives
" mþlc hopes that the rising generation
sssi .sssissgsibe 'siusesul tnembers of society; and
-ss-g_bct,ss;-.*asi, their/knowledge excends, theirct ss
_ ss'ctsizqsiphcssrc þfexcelience w1ll enlarge, till it em
jsssigsibmcessi'the perse-ctions of the cnnxs'rlA-N
.zitgnxnsic-ren. B'ut,'some few superior wo
ct \ Maiiceptedssthe history of the European
_ "'horsd'msiakes us sifeel apþrtsihenssiive, that edn
ss='sissss-_ictsi—sscating<wome.nsiin a liberal and expensive
.si*i—isi,{3$5nannersiissinotss the way to increase their use
ssssfuhen orrespectability. si
ss_si Evm; gin-fiend to humanity naturaliyinsi
fitting-{Why is? it 50? Why do women,
.ctctjss 'Whosictssiþectctnd years at schools of the highest
&;putasstion; come into life ignorant, vain, '
;tsi-sisijsisssiifiﬂsidften'immosirak'isi .Wsihy do they look
? _ ss.sisisiwm5tontejnpt upon ashwho atte necessitated
?"?"tochsomethlng more. thanssdsiance, sing,
< =th-gsifesinsit'hnﬂ sleep? 'Why do they tisidi
&} 'si'sisiss "tula the. (signified yet humble chrisnan, "who
sigsisssiss_si'-ss*5sssissaeictssefsiact like aheictng acssCOuntable to God for
**"Lhc'talents en'ttmtcd to her, and "who is not
'f'a'ahsiassmsied to look to her own hosinsehoh},_use-j '
_ . 'ssfsiullysitoimprovc her time, and, oy3ucuc10us— w
\ *lyssm1ssngling cmployment with amu'seme'nt,
sizsiss-si-ss' to give a zest to both?
sithugbtcrs may anschr the desired end, and
si'ﬀssct-ctﬀ !hac inow' highlyfavored country .our se
ss ss inin'arics they have as salutary an eﬀect up
sisisi sict "on thectmindsiis upon the manners of the
sick in:. That our daughters may be as upo
;Z'Wct'ss':iished'fofner-stbne's of the tcm ple," is desir
,*,-1ct'x"ssssable ;; but wesisisi'c'annot "Wish them to be mere
; ct; slJss—Ysjshe so—ZWhsied s'gpulchre." ct
?? si sssiThcjsingsicessisisity 'of in'sivest'tgating the cha
ctsiggsi; 'sict'sss'nctctssiofsichqse who prEBidc in our schools,
?zsssibefoss we but"!!! on: dauffiters to their
;? f ; " _ , . e
ssss-ct ;sisiequ, has been summoned m a former num
Zwsi {er-{t is siisiich a'suhject'vqbich deserves
ssctssctss'jcrlqps-siactudnfioqss Tþc neglect of- so dding
si- fctct siﬄctcfiuc- du: 'childrco .to sþEnd the most
sing} _ innpssanntsipartfos He, ".in learning—what?
?? ctctjﬂo! to deceive other: mth sia good—address;
;??Zsizsijsiss'br to deceive themselvesss wish she dctdusive
Big-5 s'si , "that may are "gaining all zhessy' can be
siss siss si ' all that the (=!!!de mind is capable
sict . dying. when m reality thdy arcsinot;
' ' ' gsiactkqovqledac of any one thing
" not that! 55st zed-; inch
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What: transport to pour out the soul at His
; ssL—si-siss .sict \_ ., feet, , . .]
_ It isaeriously to be wished, that the time
si :Ictﬂdsi finish-By cxpcnded in educatsiing our
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Country sazss'ssem, sDollars.
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How sweet is the hour that lulls us to rest.
wpermit. SNOWDEN,
it Read-cheek, dlesanfria. si
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L': LT' ";,sizsssi' si:- ,}ss'ct- si-—' ": -, . -;:>ssct_ss " si
and—si ditncing-ss Musiyctn'btssssssitbe. , . si _
ss intzcstigationct -sibe [act'si' ssprinuss cause .Of the 'dcte
fish-fit}? Which. siPs'evaiLSsisia-mpfizsi she; lbisissl'ss si
classes of. women;,ssin-ssEisitropesisi? ,:May'siitsij'tcttsiot
"be'fone cause Why} our scuthgm-ladipsissihqtin ,
tolookctss. with mingled Pisixylssainssd casteth!!! "tip-t \
on sithe comparatissvssely pure and indlissstriousss'
habits of the highest class of Women in
New-England {considering them merelyas
domestic drudgcs, who have not-, ep'z'z-zt
enough to be idle, withstand dissz'pazed?
Weare too easily imposcd'upon by spe
cious appearances ; _ and the principal of ;" an
academy, if she possess an handsome sad
dress, with a recsiuisite knowledge of human
nature, may gain the patronage of the most
.Nspssectable part of the community, when
in. fact she observes only one zing'farm system
of hypocrisy; and thus gain an exten'sive
reputation at the very moment she. is train
ing girls to be artsul .coquettes, unmeaning
, prattlers, and disgusting pedants.
These remarks arise, nOt from specula
tion, but from a knowledge qsfizcts. A
young lady, not many years since, became
a member of a celebrated academy. She
went, as is too often the case, principally
to embroider a picture ; literature was a se
condary object; but it would not have con
ss tinued so, had her teacher nnderscood what
she ought to have learned, or considered
mental improvement equal toctpersonal at
tracttons. -
Towards-the close of her intended term
ofinstruction, her preceptress directed, that
she should commit to memory a certain les
son in geography, and be taught to parsezsi
some sclect sentence: in grammar, that she .
might appear, at the annual exhibition, asf
one among the highest classes in the insti- ,
tutiont Accordingly, though ignorant of,
the distinction between an article and a snh- ?
stantive, and torally unacquainted with any f
country on the glnbe, this young lady re-5
'itnposed upon, and the pupils learn. to rest ,
teach'scientgssﬂcal/y, "it is a practice as com- ,
mon, as it is desiscttruc'tive of every "wish" to
acquire knowledge. ss _ ,. . ,. __ '
ssI't is not teceiving means abd'rew'arssﬄ' for
excelling in'sciences, of which they barely '
know the name; it'i's not repe'atinssgle'ssonsi's '
by rote to an Kpplasiuding bht deceived au
dienccte ;. it is not obser'vins; the elegant dress
and specious manners Of the superintend—
ectnt, that will fill theheasid With knowledge;
and the, heart withvirtue. siOur daughters!
should'be entrustedsito those, .who are alike ; ss
capable "of forming the mind-. and manners ;.5
who are alike respectable for mental ac- ;:
qctuirementa, exrernal elegance, purity and il
excmplariness of conduct: those who are 3?
capable of making their pupils thoroughly? ssss
acquainted with whatever they pretend. to, ,
teach,—andwho, by j'udiciously ssmisinglingsisict
precept with instruction, shall Send- zithe'ct'q
young creatures into life with a just and 1
clear view of the parts they are ;9 aesst jsisi it; :
convincing them that usesulness is notssss in:
compa'tible with elegance, cheersulness with a -
(lecorti'm; nor the easessand accoctmplishmencs' .
of thessmosisssinishecletlnc'ation with christiani ct
hum'l'ﬂb 3"? sacred ii.-gard to're'li'gi'dn insisi "
[form and practice! 4 -
and finesse, instead of solid improiss'ement
and substantial' virtue. It is not possible to
calculate where errors, arising from such
dereliction of principle, Will end.ss
It is. a trite but true remark, that "si as
the twig is ' ' "esie's inclined." The
ctpurest precepts and the best example some:
times fail-of the desired eﬀect ; but in. ge
neral a-girl's future destiny depends upon
the .principlesctt she imbibes in early youth.
How pernicious then must be such a prac
tice as above mentioned ! Will not the pu
pils of a school, so- managed, come into life
sullyd'etermsiined to go and do likewise ? or
with a settled disgust for that knowiedge.
of whichthey saw no good eﬀects, either
upon the principle-"s or practice of their in
structress? Pupils. fof such asiSChoolssWili
be idle, from a beliefi that they. can be fine
women without a tedious application to
books; and when out of school, what can
engage such wealcct untntored mintls but how
they may excel all around them in splendor,
and how they shall retain th08e accomplish
ments, which procure temporary admira
tion. _ ,
_. Those who have any knowledge of gram
mar will readily believe,. that it is unneces
sary, useless and ridiculous, to obligea pu
pilsito commit the "Young Ladies" "Acci
dence' to memory nineteen times in succes
sion,fctwitho'ut teaching. them the ssuse or ap
plication of'a—ctsingle rule, ior echlai'ning. to
tho'-parts of speech; " yet in_ this ' and some
other institutions,"where ' they pretend to
her thesisiphilosssotzhical distinction- between-.
their hopes for reputation upon deceptioni
peated, to a crowded and respectable audi
ence, her assigned task. Nor was she the
only pne who was imposedss upon the public
as an accomplished scholar,- when in reality
ignorant of the most necessary and common
rules of reading and spelling. By such ma
nagement, parcnts are deceived, the public '
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" - , . Lrsnssamctfiprilxctl, sst-ct8_t-Q.-ct
- Sfsibsict—lt is upwards of . eleven years isissiinee
le-detailed the dreadlctulsiprOceedings of Bo
napar teinltaly,after__sslisife_was—appointed by. the
French Directory general of what they call-5
ed the Italian army. They had proved him, I
in the mansion of Paris, to be possessed of
all the requisites to conduct a predatory ex-ss}
pedition; and nothing which imagination
might conceive could exceed his cruelty,
treachery, and rapacity. " " ss
The dreadful 'massacre in the towns ofss
Bagnasco and Lugo are still present to my
mind, not one stone of which was left upon
another, and scarce a victim escaped the
fire and sword, (which was directedby the
monster himsell') to tell that these towne
once e isted. lnhabited by a brave and
loyal people, they merited a better sate;
their only crime was the love of their na
tive land,- and attachment to that illustrious
house under which Lombardy had so long
ﬂourished, and which, by every patriotic
eﬀort, they had attemptedto preserve from
the yoke of a ruthless tyrant. ss
His treachery to the duke of Modena,
who at the age of eighty was obliged to fiy
frOm his capital, after having paid two con- 5
tributions to an enormous amount to pre- *
serve his neutrality, which only stimulated
Bonaparte's rapacity, after having entered T
into a solemn engagemcnt not to molesti
Modena, signed and sealed by his own i
hand, the wax was scarce cold when he took
possession of the gates, and plundered the i
city next day. The aged duke escaped in ?
the night by the canal into the Adriatic,
with his most precious eﬀects, a disappoint
ment Bonapartc was not prepared for. It :
was then liisﬀimplacable temper broke out, ss
and Modena, the seat of every thing beau
tiful in architecture, painting, and sculp
ture, fell a prey to the unrelcnting Barba
eﬄployed in corrupting the very sources
which might have saved Spain 'from his
sangsis. 'iThe provisional Spanish govern—
ment have hasisidsi the support of sin Britaiss;
they (have lIesisi-"n abundantly supplied with
arms, ammunition-, and-clothing,. and with
money," the very " sinew of war," 35'sisted
:tlso by a British army,_ who havessperform
ed prodigies of vslor. The chosen-se'wjasit
Talavc'rh, "defeated the iegions of_Ftsiance
in the presence Of the us'urper J-oseph ;, and
had the Spa'nishct'army been Suﬀer-ed to ex
ertsiall sstheirsorce'; had the ssgenerklsctdone
gnsucd from the sigloriossusss bitttle of that" day.
But L'Bonztparte, by '_his ivily sipsiolssicy, si'had
bctribed those "he could sisin'otsisuhdue'bysisihis
at ms. The Sietra'M-osirena, the'keyctsictsi An,
dal'usia; "was left defence-less, Seville tibah
(loued, 'and Cadiz itself would siha've'bee'n
at this moment in the hands of the ene'mctv,
had not the prompt arrival of the British
force, joined to the procection of the Brit
ish ﬂeet, preserved this important c'itctv from
cessrsitain caoture, for it Was to occupy Cadiz :
the French prtsented themselves before it, .
not to undertake a regular siege, which.
would requiie at least 60,000 men to invest
't; they will be obliged to abandon the at- *
tempt, but I trust not with impunity, [or
the Spaniards have lately shewn more encr
gy; they have lost much ground, but-no:
many eﬀective men; the losses they have
sustained may easily be repaired, and may ;
be turned to advantage; their men are be-si
home more used to the profession of arms ,
.he generals, I hope, will learn prudence,
even in defeat , but treachery in the go-i
:ermfient or general is fatal, all sense of
luty and love of their country is extin
guished and the betrayedsoldier abandon! '
at once so hope-less a cause.
The object l had principally in 'view
when I began this paper, having seen in;
Several of the London newspapers very in- -'
iurio'usis sracements in respect to the Portu
guese army, l have therefore taken the first
opportunity {and {am convinccd my state- 1
their ("lutyss results very disserentsiwould havect
take up my pen. His steps are indelibly
marked by the blood of millions of human
beings, who have been sacrificed to- his
boundless ambition, which nothing can a
bate whilst there is a country-in Eumpe un
subdued.
Having viewed with deep regret the
mighty strides oi this Atilla of modern
times to establish his empire, when any
corner of Europe attempts to resis't him, !
see] a lively hope, that Providence, in its
mercy, may bring about some event to put
a period to his c.:reer. When Spain ﬂew
to arms, I- thought a populaticn— of thirteen
millions (including Purtugal) might send.
men sufficient into the field to stop his usur
pstion ;. their success at first was must au
spicious;. the defect-it and capture of Du
pont's army by general Cztstanos ought to
have produced better results—but ] much
fear Bonparte's agents have been actively '
rian.
But it is not to follow his progress \ now \
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;' which had the eﬀect of sending tl-sie Frtnct'
; out of Portugal, the Posirtuguese army hsiss
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ss this statemeut in your paper, in justice p,
ss nations, who have submitted to Bonapartci
ss osthe restlcss usurper.
'the citizens'ol'the Town and Countt'
"of Altsiss'x'andriajthactt "he regularly 'prac;
'tices'the lasswctin the City Court; and
ss to all such bulineiss iis'm'dy be entrust
ed" to his sicare, he gives the most po
sitive essurance, shall be attended to
'sorm abhorrence of the French pervadesalsst
Such migctrsissqssesentatiQnssiss _
I-lsiia-sive' lately ctrn'adssess ato-ur frcm lhis ct'ss
of conside rable extejfit, on thebarjlcs es ,,
Tagus, and through the po'sts which ,;
generally known'as sithe, line of descme ("
Port'ugal :. it'would "be presurnptuous ict
me, who am_not of military prot'ersion ,
- though I have seen most of the armie, sisi
Europe) to oﬀer an Opinion on the mer,";
probablectconduct of the PortugUese am
but since the splendid victory of Vimjesi'si'
west prompt-ly and particularly.
increased daily in numbers, and impress-,
in discipline, and laugur well from th}?
appearance. ss ,
l—sisaw onmy tour full 20,GOO men,],
whom many British officers were attached.
they are cXtremely well clothed and appoinsi'
ed. ! had an opportunity of seeing arc,
'imbra several rcgiments reviewcd by th
commander in—chies, whowent thro' the};
evolutions with uncommnn- crieth)" and
precision, and perhaps being, accustomed
to the Climate, may undergo the satiguescf
of ailministration on the estate of 30'
BERT CAR'I'ER, decensed, in the statcosl
Virginia—those who have claims againstlhfi
estate will please exhibit them for settlemcm'
and those who are indebted to it will P'vss,
Charles Tyler, Jr. _ &
without delay. _ '
3, _ Near Centrchl', z'lsi
Rxchard H. Henderson, ;?
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Iunc M.. colct-{Y- !
to ss _ ;
jd'm G. 'Ladd. ;:
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Prin ter.
May 30.
Gu-rden Chapinss, Cashier. '
JUiY 3- _ ct cosw
ct—W- GEO'siRsi'GE YOUNGS, se.
SPE'Zisifully'a'cq'uaisints his friends and
' ing House, situate on Cameﬄ"A If?
between St. Asaph and Pin streets. ??
ltoldcrs of the Bank of Alexandria-t
that a dividend of four per cent. on the capi-F
tal stock of said Bank, for the half year end
ing this day, is declared, and will be ready 10
be p'ssiid to them on Thursdu'y the Sth instant. ;
"By order of the Presz'dent and Director—si
ranksss, and I sincerely believe the gown
mentand people would spurn with honrt'ss
indignation any overtures- to draw them
from their allegiance to their legitimate so
vereign; they may therefore escape the
sate osthese nations l have mentioned, so:
depend on it,; sir, treachery has subdued
more than the sword of the conquerer.
It is with great pleasure lean assert,that
I have never observed the slightest symy
tom oscltsaﬀection in this country ; a uni
the Portngueae army, and to those distic.
guished officers, who,by uncommon on.-;
tions, in little more than 19. months, her:
brought this army to its present state of;
discipline, and soldier like 2])pt'al'1lnsff;i
their numbers, I believe to be full this-wi
thousand men, exclusiveof— very sormidsiss;
ble bodies of armed burghers and peasamss
who are regularly eXercised, and, withz'ssrctss
powerful support ofthe Br'nicth army, trims
I trust, be ablessLo repel the enemy, and prcsi
serve this country, so long the ssirithsu] ah!
of Great Britain, from the sate osso man]
alrhost without a struggle; whose princes
are now his vassals, and their subjects hit
slave: ; liable to be dragged by conscriptisin
from their samilies, and sent to the Vistu
la, the Danube, or the Tagus, at the will
NOTICE is hereby given to the Stock-ss'
British troops. I beg, sir, you will insm
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