Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-11-24 00:00:00, page 2

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_ SAMUELSNOWDEM
? ct Ravd-ctfe'u, Alexandria.
_' sissof-No'vember, mo.
" A. Faw,
\ ,ssAlcxanera County, ss.
-si-KBRAHAM FAW, one of the Justices
_- ct ss-z of: Pcaccsi for said cbnnty, do cercify, that
. ;Wilsiliamsi H. —\Vash'mgton, otsi the—ct county u
þfjorsiemd, brought before me a Horse, nees- '
_ss "Passing on his encios—ure, of the following- ?
-si Mfiiiþiion, to wit: One Bay Horse, about 9
;, si' _' _ctd, about 14 hands high, a small star
_m, his-siSsispx-ehead, sbod all round, no other
hand:" mark, valucd at. Thirty Do?ku*s.—
si Gsii-VCD under my hand-and seal this 2 !st day
, - HE subscriber will continue-thii School
thecnsning year, and instruct young
gentlemenin the following branches of edu—
lcati'om to wit :-—S/!el!z'ng, Reading, H'riting,
si 'ss-Jritk'metir, English Grammar, uponthe pian
sizos- Ligdkzy Murray ;--C0mfzo.vition, Blair'e
þcturw, Asoral P/uloso/zhy, Practiccu' Sur
ss sisitcying, and Gangra/zby with the us: of the
" -— Was" and Globes. Boardcrs can be well ac
-=comm0datcd convenient to the school upon
very moderate terms. Nn' student will be
admittedd'or a shorter—time than one year.—
ct's-he price of mition and fire wood will be
twenty one dollarssi and thirty four cents.
This scminary is advantageously situated,
possessing in a very eminent degree the ad
VBWSCSss-Of health, and of genteel and frignd.
'Staﬂ'ord (siounty, Nov. 2—16. 7t'
The subsc riber is (hstant about one mile
from Mr. Tackett's academy. He will ac
ct - sicommodate : few boarders upon moderate
The owner of said Estray is
fsi'ssrequczted to come, prove pwperty, pay
__ church and take him away from the suhscri
- ber's, about four miles from Alexandriamear
3*si"t-Alexandcr'sis lzland. . .
; Wrctlham H. Washmgton.
November 22. "" St
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Lss Wsi' ss- " si Y: PEYTQN:
zooobush fine LiverpoolSalt.
asm to be made to capwin GEORGE
Bsin'n3, board or to
-ss \ - ' James Sandelﬂzn.
in ten days, fsircighx will be taken for New
Took ossr Boston.
AVE just received by the ship Ten
Brothers a further supply os HA RD
ssWARE, among: which are, fire fu'zdcrs, coal
hodsansid scoops, cimicr shochs, shect iron,
"men's wr-man's and boyg' saddle trees, [tying
pans and sad irous. They hourly expect by
anznrrival from Baltimore a quamiiy of
. brass am} planed commche handlcs, and but
tons of the newest sashions, and from New
York some pipe Frankiin Stoves.
Nov. 22. dZt
'GE*\ITLEMENS' & LAD-IES'
sictPOCKETsi ALMANACS
, FOR 1811,
T'Insiplain-and Morocco Binc'siings, arc just re
ct-ceived.
"44 L 8 0,
siA fed of Arrowsmizh's beautisxil MAP of
ct ssthe WORLD, on Canssas and Rollers.
iron sun BY _
james Kennedy, Sen.
Bockselier, King street.
_ Novenib'er 29, dfiw
_. _ just Received:
'Freish CURRANTS,
Tyclvc ques fresh Muscate} Raisins,
A-few 'boxes Anchoviee, Olivcs and Ca
siizevs,
Milstard; Tach Salt in baskcts,
lest Spanish Segars in half boxes,
.EXCellent (Thcesc, '
ssAfid a variety of Marble Figures.
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SUTURDAY, NOVEMBER 21.
da'tcd July last. "
ALso, on BOARD,
stairived from Liverpool, .being her first
voyage; burthcn 231 "tons,pcr rcgister
('ctsifsiﬄlexandna 'Dally Gazette.
COMMERCIAL & wonnen.
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ly sociexy. .
si Charles Tackeu.
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si' November 19.
if? I! the above SmP should not be sold
Gaze'tte, 6 Dollars per annum. _
Country Gazu tle, 5 Dollars.
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si YKMBD AND PUBXJIKED 87
Tusculum Gmmmar Sc/woi.
' ' _ M'ss-ssT—r _-__.
5... ass, & ,,si 1 .siassa MM
siLlBBY act CARNE
FOR SALE,
TEN BROTHERS_;
The good and substantlal last
sailing- Ship
Louis Bccler.
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;:rctss' _,\ss ctsisi . si: :}? 'sssiss'sict'sisi'ﬀ" "is" . - "w,
ss" si " LIFE.—-A 'semf'iz'r;
ss - This life's & pretty thing enough, - . . "'sisisi
" " "However reuctgh ihesy ssessss'essssr msssiay he,
"sits sinful to complain ; si
A heart that's innocent and free
Can smooth them- ddwn again.
So \Visdom,ctF01ly shouctnd forever shun :
'Tsiio Virtue, from the touch of siVicc, should
. run—
} So female beauty should sro'm ﬂattery'siﬂy,
! And spurn the incense osthc giidsied lie.
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?si' " ct ' " 'If't 'twas but manag'd right : ss ss ss, si
The reads are sometimes hugelyvrsiongb'
'And fhenctsiasssain thcyfresi light. ss—ctsisi;
'Tis like a"sijosiurney,"w11en we roam
With anxious thoughts abroad—
Returning to our native home, "73
Fondsi Hope reliex—sies the loa'd.
THE SENSITLVE PLANT.
si Oh would we mortals ost'ner deign to look
' In Nature's wide intelligible book :
; In every page, instruction guides her pen,
; And points a moral, for the use of men. \
; This little plant, how cautiousVyl-it meets
* Th' approaching hand; advance, and it- re
! . treats; _
Me how it ﬂies from the suppos'd disgrace,
And shrinks from contact- of the rude em.
brace.
.Roman Historians. He, has sb-si-wn how
ct easy it was for vnce to become sascinat'msc
not'fail to be disagreeahle and slngssstxrsign
Saiiust has enumerated the particuisirs in
which they diﬀered; " To (21er sin swim
' was the refuge of the unhappy; Cato du:
bane of the wicked." " Caezzzr's manner
"made even his vice charming; ctC-uo'a, even
'his virtue disagreeable." They were both
great men, but in diﬀerent ways -:msil in
their deasiihs, they sell short of that glory
which has been acquired by Christian he—_
roes. When Cwsarsaw the dagger of Brusi
.tus aimed at his bosom, he was dismsimed
ofhis courage and foetitude ; he could only
exclaim, Et z'u Brute! and yielded without
further resistance. He was not oppressul
siwith that burden which caused nur Saviour
ct- to exclaim, Elaz'. Eloi, [amasabacll'zirza—and
though he-had many times hraved death in
the field, yet, in his last extremity, he did
'not meet it with that calmness and resigna
;ftion, with which it was often encountered
, by St. Paul. '
; As to Cato, though he carried the dog
f mas ofthe Stoics to their utmost extent, he
si eacrificed himseis, and became a viciim to
pride; whereas, had he been: C/zristmn
Hera, he would have submitted to necessi
, ty with a good grace; and not have become
'zhe vienm of an ill-judged and mistaken
i point of honor. '
I'hc before invincible courage of Cassius
Band agreeable in (,:Ltsar; and how the r's- '
gid, or rather turgid, virtues of Cato, Cssmld .
, were pardonablc ; to CRLO, none." " Cz-snr,
, forsook him when he learned the result of '
' thesi'batcle of Philippi ; he gave way to des- '
Or, No Principles but Relz'gion, suﬀicient .:fg
The most pleasing writers on didxctic or
religi us subjects. arc those who mix his
torical incident with their cthics, am} iiius
tratc the maxims (hr-y inculcacc, and :h;
doctrincs they teach, by appropriarc exam
ples. No men crer understoc'd the art of
We!!! acquainted with the Writings ol Line
abideth jbre'ver." i.;
" The world passeth away. dnd t/ze lust-S'
thereof; but he that dost}: the will of God,
rcnzlcting ther study of et'nips agreeable, '
better than EpircttfcttuS, Seneca and Plumrch.
Their writings substantiate th'c aphonsm of
Bolingbroke, that " History is phxlosopay,
teaching bv exampk."
The celebrated Sir Richard Steele was
ancients _; and from them hc, probably, (acts.
rowcd in some measure, th:- pian 'nf his
work, eptitlcd " The Christian Here." I .;
proceeds by way of contrasc; and by the
examples of our Saviour and Sfsi. Pau'si
shessvs how much superior & Chrisiian is to
thc'grcaccstcharacmrs in assathc chthcn
world; and he overthrow; zhsi- Postuiatum
Os BlaChiavilsi-Yhat Psicsigion thrOWs our
minde. below noble: and hazardous pursuits
-—und shcws that it is Rcligirm aiom: zhzg is
capable of inspiring true fsiouitude;
he author has given us those: striking.
and in some degree:, new vicws of tho: ch-siz
racccrs osjulius Caesar, Cato os Utica, Bru
tus and Cassius, Which could (sisinh' bss ob
tained by an intimate acquainiancc'wich the
dered hie scnqnt t_0_ fall 9n him; and -_fell:
pair before all was lost. Like Saul, he or
make a GREAT M AN.
W'rittcn in 1701—8 Sir Richard Steect'e.
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siREVlEW. '
THE CHRISTIAN HERO ,
- From the Alassaclmsetts Spy.
ct'byzsithessfhapdsi. ofssisi his ilsiizvctss.;.--f3;qssisi(3hfisti_asn,si
sictwh'oss hasfany precsic'ligi'ons'ta'sshcsszssfois'm, wssould
;sigo—out of theworld in so sneaking aman
'sssincr. " How sarf inferiotsi was this to the con
'si duct off Saul"! who, zhd' a wicked man.'had
, some knowledge ofthe goodness and mercy
ctssbf the true God;; and. though assured he
should fall in the battle with the Philiistincs,
"he would not shrink from the cause of his
sicsioumry, but was mansuily slain with his
fsosins, and all his men, together, on Mount
sssi'fiilizoa. _
l Brutus was " an 'lzanor'ab/e man." He
i' stecrcd between the vices osCLsar, and the
l .too rigid virtue otss Cato , and, before he
engaged in the questionahlc conspiracy a
lsi'gaisins; Caesar, his ssbencsa'ccor, friend and
i perhaps'natural father, he was a man of ir
: reproachablc character.- But ssss
si "—-—--That famed ghost which in prcsaging
L sound,
! Call'd Brutusctto Philippicts fatal ground,"
it should seem, disarmcd him of his 'sorti—
_ nulei silt communicated a sad impression
! to his mind ; and when it was possible (or ]
' brave men to have delaycd, is not rczricvcd ]
Shew: [he susircz'iurisiy of (11: rsi'hgion
(91 Chrimmz our (haz us the heathen, even
it: that point of view wherein it has been
ss gui-pwcd to be the most defectsilvc ; and it
zlhcctulrl he rccta d by every one who is zraious
tþ support the;. honor and greatly eupcricr
xj/esi mation usth—c Christian rciigiun.
( ' " ﬀv 71 7
Tsisi" LA'lct-zct FORlz; N NzVsi-S.
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ss 7 l-er rcczsizvea at sins office yestcrmgss- by .
Led a deactpatch from lord Wellington, (lated
' du: sortunc ufthe: day, he, without a singtc
rrﬂsi-ction on the duty of rcsignacion to the
divine will, meanly retrcatcd to a thickct,
-si where- he fell upon hie sword and dcmmy- ]
' ed himsc f. ., 1
'Having shcvm wherein the great men of ]
annquiiy, in the heathen World, have sailed
cr cumc short oftruc heroism, our author
prcccedg csio point our some traits in the: cha
" To the Roman citizefzr.
"In the bosom os retiremcnt. occuyssied
with no other cares than those of contribut
ing to the hawzisissrcss of mv fangily au_d
eaghbors, and casting on Romes c!assct1c
terricury aU that pure refined hhsiss whlch :!
[bind embu-ss-d with a ]uv.- oslhe arts can
cnjoy, I was assailed by the ruthless hand
of deeposism, rendered still more heavy by
'ixs being that of a brother; still more gal
ling, as he owcs his life and his hunms to
my intn—pidity'. si
- ** This infernal mandate was, that I
shouid repudiate an endeared wife, And de
sert those children whom nature identifics
with my exiztence; that [should ascend a
throne created by the most horrible persicly
and unite my cssurcs to despoil and subju
gate the yet unconquered part of the
ginbe
" Cicizens—el had no choice between un
conclitional suhmission & immediate ﬂight.
[did nothesitate The Tiber, on whose
hanks l had vainly-hOpedto pass my al
loued term of life, rec eivcd me in her bo
tytu those shorctes which dreadful when
soughcictn hoscilicy, become a sure place of
refuge to the deszitute and the oppressed.
CiliZCnF, fareWeH ; my gratimcle is all I
can leave behind.- May your chains sit
light upon you ; or rather may you soon
cease to hear any, by the intervencion of
that Omnipotent vengeance, which sooner
or Iacer_puuiahes usurpmion. tyranny and
oppressmn.
** 'LUClEN BONAPARTE."
( VJA BOSTON.)
LONDON, Oct. 14.
Government have received and publish
som, and she will was: me, I trust, in sase- (
Lorznoy, Oct. s.
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. omc was issued b) Luci- n Bonepanc,and
privately distrihuted two days after he sail
ed, but was mtmcdiaccly suppresscd by an
official order :
Frpm Bristol paper:- z'a th: 1231'1 ss'Zs Oris
"if '1 /15' Christ an flew." hill thn often '
piiu'u'i end musih ra ad in Enghznd, as Well ss
as by our {sin-si-fzzzhurs in this country. [: si
racrcr of me Christian Uero ; and .gchs
many instances oshcroic conduct in the life:
osSc. Paul. Hc shews also, that Christi
anity is much better caiculatcd topmducc
huoic virtu-s, and love of honorablc fame,
than thr dogmas or philusophy of any of
the p-ssti !: or sccts among she 'hcalhcns ; &
th. opzmon's of so eminent a mgm as Sir
chhard Sneelc, the friend of Addison, are
coaidcd :0 mmh respect and attention.
This smail imt valwble wmk, entitled,
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t/zss: brz'g Fair Lasi ysram Briu'al, Enu'.
hss: following; scsiZdr-css t:- zhc citizms of <
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fsh Coimbra, 3cs-2, 30, m h an :rcnssnsi- ,;
e engsisiagememi cszhe ).6du'nci "77: siss
lays, ' "
'Ihe loss sustaZn-d by the cmmv' ,,
attac ]: on the sif" h has been. enmmcxzzss,
! understand that the Pencjai ,,msiss'
. 'Vlcrie, and general Mctzmm, .nct
wouridsied, and general Simon w ".
prisoner li) thc 52 {i "!; imcnl, and, vss -
33 officers, and 250 men. " 'si'
The encmv h—tt QUOOkzll (! r-n .;si.
battle, and l vndusuand kmm the
ers and desertcn that their iuss in
-cd is immcnse.
The eany did not renew hj, ,, ,? k "
ccpiing by the fire of hisl.- b-hc iron! 5 (m I;];
ss- . , LOXDoz-t', (ssifsfss-rctu'
"w e nave received (}urman pan,..si ctsi ;sssi
(.".{h and Paris jsrurnﬂs to the Q-h me:
Funmi': several arriclr's ssvhzrh liuctSf—W Sunne:
mtcrcst; among u hjsi'si jsi; & :sictm. si-sisihct;
Rci'sic, in Which th': l'r'pzlfzsisizu'd jsizsisisshctne
i! mentioned. Tiah (,Zsich u'rfc-(I .ctmp-ss act— ;sict;
wanrljss-ring about Swlczct-rlznc! 2an prz-sioct .:ctsssi e:
a smct mcognitn, though th.- (;ss-z-ct .sisiss ssssss.
pus ezill venture to give her the :-ct-'c-Msi
majectsu'. Bernadone passed zhro J-I-si-sisi: s -\
the Sd, and was c'chsscced to rrsssizasi H-m
burg about the 'Gch or Tch, on bier. my so
chden.
Accounts from :Copenhagcn, chiPd Scot
28. state thac—si' His majcsty :he- king 1135
issued orders that his rnval hisisiss-Zsssin-cts aisize
prince of Ponte Corvo, irshis paizissgt ehru'
this kingdom to chden, as wss-l? as the
whole of his-suic, shall be treated with the
utmost respect and attention; ():1 she Sth
instant it was reported at Tromszl that to cc
cuttcr brigs had made lsissi- Enghsh si—ct pz
prizea" 'ict
Last VVcdnesday was Zssujm {'ssctcss-m the ex
chequcr about GKOOODOOI. to the hsi-m'ssi to
pay che 3 per ccnc reducui. Long; r-zwl iffi'
perial annuities, also Oisihci' dixss'iden-siis; 03
Friday the bank paid lo the {zssi-zssssk'm, Q'Jd
on Saturday commenccd paying u; zizs puD'
lic at large. '
Lettrrs, from the- Frensh coast, rrcmVSJ
yesterday, state, that eighteen c;.,-_:)LIO
Amcricaa produce, which had bren cctmsis
cated. were carried m Antwctrgz, :uJ Ssfs'
on the ISM Scplsiemhcr, by ord;r 0? 15-403'
parte.
_ _ Dzzzun. Octobexsa
A London evemng paper L—ssss- ct-sisisissssssctsissz
ct'packct, says, dropazchcs c-f ()cwfsi-ct, 5 _ .
received from lord KVc-ii'msifom (33. ,,ssl
baco, 5.- Vss. Us LCysia. fctf-i'cting g'xctssct silsi
to the inhabitants os Coimbru, p,- z-ssct-sisissss-si
he retreatcd from the I;:mkrss (} she: R.",ssxss-nsisi
.go on the lst. May; m: :dmnc-sszj ksi-cctss
Anllans, crosscd she Ictnndss-pn, find ,Lsi-z
]xczd-quartcrs were ;" Tilesvria. 'Lssh- ;rr: had
been some sharp skirmishinssrg.
'Phc Duktln paper,, nonaithzism'fing zsict'nct
above, pzzizfxxhcs an account vi.: C.;um-si ,si
chctobc-r 14, sr' ":. the arms; o! (hfss zzzzss,
Of ViCt'Wct-CK UVCY dle 'Fr'fﬂsh (in {he: 'jrsi' ;ssssi'siss
Zzi ns Octobcr um! that song French sssisii.
sours were: made :: Oszoz'CO:
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" Gen. OssDonne-ZZ has beaten the: si-nsimv
in Paiamas and its vicizzizy; the reach s}?
the cxpedition has lzz-s-n :?ze- (skin;: crisiﬀsiccr
gcn. Shuart, 40 officers, 1800 prissicners and.
Wariikc !torcs. whiuh numhsi'si' ws {zz'isi'fnws—
has arrived at 'Zssm-zsizona, in 79 Zssvss-z'xzrss .vlzli
all the bocty talken from the encrm . L' 'n
O'Docncﬂ, Who was wounded, in thsi i-sssi',
by a mnskﬀt ball, has likewise; arri'si'csid a-si
Attempt an .5'5. jct'sissss
Murat has ac lcngkh musiI-z zm Nut,}: upffi
Sicily, and even by his own cunsﬀ-szzon. hsi:
sailed. 0" Th'? lct'a'n ()stc mssmth, M-W'
conceiving that (he cq-fipnclial gale? hid
commenCcd, and would (arc: our ships "
return to port, cmbarkcd some: accasi-hmcﬂ
which hclcst on the 7th inst. 'ctmsisirz'
but"! no Second battle. I .ssmz u
has obtained such insurmm' Ion ot Mctctss
(uecc, that it is mid he is (it'tfrm ,, u' ,ss
risk another battle even in a pain, ;,u
:hmks his cavalry equal to inch in ssss
l'ﬀﬂCh
Brig. Gcn. Crawscrd has died msi *'>
gai
Additional re'ms-Jrccmcnts are crdssr (- {0
Portugai.
An interceptes ("f-H tcer srom 'Vsffissct msi ssssȝ
cembcr 22, says, we (miss ssssssch (,, ctsssi,
scrzs. chry [tiace is almnclom-d "ix.";
men, children, and aged, an ﬂy."
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sarmgcua
478 rank and filc woundsssi wi
281h.
The British had 5 csszsisi-ctzq 5 ,, sssi
and :97 rank and sue kiiirci ; 3," ssm' siidctizi
non-commissioned officers, and sir, ' "3
and sile wruzsictded. si
The Pssortugu se had 6 (: eke,, ,, ss_
commissioned officers, an ct' 8 ; si, ctsi sisissss'ﬀ;
killed; and 35 officers, 9 ,,ctctsimsi: !
C Why? is)
Amessrngcrhas arrived ssig, 3) . _ss
ns ()i in::
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