Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-10-12 00:00:00, page 3

" foandffl 08le Gasz,
' mon, OCTOBER 12. '
]ury of Berkshirc county,
(saw) have found two bills against Bar
-Bjdwc", one for fraud and peculasi
"done: for surgery. His name is
ﬂock from the list of Counsdlors and At
jct of the court. It jappears by the last
Munis that Doctpr Bidwcll is in Canada.
ctsisiuzcreaty withss England had not been
ctssctedcoexpircfiidwcll might ye: be bro'c
. Wis'hmc'nt- One article Ossf'lhatsitrcaty
lﬂsisidc provision for giving up sugitives from
Several democrats, notfinowzng
. MP- shriow has some time since inferiou
dsihefpubsiqchf he; is now engaged in
nitiﬂizi history of the Unitcd Statcs. lc
,sictmmsi-ly difficult son any person, how
mmnbiassed he may esteem himScls, to
,,siezbistory ofhis own times without
sishsijsiiqg any of &hosc partialicies and pre
Miccsby which every man is more or less
mused. Most of the histories of our own
simqill only serve to assist future histo
zians in compilations of general perussial and
mndard- authoriay. The future Robertsons
MHumcs us America will consult 'our
Fescntvenerabie Bcdcs, Matthew Pariscs
udWilliams of Mulms'simry, where their
scarce'books wiil be found. in consi-ge iibra
ricsand Muscums, ma {indly to follow,
blearcsuliyto separate: truth from preju
ﬄceandsalshood. Though we: believegno
nrhoswritingwhich Mr. Barlow is ca
pbk, willmuch aumcr th:- notice of pos
tcri:_v,yet, as his nsme has at present an
mncscent celcsibrity, it is probable his work
willbeconsiderabiy read. M r. Bariow has
bcznabscnt from America most of the time
sortheselastm'cnty years; and of course
mustbcdcpemlch, other tisiah offiszial do
cumrms,Þ-on the opinions and . relations olsi
others, {ortransacrions thacoccurred dur—
ingihat period. For this reason we would
idvise him anrntively to perusc a work
thichappeared last year, entitled " Me
Ioirs osThomas Jcsscrscn," in two vo
mits. Iris written with spirit, elegancc
dcofrectncss; and while it gives :: saith
ffiss'Y'Y Oslhe times, pourtrajssrs the cha
fitterosMr. ]eﬀcrson in those hues which
will main. as long as posterssity shall rc
m'mberiiie name, or heaven shall susscr
""isimctift't'tthc rs-n that narrates the
ct==dsand drlincatcs the designs of men.
l_3_l108cttry,chhcrc be a little of the mens
vizor, we expect at least some novelty of
Mm-rntor some new and agreeable CX' ss
(ssion osacomnnn scnssciment. Correct
leSsosmetre, rhyme, cadence and accent, ss
4.th constitute poetry. Barlow's CO
yicxsisifl iz not deficient in. Smoothn'cssy
, rand clsig-ssunfzc of vchisicauon; yet
'a"? are not twenty briiliant original speci
Woﬄie genuine fire of poetry in the
"sin! .. .
. : Work. A lace Pmladclphla paper
-cs us the fOHOWing, ss
msi'ctffiﬂp'cl; so'on sunk, this lovely human
:)Zch- ;
WZZLFUH-fimvn in all her bloomirjg' pride,
.ss askenen d. tuded. am} aias _she (ned.
siwsikhsi so s.u!s. the Itlly of the falc,
'ctsiin In"?! -0 si-Fsim postsis or some noxmus galc :
. "" Uk-H, vum ev'ry hope to save
te]??? fitiirin fyom 'sihe darksome grave—
.ct '*—\)n shends now greatly be re
Ugnssh
think, 0'1 think, she had a son! refin'd :
,. ndqm'd with youthsul Chris'tizm grace,
' tie:
Wmight happen, were: enemies to that
1:de
Wect Grand
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Jctfm C.'niai'-1'c ynzmg lady cut oﬀin the
very blown qf !} e."
si'ss-si'h
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. vu-tuc, pure, 'unspotted, found a
ÞQCC;
Yssul Wher
. r'sssiﬂn'ct;
, dil'e disease ! beneath thy ragingspow
er,
" We m informed ssthat a yaungclady
yond all, a son] by sin unstain'd.
* 'ct" days Were innocence and peace ;
ac Sbe's gone where pain and sorrow
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0 sostness, sweet complacence
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sibccome the greatest poet in the world.
ss the usual' mode of nnval warsarc. Alas ! si
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W'ts Zsiut oﬀ rsin' the Bloam, t-asi' sithe Very blbom
oflctt :. _ Had an old lady been cut oﬀ m htsir
bloom,_t the circutnstanCe would hate been
indeed remarkable. She is compared, {or
1 the ten hundred thousandth time to a ﬂower
and a fill). She was cssutassﬀ, droajzed, suctnk,
Was cut down, sickcmctd jadectd, and by con
f sequence-ss-dicd. I't'ude tempest and noxzous
. gale are also tnutologies. I'f she died,,as
. the poetssnvers,wc are ready to co'tnpide with
him, 'that horn: and- skill were sins::lcssss. Bnt
ct she had a soul , and that son! wassirc/z'ncd'
adorssned with _z,c cut/sul grace, pwe, zms-jmt
ted and zmtazntcfdz by sin. There ts _but one
idea in the whole ; an amiable lady died in
ct her youth. '
] have heard : funeral sermon,
which though it consisted os but one {act
and one ssntimcnt ; (the fact that the man
did die, and the sentiment, that we are all
liable to death) yet, attenuated in the: man
ncryof our Philadclphia hard, might be con—
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England, France and Amexica have each
dreamed of the wonderful eﬀects of torpe
does. Barlow dreamed he was an epic
poet; and uncle to the greatest mechanical
gcnius in the world. The Hollands and
Seavcrs dreamed the British navy would
soon be blown to the devil. Fuhon dream
ed that he shouid so cnrich himself that he
could bLsiiid a house of gold, and Elysium
Atchimedes would be his soorman. All's
aback, all knocked in the head.
a [see they all are wa'nd'rcrs ; gone astray
how wildare the dreams of philosophers! ,
how visionary the hopes of projectors !—-si
Each in his own dflUSi072. 'llzcy are-last
In dreams ijimcicd greatness, stzll, still woo
XVashington, predicted that his nephew,
Robert Fulton, would soon put an end to
an Oration delivered before the citizens of}
tity constitutes 3reatuess, he Would soon!
A year ago last July that great states
man, philosopher and poet, ]ocl Barlow, in
ed,
But never man. Dream after dream ensues,
And still they dream that they shall still succeed,
And still arc disappointed."
lines of such verses in :) d? y; and, isq tan
Some, white thcy're children, to the grave
descend,
And lisc' s beginning is to tsitcm its end.
Some to the to nb in l1tzhlht)0tle)"thI ﬂy, *
And m the midst of life and sttength they
die.
At fiit) some fall oﬀ, and blCRU c no more. *
lite um} spurk a zsconde: ]. lite isi 0 cl'.
-\t sixty some coninsiinple with the earth;
Twelve ]usttums irum the fitst may of thssc !"
bi"th.
Some li)c to quite the age assigtct'sisi) to ma').
To seventy yeutS' , to thrce score )ezus and
ten.
To etsi,hty some ende, just tcn )ezus more,
Ere yet the ) itnl breath oslisc 13 0 or
Xthn, astc't )engthen' dli sc osjzyiks tczds,
A man is spat (] to count his ni 101) )c us,
By all consid rate men to. ill bc agreed,
He must be vety vers old 1n celc d.
but is he id'zs besotc those )ccns i.:e told,
He never will survhc to be so 01le
; or when the tlae-siad ol life 15. cut in twain,
As it is now, will be, and was at first,.
Of dust thou art : and shalt return to dust—
Here lies a man, doom'd many a year to live,
Then to the grave his ng—cd limbs to give.
Twice forty years he liv'd, and ten years
more ;
Vhich is an hundred, lacking- halfa score.
Cut down and withcr'd, here he lies at last ;
in the cold, l'rigitl grave his limbs arc cast.
He th'oop'd, he sunk, and now he lics thusiz
low
In the dark grave, to which we all must go.
Had nc iiv'd longer, wc'd not now lzccn here,
All solemn mourners round his sablc mer.
lsitc ssitdcd, sell, and dropt into the grave ;
Nor hopes, nor prayers, nor tncd'cine's pOW—
er, con'id save.
Vain was the doctmsi's skill, & uselcss hope ;
No mortal man with death can altmys cope.
Ah tis & truth, a melancholy truth ;
Some die in insancy send some in youth :
Some quit the n'orH LLS soon as they are born,
And when they first see light are from us '
torn.
A garrison post at NewPort, Kentucky,
has been lormany named Fon'r EUSTIS, af
ter the present Sccretary 3: War, ct
vcrtcd into a clegiac poem, thus—
A man might easily write t'wo thousand
[Exeunt omnes in fumo.
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M Anmrngob the Sd instimt, a't Fricnd's
. meeting house, in ]eﬀersbn count), Virgi
ssni'a, William H. Bmwn, merchant, of this
place, to ]Uartha Wilson, daughter of T ho- ;
mas Wilson. ;
Th: schoo'ner Cornelia, of Alexandria,5
was ]csilt at Surri'nam, Augusr 19, to sail
next day.
Captain Foiger, of ship Edward, arrived
at Nuv York in 49 (hys lrom St. Ubes
lest there brisig Brazilsiian, captdin Luckct, o;
si Achandzia.
ss ter. This is no-mnre, the reader will re
Building Materials, 6, 8, 10, 12
and QOd. nails, tackY, brads, spikcs,
saddlery and Millington Crawley Hccl.
And they daily expect a completicm of
their orders, which, with that on hand will
form a compleat assortmcnt of GOODS in
their line. They have jmt rcccive-cl a
quantity ofwool and cotton Cards, \tht
morc's, and an :zssortmc-nt of" Custings.
THE?" HAVE AS USUAL,
Bdr Izon, Hoon do. hlistcred and other
Steel, nail rods, cut nails, brads and tocks.
They have some Razors of fir'st quality,
a little damaged. (um however sorimmcdi
ate use) that they will seil very low.
SMALL FARM, containing about 60
A acres, called " Hy-blc Vallcy," on the
Mount Vernon rood, about five miles lrom
Alexandria, together with the salsiming uten-[
sils, stock of cattlc. and the present crop of
hay, wheat,siand Indian corn. '
Any description is unnecessary, as any pes
son wishing to purchase may view the pre
They oﬀer for Rent,'
The HOUSE on Fairsctx street, near
Yost's pump, lately occupied by ]amcs
Smith. Possession may be had the first of
Nm'ember next.
Occohcr 12. St
m'sct' J. B. Nickons.
" A vessel arrived in our htshorlast Sun- '
day from Quahrc, under pcculiztr circum
stancsi's, which We: understand to bn thc lol-ss
lowing :——\'Vhile on the ]ss:;tssagc th: crew
mutinird, and determined un murdvringj
the captain. Of! his bring apprized nsthis .
horritl (] "sign hc begged so. a shm-t stsptfc -
to prepare himsclf lnr etc mit), to which
the") withd z'sstcuit) asssihtrzsil. He has ac
cordingly permitted t ) retirct- mto his cahm,
and m thc intert-aal dilocttc d him, he contriv
ed to 3: crest himself tmtht sst'h zt' lS caUcd thc
scuttle. Astcr the limittsiri time had cxsszir
it], the inhumrm wretches repaircd to the
cab'ssnto nccomphsh (htir (Hulmlicztl ]ssrUr
pose, but finding the cabin windows open,
and not discovering thric- intended tiuim.
they concluded that he th thrown him
s-z'ti'in'sio the sea. On the arrival of the
- .tsisscl here, ?: rc venusi: officer went on lsioard
um! w :ts tohl h) the m ss-tc, t . Hringlcn her of
tH' mu !; yss tfs—t t th-cc czmt 35} in a fit of 13
sanity, 'f*:'-\,."}111\s-:! out! wind, . nd wax
lnst . and u hilssss h:ttast<}l}nqt.1c story) tht
r'_aptnintu nts i..st:..tc Uhstsimntizct-sh made
his appearance. it 55 sczn-css.})' IV'"(T<,"$.'-$ZH',' t"
add that lht: tsszih'ms hate [)ccd taken into
custudy."
collcct than .ve ('ahulated' uponsiin :] for
mer paper, and [roh'tbb is the last act Os
dchgattd suthtzsirit) utthe Spsi- :msh iunta. in
savur of their gem! friend and ally king
Georgc- Ncw we m? )" t'onsolc ourselves
withhmingtcte Br't: zsh lw th in our [tom
and r til" - lhsi'y have now tue: masufr I.:t-y
to the \Vcst Imlizt sstmd-si, and can cnsiiy
contrnl that of the Mffilssizrm. lsitn !s migssht
have been easih .fprt-t'c-ntcct (i, in our o! in'mn,
i-sourju-st but too srssn-bfaring govermmnt
had Scizid tiet am "s on th tt Hurt of West;
Florida whi- h th?) claim. Ihc fnrus un-i
dur (}cn. Wilkinsem on the Sahinect, Ws'uh'l'
have been ttscfttllj: t-mplnyt-d un tltEs mrca-l
sinn. and how St'L'Ul't'd u- zhe U. Stxttcs:
advantages which strf' now n1'>.t' (! Him]: to !
be obtained —Ausiusta C'"/zraniusi-, tSspt. .:2.
Have just recsisiivcd per sh.p W iiliam and
John, from Liverpnol to this part, chief
part of their SHE FI'IFI D GOODS or
LU l LERY, . tzd some p? l't of th ir Bir
mingham GOODS consisting of :! ge
neral assot tmf nt c-s IRONsissI NGERY,
Among w/zz'c/z m'c— 1
— FOR SALE,
Th'.- sollowing extraordinary scorv is co- :
picd srom the Cork Advcrtiser of A'ugust
last :—
The British ﬂag is ﬂying on the Castlez
of Pcnsacola'. -Our inshr-n—xatiOn is dsitsivcd
from a gentleman 17 days from that quar
"' " **-* 'ss - . " ' '- si" ""T' 'Twrroffifﬂ
Jul 21, law
LlDDCY nd Cat ne,
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This 15 to gi"c notice, that the
suhscﬂhch (: sssv ushinsi-zcm mussl) , in (!;(1 n'is
sstisi 01" L'uhzmﬄa, !:usss (:! tained from the (n'
plwn 5 couxt o!A10:<ar.<!: i: crunty !ettms !cssi
hm -1'si1t1:_'-' on the estate 0! In nxius Juv lccl,
late of the count) !a at mentioned, ( CCCzhcd' ,
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' :!!! pcrscns having claims age-inst the mid do—
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cc-sizscd, ::re hereby warned to cthbit the
same with ths; vouchcrs thereof, to the sub
scribcr. nnctssnr before the ]ILh (key nfr'spl'il
next; or ;!1-1*_V may by !:xw Lo. (ctxcz—sissycd from
a}! bcncsit to said cskf-nlc ; and (host: indcblcd
to said estate are required to make immedi
ate paymcnt. Givc-n under my hand this 12th
day OsOCYODCl', 1810.
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Franms I. \ctca]c,
Esix ) 0] ]qsizmtius sunigrcl.
B) Matthew Hobinsnn and I'rancis
B'Imph} , his Anomics.
October 12. - (cto4w.
I. P. T HOMPSON,
AJtarnsic-y ct Law,
IN T1-. NDS pmctising in the Circuz't Court
for the county of Aleaamlvia—His (ssNe is
on Failsax-stchsit ney ( door aouth of his sa
tssher's dwelling-housc. _
October 3. — Staw-Kw
ssss A NEW NOVEL,
ENTlTI ED
Orphan's Court,
Act'cxmzsscsi'ria C'ounfgss, Uc'lO/siﬂ' Term si—I 810
()rdcrcd, 'lhat ii-e cxec: los of ]rrblius
]um'grl, ('A-ceased, do i-nsfss-rt the following ad
vcrtiscmem three times in LLLLLh week {m sssour
"'ccks, in the nsslexundliu D.:ily Guzeuc. _
Testc,
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Alexanacr Moorc, Reg.
55 The PSubscz ibcr wishm ;;
to remove to the v. cctstwa m; of} ..rs lo!" :utc [ctc
I' XR Zsi] on \"h?:!.:10 a' w 'csur lt-Sidt's, lying
conrisi nous to Alcxcssmhiu, Gcrzssctoun us. (! (Lc
( it) of W asnifigwxsi: ; c. men miles smm l' :0,
sisist and a less m music from the two latter—
containing: about four hundred and twenty
ugrcs, on which are good intprcvcmcms; :a.
large and (()M'esricsint Ducliing House, !-'.-_si.v
and nearly c z-mplcsisit, to accommodute ;. lsin'zzf
{fc-miictv ; t(;;_-<:tz.=u' visi'h stamin} (;lissu' ].C-LSLS
sniinlﬂc: veil \ zcsi r-(d ::th in a i.e.izlssy
ncigsinsiburhom}. 11. 15 t'ssn: gr.. ' ::zzuccfrrarj' 10
ay 1.1oxc,prcsu ming :m) pss- l':>'(!} vi-ct'sssizix 5.- 11
purcnzct sc wiii \i--w the. prc n-Zscs, tnd 0]: 9!)
phwuon to 'Mz. Daxwctxct Mxxon, os Alcx. n
drisis, or the subscriber, tLe terms Bill be
made known; and the purchasier can h.-.ve
possession this fall, with the crcp Us wheat
l'ycnow sowing.
. , .
Edward Duhn.
Arm ther: ry and Dluog-siisl, l'aixl'ax stzcet,
m. (-( dom lsielmss 11. (: ( 1}. ('rofhsiv- (55 5trcct.
\\ ho is appointed (15an hr this city am":
((,unty.
ALSO ["O]? S/L'LIZ,
A general ;..ezr-zmtmcz'sit us Lungs and Medi
cines (:!si !. (- si!" (quality.
?..sscc, Ntmsi c;._;s, Ciou s, Pcppssr, Mspicc,
CTllgz-r L-z (siizn Þ'Lz'zs'uz'., Alum, (jovzpcms,
Bkctlnu', dulfg-c'silc, Brims'sson-ss, (hc—wihgr TO—
bacco 01 dulrsirwr quctiily, Spa: nith tfsims,
&c. &c.
A mxcticty ss cdcssamted , T,!(Lf nt 'llc-umz'ucs.
and Retaz'l
Octob er 12. - (!
ss A scw Setts os elegant Coachce ..nd
Gig Furniture ofthc latest fashiomsi—
Which they cB-si-r ior szlc :.t (in it SU-re
corker of King and Roy al sttects, U/l-ct/csalp
Patectnt Infallible Columbian 05]
A MliDICINE celebrated lor its (ssfficaxssz
in the (me of " consumptions, rheumntism,
pums in any part of the body, cokis, ('(sizughs,
looth ache, cholic, cxtcmul :md internal
b. uiscs. spr'uains, vouvds, scalds, Lurns anda
varhty osother discuecs,"just1eccived a: (]
for sulc by
Richard H . Litle,
r' FALL GOODS
Adam Ly nn & Co.
Havejust rece ivec/[zer t/ze s! zctsil.'z'actm 59 :} c/m
stam Liucrþac
A GENRRA! ASSORTMERT cx=
Ironmongery, Cuclery, Brass, jap
ned and Plaz cd GOODS.
A .! 3 0,
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By the William and John direct to (his ] '1 !,
_ and other assrrivssa/s .A'cn/l,
THE Subscxiber fias lcccixcd thc wlmlc
oﬀis Fall importalion, coj-sissiting
of a general assor'mL-nt of
Just received for sale by
Scjztcmbcrj 25:
siOclobcr 12. iaw
Octobcrl 12. (1
Qctober 12.ss (XLW M &: l' 4'.vsi_
The Sailor s Friendship;
me,
T he Soldier s Love. -
-—PRlCE ONE DOLLAR—
Woollen and Cotton Goodct'.
John Lloyd.
james Kcnnedy, Send
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