Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1807-03-06 00:00:00, page 3

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teation. It is a fact that* Brititk frigaMtlately
Wilt to La Vera Crus & took ia Three Millions of
IWferrr.withwhich she sailed about the latter end
,, of January. Twoother Britishfftgates wereraomcnt<
«Jyexpected, (and tom Wp6*ts say that thoy had
arrived) to- taka off Eight Millions ' more. We
know of a certainty, that several America* veueh
..‘ham keen hi*ed togoto (a Vera Crux, to take, off
•peqy. These vessels haye Spanish permissions of
, Toum, and they arefurnisbed with British Fass
• porta. These things would Bot"be done without'an
'understanding between the two Governments.
>: AfUepf, Pans papers td tike S8tb of December,
t/wfcfcl* we received last,night, contain some papers
%bikh office Spainm terms that prove that hercon
**:
fittClhas tf^cited some attention in France, and that it
^Sai been felt SpSpain, Those who know the state
iOf the Press in both Countries will make due allow*
^ awe far the caution with which they speak. A
^Paris Journal of the lbthof Dec. thus remarks :
• • “ In the critical situation to which the enemies
|e^ of France have been reduced in eo short a time.
it is notwonderful that for w&pt of an army ca
., v*‘pable of resisting, they should have sought easi
, er and more sbamefol means of fighting her.» We
*i4* might range under this bead, the absurd e'onjer
v*.‘ tures formed upon some military dispositions of
,. ** Spain’*—(then speaking of Austria, and,alluding
, to an article under tbe Madrid head, fire Journalist
* adds)—** The court of Spain bas every thing togain
«* in the alliance to which it bas remained faithful;
f end that of .Vienna, being at ldrgth fully awaken
edto its own interests, sees in the new order which
- w is preparing, the end of those political eoovulsi
" ons that have *o long rent Europe.ift r -
.Wesall soon bavejan occasion to expatiate mpf*
„ “ atjarge upon this important object.” . ' ■
||^ The following is the article alluded to : 4^
*'* * *'•" "" r, MadbitvNovember 1.
' We have been greatly surprised here at the Strang*
’ interpretation given by a French Journal to the
Proclamations which had been made for the pur*
pose of putting our military forces on a tnpre for
midable footing, preventing the degressions which
-the situation of Europe might lead Spain to appre*
bend, and those dangers which the genius of Napo
leon has so soon caused to disappear. Closely con
nected as Spain bas been for several years past with
“France, both by her commercial interests’ aiid by
'Tier policy, as soon as she saw the war break pat on
$|he Continent, she put herself in Apostate cither to
pfessist her ally op to resist the enterprises which
England might make, either by hersetf p|> by her
aid of the powet engaged in the coalition. newly
formed against France. Nothing assuredly but a,
profound ignorance of the red situation qftlnseoun
try could occasion a doubt as to the part it had ta
ken between a powerful nation wbicpcafcga every
thing.to defend us, and is in want rfnajfeag- tf rfn.
us injury, and an enemy employed for these 5 years,
past, in destroyingpur navy, undermining our trade,
pillaging our treasures, and laying wasteour coW
Hies with the torch of rebellion.
. ■ -.r ■ . _ - -
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Another Paris paper of the 23d of December coo*
"#
tains the following observations:
It is asserted that hi* majesty,s wishing tn _
to the king of Spain a proof of his friendship and
desirous also to see the Spanish army on a reporter
We footing, which may enible it fa Co-operate tt*
wards the common advantage, has, opt only authoris
ed the recruiting % Spain, of 25,000 naif, to bi
taken from ainongst tbe, Pni*ian prisoners, buVhas
(Consented that 2.5,000 more shall be point th<,dii*
posal of the government' of .Madrid, witto the sola
condition that the Prussian prisoners, amongst whom,
they shall be chosen, shall be freely enlistea muTcauj
only he employed in the military service. |
?■ ’This news is so much the morersmaricablefirldr
these six weeks past, extraordinary runtoufa have
been spread concerning tb» armaments of Spain.
The fact wc now. publish clearly annoonces-that his
Majesty is well informed of the motive of these ar
maments, and that the, connexion between the loro
courts was never closer than** teSsent. i M-'
*, We believe .there are few * persons, whncOnaidei
this article with attention, thatwiH conceive tki
ifcsn king of /Spain' will, takfitbis «i a ,f
If
the Emperourof BranCe selspts troops for^SpAin,
A *■ e* w|ito muk dorf
, ' i •- • v.\ Wi. if-v
pend
Wk'-’-'
, A
-A Paris paper*compares.
sparte^restiriByg
feeedotn to the Poles, to Hiiiile restoring, ..in Bay!
Msk ol jlatjliwwt people, ■ the independence *f
0rtK^i’^il0OM, acquainted wid»bistpxy,4adv‘
what sort of - htdepeocence the* Greeks; obtained
fokthe Roman*—andthe I^ witt^mow in
, .p0$
i*W::
,w
*% -
1 7x,.
•*»*t for suspeodinglhe bene^bftimvm^^f Hay
j**V>rr«*in Irda^ Jntraii^^iwe^h.^,
Upassed ^he/Howe ofRep»tee«tati<S*e, the Sd
.til
■■ms,
::^- yr »**? :■
.~«K,T”“^ tesa»»T1
,v. i vtkh poa
AjJ«
less the Lu^eatnad n»Otr._!^fF^ ._
e instrumentality
iai tbeffairte'nndconStHutioh of human natural bu
.‘it::_.:ti;
evisr been the grrnt (undattwtita) object of aji motel
speculation. •> Science, in its mdr and diffusivacoro
jpair, -dees hot embrace a subject of an higher phi
losophical Older, or hotter calculated to fill the
mind with the'moat exquisite intellectual sensibili
ties—»nd hence it it.' that we feel within us a tun.
tumm astonishment *nd indignation, when we be
hold a certain Met of pseudo-politicians* eedeluded
by the sophist* ef the imagination, a t# dabo
l»te “a |frk>ri, % whde hast of unmeafliogdatu
nH4 posttriatums,and from them to bnih) nptltp
pk« and platonick republics, instead of mhyhig
and analysing the human character, «nd unfolding
the latent ipw of Imnian action. There are
•dme philosophers too, -who {delighting more in the
%aaiiit and refined subtleties.the elegant tiptoe and
twwllated variegation of theoretical schema;, than
in sensible substantial experiment) would probably
ptefcr to adopt the spdrioua abortion respecting the
iftffttenceof climate, o< to mealmre the frtaesa or
unfitness j£ moral, principles by the degree* oftheir
Coincidence s non-conformity to tbc iamomcik ln
'Pythagoras: but to ope not <h»* surround
ed by toemagickfCircle of fancy; to one, contem
plating the rotations and affinities o" “
h rough
a purer and mote transparent medium,'
these
etberial abatraciionrare but pram-sick hereticks—
intellectual shadows, ;,;jtisainaxim, approximat
ing- top much to an axiom to be contested, that
man may imbibe way principles whatever j he may
be generous and humane, or illiberal and covetous;
livfiy and volatile, or austere, pblegmatick and sa
turnine ;ho may widow hie* mind'with the most
virtuous sentiments, 'or degfadilf themp®4
mdValizing -habits ; ha may softt|f bts.bWi.it with
oif the pojwand goodly lections, 4|&trUyinto&
ndansaot. Jtesi&s, ' Wp^ihay dise§^t$*%*8«i4
ous scrutiny j that there hre certain ;xtert»al<«iiin
stoncee'and contingencies which tendto fccmnmend
and accelerate jut the human broastj spmoone par
ticular cliaractorof other. Nothing i j '^re-geno
rally productive Of gW effects in this' particular
than dramatick e^Sljtiorts ^ ^
T» wake the nMthr tender mb*® of* a
To raise the geniu*,'and to mend the heart,
y CorthU, the tragick muse hot trad the stage,
Commanding tear*, to stream thro’er
JV’Igtjr 60 ”»w» thefi Swage natu-dshept.
^fXaOtfeto Tirtpgi wondered hoar ih*jf wej*>
'--rkT'
The theatre smoothes and __
*ind irregular points of oeni&lure.
gross and unseemly, and purifies what is.ro.
H lights up all the virtue* in tbe hqagt, wfaic
before like fm sepulcrual lamps, tbit emit
inetfertualcrrpusck piodurjjng; “ darkness
The Greeks were so convinced of this tend*™
the dram*, inculcate etfcilal doctrines, an„ hr
mulate to good actions, that ampng them it wiui
made an object of serious political mofifemt. We
a« informed by^AbU Barthelemy, that afch
was its estimatwn in Athens, about the second
9f seffnty-fffth Olympiad, that a much larger
ftnd wa% appropriated to this purpose, thanwhat1
^ requisite'Mwaga the wars of , the tejfaMick.
|lus was theeporna invasion rAifcea.,
m always been celebrated faults politenessandr*
finement-~-t.here tb% .character of pum%a|;:,a'fair
Cvrmidiau pil?ar,ieb?cb embellished and confirmed
the XWtci luperstructureof govermuent—tbere the
two.pnlpial prttciples of human conduct," (tbesel
Pffawere so. harmoniously 1 mingled,
unitedf Rltevie gravitating and Centrifugal forces *
the ephefpl, ’ with such beaye^*""^-^--Ai
Jmpjaness, unalloyed, and
is purest
ment, every where prevail
Aeschylus,
ales andEnripidea, by tiMjft..
(those\ eternal
monmnents where Grecian #
:nsbrined)«A»
tribute*}' grlktlV to '*
non jrf.this etfafe^.
and why it not the stage mice tUweufuu ui
times ? Do wesopiMc .'tfatMhe' fa*
WUn changed by ih* faaWtiyrj
Gothsand Vandals, ' Ijr
‘tween tbe ancfait and _
during chain of causes a
of thebigfc creator, a.
las been seHrUd by the,
erst
? Or do. we
soscitatfaa, miviog l
lathe ||ine
we think
fn*,effect twd thfai
pand^ywy ago, would &<
“Wr»M«teip%A
opens far
ternplatioo the yu
• W»|W2t Of
J volume of
nous
’ na pntm wnjyh
djnplays alt _
separa
sickly filhea of jealous
►4th.
of fa
>«# *y«p||| whirl,
•cepes of the world,
had cotoditiOn of bii
finr form h sedh jn itt timi. aSlaring atUtade, am
Wear* cautfaifad nsainsTfacn^li^aad^' ™
• ulaWewjfrikg jfatrafc *;5g
—j falw^ wean ■Ti7fcs—«n«;'
;tfidicnfafai jpgrat'-na* «»
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&**«!
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: ipnBo«|jai£rfs
[ «*wwftF »bk*«m«* the *
I flxebdta the imperiecUM*
f&Hiaij aerVice, h***
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. iW-p^lf
M*fceen nbtaaljr v*r,
_.,, iiiat
^fofMvicthai
TtHpii'm jtM progt«M>:
Jwjitfctfesd off in ka« ;tlM|f9«oilvJpt:^a>»
attack, and, all of %-m, Jfrfag '*»*
Ill^-ks Or *or*u tnlMi/,■^T,I* * * “*
w» *7,luuBtuiikuun» '.
P»..k a* Confer,,®Jit
mod* fco« yet been iniarp^d,
, . young
should be welcome to .such ac'cet
honse nfii^ttsd, foraftfr- days. ^ jjgjgylij
Burrrode to tfif door, atid^
imtyny bolide, wj&re'fi* remain
hng which tiim .t did.
*hwit the separationafaepos
i&r dtd.I heartim cty day
reported; ftnd'by ^^any,fc^^“'-, * riX*x.+OMi
disnjembennent of the _
ted. my tews,1 th^fjwtevesr : hisff^ject
t- b#ibe traiKjuUity of the westerti ctentrv
,, .<* he intertrujrtcd^foi; .that he -fcpitf «■
wtrh mysteiy, »ttspi^y^^ W 4^Wp>ira i
1 ear^Uy^hcited^«losurt^h«|n^tt—
■is answer .weontnined in a letter herewith, uitdar
jjte date of the ,25th October last. q
discovered in the’iAlbvei reciMflittt
Wutfidence-r-‘A nd|fi
Cincinnati, in Ner
fi|8y tansy view, a
hoi^hti’.f
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