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a .Hou1ekeeper wanted.

LIBERAL wages will be given - &,
o a.s; Woman, capable of managing the
affairs OF my family as a Hoa/szeessr.-
a middle aged woman of a mild dih,oG
ton and regular department. will be pre-
ferred, as part Of her attention will be
necehary IN experimenting nuriery of
young children. =
CHARLES LEE.
December -, 1900. eodtf
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a 7t577tOeT ct UdIllabze cots
in different Gtnations, TO be lold--allo, a
brick houfe in King -areet, in the tenure
OF Thomas Crufe "a part of the purchaie
money will be. taken in Alexandria Bank
flares at par, and for: fome of the lots. A
lexandria. Iniurance flares at price TO be
agreed on. For part Of the purchaie mo-
ney Of either, aliberal credit may be had.
1T Month 9TH. co
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judges would decide i'll the fame way and
thus man cxerciting one of the mott inn
portant functions Of treemen, that of In
vcfigating the conduct Of public agents.
nalghs be. charged witha variety of matter,
and having witnenes at d:Aznce, who
could e.lculpate him from all, except one
or two fthe lightea charges, will be re-
fufed time to procure theie witneifcs and
will be punifhed for what he really is not
guilty. Theie, he }aid, were reafons mi
litating very frongly in his mind againlt
the continuance OF this law, and thele
were the evils which he had before itated
as having arilen in practice, ard which he
thought furnifhed frorg additional argu
ments againa the expediency of the mea-
fure. If gentlemen would Unfit that theie
were evidences of corruption, it was no
fault Of his, for he certainly had not called
them 70. Had he been inclined to charge
the Judges with 7vifal eo,yuptiou, he muit
have purfacd different method, by TAX
ing up the publications themfelves which
were called libels, and declaring them to
be confident with truth and juitice by
declaring againf hecondust Of thole who
were ceniured, and vind;cating the writ
| iDgs of thoie who were puniihed. But
this it was impoMble for him to do, as he
had never feen either Of the papers for
I which their authors were tried, except the
letter of the member from Vermont, and on
! this he had itudiouily avoided giving an
opinion. They might or might not have
contained fictitious matter; it was not
now necenary, he faid, to make the en-
quiry,nor did he deem it eGential to de-
ternsiae whether the dcciiions cf the court
we're legal or illegal.
To his.ynind rhey appeared as ftrong ar
! guments againf the revival Of the law,
which he could not help faying he had cx
Pected to have heard anfwered in a differ
ent manner, than by the frain Of unquaIi-
fled abufe, in which the gentleman from
South Carolina fAlr. Harper and the gen
tleman from Delaware (Mr. Bayard) had
INDUCED themielves againif the author.
OF the publications in queftion, and ir
which he law no great Rrength of argu-
n1ent In favor Of the rcfoiution or the table,
Nor, fir, ia;d Mr.. N..can I readily cen.
ceive the reafon why all this c,amor las
been RATED about rvilfuleoyyaption, nor why
gentlemen have been 70 extremely folici-
tous to defend the judges upon char
ges which never were made againfs them
| ihould have imagined that ny interrupt.
ing the member from Conneaicut very
early in the debate, and diiclaimins the
language, would have given their oblerya-
tons fome other direction, from which we
might have derived fonle fnall portion Of
infruction as well as amufement but ]
have been nifaken, for this is fill the
theme upon which they are 70 delightedly
harping; they have rung all the changes,
and founded all the notes in the gemal.oi
eloquencc, from the lightyondo of the men,
Der from Connecticut, to the fnblimc Eo,7iL.
yfmo of the two gentlemen from South Ca,
rolina; from the grave and folemn 61yys of
the member from Delaware, to the dxleet
piano Of his friend from Mafachufetts.
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Eromthe Nszu-E Eng land Palladium,

r.
OBSERVATIONS on THE COR
RUPTIONS OF LITERATURE.
The improvements Of a nation are .ccu-
rately exprehed by the fate of language.
Every new complex idea, which is formed,
requires new term; hence, language be-
comes the thermometer of nn,ional cha
-rattcr, tate, puriui,s, and the various arts
and improvements OF civilized lie. The
Greeks were fubtle, lively people. They
carly turned their attention to poetry, cri-
ticifrn, painting &c. conlsquently the
technical terms, which belong to thele ie-
veral Rudies, are of Grecian origin. The
French excel in ratification, dancing, In
trigue, sc. Of courle, the appropriate words
are deprived of that language. The Eng
liih are deep thinkers, and apt to make
nice logical definitions; hence, the Ian
guage abounds with words nearly fynor;-
NOUS. Not content with expecting them
ielves in iuch a marrer, as merely to be
underitood, they ielect words which accu-
rately limit their ideas. From this pro-
penfity to nice determination, the number
of words nearly fynonimous, has become
70 great, that we,carl define the Meet fhades
Of thought. AS languages is formed from
the general exigences offociety, twill al
ways be Gandard, by which we can efti-
mate the Improvement or degeneracy cf ma
| tons, at different periods Of time. Du.
| ring the reign of Auguhus, the latin Ian
guage reached its higheG fage Of perfceai-
! On; but under the 1ucceeding Emperor,
the taiae and manners Of the Romans were
corrupted, literature and the arts were ne
g!ceted, and the language loft its purity,
correctness and majeay. Succeeding wri-
tiers were fudious Of curious and extraor
dinary thoughts, ard aimed at new and
uncouth modes Of exprenion. The French
language has undergone change in many
refpeets 6milar, free the days Of Louis
XIV. In late writers, we hnd common
and obvious lubjeas treated with all the
parade of metaphysical dlqu;ftion. The
moh familiar and prominent ideas are fub-
tilted and refined, till they elude all COM
| Prehenhon. The nervous implicitly OF
writers, who lived before the mind had
reached its prefent fate of freedom and
elaiticity, is neglected and deip;led, and
iomcthing REGENTS udit7nm ore aLio, fome-
thing never yet heard or thought of, con-
fitutes now the only title to the character
ola philosopher. AbRrae ideas are the
agents in all difficult operations, and from
the true machinery of modern philofophy
The moR celebrated fpceches, which have
come from national afiemblies, convent.
ons, committees, clubs and magifrates, pre-
fent ideas in an evanefcent fate, iripped
of every thing which gives them beauty,
particularly, and energy. Like the "a
.bled heroes of romance, placed upon enchan-
| ted ground, at the dubious hour of twi.
light, we are furroundcd with appari-
TOES, with Uniformed fhadowy beings,
with whom we are condemned to hold In
tercoarfe.
The celebrated Dean Berkeley clearly
forefaw that this abffraf mode Of philofo.
phizinO ssyould he 1eadino feature IN fhf
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pare aaofeis to the Legislative body,
: The maxim of the government 4.
the denunciations, which attack rah,;,
funstionaries, at this time, fill full Of ~.
remembrance of ancient diviGcn. ouobt ~
be weighed in the balance Of iuaice. AND
verified by the mott Rriet examinations
INFECTION becomes every day NOR.
active, and responsibility more clear, and
approaches nearer to perfection.
. The government has thought itne
ceaary to apply itfelf to the confederation
ofall the principles, &c.
S Thus the public Treafary was eo,,l
~ ignorant of the fans received, &c.
g Public infrusion has affirmed be,
ter direction and higher aetivity."-
Ole! JAM Ezas ss.
Asnany late Englih writers have ADOPT.
ed the principles Of the French fchool, thew
have Hkcwiie given them the fame dreis.
If we compare the writers Of the Auguaau
age, in England, with thoGe of modern
date, we fl,all find that the purity, the To-.
gical prccificn and Gmpl;c;ry of our Ian
guagc, have given place to Ryle Of wris-
ing, abfract, vague and incomprehenGble.
Dittion is the drsis Of thought. If, there
fore, the ideas of thefe writers are like the
dreams OF hcls man, void of lubaancs
and fynmeiry, it is natural to expect, tina,
the draPcry fhould be Of The fame fhadowy
character. The refined mode Of thinking,
70 prevalent at the preient day, approaches
70 near the " limbo of vanity" that to
the eye Of common fenfe, its appearance is
very dubious and hazy.
/ The language OF Milton, Dryden, Swift,
| Addition, Pope and Goldfmith, prefen;s
ideas in 9 manner luminous and diAina
but the language of certain modern writers
exhibits picture 70 lhaded, confufed and
obfcured, that the mind receives no diff
tinet impreiiion. When wetake up Eng
lifh writers OF the old fchool, we ccnveric
! with friends and familiar acquaintance,
| we find ourielves among rea! objects, pro-
! perly Illuminated, and dilpoied in luch
manner, as to produce the fnea effect but
! whenever we chooie to meddle with any
of theie modern fhow-men, let every man
| look well to his wits, and if he fpies an
idea, in reading five pages, let him" THANK
I God and make no boat oft"
i Locke and Edwards traced the mott te'
nuous relations Of ideas, and exhibited the
mott abRraa conceptions, in fuch man
ner, as generally to be underGood but II
is among the improvements Of the preientt
age to write critically, beautifully, ara
philoiophically, without the toll OF think
ing. 49,, g.,
An example or two will illuirate th''
fubieet. The monthly reviewers inuc'
duce to their readers Mr.. Codwin,s e0l-
ton of his wife's poahumous works $. N n
the following very refined, and pol'lasf
fentence. Vulgar tears Il. e. the teaf 80.
vulgar men who are bleG with nothing ~,
honefty and the common feelings OF na'uls,
fall and evaprate, without Leaving Co., s~
trace behind them; but the tear OF an ~
ton Il. e. Mr.. Godwin's tears tor the ~.
of his minrefs, are the only genuine '. =.
of afeefion) is often chryitalized Dy ~
Il 70 cd ~
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stfleih but ne and thoic who FOLEY.
ID him thought proper toprocfed and give
contradiction TO my ,anguage wLica
am perfuaded il will not bear. y
The cafe Of Mr.. Cooper who was tied !;
In Philadelphia under this law during the )
laR winter was another in which gentle
men en- the other fide OF the houfe ieemed
TO think he had been unfortunate In the
1eleetion OF, as anevidenee Of corrupt con-
duct IN the courr. But, faid MIR. N. in
what manner was this cal. tated By me:
Cooper charged with having publiihcd
libel with intent to defsme the PRECEDENT
ct the United States, in which libel it was
laid that the pre1ident had declared certain
opinions. Cooper relied on exculpating
hinieif by proving that il anfwers to GER
tain addrenes before that time prefentcd to
the PRECEDENT, he had uttered thefe opinions
zndenquired Of the court whether he ihould
be allowed to offer as teftin.ony to the jury
a book in which all thele anfvers were COM
piled. lie was expressly told by the court
that the book was not evidence; he then
demanded a fubr1na for the preident him
lelf, which the court pofitively refuicd to
grant for reaions which / prefume they
thought fuficient. This produced conyer-
iationan after Tome time the book WAS
iuHered to be read, not by the opinion of
the court, but by the ipecial favor the
attorney for the United States, 4uitbont
-lD5e/e rox/enf it could not have gone to the
jury. But, iir, what relied Or was the
refufal on the part Of the court to graut.a
Subpoena for the preGdcnt, which / mutt
iuliiay is IN my mind an evil of very feri
oasnature arifng not from the corruption
OF the court, but from the very nature of
the law irtelf. For if perion charges the
preiident of the United States, whole cha
ratter it is one OF. the principal .objeGs Of
this law to defend, with having writtencer-
tain things, and the court fhalI decide as
they did in Cooper's cafe, that,a newipa-
per publication or book containing the
writing Is not evidence to go to the Jury,
how is the fact Of writing to be proved
unless by the tcfimony Of the writer him
ielf, or by the manufcript copy which
there is no probability of his procuring.
And where, 4 would beg leave to ak, is
the charged 1ul,xleovu5nou in the court.
Indeed, MIR. N. faid, he ihonld have
imagined that men of found, accurate, diff
eliminating minds, luch as his adveriaries
poiieiied, If they had really believed that
ne meant TO charge the court with 4vil1xI
fo,,npti01, would bave taken "a hronger
ground and would have argued that the
aDuie OF the law, was no argument againa
the law itfelf which would have been a
much more fubtantial anfwer than their
defence Of the judges againa charges which
nobody had made.
The laf cafe he believed of thsfe which
had excited 70 much ienfbility, was that
tired IN Virginia. Without mentioning
all the particulars in the conduct of the
court which he thought furnifhed obiec-
lions againf the law, he had noticed that
only which went to refu{al on the part
OF the court TO grant time for III, ,,arf,,,
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lhe maxim now hould be, " Let a
emu o as be blea/es and 7uben be is old be
7DdH he peysd." By adopting this plan
the genius, unrefrained, would hrive and
gro7v n inereaE to an amaSiug Ese-
ichool-h oufes and meeting houles would
not De able to contain ia play .houie
would fcarcely be fuRicient for the pur-
Poie--lt would bowud through the uni
vegie, ike a young roe upon the noun
tains, ard, at length, with one t,smeu-
dous expl9Eon, 0 unlike that of a me-
teor, would land the foul in the eteyua!
Neep IF death.
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From the Mew- England Palladium.
The PROTECTOR.

THE education Of youth is a fubjea of
great importance. From the time inaruc-
ton is hrit given to the infant till he, ar
rlves at manhood, parents and guardians
are entruited with his mott valuable inter-
eits. They will, therefore, be folicitous
to undertand their duty in this important
Partlcular.-In my pyoiea, on this fubjett
| fhall briefly hint to the methods Of educa-
ton which have been adopted, and fuggeR
iuch improvements as comport with my
general deGgn.
Children, in the greater part Of the ia
miles III New England, are early taught
the exiftence Of one God-his power,
goodneis and glory.-They are made to
know their own vilene(s-the wretched-
nefs ofman, ard their danger Of punifhment
hereafter, if they perlfe in iniquity. They
are alto led to the meeting houfe or church
where the clergyman, in a grave and To-
Tenn manner, fpeaks of virtue and Of vice,
OF hollne{s and fin, and attempts to diff
fuade his hearers from purifying paths lead
ing to mifery.-They are feEt to fchool,
where the bible is daily read-where there
are alto many moral lectures given-where
ldlene1s, leyity and profanity aredifcounte-
nanced and fometimes punifhed. Here,
alto, they are compelled to join in prayers,
which are, morning and evening, offered
to God. The old fafhioned catechifm, is
alto taught in ttefe fchools and fometimes
at home, and perhaps, ALTO, the clergyman
of the parifh will, once or twice in every
year, collect together all the children in a
neighbourhoodo village, and innruet them
in things pertaining to their future well
fare.
Obedience to parents, refpef for fupe-
riors in age and condition, reverence for
thofe in authority, and mbmiAion to the
laws of fociety, are inculcated with atten-
ton and folicitude.
In cafe Of difobedience, obfinacy and
perverfenefs, correction is administered,
and, in fome infances, to fuch a degree
as to thew that the parent Or matter is not
acting a farce with his children.
Now who is 70 tupid as not clearly to
fee in this fyRem great evils I am aware
that the government in our fchools and ia
miles is babpD relaxed, and in a few
cafes our clergy are 70 pyudeut in their fer
mons and other difcourfes OH religion, as
to avoid offence to the mott deAcate ear,
yet, fill the old faihioned people Of New
England, adhere, with fome oLfinacy to
the plans of education aforementioned.
Let all fuch reflect, what will be the
c~onfequence to their children.
If a childb be thoroughly convinced that
there is a God who is determined to pu-
Min all thofe who perift in tranfgrefing
bis law, will he not henceforth fear to Of
fend him by ~profaning his holy name :
And can parents inculcate fear upon the
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be courageous towards all beings? Blaf-
phemy indeed may be offenfive to Gome
circles, bat the young hero hould rcmcm-
Der that it neither 3" picks a boeket, mar
breaks a Ag," and parents hould reflect,
that the bold blafphemer is eminently qua
llhed :" to run upon the thick bones Of the
buckler Of Almighty God"
Children, who c~onaantly attend fchools
and meetings, will contract a very un-
fashionable air Of fobriety-now what can
be more painful to the eye Of a parept
than a decent, well behaved, modeit, TO-
Der boy? No harlequin tricks to excite a
broad laugh-no abuive language to pa
rents and in9ruaors, to exhibit his indie
pendence of mind. No reviling language
at religion and its miniiters, to thew his
contempt Of things facred. No bold and
eloquent oaths, to evince his deteaation of
God!-Nothing but a dull, lifeleGs round
of beaeeaJk and amiaM conduct.
Again, it is very probable that a child,
hab'tuated to read catechifms-to hear the
doctrines of chrifianity daily recommend
ed, and to attend on the various inHituti-
ons Of the Gabbath, will contract an ahf5ec-
ton for the fyfem of religion in which he
is thus educated. And how ameutubk is
the cafe Of that dear young creature whole
minds not fufered to remain uubiaNsd on
this great fubjea !? What, hall a young
gentleman or lady be found worfhiping in
the fame houfe with the parent, believing
In the fame doctrines or embracing the fame
efyRem? Where is then his nohe mdebeu-
Menee? Where is his ozvu greqtueG /?
Where his manly, dignifed rejection of
the faith and p~raetice of his ~ancetors.
But what is fill more important, this
fyfem Of education tends to cramp the ge-
MUS. Now we know that the body can
not grow if confined with cords or CON-
prehcs ard why not give the fame liberty
TO the mind ! Especially, if we conider
the mind ? las itis now the fafhion among
many great and learned men to confider
it, viz. an organization of matter. Now
thefe k0rued men do not tell us what this
organization is-they do not, as I have
yet read, fuppofe that you may actually
bind a b1ndage around the mind yet it is
generally agreed that the mind may be di-
reeted and inclined in a particular way and
thus as e~feetaally cyambt as aladies' foot
is in China. And if thus crampt, what
chance for expanfion THUS, doubtlefs,
many g,eat genig/es, are fettered, enfeeb-
led, behffAed, snd, at length, defroyed,
by our 1upid New England eom1,sDssand
bandages Of education.
My project is to let the child literally
bAve bis ozvx 4vay. Il know it will be
faid that the injunction is "Iram up a
chilli in the 4oay he B0aH 60 and 4Oben be
is old be auW not debarfG om H.''--This
is, perhaps, an erroneous tranflation, or, if
not, they are the words of Solomon, 4pbo
Aved befSre The French ,e~volufiou, and be-
fors MIR. Goodwin zvyote his beak.
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the Congrefs Of the United
States Of America,
The Memorial g./uudy Inhabitants
%tbe DV,Ia gCohm6iu (zvp Of The
PotomacJ
sHEwrTH,

That your memorialiits having enjoyed
tor many years paf, in common with their
fellow citizens, Of the union, the bleAings
of freedom; including at this mo,nens
a laudable pride at the recollection thar
they have contributed to prove to nations
the hyperion benefits offelf- government, ex-
cited by the frongea feelings of reverence
and love for the federal union and fate
governments as forming, conjunaly, the
mott perfect fyfem of political inaiturion,
which the world has witnened-they fpesk
but the language o. nature when they re-
greet that the time is arrived when the co.,
fitution of the United States has they
trut for the wifef ~purpofes) vefted in con-
grefs the power to diholve the ties by
which they have been united to their bre-
thren under the fate authorities, and has
defined the people Of this diRriet to take
their ftand in the midf Of their country
under a fyRem Of Jurisprudence novel and
peculiar. Your Memorabilia ardently hope
that the objects intended to be effected by
this peculium in the policy of our conaitu-
ton may be completely attained; that the
Territorial inftitution may be viewed as the
mott polifhed monument ofhuuan wifdom;
thefplendid& vivifying luminary of Anne
rican uriiprudence.-And while they beg
leave to express their confidence in the
yirtuous attention Of a Congrefs of tie
United States to the rights ofevery citi-
zen Of the Union-they claim the liberty
10 remark, that the bill lately reportedto
the houfe of representatives by a commit
tee appointed for that purpofe, entitled
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4 a meeting Of a number ofr The mba6i-
fanfs Of tie Territory y CoMmb,a (zvef
Of tie Pot0mae) on Mondey eveuixg kaa,
at toe Court Roy/e in -4eraaaria, con-
,Fve"ea agreeable to adjournment efa far
mer meeting, and m~.7paykunnee ofa ge-
neral and public notice, the foNozviug
Memorial avAs agreed TO, aud directed
to be t~r1n/milted to Ieven Powell, Efq.
svitb a re7neF FIR him to lay it beta,e
toe HaEIe V Reprs/rntatiOes of tie G..
States. Times.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-03-02
For Sale, at IENxs, Book.flore,

TOT oale5 az jerks Book-Hore,
The Pleafures Of Hope. with other Poems. By
Thomas Campbell-To which is added The
Nurfr. r4 al rYsA a~
Darsnzel 2or the Psrian Patriot--aa Original
Dana. ". "a -sru8a se
Signs; or The Daughter, BY Kottebue.
A Century Sermon, delivered at ,Porifnouih, by
Rev. 7. Alden, Jun. .sa~ooa MI
pwght'a Geography ;.
0-r The laG edition of the VILLAGE fIARMO-
NY, may behad as above. Ff6. a..