Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-18

verfation of the whole inhabitants of the
metropolis.
In con6dering and properly adjuRing
the merits of newspaper editor, as pub
lic benefattor, there is another refpett in
which he aands e,ninently contiguous.
Other works that iilue from the prefs are
intended for certain reflective claiies Of
readers; but newfpaper is equally cal
culated for all descriptions. Whether
man wants bodily or mental aid, this is
the place to apply. I" If" iays Addition,
s. a man has pains in his head, COLES in his
bowels, or fpots in his clothes, he may
here meet with proper cures and remedies.
: If man would recover wife, or horfe
that is ttolen or arayed; if he wants new
dermons, elettuaries, aaes milk, or any
thing ellie, either for his body or mind !,
rhis is the place to look for them In" 30
Or, as my favorite poet fays, we may in
newspapers find
" Rsiss for tbe cheeks,
-And lilies ia, the 6yaevs Of faded age,
Teeth for tbe tootble/5, r1nglets far the bald,
HeaU'u, eayzb and ocean plundered Of their
EaOeefi,
NeRare0us egsnees, Olmpian de4os,
Sermons, and city Jeelfi, and fav'rite airs,
ETHEREAL jozruies, /abmarme exphHs,
Ind Ka1eyfsi,o, 4vib bis hair ON end
1T bis o4un 4vondeys, ev0ud'riag for bis
bread"
Advertisements are, in fact, neqvs, and
Fartake of all the charaeterifics of the
other paragraphs. Here we learn the fad
viciilitudes OF families and eAates, oblig-
Ingly communicated by the matters of the
TANNER. Here likew.le we difcover what
are the prevailing wants, whether fnug
places, fmart footmen, maids of all work,
or FUN of money upon good iecurity.
But without confderingIthele as of the f,f
1squ1sf;on In point of news, if we pats on
70 thoie columns which more particularly
record the actions of the buly world, what
an infinite variety here is! What ample
qualification for tafes of every deicripti-
on! Whether we with to penetrate thro'
the columns of a London Gazette, or
wander through the gloom and mazes of
Hamburger nail; whether we with TO
trace the changes that have taken place in
form of a government, or of a gown,
whether we examine the meaiures OF TO-
reign court or foreign lace; whether we
with to know who have fallen in battle
or in reputation ;,who have retreased from
rhe enemy, or eloped from their parents
whether we are defrous of knowing what
pa1es in Palace yard, or in Bond .trcet
: at the minifer's levee, or the milliner's
ihop; we ihall find all thefe, and ftiil
greater variety in rhofe diurnal vehicles
5 of information.
" Tbs foAo sfi0ar pages, bapey 40ork!
Wbieb MT e7'enrrifics criticize; that bolds
In91jftive atlrntion, 4ubile L read,
Fef 6oandm ebains ef .flenee, evh,ek The
fair,
1604gb eloquent bemlSlves, yet fear to
break;
W6at IS ii but a man At 6gLy life,
Its RAd1ations and its vaf Concerns ?"
Having faid 70 mucn, Mr.. Cleaner.
both in profe and verle, in .ayour OF
newspapers, and perhaps more than has
ever been advanced at one time ON thar
Tide OF the queaion, mutt now take the
liberty to point out where they appear to
Tome perfons to be detective, and propofe
remedy.
1t has been fuggeaed to me, that in
the narration of events, the newspapers
lean too much towards thofe which refpeet
kings and courts, nations and governments,
things which many people do nor we'll un-
derftand, and others care little about; and
alio that in recording the more familiar
anecdotes OF family hiitory, they confne
Themselves principally to perions of high
rank and diftinttion, in whole affairs il is