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ALsOS
A variety Of DRY GOODS,

-AMoNc WHICH Arb
Superfne cloth and Kerfmeres,
Narrow Cloth, and Flannels,
Irih Linens, and Oznabprgs,
Sail duck of different qualities,
Chintzes and calicoes,
Cambrick and Cotton ihawls,
lodia Muffin and Table Cloa,hs,
Coloared threads and towing filks,
Ribbons, Hats, and
A number of other articles.
P. G. MARSTELLER,
Sea:embef I. Vehdue- Mater
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N O T / c f.

By .mifplaced confidence in e.
Yersl perfons whom | have tIueed ter
GOODS to eorGderable amounts which
eanno, eollea @ as to: enable ne 70 tpeet
my engagements Awithout making. Too
crest faeriiees, and from olhe, upiowatd
circumstances, I find cannot carry On
budnefs longsr without the danger,o of fub-
jeaipg thoie for whom have acted and
might be employed to sa in future TO
lois and ayielf to the charge Of having
deceived them; the debts thar are due
and the effects I have in, my pqfefion, i
conceive will be fully fuHcient tofstisfy
all claims. "A meeting Of my creditors
is therefore requeRed at Mr.. Hiekfll's
Tavern at 4 O'Clock in The afternoon of
Wednesday the ssh infant, TO eonful,, and
determine upon the bea mode of making
arrangements in my affairs.
THOMAS MOORE.
:, September 4. .-3, ,.+ .-dste
Liza " ~ R1I MINI M
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-29

Switzerland, a'',,is moment, prs,s,,.
a ;ep peeuliar aipett. lis, as !, wers
divided mo three dihintt its,es r,t;al
have each their fepsrate intere!ss: Tbsa
ttates are the five ancient petty cantons
thole which adhere 10 the canton Of Re,a,
and thofe of Fribours and the Paw, 4,
Vaud, TO which the Government has r..
tired. The five petty cantons, a, rba
head Of which is Alloys Rediag, were de-
iiroas yeaerday OF holding General Diet
at Schwitz, IN order to coniolida,e their
arcient contribution. Reding invited al
the cAnrors 10 fern Diet, bn, it Is pro.
bable the five petty cantons only will lend
thifhey repretentsfives. The Deputies Of
Bale, Zurich, SolenTe, and Schaffh aufen
united at Bernc, wiAled ALTO to hold
Diet after their own manner. TheSe i've
can,ons have always hgnalizcd themfelyes
above the ref by their power, their in
dultry, their riches, their c 5mmerce, ana
in a word by their civilization. The fv.
petty csntons, much poorer, have been
celebrated by their ancient energy, thev
have always had peculiar manners. The
Vsudefe, who now have the government
among them, follow a peculiar kind Of
lie, and have character and language
altogether different, The Valais IS al.
ready feparate trom Helyetia, It is pro.
babe that what remains will form three
flparase ttstes ! This leparation, perhay.,
is neceGary for the reforation of union in
Switzerland. In VOID, it is to be Oh.
isrved, that in all taef. debates little
blood has been hed, and that I'll 1artis.
have treated each other with great deal
of refpeti, though they have iettled their
qlarlcls with arms in their hands. Be-.
dies OF armed men wander about Though
the Canton Of Zurich, and commi ysri-
Gus excencs, carrying away from the
p.acabl. citizens their arms, money, and
other property
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L.atelt Foreign News.
NEW YORK, November "a.

MI w i o1NfN3 ANSfNtbOSA 4 r.
The CheRsiheld Packet, captain Blights
which arrived in this harbor ye.serday,
has brought the Editors Of this Gazette
London adyices to the 9Th of October In
cluGye. We have been as copiousin our
extracts as the hints Of cur paper would
admit.
A London paper mentions, that Lord
St. Helens was prsiented 10 his MaJeay
or his return from ST. Fesefibuygh.
Prices of itoeks at Londop, Os4ober 9
4 per cent. conioIs &c 8 8-Gmniam I I
IS ! dis.-Bills on Pans, l days date, 20.
IL livres -Amaerdam CT. II. 2
U.-On Madrid IS efectlve-l.ibon
81 I-Leghorn 81 /.
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-29
LAUSANNE, September 2s.

gederday wa. muGered tic whole re-
Itrye of Lauianne aud to-day company
i Gets out for Yverdon.
Citizens Ruttimann, Slstthalter, and
tbs Senator M.Gmer iet of, yeGcrday for
the army.
Ihe Minilter at War has received the
following dlfpatch from General Ander.
matt, dated yeferday, from his head
quarters at MorAt:
Citizen Miniecr, the mam.nt | effea-
ed the Junction of the three battalion, Of
Vandois, at Paysrne, l fet off from it 10
take petition here. The Ialurgents re.
'reatea on the approach Of my troops, who
P lr.ned them as far as Guminen; nisht put
an end to very hot cannonade vet We
mad only ieyen men Tightly wounded.;
thois OF the enemy mutt be mucl, more
Comfortable. We have made dozen Of
prionefs, who made but poor appear
ance; three of them are wounded The
enemy mas reiterated from before Frlburob
a copy o. the orders was found on dra
coon WHO was killed. | lhaII fend ont
o'ae Ieecoinollf;as parties to morrow.
toisnedl ANDE1osiATT
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FRANCE.-Acrs or GovgRsMrsr,
ST. Cloud, Sept. 40.


ST. Cloud, Sept. 80.
Boaatarfe, FRI Cosful Of The Frtati
Republic, and P,s6arnt IF t5e Italian
Repadhe, 70 tie E,g5!eex Caatons eftbs
Helvetie Reptile.
Inhabitants of Helyeria,
YOU have preltnted for thefe two y ar:
paa an affecting fpcdtacle. Oppofte fac.
tions have fuccefively fsizsd on power;
they have isnalized their reigns BY a(i.
tenn Of partially. which fhewed their
weaknef, and inability.
In the coarle OF the year 10, your CO.
vernIsent deii-ed 10 have the few Frencs
troops in Helvetia Withdrawn. The
French Government willingly ieized this
occalion 10 honour your independence;
but quickly afterwards Jour different Pr
ties recommended the troubles with new
fury the blood of the Swif. was fhel BY
the hand, OF the Swits.
You have dilputed together three years,
without understanding each other; you
will SO on killing one another three years
lsnger, without coming to better un-
der9anding, BeEces, ycur aifory proves
that your inteGine war. could not be ter
minated without the effcaeious interytn,
ton OF France.
Ii is true that had endeaycured not
to meddlv with your affairs. | had con-
family ieep your diferen, government',r re-
quoting Of ME advice, which they never
followed, and fometimes abufng my name
according TO their in,erses and Pa!soos'
But | neither can or ought to rsa1aia lo'
ienfibie to The n.iiery to which you are
prey. I revoke my rsiolve. | vii Dc
mediator of your differences BIZ my ne
dia ion lhall be eficatious, iuch as BE-
comes the great people in Whole name
fpesk.
Five days after the notification Of the
prslent proclamation, tie Senafs ihall nsci
at Rerne.
Every Mag'arscy formed ar hehs'
Once the capitu.stion fhail be d;iiolvea'
ans ccate t. meet or xercile an) suii''
.i:y.
The Prefea. hail be ar their potts.
All authorities that have been ioF.Il'S
hail ceaie 10 iaeet.
The collecting Of arms ihall ceais'
The fra and frcond lieIvetlc DENT
,rigades lEall form the garrll5n OF beFNS'
The troops RATED for above hA tn'a'n'
at iha!l be only troops remaining IN
oros.
la fine, all the licenced individuals OF
he beiligerent armies, aad who are now
nned, thall depot. their arms at the e'a-
icipality of the Commune OF their oH'n'
The Senate hall iend three deIp''e' -
aris; each canton may icnd an eqaa'
amber.
.u., r., trela fl}TSS
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&c bank Of the United STATES. BY thefe
" flares they made clear annual pro-
"firof forty thouiand dollars, beiides
&C fl1eir inrered in the other property of
the bank. The lhares produced a re-
gldar dividend of eight per ceu. So
&c thar ll1e lale is exactly the fame ching
6 ~i-h an eight Per CENT loan. You
know the racker thar chev RATED
Sc againo Adams, when he borrowed
+" upon theie rerpts. The flock has
-" been fold in private manner, when
8 it,tfould have been PUG up in detached
&c parcels TO che higheit bidder. The
/" ttock has been fold 70 = foreign bank
(" ing company, when it could have
/" found abundance Of purchafers at
!" home. lift wasa good bargain, we
:" ih2Qid have kept IT among ourielves
&C But, 20 make bad worfe, the paper
has been fold for an hundred and
{" thirty thouiand dollars leis than its
&C current price in the market. And
6 then we have prartlc about yepu5-
C Eean lavings.
The party brag of LsGsniug The *
e peacs5 Of g0Ce,Wa,sn5. They have fer
e aide eke mint, and the fifteen add
"t'onal judges. For all this thank
g theini and here my panegyric mutt ex-
pre-. They reduced the navy TO be
g lure. But for this We arc no more
obliged 20 them than for the iummer
tlat warns, or the winter that freezes.
The powers of Europe pur an end TO
" the war, and 70 their own pirarical
& Expectations, without contuicing Tho
e mas .yeferion. Hence, a navy was
&c ne longer wanted, and if we are 20
|" Judge from the report Of their famous
60 committee, the lcfs thar they NEEDLE
&C with marl-ine affairs, it is luft 70
q much the better This conl.nirre firA
3" informed mankind that The navy yard
wlere lhips are built is the very fame
'F thing with the dock where filips are
q laid up. With degree Of icnorance,
fs' o. of impudence, ALTO, that i.:ldom has
&c been marched, their Official printer, +
g aAd Paine's tele6ted editor, affirmed
&c that fix ieventy-four gun lhip, could
70 be built in the liLrle dock yard at Phi
iaaeiPhia' Wneh nc migh5 have known
1has the thlhSt was Phyilcaiy in
T" P9silole; when &c might nave Known
that' ini'eao OF f* seventy tours, II
could hardly tefye 20 hold rhc tinbers
90 enc forEy-fQuF gun f1gate' Whar
" tort OF a iecre7ary to the navy NUT
{" Robers Smith be, when he uttered
=" tuch abiurdltie$' - pats without ex-
g junction ana, by thc way whar DO
6 you think OF our ltf!e g. IL cant .cs"-
& e0sRg republican iec.efary OF itate,
6 vito mas promoted. me toNnIanon OF
:" 7ttGc3T, by WHICH Three hundred
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this paper. But if | have not much de-
ceived myielf, they will not always re-
itrain me.
/ once more beleech my fellow citizens
TO examine for themlelves. feel that |
have not the inclination, and | know that
Idlave not the power to make the worie
appear the better reaton. Every line that
/ have written has been dictated by the
lentirnent Of gratitude which as an Amcri-
can I owe in common with my country
men to the worthieit Of her ions. My
intention mutt lupply the want of ability.
Let crime, be punilhed. May neither
RANK nor ierYices fhield the offender from
condign. pnnilflnent BIZ, Ietnot the fran
tic rage q party, the boiferous cbuli-
tionot Joy ia The hour offattions triumph,
condemn any man unheard. The refielt
wretch thar ever breashed is entitled to
thus much jnaice,; LEI il not be retufed
TO men whom we once delighte1 TO honor,
DECIUS.
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State of New Harpplhife,
June s, lSos.
Anlzyer aft5e Hgsl.

e h1pH(fff
The committee, c0nfilllng O D.,
Blafdell, Hunt, and tiltchinlor, aPFpp0, s,
ed to draft an anfvef To the G0'sP
VIZ. the repreftntatives ofNto-H 'p p
hire, im2reG:d with a due l:a:e o.. o. A.
Importance of the Office to whicn =. y. -,
again called, beg leave to eongra'aI. .';a 5,
on the event, 10 grateful 70 out ,, ,.l.[ j:
and psrmi. Us 10 add, that we c9? searn J.
as the furea proof Of the general n +, q.
tioD, good enG. and patriotlf" Of y :
tizens of tire fate. ,Grdi
aattering gro.pete Of the ady'9 1,isSu. b
fnlsing from free GoTefnH'sn' -
administered. ,..pv 1'.
msnd our arfl attention; and 'g r Az az ;" 4.
pr l.i in the the believing, thai few, # ,9yI :.
terations in the exiting ia"'
judged neceGary. -, ne dies
ed ituation of the fairef part OF ~ l' n,,ticp,
pean world !; it is therefore WITH d,fnei 4.
lar fatisfattion that we arc '"'S
univerial peace. ,;ew Of tS'
late important tranladIo' $. o. ooo,nnlequencF
and governments, win ,n '.,,,;n srar
relalting therettom, we eh''''
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confdesed an enemy to the lih.,,;., !,
country. Whatever difference n y, -. =
may be entertained re(peiting o,bs,P , =.
neceaary for prefeving our pol,ea '' o.. aSs
privileges, this lhould NOT preysn -
united endsav0uTs, as Legislators & Ma
trates,l to do whatever may bein Opr q
er, both by pr>cepc and example, (,i r
iuPpreliion OF licentloplaefs and inno,'
ty, and for the promotion of ufefnl Iaa
ledge, virtue and religion. Mo"
As all lyaems of Political Gov.,..
have defects, it is wife to examine tbnr,
which ours are mott expoisd If aa. .s
q, re(peSting the meainres to be n',.i'i
is an evil to which we are much p pn'u,
we oughE to be extremely caution, i 10,
reipett. Oar Rational COVERINGS, !, ' ~
pre.snt extended over large terr aa'
and our population is rapidly iccrs,Ss,'
can it then be wife, is il fsIe tn,
energies >ofour government lhould i. VI %
fened! w.
As Gmilag cauies produce fnihr ess.
may it not be ufeful for the citiize,, :
our country feriouay to confder the :.
ies which have ruined thoGe Rsrrsr'
which have gone before u.s. And E~
this more Especially The duty Of tlols u
are inye&ed with authority, that i,
may be particularly guarded againf th5
evils :
A frong attaetrTneut to our preient f.
fyRems OF State and National Gov,n
ments, and TO the welfare of my fellow.
citizens, has induced me often 10 max.
known my political ientimena; and IL.
cent tranla&tions of our national Goyen
ment, have mad frong tendency to con.
firm me in opinions which have hereto.
fore expreded.
A letter from his Exce,Iency the Go
vernon Of NORTH Carolina, with certain
reiolutions OF their Legilatu5e, proyoim
alterations in the Contribution Of the Unit,
ed States, as it refpeas the manner q
chooGng Electors Of preident and Vice
Pfeiident, and Representatives. to Con.
grefs, will be laid before you, and will
undoubtedly have all the confederation
which the importance ofSthe lu5jett re-
quires.
Permit me to recommend to your At
ten,ion the infpeaion laws Of the Stle,
and particularly as they rcfPef the all.
cles of Beef and Pork for expectation. Il
appears to me highly probable, that de-
intereit both OF the farmer and EXPORTS
may be promoted by amending TIE pEsd
laws on this iubjea.
By an act regulating weights and r'''
fures, paasd December nth, I791 'H
operation Of which vas poaPoned IRON
time to time, but became Of force IN u,
cenber lait, faaler was TO be appol0'fa
IN each county, and to procure itanoa e.
at the expence of,the fate OUT there ~ ,,
not been any money appropriated 10 y
!,
Whatever laws and regulations 70
may think proper TO pats, will 10 ia a .
may depend on ne, be daiy atfsooso :. !.
1t will bea pleafng duty 10 me, . u. NV
with you, in mealures calculated i0i t. t.|
of the peace, Liberty ano '"',-
ty of our fellow citizens, and Tor Pl0'l''''
ing their lafing happlneis. a,,,1,y.
John TAYLOR GILMAN
State of New HampGlife,
June s, ISo2. J
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Between the bludgeou and the fiirgeoh
The author ofithis piece has lot, wiki
In thefc few days, at leaft thirty ounces
of blood. If his language is deficient
in force, or connection, if his manner is
obfcure; If his reafonings do not march
exactly TO the point in view, he has on
ly to remind the candid pefufer, chat he is
writing under the awe of a penalty, that
nc is writing i, a Jail thar, if he tdrns fol-
half an inch, either to the right, or tostlle.
left, ofthis republican ffesaom eftbe frej 81
his mutt plunge over the precipice OF
tathomleis deitrucri5n: 1t may be
expected, thar we ihallattempt fonc tort
Of account of the Judicial proceedings
thar gave rife to this article. The an
fwer is, that we ihould as foon think Of
writing Roman Catholic reports in the
cell ola Poreeguefe iaquihtion. IL is not
poilible for us to wrire three intelligiblc
lines upon the proceedings oflsf week,
without the fcrfeittres by nfr, Pace,
of the penalty of 1000 dollars To
prime line of cenlGre upon the con-
duce Of any human being, would render
MFR. Pace liable to this penalty. We
congratulate the public upon 20 com
plete foreclofure Of the exiitence of the
Prefa. We cannot proceed. What an
other week may bring forth, we f,aIl in
due time inform bur readers. FROM
MY OLD QUARTERS IN
Richmond Tail, MN ,
Day, Dec. 27tb. 1902.
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Richmond Tail, M0n- ,
Day, Dec. 27tb. 1902.
A FIRE

4
Broke out between three and four
O'Clock on Tueidav, morning, at a ba-
ker's ihoP, on shocke Hill, which
communicated. and entirely confined
ieven houfes. Little could be faved
from the rapidity and violence of the
flames, which were very near destroying
the houfes on the oppoGte ide of the
way. Among the fufercrs, none appear
more to deierve our attention than
John Harris, the letter carrier 10 this
city, who has wife and feven children
depending upon him for fapport.
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TO THE CITIZENS
UNITED STATES.

l.
" My lads" fays captain Bowling,
+" ] have been AT Tea, man and boy, for
/" thirty years. and ! never faw Britill,
g iailers hang an .------ BEFORE
Whether the writer of this article is
exactly IN Gruiiar fituation with that to
which capt. Bowling refers, we ihall not
4 po6tiyely determine; but it is certain,
that if ever The police and contribution OF
= country prciented then,iclves to The
{ aerision and degradation of an impartial
q obteryer, fomething very like fuch a cafe
! has occurred Taft week, in this city.
IN oug paper, Of the a2d. current, it
I was ltared. thar one Of the editors ofrbe
] Rceorder had been knocked down, with
4 oufa moments warning, and behind
his back, in Mr.. Darmfadr's fore
This was upon the goth. Of December.
Gentlemsn! before we,go farther, it IS
proper 90 inform you, rhat, to endeavour
% knock out mans brains behind his
back, is not breach Of the peace. We
aid ''ot mean to fay thai it was. Inrbis
free country, NC are not at liberty 70
lay that It was. Five days have net
yet elaPfed fncc there was 4 Io)emn.
and S7Aas is fill better, a republican de
termination, ehas, after. cutting a man to
the ikull' thar, after binding his eyes
wirh a :e==yent Of blood: that, after
pounding his brcah bone almoh M.
plurify; that, after ltriking him acrofs
the lhins with cane, conGlting Of two
inches il diameter, of tolia wood; shat
a5teF @imoit breaking one arm, and after
beating she othcr into al rhe colours Of
che rainbow; that it was advileable and
eiiential 70 bind him over TO keep tie
''fe@6e! Such is me cafe, at prcfent.
Gentlemen! we are. rot going TO fate
lingIe objection to all thefe things.
we are NOT ar liberty TO make an objec-
sion. We Gmply, and hunbIy, lfate
that shey exit. a French comedian
vas once compelled 20 come upon the
fage, and 70 beg pardon fox a manly ex-
Prsiion which he had employed towards
enc Of bia audience. & Gentlonen, ,,
lays he. e never, ill this foomcos, felt
" me msaanefs Of my condition" The
3 writer Of this paper !. very far from
4 wilhing 20 infa,are rhac he feels any
& meanneG in his. E1is feafbiGties pro-
coed in a very oppof,e direction. Hc
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nc citiSens of the United States do not
tee! TIE msanssS Of THEIR soaditian,
iFrhey do not feel that the deciGan OF
lat Friday fnks them below the horie
IN cart, or the pig in a hog-pcn, then
Vt becomes almof needlefs to ak theul
whether they continue to fupport po-
liticai, or intellectual feniation of exit
rcncc.
That a man fhouIei be proee,lted for
writing, or pubIiihing, libel, is no
ching new. OF many of the numerous
and inextinguiii,able truths, which have
IN the Recorder, we have
lolicited legal dilcuhion.
We have frequently, and, III the ftroneeh
and mott red-fot terms; challenged the
parties acCufed to confront Us in a coHrt Of
Jadise; and in iuit for defamation. ].
was known, that we were walking upon
the broad highway oflegal tefinony;
II was known, that our aIiertions soulg
nat be fonfraGiSTea. 1t was forefccn,
that the circulation ofel Recorder was
incompatible with the popularity of
certain perions. 1t did not require an
uncommon degree of additional laga-
city, 10 dilcover that club approaches
much faffer to d1fnifive AscJien, than
The clearef page in Ariaotle's caregories,
or in Duncan's logic. As the allega-
ton did not admir Of any fors of snfwer
but Of one fort, it became necefary 70
apply this mode Of conviction, and
aflbrediy, the deuce mutt be in wrang-
Ter, if he peaks another word, after you
have kuoc}td ons bis brains! We, rhcre-
fore, agree with our adverfaries in OPT
Mon, that a good 6Io10 is better than
good nTgHmst. We agree witch them
in theif opinion that it would be much
better to freak up ,i6eisty sttogetber. Our
country readers will agree with us, in
thinking, that if Richmond fociety is
nor at Prclent paoting upon It's poteri-
ors, it is, at ieaf, hopping upon the lat
Of its two legs. They will think this,
when they are informed, that the mayor
Of Richmond was deliberately infulted
in his official capacity, and in what has
been called, a Court of jnltice.t Our
country readers will sliink 70, when they
ara odd, that, before I man can walk
with fafety into the prelence Of four
juRices ofthe peace, he finds it neceGary
TO elsonIS and 5oad bis pjfo5. Our fub-
fcribers in New-Y ork, and Connect
cut, may form a complete idea Of demo
cratic power over the police Of Rich
moud, by one Jingle circumstance.
When fentence was pronounced againtt
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precipltate retreat into aH, upon the mott
violent luipicion, and, indeed, upon
the mott poiisive information, that this
venerable tribunal was iurrounded by
a body of psrtiots, prepared and inpa-
tent for murder.
Wsils tbings are 10, it would be the
iummlt of impertinence to prartle about
laws, or precedents; aboHt contributions,
or principles. ViIions of thar theoreti-
cal deicription have been reported 10
exit upon thcWcfern bank of rhe Milf
Gfippi. Whether they arc co be found
| upon this iide Of tive have not, at pre-
ient, an opportunity of enquiriirig.
At the battle of Marcngo. general
Melas was upon the point of obtaining
a complete victory. He attacked Buo-
naparte, day before the firff conful was
ready tor an action. In the prefene bu-
ilnelss the parry have made an attack, a
fhort time before they were prepared
to tuPPort 1t. They tore off the mafk
about a twelve month TOO loon. And
as che collective abilities of the parry
could hardly among them all, combine,
or produce a Buonapartc; as they prelent
a mott detachable extinction of literary
and political talents, it is likely that they
will meet with lnch repulfc as was
avertcd at Marengo, only by the matter
intellect Of rho drh Coniul.
/ Whether the political condition of
tthe citizens Of Richmond can be funk
beneath its prefent point Of depreiiion,
it is hardly worth while 70 invefieate.
The differences cannot be very import
ane between nothing at all, and that
which is next TO nothing. We mutt
NOT, We dare not ipeak, or even be fuf-
| lpe6ted OF ipeaking, one fentence, Gem
planning OF what We have been, of what
we are, or, of what We are likely to be-
come That fnch a newspaper as the
Recorder fhould long be fuRered to
exit, III the centre ofriot, of afanina-
tlon, and of defpotifn, is VIVA, no rati~
onal being can be fuPpoled TO erpeet
ifshc torch Of the prcfs is not, as it al
mott has been, extinguifhed in the blood
Of its editors, we f1alL probably find II
/ advifeable to feek an afYlum J0mszabsrs
( e5t. We fbalI find it adyifcable to at
tempt publication, and to look for
protection in fome happy corner Of
America, where the phantom Of juRice
does not auttcr upon the knots of club,
or the lock ola pifol; in fome happy
corner, where the robbery of rhe public,
and the murder of individuals; where
| IN INTER extin(1inn OF query FL. ILL