Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-18

preienfatiyes TO the 9Th Congrefs, has ser@
mioated, as far as we can learn, in favor
Of the true caufe, the caafe ofgcnulne Re-
publican Feierali!m though in his d'f-
tritt, the Sourh Difritt Of Eaex, Norfolk,
Briaul, aoi Midilefex DiAriets, the de-
moesasic candidates have been chofen, yet
there IS fnbiiantial reafon to expect that
the returns Of almot every other Dlaria
10 this State, will be in favor of federal
men, and federal principles. In Wofcsf-
ter county, where the Egis is printed, and
where /" Farmer" Lincoln, has lahored
70 indufrionly TO enAgbteu the benighted
minds of his democratic fellow citizens,
the increaie Of votes for the two federal
candidates, has been in exact proportion 70
his oppxguatiou" to ruth and es,re2
trinripks.
Oar information from the difant coun-
ties does NOT enable US to prelent, this day,
the exad fate of the election, but as we
before ohferved, there is no doubt Of tie
choice Of a handiome majority Of Fedora
Lifts, throughout the State. No thanks 10
the citizens Of the metropolis; il isto the
Independent, Yeomanry of our country,
that we are indebted for this blehing
they form the grand bulwark of cur indie
pendence and to them we mutt continue
to look for proteaion, while our great iea
ports remain diltraeed with the wild ra-
wings of ungoverned party fpirit.
(Bsa. Gas.J
The contempt in which the employ
ment Of tilling the ground is held by fome
people, is the more arangc, inafmuch as
it not only feeds and fupports the humsn
family, but alto, more than any othes
fecular employment, diRinguilhes men
from hrutes. Several Of the brufe-tribes
are ingenious mechanics, while fon,e OF
them are profoundly KILLED in the arts
and licences. The fpider is mott curious
fpinner and weaver: and from Der, it is
not improbable, that fome ingenious wo
man might have fra taken the hint TO
learn and practice thole uleful arts. The
Ant cooRruess iubterraneous granarles,
and has taught mankind to lay up food (e
curely, in iummer and autumn, againf
the leafon Of winter. The Beaver ha:
knowledge of architecture. He cuts down
timber, and, being defitute of Aeigh or
waggoo, conveys it TO the proper place,
by water, and builds himfelf convenient
houfe. Savage man, perhaps, learned of
him to build his hut. The little Nauti-
los that fcuds along upon the water by
the help Of thin membrane, which alc
extends in the form of fail, might, it is
polible, have communicated to mankind
the fra idea cf falling, inaead of rowing.
Bees, Ants and Beavers, ieem to under
fand the focal compact and the fcience
of government. The Bee is ar excellent
geometrician. The cavities in her comb
are contributed by the exadea rules of geo.
metry, fuch as Newton himfelf would not
have beea able to improve upon. The
Dog is logician and knows how TO make
good fyllogifir,. Report fays, that when
following the track Of his matter, if he
come to place where the road divides
into three branches, he has been feen to
fmell, hrif at one branch of the road, then
at another, and finally TO pur(ue the third
branch without fmelling at it. This was
as much as TO fay, "My MATER, I per-
ceive, has not gone this road nor ibis, Err
60, he mutt have gone in that" No
learned academician could make founder
iyllogifn, than this is. Parrots vie with
men and women in the art Of ipeaking:
and there are leveral cla1es of birds, that
in muhc, which is reckoned among the
fine arts, equal, if not excel, even the
Italians. Men have been in great po-
Their about finding longitude; and Mr..
Harrilon, while he immortalized his name,
,eco;ved +,ya,tv ,honf,nd mounds HerIino