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The fubfcriber returns his fin
cere thanks to the public for paf favorss
and respectfully folicits continuance.
He has now on hand and offers tor fale
at his fore in Prince Street.
Holland gin, Frerch brandy,
Jamaica Spirits,
Cherry bounce, made If the year 1909,
Green Coffee, Teas,
Loaf and brown eugars,
Crockery ware, &c.
MP, quantity gt1;y@
Lil5on Lemons and Lines,
Soft helled almonds,
Fiber,s, prunes, olives, capers,
Tamarinds, freih fallad oil,
Excellent New York cheele,
And falt-petred bacon, direct from Smith
field.
THOMAS sIMMs.
lure 10. d
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N q TT C. E..

During my abfence, Mr.. Jas.
Towers is empowered 10 tranfaet the bu-
Gnefs Of Alexanaer Heudtrfon, q Co.
to grant acduittals to the debtors Of Glak-
Jsyd g Hendsylon Of Glaagow, and TO at
tend to my private concerns.
ALEXANDER HENDERSON.
For A. II. & Co. and acting in
fact for.G. & H.
July 70. d3t
The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-05-26
From tie Baltimerr Feder4l Cazstf<
MFRS. 1undt q Brg5on,

HAVING frequently obccrved, in your
Gozeiro, merit given 20 Mr.. Pickering, for
not applying 70 his own ufe q gain Of 1900
dollars, made on exchange during she dime
that be was icoretagy Of i)ate, pef15i5 me to
obferYe through the lame channel, for the in
formation Of your readers, without any in
tention Of inGnui,ing that Mr. Pickering
would have acted dihonefly if it had been
in bis powcr) that exchange is an article of
Commerce, which for fome years paR has
been below par; that it was TO more in Mr.,
Pickering's power to have charged the pub
lie more for exchange than he paid, without
bsing detected, than 1t would be III the power
Of any officer, employed by Government to
purchaf. Hour, to charge 70 dollars per bar
rel for that article, when the price is well
known not TO exceed 7 dollars per barrel.---
When bills of exchange ere purcI,afed for the
uts Of the government, bill with receipt
for the amount IS delivered by the fclier the
bill and receipt are the vouchers for paGing
The account, az the proper Office.
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6 Secrets north knowing =

In The Riekmoad Recorder of tie fur
teentb mfaat. Mr.. Caileudsy lays, tbat
/" David Randolph qvas ta,ned cir Of bis
e6Eee, as Marl5al far this Jqate; and tbe
eQ9/s qvas laid to haze beeu BIS mye0u-
daH abon Calleuder's trial for Jed1i0u.
Bat if tie eoudu7 Of Roudolpb qvas Jaq,
ne haze al7rays GATHERED that ofIbomos
Melon, The prslsuf feaeral Atf20y &C.
neral as demg iufuitey qvorDs. '.s Tie
Republicans TUNED M. JefsgJ5u into tie
Prs6aeue2 far this as the CAPITdL
REASON, thar be might taru t6riy beyle-
eafors out Of g6ee. -" That. BY retaining
-7bomas Ns5ou IN office, be mr.. JeGsylou]
has tr4mbled npou HIS PART gd CON-
TRdGT. aubirb although neftber Egnsd
nor jsaled, MS iBSoLUTELY UN-
DERSTOOD And REQUIRED 81
THOSE WHO MADE HIM PRESI-
DENT.
[Lftbs/s things be true qve ougbt for-
ever to be Jflsat ab0ut the coryuptious of
Enropsaa governments. Wbe1 eJsfes BE-
cane the Jabjeas Of barter and eoutyat7, arr
Coa1fry msa be III a dspl0rabls Etuetiou,
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g For many ages our Kings even did
not dare to truG the defence of their &ates
to knights Grant or to orders CT chivalry.
Why this executive denomination Of Legi-
on Homer, as if honor was an executive
privilege ! Honor is not given, it is ac-
CURED. Often thofe to whom it's given
have not aeierved il, and thoie have deierMs
ed It TO whom it has not been given. Be-
fldes one OF the difpoGtion of the plan poa-
pones the execution till the 1T Vendeuia-
ire, year II. do not fee why the fanction
OF it fhould not be pofponed for the fame
term. / vote It's rejection. "-Tbs mech
a0a5 ordersd to he printed.
CHAUvELIN oPpofed theplan that was
now pFefehted and thought that both
the authors and defenders oft had very
widely departed from the objees they de.
clared. Without doubt it is Incumbent
onus TO diicharge the great debt OF na.
tional gratitude to our brave warriors;
we mutt confirm what has been already
decreed, and add other rewards ofa new,
honorable, and difinguihed nature. Bue,
can It be necelary to incorporate civh
fanttionariss in an organizations altoge-
Their military ?--In TIE ancient Repnb-
lies military exploits have been often re.
warded by civil difintiinns; crown Of
laurel or Of OAK leaves adorned alike the
head OF the warrior and the ma giltrate, the
poet and the artiit but this will be the
fri time that heroifm il civil Offices is 10
be repaid by military honors, that areno-
thing in the eyes of reafon, if not gained
IN battle. -lf the cath required OF this
corps was neceGary for the iecurity of our
rights, it ihould be taken by the army in
general, and by all Frenehmen. Tit be
fuperAaous, it can only tend to call in
quefion that equality which the laws COR
fecrate, which is dear to all Frenchmen,
which was introduced by our manners for
half century psh, and which was rather
acknowledged than required in $780,
Such corporation as this would partskc
of lhe vices of Nob!SDs, on account of the
diltinaion conferred upon it; il would,
like the clergy, poaefs itlelf of eaates in
the mort main, and would, ike them,
continue a teparlte order in the fate.
The authors of the plan Represented this
inaitution as a uieful intermediary be-
tween the power Of the government and
the public opinion; fhch doctrine is alto
gether unconfitutional in a repreienta-
tive government the confituted .authofi-
ties arc the only Intermediates between
the government md the People. In France
L is the Tribunste, of the Senate, and the
alegiAative Body that are the contributions
it inte rmediagies. In order to pay the
great debt ofnational gratitude it may be
neceAiry to arike onta new coin, butthis
coin however hould not be truck at the
expence of the French people. He voted
for rejecting it.
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. j.. psais, Philadelphia, Feb. 10
Roe D'g aoop Bottom, Terry, Bottom ~
1902 ' aS,f hip Confidence, Knowles,
\ !. TO- 10, 'p spIil IS, 1907; brig cnnDsf-
Bottom Bot 'm, s5 Providence. Several more
land n.,, arrivals at Monte Viedo, names
Ans'l1a All the above veasls arc IN
unknown .e difficulties, except the Oliver
nor, rD'o'rsorb, and the Polaiki.
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FRENCH TRIBUN4TE-MAY S.
OJlsrvatious agamf the efadEl5msut Of a
Legiox of Honor.

Savoy Rollin attacked the plan as con.
trary to the letter and lpirit OF the coni}i
tuition. A free fate contains only ma
giltrates and citizens. - Thofe who with
to defend the plan ,ely on the S7th arti.
Gle Of the contribution. which de2lares,
that national recompences llall be. given
10 thole warriors who lhall have rendered
confpieuous iervices il fighting for the re-
public. l only fee in that promiie OF
granting 10 our brave folders individual
recompence but TO difcover, il this ar
ticle, an order of chivalsy, privileged
corps, one mu& forget our language and
our contribution.
g The people oughtnot to tolerate a
body bound by oaths and more powerful
than the people, to undertake the defence
ofthe contribution. The people fhould be
subordinate only to their magiRrates, and
thofe magiarates are dehgnated by the con-
ftitution.
Tribunes, to accept Lsgisn ofHonoo
is to accept of a Patrieau Order! 1t is
the introduction Of an hereditary and mi :
litary NoblsDs into the republic.
!" After twelve years Of frightful Gala.
mites, which the genious OF France lgui-
ded by one of thofe extraordinary men
who are neceGary TO fniih revolution, has
furmounted, to accept of fuch an ioaitution,
armed with power and privileges, would
be to 90 back to the point from which we
fet out. What do I fay? It is going
back to thofe .barbarous ages that gave birth
to the feudeal fyaem, which began with
war horlss, fine coats Of armour, and tetti-
walls, but which ended with enlaying Of
Europe for eight centuries.
Such is the cafe now in Rulia and in
Turkey, where the condition Of the citi-.
zens or fnbjea is fubordinate TO the clals Of
folders. In free fate, the civil officer
ought to have the 6rft place.
6 twill be quite different 10 the Le-
gion of Honor, and will it not be laame-
fol that an officer, who hall have taken a
redoubt at the point of the fword, fhould
have ahigher rank than Montefquieu, the
author of the immortal work 6 The Spir-
it Laws e,
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LOUISVILLE. Kent Iune 4,

k.... !, -. u. = - n
;, ,A''lVed off this town on Friday lat,
'f,n, Os'g eliza Greene, captain Hodgkils
roa Marietta, where fhe was built and
sonpletsly rugged for fea-lhe failed in
,ls apany with a fhip built at the fsme
f ,h;s whlchitis expected will arrive here
,ss -: evening. The matter of the boat
hoSs s' paiied the lhip about nine miles a.
,b,, s Inc mouth of Kentucky, informs,
1s;" uuilng form the main matt cf the
'p was truck with lightning and very
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ou1r ADELPHIA, July "a.

,-..,y received frOln ufih DIV" =,
slsl s., a bone which appears to have
'A. Ia, 10 fome animal OF the Buffalo
'!sa yhich IS depofted in the fame room
s ';,s Mr.. Peale's interefing ikeletonot the
s M,mmOuth, or Wonder of tie We!tsrn
World. :, -, &c
j. : core Of the left horn--it evidently
s ~ to have belonged to an animal OF
sf leaf three times the dze of any Buffalo
now living, as it meafures at the bale OF
The, he horn, j inches in circumference
Has lately beer added TO this valuable
eollea;on, CATS of II pieces OF bones CT
ne fore leg and foot of an animal found IN
Virginia, delcribed in the 18th volume OF
III. IlrsnGaaions of the American Phiioio-
,sicalSocicty, with plates.
!, was an animal with claws of enor-
nous length one of the bones which mere-
II filed the fockets of the claw itfelf
(which mua have extended many inches
beyond ibis bone, msafures 6 ! inches in
length independent of part ofthe end
broken Of, and in width two inches.
Comparing thele cats with the engrav-
ings in the fame room Of the fkeleton,
which was found one hundred feet below
he 6rfale Of The earth at Paraguay, ms.
America, now erected in the king Of
Spain's mnieum at Madrid, it appears that
hey are the fame ipecies of animal, bu,
Via; kind CT animal, is diffcalt TO know
With certainty, as we have no animal liv-
ing correspondent TO it. The fern of all
! tic bones are wonderfully curious.
July II.
Two men wefe drowned on Saturday
from the fchr. Jane, ju& arrived from
Richmond.
By the Active, lately from Canton,
have been received few LikeneGes of the
illuarious General Warrington, executed
on glafs in fuperb ard maferly ayle by
an eminent Chinele artif. The relem-
blance is Ariking, and the manner ap-.
breaches tOS;urt's happieR efforts.
Arrived, ichr. Olive Branch, Young,
Richmond Amity, Trefelhen, Portf
mouth, N. H. Bird, Columbia, ST. Croix.
Cleared, lhip Marina. M'Bridge, Ii
v'rpool; brig Eliza, Melvin. c. Fran
co.'s; ichooner Virginia, Pitner, Char
l:fon.
Capt. MORE, of.he brig Molly, at-the
lazaretto, informs thar he failed from Bar
s'lona the 1T of May.
Left there, ihip Catharine, Mills, of
Baltimore, detained fnce 1900, on fipi-
zion Of giving information to the Britifh,
whereby two Spanifh venels were cut out
OF the reads. Schr. Polly, Mary, of Bot.
ton, Mary, corron. Norfolk, Virginia;
Lucy Ann, from Falmouth. Capt. NJ.
next ne day iPoke brig InduRry, Wilton, of
I , for Barcelona. May ~, was
boarded . by the United States frlgate Che.
iapeake, capt. Morris out 20 days from
Norfolk ! long. II, 40, w, with mainmaR
,,p = but in all probability made the
land next day.
capt. May, of the Polly was boarded
y y gut Of Genoa, by an Algerine (hip of
- guns, IN co. with another of the fame
azs' The Polly, in confequence, was
Put under quarantine at Barcelona the
May. - - :
~ capt. Wilkinton Of the Sally, from N.
orleans, poke the following veilels: Iune
s, ichr- Maria, Cheguiger, from Ras,i-
sole, bound up the MifiGlppi. 10Th,
.aip Hannah, Pafquil, from Cape. Fran
s s1s' ,andbrig Auguaus, Crane from Phi
''Us'PAla ALTO bound up.
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been perfuaded to extend the hc5idee thro'
the period ofhis whole life.
We have heard of another great man
who was reluctantly dragged from his
philoioPhic retreat, where be had been ar
ranging the bones ola great animal, to be
the ruler Of a great people. He deiPisss
the pomp and circumaance Of power, is
very plain in his dreis, aGociates familiar
" with "opprefed humanity and even
divides his power with it. FIeiS great
lover Of the people, and is often diifreaed
left their mouth ihould not be filled
He hates power to fuch adegree, that he
felzes and makes opportunities to give.it
away, choofng TO depend on the gratitude
of fuch as he lifts from the n1iTe, for iup-
port rather than upon ienfe Of common
jueice in himielf. Nay he is ayaricious
Of power. bet il is only TO give away.
It is not for himfrlf, but for thole who
will be leniible of the kiadneis.
1Pallaaium.
Mr.. Calender qllaxtoH 4Nfbe jscrets
IF Democracy. His name makes roe halr
Of q Democrat fand an end.
firguiia Ga&ette.
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much fhattered; but no other damage was
iuifained.
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{ Wants Embloyn1ent,

A young man who is acquaint-
ed with Accounts, and writes tair
hand-A line addreiIed to A. B. and
dropped at this Office, will be attended
20. July 2. cow
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N Q T [ G. e.

Having emplyed Mr.. Henry
CoUPAa 10 collect the different debts due
to the e0ates Of Eliha C. Dick, Andrew
and William Ramfay, and James Gillies.
All perfons therefore who are indebted TO
either Of the laid efates are requefed to
make immediate paymen. TO the fald Hen
ry Coupar who is fully authorized to grant
receipts for the fame.
JOHN McsIVER.
July 20. coin
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PORT OF ALEXANDRIA.

ARRIVED.
Schr. Paragon, Wattles, Martinique
Sally, Hamilton, Norfolk.
CLEARED.
Brig Hannah, Perkins, Barcelona
Schr. Harmony, Crabt-ee, Wet Indies
- Martha, Barton, Portland.
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aleranorla aunertiSar.
THURSDAY, july 29.

This day arrived the fchooner Paragon,
Capt. Watrles, rs days from Martinique.
The day before capt. Wattles failed, a
French Corvette, in II days padage from
France arrived at Martinique, having on
board Project for that iland, two Gene
raj Officers and Governor for Guada-
ioHpe.-The French feet with $4,000
troops was 30 fail from France for Martin
ique, in | s days from the time the cor
yette left there.
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agricultural

THE original curfe that lit upon the ground
and was denounced in thefe words, 60 Thorns
ALTO and thiitles ihall it bring forth 70 thee
does not continue en- the ground Of an induari.
Gus man FOR the hand of indu:try removes il
The neat and airring farmer makes no truce
with Z thorns and thiales'' or what We com
monty call 7Ueeds, but he wages inceiTant war
againit them, I'LL he has utterly expelled them
from bis enclofnres. He bruifss, and mangles,
and treads, and iuffocates them, and eAtin
2ulthes their very feeds, and deHroys them root
and branch, with An enmity, as inplacable, as
II he verify believed them TO be the fpawn Of
the old ferPent. 10 the mean time, while with
bis uimoit care and might, he deifroys that
evil iced, which the eremy had TOWN at the
time OF the aPoRlcy, he with equal care, cher
iihes and euitivates rhe good lsed, which il the
beginning was icattered over The earth by the
benignant hand OF heaven Every tree that
IS Pleatant to the fight and good for food !"
" corn, that maketh glad the heart Of man."
and all The various tribes of life fupDoTting
plants, are made TO hou ilh under bis watchful
eye and cheriihing hand. And he fweat of his
face is amply compenfated by The 10y that IS
daily fprln2ihg up in his heart. The fun does
not ihne upon any mortal, who 70 muck re
Joiceth in The work of his own hands, as does
The indutrious thriving farmer.
When, by the dnt Of his own induary, he
has turned a portion of the wilderness into
fruitful fields; when be has fub1ued and en-
'iehed and beautihed ground, which had lain
iorlorn and delormed under the cnrfe of
:" thorns and thiales - when in dewy nom.
ing, or Immediately after a fumnler fhower,
marking the progrefs Of vegetation, he Aands
amid the delightful lcenes OF the ield-fcenes,
which (urder favor of Proyidence) were Of his
own creating, and are, g like blooming Eden
tair'-what with the charming views, what
with the rich perfume of the iurrounding at
moiphere, and what with the lecret conlciouf
reis OF having ufefnlly fpent his time, variety
OF pleaiirg feniations feat his heart. The
hnggard 'nter'neddleth not With inch joys !;
neither doss Ceaiar nor a Bonaparte. BAL }
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MONDAf, AUcUsT 50, 1902.

da'Ion OF their plan in the regulation of their
own temper. 1t is prefumable, thar, If thew
begin 70 early, they will afterward purfne their
inItenions With equal sigour and perseverance
The mind Of our departed friend difcoyered
evident proofs of early care, and future refec
ton. From the ihorteR Interview, one might
perceive in her the love of inyefigaiion. But,
were rot the BATS and materials of irnpi owe.
ment, turnlthet az her hand, 70 thar little exer
ton was required IN the purfut The flrong-
cit powers, however, cannot exclude induary
and the mott feeble are not beyond It's hopes.
Who has not received more or leis of talen,
from the Author OF ipirits who may rot com
mand advantages, even 10 the mott unfavora
bic tituaton, whofe diIigent ME would be re-
warded BY competent and valuable attainments
Happily for herfelf and her friends the princi
pies of cur fair example, were not tinaurea
with that cain Pbilgf9pby, which 70 otter aGAults
the mind that IS prone, in the fmaea degree,
to speculation Shs was not ATTAINED to pro
teis the faith OF Jeius, even to thofe who were
little capable Of comprehending its power.
lhatihls was not a mere protection, let her
iIeknefs and death tellify. Long fepara,ion
from the world, attended By the corrodings Of
iluggith dieafe, was fiianed with all the
calmnefs Of patient fubmiiion. Complaint
never fat on her brow, much lefs did it eicspe
her lips. Devotion feensd congenial with hsr
heart, though II was rot vented in buras Of en-
tbufafm. Humility, the firR of ChriRian viz,
tues, was apparent in her mien and eoaver{a.
ton and though confcious of having eicaped
the Pollutions Of life, yet th. received mmer
tally as the gift Of God, through his fon.-
Her lah hour was a volume which her friends
mutt have read with Penfve rapture They
NOUN, nor as 3gf qubo are zoi.bom hope Their
tears, falling upon TO unfruitfu foil, will pro
duee fruit for az exiRence, far longer than life.
Let not other parents and connexions lofe,
through their own .regle6t, the bletings Of
fueh lorrows Peace 10 The gentle fpirit which
too carly fought the 1kiss Long may her
memory live. May III. be copied, 10 eve
grace and virtue, by her fair Acquaintance,
who count few more days onthis hide eternity.
P0rffa09, HgggQ, 1907. P.
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From the BALANCE.
Beware Of 7iis HAG and Sosc EREss.

IN clofe intimacy with the three ruffians
againa Whole villsinous arts lhe public was
warned in the montorial depar tment of the two
la} numbers of the Balance, and at the fAg
end of the group, there is bafe bag that nfes
forgery and the black art, and as report fays,
is s6tually in league with the devil. There are
ieveral fymptoms which denote her 70 be a
witch, particularly thee: She manifeits great
er enmity TO the Bible than any other book
and even tramples upon it with the utnoa
fcorn and contempt. She is daily mumbiing
over an unintellgibie jargon and ihe frequent
ly looks up towards the fixes, with difdainful,
menacing eye and afpea, ihaking her fiji withal,
and exhibiting i'll every reiped, the airs, atti
tudes and express manner Of bidding defiance
TO the powers above. The creature is Of
mot low and vulgar cat, both in her breeding
and manners She aHociates principally with
negroes ADD with others, who are the refufe and
icum of the earth and yet the drab has the
imPudeuce 10 introduce herielt fometimes into
the company of gentlemen, who naver fail TO
fuaer degradation of character, in proportion
to the countenance they may have given % her.
The irchantr rs fnccefsfullyufes her lamentations
upon brainleis boys and young men. who are
frequently 70 befotted by her diabolical charms,
that they are feemingly proud of being feen in
her company. Thofe Of the female fex, who
have any degree Of delicacy, generally deipIfe
and hun the bag. Not 70 the haplefs TymPa-
nifa. She had an agreeable face and figure
her voice was foft and Winning bur fooiiihly
hoping 10 improve her charms by it, ihe en-
ploYed this forcerefs as her dreling woman !;
and diretul were the confsquences Tympanif,
fa's mouth, which was pretty, Immediately be
| came naufsou1y foui her tongue liberated,
her eyes turned Of fiery hue, her voice became
oodrie and nsgroj6, and her whole face was
covered with loathiome blotches inlomuch
that her former admirers, fhocked at the fright
ful change in her appearance, inaantly foiiock
her.
The Quakers, who are precife fort Of PEG
PIE, and who hate flats. have combined to-
gether one and all, TO kick this dirty drab our
of doors, and have unanimcnily paded reio-
utiop, that they viii in no cafe, harbor her in
their houf.s And il were well if thoe of all
other chriaian denominations would do the
fame for ihe is creature utterly unfit. for the
fociety Of any chiiRian people
All magiltrates are admonilhed to ufe their
united efforts 10 expel this p>ltilent bag from
the country, and Especially TO be careful NOT to
harbor her under their 00vn roef5, which would
tend both to ltrengthen her interea and 70 in-
oreaf. her iuPudence. Parents are al!o ad