Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-05-02
70 The Eafter Of tie Ness rcrk Morning
Cbnaiele.
SIR,

iurpri1sl by che abrupt entrance OF my
friend. Mr.. hndrew Qaoz. BY the
particular expreiiion Of his Aa0z0i4g p6fS,
as coudo Jack calis il immeiiately per-
ceised be was laboring with iome 'mPor-
tant intelligence.
Ia one hand be held the Morning Chro-
niele, and with the fore finger OF the other
pointed TO the particular paragraph.
ha!tiy put on my fpsttacies, and isized the
paper with eager curioiity. Judge my
iurprize, Mr.. Editor, onreading an act OF
our legiilatuf-, proaounciag any citizen
OF this Rase who inali iend, bear, or &C
cspt challenge, eithcr vesbal or written,
diiqasli fed from holding any oiflee OF no
nor or confidence, or OF voting at any
eleSsion within this fate, SIC. &c.
The paper fell from my hands--l turn,
ed my eyes 10 friend Andrew Ia mute
aitonuhmenr. Quoz put kis finger 70 his
noir, and wioking significantly, cried
g Whai do you think OF this my frind Jo-
nathan 20
/" Iicrc is cstaarorhe, ? exclaimed |,
in a melancholy tone. s. Here Is
dampsr kor the rDettleiome youths of the
age. Spiatof chivaliy, whi,heS bait thou
Aowa Shade Of Don Quixotte, Oct
ihoa no, iooS down with contempt GA the
degeaerlcy Of the times!
My filter Dorothy caught fympashe-
tic ipaik oi enthuiialn,--deep read In all
ths vo.umss Of ancient gomaaee, ana &c
lignssd With TIE slowieg descriptions OF
the hsroie age, fhe had learoed 10 admire
thegalan,ry of former days, and moorned
to Zee the lalt fpask OF ehiyalric fire thus
rudely extinguiihed.
Alas! my brother, fad lle, 70 what
a deploiahIe f axe are Our young men re-
duced ! how pitsous mli be their ftua-
alton with tenhoilities 70 eefly injured,
and bofams 70 trsm6lmSJ qi.Se 70 the calls
OF honor and etiqaette!
indeed my dea Dorothy, fad l, !
fell moi deeply for their melancholy Ii.
tastlon. Deprived in thefs dull, mo-
natonous, peaceable times, OF al! opporsu-
mites Of evincing, in he nasdy contett Ct
teuted field, that heroic Hsme that burns
within their breaits, they were happy 70
vent the lofty fumings Of their fouls IN
the more do,ne0ic and les dangerous en-
counters OF the duel-like the warrior IN
the fable, Who deprived of The pieafare
OF ilaugh;ering armics, contented bimielf
with cutting town cabbages.
Here foiemn saae eniuea. | called
10 mind all TIE tales | had hesrd or read
of ancient kniehss their amouis, their
qoarr,ls, and their comba,s; how, en- a
fair fammsr's morning, the knight OF the
Golden S4olc met the knigh, OF the Sicry
Fiddle; how the knight of the Fiery
Fiddle exclaimed in lofty tones, whoe-
YER denies shat Donna Fiddseofa IS the
mott peerless beauty in The univeTie,
maa brave the itrength of this arm y
how they both engaged with dreadful
fury and, after fighting till fnnfet, the
knighr of the Fiery Fiddle tell a martyr
TO his confancy; marmuring in melodi-
Gus accents, with his lareit breath, the
beloved name of Fiddleofa.
From theie ancient engagements, I de-
fcended 10 othcss more modern in their
da,es, but equally important in their orr
gins. recalled the genuine politenefs
and pohlhed ceremony with which duels
were conducted in my youthful days, when
thai gentleminly weapon, the /nah fzvord
was IN the highea vog,e. A challenge
was worded with the met particular com
plaifance: and one thar have filI in my
poGeilon, ends With the words, "yoa
yrirsd and afs17iosQfe ie,~Oant, Nitbolas
Stab6s." When the parties met on the
field, the fame dccorum was obiened ;
they pulled off their hats, w,aed one ano-
ther good day. and helped TO draw t IF
each Others Goats and boots, with the
mott refreaful civi!ify. Their fighting