Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-08-17

mes fall intc our hands, that }hipnerts
of thefe from America, at advanced prices
may &c deemed hazardous.
IiMBEa from America. can only
anfwcr to the owners OF fbips.
SrAyas cannot be exprsted long to
maintain the prefsnt high pricess Awhile
Oak Pipe So 10 4ol. hid. IS to gil. bI.
II to Isl
The PARSCN ANp. THE PAINTER
A certain Rector employed Painter
to ornament sbe Church wi,h alegorcal
devices adapted to the holiness OF the
walls. The Painters cherubs had rueful
faces in the Parsons tye-he warmly thus
attacked the artist:
C Why daub my Church, man, with fuch phiz-
zesgrim?
CheIubs It'll dumps, with tears in ei'her eye p
To which the Painter respectfully re-
Piled:
g Becauie your Reverence Jays, thas chsrubim
And Seraphim, continually do,cry."
freious Confssaou,.- VIVA. have
zoe been contending fer, says the Oyear
Of The Public viii, as Diane calls hrlsei.,
+" if Feaf,QAns are permitted to retain 1tf
fees" There is a word in tie dcinocrs-
tc vocabulary, which f6y call pyaUtt
heretofore it has been indefinite many
enquiries have been made to know WHAT
the Demos meant Duane, at lass, III his
own blundering way, has unfoldea the
mystery. This man entities binself The
g Organ of the party" the assumption
has not been denied !; and until it is denied
his confessions bind them al of course
they all admit that their political bymei-
Pies are regulated BY the acquisition Of
pR6jie e6fees; ard thus all their boastcd
principles center III the purse.
During a serious portion of the revolu~
tionary storms in France, RoBEsPrERsE
had . great many such pafyi0ts as DUANE
appears to be. Each abeured at lis posse
But fever any of them committed blur.
der, let their zeal, devotion, and patlic-
tisln, be what they might, Robespiere,
ever cautious and providenr, Immediately
sent them to the revolutionary tribunal.
from whence an easy transmission to the
guillotine, efe6ually secured their pru-
de.tial eonduet ever after.
Whilst the Auror0 and several other
papers, are continually exerting their in
tluence to plunge us into anarchy and a.
lhcisln, which would be succeeded by the
reign Of terror and plumber, such as that
which Robespierfe established in France
Duane and the other demoralizels do not
rccollect, that almost all those who were
most CONSPICUOUS IN those horrors, per'slcd
by the same means which they usedto dc.
stroy their opponents
1t Is most likely from the insipidness Of
the Aurora for some time past, THAI Du-
ane has received some privatt isstruaisuso
either TO write with more p.udence or 20
refrain altoae ther. This is advanced g
mere esnjel7ars; bat these en- be 40
doubt that tie style OF the paper is no-
rear SO fsroclous as formerly, Perhaps
the phalanx Of writer's who hogegei tound
the press OF the Aurora, While fbey cong
tended for e16tes, and who have been &C
cused as su6 tditoys, find compl..e employ
ment for their supporting the NafDusl
MlelYyeaeer. The world sees that there
is vide difference, Or falling off, in the
style of the 4Aayoya, and these obseryatl-
ons may perhaps shew why IT Is SO.
(Balt. Ant.iDemO.
Married laa evening, by the Rev. Mr.: