Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-09-07

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He a native Of Africa, born in Dsbo,.
an inland country Of Guinsa. Alrhe S'
he hra mbaled tde vaal air within %
territory of the mott defposic monarch n, ~
world has ever known-he dsoqs, Of a a
attachment TO either defpotic, monarch; ~
or ariifocratic principles. On the ~
trsry, he has, long iince, inbibed the y
nets Of genuine, aualleye1 democracy, s,~
cssyif7ion, that an en!ii}ment under :;
banners is the only SIRE ,oad to preferm,,''
now days-for be is NOT altogether 4.
80 d OF am5it,ou, although belonging !.
the heat genus. He is much more ~,
fett resemblance of the bumaa specie, d..
The Ourang Cutang-his face being d.
fealy free from ua5efomiug hair, and J.,
| uase very much incining to the Romant
| He has fine head OF remarkably bl,el
hair, 70 long as to admit Of its being ti,1
| and walks as upright as mott nen, who srs
5les,sd qvnb becoming stoop. He isa.
| bout five feet eight or nine inches high !,
| habitcd as man, is man, in paint Of II.
telltG, in fhorf, ia every thing, excep III.
power offpeech, q efficiency which he IN.
e<asmgy tewai!s as the location Of much
uahapplnefs TO him. He IS fifty years Of
ape has never been afflicted withan hour,
in1ifpoG,ion-never wants an appetite
or needs an anodyne and yet he is mis.
ra5Ie, for he cannot SPEAK.
Having given tolerab'e delc,iptiono
the exterior of err 4fuean Babon, ".
will now attempt to give fom account Of
his uaeommon endo4umeut5, and meyrdib.
requirements, although we are conicious il
| is not in the psq0er If Language 10 do any
thing like adequate jasttee thereto.
He writes French with the accuracy
| and elegance of Rossesu or Voltaire-
| understands Italian grammatIcaly=
| writes poetry, in Ewglis5, which would
not suffer by comparison with Thai d
| The Hua,ioes Pops a master Of the
Latin, Greek, and spanish languages, and
intends very shortly to enrich the word
with mare elegantly Gferal translation Of
the Bible than any eStant. He Is nduc.
| ed to do this meYely to evisee i5u tRt,ris
| a5iiifiss as Hebrew scholar, tor he glO.
ries in declaring thas he is nat Christi.
| aui!i In fact, he is positive he can prove
! TO the satisfaction of all yra5Oaa6le mtg
/ Il. e. the democratic part Of the comnun.
| ty, they only being acquainted with tie
real meaning of tbs word " reasoni"l
! that the Bible, is nothing more or le';
than tks qvark of certain 9fsigsMg @sr,
whe lived IN the tire Of Vespaslan. He
is, over aa,1 above, all aJls faaneisr ~!
| having resided ten years in Geneva, tar
The beue3fl Of his education, and studied
under that extraordia0v asQs, VINO fai
| done himself irmo1at n2zr, 81 having
been tutor to the now Sly Of tbt
T-y of the U. 5. And alShongi'
to be candid, he was not as great an aceP
| in that laeyafiUe science as Mons. O-----H
justice TO kimsef requires it mud b
/ knogvu, that his master has frequeaiiy o.
| clared bin superior to sOery of6sf o. Hi'
| scholars. He gIories i'll having been mn
mately aequauied with the Mntt'iea' a.
| mIy Of me G. lis, and VIII relate I.
those companies who may honour INN VIII
visit, (by aid Of psn) sund'y ansc'0's
respel.ing them, which cannot but Prov
| CRY wereaiag TO all natiOe .41fF'f@ M
Bur the granaen OF all his graaa 2A"lg
calious IS yet 60 be enumerated. he P''
sessrs, III PERFECTION, the gtt OF prophecy
St ange aslt may appeaF--ltIS nese'sD'
| less shiaI ,ue--that he has neveF' az"
proved hlaselta false bntbtt, aIthon5 :
has been father 20 9,ofbes'es '4'4@f,s ~
| be!!! lie will CRAFTY 'lle generous r'o
he OF Charleston with a n,fng spsS'"e'
Of his abilities in ibis linz CT his professor,
Let rhn bis pupbsty be wfitse1 y y" ;,
sc p-ncil of Steel, upon taoieF OF Di@''
! :, n,.,,tc r. FIR - mil r117e to pass.