Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-09-28
For the Alexaapdria Daily Aspertiser.
THE NfOisALIST.
No. VI.
q Gmninm rsyRm Fefissi.aag. !"

THUS popular preiodices, private pqae, taise
4,ste and ldgment, OH the headlong impulse Of
ta,r and fashion, may eounteratt all the efforts
&c strucrlirg genius, and render as abortive rs
.,sravours to please, as those Of the old man arc
his sou il the Faale, who, by turns, led, drove,
.oss nd carried his Ass, 70 please the esprlces OF
a;asrsot individuals. But all was IN vain-ard
,s- following story. setting forth the embarrass-
.,-p.s d;sspp9intrlents aud dstresses or travel
leria cass ng through touT dldrreat countries u
Europe, may, In sore degree, tend to cohhFm
the ohsetvatlen.
& You must know" says my correspondent,
]. that during the last continental war IN Europe,
nart;cuIar business obliged me TO set OUT upon
Journey for Vienna but being stranger 70 the
e,iouettr Of travelling, Inegleeted TO provide NY
self with a passport for as my business was
Of no c,acern 70 foreign nations, had no
notion that they had any business 10 concern them.
selves about me.
had TO shape my course through the terri
tories of reatral and con:eading powers.
landed in Holland and passed the usual examina-
Ton; but frankly confessing that the BUSINESS
which brought me there was OF private nature,
was imprisoned, cross examined, searched, bag
and baggage, and finding no calse to detaln me,
] was at length permitted 10 pursue my Journey
g To the officer Of the guard who conducted
me 10 the frontiers, ! complained bitterly OF the
loss shsu!d sustain by the delay. Mynheer,
reused from his native phlegm, slowly drew his
pipe from his mouth, and, putfInS out cloud
of smoke Mynheer," said he, /" ven you
vocrst SET foot in the land of the Sheyen Pro-
vinshes, YOU should have declared, thas You were
! marchand and come open the affairs com
yoersh;, and then, replacing his ripe IN his mouth
again Ne relapsed into his former tacltnrmty.--
This was hint however and SO being released
fran this unsociable companion 5000 arrived at
French town., where the centinel at the gate re.
ouSssed my p>rmisssbn 70 ask for my passport !;
and upon telling him, buntly, that ! had none,
q ne beqged ten thousand Of De pardon, and for
de lberre he vas oslige to take by conducting me
to the commissayie.'
Monsieur e Commissarie received me with
true French potrfaess, and with all che eraces OF
the tue Gallo shrug and grin, made the usual
enquiries and bang determined toasoid the
error which caused such inconveaience before,
replied, " thar affairs %. connerce had brought
me there
Mon Dieu - exclaimed the Commissalre,
(" It's un negoviant, une Bourgeois Veni ice,
rake him away to de Marechausse, me wi examine
autre fols, asds tlIle must go dress tor dc y
pssa-Allons!
/" Monsieur Anglcs" says me French soldier,
as be conducted me 10 the guard room, "you
should not ave rncntlone de commerce TO Monsieur
lie COmnissaire dey pay no regard TO t'atflque ~
dis countriey +; you should have tell Monsieur,
dat you came here to dance, TO sing, and to dress
a Ia Francos he would have treet you ayec
beau comp dc compliment and congee dowa TO DE
ground, seven, six, two, tree, tour, nne tlne' wa
tres humble servlteur hi Tor Anglols.
This was but poor consolation, but II was all |
could get--so b,d the honour OF spending the
) night in French guard room1-ald the next day
the Commissaire condescended to let me go about
my business.
Proceeding further few leagues, fell IN With
detschnent of German Chesseurs, who demand,
60 my name, quality, and what brought me fbefT.
upon which told them came to dance, to s'rg,
aud 70 dress. What, says one, he'sa french spg
! he shall be hanged, says another--so | was
commanded TO mount behind dragoon, and away
they scanpered with me so the camp.
Wien ! came there, instead OF rope, only
received areprimand, for giving such foolish &C
count of myself, aad was presently discharged
with few words ;of advice" We Germans
says the commanding officer, eat, drink, and
snoke--toose are. o1r favcsite employMsots, and
ha@ you Informed the dragons Chat you followed
no other business, you had saved them, yourself,
and me great deal of trouble.
Soon aTter tbs escape, approached the Pruss'an
domnioas, where my examination was still more
strict; however, had got my lesson, and 50 told
them, that my only business was TO eat, driak,
ard smoke. Impossible, says the officer, there
5 snbe no such characters except among the hot
tentots. You are an inposter, and YOU shall oe
tied up to the picket, 'dh you give better ac-