Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-08-27

roprs aeainH The police Of thar town.
From lush regulations as are comPla.ned
of il III: following paragraph, and from
,he prevailing fever having made dreadful
havoc in Norfolk, TOR fome years laa
n,a. the citizens Of Alexandra, may
have fone groaads for caution 10 conmu.
n;ca,ioa there. The Herald OF The 10th
infant iays--
. Notwithstanding the certain accounts
ofthe Fever raging in New York, and
although we have given hints for precau-
.ioa IN this pace. yet no feps are taken
20 prevent lis heing imported here. We
fee no proclamation for the performance
Of Quarantine, nor any Superintendent IN
dichsrge Of the dctiss IF his Office tut
this Is ;uR as nfusl. Should the fever
nike its appearance among Us, we iaal
then f:e the proper officer nearly ex5fyfag
from rrsrtroa, All we ihall talk OF no.
ting but b40irg the aysets, until the
cold weather fers in; then the fubjed
will drop until the aesf fell llelox, when
fear vii. sgain bring The thing to cur re-
collection. There's not a town on the
continent 70 generally detective In Police,
nor town thar fafFers more from It than.
Norfolk. Until III has a good Police it
can never rife 30 the caimation its loeal
Eiuasion and advantages would eniurs II. =
The French generals adopting . their
fpesehrs 10 shcir armies, peaaFpus words,
and vain Aawery is not new, however
Bouapagrc may arogate 10 h;mlelf the
mer;. of Ills glsriisai ;as,sntiou. Milton
has been proved 10 have borrowed ideas
from the Grecians, why may not French
Conful initiate a Perfzo Princc,
In looking over an old publication, we
found the following addrefs, which we
add, By way OF comparing The ancient
tyrannic mode of warfare, TO thar of the
modern fyaem of the fons Of liberty and
equality.
Magaauimsxs Peyfans, tesses Of The yaee
ef se0ii
Withthe aid and fupgost of the God
whom l icrve, have reduced yoL. The
ara OF the mott high bent nv bow, his
Almighty hand itrengthencd my arm, and
direaed my arrows, and ! have fubdued
you, AID difp,sisd my eacmies. II is
this God, THE God Of ny fathers, whom
Invoke: Before his adorable face ! fall
proitratc. as did formerly Abraham, Ilaac,
and jacob. Fear nothing from me-. yell.
luitrioas iaac OF heroes; for will deal
with you as father of the family OF Ca
leo and Nun : As your captain, lhall
always march az the head Of you. armies,
and as your general, | will SO forth TO
chsltiie your enemies and mine. Yes,
whsa tie inhabitants of the earth fhall
provoke your bravery, and force us 10
declare war againf shem, | will go before
you, unaer the geidance Of The God whom
| wosihip, and lead YOU to the cxtrsmi
ties Of the fes, from the Eaphrates 10 the
Vlouth OF the JanScS, and as far as tNe
mountains of the Eat. wis give youa
iisnal which you are as yet ignoranf OF,
aoe you nall march under banner which
you are Strangers to-
But all the lsbored harangucs of Prince
Heraclius. or Conial Bonaparte, vaailh
IN The fnoke which begot them, oa being
compared with the following fpeech of al
highland GHETTO his trsops, immediately
before going into battle:
Ma bra Lals,
T" Ken .ye yon folks, in yonder glen,
-" right weel we ken,'' replied the FOL
diers-" them, exclaimed the chief, !" if
ye danna kill them, they'll kill ye."
The cefion OF Wet Flcridda. as me
toned in letters from our sniniiters at Pa
us, is we underltand an affair of con-
ftruttion. Louiiiansis cecded by France
to the United in the fame manner as re-
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