Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-28

general, with a celebrated werk, YER,
scarce 10 this coaa.fy, eouted Aa IN
qufry into the human mind an the briaclblee
I IF common sense"
Mr.. Smile is engaged in composing
heroic epis,lc to Napoleon the great-spd
those who best knew his poeuoal power,
give it as their opinion thai he will hnlss
il, in mastery style, by The time be
reaches his dczaici!e. lfcommences thu;
DreaI emperor of iovereigns crave
"A moments audience OF tny royal car;
And whilt fair iree4sms 4urcS proudly wave.
Ger ali Thy .viug iubje&. loving locks
Like Indian cGrr. o'cr wltiIar'J cabbage Rocks:
On dcipntfn's victims orog genuine teas, =
And dc.gn TO Wifi Europc's rCeatoe garden
Mynatura foil, 81. &C
Mr.. Lvop-ws beg pardon--col. Lyon,
In military tactics iautus
80 ccoliei F--k or major As,
has stepped lr'le way h9m the capital
and is busiy engaged IN wiring circular
letter to his commitments, giving a citcun,
s,antial account of bis wonderful achieve.
mehts the by-past session; and in whichhs
viii endeavGr 80 ccnvIhce ;hsm that he act.
ed correctly in opposing the repeal OF the
duty on salt, az the Ga4aces Of me couptrv
re CURED a substitute, notwithstanding what
certain drzveAlers 10 nolitics asserted 10 the
contrary and that substitu;ewo ud und1ubt.
edly have been whiskey, when is SO essen,
/ sial to the heath and zve! bang o! the eject.
ors OF his district, and lae community at
large.
Mr.. Sloan having selected the pitt asd
marrow Of his famous speesh on Mr.,
Grsgs's no less famous resolution, has goa
u PtInted, IN blue, upoa satin: II is now
what 2 person not very atteaIive TO the
sounds OF letters might call, without being
gully Of impiety, "Sloan's speech ca SA-
TAM" this, accompanied with foil por,
trait Of himself, sucircled with ma~re5p
tones and cleaners; he intends sehding as a
present TO the successor Ct his most chris
iian majesty, by the first vessel belonging
to the graad naiien which may enter tho
Chesapeake O. &C Slcns force to ensure
shem safe passagcsl France, for it would,
verify. break he Old gen.lemxp'a keau were
they to fall into ise hands of the British /;
and in ai.eutrsi vessel !hsy might be censi-
dared c6ntrabaad Of 1ogri If he should cot
be elected 20 Ell ,ae presidents chair,
il is believed the ernseror will prevail on
his friend the Pope to create him an arch'
bishop, "a oGise which woald, no doubt,
prove extremely congenial to his feelings,
beiog perfect chaagslins ia religious
creeds.
The hocoraShs Duncan Mac Falkland is
meditasing viait to certain newspaper
editor, not hundred miles from the ca.
pirol, who has taken, ct sseond hand, on
commea liberties with his honor' Before
leaving The city he promulgated his ideas OF
gentihtg, and declared that ne should not
hesitate tc enter tbs lists with any man who
could read and write, and spell q little, and
ae trusted ,he s%E1e degree OF clenenCy
woaId be exercised tow,rds him. he has
felt wonderfully elevated since he had Inc
good fortune to correct several OF lis oro'
,her members, who, in order TO cn4Osn
their speeches, and to eilforce the adoPlos
OF their economical and mony'aayih3
schemes, had made use of the Scots phrase
,'msQny mickLe n7Gkes d muckie" DAncan
told tnem i, was absolute aoRsensc, "NCSe
and ssncke being synosimous terms Ina,
j. osgh. ia be many q pickle g. c. sman
morsel) nsaks mick!c barge or great; 'na'
4ickle. since the commence ment OF the So
venteenth century, has been in great msa'
sure superseded by the Eosiish word hf'I',
and hence it is very common in Sco'iana
TO hsar the observation mat "m0Ay q H''S
maks q macRie." This criticism OF his no.
nor is, 40 doubt, eEtsemsly just tor az
,ho4gh he did PC, receive bis Oery =, h .5s
education at the university of aud Rs'hie'
or. indeed, had ever his foot on the 'aG,
g CAKES, and therefore not beholden 70
for any Of his rare accomplishments ys'"
his.fSs,tls was a Scotsman considering Du''
cans aptasss 10 SARA wha'sTeris G''a a"r
great, he pnust be we'll versed 10 the ca'"'