Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-12-06
From TIE " 7. Gamalsre:al Adgsrt:ssy.
SATURDAYS
LITERaR Is 30 w e K.
No. XXI.


approach you 10 day. Mr.. Editor, with
sensaiioas essentially dfsfeas from those
4 w1tca have usually atgeadri my literary
vssi.s. lagpraacn yoa for sha purpose o.
presenting ny thaaSs for your courtesy, s
Tor tnav ii taklng mp leave OF you uotil
s.sunaisr heats again Cypress tae weary
passenger. i5y tl.l. very exPedienr inca
sure, hcpe 10 live IA 20 = good grsces
and am Content to Weld up that Pofsioa soi
Your paper ,,hica you saye SO long cnsyuss'
cd 10 Gay cars, 50 tuass better able 60 Goa.
wy
& The traest notions in tbs easiest way.
Other cares now press upon me, aad ]
have arrived at ;ha{ peEiod IN lie wnicn
makes Is lnore than ever necessary to c.
vide ssy atyenacus smong taosc whom Il
has pleased God 10 place aades my special
government and protection. Il semsins.
therefore. for nae only at this time 60 say,
that have sought ~ltn some liUl@ assldule
ty To vary the entersalnmeat which you nave
kindly allowed me 70 prepare tor section
OF YOU readers, as much as posslbie; silal
20 accomplish this win the more certainty,
which vog 1gill alloy had becgSne beside
lasuun, have occasionally pus.u regular"
ton the talents an5 the taste or the dites.
en-, members of ,mY family. md Ola portion
Of my friends and 10 add word or two
upon VIA, has been done, and upon what
has no. been done.
IA looking over the different numbers, l
have discovered nothing winch ! have the
least occasion to regret the clrcuia,:on OF 5
andsf have added aoshing 60 tbs pubic
stock OF ethic9s, have at LEASE the cosso-
la,ion of knoalng that have applied the
effarss OF others in this d.rsctlen.o the best
of my ability. Nor have cur eyes been
shut TO the associations Of polite literature,
Saug, as we'll as sentiment, have occasion
ally BEEN brought 10 to the aid Of oar plan;
and, when oecupiedi IN cul!ng from the en-
pie stores of those whose commodities we
could wish 10 see more 10 use, we have IA,
ken the liberty 10 be little uniashionahle,
and have NOT hesiiated 10 pretlr.;rg that
which fenAsd TO benehs the heasts, rather
than 20 dazzle the tancies and corfups The
minds Of those &c whom our cares have
been sztenacd.
To that collateral, too younger, branch
of tny fan,ly, which is descead@d from
the Scr,b.efoses Of Q4eeu iana'a day, |
a.a considerably Indebted Il VIII BE- per-
ceisad thar he h2s 20. c3nGned hie0aelE 10
ihesaataankfuI ot!ice OF coiiecsing and eX
lib@lSs spsclcnecs Of tie battaa, or c:
tSaching s:be ars al Si5sk1'ss i's l7sctfy No
AR Eduor, be ilas too'ju5i conception
OF The gsuius OF she age 10 sPeaa his time
so poorly. lie kuew that his conduct
SHOULD coaiolm 70 circom5Fsnces. aud shat
wha, rnignr have been looked upon as a
public virtue IN the progenisoF, may become
treason in the progeny, and be punished
r;;h exile and deafh. &c kaew that, IN,
ssead Of scouting the bashcs, the times have
rendered i, his duty 10 pickle and preserve
;.to the best OF his ability and tia, the
ar, OF siuking in poetry is now pretty we'll
understood. THUS, taking all things into
consideration, he concluded saat nc ate a,F1
in this way, on his part, would BE OF any
use: and he therefore struck GU; into new
path IN shs sble laagner We have lately wiz.
messed
He lives 10 build I'D. boasta gen rors race;
and is most certainly
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.
How often, Mr.. Editor, are we compel
ed 90 sigh ONT the pious ejaculation that Sal
,hiogs passeth awayn Ioeonseqaence OF the
changes 10 literature which have limited
at. my cousin Serb, is rasher awkwara!y
situated in his appeilatise term of psSsoaa
d;,sinesioo, and has lately informed Tue tha'
he has slroag disposition 10 apply for an
acr Of the legislature so enable ia'na co as
srme name n ere congeaial so his pFesen
fselings. did not attempt 10 dissnads
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