Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-11-12

iaander Ia chief, alIats srpfised. Wash
ington loved and .rsssed him 90 ! generous
aad devoted friend. Ilvas his privilege
TO live masy yssrs 70 wear his we'll sarasd
laursls; 70 reap the rewards OF his tolls
and dangers in the peace and prosperity Of
the souatry which he contributed 10 naks
free aad great; 70 be associated with his
,revered geasralin the aounslls ct the fedc.
raj gsvsraAeat, at tins whea share IN
the direction OF its csuacils was the object
of AUST ambition and to receive express
sisas Of gratitude and resPsc. in the honors
conferred upos him by his native state. Ts
his merits as military ehief and public
man. were joiasd those Qualities which cone
slliase affection and engage esteem in pris
vate intercourse, which made him the do.
light Of his family aud tbs promoter Of sos
slal happinsss, In the circles In which he
msyed.
Thr afairs Of his fortune, which Tor
soms years have been perplexed and diff.
cult, had .akea course, offering him plea.
saas aniieipa.isns. But WIS Shall claim
exemption freaa the law of mortality! Ihe
warrior lies 10 the grave 8 hushed as the
storm that's spsas.:' The sratesman's
WELDON is bafRsa and the speakers clio
qdsuce is dumb, The heart which swelIsd
With generous affections beats no mare,
aad she face which always wore smile Of
chez ssuiness ana bsnigaity is stripped 81
10 peasant features He who locked to
be at ease In ais possessions is placed be.
yoad the reach of anxiety or hape, ct dis.
appoinimensscs success in The house APP.
pointed for all the living. We are called
GO remember that Whatever IS hamao IS
precarlous, that however fair may be evr
prospects, car lives may fail and thai
Others on whom our happiness or expects-
ITEMS rest, arc trail as ourselves. The
loss Of such characters is always subjgct
Of meiancholy reflection on a public &C.
eouAt, Of The heroes and patriess Of our
revolution the number is small and their
usei is great. Their influence in HE pre-
sent times, and ia exigencies that may be
near, must DC important. The life of
such prrsoas is general blessing, and
every Instance Of their death makes a
breach, through which evils OF unkDoWn
exisat may enter"
From the UNITED ST.AIES GAZETTE.
Dr.. Pinslio his treatise on Medical De
rangemsnt, says, tha, on examining the
.eistayS f,b. a:,a,.a Loan;t,1 Co I ~
nasles at Paris, he found the sumber oil
MONKS AID Priests was very great; alse
a great many counsry people who had bssn
sc rlfled eat OF their senses BY hoFrid pic
lures oil futnrisy rnaEy artists, as painters
sculptors, and musicians soaae vsrsltiers,
la rxs.acies with their Own productions q
pretty considerable plumber Of advocates
and atornies but there did no. appear
one or ihose parsons accustomed te equa
and ,hsbituzl exercise OF their intellectual
laoules not pns naturalist or natural phi.
losopher efabi!isye, no. one chymest, aud
tor stronger reasons, nor one geometrL
cian.
The same author records the following
singular case ct insanity:
s'sOae of The NEST eminent watch ma.
kers n Paris became deranged, from pro
scouting she idea OF erprtual mo;ien.---
His deessgemsas was characterised by this
singslatisy he believed that he had beer
gulltotined, that his head had been mlxed
with these of some o.her victims, and .ha
the .jaagas repeating of their crnel verdict
had ordered the heads TO be placed or
their respective bodies. by some mistake
he conceived, that The head eff oss of hi,
uaiorsuaa,e companions had been pIacee
on his shoulders; aud this idea haunted
him night add day. a cosvslescrns of {
lively aad joeular turn, was engaged to pla,
the following trick upon the artist. Their