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IcoSr1NuED.]

Thus, from the tenants of the main, the
inhabitents of the frozen seas, has the inge.
nui,y OF man drawn materials to contribute
to their wants and Injuries, more delicate
than the productions of the celebrated Vale
of Cashmere.
If the above account of the formation of
wool and hair be admitted, the stoppage in
the growth of wool which forms Joint
staple, and also the production of stiff or
cotted feeoes, may be accounted for. When
from disease, but more frequently from
deficiency of food and warmth, the animal
ceases suddenly to secrete the wool-forming
fluid, if this continue only for short time,
and by increase of warmth and food it again
produces wool, division in the staple will
be seen, and by pulling it at each end, it
will break where the stoppage in the growth
took place.
Where the above cause. operate for a
longer time, the wool already formed hav-
ing ceased to grow, and being deprived of
farther supply of yolk, is by the motion of
the animal, and the action Of wet, felted in
20 stiff coat. In some feeces this takes
plac. before the wool is separated from the
skin: in others the wool is nearly detached
from the back, and connected only by a few
scattering hairs where languid formation
of wool is going on. In some instances the
formation of a new fleece has begun under
that which is cotted. This takes place when
the animal has again abetter supply of food.
The new fleece is connected with the Colt
Nv : few hairs in each staple which had me-
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Valuable Proberty for oan u,
March IS.

THE subscriber offers Tor 'a'e w. ID
on Fairfax street, in AieSn nh. ,sse
occupied by Mrs. S. Aickc1s. ~ ,ho.lsp
sors say this property is worth iou, sear al
two hundred dollars, and haVe' hut 4
year, assessed it at this sum ,hs hisI
subscriber now offers it for sale a''
the assessed value.
Hc also offers for sal'' rr,Jt|
The vacant Lots 90 Fairfax anu .s..sp
streets. Assessors have said that su psJI
are worth thrae thousand two ha's pun alp
lars per acre, and have assesse' ~" les
rate; but the subscriber VIII t@N'
the half of that sum per acre ,.ouetF
He would gladly sell all ms IRE .treet
the MalI--his Houses on hnS'' me 81
Royal .strcct--his Houses on l"s s drew
near Washington ssreet-hls 'Al,saod
or any other property he has Il. ID m
on credit of s, l3, and 10 NV
ply 10 Cuthbert Powell or = rooke'
Leesburg, March 50.
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F O R E G. N.
WA NORFOLK. J
YARMOUTH. 7ulu

YARMOUTH, July 10.
Arrived, the Havoc gun brig, lieutenant
Bamber, from the Baltic, and brings intel
ligence that ScH1LL is not dead, but only
wounded, and is terrifying the island Of Ru.
gen, and reports that revolution has brok :
en- out at St. Petersburg headed by the grand
duke Constantine.
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/" BANKS OF TIE ELBE. fune 80.

Nothing decisive has as yet arrived
from the great theatre of war but, accord
ing to all accounts, may be daily expected,
as the three bridges over the Danube were
finished On the 18th, and great reinforce
ments had reached the French army, Ma
poleon had also finished all the preparations
and dispositions for grand and decisive
attack on the heroic a5chduks Charles. and
his valiant army, who were also prepared
to receive him.
The victory which the French hlazon
to have obtained owe, the archduke John,
by their Italian army, and the occupation
OF Raab, were mere ephemeral successes,
as intelligence has been officially received of
much later date a. Prague, stating that
the Archduke had retaken the position on
the Kaab, and the French are said to have
retreated before him.
" According to private letters from Aus
tria, the Duke of Ragusa's army has been
defeated and totally dispersed in the con-
fines of Hungary, and no more than 5000
men are said to remain of it. By the same
channel it is said, that combined British
and Turkish naval and military force has
retaken Trieste and Fiume, and conquered
the greatest part of Dalmatia.
6 The presence Of a British army in Ha.
mover, would be great diversion in favor
OF Austria,as many of the inhabitants would
join, particularly as the CONSUMPTION tor
France will soon be introduced. ~
= 49,
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Observations on the influence ct Soil and La-
mate upon WOOL from z0hich is dsdstc-
ed certain and easy nsethoa Of improv-
me. The qudlfty Of English Clothing Wools,
and preservirg, the healtt q Sheep; Nth
hints 5ysthe management ef Sheep after
shsaring, an enquiry into tie structure,
s.rozvth, and formation Of 7uooS and hair !;
and remarks on the means by zvhich the
= Spanish breed Of Sheep may be made to
preserve the best qualities Q its fleece I'M
changed in different climates.
BY ROBERT BAKEWELL.
Hsth occasional Notes and Remarks, BIZ the
RIGHT HON. LORD soMERvILLE.
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THE EXPEDITION.
RAMsGATE 1uly /

RAMscATE July II.
We are all hustle here this day, 20 sail
of transports having come in, which in con-
sequence of adverse winds, occasions great
confusion amongst them, but being moder.
ate was attended with little or no damage to
the vessels. The troops are to embark to-
morrow, as far as the present arrivals will
admit, when these will be dispatched for the
Downs, and others sent in, so that to ap
pearancc one of the most formidable expe-
ditions ever Witnessed from this country, is
now likely to besvery soon ready for its des-
tination.
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Augsburg, June %.
There has just appeared royal edict OF
considerable length, relative tothe religion
and corporation of Bavaria. 1t declares
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that an absolute Liberty Of eon.,.
guaranteed to all the inhabitants Of Ras'. !
Every person may chuse and exerc;s D''' Via
ever religion he pleascs, as soon As Il !. N''l.
have obtained the age Of twenty vca,s sa
ont any prejudice to his civil riph,s VIA
regulation applies &c. both sexes. Tb. la
ing the proselytes, either by force Or :. u'
prohibited. Ifin the contracts Of NJ, aa'
the parties being of different religions !,
stipulated that in which their chiIdrsn a'''
be educated, that stipulation shall bs h.
ly followed /; but if there shall be- N.Y. wa
agreement, the male child shall be b,, 'sIa
up in the religion of the father, and 4. 'gs'')
male in that of the mother foundIlna, A 's'
be brought up in the religion of him o' '4'
who shall be charged with their tdu,,, ~'
Fran the Banks efMe 1laine, 1uu,s,
Letters from Paris state, that s,r;m.
quotations for peace are carrying o,
that Napoleon will certainly ceIebra,,. I T.
h;rth dav (the 15,h of Auors,\ .. ~. aa
- faFa'
pn
The o,.n,,, of,5. oxcl' sasg =, Janes,
90 ,o.n1eo oo9 atsoaa a aas "a ares, uhNs
INCREASING in farce, has mr0esn up tsr,;s%
t'ons an diFerent points Of HE Danube crd
0 nI ~ ~s FH'H q 0e]enS'Oe 9befatSs.
Inc drcnauRe Ss'10s attachments to Rm2c.
'y ana germany TO alarm The enemy. La;I
50 appears to he z7tenaed in sh6rt tim, b
haze more corts acting Under generals H.
nan, Kienmayer, and T1ieMe1er in So.av
Franconia and Swabia.
Ir1pz1c ynn.a
Arco,Jynp to certain ;nc rms,;as e.
E.onhG,t necoc;l,t;ana . . ""''" p@
E.~,,c. onJ lnSt.,a r ,, "ueN
-. .,arat:oa .rD', 'i III rs :" ua'
"se "'e"'"'f0" ""Ss'a' VIZ are NN
'"ol o"' sovereign 7o'H So0H return hefs
June ga
1hss 0ay 4ooW moan the AMg q HnEh
liza lsft M7s city, and od'yalced Nth III, !
whole q ms army to the neiSh6mEsa
Dresden. Before his departure he mi
matted On BY q aebut0tion II the magishaal
His majesty issued here the ELszving
ORDER or TnE mr..
Soldiers the r,piglity OF our march, A
the perfect combination Of II cur Ou' m mr'e
have had the same effect en- the enemy as
he had lost battle.
Only the day before Yesterday he inslhN
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The march of the troops for their various
destinations on the Kent coast was complet..
cd yesterday.
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To be contialued.7
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4" BERLIN. Tulu I.

!" BERLIN, 7u7y1.
BY way Of precaution the duke of Val
my has removed the treasury of Hanau to
Mentz.
i" The Austrians have extended them
selves considerably in the territory of Full
da.
Accounts received at Frankfort from
Upper Swabia give reason to tremble for
the fate of the unfortunate town of Lindra.
I" The scarcity of meat greatly encreases
at Vienna.
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beside. the artillery already stated, 1900
horses Of the commissarial corps OF gunner
drivers, from Woolwich, Chatham, and Can
terbury, are ordered to accompany the ex-
nrdi,ion strong indication this, that the
service is continental. They will be EN-.
barked in divisions at NorthAeet and Rams
cate. A detachment of the Wagon train
IS also expected to embark this day at Dept
ford.
Extract of a letter from capt. Cuyrie, Of the
Ruby, dated Hoylake, July Z, to- a mer-
camille house in liverpool.
GENTLEMEN-I left Palermo on the
1stult. honored with the charge of dispatch
es from lord Amherst, British minister pie
npotentiary, and general sir John Stewart,
whom | left at Melazzo enbarking an army
of %, 900 men, British and Slcillans, under
his command, destined to attack Naples,
and which were intended to sail three days
after my departure"
At al late hour this morning we received
Hamburger papers to the 9th inst.-BerlIn
to the Cd, and Frankfort and other papers
to the soth ult. The following IS the in
telligence contained in them:
LEIPZIG, June 26.
"Six or seven thousand Saxon and Wir-
temberg troops entered our city yesterday.
We expect others to-day.
June %.
"The king Of Westphalia entered this
place on the e6th, and yesterday marched
with his army towards Dresden.
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FOR RENT,

THE DWELLING HOUSE Of wv ~. ~
Colonel HooE, on Watershed. ~ .s..,,
cious and convenient, and has all h' ,o !.
onthouses, with very excellent Sa'''
ached to it.
J. II. Hooe' a.,
49, ExeculO'''
March IS.
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From the Banks ofMe Maine, Tunez.
Letters from Paris state, that s,r;m.
quotations for peace are carrying o, .'
that Napoleon will certainly ceIebra,., = !:
birth day (the 18th of August at Paris,
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C MERsERouRG. 9une @

NIEKsEBOUKG, JHVe 70
Official letters from the king Of West
phalia's head quarters, arrived this morning,
state, that gen. D'Alhynac had orders to
pass the Sail yesterday, and attack the Aus
TRANS near Lutzin. After several actions
the enemy were obliged to retire. The
Aus,rlans evacuated Leipsic at midnight.
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=" PRAGUE, fully "a.

PRAGUE, jug "a.
We learn by official reports from the
gencrailssimo's head quarters, that up to
the ed, nothing had occurred between the
two main armes. The archduke Charles
is daily receiving reinlorcements from two
to three thousand men, SO that his force On
the line from Creims to Presburgh is esti-
mated at 100000 troops of the line.
" AS the Tyrolians and Voralbrrghers,
supported by the Imperial troop, under the
command OF Col. Teuner, consider them
selves strong enough to make head against
the enemy, general ChasteIlar has united
with the Banus of Croatia, Count Outlay,
and in conjunction with him has entered
Hungary By the mountains.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-16

guarded, its name and character req
pected over the whole earth. At that
time, to be citizen of the u. States,
was proud distinction, passport to
respect in foreign countries.--When
he had finished lis political career,
March A., 1909, the circumstances of
our nation were completely reversed.
Hers ne are, despised and insulted
abroad, and impoverished at home our
trade nearly annihilated, agriculture
depressed, the difficulty of discharging
debts becoming, every month and eve
~ week, greater and greater; & bank
ruptcy and poverty staring thousands
in the face, who in ordinary times
might have oecn in comfortable cir
cumstances.
Mr.. Madison came into administra-
ton under very unfavorsble and en-
barrassing circumstances, for which
we are ready to make every reasonable
allowance: in the mean time we do
ardently wish him to be fully sensible
that such partial, time-serving, and
popularity-hnnting measures, as have
brought us into our present difficulties,
can never get US out of them and
that he may make the consistent and
dignified conduct Of the great WASH
lNGTON, the model of his adminis-
tration. Connecticut Couranf.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-16
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Q71aeksry.----A certain Italian noble
man had enjoyed good health, but no,
contented with that, he would needs
swallow some qaack medicines, to rem
der his body more than sveH. The con-
sequence vas, that he pinned with. dis
ease ever after, till the day of his
death |. Sensible at last Of his folly,
when 1t was too late, he ordered the fol-
lowing inscription to BE- put upon his
tomb, svas spcil, I gvonld be brucr,
and hrre 1 am. Pretty much SO it
has been ard is with the good people of
this country While the Washington
ystem OF policy continued, which was
built not upon whim, but upon pracli-
cal good sense, we flourished as ma
ton beyond all former example But
lot satisfied with the enjoyment of
gosd political health, and unexsmpled
prosperity, there was a prevailing itch
among the people for trying quack ex-
psriments. The followers OF Wash
ington were hurled from their seats,
new men were advanced 10 them, men
who had ha;tcred the people that they
would do infinitely better than their
predecessors. A new system Of meas
ures was adopted and pursued--and,
here 7ve are--not quite In the tomb, blu.
certainly in very languishing and
morbid political condition.
When MIR. Jefferson FIRST took into
his hands the reins Of government, in
1901, he found the nation borne aIohg
on a full tide Of prosperity at peace
with all the world, connected by trea-
ties with the principal nations Of Eu-
rope, its commerce immense and well
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-16

rospea, but inherent qualities. And We fur.
Their predict, and confidently hope, that
time, and a cooperation of more friendly
circumstances, will place Mr.. Webster,
ana other great American geniuses, in their
true light, and cause their worth to appear.
That though Murray has sought patron
age in foreign land, & received the coilnte.
nance and distinguishing compliments of
the liberal and accomplished BLAIR, &c.
and though RuhFoRD, had he continued
in America, would have been BeyGsnin
Thompson 10 this day; we hope our coun-
Try will, ere long, be willing TO pay more
proper respect to aspiring genius, and there-
by prevent the misfortune of the further
emigration Of her most distinguished Suns.
The writer Of these observations, has no
interest in the result of Mr. Webster's I'm.
dertaking, separate from what he possesses
in common with his fellow citizens, nor has
he the happiness of the least personal ac-
quaintance. Neither does he imagine him.
self qualified to do justice to bis character
Ut his writings but he could not. without
doing violence to his feelings, suppress his
desire Of offering this small tribute OF graft.
tude and respect, To so distinguished per-
sonagc, and Of recommending him, IS far as
his ability and opportunity would allow, to
,hcnotice and patronage of fellow couns
trymen especially as ADLER pens have mo.
we'd SO reluctantly to his well earned praise.
He seriously believes, that the disafect.
ed and disappearing readers of Mr.. Web
ster, (if any, have only to become more ssise.
better acquainted, and lees fvcjudised them-
selves, to discover superior knowledge in,
End admire him and that he is pre.emi-
nently entitled to the general patronage and
support Of United Aaneica.
A FRIEND TO MERIT.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-16

groes to the polls, apd knew to
greater certainty wherc votes could
be bought for beer, than any of his
contemporaries. His excrtious in the
caufe, his perfevering induitry. his
degrading compliance, his vnreiiiting
humility, his itedfafl dependence,
at length caught the attention of one
Of the leaders ofthe party, who was
pleafcd to obfcrve that Dabbls was a
very ue1m fellow, who would 60 all
hngfb5. From that moment his for
tune was made-hc was hand and
glove with orators aud fang -whan-
gers, baked in the funihine Of great
mems fmiies, and had the honour,
lundry times, of fhaking hands with
digni,aries, and drinking out of the
fame pot with them a: a porter
houfc |!
/ will not fatigue myfelf with ira
cling this cater pillar in his nimy
progrefs from worm to butterfly:
fufIice it to fay that Dabble bowed
and bowed, and fawned, and fneak-
ed, and fmirked, and libclled, until
one would have thought perfevcr-
ence i,felf would have fettled down
into defpair There was no know
ing how long he might have linger.
ed at diltance from his hopes, had
he not luckily got tarrad and feather
ed for fonae of bis clettioncerins ma.
nnuvres-this was the making of
him LET not my readers Fare
tarring and fea,hcring here is equal
to pillory and cropped ears in Eng
land land either of thefe kinda Of
martyrdom will eniure fatyief toe
fympathy and fupport Of his faction.
His partizans (for even he had his
partizans) took his cafe into coniider-
ation-he had been kicked and cuff
fed, and difgraced, and difioaored in
the caufe -he had licked the dufi at
the feet of the mobile was faith
full drudge, flow to aager, Of invioci-
Bile patience. of incoTant aiIiduity--a
thorough going tool who could be
cur5cd, and fpurred, and directed at
pleafure = in fhorr he had all the
important qualifications for Mfke
pyeat n.ar, and he was accordingly
uihcred into Office amid the acclams-
tons OF the party. The leading men
complimcntcd his ufcfulncis, the
multitude bis republican implicitly,
and the fang whangers youchcd for
his patriotiim. Since his elevation
he has diflovercd indubitable 6gns
Of having been defined for great
man. His nofc has acquired an adj
ditional elevation Of feveral degrees,
70 that now he appears to have bid
den adieu TO this world, and to have
fet bis thoughts altogether on things
.a6sve and he has fwelled and inflat-
ed himieli to fuch degree that his
friends are under approximations that
he will one day or other explode and
blow up like futedo.
1434
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-16

Even the desmtsns. which constitute
the whole value Of Johnson's Dictionary.
Mr. Webster represents as deficient in
precision, beyond any thing he could have
imagined, withouta minute attention to the
subject )" that "he Johnson has given
currency to between tspo anc three thousand
words, which are NOT English !" and fur
Their, what he esteems great evil, "grcat
numbers of these illegitimats words. are
copied into Eatick, Perry, and other small
Dictionaries, for schoois;" that, Gas modern
photographers, since Johnson, have erect
ed their works on the foundation which he,
as a confessed "giant of literature" has
laid for them and, as mere copiests after
him and one another, have thas given cur
rency to his errors, without taking the trou'
bic, or not possessing Sufficient knowledge,
to know why or syherefere)-so exrunge
these barbarities, and supply the defects OF
the English dictionaries, occasioncd by the
great Improvements in the sciences within
half n century, to the amount of five o, six
thousand spoyds, and which are not found IN
the best authors, is very important part OF
Mr.. Websser's design.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-16


In the further prosecution of his design
of establishing Standard Of American Lit.
crature, Mr.. Webster 10 now seduiously en-
gagged in the compilation of a Complete Die
fAbna,y 0f the Epgiish Language, . work Of
vast labor and expense, and intended as =
valuable improvement Of The best dictiona-
RIGS now in use. The labor necessary to
accomplish this work, on his plan, he says,
is double to that which DIR. Johnson bestow-
ed on his Dictionary. That his etymologi-
cal inquiries alone, Ga part of the subject on
which Johnson bestowed no great pains, as
he mersly copied his etyinologies nom osh-
er au,hors). viii probably incur as much
labor as the whole execution Of Johnson's
work..
In a letter to Judge Dawes, Of Boston,
dated at New Haven, July IS, 1907, on
the subject of his proposed Dictionary, af-
ter mentioning. the "mass of materials"
which he had accumulated for the arduous
work, Mr.. Webster writes thus +" con-
" slider it my duty, as it is my pleasure, TO
/" prosecute the work provided l have
" health to sustain the labor, and property
" to defray the expenses of the compilation.
"Bst fear my pecuniary resources will
"not be adequate and that the past labor
" of sumo years will be lost, f-om inability
"to prosecute the design. Were ! sim
gle man, should probably leave nay
" country, and seek patronage in one where
+" undertakings of this kind are never neg
" lected. much less opposed"
In Europe. enterprises of this nature,
have sometimes been patronized by govern
ment, and the execution made a nationsl
expense. And men Of talents and ability
rarely fail TO meet encouragement and sup
port, from the numerous enlightened md,-
viduals and Incorporated societies with
which that country abounds. And for the
honor Of our own country, we could wish.
that, tho it's citizens may be indifferent and
ungrateful for while, 10 the CLAIMS OF one
of It's brightest ornaments. they will not e.
ventually oppose the laudablc designs OF this
their distinguished fellow citizen, and con-
sequcntly their own ultimate honor and in
terest We sincerely desire they may yield
him that countenance and support, which
the magnitude and Importance Of his under
taking demand, and which he has right
to expect, not merely as favor, but as his
Just due. We hope the time is not far dis
tant when the film of prejudice, (like the
scales from the eyes Of Saul may be re-
moved from the mental eye of the public,
whereby they may clearly discern not only
their true interest, but the brilliant lthough
steady light of genius, shining, not BY Dor.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-28
COMMUNICATED.


DTEp, al the family seat. OH Sunday, the 10Th
inst. Mas ANN CARTER, rei;ct Of Charles
Garter, H.. late of Shirley
1t is difficult TO p0urtray superior excellence ;
for howeyct ris'dly tire obligations Of truth may
be respected, &c the reader kHowing ti, ucpeI.
iectons he feels III himself and observes is o.
Tiers, IS prone T. suspect ,hAt il5 S4s.cd hrits
have been passed.
Aware Of this natural impulse, and conscious
oFmy own inability to do justice TO tie dear in
esimoble departed Lady, re, erthrl, - must
obey the imperative claims derived from gtAti.
tud,, affection, duty and oSpeiei< oG b.7 Va a.,
hypaying my last homage to her matehlos5 viz.
tue.
II heat pure and simpt, a. is manner, MOI q
aud engaging She iusGired respect wnicb -
YER changed, mirgled with is,c which ever ea.
creased. Never ipduIgjpg in t.'c ,auties sD. iri.
voilties Of her seN. and yet never restraining, bu
Ivy the effect OF heg rcvcred cx+npr. every in.
dulgencc sanctioned by y.rms fte,d,ng in SEN.
coatroal her own passions, hsr ss5 ~ EYES