Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-04-24

!: yed slasts viii somstimfs yrasps1 shAsaf6k
was to get i severe df6bbing- he c,,dcrIs
! sbosld come 10 hin, Mat he voaiA ~ so'
to the 4sadgel; and fAis dstefmiasass &c
announced in the: most pcsaiss sefMxS HE
.uraeed massa.s OR trsytil<f no hsgan
TO perceive lhat he bid NOT mAfASed the
!; iaa,rer quite 90 that isefs 90 SSfenm-
si,rcrs he Il n No no f<Spe u fSf shs rieh,.
.rd ,aen.ces even of a. Virginia colonel
that q would have been, 9dest to hpibasd
.h;.. threats until hs fEas ~ losne SdnaIioa
~ ~. ,te them. & HeSbtS ins iherssore, "a
give Charon fairsF xeH On 3hs hiih Of
gentleman, S md thu hopef ct q colder,
he promised ths po66fs obisetsof Hin rage
oblivion Cor the psst and - elsi,y lor the fu.
Charofl was ass inskpfsb}e as his
name sake, the old itnynas Of Ssyx. Our
gentleman now, began to5hs ALARMED les, he
/. should perish wi,h xeoid before he seougd
! reach the next house Hs then op.ned
his budget of indemnitics:; he ofrrrsd
Charos, an extra haif Bit, . biif, a pis,areeh.
an half dollar, a, dollar! and a.boule sof
! rum. !! !, Cbaron who though. The terns Of
this arrangement TOO liberal to be adhered
to with goedfm,h on the part Of the high
contracting power on the other side sof the
water, had rejected all these splendid Pc
cuniary offers under as,,spieion Of so disa.
vowel of the arrangement when the state
Of things should be changed !: bur he could
not resis, the bottle Of rum. HI thoughts
impossible thar i'll faith could exist Ia q
shnpe SO alluring. After much time spens
in the negotiation, in repeating in distincs
terms the articles Of 3greementl and ex-
changing ra.i6cations. Charon pushed Of
: waited our unhappy " Ugh, over the river,
took him on his back, (for by ,hia sidne he
was unable to walk) 70 his miserable hu.
and laid him by The FIRE, whore be left the
poor unhappy fros. bitten traveller, (wh!..
he set Quito the next store for his bottle
of rum) 70 ru,ninate on ID, converse Of a
lannon's p,seept, and silently rv,olyine new
er again SO feel right and forget to,oer.'
Nothing eonld have. Induced ms 70 al.
dress parsonage Of yosr dignity in style
thus familiar, and, Gas had ,houshD IN.
becoming, but by having perceived tina.
Frederick Random and !ristram Shandy.
and Shakespeare dlstsy Fool, With his
lie circunistap:ial and couatrrchrck quar-.
relsome,' are a. the top ofthe fashion, in the
Grst political circle in the .country--ssaud.
ard authorities on the floor ol congress.
Asleng,h, too, / perceive Il has been dis.
covered by some Of those sphonet taN az,
rpays, but think sometimes, than even in IA.
tioaal affairs circumstances ought % be TAX
:. en- into account, and that the United States
me not irretrirpabiy disgraced, Btcauss
their gun boats arc not a match for the Bri.
fish navy, and Gen, raj Wilkinson md hi,
army MT quite egual 70 Bonaparte At the
head Of his lsgions. This was rrekoneda
damnable heresy a few years ago; bu. like
other heresies it appears to begin 10 thrive
BY persecution, and it seems now 70 be q.
greed that we may, and ought to pursue our
interest, in the most practicable way, and
that really there is no absolute necessity
for hanging ourselves (Iike Jack in the tale
OF tub) out OF spite, because We are thwart.
cd in argument. - = a..
But I have been too long diverted from
the subject which first prompted me to ad-
dress you-.he immediate obi.c, Of my so.
'lieitude; on. which have'be,towed many
an anxious thought; to which with tho
blessings Of God it is my FIRM unaI.erable
purpose 10 devote many an hour Of labor
! mean the history, the character, and con.
nexions OF the family compact These
! shall sndsayor TO trace through all the "a.
indications. and ! shall present yox with
such body Of evidence in relation to these
people and their designs, AZ no man claim.
ing the character of common prudence, or
foresight ever ysntured 70 resist
MUICUs. AZ
NorE. By q late yeasury ssssnwmt II Z
atbears that aimee the csnmsHcsnrHS ar Etes