Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-07-04

be more favored of fortune than another.
) No one profits himself, This friends, or socie-
". by mourning oyer future scspces Of dis
tress. The events even Of tomorrow are
wisely hidden from our eyes; and s We
know not what day, or an hour nay bring
fosth;'', else looking through the revolution
of years, we might espy some future cala-
nifty, which would imbitter every hour.o
our lives, and render our pilgrimage un-
pleasant and joyless.
Why should we torture our minds in an.
ticipating evils and disappoiEunents Do
we render them less affecting, by suffering
them to haunt our imaginations ere they
approach? This is what some would call
borrowing tronble--this is what torments,
perplexes and aiIllcts us, more than calani-
iyitself. s. Sos
frui, Of experience. 1t seeks not to know
the casualties, the. cares Of Tomorrow. II
is not anxious to develope the mysteries of
tnturity, veited as they are from ths scrutis
nyiof mortal eye. 1t seeks. acapaintance
with the character and disposition OF man !;
and it finds him hapshty and imperious
when clothed. with authority, but, when
stripped Of regal robes, and the ssiitterine
:ensiens and trsppings ofrcyalty, base, hum
bic. and sinking under a senseg his own
insigaihcance. The present moment rs on
4 " his and all dread or fear Of the niseries
of TO morrow, is adding unnecessary tor
ment to the unavoidable evils Of life.
Hewho is wise, will improve the present
moment, in perfec,ing himself in human
knowledge, correcting the deprayity of.his
heart, and acquiring habits which will stand
the test of danger, disappointment and
death. He vii! feel himself secure, in the
hands of the Sovereign of the Universe
Iii all situations he viii be content; and
conten.ment is happiness. 4
A tar was yesterday ,>nquirns at Somer.
set House, whethere the wages Of his ship
were paid g To VIA: ship do you bslong?"
was the query Why, 10 The No Greg,
was the reply. The. clerk turned to the
book, and after much diRculty, found that
the honest Jack had read. the namc bdck-
cards, and that the ship he bslcnged to
was the 'Gorsoh. p English taPfr.
The following singular case is extracted
from the KeutisA Courier of Tuesday the
oath ult. go = ~.
50 Insour last we mentioned. an inquest
having been.taken on the body Of John
Green, Of the royal artillery since which.
we have received the following particulars
| respecting This remarkable case OF suddel}
death: (
IS The BODY WIS afterwards opened in
the PR sen,e. Of Doctor George Conquest );
.Msssrs. Wareer, Fraser, ard Conquest;
and Dr., Burkiston, Of the royal artillery.
On opening the chest, the membrane which.
contains the heart was. seen distended with
coagulated blood, which, being removed,
rupture was foond'in the left auricles OF the
hvaft, 2about the size Of a gonna on ring, and
the aorta ithe large vessel. which conveys
me blood into the lungs) perfectly ossi6sd.
=. It is worthy Of remark, that the man
had enjoyed extretme good health, was a
bove the common size, well made, very.
muscular, and father inclined TO be tat.
The case being so very singular, seve-.
raj medical gentlemen nave been to see II
since it was opsaed. ~
49, a..i,'5 r-ete--
LosDos, May 1 Is
By the packet which brought the adiz.
mail. NJ. Colon, (Columbus) a linsal de-
sceudant OF the great navigator, and re.
phvw of the duke of Veregus, arrived in
the country. gThissgeis!eman is to be at.
tached to the Spanish legation resident at
this cohrt.
The gentleman who proposed to bid for
the loan, waited on Mr.. ,Perceval ION Fri
day. The sum,wanted for the service OF
the year, is S,ooo,oook for England, and
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