Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-12-17

streams have disappeared, the trees have been
stript of their leaves, and the earth has be-
come 6 as iron, and the sky as BRASS, with
the excessive drought. Cottages have been
struck with lightning, and the hamlets In
which they stood were burnt to ashes tor want
of water to check the conhagratlon & queneh
the fury of the flames. At Munster, ON the
Itch of August, dreadful fire broke out, and
speedily the whole town appeared one burn
ing mass. Two converts, with their church
es, the roof of the parish church and Its stee-
pie, and more than three hundred houses pc
came prey to the flames. In RUSSIA the
town of Kioff is reported to have been totaily
DESTROYED by fire; three Thousand heuSes'
MANY hundreds of the inhabitants, and pro-
perry to an incalculable amount having been
consumed. In this privileged land we have
experienced no such yisitations; while COM
pared with the political serritude and degra-
dation of the inhabitants OF the neighoorlnS
Continent, all our privatlons from hterrupe-
ed trade, and taxes to carry ON tins war, are
vet LIGHT and easy tobe borne. we complain
heavy of tham is is true it is our blrthrlght
TO comnlain. and it will be the inheritance OF
those who come after US; but 1t IS also our
duty to be grateful to that Providence, which
has separated us fro.., those nations by the
" rampant of the sea-" and has blessed our
Island with soil and climate subject. to
few natural calamities. Courier.
The following tender and beautiful stanzas
are copied from late London Courier. They
cannon fail to warm the finest feelings OIL the
human heart. The Lover of chaste and dell
cate poetry, the fond Parent, anu the pious
Christian, will each peruse them with peculiar
interest and delight
Cuthe death ofa Child at day break.
fBY THE LATE REV. r. cEcIL.)
aLet me go for the day breaketh."
@Cease here longer to detain me;
Fondest Mother drown'd in woe;
Now thy kind caresses pain me,
Morn adyances-let me so.
0See Won orient streak appearing!
Harbinger of endless day:
Hank T! voice the darkness cheering,
Calls NV new born soul away!
aLate,y launch'd a trembling Stranger,
On the worlds wild boisterous food,
Pierced with sorrows, ,oss'd with danger,
Gladly return TO COP.
"Now my cries shall cease to grieve thee,
Now nv trembling heart find rest:
Kinder arms than thine receive me,
Softer pillow than thy breast.
@yVeep not DER these eyes that languish,
Upward turning towards their Home:
Raptur'd they'll forget all anguish,
While they wait 20 see thee come.
oThere, my Mother, pleasures center
Weeping, Parting, Care or Woe,
Meier our Fathers House shall enter
Morn advances-let me So.
.As through this calm, this holy dawning,
Silent gides my parting breath,
To an everlasting morning.
Gently close my eyes i'll death.
BLESSINGS endless, richest blessings,
Pour their streams upon thy heart
(Tbeugh no language yet possesslng)
Breathes my Spirit ere we part
mYet to leave thee sorrowing rends me,
Though again his voice hear
Rise may every grace attend thee,
Rise and seek to meet me there"
Port Of ALexandrsa.
ENTERED
Brig Rising Sun, Marckley, Cadiz--Rai
sins * Figs, to Geo. Coleman.
Schooner George, Plunkett, Baltimore
ballast, to the Master.
CLEARED.
Ship Citizen, Weston, Lisbon-by Bowie
and Kurt1 of Georoetown