The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-08-04

rcachings alter lame and influence, which
acsuatc.l the Americo-.fngio- CossGck camp.
Oh no. We have again met this meteor
festival, dancing the hays" through this
country, like any jack-a-lanthorn, in the
shape of a neat, little, green-covered pam
phict. We should have no fault TO find
with MIR. CASTS for taking SO much pains
TO incur general ridicule, or Mr.. Harhrr
for proving SO conclusively and extensively
that he was no witch or svizard, or for
fune-teier; iftheir pretty pamphlet among
its miscellaneous collection of statements,
did not contain most gross and infamous
libel on the president of The United STATES
cad heads ofdehartmenfs.
In tic second section, or chapter, or
book, is the " Narra,fve Of The Ceie6ra-
lion - and under this title comes the
IS Order of Procession and the remark,
a. This order yvas h:4netuaiy o6serued.''
Now, in this orders" directly after the
" ia:3ieS." comes.
"2d. President Of the United States and
Heads Of DEPARTMENTS =! :"
This we assert is most gross and inlu-
rious libel upon the Chief Magistrate OF
thc nation, and the principal officers of
state. There is no color OF truth for the
soul aspersion cast on them. The vile SLAM
aerers, who couldprnt & privately circulate
such lampoou, must have refined on the
practice of calumny. There is no pretence
for saying, that the president and heads of
department were caught in such Company.
We had hoped the spirit of reyiiing had
reached its height (; without this last, this
unkindest cut of ALL" The prcsidcn, of
the United States walking in an Anglo
Muscovite procession, to celebrate the
Freezing TO death of $4,000 Frcncfmcn and
to hear r. G. Hdrher's abortivc prophecies
and Park Custs' vapid fustian The Cir
culators of this scurrilous tale deserve lc-
gal animadv:rsion.
Whoever were concerned in this pam
phlet however have in one instance done
Justice to their taste, though at the ex-
pence Of one Of their orators. The follow
ing keenly sarcastic irony on Mr. GUSTS
rant, however unfair from his friends is We
ry Just" Mr.. Gusts then delivered a
highly Interesting, historic and didanfic
Oration, in style fiecuiiar 10 his orafory"
The latter part of this is not more satirical
than true-It is indeed very peculiar
style. AS 10 It's. being didannc," i. G.
as the photographers say, "preccp,ivc, gil
wing rules" we have not observed any one
g Go and qphet his $7uord on the tomb of ST..
qDaryo7v."
In Col Rarher's address, wc could not
but remark the fair avowal that this cele-
bration was to be considered as British as
well as a Russian celebration England g
Russia therefore stood aionr;" and we
could not forbcar exclaiming, in the i'm
FASHIONED style of our Demosfhenian MIR.
Custis-" My life on IL, that .fsilozu is q
Fcderaist." But every man TO his forte.
Mr.. Harher shines most as a hrohhet. The
palm must be divided between the valiant
Colonel and Iccumseh. The latter since
he has taken up arms, seems TO have left
off SooM saying but the former assumed
the sword and the fillet together; and time
must decide, which will best become him.
His first displays as seer, to be sure, do
not, at present, seem very promising. He
undertood to inform It's that " years 7vouid
eiafse" before Bonaparte would be able to
renew his force. .NczV armies must be form
cd" (says the COL 6. and they are formed
sLoz,iy." Nahoieon'S star has yielded to
Z" the star of Kutusoff." But, bless our
stars ! as they say, why could not the rest
less Corsican contrive to wait fezv years.
Just to establish col. Harher's credit, as
military fortune teller !? We have not lei
sure, at present, to investigate all the inge-
NOUS Coloneps geographico-milita pre-
dictions nor Is it necessary. Napoleon
seems very much inclined to throw light
on their correctness; and, unless I" Eng
land and Russia" should cease to "stand
alone" and together, we venture, in our
turn, to predict, that the prophecy res
pecting the impossibility of SO rapidly rails
ing French armies may be taken as a fair
sample of the gentleman's skill, in peeping
into futuritY.