Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-08-25
OFFICIAL STYLE.

OFFICIAL STYLE.
As fiction becomes more and more
the rule of adminis,r ation our officers
think themselves obliged to speak and
write in Poetry La the republican times
of George Harrington, TRUTH and
plain prose did very well but noau truth
is F" moral treason" and prone is federal
ism. Freneau, who was hired by Jeffer-
son to calumpiate Washington, vas a
famous rhymester. The late Barlow
sung the Gafc flag bearing :" death 10
Kings and freedom TO the Worid," bot
condescended to accept an appointment
near "the emperor OF the French, king
of Italy, protector OF the confederation
OF the Rhine," &c, SC. sc. SC. Smythe
has thundered in he-row-icks, bfistIed
with Alexandrines. Morgan Lewis dis.
patches are dramatic, while the god Of
war retires to Albany in doggrel. lnchi.
quin lngersoll scars above the hyper
coniagrational empyreum Of former po-
cts, and captain secretary Jones cannot
speak of his " conflict" with Rabb; Gal
latin but in downright enc. Heaven
giant our rulers may not all go mad but
shortly We may not be surprised TO hear
judicial decision dove INFO perse, and
pfivateer's prize condemned, If without
reason. vet certes not without rhy're.-
Apropos, we have mere than once de-
tected iambics lurking in certain peri.
odical abstract Of nc VS., which has gene
rally been thought to bid defiance to all
method as well as measure.
Salem Gag.
A citizen of PENNSYLVANIA, reading in
the proceedings of Congress the follow
ing paragraph,
q The m m6ers tresent scere then qua.
HEED, and rock tkrir seats"
remarked, that he was RICH glad they,
qualified the members at Washington.
for he was sure the member from bis
distsic, stood vastly in need OF it.
Sulem Gazette
Gentlemen who arrived in last nights
Eastern Mail: Slage, report, that the brig
Henry, arrived a; Salem Yesterday alter
noon from Halifax, having on board the
bodies of the late Capt James lawrence
aid Lieut. Ludlow. They did not Learn
the passage Of the Henry, nor hear OF
any news by her. She has been absent
but eleven days - Boston Gazette.
KOTZBUE'S INTELLIGENCER. 8
We have heretofore given our readers
some brief extracts from the paper e.
dited by this celebrated man. The
following letter translated from the
German by the editor of the Cam
bridge Repository" accounts for
the appearance of this man, at so al.
vanced period Of his life, in the Ca
paci,y of newspaper editor.
Messenger.
HAMBURG, Aprii "a
The following i, a letter from his Elk,
cellency CoSn, Wittgenstein, late Rus.
ian commander in chief, 10 the ,celebrat-
ed Kolzcbue.
The example of the French jour
nails has long since shown that even
ia school ard Misrepresentation, if dis
play ed by skilful hand have the great
est influence on public opinion. How
powerful then must be the force OF truth
when represented 10 the people, IN its
fir light, though unorDamented by
man Of talents As you have been re.
commended to me, with all those quail
6cations which enable you TO assist the
great and just cause, as l have long
been convinced of your attachment to
this cause and your love of country, ard
as know tAas at this conjunc,ure, the
enemy is to be met with the pen as we'll
as the sword, propose to you to publish
a Russian German Intelligence, at Ber-
lin, during the war, and to inform the
Prus.ian counsellors of this my wish,
with The request that they would assist
in its qualification. ] would have this
journal distinguished from the French
Gazettes by its adherence 10 truth and
It's freedom f,em gasconade. l will
make arrangements to comn,uric ate to
you from head quarters, tor the Russisn
German lnte'lIsencer, every impoftsnt
account For the rest you will employ
yourselfin detecting the misre presenia-
tons and falsehoods,t which the enemy
so promptly, and often so xterously
circulate. and in arresling the poison, by
which he works as much mischief as by
his aims.
From my hea quarters a, Berlin,
COUNT WITTGENSTEIN.