The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-05-16
PROM THE NATIONAL ADVOCATE.
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| There IS seldom aoy enjoyment un-
! accompanied with its alloy. and il has
| hardly ever been known, that n,ao.
"ho opposed corrup, government with
any degree Oi abIii y, had the good tor
tune 10 escape attacks upon his priv a.:
| character, however fair and pure tina,
| character might be. Knowing, as do,
| the close connexions, in poiui Of feeling,
rot 10 say OF iniers st,which cxis, be ween
| the hired prints in London and the arts
| tocratic prints here, it was natural Tor
| me 10 expect, that the latter would be.
| come the channel for conveying
| throughout this corntiy The ISLANDERS OF,
me, hich the depa,s in London might
cause 10 be printed here The propri
eior OF the NeSv- York Evrni,.s' Poss has
not, therefore al al astonished me by a
Republication. froa. tie london Tin.ss
newspaper, OF . su,ng OF must shameful
'aisIhoods, whi@h api;csied 10 the for
mer paper OF tlie ?th ms. as mere
simple quotation; i:t:In the Times
The object Of tkls string OF falsehcode
is 10 make the people OF Doth counties
believe, that NY Zig t was occasioncj,
nos by dread ~ . d0nge an /; tao, ~ any
expectation oE some uhfUr s,.;i deadly
blow irol' the desporS: but by Tny de5fs
which vas anaG;e 70 Iag Their,
are, perhaps. few pei s>pA - no will be.
iieve tiIs hui. I; rs. nGverihciess, re.
cessarP 10 contradict The scsndlipus
iais:Aood. Ii is well known, that OILY
week or two ago. ,h,rc was re D, b
iishc6, 10 this a,,e New York Ev>ninc
Post, from the s,mc Ei';l.ug S.undoC
pr:n's very d..'iilsd and minute &C
count o. nay bay:rG been horse 1rhihneG
hy Mr.. Lo 'kAart, 4 ncabor OF pali;a.
meut.
Tie Gay, The hrar, I've precise spot,
the wonDd given, the s'ic u he wound !;
all were described. Tct net one pord
O.. truth was ,tere in TIC whole OF the
nis,ory incIcr Was out o. ny lousc
during the ~hoie Of that day and had
never seen AIR. IocKHaAT for more
than week previously, assert, thai
aiI which hos now been rc-publlshcd
here. relative 70 my priva.e aiIairs, is
rqGoHg .ftsSs Il las bccG rublishcd
ths, ows eighteen shoasand Nonads for
n - Ter 5'cMFS The STAMPS are
'i"ay> paid Tor 5,}oye fhey are taken
H1@ t!s Si.nH office, : lscl " ell kaown
20 huadreds CT ,e'suaa IN thiS country
Il hrs hce:. sal ,ijat owed ;eut t3c
farm. rented Only cmc farm. lowe
h@iG sca;'a rsns nc hundrcd end e.
~ q und } on he SSH OF March, and
there saS SO. ps- we farm 10 tie a.
mount oi rln"u ,haa Il years rent, and
.'nings IN tie ho"sr wcilh more taan
n"ti.cr years ran:. IN 5h3rt, The whole
is a oir'rH OF aerociaus aisehoods, as
the rca ier mas, suppose, when / as.
sure hiu', that avn able 10 prove, that
ny income from my writings was more
thaa ten Thousand rot.ads year, clear
moneys end that fully expect to re
ceive, a, least :s1enty Thousand hounds
cut OF the disposal OF my landed and 0
ther nropeg.y.
Ia ! day or Two ii is ny intention.
when have digcs.ed my plan, to pub
!lsh a prospectus Of M future literary
iabcrs. 10 Ihs meanwhile l beg those
gentlemen woo are proprieIors, or cdi>
tors, o. newspapers in the United
States. 20 have the goodness 10 insert
this address, and in dong so, they will
greatly obliSc their obedient scrvan,,
VIM. COBBETF.
p, S. This same New York Evening
Post has re-puhiished some CARRIED e~-
Ercct8 from my FerczoeH .HiGress."
sholl publish this address entire, in a
icgo days " it'll nosr8 explanatory Of some
% the measures tina; have been adopted
III England. i perceive. that the ab-
seniees tex is really on foot again !!
This viii pm! tie las, rivet to dcsno
tism. Ii the proprietor of the New
York Evening" Pos is in the baLit Of
settling disputes in m'y country fashiot,
will Though never hardly madc a
bet in my lie) bet him an even thou
sand dollars, th1t the government OF
England, that is &c sly, the governments
of the 3oroughToagei 5, does NOT LAST
three ysarS longer.