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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-07

A 10 ni1Ui, aHu y III trC H"i'O' "a'S'
The CATERING shades OF ey'ning close,
when warblihg songsters cease their tale
On hawthorn hedge, or scented rose.
Yet welcome now this glimm'ring light,
Nth tranquil, melancholy ray,
Sad emblem of the ills that blight
The pensive strangers desart way.
Here with impatient steps stray'dS
From bowers bliss, and groves ofpeace,
TO seek the joys which fancy made,
ID hours Of pleasure, keal,h and ease.
In long-troj scenes of youthful days,
Affection ton d each infant song,
High virtue yalk'd her hailow'd ways,
And quiet cali'd her chosen ihrons.
Sweet seasons fed thi: sorrowing heart
Now seeks the prize il cannot find,
While mem'ry's fading visions start,
Alternate on the tortur'd mind.
Where, mid the maze of foreign clines,
Has pleasure wak'd so sweet strain,
As that which rose in other times,
To tighten woe, and solace pain
From golden spire, and circling dome,
From blooming lawn, or woodland glade,
ReDining sorrow turns TO home,
And pants for each familiar shade.
These trembling feet have track'd the
ground
Ofslru5giing valor's deeds OF praise,
Where ancient lyIisis struck the sound
ofpleasurs's tone orpiy'slays.
Yet here, in glory's pictur'd way.
These eyes no living charms can see
Since friendships voice has ceas'd lis sway,
Nor love, nor peace, remain for me.
In festive halls let mirih prolopg
Her vigils through the midnight hour;
But sporting dance, and echoing song
Have yielded all their matchless power.
To other scenes This aching breast,
In swift remembrance f5ndly flies,
To noiseless wales, and shores Of rest,
Where wisdom lives and passion dies.
For home, while cankering care destroys
The slaves Of oily, guilt, and fame,
Invites 10 shar Ter secret joys,
With SETTLE heart, and spotless name.
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IN. Y. Daily 9dvcr.

A daring robbery was committed in
Philadelphia on Wednesday ast On stram
ger who had arrived in tue Steamboat
from Delaware. The stranger stated to
Me captain that he was sick, when two
young men passengers volunteered their
services to conduct him TO lodgings. Har-
ing arrived al house in Watershed, the
sick man wished them to bring doctor, out
they insisted on his giving them halfa dol
lar first for the trouble they had had, and
whilst be was in The act Of presenting one
of them the money, the other knocked him
down, and robbed him Of lO8 dollars, and
made their escape. Ibid.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-07

The AYALEcTrc MAGAZINE, for June
last, in reviewing the " Memoirs OF the
Life and Writings Of Benjamin Franklin"
observes that a most striking fact is con-
tanned in letter from Mr. Benz. Vaughan,
to Dr.. Franklin-one that exemplites the
early intellectual and moral superiority Of
the mechanical classes of the English CO.
lonies over those OF any other part OF
the world, is that the most extensive Of the
present scientific and literary institutions
of Philadelphia, originated with young
tradesmen. in great part. the club Of which
Franklin discourses with so much satistac-
ton, and Of which he says, that il was the
best school of philosophy, morality, and
politics, which existed in the province
The fifty persons who composed the whole
list of the subscribers to the Philadelphia
Library, were mostly, as he relatesSo the
same vocation-and the library, be adds,
was the mother Of all the North American
libraries--which, making the common
tradesmen aid farmers as intelligent as
some gentlemen from other countries, con.
tributed in some degree, to the stand ge.
nerally made throughout the colonies in de.
fence Of their privileges.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-07

We regret 10 learn, (says the Charleston
Courier) that the enterprising proprletors
osthe Steam Boat Norfolk, have been COM
PEELED, for want Of adequate support, to
discontinue running that vessel between
Newben and Elizabeth city, N. Carolina
of course that line Of communication
with the north, which promised so much
certainty and celebrity is broken up.
1.-THE Norfolk arrived here on Friday last,
and we understand will on Friday next re-
commence her regular run between this
place and Richmond Ibid.
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Norfolk, August 4.
ANOTHER SEA SERPENT.


Captain Arnold, OF the British brig Cora,
who arrived here on Saturday from ;amai-
ca, has favored us with the following parti-
culars On Friday the 3lst OF July, of
the Capes of Virginia, and 5 miles 10 the
southwark of the False Cape, captain Ar
mold being below shaving himself, the mate
called 10 him from aloft, saying there was
rock ahead. Captain A. 'answ cred that
it was impossible he however went on
deck, and saw about half a mile ahead an
object having very much the appearance
point Of rock projecting about feet be-
yond the surface of the water, being OF
dark brown color. Capt. A. was entirely
at loss TO account for this strange appari-
tor, not having the most distant idea OF
sea serpent at the time, and being ignorant
Of the temperance Of those monsters on
our coast. 1t remained perfectly still for
about 5 minutes, and then moved with
great rapidly towards the shore, TO the
great establishment of those who saw it,
81 think, (said capt. A. to his mate) your
rock must have steam engine in it; see
how swiftly it movesn' In few minutes
it darted under the water, and they saw no
porc of it Capt. A. judges its length, for
he had view of the whole of it while the
creature was moving on the surface Of the
water, to be equal TO that of bis 'essel, say
about 100 feet. On mentioning the occur
ence to the pilot, who came on board soon
after, he observed that it was no doubt a
sea serpent, as one was reported 10 have
been seen not long since near the same
place by a northern sloop. Herald.
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HONE.

TITS night, and DER Tie hollow dale,
The CATERING shades OF ey'ning close,
when warbIing sonssters cease their tale
On hawthorn hedge, or scented rose.
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ALEXANDRIA:
WEDN.ESD.aY. JaN'U.aRY 90. 1918
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT WASH
INGTOy.

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT WASH
INGToN.
Tuesday, January ~, 1918.
Yesterdays proceedings in the house
Of representatives, Though they occupied
the whole day, are scarcely worth men.
tioning to your readers. A bill was re-
ported for erecting two buildings to con-
tain additional rosms for the public Off
ces--each to contain forty rooms, was
read twice and committed.
The house consumed the residue OF the
day 10 committee OF the whole on "a bill
respecting fugitires from justice, and per-
sons escaping from the service Of their
masters--which rose and reported pro-
gress before they had gone through the
bill-and obtained leave to sit again
There was volume Of talk chiefly upon
legal points in the detail Of the bill. 1t
win be reported to the house this morll-
ing.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-28
Dieh,

At Philadelphia on Thursday last. q,
CASPAR WISTAR, President OF the A.
merican Philosophers Society, and p,o.
lessor of Anatomy, in the University Of
Pennsylvania. This eminent and much
beloved person had occupied bis chair on.
ly a week before, and nothing could be
then more remote from The expectation Of
his hearers, than tie catastrophe we now
record. Itjnvolves an almost irrepara.
BILE loss, not only for Philadelphia, but
for the whole United States. The lee.
lures Of DR.. Wistar, as Professor Of A.
natomy, were for long series of years,
a source Of brilliant reputation to the Me-
dical School of that city, and of the
most sound instruction to the muititudes
who repaired thithsr from all parts of the
Union, to qualify themselves for the me.
dical career.
In his capacity of Physician. he had
no superior in this country, whether as to
knowledge, judgment, circumspeetiOn,
benevolence or temper. He wa. pro.
foundly versed in the sciences auxiliary
to his profession he was indefatigable
in collecting and disseminating informa-
tion on every subject important to the
welfare Of bis species he was 9 true
patriot as we'll as a philanthropist. In
his social and domestic relations, he was
the object Of the most sincere respect and
tender affection.
His station as President of American
Philosophical Society, may illustrate the
estimation in which he was held, as a man
Of sciercc, and his works justify the in
ference 10 which it leads. His +" System
ofAnatomy, twill bear comparison in all
points,with any elementary treatise Of the
kind extant, and is the manuel Of ak A
merican Students in that branch Of know
ledge. His memoirs on several heads
of Natural Philosophy, contained in the
transactions of the american Philosophi-
cal Society, and the paper on Fossil
bones, found in America, which will be
included 10 the volume of those transac-
lions, now in the press, bear ample testi-
mony to his usefulness as Philosopher,
and to the qualities OF solidity, patience,
scrupulousness, and discrimination by
which he was dlstinguishedin all his in
tellectual labors.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-28

having fttcS themselves out for e.
transatlantic regions at great e1pease,
which they we're enabled to do only Lr
the assistance Of their friends; addrd !
this, number oil them had taken and
paid tor their passage on board several
ships in the river now on the point Of
sailing.
If we NAV Judge BY the last accounts
from the Havana, the proclamation
will have appeared just in time to pre-.
vent our brethren preparing their depar.
tuH at the different islands for the Son.
nish main fsom experiencing the keenes,
disappointment.
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LITERARY CURIOSITY.

A gentleman lately from the country,
has handed US the following curious spe-
simen Of photography and compositions.
1t appears to be an order from shoema-
ker. Charleston Gazsfte.
Sir if you Will be SO good as to send
me too or three Dusson VI Walks Calskins
and them OF the turst Collity and sum
bristol and ey will send 20 the money il
yo Will make out bill and send TO me
and eywilI relat to you the reson why ey
hav not sent the Money the man that ose
me Sex hundre will Pay me- next Weik
The foregoing is fairly outdone BY the
following letter, received a few days
since bya matchmaker in this town.
.dlerandria Gazette.
Dir sir i am imfortinabl as to destroy
my watch BY bad management not Being
ACQUAINTED the naxt day after got HON
she did not run TO the sun and ass j had
don with the old wen afore TUX the ce
and push the mint hand around to the
sun rise aud bent it-and in RUNNING
the mint hand got intangeal with the our
hand and went to get them lase and
Brok the our hand to my sham and sor-
rorow--sir pies to receive them from my
hand and pen am your humbal servant
myster gt'..''' and replase them agan
sir am yeur humbal servant
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VERY IMPORTANT NEWS

NEnt h"EoNhANh NI"S
From the kingdom of New Grenada and
Carthagena, its principal seaport.
Communicated in a letter from Kingston,
(Iam.) dated December 8.
Samano, lately named vice-roy, and
residing at Santa Fe de Bogota, the CAPT
tai OF the kingdom, has officially commu-
nicated to Montalvo, the present vice-rcy,
and exercising the functions Of said office
until the arrival of his successor, that it
is impossible for him longer to sustain the
kinsdom-after having sent division to
the plains OF Casanare, which was COM
pIetely destroyed BY the Patriots ; only
the commander and seventeen soldiers
escaping. A second one was immediate
ly after despatched to said plains, and
only its chief and two drummers could
escape from this still more severe loss.
Morillo writes, that be is about to exc
cute the officer who commanded divi-
sion which shamesaliy retreated from
5000 Independents, when his own force
consisted Of 5000 men.
In Santa Fe woman was about to be
executed in consequences Of there having
been intercepted detailed statement ct
the Spanish troops in that place, and
which she had forwarded to the Patriots
in Casanare.
Brigadier Cupini and lieut.. colonel
had arrived Carthagena, being the only
remains Of the defeat at Marga,itts, and
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TX Erekangs Coffee House Tx
MMARINE JOURNAL. ~

PoRfoF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS q.
Schr. Comet, Swsine, from st, Tho
mas; via Porto Rico, II days from the lat.
ter, with sugar and coffee, bound to Bal
timore, put into Norfolk a4th Jan. on &C.
count Of head winds. Messrs. J. Ross
and c. Cooper, Of Alexandria, and G.
K. Lee, Of Richmond, came passengers.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-28
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, to wit.
November Term, 10,
Alexandra county, 'i

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 70 VIII.
Ss %isssa a:t county, 1917
IN eHAscERr.
James Fleming, Joseph Vaudeville and
Samuel B. Larmour, under the firm Of
James Fleming Il Go. Compldinants,
Alexander Compton, James Anderson,
John Poe, James English and David
N. Black, Defendants.
TIME defendant, Alexander Compton,
not having entered his appearance
and given security accord ding to the sta
tute and the rules Of this court, and It
appearing to the satisfaction Of the court
upon affidavit that the said Alexander
Compton is not an inhabitant Of this DIS
friction motion of the said complain
ants BY their counsel. it is ordered th"
the said defendant, Alexander Compton
do appear here on the first day OF the
next court, and enter his appearance 10
suit. and give security for performing tbe
DEGREES Of the court (; and that the olne'
defendants, James Anderson. John roe
James English and David M. Black a'
not pay away, convey or socrete the Deus
by them owing to or the estate or enee"
in their hands belonging to the SAID a W
sent defendant Alexander Compton, uh'n
the further order or decree OF this coun.
and that copy Of this order be forthwith
published for two months succsssIvsly 10
ole Of the public newspapers PuDllsntsa Gu
in this county, and that another copy 20
posted at the front door of the court houss
Of said county.
Test, q. DENEhLE, &c
January as
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-28
Norfolk, Jan. %.
Loss OF THE SHIP BERKELEY.

Loss OF THE SHIP BERKELEY.
The British ship Berkeley, capt. Dent,
sailed from Anatto Bay, Jamaica, on the
Cd of Nov. last, with a cargo Of rum, su-
gar and pimento, bound for this port, and
on the 18th of same month, during a
strong northerly gale, was wrecked on
the Colloredos reef. The crew were all
saved, and the captain expected to have
saved part Of the cargo by carrying it in
boats to an adjoining island, but a party
of the Spanlards laid siege to it on the
night Of the LIST December, and after
plundering the ship of every articles even
to the cabin stores, which they could con-
yeniently carry Of, set the ship on fire.
Captain Dent was only able to save SIS
bags of pimento, and few small articles
which had been conveyed to the island,
and which escaped the observation OF
those rapacious savages. The captain
and crew afterwards found means to get
to Havana, from whence the former has
written an account Of his disaster to his
consignee at this place.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-28
Bank Stock.

II WISH to purchase so shares FAR
MERS' BARK STOCK, or three
or four thousand Dollars in the Banks Of
Alexandra or Potomac.
JAMES 8. SCOTT.
January %
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Ginseng.

Ginseng.
VXTANTED quantity Of Ginseng.
w Of a fair merchandise quality.
for which cash will be given by
BARNEWALL 4 POPHAM.
January % d3ttuf4w
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RoYAL-srREET.
Daily Gazette ST.. Country Gazette IS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY %, 1873
SELECTED.
THE S.H0W-SPIRiC.
WRITTEN IN BERMUDA.
Mo- ne'er did the wave in the element
steep
An island Of foselier charms;
1t blooms in the giant embrace Of the
deep,
Like Hebe in Hercules armsi
The tint Of your bowers is balm to the
eye,
Their melody balm to the car;
But the fiery planet Of day is too nigh,
And the Snow-spirit cannot come here.
The down from his wings is as white as
the pearl
Thy lips for their cabihet stole T;
And it falls on the 6 cen earth as melt
ing, my girb
Asa murmur of thine or the souh
Then fly to the cline where he pillows
the heath,
As he cradles the birth Of the year
Bright are your bowers and balmy their
breath,
But the snow-spirit never comes here
How sweet to behold him! when, borne
on the gale,
And brisht'nius the bosom Of morn,
He filings, like the priest Of Diana, veil
O'er the brow Of each virginia. thorn;
But think not the veil he SO chilliDsly
casts,
Is the veil of a vestal severe
No, no! you will see what moment 1t
lasts,
Should the Snow-spirit ever come here.
Then fly to bis region--lay open his zane,
And he'll weSp all his brilliancy dim,
To think that q bosom as white as his
own,
Should not melt in the day-beam like
him.
Oh! lovely the print Of those delicate
feet
On his luminous path viii appear;
Fly! fly! my beloved, this island is sweet,
But the Snow-spirit cannot come here.
49,
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be will rite well ButgOd noes when
sEAsoNABLE RECIPE.

=
A young lady consulted physician OF
eminence, on account Of some rheumatic
pains and a troublesome cough, which
She labored under ever since the COM
mencement of the cold weather.-Ihe
prescription was sent TO the aPotheoa-
rvs as usual. he read it with smile,
and recommended the messenger to tase
it to haberdashet's on the opposite side
Of the street, as apothecaries did not
keep the articles prescribed upoa which
the footman enquired what the doctor
had ordered, when he was informed Joy
the young Esculapius, that the prescrip-
ton ran thus: Take good, warm,
double, Scotch shawl, and apply it imme-
diately round the shoulders and chest,
add also, sscxadum artem, stout
WEIGH flannel pstticoat."
The creditor, whose appearance glad
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-28

The creditor, whose appearance glad
dens the heart Of debtor, may hold MS
head in sapbeams and his foot in storms
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-28
VIRGINIA.

The entire amount of the revenue Ct
Virginia, for the year 1917 is stated by
the auditor at $500, 800 a5; and the ex.
pend,tures at S56s,s7S as--leaving a ba-
iakce against the revenue Of nearly sixty
thousand dollars. -
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-28

The Patriot brig Morgiana, with colo
mel Irwin and all his officers on board,
slipped out Of Amelia on Sunday, the
l1th inst. destination unknown, leaving
com. Aury behind, who was also prepa-
ring to sail with the remaining vessels
The poor Spaniards at Amelia were coa,-
planning very much, in consequence Of
Aury having ceased to issue rations to
them. CharleSton Gaz.
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Melancholy and Distressing occurrence.
1t is stated in the Register, printed at
Knoxville, Tennessee, that on the 18th
Of December q large beach tree in the
county Of Sewer fell upon travelling
family who had sncamped beneath its
branches. OF the t,relrs persons who
constituted the family, flee were instan-
taneously killed, FIVE others were severe
~ injured, and only tive escaped unhurt.
Of the wounded two have since died, and
the other three, it is hoped, will recover.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-28

Ertraet Of letter from merchant in
St. Petersburg to his friend in Boston.
The officers Of the customs here have
received instructions to admit no papers
when signed per procnration witheut en-
acting double duties. All invoices, bills
Of lading and specifications, must be sign
ed at the bottom, otherwise double duties
will have to be paid. 1t is important
that the merchants in the United State,
who trade to this place should be ac-
quainted with the above fact.
Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-12-01

4o1ce them to become ciyilized--to do this
the will must be broken--in doing this
sou destroy the man, SO that the remedy
is worse than The disease. Some have
thought to civilize them by taking few Of
their boys, and educating them, and then
returning them TO their tribes to teach
them what they had been taught, and to
serve as examples OF the advantages Of civ
iiization and education, This could an
swer no other purpose than that OF totally
disqualifying them for any social inter-
course, or community oil feeling or inter-
est with the people of their tribe, which
must disgust them with their own acquire.
ments, aud render it necessary for them
either to abandon the Indians altogether,
aud live with the whites, or to adopt the
habits, manners and customs of the Indians
As the mountain would not come TO them,
they were under the necessity Of going 10
the mountain.
But there is nevertheless way in which
the Indians may be civilized, and that
way has been found out and practised sue
cessiully by the Moravians, the Quakers,
and by society formed in New. England
for that purpose. That way is to send
people aud families to live among then
permanently, whose business is to teach
their children the rHdinents OF agriculture,
the arts, and letters, all at the same time.
This plan is simple and natural, and may
be rendered successful in civiiizing every
Indian tribe on the continent.
Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-12-01

proyinoes of La Plata, were the invasion
Of the British, under Popham and Beres-
ford, in the year 1906, and their expui-
sion, few months afterwards, by the col
Iected forces Of the country, under Leniers
aud Puerydon. These incidents fortu-
nately gave to the people just idea Of
their own strength; and they afterwards
repealed, with frmness aud bravery that
did them great honour, the formidable al
tack of TIE British under Gen. Whitlocke.
ITO be continued.)
Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-12-01

capitol, and consequently Of comparative
ly little use to most Of the members
Monument 10 Washing ton Mr.Golds-
borough gave notice that he should, on
tomorrow, ask leave 10 introduce JOINT
resolution for the erection OF monument
over the remains OF the late Gen. George
Washington, where they now lie.
Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-12-01
STATE.
WASHINGTON, 5,h Nov. 1918

w AsHlNGTON. otH wv lol o.
SIR have the honour to present the
report herewith enclosed, agreeably to the
desire of Mr.. Graham, who, on reflection,
preferred submitting some additional re-
marks in separate paper. For this pur-
pose two of the documents referred to in
the report remain 10 his possession-Dr.
Fumes outlines Of events in the United
Provinces, since the revolution, and the
manifesto of Independence by the Con-
gress at Tucuman.
have the honour to be, with great re-
spect, your most obedient servant.
C. A. RODNEY.
Hon. JOHN @, ADAMS, Secretary OF State.
Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-12-01
On South-American Affairs.
DOCUMENTS

Referred to IN the Presidents Message at
The commencement Of the second session
of the fifteenth Congress.