Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-07-22

WEDNESDAY, JULY %, 1918.
SELECTED.
OH, WEEP NOT FOR THOSE, sc.
Oh weep moi for those, who have sunk to
their rest,
In the blaze OF their martial renown!
Whose spirits have fed to the feaFms of the
best
Whom the laurels Of martyrdom crown !;
Oh weep not for those, who nave fed to
the bourne
Where the dust Of their forefathers sleep I!
Whose relics repose in the rude leltered
urn,
Or bleach on the shores of the deep.
Weep not for the DEAD-'he dead cannot
They feel not the sting Of neglect;
Their spirits have scared TO their own ma
tive sphere
They need Dot the tears Of respect.
Weep not for the dead. but weep for the
brave \.
Who wander, forlorn and distressed,
Whose sun has declined to the verge of the
grave,
Who freeze on INeRArITUDE's breast!
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The Analectic Magazine for June last,
in reviewing the Memoirs Of the life and
writings of Benjamin Franklin" observes,
that" most striking fact is contained in
letter from b[r. Benjamin Vaughan to pr.
Franklin-one that exempliies the early
intellectual and moral superiority OF the
mechanical classes of the English colonies
over those any otherpart of the world, is,
that the most extensive oftbe present scien-
ti6c and literary institutions Of Philadel-
phia, originated with young tradesmen, in
great part, the club of which Franklin
discourses, with so much satisfaction, and
OF which he says, that it was the best school
ofphilosopby, morality and politics, which
existed in the province. The liity persons
who composed the whole list Of the subscri-
bers to the scheme Of the Philadelphia Ii
brary, were mostly, as he relates, of the
same vocation; and the library, he adds,
was the mother of all the North Ameri.
can libraries; which, making the common
tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as
some gentlemen from other countries, con-
tributed, in some degree, to the stand so
generally made throughout The colonies in
defence Of their privileges"
By the last western mail we received a
paper, entitled the illinois Em;grant,"
published at Shawnee Town. formerly
small village, the residence of the famous
Shawnee Prophet, so well known as an &C
tive auxiliary to the British in our late war.
Every day the increase and prosperity Of
;he western country more fully developes
itself-its population multiplies with ra-
pidity that has no example, and the emf
grafton daily taking place, reminds us of
the large caravans that pass the great de-
serts of Africa. How delightful to contem-
plate the change which a few passing years
has brought about. But little while ago
the western country was one boundless To-
rest, the residence of savages and wild
beasts. II now presents 10 the eye OF the
astonishsd beholder, as he passes thousands
of miles down those great rivers, the Ohio
and Mississippi. well cultivated country,
where innumerable villages, and many
large towns where literature, SCIENCE.
commerce and mechanism flourishes to an
extent little short of any of our large ci-
ties. National Messenger, Isl inst.
IEDYARD's EuLoeY on WOMEN.
Ihase always remarked that women in
all countries are civil, obliging, tender and
humane; that they are ever inclined 10 be
gay and cheerful, timorous and modest
and that they do not hesitate,. like men, to.