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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-07-01

wish the young gentlemen Of the age
would undertake az aual ,tical investiga-
ton Of the constitution of the army at
Cambridge, atd of The detachment from
it at i,unker's Hill, and Breeds Hi, o.
the I6 aud l7ih Of June.
The army al Cambridge was not ma.
tional army. for there was no nation 1t
was not United States army, Tor there
we're M United Colonie., for if it could
be said in any sense 'hat the co!oriSs
were united, tie centre ci their union,
the congress at Philadelphia had not e.
.'np'ed nor acknowledged the army at
Cambridge. 1t was not New England
army; for New. England had not a>soci.
sted. New.Ens!and had TO legal legis.
lature, Mr. any common executive author.
it,. even upon the principles Of original
authority. or even Of CriglDa! power in
the people
Mas. achuse,ts had her army, Connec-
ticut her srmv, New-llampshire her az
nv, and Rhode Island her army. These
fsur armies oet It Irmb IGgc, and i'm.
piisunrd the British army in Boston,
But who was the sovereign oil this united
IT rather cor gregated army, and who its
cOmman der in che !? II had none. Put.
cam, Poor ard Green were as indeper,
dent Of Ward as Ward vas of thrn-
Nome Of them but Nard was subject to
the orders of the Massachusetts, Pr"yir.
cial Congress. Idesire 10 know from
whom Putnam received his ccmmi.sion,
and from when Poor received bis CON-
mission! And pra, let The commissions
J OF " ard. Putnam, Poor, and Green b,
all produced.
Where arr the orders fer taking rrs.
scs i N ol the heights of Charlrs'owH -
Who gave these orders The Ma.sa.
chuse't, Provincial Cong esp Mo-
The, could give no o ders BIT 20 Gen.
Ward. whs could give 10 orders to Put.
ram, Poor or Green. Wer' these orders
given bv Il committee Of the Nassachu-
sets Provincial Cursre.-s Bot What
Authority ed tia committee ? | he whole
enterprise in CharIe.tnwn must have
been a volurtrtr ertsrTriz', IS he army
at Cambridge was volunteer army.
Who pas the first iiicer OF alassschn-
sets or Gunker's Hill or Breeds Hill 7
havs Away. unde"'tn"d, he was IY'G-
pc, Pomrov. or General Penney. '"!'
Prescott nigh, be the mot determined.
rprsevprinr. ard efIicacious 'her Of
Massa chu,e'ts hut, Pomer"y was GER
ta,nlv his surerior in command
But uba' authority had Pu'rnm 70
command Coloacls Pomer"y or Pres
co,ti am CO. fdHn' the result viii DC
10 the ho.or If Putnam a. 4 statesman
a. we'll as a warrior. ! shout" De s'au
to know bv what authority GerIi'h vas
ca.hiered Was il by the Prn'in,'ai
Congress that he was prosecuted. t'lea
and condemned General Na'h'n; IN
could not order his trial. tor he rad n"
Authority nver him. But, SIR 1 must
suppress a thousand question:, and con-
! clude your humble servant.
(Sioucd, JOHN ADAMS.
George Brinlsy. esq.
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rur FRIENDS AND MONEY.

The rich Mpss!eman was sick Tor
some weeks, aud was astonished that
two or three Of hi, most intimate friends
never came to visit him. They dare no
said the manager Of his affairs they have
borrowed from you large sums OF WHICH,
the time OF payment is CONF, aud they
are not in a situation to repay you.-
Well, replyed the sick man, 60 to the"
in nv name, aud tell them they owe me
nothing but that beg them to come
for their discharge. Iwould rather lose
money than my friends.
We may add to this little story the
double expediens which the pocr Sage
gives Us to deliver ourselves from trouble
some people. If they are poor, says he,
lend them money; if they are rich, ask
them to lend you. Ia both the one case
and the other. you are morally certain Of
never seeing them again.
---e
Many men would hare more wisdom
if they had less wit.
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disgrace. Know, honest yeomanry Of
Charles county, that at the moment "nen
the democratic republicans OF the west
brood over their ills and complain OF the
treatment Of their Clay, who, they say
they will never sacrifice upon the altar
Of executive resentment and AMBITIOUS
tina, some Of the leading federalists OF
Charles county sympathise with them
and offer their support to democratic
candidate. Strange as this may tell 'ts
hut too true. And has The name Of fede-
raIist lost IFS charm! Has it become
term of reproach! No my country"en'
il can neither lose the one. nor become
the ether whist memory holds her power
aud the page of history is Frightened ny
the name OF washington-there is, and
ever will he magic in its sound-'t sui
strikes upon the ear in mild and gentle
accent, and gill. the soul with honest
TRANSPORTS. A name SO dear to Liberty
q d honor. to virtue and TO PATRIOTISM
nor time ner malice can impair. And
vet it has lost a votary in war-"orn SOL
dier-one too, whom three score years
had found a steady patriot, and a brave
defender of the federal cause. How
poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
how conp|icate, how wonderful is man :
The following toat, federalIsis OF
Charles CO. drank at & public dinner IN
Lexington, (Kentucky) merits notice:
President James Munrae-"hen he
acts like a republican, republicans will
super him."
Does not this augur wel!-dces it not
plainly discover to US, that these anti-fe-
dcraI republicans fear at least that our
chief magistrate leans to some other side
be. ide Their own? Be this as it may II
is very certain that he has too much Wis
dom to stand aloof from both parties,-
poise his weight between federalism and
democracy. and thus rest upon neither
"a hazardous experiment. We there.
fore hope, that as the former furnishes a
6rm and solid basis that can be rested
upon with safety and with honor that 1t
will be preferred and wisely acted upon.
Be then propitious heaven, and the cause
of yirtuuas freedom lives to flourish. To
you, gentlemen Of Charles and st. ia
ry's, whose amor patne prompts you to
seek for laurels where they are molly
won, l now more Immediately address
myself: be spartans abby ballot choose
a single candidate, and save your coun.
try's honor and your own.
MENTOR.
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SCIENTIFIC DISTINCTIONS.

Letters received BY the ship Radius.
from London, state, that his eIcellency
De Witt Clinton, L. L. u. governor OF
New.Yo'k, vas elected a foreign mem.
Der of the Linnean Society OF London, at
a meeting OF tina, institution held on the
5th OF May las, and under circums'an-
ces the mos, honourable to him and to our
country. 1t appears there were three
vacancies Of foreign membership caused
b. deaths during the past year, and the
gentlemen elected to those departments
were Governor Clinton, Cuvier, and Bar
on liunbOlt.
Letters by the same ship also inform
Us, that Doctor David Hosack, Fellow OF
the Iinnean and Wernerian Societies,
has, at late meeting Of the Ilorticultu.
raj Society Of London, been elected an
honorary member Of that distinguished
body. DR.. Hosack has also recently been
elected one of the twelve honorary mem
Der, If the Medical and Chirurgicai So.
ciety Of London. Er. fosf.
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From Hoss's Forest Minstrel.
MY NATIVE ISLE.

MY NATIVE ISLE.
TusE-Sir Hereunder Macdonald Loo.
hart's Straihspey.
And must I leave my native Isle,
Fair friendships eye affections smile,
The mountain sport, the anglers vile,
The birch and weeping willow, Or
The Highland glen, the healthy gale,
The cleaning glee, the evening Tale;
And must I leave my native vaie'
And brave the bG,terous biliow, W
flow sweet to climb the mountain high
While dawniag gilds the evening sky
Or in the sha'e At moon to lie'
Upou the fell 80 ayy, D!
And when the sun issinking low,
Through woodlaas walks to wander slow;
Or kindly 10 my plaid to rowe
My gentle rosy Mary, D!
Nv native Isle love thee well;
I love thee more than | can tell:
Accent nv asst, my sad farewell:
In thee | may not tarry, q
What makes nv bosom heave so high?
What makes The dew drop gid mine eye?
Alas: that dew would quickly dry,
If 'twere not for my Mary, o!
O youth! thou season light and CAV.
How soon thy pleasures melt away
Like dream dispslled by d,Nnins day,
Or waking wild vagary, o!
The thrush shall quit the woodland dale,
The lav',ock cease the dawn to hail,
Ere forget my native vale,
Or nv sweet lovely Mar, q!
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NORTHUMBERLAND.

Judge BANS OF N@Cesirr, has si's !
notice 10 tie applicants Tor The Pen'i' .
granted by III la'e law TO tie oihesf .
and sold er. Of the re,olutIon, that e
has received from tie pension 'mee'
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From the .Nsp. York Daily Aarertise'

From the .Nsp. York Daily advertiser.
Sir Jlmes Macintosh, liz his speech in
the House of Commons, on the subject Of
fsrge,ies of the bank Of England notes,
in the passage which was published in
our paper oil yesterday, when speaking
OF our hss on that subject, remarked,
" that forgeries rcsrs rsry rare in This
country" The learned gentleman vas
not well informed in this matter. For
gerry, or coun,erfeiting i! there is any
difference between them, is very frequent
in the Uaited States--so much so as to
have become tie prevailing aud alarming
crime Of the times. Whether this OIL
fence is committed here as often as in
Great Britain, we pretead not TO say
But that i, is previously SO. the records
Of our courts, tie registers Of our pris-
ons, as well as the coIumG. Ut our news
papers, abuHdantly testify. Aud II IS in
the nature Of hing. tina, it should be so.
Villains are produced in abundance in
our country, and We import large car
goes from abroad. The opportunities al.
fsrdsd here fer the commission Of tae
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Many men would hare more wisdom
if they had less NIT.
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FOR THE GAZETTE.

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ALIENS
LuchY lottery Office.
General Land Agency.

ENHE subscriber At the request Of seve-
raj non residents and under belief
that an agency Of this kind is much wanting
in tie state OF Kentucky, will undertake in
future, to give NON-RESlDENTS such
information as they may desire respecting
their lan,ls-wilI also undertake 10 nyestl-
gate claims, pay taxes, &c.
lie has also formed connexiOn with Mr..
Samuel Smith, of Kaskaskia, aud will IN.
derlake TO have transmitted and recorded
Deeds for Military Land in the Illinois Ter.
ritory, and will also undertake to have en-
tered Public Lands in said Territory, and
taxes paid for non-re sifents.
He has also an gent al Washington City,
and will undertake to have any claims upon
Cove rnment !iquidated and settled.
The subscriber still continues 10 practice
Law in the several counties of Fayette,
Woodford, and Jessamine. All business
conlided TO his care. viii receive The strict.
est attention. DAN. NC. PAYNE.
Lexington, Ky. July 18th, 1918
[October 19l cot
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h5l\ Exchange Cofse-House ,sG&I
Sya3.I..MARINE JOURN A l.. 49,,
PORT OF .qLEYANDRL3.. .Octo5sr II.

ARRIVED,
Schnr. General Green, Luce, 10 days
from Boston; lime, plaster, beef, &c. 10 f.
Corning.
Brig Two Brothers, Woodward. II days
from ST. Andrews plaster to Abyah A.
dams.
Sloop Ocean. Middleton, 80 hours from
Norfolk whiskey, molasses and sugar, to
Barnewali & Popham, and tar, sweet Poia,
toes, &c. to the master. October 10, oil
Georges Island, passed ship Ocean and
schr Adeliue oil this port, proceeding down
IS passengers. =.
SIoop Aionzo, Barnes, G days from Sto-
ninglon, and 3 days from Norfolk cheese,
fish, and potatoes, to the master.
Sloop Henry, Rhodes, from Providence,
via Norfolk; days from the latter; pota-
toes, onions, cheese, lime, mackerel, &c. TO
the master, aud domestic goods, to a. Z.
Cszenoye.
Brig Catherine, Crawford, II days FIN.
Thomaslown lime and lumber, TO J. IL.
Ladd & Co.
Schr joint Gilman, Crockett, 80 days fm
Thomastown, and days from Norfolk,
where she put in 10 repair damages sustain
ed BY grounding on Matchapungo shoals
cargo. lime, to J d. II. Laid & Co. IL pas
sengers. mostly females.
Schr Hero. Chadwick. 90 days fin Wash
ington, n. c. with cargo OF lumber, for
Washington city.
Schr Catherine, Webb, Il days fir Tho
mas,own lime, to Lawrason e. fowle.
Brig Lyon. Alden, 60 days from 81. An.
drews; plaster, TO AbIah Adams.
CLEARED,
Schr Barzillai. Pote, Easport.
Sloop Eliza-Ann, Pearson, Georgetown.
ARRIVED, Oct. ~.
Schr Msry-Frances, Bayne, 4 days from
Norfolk bacon, lard, pease, cider, vine
gar, &c. 10 the master. On Friday, passed
brig aud two northern sloops below Ce'
dar Point Narrowap-bound up.
SAILED,
Brig Agent, Dawson, for New-Orieans.
Schr Stag, Nevett, for Baltimore.
BELOW,
Brig James Monroe, as days fr Cadiz.
Brig Potomac, M'Lellan, 10 days fir St
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From the Correspondent of the Democratic
Press.
s.. 7Homas, Sept. II, 10

St. Thomas, Sept. IL, 1878.
"Admiral Brlon with his iieet, and Ber-
mudas with his army, have lately taken La
Guerra, and with concentrated forces are
about TO march along the coast to attack
Cumand.
.'Bermudas is at Cariaco, between Corfu
PIANO and Cumana, about 5 spanish leagues
distant from the latter place, which he VIII
attack as soon as Brion is ready to co-ope-
rate from the sea side. This news has peen
communicated to me by persons on whom
some reliance can be placed. AT the same
time MOrilto is attacked on all sides III the
interior. so that al time when the royaiisls
thought TO rest and prepare for the next
campaign, they are notwithstanding Inc
valleys are under water, attacked m their
very tortresses. This vigorous and bold
conduct on the side OF the Patriots, IS SAID
TO be solely owing to their chiefs having
come 10 good understanding with one an
other. and see, at last the necessity OF a
perfect union TO which may be added the
considerable supplies in arms IN ammunI-
ton which they have lately received from
England
IAN officer in the patriot army writes
from Augusta on the 10th OF Last month,
ssThat Marine, who hitherto had acted ~
dependent oil Bolivar and others, had aC-
knowledged Bolivar as Chiel OF the ltepub-
lie, as ali the other Patriot generals had
done before, land. that he had joined heartily
in the general plan OF attack with his looo
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Mankind cannot, in the present state OF
the world, suhsist, unless an, inhnity oil us :
fil men have the misfortune TO be without
any possession whatever. No man in easy
circumstances will dig your garden, or
plough your grounds !; and II you are IN
want Of pair of shoes, you must hna
some otherhand Than a judge, or agenera''
or rich planter, to make them Tor YOU
Even member of Congress, whatever he
might have done before his election. woulo
turn up his nose at a proposition TO hee'-
piece your shoes or seat your small clothes.
Thus inequality is, al the same time, both
the most natural and the most chimerical
thing in the world. '#S-l'h.
Every man has right to fancy hlnse''
il he can, eguatO other men but Ii does
not follow from thence that a cariipaI S
cook may order his eminence TO dress. nlS
dinner. The cook indeed may say, am
as much man as my masters Ike him.
suualled al my birth, aud he viii die WIN
pretty nearly the same agonles as ! sha'i
but still! the dinner will he dressed by
him, and he devoured by his emInence'-
While he is tossing his stew-pans and
sauce-pans in the kitchen, he may crafty
himself with saying, Now if the Turks
should make themselves masters OF Rome,
ard / then come TO be cardinal, and my
master reduced to turn cook, ! will certain
" take him into my services" and there
would be nothing unjust in The soliloquy--
but still the inequality would continue 10
subsis,. for one would still be master, and
/ the o,her servant, and until the grand seIg-
nor makes himself master Of Rome, the
cook must do his duty or perish tor want
As to those poor gentlemen who worry
themselves with endeavours to prove the e.
qualtyof all men, while they are neither
capable of cooking for cardinal, nor oil
doing any thing but consuming iood-who
without capacity for any useful Office,
without connection. dependence or pre-
tension, talk big and assume TO he cha
grineG at being received every where Ell
iher with an air of protection or contempt !;
and who while they live by The .Monse'g-
nerrs of the world, and without them could
not sustain life, express their modification
that those by whom they exist have neither
more learning, more genius, nor more vlr-
tue than themseves--their case is em-
phatically miserable, having no OTHER alter
native left but TO endure, for life, what
gives them so much uneasiness, or to take
themselves away, in the best manner they
can. IL.
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From the Ney. York Daily .4dvcrtiser.

From he .NetS-fOrh Ddtty .1uVcTtSeT.
Extract of letter from an American, dated
Lisbon, January /, 1918.
arrived here last November, over land,
from Gibraltar, via Cadiz and Seville, from
which last place travelled on foot TO Lis
bon, passing through 4 country, renowned
in anciept and modern history for many
battle fought and won.
| embarked on the Gaudalquiver from
San Lucar, on board the steam boat, or as
the Spaniards call it, La Vapor,' which
was established by the Marquis Da Casa
Yrujo, formerly Spanish Minister 70 the U.
States, who married an American lady,
daughter of Gov. M'Kean of Pennsylvania.
II has been running since last July. The
MARQUIS happened 10 be on board the boat,
bound Tor Seville he was very polite, and
treated me with much attention., devoiing
muchof his time, after our arrival in Seville.
to showing me the curiusities &c. OF that
famous city, many Of which | could not
have seen but for him. Among the rest, the
grand archives the Indies, contained in a
building whose rooms are Of immense size,
with curious marble floors and pillars. The
archives occupy three rooms, and are con-
tanned in beautiful mahogany cases, | DO
not know what else TO call them,) which
reach from the floor to the ceiling, sep+a.
led into diferen: compartments, in which
all papers relating to American affairs, since
the discovery by Columbus, are arranged
aid labelled in the neatest manner you can
conceive. So voluminous are those papers,
among which are Coumbus's, Cores's, Pr
-, zarro's, sc. letters, that nearly all the COM
partments throughout this great building
are filled and should the South Americans
achieve their independence, such has been
the policy pursued by Old Spain, they
would be obliged 10 send to Seville, for all
proofs OF title, inheritance. &c.
, Thegreat cathedral is venerable Gothic
building. Its windows are all of painted
glass, which art is said 10 be lost, and IFS
organs, reaching almost to the dome, are OF
The most exquisite stone and marble, and
rows OF .m@ssy pillars support its dome run
ming throughout the building. Its spie, Il
do not know what else to call it, for am
unacouainted with names in architecture,
is square, and can be, and often is, ascend
ed onjackasses-the ascent being an incli-
ned plane, winding round the inside Of the
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In Council, October 12, 1918.

GtrOrdered, Tha, Abraham Faw, An
thony Crease, and Bathurst Daingerileld,
be committee to superintend the election
to BE- held at the Indian Queen tavern, on
the Gath inst. for member TO represent
the third ward in the common council, in
the place OF Nathaniel S. Wise, esgned
A copy.
Test, l.P. TiOMPSON,C Y
October II dt94O
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Notice.

TINE public are respectfully informed
1 that The business Heretofore carried on
by the subscriber, will in future be con-
Quoted by himself and son, w. II. Miller
under the firm OF .@fordecdi Miller q. Son
MORDECAl MILLER.
NJ. Miller & Son
HAVE imported in the ship Young
4 4 Hero, from Bremen, 1870 packages
of German goods, consisting of
Burlaps OF various qualities and prices
iIempen ticklenburgs
Best quality do; white rolls
A few cases Bie!feld shifting linen,
(grea,'y superior to The lri.h)
Sail cloth; looking glasses [pin,;
Wine and porter bottles; quarts aud
Liquor cases; coffee mills
Crucibles, &c &c.
They have also received for sale Spanish
hides, tanners oil. iron, steel, plaster, ma.
w and pilot bread, grouni fr stone, crack.
ers, spu.l cotton, and variety of other ar
tic!es. OF The highest price given tor
wheat, rye, corn aud faxseed.
October 10 m,h2m
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Itappears from the returns from the dis
trict composed Of the City and County OF
Philadelphia, and The County Of Delaware,
that John Sergeant, Joseph Hemphill,
Samuel Edwards and Thomas Forrest, are
elected to Congress.
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Bank Notes.
1000 TO $4,000 Dollars.
ROMULUS RIGGS,
Al has Erchange and Brokers Office, Bird

.ft has Erchdnge and Brokers QlDIcc, Bridge.
street, Georgetopn,
WHISTLES TO purchase from one TO City
w thousand dollars of North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Georgia bank notes,
which will DE taken at very small dis
count. Al kinds of western and other IN
current bank notes exchanged on the low.
est terms.-Persons travelling 10 ihe west.
ward can at all times get the notes Of these.
banks at a reasonable discount.-BIiis oi
exchange and bank checks, nc.ociated or
any part of the United Staies.-Notes Of
United States bank, and all Of the tr1ncae:,
exchanged.
Georgetown, one door below CraT'
ford's tavern, October II.
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Fiaxseed Wanted

BARNEWALL s. POpHAM.
Who will pay the highest market price in
cash. October -
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Wanted to Purchase,

q r. Three or four young hot
5,EU ifTtsT---sTJrt ses, well broke TO the sad.
NIX 2SS's.S die & harness. Also wsai'
II ..-slsi.E,ed TO b,re, by the year, !
good Ostler. Apply to
Octi7 ct VIM. B.. STUART
Lower end of Duke-streei, Alex'a.
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OrigiraA Poetry.
TO ELoIsA --ANAcREoNTIc-

TO ELoISA --ANAcnEoNTlC-
The nectar sparkles; zee it swim
Around the gen 'rous goblet's brim;
Its flush is faic--its taste we'll prove,
And then, all glowing, talk of love.
What, pretty nymph, do you decline
The luscious feast Of love and wine!
A frown too No, It's all deceit,
For frowns and wine can nevermeet.
Light no smile, then, on! sweet bliss
We'llkiss and drink, and drink and kiss,
Till b!i.hsome love shall laugh to see
His yot'ries drown'd in ecstacy.
COSMAS.
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Corn Wanted.

WE wish 10 contract for 200c hh'
w Corn on the cob, TO be delivered Oh
or before 18th of November next -ior whti
cash will be paid on delivery.
Octl7 LINDSAY g. Hill"