Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-02-05
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY s. 1919.
me. 5t5 +.
To the Public.

" VIC h'gifC.
A n unusual seusioiity has l,een excited
"A in The minds OF our couftrymen by The
copper pate engraving of the Declaration
of Independence recently published, ac-
companied by fac Smiles of the signalures
OF those iIlhstrious patriots who framed the
document by which our independence was
announced TO the world. We feel, while
we dwell on those signatures, as if we were
ushered into The immediate presence OF
characters so exalted, and we seem for
time TO participate in AL the emotion which
they felt on the approach os so awful crj-
sis-HostIe armies, desolate fields. towns
and cities in acknowledgements and
death in its most frightlul forms apesred in
prophetic VISION on the one hand, and more
than all, the complicated horrors, ignominy
and slavery were presented for their &C!
ceptance on the other; they deliberated:
they paused, they trembled, and at last so.
lrmnly appealing to the GoS of battles.
they resolved that the United States were
ana ought to be free, sovereign and indie.
pendent. These illustrious patriots. with
hive solitary exceptions, have now mingled
with the common maud--they survive only
in their country's glory and in the recollec.
ton OF grateful people. Blu, it would be
consollng to- The present generation, sepa-
rated as they now are from those patriots.
by the Intervention u the tomb, to become
more Intimately acquainted with their re.
evolutionary benefactors. We love TO dwell
on the features of such men, snatched bv
the pencil from the oblivion of the grave.
and emulate the prominent feats of their
biography. Impressed with these ideas, the
subscriber proposes, If suitable encourage
ment is given, to publish the lives of those
patriots in numbers, until the whole is COM
pleted. The work viii be executed in :.
style not interior TO any European produc.
tons, and the portraits by masters of ac-
knowledged merit The biography will
be written by Paul .Allsn, ESQ. whose intil
macy with the several signers, whose fami-
iiarty with the priyations and hardships
they had to undergo, and whose well known
talents will be sufficient TO ensure the pa
tronage OF an enlightened people. In the
execution of this work, all that the pub
Usher cares TO promise is, that he viii en-
deavor to deserve the confidence of his
countryhlen, and that no exertion on his
part will be wanting to prevent an abuse
| of that confidence: He ventures to solicit
the assistaiice of those gentlemen in pos
session OF authentic facts and anecdotes, by
communicating the Intelligence that will
serve to illustrate the characters and to en-.
rich the biography of those founders OF the
American Republic.--Those who are in
possession OF their portraits would enlarge
the obligation by a. loan of Tue same.
A prospectus with the terms " III be pivers
| il few days:
JOSEPH NJ. sANDERsONi
!: 90, .Harket-s:reet, Baltimore.
SxNAny printer who will publish this mo-
| tice and become responsible for FIVE subscri.
bers, shall receive one copy of the work
December 22
Laws Of The District Of Columbia.
In the press, and will shortly be published,
| By D.4VJS f. FORCE,
IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.
"a COMPLETE CODE OF LAWS
sQR THE
DISTRICT Of COLUMBIA"
With copiohs Index, prepared and report
ed by the Hon. chief justice CRANcH, to
the congress Of the United States, for
their sanction; asTeeabiy to the proyi.
sions OF the act OF the Goth April. 1916,
entitled :" an act authorising the Judges
OF the circuit court and the attorney for
the District of Columbia, to prepare a
code OF jurisprudence for the said Dis
| trict."
Tile laws By which this District is now
governed, can orly be found by reference
to the numerous volumes confaining those
of the United States. of the states Of Vir:
| einia and Maryland, and OF England
therefore the acquisition Of this code (Which
will comprise the whole in one volume,
must be considered as of the first import
ance, by all magistrates, gentlemen of the
bar, and citizens in general, who have,
heretofore, experienced the necessity of a
work Of this description.
few extra copies will be printed for
such persons only as apply previous to the
publication of the work.
@Gentlemen who wish to be supplied,
will please to leave their names at this of
fee. Dec5
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