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his obedience. And one rule, in a parti-
cular manner, is recommended to every
person, as being the foundation of all hu-
man laws, which, if properly obeyed
would put an end TO broils and discord
throughout the world. May each one sim
cerely ask God to write it upon his heart.
This excellent rule you will find recorded
in Mathew vii. l2, {" All things arhntsoe-
Der ye zveuld that men should do unto you,
do ye even so to them"
N. B. the above regulations may he had
gratis at the Bookstores of MIR. Kennedy,
and Messrs. J. & A. Douglass on condi-
tions they are pasted up in the bar room OF
some tavern.
To all Gentlemen holding Slnres ir .Aler-
andrta, and its vtcinity:
GENTLEaEN-Permit traveller, pass.
ing through your country, TO make few
friendly remarks upon subject in which we
all ought to feel deeply interested. What
Christian must not be struck with horror TO
see crouds of children and black servants
pursuing their pleasures and worldly bust
ness upon the Sabbath! This was wit.
messed the last Lords day by him who
now addresses you. And it is with ex-
IRENE pain, that heard the christians of
Alexandria are suffering under this great
calamity merely to accommodate some
black servants. whose masters are so UNI
feeling as to deny them the privilege Of
marketing their produce on any other
day Of the week. Is it possible that such
masters have read that command OF the
Supreme Law-giver, which says" Thou
shalt not do amy ,rork thou nor thy son nor
thy daughter, nor Thy man servantnor thy
ma,d servant, nor the cattle nor the stran-
ger, sgithin thy gates" If they have read
it and sincerely besoughl the Lord to write
this Law upon their hearts, il is certain
that they must feel much pain every Sab.
bath day in seeing their servants so wan.
tonly break it.
Many are complaining of the hardness
OF the times. But, none ought to expect
the divine blessing 50 long as they live in
open violation of the laws of Heaven. And
are not all magistrates and officers of the
peace partaking of the sins of others if
they do not exert themselves to suppress
such irregularities The police. of every
city would feel obligated to remove any
nuisance, which endangered the health or
abridged the happiness of the inhabitants.
Yet those sinful practices which endanger
The health and threatens the lys cftbe soul
are not regarded by many Of our magis-
,rates and peace officers.
II we wish to witness prosperity and
true happiness we must as individuals and
as community, obey the law of that God,
who has said Bring ye all your tithes in
to the stsre house. and prove me now
herewith saith the Lord of Hosts If | will
not pour you ont such blessing that there
shall not be room enough to receive it. -
Those who honor me, saith God, Twill ho-
nor, bot those who despise me shall be
lightly esteemed.
That all magistrates and officers of the
peace may faithfully discharge their duty
and have the satisfaction of seeing their la
bors crowned with abundant success, is
the prayer OF their humble servant.
A. TRAVELLER.
The editor of the Baltimore Morning
Chronicle writes like an AMI ican. His
ideas on the following subject will be read
with real pleasure. ~. Y, GAG.
NAVY AND ARMY.
Our government have in their manage
m.nt of the naval and military department,
given pledge to their country that the &C.
lebrity of our gallant officers shall not be
furnished in their hands. While frigates
and seventy fours are on the stocks prepa-
ring and at no distant day TO join the squad.
ron, those ships of war already built, are
securing the Atlantic ocean in almost every
direction. The American constellation
sparkles in every armament, and nations
have become familiar to the spectacle, to
whom but short time ago, the name OF an
American was almost unknown. On the
return Of one trigate, another, commanded
by new officers, proceeds TO sea so that
both commanders and men are daily and