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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-29
For Charleston,
fior t reigilt.

ssg The good brig COLLECTOR,
i Samuel Diteomb. master, burr
then about 1900 barrels will DE ready TO
load in few days, aud would 10 prete-
renee go to al eastern port apply to
j. Il. Ladd y Co.
Who have for sale on board SAID vessel,
goo tons plaster,
344 boxes lst quality herring.
feb 22
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-29
mo. 1904.

as Committed,
ITO the Jail Of Alexantiria county, ~.
i as runaway onths Sd inst. . nteio
man, who came to this place in . nOtherHs
vessel, he calls himself
Henry Steacnrt.: s-
He's about 96 years old: dressed in sailors
apparel; be has protection which states
his height al 5teet S inches. The owner
of said negro, is requested to come tor
ward, prove property, pay charges ana
take him away, otherwise he will be dis
posed of as the law directs.
ANDREW ROUNSAVELL,
feb Iaw2m JaiIor
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-29
$4,000

T HAVE ten to fifteen thousand dollars
4 Of the Georgetown Importing & ex BORT
ing Stock, wish to dispose OF: | will sci
tfor cash, or on a credit of to 10 years
FOR uudoubted landed or othsr security, or
exchange it for properly. Those disposed
20 deal for any part of this stock, will call
atmY Office, Sridge-stTeet Georgetown.
ROMULUS RIGGS
ian4 It
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-08-17

10 their ayowal as closely as men could
act, under their circumstances. 1t was
not they who bound, with letters, strong
er than iron, the minds and the bodies of
the unfortunate Africans-our brethren,
the children of the same great Parent
These letters it was not theirs to break !;
much they did; aHthey could not do
They pledged their lives, their fortunes,
and their sacred honor, to support these
principles, and they redeemedthe pledge.
To US, their successors, belongs the
furtberance of the great work they COM
menced so nobly. Let us, my friends
and fellow citizens, follow their example;
and, relying as they did on the protection
OF Divine Providence, do our utmost to
promote the restoration of every indi-
vidual of Gods creation to the enjoy
ment of his inalienable rights, of life, of
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-08-17
coBBEr's OPINION OF JuNIUs.

An anonymous scribbler; as cor
rupt knave, perhaps, as ever sacked
public money; writer who, to be damn
ed instantly, only needed 10 have civ en-
his name; hooker together of antithe-
sis; the writer of long book without
any one sound pHinciple except by acct
dent; and without as much useful know
ledge in the whole book as is equal in
amount to what any plough-boy can
give you respecting the best mode OF
killing rats and mice; writer that me-
yer was praised by any man of sense,
except from mere fashion and careless
ness; writer that owes his reputation
10 the sort of mystery that hangs about
the book--a foundation for reputation
just as good as that OF the ghost OF Cock
lane, and not one whit better. The mat
ter OF the book is bad the styl affect
ed, and every way vicious. phereis
nothing in the Book that enlightens the
mind, or warns the heart. Strings Of
cooily framed sentences, and which is
great vice with US, anthesisis without
point. This book has been by that CO.
terte of men calling themselves the
learned, who solemnly decided that
The writings of Will Ireland could
have come from no other pen than that
of Shakespeare. a book, in short, con-
tanning nothing but impairment maligni-
~, and praised by nobody but solemn
fools, "
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-08-17
DAYS OF OLD.

We rNr,v from Aj}oS' yainsbla P,.;1,
c;aJee o,d Actg ortbe 2oz,oiytion e The.
snhseonent authent;c ex,racr from, the
Bostoa C,ozett. If I7zI.n
The foilowi9y ;s an authentic conv of
a le,,er which Sas Ia,elv drown into the
camn. Win tbe followirs direction
>, :,
. '"e egles',s ana s0ta's =, y N'S wa
Je%1y 'roohS ~ oos,oH.
~ oelhg mere .nan prooanle mat IN :
eng eng s'a ,'ls W'' ~. soon &c eisc.sa'
'roh eeDeiiio'i ofeak'hg OUT II DIS pro
vince i IS proper mat you sola,eFs'
shou', DC aI'luai'ho s, wht Inc au'"orS
,hereoi' ana OF AL inc mislor,ahes
ofonsh. upon l"e province the io4io"-
ing Is isl, OF them, VIZ =:
Capt. John Bradford Thomas Gushing
9 ,a, ADAMS, y ,.s91;l f'a @a
i nr gho ou1 Yo,,ne y Chan nbann wyope''
DIR. Benjamin Church, DR.. Cooper,
josiah Quincy, Joseph Greenleaf
Maj, Nathaniel Barber, :. and
"ilam psl"'s' VIM M0li'lea'iS'
l,n ttstf, lc ~ tnfr and
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-08-17

designated by name, murderous band
OF hirellngs was commanded to put
them TO the sword, destroy their houses
and plumber their effects Let the mind
susceptible of patriotic feeling carry
itself back to a period like this, and
then, retain for the nation, who sanction
ed these murderous plans, all the charity
it can BAH. Pat.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-08-17

sidered an example of the best English
style of that time. Week.-Mrs. English:
obsolete as the photography is, is intelli-
gible; and this specimen serves to illus
trate the change produced in our Ian
guage in the two centuries, which
elapsed between the reigns OF Richard
II. and James |. of England.
GA man had twey sones and the
yonger of hem seide TO the iadir, Fadir,
geve me the porcioun of catel that iallith
to me;' and he departide to hem the ca
tel. And not aftir manye dayes, whanne
allie thingis werein gedered togider the
yongere some went forth in pilgrimage
into fer cuntree, and there he wastide
his goods in lyvinge lecherously. And
after that he hadde endit ale thingls,
strong hunger was made in that cuntree,
and he bigan to haue nede.
And he went and drough him at onn
of the cyteseynes ofthat cuntree, and be
sent him into his taun, to feed swyn.-
And he couvitede to file his womb OF the
coddis that the hoggis eeten, and no man
gafhim. And he turnede agen into him
silf, and sadie, How manye hirid men
in my fadir's had plentee Of looues, and
| perisch here thourou hunger! | schal
rise up and go to my fadr, and | schal
say to him, 'Fadir, | haue synned into
heuene and bifore thee, and now am not
WORTH to be clepid thi some; make me
as Don of thin hirid men, And he rose
up and cam to his iadir; and whanne he
was yet afer, his fadir sigh him, and was
stirred by mersy, and he ran, and fel on
his necke, and kisside him. And the
some seide to him, Fadir, have synned
into heuene and bifore thee, and now |
am net WORTH to be clepid thi some. -
And the fadir seide to bis SERVANTS,
Swithe brynge ye forth the first stole,
and clothe ye him, and gyne ye ryng IN
his bond, and schoon on hise feet. And
brynge We a fat calf and sleygh ye, and
etc we and make we feeste for this my
some was deed and hath lyued agen, he
perischide and is founden.' And allie
men bigunnen to etc. But his eldre some
was in the field and whanne he cam and
neighede to the hous, he herd symtonye
and a croude. And he clepld Don of the
SERVANTS, and axide what these thingis
weren. And he seide to him, 'Thi
brother is comen; and tAi fadir slough
fat calf, for he resseyuede him safe
Ard he was wrooth and wolde not comyn:
therefore his fadir gede OUT and bisan to
preye him, and he seyde, Lo, SO manye
yeerls | serue thee and I,neuer brak thi
commandment, and thou neuer gaue to
me kide that | with my friends schulde
haue etun.
But after this thi some that hath de-
uourid his substance with hooris, cam,
thou has slayn to him fat CALI And
he seide to him, 'sone thou art euermore
with me, and allie my ,hings be thine
But it beholte to make leest and TO haue
joye, for this thi brother was ded and
lyude agen, he perischide and is found
un WickiiD's Testament, Baber's edi-
ton, Page 70.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-08-17
OLD ENGLISH.

the Prodigal lSo0.
Our common version of the Bible was
made in the reign of James the first
The earliest English translation was
Wickliff's, finished in 1881. Wickliff's
translation Of the Prodigal Son is con-
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-08-17

Feelings ofQ Duelist,--Major Bailey,
a well known character at the city oil
Washington, and at other resort OF gam
blers, has published an account ofhis life.
1t has all the frankness OF Rousseau
or dc Lauzeen. On one occasion he
was involved in a duel, and he describes
his feelings with singular candor. We
should like to see Mr. M'Duflic's wound
in the back accounted for il, The same
spirIt.- Union.
81 visited the spring in my coach and
four, Mr.. Elijah Wigg was there with
his coach and four grays, mine were bays;
arrived their first and obtained the best
stables for my horses. Mr.. Wigg being
a very consequential young man and q
great shot, could hit a dollar nine times
out of ten, he was much of a gallant,
and may add very impudent; he had
the impudcnce to turn out oil the stable
nay four horses aad put his in; my SER
want John, who was very faithful one,
went and turned out Mr.. Wigg's horses !;
there had fallen rain and the horses
rolled 10 The mud. Mr.. Wigg came
and asked who turned out bis horses,
the hoster told him Major Baiey's John,
he asked for the boy, and the boy came,
he beat him with club until he had
almost killed him: | was engaged III
playing whist with Major Willis, Mr..
Samuel Overto1, and Peter Tinsley /;
the boy came to me. shockingly beaten,
his head cut to pieces. | asked him
what was the matter? he said Mr.. Wigg
did it; for what John I for turning his
horses out OF your stable, he had turned
out your horses and put his in; did not
wish to vex you by telling you of it;
knowing had right to turn his out and
put yours in, as they were our stalls, and
because his horses rolled in the mud,
he beat me as he did. rose from the
table and went to see MIR. Wigg; |
suppose one hundred spectators were
looking at us; l addressed him by, say
ing, Mr.. Wgg by what authority did
you undertake to whip my servant as
you have? he replied because he is a
damnd impairment scoundrel, and ifyou
take his part you are no better than
himself. I up with my fist and knock
ed him down, kicked and cuffed him, and
no one offered to take me away from him,
every one despised his inperious beha-
viour; he hallooed loud enough, but
had given him too much, for he kept his
bed two weeks before he showed him.
self; and about 20 days afler had
logged him, Col Barnhurst, a brother
in-law to this Mr.. Wigg, delivered me
a challenge as l was walking by the
Spring, l looked at it and said, / knew
nothing about fighting that way; he
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-27
MIScELLAN NY.
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From the New-Yors DAILY AdYertiser.l

From the New-York Daily Adyertiser.l
We publish from the London Courier
a very interesting letter from Captain
Henry, master Of a British vessel which
visited The Society Islands in the Pacif-
ick Ocean, ia the year 1891, mentioning
the recent extraordinary conversion of
the inhabitants Of RaivaVar, one of those
islands, to Christianity.
1t is nearly twenty years since the
first attempt was made by Society in
London 10 introduce Christianity, by
the aid Of Missionaries, into those
islands For number of years, the
laboars of the persons employed in this
service we're attended with no visible
success-and, for fine, they we're
obliged, by the unsettled and hazardous
state of things among the natives. to
take refuge In New SSnth Wales At
ter a while, however, some of them
reformed, and renewed their pious la
bours-and the result has been, that
after making gradual progress ia their
exerGoas, within few years past, al
most the whole body Of the natives of
several Of he islands, in manner the
most extraordinary, destroyed their
idols, renounced their pagan rites, su-
perstiti0as and practices. and embraced
the doctrines and set up the worship of
Christianity Since that period, great
advances in civilization have been
made by the ccnrcrts.- The Missiona-
ries have given them their native Ian
guage in written form, have taught
them to read it, and are engaged in
translating the Scriptures into The Ia
heitean tongue, for the use of the
islanders.
LIS the present instance, an effect
equally remarkable, has been produced
in the island visited by Capt Henry !;
but through the medium and by the use
Of different agency No foreign
CHRISTIAN Missionary bad eyer visited
this island. King Pomarree, the princi-
pal sovereign of all fbe islands, and
himself a baptized and jealous convert,
made a visit TO this island for the pur-
pose of endeaYouring to introduce the
Christian religion which he had so re-
Gently adopted, among The inhabitants.
aud left with Them a native missionary,
by whose exerticns, and under whose
instructions, nearly the whoie body of
the natiyes renoepeed organism, de-
strOyed their gods, aud became jealous
converts 10 Christianity.
This account not only contains the
strongest encouragement to Missionary
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-27

MannS;s and Customs at Washington.
Extract of letter from the Washington
correspondent of the National Gazette,
dated January 81.
| avail myself again of the leisure
enjoyed here, to-day, to notice for you
in my rambling way, the principal
movements in Congress, and matters in
general We are scarcely able to
snatch a minute for correspondence or
reflection, from Monday morning until
Sunday. The House does not, it is
true, meet until noon, and rarely sits
later than four o'clock but then, the
members and other sojourners ike
myself, h the boarding houses and tay-
erns, retire late to bed and cannot of
course rise early. The dinner and
evening parties, which succeed each
other without remission, occupy us
from four or FIVE in the afternoon, until
ten or eleven at least-two or three
hours more than the average period.
spent in the hall Breakfast is tardy !;
when the coffee and cakes, beefsteaks,.
cold chicken, &c. four first meal is la
fourctette, as the distances require) are
despatched, we lean on our elbows and
chat at table; read the newspapers;
fetch walk visit each other in our
rooms make call on some of the
officers of the Executive Departments,
or go the rounds of the Offices for the
transaction of our own private affairs,
or those of our friends. In this way,
no interstitial vacancies" are left in
the interval between leaping or craw-
ling from bed and entering the House.
No small proportion of the members
are engaged every day to feasts and
converSdziones. When not invited to
private houses, they dine, BY invitation,
at each others messes, in a sociable
manner, and prolong the easy flow of
talk for some time after the cloth is re-
moved. Those who do not choose to
avail themselves of the hospitality
which throws open almost every door,
or the few who remain so obscure that
it dees not detect and pursue them,
spend their evenings in a friendly game
of cards at their lodgings, or assemble
in their sleeping apartments alternately,
to hold high discourse by the coal fires,
of the affairs of the nation, the merits
of speeches and speakers, the current
anecdotes of the metropolis, the topicks
Of the newspapers, &c.
independently Of private parties Of
all kinds, including the regular circles Of
the President, heads of departments,
and Ambassadors and Senator's ladies',
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-27
POETRY.

TES0ps las Charleston COnrd1r.l

>
From tls Charleston COarier.l
THERE are moments in life which are new
er forgot,
Which brighten, and brighten, as Time steals
They give new charm to the happiest lot,
And they shine on the gloom of the ioneliest
day: -
These moments are haliow;d by smiles and
by tears
The first look OF love, aud the last parting given;
As the sun, in the dawn OF his glory, appears,
And the cloud weeps and CLOVIS with the RAM
bow in heav'n.
There are hoars--there are minutes, which
memory brings.
Like blossoms Of Eden, 70 Irvine round the
heart;
And as time sushes by, on the might Of his
wings,
They may darksn while, but they never de-
part.
o! these hallow'd Eemembrances cannot
decay,
But they come on the soul with a magical
thrill;
And, ia days that are darkest, they idsdly
VIII stay.
And the heart, ia SIS last throb, will beat with
them still.
They come, Ike The dawn in its loneliness,
now,
The same look Of beauty, that shot TO nay soul:
The SHOWS OF the mountain are blsach'd on
her brow,
And her eyes in the blue Of the ornament
roli.
The roses are dim by her cheeks living
bloom,
49, - H. ~. a.~.,.s... e
fiow'rs;
She moves thro' tie air in cloud of per
fume,
Like the wind from the blossoms OF jassamine
bowls.
From her eyes melting azure there sparkles
fame,
That kindled my young blood to extacy's glow i;
She speaLs-and the tones OF her voice are
the same,
As would once, like the wind-harp, in melody
Tow.
That touch, as her band meets and ningles
with mine,
Shoots along to my heart, with electrical thrill ;
sTwas moment for earth too sumemely
divine,
And while life lasts, IFS sweetness shall cling
to noe still.
we Met-sOid We tIanA lIou the CIy sldLI1ae
well
That flows from the fountain of science above !;
On the beauties OF thought we would silent
" dwell,
TIN We loek'd--tho' Se never we're talking
OF love.
We parted---the tear glisten'd bright in
her eye,
And her melting hand shook, as drOpp'd it.
forever.
O, that mcment viii always be hoTering by /:
Life may irown--bat It's Light sail abandon
me Eever. p
Every copy we have seen has the
Iozelisst dsy-n The reader wall adopt that
reading which he thinks the original one
Ed. Spy
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-27

We have pubTick concerts, and publick
exhibitions of different sorts, for which
reliance is placed on the patronage of
the Representatives, and which, for the
most part, they do not ungenerously
neglect. The new members, who
come from the new States, and the
small towns in the interiour, must graft
fy their curiosity /; and the yocalists,
tumbiers, juggles and lecturers, ex-
pect to astonish the raw natives, be-
sides getting portion of their per diem.
The northern gentlemen are not so
easily caught as the western and south-
western the former are more domes-
tick, as it regards publick entertain-
ments--perhaps now and then they
may be tempted to those snug suppers
OF oysters and terrapins, which You
see advertised for their accommodation.
When ] consider how many of The
members eat with the President, with
the foreign Ministers, and with the Sec
retaries, with the principal Clerks, and
with the gentry of the district. and how
sumptuously they fare with some, and
abundanily with all, am doubly out of
humoGr 10 see letters ascribed to mem
bers, in the distant newspapers, in which
ridicule is attempted to be cast upon
the presidential dinners, and their ar
rangement, and upon the foreign Minis
tiers and their etiquette and am not
much less scandalized to hear PROPOSE
tions in-the two Houses for reduction
OF salaries-and conversations out of
doors full of complaint and satire against
the worthy ColumLiaas and their towns
and cities, Bladensburgh being includ-
ed by courtesy.
Formerly, members used TO have
much to do with the Banks of the
Notwithstanding, endorsing, nego-
tiating notes-some speculated in lots
and wives-bgt all this is pretty well
over. | do not mean that courtship is
out of fashion, Cupid is powerful
god with the Legislature, though Mr..
Nelson. of Virginia, of the House,
once, when he represented Minerva,
instead of Venus, rescuing Paris from
MenelaVs, and was corrected by some
classick member, alleged that it was
not decorous to recall that goddess there
Minerva was filter The bachelors,
old and young, are on the alert. Gutter-
ing with the bellies, indigenous and ex-
otick, whose society may be enjoyed
here mere frequently and more raina-
Die, than in crowded capitals. 1t is not
IN the evenings only, at routs and balls,
that they are to be encountered, set
off to the greatest adyantage-in sthe
best bib and tucker" The members
meet them in the forenoon at the doors
and IN the Hobbies of both Houses-he
can gaze upon them, as they gaze upon
him from the galleries; and he can nod
and wink at them-and occasionally.
while the debate progresses, he can 90
up 10 them, and even get into so pleas
ant coloquy, as to be betrayed into
laugh or litter, which extorts a cry of
order from the Speaker or the Sergeant
at Arms.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-27
HUMTA.Y REPRESENTS
nj ANCY CONANT, of Barre.

! Y in the County of Worcester, that at Barre
aforesaid, on the twenty ninth day OF Novem-
Der, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and nine, she, by the name of Nancy
Ilaft, was lawfully married to El5uh COnGsit,
her present husband; that she hath ever con-
Quoted as a chaste and faithful wife; but the;
said Elijah, for more than five yeass, hath Who'll
ly deserted the said Nancy, removed to the
town of Ripley, in the County of Chatocqua, in
the State of New-York, and committed the
crime OF adultery with one Sally Dcane, in
wicked violation of his marriage VOWS.
Wherefore the said Nancy prays that the
bonds OF matrimony between her and the said
Elijah may be dissolved, and she allowed
her reasonable alimony out of the Estate Of
said Elijah. And, as in duty bound, will eveT
pray NANCY CONANT.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-27
Wanted, aq,smedaately.

A I the Wheelwright's Bust
IA ness, a good JoURNEYMAN. OnS
thoroughly acquainted with the trade, may
probably have employment year or more.-.
Also, 'oanted, as an Apprentice, LAD, of Is
or l6 years of age. one OF pleasant temper
and good morals, shall receive kind treatment.
apply to T.. & J. SUTTON
Worcester, Jan. 80, 1899.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-27

10 the Hon the Justices Of tie Supreme
Judicial Court, begun and holden al borces-
ter, within and for the County Of Worcester,
on The first Tuesday Of October, u, he year
Of cur Lord one Thousand eight bundled a,.G
tpeltfg-one
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-27
TAINTED.

Nm a small Family, where there
nj are no children, in Worcester street--a
capable WOMAN, as Cook, who can be well
recommended for honesty, industry, and good
temper. Also, good GIRL, 10 do the Cham
ber-work Good wages will be giYen.--
Or Inquire Of the Printer.
Jan. 30, 1922.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-27
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts.

WORCESTER, IS. Supreme Judicial Court, at
Worcester, October term, AID. 1921
On the Libel aforesaid-Ordcred, That
the Libelant notify the said Eiijah COaaat to-
appear at the next terp Of this Court, to be
holden at Worcester, within and for the Coun-
ty of Worcester, on the third Tuesday of April
next, by publishing an attested copy of SAID
Libel, and this Order thereon in the .Massa-
chusetts Spy, three weeks SUCCESSFULLY, the
last publication to be thirty days, al least, be-
fore the sitting Of said Court, that he may then
and there sheW cause, if any he have, why tha
prayer Of said Libel should not be granted
Attest, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk
A copy of the Libel and Order thereon.
Attest, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk.