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Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-19
LATEsT FROM EUROPE.

. tyrsnt. Franklin Gazsth.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
London papers to the 18th .of Sep.
tember,apd Liverpool to the 10th, are
received At New York by the packet
ship James Chopper,
FRANCE.
The dsoth Of the King Of Fsanes|
10 announced in second edition Of lhe'
London Courier Of the 18th inst. 1hs|
intelligence is stated to have been 10
ceivsd BY er1rsss from Paris. The
msrning papers Of "wednesday, the l5h.
stats that no official intelligence Of such
an event bad been received in LOndsI
upt midnight on Tuesday; though from
the state Of tho French Kings disOrdU,
no doobt was entertained Of hi
death having taken place. a. ss@'dia
tho evening journals.
Louis the 18th has lsft no legiints
children. He 10 succeeded by hi' bn1
Their the Count d'Artois, under the litIs
of Charles x. The new king 10 sbOus
IS years Of age, q rigid msnsrehi't 'Hs
q bigo. in Ieligioa.
In the Courier of the 18th, are The
following observations.
We understand it 10 net likely .hs5
the demise of the crown viii OCCASION
any change in the ceunssls or in The POI
icy of France. Her present mlniIS
tsrs arc said to possess tho cOpfdsnss Of
the heir to the throne, who 10 also PoPu-
lar With the army as well ~ with Tie
people. 1t is eonsolatotyto reflect,
that in 90 short period a. has el'p"a
since the revolutionary and tyrsnIc''
days Of France, there is every rss'VDS
able hope afforded to Europe ,bstso'nf
tipuance of peace, good order end qn1
ct government, will be the only rs'us
Of the demiss of tho French crowd
Much Of this great good may eert'i0'y
be ascribsd to the wise. lenisnt sn1
copciliatory government Of I0''
XVIII
GREAT BRITAIN.
Az was to be expected, the sdvoes"
Of legitimacy in Europe. are not pl'''
cd With the reception Gen. La Fsy'"
meets in America. The followIngn'n
extract from the Courier Of the lstn:
1--WE hayereceiysd this morning Ns~
York papers to the ED olt. d Cbshs
ton to the 18th. They contain no i'f'i
thor Intelligence from South Ams'st'
but they are filed with detail, Of wy
reception Of Con. La Fsystte. We py,|
perhaps, make . few sslscsIon',".
them to.morrow, to shew how li'H'"
sential difference there 10 bstween
publican and monssehical honor"
The same A.ttsry: tho same 20%p; IND %
same ceremony; the Same parade;
more servility and infinitely moi XIII
borlesqus sslf.imporsance. Ihn n ."r,s
miscallsd equality, engsDdsr' al ~; :. q
Of idle prstsnaions; for 80 there ~
real equality either in nature or ID
cisty. while tho assumption os'sns'
ful to weak minds, ne constantly "
whore every man thinks himself e9,
to those about him, the me't prep,
rous efforss to sustain the deiusion s w.,
plausible appearances. Hence !, ,.
YOUR democrats, and your Jewellers,
Ill descriptions, are 50 Profd's o. .. IL
tual civi)ities; henca they % os' Pps'el53j
nd 90 BIZ. iasb each other, sno , y I'M
though differing, perhaps, op0n ~ ~
or .ubisc,.. they are so cordially .,
NOUS .pon that Of their OWE ~, iot
tiv. merits. General La Fsyo.', ,b,nsM
example, says, whatever hs ms, .,,l.
that tho Americans are the m0"
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-19

The London Courier discover, , "a.
semblanee between the honors paid :.
La FAYETTE in this republic and ,bs
pomp and parade displayed in mop,,.
chies ia honor Of their kings. TIM
comparison 10 absurd: The entbu.i,
asm for La FArETTE is pure, m,ga.a.
imous. and without ono solitary sini..
ter motive: 1t 10 the sffsc. of sincsu
gratitude for illustrious and disintsrsH.
cd services rendered TO this rspubis
when she most needed them. LAF,.
YETTE has neither Office nor adssnc,.
msnt in his gift. The parade for kiuu
10 artificial, sordid. hearsless: 1t i. d.
signed solely to fistter, and to secun
royal patronage and promotion: It'll
the devotion of slaves to q master oil
. tyrsnt. Franklin Gazstta
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-19
semmes. W. NJ. Of Alexandra wa,bi,,,
ton Lodge, No. 22,

Semmes, w. M. OF Alexs ndTia Wasb,,,,
ton Lodge, No. 22,
GENERAL La FAYETTE,
Sir and Brothsr-Wbe the Ma,on,.,
stitutions OF the town oil Alexandra =. 'n'
proaeh to congratulate you Oh Your a.. sp'
arrival in the couRtry, 10 whose Iibsse.
you so essentially contributed. and 70 eg
you sincere and cordial welcome IN n, HISi
town, they are well assured OF the spr wei !;
which you will receive their iraternol 90. u
CALCULATIONS. In This town. where the NV
ic requirements 4 virtues Of the grea, ,"I
good Father OF bis Country, were h.. .t
known, and most admired, and wb.,s s' !.
was often bis delight to preside oy,, H.
labors OF bis brethren. it is deemed ms ~'
that bis intimate Friend and Ma,o.;,
Companion in Arms, should receive tbss
warmest welcome. For your distinguish
services in our time OF greatest need. Wis.,
our fathers we're struggling for that libe,I,
which, under Heaven, and through v,n.
instrumentality. we now enjoy, we oss Il
debt of gratitude which Car never b. ran.
cellsd, and which words cannot exps"
Permit me, then. illustrious Sir and B,n'
Their, TO welcome you into the bosom OF an,
Fraternity, and to request The honor n
your company at a Masonic Entertain.
ment, at such time as may best compor
with your previous arrangements and Der.
sonal convenience.
To which be, was pleased 10 max. q,
afectionate and appropriate reply, pro,
missing to crafty their wishes on his r.lu,,
to the seat of Government.
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-19


ed in lines, extending to the Reception
Room. They were neatly dressed, the
females in white, with blue sashes and
badges, and Leghorn bonnets; the boys in
blue, with pink sasbes and badges. As the
general approached, Miss RO'alia Tpylor,
a beautiful little girl, daughter OF R.I'Tay-
Tor, esq. stepped out, and spoke with be.
coming grace and manner, the following
lines:-
Fayette, friend of WAsHIs eroNl
Freedoms children greet thee here:
Fame for thee our hearts has won,
Flows for thee, the grateful tear.
Lov'd and honor'd "Nation's Guest :"
Long may st thou with US remain:
Leave us when thou sink to rest,
Lie eternal to obtain.
CHORUS.
Happiness to day is ours,
S.rsw, ye fair! his way with flowers.
Gen. La Fayeite seemed much affected
--took Der in bis arms, aud gave her q
most afFeetionate Kiss. Through this line
Of interesting objects. the General was
conducted 10 the Reception Room--his
way sirewed with flowers. On his arrival
the children laced 10 the left, and guarded
by the Alexandra troops, were carried to
the Arch, and then dismissed.
In the Reception Rooom the General
was met by the Mayor and the Members
of the Council. The ceremony OF intro.
duction having been gone through, the
former addressed the General as follows:
GkEGkAL-lR behalf OF the Cemnsn
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-01
CHARITY.

-" Faith, Hope and Charity, these three;
md the greatest of these is CHAnIrx."
o, Charity thou child of Heaven, would that
hou hadst always the means to accomplish what
ny goodness would suggest. When thy purse is
empty, and thou hast exhausted thy basket and
thy store thou cansi by thy friendly advice soothe
and console the affl licted and bereaved; cheer
the dropping spirits; aronse to energy and action
the desponding soul, and by thy gentle admoni-
'on reclaim the wandering feet Of thy suffering
children, and set them in the pathway of useful
ness, of duty, and of virtue.
Reader, have you fed the hungry Clothed the
nakedl Protected the helpless and destitute I!
Visited the sick in prison and ministered unto
themf Ifyou have done this, tie apptobation Of
heaven, and the smiles of an approving con-
science will be your reward. The consciousness
ofh wing performed these heavenly acts of char.
iy will rise in grateful remembrance when the
sand of our last hour.glass shall have run out
when the scythe Of the destroyer shall have Gu,
our thread of life, and we depart to that country
|" from whose bourne no traveller returns"
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-01

the CLOWN see but one way of extrica,ing you
from this difficulty, and that is, when you appear
before the judge, you must pretend to be stupid,
and whatever questions are put to you, answer
nothing but FLAI!"( provincial expression, sig.
ntying "what dost say"'j
The peasant. having received his instructions,
did not fail to profit by them on the day of trial.
The lawyers, in opening their case, represented
him as the most wicked rogue, that ever disgra.
ccd the country, and withheld no expressions Of
abuse, that could tend to blacken his character
or augment their own damages. The counsellor
for the defendant refused to enter into any dis.
cusson OF the fact, but contented himself with
observing to the court, that the presence of his
client would speak more effectnally to the pur.
pose, than any argument he could urge, since he
was poor ideot, more worthy to excite the com
passion, than to the resentment OF the plain
lifts, and earnestly beseeched the court to exam
inc the defendant. The peasant was accordingly
called to the bar, and the judge having told him
to hold up bis hand, that he might administer
the oath to him, said" DO you promise before
God, to speak the truth !" "PLAr, sir I" said the
peasant, scratching his head, and putting on va
cant look; the judge repeated the question, but
could obtain no other answer. did you sell a
pig to these two lawyers and afterwards to the
landlord OF the Four Crowns" 'PLAI, sir !! said
the peasant again, The judge was now convinc
). ed, that the man was an ideot he told the plain
tiffs, that the poor fellow was sufficiently punish
ed by nature, and on this supposition he senten
ced the plaintiffs 10 pay COSTS.
The peasant no sooner heard the decision
than he left the court, and decamped. withou
speaking TO his counsellor, who heard no new
of him for fortnight; ut the expiration of whicl
he met him in the street, and reproiched him to
his ingratitude. Rascal! (said hel you promiset
me pig, and you have broke your word."-
PLAI, srP answered the clown. "You are
knave and a cheat" PLAI, sir ? said the pea
SAINT. The counsellor finding he had also becom
the dupe of the peasant, left him, being ashamed
OF having furnished him with the means of ou.
WHITING him.
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-01
On the Monument at Westminster. Vt
FOOL HARDY EXPLOITS.

St. Alkmund's church in Shrewsbury, is re.
markable for its handsome spire, 1t IS said to
have been founded by the heroine Eitlida, the
daughter of King Altredi the body Of the build.
ing is modern, but the tower and spre appear OF
antiquity. In the year 1921, about
four yards Of the spre was taken down, and re-
built by a man of the name OF Archer. who
came from St. Adams. His fooihardy fests are
still in the mouths of The inhabitants.--On Sa-
turday, the 22d of February, he climbed up the
spire to the top, and brought down the weather.
cock, notwithstanding its size and weight were
such, that he could with difficulty hold it. On
the Sd of March, he climbed up again and put
the weathercock in its former place, turning 1t
about several times, standing upright on the iron
cross, and shaking both his hands and legs. In
the following week, he climbed up, taking with
him drum and long bow and arrow; ne stood
upright on the cross, beat the drum, and shot an
arrow from the bow. On the 18TH OF March, ne
again went up, shook his arms ana legs and con-
tinued halloong and shouting there Tor more than
two hours. In every one Of these exploits, the
man was in state ofintoxicstion. A similar oc-
currence is recorded Of St. Mary's Church in the
same city. In 1889, the weathercock was blown
on one side, when person by the name OF Cad
man, engaged to take it down, which he soon
after did, and then replaced it. This man was an
advcnturer of different description from the be.
fore mentioned. He fixed rope from the top OF
the spire, to a treein field on the opposite side
of the river, and to various other places and for
a few times, sided from thence without injury;
but on Cadlemas day, in the same year. after beat
ing drum. firing pistols, Sc he attempted 70
slide down the rope across the river, but it broke
soon after he had trusted his weight uponit, andl
he was consequently killed. lie was buried on
the same the I'd February 1879, at the foot OF the
stecple, and plain slab fixed to the wall with Al
quaint inscription. man, in order to add to|
the hustle of Salisbury, and commemorate, ifsuch|
an act might oe said commemorate. the arrival
OF our late monarch. toad0n JournN'
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-01
THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR.

The CLOSE OF THE YEAR.
Fhe flow'rs were all faded, the branches were
bare,
fhe foliage was fed, and its beauty was scar:
fhe first falling snow futtered light in the air,
Md December's chill gales sigh'd the knell oil
the year.
fhe roses had wither'd, no fragrance was there,
fhe woodbine was leaAess and lonely and drear
While closer and fonder around the proud oak,
flung the vine as the winds moan'd the close oi
the year.
70 my favorite bow'r where oft had repaird,
When by Summer oppressed, and its GOODNESS was
dear:
bent my sad steps fond farewell to breathe,
o the glories Of Summer the pride Of the year.
Where so lately the bee and the butterfly rov'd:
How chang'd was the bloom, the hue, oh how
drear!
wept at the sight, while the leaves as they mov'd
Whispered weep not for us, It's the close of tn.
year.
oon the storms of the winter shall pass, and thu
spring
b its beauty and freshness and fragrance appear
this bow'r, how'r embosom'd no longer thou'l,
mourn,
Per the gloom that envelopes the close Of the
year.
sven thou too must die, and thy beauty shalt fade
n thy winter, the grave. sinks thy glory SO dear
ct thou shalt arise, and in splendour rcnew'J,
longer weep over the close Of the year.
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-01

,cd by the Royal Penitent.-"I have been guilty
confess, Of the most complicated and shocking
crimes, crimes infamed by every aggravatng
with regard to MYSELF, my NEIGH
DouR and my GoD. Myself, who have been bless.
ed above many, and made through grace the
favourite Of Providence. My Neigh.
bour, who, in the most dear and tender interests,
has been irreparably injured. My GoD, who
might justly expect the most grateful returns of
luty, instead of such enormous violations of his
holy law. Yet all horrid and execrabIe as nv
offences are, it is nothing TO the sapcrabundant
merit of that great REDgEMER, who was promised
from the foundation Of the world; in whom all
my Fathers trusted, and who is the hope of all
the ends of the earth. Though my conscience be
more loathsome with impurity than the dunghill;
though treachery and murder have rendered ii
black as the gloom of hell yet washed in the
fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness, |
shall bel say not pure only, this were dispa
|ragement to the efficacy of Mr. SAvIouR's blood
and death but shall be fair as the lily and
white as the SNOW. Nay let me not derogate from
Ithe glorious object of my confidence cleansee
lby this sovereign, sanctifyng stream, shall bt
|rAInEn than the full blown lily; wHiTEn than til,
fallen SHOWS "If the blood of bulls and of goats
md the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the uncear
Ito the purifying of the flesh; how much mor'
shall the blood of Christ, who through the eter
al spirit offered himself without spot to God
.'urge your conscience from dead works to serv.
the living God !" Heb. g. l3. IA. Thus by grsc,
land mercy, the pardoned peniten is arrayed (a
Bishop Hopkins says) in garments no less pur'
land splendid, than those of innocence itself
|any desrous to obtain this matchless ornament
You will find it presented in every page of th
GOSPEL of CHRIST.
o my soul, when thou seest SNOW, think oi
and admire the goodness of God, lift up thy hear
unto him, mplorng m interest in Christ, am
mite in the praises Of the LAMB, with that glo
rous multitude who have already "wsshed thei
robes. and made them white in Redeemer'
precious blood" +.
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-01
FORTI1'UDE.

I dream'd that Desolation's wing,
With crimson tinge had hurried by,
And swept the glories Of the spring,
And faded beauty's dye.
And Death had breath'd upon the shore,
And spread his sickly mantle there;
And man had sunk to rise no more,
No more smile TO wear.
But still, upon the darken'd wreck,
A solitary wand'rer stood,
Whose lonely whisper seem'd to break
The silence of the hood.
He sigh'd not-but his eye surveyed
The wild and death.iike solitude:
He wept not-for his birth forbade
His name was-FoRTITUDE.
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-01
REV. JOHN ADAMS.

In the New Hampshire Collections for Decem
Der, the interesting Ecclesiastical History OF
New Hampshire" is continued; and among other
particulars, it contains some account OF the Rev
John Adams ofDurham. Mr. Adams graduated
at Harvard in 1745, and was settled at Durham in
1748. Some opposition was made to him at the
time, which however subsded, and lie continued
at Durham about 80 years, when new difficulties
arose, and he was dismissed. At the close of his
farewell sermon. Mr.. A. requested his people to
sing to the praise of God, and their own edifica
ton, the three first verses of the 120th Psalm.
Thou God of love, thou ever blest,
Pity my suffering state;
When wilt thou set my soul at rest
From lips which love deceitl
Hard lot of mine my days are cast
Among the SONS OF strife,
Whose never ceasing drawings waste
My golden hours oflife.
might fy to change my place,
How would choose to dwell
In some wide lonesome wilderness
And leave these gates of hell.
After his dismission, the proprietors Of New
field in Maine, made grant to him OF 400 acres
of land, and he removed there when there were
but - families in the place. He WAS physician
us we'll as minister, and was very useful in both
professions. He preached constantly, and prac-
iised physic in the towns of Limington, Limerick,
and Newfeld, till his death, June 4, 1872.
The following is the record Of the first blood
split in Vermont, in the revolution. 1t is at once
a literary curiosity, and illustrative Of the times.
EPITAPH
On tie Monument at Westminster, ".
In MEMORY or WILLIAM FRENCH,
Son of Mr.. Nathaniel French, Who
was shot at Westminster March ye 18th
1775 by the hands of Cruel Ministerial
tools Of George ye Sd in the Courthouse at
ali a clock at night in the 22d year OF
his Age
Here William French his Body lies
For Murder his blood for Vengeance cries
King George the third his Tory crew
tina with bswl his head Shot threw
For Liberty and his country's Good
he lost his life his Dearest Blood
The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-01
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tp@iEH1RMe


Jusr1cE for vengeance calls aloud,
sNow cut the Cumb'rer down.
hut Mercy answers spare him yet,
He may repent anon.
Great Spirit, sanctify my heart,
NV stubborn will renew;
New dispositions form within,
Prevent my overthrow.
Forbid it Lord that remain
A knotty barren tree I;
So often prun'd and dress'd, but bear
So little fruit for thee.
Nav Grace from thee possess my heart,
Thro' ev'ry action roll
And prove living principle
Dfusd thro' all my soul.
Forgive my past neglect of thee.
My dcadness in thy ways:
Assist me for the time to come,
To speak and live thy praise.
Then when my hours are finished here,
And must hence remove
Transplant me to the paradise
ofendless joy and love.
No Cumb'rers there infest the ground,
Nor thorns nor briars grow;
But perfect peace and holinesa
Thro' all the region flow.
COMMENCED.
How good is the Lord,
In sparing us here,
His name be ador'd
For another New Year.
He loves to be giving,
Then let us rejoice;
And while We are living,
Attend to his voice.
lie asks us to go
Where pleasures abound,
Let none answer---no,
Or unwilling be found.
Sure after such kindness.
We ought to obey,
And pity the blindness
Of those who delay.
The road it is true
IN Is narrow and strait;
But ihe end is in view
When you enter the gate.
IT'S the way OF Salvation,
And il you will SO
Resist each temptation,
And count it your foe.
"There remaineth rest"
When the journey is DER
PREPARED for the blest
On the thrice happy shore:
Where Angels are singing
And praising the plan,
That brought and is bringing
Salvation 10 man.
There pleasure remains
In the mansions of Joy,
Nor sickness nor pains
Nor death can destroy.
Nor floods Of atfiiction
Shall ever controul,
The love and affection
And peace Of the soul.
Then let us improve
The hours as they fly,
live heedlessly rove.
We may sicken and die.
All! then life is over,
The season is past,
In pain we'll discover
Our error at last.
Well bess'd be the Lord,
For another new year;
May his Spirit be pourd
On our spirits while here:
That while we are living
Our hearts may rejoice;
And while he is giving;
Attend to his voice.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-10-12
From the MelO Tork Patriot.

The character of JOHN BINNs, Mr. Cramford's
lChiet Scribe in eilhooling city, is already so
well known through the Union, that it may almost
be considered work OF supererogation to expose,
lat this ale period his double dt alng and time
ling disposition He has toled hard for the last
year or two TO build I'd for the Secretary of the
Treasury the good name which he was most lol
ward in helping to destroy bur three or four years
before but as the effect Ut his scribbngs on The
publc mind always Of an opposite ,harscter
from that intended to be produced, the Treasury
Candidate has suffered vastly from his tripRd-
Iship OF late than he ever received injury from his
lmnLer0leEce. Like .NDah, OF Seal bre aking Noto
lrety he is alone sufficient to destroy any cause he
lattemps to support - but 10 waste ink in writing
lof him would be needless, when such paragraphs
as the following may De copied from the flies Of his
own Press, preposterously styled (by bimseJJ
I"Democrac.''
In 1916, John Binns. speaking of Mr.. Craw-
folds plan Of interma ryng the Whites and Indi-
ans, and thereby smaeama'ing the blood of the
wo races holds forth in the following strain rela-
1--we to the man WHOM he now seeks 10 elevate over
the heads of such statesmen and patriots as Jackson
Clay CnttoNn, and .idams:
"Mr. Secretary Crartord may stand forth the
unleelIng, the unbushlng advocate OF bribery and
prostitution, but he will find his filthy proposals
treated with the execraons they deserve BY hose
want OF sense and his unnatural want of taste"
On the subject Of Caucus management and il.
trgung, the Immaculate "tenant of twenty one
lails' holds forth as follows:
Every man who has tried this game before has
lost il and 50 will Mr.. Crawford. This underhand,
this double dealing, this carrying of watet on both
shoulders, this systematic managed indecison
this rafting of the turn Of party politics. this ma
neuvring, will put the stamp on MIR. Crawtord S
political character; and prophecy, without hes
ration, that no party wW trust him hereafter.
Such man will never be taken up by the People
as President Of the Union! So much for MIR.
Crawford, who, whatever he may be as private
citizen, has committed suicide upon his public char
acter.''
And again, on the same subject the worthy AL
derman favors with the following piece of sound
reasoning, under date of February IA, 1876:
"What is he nations voice? The nomination at
Washington? 1t may mag not be SO! For though
such nomination be highly advantageous 10 ensure
Ia unity of action among the republican party. to
give that voice effect NEVER CAN, it nerer ought
to be deemed sacred as the call Of the nation For
|if it were then fe,o individuals choose the Pres
Iidpm for millions, by exercise of power neither
directly or indirectly giren to them"