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Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-27

common engagement to pursue and TO punish
those who shall continue to practise this crime
as reProbated by the just and humane of every
country, as enemies of the human race, and to
Tx them, irrevocably, in the class, and under
the denomination, of pirates.
have the honor of enclosing, herewith. CO.
py of the 4th and 5th sections of n law of the
United States, passed on the 18th Of May, 1920,
by which it will be seen, that any citizen of the
United States, being of the crew or ships COM
Pany OF any foreign ship or vessel engaged in
the slave trade, or any person 1otateusr, being
OIL the crew or ships company Of any ship or YES
sci, owned in the whole, or part, or nayigatcd
tor or IN behalf of, any citizen or citizens of the
United States, participating in the SLAVE trade,
Is declared TO have incurred the penalties OF
piracy, and made liable to atone for the crime
with his life. The legislation of single nation
can go no further, to mark its adherence OF
Tins traffic, OF to deter the people subject to its
laws, from contamination, by the practice OF
others.
1.-THE inference in your letter of the Goth OF
January, from the documents to which it refers,
be correct, that the French flag is more parti-
cularly employed cover the illicit trade on the
coast OF Africa; and the conjecture likewise sug-
gested in it, that this flag is used TO cover the
property and the persons of individuals bound
to other allegiances, he wei! founded, that sta
tute makes every citizen of the United States.
concerned in such traffic, liable, if detected i'm
1T, to suffer an ignominous death. The code of
Great Britain herself has, hitherto, M provision
of equal severity in the pursuit of her subjects,
even under the shelter of foreign banners, and
10 the cover of simulated papers AMI property.
am directcdby the President of the United
States to propose, on their part, the alop ion,
by Great Britain, of the principle of this act;
and to offer a mutual stipulation to annex the
penalties of piIIcY to the offence of nart;c;n,
ting in the slave trade, by the citizens or sub
lects of the respective parties" This proposal
is made as substitute for that of concedine
mutual right of search, and of trial by mix
cd commissions, which wouli be rendered use
less by 1T. Should it mat the appreciation of
your government, it may be separately urged
upon the adoption of France, and upon the o.
ther maritime powers OF Europe, in the manner
most conducive to its ultimate success.
have the honor of rendering to you the re-
newed assurance of my distinguished consider
alton. JOHN OIJIN,,Y ADAMS
The Right Hon. STnATFoRD CANNIaa,
ENJOY Extraordinary and minister.
PicniPotentiaryt from Great Brit1i,
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-27

commit the American Government on the Iony
disputed question acknowledgements right ofsearcL
.oat, II 1t may De supposed to touch that question
AZ an II appears rather to operate in the sense
view Of the subject.
The officers entrusted on either side with the
duty OF examining suspected vessels, would ne
cessarily actunder instructions calculated to en-
sure perfect harmony between the principle
and the application OF this conceded right; nor
IS 1t to be feared that they would presume, in
any case, to extend the visit thus authorized at
sea, beyond the particular and specified object
to which it is meant to be confined.
have the honor to request. sir, that Won will
again accept the assurance of my highest con
sideration.
STRATFORD CANNING
ion.<J. g. ADAMS, Sec. State, &c.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-27
PEOPLES TI01ET.
ron PRESIDENT OF THE U. STATES,

'OtI-N MUMMY ADAMS 81 -Hdssdctuse!fs
FOR vICn-PREsIDENr,
SOME TRIED s. APPROVED DEMOCRAT.
The peopls or tire United States are one grea,
fanily--as long the Union Of the States holds,
citizen from one section provided he he honest, ca.
pablo, and faithful ~ ne Constitution and the Poo
pie, ought to be rs acceptable the opposite Sec
ton, as to tho one which claims his birth or resi-
Aeuee''
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
wEDNEsDAY MORNING, MARCH a. 1ga4, .
Ghe fount.
LINES ..nY ALnERro.


lis sweet to view the closing even,
When all its beauties beam on high
For as it lifts its lights TO heaven,
They seem to mingle with the sky.
lis sweet to view the roseate flowers,
First blushing in the morn of May
When they deck Springs sofiest bowers,
And smile as sweet as op'ning day.
lis sweet to mark the evening star
As It's soft radiance round us CLOVIS
And think of our lov'd one afar,
Whose light Of love with ours arose
lis sweet 10 gaze upon the wave,
When ell is peaceful, calm and still
When its soft ripples gently lave
The foot of many dis.sn, hill.
It's sweet to see the infant smile,
Upon its mothers snowSshite breast,
With every tender. witchins VILE
Then calmly sink to sleep and rest.
IT'S sweet 10 hear the merry songs
That fill the woods with melody
And. as echo every note prolongs,
To see them skip from tree to tree.
Ills sweet, in cold December's storms,
10 draw around the blazing fire.
And mark,with joy,the happy forms
of moth er, sister, son and sire.
But, sweeter than all lis woman's love,
That time or chance has ever rjyen--
Pure as the young, and cooling dove
II lives on earth and dwells in heaven
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
ABSENCE or MIND.

A te" days since, the servant of near.
sighted absent old gentlemen, in tho
neighbourhood of Weston, was going "a
boil an egg. Old Grumbo complained
that she did moi know how to boil one.
and he would show her the way. The
p an foil of water was produced, and prs
upon the FIRE. The old man held His
watch 10 one hand and egg in the other.
he told The girl to observe himzhe nut
the watch into the pan, and held the eee
close to his eyes, as if it was watch. mn.
I'll the supposed egg was boiled enough,
when on taking it out, to his grea, ss,osL
ishmsnt, he found he had boiled the
watch instead Ofshe egg.
Ihe Pope has formally refused 70
sanction the resestablisbment Of the ~
cuS'ed IpgIsigOp 10 spsjo
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
PRIDE.

AS iiberaiisy makes friends of enemies,
SO pride mades enemies of friends. He
who thinks that nod ofthe head, by way
OF salota'ioh, is Of great value, has hos
sufficient brains to decide upon matters
OF courtesy. Negroes frequently excel
their white brethrepsjn acts of politeness.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
A PASSIONATE TEMPER.

Renders man unfit for advice, depriyes
him OF his reason, robs him of all that il
great or noble in his nature makes him
unfit Tor conversation, destroys friend.
Ship' changes justice into cruelty, and
turns all order into confusion.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
No 1000.
.Jn,sceIIaneuus.
HUMANITY OF GEN JACKsoN

HU MANITY OF GEN JACKSON.
1t is stated, and with truth, that gen,
jackson, on his return from Ma CHI, z, in
1875 ewing to a want OF transportation
Tor the sick of his army, gave up his hor-
ses to the sick soldiers; who otherwise
must have been left in the wilderness at
some miserable Indian hut and walked
on foot from Natchez to Nashville,
through swamps and through wilder
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
EARTHLtNGs.

= That the great Macenas was, after all
his famed virtues, beneath his country.
men in one, which they considered essen.
tial, namely contempt OF life as well as
death, is evincsd clearly in some lines he
wrote which signify-'let me be lame Of
hands feet and legs, hump backed, my
teeth Ioose,if 1 live / am content: even il
impaled, let me but live, and will bear
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
REMOVAL
CONFECTIO.N:qRY
TO FISHERMEN

EUST received and for sale 100 lbs superior
- cork wood in large sheets, SO long oars
well proportioned fer seine boats, 30, %,
aud "a feet long
100 bbis tar
Bridport seine twine
Cordage of all sizes (made to order)
second hand seine of small size, with
general assortment of lumber, ship chandlery
and lime. JOSIAH HEWES DAVIS.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA.
nAvlD BILL, has applied TO the hon.
H. VIM. Cranch ,chi.f judge of the u. States
circuit court for the district OF Columbia, to be
discharged from Imprisonment for debt, under
she act for the relief of insoivent debtors within
che district of Columbia, on the FIRST Monday of
April next, at eo'clock, a. m. at the courthouse
10 Alexandria, when and where his creditors
are, required to atted. EDM. /, LEE, {. C..
mar % ct
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
REVOLUTIONS OF LIFE.

obscurity and indigence are the nas
tents OF vigilance and econo my; vigil
lance and economy of riches and honor 3
riches and honor Of pride and luxury /:
pride and luxury of impurity and idle.
nessi and impurity and idleness again
produce indulgence and obscurity.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
Dun1uur.

From the Old Colony (Nass.) Memorial.
My Cousir's Y;sit TO The Nail Works.
A braud-Gre new Song, by the Athor of-Not
Waverly.
TUNE Tid-re-T.
Say have you seen q nail machine
Ills all the peoples WONDERED
1t thumps away. both night and day,
And makes noise like thunder--O.
The cranks and pans, like battering rams,
DO keep such pelting, pouncing-O,
That all the ground is shook around
BY reasons of the jouncing-O!
RccisattOe.-Now, you must know that
I'd q lot of cousins, thar "com'd all the
way down from Yarmouth to larn the
fashions, and TO hear and see ell the cute
and curious thingumaiigs otlhe Old Colo
n.y." "By jolly" said zaclery Diggens,
"i insign 10 see the nail works, if it costs
me my fire-ball colt. Uncle Fife told
us how as they had ten thousand rattle
traps, and kept up tarnation sort of a
"Rattlety bang, and cIaterty clang
"And rattlety, clatter,y bang they go %
So off FIVE set, with Tom and Bet,
Young Stephen Bumps and Dally--O;
And 10 and Josh and Bill Magosh
Ned Shacklefoo,, the jolly-O;
And Suzy Mud and Mimy Judd,
(They rode behind on pillions--O,)
And sary Slack. They made such clack,
You'd thoughtthere were million-O!
Reeve scamper'd along through
mud and mire quite in the style of the
fashionables, till we were brought up all
standing, full but before Squire Clinker's
nail works, and were soon genteelly es.
corted in to the very bowels of this great
establishment when out squealed cou-
SIN Betty Diggins, as loud as shrek,
owl, 50, the wonderation, what a nation
sight OF jiggemarees y .Yes, faith,
quoih Ned, 'and as thick as seven bum
ble-bees in puDkiD blow y rabbit We,
Bets, and be darn'ds and hold your CAB
there balled Zachery. 30, the old snee>
ger, how they she'll 'em out = cried Josh.
And then cousin Dolly, the school dame,
she was all sensitive. 80, the Hurry and
living jingo,' said Doll, Fl'Il be souzed in
a butter tub, ifever seed such curiosity
thmgums in all my born days Fags and
CatDip, Pm ali over goose pimples -
'Flamation,' sung out Tom, show they
chip the iron up = Then Bill, taking
his turn, exclaimed, suts hobs and
butakiDs Uncle Jeremy's ihreshiDg
mill is no touch to it. Take care, Ste.
pheD, or you'll have your gizzard ripp'd
out by the smashers there, as quick as
pig can crack walnut Now all this
was very delightful accompaniment to
the afstuosso Of tho whirling machinery
as it very delica,ely touched offits
Rsttlety bang, and clat,erty .elsug
And raltlety, clatterty bang we go.
Then UP went 10, and thought as how
He'd like TO try the riggle-O,
But all his jerks and awkward quirks
Soon set them in giggle-O.
'Poh, 10, you coot,' cries ShackIefoot,
You'd better come TO halting-O
And stop the noise ofthese rude boys,
by paying Of the maltiDg--O.
Rec.--Nowr you know that, in a prin,
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24

On the tomb of Sardanapalus, the es.
Terminate tyrant of Assyria, on which he
was represented clapping his hands, was
this inscription. sSardanapalus. son os
Anacyndaroxas, built Apchialos and Tar
sus IN one day. AS TO you stranger ear
dr;r,
drink and sport, for other human things,
are not worth Mis,' ailuding to the clap Of
his hands.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
st Reg't. Cd Brig. Militia Dis
trict of Columbia.

nRDERED, That the provost marshal, be
" and Is hereby authorised to collect all
arms and requirements belonging to the regi.
rnent within the county of Aexa ndria Extract
from the minutes. p. II. MINOR, clerk
LIST Reg. Cd Brig VI. D. C.
mar 90 -THOS. SHIELDS, provost marshal
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
NOTICE.

THERE will be a legiouary court held al the
j. town hall, on Saturday next, the goth inst.
The duties of this court may be seen by a refer
enbe to the 9Th section of the militia law Of the
district Of Columbia. C. BRONAUGH,
mar22 Adj't. Reg. % Brig. NJ. D. c..
UJThe above court adjourned TO the FIRST
Saturday in April.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
NOTICE.

TIME subscribers notify their friends, that
Il they are about IN akin an arrangement to
dispose of the entire quantity of their BACON,
the principal part TO be shipped and as they
know many families depend on them, they will
thank them TO make immediate application,
that they may ascertain the quantity necessary
TO retain for their use.
march % HOFFMAN g. JOHNSON.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
The Charitable Highwaymaa

1t was said of Boulter, "a better sort of
highwaymap) that one day riding on
horseback on the high road, he met a
young woman who was weeping, and who
appeared TO be in great distress. Touch.
ed with compassion, he asked what was
the cause OF her affliction when she
told him, without knowing who he was
that creditor, attended by ba,Iiff had
gone to house which she pointed ont,
and had threatened to take her husband
TO prison for debt of so gaineas. Boul.
ter gave her the so guineas, telling her
to go and pay the debt, and set her hus.
band at liberty; and she ran of, LOADING
the honest gentleman with benedictions.
Boulter in the mean time, waited ON the
road till he saw the creditor come out :
he then attacked him and took back the
80 guineas, besides every thing else he
had about him.-F Memoirs of O TraDeL-
FER noTu in retirement.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-03-24
ARTISTS
p. J. SALVETAT,

French Dyer and Scourer,
ID ESPECTFULLY informs the ladies and
Il q gentlemen of Alexandria and its vicinity
that he has set up a
DYING ESTABLISHMENT,
on Royal street, nearly opposite the Gazette
printing office, where he intends to dye either
wooden, silk, cotton, or thread, in every desired
color His handsome collection of colored
samples. containing coiors never before dyed
IN America; such as French blue, French pur-
pie and violet, Napoleon blue, French pink,
Magazine blue, &c. &c may be seen at any
time, at his establishment. He also scours and
dyes clothes, of wooden, silk, or any other ar
tcle Of manufacture cleans
.Merino Shaaols & StraaD Hats,
without any alteration, dyes them and makes
shem appear as new. His blue vat is ready 20
dye wooden clothes. Every Thursday he colors
black.
He hopes, by his attention and assiduity O.
business, to deserve the patronage and encotu
ragemert of the public. u His charges will
be moderate If feb %
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HSOgP1ORsa
NOTICE.

TVHE stockholders Of the Fauquier and Al.
Il exandria Turnpise Company, are hereby
notified that general meeting will be held AZ
Catts's tavern, ut West End, Fairfax county,
on THURSDAY, the FIRST day Of APRIL next, tor
the purpose of electing a president, four direc-
tors, and q treasurer for the ensuing year By
order. marc 3. H. HOOE, president
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1824-08-28
AUGUSTUS AND TIE POOR POET

4 poor Greek poet used, from time to time, to
present Augustus with Greek epigrams; but, al
though the emperor took them, yet he never gave
him any thing One day, having mind to ridiculc
Inn and shake lin OIL, as he was seen com
ing TO present his verses, the Emperor sent him
Greek cpgram of his own composing, written with
his own hand. The poet received it viii, JOY, and
she was reading it, showed by his looks and gcs-
lures that he was nightly pleased with it After
he had read it, he pulled out his purse, and, com
ing near Augustus, gave some few pence, sa, ing,
"Takc this Caesar give YOU, not according to
our great fortune, but according to my poor abili-
~; had more, ould make YOU a larger present."
he whole company fell laughng-and the en-
pcror more than any Of the rest, who ordered him
hundred thousand pounds
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1824-08-28

80 N '' '''''''' 1>''' i'H' 1-'''"H, ''i"", ~
THE ORPHAN BEGGAN--A rn, STORY
\ little boy, an orphan too,
Whose finger ends with cold were blue,
With pcariy drops III either exc.
Ready TO start when pity nigh,
With tIlnd steps approach'd door,
(Some seanty pittancc to implorc,)
Whose bralcn kaocker smooth and BRIGHT
Mock d all the efforts of the wight:
Ills little hands its place supply'd,
And open flew TIE portal wide
\ clergyman Of modern date,
Less fam'd for kindness than estate.
Now ey'd the DO, from top to toe;
And, listening to lis tale Of woe,
said, take this crust, IT'S mould, too,
But, still, It's good enough for You -
The boy recciN'd it with good grace,
And turn'd about to quit the place
Stop, said the priest, an orphan boy
Should not pursue such bad employ.
Answer me this, pray Can YOU read
All no, Sir, It's a truth indeed
Not read why then YOU cannot pray
I'll teach you; aitcrmc thus say
Our Father who in Heaven art
"Our Father" touch'd his little heart.
is he your father, then, and mine
Yes, said the reverend divine;
God is the Father of us all
OF rich and poor of great and small.
With feelings undisguis'd, the boy
Sunmd up the whole in this reply
We're brothers-lett not be said,
You ever gave me mouliv bread.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1824-08-28
FROM TIE rHlLArELrnIA REGISTER.
ORPHAN MARY-AB AIJAn

ORPHAN MARl-A BALLAD.
Oh , who will shelter give to me,
For am sad, my heart is broken:
My mother sleeps meath Wonder tree.
Since yestcrnight she has not spoken
The leaves her bed, the heath her pillow
Her sheltcr-is the waving willow.
From wife, from child, and native home;
Ny Father fell in battle strife
And now in poverty we roam
And know no 10y or peace in lie.
On leave nc not, but ah bcstow
Somewhat to soothc m! pain, MY Wop
He's concentrating, cruel mar,
That hath no pity IN his breast,
tnmov'd by tears or grief, lie can
Pass by, nor succour the DISTRESSED
But to mother must away,
From her no longer can stay.
Mother, awake-yon clouds poltcnd
A rising storm-quick, quick awake
My feeble aid to thee I'll lend,
Arouse thec-or my heart viii brc:.b n.
The storm Will roar around thy head.
She hears not, moves not-Go4 She's de-
My heart, my heart-oh, do not break
On now be lnsh'd torc'cr my s;sh~.
H,H Mothers side my rest I'll take,
And never, never more Will rise;
But first I'll gather leaves and moss.
And strcW them Der my Mothers corsc
FATHER OF ALL YES, thou Wit aid
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FROM THE DELAWARE AMERIcAN wATtr,
FLAT FEELINGS.

j INl FEELINGS.
have often considered the word FLAT, as ap
piled to feelings arising from shame or rcmorsc, as
very expressive.
For instance, when lady out of spirit of con
fradcton or coquetly gvesa scornful rebuff to the
man whom at heart she really regards with kind
Ilo-s--and she finds he las taken her at her word,
and means never to give her another opportunity
either for aggression or atonemcnt-l ,rcIpa she
feels fat'
When one of those amiablc gentlemen " lo arc
IN the habit of "quizzing the natives finds himself
seated in stage coach with female whose APP
pearance promises fine subject for his talents ;
and when, after exercising them for some time
without reply, he at length receives one in the shape
OF a gentle rebukc, full ofmodcsv good sense, ana
wit reckon he must feel Nat,
When person. influenced by prejudice or par.
" spirit, speaks in very free and not vcr, E,yorl.
bic terms I'm steam boat CABIN for instances of
person, whom he does not personally know, but
whom he at last finds TO have been sitting next him.
apparently much amuscd-l rcI On the speaker
must feel the fchest of the two
When a gentleman, after coming out of an even
in5 meeting OF any KIND, makes up to the side of
one whom he is soIcitous to please, which soLci-
tude he cNinccs very plainly in his conversation and
lnanner-and at length discovers that he has by
mistake been addressing pving gossip, who has
been watching his motors for months and who en-
Joys his present error with most malicious plea
s'lre-I reckon he must feel fiat
When a slasdcrer, after having spoken i'll of ano-
'h'r to enc whom he imagined would sympathse in
MS Ill w-disco,crs that this one went directly TO
the person Detained, and reported the SANDER and
nc au'eor-l think tic latter must feel fat,
When writer, having begun an article like
Tins m the right spirit and kumor for successful
"hoh after an interruption returns to the task
and hnds all his spirit and himor and fine ideas fed.
And is obliged to break Off short, as do now-I
''9s> he must feel fat
pT'IEp DI' NnE1N SIrn
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POTTERY =
THE GRAVE OF BURNS.

liz hf Nv 1. VT III R>S.
Written in ~gM Of tie .Nomun,ntai Inurhr erected
10 the memory IF Roman Ii' ms, at Dumfrirs
(rnoa THE OMAN OF LErrERs.")
Is Wonder little snowy dome
The sacred shline-thc silent tomb
Where thinking strangers love to come
Where Genius nouns,
The last-the SOLITARY home
OF thee, poor Burns
Ncs-ycs, that dome aslclns thy bed,
Twas given by those who scarcely bread
When living gave thcc-not a shed
TO hide tn, wants,
But now, would DER Thy mouldcling head
Build monuments
The little spot is thine. And who
Shall turn thee from thy tenure now
Thy lease is long, thy landlord true,
Thy troubles cease,
The great possess no more than thou,
From Heavens lease.
Swan of the Nth thy wing was light,
Thy plumes were whitcst OF the white,
But wild and wayWard WAS til, flight,
From wave to wave:
One course was thine, head>troug and bright,
Fen to tn. grave.
Swan of the Nth Taught IN thee
Sullied thy whtcncss, none should see
The blensh Men should view Ike me,
Thy lfe's short dream,
And let thy faults, like swans feet. bc
sunk III the stream
Burns was elected from his farm BY an unio, l.
Nc landlord.
/ 1t is sad that the swan thinks her feet blcni-
h, and therefore seldom shows them