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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-19
Tribute of Respect to Mr.. Crawford.


FREDERICKSBURG, March l6.-On
the arrival Of Mr.. CRAWFORD and ia
mily, on Friday night, at the landing
on Potomac Greek, his friends and adj
mirers in this place, DESTROYS Of testify
ing to him their regard for his charac-
ter, sent to him letter inviting him to
partake Of a dinner, TO be given on Sa-
turday:
To this letter the following answer
was returned:
81 have received with the most live
ely sensibility your letter Of this date
inviting me, on the part Of the citi-
" zens of Fredericksburg, to partake of
=" a public dinner as a testimony Of
"their respect and regard. have de-
"clined dining in public ever since my
=" first indisposition; and although my
/" health is now generally good, / ad-
=" here to regimen which has been
"prescribed to me by my physicians,
" and which makes it inconvenient to
4" dine at any other than private table.
=" | must therefore decline the invitation
Switch you have politely given me,
" and beg you to convey these senti-
" ments to my fellow citizens of FIRE.
" dericksburg-I am, sc.
"WM. H. CRAWFORD"
Mr.. Crawford, and family; Mr.. Cobb
of Geo. and Mr.. Williams, Of North
Carolina, arrived on Saturday at Mr..
RawIin's Hotel, in this place. About
fifty gentlemen sat down to sumptu-
Gus table at the hotel, among whom
were Messrs. Cobb and Williams, who
had been previously invited.
Byrd c. Willis, esq. was requested to
act as President, and David Briggs, as
Vice President. The following toasts
were then drank:
Our distinguished fellow citizen
William H. Crawford.
Our sister States-North Carolina
and Georgia.
BY Mr.. Williams, of N. C.-The
citizens of fredericksburg.
BY Mr.. Cobb. of Georgia-The state
ofVirginia-always true to good prin-
ciples.
After this toast was drank, Mr..
Crawford, who, with his family, was
in an adjacent apartment, joined the
company. He was received with every
mark of respect and distinction, and
continued nearly two hours. He ap-
peared much grati6ed, and conversed
with freedom and ease with those a
round him, receiving with much feel
ing the greetings Of the many who
came to shake hands with him.
Being requested to give toast, MIR.
Crawford gave-Public Education.
BY John Tayloe Lomax, esq.-The
Statesman who in retirement enjoys
conscious rectitude, and the respect OF
all honest men.
BY Mr.. Cobb, of Georgia-General
Jackson-his glory will perish only
with his country.
There were many other toasts drank,
sententious and liberal. The company
separated with order and decorum.
On Sunday morning Mr.. c. and ia
mily, and Mr.. Cobb, left this place on
their way to Georgia, BY the Carriers
Vile road. We understand that ne
will remain some time in Louisa with
his relatives
A London paper states that third
University is about to be established
in England, in the neighborhood OF
York. and that Earl Fitzwilliam has
promised to subscribe fifty thousand
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SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1925.

Mr.. Mnroe's acknowledgements
ing on the first page and ending on the
second, will be found Mr.. Monroe's
communication to the Committee of
Congress, appointed to investigate his
accounts. We regret having delayed it
so long, but were induced to do so,
under an impression that il would be
more acceptable in its present shape,
than scattered through our file in de-
tached pieces. We look upon it as one
Of the most interesting and important
parers that has been, recently, exhi-
bited to the public; and we entreat our
readers not to be deferred, by its great
length, from an attentive and scruti-
nising perusal. 1t developes, with a
perspicuity and candor peculiar to its
illustrious author, every incident, how
ever small, connected with the subject
upon which he writes; and not only
refutes, if refutation were necessary,
the pitiful charges brought against
him, BY Cooke and Giles, but satisfac-
torily supports his position, that in
Justice has been done him in the set
Element of his accounts, and that
large amount Of money is still due
for services rendered to his country,
and for sacrifices, indispensably made,
to support her dignity and advance her
interests. He has appealed to the pro-
per ,ribunal,a and at the proper time, for
redress; and no doubt can possibly re-
main on the minds of any, who will take
the trouble to examine for themselves,
tha, his application ought, and will be
attended with success. He demands
nothing but the most rigid justice, and
that, in a manner so independent and
honorable, that his bitterest enemies
must admire and approve. Having
presented" he says, "a view Of my
claims on the government, in my Sc
veral missions to Europe, l have now
to invite like view Of any which the
government may have on me, which l
do from the same period, that Of 1894,
to the present time. wish every
transaction of my life, in which the
public have any interest, to be investi-
gated. and with the utmost rigor.-
There is no occurrence which may not
be sifted to the bottom, by authentic
and original documents, or by living
testimony. Let both be appealed to-
All my books and papers, bank and
others, are open to your inspection, and
in questions of doubt, if there be any,
let those Of the opposite party be re-
ferred to-"
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Public Sale.

- BY virtue of deed Of trust
from John Swami and Ann, his
I'll wife, bearing date the 9th day
$500 of November, 1921, the subscri-
Der, as trustee, viii sell at public auction, on
the premises, on THURSDAY, the 21st day Of
APRIL next, at o'clock in the afternoon, the
Pottery Establishment,
lately occupied by the said Swami, in the town
of Alexandra. This property extends on
Wilkes.street forty feet, and runs back paral.
lei to Washington-street (as supposedly l76
feet and some inches; subject to an annual
rent charge Of $50.
The terms will be made known at the place
Of sale, and the subscriber will convey to the
purchaser all the right vested in him by virtue
Of the aforesaid indenture.
N: s. WISE, Trusted,
march 10 limo
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-19
Star Fire COMPANY.

Extract from an, act ofhe Corporation of .alsr-
andria, for the erfinguishment Of Fire.
"sEc.7. If any person who shall be present
at any fire, shall neglect or refuse to obey the
order or direction of any officer, who shall be
appointed by any fire company now establish
ed, or which may be hereafter established,
knowing him to be an officer, such person
shall forfeit and pay the sum Of five dollars,
provided the name of such officer shall have
been first published in one Of the public pa
pers." -
At stated meeting ofthe Star Fire Compa-
ny, held March II, 1926, the following gentle
men were appointed officers for the present
year.
George S. Hough, President.
Isaac Robbins, Treasurer.
Commanders.
Jacob Douglass, LIST. N. r. Fitzhugh, I'd.
Regulators. Property Men.
A. C. Cazenove, Capt. Daingerfeld,
John d. Vowel, Thomas Irwin,
Samuel Mclean, Matthias Snyder,
VIM. II. Carne, William Isabel,
VIM. D. Mutt Thomas Steel,
Zenas Kinsey. Thomas Jacobs.
Commanders Of Hose .2re Men.
TIL. Baden, Capt. Reuben s. Bowie,
Ezra Lunt Ewd. Smith,
j. w. Beedle, Lewis Piles.
Reed Cross.
Extract from the minutes.
march 17-3t JOS. COMING, Sec'y.
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AUCTION.
Book Sale
THIS EHENLNG, at Z O'Clock,

vr,,y ~ E'<NO, ~ 0oOHs
WILL DC continued the sale of BOOKS,
ae the Aucuon Store. The quantity and va
riety, in consequence Of a considerable addi-
ton, Il greatly superior to the lot on the first
night. The great satisfaction given purchas-
ers, from the sale being entirely free, and the
collection being 80 superior, a very great auan.
tity of booksi is expected to be sold. GfPu-
chasers are desired to call and inspect the
books through the day.
march 10 8. A. MARSTELLER. suct.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-19

Our correspondent" Camillus" shall
have a place in our next. He is ex-
Guided to-day by the great length of the
very article upon which he comments
Mr.. Monroe's communication.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-19
Relief Fire Company.

Ezsract from an actof the Corporation Of HER.
andria, for the Ertinguishment Of Fires.
"section ?. If any person who shall be pre-
sent at any fire, shall neglect or refuse to obey
the order or direction of any officer, who shall
be appointed by any fire company now estab-
lished, or which may be hereafter established.
knowing him to be an officer, snch person shall
forfeit and pay the sum of FIVE dollars, provi-
ded the name of such officer shall have been
first published in one of the public papers
At meeting Of the Relief Fire Company,
held 9Th March, 1925, the following gentle.
men were elected officers for the present year ::
Commanders.
Thomas Preston lst. John d. Brown, Sd.
Thomas Vowel, 2nd.
RepuLators. Sub. Directors.
Horace Field, John Douglass,
Joseph Harris, Josiah H. Davis,
Silas Reed, Robert Hunter.
Jonathan c. May.
Trustees. .axe Men.
Henry Bayne, /. Masterson,
Anth'y Rhodes, Daniel Monroe,
Edw'd sheehy. Arthur T. Uric.
Thomas vpwell Treasurer.
Extract from the minutes,
JOHN D. 1R0WN GlEk.
mach II -
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For Freight,
HAY and Oats

Hay and Oats
II have on hand, and for sale, for cash only,
i at the market price, about 1000 bushels
prime oats, and about 10 or u tons good hay;
the oats Will in few days be ready for deive
~, and will be sold as may be wanted.
r. TO RENT,
SEEE A good house with store fronting
H.s on Royal-street, good stand for bU-
siness to a good tenant (for none
other need apply it will be rented reasons.
bly,. ELEANOR SHERREN.
march IS 81
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-19

A London paper states that third
University is about to be established
in England, in the neighborhood OF
York. and that Earl Fitzwilliam has
promised to subscribe fifty thousand
pounds. g.
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TWENTY Dollars Reward,

ID AN AWAY from the subscriber, living in
IL the county of Northumberland, Virginia,
about the later part of February, of the pre-
sent year, negro fellow MAURICE, who calls
himself MAURICE ROBERTSON. He was
an apprentice to the bricklaying and plaster
ing business; and as he is a tolerable good
workman, and carried away tools suitable for
the business, It is more than probable he will
endeavorto get work in that line. He is a
smart intelligent fellow, and may have gotten
free papers, and pass himself under different
name, for free negro. have some reason
to think he is in the neighhorhood of Freder.
icks5urg or Alexandria, as it appears he left
this county in vessel belonging to Aqua,
and bound to Alexandria. Maurice is about
90 years Of age; S feet inches high, and is
negro of light complexion. The above re-
ward will be paid to any person who will de.
liver the said negro fellow to me, in the coun-
ty of Northumberland, Va. and fifteen dollars
if secured in any JAIL in or out of the com.
monwealth, so that get him again.
HIRAM STONEHAM.
mar 10 1aw3t
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Public Sale.

BY virtue Of deed Of trust
from John Swami and Ann, his
i'll wife, bearing date the 9th day
seSSSZ0of November, 1921, the subscri.
Der, as trustee, will sell at public auction on
the premises, on THURSDAY, the 21st day Of
APRIL next, at past 8 o'clock p. NJ. the
DWELLING House and lot
now occupied by said Swami, stated in the
deed to be % feet on Gibbon-street by 80 feet
parallel to st. Asaph-street, subjecttoa ground
rent Of 800 per annum,
Terms will be made known At the place Of
sale, and the subscriber will convey to the pur.
chaser all the right vested in him by virtue Of
the aforesaid indenture.
ROBERT I. TAYLOR, Trustee.
march 10 limo
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-19

Holland Gin, N E Rum. &c.
2 PIPES Holland Gin, warranted pure, 2 do.
- Bordeaux Brandy, IS bbls. N. E. Rum,
20 bbls Baltimore Whiskey, landing from the
sloop Fanny, and for sale by
march Is 8. MESSERSMITH.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-19

Clover Seed and Wheat.
T Have for sale, 100 bushels Clover Seed,
i and wish to buy WHEAT, for which l viii
give the highest price in Cash. :,
JOSEPH JANNEY, Jr.
na,ehs II
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-02-05
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY EVENING,
BY JOHN S. GALLAHER,
1t the Office Of the Harpers-Fevy Free Press.

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scribng Payment in advance, from distant sub
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The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-02-05

ROBERT BURNS AND LORD BYRON.

IHAvE seen Robert Burns laid in his grave, and
have seen George Gordon Byron borne to his; OF
both wish to speak, and my words shall be spoken
with honesty and freedom. They were great tho
not equal heirs of fame the fortunes of their birth
were widely dissmilar yet in their passions and IN
their genius they approached to closer resem-
blance their careers short and glorious, and
they both persisted in the summer of life, and in all
the spendour Of reputation more likely to increase
than diminish. One was peasant, and the other
was peer; but Nature is a great leveller, and
makes amends for the injuries of fortune by the
richness of her benefactons; the genius of Burns
raised him to level with the mobiles of the land $
by nature, if not by bith he the peer of Byron
| knew one, and have seen both {; | have hearken-
ed to words from their lips, and admired the labors
of their pens, and am now, and likely to remain,
under the influence of their magic songs. They rose
by the force of their genus, and they fell by the
strength of their passions one wrote from love
and the other from scorn of rnank ind and they
both sang of the emotions of their own hearts with
a vehemence and an originality which few have
equaled, and none surely have surpassed But 1t
is less my wish draw the characters of those ex-
traordinary men than to write what remember OF
them and l will say nothing that know not to
be true, and little but what saw myself.
The first time ever Burns was in Nithsdale.
| was then child but his looks and his voice can
not we'll be forgotten and while write this be-
hold him as distinctly as did when stood at my
fathers knee, and heard the bard repeat his Tam
O'Shanter. He was tall and of manly make, his
brow broad and high, and his voice varied with the
character of his nimitable tale yet through al! its
variations it was melody itself. He was of great
personal strength, and proud too of displaying it !;
and have seen him lift load with ease, which few
ordinary men would have willingly undertaken
The first time ever saw Byron in the House
of Lords, soon after the publication Of Childe
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freedom His voice was low, and heard him but
by fits, and when l say he witty and sarcastic,
Judge as much from the involuntary mirth of the
benches as from what heard with my ears
His voice had not the full and manly melody of the
voice of Burns nor had he equal vigor of frame,
nor the same open expanse OF forehead. But his
face was finely formed, and was impressed with
delicate vigor than that Of the peasant poet
He had a singular conformation of ear the lower
lobe, instead of being pendulous, grew down and
united itself to the cheek and resembled no other
ear saw, that of the Duke of Wellington.
His bust by Thorvaldson is feeble and mean the
painting of Phillips is more noble and much more
like. Of Burns have never seen aught but very
uninspred resemblance-and regret it the more,
because he had look worthy Of the happiest effort
of art-a look beamng with poetry and eloquence.
The last time saw Burns in life on his re-
turn from the Brow-well of Solway he had been
ailing all spring. and summer had come without
bringing health with it he had gone away very i'll,
and he returned worse. He brought back, l
think, in covered springcart, and when he alight-
ed at the foot of the street in which he lived he
could scarce stand upright. He reached his own
door with difficulty. He stopped much, and there
was visible change in his looks. Some may think
il not unimportant to know, that he that time
dressed in blue coat with the dress nankeen pam
falcons of the volunteers, and that his neck which
was incning to be Short caused his hat to turn up
behind, in the manner of the shovel hats of the
Episcopal clergy. Truth obliges to add, that he
was not fastidous in his dress and that officer
curious in the personal appearance and equipments
of his company, might have questioned the military
nicely of the poets clothes and arms. But his CO.
lionel a maker Of rhyme, and the poet had to
display more charity for his commanders verse than
the other had to exercise when he inspected the
clothing and arms of the careless bard.
From the day ofhis return home till the hour of his
untmely death, Dumfries was like beseged place.
1t known he was dying, land the anxiety not the
rich and learned only, but of the mechanics and pea
SAINTS, exceeded all belief. Wherever two or three
people stood together their was of Burns and of
him alone; they spoke of his history of his person,
of his works. of his family Of his fame, and Of his
timely and approaching fate, with a warmth and an
| enthusiasm which will ever endear Dumfries to my
remembrance. All that he said or was saying-the
opinions of the physicians (and Maxwell was a kind
and skilful one,) were eagerly caught up and re-
ported from street to street, and from house to
! house.
| His good humour was unruffed and his wit me-
volunteers with smile, as he stood by the bedside
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death dealing with him he asked lady who
visited him, in sincerity than mirth, what COM
mands she had for the other world-he repressed
with smile the hopes of his friends, and told them
he had lived long enough. AS his life drew
close, the eager yet decorous solictude OF his fel
low townsmen increased He was an exclserani it
is true-a name odious, from many associations, to
his countrymen-but he did his duty meekly and
kindly, and repressed rather than encouraged the
desire Of some of his companions to push the law
with severity he was therefore much beloved, and
the passion of the Scotch for poetry made them re-
gard him as little lower than spirit inspired 1t is
the practice of the young men of Dumfiies to meet
in the streets during the hours of remission from la
bour, and by these means, had an opportunity OF
witnessing the general solctude of all ranks and ct
all ages His differences with them in some i'm
portant points of human specuations and religious
hope were forgotten and forgiven; they thought
only of his genius-of the delight his compositions
had diffused-and they talked of him with the same
awe as of some departing spirit, whose voice was
to gladden. them no more. His last moments have
never been described he had laid his head quietly
on the pillow awaiting dissolution, when his attend
to his lips He started suddenly up, drained the
| cup at a gulp, threw his hands before him like a
man about to swim, and sprung from head to foot
| Of the bed-fell with his face down, and expired
| without groan.
| Of the dying moments of Byron we have no very
| minute nor very distinct account. He persisted iii
foreign land among barbarians or aliens, and he
seems to have been without the aid of determined
physician, whose firmness persuasion might have
vanquished his obstnacy. His aversion to bleeding
was an infrmty which he shared with many better
regulated minds for it is no uncommon belief that
the fiji st touch of the lancet viii charm away the ap
proach of DEATH and those who believe this will
ling to reserve SO decisive spell for more mo-
mentous occasion. He had parted with his native
land in ordinary bitterness Of spirit; and his do
nestle infelicty had rendered his future peace OF
mind hopeless-ths was aggravated from tnneto'
time by the tales Or the intrusion of travellers by
reports injurious to his character, and by the ca
ger and vulgar avdity with which idle stories were
circulated, which exhibited him in weakness or ia
| follv But there is every reason to believe, that
long before his untimey death his native land was
as bright as ever in his fancy, and that his anger
conceived against the many for the sins of the few
had subsidized or was subsidng. Of Scotland, and
of his Scottish origin he has boasted in more than
one place of his poetry he is proud to remember
the land of his mother, and to sing that he is hala
Scot by BIRTH and whole one in his heart. Of hy'
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ERou LATE LONDON PtrLR.
IRISH MELODIES.

Another number Of Tn IEisE MELODIES (the
Ninth) with symphonies and accomplishments by
Mr. II. r. Bishop, and characteristic words bv Mr.
T. Moore, has Just appeared The songs possess
all the attractions Of those Of the earlier numbers,
and higher praise cannot be bestowed. We shall
not occupy the time of our readers BY further prefa
tory observations on productions familiar to the
whole nation, but shall proceed to lay the following
specimens of the new number before our readers.
The following lines to the air Of IHe Humors Of
Ballan'aguiry, Or tie Old Lansolee arc in lie hap
piest vein Of tile fancfu Poet
Sing sing music was given,
TO brighten the gay, and kindlc the loving;
Souls here, like planets in heaven,
BY harmony S laws alone are kept moving.
Beauty may boast OF her eyes and her cheeks
Rut love from the lips his true archery wings
And She WHO but feathers the dart when she speaks
Atoncc sends sit nome to the heart when She sings
Then sing sing music was gwen,
To brighten the gay, and kndlc the loving;
Souls here, Ike planets in heaven,
BY harmony 5 laws alone are kept moving
Wien Love, rock'd by his mother,
Lay slunib'rng, calm as a suniber could
make hlm
''iiush, hush, sad Venus ''no other
Sweet voice but his own is worthy to wake him"
Dreaming OF music, he slumbcl'd the whe
Till, FAINT from his lip, soft melody broke;
And Venus, enchanted, look d on with a smile,
While love to lis own sweet singing awoke
Then sing Sing music given
TO brighten the gay, and kindlc the loving;
Souls here, like planets in heaven,
BY harmony's laws alone are kept moving
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THEY KNOW NOT MY HEART.
Ait" CooLm DGS."

They know not my heart, who believe there can be,
One STAN of this earth in its feeling for thee;
Who think, while see thee, in beauty syoung hour,
As pure as the mornings first dew on the how'r
I could harm what love-as the suns wanton ray,
But smiles on the dewdrop to waste it away
No-beamng with light as those young features are,
There's light round thy heart which is lovcer far;
1t is not thy cheek-'ts the soul, dawning clear
Thro' its innocent blush, makes thy beauty 50 dear
As the sky ws look up to, tho glorious and far,
Is look up 70 the more, because iIea' en- is there
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BY M0NTGoMERY.

Friend after friend departs
Who hath not lost friend
There is no union here Of hearts
That finds not here an end
Were this frall world our final rest,
Living or dying none were best.
Beyond the fight of tine,-
Beyond the reign of DEATH
There surely is some blessed cline
Where life is not breath
Nor life's affections transient fire,
Whose sparks fly upwards and expire
There IS world above
Where parting is unknown;
A long eternity Of love,
Formed for the good alone;
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that glorious sphere
Thus star by star declines,
I'D all are past away: