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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22
MISCELLANY.
THE SHAKERS At NEW LEBANON, NY.
Extract from letter 10 the Editor Of the Boston
Spectator.
;. ID. w.

THE STEAMERS Al NEW LEBhNoN, ny.
Extract from letter 10 the Editor Of the Boston
Spectator.
attended on Sunday the religious
services of the Shakers They have
often been described by others, but the
sub iect is not yet without interest. One
of the elders had on Saturday invited
our attendance, shat we might" as he
said, be able to contradict the false
hoods told concerning their forms OF
worship. Convenient seats arc placed
in their church for strangers and spec
tators, and nearly one hundred and fifty
were present with US. The interior
forms spacious hall, with no other
fixed seats than those we occupied, a
floor smooth, and apparently polished
with much labor, and lofty arched
yaul, OF perfect whiteness. The Shak.
ers came in scattered parties, those oil
each sex entering at different doors, and
seating themselves on low movable
benches facing each other. In this po-
sition they remained for some time,
with a demure gravity of countenance
but not without a minute though side
long survey of the countenances and
manners of the strangers present. At
an appointed signal they all rose and
advanced with measured steps to the
centre Of the room, those OF each sex
arranged in a solid column before the
other. An elder then admonished us
to preserve proper decorum during
their services. They began with sing
ing, if that name can be given to the
sounds produced by more than two
hundred voices, repeating some unln-
telligible phrases to the same air Tor a
bout half an hour, without rest or
pause, and with all the power ofhuman
lungs aided by the echo OF the arch a
boye them. To an ear blended only
with common strength it was intolera-
BILE; the shrill and loud notes OF the ie-
male part of the choir were, indeed,
"the music of the spears" This cere-
mony was followed by a short address
from a veteran brother, putting all the
rules of English grammar at defiance
After another song, it was announced
by an elder, that "those who were dis
posed, might have the privilege TO Ia
Dor in the dance" The permission
was accepted by almost all the mem,
bers. The benches on which they had
sat, were removed, and the hall thus
| left free for their motions. The elder:
placed themselves by the walls front
ing the rest, the Others formed In h,e
or six lines of about fifty persons each
facing the wall. The elders began
series Of sounds, resembling much TIT
air of "Moll Brooks" but without tn
melody of fiddle-strings. To this tune
the whole body began motion be
tween jumping. dancing, and walking
moving back ard and forward abou
three steps, now facing the elders, nov
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22
POETRY.
TFor the Phe,,fr Gazette. |

For the Phe,ar Gazette.
All! who can e'er forget those youthful days
Ofkeenest feeling, when the eye looks forth
With fond Amusement on the wond'rous scenes
OfNature, brightest then, with brightest beams
Of ever radient splendour, does the proud
Monarch of the day emit his glory
And deepest then in folds of darkness deep
The approaching tempest lowers on the world
For far more dreadful to the youthful mind,
Imagination pictures in the blast
The stormy spirit as she wreathes her form
In horrid evolutions round each hill, top,
That checks her progress, DER each mountain
And frowning terror on the trembling earth.
The passions, then, with deepest ardour burn,
And make an easy conquest Of the heart.
And friendship too, that pure and heavenly
fame
Of sweet emotion, never glows so bright
As in the youthful bosom; for then it is
That sense into fame of love is charm'd,
And ev'ry feeling wrough. to extacy:
Nor do these fond impressions of our youth,
Which ev'n the vital warmth of life has fed
And nourish'd into burning, ever fade away.
The heart indeed grows calous with its age,
And hoary time surrounds it with shield
Impewious as Wisdom's sgis, that turns
The sharpest arrow of each passion by
Still, deep within the bosom, and renew'd
BY daily recollection ev'n till death
Shall sever all the ties that bind us here;
Such scenes as these must ever rest, and ever
BE remembered. For CIV n amid the cares
And trials of matlrrer life, and while
Each present object is replete with pain,
The mind must cling to moments Of the past,
For they alone are mark d with innocence.
G.. ID. w.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22
Roots ofthe Best Quality

and as handsome as can be made in the district,
FOR So so PER PAIR,
and shoes and pumps at the same rates. Or
ders for any of the above work viii be thank
fully received, and executed with neatness
and despatch. sept 2l-tf
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22

the specialization about ten minutes,
This was repeated three or four times,
few of the dancers giving place to
others who had not pined at first. 1t
was one of the hottest days of this sum-
mer, and very uncomfortable even to
those at rest but the circumstance
seemed unregarded by the members,
and by no means to diminish their ac-
tivity.
During this exercise, it was inter.
esting to survey the countenances OF
the strangers present. Here and there
was one struggling to repress or hide a
laugh, but the general expression was
far different from that Of amusement
or ridicue. The most thoughtless
could not but look with pity and sor-
row at their ignorance which renders
the professed worship Of spiritual
being, a scene which would degrade a
temple of heather superstition. But
this part of their ceremonies was not
yet ended.
After dancing in the manner have
described, the whole body formed into
military order in divisions of six each,
and marched, with step like the Tor
mer, and with both arms beating time
in a ludicrous manner, round the room
for nearly half an hour. In the centre
several elders formed circle with
their faces inward, and sang the air TO
which the others moved, part OF the
latter occasionally joining their voices.
This scene at last closed, and the MEM
bers resumed their seats.
The person who had appeared to
lead in the other services, now came
forward to the centre of the room, and
addressed the audience for more than
half an hour. His subject was mar
riage," his object to prove its unlaw-
fulness; and much ingenuity was ma
infested in the arguments offered Tor
that purpose. Almost all the evil and
sin existing in the world, were attrl-
buted to that passion, which marriage
was instituted to regulate, not to de-
stroy; and the holiness and happine SIS
of rational and immortal being SEEM
ed to him capable of being secured on
ly by its total destruction. Many scrip
ture texts were introduced and explain
ed according to this new mode OF in
depreciation, with an acuteness that
might shame many college taught
sophist The discussion Of such a
subject, and i'll such manner, and by
one little regardful of the delicacies OF
language, was by no means an agree
Die addition to the days exercises
The speaker,I observed, used the term
Shakers when speaking Of his sect, a
name which l had supposed given by
others in derision.
With a parting salutation, "We
wish you well !" the meeting was
concluded, and the Shakers returned,
TWO bv two to their dwellings,. My
own reflections were not of the most
agreeable character. 1t is cruel task
for one, who in retirement has painted
for himself visions of a world Of reaso !,
innocence and happiness, to blot out
one by one Of their bright colors, as
experience shows how much they dill
fer from real existence. Never before
have l felt how inadequate are our con-
ceptions concerning the depths to
which our fellows may sink in weak
ness and in folly.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22
John Roberts
OFFERS FOR SALE,

OFFERS FOR SALE,
4 SEROON best Flotant indigo
L Is bbls old rye whiskey
10 hhds 25 bbls sugar
10 do retailing molasses
Is bbls loafand lump sugar
90 bags green coffee
5 do old Java do
so chests and boxes i. II. & lmper. teas
20 kegs snuff, lst and ID quality
80 bags assorted shot, from Bio 9
SO sacks fine salt
400 bushels coarse do
- kegs chewing tobacco
SO dozen bed cords and leading lines
10 bags pepper, candles, soap, &c, and
an assortment ofsuperior
Madeira, Sicily Madeira ! KVJNE,S
And Malaga
Cognac brandy,
! lam &c Antigua : SPIRITS.
Holland gin, &c. and as agent for the ma
nufactory
100 casks cut nails and brads warranted
Is boxes sprigs, from ID to inch; and
so kegs gunpowder of prime quality and
at very reduced prices.
oct 6 2aw5w
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22
LIFE OF 4 SAILOR.

How melancholy is the Lille OF SAL
Tor; from the first hour Of his embark
alton, his habits and modes of lite be-
come essentially different from those
of his brethren on shore.
His habitation is not fixed, and
seems to have no foundation-now
leaning to this side, now to that-act-
ed upon by every wave and every
breath Of wind.
Even his food is unnatural; it engen-
dcrs diseases. and can only be relished
from long habit. H.
Frequently he does not behold the
face Of cheerful woman, green helds,
or cottages, for months together; so
sad are the watery deserts which he
ttaverses, that solitary and fertile
land becomes to him an object OF IN
terest.
At night he slumbers in narrow
hammock, from which in the midst oil
dreams OF home, he is often reused by
the sound Of tanger-iushing on deck
he finds the vessel driven before the
blast, or laid down upon her side by a
sudden gale; the remainder ofrhe night
is spent amidst cold and wet, and dark
ness and storms.
Even the morning light is hardly
welcome, since it serves only to dlsco'-
err a Turbulent and boundless ocean, IN
which he may possibly ere long be
overwhelmed, and leave no sad memo
rial to tell his fate.
Yet how pleasant is the life OF a SAL
Ior! Forever rowing about, he enjoys
without care that variety which the ep-
icurian so sedulousl, and often so vain
Iy seeks, as alone capable OF giving
zest to the pleasure Of existence. Inc
fruits and productions, the manners oil
distant climates, become as fanlllaras
those of his own country. lie sees ma
,ure under every aspect; and the wide
ly varying race Of mankind, the Chi.
nese and the Negro, the Indian and
the Malay, are brothers with whom
he ha. often conversed.
1t is the duty and pride OF sailor TO
struggle with the tempest, which IN,
ures his mind and body TO fatigue and
danger; but storms do not always ve&
the surface Of the deep, nor do clouds
always darken the face of heaven; at
intervals favourable breezcs bear him
smoothly along. He sees the sun rise
from the eastern waves in all the glory,
and disappear in the evening as IN a
sea of fire. He contemplates with
pleasure the tropical clouds, the rich
and splendid colours Of which bid de-
6ance to the art of the painter, and a
waken to admiration even the rudes'
mind. He alone, with his level hori'
zon, can contemplate, in all ITS mag
ni6cence, the starlight canopy oil hea'
ven, or the moon reflected on evtry sac
from thousand broken waves. who
then, would not undergo few hard
ships and privations, 10 arrive at thu
endowment of objects so suhllme!-
How pleasant is the life Of a sailor!
Lon Nee. Rec.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22
George 5. HOugh
rs now opening large and very carefully
Il selected assortment of
:Ea4I Goods,


Among which arc
Blue, black, olive, brown and claret cloths
Cashmere and superfinc sattinets
Super buff cashmere fOrveSts
Cassinetts ofall colours and qualities
domestic cloths and kerseys
Flannels and blankets
Green and scarlet figured hannels
Plain and figured bombazetts
Striped plaid and plain bombazeens
Caspian grapes and circassians
Gurnsey frocks
Sailors WOODEN shirts and gloves
Coarse knit and nilled stockings
Women's and mems black, slate and drab do
Angola and lambs wool do long and short
Green sagathy and baizes
Irish linens low priced to very fine
Linen cambria and do hdkfs
Burlaps, Russia sheeting, crash and duck
Irish, Russia and Burnsley diaper
Calicoes and chintzes
Mourning do some very superior
, bales twilled basging, furniture chintzes
Mcrno shawls and hdkfs
Angola and camels' hair do
PLAIN and bordcred cashmere do
Large assortment Of cashmere, barrcge and
fancy silk hdkfs
Blk, Italian lustring, common & very sup quail
Black and colored evantinesand figured silks
I English and French silk hose plain & ribbed
Black and white Italian grapes
Domestic shirt ngs and sheetings
DO paids and tlckings
Do GA diaper for bed spreads
Hearth rugs and shoe thread
Superfine lustrngs and denmark satins
Super and common black ribbons & galloons
dozen silk umbrellas assorted
superior gilt and gambroon coat buttons
Tapes, bobbns, pins, cotton cords and fringes
Bat cotton for rntern'ng quilts
Cotton yarn, with
MOST OTHER ARTICLES IN HIS LINE
lUmO s
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22
FAIL GOODS
j. BARR r,
fit his Cheap Cash Store, Corner o. hmg
and Faiyfar-Streets,
HAS lust received his FALL SUPPLY OF
Sat1p Goods

| CONSISTING IN PART OF
Sheppard's best superfne London blue cloths
| Do do do do black do
Austin's do do drab and mlddhng do
Blue, black, and colored cassimeres
Cassinets, of various prices and co!ors
Blue, brown and drab tlushings
Swansdown and toilinet vestngs
Bose blankets, GA, 10-4, ia and IA, very
| heavy for family use
Point and Duffl blankets
Plain and figured bombazetts
Red, white, yellow and scarlet fiannels
Green and red Competing and booking baize
Circass-n and tartan plaids
Printed and plain cashmere shawls
| Braganza 40
Plain and figured Came's hair do
| Silk and tabby velvet, various colors
Green, white, brown and CRIMSON plush
Gentlemen's and ladies' cloak clasps
A linsey and negro cassinet
Twilled sacking and German osnaburgs
Russia sheetings and Scotch ticklenburss
Irish linens and lawns
Brown hollands, lowlaS, and table diaper
Linen cambria and cambria handkerchiefs
Black and colored Canton and nankin grapes
Jaconet and cambria muslins
Plain and figured book do
Book muslin hdkfs
Flag and bandanno do
Chromate, Bolivar, and Madras hdkts
Fancy silk and gauze do
Lon,ion and common chintz caEcoes
Fancy ginghams and furniture calico
Cambria and furniture dimity
Belt, shoe and other ribbons
'rhraaJ mecEEn and bobbinet laceS and edg-
ings
English black silk vestings
DO black and white silk stockings
Worsted and cotton hose
Lambs wool, ingram and Virginia do
White and black silk gloves
Buckskin and drawn dog skin do
Black beaver, women's drab and white Wood
stock do
Horse skin and kid do
White and black Italian grapes
Italian and India lustrings
Black mode and bombazeens
White, pink, blue, drab, SC. horences
Other figured and plain silks
Italian sewing silks
Guernsey frocks and drawers
Worsted and Trafalgar boots for children
Patent threads, spool and sewing cotton
Pins, bobbins and tapes
StcamloOm and long cloth shirtings
Cotton, worsted and webbing s,ispcnders
| Oil cloth, bonnet wire, vest and coat buttons
and moulds
Walpole and common bed ticking
| rs ~ GA domestic, bleached and brown
A great variety Of domestic plads and stripes
II
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22
For Boston,

n The packet schr. NEW PRS
MN GILL.4, RIDER, master, will be rea-
NEL dy to receive cargo in a few days,
,osssz4s and will take freight on moderate
terms. Apply to wM. FOwLE & Co.
roct Ia
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NO. 1860

ings and sayings # the water OWNERS
in our own periods, and the influence
they have acquired by ingenious deceP-
ton or real performances, are within
the recollection Of all. There are few
who have not heard, in the days OF
childhood, of the efficacy Of the leaves
of the shrub in producing pleasant
dreams and gay visions Of coming good
fortune. National. Egis.j
Lifeis fountain fed by thousand
streams, that perishes if one be dried.
1t is a silver cord twisted with thou
sand strings that part asunder it one is
broken. Frail and thoughlless NOR.
tails are surrounded by innumerable
dangers, which make it much more
strange that they escape so long than
that they almost all perish suddenly at
last. We are encompassed with accl-
dents ever ready to crush the moul-
dering tenemenls that we inhabit. The
seeds of disease are planted in our con-
stitulion by the hand of nature. The
earth and the atmosphere, whence we
draw our life, are impregnated with
death; health is made to operate TO.
wards its own destruction; the food
that nourishes the body contains the
elements of its decay; the soul that an
imates it by a vivifying FIRE tends to
wear it out by its action; death turks III
ambush about all our paths.
Notwithstanding this is truth SO
palpable, and confirmed by daily exam
Piles before our eyes, how little do we
lay it to heart; we see our friends and
neighbors pcrishing around US, but
how seldom does it occur to our
thoughts that our own knell, perhaps,
shall give the next frultless warning
to the world
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22

(oy KING, ONE DOOR EAST OF wAsHISsToS-sT.
DETURNS thanks to the ladies of Alex
IL sadria and its vicinity and the public ge-
morally for the liberal encouragement he has
met with, and hopes his unremitting attention
to business, and humble endeayors to please,
will entite him to continuance of the same;
he will spare no pains nor expense to procure
and keep on hand the best materials, and the
most experienced workmen to make them
and sell his work on AS reasonable terms rs
any other establishment in the district, accord
ing to the quality.
HE has JUST RECEIVED,
a handsome assortment of hastings, black and
coloured: he has also received handsome as
sortment of infant Lafayette kid boots, steel
ornaments, and childrens' socks and stockings,
and on hand general assortment of ladies'
shoes. He also informs the GENTLEMEN,
that they can be furnished with
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22
For Freight,

An The new and superior brig
LII ELIZ4
kN Bunker, master, burthen about $500
sSrSAbarrels: will take freight to the w.
Iudies, or an eastern port. Apply to
oct Is w. FOWLE & Co.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-22
For Freight,

A The superior fast sailing brig
I'M SAMUEL d JOHN,
XS only three years old, and burthen a.
E. bout 1900 barrels. Apply TO
JOHN III. iADD & Co.
Who hare for sale on board said cessel,
500 casks lime. septA
Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-02-23
The Small Por.

The following letter contains the latest au-
thentic accounts we have received relative to
this disease, in Douglas, by which it will be
seen that thirteen persons had died of it in that
town, prior to the 18th inst. We learn that
for few days preceding no new cases had
occurred.
Mr.. Editor,
The following is a list Of deaths in Douglas,
Of the Small Pox:
John Aldrich, Joseph Aldrich, Willis Walk
er, James Lee, Joshua Fairbanks, Benjamin
Crane, Mrs. Mary Tiffany, Polly Paine, Jo-
seph Aldrich, jr. Paul White, Thirza White,
Widow Mary Harwood, Miss - Aldrich.
The above persons have been swept into e.
ternity by one of the most awful Of disorders,
in the short space of twenty days. Six of
them we've middIc-aged, healthy, robust men,
and heads of families. Three or four of the
thirty-fve who are now sick, will not probably
survive but a few hours. There have been
two or three new cases the past week.
Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-02-23
Election of Gocernor.

We have this week the pleasure of announc-
ing 10 our readers nomination for the Offices
of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, which
appears to give satisfaction to all parties, and
which will prevent the heat and excitement
of a contested election. The circumstances
under which Judge Lincoln will enter upon
the discharge of the duties of the high office
to which he is nominated, are such as give
promise of prosperous and happy administra-
ton. Owing his election to no party, he will
be untrammelled by pledges or party obliga-
tions, and he may be emphatically the Cover
nor of the State, and not of party. In MAX
ing appointments to office, this is a considera-
ton Of no tri1ing Importance, and we feel
great confidence, that, in the discharge of this
duty, the principal query with Judge Lincoln
will be, is he honest, is he capable, is he
faithful to the CONSTITUTIONAL BY Judge Lin
coins election, his present Office will be vaca-
ted, and we believe it is the almost unanimous
wish and expectation of the people, that
Judge Jackson should be restored to a seat,
which he heretofore held with so much credit
to himself, and SO much usefulness to the
State.
Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-02-23
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

1t is not one of the least gratifying circum-
stances attending the late election, to find
that the sectional divisions which have been
so much feared and deprecated by many,
have been but limited in their operation and
effect, and that the President elect owes his
elevation not to any particular party or section
OF the country. On the contrary, we find a
respectable portion Of the people in every Sec
ton, supporting his pretensions, and, on the
final ballot, the northern and southern extrem-
tiles of the Union, Maine and Louisiana, unit
ed in giving him their votes.
To those who remember the excitement
produced by the agitation of the Missouri
question, and who feared that consequences
; fatal to the happiness of the nation might grow
e out of the circumstances attending the admis-
sion of that State and of Maine into the Union,
it must be source ofmuch consolation in the
performance of this highest and most response
BILE act of freemen, the election of chief
magistrate, to find them acting in unison and
concert with each other.
The following is view of the votes given
in the several States, condensed from state
ment in the National Journal, viz.
The six Nsw-England States, Louisiana,
Illinois, and Missouri, unanimous for Adams,
excepting Francis Baylies, of Massachusetts,
and Edward Livingston, of Louisiana, for
Jackson.
NeW-JerSey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Indiana, and alabama
unanimous for Jackson, except James Mat
lack, of .New-Jerssy, and Samuel Brock, Of
Pennsylvania, for Adams.
Delawdre and Georgia unanimous for Craw-
ford.
Nec- York, Messrs. Adams, Cady, Hayden
iIcrkimer, Lawrence, Marvin, Martindae,
Rose, Sharpe, storrs, Strong, Taylor, Tracy,
Van Wyck, Van Rensselaer,, Williams, Wood,
and Woods, fer Adams-Messrs. Craig and
Morgan for Jackson, and the remainder Of the
delegation for Crawford.
Maryland, Messrs. Lee, Little, and McKim.
for jackson, Mr.. Hayward for Crawford, and
the remainder of the delegation for Adams.