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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-19
Fancy Hardware, Combs, Looking
Glasses. &C.

TINE subscriber has received by late arrivals from
4 York and other places, very handsome sddluo.
to his stock Goods, which enables him les aSen fo
the concerned) to offer to the public great yaHe'
Goods in his line. His stock goods consists in PsF
Shoves and longs good and common, Tenders
Brass and common andirons, tea trays and wafer
Knives and forks, large assortment
Fine pen and pocket Knives fine & common sci-'0''
Razors in cases and single, do straps and boXes
Table and tea spoons, drawing knives, plain irons
Locks hinges, screws, cut tacks, hob nails
Sparrow-bills, shoe thread, knives avis, tacHs
Bristes heel ball, files, pincers, boot cord anc "O
bingf for shoemakers, a constant supply
500 dozen tortoise shell, ivory and horn corho'
200 looking glasses, mantle pier toilette end ''l'''
kinds, gilt and mahogany frames
Whips and canes, newest fashion
Beads in great variety, plated candlesticES g c''''
Brass do, high and fiat brass knobs for !urnl'Uf7
Shutters and snuffer trays
Brushes of almost all kinds-of this article n&'S ~
best assortment in town
Fancy baskets, a complete assortment, hands9fs"
cheap a lot of market do. daily expected
ter beermugs
COMBS repaired by cementing. in the best I0Sn"s
and at short notice New tortoise shell combs exc'sS
ed for old ones. Trunks and combs manufacture" a.
usual Highest price given for tortoise shell ano
Books. =,
I have in my agency variety of religious anu 70. IN
Books, published by the Methodist Book conce ..oI
New-York, and sold at their prices. Just ,n IN
Minutes of the Annual Conferences for 1870. Adv so
hand, Hymn Books and Note Books OF the same ir.T
Germ. THOMAS noun
decS tSt@N''
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-19
From the PHILADELPHIA Gazette, December, 6

rTOW SIC L "1o0etpHu ou1effe, DcCeW0eF, 10.
COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT.
The following letter, which contains very un-
pleasant information for both our merchants
and manufacturers, has been received this NOR
ming by one Of our most respectable mercan-
tile houses.
Mexico, 9Th Nov. 1896.
Gentlemen-We have just learnt, from a
source not to be doubted, that the minister of
finances has ordered the Custom House TO es-
tablish, immediately the evalualion of domestic
cotton goods Of the United States, and Of all
other countries at and reals vara; we has
ten to communicate the same, in order that you
may suspend your shipments.
One hundred yards are equal to one hundred
and eight varas. The real is worth l2a cents.
Consequently, our cottons are to be valued at
the Custom House at Vera Cruz at SO and 62a
cents vara. The duty on importation is IS
per cent. and Is per cent additional is charged
when the goods are sent into the INTERIOR
Thus it seems that 25 and 3l4 cents duty per
vara is to be paid for what costs here but IL or
Is cents. In other words, the duty laid by the
Mexican Government is about equal to $50 per
cent on the prime cost
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-19
James w. Scott

Southwest Corner Of King and Fa;rJcr ,%:r'2''-~
5EfAS just received in addition to his fall suppl,
III superfne and low priced blue cloths
Devonshire Jerseys
Rose and point blankets
sattinets, red and green bazes
Flannes, bombazettes
Merino, cashmere and barrage hGGis
Superfne dark prints, new style
Plaid and figured silks
Swiss musiins, cloth shswls
Ladies' and gentlemen's plaid cloakS: &c. &c.
ALso-English Seine Itcine. dec &c
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-19
hight Boat Notice.

V9lHE light boat stationed Yeatess Bar al the head
Il of the NarTows in the River Potomac, (requiring
repairs) will leave her station the oath inst.
and be absent from it SO long may be required to
make the repairs, which, however, will probably be
only few days. HUMPHREY PEAKE. Supt.
dec IL i21p
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-19
Bank Of A\exandrLs,

Decenl6eF 70, IO"V'
TIME stockholders in this institution her2by no
l. titled, that an election for Ten Directors, 20 se:'e
the ensuing year, will be held at the FOWL -:al hs
third Monday, Q5th) Of January ner!. between Inc
hours of 9 in the morning and p. NJ
j. L. McKENfA, C@sn2T
dec 16-eotE
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-19
Communicated for the Democratic Press.
JOHN RANDOLPH.

This man, it is said, prides himself on his
savage origin, having descended from Pocahon-
tas, the Indian Queen. His countenance and
character bear unequivocal marks Of the tribe
to which ne belongs. A pale, sallow, beardless
face; lery darting eye; voice resembling no.
thing Ill heaven above, or in heart beneath, are
indications OF the a6-ortgi7akty Of his character.
There is not an European trait in his whole
composition He is Othello without his gallan-
try or magnanimty.
We have often heard the rawlings ofthis man
digni6ed with the name Of eloquence There are
various kinds of eloquence We know not but the
hysteric illusions Of an empassioned termagent,
might, under certain circumstances, be called
eloquence; and we have always looked on Mr..
Randolph's speeches only as more violent
species of scolding But if eloquence is meant
such as Clay, and Webster, and Giles are capa-
BILE of, where luminous and expansive thought
is embodied in warm and animated language
Randolph no more resembles it, than the gran
deur Of heavens artilleryis like the Kissing Of
the serpent upon the heath.
What though he rave until his adder eye
shoots FIRE, and his sallow skin grows spotted,
and his tongue becomes forked, we call it not
eloquence! There is one characteristic trait in
this mans speeches, that marks them for his
own. When he rises, whatever may be the
question; however deeply the feelings Of the
community may be interested in the result, a
little, selfish, petulant, mahgnity pervades his re-
marks;-it is always apparent the nations well
fare is secondary, if any object at all with him.
If some old grudge can be cancelled, or por-
ton of his inexhaus,ible stock Of lesentments
can be liquidated, he sits down, like the Cop
perhead Snake, after the poison is drained
from his fangs-satished and exhausted.
There is parade Of powder and ball about
this man, that is extremely disgusting. We
hope the Senate will no longer suffer the raw
ings Of such a being, or pretended want Of pow
er TO preserve order, to throw distractions in
the digni6ed and honorable course 1t has here
tolore pursued Let him, if he will, abscond
to the Greeks or the Kicka poos. There is some
thing in savage fires and feelings, more congo
NAL TO his turn of mind, than the cool deli5era-
tions of our august assembly.
Steamboat Accident.-On Saturday morning
last I'd inst about o'clock, five miles below
Big Bone, and 6fty-fve miles below Cincinnati,
the boiler o. the steamboat Union burst, pro-
ducing instant destruction to the boat, and
killing and wounding several Individuals The
boiler past through the boat, under the fore
castle, and she sunk instantly. There were four
persons killed, and seven badly wounded. The
Engineer is among the killed. The names Of
those who were killed, were Robert Simmons,
Thomas Killy, Williams, and one whose name
is unknown. The body of one only has been
found, that of Kelly, the engineer
Gin. Com. Register.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-19
From the Ne,U York American, Dec. l6.
REPUBLIC OF COLONIAL

REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA.
BY the brig Bogota, from Car,hagena ma. we
have received the copy of letter from the Sc
cretary Of State of Colombia, Don Jose R. Re-
venga, to an official person, announcing the APP
proach of Bolivar to the capital, Bogota. We
subjoin translation oft.
REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA
Office Of the Secretary of State and eff
Foreign Relations.
BceoTA, 9th Nov. ls26.-The immense debt
that Colombia owes to the Liberator and her es-
TEEN for him, founded on the benefits he has
conferred on her, induces her to regard his re-
turn to our territory as fortunate occurrence
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-19

1t was the custom Of the ancients to tie a
whisp Of hay about the horns Of mad bull as
an indication to the unwary passenger of his e.
vii propensities. From this practice proverb
has originated OF more general Specification; and
hence it is said ofthose who are marked by in
consistency or turptuie of conduct, "They wear
hay upon their horns" Although, some in the
olden time, had, no doubt, to feel the goad be-
fore they learnt the sign; yet they were not
worse off than people are in these days who at
tempt to form estimates respecting public SEN
timent, on political matters, in places beyond
the sphere OF their own personal observation,
from newspapers. 1t is presumable, that, for
the most part, they cannot know the due meas
ure of credit which onght to be attached to the
organs through which their information comes
and these we find the noisy and the interested
those whose statements should, of all others,
be received with caution-the bulls that wear
the whisp-are the most likely to have the
greatest agency in the formation Of their opin-
ions.
These remarks have been elected by the
course pursued on the part OF certain prints a.
mong US towards the present administration Of
the general government-and the misconcep-
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16
DURHAM OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.

81 in the presence of the Greater OF
five thousand worlds with all the SAINTS
therein five large rivers, a2d five hundred
small, the seas and all therein; call all the
saints and angels in Heaven and Earth to
bear me witness, that wish to be true and
faithful subject to the King of Ava May
God grant that if should desert his SER
vice, I may not pass in safety by water, but
that the fishes of the ocean may devour and
tear me to pieces. May God grant that if
should desert his service, may not pass
in safety by land, but be devoured by wild
beasts Of the earth. May God grant that
if / should not keep this oath, ever to rebel
against my king and country, the above
may happen to me: that may be afflicted
with the scourges of the Almighty, and die
an isnominous DEATH"
The oath having been taken, and thrice
repeated, the paper on which it is inscribed
is burnt, and the ashes put into bowl OF
water, when the party laying down the
book, is presented by the priest with a bowl,
in which the muzzle of musket, and the
points of sabre and lance being dipped, he
repeats as follows -" May these weapons
become the Instruments of my destruction
if / ever swervc from the oath have just
taken" After which he drinks the Wa
ter.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16

process of puriication, feel propensity to
evade the literal and obvious meaning of the
precept. But when we reflect that it ema
mated from God of love, who. ain the
likeness Of sinful hesh." prayed for his en-
emics, even for those whose evils had nailed
him to the cross, we feel at once the pro-
priety and necessity of its strict observance
in the christian life and practice. IF God
so loved the world" when it was sunk in the
lowest depths Of wickedncss--if such was
the love of Christ for sinners-shall We, who
are at best sinners also, presume to cast the
first stone of hatred and condemnation a
gainst them' Our Lord said to his disci-
Piles, Love your enemies bless them that
curse you; and pray FOR them which de-
spitefully use you and persecutc you that
you may be the children of your father
which is in heaven for he maketh his sun
20 rise on the evil and on the good, and send
eth rain on the just and on the unjust"
Now, none but men in the love of evil could
be enemies of Chrst's disciples; no others
could curse, hate, or persecute them. But
the disciples were commanded to love even
such men, and to do them all possible good,
in order that they, the disciples, might be
the children Of God. Let not then, sinful
man, worm of the dust, say to his brother
worm. "stand BY thyscif; come not near to
me, for / an holicr than thou"
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16
SKETCHES oT SOCIETY.
MY GRASDFAruEn's LEGACY
THE L.2W SUIT

'Well metz exclaimed joyously, as en-
countered my old college friend, Charles
Morton, one morning in Oxford street:
why Charles, looking on your happy
countenance, recalls the gladstone days of
youth and merriment.'
is mine indeed a happy countenancep
asked Morton, as, after hearty shake, he
withdrew his hand from mine; and he utter
cd the question in such an accent of bitter
heartbrokenness that involuntarily paused
to look on him. There were still the same
fine features-deep eye, aquiline nose, and
lofty brow, which had gained for him in his
youth, the appellaton of the handsome
Morton;' but care had paled his cheek, and
after had gazed at him for moment, ! all
most imagined that it had lowed his tall and
graceful figure.
Charles uttered painfully. you are i'll.
'Yes, my friend replied Morton. with
mournful earnestness. Il am indeed ill--sck
at heart-a disease which knows no remedy.
/ asked the cause of his unhappiness. He
felt that the question was one of friendship,
not curiosity, and he told me of his sorrows
like man who had the miserable satisfac-
tion of feeling although unfortunate, he was
not degraded
He was an orphan, dependent on rich
and parsimonious relative. On leaving col
lege he had induced the only daughter of a
wealthy baronet to elope with him and her
father had resented the action even to his
death hour. Morton's uncle, with the cap
rice incident on avarce bequeathcd to him
but poor pittance, almost inadequate to the
support Of nature, and thus Charles in a few
short months, beheld the woman of his heart
in all, save his affections--a beggar He
had been induced to mortgage his slender
annuity, and to dispute the will of the lady's
father. i have done it, concluded Morton,
in hollow tone: Il have become the victim
of a lawsuit. Alicia and my boy are the
sacrifices of my credulity-but till to-day |
madly clung to hope, wild and chimcrcal
enough to satisfy the raving fancy of a lunat-
c-and to-day, one more mercitul than his
fellows told me there was-no hohe. In a
few hours the fiat goes forth, and am taught
that utterruin will be the result. For myself l
care not--but Alicia, bred in affluence; the
child of luxury and indulgencs'--and he
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16
VOL. Ill.

TERUS.--ADvEnrIsEmgS not exceeding
ono square will be inserted four times for one
dollar, and 20 cents for each subsequent inser-
ton If continued for three months, 50 50-tor
six months, S4 so; or for ono year SS.
~ Subscribers are entitled to tho privilege of
having their names, place of residence, and occu-
patton, inserted in the hes,Sfsr s,, onATIs.
TER Ny OF SUBSCRTP TTON---To those
y,ho recciyc this paper by mail, t,co aollars and
those who d, not, tco dpiiars and Twenty-Five cents
a wear, 1S ADVANCE; .fnot paid in advance, 50 81
viii be charged and ii not paid before the eypi-
ration of the year, s.,
c-rNo subscmption will be dscontinuedunless
two weeks notice is given and all arrearages arc
paid.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16
From The italian.

When fortune smiles and life is fair,
Seek not the gem of friendship there;
When true and false are mingling near,
They both may seem alike sincere:
But when the storms of sorrow lower,
And pale distress asserts herpower,
The clouds that first o'ercast the sky
Will bid the friends of fortune fly;
But one who truly lov'd before
Will only change to love no more.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16
SLEEP.

Care-charmer, Sleep, sweet ease in restless mise
ry,
The captive's liberty, and his freedoms song;
Balm of the bruised heart, mans chief .'.licity,
Brother of quiet death, when life's too long.
A comedy it is, and now history,
What is not sleep unto the feeble mindl
1t easeth him that tolls and him that's sorry:
1t tmaketh the deaf to hear; to see, the blind.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16

while it is calm and undisturbed, and the
ideas. like pebbles, appear bright at the bot
tom; but when once it is stirred and moved
by passion, the mud rises uppermost, and
spreads confusion and darkness over all the
ideas; you cannot set things in so Just and
so clear a. light before the eyes of your
neighbour, while your own conceptions are
clouded with heat and passion.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16
TO THE DEPARTED.

Sleep on--for thou art calm at last;
And all the wrongs and all the woes
That marked thy weary wanderings past,
Have left thee to thy long repose.--
Thy sun of life midst tempcsts rose,
In storms and darkness hal, /, it seti
Yet rays Of glory, at its close,
Bursts forth, whose lustre, lingering yet,
Reveals to faiths uplifted eye,
How blest thine Immortality!
Yes!-thine is now a brighter doom,
A bliss unchanging as divine;
While he who shared thine hours of gloon,
Whose tears were even mixed with thine,
Is left to suffer and repine-
Oh not repinc!--sad heart be still!
And let it teach thee to resign,
And bend thee to thy Fathers will,
That she, whose sorrows were thine own,
Is blest at length-though blest alone.
will not mourn thee, dearcst-no!--
As one whose hope is quenched for aye,
The tear. unccasing shall not hoI
Which earth nor heaven can wipe away.
Rather from realms of cloulless day,
A light shall pierce the circlng gloom,
To cheer me on my weary way,
And guide the wandercr to his home,-
A home, where all that grieved before.
isknown--or Is is dcplorcl--no more
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16
SERIOUS REFLECTIONS.
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES.

II we had no other proof that this was
divine precept, its opposition to the views
and feelings OF the natural man, would be
sufficient to declare its divine origin. How
sft does the human heart, even under the
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16
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tPNtMznshWe
A MOTHERS GRIEF .
4 Sketch jtom Life.

II IShtiCH JtDW bJt'
To mark the sulferings of the babe
That cannot speak its voc;
70 see the infants tears gnsli forth,
Yet know not why they flow;
TO meet the meek upliftcd eye.
That fain would ask relief,
Yet can but tell of agony
This is a mothers gricf
Thro' drcary days AMI darker nights,
To trace the march Of death;
TO hear the faint and frequent sigh;
The quick and shortened breath;
To watch the last dread strife draw near,
And pray that struggle brief,
Though all is ended with its close,-
This is mothers grief!
To sec in one short hour, decayed
The hope OF future years;
| To feel how vain fathers prayers,
i How vain mothers team;
i To think the cold grave now must close
Der what was, once, the chief
ofall the treasured joys Of earth
This is a mothers grief!
Yet, when the first wide throb is past
ofangu'sh and despair,
To lift the eve of faith to heav'n.
And think, "my child is Mere;"A
This best can dry the gushing tears,
This yields the heart relief;
Until the Christians pious hope
O'trcomes mothers grief!
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16

To provoke person whom you would
convince, not only rouscs his anger, and sets
it against your doctrine, but it directs his
resentment against your person, as we'll as
against all your Instructions and arguments.
You must treat an opponent like friend, If
you would persuade him to learn any thing
from you.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-16

The passions never clear the understand
ing, but raise darkness and confusion in the
soul: human nature is like water which has
mud at the bottom Of it, it may be clear
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-11-02

Several Of the IaeInbers absen. in the morn
ING. appeared and took their seats.
Petition of Leonard Love, for sale of re-
al estate, was referred 10 committee.
An Act relative 10 removal of paupers
presented by mr. Newell was read first
time.
Petition for incorporation ofLibrsry As
sociation in Burrillyille. referred TO Messrs
Ariel Crooke and Lapham.
Petition of grOcCrs in Newport, for re-
peal or modification OF license act. taxing
sale of rum. &c. read and laid on the table.
Of Ephram Burdick and Others, TO pre-
vent cattle running at large near Brands
Iron works. referred TO Attorney y-General,
70 draw bill.
Resolution offered by Mr.. Newell, for
raising a committee to report on the eX-
pediency of rendering members OF Town.
Councils and Courts of Probate ineligible
Is members Of the General Assembly, laid
on the table.
Messrs Samuel White, Jcihro Lapham,
and Arnold Hunt, were appointed com
mittee TO settle accounts OF the Managers
of the Buckhill Road Lottery.
Petitions Of Ichabod Davis and others,
that the proprietors of India Bridge be re-
quired to present an account of profits and
expenses to the General Assembly, with a
view to reducing or abolishing the toll
over said Bridge, referred to next session,
with order of fpersonal notice.
Petitions of I'd Baptist Lottery, in Cow
entry, and Coventry Bridge Lottery, refer.
red 10 Messrs. Newell and Childs.
An act relating to removal of nusances
dangerous to health, and another authoriz-
ing Fire Companies to pass bylaws and
collect fines, were presented by Mr.. New
el. agreeably to Instructions from the town
of Providence, and read first tiGe.
An act relating to appointment and re-
moval of guardians, was presented by Mr..
Arnold, read first time and referred to
Messrs. Arncld, Dixon, and Spear.
The House adjourned at 4 O'Clock, to
meet at 8 o'clock this morning.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-11-02
.JroreiDn.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
New-York, October y

New York, October 2.
The packet ship SldS Richards. Capt;
HoLpREsE. arrived yesterday afternoon
from Liverpool. having sailed on the even
ing ofthe 18th ult. 10 whiea date We have
received papers, &c.
Business generally. was improving in
Europe. The season had proved fayoura-
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-11-02

over anu above the sum Of Z n a. Maid
by Col: Garlic, May 9TH, 1914, were taT'
ed AZ S2l 80 and were charged 10 At,
Robbins, the District Attorney by his a..
oer' as appears from an examination oftbe
files in said case. Uitnsss. - ''''
BENZ. COWELL, Clerk.
Clerks Office, u. $. District
Court Oct 30 1906
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-03-09
LAND ZOE SRLE.

EyoN sale my of land in Abenarle county heretofore
Il my residence, consisting 81 500 about which
Of the best mountain quality, and 800 lying below the
inountan and extending from II, generally Of good quality,
and remarkably well timbeed and vatered. Tie
the south side II the Ryauns branch Of River
yshc for Dstteaux nton which within three and half
miles IL FIVE miles ou Charlottesville, and six from the
Unworthy Offs sdvanag stuation for hesh aud
tyr remark need be made here. The has all the
improvements eominoious dwelling house, building.
for seryau and other domestic purposes good stables
barns with hreshns machines srt and mill, with good
houses FOR and well posted for each
and all good repair. be divided
several paIt will he sospossd Of ifdeed The pay
Of the purchase meney may be made by with
very liberal credit be agreed the time Of sale. Tie
fun and the stock Of every kind be sold with the land
Ibsye also for sale another tact Of rather than
acres, miles beiovltoh OF northern
side, which lies WE'LL Of good quality we'll timbered and
vaiered and has valuable u lime stone passing through
This tract divided into farms, each having dwelling
houe,vsry cOnnodious for small family with Necessary
buildings Credit will be for this tract like
for the other. Persons inclined purchase will address
selves iirectiyt JAMES MONROE.
oskfil, Loudoun county, Va. April Il. iI5-tf