1 f rn.it. u t . ' .. . . If J V i .... 'V, TUB. TOMB OF XT FATHERS - Subdued by misfortunes, ; and, bow'd down -" - with pain-,; ,;." f'V", "V; I sougbt'oh thi b?som of peace tq recline i I hied to the Home it'ff Father galn, . . ' Cut the Home of at'yTaihert o longer was .-ci'-v mine. " 4 :;":-'VT' ;'W ": , : ";v. -',' i 'L..-v . ! ,v is -. Thelo'ok'lhat spoke' claflne! and -welcome " . V t, was gone, ii ! -- i ,- , iTbe bluEtfthattlKino bright in the halt vail e .IW 'more i'i'f C t Atraner vatberfrrilh A boiom of stone, -j Ancj cold was hi look 1 e a'.cr'd the, "door. . Twathis, deaf to pity, to tenderness dead, ' The falliiY' U crush and the humble to spura ,. Dutt tlaid sot bi$ scorn from the mansion ' r i fled, ;, . And my beating heart vow'd never mare . What home (hall receive trie ' one home yet '.:.l-know i'i'Ytt taj O'er iu gloomy recess, see the pine bran- i.V!'.-;:-vlea wave r''-' rl...''-?'''.-'''-' : .Tit the 'Towb of my Falhert I the world "ii my.foe,.:':;.y' V''?.1; :'.7:::y'l:;'ii'3'i And all my inheritance no is a grave : Tis the Tomb of my Fathers ' the grey molt; . ; ten 0 Walls l T . : r '. . -'.,! '. :,. Declining to earth, speak aloud of decay, The gate off its hinge, half opening, calls, - Approach, most unhappy, thy dwelling , :;.vv:.;M'-1;;,'!;:, Alatt hou sole dwelling of all I hold deaf, 'How little, this meeting once unger'd xaf "iFrom a wanderer accept, oh my Fathers t t'i'':""- this tear.-r'v'' i& --l js V-W'-' . ' Receive him, the last of his race, to your -'p-X V MUTER, nPr i Delivered by Bishop Madison, at the Jubilee - ' at J-irues'- Town, Virginia on the 15th ult".! ; f ,0 Gad ! Parent Almighty, . whoy .tho', un-; ( en upHo'Wtfst rthis ; pyudcrous ball, ;,. and breathing through "the icineniity' ot space, fillest' i4t6 'ituptfmloua life all which it inha -, bita.i Spirit imibible, God of out forefatheis, toi!iee we raisei thft Voice o praise Jt thahks- K'vhi s O bear. us, and deign, to accept this , otir imperfect homage.' Thou gnsat and glo r'uus heirit, who,, according to the plan of . tliy wisdom, didst'nr'it inspire our (orefatLers with the elevated idea of seeking an ussyluni for. man. inthis Wetem World i thou, who e ' badst the terror of death to retire From their ? hearts, the, remorseless billows nf the deeu" to e at restV and the horrours of the howling - wtSdernetlfjM longer to, larm O hear, and ' ' (jTiltiUi evenful day, suffer us to pour, forib,; from the Tulneas of our soul, the tide of re---" verentiaral'i:C!udn,'6rjfy, and of gratitude ' tdiTer ui,' the ddicendnis and the-heirs of , those mightyrtnen, whose footsteps, "under ikf gracious Provldefice. here were firs' im , preed, 'to approach thy Divine,Majety, to declare the wonderou things which thou hast .. done for t,' and to implore1 tliy conlinhed protection. . vu ; v t .r't, i;a :k'y A'C.'bied in thy sight, we now prostrate o'uraelmtKtW. thee, 'upon that jrrwund r 'which thou,, O God, tidst choose (.whereon? to rei'the weaiicd foet of our progenitors., ' " Twice one hundred times hath tUi earth, ' ohed'nfnce to thy conjin.tnd, pei formed its - -faithful revolutions 'arotiiid" the fountain of light, since,'thy providea'iat gooxluess was' litre fcsiiucd by oue ancestofif with-heart-.felt sons of gratitude and praise. The stream of time hath swept before thee the genera- t'ofl, which sirtce have arien and pv?d a' . 'way ; but we npo.i whom this day haih fallen, ' wdl rejoice in thy presence, and'with a sin cere and ardent gratitude, wilt recal 19 vivid memory thy former and thy present mer f ies. , fi. .. :; ' ' ' 1 ' '.' . h Hallowed be the place where .thou didst -particularly imantlt st ,thy oodut-s to our foreCatheti ; an4 where th heavenly plan for Spreading -wide the blesMngs otsocuf rihia. first beamed forth.-It .was-hrvO-od, -w ton this chose ground, ' that fihou,' didst first luy the sure foujwlations of pfIiiicl hap- !inrii. Here, didst thou say to ,ur 'forefaf hers, who, nndcr thy guidance bud defined, the perils of an untried ocean, here fix your - abode here shitll the great work of polili-. cal talvat aiion commence I here I will s'rike deep th,e roots of an t vcrltsting em pi re. where Ju .tice, nd Liberty, and Peace shall flourish In immortal vigour, to tht glory of my name and tbelhappincss cf man. Here y shall s'rrp; but yourf sons, 'and. your : slaughters shall iibttcn the land, wnichstrctcheth vidd before him f .shall conrt the wlldtrncstaiid the solitary plate,, into fields smiling viih plenty 1 khailln agts yet to conic, encerd , the tands upon the sra 'shore la nun.hert shall, when 200 years' arc acconcfithtdj hrre Tif iq in iii j yotir .VMionr anu voor stiiitr spat y and here, touched, wf.n-a livtiv rne bf tf blessings vooChskfcd to them', they shall exalt tnd adotst my nme," and acknos ledge, that the roigbnnet of my arm and the over ' shadowing , of my spirit, hallt done those groat and excellent things lor them. ;.. .'. Such, O God, be thy will. M o thy.'ieV. ,vnti now before thee. haib5et srivtn lh high boon of living in stt the liht fcf lhat Jay, and of acknowledging that thy promises. ..are astteadiait as the cverlaMing hills. To , us has been given the triumph. . which this da afford It was tby Providt-nce, whkh jward the tender plant that here took root, and which uourisLtd it with thedtvrs of Heave aitil its brtnehethave cart theiriHile from ocean to can. li ; waa thy Providence, gra ctout uenetactor ot Man, woicn awoke in our breasts just sense of the inappreciable value of our ajghtt, and,iofusc that inadm'mible -irrjT:. j .1 spin i, wnicn cuecieu a revomiton , me rnrwt important in the annals of time, and. which' led to the establishment of civil governments throughout this rising . empire, ..; upon, ihe broad and firm basis of equal laws. . Jl wis tb Protidence whicli jospired. that wisdom ' which hath guarded os against , the horrors of war, and which amidst tbe dread convul siona b,al agitate the idd world, hath stilt'ir radiated this thy chosen land with the bfess ings of peace. .'To "thee, 0 God, we ascribe, ; as is most due,',' thaVBever ceasing current of nation! prosperity, which has daily increas ed,' and whichjjmder thy auspices,, we trust, will continue to increase, sntil its Waters, , spreading throughout .every region' of the' ; earth, shall gladden, with; their salubrious irttdini, uaiiou wnicn are now me vicumsoj ambitioR, and thence diffuse peace and good will amarg xbe whole family of mankind. ' V Continue, Gracious Benefactor, , thy raer cie towards us. . O teach ui ctertt love and to reve'rane'e. thy name 1 tath us, thiCthe God of virtue can jfove, only virtue ( teack us, tba ' it it thou oniyj the first source tt happipess who can, secure it to the 'human - race I'lm-' press Upon our hat t a ardent love, tor thy 'Itolyjteiigion 1 May-its pure and tubrime morality be to us the rule of all duties t May it guard us against the debasing influence of licentiousness and vice, and inspire the peo ple of these United States with those inflex ible virtues, which republieks demand 1 May the love of our country, and obedience tp law be the dignified characteristic of citizen t .May they never forget,' that without religion morality dies and, that without morality, re publicanisni is swept from before thee by the Jieaom.oC.destructioiH'i' i.Vi K":;-: - Bless the constituted authorities & so rule theii hearts, and strengthen their hand, that they may drivel from. Miong us all man-; ncrof yice . . : t -;,"i'v.-v -.., . v 'u ; Give prosperity to the different Seminaries of Learning ; increase true knowledge;- and infix upon the hearts of the rising generation a just tense of the duties which they owe to themselves, to their lellow creatuies, "; and to their God.- t'. v' -r ' Finally, O God, pardon our offences, and dciirn to hear our imperfeti prayer, for then sakei)f lhy Soa, ourbaviour, Jesus Christ.''' V The following singular .Advertisement is taken from a late Connecticut Cburatit. : i . i ' " Thoma Hutchins has advertised, that I have absented U froni bis bed and board, and forbid aj .persons' trusting mie. on :bis ac' count, and cktiiiohed all persons sgainst ma king me any payment 611 his account I now advehiscthe punlitf that; tde said Thomas Hutchins came as a fortune hunter inio this. town about a year ago, hh a recommenda tion, which with iome arttur falshocds ihdu-. ced roe to marry him, and take him mto my houend bed, from which his brutality has driven me witk wounds and.brdises ; he has threatened my life, kept me by force, from entei ing my house to take any of my clothing, money, or other property lie has also for cibly detained the chest, money, and proper-' ty of my sister J his fears that any body will" trust him are vain, ' as I will not , pay his" debts ; some debts due to me when I married, 1 hope will not be paid 14 him 5 1 have never heard that any body owed him a debt if they do they had better pay him Immediately as he will want it, for I shall maintain liiai no longer. Of the four wives. he had before me, the last he iu:irrclled sway, how the other' 'threecame by their death he can lest Inform" the public but I caution all widows or mai den airainst marrying him be their desire for ; matrmio' y ever so strong, should he male his advances under a feigned name, they may" look out for a little strutting, talkative, fee- ble, meagre, hatchet fae'd fellow, with spin-. ! die sbaoks, and little warped in the bark I -' East-Windior,- May 32, 1807." j FISCHENSTF.1N (foula .April J. "We have received official InielliMice from Consintinopte." . Every lliintr happens for the best. The Kntlih have completely, mis Carried, and have been- ttbliited to rtptin the strait of the Dardanelles. 1 The Porte exbihi's an energy' which has Confounded the English and the Kuktians. ' ' " , . ' 1 ' . . PARIS. AnriltO. . ftr-an Imperial decree of the 30th. March,. . the-fstablithment of'Jegiohs of reserve of the interior and Tor the protection of the Tron tiers and the sea coait is ordered. ' I'.arh h glon is to cons'ut cf 3 battafiont, each hat t.lionof 8 corupahie and etch company of 160 men. ; Each legion is lobe commanded by a senator and receives but one standard or eaglet their, unifirm is to be the; same as that of the troop of the line. r -The first legion meet at Utfe, the second at Mchlx, the third at Rcnncs, the fourth at Versailles, atid the ilh etCrcnohle. . . " . lly sn imperial decree of the SBth March the cities of Brest and Antwerp, are declared to be I a a state of scige. Tb senator Abbe" tide it appointed governor of Crest, and se BaUr, Ferino governor of Antwerp., , The inspector general of the military fios. pit sis. Mr. Pctgrnetier bat received vrdera to go to the grand army. ,, .;' .," f The Hamburgh papers contain a trtsf number of dvcrtisments of the largest neuV set, country Mitt, gardens, b.u for tale ii and about Hamburgh, which confirms the ,v l verbal accounts, we have cad of the total ttag. nJ j navion of trade of that great emporium . r sia; he arrived on the morning of that day Their majesties the emperor of Russia and the kingpf Prussia, Will in a few days repair to she army.; At Memel a corps of Prussians is embarking for" Dantzic ... i t f f-'l The miscarried expedition ; against. Con stantinople is very deti imental to the allied Zracirfrem Parit paperTio the Wh Aprif. :,,'. C'f ;H ..-iiA.if. ' ' f CorfiTAHTtveptE. Mar'ch'.tO,,''pJs'; ;'-t'wrn tvti i."w owrsi tMrtMUiaJli'w.'v ; The English ambassador, Mr. Arbuthnot, perceiving that he alone could not succeed in rtgUteningthe grand Seignior and his minis. ters. Ventured to go himself in person" and ortng toe English squadron with which be bad threatened the Piyan for so long a time. It was n the afternoon of the SiOlh of Febru ary that intelligence was received here of that fleet, consisting of seven ships of the line, 3 of whicli were 113, J 6Vsj and 2 ?4's, .be side 2 frigates of 48 and two fire ships, ha--ving passed the Streights of ihe Dardanelles almost without any resistance, a few hours af terwards it was seen casting anchor three leagues fom Constantinople. ,.Vtv",v.iA 1 be ' appearance of these forces, which found us in some measure' unprovided, exci ted at first an unfavorable sensation upon the minds of the inhabitants. rThe Divan flself seemed uneasy and irresolute.' A great con sternation spread throughout the city. f 1 be French ambassador, without suffering himself to be moved by the effects of that cri sis, threw hlmsell as it were upon the neim, undertook to inspire courage and confidence, and to drag out o order for ; defending the ritir. ' H 4nriide(L Frrtm that . moment the French' military- obtained every thing,. from the good will of the ministry and the Turkish engineers. , f be people teeing in the morning the disposition which had been made during the night, showed themselves disposed to second this movement of ener- 'gy''' ''..-' .'.'' ". VVr-cv The preparations for defence could hot yet however be very considemblek ,They con sisted only in a battery of 13 pieces of cannon, hastily thrown up before , Tophaea. , another battery of 10 cannon placed on the coast of Asia 1 and lastly in four or five small cqnnons which bad beeh put upon an advanced towen . Alt this might have incommoded the English squadron had it entered but not btine sup. ported by bt cross firesol the point of the Seraglio, Would have been lar 110m Ititrxien to preserve the city, the Turkish fleet, the luauatinest fcc ..it.'b'iC'i.' ';:;". '.'tU.'i;.,,- , Happily the English admiral though he had with bun Sir Sidney Smith and fire ships, knew not how to take advantage of this mo ment, he suffered himself to be driven into a kind of negociatjon with lb. Pons carefully kept in suspence until s'ie found Jyerself in a situation to repulse every aggression. . The dispositions that were' making toon, put her in a state to raise her tote, apd she.Kjectcd the odious propositions of the enemy. ' We had at that lime 300 pieces of cannon inbaw tery, morters and howitzers 3 ovens for red hot bullets in activity, 300,C0C men armed with rifles and fusils and animated with the best spirit, 80 gun shalopt forming the ad vanced guard of nine ships.of the lint 1 six heavy frigates and tix corvettes in the Road J and five large ships in front of the fort ... All this hat contributed no tiule to thorttn the negociaiioa. The English Admiral judg ing, tie doubt from these disposition', that si milar measures would be taken to shut the passage of the DirdanelleS against him, has tened, after having reconnoitred oUr position, to make his retreat. He hat passed, the Dar danelles! but the Turkish garrison anima ted by the example of the capital, fired det perately from the only, battery which time bad allowed to erect there ., It disabled and retook the corvette which the, English had taken on their passage anu it sunk apolacre loaded with' ammunition Four , days Ulrr, and the enemy would pot have come out so easily.- - " ' ' , The English Ambassador hsJY In hit ne gotiation with the Divan, demanded as pre limmtries, thtt the Porte should turn sway the I'totich Ambasader and the whole' lega tion l that hostilities should from that mo ment cease with Itussis that every arma ment, fortification, and erection of batteries, should immediately be suspended at Con .stantmoplci that the treaty of alliance wuh England should be renewed 1 that a treaty cf alliance with Russia should be concluded 1 that an Lnlih and Russian Garrison should be established at the Dardanelles and in the ' castles of the Dotphortts ; that an Fncltsh- garrison should be cstablmhed at Alexandria, and a "Russian garrison in one of the Mareas j and lastly that there should be put imnieJi ' ately at the disposal of the English admiral, f to be emptoj-ed in the service of, Grcat-llri- tain, hiteen smps 01 the line ana ten mgatetj Victualled lor one year. . After having announced that Mr. Arbuth not's mission was at an end, aad notified the blockading of Constantinople, the Endi.rt admirable declared that if the above prelimi naries were not accepted he., would forcibly enter the port, act fire to the town, kc. I hat not obtained any thiritrt of hit demands. I and he has returned well convinced, no doubt, 1 - iL . L . II . 1 1 . . t uiRi, ne wouia noi do ioie ai present to come 1 to dictate condition to. the Sublime Porte, with a natal armament of forty tail. j This success it wholly owing to General Sebastian! and it is easy to perceive, by the I conditiont which lb Enjliih had come to --IIAMBUBGH.lApril It. , , I.etters from Memel of the 3d April, men tions the arrival there of the emperor of Rus dictate, from what misfortunes and opprobrl- um he has preserved the Turks He hat given proof, in this instance, of a courage, presence of mind, character and resolution a bote all praise. - Every Frenchman hat mora -or less seconded hirot each of them, on this occasion, made himself an engineer, a can nonieri or a mechanist.' v" - : ! .The day after the appearance of the Eng- ' iish, a Captain du Genie and two captains of . the artillery of the army of Dalmatia, very opportunely arrived at Constantinople I They immediately went to work and were of great help. - Chance brought also' the next " day a French cannonier that had been driven away from Bagdad through the intrigues 01 : the English ; he was immediately put in the ' way to avenge himself. .Lvery Irenchnum - wat night and day at the batteries. , - - Ihe Grand SeignioV, the -Ministers, the t , Jani&saries, the Cannonicrs, aud the .whole of the inhabitants, loudly acknowledged that ;, ' it ft to the French they owe their salvation. ' And in truth they are treated at this moment wjth a deference, friendship and even a km ot respect, not common 00 the part ofthe , furks..;;;-';...;.;v; .;';' .i , k It is but justice also to say, .that, after the). : first, moment of uneasiness and consternation Was over, the attitude of the Turks was very remarkable for its calmness, ind courage' , As soon as the Grand Seignior had jnaniles. led the intention of resisting the chemy to the j ; ' last extremity, all the ministers, all the gran-, ' . dees pr the state, took the immediate resolu- uon 10 repair cacu oinein 10 a Datiery to en- j -a . courage and excite . the Workmen. They at ; -'- first stood in the open air, then under smalt ( ferits, some of them under eld sheds, during " six nights, night and day without leaving it I t, 1 lor an instant. ..,' .-.; French engineers ahd omcerthaVe just set , off for jbe Bosphorut., for the purpose of de- j termining Upon proper spots for batteriet. ' ' They will go from thence to the Dardanelles forthe same bhject. The Grand Seignior baa given tne tormai order tuat every tning oe terminedby the l-rench A rhbawaaor should , receive an immediate tc punctual execution From this disposition of his highnes, Gene- ; ral Sebastian) will cause the Dardanelles and v the Cosphorus, which are the 1 V o keys of the -Capital, to be put ina atate capable of resis-'' ling every aggression on the part of England The Grand Stigniofj flurlhg the iik day! ' the English have beeh here, has given ait- exsmole of couratre and devotednest the most - absolute::0. He has not gone to rest one sin- gle bight. ; Every morning he would go. to : tnco'irage the people at - work, and Wouia . kindly smile at every Frenchman he met. - He caused the Gardens of the Seraglio to be ' pened, to have batteries ertcted there, end -1 ad evert offered, if it had been judged neces - tary(to have batttties placed in his Haram. v ' 1 he city of Constantinople offered on eery . point n extraordinary spectacle.From the dikpositioiit and the tort of exultation with . .which the inhabitants were , observed to be , animated, t would have been a desirable . thing that the English should have persisted inaheirenterprize, Their fleet would never hive repassed the Dardanelles. ' - 1 SALE. . tfttt (;i Soft oh TKurtdaj tht iblh August nnl ' ''.. Puttie Auction. V 1 , f Ah srrpf Land Ivino rn the Weft fiita . - ol Lone Creek and South fide of Jump& tun," including RceJy branch. : , ; ,. 4 '648 actet lituated on the Eift fide of rt. Long-Creek. . , -'. . ... " ' u too do. fituatf d above laid traO, kribwh i by the name of the Mulberry Plantation.' .ilsd scret in. two tracts-th the welt fide ol Lorg Crrek adjoining the lindt oP T.itnoiby Bloodwotth, thtle four lall trifllf were rW bv the Ccrorer of the cOUhty on ; ihe. ltd of November t8c4, at the proper- irof William Bloodwbnh,, latr Sheriff. ' A'fo, the tipufe ard Lo tLpieicnt ecru- pted by Timothy Blond wotih, SenV. Efo,. icooy zooieet. ,: j 1 Lett or parcel of Ltndi i. S. Walh. irgton, CChtaii ing opcquaitcr ol an acto. eatn, Io. as 48.' 'I Lot in the City of Re'eln & count:' ' ;j )f WaLe, rontainirg one acre No. 2034 ' .N. B. The olove ptocerty will be fold. on a credit of one and two jtatt, ptrcha-t fctt giving notes payetle ard negotiable? at the Ear.k of Cre Feif, w'uh'two sp- proved ehdotfcri i rcovircd, tirrpt for lo much at will f ay for the charget ol fcllirg' and makirg conveyances of faid pioreriy' which ft m or.tifk te paid inctui by thepur chalets on the dty of fle." : -. C. fiudl&fot jbittseir AlajoFSamucTMhe, , I ;-- -David Jones, ' ' : " f: David) Yillicms ; " T7Qr.dtyiUiQmD(urie, Forsalcby thesubsribef Madeira, Port, Jjherry, & Claret Vtne3, of . superior quality. By the Gallon and in Bottles. v V : , Johk Garkii'r. . . ."June 5i. " . . ' Sw ' Sheriff's and oUier Blank Deeds .V.Fot Sale at this Office ' 1 ' .-1 i i t 1 , J 1 L V . -j d "t -

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