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A L E VG H .--Published EVBRY TUESDA&tf t tiOftGR akd-BOYLA, :J&jkWW
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T U E S JXJJawua
(jFros Commercial rfdvtrlifer,
BARRUEL AMENDED.
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v -.;-tfoHccnth chapter of Nuirnbers, we havr an
account of a popular tfcOnteAt among the Israelites,
om jcoouoiof thtdifficrttiea' tbWy hada-ncoootcr-in
cocqutring the promised la nd...v J t fccini that - none
( the i fraTitcsy ej
ofohe, ba'dlbJ-Cinaafli e$il$r at
general defenptionv ; In'putTuance of the command of
Go Mofes difpatched mcfiengersto that country, to
examine' "it, and bring information rcfpe&ing Iti foil,"
proa'u.&s, and the fircngthof the inhabitants.
- The Ipiesiratofned with a revy favourable account of
the produce of the country and ptefentcd a fample of
ita; grape; but all of them,: except Caleb and Jo(hua,
were terrific with the ftrcngth of the cities, and the
populoufoef of the country. " V1".''";" . '
'. Xhe report of the formidable appearance of the na
tions to heconqHered, had' a powerful efFeft on "the
- -fickle populace. In a fit of defpair, ihe people, irna
ajined, they faw giants, huge fo&s of Cmach, to op
pole their progrcfa. And. all the congregation lifted
up their voice and cried, and the people wept that
tiightt" This is precifely in cliarafter. A fickle po
. pulace, not fatisfied to labour for the blefllngs of pro
mife, and meet with patientfe " the ordinary difficulties
of life,i murtnured moll :bitter!y, ' beewfe theyncould
v noenjoy jhe laud jif promifct
expttc3, it feeni, to be fupported' vTihbut labor
Vnd to indulge themfelves in eafc and luxury, without
.the fatigue of exertion." '
to the cafe before us we hate an admirable fample
of popular gratitude f Mofes and Aarpn had conducted,
them out of Egypt, where thiy were feverely opprefs
cd, and expofed to peftilcn.tiaf . dtfeafes : for it is evi
JjjmdetU ratiain-of ;Mol& ,tft one-mothre for:
bis wifhing to quit Egypt ;4f4Vyi4 a plague, and
fettle it a rooteiheaUhjcltmaviaofea been a
. commpo man, he would hare totf ia. efForts to fcrvc
the Israelites, been entitled to .thc.cUai grati.
tilde. ; ; -7.--.r-. - . ;7,.:,
But mark the iffue. The moment the rcorLs met
with the leall difficulty in obtaining their objeft when-,
ever they .were QpprfTed with hunger or third in hcir
journey; r they murm
Vhey directly charged all the;r calamities to their m
- lers, or to God Almighty. ; ' Why hatk the Lord
brought us into this land to fall by the word.'
Woul4 to God we had died in jgypc or ,n this wildcr
refs" Were it not better for us to return to Egypt I
.This is exactly the character of man in efciy fitu
ation, impatient of hardfhips and (Jifpofed to murmur
againft their government. Wth(yjt making due A
lawDcc for the extreme difficulties th?t attend the
rnanagemcnt of rational concerns, and the necctTary
ctifappbintmeuts that difconcert the beft .views and pro
jects the, jPOF ta, the fovereign people, are forever d.f
titisfied sr,fd ready to fall into a pillion, on every oe
calion of difficulty j venting their rage at their rulers,
and-tven at, their God.
. ,In modern day s, the fame, character is difplay ed.
"THAOYSme the deierts'
Lharlei, whale report is aiJoUows: - ; I
M;'Thett)fcntunate oitn'SjinUdrfi to ". - vCi
him thefr rufcr, att reft the authority fit them in 1 We ihall aextcaU for ihe'e7dciee 'oTtiie Afchduka
himk an d his. font, lai hereditary fueceuToH. . Gideon
had' moderTy'ahd gobdtfenfe enough to Recline the o
fer - But mark the ehara&cr of the txDulace--iNo J
moncr was vriacon af e, inatt me iimcniei 'Tiurneo .1; iva aireaoy iu6cieniiy &uowaf A laaiicoosacmyicu.
ana went a wnoring aiter oaaum--tuey rcmemorreo s ax preiciu, meray to giving; ne uiw.vciToe;jasKii,;
not the-Lord then Uednor Skined htmli w bvkfrh ml ,1 lie fcvcMit. itaxqh-nMVf'Jatstt4T:x '
of Uulnn." AM toe lertioe rrtluir deliverer were i v. " un th tfuuNU tneKtuaocorMr tilKf ta:
ftitrrofTWmenr Cep: KorfakowV os) the U
inlif f- ir$ the' cpidnin ofFitU liar ihal Lieut Hotz, e,
on tj inthTnear Uxnach; 'Weri pirated by the eie
my. ' The fowoer' corps retreated bjrtlit way of SnglK
Si4 mi thrright haoaVof the RKin ami 'tie iblumn
'of Field" MarOial Lietu. Hout, on the "zfitfc bjr St.
Gall, into the diftricl of the-Voralberg.
J1 Fieliidarflial- Prince Suwarrow waa t Uiferia.
fjir.'t-AU the-Tcrfieea tthir" delivrer wSe
forgotten
gr of children, GtW fcftV
.natural fon, called Abimeleck, by a woman orSne
chem. AmbitiouTof, owerf and either feciiVg hurt
at his own degraded eonditicm,r , indinH; Jt ; the
ungrateful return his family had received Ifor hw father':
fervices, he determined to exalt himfelf into notice and
pwer. L.iice a true jacaom, ne aciarc.uvd rumieu to
of,.Arauuwhere men mull encounter hardlhips wile
nsea, know thia and are fatisfied to make the belt of their
p Jot. fiut the populace are forever changing and grum-
, bjing,: aud feeking a captain to lead them back to
" '-gypt.J'thari7"nc
bis count rymenj-the people of Shechenv hts mother's
relations reminded them that hefwasbf thcCr connect
on, and aflted them wlcther they dife to have te
ruler, or feventy foiu w Jetohbaal for , rulers ? With
this flattery he iacJftjft
and thus eave him momey with which he j Klrrf. vain-
and light per(on3 to fellow him." This after all istha
...... s.'v. V.. Al ; L' . err. n. i i r '
way to carry jacooin points or mmrreciion ana cnor-'gaiizatton-s?dfrjr
and mom well didributed, to hire
vile defperate unprinctpled men.
Nq fooiier was tUi Demagogue, Abimeleck, fur
nillicd with fuppOrt from . Jefperatefaciio.n,than.-he--murdered
all his brethren but one, wh fled and hid
himfelf, And let it he noted that the feventy fons of
Gideon who "were murdered, were legitimati ; lawful
heirs. And this is in charaer in all fimilar fchemea
of revolution, the lawful, pofft forsof power and pro-"
perty are CiCfificcd to daring ufufpers. Abimeleck
was, by his faftion,' declared king.
Jtham. the furiyiag brother, uttered a parable o.V
this otcafion, in which he aunojgees Mthat thjs ungjrstgA5
ful' ad vMii end in the total
deftruftion of the faction., Let fire come out f tire,
bramble aniTdevour the cedar qf Lebanon." Such
was the fate of the TuaioV Abimeleck -had rciVncd on.
. ly three y cajri,. wfetfJi Xjimt, jutjeaioufx atfe between i.
him and his dherefS.i 7V The men of Shechem -deaft I.
. trca'cheroufly with Abimeleck "they fay in wait on
the' hills and robbed wa pcop c ; thus ppn.iHin rim
for his ambition and cruelty, '- ,;
JO QH Oi 0 H Q .
LONDON, Odqber22,
Ycflerday arrived th only remaining mail due frm
Hamburg;, Overwhelmed as we iuve lately been with
the raagiiitide and muUiplicicy of the fuhje&s wMqh
have come Under notice from Vlhis quarter and from
Paris, we are happy in thBearljrarnvil of thi mail,
which enable i f ua to contradict fomc of the impofitioiis
of the French Government, and tomdify t he opinions
we have lately fubmittcd to oui readers, upon, the ycra
city of their officiii comii.uiiications. '
Ih our paper of y'elteiday wp have fcen that the
Frt iicji. admitted their telegraphic accouat4 of the victo
ry over fflarfhal Surarrow to hav been a fabrication.
They do not ittfe, hwcyr that it was a fabrication
of the Dire&ory, and: toublilhed in their official paper,
I. the; RedatcJu.rM Whilenc Joumal pretends that the
joyful news onginawo' m a p aa-tranjiatwn or tne teie,
graph, the D it ector iaf Ga2Ct r c alfcrts'that an impofi
tion had been pracliXrd upAk their printer, and that the
fabricated telegraphic account had been received, with'
LouLlufpicfeaoXXjrgcry, atihc oHice I The confiden ¬
tial paper of the rrench government, however, did not
nilojut.ihemiilake-he-nex tmorninglte-7ninirteTr
No book fumi'hes more Oofreft and more numerous
eimpIciDlheimperfecion of rVan,-nor-more excel'
lent difplaya of the human, character, than the bible.
Men mi (take who fuppofc the fac red writings intended
r fohijy ifor refigititt inftrucionThey contain a vail
(und of political truths, which would be extremely
Affeful, if the modet n jhcorifti weri not too wife to be
iipArudJcd. -" .'"c' . '... '
- The.ftory of Abimeleck in the 9th chapter of Jndges
if an indmcive leffos.. It appears Jthat the Tfraelites
after, they fetded -i PalettinejwereioTTrtdisg time
bariafftd with wart and revolts among ihe people whom
ihly had dfpofllifiiied, and fevcral times reduced to ab
iolute fubjecioti.'to their enenie.J Aition the nations
icoil4ttbkfoasc, were the MidianiteChVniaintaiii
ed a ptedattfry war on Ifracl, dettroyirig the harveft,
and plundering the country. The Ifraclites after be
ing driven .to the meuntains, at la.il found a deliverer in
Gideon,, a man of low condition, hut brave and iudtg
iiaot at his country 'a 'wrongs. -This man by divine au
.ihority, aflembled a handful of brave men', attacked
th fidiauite8 by fiupcize, put tliens to the touted and
ch'veied his country. ' t v
. - As fooas peace-was eftablimod,'lus cointryraen,
did not uideceive it, nor is it declared by whom it was
deceived. Notwithllanding this recent impofitionjiew.
fSlegraphs arrive ; but this time" they "'are authentic..
Whoever lent the firlt to the RedafteuT, thcDnettbry
fent thefc to the Councils. If t?iere mould be any
fr aud this "time, it is no longer an anonymous crime
but the citme of Barras a .id his afacites. It is worth
while, therefore, to enquire with alittle nicety and ex
adlnefs into the truth and accuracy of.thefe authenti
cated relations, and this unexceptionable authority. :
The lirft witnefs we mail call to impeach this high
teftTmonyihall be Gen.' Maflena,"than whom no one ta
mure con verfant in the whole craft and myftery of te
legraphs. " Hejs at variaiice, however, with, the pfefent
ferics, and difprovTsthemully iu his letter to the t)i
reftory of the oth. inft. which we extracted yefterday
fr'Om the Moniteur of the 15th. The telegraphic dif
patch from Maflena, counterfigned by ope oftheDi
rejaprs, and read ia. the Council of Fiv Hundred on
Vne tfith ihlt fays, ' I have completely defeated Su
.. ' i if '.i 1... ' i.I III.
and Gcit. Auffeobtrg at'Steig on the aethL
f . On the 36th Fitld Marlhal Lieut. LiwUfeo de -feated
the enemy, and tookprifner, twIattJiVna
of tQo men, .witthe whote of theiaff'tt4tWof '
ficeri; t od ta ftand at colourt. 0 nhriftlr.hrtf'
vauced to Glana ; but not being abit to open a com
rawni'iation, either to the rijht or to the left he ' ftw
himfelf un Jer the neceflity to withdraw to the Griloa
country on the -29th'. " ' 1
" Field Marlhal Suwarrow, and fSe brigade of Gefl.
Auffenberg, having advanced as far as Schwiti:"onrthe
a8th,Harrived at Glaiia on the-ift Ocrbutfoot.bii'
able to eiTtc a junction with any other cprps, Ffaki ; 1
Marlhal Suwarrow was obliged to march to the Gru v
fan country. ,
" Field Marflial Su varrow has, however, aeeerd-
ing tp a eircular lettee which ha been received -thia
morning, defeated the enemy near Glarii. aad takea
1000 pi ifoneis. At the fame time, the column f the .
Imperial RulUan. ' Gen. Rpfenberg made 1000 of the
jmftiknniMe'r-ii fTp1ecsr
of cannon"; the: enemy lofsSn killef and wbunc'ed,
on this occafion, was h'kewife very, coaSderable, ;
Signed) '. -;.::::,r::t. -
CHARLES, f. yi
tEromtth- letter of Mafienar iWor,'v -ifprove
the telegraph (; and front the Archduke's difpatchea
we difprove both theflne and the other, excepting in
one point, xxf their concurrence, namely, the. retreat of
Suwarrow, into the Grifons. . Confidently as we have -predicted
thii event, in the cafe that he ihould be at
tacked prcvioufly to his co-opetatioa with the army of
Prince Clurles and Gen. KorCikow, we have a double
fatfsfaftion in rinding it take place, with the addition
of important fucccITts obtained by the Field Marlhal
wherever any part of his army has been foccjed to engage.
Wc may concludehis retreat to have been ,the jcterfe
ol the retrogade,vicorie.8 pf MafTena, who conqu?r fo
ofter- only Tetreat. Suwarrow, notwithllanding
the neceflity of reti eating, haa known how ta conquer
in efledling it. ', :: - .
We continue to think the gufjtion of Maflena, tho
fr a moment fuperlbr, tohaliaandoua i the extreme.
There, is no doubt, from the concurrent teftimoay of
col. Ramfay and the whole of the German. acCTuns7
official and private, that the ilofs of the French greatly
exceeds that of the Allies in the whole feriel of thefe
bloody contelU. We have no doubt that the lofa of
ground . will be quickly recovered.-: Had nof treachery
intcp-upted the views of the confederates, the French
would have been fiirrounded.'oTthe "aSth ;of Septt Stti!
(j-y .mf ,cnCj( for the'otbwartdf-ad
turned thejr righjjwjngjjpQnjhear,.
"have met therchrfuke, who was to haye crofled the
Rhine between. Bade and Schaffittufep, while Hote
and KotfakQwconfined tr attacked htm On' the Weltr
Whoever looks at the charts "of thafe Cantoni and con
(Iders the pofition f the armies, will lee tat the addrefs
and ability of Ma(ena arc more likely to have retarded,
than to have defeated the de flgn. which may (t ill be
effected with fome variations-in the locality of its exe
cution, We do not oblrve in the French Journala tho
lead mention of the ditad vantage ttiey have fuftained itr
Piedmont nor any notice of the defeat of Championed
and the ttoiming o bu.a an 1 riguerol.
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warrow.
Maflena, in his official letter, dated hi toot
day earlier from Zurich, fay8,-VThelmpoflibility of
deploying my forces, Jtc. determined me. to leave to
Suwarrow the liberty of entering Schwitz by Enfei-
den. : . I hoped, &c. but deiirons of avoiding a geaeral
aftian," he threw himfelf into Uie GrifcSs,
At' Pans, an extravagant joy is to be difcoveted
mongfl; the caufes of, hick there appears to- be none
real, except the return of Buonaparte, who has smithed
iy defertiagthe Army he has fo .pfte a bctraxed,.jind fo
nearly exterminated. :Theughtliere be, no new caute.
for all this exultation, there is sv ftroog motive for aflec'f
ting to feel it. will be difcovered in the Council of
Fife Hondrcd,TThe Diteftory have addreffed ef
fage to this body,1 ftating the deplorable itaie of thefe
Fiaaaces, and a Ajwtoi rgo millions. I t is to fill up
this cbafm. that newjmeaiureaWof feverity and privart
tion mult he invented and. taadc legal.. It ia tictorw
alone beyond the froatiec which can ttreogthea
handtovernmenure
at home to the jioiat required : and eve thofc
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