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Alexandria Daily Advertiser. PUBLISHED BY

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I FRIDAY rNOVEMBER 5, 1S19-

SELECTED.

THE BOY AND BUTTERFLY. Translated from the French.

Tins in a garden sweet and gay,

A beauteous boy rov’d with delight; Before him, in a rich display Of colors, glittering in the ray,

A butterfly attracts his sight.

From flower to flewar the fickle thing In many a sportive ringlet flies,

And seems so lovely on the wing. No weariness the chase can bring.

Though vainly tha pursuit he Cries.

Now on a pink in balmy rest,

lie strives to make the prize his ovrn ;

Now on a rose's fragrant breast, He thinks his flight he shall anest.

But. lo ! again the wanton’s flown.

And still the chase no toil can bring, Though vainly the pursuit he tries ;

So tempting seems the loving thing, Thus seen at distance on the wing,

Still glittering in his ardent eyes.

And now he hopes to tantalize, Behold it on a myrtle near!

Next on a violent bank it lies —

He steals, and with hi» hat he tries To cover the gay fluttercr here. j

But all in vaio each art and while To catch the beauteous playful thing ;

Yet still he disregards his toil, Its beauties still his pains beguile,

Thus seen before him on the wing.

At last the flatterer he espies, Half buried in a tulip’s bell,

He grasps the flower in glad surprise— Within hi* grasp the insect dies : —

His vain regrets, his tears now tell.

Thus pleasure, that gay butterfly, In prospect cheers the mind,

But if too eagerly we clasp, It perishes witKn our grasp,

And leaves a sling behind.

MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM WALLACE.

Sir '.V illiam Wallace married Marion Brad- j foot, the beautiful heiresaof L<*nmiugion. ot:

l)ie same azt‘, and brought up from child-

hood together, rerripocal affection grew with

tbeirjfowth ; and sympathy of taste, virtues and mutual tenderness, gradually mingled their spirits, made them so entirely oar tint when at the age of twentv-twotbe enraptured lover was allowed by bis grand-lather to

pledge that faith publicly at the alter which be bad ?o often vowed to bis 3Iarion in se-

cret, oe clasped her tt Iris heart, and softly j whispered—‘‘Dearer than life ! part cf my being cow and for *ver! bitted is this union !

that ming’c* thy soul with mine to all eter-

nity t” A LADY S GAItTKR.

It h not tht first time in English history i

that a lady’s garltr has acquired celebrity ;

but au occurrence ot rather a ludicrous nature

took place a short time since, in consequence of an unhappy blunder respecting a garter, j Sir Isaac Heard, Gaiter King at Arm?, was

spending some weeks 3t a watering platw ou

the sou diem coast on Devonshire, where he was much visited by the neighboring gentry, and in returning their visits, left bis card at

the several houses, uhose inhabitants hap peued to be absent from home. Sir Isaac ! Heard values himself upon I ring the oldest

sovereign in Europe ; and in consequence has his royal insigma, the crown and sceptre, j George and gar’er, engraved upon his card. J and has his name inserted «n the garter. A ] Ijdy of the neigh'wrhood, not exactly ac

quainted with the style, title, rank, and dig- !

urty of this venerable sovereign, chanced to

light on one of Sir Isaac's name card?, and apprehending that he was a man of some

rank from London, sire took it for granted that it was a prevailing new fashicu in tow a

to have unn:e cards with garterson them.— j

Thinking it wasasgood to be out of the world as oot of the fashion, she immediately sent an

order to an engraver to have her name engra-

ved, and upon no account to forget the new

fashion of engraving it upon a garter. The

engraver faithfully executed the order ; the

printer struck off the impression without has of time; and the lady proceeded to leave her

•garter behind at the house of every acquaiti- j taoce, who, fortunately for her, was not a* bone, quite unconscious that it might at least j have been a prudent precaution to have in- ! scribed k<mi tail qnt tuttly pente. Si* how- ever found herself sufficiently quiaed by the waggish baichrlors, to discover the ?ad uiis- :

take she had fallen into. This is a true story,; pod occurred only four years age, at a place not twenty miles from Exeter, where Sir Isa- ac attended the public balls, and was thought by 4he ladies to dance remarkably well.

[Bell Lett ret Repository.

ALEXANDRIA: ! FRIDAY MOR.YIXG, SOFEMBKH 5.

The President of the United States fend

his family returned to the seat of govern- ment, on Monday evening, from V irginia.

William Hodoson, Esq. was on Wed-

nesday last elected President of the Colum-

bian Insurance Company of Alexandria, and WM. VVi l50jt, Esq. Secretary.

Among the clearances from New- r ork.on the let inst. was the steam boat Manhattatty bound to Ne v-Qrleans and Louisville.

The New-York Assiae of Bread rates the 12 cent loaf at 53 o*. and the 6 cent loaf at

2SL Flour 6 dollars 50 cents per barrel.—

Although dour sells for 50 cents less btre

tba.i in New-York, it is well known that our

loaves, for the same price, are much smaller —the 12 cent loaf being but 43 ounces.

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SLAVERY.

A large and highly respectable meeting of the citizens of New Jersey was held in

the Assembly Room, at Trenton, on the 29tb

October, for the purpose of taking into con-

sideration the subject of slavery in the states

hereafter to be admitted into the Union. The

meeting was attended by the Governor of the

State and most of the members of the legisla- ture, and the gallery was thronged by a con-

course of ladies. Joseph Hopkinson, esq.

opened the debate in a masterly style, and

presented the following resolutions, which

were unanimously adopted :—

Resolved, That in the opinion of this meet-

ing the permission of Slaves in the new states

admitted into the Union, has a direct ten-

dency to perpetuate Slavery in these United

Stages, by exteuding the sphere of its influ- ence and action ; to increase its danger by

! spreading that species of population over the

land ; and to promote and encourage the im-

portation of Slaves by providing an extensive and growing market for them, in which the

demand and competition for the purchase ot

them, will be such as so greatly to enhance

their price, that evil and araricious men will

be ttmpted to run all hazards ol the violation

of our laws, by the prospect of the enormous

gains ot this horrible traffic.

Resolved, That the members of the late j C ingress who opposed the admissionof slaves

into the proposed state of Missouri, have the J sincere and respecifu! thanks of this meeting for their manly and unanswerable opposition to a measure fraught with so much mischief and disgrace to our country.

Resolved. That the .Senators and Repre- sentatives of New-Jersey, in the next C on-

gress, be most earnestly and respectfully so-

licited to use their utmost mean? and influ-

ence to prevent the introduction of Slavery into Missouri, md every other new slate

that may hereafter be admitted info tire Union.

Resolved, That in the opinion of this meet- j in£lbe prohibition ot Slaves in the new states

couing into the l oion, is not forbidden by an> Article ol the Constitution ol the United Slates ; but is in full accordance with the

principles of the Constitution ; and impe- riously demanded by Vhe honor and interests of the country.

Resolved, That this meeting has a sincere and respectful confidence in the good and virtuous dispositions of the national legisla- ture on the subject of slavery ; and that, j hi wt-ver some of the members may be com-

pelled by circumstances to submit to it for. ihe present, they will heartily unite w ith us

in every measure calculated to arresl its pro-

gress, and, finally, extinguish its existence.

Resolved, That Elias Roudhiot J«» -mph Hopkirson, W illiam New bold. Rev. Simon WiJmur, Janies Paiker and Samuel Eiulcn. lie a committee to correspond with other

persons and bod it s engaged in supper ing the

principles cf the foregoing resolution?', and to

u .e ali lawful and propet means for efleeting the same.

ITEMS OF NEWS.

Measures are in tram tor the organization of a Peace Society in \ ermnr.t.

The merchants and trader*:, in several sec-

tions! t the Union, are uniting in a memorial to Congress, for the enactment of a unitorm

system of Bankruptcy. A meeting on this

subject has just been held in Boston.

Ferdinand, King o! Spain,entered his 36th

year, the 13th ol last month. The bukt of Albufera (Suchet) one of Bo-

naparte's Marshals, ha* been appointed by King Louis, Ambassador from France to the

Ottoman Porte The York, (Pa.) Gazette informs us, that

( Mr. Cooper Oram, a tailor, in that town, has ; failed lor “ about eighty four thousand dol- lars.”

During the ; ast season, 44,500 bbls. of

mackerel have been inspected in the town ol

Boston. A great deal has been said in the public

prints about the Twin Sisters in the count}’ of Flunanna, who could tell each otherV

thoughts. We understand that a large part} of ladies and gentlemen have lately visile*

them; and that the thing, however inge uious, turns out tebe an imposture.

CNITED STATES BANK.

The stocknelaer- iii the Bark of the U. S convened at Philadelphia, Monday, accord-

ing to notice, at the banking bouse in this ci-

ty. Rdfus, King, E-q was chosen Chair- man, and Joseph Gai.es, jun. Esq. Ser’y.

On motion of Mr. Worthington, of Ohio, it was agreed that the meeting now proceed to business, and that the chairman be re-

quested to inform the president and directors of the bank accordingly.

On motion of Mr. Worthington, Resolved, That a committee he appointed,

to inquire, in behalf of the stockholders, in-

to the condition of the affairs ol the bank, and to call for, receive, and report to this

meeting, an exact and particular statement

thereof, in order that the actual situation of

its affairs may be known lo the stockholder*; and that the committee consist ol a nuu.' ei

not exceeding 25 members, to be appointed by the chairman.

After a short interval, the chairman named the following gentlemen to compose the corn-

I mittee :—Mr. Drayton and Mr. Kohme, ol I Soath Carolina ; Mr. Gumming, of Georgia ; ! Mr. Fitzhugh and Mr. Haxball, ol V irginia; Mr. Worthington, of Ohio ; Mr. Brown, ol

Maryland; Mr. Riddle, ol Delaware; Mr.

Butler, Mr. Tilglnnan, Mr. Willing, Mr.

Beck, and Mr. Girard, ol Pennsylvania;— Mr. Bayard, Mr. Grade, and Mr. Bronson, of N. York ; Mr. Parsons, of Connecticut ;

Mr. D’Wolf, of R. Island ; Mr. Crowniu- shield, Mr. Sears, and Mr. Pickman, of Massachusetts.

On motion of Mr. Fitzhugh, of Virginia, the meeting adjourned to convene again on

Thursday next at twelve o’clock, at Wash-

ington Hall. Mr. Gales haa been subsequently appoint-

ed secretary to the cominiitee. £Franklin GazbtU.

ft'era- York, October 20. GLORIOUS SPECTACLE.

With pride and joy we announce to our

readers, that (he middle section of the Great Western Canal is finished ! The whole line

displays one of the grandest spectacles ever

exhibited. We are informed by a corres-

pondent, that nothing is seen or heard hut

congratulation and rejoicing. The tiring of cannon—the display of thousands of specta- tors, and the plaving of mu^ie, have attend- ed the inlet of those waters, that will hereaf- ter waft countless myriads of property thro’ this great and magnificent channel of internal trade. We can now pass from the mouth of the Hudson, to a point four hundred miles distant in the very interior of our vast state.

Seaich the annals of ancient and modern his-

tory, trace the march of the most glorious empires that h ive ever flourished on the face of the globe, and shew us any thing equal to

this stupendous work, acccomplished in the couise of a few months by a sing!*? member

of the American Union. Well may the na-

tion:' of Europe wonder and admire! The j completion of this section deserves a mention

iu the records of immortality, and will eter- ! n dir -tand a towering land in the history of mankind. [Columbia.

From the Baltimore Patriot. IMPORTANT—FROM THE SPANISH MAINE.

Extract to the Editor, dated St. Tkomot, \2th October, 1819.

We had an arrival this morning from Mar-

garitta, by which we learn that the Island !

has latterly been very sickly ; amongst the j number of victims to the prev ailing tever, are :

Generals English anl Sandusky. Gen. De- i

vereux had not arrived. From Angostura in- | formation had been received that Arismendi i

had effected a revolution in the government I of that place, and that General Ordinal! was

inarching in force to oppose him !

The Brutus, Venezuelan brig, is totally b>«f at NVvis ; the A-'mi-al Brion is dismast- ed at Five Islands, or the Saints. In haste, ! sm, &c.

P. S. Since writing you thi« morning, I

hare been enabled to collect birtht i particu- lars concerning the late Revolution at Angos- tura# It is certain that Z-er, I U. vice-presi* dent of the Venezuelan republic, has been

deposed, and that Arismendi lias been elect-

ed; or u ore proper!y speaking, appointed president in the room ot Bolivai. How (be^e dissensions will end, it i* impossible to ha- zard a conjecture ; hut T

h ?i tire worst con-

sequences from such a stale of anarchy arid confusion.

I have taken some pains to obtain a correct

list of the American vessels now in this har-

bor, which l now band you. 1 am, kc.

YesterJay week, the ship Naiad, just orri- J vrd at Salem from Calcutta, was struck by lightning, and thr second mate, Mr. William

Griffin, ol SaU-m, was instantly killed—he

was on the mam topsail yard at the time, and on being struck, fell into the sea zzith his

clothes in aflame ! The first mate was knock-

ed down, and one of the men severely inju- j red. Tbo vessel received but trifling da-

mage. [Ibid. Whllhm Cobbett, to the regret of no one,

we believe, has again left this country for

England. He sailed from N- w-Yoik on Sa-

.rday iast m the ship Hercules, Captain Cobb, for Liverpool. [Ibid. |

Captain Charles Morris is now at Norfolk, md take9 comm a mi of the squadron consist- ,

ng of the frigate Constellation, cor\« :te

Jokn Adams, aud ship Cyaue. On Uie 22d>

the John Adams, Capt. Wadsworth, dropped down and anchored between the torts. [Ibid.

From the Plough Boy. FATTING CATTLE.

I have lately read an essay of Mr. Landon, of Connecticut, on what he deems the cheap- est method of preparing cattle for the stall, the substance of which is here given.

In the winter of 1517, Mr. L. fatted an ox,

and .n heifer, in a way that,he found cheap- er »ha:i any common keeping. He fatted the

j heifer first. Htr food for the purpose was

chopped straw, scalded and seasoned with

•alt, ’o which was added a little ineal of In- dian corn and oats, and a sumll allowance ot

oil t ike, or boiled flax seed—the whole mix- ed up so as to form a mash. Of this about three pecks was give:, at a time. In fatting tire h d'Vr she only eat about a bushel of boiled ti^xseed. Some boi’ 1 hay was also

given her. The ox wa-' afterwards fatted in

pretiy much the same manner, is nearly as

we able t a dhderstand this report of the

two cases ; for Mr. L appe-rs lo have been more of an adept ii: fatting, thin in desert u-

ing the manner with clearness and precision. According to b's account, however, it ap-

pears that his protits in pursuing the mode was very uncommon, and he says that the

fatting of these cattle affur lr*d more clear pro-

fit, than ho had deriveu from all the cattle he

had ever before fitted. It would seem, in-

deed, that he considerably mine than dou-

bled the price of bis cattle in fatting them, £ that the expense oi' it was very inconsidera-

ble. This being the usual time for commencing

the business of fatting for the winter store, I

have thought proper to exhibit the plan ot

Mr L. from a belief that it is excellently a-

dapted for fatting cattle w ith the least ex-

pense. It will readily be perceived, howe-

ver, that the fall pasture is calculated to ob-

viate the expense of using boiled hay ; but I : have no doubt that when good hay is steatn-

j boiled, which may be done with a little ex-

pense, it is just as nutricious for cattle as

when in its green state.

A PLOUGH BOV.

li.istnn, Oct. 23. st. Paul's chinch.

The edifice, now erecting in Common street, of grey granite, reminds us in

| some particulars of the Ionic temple of I Illissus, in Athens, one of those works of auliquity which form a s udy for modern architects. The church is de- signed hy Mr. Parris an artist of rising celebrity in New-Jingland, no less cha- racterised by his severe classical taste, than hy accuracy in his plans. This lirerinn Temple just mentioned was an-

ciently dedicated to Ceres, held in high veneration in Athens, and was the place f-r celebrating the lesser mysteries—it was afterwards converted by the mo-

derns into a church, culled St. Mary's on the Hock.

St. Paul's Church will differ from the

temple in the number of columns, form- ing the poriir .. In the model* before us. six beauiitul Columns, about 32 feet in height, of Pat >»nae stone, rise from a basement of ft e feet ebvation, sup- porting a plain frieze aud cornice, and a pediment containing a design in buso rdiCvn. (by Mr. Willard, the sculptor) within its tympanum, 'i lie ascent to the platform «*n which the portico is reared will he hy a flight of eight stops, lit on the street, fronting the mall..Up- ; on each extremity of the flanks of the j edifice will be figures larger than life ! in alto-relievo, representing St. Paul am! St. Peter, and the sculpture mna j menting the pediment Consisting of fi- gures, will exhibit Paul before Agrippa, who is pronouncing the memorable pas- sage. •almost thou peisuudest me to be a ci;ris:ifUi.* The extreme angle of tiie

pediment is to he CO feet from the

gr mid. 1 he body of the church is to

114 feet long, and including il*o plat-1 I iiiii of 15 feet, the w iiole-atiiire will he 129 lectin length—and 72 feet flinches in width. L e.dcr the portico are to be thin doors, one in the centre ami two at the thinks, opening into the rhun i»— ami above the entrances, extruding e-

long tiie front, is to be a tabic 50 feet in length, i he whole design indicate- the origin of a new taste among us, by winch high and uncouth steepn a el ected

upon low buildings in bad proportions, «i<! he abolished—and a purer idea of architectural beauty be iuljoductd.

* Phis may be seen at the Boston Athenaeum, which 1ms been much im-1 proved ot late by numerous accessions, j FUOM CAi'T. S IN CL \ Ill’s CUKSOKY UU-

.MilUo OS Tilt. Xl’MY.

A explain of a romp.iiiv irj i < guards came to the grand pai.uk t ■ ailei.d his regiment to Li vdr. 1'ark <*n a gcraral field day : after pai ad fog in u .-nt .»[ the iegiuicnt for sevc»;d minutes in search of ills coiT.pan), w !;i( u incuiid not find, he turned to the adj dint, and request- ed to know why ;t u .s t: i formed wit‘» tlie battalion : Ihe adjutant replied* it was, and pointed •> the company.— i ids mistake pr< unud no small diu-r* sinn tw the other ers. w ho thought, the captain might, at least have know**

his non commissioned nffictrs. atxj |,v them, his company. The < aptain assij. red them, that he had always knowj, h s own company before, by a man v it 7r th u turtle nose, and this man hm. ing been mil ekily left sick at ihr h„*. pital, he h. d no means of distinguishing it from any other.

The Horse of the Coli’mrta Rj. ter* will rank with the finest of hisspe. ties in the known world. His size js fifteen or sixteen hands, even in a stau of nature, unprovided w ith food or she! ter by the hands of man. His form

! Iiibits much hmie and muscle, hut n0f I the mass of flesh which is found on t|ie | fat European horse. His limbs arc | clean ami blender; the neck arched and riai* g ; th hoofs round ami hard: ami

; the nostrils w ith* ami thin—tfi isetputi. iy distinguished for speed and bottom. He inns rapidiy, and for a long time-

I rivalling in this respect all we have | lieutd of the English hunting horses.—, j in other respects, in the docility of f,j8 | nature, in ins rapacity to sustain bun. i ger and hardship, in his powers to pro.

v ide food tor himself and his master lie is wholly ami unrivalled. He j8 readily trained to the business of hj8 master’s life, that of bunting, and pUr. sues the game with all the keenness „f the dog and with equal sagacity and mure success. He will run down the liter in the prairies with or without iiis master on his back, and when overta- ken will hold it with his teeth. V\|„.n rode after game he needs no guiding of the bridle to direct him. He will p»ir. sue a drove of buffaloes* and coining up with them, will stop one hv biting Inm wit his teeth.—The animal hi.ten jm. mediately wheels to defend himself with his horn; the horse wheels at the sa ne instant to avoid it; arid at this moment when the side of the buffaloe is present- ell, the Indian lets fly an arrow which often passes entirely through his body. The wounded animal always turns nut of the drove to lay down and die; the horse and his rider pursues the gang to make fresh slaughter. Another horse trained to a second part of the game, with other Indians, take the trail of the wounded buflaloe, which is buft limd and carried into camp—These things seem incredible ; hut we have them upon the authority of Lewis and Clark, ami a great number of traders who have been upon the Columbian river since the time of their discovery ; some of whom are now in this town.

The capacity of this horse to sustain fatigue, a.id to provide food for himself, is equally astonishing. He is galloped all day, sometimes eighty or ninety miles in the.space often or twelve hours, and is then lift to shift for himself du- ring the night. In the spring, summer and autumn lie finds no difficulty. The short and sweet grass of that country gives him an abundant and nutritious repast. In the winter, anti towards the mountains, where the snow is several feet deep, his unerring instinct tells him where to search : ho scrapes away the snow with his hoof till he conies to the ground, and rooting there with his nose

linds wherewith of moss and grass to( sustain his life. On the borders of creeks and rivers he feeds on the bough* of willows, and other soft wood which his master has sometimes the kindness to fall for him with a hatchet.

This fine annual is found on thebanks of the Columbia, in latitude 46, in the

great plain which lies on the borders of this river between the upper and lover range of mountains. His origin is tra- ced to Mexico ; thence to Spain: throrc to the north of Africa, where the Ara- bian barb i-. found in all the perfection of iiis species. His fine form, hisg lie-

rous spirit, and his noble qualities are

preserved upon the Columbia river; and certainly ')■ is worthy the experiment o

endeavor to transplant him into * I her

parts of toe I'nited States. Many < iti- zens have ofteinpted to do so, but have alw ays been robbed by the Indians of j the Rocky Mountains. Lewis and! Clark procured seventy-three, said by. Governor Clark to be the most beauti-1 ful colledion of horses that hr has ever! seen together before or since; hut the! ^Ivde number was stolon from them by Indians who foil wed their trail and I never ceased their operations until they j had carried o(T the last. U is to be ho- £ ped that the military establishment* form mg on thy upper Missouri will I’** *

cilitate the attempts which w ill no doubt j be renewed to introduce this fine breed j into the settled parts of our continent, j

[SL Louis Enquirer.

Extract of a letter from Dr. Mitchell rJ i

New-Fork. “ Eggs, now ami then, contain other f

eggs, exhibition" a shell within a shell. One » fmy neighbor*, a few months a?0 brought a small Hen’s egg, that was found in ihe middle of a large <*ne, hut no bigger than the common size.— Since that 1 have become the propriet r

of a goo«c egg containing aii »t*:ei tg$* These are still ia my possession.”