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Wpni ilw. f'r..iil.Uo GaiKt'itf. i . , WABHINOTON. 5 a If lufafeittrfcwwKed by a loaru ~ %il and aistii^ukhnl gentleman, and >ve believe the observation to be true: that theljirth Dnv of Washington is the oty^eije (besides thnYof <mu' Sa viour) retained long after death, m an anmv.^rrarf Iff festivity far natitM a! cdnniiftuuioratiou. AJ1 the C3i tizwia tif the Uiiited States, lxt ihelr . .|Hjlitk?l;i^oii?oj[B?n wha t ipuayy ? iwiie in regarding the went it jfro duosd as ike foundation of theft ^ own ?wl as the source of uni versal good. Had Washington been .wanting, oar Revolutionary efforts ? Would, probably, have been fruitlecs: rcsembjftg |K desultory anduueon ' M6(wl^ txjfbtins of ojir - Southern -i>eigl.h(^ urithotit concert m opera Wjffjg. pcrnun nancy m MaglV jfo character )*1 tfcaf in it, which fbr , bads rii^bhip or enyy. No one vcntti-cAfe start as competitor, but - the superiority of his vww^.dehditwl W Iwilor the one and give lacdity to. u the other. He .Vrasj^jjtaf thdt 1 warned upon the ?^SS^SdW*8 ** mMl ?uiy to Wafejuihze and regufafethota^ Huch - *.c^tw e**mtialto the wiecess of a Kvafifioo i( ao^be-^eiictfr^ tnot cannot ioo w armly tiMnk th? Providence by Which btf Was grant T^^i^twi^^rncW^ stands as n niodel forhiscountpaKn. On hi*. btrth:day,-jts beiwtifulleatnres, stroita aa4:f^pEaporti0n? shoqtblrb&: adequately depicted. The moral influence of such Contemplations, an? uually and CCgidarly, .could not 4>ufe? in tune becogie obvious jind imuor Virtue. :well described never * fails to equate, and many will Wrlrefouoitate that, whUb all unite to admiring.? -I ns tend of Hie Idle, and ... ?V9ldti,ha4|ieen uttered as eulogy by party zealots on tkis memoi-ahle day: ?se!5 - ^WWlMiiaad temuwi^de^aiinn "? "??? <* . itlab, ImwQvor* to pro ? leisure ? .r.S^'cf:;^W^:Mluwing letter extracted ftwra tlm " Private, ?' ,no,v t<x anotlier and We frve^as o^mite, ru honor of the twenty siqlfijE. *VO $aHgQg!j|ffiAS1 IINOTOM. " EMi-ffc "MsVob & 177#-" ? ? SiV.? I received but lately the * toiler yotif excellency did mio (tie hofiar of writing to mo in tecoin SH8PSSS8 his arrival at P*<i*j his 7,eal for th* hbnor of our coimfry, fcis activity in our affairs here, atiu Im& firm attach ment to oar cmnaey awl to you* im pressed mo with the same regar<tand esteem for hira tlM your excellency*? " letter would lunreT uoue, had i( been immediately delivered to me. Bhot&l i?eaee, arrive after ^further cairrpaign or two, and afford us a lit fle leisure, X should he happy to sec ypvir exceltenfcy 111 Knrope, and to Accompany you, if my a$e and strength would permit in vkitiftg Home of its tfrifeient and most famous kingdoms. Yon wo ikl ptot this hM* the sea, eft jay the greiff ttputntkm you have ?$<] ^tireifc pure' fcid fWe ffam those lit tla sliatlcs that the jealousy and eftM^ of it ntin'scmmtrymettHudcf^temp^i raries are eTrij endeavoring to caM Ovrr livlW; merit, i^Tfrre voh would ] know, ana enjoy, ^hat[WKteriljr *wttl I sly of WasbUi^on. For a thqjtisand ltta^oe^ lave noady tlie same eflfi^t: with a tiinUftaml years. - TfofMMe voice of. grovellihg pas- < fthii* carmnt extend so far either in time or di?faure. ,Vt present K en j ?v tint pleasure for yo?i sis I Uv ?|W!itly hear tin4 old generals < ,f this j mvrii.d ro:mtrv (who **?.?? 4v tin mav*?: ! % ? ? ? ft . o! AurTica* j\nd r.nrk i:jw?n <h<'ii! alt 1 Vot. ^jv?' \\{ -? '-h i approbation applau*? of your conduct and join in ^iriti^ n\0Uv the clwract&r of one of tlie greatest .tttfeaiits of the a^e. 1 must soon quH thiti scene but yon may live to pes oufecoittiiry flourish, as it wilt ainazm^&uid rapidly after the fur is over, fake a field Indian" com \vVich tons; iair weather and sunshine has enfeebled i arul discolored and /which m that; ^ ~ < 't ? J ~ . . *#eak state by a tliuudcr cjusf k? vio lent wind, lmit ami irftin, ?eeroed to be threatened tvlth absolute dest ruc tion: yet the .storm bein;; past it re covers fresh verdure Shoots up with double *vig<H> and delights the eye not of its own only, but c?f every ob servln^ traveller, The best wishes tliat eai*be form -ed for your health,. lionor and lutppi ^ness <? ever attend vo?i, from yours, ?&?.? U.FRANKLIN. ? v - TltE FL(PttUM&~ ? ty- [from tiir x \ vaxn r ttpv r ti o an If there had been >ii) other motive for the suppression of the Amelia ex pedition, & *uflkient reason would be found, iii putting a stop to the im portation of Africans, and the mea ?u^ wo\ikl l^ye done equal honor & tk head and heart of our chiet, magistrate v Have the wise aud vir tuous of our otvn country enacted laws, pnly for the purple of flaying them violated ? : Are ftlmliTioii soci eties daily established in the differ ent eecifrtna of our republic in mere W^kvty Y Or are we iu earnest, in desiring to put an end to this 'trafie, so odtotla, |nihe sight of God and mail r At^ proof? Waittiug ? We refer again to the " record* of Savan na h. \V1U if !>e credited, t hn t; a re gular chain of jmsts is established from the )i*ad df St Mary's rivcr, to tjhe uppe* ctffttjtry, i*nd through the Indian nation, by rffoarcs of which* these enwaatcd "wretched, Arc hur ried and transfcrcd to evei$ part of *hc country. The woodmen of the country, Is Ordering on the' river St. Mary's rido, like so ftiany ? Arab*, loaded witli slave* . Neatly for mar ket. Pursuit is useless tlr?y pujdi y^imghp j^ni^Jnibited parts. * krkrtvn <*nly to theuuielve^ ; and with a spir " it of enterprize fitted for Setter pur poses elude at! search. If vVnthf ior farming a caravan an Indian alarm : fr^uerited ; if pursued ; into Floridii; Whai r will the humarte when told of MK^omm^uf these lujswahle AlVi riM ??', <W small Sohikwice iff abfljU $H) tcrfts, contained \i*RT soul* ; they I were almost packed into ? a small space, between ai floor laid frver the water caA$s and the derk? 4iot near tjhrec feet? insufficient for them tosit u pr j%ht~^-*rftf *o close that chafing agaiftst ecft.1i other? theit* bones pte** res the skin, and l^ome gaflrd and thc^^Kl/ a siity stinted consisted of rotten vice ? in a state- of feritientatlbn, And so watttt'ai to com- * theii* IiimmIs ? -numbers \ died of li^pgerv<ro!d and misery ? \ while others crawled abo!tft, a port of living anatomic, d tacked, naked \ ai\d sliiveriug; in tldi* (to them) cold < climate and season, from their ^pri son housed and lurried off, 011 long^ and p&hkfnljmimie*, to satisfy the C.ipidity of tmfee lin??; *<f venturers ? putting astde i\# agntrfrfe of the IkmIv . wtjaf Irtrtwe* pf rymct have tfitee a fleeted sons of Africa not undergone. When these Unhappy HuBerer^wrre ra-captured by tlir. Satanac, tl*c com monest sailors oti board, touched with the teittlerest sympathy, divided amcfttgst thenr, thefr clotlies, and ev ery aid, that circumstances made ;>o? sihle, w as humanely afthrded by th^ ofBcv*rs. What a si:;ht has Kcr jDlndina exhibited ! ^ This cradle 1 rfflwttv^ as somo would persuade ' the pnhlfc ? when prirateej* sailors' have led obotif, and sold their shares of the spoil fo the highest Uiddtr.j what a sp&'iinevt of government ! What a jnoof of cr**}rtecfioti with Mexico and Veuczncfti ? that forbid din trallc in the new $ovt*tumetti. Hut hss the pvesklbiA been imoiinwl (\?o \r* snp;Hisf. Hiatj 'lie V <i'Pir ?;% rr.Vi i#u symfcUirs of *U tlieoc hon ors.. . TUe }>artial {mWkatiiin pF tW^ reports, answer such* in^rc^fiotv^tmV k hut a faint picture of tui^/uonsUtifi? trade. beeu wiitteu amj said og*^ j*n?>ject of fcarbaritv and cruelty^ is yet exUnt. \vfeenoer' it tg. tol^ratetiL aud nmu vtyen he madeatnule wto- fi4k>w. Kke t^e! Mly?Qa becomes the ;uft?lfest of the fcihn Tlu| much - for humanity/* sakis-buitor theUwat \va* *4 the president to prevent l^y driving from our fronller thialnmle of marauders, who distv^jjrirdeil and insulted it, airtT thanks to hui^lie fa* qytlC 'j?,[ '.-? . ^ SOCIETIES The genius of our institutions, add thfc jirospncts of wealth and employ ment held Jbutljy our country, con tinue so Inviting to the enje^riilns and the industrious in Europe, Ihat. Emigrants , i*$ne from alt poUits of tlie old workl in ir constantly increase ins throqgto* the shores' of Liberty. The stream, instead of losing strength or rapidity iu great Westerly tmtrpe, appears, on the contrary, to gather greater volume and velocity. Whilst ye endeavorto profit by the ikill and intimity, which the op pressions of Europe have allowed ts* to coovort to our use* we ought not lor be, uixmindfiil bf the personal hap piness of those who Sfjrtyfe fastrui meats of this augmented power and] wealth. "We ought to contjacf' the jSmi^rani into-that -path^fin which he will immediately become useful 1o himself and - the common w ealth ? Emigrant Societies are, hi this view, the most useful of institutions. They assist the Emignmt with counsel and rcaotmis in a land, where aflis strange to him*? They guide his skill f and industry into the m<ist profitable Hiannels. They enilcaVor to pre sent his beobmiug a bimlen on the society^" - in our most coiisideratile town???^vhero - jfawir with their lnr'^e population, If fie does not bticome indolent and virions, lu* i*. at least, joaUed ty pum^itt^com^ Suitors in the sjrrtie career of indus y< . We hav& remarked, ^however, ?liat srjch institutions have taken their ifre at W ? I t aiage lo5^^ wvn, ?n$ wbo h?? befetf; ' Scorned to mwujcrenndaiHtohM, pgSvu lo Untie ho here fnetfc w ith, SS^T Duti*. aiirt WvJ? wniaiiaut ?ttlern(Mit. >:/|?hej^ move in lira. bodies fnmw their own shores, \ their Yewtaice ; and they enrich and embellish ttie scenes of Own industry, by that diuglWiess of |Hir|K>se and execution best phnnoled by coloni k\*nty Now the Irish KmigHi ^hcnisolvea iu sikjIi nm our spa port tow us, withi m*vins in common, that I isotmv sort,* to rescue ^^desoLatjon In*. we are < slr,u^* from eve . their ua V lo our hImhth comfort and Subsistence,' Emigrant Hfltjety, and a Emigrant Boi^ty, wouM be bfencft- j < in I institutions in our principal cities; into which these foreigner* ate often thrown, : ignorant tliaf is spoken, ami - usages of the people hj^^boni they are surrounded. <1 . , < 'V/ The Ii-ish seem desirous to tfftoim** try men ; to d*<w thc|pl lar^e rities lot# onr threat irt keep togethc* in a Itody, tlu?fcainoJariil, tlie>iaroftLp ners^ cud o$*u$es ; juiil we t wisiWii^TPftere. can l>e lit hfitic hippos* I e^t -<-f tfcfe' ?ui':$ir !.!? tl a'i le sin lit ba eu^-eu fhnii our sea port towns where impulntionliecominj; evert roo xnpH mor* coiuleo?e$L 'tlie reward of | labour must continue to in tUfc means of ih ir^ to tfsv. T|n?l*etfei r kinds of wrtjint w and maimfacttfiteYi ? locate greater jtff v.f iudas^y 14 wiiiety thtjij; skitt auingmuity wo in ?t?ah<Uaiwl AiU ^ejU^t^ccvarded \m\ sijiffy \ hQ^Sp^flieAti.^ df entrV ^iziw tfctf A^racufyaifot, <ri?*h and ^Wrn , wkw-clieaji iwl fertH* the1 svttiAy by liife they open to litni of >^oaal ind * diu^ jurFa rapid fort**#* field t'of enter i>riz^ ttt f life AtlflPtit - states uill UQt Uear a eoimwpson. ; ' a mode of $ettiih? gnei* art <Sw^f?* caat laiuW it* a national xfrvsy'U* v ^IMBPL Kmigin*ntifc tjie West, Ht^f? <l*e .^bosoui; of< our own territory; daily exemplifying1 thfc force of the alt-poweftoiattrtt^uita of ^iauliw manners and nsa&foyflUi at t ran ion which nothing can dissolve or weaken.' A fuller incorporation o?fhft\ai^ infe thm-elVes so rapfdty ^:oi\_ vwrt coonlry^ wotil^, no'dfHito^ oiV'thoHc national peculiarities, wl *A -- ?? A. *- _ .!?' ' '1 Jr-X* - ?? - _ ? " Mnfc vji^fuow in otu- crrcuni^tati ces ami cumUtien,. tliat any ^ artififcial niwfflfr ?m -hci^lertscil -U| Uife vti?ifr;h?: fjtuleir t'.iis impression, we" think th?, poHfy Mpf -the government 'ekuulft'jbe ' t<? ratfte a *tron? barrier to our* frwjM L tier settlements, bv srurrmimUne them wtlh a face, ofhiudv industlrlotB-ct4 CiVKrtorff :? men S^Hi 'lvni tw. ationg ' a v v ^rSirr f -afc ? -v7' \ \ t - ijy united ?.? ,r?|)elln?g \ bur bowleg not oftly by i tere?it in the HoU,botbyi Km.umew, tu? torn s unit luneuagc. - Execution: \3_ ot aud trtwted pjuinte. Tfee - conduct; his decant nfai fcwwe man ijM-s/Uw altimttait of Tutor in a noble family,, I Vlier ;.t a stitoot, and Clerk i in tlni waveaetflf Bank. In all \m Wis hiti+il v ich|>Mc?1, mid consider - ed l<> uoswrs* very pi omitting talents, - UohtHyptty hi?-iaind l?cawe tainted, with iaM? Jity, aAd Aim iMjrcd 0*? way f('?r that temptation to tvliuii Ue Sacrificed hi* Wrf character. ?ln tfthi innoccnt and nmminr manner (aUn,lin? tu l.i? literary -w *"t' ) IM'!,r'y two years pnssed swrcf. ly over, w hen a vacancy occanicg I WM ttgfir ^ 3?a ^cr* by the firm, mImj, cni widerinfl tiijrg^mTal good charnrtef as Attiffiri ut scruritv required Ao ofcf. Now Ijfcomin^ mdfc. imtl^ Mitt Kp litre of iny acquaintance tf** Attend^; an<l am a c or.ac^nonco, *wy IbHrirr hVtSits of reliicnifftf bfawf gradually, to v r*r off. Tb4 pfat mm that I l;ad hUlid to found in tl,?; dusel, v u. H it wv