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Those who have opposed dancing thro’
religious motives, have done so from the
consideration, that the time thus spenty
should have been devoted to pious and bet-
ter purposes. ~All this ‘may be correct in
a religious point of view : But, while youth
retain any relish for the pleasures of amuse-
ment ; or until it be made manifest that
this refined mean of elegant recreation, is
in its pature, than
g Factised’ tn
ny >
: eS
g of a very small dog. When at
me distance from its hele, which howe-
er, seldom happens, it may be easily
aught, but 18 exceedingly fierce in the
rst instance ; yet in a few days, it becomes
perfectly domesticated, and is pleased with
Deing carressed. It seldem drinks ; it
feeds on the grass which grows around
its hole and remains torpid during winter
These towns are to be found in the large
prairies about three hundred mites west of , :
x Miss ippi,. and are Foqualy. more more einful aad i no
a mile #n length, Pe he situation cho- ‘any other of the Anus 3 Nis
#n Is, generally dry Being, gn he, slope ‘society, it wifl be in'vaini to plead against it
~~ of a hill, and at a distance from avy water, Bin forbidden by Sciipcare: sid
course. When a person approaches, he When it is not forbidden by pure:
"3s agsailed by the whole village with a may be indulged in witha spirit as pure, a
pl
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length, $our feet girth, twelve, Inches be-
tween the eyes and | ninteen across the
breast weight, one hundred and seventeen
pounds! Such was the power of this fis
that the men whotook him weye oblidgedy
to shoot him, order to get him to shore.
Western Spy,
Foreign,
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| Exact fiom London Paper,
Freneh Conspirators,
mishing, and several heads taken off by
the victors, (for since the sbelition of the
slave trade, it is the uniform custom of
these svages to put all their prisoners to
death.) Mr. White interfered as soon a
he heard what was going on, and despatch
ed messengers to the Ashantec general,
‘who has returned a pacific arswer, stating
that he has no tention to molest Cape
Coast. You may be sure, however, that
we are not without alarm, as their army ‘is
so close to us, that while it re mains, we feel
as uncasy as if we were about to receive
[the embrace la Francals ! the fact ispthat
we place no confidence in their pacific pro-
fessions. All the English for many miles
reund, have huried into the castle with the
utmost precipitation, where we arc shut Paris June 28
up with between four and five thousand
women and children. On the other side
the Warsaw tribe have brought an army |
noise, which as I have mentioned, bears y,., 4c uninfiuchiced by unworthy feel-
a resemblance to the barking of small.
Yesterday commenced the trials of the
dogs. The animals are seen behind small; 108s; and a mind 4s free from immoral and
<8 nick-named conspirators, who called
ibid : i 4 \ > : themselves « Parrios. | » ;
hillocks at the side of their holes, on ap- impious thoughts, as arc experienced inthe {go op against Commedia so thal there 1s 1. 0- foiliowing are their oes of 3 8, To
proaching within a few yards of these, enjoyment of other recreations .~~Why,lthing but war and slaughter ail around us. Pleigner, aged 35, TA Cutbos. 2
the inhabitant instantly retreats to his sub- The Anpamboes, and ail the tribes as far 3 AG
then; should ituot be equally as much tole-
rated? It will be, by a liberal and unpre
iudiced people.
14, writing master 3 Tolleron 20, engraye
er; Charles, 66, printer ; Lefranc, 55, fore
Mayette, 27,
; Desbaunes,
gerranious appartments. The wolves have
declared war against these curious people,
and frequently commit great havoc,in their
Bttle republics.
as Berrecoe, are either murdered or dis
i it i'uation . Fo I's 4
persed, and such 1s our critical si'ua O0;| metly an architect ; Viewers
that we know not what will become of us as’ Wile of Plotrd, 2 bot mer
it seems impossible for aby of us to leave | officer of caveire Cra me,
“J he coast, as wehave no ships at hand, and 2 AY orps o
: : Monsieur ; Dervin, 39 formerly inn k
'd Mulgra ; ted In less ’ hh 3, y inn kee
the Lord Mulgrave isnot expected er ; the three brothers Ozere, public Wri
than a fortnight.
ters at the palace of jusiice; Sourdon, 34,
€x usher, poet and singer at the Montag.
Sicr coffee house during the usulpatign
Descubes, 30, chief of battalion ; Gonneau,
57, land owner and e€x-representative of
thie chamber of B
| Breckenridge.
Algernon.
P. S. A manuscript essay, disapproving
in strong terms of the practice of dancing,
wasa few days ago put into my hands
The arguments and observations therein
contained, have given rise to the forego.
ing, which must be my apology for broach.
mn —D
From English Pafiers received at Bogpon.
Barbary States.
+ AMERICAN Patriot.
To speak Als thoughtym
2s every Freeman’srighn *’
BarrrronTE, SEPTEMBER 7, 1816.
ing the subject at the present time. ; : tera! : onaparie ; Bellaguet, a
Sore 08 } neh ELT ny ny London June 28.—There is an article! jek in the war office ; Honnessier, 22,
» ; ay, {from Rome which staies that the Reverend a bear maker ; Werricht, $0, a German.
Ld {iii he : tFacher, Tayler has delive to the Pope (ailor® Lebrun 94 sls Bainter ;
. Borns Pathyr. oh, Toa ’ 1 Let Tun <4, shawl pair tel ’ Bota ¢
|& memorial, claming “ the intervention of pagsic
i . Wforeigy powers in favor of the Irish Cath- dealer 1n brand
. | Silverdallats are at only'8 per cent. ad=jolics.” a -merchant’s
Although Dencing in the present age, 18; vagice Charleston, S. C. This indicates Mails fom lenders 1d Holland | have 26, studen
: 3 : iti the banks in thatiarrived. be latter has brought a Hoar tenant of d
Seprobated by many of the pious part of the | pretty sane condi ory of . : a
P : y : : : > - 2 vo. Place; as dollars sometimes bear that pre-{lem paper in which this country is spoken cha
community as sinful, it Nas anc ¥a . tmium when the banks redeem their notes of in the aout disrespectiul manner with etd
ligious exercise. In Egypt it was a prin- with specie, respect to its conduct to the Barbary Powe per
cipal part of the religious rites of the
ers. Under the hicad Barcelona, the 29st
»sthood ult say se : ‘entered into a cong
riesthood, we find many references entered 8
Priesthood, ny q Cs “We have here several letters from Thuilleries, and to invite Napoleon 11 to
to this practice in the religious solemni- Algiers, of a later date than the second ‘the throne. Ti ey had frequent meetings;
ties of the Jews. It is now considered, ve- and at length aggreed upon a Proclamation
ry generally, only as a lively and innocent
appearance of lord Exmouth before that
City ; but though full of minute details, in which gy tum ounced, that « their obe
amusement ; a harmless relaxation, more they however ieave us. Wicenain wi Gct- Ject wes Nations] independence,” that they
; : : a 1 paie. {for damages done by our army at Odle-{*8 his lordship’s. real object in. this ex. wished to terponate the revolution by overs
he effect of happy, joyous, animated gale-1 It will be recoilécred * that ogr (PEAItion, So much however is certain, throwing the Houvrbon government, and
ty and good-humor than any thing else iicitizens on this frontier have imme $6 thatthe... the aud the dnieiest yfiar they would mvite Napolean 1 to the
and, as a respectable author has said, « one claimes against the British government throne on condition thas the regency sheuid
of thoze indifferent. things, of which their damage done bythe army under Sip CCCP a ctiiain constitution.
too a _ {George Prevost, in 1814 (te say no
good or bad use may incline us to approve
or condemn.” .
of the almost indiscriminate plunder of
RE this village in 1813, by the marat
That there is any thing, in the least, re. Party under Col. Murray) ‘and not wit] id
i in dancing ; or, that the act is ever Sanding the Proclamation of Sir Geo Bis
hgonsn 5 3.07 promised protection to the property of
peaceable individuals ; yet when a repre.
sentation of these claims was made 0 his
excellency, after his return to Canada, the
claimants were told that when the Ameri-
can government paid the citizens of the
Upper Province for damages done by the
American army, then, ard not till then
would these claims be paid. !
It is worthy of remar < also, that Sir
George departed from’ this place without
paying his private bill, amounting to two
or three hundred dollars, where ¢ and
his suite quartered. a Oe
Dreadful
ty sen. 51, hair desser; Phillippiy
y Warin, 22, ex cleik in
counting house ; Lascaux,
tin medicine ; Lejeune eR-ilcue
ouanes; Diouot, 51, wingsmers
nt; Honxeau 40, florist; Cartier, 44
red officer ; Garnier, 55, coltenespin=
i Planson, 58. jewelier.
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These miserables are accused of having
piracy to blow up the
DANCING.
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Plattsburg (N. Y.) Aug. 10.
A number of citizens of Canada have |
(presented claimes against onr govern
(ment, as appears by the abstract presents
ed to the War Department by Maj Rees,
*
ter the treaty so lately concluded with the! Ty
Neapolitan & Sardinians, could expect
nothing of the kind) the conditionthat the The Russian troops at Nancy have -
Algerines should in future treat the sailors ceived orders to inarch to Maubedge, where
and paseengers who may fall into their the Russians are copeentrating their forces * ,
hands, not as slaves but as prisoners of war. Marshall Suchet and general Celbert, who
It was as if one should require a people appeared at court yesterday, aie expected
who had only one branch of industry to have immediate commands. The wait
to renounce it. In fact, the indignation of money, however, renders the French lea
ofthe Divan, and of the Turkish militia, vies extremely slow
whom the dey consulted successively, rose By a private citer we learn, that 2 Louse
to the highest pitch. Lord Exmouth and has been taken at Toeplitz for the king of
von had great difficulty in getting Prussia, and that there is no other founda-
Parys, July 1.
8ccompanied with reflections suitable to
the solemn and devotional exercise of wor.
ship, are ideas not admitted by any who
now make an amusement ofit. It is con.
tended, however, that among the amuse-
ments common in saciety, it is not more
ginful in its nature ‘than many others, the
ginfulnes of which perhaps are never, or sel.
dom, questioned. It becomes immoral in
its tendency, only in the manner that al-
most any thing else may, by excess of in-
dulgence. Intemperate indulgence in any
thing, however innocent or good it may be
in itself, is ever of pernicious consequence.
The most salutary medicines when immo-
rough the crowd that ¢o ected, and tion for the meeting of the crowned heads,
reaching again the beach and their boats. but this circumstance.
The family of the english consul was fetchi- The lady of general Sir Robert Wilson
ed with much ill treatment from his coun- being dangerously indigposed, WE are assir-
try house and two officers of the sume ed that the general has obtained permission
nation who lodped there, were seen brought to go to the house in which she reaides, on
into Algiers with their hands tied behind giving his parole of honor that he will not
their backs.” : leave the Louse.
We take an opportunity of replying this
article to several letters we have received
upon the subject of the Piratical : tates.
In our last paper we. mentioned an a
A eet
From English Papicts received at Boston
rn TAP : eh MW gap 4 q- : Loswow; July 5.
« derately used, are often the mos i-{count which had appeared in the D ch Tt 1s asked what conduct are we to adopt?
ousin rs t3: but} mo t deleteri Journals, of a war t pe wal ravaoi Si 1s not every man in the kingdom able to an- A letter from Marseilles states that the
iF stigcts : but jt would be absurd, Win swer it ? treaties have been made for the,pur-- Mahoni€tans at Bona (a prat town of Ale
western coast of Africa. Tt was transmit.
ted by the Dutch secretary to gov
at the castle of St. George, Delm
the 15th of March, andl expressed the opin-
lon that our establishment of Cape Coast
Castle (miscalled in the Dutch papers
Cape Cors,) would not be able to hold out
against the furious banditti who are coming
down against it.
We received cn Saturday a letter from
a gentleman resident at that settlement,
from which we have extracted the folloy.
ing particulars of the origin and progress
of the Negro war. The letter is dated the
22d of March, seven days later than the
Dutch secretary’s account 3 and is the only
communication on the subject that has yat
been received in England.
and the extreme of folly to condemn them,
or refuse to proffit by their good qaulities
Merely because others had made a bad use
of them. If dancing is, of itself, innocent,
the only duty of the moralist is to warn us
against a too intemperate indulgence in it.
The weightiest argument that can be ad-
duced against dancing, 1s, that it is of more
seducing influence than any other of the
fashionable amusements of society. It, ne-
vertheless. admits of the same degree of in-
dulgence, without transgressing the bounds
prescribed by religion and morality, that
they do. Even where an unwarrantable
pose as it should seem, of breaking them be giers) on Ascension Day murdered all the
fore the ink with whichthey were wrote was) christians in the place, the number suppose
dry--can we humiliate ourselves so fur as ed to exceed 300, and believed to include
10 enter into anymore treaties with pirates?, the British Consul. Several christian vege
British vessels have seized, and their crew. sels cut their cabels and ran to sea.
carried into captivitye—and more than all! The address from the county of Kent to
this, British blood has been shed ; and iti the princess Charlotte on ber marriage was
cries aloud for vengeance. No co-operation {signed by 5000 persons.
no concert with any other power. But we] Within the last two days three houses
should be equally surprised and ashamed, !in the Manchester line have been oblige
if any argument were wanting to rouse to stop payment
the spirit of the country, and to convince us! Accounts from Cadiz are to June 24m
of the folly of againtreating with these bar. They state that commercial failures contin=
barians. A treaty with them is so much ve to take place. a
blank paper. A title taken from the roof, On Monday the banking house of Messrs
of the Dey’s palace, and rought off, would Bruce, Simpson & Co suspended their pay-
be justas efficient a security. The pirates ments. They state, however, that they
vernment,
ina, dated
:
“ Since my last (says the writer) we
nave been full of trouble, alarm, and confu-
sion, at this place and all ziong the Famee
codst, B-appoars that three or Tour of he
island princes, having given some offence
to the king of Ashantee, he made war upon
; them, with a vast army, and chased them
circle, and has somewhat of a tendency toffrom place to place, with dieadiul slaught-
destroy, or lessen those petty distinctions" till they came up to the Fantee territory,
in society, which oth {where they received protection fora time.
fie Cf amusements, trom|g,,, being again attacked by at least 20,000
their nature, are more calculated to encon- men, it was impossible to stand against
rage and strengthen than otherwise, not to them, and after a SenguIAy bastle the fu-
d ys iti t meke a stand, and they
Say any thing of the effec “ives could net. : ly
: F 2ny lung € t which thas up-{o ore routed and dispersed in all divections.
on the manners, and that reciprocity of re-
“The Ashantees having afterwards
gard and interchange of good feeling,
aeard that they had found an asylum pear
whieh it affords the opportunity. of caltiva- |S Place, (Cape Coast Castle) they dis-
ting, and is very happily calculated to in-
patched a part of their army hither, with
8pire,
indulgence has been extended vo the prac-
tice of this amusement, we find its effects
upon Society, “as happy and beneficial in
some respeets, as they are said to be per-
nicious in others. It enlarges the social
an intention of destroying the town, and I
am sorry to say, thérgehas Seen mush akir-
must be chastised all the remembrance of
their fears shall give us ample security
—Wwe need no previous declaration of war,
forthe have long put themselves out of
the pale of civilized Srates, or rather never
were within it. Let a fleet be sent out
forthwith. With the Barbary corsairs
the Bonepartean maxim, « jet the war
maintain itself,” its strict aad unquestion-
able justice; and whoever commands on
such an expedition, will effect the double
purpose chastising for past injuries and
pressing the whole expence of the castiga-
tian upon those whose defiance of justice
and humanity provoked it.
? Courier
cso,
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the dimensions of which, by actval zdma
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{found guilty.
A Catfish was taken by a trout fine ops’ ) ;
posite Cincinnatd Ohio, on Monday iist,! A writer from Buenos Ayres despairs of
{the independetice of that country irom the
urement, were Bye feet and an half in’ iactians that distract the revolutionists,
have sufficient property to pay all demands
if time is allowed them.
The Jast letters from India prepare us,
(to expect 2 Nopaul war. dnstigated by
{to Mahratas, they refused to ratify the
the treaty.
| It is stated that in England, Scotland &
{Ireland there ave still six millions of acres
of land uncultivated. :
Marshal Sache: has bgen put on active
service by the king of France.
Marsha! Davoust has received orders to
retire to Flavigay.
Lieut. general Gilly has been tried wd .
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The duke of Wellington ha8 come to En-
gland 10 ure the Cheltenham waters, on
account of the liver camplging.
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