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BALTIMORE THEATRE.
The public are respectfully informed that
for the remainder of the season the doors will
be opened at a smarter past 5 end the curtain
rise at a quarter past 6 o'clock, precisely.
On WEDKE^DATEVf.MKG, November 11.
Will be presented, a Tragedy, in five acts,
called
The Robbers----Die Rauber.
To -which will be added, a Farce in i. acti, (not
acted these ten years,) called'
The Mock Doctor ;
or, tjtb dumb i.Anr cured.
BOX, One Dollar—PIT, Three Fourths of
a Dollar
November 10 _______________^_
Imported
By the ship George and Albert, captain Joel Vic-
kers, from Tonningen,
White & brown Pbrtillas, ? of superior qua<-
'Dowlas and Cassefillus, 5 UtjTj
1U0O oval Demijohns,
(The above entitled to drawback.)
And by the late arrivals in Philadelphia from
Tonningen,
A General Assortment of
German Woolen Hosiery.
On hand,
Bohemia Window Glass, 10 by 13,
Ticlclenburgs, Rouans, white Rolls, and
Checks No. 2
5000 Gunney Bags,
For sale by
FREDERICK C. GRAF,
Head of. Smith's dock.
Sept. 33._____________________________d__
Marr and Gibson,
7, C M.VEJ1T STREET,
Ha the Custom, House.
Has received by the late arrivs from Ton-
ningen and Amsterdam,
265 packages German Lin-
ens,
Consisting of
PlatiUas Royales
Bretugucs f
Estopillas Uuies
Creas
Dowlas, whole and half pieces
Listadocs
Chocks no 2 and Book Qhecks
Checks and Stripes
Arabias
Hessians
Brown Rolls
Osnaburgs and Ticklenbursjs
Burlaps
White Flaxen, &c.
Also on Hand,
Blue Guineas, Dutch Calicoes, Muslins,
Harlem Stripes, Dutch Shirting Linen, Ta-
blecloth, homemade Linen, Metal Nails for
sheathing, Gin Cases, Liquor Cases, Hollow
Glass, Dutch Harware, he.
Oct. 28._________________________dim
William Cooke, Jim.
H'ls received par the ship Erin, from Bordeaux,
6 cases Lutestrings,
4 Grenoble Kid Gloves,
3 Silk Stockings,
1 Extra Long Silk Cloves,
1 Men's Biii kskin Gloves,
1 Twilled Silk Shawls,
1 Cambriek.
Whieh he offers for sale on reasonable terms.
Sept 25.___________ . d
Liverpool Salt.
Received per the ship General Knox. Sam
H. Grenodo, master, just arrived from Liver-
pool,
.7000 bushels Liverpool Coarse Salt, which
will be sold low on accommodating- terms, if
taken Irom the ship.
ALSO,
30 orates well assorted Earthenware. Ap-
ply to CORNTHWAIT & YARNALL,
83, Bowly's wharf.
10th mo. 29. dl2t
Trench Goods.
W. & J. Hoffman,
No. 3, Sooth Charles si beet,
Have inipor,ed*by the Rising Sun, capt. tivlbrook,
from Bordeaux,
85 packages French Goods ;
Consisting of
A choice collection out of the several Man-
ufactories, made by a competent j'',-lge for
cash.__________October 12. d
W. & J. H oil man,
No. 3, South Charles-street,
HAVE FOR SALE,
18 packages English Goods.
Entitled to drawback on exportation, and
will be sold very cheap to close salesol a con-
signment, also,
imported in the ships George and Albert, and
Strafford, from totmingetx,
100 package^German Linens.
October 15. d
Nichols a<;d Trench,
No. 12, Soutli-slreet,
Have this day received an additional supply of
PIECE GOODS, consisting of
Meei'gungee,}
Jalalpore and C Malmoodys,
Gaunepore j
Tandah,
Aliabad, , r
J dalpore andC
Mow J
Fooipore Cassues, and
Eaftas.
In Store.
Einmerttes, Bafta's and Checks. The above
entitled to debenture
Alsv on Consignment,
Split Straw Bonnets in cnsesy ami
A lew bags fresh Hops, of a superior qua-
lity-______________Nov. 4. dlfil}
Basy/ell's Life of Dr. Johnson*
fust Published av.djhr Sale by
Samuel >\ Bradford;
At his BOOKSTORE, Mo. 2jC, M ai-.i. c r-
S i n i: g t ,
Vol 1st and 2d.
(Price 2 D i:ia, 4 25 cents t>er volume.J
THE LIFE OF
Samuel "fo/mson, li. L. D.
Comprch'iii!;: - "i aecmitt of his studies
and numerous works, in clwm I gic^l Brderj
a series of his Spislolarj Gftrr'esj.oiKU-tice and
Coovcrsations with many erinoelrt p^rsonsj &.
various original pieces of his composition, ne-
ver before published. The v.'V»le uxlubiling
a view of litera.ure and I'uerar) men ill Great
Britain, for near half a century, during wiiich
he flourished.
Bv James Boswell, Esq.
Q__:o lit irt omnis
tMHM -
Sannahs,
M'Culloh and Poor,
NO, 197. Mahketstreet,
Have received per Fan i', Diana, and Canltin,
from Liverpool,
A very genera) assortmunt of
HARDWARE.
Among which are,
An excellent assortment of
PLATED &TINNED SADLLEKk' AND
-CUTLERY.
October 15. d
St. Andrew's Society.
The members of this Society, will please
take. Notice, that their Preparatory Meeting
will be held at Peck's Hotel, on Thursday
eosuing at half past six o'clock, P. M.
It is expected that the members will on
this occasion generally assemble, that the
business, which may come before them re.
lative to the approaching Anniversary Meeting
may meet with as general a concurrence as
possible. Bv order.
ANDREW BURT.
November 9. d4t
Henry Schrceder and Co.
Have rtceivtiil-y the different arrivals from. Lon-
don, JJveipo:)/ and Hull,
A very extensire, and general assortment of
Full Goods,
. Which they offitt for sale by the package or
piece on the most i .-^ssonable terms.
October 5. dl5t-eo!5t
Votiva pate.it veluti descripta tabclla
Vm 6EN18----------ilorat.
rfjj- The Third Volume, which will com-
plete Che work, will be/pijolished »i about 3
weeks, when the price will be raised.
Extract from the advert is ilnent prefixed te the
4th l.on-Jon edition, by Edm Malone
" Of a work wiiich ]\js been before the
public fur thirteen years with increasing appro-
bation, and of which near tour thousand copies
h»y« been dispersed, it is not necessary to say
more ; yet I can not refrain from adding, lhat
highly as it is now estimated, it will, 1 am
confident, be stid more valued by posterity a
century hence, when all the actors in tne
SC»ne shall be numbered with the dead ; when
the excellent and extraordinary man whose
wit and wisdom are here recorded, shall be
viewed at a still greater distance ; and tl*
instruction and entertainment they afford, will
all at i-ince produce reverental gratitude, ad-
miration and delight."
The following elegant Apostrophe is from the pen
of Richard Cumberland, -esq.
" Alas ! I am not fit to paint his character;
nor is there need of it; kttam n.ortuux loquitei
every man who can buy a book, has bought a
Bosivell; Johnson is known to all the reading
world.""
November 10. &*t
Wants a place.
A Lad from the Country, between 16 and
17 years < f age. wants a Situation in a Retail
Dry Good s't re in this city. Satisfactory re-
ferences, respecting Character and Connecti-
ons, maybe had by appljing at 26, Water-
street. November 2. d8t
Wanted Immtd'ateiy.
Two active W A ITERS who can come
well recommended, will hear of an eiigdble
situation, b\ applying at this < ffite.
November 10. d4t
Notice is hereby Ci.en,
That the Sheriff of Baltimore county is di-
rected to have the body of John U. K»\iv, an
insolvent debtor, now in his custody, before
the count) court of Baltimore counb , on Sa-
turday, this 14th day of November instant, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of
discharging the said John B. Sayre fWrni con-
fm».ment, unless cause be shewn to the con
trary, agreeably to the. directions of ti,e aet
for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors
WILLIAM GIBSON, Clk.
Nov. lo.____________________________(US
St. Mary'sCollege.
GRAND LOTTERY, BALTIMORE,
Authorised by an act ot the general as
of the state Off Man land ; the scheme of
which Lottery is the most brilliant evqr of.
fered to the. citizens of the United States
containing, besides a large number of olhc
valuab'e prizes,
1 prize of - - 30,'X)0 dollars,
1 do. of - - 15,000
3 do. of - - ll,,O0O
2 do. of - - 5,e00
8 do. of - - 1,5(>0
7 do. of - - 1,000
And not two blanks to a prize. The scheme
contains 2I5I.-0 tickets, 10,000 of whieh are
actually sold to a company of gentlemen in
New-Y<-uk, towhomlhe manager-shave obligat-
ed themselves to cottimfence the draw-inn on
THURSDAY, th, Sift day of December next
To draw 50b tickets per dav, and four'days
drawing in every week, making '.'000 tickets
drawn P*r week, whu-h will complete the
drawing; -n less than eleven weeks.
TICKETS ft SHAKES are now-selling in
a variety of numbers, at ten dollars each', at
W A I T E 's
TRULT LOP 7 UNA TE
OFFICE, Corner or MARKET and
CHARLES-STltEETS
BALTIMOKL.
From the rapid sale of the Tickets in every
part of the union, an adiance. willshortl) be
put on them, of uhicrf an advertisement will
soon appear in the public prints.
The grandeur of'"the scheme of the al'ove
lottery, together with an assurance from the
managers that the lottery will positively com-
mence drawing on the 31st days of Dec, mber
next, have been a sufficient induiement for the
subscribers to come to the city ot'ljalt more ibr
tlie express purpose of i cilitating the sale of
the Tickets. G. & R. WAI'lE.
dj- One of the above ii.-m will personally
attend the drawing daily, to take down the
numbers correctly, as will also one of their
clerks. All prizes sold by C-. Si R. VV'aite will
be paid bvtheHfi, and a printed list of all prizes
drawn will be published by them and delivered
to their customers once a fortnight during-the
drawing. The next New-York Lottery wilt
not commence till April next.
Distant Adventurers, accompanying their
orders with bank notes of any description, to
either of Waite.'s offices in New-York or Bal-
timore may have Tickets and Shares forward-
ed to any amount with the utmost punctual-
ity, ate1 the earliest advise sent them of their
success Ail-prizes sold by G. & R. Waite
will be paid by them.
Oct. 1. d
Bank of Baltimore,
November 6, 1807.
Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders
that an election fbr fifteen directors will be
field at the Fountain Inn, on Monday the 7th
day of December next, at nine o'clock in the
morning ami continue until 3 o'clock in the
afternoon.
By order of the board.
JAMES COX,
Cashier,
N. B. By act of incorporation five of the
preseet directors art not eligible for the next
year.
November 6 dtTthD
COMMUNICATION,
la the midst of all the avpaftnt cottfusiort
of in .iinen, riotipHs a which has
transpired en tfofc'grrst • I e world
during fire last half twitury, fl cannot be
denied that all the usetui arts and liberal
sciences have, during the same p :l..;i, t.i-
tikiiy adva,.ceil towards a degree of peifec
tk>at, unknown ro former ages, ar.a which
eartnot but be viewed with as much plea
suae by tiie enlightened christian, as the
Cohcoinkartt wars and national concussions
of the world 'nave been with pain.
In cur cavil r:..j;,3y and hitherto united
country, the former train of sensations have
long predominated over the Litter, and there-
fore should propoaionahly prompt the genu-
ine philanthropic tegidator to an ii.ip.iuy,
whether even the mild and popular laws ol
the United States, are not susceptible of
further improvement, whereby die real hap-
piness of the nation may be augmented and
secured, together with every individual who
compose it.
The sacred pages inform us, that " RigAte-
roupteii exalleth a n.itton," but that "' ".ir«
is Ike reproach of any people. —And also add,
that if we u train up a child in the way
ke should go, "jjhen lie is eld he 'will not de-
part from it." Hence a certain poet has
said,
" Just as the twig- is bent the tree's inclin'd,"
But, say many of our modern legislators,
this is a subject which chiefly concerns the
parents and guardians of the rising genera-
tion. Most certainly it is —But I would ask,
ought not legislators to know that tin y are,
or ought to be the parents and guardians of
their country ? And that they are solemnly
and legally accountable to the high tribunal
of Heaven, for the faithful discharge of the
important duties of their station i Most cer-
tainly they are ; and yet I fear the subject
now under consideration, has not hitherto
occupied their attention in that degree
which the magnitude of its consequences
demand. <
In framing laws for society, it is necessa-
ry that the legislator study human nature,
and be somewhat acquainted not only with
its constituent prin iptes, but also with the
train of various and opposite affections and
perceptions, which are capable of Bowing
therefrom, and iuleiiorly inhere therein—
Hence, the secret sources frdm. whence dis-
order' and disobedience to ju»t and whole-
some laws proceed, escape attention ; and it
is certain that until we detect the cause, we
shall never be able ,to apply a competent
remedy.
Next to the hereditary depravity of hu-
man nature, (the origin of which is uniie-
ressaiy here to inquire into) aneglect in the
pr per plan of educating our youth, is the
chief source of disorder and disobedience
(in any state,") to the kn»wn and necessary
laws of God and man. Aneglect to instill
into the tender mind, such just and liberal
principles of rtlii. ion and m-rality, as alone
can ensure a willing and delightful adher-
ence to all the duties of their station, and
establish a sure foundation fur moral recti-
tude through all the vicissitudes of humati.
life. -
When ever a Culprit is found guilty in
any of our courts of Justice, we seldom or
never enter into an investigation of all the
nmote causes .which have led him to the
fatal action for nhich he is condemned :—
It is never inquired whether lie had a defec-
tive education ; or whether he has ever
been regularly made acquainted with the sa-
citd principles of the Christian religion. It
is Hue we are not destitute of Christian mi-
iiisu is who are an ornament to their sacred
profession ; and " eft to teach'''' at such ri/W-f
and in .-.uch places as are most convenient
for the work ; hut, is it not equally true,
that even in cur own happy country, there
are hundreds and thousands of our rising
youths, who, from the poverty, perhaps the
guihy poverty of their parents, and from
various other causes arc excluded horn the
instruction jpst referred to ? Is it not a seri-
ous and painful reflection therefore, that
such of bur youth who have been led into
a breach of the law of God and man fro in-
such a defective and ignorant breeding,
should suffer the most ignominious punish-
ment, or be dispatched by the hands of the
public executioner, for crimes, which pro-
bably they would never have committed had
they been previoasly and regularly instruct-
ed into the heniousness thereof- But on the
contrary might have been ornaments to soci-
ety-
Has government a right to judge and pu-
nish individuals ? It ought also to be made
responsible for the instruction of its youth,
in such necessary branches of knowledge, as
would fit them for the department of life and
action which they may be destined to fill.
A universal system ot education cherish-
ed by our general or state governments,
where children, whose parents were unable
to defray the expences of a necessary de-
giee of English education and religious in-
struction might be received gratis, and where
such parents should be legally compelled to
send their rising offspring, could not fail
of producing the most pleasing and happy
consequences, both in a natural & individu-
al point of view.
But it may be objected, by the hasty and
superficial legislator, that this projected
plan would be expensive to government.
To this it may be answered, tltat govern-
ment could not appropriate the money they
can now spare to a more wise, noble or ul-
timately beneficial purpose. Besides, that
in all probability, the adoption of such a
plan of education, would retain in the pub-
lic treasury a great deal of the money that
is now necessarily expended in erecting
jads, hospitals, and penitentiaries, and keep
ing them in repair, together with, paying
the sallerys of a number of officers whese
melancholy task it is now to guard prison-
ers and criminals, and see to their punish-
ment and execution.
It is well known to every one acquaint-
ed with human nature, what powerful ef-
fects may be produced from, or by emulation
and recompense, if properly and judiciously
applied. The youth ot even the man vha
has n(U- discernment enoogh lo perceive that
Vines* ill prof table for all things, even for
the life that no-w is, as 'well as that which is
to come ;" And who ther-fore will not prac-
tice virtue /tr the soke of ¦lirtue ; or, he
ture or state may be too depraved
or weak to adhere to it long, in preference1
to a m-v.e vicious but lucrative course, might
at the same time be arrested in his ungodly
enrcer and thereby snatched from the gulph
of destruction, by betting out to him a recom-
pense for the practice of virtue. Thus the
man who attacks us on the highway, or that
employs bis abilities to defiaud us, might,
by a proper turn of mind, effected by wise le-
gislation, and promises of reward for virtu-
ous actions, not only have been prevented
from committing vice destroying his happi-
ness and injuring society ; but likewise
hive been induced to employ his strength
and diiect his talents, to the glory of his
country, the good of society, and his own
eternal happiness.
What in the name of good policy pre-
vents our legislators from offering rewards,
to such as shall distinguish themselves for
noble and benevolent actions ? Why not
recommence, men in proportion to the im-
portance of the services they may render to
their country, its well as decree punishment
for misconduct ? If we,only admit man to
be a rational free agent, a more rational
and humane administration of justice is cer-
tainly not inconsistent with the state of
human society, and the genius of the Ame-
rican constitution. Why may n^t out1
courts of ju-tice, meet as well lor to distri-
bute rewards, to those who distinguish them'
selves for virtuous arid useTul acts, as to
arraign and condemn the disorderly and the
vicious ? Is there no alternative but ven-
geance ? Cannot the wisdom of legislators
devise no other plans to induce the un-
thinking children of men to do " those things
theit are good and acceptable" to God and
man ? I trust they can, and I pray God
that they may.
Still however it may be urged, where
will a nation or a city find the means thus
to regard viitue ; thus to ackno ledge all
the benevolent services of its citizens ? To
this I answer, that it dojs not always require
bags of silver and gold to compensate for
virtuous actions ; a tiuly noble mind rises
above these low and mercenary rewards:—
Some distinguishing mark of approbation,
some sign or badge of merit ; yea, even a
proper mention ol such acts, would, in ma-
ny instances, have a more powerful influ-
ence on sc ciety than large sums of money
bestowed. What was it that made many
of the antient Greeks and Romans such vir-
tuous characters ? Ceitainly it was not al-
ways the hope of private emolument :—A.
laurel wreath, a cro'tin.offlowers or o» oak~
leaves has been known to animate them,
when judiciously bo«towed, to the greatest
of actions, which all the treasures of the re-
public would be incapable to rouse them to.
And hence, I doubt whether people living
under a republican foim of government be
justified in lidiculing the customs oi monar-
chies, when they distribute stars and gaffers
to their citizens, in recompence of viituous
and heroic acts ; as it is undeniable that
these little badges of merif, which cost .no-
thing to the state, have stimulated many to
the greatest exertions for the good if theit
country. (
It has been remarked by some writers-
that the number of public executions in
England exceeded that of the whole of the
European continent put together : Now, if
this so-, i re mode, of mere fmnisftment alone,
had been productive of proroilionable good
.effects, the English nation, by this time,
would huve been the most virtuous in the
world, which, I much doubt is not the-
case. On the contrary, it rathen appears
that this rigorous mode of legislation, has
not in the least stopt the progress of vice in
that nation : For seme considerable time past,
however, a more humane code has preva.ied
there; 1 mean transportation, wiiich, ia
many instances, has been attended with
happy consequences, by the reformlTtion of
the transported) after due time lor reflecti-
on,
Indeed the great accession of population.
to some parts of tfcese United States former-
ly, and to the coast of New Holland move
recently, prove the truth of this last it-
mark.
Human nature, in its present disorderly
state, particularly in populous cities, has not
virtue enough to withstand the allurements
of wealth; or to struggle under the pressure
of poverty, which ill a less ti state
might have been o\e come; or, by ;
ous and timely application to the plan hero
suggested.
In all cases, however, where the to
society require the confinement of an offen-
der, solitary confinement is certainly calcu-
lated to produce the lest possible effects :
many, 1 am persuaded, of the most incori i
ble might be thus reclaimed and made useful,
and many more deterred irom vice by
bare reflection of this consequence ;
snatching from an untirrx
end, for which they are so illy \
for, I am free to con!
confidence either in a de. .
or that which the Dial
by the halter: And here I will
I am no great a
the happy end which such u
illy make; as I consider it erron
dangerous and tm
entertain such ai
cy of God, as w
essential attribul
" reward every man accori
And the contrary doctrine car. ot,,'¦
thy most fatal security i . ¦ -
to make up with heaven,
when vie are no lo
against them : But i b
i.i.o'-, tljgre
¦ Cot
gent i illy been nrai
to answer all the salutary
by it. According to mv idea of this;
the :speci:'.ed fel m I .«
he divided into di
and as t! e prisons
v to tb« expiration o
I,
MH.1.IM*.
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