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< M” M-wifte* of the In!:>r will ‘triakf
ittO'Vn to yt>ti the ldßovi wliufli have been begun
f. jilv-'i ; bat wh st remain:, to be cion*- is
j,. uc h more important Tift ; for I intend that
throughout ever; p>, t-of my Empire, even in
’ -jv fma’left h-oxi’.-, the case of the citizens mid
the value of lauds fil'd! be augmented by the.-)'.
£,ft so f of improvement which
I have d'Vifeo.
“Gt■ ’ ‘ri-u Deputes of toe departments to
the L"'-:!;ative Body, your sifittance will be ne.
ceffary to me in order to attain this great re
fjf, and 1 have a right cdnilantly to rely upo..
“t
This excited the ntoft lively entliufi
'ji£ andi'is raised the f.ttUg amidil re.
pt-ated cries o( L y the Emperor ‘ The
fame acclamations re-founded in all the fvreets
which hh Majctty’s cavaicadc pass.-J through.
21ottii cur.
MZMEI , July 25.
The following is the proclamation which the
ting has addressed to the provinces which he
las ceded ■ / the treaty of pence of T.kitt :
a You know well, be'owed ii'lDfi'ants of the
faithful provinces* tcrritr-'-Ts and cities, my len
tismnts and the events of last year. My ami
were unfortunate. The efforts of the la ft re
mains of tny army were vain. R-puiled to the
lid confines of the empire, and my powerful
ally forced himfelf to cc- elude an armistice and
t 0 ftgn a peace, the is remained for me ,i oth r
part to tike than to red ore tranquility to tire
country after the calamities of war. Pear - was
to be concluded as circutrffances preferjbedj
they impoled on me ar 1 nv noufc, they impof
edon the country the moll painful.facriLces.—
Those whom ages a.i brave anceitors, thole
whom treaties, love and confidence had joined
are to he separated. Fate pronounces, tie fa
ther separates from the children ! I reicefe
yon from all the duties of tuojefts towards me
aad my house. The molt ardent willies for
your prpfperity accompany you to your new
Sovereign. Be to hnn what you were to me.
Neither fate nor any other power can efh’.ce
your remembrance from the hearts of me and
mine.
FREDERICK WILLIAM.
Kernel, J:dy 24, iSO7.
As by the treaty of peaeo concluded at
ffliV.t with France, Iff. 11. the king cf Prnffia,
Ire. cedes equally the provinces of South Pttif
f i and of New East Pruffla 5 he has ordered in
” virtue us hiscefiion, that Uie under officers and
folSiers cf the Prtiffiaa army who were born in
th efe two provinces, (houid return to their
homes. H. M. also wills now that the officers
and cadets of his army, who were born in South
and New Eait PruSa fhouU not be prevented
from having the power to Give the r. r w ios
reign of these provinces, in c afevneure he
gives them all their difidifSon whether be
long to the reformed battalions or to the exitin';-
oorc-s, imd they are enioined to prelev-t th
{elves to the supreme college of war, which will
expedite their difchai gcs.
FREDERICK WILLIAM.
i ■—wr ~rr.T*.XJl>:rr im-rsss==- ——-
For the INTEL LI G£NC ER.
Mcsits. RPLext and Barnes,
As von have pul.-lilhed the commence
©enfc of the following critiuftn, l suppose vo::
will have no objection to the conciufion.—
Therefore-, I fend you-“ The Quiver,” wiiicli
contains it. H.
CRITICISM,
Tie JrTjfsisrtoar Father ; a Tragedy hi five cc! r,
by William B. Maxwell*
CONCLUDED.
THERE are very few instances in the
‘* Mysterious Father,” where sentiment ’S not
introduced with propriety. Yet in these inflan
tVs is there lo great a violation of nature and
eoagruity, that we deem it our duty to an nr. ;d
----•ver; upon them. 1 1 AS I. Scene Iff, the con
■eerfation between Chrentia and Oriino, begins
with a pleasing pathba, end is carried on with
spirit, until when exprelTng brr despair that (he
must part with him (otv-er, and aSualiy having
taken leave of him—-inltead of enprelfing aitoe
tthrr.e- t at her conduS, and agony at her loss,
he bums forth into admiration at her beauty ;
I and admiration we conceive to be a very high
degree of pleasure :
“ Ors. (solus) Natuie, exhauftlefs architect!
front thee,.
‘ln native loveliness array’d, she came ;
Mere beautious far than Cypria’s fame ! queen ;
Or what the love-f ck poet s fancy chaws
Os her whom he adores !
Such sentiments never have, nor never will en
ter into the mindof any men, who has just 101 l per
haps forever the deareit objeft of his wishes.
We will mention two more i-illances of incon
gruity af behavior—and we believe these are all
that can be laid to the author’s charge.
When C’arentn is made acquainted with the
Monk's intention of bearing her to forae secluded
foot, and there to accomplilh his designs upon
her virtue—this 1.-tdy inflead cf appealing to
threats, prayer and intreaties, (which, though
experience may have taught her to be unavailing,
hops would have led her to attempt,) calmly utters
a moral refleftitm ! See Aft 3d. Scene lit.
When Veroni difeovers his wife fafe, and her
virtue pure, and uhfullied, he sianifefts no sign of
toy in h*r pretence- When'the being whom he
thought 4u*i difhuaored is reftortd to his
(arms, the ir.fl.mg Left of (ridden joy and uulooked l
| for fntisfaction, would have overwhelmed arid
I btir.. and all cold ass eftions—all memory of his has
ty jcauvjfy. Such confiderationa would only
enter ms mind when theprefent pleaiur- was in
lotne degree allayed, and rime was given for a
rnoiv calm difpoAion of mind—What he utters, *
too, on the detection of Antonio’s guilt, we are
lurry to iay cannot be dignified with the name
lot Passion. It u conflrained and turgid; hos
| cue to that Hate of the i al when the'violent con-
I junction of oppiefiive feelings have no rooiA fur
; them.
j And these are all the in fiances we can fcltft
of violence done to Truth and Nature, in the
• sentiments that occur in “ The MyilcriiT’ Fa
ti’. We believe them rather to be owing to j
! neg’eft, than to want of fenftbility in the concep
tion and exnreSEn cf paffon.
But, d.d the size of our work permit tm,
we could with pleasure point out many a pas
sage, that comes warm and glowing from the
mint of feeling. We have already mentioned
j Pirozzi as an of the author's taste and
(judgment. To depiftnre }.. eatnefs in a lower
;ip here of aftion, and give it with strength and
proper coloring, is a talk not a Iff tic difficult
the coin!nil of the difguiled Pirozzi, when in
sulted in his cottage, is an earnest of Mr. Max
wells talents, on which we place more reliance,
than on all the rest of Iris play. He is accufvd
of cajoling tbs noble Son of Veroni :o wed his
daughter who is termed 4 wanton’ ai.d 4 artful’—
the tnu its Aligns are jnv nted lo him and
to her, l y his fr-erd !—• when lie can no ioe.
g: r reilratn himfelf but fpeahs firmly and mode
rately :
j 4 Fir. Nature, thou hast entwin’d around the
heart
A chord, which binds it indiffolr.bly
T'o those who owe to us their being !
My child, retire. [Learls her cf.
And now, my lord, this Instant leave my rciof !
Else will tftis rugged arm be forced to teach thee,
.That manly virtue, though its llate be lowly,
Dddab.s submission to fallacious pride ;
And that, in Ihielding from detraftion's blast
The tender bud of his heart’s bell affeftion,
A parent vaiial at defiance lets
The beaded power of a wretch above him.*
We would copy the whole ft cue, did not 1
’ propriety forbid it. Yet do we ean.eftiy recoin-!
mend to the reader of taste and feeling, lo po- !
rule and re.peruft* the entire fu ll feene 01 the
!fourth Aft, and if be does not then ddcover as
‘more than afual difeernment in the mar.fgentent j
Jot the paffw.’.o, we will gfta up our judgment as I
well as our feelings, to the difpofa! of Fancy !
There is, also, a great of pathos and tender
sentiment in th? commenrerr-- t of the fifth art.
The pafTions of the ft? Iter kind are moll happily’
erprefled ? and the time, Night, rods a moie
folenm hue to the circumllances.
i Crs. I Tow flill i t ail around—no ebjeft !
moves. \
j C: L -ce and fffitude fake the'..- turn to rc'gn,
lAi and night - 1 dark rrrintl'. overi m tads the world.
With wine inflated, irons the midnight feait
JLisenclous rev’ler--, with uncertain ilep,
Depart, to deep intoxication off.y
T’br prowling robber now with camion (hlka
To do, beneath the darkness of the night,
Deeds darker Hill ; and here
[A 7 r roan is heard.
Ye, righteous heavens ! Does my fcaic deceive
me ?
I heard a groan !—ha 1 perhaps a mother’s
groan !’
Indeed, Mr. Maxwell has the ingredients cf
a poet wit!.ln him. He polfeiles that quality 01
the imagination, which gives each thought a
Mlvelincis and llrvmrnh. The turn or his fenti-
C
meats am generally spirited and happy. And
there in that abruptrefs avoided v..: 11 whirl
many of our drarnatifts fit ip from thought to
thought. His moral rr-ilcctior.s in themselves
are clothed in aplesfing animated dress. The e
is a novel, and excellent oi-p, which fliould gov
en the minds and re It rain the pens ol molt oi
our profufe Eulogilts :
‘ Why praifeft thou ‘lie dead ?
While here exiiling human pride may feed,
And fweJi on flattery or deceitful praise ;
But when the land through life's small ghfs has
run,
Why would(l thoa proffer food to pride extinct,
n\nd feniclefs of the boon — 1
But their frequent occurrence is a fault ; for
independent of the interruption they give the
hufinefs of the paifion, they also render the il la
logue too ih'ff and cor,drained. The frequent
calling on the Gods, is an over fight we wonder
the author could be guilty o£. The Italians of
the darker ages had no more connection with
the heathen gods, in interjeftion, than they had
in religion. Although the learning of Mr.
Maxwell may Hand unimpeached, yet his neg
lect in this refpeft is certainly inexcusable,
though eaffly corrected.
Os ihe verse, our opinion is perfectly copfo
nant to a literary feiend'B, who being interro
gated on that fubjeft, delivered himfelf thus :
“ The verse of Mr. Maxwell poffeffea a charac
ter of case, with the fofteft harmony. The ear
is sweetly imprefled at the end of -very line by
the founds of n melodious and diveuified cadence.
A few prosaic linen are interiperfed here and
there, like specks of duffs silver among tue put.
! er metal ; but this is excusable, nay, pleasing,
1 when the natural order of words, is ft) arranged
ns to produce but few of them ; and those few
so eloquent. The inverftons employed afford a
pleasing variety and arc mellowed from that’
harihnefs, with which in moil miter# they are !
i *
; j'N : " r ’ f accoTipanied, TA;e is fometiir.es a
v libli barrennels of those confccrated terms,
those 44 words that burn’, 44 which often awakens
lancy to form the live licit images. But this
felicity belongs to poets of the fir ft order of im
agination. The frequent exercise of that fa
culty, will in time make Mr. Maxwell a matter
effthem. A praftice that abounds among dra
matiff . of concluding each aft with rhyme, pro
duces a wrong effect in tragedy, as the emotion
railed by rhyme is dissonant to the solemnity of
this tpecies of conpofition.
Such, impartially, is the play, which Mr. Pla
cid.', the theatrical carver for the public talle in
Charltrfton, has nu/ cf, for the fluff of Dibdin,
1 Cherry, and O 4 Keefe—We are to be amused
j with harliquinades, Elephants, and Cindereilas,
wbjle the foft and sentimental efforts of Maxwell
arc hindered from their proper sphere of exhibi
tion.
Sint mceUarafua preemia landi.
Virg. Ain. 1. v. 61.
t.JBWWIWPWWWW'W'W*#mi
Public Intelligencer.
cJ
SAVANNAH,
TUESDAY, October so, 1807.
NOTICE.
THE firm of M*LEAII id BARNES
is this uay dissolved, by mutual concent.—ln
coiff- pience of which, the builnefs will in fu
ture be conducted by Norman M‘Lccn.
NO R MAN IT‘ L KAN ,
WILLIAM L. BARNES,
20th October, ISO?.
CCjP THE fubferiber, tiffs day, becomes
iole proprietor cf the Pulik Intelligencer. —
; That eftablifhrpent has hitherto been ccndufted,
jhe trufiin such a manner, as will fccure it from
; any acrufation cf a prediiecfti.m for principles
( repurnaut to such as aft usted the heroes of‘76.
i
Believing, with deference to public opin
ion, ‘hat tiiis i.ftabiiihment has prcgreltl'd hither
to without the small til lit eiiftion from firm, un
m'xed and glowing Republican fenfiments, he.
hopes that confiderstion will be 0 fuff.Lent guar
! ‘" Uee Tor future perseverance and ardor in sup.
, port of such sentiments. That no exertions of
Mrs ‘hall be needed, he folemuly pledges ifim-
DT. NORMAN M 4 LEAN.
C jamuffaX. >. nu-Wi ’’ ’ ff'YL-pff
Died, yriicrday afternoon Mr. Mathew Ly
on !’ ruvAnhs, Printer, a native of Wales in
England, in the 21st yep.r efh.s age.
If a His friend • and acquaintance are requeft
to attend his iur.vnfi from the, bottle of John
•F. Everitt, tin's mon.ir.gat Bo‘clock.
ff-y mm,e ■■ ‘WLhA! ff
NO H FI CAT! ON,
To the Tax CiUetlon oj ABOG.
I'r.L jjerlous appointed tc cofiecT hr
(Tax, lor the year iff .6, are lectured t<
jitioke a final ‘i .tlcmum ol their account#
I “v the tiiird .'.lnn Ey it: November next.—
fff htife who aie i.u arrears at shat time, will
jbe proceeded ? :umi in the manner point
! e ‘ out by the 241 h 1 ::Qion of Ihe Tax Afi,
j pailcd the 12th December, tScq.
GEORGE R. CLAYTON, T.
Treasury Office. Louisville, OR. 5 —66
TO RENT,
A HOUSE
IN a central part of the City. Ary person
•who may be desirous of a view of the same, cun be
gratified on application to the Publishers cf the In
telligencer. Sept. 22
Notice is hereby given,
That nimi months frora this date, application will
he made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Cha
tham county, for an or I * of Court to dirpost of
Lota >Jo. 7, in Warren Ward, No, a;, in
Washington Ward, of Lot No. 3. Jekyl tything,
Rnd 1-2 of Lot letter F. in th village of st. Gall, toge
ther with the improvement, thereon, fituatc in the
City of &a*anoah, for the benefit of the Heirs & cre
ditors of Major Edward Harden, deceased.
Edward Harden,
Only qualified and afting Executor
Sav April 7 ,307.
t a tn 9 m.
ASSIZE for Oct. 1807.
fJAHS prr sos Flour being eight dol-
A lars per barrel, weight of BREAD
mult be,
IX i-a cent* Loaf j 6 t-4 cents Leaf
alb. 7 oz. I ilb. :31- oz.
Os which all bakkrs and SELLERS ol
BREAD are to lake- due and particular
N jiice.
JAMES MARSHALL, C, T.
THE SUBSCRIBERS
Having entered into partnerfnip under the
C/f
Bulloch & Glen,
And having taken convenient Stores oft
Smith’s Wherf for the reception of all kinds of
Produce, offer their services to their friends in the
FACTORAGE AND COMMIS
SION BUSINESS,”
To which, as they intend to be confined, they
promise themselves it will be in their power t<>
give fetisfaftion,
A. S. BULLOCH,
THOMAS GLEN.
Sav. Oftobcr 15 67
Southern Stage.
Tihe fubferibevs havin? become prc.
pnetors of the STAGES on the line
fro sn Savannah to Si. Marys, refpeftfully
iofojm those who may have occasion to
travel to any part of that route, that they
huve at great expenle procured NEAV”
STAGES, GOOD HORSES, and a care
ful driver, for the accommodation cf PAS
SENGERS. Also an excellent fate and’
well manned BOAT, for water convey—,
ancr,
They intend running ihe stage twice an
week, beiwecn Savannah and Darien , dor-,
mg the winter, and will keep alight EX
I it A STAGE for the accommodation of
j PRIVATE PARTIES, or others who*
may he disappointed in the Mail Stage.—
They will alio carry PACKAGES o£
GOODS, on moderate terms, and be rei
ponstble lor their delivery as direfiied, any
where along the line, (unavoidable acci
dents excepted ) They null that tbeir
exertions to fe,ve the public will rnee:
with fuppott.
M. SHEARER, and
W. A. DUNHAM.
Sav, Ofiober 25 67
For Sale,
SEVERAL valuable TraSs of Land in
M*lmosb, Glen and Camden Counttei.
A prime gang ol seasoned Negroes.
An excellent house Wench.
A complete Lhooner rigged Planter’s
3 at, of easy draught ol water, fail* very
fall, and will carry ro ’ales ot Coiton.
Also, an excellent Cypress Canoe.
And a conflant 1 apply of New-York pa
tent ruvy BREAD.
M. SHEARER,;
Olcber 36—67 Bolton's Wharf.
Factor and Agent.
M. SHEARER,
INFORMS the Planters that lie contin*.
ues to ieli Produeand other property on
Comaiiffion, and lu# plenty of fi e-proof
Ware-houle room, on Bolton's Wharf .
Ohiober j 6 6/
Final Notice !!!
THE fubferiber irfforms those per
sons who are indebted to the
late firm of Everitt Sc MM.ean, that,
; unless they come forward and render
him fatisfaclion, they will (oon find
their Notes and Accounts in the pof
fefion of an Attorney at Lav.'. It 13
ar from his deure to opprelsanv man,
and it is equally as far from his desire
to he oppreifed himfelf; therefore, it
is his with to be square with the world,
anu truits that thole who are indebted
to him wtll not hesitate to give hiru
some abidance —in case ofarefufal, iito
will he compelled, (much againil his
wifit) to rciort to compulsatory mea
sures.
NORMAN M*LEAN.
Sept. 25
For Sale,
On a credit till the first of January.
A PLANTATION on the Louisville
road, fiiteen rnilcs from Savannah, con
taining fifty acres of good well tiurbered
pine land, twenty-five of which are now
under cultivation and good fence, well
adapted to the culture of corn and cotton,
known as one of the best (lands on the
road for a tavern, —For teinis of sale, ap
ply to the lubfenber a this Office.
WILLIAM; WIGGINS*
August 35