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TOR THE GAZETTE.
A RETROSPECT.
YE gloomy fliadowa of th’ amuniBa! fcene,
And writip’riiif brec ten' hat arc unci me p'ay,
Drpicfl thole charms aud pita lire* I have (ecu,
When virtuous fricndfhip bled each palling
. day.
Oftce kindred f. uhalli'd by peace and love,
Knew traufport*, pleaiuresj fleecing as the
wind ;
Ff't ev ry iocia! blif«, earl, wifh approv’d ;
Ffc each endearing, friendly, juft aud kind.
But thofe food moments, like the meteor’s
i g.esm •
That lie ill a (widen biaee upon the nigh' ;
Or like the leaf that rat.og down ihe dream.
Arc g(ue—and never moce attract .he light.
Fraternal friend flip Weft their ev’ry hour,
And fratter’d rofes in their peacefu' vray;
Affeiftion’s fwevt and never cealing pow'r,
Made each one bleft beoeach lierge.itU - vsy.
Put like a ft >VY wo bin fame ve.dant grove,
That ftands coofeff’d of evlyooe the queeu,
Whole fragrant fweetuefa fill*each bread with
love,
And charm* the f/lvan and enchanting fcene.
So ft >uri(h d one—'till death *, devouring blaft
Fiew o’er the held—it Withers, droop*, aud
die*:
Tl^fe native graces are forever paft,
a nat once attracted each beholder's eyes.
But tho thou'rt gone! thy virtues ftiil re
main
Imprinted deep on mem’ry’s lading page;
Oft thali thy merit rail* affection's flstne,
Aud ail my fecret, kmc!) thoughts engage.
Oft will I deal, when twibghr calm* the focne,
To that (eqvefter'd (pot 1 hold mod dear ;
There a* I paufe upon the living green.
Call thee to mind, and lhed the feeling tear.
Farewell dear (hade ! thou’rt now- far, far a
bove
’Yon azure concave of ethcria! blue;
Receive theie ftgh* from fond paternal love,
A love unfeig- ei and forever tine.
Siamhji, Septemlrr, 1810. HENRY.
From a London Paper.
BI.UE EY’D MARY.
la a collage embofom’d within a deep (hade,
***** « r*»4* ua the deiert, oh view the meek
maid :
Her alpedk a,I fwee’nefs engaging her eye,
Aod a bolom for which e en a monarch
might ligh :
Thee, iu neat Sunday gown, fee her met by
toe Squire,
All attra&iou her countenance.his all defire;
He accoft* her—(lie biuihes—he flatter*—llte
fmuei.
And poor blue cy*d Mart’s (educ’d by his
wile*.
Now with drops of contrition her pillow'*
wet o’er :
But the fleece, when once ilained, cau know
whirenrfs no more.
f heaged foilci w hilper, the madden# look fliy;
To town the Squire prtife»—how can Hie
deny ;
There behold her in lodging*—die drelies in
ftyle—
Public plares frequents—fighs no more, bu:
read* Hovie !•
Till leanuog to hjuauder, his love turns to
ha.e,
And poor brue ej’d Mary is left to her fare !
Still of beau'y poTcla’d, and m>t yet void of
(hacne,
^ ith a heart that recoils at a proflit u'e*
name; \
•che fiie» fur a fervic*—her character's gnue ,
And for (kill at her lieedie, alas ! ’w» uu
known !
Pale Wane now approaches—the pawn bro
ker’s near,
And her trinkets,and clothe*, one by one dif
appear,
Ti.l at iergth, forely pinch’d, and quite def
perate grown.
The poor b.ue ey’d Mary is forc'd on the
town.
Ia a Irothel next view her, trick'd cut to
al'u-e,
And au 3~es, a:l humour* compell'd to en
dure ;
Compell'd though difgufted, to wheedle and
feign,
"itb an afpe«5l all finite*, and a bofom all
pain :
Now carets’d, now iufuhed, now flatter'd,
now lec'-n'd,
And by nothin* and drunkards oft wanton!y
fpur u‘d.
I hi* word of all woe, fhe i* doom'd to endu r
Tor poor blue ev‘d Mart i* uow an impure
Next, to banilh all thought and to difle re
morfe,
She the* to the bottle-Oh fatal refourcc !
tire»n ffuptd, and bloated, and lolt to all
{karat,
Wh. U a dreadful difeafe i« pervading her
ft amt »
Now wr.h eves dim and languid, the once
blooming ma.d,
a garret, o« ft:aw, faint and helpbft »* laid t
k>h 1 riew her pate cheek ! fee, the ft arte
draws her inea.h,
* ^ ue eye* of A!a*y are elefed iu
dtvtth}
G .-aw*
^omtcjtnL
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ON SELF COMMAND.
| “ May I govern cry rafUaos with abfolute
I f*«*y*.
And grow wifer and better as life wares a
way ”
Some old philofopher, I forget
i who, defines man to be ** a beina that
' la.ks before him, and back” That is,
a creature who pofiLdcs the powets
. both of forethought and reflection.
| All this he has : yet is he dfiven a
bout, to and iro, as it* were at ran
dom, like a veflcl without rudder.—
He has reafon, yet aCts not reafona
bly. 1 he power of reflection has
he, yet does not make him practical
ly wise. Memory tells him* how
that thing or the ether, he has fouRd
already bitter as death : vet thejfame
thing he purfues and embraces ggain.
His own reafon fays to him, There's
the precipice ! One ftep furthtt, and
* thou art loll : yet, with eves open,
he pr. Acs forward, and plunges down
it.
How many thoufands, yea mil
lions of human beings, are in the
condition deferibed by the poet :
u I fee the right, approve it too ,
i Condemn the wrong and yer the wroeg pur
fue "
Where lies the wrong t In the
heart. We reafon from the head ;
t but aft from the heart. I he eye
ot intellect fees ciear what ought to
be'bone. But the family of paftions
a mod clamorous brawling tribe,
rife up in oppofirion ; and volition
yields to thefe infurgents. i hus is
it even with fome men of great parts
and fplcnded abilities. By reafon
that they have no felf-command,
their very talents prove a misfortune
to themldves to their friends, and
to community at large.
It is ft if- command^ that gives one
of the noblett diftinctions of a hu
man being. “ He that ruleth his
own fpint, is better than the migh
ty.” He is a conquerer indeed, who
has iubdued his own unruly paftions
and appetites; who rdulutcly repels
and vanquithes even 14 the tin that
molt eafiiy befets him.” He is free
indeed, whofe will is fettered by no
vice ; who fteadfaltly obeys the light
that God has given him, and has
the ref duiion inly hxt and clinched,
that his heart lhail not reproach him
fj long as he lives.” He is the w;f
; eft, it not the greateft of command rs,
who ltrictly and uniformly main
tains klf-command. Whereas,
1 without a conliderable decree of
felf--command, though one had vaft
knowledge, added to vaft wealth, he
is, notwiihftandtng, but a pitiful lit
de creature in the fade ot rational
beings. A mind ftrong in under
standing, but weak to refill the itn
pulfe ot pa (lion and appetite ; is, on
t ic whvle, a debated and. feeble
mind.
It is out of cur power to alter the
ftruciure of our bodies ; we mud
take them as they be, lor better or
for worfe. We cannot change our
| complexions, or falhion our own
! features. We cannot add to our
i ftature, or rm ke even a (ingle hair of
' our head white or black. But it is
1 not altogether fj with the mind.
We tan with the divine helps affor
ded us. improve and meliorate that
We can keep our pa (lions and ap
petites in fubordmation to our un
derftandings. And in this neccffary
and noble cxercife ft’.ould every one
be employed, day by day, uho wilh
es to be wife, or expects to be hap
py.—Loan. Courant»
^Interesting political setsesHanp.
—--Girls.-rofy girl*——
-—Who grafted theie iweer flower* ?
Or whence arofe that ij»»r it and thole powers ?
Crahbs.
At the late celebration of Indepen
! deuce at bridport m Vermo t, lhe
! Ladies atfted a much moie diflin*
! guithcd part than has been common
upon luch occalions. Wc are une
! *;uil rc the dcfcnptkuj cf the “ pomp*
4
-a
pride, and ciicunv • ces,” of this
molt glorious dilplay at female pat
riotifm, and Iliad iheitfore lubjoin
j fame txtra&s Irom the charming ac
count which has Deen iven of it by
one of their own dear «« American
Youth” #The following describes
the opening of the fceoc. ** 8even
j teen beautiful )Oung ladier, drcfl'cd
anJ burnilhed in white, fair as the
I fylphs,* gay as the flowers of ipring,
and laurelled with verdant (Wound
Pines fufpendtd from their left llioul
ders, running round their breads,
viinder their right arms, aliufive, as
embletrfttical of the 17 U„ btate^.
One of the Ladies (a Mil's Nancy
Farrand) walked in front of ihc reft,
bearing the Cap of Libetty, on a ltalF,
protected by two ofTiceis, with
drawn fwords.”
Now is not all this fine, very fine ?
Seventeen “ rofy girls,”—feventeen
“ beauniul young ladies’—everyone
beautiful no doubt—we would not lor
a world hint that even two or three
of them were, ns the author of Zel
uco and Mordaunt would fay, “ blow
zy fhepherdefles of the Alps”—No,
ail were beautiful almoft as Eve at
the moment of creation. And this
is not aM. Democrarick young iadies
are not only *« beautiful/' but “ fair”
—yes they arc “ fair as the fylphs”
of PorE, or the fays of the “ Mid
lummei Night’s Dream.” AnJ they
were «• drefl'ed”—and they were
“ burnilhed * too—and they were
“ gay as the flowers of fprmg ” Ah !
but, fays the poet,
* -- — W|,o grafted thefe fweet flowers 1
A11J “ laurelled with verdant Ground
Pinep and thtfe ground pine laurels
were “ fufpended from,” and “ run
ning round,” and •• under arms,”
and “ allufive,” and “emblematical,”
S(.c» Scc« &c. One of thtfe fvveet
tlowcis was not only laurelled, but
her name h given to Fame-Mifs
Farrand boldly walked in lroiplfmaj
ellick as Fcnthclilea, but not fpry like
Camilla, who could walk upon the
tops oi corn without bending the
r-oft tender blade, and carried the''
Cap of Liberty upon a with a
militia officer, drawn fword in hand,
walking each fide of her, for the pur
pufe of protection ! Never, fince
the day when Madame Tali.ien was
worflupped as the Goddefs of Rea
fon, by the “ infuriated men” of rev
olutionary filler France, did a Lady
difplay herfelf as the chief adlor in a
public feene fo awfully fublime ! !
We mutt referve for another num
; ber fome account of the feventeen i
particular toalls which thefe feven- |
teen republican “ fyiphs” drank, ex
| tn% at the very conclufion of the
froiick. J hofe toafis, voluntary, as
well as involuntary, were truly
[ “ wonderful, and patl all whooping ”
When they meet the reader’s eye, he
will aik in very extafy,
—Y/hence arofethat fpirit and thofe powsrs ?
[ Ft vduVi Vvwf nal-]
We should be much gratified to
know, what our democrats intend to do
next. 1 hey have had full sway for nine
years, and all they have hitherto ac
complished for the good of the nation is,
to get deeper and deeper into difficul
ty ; and, as is usual in such cases, at |
List they are at loggerheads with each
other, if a stranger were to read their
leading papers, he would suppose, if
he gave any credit to what they contain,
that the principal men of the party
were either fools or knaves. The
; chiefs one after another are denounced,
I and demolished without remorse.—
: What is to grow out of this state of
| things i Mr. Jefferson had the entire
confidence in the party, and ot the
great majority of the people. He had
both H ousts of Congress blindly devo
ted to his will and measures. He had,
of course, a fair opportunity to do all
the good lie was disposed to do—and
how much was that ? Let the most \i
olent of all his admirers—nay, it you
please, let the most protlgale Irishman
who manages a news-paper for our ed
i ideation, answer the question, and see
what reply he will make. The etiqui
j ry is repeated—Why is it, that with
such a boasted popularity in the coun
try at large, and with such dtm.it d uu»
joijhK4 in Confess, year afur year*
Mr. Je tie non should have left the na
tion, in ail essential particular so
much worse than he found it ?
1 he truth is, that a demagogue, and
he was one ol the worst, will a,ways
la.id at the same spot that Mr. Jcffer
j son did. iiis measures were ail ot the
most sellisii kind. He wished to be
haded as the friend ol the people, and
llic champion ot freedom—he w ished
lor llic hosaiiuas ot the multitude, '•wud
lor the influence anu emoluments ol
olhce i ana moreover, he wished for
tlie opput luuuy winch las elevated sta
tion would atioid him to gtauly his
malice and vengeance, (ut widen he
possesses as much as any man living)
on those he considered his enemies—
and as for the residue of affairs, viz. the
prosperity, th. dignity, fh_ honor, uuu
the strength of the nation, he did not
Value them all as a straw. Mr. Jeffer
son never had any general and exten
sive scheme of policy, when he was at
the head ol the* government. He kept
ins eye on his own aggrandizement, in
stead of the good ol the nation. f or
the* lit st lour y ear* Ins heart was set on
l)i« re-election, and ail his Pleasures
were calculated with reference to that
darling object. Lven the Constitution
was Obliged to suffei a material, and
almost radical change, merely to aeeuie
this important event With tite same
shunting, varying, contradictory kind
ot gait, he went through the whole ol
his presidential life ; watching the
movements ofGieat-Hritaui & fiance,
to see how lar it would do lo wrangle
with the former, and fraternize w ith me
latter ; but never bearing tne poll, or
exhibiting the dcmeanoui, ol the head
of a powerful independent nation. This
conduct answered ins purpo^, and pre
sci ved nis populaiity longer, than could
possibly have been imagined. Hut by
tile time he was prepaicd to quit the
helm, he had entangled the ol
the country to such a degree, that the
inheritance which lie bequeathed to his
successor, already proves a curse, in
stead ot a blessing. Much as u demo
crat iovts place, profit, ai.d power, we
are gimtiy mistaken it Air. Madison
docs noudre^dy begin to sign for soli
tude amf insignificance, ft that is the
fact) if the crown already burthens his
head, \v iiai has he to expect at the end
of two or three more > ears i Attacked
as he is by those who have heretofore
blindly followed the Jcli'cisonian track,
suriounded as he is with embarrass
rnents, and impeded by obstructions
which lie has not the capacity lo ic
move, surely his situation, high and
important as it is, is not to be envied.
Hut what has tne nation to expect
from his Administration i I Its prede
cessor, with much more popularity,
with much more cunmug, and wuhiiu
mensely greater advantages ot every
description, it is very’ apparent, produ
ced nothing, in his eight y ears, but mis
chief to the country, Air. Jefferson
received the government in good
plight, free front embariassincnts, and
in a train for the utmost success and
prospeiity. Mr. Madison took it in.
volved in all Lite difficulty in which tne
follies and perverseness of his prede
cessor had plunged it. \Y ith such dis-,
advantages to combat, thus loaded with
the sins of /ru>o generations of democrat
ic administration, his prospect is n»is- <
erably gloomy. But wncii the race of
madness is run, and the people have ,
learned, by bitter experience, that!
something besided hypocrisy, and troll*
are necessary to govern a nation, What
aie they to turn to ? The present stale
ot things cannot Isst. 1 fie present r*cc
of rulers must give Way. 1 hey are
out of credit with their former friends.
\\ ith federalists they never had any.
What is to become ot the country i ,
fCw/itt. Mir nor. j
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From the Mewyork Herald.
The Lite dcjpatckcu-—Dcfpatches
from the Armenian milliners in France
and England, have lately been rc ]
ceivcd in this country, or more pro-1
periy fpeaking have been brought
into this country For we know not
4
• hether there is any pertou at the
feat of government authorised to re
! Ccive them j at any rate their corj
[ tents have not yet been divulged.
If we might compare the affairs of a
' nation with thole of an individual
we fhouid lay that our government
is in a bad wav. When a man is
4
progroliiug to^afrds bankruptcy, he
is afraid to enenure into his own at
a
fairs > hr (rtuns his books, and every
thing which might make him ac
quainted with his foliation. Are not
our officers of government in the
fame way. They appear to run a
way from bufinefs a3 from the yel
low fever ; and inllead of defining
meafures for the fupport of the hon
our and profperity of the nation,
fetm only to ouutrive how they (hail
» avoid acting or thinking on the fub
ject. •
FtiLraijls.—The democratic pres
I l>s are attempting to make out that
their defaulters who have been ex. •
• poled are federalilU. This will do
among the the people who tike and
. read their publications, ir is a very
. good way of bodtering up their par
ity* I founds well to the ears of a
| deluded multitude, to decure that all
? the men on our fide are good men —
the bell of men ; they arc the foil
rate democrats, and defpite the very
: name of a federaJilt But if per
chance they ftiould any of them be
proved to be villains, and their infa
mous conduct can no longer be hid
den, why then to be (me they are
federalilU. I hev couid not be dem
ocrats, for a man that has not cun
ning enough to cheat and defraud
the public without being caught, has
no title to a place in the ranks of
democracy. As the democratic ed
itors \#ill have to prove a number of
the people now in office to be feder
alifts, before many years go over
their heads, it may be of fervice to
them to point our thofe men ; fo
that they may be prepared with their
proofs. We fhall take occasion, at
proper feafons, to defcribe fome of
the fir it rate democrats who will ere
long be cried down by their partv
as federalifts.
The BonaparUs.—A London paper
dates that it is reported that Lucierl
Bonaparte intends to emigrate to A
merica. i his is not improbable.
Napoleon is undoubtedly meditating
the erection of many tributary king
doms on this weftern continent at
fome future day. And it would be
confid ent with his policy to fend us
a few kings in advance Louis, w no
lately abdicated the throne of Hol
land, may pleale his Imperial broth
er better on a throne in America.
Wc have already many Fiench mil
itary officers in our country ; —if we
only had a king or two, a govern
ment under the aui'pices of Napole
on might be patched up at a few days
warning. * ,
I never knew but one perfun who
interfered between man and wife,
either with fafety or fuccefs. Upon
a domeftic pro and con once between
the parties, that was riling even to
blows, a friend of mine who hap
pened to be by, hit the hufband a
Broke with his right hand, crying,
“ Be quiet you brute j” and ftru. *
the woman at the fame time with
his left, faying, “ Hold your tongue
you vixen.” Then repeated his mor
al admonitions and f.iefldlv bulFets,
with a “ Peace you monBer—Have
done you termigam—Hands off
you coward—Retire you urago’*
—a fit of Blame and laughing fcized
them both at the fame time, at l'uch
extraordinary and impartial an um
pirifm ; they Oiook hands immedi
ately, and become gt.od friends tor
the reft of their lives.——Stkrmb.
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Ib'VlSlBL b. Ph TICOAtS.
The following advertiienicat is copistl fr#m
au Eoghlh paper >
“ Mrs. Morris, (late Mrs. Robert
(haw) informs thole ladies (be ha9
had the bettor to lei ve for levcral
ye2is» anti lidie3 in general, die has
| now ready for their m(petition, an
entire frail and enenlivc ailo.tmeiK
I of her paunt Liartic In .ia Cotton
Invifible Petticoats, Drawers amt
| Wailtcoats, ail in one or icparatc ar
ticles, much approved of oy evtry
: lady.that his made trial ot i^cm, for
thar plsafant caiticiiy and del cate