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rOK THE gazette.
THE FOUNDLING *
fWFET infant! whence art thou f
Where dwells thy c'ucl lire ;
W licit thy mnhtr, monitor grown
That fcih her felt for hire ? i
I» this a thought fevere ?
Sufpicioo’a dark furmile ?
let hope prevail;—thi f*iJen n.*w,
Vet Uunbied, they ov.y rite.
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H iwever great the guut.
Which gave the Foundling birth ;
Yet hear the palliating voice,
That fpeaki fome relic worth.
llatble to fupport
The fruit of lawief. love,
S:ill may the parent bowd. yearn,
Aud feed ihjeir p‘ea ahyve.
i
Did fhame uifteid of want,
Conduct *hee, Aranger ! here ?
Then mark where tall* the In tie charge
And ftili the nurthug rear.
Thro’ channels hid, yet fure,
The plenteous Aore courty ;
At lea A this romienfation make,
For going thus aft: ay.
Already much i- d~ne,
Keen anguiftt to remove ;
Clfe *hy lay dowa at pity’s door
The babe to alk for love ?
Nor fhall it »& in vain,
Of fuch at oft have felt
At once the pleafure, and the pa eg,
Which hearts maternal meit.
There too the gentleft nymph
Of all the plain is found ;
Whole heart, now pierc’d with mif'ry’splaint,
Shall next, with puy bound.
Twas Hie, with eager hand,
The infant beggar took ;
Her arms the hoy protection gave,
By human friend* for took.
Now fee the lovely group,
With boiom* beating high,
And trembling hands, unwrap the rpll#.
Thru heave ttto n»tn*i
They catch the fpeakiog g'eam
Ot uative innocence ;
“ Oue ray of mercy’s large referve,
To orphan me dhpenfe."
f
Benevolence herfelf
Her bofom opcu fprea.lt;
Theo hov’rtwg o’er the fmiling babe ;
Her richeft blefting flieds.
i
“ Eichange,” fhe fays, “ thy bed
“ Of hone, for loft repofe ;
".Upon my bread thy head recline,
M Aud there thy tye lids dole.
** And when another mnrn
“ Shall deck the Summer ikv,
"The Loves, a’l brilliant as the iun,.
“ Shad hear thy melting cry.
“Their dnwrsy feet fbail tread,
“ Fir thee, their devious wav ;
* And gfu Je tneir fault’ring, peolive fteps,
** l'o greet the proip'rou* day.
“ Their meek companion, Hope,
“ Amdft the ftorm of hfe ;
r‘ Sba'I point to dittam, happy realms,
“ Where ends the don nlu! ft rife ”
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m • I. . i i ——_i— - - --- -
• Allnlsnf to a milt (Liid lately c.i the Rep of a
in C_ ' ’
e* .. ..— ■... ...
32jr tpontur.No. XXXV HI.
n Darrtd't heart ferrate bin after that be lad
nunfhteJ the ft pie"
But how did David fin in numbering ffrael f
If fure'.y was no uncommon thing Never
theWU David finned agaiufl G.id in fo doing
Lrt us exam-ne this ir.j.ter. Firfl it imp'ied
a diftrnft either of God’s faithfnloefs or power.
hrsH hy tranfgreiljjn 6ad provoked God.—
»a the beginning of the Chapter it is fin'd that
hts anger being kind ed he moved David a
ga«nft ihen. By this we are to underhand
Juk that God jifenced David ro fin in order
V p’mtfh turn, our ra'her that he withdrew
a otn him tbofia iupports and refiraiuu wirh
f '■ wh-ch ail h?« people would wa’lovr in the
** "e ot fin. David was expoled to the buf
fe;i..gs ot S»*an j hence it is faid in a correl
pondent paff.ge u Satan flood up agtiuft ffra
e-, autl provoked David to number ffrael."—
fr-ond'y, it might have feafted the natural
pride of hi* heart ; for David, though a ft
vorite of He*veo, was trade of fioful ritfli, and
b nature was “ a child of wrath even a< mh-v
*r* ” He perhaps was elated with the num
ber of the th .ufands of Ifrad which did him
reve'vnce and perhaps wa» frcretly faying to
h rnfelf that his might and his power rather
tnan th; hand of God had exited him. This
f'ory may teach :t* a ufeful teflon. ChriOian*
?"e prone to forget the hand that redeemed
them, si.d to wan»f-r to far from the truth a»
*° thmk thd’ the Lord is (lack concerning ftis
Itornifc. V’hbe the promtfes of God tarry
J-' their arc' roohflimetx according to hi* pur
!o>e, !»•*. people are often [terting and re pin
becaufe ail their f»Tilh withe. a*e not
JT'aufied I’hry wt 1 of eti as tl rt Dsvid. csl
Vu.aie their owu fticagth, aud, to ule the fig
lire of the Prophet, they will “ jjo down to
^PyP* *-<r help, and (lay on horfe*, and truA
j ln chariot!, bccaule they are many, and in
h »Henien bee mis they are very Aronp • but
' they took not iu'o the Holy One of Ifrael,
neither teek the Lord.”
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f£ificc!!aufoti3( Elections.
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From the f'venincr Pft,
T:n years have now elapied fince
: the reigns of our government have l
been held by the Democratic Ad- j
P*iqHlrationr and in that fpacc of j
time their warm ft pmizans may be j
boldly defied to point (*n one fmgle
f'olitary act which has redounded I
to the benefit of the nation. •’But
altho’ barren in every thing good, no j
i ten years have been more productive i
of evil ; each v?ar, each month, each
, week furniflief an enormous amount
to die fum total. For the retrofpec-J
tive lurvey of tt^e patriot there is nef ■
object which his eyes meet with plea- !
fure ; it is diftinguifhed only by ir^*
crimes, and weaknefs. A little vwhil^ ,
ago and we were a flourifbing coun
try ; the gallant deeds of our fathers
had gained us efteem, and the wis«
dam and energy of ourrslers fuppor* j
ted it ; the canvafs of our country ’*
Was reflected oh a thoufand waters, !
and every port embraced us ; honor
and riches were already in our grafp, 1
and the name of an American was
a paflport to refpect in every quar**i
ter. England beheld with furprile,*
her once fubject colonies, rivaling
herfelf both in ftrength and power,
and the rapacious eye of France
dared not fettle on our happy bor
ders*—Such was the (late of tilings *,
reflected at home and abroad, our
iriendfliip and alliance were courted j
by all, and none infulted or injured
us w:th impunity. Fond fools !
ue thought thefe hilcyon clays would*
ever lad, wi imagined tuppiners j
p'anted on. a foundation which could
not be moved. But alas ! the feeue
has changed, the magic wand of*
Democracy has diftipated our joys*
and turned our hopes into delpair.
The loud acclamations of rejoicing*
have given way to the fallen mur- {
murs of defpoidency, and the voiedt
of merriment to the found of sorrow. •
Our ftrength has been paralized, ctni
prclperity has vanifhed, and wisdom
departed from our councils. m The
once towering eagle of our country*
has been enfnared bv the Bahliik of
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Europe, Ins fteady gaze has mar-*j
fced her as his prey, and each flut- !
tering pinion brings her nearer tajj
his jaws.-.- Nations who before either I
feared or reverenced us, now raife
th ir hands againlt us or treat us with
contempt. With ft; pid apathy we
have beheld people after people fweofc
away by the befom of dcitructiou^:
without oi e wdh, one impul/e toj
refctie ourfdves from the fame fate*
We have thruft afide the exrendetf,
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hand f frienJfhip, and c'lafped the j
fcorpion to our bofofn. We haveii
given our property t > our enemies#!
ami our curfes to our friends. i'he#
iHviours of our c^'umrv, the men
who poifed its libeiry^lud fupported
its (irength, have been reviled and
condemned, while the laurels which
decked their brow’?, have been placed
cn heads too weak to bear (hem. |
I he phials of malicious vengeance >
Imre been emptied on the allies of
departed greatnefs. and the envenom
ed dagger of flander has been aimed
at thole who purchafed our freedom
wvh their blood. We have exulted ;
over the misfortunes of a fufFermg
country, and futig congratulating !
paeans to the enflaver of their liber
| lies. Thefe and many more are the
transactions which have marked the
courfe of the la ft ten years.—tranf
actions which the milts ot forgettul
ncls will never obfeure. 1 ht cup
of our rmferies is now full,— the
deftined goal is already approached—
we have arrived at the bank of the
precipice, and yet a falfe f’curity lulls
1 our tears, and calms us to repofe ;
I reflection is discarded, our ears arc
i thut fj tacts, and opened to deluflon
Impovetiflied, intuited, and defined,
we^Uive reached tlie crites of our 1
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fate, and the next change muft ei
ther bring us to a ft.ue of convales
cence, or feal our unfortunate def
OBSERVER.
FRENCH TORIES.
The French u>; lea art; » x*ended from the
province of Maine t6 Ntw-Orleans, and in
every state, and almost in every country, is
their corrupting inftnence felt* Toe heart
o! this faction is Ifn Philadelphia, from
whence the arteries and veins extend
throughout the whole union Next to
PhiUUclj'lij^-the t >vlenna Territory, Bilti*
more and Kentucky or* A‘to strung lie I Is of
to* yism. We1 do >*** hazai d this assertion on
conjecture, we have positive proof of the
fa^ts, which we shall lay before our readers.
To trace tins faction throughout the Uni
ted States, would require more lime and
ipoom than we can devote to it ; but wc will,
m a future number shew the deep h Id to*
ryism has taken ui the territory of Orleans
Natchez R*j>.
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Trent the Nexj York Spectator,
Tlie following Recipe is copied from the
bi.st number of live Richmond Enquirer. In
lot* present diseased stats of the Body Poli
tick, this Recipe may be productive of seri
ous benefit. Let the salutary prescription
here given he rigidly followed b) the people,
and we greatly ert in judgement, if the fu
tore Memb ra are not ail sound and heal
thy.
T'tcifie f or a Representafix'e in Congress.
Take 10 grains of Virtue, principally
that sort, called disinterestedness—
and 30 grains of Etrmncs*, which is dis
tinguished by a man’s thinking tor him
seif, and doing what lie thinks right—
carefully cleared of every particle of
submission—-blt-nd these with a portion
of talents and a sufficiency of eloquence
—and ^ on haw a composition some
thing like on American Representa
tive.——N. B Beware of coun
tdfeiifc — 1 hose who arrogate exclu
sive patriotism, when they are the
mere slaves of their own passions—
who have shrunk once in the times j
which try men's souls—let them as
sume what specious disguise they may j
—gild them as you will—m/ liie on it
they are counterfeits.
From the (bTice Reporter.
Dt mocra ic Economy ’—During t rr
a!administration, notwithstanding there was
a government to be put in operation, a navy
to be built, a corps of engineers anil avtille
i ists to be raised, an Indian w ir to be honor
»14y terminated, a sinking found to b»ef«ub- ;
loshed, a dangerous insurrert^m m be q*u 1- -
led, Lilt* ■; rela ions t# csiubl^sh&i, a ♦
revenue lu be r.*iscd,*public biiildmg* i^mV j
nterable to be Erected, An mum* ion ^iul
stores of various lAWls lr*!lr f)roc.u! CcL and j
all the oilier expensive itfnis aftti<ihea«U> a f
rew-organifted government a **ry %x- 0
• erw.ve lentlory ; notuTdistaftdlnj* alf t*»Ae
oHeels Were fully and lifteftilTy attained, the
annual t x k uses oi flie g*#ej;n$j'<|uF during
tout adnunTstrauon short of 3,000,ViO “
dollars; M • + ** «*
* ,,r •** V*
under the Jrffertovian ndrrhq4s1raltonf> aTtlio
the nav# has been sold and th<* f^oceeds !
soent, ns well as t!;e other ra*our<frrs provi- J
tied for by tbeii^redecv.ssors being wanton
ly -.quaput^d ; altho not a single useful ur
honorable object has been attained or at
tempted; altho the prosperity and honor of
the country have been saciifired on the altar
of ofiice-seeking rapacity, ptill the expenses
have annually exceeded 5,400,000 dollars!
In consequence of the late rains Con
necticut river lose fifteen feet above its
ordinary level, in a short time* Much
damage was apprehended to the corn,
grain and grass, the water having over
flowed (he country as'much as during
the Spring floods
Accounts from the western country
talk much of the hostile disposition of
the Indians, which app avs to have been
cxched by the Frencu. In Kentucky a
party of India ' - * ittdy abused a Mr.Pry
c'.und took tax:vccasks of whiskey
from him. A sergeut and twelve men
pursued the Indians, four of whom they
killed, and wounded as many more.
The lest Cl the party fled.
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In the year isoy, Governor Tlchen
or of Vermont, in consequence of a re
solution of the legislature, sent Capt
D on hum to Canada to enter into a ne
gotiation with Gov. Craig, relative to a '
method of suppressing the forgers of
bank notes, who had taken refuge in
Can ida. In conseauence of this trails
action, the democrats fabricated a sto
ry that the federalists weie entering in
to an alliance or conspiracy with Can
ada, to dissolve the Union of the btutes,
xc. Cupi. Dunham lias fully explain
ed the business in the Washingtonian,
and published the correspondence le
laiing to it, wtiirh demonstrates the
baseness of the dertiocrals. Thtyhadj
report*d that Cuyt. Dunham received a
large sum of money to curry-on *i.i*
t
business ; but though he sent in his
account of traveling expeoce, amount
ing to 130 dollars, for 26 days, to*the
legislature, and though the legislature
was willing to allow him 72 dollars, •
yet, to this day, he has received noth* {
ing-Governor Tichenor has been
accused by the democrats of a defalca- !
tion to the amount of about five hun
dred dollars, but this business lie has
satisfactorily explained.
LYNCHBURG, AUG. 31, 1810.
CRESTOA alias WA LSI AG HAM.
1 HE public have already been in for r '
med of the arrest of a Mr. Walsing -1
ham. alias ChEsroN, who ran off with
the Ano- York post-master’s wife and
child, as has been advertised. On be
ing examined, he was ordered to find
bail in 2000 dollars, to cake his uial at. i
the next term.—This he oblaintd ;—
but on suggestion of the State’s Attor
ney, lie was required to find further
bail in ^000 dollars—.With this he
could ^ot comply, and*was committed
to jail. What his feelings were on th^> ?
conduct may be judged of by the follow
ing papwr,^bund in the*jail room when
it was discovered lie had committed su
icide :—viz. •
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“ The object and end of justice is defea
ted, il^jaws are made * iflillity by irregular
commitments, and excessive bail demanded j
for bailablo offence*. Honor is unsafe in
such keeping, /prefer death to a forced
submission.*
“ Spare tlie stranger, for whom alone my
last pulse beat—a knowledge of wi.ai w uid
be to her a 9cene of’honor. Let it suffice
t. at I die for her. She is the innocent, inju
red victim of circumstances, which she nei
ther (could) foresee or avoid. No person
can claim the trifimg property left in this
room. Let *t be given to some one in char
ity, without parade. I have no other estate
—I have no Lmdy. The spirit that once
animated tins mangled body, disdains to
ask the least glace for it, of fellow worms.
Perhaps th<i first paragraph in tins note is
unjust : II so let those whom it concerns be
happy.—To err is human. Let no one say
loo mudh or too little lias been written.
The dead cannot reply.”
* Tie Constitution rj fh€ (/. S expressly pro
vides that excessive hail £ had rot he ex acted.
Trtm tit Freeman t Journal. *
Aurora & her Maids.
The lingular fparring between the
American Guddefs of the Morning
and fome of her “ wenches,” recalls
to our recollection a paflage in Fiel
ding's “ Tumble-down Dick, or
Phaetotj in the 6uds,” which appears
to be applicable to ^the cafe. It
ftjems probable that fome of the trrJ
lips who are about to quit the fer
ticc of Aurora will enter into that of
Nox, the daughter of Chaps, who is ,
yi copartnerlhip with Erebus, the del (
ty Of hell, and fon of hell, and fon of°
Chaos and darknefs, and whofe chii
dren are the Fates, the Dreams, Dif
cord, Death, Momus, Fraud, Trea- ,
fon, &c. /
Machine. (The Compcjlr ) Thus
ends, tyr, fry firff Comtek Now, |
Sir, for my fecoud ferious. or fubiime. j
Come, draw the feene, and difeover
Aurora, or the Mofping, juit going
to break, and her maid ironing her ,
linen. »
Aur The devil take th<^wench ' Is t not a
ihame
Y'ou fhou>d be laiy, and I bear the b’ame ?
Make ha fie. you drone, for if I longer flay,
I he ftm will rile before the breads of day ;
Nor can I go till my ciean linen's done ;
How will a dirty morning look in Junt ?
Maid. Shift", iVadam, can’t be dry'd oefore .
they’re wet ;
You muft wear fewer or more changes get*
Fustian. (An Author.) Fray,!
Sir, in \vhat book of the ancients do j
you find any mention of Aurora’s
walker woman ?
Mach. Don’t trouble me with the
ancients, Sir ; if (he’s not in the an
cients, i hare improved upon the an
cients, Sir, that s ail.
Ana Dare you to me m fuch a manner")
fpeak ?
The morning is fesree fine three times a f
w eek;
But I can t liav, and as I am mull bre*k. J
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Maid. Break, and be bang’d; p eale Heaven
III give you warning,
N gh: wants a maid, a*.d fo Mi leave the
Morning.
COUbhTT. I
** With this I depart firm my na-!
“ tive lard, where neither the moth j
“ of Dej-ivcrzcyt nor the ruft of ted- j
“ eraiiftn doth corrup-, and where •
“ thieves do not, wuh : npuuitf break i
“ through and Ifca) live foulard
“ doilujs u a t m
r——mm—ammm—mmm II Ml w ^ mmmmwmu* •
Thcfe were the lad words of Peter
Porcupine, alias 'm. Cot belt, m
the United States -—’i'hey appe ared
0-; the eve of his departure : r Kn
gland, at the clofe oi an audrefs ren
ting to the recovery of J)5,000 by
Pr. Rufh, for a iibei pub ilhed in
Porcupines Gazette.
Cobfcett is a man of extraordina
ryjalems—and thfe prefent age has
not pioouccd a more nervous and
energetic writer. Hut his.protctrions
and his practice have alwavs been at
Variance, lie has ever been a great
fticklcr for ftrong government—and
yet no man fo much abhors rdfrtinc.
He hates democracy—but is at the
fame time a politician of the rood
licentious ftamp. He is an avowed
enemy to jacobinism—and yet he
proves to b: one of the mod turbu
lent and factious fpirits in his nation.
—With ah his contempt of republi
can liberty, IM lay a wager that be
fore he has been a tenant of Newgate
a month, he will learn to fpcak rood
feelingly of me blejfings :f free Jon 1
[Balance J
P(jmjuer Fafbions--— The following
anecdote will Ihow, in* a (tricking
manner, the influence of falhion over
the human mind
A gentlcman%of large fortune fell
violently in love with a lady, much
inferior to him in point of property,
but far his fuperiorin intellectual tal
ents He addrelTed her for fome
time with a teal becoming her mer
its. but at length (he told him the
never could content ro marry him,
till the had required a fieri flee, which,
(he feared would be infinitely too
great for him to make. If it be half
my eftate, faid he, it (hall cheerfullv
be laid upon the altar of love. f bar,
faid the lady, is but a trifle to what .
km .ku.ui.vV Ik . .. ..
have the whole of rny fortune. . t
myfelf for your flave, replie 1 tii: u -
tor, I will not demur. — It is rote
than all that, faid the fair daml'd—
Name your terms', iu;.rr your ter ns I
cried the impatient lover. Ttd me
wage war with giants, or fight the
fierce lions of the de fert *, and try
love for you fhzll make me victori
ous. Nay, order me to the Indies,
lo China, or japan, and you dial! bs
obeyed. The facrifice is iliii greater
than all that, laid the lady. For
;oinpalliou’s fake then, cried he in
Jefpair, tell me what it is ! It is no
lets than this, faid flic, that you
[have odfy <ur monltrous long whis
kers, that I may have the plealure
ol beholding your face ! — My ^hif
\crs / cried he in alfoniih.nsnt 1 my
yVhhkers ! U heavens ! No, madam,
>e it Known to you, l woe d out
Dart with my whiik rs. to obtain the
leart and hand ot any daughter of
Adam now exifting on the face of
he earth.
A fhorfr time ago, a duck, belong
ing to Mr John Clemitln jv, of
Win moon, near Leeds, laid an egg,
rather above the oidinarv ftze, which
was broken for the purpofe of bein ;
:ooked for dinner, but, on examina
tion, the contents were found to con
lift of * dayt muddy Ilime, neither
refembitng the yolk nor the white
of an egg, in the middle of which was
depofited a young fiuke of the length
of ten inches. When the egg was
broken, lime reptile unfolded itfrii,
and remained apparently in a health/
ftate tor about 20 hours, when, hav
ing wrapt ittcif up again, it foon af
ter died, and is now nTcferved tji
.'pints by Mr. Clemifhaw.
\_L',nd:n paper- j
An extraordinary ctrcnmft»nc£
occurred la it week on n farm in the
ocighoaiirhood of Llanelly > a young
g:rl, accompanied by her bn fiber t
driving fo me cows into: ic fi iJ from
milking, was attacked by a bull,
thrown down, a id trampled u • . •,
the boy anxious tor his inter 's 1 \: ky,
picked up a ilurp lion *, whii: >. ha
threw at he animal, and linking hun
between the two eye*, he fell deal
infiantly, the ftpiie > .ns 1< oral /
buried in the Otod. —»>.
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