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The Maid', Soliloquy.
— In imitation of Cato's.
XT must be so — Milton, thou reafon'fl well:
Efe, whence this pleafng hept, this fond desire,
This longing after fometbing unpoffifs'd ?
Or why this Jecret dread, this inward fear
Os dying unefpous'd ? Why shrinks the foul
Back on itfelf, and flartles at Virginity ?
'Tis InftinEt,faithful inflina, firs within us ;
'Tis Nature's ftlf that points out an alliance,
dad, intimates an Husband to the Sex.
Marriage! thou pleaftng, and yet anxious tho't ~
Through what variety of hopes and fears,
Thro' what new sanes and changes muff w, pays .'
The untry'd state, in profpea, lies before me,
But Jhadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it.
feewill I hold, if Nature pempts the wife,
(find that fa does, is plain from all my feelings)
Our duty, and our interest, lid indulge it ;
For the great end of Nature's Laws, is Bliss :
But then—in wedlock, woman muff obey.
I'm weary fthefedoubts, thepriefi JhoLend them;
Nor rajhl, do I venture toss and gain ;
Bondage and pleasure meet my thoughts at once:
/ wed— my liberty is gone forever—
" But, ha,pinefs,,rom time itfelf Secur'd ;
Lovefirft Jhail recompense my loss of Freedom ;
And when the charms of beauty fade away,
My eyes grow dim, my stature bends with age,
pf^n virtuous Friendship /hall succeed to Love.
blef, I'll farm grim Death, and live
_ Immortal in a filial race.
8 Th, Editors' compliments wait on their friend
" Typo"— they will thank him for continued
donation from his plenteous fleck.
A SIGH, by miss Robinson. ,
GO, ISigh ; go, viewless herald of my breast,
And breathe upon the roses of his cheek !
Pla, round bis bro w, with warning ringlet, dreft,
And wbijper more than timid Love dares [peak.
Ah ! seal not near bis lip, prefumptuousfigh;
S^efafeination will enthrall ibee there,
Nor tempt the dear, delicious, dangerous faaro,
7 bat lurks about the witchcraft of bis eye !
But to b's pensive ear import my love ;
In murmurs foft, my tender woes relate;
Tell him eternal anguish is tby fate,
If cold indff rente Jbould tby tale reprove.,
Then —if be scornsf corns tb&, come, poor trembling
/guest, [breast!
And live the SILENT TENANT OF MY
EPIGRAM.
Says ,-tk to Torn you're a rogue and a cheat ;
Says Tens to Jack,,ou're a rajeal compete :
Qdotb Richard, the truth of the proverb Ifee,
That two of a trade can never agree.. .
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The Merry Register.
the PUMPKIN. Connecticut beat—ts fad.
THE exultation over Mafeebufetts, we lately
bear?l from Connecticut, is only the triumph
of a moment &"" ''" produce instances in tb°e
Pumpkin line, that beat them all hollow. The
faa is, a gentleman farhsty, (M,jor Bordman)
of Redding, in Mafo<bufetts, bada pumpkin vine
in bis gardtn, (sprung from a feed cajually dropt)
which run four hundred and forty four feet in
length, and produced twenty eight finable pump
kins, a^ of which cam to perfeaion.
fg, The " Connecticut exultation" we barite
not fee# ; ,but we preface their " faas" are not
much inferior to Maffachufetts'- And though
vie fauld Decline Swearing to the truth of the ,
above™ fa&," — we add, with fitarit, —
O, ma, N'whampfhire incretye in pumpkin pits,
Fast as thofefates inertafe in pumpkin- lies !
TITO sailors were< observed by feme gentlemen, to
be bus, in lifting an nfs over the wall of a pound
where it was confn'd—On asking the reason, the
tars, with true humanity and, ch^raaer, replied,
Why, look,e mafttr, we saw this animal aground,
'without visuals, d'ye Jee ; arid so say messmate
and lagreed th cut bit cable, and give him bis li
berty, because we have known before now, what
it was to be at tort allowance.
&ihßr curious circumstance occurred at Dum
fries. One of the Hopetown'fenci^les quartered
in that town, was difeovered to be a Woman, af
'tyr having been upwards of eighteen months in she
jervice. The discover, near made by the tailor,
when be was trying on the new clothes. If is re
markable that foe bap concealed her jexfo lorig,^
fidfringfa alwaysflept with a comrade, and feme
•toQfo..^ ^%isifara#
Niebfo, (her r^to^fe CWS) arid
grange al it @ a,,car, uw earned a wag,
among the Ifits. It is even fold, flat fa bad
cufeda lass in the Bridgend of Dumfries to fail
deeply in love with her ; but who,find the differ
* cry, is perftal, cured.—Previous to her ^ w ^
the charader of a jol&r, we are informed, fee
bad decudomed berflf ^ the dr#hand babies of a
man, hairing been bred to the bof^fs of a weav
er, at Clo,eburn, and employed as a manservant
at Eccleftcban. ^j^fy^A^-^^^,
," ^— —_—— BejqrarcEEßw^^^ I
Adverrifemenu eirra.
MADE their tycape, an Hofland's Aftaiens.—
1 They diJappeared immediately on teeing bis wife
with her bands andface unwafotd at breakfafl.
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A Pun on Pretenderr.
PETER PUFF has obtained a patent for jelling
all kinds of patent machines—be keeps conf antly
for sale, Double barrelled guns, which are Jure to
hit, provided the bird is within hearing, though
not in fight. AlJo, warranted chimnies, which
will not smoke, unless you build fires in them.
Political Mifcellan].
from the MEDLEY.
THE SOLDIER, No. X.
I WOULD not, my fellow citizens,
write one word more, on the fab
jeft before us, if I was fenfibie it would
be a draft on your patience. The in
vestigation is not more intereftiog to
the writer, than to each of his readers,
and the public in general.
I will, however, ad the part of an
orthordox person ; and give you the
remaining heads of the difeourfe; an
impartial examination of which, ap
pears to be highly interesting to us :
And agreeably to my firft Essay, I have
ift, To “ coniraft" the law (which
obliges us to do the duty of Soldiers,
and equip ourselves at our own ex
pense, .without being compensated)
with our Constitution.
2d. State the objeaions of our leg
islature to granting the soldier a com
pensation for his services.
3d. Some remarks upon the policy
of Submitting trials for military offenc
es to the civil power. ,
-4th. Some remarks upon che late
general orders which have been issued.
And, to keep up orthodoxy, the Sol
dier will give a summary, or " Prac
tical improvement" of the whole: and
close, with the form of a Petition ;
recommending some .one similar, co
be presented our Legislature by his
fellow citizens.
4 shall not tire my readers, I am
confident ; for I Save no " foCTeentb
1, nor , fifleeniW,, in my plan.—
But to proceed,
I am bound to (how that the requi
sition upon the militia is uncooftitu
tional, as the present la w stands, and
highly unjuftifiable. In my last essay
you have seen that it is constitutional
to demand the time or property of any
citizen to fypport government, with
out a reimbursement. Neither is it
constitutional to levy the military part
of governmental expense on one clafa
of its citizens. The loth article of
our declaration of rights exprefily de
clared against it, as each one will de
termine for himfelf when he reads the
following : —
" Each individual (note—each
or every one—not a part) of the So
ciety, has a right to be proteßed b, it,"
&c.— 66 He is obliged, conjeqtafy
to contribute bis share, to the ex
pense of this protection ; to give bis
PERSONAL SERVICE, or tin EQUIVA
LENT when neceffar,." — Who can fay
the military eftablilhment is uanmf
fary to aid the civil in the protection
of qur lives & liberties ? If any would
dare assert it, '' frike him dumb," let
him revert to the security of our Penn^
Sylvania brethren, against a lawleh
banditti.—And since it is absolutely
oe^ffary, Why is not “ EACH ir
'dividual” called upon “ to give bis
PERSONAL Sevres, „^^.
^lenT?" —I tell you, fellow citizens,
it is myfteriotm—ft is realty uoac-
countable how our Leg^Qiwre could
furmou & t fyfifong a barrier to our
rights, without being conscience fmit
teo, and immediately repenting and
repealing the rash aft.— But this is
rot the only evidence that it is incon
fiflent with che principlei of a Repub
lican government, and consequently
our constitution. We have endeav
oured, by breaking the chains of def
potifen, and declaring ourselves inde
pendent of Greatbritain, to eftablilh
a Government, in some measure con
formable to the just principles of the
Eternal Rightl ot Mao, and the im
mutable Laws of Jehovah.—These
laws have one plan for their directory
—Right ayd Wrong— Rewards and
Punishments. First, the Reward for
doing Right— Second—The Puoifh
meot for doing Wrong—But in the
fubjea before os, our LegiQators ap
pear to have forgotten this Divine
Rule : and declare, that such & such
citizens dish do the public such and
such services, without any Reward.—
if they negled to do it.—obfetve, they
do not forget the Punishment— But
declare, if the Soldier negied# to fur
nifh himfelf with a gun, bayonet, car
tridge-box, &c. at his own Expense,
and negle^s to devote four or five
days in a feafod to qualify himfelf to
protest them (it h not himfelf, for bis
property ^-nought—) in the peace
able enjoyment of their lives, liberties
and property, he (hall b€ fined in a
sum hot over four pounds annually,
for neglecting to equip himfelf, and
not under io Shillings a day for ne.
glebing to appear at Mufiers, togeth
er with costs. —See Militia Law 18th,
19th, and 20th Paragraphs.—l fay,
to proteEl tbem—Fot hh property is
kept fmsll by every method govern
ment and a general Miserly spirit can
invent—to proton them —for his liber
ty, like his property, is a Jhadow — All
fatisfaaoriiy proved, I hope, in my
last Essay.
c I have often heard it observed, that
“ Punifoments, without rewards, serve
to weaken the cords" — And 1 think
the observation just ; for it corres
ponds with the laws of Deity —An.
nexed to the obedience of whose com
mands, gan ample Reward—the re
verie, a Punishment proportionate. It
does indeed weaken the cords—for
while Americans have the power of
refleaion, they cah but despise every
symptom of defoocifm introduced by
our Rulers, into civil and Republican
Government. This instance is fd
glaring, that any one who runs may
read. They read, feel the injustice of
the requisition, grow relax in their
performances, and will at length fink
into a state, the inevitable consequence
of which will be a revolution in gov
ernment.
Mankind, in fewer, are f 6 elated with the
idea, that when thty begin their career of
oppression; they, know no bounds to ftap at—
To give an ear to the cries of " the Jwinijh
Marii^dc," (as the famous, 8r rather in-fa
mous Burke terms THE PEOPLE) they think I
a degradation of their dignity !—while we
reflet, and fuffer our ideas to follow the
mpnfter Oppression in his various windings,
and ccnfequences, we can but lament that so
barbarous a spirit should be permitted to in
habit the breast of man—of Americans. ~
It is curious to examine the right our Ltgfla
tors bad to declare we Jhould do This duty without
reward, under juch a firia penalty for the hegl&
Let me #, where did „u. Legislators , find that
power or the Right of thus controling the actions
of a pert of the people at you? pleafare ? Did you
find it in any of the articles of our declaration of
rights=whtre all men are declared Equal—Free
—and entitled to the right f procuring, poffiffing
^aud &fmding prtyeßy ?=- Bid,o,faa tbi# power I
in an, part of the loth Article, before quoted?—
Doyou findit in thy following y,rds ?—" Art.
®b.\ A frequent recurrence to the funda
mental principles of the Constitution, and^
conftancadherence toilioeof^is, Y, jqf
TICb;.MODERATION, TEMPERANCE, I Nr
3pusTßy, and f^ug At IT Y, are absolutely
neceff^y, fo,referee the advantages of.lib
ertf, hod to maintain a free governments
The people ought, consequently, to have &
particular attention to all those principles,
in the choice of their officers and reprefeata
tives : and they have a right to require of
their law givers and magistrates, an exact
and constant observance of them, in the
formation and execution of ALLlawg,
neceffiry for the good adminiffration of the
Commonwealth."— l — Doyon find the right or
power in the Qb article of tbe Legfative Power,
in words as follow : —" And further, full
power and authority are hereby given and
granted to the said General Court, from
time to time; to make, ordain, and eftablilh
all manner of wholesome and reasonable or
ders," &c. (so as the feme be not repugnant
or contrary to this Constitution.)" Ijay, do
,Qifind your delegated right or power in an, of the
parts here quoted ?—Tprefums not —Nor can you
fora me one elauje or sentence in the wfole compaa
that willjuflif, you in the ad. —But thd right or
power is from this quarter —Monarch, or Dejpo
tifm has set youths precedent : it is a power pecu
liar only to crowned puppies, to deal thus with
their Jubjeas—the, ujt it for every mean and jer
vile purpoje—and well may their fuljeas be term
ed, Swine,"/er thus peaceably bearing the de
grading Isfees. —Americans ought to rfta more
rational,. Ihe LtgiJlatcrs of FREE MEN
foould co filer tlenjebvcs as placed in actuation
to extend th. Olive Branch, rather than the thorny
forub. That their fufyfls are capable of reajon
irg with prspriet, on the flops the, make, and can
and will Getsa ever, symptom of the abuse of the
power delegated to them.
Rftfl upon this—Examine candidly whether
you are afting io?f,ent with the solemn obligations
,-ur oaths hindyou toe, to " faithfully and im
partially difeharge and perform all the
duties incumbent on you as Representatives,
according to the best of your abilities and
understanding, agreeably to the rules and
regulations of*ie Constitution, and the laws
of this Commonwealth So help you
god." — lfo,, rfta on this and be wife.
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
OF
Remarkable Events, Inventions, <fc. [continued.]
Years AFTE^ christ.
CHARLES Xll.of Sweden
begins his reign.
K. James 11. dies at St Germain,
inthe 68th year of his age.
1701 Pruffi, erected into a kingdom.
7 Society for the propagation of th,
gospel in foreign parts established.
1702 K. William dies aged 50, and
is succeeded by Q. Anne, daughter to
James IL who, with the Emperor
and States General, renews the war
against France and Spain.
1704 Gibraltar taken from the
Spaniards by Admir,l Rooke.
The battle of Blenheim, won by
the Deke of Marlborough and allies,
against the French. t,
The Court of Exchequer instituted
in England.
Prussian blue invented at Bergin.
1706 The treaty of union betwixt
England and Scotland, July 22.
The battle of Rimillies won by
Marlborough and the allies.
1707 Ah extraordinary fall of flies
io London, so that they covered the
clothes of passengers ; and the impres
sion of peoples feet were visible on
them as on (now.
The firft British parliament.
1708 Minorca taken from the
Spaniards 6, General Stanhope. }
The battle of Oudenarde, won by
Marlborough and the allies.
1710 Queen Anne changes the
Whig-tninittry, for others more fa
vourable to the interest of her broth
er, the late Pretender.
The cathedral church of St Paul's,
London, rebuilt by Sir Christopher
Wren, in 37 years, at one million ex
pence by a duty on coals.
The English South-Sea Company
begins. : ~
1712 Duke Hamilton and Lord
Mohun kiiled in a duel in Hide Park.
% 1712 The peace of Ucrech t, where
.by Newfoundland, Novafcotia, New
britain, and Hudson's Bay in North
america, are yielded to Greatbritain ;
Gibraltar and Minorca, in Europe,
were also confirmed to the said crown
by this treaty.
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