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Bystanders po Roger rycognite the far
tures, pr th«lei»p»r of ap heretofore lowly
child. At such a moment, parents would
L willingly glee up every external grace,
beauty of countenance, for the preserva
tion of Rs life. Even the lota of tight and
of hearing, distressful as the lees-of them
h • are, would be willingly given up for its
life. Distressing as this appears, it all
occurs once la 200 or 300 cases in the in-
I oculated small pox. A parent who dis
believed the efficacy of the kine-pock. had
his only child inoculated with small-pox.
What was the consequence ? The stoutest
heart'even of a stranger, could not but
shrink with horrour, and. drop a te*r ol
pity over its sufferings -Paint to
a little Innocent sufferer, stretched out and
covered with one continued sore ; threat
ened with Miff cation, uttering the agonies
he feehhy piercing, heart-wounding groans.
Observe how his mouth foams; listen to
the grinding of his teeth ; see how he
thrusts his little trembling tongue betwixt
them, and bow piteously it Is wounded I
Look f how he is agitated with the most
dreadful convulsions I bis feeble limbs are
twtsted and contorted, and threaten dis
solution • His body bends backwards—-b
lifted up and thrown again I These fits
now increase—then ceasealas ! only to
return with redoubled violence.—Misery
L\ v calls,gted for help ; but calls in vain—
iftw jpgMtaiuns succeed. He foams .and
gasps—gasps again—and ex
fires!
Any Iteart would bleed at a sight like
this! but what must be the feelings of the
parent, to see the fairest blossom of his
hope blasted by small-pox Inoculation, be
cause he had not faith in the kine-pock,
which would have saved his child from all
these agonies of distress ? To lose a child
by any means is a severe calamity. Bui
te lore one by this most cruel and loath
some distemper, brought on by the pa
rent's own wilful nets and>obstinacy, be
cause he was wiser than all the rest of the
world, and because he preferred risking
his only child with the small-pox, with
which some die, to giving it the kine-pock,
of which none ever died! We will not
attempt to describe the feelings of a father,
‘ and the distraction of a mother, in this
case. We must try to check our imagi
’ nation. . ’ * ,-
In these extreme cases of small-pox, the
L physician watches with anxiety every
Change. At length he,.observes the swel
ling of the face to abate and the limbo in
their turn, become tumified; and fevri
and severe symptoms appear a little to re
mil. But it recurs again with increase*)
f violence ; and the miserable patient undei
goes a second conflict, (the secondary f«
ver more dreadful than the first, becatib
the weakened powers of life arc, less abl<
Sto resist the violence of thy distemper.—
Most commonly the patient dies
the 14;h and 17th daf from the first attacfl
But should the powers of nature rise su
periour to tbc disorder, and he should
struggle on past the 20th day, and wc
thuuld be thence able to predict his re
co very, how miserable the object! how
torn his flesh and scarred. How his limbs
totter! and how his bones almost push
thuugh his skin! How emaciated tht
Countenance ! sunk the eyes and livid thf
* flesh! But above all, how fretful the tern- I
? per! and how ia the mind weakened !
I Even under this apparent recovery,
Death has still accomplished his work;
and the patient, too soon congratulated <m«
his recovery, sinks uuder a lingering con
sumption, or loses the use of bis limbs;
‘ oc else is eaten away with those slow cor
roding ulcers, called ecrofihulq.
Such is the true, and unexaggerated pic
ture of this loathsome distemper, that bat
ik ’ fles in description ail the powers of lan-
It pleased the Awyvj., alI-xvlixg,
WtXD, "in whom we Eve, move anti have
out being,'* to communicate tn distressed
(humanity, a Safe and easy remedy against
this loathsome pestilence. The highly fa
voured individual was Edwahs JbWN-xr.
of Berkley, a small town in the vale of
Olocente* in England. He it Was, that
with a Fianflinian sagacity, first trans
ferred the vaccine infection from that
I mild, healthy and invaluable dvmestick
animal, the Cow, to the human person.—
For he lias proved,
' Ist. That cows are liable to a pustular
■ disease, which is popularly called in Eng
land the cow-pox.
2d. Tliat the human species may be in
oculated with the limpid fluid, produced in
I the pustules of the Cow pox.
1 3d. That in consequence of such inocu-
w lation, an action continences, which makes
such a change in the constitution of inocu
lated persons, as to render U impossible
for them ever to be infected with the amah-
: pox-
4th. That the disease, induced by inocu
1 lathe withthe cow-pox, is of a slight kind,
wholly free from danger, seldom atteoduo
with fever, and nfver with suppurating
J' eruptk**, like there of the small-pox.
Sth. That, if by any accident tod much
general disturbance be excitedln the con
stUutkM by inocqlating fot the cow-pox, i>
Is easv, by a proper application to the in
-1 oculated part Co regulate, or suppress such
V disturbance. ’
Novkll are read so generally and with
->uch avidity by the young of both sexes,
that they cannot fail to have a coeaidera
ble influence on the virtue and happiness
of society. Yet their authours do not al
ways appear to be sensible of the serious
responsibility attached/ to their voluntary
task. In several novela which we frequent
ly observe in the parlouis of respectable
families, there cannot be a doubt that the
warmth 'of colouring in certain passages
produces ih the imaginations of many of
their readers, disorders which are far from
ueing sufficiently corrected by the moral
maxims, the good examples, or the warn
ing events. Of such grievous misdemean
ours, Fielding is notoriously guilty; other
writers also, from whom better things
might have been expected, have stained
their pages with indelicate details. But
the practice is a shameful violation of good
manners and admits of no exegse ; for
either the details are superfluous, which is
moat frequently the case, or else the story
should be suppressed altogether, as one
which will do more harm than good to far
the greater number of those who will cer
tainly peruse it.
But there is another way in which it
may be apprehended that novela are fre
quently hurtful. The efrick poem and ro
mance yf chivalry transports us to a world
>f wonders, where supernatural agents are
mixed with the human characters, where
Human characters them selves are prodi
gies, and where events are produced by
c auses widely and manifestly different from
the coupe which regulate* human affairs.
such a work! we do not think of com
piling our actual situation; tosuebeha
• acters we do not presume to assimilate
ourselves or our neighbours ; from sodh a
concatenation of marvels we draw no con
clusions with regard to our own expecta
tions in real life. But real life is the very
hing which novela affect to imitate; and
the young and inexperienced will name
lines be too ready to conceive that the pic
ture is true, in those respects at least in
which they wish it to be so. Hence both
(heir temper, conduct and happiness may
<»e materially injured. For novels are often
roman tick, not indeed by the relation of
what is obviously miraculous or in.po*Mi>te,
but by deviating, though perhaps insensi
bly, beyond the bounds of probability or
consistency. And the girl who dreams of
the brilliant accomplishments and enchant
ing manners which distinguish the favour- <
He characters in those histories, will be
apt to look with contempt on the most re
spectable and amiable of their acquain
tance ; while in the showy person mid flat
tering address of some contemptible aud
perphap* profligate coxcomb, she may fi
gure to herself the prototype of her ima
ginary hero, the only man upon earth with
whom it is possible to be happy. Nay, if
she should venture tn indulge her lover
with a private assignation, *hc knows from
those authentick records that her conduct
Is sanctioned oy the example of ladies of
the most inflexible virtue. She may still
plead th* same authority for her justifica
calion, if lor the sake of this fascinating
youth she renders herself an outcast from
bee station and her family. Whatever she
may give np, she has learned fiomher
oracles that no sacrifice can be too great
for real love ; that real love, such as sub
sists and ever will subsist, between herself
and th* best of men, is adequate to fill
i vary moment of her existence, and to sup
ply th* want of every fither gratification
.nd employment. And although she may
o* prevented by fortunate circumstance*
or by th* prevalence of better principles
(rom exhibiting in bar own fate th* cataa
efephe of a melancholy novel, yet tinctured
with such MttoM she must *v*a to pros
perhy be lamentably disappointed io her
i<>odest hope* and took with a jay(e*s heart
to th* society of ordinary mortals, te the
ordinary duties and ordinary comforts of
life; those duties which the sober-minded'
discharge with cheerfulness, and those
comforts in which acquiesce with con
tentment and delight, t • .
That oog chfldJn * family may be
inoculated for the COW-poX Without hazard
of Infecting any other persob in the fami
ly ; the cow-pox not befog a contagious
disease. And none of the facts, or ob
servations, published by Dr. Jenner m.
this subject, have been disproved, or re
feted.
> This happy discovery was announced to
the world by Dr. Jenner, in June, 1798
Five months after, it was communicated to
Dr. Waterhouse by Dr. Lettsom. At this
period not more than three or four per
sons had been inoculated with tbc matter
of the cow-pox in London.
And this town of New-Bedford is now
reaping the benefit of the labours of these
men. The Parliament of England, with a
noble generosity, characteristjek of the
nation, have given Dr. Jenner thirty thou
•and fiounde cterEng. They Wisely con
sidered that if they gave rank and lune
to the General, whose business it was to
destroy lives, they ought in justice to suf
fering humanity to place the Physician
who had been the means of swing the
lives of so many of their subjects, in a
state of ease and affluence.
■ New-Bettford, October 2d, 1809.
From the London Quarterly Review.
■o-;
Monarchies, In 1804, and 1805, when
they openly rejoiced in the sudees* of Bo
naparte, in the destruction of peaceable
rrfiybliqka, and furnished him with fifteen
millions of dollars, to assist him in his stride*
to universal monarchy.
Emharguroona, in 1808, when nan-inter
course aud embargo laws were invented,
to make us Weak and defenceless, that we
might fall an' easier prey to the deetrqyer
ej mankind.— -And they will be
Loyal French euhjecte, in 18-—, when
Bonaparte shall have crushed Spain, * and
conquered the liberty of the seas.'—Huna
for Jacobinism t * ' W‘
■ SPINOSUS.
Shayitea, in 17C6, whcn<by seditions and
inflamatory writings and speeches, iusur
reclion against the constituted authorities,
-was openly preached by them, and actual*
ly carried into practice in the State of
Massachusetts.
jfntifederaliato, in 1788, when the fede
ral constitution, (under which we have
prospered so much,) was opposed and de
nounced by them as * the calm of disposi
tion,' a * monarchy in disguise,* &g.
Gene tinea, h l(94,whei) they violated
our independence and neutrality, by fitting
out ships, commissioning officers, and en
listing men for Genet, in the very face df
and laws.
Whitkey boy a, in 1794, when they rose
in arms against the mild and prudent ad
ministration of Washington himself; when
Madison's French partialities were well
known, when 'Jefferson retired to avoiu
mailing a figure,* and when * these pre
tended patriots already had their prices.'
* Gitikena* and Sana Cuiottea, in 1795,
and 1796, when French Jacobinic! socie
ties were formed throughout the United
States, to intimidate the government; when
they placed* the French Cockades on the
standard of their militia regiments; when
the French cockades was publickly worn<
•by them, and when they declared that in
surrection was a holy thing, and the -first
dnty of a free people.”
Rank ineurgtnla,'in 1798, when they
carried Aha boly doctrine of insurrection
iota practice in the State of Pennsylvania.
Refiubiicana, in 1799, when they threw
off those names which had become so Justly
obnoxious; but retaining the same princi
ules,under thesnqredMamsof republicans,
advocated, the pJymvat of a tribute and
douceur to Talleyrand, ft C«u and sent a
special envoy to negotiate for themselves a
treaty of submission and allegiance with
France, fcc.ftc.kc.
Jefferaoniana, in 1800, when they em
ployed Duane, Callender, fcc. to advocate
the cause of France, to scandalize the
character of Washington, Hamilton, and
their friends, and write down the govern"
meat, and elevate Jefferson, the undevi
ating friend of France.
in 1801,1802, and 1803, when
by a 'political intolerance, as despotic! as
wicked,' most of the real whigs of 1775,
officers pf the revolutionary army, end
dear friends of Washington, yfere hurled
from their offices, and deprived of their
bread and living.
< FftOM T|X TICKGKX. ~
tHB TRUE PATENT JACOBIJaCX
LADDER. ' *
Althouoi there may be some well
meaning people among the democrats, yet
a great proportion of them ascend the
ladder qf Jacobinism, by grades something
tike the following—They were
Timid whigs, in 1778, when danger was
near.
On Tuesday last Theodore Count Pahlen,
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Ex
traordinary to the United States from his
Majesty the Einperour of alKthe Russia*,
w*sp» evented to the President of the Uni
ted States, to wham he delivered bis tellers
of credence. 1 I
Count Pahlen is accompanied by Mr.
Poletica, as Counsellor of Legation, Mr.
Ivanoffas Secretary of Legation, and Count-
Nicholas Pahlen, attached to the Legation.
On Monday 34th inst. a general Court-
Martial was held at the marine barracks,
by order of Lteut*nant-Colonel F. Whar
ton, for th* trial of Lieutenant Thomas H.
Pinkney of the marine*, for charge* ex
hibited against him by Lieutenant Archb
bald Henderson of the same corps.
Grateful in 1788, when France
claimed our independence att the price of
her service*.
Furiout wMgt, in 1782, when danger
was over.
The court having deliberated on the
charge and th* evidence in support of
the charge, brought against Lieutenant
Thomas H. Pinkney by Lieutenant Hen
derson, and having heard th* defence of
th* accused, is of opinion that Lieutenant
Thomas H. Pinkney is not guilty of th*
charge brought against him, end the court
moat honourably acquit* him of th* same.
Mtional InteHigmcer,
istration conceive they are authorized by
law tn take active and efficient measure*
against France, without the intervention of
Congress ; and that the Attorney-General
We have be** Informed that the admin-
WASHINGTON, June 29.,
sty tije jauite.
.7 w ”
“ i» every day expected here, whose opinion
b to be received <® the subject. %
If the adenlXMlration are clear in their
supposed authority, the sanction of Mr.
Rodney's optoion is desirable, not, we pre.
aunse, from Its value,’ but for the sake of
appearances^—Zrufe/icN dem r American.
PHILADELPHIA, June 27.
It is certain, that a new French Minister
is coining out to this country. He left Paris
about the middle of April, for Bayonne,
where he was to embark for the United
States. [JKAydMf not Mr. Armatrong’a
deaftatchea mention it 7]
A letter from the state of
conveys a very strange idea as to the In
tention of political parties to Pennsylvania.
We should treat it as perfectly chimerical
but for the general correcAess of the
source from which it is derived. It amounts
to no more or less than this, that General*
Armstrong will return to thia country im <
mediately ; that he will fix himself iu this
state, of which we believe he is a dative;
and finally, that he is to be supported as
Governour against Simon Snyder!
“ Mr. Pinkney however seems to be iw
st rue ted to speak in a more mild and pa
cifick tone, and I hope he will succeed in
effecting a happy reconciliation of the eXr
differaacaa between the two conn-.,
tries. He la a great favourite at court;'
and is spoken of with the greatest respect
by people of all parties. He possesses
much of Che euaviter in mode which is a
great requisite in a publick Minister or
AmbassSdour, and I antalso certain that
he does not want the Jbrtiter in re.
•4 British brig of 18 guns has in
New Cattle, with demarches and money
foe the Spanish.Patriptick. Minister. Th*
money was originally shipped at Fere Chiz
for Spain, in a Spanish vessel; bat which
being dismasted in a storm,' w'ascompelled
to put the money on board th* brig, and
put for Havana, in distress-—Under these
circumstances the brig has arrived ; and.
being an armed ship, permission to land
she money has been refused. This, bow
ever, is one of those novel cases, which we
can hardly suppose Was meant to be com
prehended by the. law pf .exclusion; and
no doubt permission to land the money will
be granted 8y the Secretary of the Trea
sury.
Jone 30. • • , *■
Eartract qfa letter froman .Americangen
tleman in 'London to the Editor qf the
i Freeman’* Journal, dated London, May
14, 1810. ' *
Captain Tarris, of the ship London
Trader, arrived here yesterday from Ca
diz in 45 days, states, that (he French ,h id
made no further progress after the reduc
tion of Fort Matagorda on the main; that
the Spanish and Portuguese force on the
island amounted to 32,000 regulars—and
the British troops were 9000 strong, and
a reinforcement of 8000 was daily ex
pected.
The garrison and the inhabitants, none
of whom had left Cadiz since our last ac
counts, were amply supplied. • * •
Many young men, whom the French
had doomed to their Conscription list, had
reached Cadiz—and no apprehension wav
entertained for its.safety.
Admiral Purvis had' gone to England,
and was succeeded by Admiral Pick more.
Accounts ffotn the Intel iour stated, that
<he Spaniards continued a successful par
>isan war against their invaders.
“ I sincerely believe that there- is a cor
dial disposition on the part of this govern
ment to be upon the most friendly footing
with the United States; and.l hope some
thing may have been done before this
reaches you, to remove the Non-later
c our Sc law, which must have proved in
jurious to individuals, and also detrimental
to your publick revenue. All candid men
in this country think that Mr. Erskine vio
lated his instructions • but Ido not, what
ever may be the general impression in
America. Mr. Jackson was not sent out
on a pleasant mission, and therefore it is
not surprising that he had a little sparring
with Mr. Smith. lam afraid, from what I
heard before we had any knowledge of the
rupture, that his character is that oC a
high-minded and irascible man-—I mean
Mr. Jackson.—Mr. Madison seems to have
two languages: one to please the party
that brought him into power—nothing but
the war-whoop is grateful to the ears of
the jacobins.
•• The Burdettltcs, or the jacobins'of thia
country, begin tp quake, and are no longer
considered as objects of serious alarm.
“ 1 hope the American government will
cultivate a good understanding with this,
who I am sure fervently deshe it. For
myself, be assured 1 feel a hearty interest
in every thing that Concerns the peace,
welfare, prosperity, and independence ol
my beloved native country.**
July 9.
Yesterday arrived at the Lasaretto, the
schooner Three Friends, Captain Scheyen,*
in 18 days from Laguira. On board this
vessel is Don Ju»n Edwardo, of Carracas
with despatches fur the deputies lately ar-
** The Spaniards still hold out manfully,
and should they ultimately be subjtigait d
by Bonaparte, it will cost him much blood
and treasure.
*■ June 29.
rived fo the United thitprm '
vince. ’.' **
Thia gentlemax inform* that
ernment of Carraca* is at
in a Junta, consisting of five
exercise legislative, executive,
present, likewise Judicial functions.
The following minister* hare been ap
pointed : on* finaifces, one for
foreign affairs, MOn* of warand navy.
Courts of judicature are not yet regt*,
larlyorganised, nor is the militia y *4-sys
tematised. ‘
Commercial regulations arc undergoing
a favourable change for thio United (states.
The .present .government is
as tewjtorury, and to continue until all thfl
department* of the province of VenczuelQl
shall have ratified the measurer adopted
at Carraca*, which it is supposed will soon *
Im the case. There are only two depart
ments, that of Maracayb** and Coro, which
have not yet joined in the late imnortapt
change of government., « , ( «• • d
The Deputies from the departments pf»
Guyana, Varinas and Cumans, cqshP4ti»t*
with the Junta at Carraca*.
pjtrio
A private letter from thft
2d May, says, Jose Anglado, Captain of m
Spanish vessel arrived here this ptornlng
from Cambril, reports, that 3 days previ
ous to hi* sailing, new* was received by ex
press from Lerida of a complete deteat of
the French near that city, by the Patriots
under the command of General O'Donnell,
The French lost 6 or 7000 men, and the
Spaniards from 4 to 400. •*.
After the action 11,000 recruits went
'Hit of Tarragona to join the victorious ar
my. The brother of Angl >.do confirms the
news, and adds, that in consequence bran
dy had risen 10 dollars the pipe.
A captain arrived in 11 days from Tfib
r igona, affirms, that the French had raised
the siege of Hostalricb, and that io Barce
lona only 2500 men remained in garrison
in th* town. Some say they have return
rd to France; others that they have gone
'oward* Lerida, for which place General
O'Donnell had set out with all his army.
Dieturbancet in Firymia t
A letter from Richmond, dated Jone 25,
to a gentleman in this city, says“ On
Saturday last, a dreadful conspiracy of the
Uave* toolfplace at the coal pits. So sud
den and unexpected was the occurrence
that before a sufficient number of the pa
trote could be Collected to disperse them,
.hey murdered eeverql JumiUe*! Among
which were Captain Heth'*, Mr. Cuncliffe’s
and Judge Flemming*. The Governour
has ordered out the militia throughout th*
State, and I fear there will be much blood
shed before tranquillity can be restored. I
am out on the watch, every night. Or
der* have been issued to call on a black
but once, before you fire. This disposition
to. rebel is most conspicuous in the slave*
residing about Richmond. Phil. Gaz.
For his brave and spirited exertions on
<hU occasion, the New*York and Columbian
Insurance Companies, in this city, have
presented to Captain Green, and to his
apprentice, a generow and honourable re
ward, which, we understand, consisted of
an elegant set of plate and a check for
•even hundred and Ufty dollars.
AC J, fewt. M V , f
SPANISH A MARINA
We hear from the Havana, that informs
d«n had reached that place from Mexico,
that the Goveroour had beea arrested and
On the 6th of October last, Captain
Samuel Green, of the ship Polly, bound
from New-Ydrk to Falmouth, was cap
tured by a French privateer, about ten ox
twelve leagues S. W. of the Siciily Islands.
The cormnander of the. privateer,* after
plundering the ship of many valuable arti
cles, look away all the ship’screw, except
ing Captain Gregg and his apprentice; and
put on board a prise-master and four men,
with orders to conduct the ship into the
nearest port of France or Spain. On the
9th,‘having ssHed3days for the French
coast, Captain Green seised a favourable
moment, when two of the Frenchmen wffce
asleep in the qabfo, and when two more
had just gone below, to re-capture the ship.
He instantly sprang forward, nailed the
cabin doors, fastened the companion, bolt
ed the hatch over the sky-light, and se
cured the man at the helm. Thus, once
more master of his ship, he wdre her
rowid, and steered for the nearest port of
Englund or Ireland. The Frenchmen
below having been two days in their close
, confinement, suffering- with the weayils
which had wandered from the rice in the
hold and infested the <&trin, requested to
be brought bn deck, and promised obedi
ence and submission. Motives of humanity
induced Captain Green to relieve them
from their distressing situation. He
brought them up separately, and secured
them on different parts of the deck. On
the 18th of the same month, after sailing
in this manner nine days, Without closing
his eyes, he arrived in safety at Bristol, in
England. Captain Green Is a native at
this country, and, as will appear from the
exploit above related, a man of a bold and
< nterprising spirit.
NEW-YOKK, July 3.
A gallant exfUoit hanouratfy rewarded.