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TN the social state, obviously fam
-4 ed for the promotion of the com
mon good, a credulous man might
foppofe that there would be no divi
fita. But thia mistake, observation
if ihe had only half an eye, and peep
ed with that through a glsfi darkly,
would correct. Where only two or
three ate gathered together, some un
social, malevolent passion will start
up, and forbid their unanimity. Be:
in grelt and political bodies, among
old end rival nations, opinions being
at numerous as the individual#, who
harbor them, there the claffi of fac
tion and the clafli of fiords will be
so often heard that there will be no
room I* co doubt“ divi^m."
I believe that I have, somewhere,
hinted to my readers, that a new(pa
per lies occasionally on my table.
But I survey that weekly map of hu
man life more with the feelings of aI
moraljft than of a politician ; and 4
fheefteart, rather than wine at the in
telligence of a viaoryi If the pub
lic papers recorded the happy mar
riage, and not the sudden death, if
they painted the tranquility of a Fed
eral, and not the turbulence of a
»flte|, government, every son of
sensibility isould peruse them with
rapture. But, especially, at this jar.
ing period, when our ears ring with
" the world's debate, it is most pain
ful to turn over pages, which, crowd
etyith recitals of battles, sieges, af
fiffinatioas and daughter, are nothing
more than the records of animosity.
The old world it rent in pieces by
" divifioni." Nothing but " wars"
&" fighting*" can facisfy the reft
leffaeti of France, the pride of En
gland, and the stately ambition of
Germany, in France, there is jin
gling ia the Cabinet, as well „ the
modi of homie lances in the field.
How many wife, how man, virtuous
men, have felt the edge of a Revolu
tionary axe, because they differed in
sensate from a Revjititiomiry Tri
bunal. How many Britons have
found untimely death in the dykes of
Flanders; who might have been gath
ered like a sack of corn it bis feajon,
had not " division" among the ft
tioni urged them far from peace and
the plough.—However men may
B ilence and the
rities of life,
;of division a
own country,
^of war are
as,'' frequent
le tara and
iuife, and mar
the peace of the community. A
rhnnc,thp borderer# ot # enniflvaou
h d a brand the
hm&tnf mwhifkv Bill, and the fiery
Wrfidpni of many a "club and
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[VOLVMIIV.]
CONCORD, TUESDAY, September 27,17^1,
^ty^^Q^fotem—lt^" I ^^
the "Green pram" wb ofe den
the was wont to haunt. Division
has looked alkance at the Treaty, &
has even with audacious front, ad
ventured to,ffil WASHINGTON,
but he oeadf& failed and & van
ifrd away.
Men disagree in minute, no left
than in momentous quefliom My
parifhioneri inform me of various di
vifioni, and Ipartly believe them.
Thus I hear that two young girls of
equal pretehfiona to wit and beauty,
cannot possibly live io friendfhalto
gether, for, like the Caesar and Pont
pey of Lucad, one cannot bear 1 ri
val, and the other is impatient of a1
foperior. I hear thst two neighbor.l
ing lhopk^epen will not even look at
each other, nor go to the fame tav
ern, nor walk the fame fide of a
street ; all to confequeoce 'of an un
lucky divifaa—Two Counties will
contend for ieveral years, which shall
enjoy the privilege of a fh^; and
where the Courthouse shall ftaod, &
thus cut out work for lawyers, even
before a place is provided for them
Ito wrangle io. Neighbors will
Lfquabble about an old tree and an old
and expend too dollar® in
C@rt fees to determine which shall
have the mighty privilege of petting
out the fire by piling on the wood of
the one, and hiving a neck broke by
riding the other. But what is a more
preposterous division than any yet
enumerated, is what is called an ec
clesiastical dispute. To such an ab
fard height has this species of conten
tion been carried that, in despite of
the opinion of the Saint, that a be
lieving wife may convert an infidel
hufbsod, church doors have been
shut agiinft a converted female for
pairing with an unconverted mate.
Lift of all, to end thit disgusting cat
alogue of " diviGoos," chrifliaas pro
feffiog a worship in concert, have pul
led each other by the beard, in al
certaining who should be their min
ister, and have warred furioofiy to
know, where the temple of peace
should be crewed.
J LAY PREACHER.
'from the Vermont Gazette.
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Description of a newly difeovered Cavern,
Oflthe ^ortheaft end o"f Mount Anthony,
in Bennington.
QOME time lift year, thole was
O discovered in the fide of the weft
mountain in Bennington, ufoilly cal
led Mount Anthony, situated on the
east fide near the north end of the
mountain, large enough to admit
with some difficulty the body of a
man ; widening in the defeent, and
auoarentlv of confiderabte death, as
was judged by the dropping offtonei,
&c. into ft. After a while, some
men ventured down, by the means
of ropes, as far as the firft landing
from the mouth ; when, from the
dropping officer, & within,
which founded loud and hollow they
I bly fpacioui.="fn the course of the
I pox, being fixed in the victim, or toe
1 gUte^j iWw cave, ^wulrj rfy s«i,
I lights, they explores sppar
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meat, and found a partition wall
reaching from the top to within fix
inches of the bottom. By lifteaing
at this aperture, the found of the
dropping water within, gave ^ idea
that a much larger room than that
explored lay beyond, which would
afford a striking view, it possible to
get into it— This induced numbers,
among others, the editar 4si§ Gv
zetfr, to vfitit ; having previotfly
provided themkivea with nece ffar,
implements to remove obfiruaions:
At this period the mouth of the cav
ern wq about eighteen inches by two
feet over, with a limb of a tree fixed
for a medium of descent to the firft
[landing, which is about fifteen feet
[perpendicular from the mouth, wid
ening as it defcendi. B, a pocket
compsft it appeared that the dirtdion
of the cavern was from hence, starts
two points fouth of weft. A pretty
quick defeent of about right feet led
to a narrow passage of near twenty
four feet io length, the roof in some
places lofty, in others so low as to oc
cafioH a mao to stoop. Here the
partition beforementioned it filtrated/
being too hard to be wrought upon
with the bar or hand-fledge—With
these inftrumencs, however, and the
addition of a hoe, a passage under the
partition was dug io about an hour,
fufficieot to admit a man to crawl on
his belly, and in that manner the
fi ft company passed. Here an arch
ed concave is fi uated, of irregular
form, and to the ioftieft poiot, which
was afeended to with difficulty, by the
help of a fapliog pruned of its limbs,
thirty five feet High. The whole
length of this apartment it sixty eight
feet, its breadth irregular, from that
of a large entry, its direaion nearly
north and fouth. To explore the
cavern further it is here necessary to
afeend to a proj^aion of the fide
rocks of the pillage, about ten feet,
breast high from whence two holes
were found, nearly large enough to
admit a man's head when firft dis
covered, and separated by a hard
tone pillar about sixteen inches diam
eter. By holding gandle through
one and looking through the other,
another fpacioUs cavity, or room was
difeevered, with an arched way at
thread of it. After about an hour's
labor with the bar and fledge, one of
the holes was rendered so much larg
er than when dilcovered, as to admit
a small man to crowd through, and
with a little exertion, and cpnfidera
ble difficulty of p^ffage, the whole
company that firft difeovered it
crowded through. Immediately af
ter puffing this strait, a bell-lhaptd a
partment prefects icfelf, the roof in
the highest altitude forty feet at least,
or, frond the floor of the other apart
ment. This room is twenty four
feet lo&, and at the end, io a direc
tion a little northward of weft, has a
narrow low passage of about four or'
five feet, through which the compa
ny crawled to another apartment, a
(bout twenty four feet in length, be
yond which there isa covered way of
seventeen feet which terminates the
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mromtutottett^tetafa^^
places Smooth arfßH!htdm
and (hint as if encr^ied with ict^W
many places the appearance of flow
ing corcains, fold below fold, appear
peculiarly magnificent, la others cu
rious free work and etchings at vari
ous kinds pr^Cent co view— in every
apartment pipes onuses, refe sibling
iciest, nang from the root and jut
tings, of every length and fixe;
from che eighth of an inch to two
Leto or more d'^artfo end from
three inches co three feet long, the
Irffer fort perfedly hollow, the larger
fort very porous and hard in proper
lion to fzr. At the end of many of
them the pendeac drops of water
,rom the «&ttiop of the lights, p&,, £
fenjed a lsft(e equri to the brilliance
of,a diamond.
The tracks of some animal or ath- ,
er was thought to be perceived on a
batik of fine clay io the cavern, and
the entire (kail-bone qf some fmai!
creature, (most probe^ly of the (quit
rel kind) was found in the third R
partment, on the firft vific to it: but
do part of the cave appears to be the
residence of any living crrcure at
prefeot. ), ; fe\
BexniftgtOH,
From a Parts Payef #
skTFch
Os the HISTORY of BUONAPARTE,-
by P OUQTIEK, Member of the Council
of Ancients.
Buonaparte, about twenty
right years old, b>rn in Corfu's,
but brought up in France. He was
early sent to the artillery fchoo), where
he made a rigid progress, and after
some years serving, he was promoted
to the rank of Caprain. He did not
confine himfelf to the ftrely of math
ematical sauces, and their applica
tion to the mathematcal branches of
the artillery ; the hiftory of ancient
and modern nations, the theory o'
fair refpeaive conflitotions, the prin,
ciples of their tadickr, were the cori
ftant object of his refearchei, and for
him a kind of recreation, after the per
formance bf his military duty. Filled
with admiration from the heroes of
Athens and Rome, he burnt with a
detire to imitate those models of re
publican intrepidity. This increasing
rehleffnafs of a genius that knew its
Own strength, and felt impatient to
ruth forward piffle p^h of glory,
was miftakeo b, his colleague! for an ;
inordinate ambition.
Employed at the fege of Toulon
to direct the batteries against that
lortreff. Buonaparte found fault with,
the difpofiriona of the generals, and
took the liberty to tell them of in
They firft lighted hit observations M *
founded on a rifficute presumption 0
but soon after fheyfhad recoutfe to
histone, and the retreat of the En.
gliffi and the capture of Toulon wcr^
the fruits of hit eondefceouon. ^ ^
, Barmand Treron ippeinted him
general of the artillery, and in this
post he contributed bit fare to the
fucceflfes of & arm, of Italy. Thefe r
lucernes we-.e not to deemve as
^X'^^^e:
ery campaign, and at the return GF,
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