Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1797-11-22 00:00:00, page 2

'ihe PALACE of AM3ITION.
From SOU? HE Y', JOAN of ARC.
——-ANllfirft a Undfcape rule,
I ■re wild and watte and deflate than where
"• •• white bear drifting on a field of ite,
" Is to h.fcftvtldtr'd cubs with piteoys rage
ft Vige agony. Mid the drear feene , p or
A mass uprear'il its inifly brow,
U:r«ucpM by breath of spring, unwont to kno#
i'-d rummer's influence* or the cheerful fa e . 10
' f autumn ; yet it*fragments, mmy and huge t
Altounrfed ocean with the dreadful dince (
l )i whirlpool. T.timberlffs, abforbitig ofc j
The bla::iLi«fs fiiher at his perilous toil. j
Upon the topmoil height the maid -n saw
A dome ; to ev'ry blait'
Sfcobk the wide fabric, tou'ring as tti £alU ■
y -rever tou'ring ; round-the tenjpefts yell.'d ut
Tr;:ncndous, music hoarse 1 ye: to the ear up.
Of uiwi who there had rule, the dynast stern, dat
Not pdelightful. His perturbed flight, bel
and gloomv, speeding hitherwards,
til-.S saw the dark wiag'd rhape ; with all its j n
towers ,
The Palace nods; such wc.s Ambition s voice !
Obedient firlt, fierce l'ervant of fierce lord, "°
Cnwl'd i'uperftition comes, bet loofen'd robes tin
Float on the breezes, and expo .'d to view
. ! ... . ufl «i dagger. By her fide crept on ou
r • .• fed Urpocnfy with meekest mien ,/ H
A ,-f I step demure, and erofs, which to his heart
3ic ore 11, ar.d fcem'd with heaven ward eye to
r-uur ,
TV pious prayer ; yet never prayer he pour d,
■ »ve when with secret glance he view d the an
crowd
Admiring nrar. Revenge unwilling quits as
f'h* mangled corple ; and prodigal of death, * w]
1U x- 11 lui-hter ftwde; hi.f»lci»i o yet uiilheath d .
Keeks from the wound, loose flow his long back *
locks,
'Che wideW of his eyeis terrible, m
,1 nd each limb quivers. Cruelty comes next, nc
With savage i'mile grasping a widow'd dove. d<
And Fury next beatiijg her own fwoln brealt j c
K'.iih'd at the call; and Envy, hideous form
Gnawing her ftelh, and tearing from her head *
The v/iper turn'd to bite: and Horror, wild,
With' creeping fltfh. Despair his sullen arms > ">
folded f-aye muttering dark and halt forrn'd
word, g
Of dreadful import Aged Avarice next c:
IJogg'd to his heart hi» bag«, and cast around j,
(Unwilling though tolofe the golden fight) u
Thefeaitul look. And fitful jealouiy .
Anxiius for mifcry came ; and feArifh Lull
0 Hot from the convent. Pallid Fear ficdon,
And ever as he fti-d-his'ghaftly eye I
Revests. Then tlalk'd along the giant form d
C f Prond Op predion : on his crowned brow g
Sat Defoliation, and his pirylefs frown t ]
Dispeopled countries ; him behind a train
Loathy and hsrrible, ofnamelefs fiends
Out-numberingvOCutU. I.aft as fill d with icar,
Sufpic'on, ever watchful clo»'d the train ; ti
Ptilr, meagre fpe6iie, with iron plates, t
Slteplefs 31.d fearful of the friendly "meal, u
Worn out with anxious vigilance of life. j (
These at the palace meet, there, porter fit, v
Rt moi fe forevei 1. - fad vigils kept, _
His heart the viper's feaft ; worn down his face
li f.ictffa were when fcar'ce the (hrivell d (kin
Wrapp'd o'er the bone, proclaim d the gnaw- t
ingpang; _ . J I
Inly he groan'd, or, starting wildly, fhntk d, j
Aye, ai the' fabric tottering from its bale > ,
Threaten'd deSruiflion, tho' olt announc d j
withheld, i
Tho'ftiil withheld, e*pe^ed-
These the maid c
Mai k'i as they fteer'd their dusky flight along; j
And lo ! ftie was amidst them. _ i
Paved with bonct, ,
The floor breath'd peftileoce; the emblazen'd (
walfi , .
With enHgns and with blood.uAin d arrns were
hung, ,
The trophies of ambition'.
On his throne
That fr.rm portentous reared his giant bulk,
Mote huge t7\an he, who with his huwdrtd -is
Scatter'd confufion o'er the host »f gods,
Briar ens ; or the monster brethren twain,
Whole ilature swelling ev'ry hour % Ave hopes
Of < quailing highest Heaven ; nor larger he
lllufive, 'gainfl whose head the thundercr Thor
Sped frulfrate his full force. A fable helitt
Shaden his brOwn face, where glow d thro eath
dark tint (
The fire of»anger; in his hand he grasp d
The desolating ,'ptar; his broad black brow
In thought coiitraSed spake his brooding foul,
' Sullenly fitent. <
. Now Landing,
And For SALS/by the Sudscribiri, .
33 hhds. BRANDY,
61 RICE s
14 half do. 5
7 hhcla. Carolina TOBACCO
Philips, Cramond, & Co.
fiovctncr 18. -
The Commiflioners
for alleviating the diftrel's of the Citizen* of
Philadelphia, have removed their office to the
Old Court Hanfe, High Street.
EDWARD OARRIGUES, Secretary.
t.;th mo. tB. * w -
REMOVAL.
Maurice Moynihan,
INFORMS his friends and the public, that he
has removed Store of ( China, Gtais,
Ware, and Dry Goods from No. NorihSe
coc.d, to No. 71 North Seventh Street, north east
corner of Cherry Alley, where he folicita the fa
vor of his former cufiomers.
'N."3# Crates put up with care at the (horteft
notice. i
a,
Landing,
Frotn on board the (hip Edward, «t Walnut
Itreet Wharf,
London particular Madeira Wifie,
of a fupcrior qualityi For Sale by ifie fubferiber.
Robert dndrew.
ncvembcr 3. eot^_
■ FOR SALE,
By the Sobscribf*, at hi. Store, No. 75, South
Water-ftrect,
A general affortmeiit of China
Ware •
\ Black and coloured Sattins ' ■
Do. do. Luteiiriugs
Do.'- d». Handkerchiefs
Do. do. fewhjj[ Silks
Imperial and Hyfim I"ffs
Long and short Nawkeens
Quick Silver, in tobs
Holland Gin, in pipes
Allotted Glass Ware, in fafes
White and blown Havaraia Sugars, in boxes
Mobile*, in hoglhcadk
St. Croit Rum and 'uj;?r, in do.
London particular Madeira Wins
Sherry and Malaga v\,ißes, in quarter c.lki
Red, yellowand pil? Barks, in chslls
LoEWood, &c. &c.
„ rJ . 7 _tu&f4w JOSEPH SIMS.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, ZZ ; a >necw
t —• rr-nm ridllM^
For the Gazette 0/the United Status.
t their h
To the SvBSCRtBRR, in the Gazette of the Unit- rl e S .
Ed States cf the 14to, and in P. Porcupine's at neg<
Gazette of the \sth ifl. <wbo puUifutd a peace'
Britijh Review of Doctor What "ton's pam
phlet. K.rpiib
SIR, article
Whether you wilh to procure a sale for domni
Doftor Wharton's pamplet, or really look
upon the doftrines of unitarisnifm to be
dangerous and unfcriptural, and iinccrely rt .f o i Vl
believe it will have a tendency to check their paign,
progress, lam at some loss tt> determine.— my v
In either alternative, however, you appear
to me to have rifqued the reputation of the
doftor, providad A? reviewers have quoted by a|
their author rightly. allotti
Certainly it cannot be much his Hon- Frenc
our as a man of science, or a divine, to fay
that the reasonableness of this (the christian)
revelation is not to be proved or examined; Plea!
because, as he fays, revelation implies informa- th
tion of something which reason cannot dijeover ;
and therefore mufl be different from all the de- Thoi
duaions of reafan. This it seems comes in
as a denial of a proposition advanced, some "
where, by Doftor Priestley* viz—that chr'tf- eomi
tianity, be/ides being proved to be true, mufl be cies
fhetvn to be rational. Now the review , a fe\
makes Dost. Wharton fay that we have ( ing I
nothing to do with the rationality of the j evili
doftrines of revelation, but limply, are these j exist
doSrines (alluding to the atonement and not i
probably to the trinity in some points) com- of t
municated to us by divine revelation, or are extr
they not ? j tc
I I believg the reformers did not take this tjeer
ground, in some of their disputes with the und
catholics, about tranfubftantiation and other deej
doftrines conlidered r.» irrationalaudunfcrip- A n
tural. I also remember to have read v a defe
learned work by a Mr. Jenkins, called the oug
Reasonableness and Cettainty of the Christian I is o
Religion, in which the author thought the ofte
doftrines were reasonable as well as true. — I vrati
Several of the Boyleian Leftiires, the au- I out
thors of which were clegymen of mod ex- this
tensive learning and piety, contain the opin- refu
ion that christianity gains much by its doc- the
' ! trines V' n g fbewn to b« rational :—And thri
that revelatioa was generally addressed to the J ona
underftaflding of men. Even Bifliop Horf- win
ley, the great modern defender of the trini- I wh<
ty and other doftrines' which the unitarian the
of christianity does not admit, recom- and
e mends the reading of Plato to those who j tha
wi(h to reduce thofc unintelligibles to some- jin i
•- thing wearing the appearanoe of rationality, feei
If lam not thiftaken, Butler has one chap- boi
ter in his analogy, to (hew that the atone- I rui
meat is not irrational—lndeed I have scarce- del
ly met with a person of opposite sentiments an<
but what endeavoured to shew that his view inii
of christianity was rational, and ou that in 1
;; ground, as wtll as by the forde of its exter- in
nal evidence, ought to be received—Hence rot
too the numerous treatise* upon the internal
** evidence of the christian religion. But it th<
appears that one hath risen greater than all mi
r< " thefe—Doftor Wharton.tells us that in ex- ge
aminirtga revelation we have nothing to do .
with the rationality or irrationality of its foi
doftrines ! Strange doftrine to such as have ho
" 16 been accustomed to think on these fubjefts ! th
The reformers asserted the doftrines of C<
tranfubftantiation to be absurd and c«ntra- th
ry to the evideace of sense ; and, th«refore, no
or when their opponents declared it, in the th
words of scripture, to be a doftrine of rcve- J wi
«h lation, they were rebutted by faying such | 't:
could not be the meaning of inspiration. lec
May not the fame be said of the atonement pr
l j if it be as repugnant to our ideas of righ- b]
teoufnefs and justice, as the other is to the I ki
evidence of sense—and of the athanafian txi- jif
nity, because it amounts to a plurality of I ar
Gods, or a confufion of the cLiareft ideas I pi
we have of personality ? I hi
By the dangerous and unfcriptural doc- I w
" trines, which you fay are rapidly extending 01
their malignant influence among 'us, I pre- I tl
fume, from comparing your introduftion at
t_ with the review, you mean to charafterife jpi
that view of christianity called unitarianifm. I oi
G f And here you are certainly right in faying di
the these doftrines are rapidly extending 'them- oi
selves ; this I know to be a faft ; and their bi
. progress may be traced in America for i m
twenty years. I rejoice too to find that Iti
those to whom they are considered as malig- rr
nant begin to take notice of them. I ft
And here, permit me to observe that the f<
, c!l s malignant influence you ascribe to them I f]
s e " take to be the effeft they have in destroying, "
east or the tendency they have to destroy, in ti
fa the-minds of people, the doftrines alluded o
to in doftor W's pamphlet, which as far as I c
I can colleft from the review may be the 1;
trinity, atonement and perhaps original fin, it
for they generally go together in th§ fame si
view of chriftianity. r
au»- Sure lam you cannot adopt this word j n
malignant, or the other words dangerous and 1 r
h e » unfcriptural. to mean a tendency or quality, »f
iber - in the system you oppose, to corrupt mor- j i
als, weaken the ties and obligations men are j f
tf under to discharge their to one ano- j a
ther, to society and to their creator ; be- 1
oath ca j|fe unitarians are generally of as gotfd t
moral charafter as thofc of other religious j
inji. denominations —and from the nature of 1 >
those tenet's which they rejeft as unfcriptural, \ 1
ar.d some others insludcd in their view of rev-j :
| elation, I think if cannot be mde to ap- j 1
J pear that they are not influenced by as I
1 high views, and powerful motives to holi- i
ness and purity, as those who lay they be- I
lieve the tenets unitarians rejeft.
i Ido not wiih t,® fee a theological contro- '
xcs verfy introduced to the public through the 1
newspapers. I think it is not a mode fufii- ;
cientlv dignified for the fubjeft ; but I
thought your language, and the sentiments
k? of Dr. K* as slated in the review, called
for the notice I have taken of them,
•i-. 1 ANOTHER SUBSCRIBER.
1. * 1
r< r the GAzzrrs cryirSD STATES. p-i a f s
HJ, Tf.'SS'C, dowi
THfi f.ditor of a Nrw-VcrV. fucpofes corll]
fVr the ? uplift and (he Fmp. ror wiftt for peace , r
lon terms " lufficiently Whs* faels "
1 can have led to this fuppoP.'ao:,, I an, at a !ofs to
l.oolt at htigUilll,--and behold her 1
ri.iiiif; triumphant on tile oce.'.n — up the of tl
three principal n'.aritiiua powns 0; Europe; and mof
in thunler wherever tliey dare peep out £
their headi from under the Ok-Iter of their hatte- i n
ries. Betides, hiiH fli-c not thrice failed in attempt* &
at negotiation, limply b-c»ufe fte would not pake ram
peice <lO ktuiiiiijting terms ? The Emperor— .s he prot
not about to re-commenee hostilities fsther th^ti
submit to ail a-St of treachery on the.pirf.of the a
liepiibiic, hy her refufingt" abide by one «T the
articles of the pi'J'niinary treaty having in
• demnified himfelf for the loft of a turl.ule it J«f- adff
tria by the »ccj(iifition of other t<rrit»#y of u:fi- I ovei
i nite imp.>r.tancei:ta him, did he not, ra-her than 1 j* s
give up'the pointrri"p('eiin;/thqtortrefsof Mantua,, v(
r resolve to abide the consequences of another cam
r paign. Do these tilings bespeak humiliation I In "P v
- view Great-Britain (lands it this hour i-A an led
c attitude virtual'y to controul the whole civilized not
Q world, /jpdhowever this is, abfvrecledly. tone mal
j lamented, yet if paramount power mult be held ce( j
by any nation, we ought to rejoice that it is not .
allotted to a p-ople pre-eminently disposed, as the Ul ®
- French are, to abuse it. P. T. a b
y ran
) Mr. Fenno, tin
; Please to publish the following extraft from inp
the BEE, publilh&d in the year 1791. wil
. _ pre
■- Thoughts on the modern prevalence of Bank- as
n ruptcies. Tl
,e " Perhaps, in the present situation of the fui
f- eommercial vvgrld, the number of bankrupt- ma
be ' cies which have of late happened, may claim frc
sv ! a few thoughts, as a fubjeft highly intereft
re ing to a mercantile nation. To remedy the thi
ie i evllentirelyis perhaps impoflible, while trade mi
fe I exists, andjortune is capricious ; but ought a 1
id ! not some diftinftion to be made in the eye ga
n- |of the world, between the situation of the an
re extravagant unthinking villain, the hasty an
speculator, and the worthy man, who has th
is I teen ruined by their schemes, ftrugghng en
ie under the burden of a numerous family, and tli
ev deeply aff*£ted with his fallen condition ? m
p- A man in the situation of the lattef, is most re
_a deserving comparffion ; on him the creditor m
ie ought not to wrack that vengeance which
in is only destined for guilty heads. Yet how
hie often do we fe« him reduced to poverty and
- want, exposed to the misery of a jail, with- "
u- I out friends and without help ! A man in
x- this situation is an objeft of pity ; he who
n- refufes it is unworthy of a better lot. On j.
ic- the hand, the more splendid spend- j
nd I thrift, who indulges himfclf in all the fafhi
he 1 onable follies of sensuality and extravagance,
rf- I who perhaps wai the ruin of the former,
iii. whose credit was never supported but by
an the most ruinous means, viz. " wind bills,
m- and personal aflurance," often meets with c
ho that pity which the other has never found :
ie- in a short time surmounts his difficulties of
ty. seeming embarraflmente • overleaps the
ip- I bounds of prudence, and begins again his
tie- I ruinous career with undiminifhed splendor ; ((
ce- alike the censures of the world,
nts I and of his own conscience, hackneyed in
ew iniquity. Ought not the one to be admired
iiat in his misfortunes, and the other reprobated ,
er- in his splendour, and detested, though fur-
nee roundefl with the glare oftinzeled shew ?
nal As matters have flood for some time past, , j-j
: it I there is no man who deals extensively but
all must fufFer : and the fraudulent bankrupt is
ex- generally the one who lives most splendidly.
do When we trace bankruptcies to their
its source, we' generally find extravagance at '
ave home, ruinous speculations, or misfortunes
its ! the cause to which they have been owing, j
i of I Could not some mode be adopted to eheck
tra- the growth of this growing' evil? Could 1
jre, I not some mark of odium be itamped upon
the I them by the public ? The wife most surely
•ve- j would applaud a scheme for that purpose : |
uch j 'tis a pity it has not been already put in ex-
I ecution. For instance, when it was clearly
lent proved that a man had fairly ruined himfelf
igh- by heedless expenditures, which he well
the I knows his circumftanccs could not admit of;
tri- I if he is a member of a mercantile society,
' of I and it is insinuated that either fraudulent'
deas I practices, or fom« other cause, owing to
I himfelf, have been the cause of his failure,
loc- I why not make inquiry ? and if that is found
ling I ont, ought he not to be expelled society by
pre- I the unanimous voice of honest men ? AV e
lion are told, shame ids more powerfully than
erife principle ; and lam persuaded, a man will
lifm. I often hear general general surmises with a
jring deaf ear, who would start at the thoughts
hem- of open reprobation. This must, however
;heir be prudently and. carefully examined ; but
for may be done after due investigation. On
that I the other hand, could not an iuftitution be
alig- made to bring forward the unfortunate, and
I fuccpur the distressed citizen. The rich who
t the*] fear not the hour of adversity, may perhaps
m I spurn at the proposal ; but the sober think
ing, ing man would approve. Suppose an irtfti
r, in I tution was formed for- the express purpofi
udec! jof relieving decayed r bants, after the
"aras circumftancesattending their failure were du
e the ly infpefted by a committee : I dare fay
I fin, it would meet with encouragsment ; and a
fame small annual contribution too trifling to be
I regarded by the opulent would do the bufi
word j ness, audit is too ufeful a scheme to be dif
r and I regarded by the humble. Were this propo
ility, »fed by some patriotic gentleman, I dare fay
mor- ' it would meet with encouragement : and
n are surely to be the means of depressing and
ano- affronting the villain, and encouraging the
; he- * honest and virtuous, is an undertaking wor
gorfd thy of man.
gious j If'.his is thought worth inferring in your
-e of ' work, it may perhaps bring forward some
tural, | more able arguments, and be the means of j
f rev- j at least making the villain blufli, while the
o ap-*i honest cannot but commend.
iy as I I am, indeed, of opinion, that had this
holi- inftitutfon been formed for some years past,
y be- the payments to real objefts would have been
very few ; but in all probability, the evil
intro- will iucrca'fe, till the public take the alarm,
b the and by some mark of odium, assume that
fuffi- authority, which our laws, in their present
jut I fituatiofl, cannot impart. D. C«
nents
called A rtew improved plan of a Bee-Hive.
Where and pleasure have been
R. particularly ih died, neat n s .ahogany and
glass hives have been conftrufted In the win-
dows of dwelling houses ; by which means
company in a fitting room may fee into the
g'pfs hive, and be araufed by the a£iivity
and, labor of the industrious community ey
ery moment of the day, andJearn a leflon
of tm ploying their moments to the
moll ufeful putpofes. n(
Some bee-hives are so conftru&eH with
glafles,ofdifferent fi/.es, as to represent a py-
vamid ; which at the fame time are highly
produftive. This is done by placing over ((
the body of the hive, which is of glass,
a flat round board, perforated nearly round
the edges, with holes fufficiently
admit the bees readily to pass and repafs ; ""P,
I over each hole a small glass, like a cupola, e (
j is inverted'; and as soon as the body- of the
hive is filled, the bee continues his labour'
upwards till every glass cupola is richly fil
led with wax and honey. Over these a
nother fiat board, perforated in the lame
manner, and furnifhed with glafles, is pla- .
ced ; every other strata, lefiening in
diameter, may be so added as to represent ;
a beautiful and lofty pyramid. In this py
ramid form of raising the hive, the.bees con-
tinue to work without swarming or leav- .
ing tV; hive, till tjhe glass cupolas are filled
with wax and honey ; and they may be j.®
prolonged by removing the glafles qs soon
as filled, and substituting empty ones.
These glafles may be made of fitch size as to °
• suit a family to breakfaft, each of which
may be daily introduced to the table frefh '
i froffrthe hive. [ u; ' (
A little honey on the bread would save
; the use of butter on the occasion, and be
: more wholesome. It is at the fame time '
t a luxury that every family in possession of a
; garden, may command without expence ;
; and certainly with the addition of rational ?
; amusement. To unite this with profit is
s the intention of these Jiints, which experi
r ence will improve upon, and amply reward
J the proprietor of this most industrious com
? munity of laborers, who seek no reward in '
I return but house and Ihelter from the incle
r mency of the seasons. n(
v BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
i of Joseph MAria Pancrazi.
" Wits live nbfcurely, men know rot how ;«r die 11
obfcnr»ly, men nrt when " ascham.
" Fortune has rarely condescended to be in
° the companion of merit, iiven in these en- m
lightened times men of betters have lived in w
•" obfeurity, while their reputation was wide- ce
[' ly spread ; and hare perished in poverty, at
'' while their works were enriching the book- w
r ' fellers.
That generous warmth of foul which en- &
couragement might have eulivenedintograti- o
tude, or bounty elevated to ambition, has t;
j too frequently been extingujfhcd by the k
tears negleft has eaufed it to filed. W ant n
' ; e and dependence check the flights of genius, a
obftrutt ev«ry noble effort of the mind, and ti
" chill the genial current of the foul."
A person endowed with superior mental si
faculties in distress, was, by the antients, n
very.aptly shadowed under the emblem of t
Minerva in a poor habit, having her right c
hand chaiued to a huge stone lying 011 the p
ground, whilst her lfft hand, which is fur- ii
' nifhed with a pair of wings, is held aloft ; li
■ fignifying the ardor with which Genius as- n
14 pires to the noblest things, whilst unhappi- p
J-' ness of concision restrains its endeavors and 1
'. it prevents the accomplifliment of its defiVes. e
A little memorandum by the late Tho- t
le * mas Hollis, Esq. (the munificent benefac-i j
"k -tor of Harvard university) led to these hu- 1
militating temarks. t
There was something very affe&ing in th- f
, fate of Father Pancrazi. The learning and \
, the merit of this excellent and hospitable c
man were known and admired throughout !
Italy. Yet these empty applauses", some- t
times leavened wi'h malignant erivy, were 1
jj the only rewards obtained from his induftri- I
out application to literary pursuits, his ex- t
' tcnfive bounteous generosity. 1
Wholly engaged In his fhidies and his deva
"to tions he took no thought for the neceflary ]
supplies of life. His resources, every day 1
n( j leflening in a<fts of charity and hospitality, i
. and in the purchase of rare and valuable
books, were at length exhausted. He be- !
, came extremely poor. It was now, howev
er, that he began his much admired work on
j the Antiquities of Sicily ;* this ht compo-
fed, as the celebrated Johnson fays he did
his dictionary, " with little afliftauce from
the learned; and without any patronage of
Q n the great ; amidst inconvenience and dif
traftion, sickness and sorrow and rsuch of
his time was unavoidably spent in making
provifipn for the day, which was passing o
vcr him. Many who read his bo«k with
admiration knew of his neceflities, yet no
jij' one relieved tbem. "In the autumn of
>f- 1 75j?' fays Mr. Hollis,f he lodged in a
'i " ThJatin convent, the convent of his order,
at Naples. There he was attacked by a vi
r olent fever, which impaired and broke his
constitution. In that feeble state, however,
( he applied to his work ; and, in order more
speedily to publish the third volume of it,
found means, in the year 1753, -to fell a few
' " rare medals which he had colle&ed, to tl e
'?° king, by whom he had the honor to be per
fonaUy known and refpe&ed. The superior
and '^ e conve,,t f° Bie ' lc>w g ot intelligence of
? e that traafaftion, claimed the money arising
C from the sale of the medals.for the uses of the
convent, and obtained it._ When Father
Pancrazi became apprized of the event, he
!went diftrafted direftly ; and after languifli
ing, with intervals, miserably some years, at
length ended his wretched life."
" While the gold lies uftlefs in the moul
this dy coffer- of the Miser, the leaden hand of
.j> poverty checks the daritjg flights of youth,
i*' and chills the fire of enterpiize."
bcc " » Schiller.
evil
arm, * /nticbita Siciliane. Napol. 175 1. 2
that vol." fil. .
;fent f s<■' a nite in his own htmd writing, in the
C. Ji' ft volume of the abevs tuorl in the Library
of Harvard Uu'rverftiy ; to which Air. Holhs
makes this addition, " this good man rendered
been me hospitality, and by his letters J travelled
and. throughout Sicily and Malia."
' RICHMOND, Nov. iTs ~
Mr. Davis,
The following is an extract from a fenfiblc,
candid and well written letter, received
by last Wednesday's mail, from a native
born Virginian of diftinguilhed ctarafter
and property, who has been sometime j
northwardly, and is at present in Phila
delphia. A CORRESPONDENT.
November 14, 1797.
" This place again revives—the public
officers are returned, and the fever will be
j fo&n forgotten except by those who have to
deplore the loss of a valuable friend.
As to Europe there is the molt anxious
expeftation—The fate of humanity at large
as well as the interests of America, seems to
depend upon the events which now portend.
While this dilemma prevails there will be
but little enterprize—The capitals have
been very much affected* so that what re
mains irvilft be nursed ; nor cau I fay much
on politics, a fubjeft which has necessarily
of late imprefled itfelf upon every one. I
can however, make a few remarks fro-m my
own observations upon all governmental fub
jefts. The Virginians- arc generally impff
fed ripon and mifinformed—l'have been my
felf much mistaken in many refpe&s, and I
have contributed in some degree to mislead
others, and do now most heartily widish at
I had the power to undo every error of ttys
kind. If any man will come to this
place with a mind perfeftly unprejudiced
and open to truth, he will soon discover
that he has not been master of the data up
en which,opinion is founded. H<; will dis
cover that prejndice and has had, and
now holds considerable empire ; and that
even they whose duty and fituat.'on (hould
■induce them to unrcialk the Impostors, ei
ther Wecome inert or parties. lam perfua
j ded that there are two errors in Virginia
* which support each other—the firft is, the
( leading public charafters think the mass of
the people are opposed to government and
that they are therefore unfaithful if they do
notlikewife oppose and abufeall the officer*
of government, whereas the firft is not the
truth, and the second is a great fault : a
e very little explanation would regulate this
—the people of Virginia would be viewed
e in their true chara&er, and very different
means would be used for popularity. There
11 would not then be found men whose politi-'
eal eclat was acquired by epithets of a"bufe
r, agairifl Wajbington, adorns, and others, nor
l- would there be found a man who (hould •*
fay tfiat Adams,, Pickering, IVolcott, Lee,
l- 55V. &c. contemplated to perpetuate' their
i- own power, at the expense of public liber
is ty and public justice—but they would be
ic known to he plain, upright men—the
it friends of their country, of good order,
5, and peace, and only the enemies of the fac
id tious, intriguing and fetjitious.
Whenever truth (hall it will be
al found that the Americans generally, from
s, north to south think and mean alike. Atr
of tempts have been made to eftablilh an un
it ceasing principle of civil discord, so that by"
le playing off party against party, the leaders
r- in the opposite scale might acquire a falfe pc
t ; litical character and establish an opinion a
if- mong their followers, that they alone fup
>i- ported the cause of public honor and pub
id lie justice But for this, why art months
employed on the floor of Congress to fet
o- tie points which men of business could ad*
c- 1 just either one way or another in a few days?
u- In a few uays after the meeting of Congress
the fides are formed, and although walls re
h- fpund with speeches, and the papers groan
id with the publication of them, yet any fpeak
>le er knows that he will'make no converts and
ut all wait like puppets, till the ehampions are
ic- tired. What then does this mean ? 'Tis to
■re keep up the spirit of party—to conceal the
ri- truth—to induce the people of one region
x- to think that thofeof another intend to make
ty. them beasts of burthen and so -vice versa.
ro- Let it be supposed that at enfuing fef
iry Hon all Congress (hould harmonize'.—the
ay members'(hould go home and inform their
ty, conllituents that the people of Maffachu
ble setts and the people of Virginia were equal
be- ly plain, industrious and well meaniug, with
ev- out any designs on the lights or proper ties
on of their neighbours—what would be the
30- confcquence ? That in future there would
3id be no suspicion—party spirit and fa&ion
um would hide their heads, and we, (hould not
of be any more .duped by feare-crow tales,
lif- which even theperfons who are the authors
of of them, are afhamcd to repeat until they
ing flatter themselves that such are the fears and
;o- sentiments of their constituents.
ith
no ExtraA of a letter from a gentleman in the
of state of Tennessee, to his friend in this ci
a ty, dated Oft.. 26th, 2797. „
ler, " It is with pleasure I inform you, that
vi- the hon. judge Claiborne, formerly of your
his city, is ele&ed the member to represent this
ler, state in the Congress of the United States,
ore The fheriffs meet to morrow to eomparc the
it, polls of the different counties—But certain
few it is, that judge Claiborne is elefted, and
tl e we unierftaud will set qut for Richmond on
per- his way to the feat of government on the ill
fior day of November."
: of '
sing Law Intelligence.' /
the Na •vember IStb 1797.
ther Gibson k;. Fristoi and others fdecided in
j lc the Court of appeal during thf present term.
:A It was an .-i<£lion of debt brought by the Plains
11 ' tiff against the defendants, 011 their bond dated
'» at the.nth of Oilober, 1788, for the payment of
£149 - 14 - X, on the firft of March following,
oul- with .interest from a preceeding day, the 17th
I of of December, 1757. The plea, which (not
uth withstanding some informalities) the partiei
' considered, as being at issue, was that of usury;
and to the following effeist: That on the 17th
. of December 1789, Friftoe was indebted to the
. 2 plaintiff hy his own fipartafe bond* without fi
curity, for the f'lm of ,£ 445 - 11 -t Aerling,
, t t j le with interest from January 1. 178S ; tliat on
the 1 ;th of December, 1789, * was corruptly
'"ft n?reed hetw een them, that the plaintiff (hould
■ olht f r bear and give a further day of payment, till
■'cred
Marih 1.1789, and for such forbearance, and
idled in lieu of his old sterling bond, Firjtce was to
afflgr certain fpecifkd bonds, andto; give a fur-