The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-04-11 00:00:00, page 4

VIZOR"" may be wicked, though
W,% are neither lie# nor have
in them the nature of an oath—as in
profane talking. By profane talking
I do not mean the difcoarfes of ferrous
and thinking men, who have difficul
ties about religion and offer their ob
jections in a proper way: but rash,
anfeafonable,& contemptuous speeches
uttered against God; his worlhip or
his mysteries, by men who do not feck
information, but take a pleasure in
ffiewing their difaffedion to any reli
gion. It will be granted, I suppose,
by all reafonab|e judges, that before
any man ventures to talk against re
ligion, he ought himfelf to have well
c^fidered it; for btherwife he will
have no right to the common allow
ance that is due to a mistaken judg-
The fans of the Earth,the proud giants
of old
Have broke from their darkfome
abodes.
And this is the news,as in Heav'n 'tis
told.
They're marching to war with the
Gods;
A Council was held in the Chambers
of Jove,
And this was the final Decree,
That Wolfe mould be call'd w the
Armies above:^
And the Charge was entrufcd co me.
To the plains of Quebec with these
orders I flew.
He btg'd for a moment's delay,
And cry 'd,O forbear— give me vidory
here
And there thy commands I'll obey;
With a darkening Film lencomp^C'd
his eyes,
And convey'd him away in an Um,
Left the fondoefs he bore for his own
native Ihore
Should tempt him again to return.
ft MONITOR—N° 344.
dm,
And these were the tidings that came:
Britannia,forbear, not a figh,rot a tear,
For thy Wolfe so deservedly lov'd ;
Thy Grief Shall be chang'd iritb tri
umphs of Joy,
For he is not dead—but remov'd.
She wept for kerWolfe,and exclaim'd
against Fate,
And gave herfelf op to despair.
The Walls of her Cell Ihe had fculptur'd
around,
With Exploits of her favourite Son,
And eventheduft as it lie on the ground
Was infcrib'd with the deeds he had
done.
It.
The Sire of the Goes from his chryftal
line Throne
Beheld the diiconfolate Dame,
And mov'd at her Tears feat Mercury
IN a mouldering Cate where the
wretched retreat,
Britannia fat wafted with Care,
MISCELLANY.
SEAT of the MUSES.
From the Colombian Ceatinel.
General WOLFE.
I.
When travelling on the east coast of
the isthmus of Florida, afeending the
fouth of theMufquitoe riverfo a canoe
we observed numbers of deer andhears
near the banks —my hunter, who was
an excellent marksman, said that he
would shoot one of them, for the fake
of the skin and oil ; for we badplenty
and variety of provisions in our bark.
We according!) on light of a of them
planned our approaches, as artfully as
possible ; finding ourselves near enough
the hunter fred, and laid the largest
dead on the fpot,where she flood,when
presently the other, not seeming
the least moved, at the report of our
piece,approached the dead body,fmell
ed and pawed it,and appeared in ago.
ny, fell to weeping and looking up
wards, then towards us, and cried out
like n child.Whilft our boat approach
ed very near, the hunter was loading
his rifle in order to shoot the survivor
fill alAffect ioNfo,c%BE ar
From Bratram's Travels.
I AM feniible that the general opin
ion of philosophers has distinguish,
ed the mo»al system of the brute cita
tion from that of mankind, by an epi
thet which implies a mere mechanical
impulse, which leads and impels theat
to necessary a&ions, without any pre
meditated design or contrivance ; this
we term inftina, which faculty we
suppose to be inferior to rhafon in
man.
Their parental and filial affeaions
feera to be as ardent, their sensibility
and attachment as aftive and faithful,
as thqfe observed to be in human na
ture.
ment. Sc long as a man keeps his o
pinion to himfelf, (be his opinion cul
pable) he hurts no body but himfelf;
but when it is given forth in com
mon, it becomes a common mif
chief. It is, fknow a favourite
point with force, that men are not ac
countable for their opinions ; but there
is nothing more falle—for why are we
accountable for our adions ? Is it not
because they ere in our power? The
consequence of which is, that those
who stab all religion to its vitals, by
arguments founded on notions has
tily taken up,are offenders both against
God and society, and become respon
sible for eve, bad effetl they may
have on weak and unstable minds ;
but if men have been ever so careful
in their inquiries,one rule ffiould never
be forgot, which is never to allow
themselves the liberty of calling it in
question, but when it is seasonable to
offer reasons in support of their opin
ions. To condemn bluntly, & with
out ceremony,what another man holds
as sacred as his life, is rude and info
feet ; for to what purpose can it serve,
but to give unealinefs ? And tho' no
man ought to be so weded to opinion,
as to seal up his ears against all objec
tions that may be offered in a season
able way ; yet surely man has a right
to choose when, and where, and with
whom, he will converfo. A man may
not be a bigot, and yet not like to be
called on in every store or tavern to
give an account of his faith, nor to
have a religious dispute obtruded oh
him every time he goes into compa
ny on business or for recreation : This
is an unreasonable hardship ; and tkblh
forward assuming tempters, that will
spare neither time, nor place, nor per
sons, but impose on others the disa
greeable necessity either to defend re
ligion unseasonably, or else to fit Bill
and hear it abused, should be treated
as disturbers of the peace, and banfh
ed the society & con verfation of man
kind ; & much less are those tobe en
dured who attack religion by ridicule
ipftead of argument; The only rea
sonable end of religions disputes, is
conviction ;—but men are hot to be
convinced by reproaches—and to
laugh at religion is a reproach upon
all who believe it. A man should not
be persecuted for his thoughts— and
yet the petulancy of some men's
tongues is, to an ingenious mind, one
of the worst kinds of perfection.^
which was a young cub, and the lain
foppofed to be the dam ; the continual
cries of this afflided child, bereft of
its parent, affe&ed me very sensibly.
I was moved with compassion, and
charged myfelf as if acccffary to what
now appeared to be a cruel murder,&
endeavoured to prevail on the hun
ter to save its life ; but to no effed !
for by habit he had become insensible
to compassion towards the brute crea
tion. Being now within a few yards
of the harmless devoted victim,he fired
and laid it dead,upon the body of the
dam.,
A Receipt to destroy Worms in
Peach Trees.
THE deflruaion of Peach
Trees in many parts of
the country, is foundto proceed
from a worm, which eat be
tween the bark and the wood.
The ftnation of the animal is
never more than two inches
below, or foe inches above the
farface of the earth. The
wound which they make causes
a conf ant bleeding of the gum
my juices of the tree, which
thus dies for want of nourish
, ment. They may be carefully
dug out with the point of a
pen-knife; but as this is a
troubkfome operation, on ac
count of their number,the pre
ferable method is to anoint the
part- of the tree liable to be in
jured, three or four times in
the course of the summer with
the following unguent.
Two pounds § Hogs Lard
or fat, one quarter oj afound
of Crude Mercury, grind them
for feme hours in an iron mor
tar, until tboro'ly mixed. The
above quantity will be fuffici
ent to preserve a great number
of trees.
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