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tadark ! (Paid fr) is it you that was go
ing to perpetrate so inglorious an a& !
Can it be possible for the fen of the
mighty Alzumah to violate the laws of
rthe sacred Alcoran, And fii: an Eternal in
famy on hie posterity !—Know, froward
man, fach presumptive temerity goes
not unpunished.—s am permitted by the
great Alla's (dread command) to tell you
this ; and to unravel the dark miseries
of fate ; to (hew mistaken Kadark how
just his works are, and how wrong are
ydur's.—Thus said, (he touched him with
a wand, which (he held .in her right hand.
—lmmediately he found himfelf in his
former flation ; surrounded with gran
deur and riches ; every thing appears to
conspire to his happiness ; button did
those sanguine expe&ations vanish hor
ror and.diffolution began in turn to ihew
their havoc ; he first law his lovely ' La
raeria torn from his bosom by the hands
of feme bloody aflaffins, who cruelly mur
dered her, as she was walking in are
tired grove near the palace, or teae
of some valuable jewels which (he had
„ ±l_ „„„. f An , the minions of
sedition and envy joined by Abdah, his
son, to take away his life-; by endeavour
ing to subvert the exalted opinion which
his sovereign -had of him, by falfe insi
nuations, and infiduous representations ;
>t firft, their design wore but a very un
favourable afpe&— They found that a
strong prepofTeffion was not easily eradi
cated ; however by their reiterated com
plaints in conjundion with the Striking
evidence of Abdah, he found himfelf at
last accused of treason to thefate ; acrime
which his foul abhorred ; in vain he en
deavoured, to prove the baienefs of the
charge ; he was took, bound and led
forth ; accompanied by an enraged mul
titude; he saw the inftrumenfs of death
preparing for his destruction, and the ex
ecutioner just ready to perform his office ;
when Zameria waved her wand, and he
found himfelf, upon the fame rural foot
Mere he had before left her, in all the
agonies which so firiking a (pedicle could
produces— You fee my dear Kadark (said
Zameria) how just are the decrees of
Heaven, and how daring it is for Int'oh
liderate mortals to find fault with the
equity of its judgments ; for know that
the minuted circumflance is nor perform
ed but what its ultimate design is for the
bed, whatever hasty conclusions may be
drawn in this narrow globe. —Learn there
fore to bear misfortunes with becoming
fortitude, nor repine at Providence, the
time is it hand when we (hall meet without
reserve, never topart again ; where plea
fores immortal flow, too exquifidy Hub
for the sensations of man.—Farewell!
This said, (he immediately difappered,
and left Kadark, as, it were riveted to
the place where he flood, fall of aftonilh
ment ; at last recovering himfelf a little,
he fell prostrate on the ground ; and lift
ing up his praises to Alla, for so (regular
a deliverance from the jaws of perdition.
—-Doubor wondering at his maker's un
ufnal stay, went in search of him ; and
found him just as he had finished his
ejaculation; Zadarte, as they walked
home towards their cottage, told him all
which had befallen him with a full reso
lution that whatever happened for the
future never to repine at the dispensation
of Providence.
Agriculture is the most ancient
and important of all arts. If the
earth produced nor, where were the ma
terials for Manufactures —-where were
the objects of commerce—where the
wealth of nations ? In short, it Hands at
the bottom of all ; it fuppDrts the whole
fabrick of use, convenience and luxury.
Os this all are convinced, without any
argumentation. He, therefore, who
points out to tfoe industrious farmer ^
method to make two spires of grass, or
kernels of grain, grow in the room of
one, is doubly a benefactor to his coun
try, if laying a foundation for the increase
of her wealth can make him such. # arid
iflegiflacive bodies are the guardians of
their country's welfare, , agricultire of
course, merits their moll laboured atten
tion. It ought to be the boast of evervpa
ttiotick citizen to promote it ; efpeeiaily
jn a country like ours, calculated, in its
different climates for all the productions
of the earth, with advantage to the cul
tivator, it muff be .unwise policy not to
make this art the chief objed of encou^
ragement. There are few Rates or king
dome, who do not confess they have
their wealth immediately h^nce,
an d none but have ultimately. Not
withstanding this, have we seen the fame
paw tata ^ '° improve ^" " °~
EXTRACT.
then arts r Chartered corporations, ex
clusive patents, liberal rewards,and large
promises, we often hear of, to Simulate
the individual trade,, manufactures, and
the fine arts. Bet has not agriculture
ail this time been neglected —left to Grist
for itfelf, to improve by chance, or its^
own unassisted ftr'ength ? There have not
been institutions enough for the purpose
of promoting this art, to merit our atten
tion, when set in comparifort with what
has been done for other purpose!. And
while America is enthusiastically bent on
reviving trade, and increasing manufac
tures it is to be feared she will overlook
the culture of the earths
Prelident of the United States.
Deposited among the Rolls in the Office
of the Secretary of State.•
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Secretary of State.
CONGRESS O ,% UNITED^TATES:
third session.
Begun and held at the.city of Philadelphia,
on Monday the fath of December, one
thousand jeven hundred aid ninety.
An ACT to continue in force
the Act therein mentioned,
and to make further Pro
vision for the payment of
Pensions to Invalids, and
for the flipport of Light-
Houses, Beacons, Buoys
and Public Piers.
BE it enabled by the Senate and HousE
of Represent a rlv>s of the United
Spates of America in Congress affimbled,
That the ad, intitled, " An act to pro
vide for inirtigating or remitting the for
feituies and penalties accruing under the
revenue laws in certain cases therein
mentioned," shall be and is hereby con
tinued in force until the end of the next
session of Congtefs, and no longer.
kindle it further enabled, That the year
ly pensions which have been allowed by
pr in purfoance of any ad or law cf the
United States, to persons who were
wounded and disabled during the late
war. fnall for the space of one year from
the fourth day of March next, be paid
out of the. treasury of the United States,
under foch regulations as the Frefident
of the United States may circa.
find be it further evaded, That all ex
penses which (hull accrue from the firfl
day of July next, inclusively, for the ne
cessary support, maintenance and re
pairs of all light-houses, beacons, buoys,
and public piers, (hall continue to be
defrayed by the United States, until the
firft day of July, in the year one tbou
fand seven hundred and ninety twc; not
withstanding such light-houses, beacons,
buoys, or public piers, with the lands
and tenements thereunto belonging, and
the jurifdiaion of the fame, shall not in
the mean time be ceded to cr verted in
rhe United States, by the date or states
respectively, in which the fame may be,
and that the said time be further allowed
to the dates refpedively, to make such
cession. Provided, That nothing in the
said aft (Kall be construed to limit or re
strain the power of the President of the
United States, to grant pardons for offen
ces against the United States.
Frederick A. Muhlenberg,
Speaker of the House of Re prefertativrs.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the
U. States, and. Fre fident of the Seriate.
Approved, March the third, 1791.
LAWS OF THE UNITED
LONDON, FEBRUARY Ifr
THE Thames refe yesterday to an
amazing height. At about half
an hour past one o'clock in the afternoon,
the Water was considerably higher than it
has been ior 20 years pad. New Palace
Yard and Weftminfler Hall,wereoverflow
cd, and the Lawyers were actually con
Foreign Intelligence.
G. WASHINGTON,
ENGLAND.
STATES.
veyed to and from the courts in hc^
This has happened several times before,
viz. in the years 1225, 1750 February 9,
1735, December 24, 1736, Gather 14,
1747, and February 9, 1762, but none
Since.
On Saturday last a young woman, who
was attending two children belonging to
a miller, inadvertently presented a fowl
ing-piece to the breaftof the eldest, a
fine boy, about four years of age, which
being loaded, unfortunately went off, and
killed him on the spot.
March 3.
M. »E LaGrange, an astronomer
of Berlin, has made one of the most beau
tiful discoveries in that science, viz. th^t
all the variations in our system are perio
dical ; so that though every thing, almoll
without exception, be- fubjed to change,
yet after a certain interval, all things
will return to the fame state in which they
are at,prefent, and thereby exclude the
introduction of disorder, or any irregu
larity that might constantly increase.
From a degree of mistaken pride pecu
liar to the Turks, no resident Ambaffa
dour had ever been sent to any of the ca
pitals of Europe from the Porte, by which
the Divan was unavoidably kept in a state
of profound ignorance with refpe& to the
views and internal policy of other states
and empires. New, we understand a pcr
fon in that character is appointed for the
Court of Berlin, which evinces, that a
greater degree of liberality is beginning
to prevail, or eife, that their prelent hu
miliated condition has pointed out the
necessity of such a measure.
The Barbars Powers begin to a& with
vigour in defence of the capital of the
Ottoman Empire, row threatened by the
near approach of a victorious Ruffian ar
my. The Safety or the fall of Confanti
nople is the grand object that now attracts
the attention of Europe. In the Wefl-In
dies, it is said that there are Nations of
Ants so numerous and persevering, tha r ,
in migrating from one place to another,
they will by their ve r y number • cuench
the fires kindled for the obstruction of
their progress, so that the rear and main
bodies of their armies will p ft over a
causeway formed by the dead bodies of
the van. The myriads of Muffulmen
that inhabit Asa and Africa may in like
manner, protraa the fate of their em
pire, if religious enthusiasm, united with
frantic despair, rouse them to the de
fence of the Credent. According to the
prefect appearances, the Empress at
tempts to gain time with the other Eu
ropean Powers by the artifices of nego
tiation and intrigue, while she advances
by hasty Grides to the Cathedral of St.
Sophia.
The Grand Seignior has no affe&ion
whatever for Catharine of Ruffa ; and
does no^ at all w : fh an interview with
her. Men of feeling, do not wonder a,
this, as a Man who.has at his command
a whole S^afio if Cicraffia Beauties,muft
be indifferent about a tete-a-tete with a
greyheaded Lady, almost in her grand
climaAerick.
Hostilities between the Turks and Ruf
fians, which have hitherto been carried
on in defiance of the usual interruption
of the fetifan, arc at length suspended un
til the return of Spring.
.The main body of the Ruffians went
into winter cantonments on the loth of
January in the neighbourhood cf Jaffy
and of Bender.
Extras dfa late letter from Geneva.
<< This city is in a state of the most a
larmiog confufion. A proportion has
been made to incorporate it into the
French Monarchy, and to fend deputies
to the National Assembly :' A considera
ble part of the Inhabitants have;, boldly
adopted the plan. They are headed by
M. de Ciavteres.
<< It is necessary to be observed, that
Geneva is inhabited by. two denomina
tions of petiole, the firft are cifonr— the
second i^itaits. The power of elect
ing magifrates, and all officers of trust,
together with maty important privileges,
arc in the hands of the former. It is
not, therefore, a matter of wonder that
the inhabitants fliould be zealous to effed
a revolution, which, annihilating all
diftineions, will give them the conse
quence to which they aspire, They are
computed to form two thirds of the city-
Nothing can prevent the evils which will
be the consequence of their foccefs, but
their participation of mod of the privi
leges which the citizens have hitherto ex
clusively enjoyed. Neckar has loft his
popularity even here."
OF THE TURKS.
Thursday the collection of mufick and
musical iolfruments cf the late Duke of
Cumberland, were fold at auction by Mr.
Chriflie, The celebrated violin, by Stai
r.ier, supposed to be the chief a' auvre of
the maker, was' knocked off to Mr.
Braidyll, for one hundred and thirty
guineas! another by the fame artist pro
duced fixty-five guineas, gnd a violin by
Amati for fev.cncy. His Royal Highness's
favourite tenor, which he deemed inesti
mable, was fold for fifty guineas, and a
foreign organ, by Green, or seventy-three.
The cheapest internment fold was a harp
ficerd, by old Kirkman, uhic^only pro
duced 26 guineas.
There is no species of impcfit : on on
the poblick which is of so much impor
tance to expose, as impofuion in the edu
cation of youth. The man who profeffes
to fell ease and elegance in a pair of
claflick spring g.ir'crj,or health and longe
vity in a pair of breeches made on geometric
cal principles, imposes only on the igno
rant and the credulous cf his cwn time;
but the man who imposes upon the pub
lick in the education of youth, lays up a
dock of ignorance and credulity in the
rising generation for future quacks and
importers to wok upon.
It is now generally thought here, that
the English will not interfere, except by
mediation, in favour of the l urks—and
the reason giren is, the Muffulmen, from
a religious prejudice, as well as from
national pride, will not fuffer before
their capital,in the face of their Moiques,
under the walls of the Seraglio, an arm
ed fleet of infidels to appear..
Tie Fmpercur cf Germany has wriQ
ten a moR civil and courteous letter to
his " dear Brother, Ccuf:n, and Brother
in-law," the King cf France, reclaiming
the infringed Rights of Princes and fub
jecls of the German Empire in Allace
and Lorraine.
Last Friday Sennight, as Mr. Samuel
Grigg s °f this town, was carrying a log
to a saw-mill, the lever which faflened
the leg .0 the carriage of a Cart, not be
ing properly secured, flipped from its
held, and Struck him on the head, as
he was baling by it—the blow unfortu
nately fractured bis scull, and he died the
Wednefcay following.
A few days Since a child of Mr. Wheeled
of this town, playing with a fork, fell
down-and Ruck the prong of it some way
into its temple; the wound d>d not ap
pear at firft to be cankerous, but the
child died in consequence in a day or two
after the accident.
We hear frofo Lancafler, that cn Sun
day last, the house of Mr. fames Wilder,
caught on fire on the rcof, by a spark
from the chimney, and was entirely con
sumed with a part of his household furni
ture. — —
TAST Saturday night the hcufe of a
poor woman, in the vicinity of
Alexandria, took fire by some unknown
accident, the w r nc being very frefh. The
whole was confirmed, and a mother, with
'wo children, perished in the flames,
before the inhabbants were alarmed.
A late London paper mentions, that
on ;.the 2d <f March, a dreadful fire broke
out in th< # Albian mills, on the Surry fide
of Blackfriar's.bride, which raged with
such fury, that in less than an hour the
whole of that immense edifice, wih all
its materials, and upwards of four thou
find lacks of corn, was entirely consum
ed!
It was low water at the time when the
fire was firft difeovered : and when the
engines were collected, their afliftarce
was ineffectual —for the flames burst out
in so many different directions, with such
incredible fury, and intolerable heat,that
it was impcffible to approach on any fide,
till the roof and interior parts of the build
ing tumbled and compleated the gene
ral conflagration in a column of fire, so
awfully grand,as to illuminate, for a time,
the whole hbtfizen !
The wind being easterly, the flames
were so directed, as to break the greater
part of the opposite windows by the in
tehfe teat. The allies were carried to
the fame direction, and in such quanti
ties as to cover the furface of St. lames.
Columbian Intelligence.
MASSACHUSETTS.
GEORGETOWN, APRIL 6.
WORCESTER, APRIL 21.
MARYLAND.
BOSTON, APRIL 30.
FIRE.