Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1801-06-18 00:00:00, page 4

IN am'rous song, the rose or lily,
Mossy commands the praise ot lore:
Let bards, on mortal things be filly,
Immortal themes my breast approve.
What is that cheek with crimsons glowing.
To that, the liquid blush does paint—•
Or brightest eye, to that o'erflowing,
When sorrow speaks with anguish taint ?
What's that insipid smile of leilure;
The vain coquette around her darts,
To that illumin'd beam of pleasure,
Which native diffidence imparts ?
Like the young fawn, most timid creature,
From man, the trembling maiden flics ;
While thoughtless flirts expose each feature,
To catch the praise of vulgar eyes.
Oh ! what a boon 's the Sax, from heaven,
When with the charms of truth array'd ;
And bright intelligence is given,
To immortalize the human Maid.
Alas ! though beauty's all commanding,
And bends the haughtiest to her shrine,
Ye Gods ! give woman understanding,
Or, give me solitude to pine.
FROM'the liberality of the ancient fathers
and moral writers, let modern bigots learn
CHARITY— the firft of the cardinal vir
tues.—What, if m, neighbor differs from
me in religious matters,Jhal! I condemn him
over to the bufferings ? Yes,fa, s the supers
Jlitious zealot ; —But the mercy of heaven
will not approve the aEt :
" For foes of Faith, let grace!eft zealots fight—
His can't be wrong, whole LIFE is in the right."
It will become all to aft, What command
ing evidence have I, that I am more in the
right than m, neighbor ? None of us are
infallible —the be}, of men are fubjeEt to
error, which holds its empire over all men.
Then let me continually pray, as did Mr.
Pope, whose prayer is good for us all :
" Father of all— in every age,
^" In every clime ador'd
" If lam right, O, teach my heart
" Still in the right to stay—
" If I am wrong, thy grace impart,
" To find the better way.
"Teach me to FEBL another's woe,
" Forgive the fault I fee—
" The mercy I to others show,
" That mercy fh)w to me."
How different would be the feelings and the
conduct of men.towards one another, if all
men would but learn this Charity— We
are all Brethren ; we have all One be
nevolent Parent, who is the Creator (f all,
—the only source of life to all—ana who
loves the whole family of man—Then let
us allcultivate and learn Charity, love and
goodwill to one another ; cultivate peace
and harmony with all : on this rest all the
real lleflings of foctet, to man. Let our
charity (in imitation of the Divinity) em
brace all men—this will produce the great
fl good on earth— -and will be no small
recommendation to the future enjoyment of
Eternal Bliss, in the preface of that God
before whom we must all fond. Then let
us throw away Jirifes, contentions, quar
rellings, evil jpeakings, back-bitings ; let
us not magnify butforgive the trivial faults
of one another : for '' if ,eforgive not the
faults of one another, neither stall ,our
faults be forgiven :" Or," how can you
expeEt forgivenefs of ,our heavenly Father,
if you will notforgive one another ?" This
is the teaching of one, who taught to each,
" as much as in you lies, live in peace
with all men,"
Cbe ffiratpmta
" As much as in you lies, live i* peace with all men."
Court OF THE flUffil,
Zb the Fair Sex;
Many endeavours were used on the continent,
to trace her family, by circulating her description
and story in the public prints, but without effe&.
The mystery of this silence was too remarkable,
not to confirm the firft opinion of her being a per
son above the common classes, with the addition
al probability of some unhappy and treacherous
feduaion. This last opinion, from the whole of
the diftrefsful evidence, inclusive of the personal
part which poor Loifa sometimes voluntarily fur
nifhed, is not doubted by those, who, with the
writer of this article, early saw and closely observ
ed her. The conviaion that it is possible for any
man, making pretensions to honor, or even of dif
tinaion, from a brutal nature, so to betray, and
so to abandon, in a foreign land, youth, beauty,
the strongest sensibility and perhaps the most en
g3gi°g innocence, fills the mind with horror, of
for the deed, and with shame and indignation for
the charader. Such profligacy, in this instance,
may have been of foreign prodaaion. But com
paratively happy would it be for this country, al
so, if instances did not abound among us, of sim
ilar atrocity, in those who, on inferior occasions,
make high pretensions to honor and principle,
but who seek every opportunity of deducing from
the abodes of paternal sffeaioo, or of innocent
employment, whatever is the most fair and inex
perienced-rioting in its ruin for a short season,
and then committing the greatest crime of aban
ment to infamy ! The theme is unhappily too
common to need proof, and too mournful to
dwell on.
The poor departed Child of Misery, whose sto
ry is here again revived, is too strong an instance
of fuffering, and excites too much feeling, to be
From a Loral paper.
DEATH OF LOISA,.
THS MAID OF THE MAY STACK.
LATELY'died in Guy's Hospital, London, the
once unfortunately celebrated Loifa, or Lady of
the Hay-Stacks who, about eighteen years ago,
■as found to have taken op her residence under
that shelter, in the parish of Bourton, near Brif
tol, in a state of melancholy derangement. She
then appeared to be under twenty years of age.
This very extraordinary woman, whole “ Tale of
Woe" was fitft told to the public by Miss Hannah
Moore, has naturally ceased for a considerable
time past, to interest the general curiosity.
During several days of her abode under the hay
stack, (from which the at last permitted herfelf to
be removed with reluctance) hie was vifi ed, and
irregularly fed by the country people, till the
hind of more happy sympathy and compassion
provided her better protedion. As her name was
unknown, the was immediately distinguished by
that of Loifa. It may be gratifying to many, on
this occasion to learn, that during aconfiderable
interval, in which the afterwards remained in re
tirement, and before she was admitted as incurs
ble, into the asylum in which the died, she was
chiefly supported by voluntary subscription, un
der the management of Miss Hannah Moore and
her filters. Those aaive advocates of humanity,
who never yet began a good work and grew wea
ry of well doing, having loft the pecuniary assist
ance of most others, continued to fapply the ex
tra wants and accommodations of the poor solita
ry stranger, at the expense of more than 10 pounds
per annum till her decease. They would be the
last to wilh that such an laitance of benevolence
Ihould be publicly mentioned ; but it is a tribute
due, not less to them than to the interests of so
ciety.
The fame kind, and much the fame degree, of
mental derangement, which the "tale of woe"
described, remained with Loifa to the last. Io
her general^ condud, she exhibited the various
common evidences of the most confirmed infani
ty ; which, in addition to the contrsaion of her
limbs, from her exposure to cold in the open
field, and from her future propenfify to remain
inactive, rendered her an objed of the strongest
pity. But her infaaity was uniformly remarka
ble in this, that however disordered and childish
her affections and re fentments, she never could be
drawn into any explanation refpediag her family,
her conneaions, or her country ; however affa
ble and unguarded she might sometimes appear,
the moment any perlon put a question, diredly
or indirectly, relative to those topics, or made
any allusion to them, however distant, she always
changed countenance,affumed an air of suspicion,
grew grave, and inflexibly silent—or would in
stantly touch on some other fubjed.
From her accent, she was undoubtedly of Ger
man origin ; but though she knew little of Eng
lifh, she avoided converting in any foreign lan
guage. Her manners, and occasionally {move
ments, indicated superior rank ; and her frequent
exclamations of dear papa! and dear mama ! in
conneaion with ideas of equipage and ornaments,
led to that conclusion.
0e Bepublican 6a,ette,
g, Is calculated to disseminate intelligence much
cheaper than any other paper in the State—
It contains all the weekly News of importance
—and has acquired an extensive circulation,
fromPortfmouth to Cobofs. .
[- Advertisements admitted on reason
able terms, for ready pay.
Many duties are affigried to legislators
and magistrates by our 11ate constitution ;
a frequent recurrence to the principles
therein contained, is highly proper.
In order to the preservation of a free
government, it is necessary that the great
body of the people should be well in#
formed ; and that a just and proper sense
of morality and religion be entertained:
whatever, therefore, may with propriety
be done, to further those important ob
je&s, becomes a duty.
Whatever measures you may think
proper to adopt, will, so far as may de
pend on me, be attended to with candor,
and be assured, gentlemen, that it will
afford me great fatisfadion to unite with
you in endeavours to secure tranquility,
advance the general welfare, and pro
mote the lasting happiness of our fellow
citizens. ,obn Captor Sfiman.
State of Nrabampfoire, June 8, 1801.
permitted to pass, in the common course to ob
livion, if it could be avoided. Under this im
preflion, permit me to attempt femething in the
charader of an Epitaph. But, alas ! poor Loi.
fa's Tablet of Remembrance may only be found
in the sympathetic bofem of a few furvlving
friends.
In,under dufl—unmark'dfor public fame.
Low rest the reliefs of Leija'sframe §
Peer baplefsfuffirer of the maniac line,
Tb, wrongs ne mere a tortur'd hrtoft confine !
Eneugbfor thee, that lingering Sorrow's breath.
Found final rtfcue in the been of Death !
Confol'd be the,, who fought th, foul's relief,
Tormented the,, who overwhelm'd with grief .'
Accurft the crime, that 'reft tb, reajon's re, ;
Though then be ranfem'dfor eternal day.
And Robert frail innocence would vice re,el,
Ma,guardian angels th, fadfar, tell.
(Governor's SPEECH—From the frft page.
on those fubjeds has arisen to such a height in
our country, as must be lamented by all well in
formed honest men, however different their po
litical tenets may otherwise be. It is not only a
privilege, but the duty of a free people, to exam
ine the measures of government, but this should
always be done with candour, because all are lia
ble to err. It ought not to be forgotten, that
party spirit may destroy the best of governments ;
and it is incumbent on all, more especially those
who are entrusted with the management of public
affairs, to endeavour to promote union and har
mony of sentiment on rational and proper prin
ciples.
Newyork, Ma, 29. Yesterday after#
noon a large sack, containing to appear
ance something bulky,was observed float
ing in one of Rhinelanders docks on
the North river. After considerable
time, curiosity led one of the bye-stand
ers to examine it, when, to the furprize
and horror of number present, it was
found to contain the body of a man, with
both legs and one arm cut off ; the ab
domen ripped open and sewed up again,
and in other ways fhockimglv bruized ft
A jury ofinqueft fat upon tne body last
evening, but we have not been able to
learn their verdi&.
CT CHEAP for CASH.
About 6 acres of Inter
vale Land, well situated on Merrimac liver, and
within about 150 rods of Concord Court House,
FOR SALE. Enquire at the Republican Ga
zette Office. April 23.