The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1803-03-10 00:00:00, page 4

NEW INDENTION.
A Composition has been invented for
the regeneration of decayed Fruit
Trees, by which they will bear fruit
of the most delicious flavour. This
tompofition has also been applied to
Oaks and other timber. An exper-'
iment has been recently made upon
a particular cherry tree in Kensington
Gardens, from which his majesty re
membered to have gathered cherries
when very young, of the flavour of
which he was particularly fond. This
tree, which had been brought into
England in the reign of king William,
bad borne very little fruit, and ap
peared almost dead. - It was by the
king of England's command dug
round, arid one 'or two roots with a
piece of bark about three inches in
breadth, were found alive; by cut
ting away the decayed parts, and ap
plying the composition to the found,
this tree in three years bore as well as
any other tr^e in the garden, and the
fruit was of a most delicious flavour,
and appeared remarkably fine.
w • London paper.
[The inventor of the above is a Mr.
Forfythe; who has got from the S.
A. four thousand guineas for the in-!
vention. The whole is communicat
ed to the public in a book written byl
Mr. F. and now in the possession ofl
many gentlemen in America. It is !
fold by Mr. Ezra Sargent, bookseller
Water-street, Newyork.]
Extract of a letter from a gentleman on
a vijit at Wethington, to the Editor.
" The most important and interesting fubjeß
of congreffionai attention, is the ceffioo of N.
Orleans and Louisiana to the France, and the
embarrassment to our .Mississippi navigation,
from the deprivation of a place of depefit —
The open debates on this fubjed, you will fee
in the papers ; but from these debates you will
find it difficult to collea the real views of cer
tain individuals. Latent designs undoubted,
edly are concealed under specious pretences.
The parties, however, or at least their leaders,
understand each other perfealy on this bufi.
Refs. It will, probably, be disposed of in a
way which wife disappoint the eppofition, and
prevent their making any unfavorable impref
lion on the public mind. There is reafon.to
hope, that an accommodation may take place
with France, and that a war, and the conse
quent derangement of Finances, which feme
perfoßs are eagerly putting for, may be hap.
piiy prevented."
" The ftandiog of a certain gentleman who
has been made the fubjed of much disquisition
can belt be described by faying, that it is the
veverfe, almost in every particular, of what it
has been represented, by his enemies. He is
well draft, appears like a gentleman, when a
broad, and those who live at the hotel with
him, and fee him frequently every day, fay he
is very temperate and correa in his manner of
living. He is much confined to his chamber,
occupied in writing. His affair with general
Washington, he confiders as his own ;—with
which neither his friends nor bis enemies need
trouble themselves ; but if on this ground he
is attacked, that he possesses the right, in com
mon with others, of defending himfelf. On
religion, he is determined to be silent ; at least
for the present. You, probably will fee alet
ter of hir, written toa friend, on this fubjed,
published' before long. He thinks that truth
is discovered by refleaion and reasoning ; that
religion is a fubjearo be reasoned on ; and in
a free country, no one ought to be confined
to reason in favor of it; that is, on one fide of
{the question. He is, undoubtedly, a man of
^^J^markable in teller, Agentleman of tafte&'
}^°' '''" having fpeot feme time in his
, Q.„ company, observed to me that he was a man
' „of more readiness, more anecdote, and more
Length of memory, than be had ever been in
c °,pso,, with before ; in faa, that he was a
. living volume of Information, His mecbani.
cat genres is, perbipi, equalled by few, and
surpassed by none. I aminformed, he means
'o^ecommeneehis pofaical publications, in a
short time. The violence and vulgarity, not
to laybrutality, of the attacks on tarn, amuse
him for the moment, or excite hit plty. How
ever, federalifts may affect to despise, mi ev
\ idept they dread him ; and they will refer
him formidable, if not a fcourge,to themfelve,
'by their mode of abusing him.—The federal'
'pipers, as be fays, will republilh his commu.
nicadons, not for the reason they assign, but
for the one he gives :" if they & o ta,th, wll
l^tbrirc&fasn ito If tbg /#, tb, uiU lojt
thir m/c."===&is.
^ ^ THOMAS PAINEQdto Mr JEF^
PERSON for,<r#/fa to come to America in
a Public Ship— Mr. Jefferfon granted bis re-;
quest, by giving him liberty to embark in the
ship Maryland, if he could accommodate his
affairs tv the return of that q,ffi,<wbicb IMS fa
woitb the Irtaty to Franco /—--Was this—can
this be called—V binding" for him—as the
Ffoalifo call it ? No—NO !
PLEASANT HISTORY.
ALBErTand~ELIZA.
.A TALE.
[Continued.]
ABOUT this time Eliza received
a letter from her father, in which
he desired her to inform him
whether she wished to return
home. In poftcriptto the letter,
it was mentioned that Albert's
father, whole health had for some
time been on a decline, was dead;
that on an investigation of his ac
counts his estate was found to be
insolvent; that his property had
been divided among hjs creditors,
and that Albert's mother had
gone to reside with one of her I
brethren upon thetontinent. Al-;
bert's return was mentioned asl
/doubtful ; Eliza/s father knew ofl
but one letter fe had written to;
;his parents, /he contents of:
I which he was/ perfealy unac-|
Iquainted with, He, therefore, I
/gently admomfhed her not to।
place io ftropg confidence in dis-;
I tant and uncertain profpeas as
! that her peacte would be destroy
ed (hould her expectations be dis
appointed.
This caution was unneceffary-|
Eliza had already experienced all
the disappointment which her
father's letter contemplated, and
(he had lurvived the shock of
conflicting passions, which fuc-,
ceeded. She could not forbear
dropping a tear over the ruin of
Albert's family, but me did not!
feel that interest in the circum
stances which (he once would
have done. To return home, at
the present juncture, file had no
inclinations. Every object which
there presented, would awaken
feelings which she wished might
be obliterated. She therefore
wrote to her father that, is-con
sistent with his family arrange
ments, she would continue a
while longer with her uncle.
While the summer pafled on £
Blake was indefatigable in his
exertion, to amuse Eliza ; and,
for this purpose, a continual
round of entertainments was kept
up. Excursions intp the coun
try, in coaches and on horseback;
walking along the banks of the
east and north rivers, and barge
failing on the harbour were a
mong the firft diversions. As
they was out on one of the last
mentioned recreations, one after
noon, it happened that the barge
in which were Eliza, Mils Smith,
and others lingering a little be
hind the rest. They were stand
ing up ; Miss Smith, in walking
hastily along th^ boat, made a
falfe step, & fell forcibly against
Eliza, by whichfhe was sudden
ly precipitated into the deep.—
A scream was railed by the la-
Mfes§ Blake, who was in another
boat, at a little distance, turned
his eyes, and saw Eliza strug
gling in the,waves. He imme
diately plungedQto water, and
swam to her relief. Before he
/reached the place; she funk, but
as she arose he caught her, and,
with much difficulty, conveyed
her to the, barge. This accident
difeouraged Eliza from again
adventuring upon the water.
Some time after this, as Blake
was fitting with Eliza, in her a
partment, he addressed her as
follows : " You cannot, be
insensible madam, that it is with
the highest pleasure 1 have been
permitted to devote some little
iervices to you ; Indeed, I can
truly fay, that since Ibecome ac
quainted with you, I have exper
ienced more real happiness than
1 ever before enjoyed. But the
time is now arrived, when con
tinuation of these services may
as it refpea.syourfelf, be consid
ered improper. lam let down
as your admireer : if I continue my
attendance; it may prevent you
I from receiving offers more a
' greeable to your mind ; and
Iwhat is more, it may, as to the
facility of public opinion, hazard
your reputation which is far
dearer to me than my own.
There is, therefore, but two al
ternatives, and these depend on
your choice. The firft is to
break off all connexion instantly,
in this case I shall leave America
immediately, and strive, by trav
el and change of objects, to di
vert a hopeless passion : for,
when banished from you, I shall
never more fee a moment of real
comfort- The other is, that
you accept my hand, which,
with all the powers of my foul,
shall ever be devoted to render
your situation as happy as this
fife will admit. I will now leave
you, that you may think of the
fubjeft, and will call to morrow
for your answer." He then
withdrew, and Eliza was left to
her own mediations.
Eliza felt the candor of this de.
claration. It was ingenuous—
it was honorable Blake had
been to her the fiucereft friend.
He had once fnached her from
the verge of death, at the risk of
his own life—once from that,
which, perhaps would have been
worse than death. He was a
character held in high estimation;
his property large—His connex
ions refpedable. Her father was
a man of but moderate income ;
the time might be near when he
would be no more, and then
where was she to look for a
guardian I She had no brother,
and only two fitters, who were
very young. Affection it is true,
she had none to bestow ; but if
ever she thought of connecting
herfelf to any one, was it proba
ble she would find a perlon of
purer principles than Blake ? She
determined, however to do noth
ing rashly, and to take prop
er time before she gave an an
swer.
When Blake called, the follow
ing evening, she told him that so
important an affair demanded le
rious consideration. That its
confcquences must embrace a va
riety of objeds, and therefore
some time would be requisite !
that, for the present, she thought
it advisable for him to withdraw
his visits: and that, in one month
from that time she would give /
him a decisive answer. Blakeac
knowledged the propriety of these
remarks, and after acceding to thel
olan retired. ?
Eliza laid the affair before her
uncle and aunt, who highly re- ,
commended Blake, and advised
;her, by all means, not to rqe& so
fair an opportunity, as they ex-|
pressed it, faying there were few
iladies in the city, but who would
1 think themselves much honored'
by being placed in her situation.
; Eliza stepped into a rodinerXl
shop one day, and was obliged to
wait for the following difeourfe 4
I to be ended, between the milincrj
I and a stranger lady, before the I
I could be waited upon.
Milliner. Married, do you fay,
to a lady of fortune in London.
Stranger. Not only to a for
tune, but to a lady of family, and
one of the firft beauties in En
gland. ,
Mil, And keeps a coach?
Stran. A coach and livery fer,-
vants ; and when I left London, ।
about two months ago, there was
talk of his purchasing a title.
Mil. Well this is a strange I
, business ! I knew the family of
the *****<% (here die mention
ed Albert's family name) very
well when I lived on the Island;
they were always exceeding clev
er , bodies; it is happened well
for this young man, for his fath,
er died not worth a groat. <
Here (he fixed her eyes upon Eli
za, and fuppofing' she wanted
something out of her shop, the
difeourfe was broken off Eliza j
purchased the articles she wanted
and left the shop. “ And is it |
thus," said she, as she returned ]
home ; " is Albert to become an ,
English nobleman ! The time j
will most assuredly come, whenl
in tears of blood, he will mourn I
over his sacrilegious honors, with. I
ering in the dust."
The day which Eliza had set ■
to give an answer to Blake had ■
now arrived—the longest month T
he ever experienced. Eliza in- ■
formed him that she had con- 1
eluded to accede to his proposals, I
provided her father's consent I
could be obtained. This answer
fully compensated Blake for the
anxieties under which his mind
had for a long-time labored. He
immediately wrote to her father, ■
and received for answer, that, as ■
he had been well informed of I
Blake's situation, connexions and a
character, he had on objections to ,
the union.
As winter had now arrived it I
was concluded to defer the nup- A
tials until spring, when they'u
were to be celebrated at her fath- ■
er's house.
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