The gazette (Portland, Me.), 1798-09-24 00:00:00

The Gazette.
[NUMBER 22.]
By ELEZER ALLEY JENKS, Portland, Maine.
[VOLUME 1.]
Monday, September 24, 1798.
DESCRIPTION OF MALTA.
BY A MODERN WRITER.
MALTA, anciently Iperia, afterwards Ogygia, and called by the Greeks Melita, from which the Saracens formed its present name, is an Island in the Mediterranean sea; and though nearer the coast of Sicily, it is reckoned part of Africa. It is nearly of an oval figure, about 20 miles long, 12 broad, and the whole circuit 60. It is entirely rocky, and produces no more corn than serves its inhabitants for six months, and it yields an inconsiderable quantity of wine; what it wants of these articles, it imports from Sicily. The rock is white and soft, having only a foot depth of soil, producing plenty of peas, beans, and other pulse, with melons and garden vegetables; there is no wood but that of their fruit trees. It likewise produces indigo, cotton, honey, grapes, olive, lemons, oranges, figs, and all sorts of good fruit. Here are excellent pastures, considerable fisheries, plenty of sea salt, and a coral fishery. The number of its inhabitants amount to above 100,000 and the annual revenue near 30,000 crowns. The oldest inhabitants of Malta, of whom we have any accounts, were the Phoenicians whom the Phoenicians drove out, who in their turn gave place to the Greeks; then the Carthaginians, who were succeeded by the Romans. Upon the decline of the Roman empire, it first fell under the dominion of the Goths, then the Saracens who were driven out by the Normans, under Roger, Count of Sicily, in the year 1090; from which time it was subject to the same princes as Sicily, till the emperor Charles V. gave it, besides the Island of Cozzo, in the year 1529, by a perpetual grant confirmed by the Pope, to the fugitive knights of St. John of Jerusalem, after having lost the Island of Rhodes, which, from the year 1508 they had very gallantly defended for the space of 213 years against the whole power of the Turks; thence they were also called the knights of Rhodes. In 1556 Solyman the Turkish Emperor, attacked them in the Island of Malta, but he was obliged to desist after losing upwards of 20,000 men in the attempt. The order formerly consisted of eight nations, the principal of which were the French, Italian, English, Spanish, and German. This order has lost considerably by the reformation, and the accidents of war. The number of knights are supposed to be 3000 in all. These must be of ancient families. The heads of each nation, or the Grand Crosses, are called Grand Priors, having each their respective convents of knights, and estates appropriate for their maintenance in every popish country where they still have footing, and these are called commanderies. The principal of these is the Grand Priory of Germany, or Teutonic order, who in 1546, was created a prince of the holy Roman empire by the Emperor Charles above mentioned; and has a seat & vote among the princely abbots in the general Diet. His residence is at Keifersheim, in the Brisgaw, a country of Suabia. The several Priors chuse a Grand master, and in spirituals they are all subject to the Pope, living according to the rules of St. Augustine, and they also depend pretty much on those princes where their lands or commanderies lie. Besides several other engagements, they are obliged to maintain a continual war with the Turks, Algerines, and other Mahomedans, and also with pirates. The knights take vows of celibacy, chastity, &c. With regard to matrimony they indeed generally keep their vow, but they introduce a great number of Greek girls, who serve them as concubines.
The capital of the Island is named Malta also. It is likewise called Valetta, from having been repaired by the grand master Valetta, 1606. It stands on a hill that stretches itself out like a neck of land into the sea; and about the middle of this Island. It consists of three towns, of which the Città Vecchia, or old town, otherwise called Medina, is one. These are separated by channels that form so many peninsulas of solid rock, which rise to a considerable height above the sea; having secure harbours within them capable of receiving whole fleets; and as the situation is thus naturally strong, no art is wanting to render the fortifications impregnable. Its strong walls are of large free-stone, partly hewn out of the rocks, and plentifully furnished with cannon. Forwards on the neck of land towards the sea, stands the castle of St. Elmo, which is fortified in the modern style, and defends the entrance into both harbors: the one lying as you come from the sea into it on the right hand of the town is called Marza Muscietta, and encloses a little Island, upon which is partly a fort and partly a Lazaretto. The other harbour is on the left hand, and called simply Mscia, or the great harbour which is the most capacious, secure and commodious in all this Island, with some bays to it. For the defence of its entrance serves besides the above Castle St. Elmo, Fort Ricasoli, which stands on the Punta del Oria to the left. As the town of Valetta is on the right hand, so to the left are the towns of Aroga and Sangera. In Valetta is a very handsome palace, where
the grand master resides, and before it is a wide square or area for the exercise of the knights. Every one of the seven nations have their own public edifice. Here the Jesuits had a college; and in the town are several convents and cloisters, a large hospital and a particular building for the Turkish slaves. Anciently the town was twice as large as it is at present. It is the see of a bishop suffragan to Palermo. The streets are open and spacious, and the houses built of the white stone, hewn out of the rocks. The number of the inhabitants are about 20,000 and it has three stately gates, one towards the sea and the other towards the land.
Mr. Brydone says, the land force of Malta, is equal to the number of men in the Island fit to bear arms. They have about 500 regulars belonging to the ships of war, and 150 compose the guard of the Prince. Their sea force consists of 4 galleys, three galliots, four ships of 60 guns, and a frigate of 36, besides a number of the quick-firing vessels called scampavias. Their ships, galleys and fortifications are not only supplied with excellent artillery, but they likewise have invented a kind of ordinance of their own, unknown to all the world besides—for we found to our no small amazement, that the rocks were not only cut into fortifications, but hollowed out into immense mortars, the charge about a barrel of gunpowder, over which they place a large piece of wood, made exactly to fit the mouth of the chamber, on this they heap a quantity of cannon balls, shells and other deadly materials: and when an enemy's ship approaches the harbour, they fire the whole into air, and they pretend it produces a very great effect, making a shower for 200 or 300 yards round that would sink any vessel. Besides the forces above mentioned, every man upon the Island is obliged to bear arms. The men are very hardy, and Mr. B. has seen them throw ten or twelve hours without intermission, without the appearance of being fatigued.
President's Answer,
To the unanimous address of the Society of Cincinnati of the State of South Carolina.
GENTLEMEN,
WITH great respect and esteem, I receive your unanimous address, agreed on at a meeting expressly called for that purpose on the 22d of August. That men who cheerfully arranged themselves in the front rank to oppose the most formidable attack, that was ever made on their country—that men, who have experienced the delightful reflection of having contributed to the establishment of the liberties and independence of their country, and have enjoyed the sweetest of rewards in the grateful affection of their fellow-citizens; that such men should even be lukewarm, when the object of their fondest attachment is in jeopardy, is incredible. I rejoice in your approbation of the conduct adopted and pursued with France. Conciliation has been pursued with more patience and perseverance, than can be perfectly reconciled with our national reputation at least. If we can reconcile it with our national character and independence, it must be by peculiar circumstances, that we can excuse it in the opinion of an impartial world, if indeed at this day there is an impartial world. Posterity at least who may be impartial enough to pass an equitable judgment will allow that the form of our government, our late connections and relations, and the present state of all nations furnish an apology, well grounded on equity and humanity.
The French and too many Americans have miscalculated. They have betrayed to the world their ignorance of the American character. As to the French, I know of no government ancient or modern that ever betrayed so universal and decided a contempt of the people of all nations as the present rulers of France. They have manifested a settled opinion that the people have neither sense nor integrity in any country, and they have acted accordingly.
When you weighed tribute and dependence against war, you might have added immorality and irreligion to the former scale. What shall we think of those who can weigh tribute, dependence, immorality and irreligion against pounds, livres or florins?
When the Cincinnati of South Carolina pledge their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor, I believe no man will doubt their sincerity.
JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, Sept. 15th, 1798.
DR. PRIESTLEY,
To the Printer of the Northumberland (Pennsylvania) Paper.
SIR,
I BEG leave through the channel of your paper, to give what satisfaction I can to many persons in this country, who seem to be alarmed at the publication of an intercepted letter addressed to me by Mr. J. Stone, at Paris, and inclosing another, which I was to transmit to Mr. B. P. (which means a Member of the British Parliament) at Kennebec. They were first printed in England, with a view to render me obnoxious here. Whether they ought to have this effect let any impartial person judge from the following circumstances.
Mr. JOHN STONE, (not the person who was tried for high treason, and acquitted, in England, but his brother) was a member of my congregation, at Hackney, and a zealous friend to the American and French revolutions, which sufficiently accounts for his corresponding with me. But I am not answerable for what he, or any other person, may think proper to write to me.
The letter inclosed to me is for Mr. BENJAMIN VAUGHAN, formerly a pupil of mine, and son to Mr. SAMUEL VAUGHAN, who some time ago resided in Philadelphia. He, like me, thought it necessary to leave England, and for some time is said to have assumed a feigned name. This he does not do here, and he is a man that any country may be proud to possess; having for ability, knowledge of almost every kind, and the most improved integrity, very few equals. He is well known to, and probably corresponds with the PRESIDENT, who will smile at the surmises that have been thrown out on the subject. He has fixed his residence at Kennebec, because his family has large property there. If he, or I had been a spy in the interest of France, we have made a very strange choice of situations in which to do mischief.
But trifles, light as air,
Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong
As proofs of holy writ.—SHAKESPEARE.
I am, &c.
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY.
From a London paper of July 2.
Tuesday se'nnight died, in the 100th year of his age, William Jennens, Esq. of Acton Place, near Melford, in Suffolk. He was reputed the richest Commoner in England, his property being said to exceed two millions sterling, and there is reason to apprehend he died intestate; though an unexecuted will was found among his papers at Acton, in which he had devised some comparatively inconsiderable legacies to gentlemen in the neighbourhood. Lord Curzen's family were expected to be the inheritors of his immense property; and his Lordship, after visiting Acton, and giving orders for the funeral, set out for the house of the deceased in Grosvenor-square, London, to discover, if possible, a testamentary instrument. King William the third was his godfather, and during the long period of his existence, he remained a bachelor, more given to penuriousness than hospitality, of course his accumulations multiplied even beyond his power of computation. He is reported always to have kept 50,000, in his banker's hands for any emergency, and he never drew out the dividends of his
FOR SALE, AT
Joseph Warren's Book-Store, Fish-street, Portland, PAPER, of all kinds, Paper Hangings, American Coast Pilot, 2d edition, largely improved, with Revenue laws, &c. Robison's Proofs of a Conspiracy. Sept. 10, 1798.
JOHN DEERING,
Has for sale at his Store, at the bottom of Fish-street, an assortment of WEST-INDIA & HARD WARE GOODS, and GROCERIES,
AMONG WHICH ARE,
Duck & Cor- Buntings, dages, Coffee Mills, Iron and Steel, Sewing and Whipping, W.I. and N.E. Rum, Twine, Brandy, Wine, Hammers, large & small, Gin, Molasses, Knives and Forks, Sugar, Rice, Pen & Jack-Knives, Flour, Cheese, Spoons, Chisels, Butter, Gouges, Iron Squares, Bohea Tea, Paint and Tar Bushes, Son-hong Tea, Mason's Trowels, Bals & Vads, of all kinds, Horns, Fire Steels, White Lead, Flats, Gun Locks, Whiting, Red Lead, Latches, Saws, Spruce Yellow, Bung Boarers, Gimblets, Spanish Brown, Seravers, Brushes, Verdigrace, Tin Ware, of all kinds, Castled Oil, Fish Oil, Time Glasses of all sizes, Fish & Scale Fish, Earthen Ware, of all kinds, Bar Lead, Shot, Allspice, Pepper, Powder, Indigo, Alum, Red Wood, Cotton, Coffee, Log Wood, Coppers, Hook and Hinges, of all kinds, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Raisins, Chocolate, Win Glasses, Tumblers, Screws, Brasses for Desks, Spirits of Turpentine, Quadrants, Compasses, Tobacco, Drawing Knives, of Glasses, Deep fied Lines, Red Line, Log Lines, September 30, 1798.
Genteel Entertainment.
MRS. ANN HEYLIGER,
At the sign of Washington & Franklin, near Clay Cove,
Has opened a house of genteel entertainment. Those gentlemen who may favor her with their company, shall receive every attention. Being long accustomed to this business, she flatters herself she shall be able to give general satisfaction,
Portland, Sept. 10th.
An Organ for Sale.
TO be sold, that small, but elegant ton-ORGAN, now standing in the Episcopal Church in Portland. TO BE LET. To a small and credible family, part of the Dwelling HOUSE now occupied by the subscriber in Portland. JOSIAH LEAVITT. Sept. 8, 1798.
NOTICE
IS hereby given, that a further time of three months is allowed, by the Judge of Probate, to the creditors of the Estate of Joseph Weeks, of Portland, mariner, deceased, to bring in and prove their claim—And that the commissioners will hold court for that purpose at the house of Mrs. Lois Weeks, on the fourth Monday of this, and the next month, from one o'clock after two to half after five o'clock, P. M.
EBENEZER MAYO, } Commissioners. ISAAC GAGE, } Portland, 6th September, 1798.
To be Sold by PUBLIC AUCTION,
the 9th day of OCTOBER (if not previously sold at private sale) at Saccapappa Falls, in Fulmuth,
A Dwelling House,
convenient for two families; with half an acre of Land, and an excellent well of water. It is in a good situation for a merchant or mechanic.—The terms will be made easy to the purchaser. Apply to SAMUEL PIKE. Saccapappa, Sept. 8, 1798.
Wanted Immediately,
A LAD, about 14 or 15 years old, who is acquainted with writing and arithmetic, to attend in a small store, and assist in a tavern. He must be a person of good recommendation. Inquire at this Office, or of the subscriber at N. JENKS. September 28, '98.

ended property (the bulk of his property) till half a year after they were due. He served in the office of High Sheriff for Suffolk in the year 1754.
NEW DUTIES.
From a London paper of July 15.
The new duties upon imports and exports take place from and after Friday; and no vessel will be permitted to sail for a foreign port without convoy; if they do, the insurance will be void, and the vessel be liable to a heavy penalty. We understand the British manufactured goods, all of cotton, are exempt from duty of 10s. per cent. on exportation; all other goods must pay it when shipped. The following new duties are payable on exportation.—Brandy, 2 1-4l. per gallon; Geneva, 1 1-4d. ditto; Yarn, 3s. per 112lb; Rags, 13s. 3d. per ton; Flax undressed 21s. ditto; Hemp ditto 10s. 3d. ditto; Timber, Deals, &c. 3l. per cent. on the value; Iron 10s. 10d. per ton; Madeira Wine, 16s. 6d. per ton; Portugal ditto, 26s. ditto; Spanish ditto, 32s. ditto; Danish ditto, 78s. ditto.
The new duties on Sugar took place from the 5th inst. and such has been the despatch used in getting some of the West India fleet just arrived into the Poole, that several hundred hogsheads of new Sugar were entered at Custom-house in time to save the new duty.
BUONAPARTE'S FLEET.
From Dover, (England) July 16.
This morning arrived from Gravellines, a neutral vessel, with passengers, with an account of a report there, that admiral Nelson had fallen in with and defeated general Buonaparte; but the particulars were not made known.
AGAIN!
NEWYORK, SEPT. 14
Capt. Dawson, arrived yesterday from Gibraltar, says, that "Mr. Rogers, King's Proctor of the Admiralty Court, Gibraltar, had received information, (and pledged himself for the truth of it) that Buonaparte and his fleet were blocked up in Malta, by Admiral Nelson, who expected to starve them out as they were short of provisions. Lord St. Vincent was at anchor off Cadiz.
"The French frigate, of 40 guns, taken by the Sea Horse of 36 guns, after an engagement of 9 minutes—the French attempted to board, but were beat off; and the English in their turn, followed and took possession of the ship. She had on board a number of curiosities taken at Malta, which were intended for Paris. There was gold of considerable value, and some pieces of plate."
THE INDIANS.
ALBANY, SEPT. 7.
Our aboriginal neighbours, the Seven Nations of Canada, the Six Nations, and the Stockbridge tribe, at a late meeting at Buffalo, received communications from the Wabash Miami, and other Western nations, informing them, they meant to keep the chain of friendship with the United States bright, even in case of war between us and the French. We have a security for their fidelity, in the possession of the Western Posts, so honourably delivered to the United States by the British; in consequence of the treaty with Great-Britain.
Restitution of property.
The Government of Great Britain, it seems still progresses in the business of doing justice to our citizens who have suffered by illegal depredations on their property from the cruisers of England. In the British House of Commons, June 14, an additional supply of 170,000 dollars was voted for monies awarded under the American treaty.—The 90,000l. some time since paid by England, the Jacobins asserted was not more than sufficient to discharge the interest on the property captured; give the poor devils the indulgence of their whims for a moment—they must now grant that something is advanced towards the principal. Say, ye pitiful, contemptible revilers of Mr. Jay, and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, do you think that any part of the avails of your friend Buonaparte's plundering voyage, should such avails escape falling into the hands of the British, will be applied to the discharge of either principal or interest of the millions upon millions robbed from our citizens by the infamous, piratical French "republicans."
Proper attention to French freebooters!
BALTIMORE, SEPT. 12.
A Frenchman, captain of a piratical freebooter, was lodged in the goal of this city, a few days ago, by an American captain of this place, who had been captured by him, his vessel sent into a West-India port and condemned, and who fortunately found means to get back to his native country, after some time.—But the very day he arrived in this port, what was his astonishment to meet the same Frenchman who had plundered him of his vessel and cargo, and who had the impudence to make him a low bow.—The American asked him how he dared to shew his face in a country whose citizens he had plundered. The Frenchman said, Heeh, that is nothing. The other had him immediately lodged in jail, to shew him whether it was nothing or not."
The Americans in the Havanna had been much menaced and insulted by the French privateers; but on the arrival of the letters of marque America and Belvidere from Philadelphia, (both of whom gave and receive salutes from the Spaniards) a very great alteration in their conduct was observable.
Portrait of French revolutionary Monsters.
Among all the portraits of the revolutionized character of Frenchmen, the son of Anax has drawn the most perfect and complete. Hear it, ye apostatized children of Gallia! Although you have abolished religion, and spurned at the character of divine mercy; although you have declared, that the inculcation of a belief in the existence of a God, is too expensive to form a part of the pure system of republican economy—yet you cannot here fail of recognizing those features of character, delineated by a prophetic hand, which have long since been exhibited to the world in your national physiognomy.
"Your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness."
"None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, & bring forth iniquity."
"They hatch cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web: be that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper."
"Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands."
"Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity: wasting and destruction are in their paths."
"The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whomsoever goeth therein shall not know peace."
EXTRACT.
"I am not, says a writer of much celebrity, an advocate for the severity of the Jewish, or moroseness of a Puritanical SABBATH. I am likewise far from inferring that all those who neglect a strict observance of Sunday, are remiss in the performance of their other duties:—But, I will yet venture to affirm that all whom I have remarked conscientiously to observe this day from right motives, have been uniformly attentive to their general conduct. It has been the opinion of many wise and good men, that Christianity will stand or fall as this day is neglected or observed. SUNDAY seems to be a kind of Christian Palladium, and the city of God, will never be totally taken by the enemy, till the observance of that be quite lost."
THE GAZETTE.
Portland.
Monday, September 24th, 1798.
Communication.
LET us relieve ourselves by turning aside for some time from the disgusting subject of Jacobinism to something more luminous, cheerful, and consoling. While the word "republican" is made both parole and counter-sign by the jacobins and from being the softest found in the vocabulary, has become the war-whoop and death song of a horde of savages, let us remove the veil from before our own government, let us cause the cloud to ascend, and discover the purity of the United States. Let us, finally, present the government in its true light, sagacious, provident, firm, steady, consistent and persevering—not indeed for the verdict of Americans between themselves and France, (for we will not a moment suppose our countrymen to forsake their government in favour of France, if Jacobinism could even have produced a civil war) but for delightful contemplation.
Before the war with England, the British colonies in North America were as distinct from each other as the United States now are from other nations of the world. If a few of them ever met in Congress, as it was called, it was only for conference, or special confederacy, as is the practice of disconnected States. Within twenty-five years, these multifarious and heterogeneous elements, by the excellent improvement of political crisis, and a series of in calculable advantages, have become perfectly cemented by the federal constitution. Almost every adult has seen the whole of this wonderful process, and yet alas! it must be left to the historian to bestow its praises! How ungrateful is it that mankind never estimate their happiness, but only their misery!—We observe the incidents of former times, but what passes in our own days we never see! Is it because we are not all rich, prosperous, flattered, free from pain or trouble—because immediate and personal embarrassment outweighs the consideration that by the means of government we are not more wretched than we are?—But we do take notice of revolutions and applaud them. Is it because our minds already fermenting with
their own passions can never be at rest, or diffused with uniformity of repose would perish for want of food and exercise?—But to proceed—
From 1774 when the advisory Congress of the colonies met, till 1776 after the declaration of Independence there was no band but common consent to hold them together. Then, become independent states, they confederated, and became connected in alliance by a treaty, which was styled "articles of confederation and perpetual union."—This treaty proved sufficient to bring the war to a successful close, and procure from Great-Britain that acknowledgment of our independence which rendered it complete. But still the States were not united, though they were so styled; because the sovereignty of each State remained entire, and Congress had only the power to recommend. The State governments, with only one or two exceptions, had single executives, but the general government (if it deserved the name) had neither legislative, judicial, nor more especially executive power. At this time, while Ambassador at London, the President wrote his celebrated book entitled "A DEFENCE OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONS," in which from the history of all republics he abundantly proved the destructive tendency of vesting all power in one body; doubtless with a view of discouraging his countrymen from thinking that the feebleness and insignificance of the United States could be remedied by adding to the powers of the then existing Congress. This book most probably produced the present federal constitution.—The latter bears a very strong analogy to the constitution of Massachusetts, which differs but little from the charter-government, and this last was copied in its form from that of Great-Britain.
Thus at length, in about fifteen years from the first essay of the colonies to act in concert, they passed through the intermediate stage of alliance to consolidated union, and that form of government which had been adopted by the single States was chosen for the whole, exhibiting the novel and magnificent spectacle of sixteen States with the most excellent peculiar constitutions, governed, as one, by a general constitution similar to their own. As in the constitutions of the several States the rights of the individual are no where arrogated, and nowhere limited except to the precise point of common as well as individual safety; so in the general government, the rights of States and individuals are preserved, and the former are no more abridged of sovereignty than the individual under the State-forms of his rights and miseries in the savage state of nature—that is, in both cases the constitutions are compacts of the most perfect kind in theory, and have a resemblance or rather similitude which tends to mutual deference and esteem. This the world never beheld before—May it never cease to behold it!
It was not only necessary that this great arrangement should take place when it did, to guard against the convulsions of Europe which were even then foreseen, and to heal the manifold diseases of our own body politic; but it was expedient that it should be effected while our great revolutionary characters were yet on the stage to recommend it by their approbation. Their long-tried fidelity and eventual success were stronger arguments in the public mind than any speculative opinion unassisted by experience—and thus America was no less fortunate in the time when the constitution was adopted than in the wisdom of the measure itself.
Thus then from the borders of anarchy, and notwithstanding perpetual tendencies to dissolution observable at various periods within the time, in less than twenty five years a great nation arose in this western hemisphere capable of action and of resistance. It combines the three essential parts of government legislative, judicial, and executive, in their most preferable forms; the first chosen directly by the people, with the reserve of the Senate to represent the States as in the Congress of the confederation, which is chosen by the Legislatures; the second nominated by the Executive, but subject to the rejection of the Senate; and the last elected by a process as near as possible to universal suffrage in so great a nation, that of electors expressly delegated for that purpose alone. The Executive has a nega-
tive upon the Legislature, but not unqualified as in England; for the judgment of two thirds of the Legislature is presumed to be better than his most enlightened understanding, even though parties should be exasperated. The immediate Representatives of the people have the exclusive right of spending their money—the Legislature that of declaring war—the Executive that of conducting it. To guard against foreign intrigue of which we have already had examples in the House, the President treats with foreign nations, but not without the advice of the Senate, two thirds of which must be of his opinion.—And if, after every precaution, any thing unconstitutional, inconsistent or impossible should be enacted, an independent judiciary, subject only to impeachment for corruption, rejects, distinguishes, corrects and punishes—that no part of the system may be suffered to decay.—But we have not room for further detail.
Although this constitution may be deemed the most perfect that human wisdom has been able to devise, and although its professed opposers could not tell how any part of it could be altered for the better—yet neither its framers nor an enlightened people chose to make it perfect, but with a becoming modesty left to time and experience to justify or to condemn its several regulations.—An article provides for alterations and amendments in a constitution in such a manner as to avoid all tumult, sedition, and rebellion; so that the same temper which framed, considered, and adopted the instrument should attend it down the lapse of ages, and that as it grew older it should grow better and dearer to the people.
Happy, happy people!—Surely you have had guardian angels who have watched over your political welfare—Surely they have been men on whom it has pleased the purity of Heaven to smile!—Do they not still live? Are they not displaying examples, and delivering precepts to the next class of political citizens whom you have "delighted to honour?"—Will not those who preserve your confidence when your present illustrious leaders are gathered to their fathers, be men who will know your rights and fulfil your wishes?—Cherish then, by a noble confidence, the motives which pant for no other reward. Mere virtue, however dignified the mind, is hardly able to bear perpetual discouragement. Say but, "well done, good and faithful servant!" and human virtue will become almost omnipotent. (To be continued)
MORE FEDERALISM OF MAINE.
Address to JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
The Grand Jury at the District Court, now holden at Pownalborough in the District of Maine, having with the utmost pleasure beheld the addresses, which the people of the United States have presented you the summer past, expressive of their friendship and attachment to our Federal government, and those who administer it, with the firmest assurances of their support and obedience to the constituted authorities; and being now called together from various parts of the county of Lincoln, to attend upon the first Court of the United States, which has been held in the county, since the development of the mercenary views of the French republic towards this country have been publicly known; and reflecting upon the abyss to which our country has lately made so near an approach, occasioned by the unparalleled conduct of a foreign power, in concert with wicked and designing men of our own country, who do not deserve the name of Americans, cannot but admire and join with our fellow citizens, in all those expressions of gratitude and attachment which their declarations contain, toward the supreme executive, and other branches of our federal government, that your wisdom and prudence under the auspices of heaven, have enabled you to steer from the vortex, which so soon would have buried us in general ruin, and happily prevented the fall which have awaited so many of the European nations. Relying upon your wisdom, prudence, and magnanimity, and the

happy union which so universally prevails among all classes of our citizens, we hope and mean, by God's blessing, to maintain our rights and liberties and to this end we offer you our all; at the same time wishing our beloved President may be continued a rich and lasting blessing to the American people.
Signed in behalf of the Jury, by MARK LANGDON HILL, Foreman.
Voted Unanimously That the Honorable Judge Sewall be requested to forward this Address, to the President of the United States.
MARK LANGDON HILL, Foreman. September 4th, 1798.
ANSWER.
To the Grand Jury, of the District of Maine.
GENTLEMEN, Your address of the 4th of this month has been transmitted to me as you requested, by one of my ancient and esteemed friends, Judge Sewall. The mercenary views of the French republic, have been sufficiently manifested, for a course of years, by their purchasing supplies, without any thoughts of payment; by their continued depredations on our commerce, and especially by their infamous laws against all neutral navigation. But the dispatches of our envoys have completed the climax. These measures might be considered as merely mercenary; but the repeated insolence to our ambassadors, discovers hostility, contempt, and inveteracy, beyond example. The satisfaction you express, in the addresses of our fellow citizens, so full of virtue, patriotism, & heroism, is consistent with your character, as untainted Americans.
When you offer me your all, for the defence of your country, you do the highest honor, both to yourselves and to me.
JOHN ADAMS. Quincy, Sept. 17. 1798.
The patriotic and federal town of Buxton (not Buxton) on the east side of Penobscot river, has forwarded an address to the President, applauding his administration; and pledging to him and their country all the aid in their power to support the measures which shall be adopted for the security of the honor, dignity, and independence of the United States.
MR. BELLAMY,
Of Hamburg, has since Talleyrand's extraordinary and amiable letters, come forward in a Paris paper and avowed to the world that he was the person designated by Y. in the dispatches of our envoys.
BELLAMY'S LETTER,
Has been published, at length; and a very tedious rapid thing it is; and there is little doubt that turgid, turning, tergiversating Talleyrand was privy to its birth. It, however, like the intriguing Minister's Commentary, acknowledges that a Loan was demanded; That is, to place the matter in the true light, that the United States should take 30,000,000 Dutch inscriptions, which the French had plundered from them, and which, from the reduced credit of Holland, would not sell in any European market, nor among her own or her kind neighbor Citizens; and that the United States should give pay for these fragments of bags. The final payment of these inscriptions is subject to such contingences, that even folly could never contemplate it. This demand is made upon us, the aggrieved and insulted nation. After being long the victims to French infractions of the laws of nations; after being subject to many tyrannical; and, (under any circumstance) unjust decrees; after the loss of immense property by the operation of these decrees; after being defrauded in negotiations and bargains with the French Government; after the laceration and murder of American citizens; after official calumniations of our government; after funding three successive Envoys here to embarrass, harass, insult, weaken and revolutionize the Federal System; after taking a vessel from the officers of our government by force; and after insults and injuries ad infinitum—(when they had nothing but rifles to contrast to them, such as the British minister's name being inserted before the French in an Almanack!) After all these most abominable atrocities, what does French impudence propose? Why, lays one who never had a good opinion of the French, "Perhaps they have the effrontery to propose the spunging of all demands, and to erase their pretended grievances, if we will say nothing of our accumulated wrongs." O worse than this, the devil would blush at their insolence: They demand the loan of an enormous sum of money!!! And this merely to be the preliminary of a negotiation, the definitive of which might ask for our country, our seamen, our soldiers, our vessels, and the produce of our agriculture and manufacture. And is this all to be set down as nothing, if the demand of bribe money is not demonstrated? Is all this complaisance and mildness, with which,
as Monroe says, "Americans ought to be pleased." Shall we willingly suffer every other indignity and exaction if the French rulers do not demand a special douceur. They can easily accommodate their requisitions to such an arrangement, though the money may ultimately go to the same use.
[Mercury.]
From Hamburg, June 1,
Letters from Holland, arrived to day, contain the most shocking details of new atrocities committed by the French in Switzerland: One hundred and thirty three villages, and thirteen towns have been destroyed and deserted. Sion, the principal town of the Valois was plundered during 24 hours, and afterwards completely burnt. The women were dragged into the streets naked, and after the most brutal insults, thrown over into the flames. Above forty children were stabbed with bayonets.
A New York paper of Sept. 13, states, that several letters received from France, in Alexandria and in Georgetown, confirm the intelligence that Mr. Gerry had embarked for the United States in company with a French gentleman, who is vested with full powers to negotiate for accommodation of the differences between this country and the republic of France.
The archbishop of Dublin has written a circular to the clergy of his diocese, permitting them, in the present exigent state of the times, to assume a military character.
There is a report, via Wilmington, that the Irish rebels have burnt the Parliament House in Dublin.
The American Consul at the Havanna, has purchased of the Spanish government, on account of the United States, an 18 gun ship with brass artillery. She is to be commanded by Capt. Preble, and manned from the American shipping there.
It is generally said, in St. Domingo, that in case of a rupture between France and America, Toussaint will solicit an alliance with the United States.
The Sciences.—There are in the United States, 7 Universities, 16 Colleges, and 60 Academies.
Military Reviews.—His Excellency the Gov. of New Hampshire is now on a tour through the south-western part of that State, for the purpose of reviewing and ascertaining the state of the Militia.
Cannon Foundry.—Excellent brass Field Pieces are casting by Bastow & Carter at Exeter, by order of the Governor of New Hampshire, for the use of the militia of that State.
Representatives to Congress.—In North Carolina, Messrs. Alston, Spraight, Hill, and Grove—said to be all federalists. Mr. Blount (the man that wished to kill Mr. Thatcher) lost his election by a vast odds.
A Schooner has arrived at Damariscotta, near Wiscasset, from the West Indies, which had been captured on her homeward passage by a French privateer, and 4 democrats put on board to conduct her to port. They were in power but a few days ere the Americans effected a counter-revolution, and resumed the command of their vessel, and have got safe home. The Sanuelottes were conducted to Wiscasset, and by a mittimus from D. Davis, Esq. were put into a yankee "Conciergerie."
Among the charitable actions that characterize the inhabitants of this town, it should be mentioned that people of the captured ship North America of Philadelphia, who were brought in here destitute, by Capt. Titcomb, have been liberally provided for by a subscription put on foot by some of our worthy seamen. It is hoped the like attention will be everywhere paid to those American tars who may have the misfortune to be stripped by French freebooters.
The Philadelphia Health Committee, have published, that by a voluntary loan in their own State, their funds are adequate to their exigencies. Though grateful for the good will of the citizens of the United States, they state it is not necessary to bring it into action.
THE FEVER.
Boston, Sept. 19. Since the return of the 17th six have recovered, five have died, ten new cases have occurred, twenty five now remain sick, nine of whom are on the recovery.
By order of the Selectmen, WILLIAM COOPER, Town Clerk.
New York. No abatement of the fever has yet taken place here. The east end of the city is almost depopulated. The watch is doubled for fear of incendiary attempts and robberies.
Table with 2 columns: Date, Deaths. Sept. 11, deaths, 33; 12, 50; 13, 39; 14, 39; 15, 49. Philadelphia. Sept. 11, deaths 73; Sept. 12, 71; Sept. 13, 70. Deaths in all August, 1793, 264; In 1798, 621. Only 17000 inhabitants left the city in 1793. This year nearly 50,000.
MARRIED—At Vinal Haven (Maine) by Justice VINAL, D. EZEKIEL G. DOOGE of Thomaston, to the amiable Miss SUSAN W. STOW.
DIED—At Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin Bache, editor of the Aurora.
At New York, Thomas Greenleaf, editor of the Argus.
At New London, Mr. Cour, Federal Representative. In North Carolina, the learned and ingenious JAMES WILSON, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States.
At Salem, on the 15th inst. Mrs. MARTHA JENKS, wife of Mr. John Jenks, aged 34. A woman whose amiable disposition, and engaging manners, endeared her to all who had the happiness of her acquaintance. In this town, Mr. Abraham Young, aged 59.
Marine Articles. Port of Portland.
Yesterday arrived brig Industry, Capt. William Ilsey, from Jacquemel, which place he left the 21st August. Left there Schooners Ann, Pennock of Baltimore; Suffolk, of New York, and Hope, of Beverly. On the 22nd was boarded by the British brig Dilligent, of 20 guns, was well treated, and released after a short examination. On the 26th was boarded by the British frigate Aquilon, of 36 guns, commanded by Capt. Boyers, who informed that the British had evacuated Hispaniola, and that he was destined, with the Aquilon and another frigate, to bring off the last of the British troops. On the 27th was boarded by the British ship Adventure of 44 guns. Aug. 31st, spoke brig William, from Arquin for Baltimore. Sept. 9, spoke the American frigate Constellation, in lat. 33, 38, N. long. 71, 16, W. She had several vessels under convoy; her appearance was truly noble. Spoke with one of the convoy commanded by Wm. White, belonging to Baltimore, bound to the Havanna. Brig Hazard, Capt. Drummond of Georgetown, Kennebec, is in at Halifax.
The American sloop of war Rover, of 20 guns, was left in "quest of a French privateer of 14 guns. Aug. 29 which had been in sight of the Land of Never Sink."
The sale of the following delinquent lots, is postponed from the 1st of October, till the twenty-first of November.
THE nonresident proprietors of the several lots of land lying in the town of Poland, in the county of Cumberland, are hereby notified, that the same are taxed for the State, County and Town taxes, in the bills committed to me the Subscriber to collect, for the year 1797, in the respective sums following, viz.
Table with 5 columns: No. Lots, No. Acres, State tax, Town tax, Road tax. It lists tax amounts for various lots in Poland, Maine, categorized into First and Second Divisions.
If no person shall appear to discharge said taxes and all necessary intervening charges, on or before the twenty-first day of November next, at nine o'clock, A.M. so much of the said lots of land as will be sufficient to discharge the same, will then be sold at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, according to law, at the house of DANIEL JACKSON, Innholder, in said Poland.
JOHN T. MERRILL, Collector. P.S. Sept. 18, 1798.
Public Auction.
On Tuesday, the 25th inst. At TEN o'Clock, A.M. Will be sold for the benefit of the Underwriters, the HULL of the Brigantine REBECCA, as she now lies at Union Wharf. Also, the remains of her Cargo, consisting of 60,000 Boards, 20,000 R. O. Hhd. Staves, 100 Hhd. Shooks, 4 House Frames, 2 barrels Oil, 80 barrels Pickled Salmon. Sale to be on Union Wharf. N. B. Terms at time and place of sale. EDWARD OXNARD, Auctioneer. Portland 28th Sept. 1798.
Just Published, By David West, Boston, Numbers 6 & 7 of Count RUMFORD'S ESSAYS; or 1 & 2 of vol. 2d. These numbers, containing 310 pages Letter Press, and 8 copperplate engravings, will be given to subscribers in boards, at 1 dol. 37 1/2 cents, which, when compared, will be found cheaper than the former numbers of this valuable work. Boston, Sept. 20.
Ten Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the Danish brig Die Frea Fredrica, two sailors, NEIL and CHRISTIAN CARLSON, about 20 years old; one of them rather fleshy, the other spare and of a pale complexion; speak broken English. Whoever will take up said runaway and return them to said brig at Deacon Titcomb's Wharf, shall receive the above reward and all necessary charges. CHRISTIAN G. JORGENSEN. Portland, Sept. 4.
CLOTHING MILL. THE subscriber informs the public, that he has taken the CLOTHING MILL, erected by Mr. Root, in Rutland, in the town of Norway; and shall commence the business of said Mill by the middle of October next, when those who will please to favor him with their commands, may depend on the greatest dispatch and punctuality. SAMUEL MERRILL. Biddeford, Sept. 17.
Latest Prices Current AT BOSTON—PER QUANTITY.
Table listing market prices for various goods in Boston, including Ashes, Peas, Butter, Beef, Brandy, Coffee, Cotton, Chocolate, Rum, Candles, Sperm, Cheese, Coal, Pork, Cod, Duck, Fish, Flour, and Glass, with prices listed per unit or quantity.

POETRY.
From the Farmer's Weekly Museum.
MERCURY AND BIBO.
A SONG.
WHEN Bibo got down to the regions below, Where shade follows shade in a round of despair, Where Lethe's black waters in sullenness flow, And horror stands wreathing, with serpents, her hair;
The surly old god who presides o'er the lake— (To Minos or Jupiter ferrying each foul)— Bade Mercury Bibo from slumbers awake, And dash'd in his stream laughing Bacchus's bowl.
"Arise! stupid wretch—from your drunken repose; "And away to the shores of the damned," he cries— Bibo stretches his limbs, and corks up his nose, And thus unto Mercury in hickups replies:
"What's that, you were saying—you noisy old dog— "Let's hear not your prate—I'll have nothing but wine.
"For—damn me—although I'm as drunk as a hog— "I'll not be disturb'd by the grunting of swine."
"Impious wretch!—hold thy peace, and make haste away.
"Phlegethon's red waves will their liquor prepare, While Acheron and Tigris strip off thy clay, "And plunge thee, at once, in distress and despair."
"What the dog—do you think I can go without wine? "Might as well teach a parson to preach without notes;
"A young lawyer, unseed, at the court's bar to shine; "Or a brace of gay damsels to shut up their throats.
"No, no, 'twill not do—I can't stir till I drink; "Tis nonsense to hope I'll obey you till then: "Give me liquor, and curse me, if ever I think— "Tho' your three headed dog should break loose from his pen."
"Come arouse! filthy wretch," the god cried again; "Father Chaper is waiting your soul to convey "Where Pluto and Proserpine ever shall reign, "To punish vile mortals who dare disobey."
"I'll not budge—I protest—'till he fills 'tother bowl; "So a truce to your gab—and some liquor bestow— "For before I can start—you must moisten my jowl, "And then—I will help the old rascal to row."
REMARKABLE PROPHECY.
This is extracted from a Newyork paper printed in the year 1794. It was handed to me by a respectable gentleman who has had it in possession some years. He lays the events have taken place in the same manner as here mentioned. It is now republished for the speculation of those whose attention it may excite.—In the Newyork paper it is introduced thus:
The following was handed in print, by a gentleman late from London—'Tis presented to our readers, as we received it; as a support of their faith in the Millennium, which, we hope, can be supported by scripture, reason, and the opinions of pious men, that it will come, and the time soon.'
Thessalonians, v. 20, 27.
DEAR SIR,
EVER fond, as I know you are, of what is curious. I have sent you a copy of a remarkable Prophecy lately found in Paris, and transmitted from a gentleman there to his friend in London; who writes that it was engraved on a flag stone, two yards square, in Hebrew characters, and very elegantly inlaid with gold.—It is supposed to have lain near 600 years under an old wall, taken down by order of the late King of France, to be rebuilt: on moving the rubbish from the foundation, this stone was discovered.
Permit me to assure you, that I heard it from a man of Irish veracity and honour, who is expert at Hebrew, and on whom I can rely for the truth of the circumstance. As it predicts a most glorious & universal revolution in 1800, I heartily wish to congratulate you on the welcome news. I do expect great changes will take place here. The Millennium will soon come, I have been long satisfied in my own mind; may you and I prepare for it. O may we live to see the really illustrious descendant alluded to; who, if this be true, must be now alive, past infancy, probably in Europe, perhaps in England, is the sincere wish of, Sir, Your most obedient friend and servant, R. HAWES.
In the year 1790, there will be a rebellion against the French King, and when the present Pope dies, there will be no other elected.
1791 there will be a war amongst many of the European powers against France.
1792, more of the Christian powers engaged in the war.
1793, the war increases through Europe.
1794, there will be few or no forms of religion observed in France.
1795, there will be a destructive disunion among the powers of Europe.
1796 there will be a great slaughter & much blood shed by land and sea.
1797, there will appear a Gog and Magog* that will make war against all nations in the world.
1798, there will be a great destruction that will thin the inhabitants of the earth.
1799, there shall come a descendant of David, who will perform such acts of Grace from the power derived from Almighty God, as to destroy Gog and Magog, and will cause, in 1800, the remnant of all nations to be of one religion, and no more wars amongst men, who will be forever after in bonds of friendship, equality, and unfeigned love towards God and one another.
AMEN.
*By Gog and Magog, I apprehend we may understand the open and secret enemies of evangelic liberty and equality, or of genuine Christianity. Adieu.
"Just as the twig is bent, the tree will grow."
IT is devoutly to be wished that the scourge and ferula might be banished from the schools of the United States.
Scourging the back will neither enlighten the head, nor mend the heart: Such discipline may be necessary for those who are destined to be the minions of despotic masters; but is very ill adapted to the free born children of America.—The sanguine Romans considered the scourge as the badge of servility, and expressly prohibited, by law, the scourging of a Roman citizen. Children of severe parents, who have been trained up by the discipline of hard blows, are often seen to be either servile in their dispositions, or brutal in their behavior. And, when a boy in school undergoes the discipline of the lash, and, in the presence too of his companions of either sex, whose esteem he wishes to cultivate, it either fills him with bitter resentment, or debases his spirit; and he loses an invaluable portion of his ambition and virtue.—But the scourge is necessary for the support of proper order in school: without this instrument of terror a master would lose his authority.—No such thing. The only sure basis of authority in a master is the esteem and affection of his pupils. In the Moravian school at Bethlehem, the found of the lash is not heard: the sweet Miss is not constrained to hold out her hand to the blistering ferula: her guiltless heart palpitating with terror, and, in piteous accents, pleading in vain for mercy.—Those instructors, filled with Christian benevolence, draw upon the hearts of their pupils with the cords of love. The law of kindness is in their lips.—Their children are irresistibly impelled to love and revere them as their best friends; and do cheerfully submit to their authority. Before their minds are blunted, and perverted by improper management, children, in general, have an honest frankness: they are affectionate—fond of approbation & praise, and easily wounded by the ideas of reproach and shame. A master, of an estimable & amiable character, may easily insinuate himself into their affections. They will look up to him as their friend as well as guide: the thoughts of having offended him will wound them deeply; and the desire of his approbation will be a constant stimulus to their ambition and laudable exertions. Having won over their hearts he can mould and fashion them like soft wax: his mild and winning exhortations, advice, or reproof will gently insinuate into their minds, like dew, that distills upon the tender grass: and there will be no occasion of branding the vengeful scourge or using expressions of wrath and bitterness.—Or, indeed, if there should be found some children, who will not be won and persuaded to their duty by mild methods, their parents may take them out of school, for a short time, and confine them to constant labor, and they will be glad to return and submit to scholastic orders.—Or even if there should be some desperate case, where the scourge must be applied, it ought to be so managed as fully to convince the offender of the justice and necessity of his punishment, and that his own good is sought and intended thereby. Children have as much right to justice and fair dealings as their parents and instructors; and they, who have the power of punishing them, ought to be under such restraints as shall prevent the abuse of this power. It is not expected that all masters will have as much philosophy as Socrates, who being offended with his servant, said to him, "I would chastise you, if you if I were not angry." A schoolmaster has both judicial and executive power: there is no appeal from his sentence.—The culprit, neither personally, nor by an attorney, is permitted to dispute before him those points of law and evidence that relate to his case: and the whole process, on the part of the judge, is, perhaps, conducted in the warmth of anger. Now, is there no danger, in such a case, that a child may be chastised, either undeservedly, or beyond his deserts?—To prevent this, if the scourge must be used, the judicial proceedings should be deferred, at least one day from the time the offence may have been committed, that the master may be sure to act in a dispassionate manner. I will conclude, by remarking, that no class of citizens deserve better of their country than the well qualified, discreet and benevolent instructors of children and youth. They are worthy of great honor and encouragement.—And to form a good instructor, an assemblage of the amiable virtues is requisite, rather than great and shining talents. Purity of character, self-command, strict impartiality, aptness to teach, a free and engaging behavior; and, above all, the effusions of a benevolent heart, daily manifested in expressions of kindness toward them, will effectually penetrate and win over the hearts of children. A master of this amiable cast, provided he has an accurate knowledge of the necessary branches of school instruction, will be of unspeakable use. His pupils will behold him with filial affection: they will be anxious to please him. Whenever they part with him, their tears will witness their regret; and in every stage of their lives, a recollection of their faithful guide, will fill them with grateful emotions. [Hudson Gaz.]
HISTORICAL EXTRACTS.
MILTON, about the time of Charles the second's succeeding to the crown of England, through the decided part he had taken with the protector Cromwell, had become extremely obnoxious to the kingly government, as well as poor in circumstances.—Upon the restoration
he had to conceal himself for some time for fear of being implicated in the punishment of the abettors of the death of Charles the first. During the time of his concealment he was one day called upon by a courtier, in whom he had reposed some confidence. In the course of their conversation, the courtier observed to Milton, "Why did you not embrace the common advantages of the times, when it was in your power to make a fortune? I do not pretend to be a man of extraordinary ability, and yet by attentively watching the current of things, by being of no party, and a humble servant to every body that I could get any thing by, I have risen to possess six hundred pounds a year."—Sir (answered Milton) it was from my throwing those regards upon mankind, which you have concentrated in yourself, that I am thus poor and miserable."
THERE is a magnanimity in human nature that sometimes displays itself in the most abandoned characters. Charles the second, of England, was a mere creature of pleasure, and would have been an unnoticed for in the annals of things, had not the fickle deity, called Fortune, advanced him to a crown.—Soon after the restoration a bloody scene of affairs took place: After the execution of Hugh Peters, and others of the Judges of Charles the first, the second Charles began a little to relent from cruelty. A sycophant of his court, one day, brought him on a paper a large number of names, of persons who had been so active against royalty, under the protectorship, as to them amenable to justice from the change of things in favour of royalty.—Poh! (said Charles) what signifies all this—I am determined that these men shall live and repent"—and instantly threw the scroll into the fire.
INTERESTING EXTRACT,
From Miss Williams's Letters.
THE late governor of the Invalids, a venerable old man, was confined in the prison of the Abbey at the period of the massacre of September, and was condemned to share the fate of his unfortunate fellow-prisoners; when exalted by the sacred enthusiasm of filial piety above all sense of personal danger, his admirable, his heroic daughter flew to the scene of horror, forced her way into the prison, and, undismayed at the sight of the executioners whose bloody sabres were suspended over her father's head, knelt at their feet, and with the irresistible energy of filial tenderness compelled them to listen to the holy cry of nature, snatched her father from instant death, and led him through the band of murderers in safety to his home.
When this interesting young woman was brought, in the days of Robespierre, a prisoner to Port Libre with her father, the prisoners received her with that respectful homage to which her exalted virtue gave her so high a claim. Every eye was filled with tears at the recollection of what she had suffered for her father, over whom she still hung like a tutelary angel, preventing his wants, and watching his infirmities. And the monsters who then governed, more merciful than the murderers of September, and unmoved by actions which reflect dignity on our nature dragged the unhappy old man before their tribunal of blood; while his child, who deserved alters, was doomed to feel with the bitter pangs of unavailing regret, that she had rescued her father from the dagger of the assassin, only to see him perish at eighty years of age upon the scaffold.
From a late Trenton (N. Jersey) paper.
SUICIDE.
A short time since, a poor man, a native of Ireland, having had some few words with his wife, threw himself into the river and was drowned.
The following curious account of his death, written by himself, was found in his apartment, viz.
"As I know the people that will find my carcass is curious about the cause of my death, which is something out of the way, I'll give them all the satisfaction in my power about it, as I know
the whole matter from beginning to end, the more my misfortune in marrying a bad wife, that was never pleased but when she was angry with me, and scolding me out of my life.
"It may be reported, as the world is greatly given to lying, that I died by accident, but that is a mistake, for I threw myself into the water, and killed myself, and as the little that is left of my substance is not much, I hope there will be no quarrelling about it. I give all the money that may be found in my breeches pocket to Betty M'Kenzie. My wife said that I had unlawful doings with her, but that's a lie of her own inventing, and if I was alive I would say it to her face, as I don't know for certain whether she be a man or a woman. As for my wife she she must provide for herself, as I mean in future to give her nothing. I had enough to maintain her during my life, and I am sure I will not trouble my head about her now I am dead. I forgive all the world except my wife; I don't know rightly where I shall go, but I am very easy about it, as I got absolution silly to day without the priest knowing what I had in my head.
"I bore an indifferent good character while I was alive, and would have knocked the biggest man down that dared to say a word against it; but now I am dead they may say what they please, but the devil reward them for their pains. I die in charity with every body, and wish well to all who have regard for me. I was divided betwixt hanging and drowning, but at last resolved upon the way I have taken, as I thought it was not so vulgar as the other, for they hang thieves and murderers, but never drown them. So I depart this life in the 38th year of my age, without winking, grumbling or whining, but like a man of my own free notion and choice, being at all times a good Christian, with full assurance of going to heaven, where I shall laugh at my wife and the devil."
HOW TO BOIL POTATOES.
To boil potatoes in the best manner, get them from the cellar as nearly of a size as possible; wash them; put them in a pot of cold water, but not sufficient to cover them, as they will produce considerable fluid before they boil. Fill up the pot with cold water; boil, as the bigness of the potatoes may be, from one half, to one and a quarter hours; throw in a little salt while boiling; the flower they are cooked the better. Pour off the water, replace the pot over the fire that the potatoes may evaporate, they will become dry, mealy, and a good substitute for bread. [Count Rumford.]
APHORISMS.—Avoid the eye that discovers with rapidity the bad, and is slow to see the good.
He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
The unloved cannot love.
Be sure that every knave is a fop or coward, when a downright honest man plants himself over against him.
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