Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-10-05
Historical SKETCH.
HUMANITT-AND GRATITUDE.


the noble Butler, Duke OF Ormond. A
mong other honors conferred upon him,
he was appointed Lord Lieutenant Of Ire
: land and in failing wish his attendants
from Cheaer TO Dublin, was over;aken by
v olent torn, which drove them Oh the
rocks OF Angelica, where they were wreck
ed. His Grace and part of his companions
with difh1alty faved their lives by twin
ming to the land.
The part OF the iAaud where they came
on fhorclwas cold, barren and uncultiyat-
ed they travelled up fome miles through
adefert, and the frtt houle they arrived at
was the humble cottage of a poor curate.
1t was FINAL, and indlfferently furniihed,
as every one would expect from the po-
verify of the place and very fcanty ia
larry. ~
But the huma ,ity and open-hearted hof-
pi,aiity ofthe cprate and his wife made a.
mends for all. Having kindled up a ge-
nerous fire, they dried the garments of
their weather beaten guefs, fer before them
the belt fare their houie afforded, and lod
ged themas they were able; and here they
rarried till the form was over.
Ormond was as much Affected with the
kind reception he had met with, as he was
entertained with the peaceful con.entment
which reigned in this humble abode. He
inquired the name OF his. hof,, which was
Joieph r.. Ee aiked lome .queftions
refpeeting his circumstances and on his
departure 'promifed to remember him: his
fecretary at the fame time vethe curate
directions where he. nigh, find his guefs
if ever he lhould come TO Dublin.
We are now to follow the noble d IKE to
his government, where thatlo befel him,
which has happened TO many others in f.
m.lar iituations. Variety of buGneis, plea
fures ard amuiements, diflipated from his
mind the remembrance of his ihumble ge-
nerous benefattor, and the promife he had
made him.
The curate waited long to hear from
the Duke, but in vain. AT length, rouE-
ed by his wife, he reiolved to pulh his
fortune ard having equipped himElf as
decently as he could, fc1~of' for the Irith
metropolis.
Though oblcrrely itationed, he was
known 70 the dean as man of no con-
remptible abilities, and CT courfe was intro
duced TO preach in The cathedral where the
Duke attended, with many Of the nobility
of the kingdom, and other perions of f.
cure aud dRtinetion.
He, had prepared. a frmon to the pur-
pofe, and this was his text:-Gen. XII. 2.
6 Yet did not the Chief Butler remember
Jofeph, butforgot HIM" Hed fourfed, as
his text naturally led him, upon, the fin of
ingratitude, which he painted In lively
colours, Especially the ingrati,ude of the
great and afiaent, in forgetting hefricnd.
" Offices they might, one time or other,
have received from perlons in.humble life.
He obierved, however, that this negligence
might ariie not 70 much from innate depra.
witty Of heart, as from particular caufes /;
from deep engagement in buhneG; from
the amplement and difipation of high life !;
perhaps from the many Fluctuations OF
mercenary iycophants, ever prefdng to
be heard.
He came tohis application, and aGed
his honorable audience, whether fome a.
mong them had not in the viciGitude of
human affairs, received important Offices
of friendhip from people in far humber
circumstances, but blelt with generous
hearts and whether they had, in no in
itance, forgotten fuch kindnefs, inaesd OF
rewsgding it tenfold.
He brought up the cafe of fbipwreck,
where the atIluent have often been depen-
dent on the poor, and led his hearers each
TO PUT the 9ueRion to himelf, "Was I
ever inmy life expofed to the rage Of tho
mercileis elements, where all nature feem-
ed to conipire my dearutticn? Did ever
lee NV GONNA rainns knri..d 81. L.. 4 -----