THE POWER OF BEAUTY. They cty'd, no woudcr Inch crlcftt.tl charms, For nine lung ycari have let the workl m arens ; What winning.graces ! what inajeftic mei» ! She moves ar'goddefs, and Ihe looks a ijueeir. Pope's Homer. MADAM Dacier,-\* ho was perhaps the most learned and sensible woman that trance ever produced, has oblerved, that the above {lands upon record, the greatest compliment ever paid to beauty ; and thai so long as Homer ihall be read, it will remain a distinguished monu ment of the gallantry of heathemfh umes anil crey hairs. Madam Dacier is perfectly right, if f-very thing he duly considered ; far Priam, who was the king of Troy, was, at the time I am speaking of, a very old man, had most of his lons killed'in that ever memorable liege, and repeat edly ran the rifle of loling his own life, and all the Trojan chiefs and counsellors likewise, who were equally old with liimfelf, had, like him, loft many of their fonsand relations in the war ; and like him too fuffered under all the dangers and diltrelles of a nine years siege, were, after all, the very men to pay the above great compli ment to Helen ; who was ail alien, had been the sole cause of the war , and without any other sti pulation than that of giving her up, would have put an end at once to the war and all its cala mities. Rather, however, than agree to such a condition, and part forever with so much beauty, these gallant old men determined, feeble as they were, and harrafl'edas they had been not to give her up, though that might be, as the end it actually proved to be, the deftru<ftion of Troy and of themselves ! how justly then may we fay here, what Dryden has so happily applied else where. None but the brave deserve the juir. Phrynne,ihe Venus-formed, judge-bewitching Phryntte, is another, and if polfible, stronger in stance of the all powerful influence of beauty; and proves a position ascurious as.itis important, that what is spoken to theear, howevereloquent, is not near so effectually beautiful, as what is shewn to the eye. This lady was remarkable for having a face exquisitely beautiful, and a perfou ofthe molt exatft and perfect symmetry, rnfomuch, that all the statues of Venus were then made af ter her njuch admired, but, universally allowed, matchless model. In consequence, however, of repeated riots having been raised, and some lives loft, at her apartments, an attion was brought agrinft her by order of the court of A thens, and the great Demoflhcncs that thunder bolt of eloquence, retained against her. Hype, rides, who was the second orator of his time, and Phrynne's particular favourite, immediately 011 hearing of the prosecution, undertook, with a generolity as prompt as it was noble, to plead her cause, unfeed, and even unsolicited : And when the trial came on, he endeavored, by every argu ment that fuchtranfcendentbeauty|could inspire, tobringhis fair client off. Finding, however, at lengthy that notwithstanding all he could fay, Demo/lhenes, by an impaflioned impetuosity of declamatory eloquence, alike,irrefiftable with the ■world-overwhelming torrent at the general de lude, bore down all before him, and that the court, in consequence thereof, and of the facts being fully proved, was just going to give judg ment against her ; Hyperides, effeitually to l'often the judges without fayingone word more, turned round to his fair friend, and uncovering her neck, displayed, at once, one of the fineft bosoms that eyes ever beheld ! Struck with such amazing such bewitching beauty, the hoary and hitherto inflexible judges, who had determined but the mo ment before, to atft up* to the sanguinary spirit of their laws, fliew themselves the rigid dispen ser* of severe justice, and agreeable thereto, pass upon her the last dreadful lentence, found, in an instant, all their firmed resolves (hook to the ground. Won over by such irrefiftable and all conquering charms, they as with one voice, rose, declaring, that the ruffian hands of no execution er fliould ever touch, much less destroy such ini mitable, such ineffable beauty and loveliness, im mediately acquitted her, ainidft the air-rending acclamations of the surrounding multitude, fran tic for the moment, with repeated bursts of the most immoderate joy. So love was beauty (not Mujic) won the cause. - * The laws of Athens were so Ihockingly sanguinary as to draw this fcvcrc sarcasm from one person, that they were written more with blood than with ink ; another person, alluding to the tra mer of many of them, whose names is Draco > and which is the I.atin for a dragon, observed that they were the laws rSther of a dragon than of a man ; and a third, understanding they punilhed with death every cvitne, even the smallest, declared, that they were fitter for the regions of Pandemonium, than a country in habited by human beings. f From a London Magazine.) REMARKS ON FAMILY GOVERNMENT. THAT great Philolbplier, The Marquis of Bec caria, has said, with great truth, that good government is begun in the cradle; that it is in vain to make laws to punish vice, unless the riling generation, is trained up in the love of virtue. The great defect in family government, general for eat,« If their children ob- SSS;2|f t severe nceandnge, each teniae. th I C t;Therefore, hearinil of their lcrvunts* . by a very serious man, that he had rather do that which could not be approved of, three times e fore others, than once before his children. The family uneasiness which injures the edu cation of children, might be avoid*d lay a little prudence and caution. It is much to be wonder ed at, that parents do not use more prudence in this refpeifl, for the promotion of their own com fort and happiness, it they do not feel a necessity for it, on the principles of good family govern, ment. There certainly is no mode of lite, in which happiness can be so well insured, as in the nuptial state. My friend Phiianthropos, lived long in a finele state : He was no enemy to matrimony : He met, while young, a series of misfortunes, which gave him aproperfenfeof himfelf—of the world—and the enjoyments of life : He knew how to place a proper estimate upon every thing— but thought liis circumstances would not admit of the expence of a family :—His heart was open and generous : He never turned aside from dis tress—and when he had nothing else to bestow, he o-ave a tsar : He was afliduous 111 business honest in his dealings—and constant in his ft udies. Then why thould not the world esteem him ? Philanthrotos had lived beyond the age of forty, when he became acquainted with Serima, who had lived but a few years short of the age of my friend. She had seen uncommon afflictions in her day : Friends, falfe or unlkilful had mis led her path of life, and her heart had been wounded by the arrows which were thrown for her defence. These trials naturally tended to foften a heart too perceptible ofwoe,andto turn her attention from the most exatft and beautiful form of features, to the cultivation of her mind. Upon a short acquaintance, their hearts, taught by adversity, and elevated by pure sentiment, beat in unison, and became united before they were aware of their situation : They were soon married It is a great mistake in those who suppose that the pleasures of the married (Vate depend upon youth. Many years after Phuahthropos and Serima were married, herefted under the (hade of his cherry-tree, and wrote the following Son net, which ftiews his affeistion and happiness. SONNET. THE ROSE LATEfDISCOVXR-ED. 44 AS Damon ftroll'd along the mead, He fpy'd a charming flower; The Cummer's green was in it* Jade, And gone the vernal Ihower. u Sweet child of nature, lovely rose, Exclaim'd the ravifh'd swain; Bled be the turf on which it grows, How blest its native plain ! 44 Why did I not in prime of May, Observe with friendly eye, Thy charms unfolding to the day., Thy rising beauties spy ? •* Close by thy fide this faithful arm, Had watch'd thy youthful bloom ; No scorching heat or beating storm, Had on thy beauties com«. 44 But now alas ! the weary fun, His blazing car has driv. o, 'Till half his yearly toil is done, And now descends the Heavens. 4t Yet still thy fragrance fills the vale, It reigns unrivall'd there ; From thee, the winds their health exhale, From thee their sweetness bear. 41 No cloud malignant on thy head, Its noil'ome drops (hall spill; Or noxious vapours on thee (hed Their damps, thy bloom to chill. 4 ' As summer's heat forfak.es the year, And winter's froft comcs on ; Thy fate I'll watch with anxious care, And live for thee alone." The example and precepts of Philanthropos and Serima, ingraft prudence and discretion on every a&ion of their children, and domestics : As their offspring rife into life, they are admi red and beloved by, their neighbors ; and from thence arises mcxpreifible bappinefs to their pa rcnts - AMINTOR. (From the Independent Chronicle.) DOMINICA, September 10. Last Sunday arrived here, a small veflel from Martinique, with upwards of fifty refugees on board, foine of whom are said to be of the irioft refpecftable characters and connections in that island. Their flight has been occasioned by ano • ther change in the order of things there. This is said to be the fifth revolution in the government of that island in thecourfe of a few months. The Governor Monf. Damas, was confined to the limits of fort-Royal whcu the veflel came 638 away ; and it is fTnce reported, that he has es caped to Grenada, from whence he is preparing for his immediate departure for France ; as is al so a government brig now in this harbor. All the government vellels in that island were order, ed to depart immediately, on the inhabitants get ting poHeffion of the forts. This new change has fortunately been effected without that scene ofblood/lied and niaflacre which that island has so often experienced since the commencement ofT the French revolution. N E W B E R N, Oifl. 21 Letters from Guadaloupe mention, tliat intel ligence had been received from Martinique which: mentioned the soldiers having joined, the Inha bitants; that they had taken pofleffion of Fort- Royal ; that the general had abfronded ; that 400 men were in puvfuitofhim ; and that the pre sent diftui bances there exceeded any thing they had experienced before. N EW-Y ORK, November y ExtraH of a letter from a capital planter in South' Carolina, to a gentleman in New-Tori. We planted 62 acres : The season in. which a. part of it was planted, proved unfavorable, where by we loft about 27 by the grass, which complete, ly destroyed it ; the remaining 35 were very good. We prepared for market by the 20th of Jan. 12000 wt. and there was as much remaining, to be prepared to make the whole quantity about 32000 wt. fucbat lealt was the opinion of our ma nager—and he has hitherto been within the mark in all his accounts of our crops. From this state you will fee how vastly valuable the article of heinpr may be made to this country —for after, it is sown, you lock up your field until it is time to pull.it, and if sown early, it does not interfere with your crop at ajl. We, as you may suppose, intend to continue it." When the late Mr. Holt (printer) firfl set up a newspaper in this city, one of his earliest sub scribers happened to be a person from the vici nity of Albany, who was rich, but well known to be of a narrow penurious disposition. At the end of the firft year the printer sent him the ac count of the yearly fnbfcription, requesting that it might be discharged by the firft opportunity. No answer however came ; and things ran on in the fame manner for the term of eighteen years, at the conclusion of which time, Mr. Holt, as may be well supposed, being out of all patience with his ciiftomer, had the whole amount made out and sent to him, adding at the foot thereof, that if it was not paid, he would discontinue fending any more newspapers' The subscriber having read over the account when prefeiited, exclaim ed with a difdainful sneer, What an ungrateful man have 1 to do with ! I was one of the very Jirji that encouraged his paper by subscribing, and this is the return he makes me ! y BENNINGTON, (Vermont) o€h 25. His Excellency Governor ROBINSON's fpcech oa quitting .the supreme magistracy. Gentlemen of the Council and House of Representatives, AT the last annual ele&ion of the officers of this govern" ment, there was no choice made by the freemen of the Supreme Magistrate of ihe State ; it was therefore the duty of the Council and House of Representatives, by their joint ballot, to elect some person to that office ; it was the pleasure of the two houses to ho nor me withthe appointment, of which I cheerfully accepted, and am cortfcious to myfelfthat I have faithfully discharged my duty in the execution of that trust. It appears from the present cle&ion, that the freemen hav j given their futfrages in favor of his Excellency Governor Chit tenden, I heartily acquiesce in the choice, and (hall, withthe greatest fatisfa&ion, retire to private life, where I expe£fc to en joy that peace which naturally results from a consciousness of hav ing done my duty. The freemen have an undoubted right, when they fee it for the benefit of the community, to call forth their citizens from be hind the curtain of private life, and make them their rulers, and for the fame reason to dismiss them at pleasure and ele£l others in theix place, this privilege iseffential to all free, and to repub lican governments. Asa citizen I trust I (hall ever feel for the interest of the State : the confidence the freemen have repeatedly, placed in me ever fvnce the fir ft formation of government, under additional obligation to promote their true interest. Fellow-citizens of the legislature I with you the benediction of heaven in the profecutien of the important business of the preficnt feflion ; that all your consultations may terminate for the glory of God and the intertft of the citizens of this State, and that both those in public and private life may so conduct, in the several fphereg in which God in his providence (hall call them to ast, as that, when deathihall close the scene of life, we may each of us have the fatisfa&ion of a good conscience and meet the approba tion of our JUDGE. Answer of the House of Representatives to Governor Rob i n son's ALTHOUGH the fuffrages of the freemen of Vermont have re placed his Excellency Governor Chittenden in the chair of govern ment, for the year ensuing, yet their representatives in general as sembly are happy in having an opportunity of exprcfling their entire fatisfaftion with your late administration ; and beg you to accept their warmest thanks for the Cervices you have rendered them. In republics like ours, every citizen has an equal right to be defied into the firft office of government: Upon this principle, we flatter ourselves you will feel no regert in retiring from office, and mixing with your fellow citizens, till they ftiall again call you up to public view. In your retirement, we wish you the-full enjoyment of all the happiness and tranquility which result from domestic life, and a consciousness of having discharged every duty both as a private citizen and a chief magistrate with faithfulnefsand integrity. 2 have the honor to be with great refpeft, your excellency's inoft obedient humble fervaut, (by order of house) GIDEON OLIX, Speaker. speech
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