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TOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
TO ELLA.
HARK! while I found my trembling shell,
And bid the nymph, sweet ccho tell;
Wnerc on her velvet couch (he Ii s,
Hid from the gairifh burning fluo;
How the foul-enlivening fouqd
Of thy enchanting lyre,
Was borne on Ether's waves around,
Fiom each foft-fpeaking wire.
Twas when beside the wizard stream,
I saw the fun's last golden beam,
"With yellow tip the aspiring heads,
Of timc-contending oaks, the king of (hades !
I the night ffies buzzing round,
I heard the beetle's humming found :
My foul to sober thought inclin'd,
Thus ran the current of my mind.
N » longer now my checks disclose,
The beauty of the budding role ;
No longer, as in former days,
I joy, the sprightly laugh to raise.
Of then each lovely, summer's night,
'Twas my enraptured foul's delight,
To tread the lonely silent vale,
And *' drink the spirit of the gale
Or wh<*n the cloudlcfs moon on high,
Beam'd forth her radiance from the flcy :
To wander o'er the airy hill,
Where pattering falls the lucd rill;
And fee the wild fl w'r> Aiming bight,
Crown'd with the tears of weebing night.
ButO! the wondrous change!
Now. if delights me not to range,
The fields and vall'es, bright and
With beauties of the laughivg May.
When the fhiill fpiritsof the coming dorm,
Th ir shrieks of terror pour along the wind ;
And fiercer raging all itu.- grove deform,
The branches tear, ana shatter down the rind :
Wheri heav'ns bright fires def< ending from on high.
An awful day slash thro' the gloomy Qry*
And from their dwellings the hoarse thunders roar,
And dusky torrents down the vallies pour :
'Tis ihen my foql enjoys the dreadful hour,
And bows m\ God ! in rev'rence to thy power.
'Twas thus I mus'd, when borne along the air,
Thy heavenly notes came trembling on my ear ;
Sweet as the gentlest showers
Of spring, descending on the flowers,
When murmuring Zephyr finks to reft,
Soft-fighing on the lily's breast.
Ah ! wouldft thou with thy arm sustain
My weaned form, and footbe my pain ?
And would ft thou all the lingering Eve,
With thy foft founds my foul relieve ?
And haftihou learn'd the healing charm,
The power to bid the tyrant sickness fly ?
O ! hither come, extend tb\ potent arm,
And bid the beam of Hopefkand sparkling in my eye !
Ah ! now, ev'n now, this very hour,
I contefs thy magic power !
Charm'd with thy notes divine,
No more my troubled foul,
Or scenes of horror loves to brood,
N<« more my freezing blood,
In !a7y tides doth roll;
Bright in my eye the tears of rapture fliine,
Thro'all my nerves I feel a tremor run,
Now cold as Zambia's (now, nnw f. rvid as the fun,
O ! may thy generous sympathising heart,
Ne'er teel the anguish of afßifiton's dart ;
May dreams of earthly * eafure on thee flow,
That thou, the pur* celfftial joy may'it know,
To bid the b ggar fm.'le, and cheer his hou/e of zvoe.
From the (Stockbridge) W stekn Star.
[BY R . Ql) EST ]
TO THE PUBLIC.
CON IDERING the knowledge of the pro
perties and virtues of medicine of such va(l
importance and necelfity, in order to adtniniller
it with prop ie?y and fafery, I have ventured to
off-r my fen ments, (which ate ihe result of a
v ety of ex icrimems and observations) to the
Public in general, on the medicinal qualities and
efWis of the celebrated Spring in New-Leba
non.
r rom a variery of experiments that I have
made (which are too numerous to insert here)
it appears that the water is podefied of several
valuable properties ; two of the mod important
thai 1 have difrovered are an alkalefcenr quality,
and 3 deg; ee of fixed air. But the water, with
all its pi ope ies, is not an infallible fpecific for
every difcife, i hough alinolt every kind of inva
lids attend it.
i here are a great number who attend the
POOL, that might receive benefi'., which do not,
on account oi i ne mifapplica i >11 of ihe water.
Theie are oihe s, who lequire some medical af
liftame with :he wa'er ; and there are others
aj;.:iii, who <>!>f.iin a cu. e from the c immon nie
tlnd of using me water, wi'hout any other afliit-
ance
#ut jt is. certain, the difference of difeafes,age.
eonftiimion, &c. niuft require a different life oi
the wafer (where it is indicated) a* well as an\
o;!.ei medicine.
For tx 'riple—fuppofe a medicine is held up
to view which is much celebrated for redoring
health, and every person has an eqial right t<
partake, and life it according »o thei* - own jndg
ji em.—buppofe so: inltance Peruvian Bark
vh'cliis a ve-y powerful tonic and anrifepric
ai"i well adapted to many cases ; bat even 11
ca'es where ir is (trongly indicated, some prepa
rr ion it. often necellaiy for the falety and eligi
bility of the cure.
BIR'THA.
But this valuale medicine in many cases (if |
taken) would pt>ve as fatal as al . e ,
oilier virulent pifoii ; —particulai ) 1
(tage of inflamaovy fevers.
Similar objectbns may be offere to g
ral tife of aI in oft every medicine , an
> he general use sf the water• . .
It appears frnn a parity of that
jn-eat improvement he '"ecefTary aSftance
he water; and with other nec y
it will undoubtedly be of very gi eat pu ic i
For example—last fum.ner a gentleman the
Faculty viiW the POOL to regain his health,
(being in a very infirm state) but the comnio
nfe of the water alone, proved detriments o
him- whereupon he made use of la ' >
medicine, (which had proved lneffetfual alone)
together with ihe water, which proved, (as
have fmce heard) a radical cure for his disorder.
A variety of similar cases might be mentioned ;
but a publication of this kind will nor admit of it.
I expeA to publilh more largely, after the en
suing season.
By i equeft of a number of my friends, in con
currence with my own inclination —I have un
dertaken to keep a register of every disease,
symptom, age and sex of the patient ; with the
method of applying the water ; which is an un
dertaking that has long been required.
Any gentleman that wishes for mj advice,may
find me living within a few rods of the Spring,
where 1 expect to be able to fatisfy any gentle
man's curiosity with regard to the quality of the
water, &c. &c
From the Publick's
Moll devoted, humble Servant,
STEPHEN HALL
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 25
THE late misfortunes experienced by the Ot
toman arms, have thrown this city into con
sternation and fright, but the Grand Signior has
abated nothing of his haughtiness and inflexibi
lity.
It is said that the Sultana Valide, having, at
the solicitation of the principal people of the
empire, endeavored to employ that influence
which ftie had over him, to enduce him to enter,
as soon as poflible, into a negociation with Ruf
fia, the Sultan treattd her with the greatest
liat jhnefs, and confined her to the old Seraglio.
lie ascribes to the Divine difileafure all the
misfortunes which he has experienced, which he
hopes to fofien, by recalling ihe Muffulmen to a
more rigid observance of the laws of their reli
gion : he has, in consequence, given the ft■ iotell
orders that all di inkiug-houfes should be iliu;
up, not only in Constantinople, but throughout
the empire.
These orders have produced a violent fermeir
among the people, who, notwithstanding ihe
precepts of their Prophet, are much addicted to
wine, and a general rifitig could only have been
prevented by ttie greatest vigilance. Eight days
only have been allowed to the Christians to lay
in a store for fix months, and the foreign min
ilters have been ordered to give in an account
of the quantity of wine which will be necellary
for the confuinprion of their households.
VIENNA,
The public do. not expecft a peace : They can
not imagine that our Court will abandon Russia,
and remain without allies, or that the negocia
tions at Siftovia will terminate by a difinitive
treaty, before it is known what the Court of
Rufiia may hope or fear from the allied powers
who interest themselves in the fate of the Otto
man empire.
SARDINIA
The spirit of liberty is daily spreading. Some
very serious risings of the people have taken
place in Sardinia. The King has given orders
for the marching of 10,000 men, to prevent the
meetings, or to disperse the people who may
have so aflembled.
PARI S, March to.
At five o'clock yellerday afternoon te deum
was chaunted at the metropolitan church at Pa
ris, by way of thanksgiving for the happy reco
very of Louis XVI. A deputation from the Na
tional Afiembly, accompanied by the Municipal
ity, the Judges of the new tribunal, and his
Majesty's Minilters, aflifted at the ceremony,
which was grand and brilliant. At the conclu
sion, the bands of music belonging to the mili
tary, at the desire of the people, played several
favourite airs, as ca ira : Ou peut-on etre m'teux
qu'au fain de fa famille [where can the poor king
Sjo ! where will he be better off than in the bo
som of his own family '] and Vivs Henri IV.
Die people teftified their joy on quitting the
church, by repeatedly (homing—" Long live
ihe Nation ! Long live the King !"
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
March 13
The Military Committee informed the Afl'em
!>ly, that 14,000 mufquets had lately been diftri
■ited ainon 5 the departments bordering on Ger
many, Piedmont, &c. &c. °
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March 2
M. D'Andre said, that the Dukes Deux Ponts
and Wirtemberg had agreed to accept of an in
demnity in lieu of their invaded pofleifions in
Alfjce ; and that the Courts of Prussia and Vi
enna had resolved not to inteifere in the affairs
of France. E»en the Bishop of Basle seems in
clined to accede to fair and jull conditions.
The Assembly was informed that the health of
the King is almost entirely re-established.
March 17.
The Prefidenr announcing to the Aflembly
that on the following Sunday, Te Deum would be
chaunred in the church of Notre Dame, on ac
count of the improved Hate of the King, that
august body determined that it would atiiltby a
deputation ar that interesting ceremony.
A memorial was read to the Aflembly, dating,
rhar many Ecclesiastics, who had not taken the
oath before the expiration of .the time limited
by the Aflembly, wilhed now to take it ; and
praying the Aflembly to pass a decree, that all
Ecclefiaflics whose benefices have not already
been filled up by fucceflbrs, be allowed to take
the oath, and continue in the enjoyment of their
Gtuations.
LONDON, Ap>il 3
The French king's aunts had very powerful
reasons to wish to leave France, it being disco
vered that they had been deeply engaged in abet
ting, planning and forwat ding the conspiracy of
Lyons ; or in other words,in furnifliing inunenfe
sums to bring that infernal plot to the wished for
end. The bnfinefs is now before a committee of
enquiry, and proofs the mod incontrovertible
appear against them. The conspirators will be
instantly tried and the whole appear in puris na
turalibtis.
Thursday night lottery tickets were so low as
Ceventy guineas—and at that price there were in
(lances of some people and their money being soon
parted.
The late Earl of Strafford was the fourth from
the friend of Charles the First, who did not long
survive the execution of his favorite upon the
fcaffold.
The colledlion made at the London Tavern,
by the benevolent Society of St. Patrick, amount
ed (including 100 guineas each from the Prince
of Wales and Duke of York) to the unprece
dented ftim of 12001. The company present were
about 600, of which the majority were Irilh; but
in the minority there was not a kingdom, or
even a colony in his Majesty's dominions, that
had not its proper representatives. Or. Lord
ftawdon's health being drank, his Lordlhip, af
ter thanking the company, took occasion to ob
serve, that all difti ndtions between kingdoms un
der the fame sovereign were in fadt idle, except
those that tended to promote an honorable emu
lation, and a principle of probity. Thus far,
said his Lordship, my ideas of Nationality extend,
but no farther—For it is my opinion that he who
prefers any man from the single circumltance of
his having been born in the fame country, to a
more worthy candidate of any other, not only in
dulges a very reprehensible prejudice, but de
grades the cause he wiflies to support. National
partiality, within proper reftri<stien, is natural
and laudable; beyond that, it is illiberal and
unjnft
The offenfive remark given to the British Mi
lifter at Peterfburgh, is said to be'in substance
as follows: ' I am iniftrefs of my own adtions,
the free executrix of my own councils ; if mjr
measures give offence to the British Court, the
British Minister inay retire.'
All the convidls, since their arrival on board
the veflels at Gravefend, have been stripped of
their clothing ; the heads of both men and wo
men being closely shaved, they are furniflied
with woolen caps, jackets, and petticoats, of blue
baize, &c. Barrington, though he made one of
bis bed speeches for the preservation of his head
of hair, was obliged to fubtnit to the humilia
ting operation.
Dr. Price lies dangerously ill at his house in
Hackney. His complaint is a strangury.
It is scarcely credible, but the fa<ft is so, that
there are American 2,etlots in this city, who are
iufiduoufly employingthenifelves in propogating
as opportunity serves, the dodtrines of rebellion.
But John Bull is a sturdy fellow, and though he
does pay plenty of taxes, he is not very easily to
be persuaded that Old England is not the belt
place in the world—that King George is not the
best King in Europe—and that he does not enjoy
as much liberty as is neceflary for the happhiefo
of a rational being,
Though John Wefley was a thin man, his boneJ
will afford good picking to the Biographers, a
legion of whom are now brandishing their grey
goose quills about his Jife. Neither elegance
nor accuracy are at all requiute ; the whole de
pends upon expedition, for the firft oars wj!l be
sure of a filvet badge.
The age is certainly much improved—every
little Grocer's/hop is a tea warehouse—every gin
(hop a wine and brandy vault—every th ee pen
ny spelling school an academy—Mantua niaksr*
and milliners are taught music—and the Green