From the (London) Courier.
THE PAINS OF MEMORY.
. TSXTRACT FROM MR. MERRY'S POEM ON THE
PAIN 3OF MEMORY.]
Down in yon glade, befidetHat glassy pool,
There stands, and long has stood, the village school;
k " •Hark ', the gay murm'rings ef the sportive tram,
, Freed from restraint that gambol o'er the plain ;
Lift their ftirill voices, and their burits of gl=«,
Will future years recal their extacy ?
'Perchance some one, hereaftrc, of the band,
From the brown summit of tlfat jetting land,
Shall eye the well-known spot, the felf fame scene,
And the thin spire that peeps those groves between ;
Sjhill mark the peasant plodding as before,
And.the trim house-wise at the cottage door ;
Shall hear the pausing bell's pathetic toll,
Borne on the gale, announce the parting foul—
Of some oid friend, who to his childhood kind,
T'repar'd the kite and ftream'd it to the wind ;
Some busy dame, for cakes and tuflards known,
Who gave him credit when hit pence were gone ;
Some truant plough-boy, toil,
Toin'd him to seize the tempting orchard's spoil |
Or in dtfpite of peril, spread thefnare,
As thro' the thicket pafs'd the nightly hare j
Then shall he think on all the woes of life,
His thankiefs children, or his faithlefn wife,
His fortune willed, or his"wifiiet croft,
His tender fvrother, sister, parents loft,
Tiliev'ry oWjefl finking intoihade,
He sigh, and call oblivion to his aid.
'1 he buxom lass who late feture from harm,
With gay importance buftledthro' the farm ;
Tended her dairy at the break of dawn,
Or fed jier circling poultry on the lawn 5 _ I
O'er the wafh'd Ik.or the cleanly find let fall,
And brdfn'd theunfeemly cobweb from the wall,?
Who in the hay-time met the lusty throng,
And \v:th her ihare of labour jom'd her song,
To the faint reapers bore the humming' ale,
Or jok'd the threOier leaning on his flail *
By vain ambition Led at leivjth to town,
In quest of fortune, and fuppos'd renown,
If there, the vhftim of some wofthlefs rake,
She chance its sickly pleasures to partake,
Mix'd with the pamper'd crowds,.looks difclaifri
The smile of virtue and the blush of Ihaaie i
Will fee not oft regrrrttlsThearf ji
When sport and freedonyiail'd the approach of May,
And « rural pair beguil'd the hour,
vV ith evening dance beneath the n.oon-light bow'r.
Or to her fadfaie left, condemtt'd to rove
The lawless paths of desultory love;
Will not her tortur'd bofam throb the more,
Whene'er ihe thinks on what (he was before,
And finds recoiling from the insidious joy
A secret canker ev'ry rose destroy.
While all that memory's forcei y can difpeVife
Shall add new pangs to loss of innocence.
fOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Mr. Fenno,
WE often fee in the papers accounts of the enor
mous expences attending cleftlons in England, and
©ur,indignation is jullly excited at reading the leci
tals. While we execra'e the bribeYy and corruption,
which is there so (hamelefsly pra&iled ; we eo'mlgn
the corrupters to infamy, but the -corrupted, the peo
ple who thus barter their rights and privileges for a
mess of pottage' generally escape censure. There
is one cireumdaace in this business which wants ex
planation ; people are puzzled Jo account /arJLJie '
rmptnruj atleiiaifig'TßTsßaTe" traffic for the fuffra» 1
ges of the people, when they consider that no coun- :
try in the world Las fever.. 1 laws againd bribery and
corruption at elections, than Great-Britain. Let 1
, U3 turn our attention to what paflej under our own '
experience, and fee whether the difficulty cannot be
solved. I
In England the modes adopted for evading the 1
laws are infinitely various, and generally fuceefsful. <
The. Candidates on such occaficns are almott every
wfcere- present, and a perpetual smile or grin enli- i
vens their coufitertanees ; they are " bail fellow
•well mef' "with every man woman and child, and 1
are the bed nafured creatures in the world till elec
lioß is ever—they pay off small debts, fubferibe to s
every charitable inflitntion, repair churches, giiq a
organs, replenish libraries, dilhibute books, pic- i
tures, &c. &c. Mean time their agents are busy and t
alert, in providing entertainments-, giving balls, and f
distributing ribbons, feath#va, rattles, corals for c
children, favors to the Farmers wives and daugh- f
ters, and prizes to the youth who exhibit their
prowels and activity'at the public games. A pro
fufion of liquors is distributed, sea its arc given in all
the public houses, and all at free colt. In this way
Mr. Nobody, cajoles Mr. Every body ; for after all
this genetofity, charity and public spirit, it would f
be little fhost of hellish ingratitude not to give Mr. ]
Somebody youi vote—Now, if nothing like this i 1
ever has happened, or can happen in this indepeu- ;
dent commonwealth, then we may felicitate our- j
felvts that ttiere are none among ns so b.tfe aa to t
afi'ume the, chara£ter of corrupters, or so servile as I
to be corrupted. But if there are of both defcrip- j
1 tions, then we can easily solve the difficulty relative '
ft eluding the laws, without croffisg the Atlantic.
E.
Fram the Farmer's Weekly Musium.
Turn ye, Turn ye.
SO b*Wo«!\s a raethodid preachcr from the north
fraffoid of, neighbor Hobnail's barn lad Sunday.
Hobnail hsd autfefjatid his command, and actual
ly " turned" his beeves and bulls from their flails,
to admit this biped brine wliofc wind allowed him
to out bellow, the ftoutift ox on the farm.
Bet dont laugh,"geniie race of mortals, at the
Sapidity of my neighbor, for I saw a large crowd
of ye, at this fame barn, gaping to the hollow
founds of this hay mow teache«vand if you are not
grofslv belied \ hings of equal emptiness lure long
efljjroifcd much valuable rmc.
There is a Lion twelve miles henceao be fcen,
aud whe would not spend a day, and give nifiepenee,
to fte the Lion ? Dobbin is t.-ken from the plough,
Silas leaves the hay, and Jemima her flax, and all
post off to fee this monstrous " wild >verniin.'' Af
ter a thcufaiid filly qucftions at bis cage, this fenG
ble company return to th«'ir fpinnisg and farming.
Now let ue cekulau the cost ci this journey. a
• Tather and Silas one day . Bs.
Mother and Jtmima m :^ht
have earned at home 4 3,
Old mare and Dobbin 4s.
CcA expendeif for fight&di ink ss.
Cows got into the corn because
all w»re fr»i» home, and de
stroyed to the value 11. 4'* '
Pigs rooted up half an acrc of
potatoes il- lO '
Brood of goflins destroyed by 1
tlawk3 4 '
■ <
£■ 3 >9 6 1
1. 1
Rare sport to fee the Lion, and yet those who 1
farm a crowd about his cage, are the " restless.ones ' v
in society, who growl at the tax which fuppoi ts the v
ufeful parson, or iultrudh the riling generation. I
can almost wish them Daniels fate withaut his pro
tection. My gbod neighbors ftom uicli things,
turn ye, and let lions range the African for ell, and 11
be it yours to range your own farms, and whether c
a methodist rants, a lion growls, or a juggltr per- j
forms, fare your time, reputation and money, for
purposes that create the good citizen and the hap
py life. Believe me, that by " turning" once P
from such things, you turn better property into
your pofTcffions than is gained by a Carver specula
tion, and more contentment into your dwelling, *
than you would acquire seeking after wild beads all
your lives. THE HERMIT I
. C
From the Augusta Chronicle. 11
Mr. Smith, 1
I HEAR Mr. Somebody ha 3 given you the 1
trouble of publilhing a Jmer againlt the proposi
tion for a convention, &c. &c. n
And I have heard* that his flippancy has given °
such offence to some of your fubfciibers, that they 1'
threaten to withdraw their names.
But is not this too precipitate ? Such withdraw- e
ing is a declaration for laying under restraint the
press, -which Jhould be free. And if a people take
the trouble ot forging their own chains, do the,y
nat inside the provHice of /mprudeive ? Whenever
f) a people commit this tiefpafs, they are fute to pay 0
Jmart-meney, one day or other. f'
This is not meant in excuse for this Somebody's "
attempt. Of that, reports are not very mush in
its favor. o
The proportion was thought to b« very inoffen
five. Neither was it founded on abftirdities. The tl
impofObility of persuading all men to think alike, P
was iiot attempted. The principal obje& Was, by "
frequent collision, to wear off that which
ha 3 often wounded, where no wottud. should be
given : And to change into the friendly warmth
of brotherly love, that eoldnefs which often freezes
up the milk of human kindnefn, so honorable in *
-- man, and so essential in a Chrittian. * f {
d Whether endeavors to promote fucli dispositions;
i- or attempts, like that of Somebody, to prevent
1, them, be molt worthy of public approbation, the
n public will ealily determine. F
1. Although a free press fnould be preferred '; yet
a there it a great difference between frjh and licen- J 1
e tioui. V
Every mader of a press is supposed to possess
e the a. fiwim niiUn. • ■ When pieces are
. calculated to create discord ; to bear falfe witness F
. againlt a neighbor; to corrupt youth, and the un
-1 wary, or tend, generally, to loosen moral ofiliga- A
t tions.—in all such eases the matter's veto may be A
i happily applied. ' SI
But, at any rate, they would do well to confide*
that the publicatian of such a piece, may and pro- 10
hably wiii, do an injury, for which uo reconape.»ce
can ever be made. va
This, though, is thrown out only as a him ;
and not obtruded as advice. re
, lam an old man, tottering over the grave. But J e
1 until 1 tall into it, I wifli for <juietnefs and peace.
As 1 wish all men well, I fjmetimes offer a bit re
> of advice. If folly pass it by, unreguarded; I
;< am f«irry for their miftake.—lt may be fatal. But on
. if the wife in their own conceit, endeavor to tor- jul
I ture it on the tack of their ridicule, I breathe a
[ passing sigh, and wish for that time, when a mis- pi
• chief te communities fnall not be found among the
■ children of MEN. an
| ' - From a London paper.
' LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT. W1
I It is really furpriling that people should bawl f Q
for liberty when there is so much in this kingdom.
•llt is well known all ranks of people possess li
■> \ births which every thinking man mud feriouflt ha
vvslh did not exiit ; and that many ef our liberties fo<
- j trench upon those of other people Several of thi
' i ° ur men have the liberty to run in debt with or
5 I every man who is foci enough to give him crctiit frc
■ j the liberty to refufe payment as long as the, pleas/ rat
t liberty to privilege to protest their wl
■ facredpevfonsfiomthe purfuitof law. But then, pn
on the other hand, some tradesmen have the liber- po
ty of charging so high for their goods, that if they fh,
arc paid once in ftven years, they will still b £ „ a j n . f c |
ers by the bargain, whild others, more conlci.n- flv
tious, have the liberty to be ruined,, and have their th:
names mferted in the gazette, intioduced bv a rci
1 rwhereas.
Many of our clergy have the liberty of enjoy
- ing sinecures, »nd pluralities; v.hilft their lean cu- nl
, rates have the libefty of doing all the duty, a„d ch
i maintaining their families as well a, they can, with m E
forty or fifty pounds a year.
1 Several persons who never saw a sword drawn, by
1 ora fhotfired (except, perhaps, in a duel, or an ch
v imaginary affront, in uefence of the reputation of pi t
t -7 orp " 'l""" 1 »bout cards or dice) th«
f have the liberty ft ilait up at once as military com. th<
mandtrs, and r«fc regiments. For which purpose fl l4
, they have had the liberty to employ crimps— to coi
, trepan the unwary, to seize men who had no other arc
, crime but poveuy drag them from their ha
1 and fend IVm to the aimy Or to tie navy and
: 2
' lulfTf <" " lh «' "f »» -i.tut S,
, ali) take liberty of crowing all public plates, ret
• 1 * 6 1
eltjowy* of reputation, snd ptstheg i»(
lly out of countenance. Of glorying ' n l ' ls " 1 ' "
famy ; and when they grow old thenifekes and part
their trade, of writing their memoirs fur the edifi
cation of youth.
Many more inflaotes of liberty flight be pio
duced ; but thufe few may fuffice to enable us to
fay, thru England is a Land e/ Libtrty.
FRESH IMPORTS FROM IRELAND.
A novel, of nltdefable celebrity, on the ottier
See of the channel, begins in tile following true
5 Hibernian ttvie; " It wa9 one of those delightful
evenings when t?ie"fun was shining is his meridian
5 Tpiendiir, and illuminating with nature's most daz
- ziing tints all the projwfted imprOT«tfierfts of Lord
j Miiford's saptivating place, the paliadian bridge
' which he hath planned, the fine hanging beech
: woods which he intendeth to plant!
NEW HAVp, September .it.
On Wednesday the 14th inft. the public eom
[ mencement was celebrated in this city. At nine
• o'clock, A. M. theprocefTiou moved In the usual
. manner from the college to the brick meeting'*
- koufc.
The foletnnitics of the day Were introduced by 1
. prayer, to #bich fuceeedcd the following exercises.
1 1, Sacred mulie, ' i
2. A salutatory oration ia Latin—by Archibald j
Bafiett. /
3. A difpatatioo—by Bancroft Fowler, Salman <
King anfl Charles, Denifon—on this queftiow, Is a 1
civilised ftatepf society produdliv# of more bappi* t
ness tban a savage state ? j
4. An oration—by G6ld Selleck Silliman—on ■<
the nature and progress of the Mahometan impof- 1
ture. |
5. A dialogue—by Charles Boftwick,David Ed- \
mond, Jobs Humphreys, and John Hart Lyrde, 1
on the comparative advartf ages of wedlock and ce
libacy. 1
6. An oration—by Henry Davis—on the evil 1
eonfequences of the stage. 1
7. Sacred music. I
ATTEINOON KXKXCISti.
1. Sacred music. 1
z. A poetical oration—by Benjamin Silliman— 1
on the comparative eSfedh of the different dates of ;
society and climate upon the various nations of the
world, f s \
3. A humourous oration—by John Hooker— t
on leading-firings.
4. An oration—by Mr. Jeremiah Atwater, tu
toi*—on the connexion of the moral and political
principles and institutions of this country with its '
national happiness.
5. Degrees confeired.
6. Sacred music. ' ~ t
7. The exercises concluded by prayer. c
The degree of Bachelor of Art* wasconferred on
Thomas Wells Allis, John Bacon,' Archibald Baf- 1
sett, Jonathan Belden, Hezekiah Belden, Timo
thy Biihop, Charles Bofiwick, Jatnes Cantey, Eli-
hu Chauncey, Henry Davis, Charles Denifon,
David Edmond, Thaddeus Fairbanks, Bancroft
fowler, John Hooker, Ruggles Hubbard, John c
Humphreys, Williin Henry Jones, Salmon King,
John Hart Lynde, Thomas Miner, Joseph Parker, E
William P. i uce, Levi Robbina, Isaac Seely, Gold I
Sellcck S.illiman, Benjamin Silliman, Elifha Stearns, '
Afabrf MocJfccr Strong, Fanning Tracey, John
Harvty Tucker, Samuel Porter Williams.
The degree of Matter of Arts- ob Jeremiah
Atwater, Burrage Beach, David S. Beardman, e
Amafa Porter, Joseph Ruffel, Ichabod Lord
Skinner, Joseph Watohurn, William Botsford, f<
Samuel Lathrop, John M.Crackan, Joshua Stan
ton, Jeremiah Mason, JoW Stoddard, Frederick
Wolcot, Srth Samuil Smith, Job Wkite of Har- c ]
vard College. 1
The honorary degree of Matter of AlUon the
reverend Samuel Blatchford, and 6n the honorable b(
Jeremiah Wadfworrh, cfcuire.
1 lie decree of Dodlor of Divinity was confer- -m
red on the reverend Benjamin Trumbull. t j
i he degiee of Doitor of Laws was conferred
on the honorable Andrew Adams, esquire, chief L
juflice of :he (fate. a.
Reverend Charles Backus, of Scmers, is ap
pointed Profeffor of Divinity.
„ MefFrs. Dan Hnntftigton and Zachariah Lewis r
are appointed Tutors. lc
I'rom an extenflve: tfftsmony given by the '
learned and polite audience, it is fairly presumed, hi
that at 110 time haw „ ilu lar exercises Lxen received <1
with a more decided i.pprobation. at
HAOU'i, June 7. '
0i the P rovill « of Utrecht
Z Zu ' ' tor tl,e fut " re "» ecclefiaOical r
,}lan "Other j 1
ctb divinity, prcacheis
th£ dlUrch P-d
fro™ the public lu ,'unc, (hall cease at the expi
ratiou vf four months ; tlwit all benefits out of th
which such payments are made shall be declared the
DosseS f A 38 the firft "
poffe.ors had very different views from 'thole of 1
the present; that all churches, meeting houses, a
SS'' are not supported by prime funds
rhaj beconhdered as the property of the province
r j C h ? i,cwcr "'•» left open to the
reformed congregations.
LONDON, lulv 7
< All the letters from Italy aie fuli-of hitter com
p a."ts again.t the conduct of Btionaparge. They
charge him with a wanton insolence in tone and T
ZTic'tv W t'l T ' lnfl - i?b!c avidit y> a " d "tmoft
bv ,hr I V ,S U,dee<i Efficiently proved
by the ttriking contrast b«tween hi, fraternal pro
elamations and vexatious proceedings. The peo rc
pie, exafpemed by the pilh gc ot '\ he ch „ r £" 0
he exorbitsnt contributions impofcd on them, and
the impnfonment of th e priests, nobles; and, in
f-t; o( aII llle roo(t distinguished persons in the ~
ou ry, on pretence of keeping them as hofta.es,
ceverj w.tere preparing vwlen. measures. What
has already come to p .,f s at Mil(tll> Pavillj Novla
&C. is only a prelude of what may happen in ft,. 1
so mr h /i , B S Io - i ' r£,lc h print,, which j
lomahcomplaceney celebrated the mod f ,a,i M of A
recant" 3n " *** E robabi y troughs to
i ' J
- '1
(it The Chancellor of the Exchequer has Happily
i;;- prevailed on the bank to advance jT. 200,000, in
jatt order to pay offonc quhiter'o arrear of the Civil
,i 6 Lift. Mt. Pitt was obliged ro make three jour.
meg to the bank before he ptiiuaded them tomaVe
to- this advance. The loan Ts given, we fuppofc, 0R
to the fecurrty of the growing produce of the Confo.
lidated Fund. This may be truly sailed a drop in
), the ocean of national, nectfiitiea ; but so iar as it c
iier go eg, it is not very repuiabk in the diw'ftarn of -
rue the bank to do ; since it-is an advance of moiicy
ful 1 without the authority of Parliament ; and may ■
ian pave the way for further deviation* of the fame
iz- kind. A Mimfter has oulv to prevail upon «
>rd men to atfift him with funds, to make ail v ;iv t
Ige cheques of our Conftituuton, walte paper.
• - Philadelphia,
m-
ne TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER i 7, , 79 (5.
jal
g- / Hie Prefident'e farewell adihefs to ins country-.
men is another gracious testimony of his difintertft.
oj ed lave of country.
:s. The sentiments it contains and the principles it
inculcates, mult come home to the feelings oi every
Id genuine and patriotic American. Such advice i
from such a citizen, under the present circumttsn
sn ces, must make the mofl. durable imprefSon j-it will
a form the Americans true politicalcrecd; it \vi.4 be
>i- the Book of Oracles to his fucceflors. While they
puifue the line there traced, America will be uappy
in and prosperous ;if they deviate from it, every dc
>f- viation will be marked with political calamity. .Ex
perience hat teftcd, under the admiuiftration of the
d- Federal Government, the wisdom and policy of
ie, tliofe principles which are leconsmended by the
:e- President, and which formed the baiis of his admi
nistration j America under it has flourifhed, has
vil bcerrat peace and has been truly happy. May hu
successor be infpived with limilar sentiments and in
herit his political virtues !
However we must regret and deeply regret the
ret tie men t of this truly great man, we canuotbut
— rejoice that the moment (or retirement is (iiigularly
of auspicious, and that he letires with unfaded glories,
be If calamities ihould again futround us, Americans^
will know where to seek the Saviour of kit Cotiu
- tr 7- ,
"j Public Notice is Hereby Given,
ts r l"° thc . Freemen cf the City and County of Phila-
X delphia, and thc County of Delaware, that a gene
ral elediion will beheld on Tuesday the eleventhdaf>
of OiSober ne«t.~The election to be opened between
the hours of ten o'clock in thc forenoon, and one
o'clock in the afternoon.
>n When the freemen of thc City of Philadelphia, are
f. to meet at the State-hot#.- in the fa'd city, to eleil
0 _ Six Representatives fur faidcity in Gcielai Aifcm
i. b 'y*
One Representative for said city in th: House of Ke
' prel'entatives of the United States.
" Twenty persons for members of the Common .Cour
m cil. ,
j, Twelve persons for members of the Scleft Com
r> mittee.
Id The Freemen of the City and Countyof Philadelphia
to ele<2
One perfpn for Governor
Two persons for Coroner*
One person for County Commijlioner
h The Freemen of the County or Philadelphia, t»
1, eleit
J Six Representatives for said County in General Af
j fembly.
' One Reprefeptative for said county in the House of
j" Representatives of the United States.
* The Freemen- of the City and County of' Philade
lphia, and Coun;y at Delaware, to e'.eik
One Senator for the State
g The Freemen of thc townlhip of the Northern Li
e btrties arc to iiold their eledtien at the town-house in
Second Stree! continued, ak»ve Coats's Street.
The Freemen of the townships of Gcrmantown,
" Itoxborough and Driftol, are to hold their election at
the Union School House in Germantown.
d The Freemen of the townships of Oxford, Byberry,
•f Lower Dublin and Moreland, are to hold their eleillion
at the house of the late John tSarnfley in Bufsletown, in
thetewnfhip of Lower Dublin.
And the Freemen of thc Diftricft ofSouthwark, and
the townships of Moypmenfing, Paffyunk, and Ki"g
---' feffing, are to hold their eledtion at the Siate-Houfe in
the City of Philadelphia. ' ,
e The Conftahles of each Ward, Diftritf, &c. are to
, hold theireledlion, in tho diffrrent diflriiSs to choose
j their infpeiftors for the enfiiing year, and to give their
attendance at the time and/efperflive places.
Sept. a 6. JOHN BAKER, Sheriff.
mi iliii i iiii wawißipyvwiwai." i
t For Sale,
1 By J. WARDER, PARKER & Co.
* An Invoice of Cordage,
i Confiding of different £z.s, from i 2 icch cables down
to rope of 2 inches, of different lengths: Imported in
" the fliip Swift, from Hull, and entitled to drawback.
f Sept- 27- d£f
C • • . .
f Twenty Casks excellent Claret and
> A few pipes choice Bordeaux Brandy,
, i For sale by
, Ji {eph Anthony & Co.
? September 2". d 6
This Day is Publifjied,
By WILLIAMCOB BETT,
OppoGte Christ Church,'
! THE POLITICAL CENSOR
t ' FOR SEPTEMBER.
j CONTAINING,
The "LIFE "of THOMAS PAINE, iaterfperfed with
remarks and reflexions; and
Obftrvalions on the Pamphlets lately pub
! lijhed againd P. Porcupine.
1 September 16. *3
: THIS DAY PUBLISHED,
' By J. ORMROD, No. 41, Chclnut-ftrret^
(Price 12 t-2 Cents)
; | The President's Address
j j To the People of the United Statft,
f * Announcing his intwuiou o: retiring frwn rub.'ic life
j thu ex Jiratioa oi" the pretcnt conil;tuticr.jl term of
j prefideju'y.
j &c?U;nigr zo 4