FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. Mr. EDITOR, I LATELY received a letter from an inhabitant of the planet Jupiter, written in the ancient Hebrew language, which I have carefully translated into English, as literally as the different idioms of thofc languages will admit. Since the writer seems de iirous to establish a correspondence, I wish you topubliftithis let ter, if not inconsistent with the plan of youi ufeful and inftru£tive Gazette; and I would request some one, who has more leisure and greater abilities to answer it. Should an answer appear in your paper, I will undo take that it lhall be immediately trans lated into Hebrew and transmitted without delav to the planet Ju piter ; and I doubt not but a correspondence may be kept up, which will be ufeful to mankind. To one of the INHABITANTS of the EARTH, if any there be. Brother Existence, AM I right in my conjecture ? Is that little world, the Earth, inhabited ? If so, I am desirous to know by what kind of beings .This is therefore to request thee,O being, into wliofe hands this may fall, that thou wouldeftjgive unto me a true account of thy race. Tell me, O inhabitant ofthe third planet, whothou art.— I suppose thou haft a body—ls it made of fire, mud, or water ;or is it only consolidated finoke ? No doubt all ye inhabitants of the earth, how many soever there be, sprang from the one only Great : but when did ye begin toexift? Knoweft thou, O being, thine origin ? If thou haft a spirit within thee, how dost thou ieed it ? Are the funnels of thy foul continually open, to receive the streams of knowledgefrom the full bottles of nature? Hasthe #reat Auleeim given the a fine (trainer, through which thou mayeft itrain thy foul's good ? or dost thou pour in the scum, and lees all together ? Art thou Ifcppy, or art thou in the scouring tub of affli&ion ? 1 know not what to ask of thee, or how to ask : left ihou fhouldft not be able to c >mprehend my words. Epiftolize xinto me, O being; that I may know what to call thee. Lift up now thine eyes if thou haft any, and fee : Let the all piercing raysjof truth dispel the mist whichperadventure darkeneth the eyes of thy loul; that thou mayeft understand. That world on which thy race dwelleth receiveth light from yonder blazing Sun, kindled by the breath of the Eternal; but do not think for thy wot id only, for ours also. Great Jupiter, where I, with innumerable millions dwell, from the famefountain receiveth light; and from the fame source, existence. Seeft thou this magnificent world ? Pcrad venture thou fecft, but belicveft not in its greatness, and the my riads of beings that dwell here. Know then that from one dwel ling on the great planet Jupiter thou received this : Unto him, therefore direffc thy epistle ; and let him know what thou art, and what thou knoweft. If ye, O sons of the earth, know more than we, inftrutt us ; for knowledge it> the pillarof happiness, and the lupport of immortality ; if less ye havedrankof Nature's fathotn- Jt'fs ocean, from us, then receive an additional stream, and an swer the irqueft of JOVICULARIS. NATIONAL MONITOR. Mo. XXVI. Say not thou, what is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not enquire wiicly concerning this. Solomon. PASSION, rather than Rfason, is the source of com plaint—" The golden age, is never the present age"—hut a little attention to the ex perience of mankind mud convince every person, that as on the one hand, no age of the world is exempted from trouble—so on the other, some peculiar circumstances fhewthat liappinefs is not confined ro any particular period. Mankind are so apt to be more affected with pain than pleasure, that present inquietudes excite clamors and com plaints, while in contemplating ilie/><j/?,the finootli current of enjoyment only, employs our imagi nations. Human exiflence is full of inequalities : One age exceeds a former in one relpect, and falls be low a succeeding, in another : But; whatever the fancies of the poet may imagine, or the uneasy temper of thereftlefsmay conceive of former gol den eras, certain it is that no man now exijliiig regrets that he was not born a thousand years ago. A flight retrofpec't of puft ages will lerve to ftlence a spirit of complaint; and their com panion with the present will serve to lhew that the condition of civilized humanity is unspeaka bly more eligible than it was at any preceding date. Under the null celebrated system of go vernment among the ancient Greeks, their le gislators encouraged thieving. Alexander's prodigality has never been paralel led. The stun which he expended on Hephwjlion's tuneral was so great that 'tis a question whether at that time the revenue of the world could afford it: And what were his vitftories, but the progress of a madman through the world, more terrible than a host of wild bealls. What a liit of crimes disgrace the Jewish liiltory ! What punifliments did their cruelty invent, and inHitft upon their captives ! If we advert to the Roman Empire, even in its meridian splendor, while fovercigns of the world, will the comparison fuffer ? Under Titus, that was for the fwcernefs of his disposi tion cried up, by the Roman people, as the 'jewel of the World, 50operf'ons were daily crucified be lorethe walls of Jerulaleiii, during the hotted of the siege of that devoted city.—The devaluations, persecutions, robberies, murders, and miseries brought upon mankind by the proud mistress of the world, are not to be equalled by any subse quent tranfaAions : Licinius Luctillus put 20000 prisoners to the fvvord, contrary to the articles of capitulation ; and the unjustly celebrated Ati gujlus, was an inhuman butcher, who at one time m Perufia, facrificed 500 of the principal citizens at the altar of his uncle Julius Ctefar —His maila cres and proscriptions have rendered his name julHy execrable. Sylla took 24000 of the conquer ed party to mercy; but not willing to trull them afterwards, in the hearing of the Senate, cut them to pieces. But it is impolEble to detail all their cruelties, which were not confined to a particu lar spot— the whole world felt the weight of their power. The infatiabh avarice of former ages outwent, ifpoflible, their cruelty. Accufatious were not tor crimes, but for wealth: Neither persons, towns, or temples escaped this rapacity. Marcus Antoninus, in one year, railed from the Lelier Alia only 20000 talents, an amazing sum ! Their luxury, theirgluttony, intemperance, anddebau chery, were carried to a height of refinement that we can scarcely form any idea of. If we descend to succeeding times, how wretched was the fate of mankind during the dark ages of bigotry and superstition, which followed the downfall of the Roman Empire ? How many did the jaws of persecution devour, for even a supposed differ ence of opinion. How debased and funk was hu man nature, when the fiat of a priest, gave law to States and Empires ! Surely those who fay the former times were better than the present, do not enquire wifely concerning these things. Igno rance was the fruitful source of all those cala mities. How powerful lliould fucli examples prove to these States, to induce them to diffufe the rays of knowledge among the people ? For mer tyrannies were founded on pre-existing ig norance. America muftlofe her information be fore she can be enslaved : While she remains en lightened she ever will be free. NEW-YORK, NOVEMBR 14. Yesterday, at one o'clock, THE PRESIDENT of the United States returned to this city in per fect health, from his tour thro the Eastern States. This event was announced by a federal falure from the Battery. THE PRESIDENT left Portfmoutli last week on Wednesday—his rout was thro Exeter, Haver hill, Lexington, IVatertown, ire. to Hartford. There is a variety of incidents that attend the tour of the President, which mu(t fill every patri otic mind with peculiar plcafure: Independent of that perfojial relpecfl which is paid to him as a Man, there is an invariable reference in all the addrefles, to his political situation, and that COll - over whose administration he presides. These national sentiments are universally reiter ated^ — ant l plainly prove that the people are uni ted in their hopes and expectations of public free dom, peace and happiness from the general go vernment. I uf'day evening last the (Jommiflioners Plenipotentiary for treating with the Nations df Indians, south of the river Ohio, re turned to this city. learn that Mr. M'Gillivray, who, with between one and two thoufard Indians met the Commissioners at Rocklaijding, declined acceding to the terms propolcd to him; but that all the otnei Chiefs appeared extremely desirous of being at peace with the United States. Notwilhftanditig a Treaty has not been concluded with the Creeks, vet the strongest allurances were given by Mr. M'Gilli vray, arid all.lhe head men present, that no hoflilities should be committed on the part of their Natiot. The Supreme Executive of Georgia werealfo taking measures to prevent aggreflions or provocations on the part of the inhabitants of the frontiers of that State. \\ e are happy to inform the public that all the other Nations •)oi dcring on the southern States continue in perfect peace and am ity with the United States. The Commiflioners sent friendly lniflagei to all the Nations comprehended within the limits of their comtninion. They saw Piomingo, the Chickafaw Chief, Jt Richmond, in Virginiaj and delivered to him a fcopy of the talk which they had previously f=nt to his nation. On Wednesday last was held the annual meeting of the German Society of tins city. An oration in the German language was de livered on the occaflon, by Mr. Wi l m eidikg : Also an Englilh oration by Mr. Edwa*d Li vi noston, at the Dutch Lutheran Church. The fubjc&s were chosen .villi judgement; and the speakers acquitted themselves to the full approbation of a nume rous audience. The time to pull down, and destroy, is now P a st—As it was once dellgnative of the highest patriotism to overturn those systems which were tound incompatible with that Independence which the United States had alfumed—fo now it is equally their duty to build up, strengthen and fupporta Constitution, with which is inseparably connected all that is dear and valuable to us as ci tizens and freemen. This sentiment appears to pervade the minds of the people, and must ibengtlien the hands, and encourage the hearts of our civil rulers, while it inspires with pleasure the hearts of every real friend to the United States. EXTRACT. The serene atfts of beneficence—the small and still voice of goodness are neither accompanied by noise nor oftentation—lt is uproar and tumult, rather the tumbling of fack'd cities—the Ihrieks of ravilh'd matrons, and the groans of dying na tions, that fill the t'ruinp of fame, and give birth to your heroes. Men of power and ambition find diftindtion and glory, very readily attainable in this way—as it is incomparably more easy to de- Itroy, than to create—to give death, than to give i'fe—to pull down, than to bnild up—to bring devastation and misery, rather than plenty, and peace, and prosperity upon earth : But are not mankind as blind to their own interelt, as unjust, and iniquitous,in giving glory, where lhame alone is due ? They are undoubtedly—for they hereby become at once the dupes, and of their own folly. Praifea child for his genius in pranks of mifchief and malevolence, and you quicken him in the dired: road to the gallows: It is just so that this wife world has bred up its heroic re probates, by ascribing honor and acclamation to deeds that called loudly for execration, infamy, and the gibbet. PRICE CURRENT. NEW-YORK. NOVEMBER 14. Jamaica Spirits, ... Antigua Rum, ... 4 yp_ St. Croix, do. - . Country, do. - • 2/10. Moinffes, - 9/2. a 2/3.' Brandy, - - . 4/9. a 6/ Geneva, ... 5/ JJo. in calcs, - - 28/" a 29/r Muicovado Sugar, - SoJ. a 72/.' Loaf, do. - - . Lump, do. - - ij\ 1 Pepper, ... Pimento, ... 2 y" 2 . a 2 _/T Coffee, - . 3/8. a 1/9. Indigo, (Carolina) - - of a 6f % Do. French, - - - x gr Rice, - * * 23/: Superfine Flour, - - 4a 44r Common do. - - 2971 40/^ Rye do. 2 /r Indian Meal, i . _ jg£ Rye, . " * pr. bujh. Corn, (Southern) - *r Do. (Northern,) ' - 4/3. a 4%" Beef, fir ft quality, - . 48/ a w." 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Dutch gnn-powder, pr. cwt. - 8/ Nail rods, pr. ton, - - 05/ Lintfccd oil, pr. gal. . . .r Whale do. pr. barrel, - co/ a 5 6f. spermaceti do, . - 6/ Shake-down hhds. . . gj£ ERRATA IN OUR LAST. In the 25 tk line oj the Address of the Cincinnati to the Prejdent, for virtue read virtues, and injert the uiotd again after the word them. In the 3 6th line, for paternal read fraternal. And in the anficer, for paternal read fraternaj. J
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