ELEGY ON THE DEATH OP MISS CAROLINE CAMPBELL, DAUGHTER OF THE RIGHT HON. LORD WILLIAM CAMPBELL (By General Conway.) ' SINCE 'tis the will of all disposing Heaven, To fcize the boon its kinder hand had given ; Whether thy friendly fpiritrove, 'Midst the once happy partners of thy love; (Scenes where thy virtues reign'd, thy talents (hone> And fond affection made each heart thy own) Or, bounding fwift, has wing'd its airy flight To the pure regions of eternal light; Look down, fair Saint, and Oh, with pity fee, Where fad remembrance lifts each thought to thee ft Accept the heaving.sigh, the trickling tear, The last best offerings of a heart sincere. What though no costly hccatombs (hould Nor lengthen'd train in fable pomp succeed ; Yet (hall the Tweeted flowers thy grave adorn, Waih'd by the kindliest tears of dewy morn. There (hall each friend they heav'nly virtues made, With picus dirge invoke thy gentle (hade ; Like fragrant incense the (oft breath (hall rife, And smooth thy passage to thy kindred (kies. Severely kind, Oh, why did adverse fate Grant such Yaft bounties with (o scant a date ! Give such sweet fragrance to this (hort liv'd flower, The virtues of an age, to last an hoflT ! It gave her wit might grace a Mufc't tongue, The charm of numbers, and the power of song : Th' angelic touch toftrike the trembling firing) And tune such notes'as its own seraphs sing. But Oh ! o'er bounteous, with that sacred art It gave each nicer movement to the heart; And her foftbreaft, with strong sensation fir'd, Felt the keen impulse which those arts infpir'd. Too great a portion of celestial flame Strain'd the frail texture of her weaker frame j The subtle fire too pow'rful fore'd its way Thro'the foft yielding mould of mortal clay; As the clear air in chryftal prison pent, Ok bursts its fair but brittle tenement; While in the dust the glittering fragments lie* The purer ether gains its native Iky. Ere the stern fitters cut the vital thread, 1 saw, and kifs'd heron the fatal bed, Just as her gentle spirit took its flight, And her faint eyelids clos'd in endless night: No strong convulsions shook her parting breath; No tremors mark'd the cold approach of death : Her heart still heav'd, with vital spirit warm, And each foft feature wore its wonted charm Ah me! in this perplexing maze of fate, This doubtful, erring, varying reftlcfs state ; Tho guilt with swelling fail elate (hall (leer, With pomp and pleasure crown'd, its full career ; Tho worth like thine no pitying power fhallfave From sickness, pain, and an untimely grave ; Yet (lay, rath mortal, nor presume to scan By thy impcrfc£l rule th' Almighty's plan. Oh censure not his fovercign, high bcheit, But proftratc own, Whatever is, is belt. Judgment's the part of Heaven ; fubmiiHon, thine; We may lament, but we mull not repine. Each has his lot, (for so does Heaven ordain) His dated share of happiness and pain; And mortals belt its just commands fulfil, When they enjoy the good, and patient bear the ill. PREACHING AN EXTRACT. THE French are certainly ourmafters in pul pit eloquence ; and I think the obfervatians of the Biftiop of Cambray, with respect to the ftrudlure of sermons, are to be preferred to those of the celebrated Blair. The former objedls a-' gainst the pradlice of formally laying down a number of heads, with their attendant subdivi sions ; the latter is an advocate for it, and com pares the heads in a sermon to the milepoftsona journey ; " these," fays, he, " give as much ease tothe hearer as those to the traveller." This must i'uppofe the whole discourse painful and laborious to the hearers,and that therefore, they rejoice at the little retting places. Can this be compa tible with true eloquence, which never fatigues the hearer, and therefore requires no relling place for him to blow, pant, or get-Jiis breath at"? Sermons thus fabricated and laid down, accord ing to Mr. Blair's plan, with seven heads a;fd tcu horns, will never cease to be ftifF, cold, tedious, and phlegmatic. It ismuch better for the preach er to reserve than apprise the audience of the lieads of his discourse ; for, when once they are lurnifhed with them,'they begin to. anticipate •what is to be said upon the fubjedt, and then take anap tothemfelvcs ; but,where we are not iit once presented with a chart or draught of the sermon, the pleasure of novelty, which isconftantly break ing in upon us, commands attention. (Trun the rg?a Cr.zett:. ) FURTHER European Intelligence, By the kfi Arrivals. THE trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. has re-conimenced in VVeftminfter-HalK The Diflenters, lo called, areabont petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the Tell Laws—and are forming " Provincial Meetings," to ad; more unitedly. It is ihrewdly fufpedted, that other grievances will l>e discovered, when they once begin their operations. Conventions, Commit tees of Correl'pondence, &c. are searching expe dients. The Hon. Charles Fox, appears the advocatc of the pretentions of this formidable body. Intelligence of the Emperor's death was receiv ed at Carlton-Houfe the 14th teb. Ihe Kingol Prussia, it is said, looks up to this exalted station. One of the Electors, the Duke of Bavaria, being dead, there are only eight to determine the fuc ceflion. A treaty is said to be formed between the King of Prulfia, and the Grand Siegnior. The King of France in Feb. last, went to the National Allembly, and addrefled them in a most masterly speech—in which he deplores the troubles of the kingdom—and in the most unequivocal manner lamtions the proceedings of the aflembly, and the great principles of the Conttitution, so far as it is compleated. General D'Alton is removed from his com mand, and is to be tried for fuffering the revolt in *he low countries. An alliance between PruffiaandPoland has,been announced to the Court of Vienna. The Patriots have gained the advantage in se veral adlions with the Iniperialilts. A deputation from the National Aflembly, with the Prelident at their head, had waited on the King and Queen, and were received with great expi elfions of affection and confidence. The Turks are preparing to prosecute the war with vigor. The Sultan is to inarch out with the prophetic standard. The conferences for a peace at Jaffy are broken SPEECH of M. de la FAYETTE. The following is a translation of the Speech of M. de la Fayette, to ja certain illustrious cha racfter. MY Lor.l), " Public report accuses you of aspiring to the .lirotie * You no longer fear the King—perhaps because you fee that he is almost destitute of pow er. You may pollibly imagine, after the scene of Monday (the 9th of Odiober,) when the soldiers, deaf to the voice of their commanders, united with an hireling mob, rn order to force me to head them to Versailles, that I am no longer an objetfl to be dreaded. I however forwarn you, that you will find in me your greatest adversary. No perfotr has flruggled with greater courage than I have against arbitrary power ; 110 perlon has bestowed more applause than I have on the wile attempts of the National Aflembly to efface it, even to its last vestige-—but as much as I have ex erted myfelf in the deftrudion of despotism, so much will 1 still exert myfelf for the preservati on to the king-os the lawful power which he has received from the hands of the nation, the secu rity of which is necessary to him for the mainte nance of the laws and public tranquility. You deceive yourfelf if you believe that a flare of ac tual anarchy will be favorable to your views. I defy you to derive any advantage, either by usurp ing the public force, or by dividing and render ing it useless. The moment that you declare yourfelf to a mob at hand, all the citizens and soldiers will flock to my llandard, because the natives of France will have fortlieir chief a King, and not an Usurper. " Without pretending to predidt the catastro phe of this event, I dare to inform you, that the iituation of affairs is such, that it can only termi nate three ways—either I lliall lose my head, or you will lose yours, or you muit quit the king dom." The of , afloniflied, only spoke tliefe words, " How would you have me adt I" M. la Fayette said, " Sir, I will tell you. If you remain, you know my forces and my sentiments. /amyour enemy, because you are the enemy of the State. Yon have thought, and you may per haps still think it in your power to put me to death—You will then be the King of the mob for three days, and on the fourth yourdeath will revenge mine. I therefore think you would a<ft with mofl prudence in quitting the kingdom." * The of , was about to inter rupt him, but M. de la Fayette imposed silence ANNIVERSARY Of THE FALL OF MAN. THIS has been celebrated a few days since, by a denomination of religionists, who as a new holiday, were the firft who pretended to a dis covery of the anniversary of the Creation. They reft the merits of both upon an improvement in •chronology, have a service adapted to each day, and fignificantly wear mourning upon the latter' (From a London Paper.) 416- NOT E. HINT TO ELECTORS. WHEN ancicnt Rome flourifhed, it was ditto mary, upon the eleiftion of any public offi cers, for the persons preferring themfclves to be chosen by the people, to be clad in a white lobe or garment, denoting the purity of their morals, whence from the Latin word Candidus (Dihite)vit derive the word Candidate. Would it not be better if this matter was a little more attended to ? And though the Candidate does not wear the white robe externally, yet for the Electors to hold it indispensably neceilary that he should have the inward purity alluded to ? (From the Concord Herald.) OF JAMES JI. JAMES the lid. when he was Duke of York, made a visit to Milton. In the couife of* their converfation,tlie Duke alked Milton, "VV he. " ther he did not think the loss of his fight wa» << a judgment upon him for what he had written " against his father, Charles the lft. Our immortal Bard made the following reply—" If " your Highness thinks that the calamities which " befal us here, are indications of the wrath of " Heaven, in what manner are we to account " for the fate of the King, your father ? The " displeasure of Heaven mult, upon this fuppo " fition, have been much greater against him " than me ; for I have only loft my eyes; but " he has loft his head." MONTEGO-BAY, (Jamaica,) Dec. 19. Of the immense quantities of French Cotton which our neighbours find a vent for in this co lony, the reader may form foine estimate, when acquainted, that there is now landing at Mr. Lindo's wharf, at Kingston, a cargo, which com pletes the number of 96, confignedto that gentle man within the present year. Averaging these, as we may fafely do, at 20001. each, the produce of that cotton only, will be 192,000!. NEW BERN, March it. Yesterday, the Custom-House of the United States in this town was opened, John Daves, Esq. having received from the Prefidcnt of the United States a commiflion of colleftot - of this diftrift, and having been qualified according to law. .i. - - — By a gentleman from Hifpaniola, we are in 'ormed that the inhabitants of Cape-Francois lave declared themselves independent from the ting and National Afl'embly of France—raifedan irmed force under the name of " The Patriots of Cape-Francois"—eltabliflied a House of Legi slature and appointed a Governor. The firft opera tion of the new administration has been to declare their port open to thevefl'els of every nation and to permit the importatiort of all forts of commodi ties. NEW-YORK, APRIL 6. The Circuit Court of the-United States was yes terday opened in this city by the hon. John Jay, Efq ; Chief Justice of the United States—the hon. William Cushing, Esq. ; aflociate justice, and the Hon. James Duane, Efq; Judge of the Fe deral Court for the diftri«si of New-York. The late mutiny on board the brig Morning- Star, Capt. Kermit, being cognizable before this Court, notice was taken of the fame ; and a grand jury and petit jury ordered to be summoned for attendance on Monday next, to which day the Court stands adjourned. Capt. Taylor, of the brig Atalanta, from Vir ginia to Lisbon, which arrived at this port on Sunday last, was unfortunately loft overboard Ii days after said veflel failed from the Capes on the outward voyage. A particular account ps Britilh encroachments on the Ease™ frontiers of the State of Maflachufetts has appeared in the Bfliw® papers —The British Sheriff from St. Andrews, a fettleinent ontht Eastern fide of St. Croix River, has served a precept oil a Mr. Tuttle an inhabitant of Moose Island, near the Weftcrn Shore. PHILADELPHIA, April I. This day was landed, from the ship Amsterdam Packet, a large quantity ofdollarsw The balance of trade, formerly so much against us, appeara now to be in our favor. Instead of European ves sels entering our ports loaded, and returning with the specie of our country, we now find them coming to us for lading, and bringing specie to pay for it. From the Federal Gazette. Mr. Brown, On reading in your paper of Thurdlay an ac " count of the J hundred guineas wager, between Col. Tarlton and the Duke of Queenlbury, I no finall fatisfacflion in drawing a parallel be tween our illustrious citizens and the great men in England. While many of these squander their time and money in cock-fights, jockey-feats, ri ding on the backs of each other, and buiM>' ; £ dog-kennels for 10,000 pounds, our American worthies are planning conflitutions for the >/&» world. May heaven pveferve us from that corruption, which mutt: neceflarily spring from too great in equality in the conditions of men, from g« u V brainless lords, from droves of hungry begg ars > from pampered prelates, India nabobs, a" fvvarms of genteel proft.it ates. END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 1
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