Piiltl.'S'jKD WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS by JOHN FENNO, No. 6 9> UGH STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELFHIA
[No. 9, of Vol. lir.]
ENGLAND.
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE,
T \V ETMOt'TH; March I.
LAST Wednesday arrived in this harbour
his Mnjefty's cutter the Trial, commanded
hy Lieut. Malboii. She is-built on an entire new
coull l uOlion, with three Aiding keels, which are
iiiclofed in a cafe or well ; one forward, one
midship, and the other abaft ; they are worked
•with the greatest facility, and are not of theleall
inconvenience to the crew when maneuvering
the veflel. She has been universally approved
and admired by all our inoft experienced pro
felfional gentlemen in this place, as well as by
our ingenious ship-builder, Mr. Stephens, and
other mechanics. Her length is 66 feet, breadth
21, her hold f feet only, which, in justice to the
veflel, ought to have been nine at least, and
measures 120 tons. Has a perfeifl flat bottom, on
ly draws 6 feet water, whereas all others of her
tonnage on the old conftruiftion draw 14 ; so that
by such an easy draft of water, lhecan go with
I'afety intoalmolt any harbour or creek whatever.
She fails incomparably fait, either before or up
on a wind ; and though her timbers and planks
seem to be of an immoderate degree of thick
ness (for wh*t reason 1 cannot tell, but which
mull impede her failing) yet no veflel she has
ever been iii/ Company with, of equal size (even
though copper-bottomed, which she is not) has
been able, upon many trials, to beat her in fail
ing, and yet her fails seem too final].
Her hold is divided into several compartments,
all water-tight, and To contrived, that should
even a plank or two dare at sea in different parts
<?f the vellel, (he may afterwards be navigated
with the greatest security to/any part oil" the
■world ; a method hitherto never thought of, be
fore this ingenious i.Hirer contrived it, and which
may be the means of saving thousands of valua
ble lives, and large quantities <>f merchandize
befdes, if ihe (ImoUi be drove on fhoie in a gal<
of wind, fht; dors not become a wreck ; for hei
keels will all naturally be drove tip into thei
cases, and the (hip being then flat bottomed, fix
canWr easily beoverfet, and all the crew may bi
lave® with perfiec't security, by her being abli
to g®))to fuclVvfhallow water.— Ihe crew of thi
IndSaman might all have been saved
had Ihe been thus conftrucfted. These are blef
sings, too obvious to mankind, not to fill ever;
feeling heart with pleasure, and no conunen
need be made on the great good that may be ex
pecfted.
The putch, who arc efteemeda very sagacious
commercial peo >le, liave already adopted this
plan of (liip-building, which at once shews the
utility and advanrage of this wonderful inven
tion.
These discoveries «lfo demonstrate plainly,
Jlow far behind hand the art of Ihip-buildiug has
been till this favorable epoch ; and from the in
genuity and mechanical powers of this gentle
man, the art is allonilhingiy improved already,
ami will probably be carried to Itill greater per
fection.
The world is indebted for tliefe noble disco
veries to Johu Schank, ifcj. of Barton houl'e,
Daw lilh, a Captain in the Rojj'al Navy, who hatl
the command of the King's iliips of war'on the
great Lukes of America, in the last war and
accompanied the late ingenious Sir C. Douglafs,
when lie failed to the North Seas, by order ot
Government, to make Iblervations on the Trail-
Ac of Venus.
Itii worthy of remark, that Captain Schank,
with the greatelt liberality and public spirit, has
given up eveiy emolument to his country and
mankind in general, which otlierwife he might
have secured to hintfelf, and which he highly
deserves in (lie greatest degree.
Great merit is due to Lord C. and the prefer)
Lords of the Admiralty, who, getting the beitei
ofall fornrer old prejudices, ordered this vefle
to be conftrntfted. A
jor the Gout
TO one pound of Brimftoue finely powdered
and put into a ltone or earthen Jar, add one gal
lon of boiling water, let it (land four ®r iive
dnys, ftiriing it well two or three times a day—
a lie end of the fourth day, draw it off fine foi
use—drink half a pint every morning, at leall
half an hour before breakfall—let the Jar be
kept flopped close when you arc not ftiiringthe
Bwuiftonc.
Saturday, May 28, 1791.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
LAURA and MARY.
"XTTHY drops the pearly tear fiom Laura's eye?
V V That eye which used the love-lorn mind to cheer ;
Why heaves that boson thus the far-fetch'd sigh ?
What grief afflitts the maid to friendlhip dear I
Fsrm'd with the pow;r the coldest heart to warm,
With innate beauty gbwiftg iri thy breast ;
What from thy boson can contentment charm,
Or break, with momentary woe thy reft ?
Can she whose prefen«» never fails to give
New life, new joy, on whom (he deigns to smile [
Thus like a turtle solitary live.
And all admirers of their hopes beguile ? n
" Alas my Mary ! nonght can e'er avail,
1 o sooth the gathered lumuhs of my foul ;
Or, wakening comfort for a girl so frail,
To calm my sorrows, or my griefs control.
Not all the pleasures that this world affords,
Can give one moment to my foul of peace;
Nor all the flattering emptiness of words,
Make glad this conscience with its wonted cafe.
Short are the joys triumphant beauty gives,
With hurried steps full quick they flit away ;
E'en while the triumph in the bosom lives,
We droop with night, and sicken wi.h the day.
But O my Mary ! nought can e'er reprieve
My foul from sorrow, or my bosom che?r ;
Or bless the heart, that fluttering to deceive,
Has ftretch'd my Edward on a watery bier.
Pleased wvth the tho'ts of conquest, and of fame,
I fpurn'd the youth, forgetful of his lave,
Whose crimson blushes spoke the burning flame—
Hard was my heart—nor sighs, nor tears, could move.
At length, dejcfled with my base disdain,
And worn with sorrow, anil corroding care,
He plunged, at midnight, in the billowy main,
And left these fields, and left this vernal air.
*Twasthen I found, nor pride, nor wealth, nor praise,
Could pour one beam of comfort on my mind ;
Twas then I wifh'd, that with an answering grace,
I'd heard his vows, and never been unkind.
Full many an eve I've dew'd the earth
With stern Repentance' biiter-dropping tear ;
7 >an V 3 4ay I've fled »he house of mirth*
And brooded o'er the memory of my dear.
Thus, thus, my Mary ! torn from every joy,
And pierced with Conscience' terrifying dart,
In tears, and sighs, my moments I employ,
Nor iears, nor sighs, can ease my broken heart."
Here as (he paused, a sudden thunder shook
The groves around ; the darken'd forefts roar ;
The trees that mantled o'er the winding brook,
Scared at the found, forfook the waved-wafh'd fliore.
Terrific lightning blazing round their heads
In one large (heet the wide-ftretch'd sorest veil'd ;
And new-form'd thunder shook again the meads,
And chafed the lightnings that their forms affail'd.
At once a voice, stern as the winter's roar,
1 hat chill'd their vitals, and that froze their blood ;
Bade the loud grumbling thunder vex no more
The trembling sorest, and the frighten'd flood.
At or.ce a deeper slash o'erfpread the sky ;
A louder peal convulsed the trembling ground ;
The lightnings vanifh'd from the pain-fed eye ;
wavered with a distant found.
Sucfden a form, with which the angelic host,
Nor Raphael's felf in majesty c*uld vie,
Chafed'the dark thunders from the quaking coast,
And oped the purpling regions on their eye.
Then, with a look that pierced thro' Laur a's heart,
And crop'd the withering roses of her cheek—
11 Thou wretch" he cried, " no comfort I impart;
No joys for thee the fwift-wing'd minutes seek.
He who, with tears, thy favors once implored
Another holds by Hymen's sacred band ;
No more to wander from the nymph adored,
No moie to quit, tor vile disdain, the land.
Content shall bless him in the works of peace,
Fame shall his footftcps in the war attend ;
Rend from a Cefir's brow the withering wreaths
To deck the worthier temples of my friend.
His wife, sweet partner of his every joy,
Adorn'd with all the virtues of the fair,
Shall bless his life in love without alloy,
Love tree from forrowand perplexing care.
» In all her looks is sentiment exprefs'd ;
J In every action dignity and grace ;
'iO \ foim'd from every age new praise.to wrest—•
1 And scatter bluGieso'er a Portia's face.
She, tinged with health's inimitable dye,
Shall pass the fpringand summer of her life ;
Rife', with a nation's bleflings, to the Iky,
Hei only Epitaph— 44 This was a Wife."
But thou, (hall (icken with the coming ere;
Drop, unlainented, to the narrow grave ;
No grateful memory to thy kindred leave ;
No hand aflift thee, none (hall wish to save."
Again frefh lightnings sheeted o'er the flues;
Again trefh thunders rock'd the trembling ground {
The vision vanifh'd from her eager eyes,
And lightnings quivered at the parting found.
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[Whole No. 21 7.]
From the COMPLAINANT.
Published in the Connecticut Courant.
THAT there are many School Mailers in the
country, training up youth in the way ihey
rtiould go, i make no doubr—and hope they will
excuse me if" I complain of fonie others of their
profeifion of quiie a different charaiXer—and
that for these two things.
ill. " In the exercise of government, too
much credulity in admitting the information of
one boy againlt another : Children take a certain
delight in feeing their fellows brought to pu
nishment, which it not so commonly observed
in their riper years : he«ce you will fee a boy
ladling a tree or a port, to get the imaginary
pleasure of being the fcourger of some person :
hence, likewise, they will be fare to fill the mnf
ter's ears with information againlt their mates,
of every thing they suppose will incur his re
lentment, and bring llripes upon them. And
sometimes falfe informations, back'd with falfe
witnefles, will bring punilhmenc, makinga mas
ter rhe instrument of revenge or diver lion to
his scholars. A quotation on this fubjecl from a
letter of a gentleman of veracity, will, I hope,
be excused both by him and the public.
" When 1 was 6 or 7 years old, 1 was in a ve
ry large school, under the tuition of a gentle
man remarkable for his severity ; I was very
finall of my age, and my nerves were strung in
fuel? a manner as that I cut capers with much ac
tivity and nimblenefs, when a Hick four fecc
long cling'd round my little limbs. This was
great diversion to the larger boys, and therefore
they contriv'd to have the affair brought about
once or twice every day. I was daily accused
of playing in school, calling names, or fonie
other fault which I was altogether innocent of.
Ihe accusation would be supported by two or
three large boys, and the reft that knew it to be
falfe, dare not open their mouths. Hence 1 was
whip'd, for a fault 1 never conimutccl, till
I was fore'd to own it, and then whip'd for lv
ing. This was the cafe for so long a course of
time, that I have since wonder'd that my mas
ter, who never saw any thing in me but obedi
ence, with his own eyes, did not suspend his
credulity, and determine, that the diversion of
my accusers, in feeing me cut capers, was the
end of their accusations, But whether he did,
or did not, the practice was continued till I
found there was 110 more beuefir in obedience,
manners or study—my fate mult be the fame. So
true to the school was I, that I never mentioned
any thing of my treatment to my parents ; and
my mailer was much carefs'd at our house, as
being a valuable, faithful preceptor. Where ic
would have ended 1 know not (since my discou
ragements produced actual faults, and the ex
ercise of the long Hick was repeated feveraj
times in a day) had not I once had niy little,
raw-bon'd back and ribs smartly .checker'd be
cause 1 was bloody from a great boy's having
run a b'roomtlick into my ear before school be
gan. I was forced then to go into the hands of
a physician, to have the wound heal'd, but seve
ral disadvantages, the consequence of that acci
dent, remain to this day; and yet the malter
was a gentleman offenfe and oflearning, which
shews the danger of credulity, as to complaints
against children under our care. With such a
warning before me, one would have thought
that I thould have avoided it, when acting in
character of school mailer; but 1 confefs, that
1 believe that a droll, half witted, comical, lub
berly boy, who was once my scholar, has been
punilhed upou falfe information given for the
diversion of the school. And indeed we are all
too apt to forget that little children, from their
want of language to convey their ideas, as well
as from the awe they have from the presence of
their mailer, are under an incapacity properly to
defend themselves."
2d. I would complain of a too common disre
gard of the advice implied in my motto, which
is, in short, " to endear theinfelves to their
scholars, and make both school and study de
lightful. (N. B.) If any one lhould fay Ido not
construe right, I will not dispute the matter, as
I am not very expert in translating.) To inspire
the little mortals with a servile fear and awe,
feeins to be the grand point in view with many ;
and I would have authority supported, but easi
ness of excess, and indications of kindness to
wards his pupili is quite as neceflary."—l will