PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS W JOHN FEN NO, No. 69. HICHSTREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND 77/77?/) STREETS, PHILADELPHIA ___________________ i. [No. 15, of Vol. lII.] TRANSLATED For the GAZETTE oj the UNITED STATES. A DISCOURSE OF STEPHEN BOETIUS, Concerning voluntary Servitude : Or the Anti-One. (Continuedfrom No. 12 of this Gazette.J LOOK at the Venetians, an handful of people, living so freely that the nieaneft among them would not be a King; and all so born and educated, that tlicy know 110 other ambition than that of taking the molt pains, and having the greatest care to maintain their liberty : thus taught and formed, in and from the cradle,they would not accept all rhe other felicities of the whole earth, in exchange for the final left point of their freedom. Let him who has seen these personages go from thence to the territories of him whom we call the Grand Seignor, and fee there people who could not be born but to fcrve him, and who to maintain him abandon their own lives. Would a man who has seen both these forts of people think that they both had the fame natural qualities; or rather would he not think that coming out of a city of men he had entered into a park of be alls ? Lycurgus, the Legillator of Sparta,, having brought up two puppies from the fame litter, brothers suckled with the fame milk, fattened one in rhe kitchen, and used the other to run about the forefts at rhe found of the trumpet and the hunting horn—wishing to show the people of Lacedemon that men are such as their education makes them, placed his two dogs in the market-place, and between them a soup and an hare—one of them ran to the dish, and the other after his game : nevertlielel's, said Ly curgus, they are brothers. And he, with his laws and his policy, educated so well the Lace monians, that every one of them would have rather fnffered a thousand deaths than recognize any other mailer than the law and the King. I take a pleasure in reflecting on a faying of the favorites of Xerxes the great King of Persia, touching the Spartans. When Xerxes made his preparations of a great army to conquer Greece, lie lent his Ambafladors through the Greek cities to demand earth and water —this was the custo mary summons of the Persians to cities to surren der—but he sent not to Sparta nor to Athens ; because that of those which Darius his father had sent to these cities to make a similar demand, the Spartans and Athenians had thrown fonie in to the ditches, and others they had compelled to leap into wells, faying to them, that they might there take boldly both of earth and warerto car ry to their Prince. These people could not bear that by the smallest word their liberty Jhould be attempted. For this condudt, however, the Spar tans knew that they had incurred the resentment of the gods theinfelves, especially of Talthibius, the god of Ambafladors. They 1 efolved to fend to Xerxes to appease them, two of their cirizens, to present themselves to him, that he might do with them as he pleased, and revenge himfelf on them for the two Ambafladors which the Spar tans had killed for his father. Two Spartans, one named Sperthes and the other Bulis, offered themlelves voluntarily to go and make this repa ration. They went, and on their way arrived at the palace of a Persian, who was named Hy darnes, who was Lieutenant of rhe King in all the cities of Alia which are on the coaft°of the sea. He received them very honorably, and af ter several observations, following one anoiher, he asked them why they refufed the friendlhip of the King? " Believe me, Spartans, (fays he) the King knows how to honor those who are worchy : consider, if you belonged to him, and he were to know you, there is neither of you who would not be the commander of some city of Greece."—" In this, Hydarnes, (said the La cedemonians) you are not capable of advifinrr us ; because, although you ktiow the nature of the good which you promise us, having had ex peiience of it, yet you know nothing of that which we enjoy. You have experienced the fa vour of your King, but you know nothing of li berty, what is its relish and howfvveet it is : but if yon had tailed it, you would advise us to de fend it, not only with the lance and the sword, bur with teeth and nails." The Spartan alone said w hat ought to have been said—But certainly both the Persian and Spartan spoke according as they had b?en educated ; for it was impofiible that the Persian {hould regret liberty, having ne ver had it—or that the Lacedemonian should en dure fubjctTUon, having tailed freedom. Saturday, JUNE I 8, i 79 1. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. ODE, TO B JRT HA. ITH every changement of the vaiying mind New feelings animate the mortal frame; And new sensations of the body, claim A foul to equal sympathy inclined. See Malice on the face imprint A dimpled smile, the down-drawn lip that fir aim, Halt bend the brow, and place the eye asquint, And (brink, with expectation, all the veins. See pale Consumption o'er the Cage's foul Spread idiot weakness, infantine distress, Raise with falfe hope, with faithlefs joy controul, With fancied, groundless agony depress. While with invigorating health we tread, And Youth, with dewy fingers, binds Her Crown of roses round the head,- Borne on the winged winds, Imagination strays. Wherever Nature's hand her charms displays— ■Be it to fee cc the rich-hair'd Youth of Morn" Impearl the fragrance-breathing tkorn ; To fee the milt wind {lowly o'er tie hill; Or hear, from unseen bank, loud burst the gurgling rill; Or Zephyr rustle fweetthe woodsamong Whose thickets swell with mclod* and song; To hear the voice of Industry resound; The ploughman whistling o'er the loamy ridge; The ihepherd's tinkling bell that talks around; And hoofs loud rattling o'er the village bridge ; Or torrents foaming down the mountain's breast ; — There doth imagination love to reft. But when the fallow hand of Sicknels spreads Wan desolation o'er the human face, No mote imagination loves to trace The sportive beauties of the laughing meads. But the drear cavern, and the darksome dell, The wild faint-gleaming with the meteor's light, The distant watch-tower's hollow-founding bell, And tempests brooding o'er the inclement night; Blue, sulphur-breathing, flames, from church-yard paths that rife, Dim,*fhadowy forms, that dance before the fight, The quick-departing flalh, that wraps the skies, And horror's scream, the melancholy foul delight. When deep disease hangs heavy on the mind, Such sympathetic grief the body feels, That he but half restores. who only heals The woe with which the anguifh'd spirit For health must give new vigor to the frame Ere fofr Contentment can the bosom claim. So, if the hand of agony distress The fuffering body with diftra£ling pain, No earthly medicine can so well sustain, No costly cordial can so truly bless, As the calm foul, to providence refign'd— The steady sunshine of the immortal mind. O then, my Birth a ! from the scenes Where gloomy Contemplation loves to dwell, From musing Melancholy's cell, Your wounded spirit call, To where eternal love the foul serenes, And Heaven's own finger's 44 dress the dreary ball." Read and reflect, refle£l and read; Make it your conftantftudy and employ. The grand, affe&ing, solemn, truths to heed, Which wake, of pious hearts, the moral joy. These as you study, torn from dreary views. New bliss shall animate your foul, New strength your body brace; With sweet delight the fancy trace The lighter paths of moral dues, And fee contentment light the mental pole. By foft degrees, the scenes which former days On your imagination pictured fair, Shall rife, bedeck'd with joy-reviving rays, And from your bosom chafe the monster Care. Then Happiness, with powerful arm, Shall wrest his poignard from Disease, And from the features that were born to please, Scatter, of felon Sickness, far the fallow charm : Again shall bid health lparkle from your fye; In every step bid laughing pleasure dance ; Young Love the dimpling cheek with smiles cnhance ; And Youth, in glory bursting from the iky, W r ith Beauty's rich, inimitable grace, Throw her celestial roses o'er your face. LONDON MIRABEAU, By his will,has left all his Papers relative to le gislation and politics, to M. Cabania, his physi cian and friend. His writings on the revolution, and all his minutes of intended motions and speeches, he has left to M. de la Marck. And he begs M. Koucberot, his calleague, to take front his libra ry any books he likes, to the amount of four tboufand eight hundred livres. He acquiis M: Lamourette, Bilhop of Lyons, and a Madame Lojay, of every thing they owe liini. Finally he desires he may be interred by the fide of his father and uncle, at Argenteuil, where he had ordered a chapel and maufoleuin to be built. The lad article will be fuperceded by the Na tional Aflembly's last decree. 57 ELLA, HtoPo [Whole No. 22.5.] FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE. Some account of the Cotton and Wool-Card Ma nufactories, in the Co??imonwealth oj Majfa ckufetls. TH£ various manufactories of this Common wealth, fini/h upwards of 10,000 dozen pair of cotton ami wool cards yearly ; two thirds of tliefe are exported to the several States ; they a verage at the price of five dollars and an half per dozen, and produce 53,000 dollars. Four fifths of the whole, are made in the town of Bos ton. One house alone produces 6000 dozen per annum : This gives employment to at lealt 1600 women and children, who ltick them : If to them, we add the great number of persons, who are busied in manufacturing 30,000 flieep ikins ; those who make 8 millions of tacks ; others en-, gaged in the wood work ; and the hands em ployed in cutting wire, and completing the cards, this manufacture may be allowed to fur nifh the principal means of fubfiftencc to 2,500 people. About Ijo calks of wire at ajl. per caik, are imported annually, which is all that depends on a foreign source. There is a hope, that even this trivial import will shortly cease, as some in genious mechanics have in contemplation a work of this kind. The importation of racks, which at the com mencement of these works, was common, is now nearly abolished. The tack-fmiihs, within 20 miles of the capita), furnifh fufficient for home corifiimption, and export ag r eat quantity abroad. The manufactory of Mr. Giles Richards, and company, is reputed thelargell in the Common wealth. Their improvements in cutting wire, have excited the attention of judicious Europe ans ; and models of two of their principal ma chii es, were lately purchased by ail English gen 'leman for nearly 1001. ilerling. These gentlemen are daily profiting by r.e,w and happy inventions, which diminifli the toil of labour, expedite work, and leflen the price of cards. The prefect year they have completed machines for cutting of boards, which form both the concave and convex parts, to great pe' fet rti on, at a very few strokes. A lath is also invent ed for turning the handles either oval or fiat, or round with great ease and facility. At present the works are in such perfection, that 8 men can turn out 50 dozen per day ; and Ihould they lau dably progress. in various improvements for two or three years to come, as they have done for the fame period pad, their manufactory may justly challenge the known world, to equal rheiti in goodness or dispatch in their work. His Ex cellency the President of the United States was pleased to honor the company with a visit ; and exprefled himfelf highly fatisfied with their in genuity.—To his belt wishes for their prosperity, we can but add our own—-apd doubt not, buC they will be finally patronized by an intelligent community, as meriting public encouragement, fuperadded to private emolument. Z. Y. FROM THE HAMI'SHIRt CHRONICLE. MR. PRINTER, Pis ast to inftrt the following, if you think it merits ,a place,in your paper. TO THE PROMPTER. Sir, I HAVE waited a considerable time, hopingyou or fotne of your correspondents would take notice of an evil,very common ; but as none have touched upon it as yet, I beg leave to lay the matter before you, ana with your opinion upon it.—There are many farmers within the small circle of my acquaintance, who raise barely grain fufficient to bread their families from year to year ; yet these men will run to the merchant and retailer, and because they can be trusted un til fall, and then pay in grain, they will rake up twice as much gauze, cambrick, lace, &c. and three times as inuch rum as they want. When fall comes (and it will come once a year) a great; part of their grain must go to pay up the mer chant's and retailer's bills ; and by March or April they are rambling about to buy bread for their families, and very often go to traders they have dealt with, and must give twenty-five or thirty per cent, higher than what they fold for, and mull pay the money too. Now, Mr. Promp ter, 1 want to know whether these tnen work it right ; or whether, as Dr. Franklin fays, they do not pay very dear for their whittle ? J. K.
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