* - FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE. / JACK and the DEACON. An Anecdote in the Style of Peter Pindar TWO sons of Neptune, Jack and Will, One Sunday'* morn were walking, On various fubjetts, this and that, With much fang froid were talking. Per chance as near a house of prayer They fearlefs urg'd their careless way, The deacon of the church they met; - In robes bedizen'd for the day. He bow'd, and thus the tars addrefs'd, 44 Good firs, why pass ye thus the time; Surely you'd better walk with me ; Sport on this day is no small crime . With all my heart, each tar reply'd, And boldly with the man they venfur'd ; Who kindly led thrm to the house: When on his course the parson enter'd. With prayer the solemn work begins, A foag'of Zion next succeeds; And here the deacon, rising flow, Gravely proclaims the psalm and reans " With Hyfop purge thy servant Lord Then tun'd aloud his vocal nose; But luckless man, behold ! a tune, That fuiied ill his verse, he chose: Thrice he eflay'd to found the line ; And thrice he hem'd to change his tone;- But vain, aljs ! prov'd each attempt; The man now wifh'a himfelf alone. Jack, mov'd to pity, law his friend's distress, Nor could he long his fummon'd feelings curb, But rising from hts feat he loudly cry'd, L Deacon ! for G—d's fake try some other herb. FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE. A MISTAKE CORRECTED, Meflrs. Thomas & Andrews. IN your last magazine, a lady under the dena ture o£ 1 hilenia bas favored the public with a beautiful and pathetic poein, on the loss of the question for the abolition of the blavc Trade, in the British Parliament. The concluding address to those dillinguifhed characters who ftipporrec. the motion is particularly animated and (hiking: but I must beg leave to correct a final! millake ■which Philenia has incurred in supposing Mr. Wilberforce, the leading advocate in this de bate, to be a member of the society of jricnds. This may probably have arifeu from the early, general, and indefatigable exertions of that so ciety in this cause of humanity, both in Europe and America. Mr. Wilberforce is a profefled member of the efhiblifhed church, having re ceived his education at St. Joint's college, in the university of Cambridge. This truly philan thropic Senator has been Representative in the British Parliament for the coiiury of York, since the year 1784; and though poflclTed of a deli cate and sickly constitution, has devoted the most ardent and persevering attention for several years to this common cause of judice and bene volence, the advocates for which, we hope, not vithftanding their late defeat, will finally be crowned with success. Be/lon, Jugnfl 20, 179 1 THE OPINIONS OF STANISLAUS, KL\'G OF i OL AND. WE ought to be more offended at excessive praiies, than at invectives : Many would tie more esteemed, with a less profufenels of their merit : It should be laid out by measure, and only when wanted. There is a dignity, which however exalted of itfelf, gives no rank; that resulting fiom the character of a good man. Shall we give over being virtuous to avoid the sneers and machinations of envy ? Where would the world be, (hould the fan withdraw his beams, that, they might not dazzle weak eyes ? In moll kinds of governments, man is made to conceive himfelf free, and really to be (hack led. Esteem is more pleating than friend/hip, and even than affe<ftion ; it captivates the heart ef fectually, and never makes the objects ungrateful. Most parsimonious people are very good na turcd, continually amaiTing wealth for thofewho wifli them in the grave. Some authors labour and polilh their com po rtions to such a degree, that all they public is ntere filings. There is in the world a tribunal more to be feared, than thole of civil authority. This is in ■vifible, has neither officers, forms, nor ensigns ; it is likexvife universal and every where alike, and every one has a right to vote in it. In this com t, tire Have lits in judgment on his inalter, and the subject palles sentence 011 his sovereign. It is coinpoied of all good persons, and they alone respect it ; as, an the other hand, it is only the moil hardened profligates, who make light ot its decrees. Natural manners silence the laws ; anil it is they by which Empires are railed or overthrown. The greatefl: pleasure that can he done to a vain man, is not lo much to praise hiih, as quiet ly to hear him p;aiie liimfelt". An englishman 158 EXTRACTS. tt a VERY sensible and good tnan, and an exemplary divine, once told in c i_ 'h a!: when he fettled in the ministry, his parilhioners would all with one accord, have il that he was an angel ; a few years, he said, convinced tuein of their error ; and then, lays lie, they as utu verfally agreed that 1 must be a devil. Ihe truth was that this man was neither devil nor angel ; but if viewed with an impartial eye, and his perfections and imperfe<ftions both considered, would have been found to be a very woi thy man. Men in high Nations in life are too often treated in this way. Sometimes they have too much merit ascribed to them, but ottner too lit tle : Envy is ever officious on these occasions ; people are apt to imagine when they fee one ril ing in the world, that he is rising from their ru ins ; the applause given to a riling chat after, seems to echo reproaches to them ; they immedi ately let themselves to work to retain their sup posed merited importance ; and as is always the cafe, with weak minds, they begin at the wrong end ; instead of corrediingtheir own faults, their whole time is devoted to hunting for foibles in he man of eminence, the objetfl of their envy ; and if, in him, they can discover blemishes, they are spread abroad as veils for their own." " Friendship is a sacred word, a h jly thing ; it never subsists but between good men, nor com mences but by a mutual esteem : It is kept up, not so much by a benefit received or conferred, as by a virtuous life. Tliat which makes one friend aflured of another, is the knowledge he has of his integrity. The sureties he has for him, are his good disposition, his truth andcon- Itancy, No friendlliip can subsist where thei;e is cruelty, treachery, and injustice. When the wicked meet together, it is a conspiracy, not a society of friends. They cannot mutually aid, 'out are afraid of one another. They are not friends, but confederates in guilt." " Virtue to crown her Jav' rites lavei to try Some new, unbeaten pajfage to the Jky; Where God a feat among the juji Jkall give, To those who diejor meriting to live!"— Virtue and eminent abilities are so far from being a defence against the fhafts of malice avd envy, that they seem peculiarly cx pofed to their attacks —the shadow is not a more constant attend ant on the fubflance, than the ill wishes of the worjl characters on the bejl.—But every good man knows that this is a tax which he Tiuft puy for that sublime pleasure which results from conscious • e&itudc. The malignant bosom is conflantly feeling a return of those cor roding sensations which harrow up its tortured imagination—its envenomed attacks recoil with redoubled force on iifelf—for, like Svfiphus, it is condemned to perpetual and unprodu&ive exe»- ions. Hapnv is it for mankind that their natures are too versatile for the constant and universal exercise of this balefu) The envious often find themfclves solitary beings—for in the revolu tions of human affairs it constantly happens, that the public opi nion does justice to innate probity and real abilities— " And tho' a Lite, a fare rewardJuLucds." fOR THE CURE OF WOUNDS FROM RUS * T? KAII.S, &C. TAKE Turpentine and Soft Soap, equal quan tities of each j mix them well together, and apply them on the wound, as a plaifter, and they will extratft the poison common thereto,and cure the wound, without any dangerous consequences. For contracted Joi/its', in cases -where the Legs or Arms have been kept many -weeks in a bent poption, and by that means the jinews, tendons, &c. have become contrasted. TAKE the yolk of an egg, beat up with a, tea-fpoonful of clear water, and anoint the pan three times a day ; and in a week begin to ex tend the limb gradually. Four or five weeks will produce a great effetil in fupling the joint, and restore the loft vigor. !\luf. urn. LONDON, July 6 THE fir ft king of Franc* was Pharamond,who at the head of a colony of Franks, attempt ed the conquelt of that country,then called Gaul ; and his ceremony of inauguration was that of being carried round his camp on a buckler.— This was in the year 4-20 ; and in 2g years after wards, Merovious, who was the fuccellbr of Clo dio, the son of Pharamond, made himfelf mafler of Paris. In 493, the Chtiftian religion began to flourifn there,3 and Clovis, who married the King of daughter, was publickly anointed in Pans, by several Bifliops who came from llheims. The ltreets were hung with tapellry, and the oil poured on the King with a phial, which was announced to nave been brought from Heaven by an angel in the shape of a dove. Some thouf.inds of the people were baptized-at ; he fame time. It is thought the defence of the King and Oueen of France wiil foften matters much in t heir favor : it is even conjectured that it was drawn up for them by connivance of the Nation al Afl'embly, who are disposed to acflas favorably as circumstances will ndmit, wifely confidcring the danger of committing any atft of violence a gainst them. KINGSTON, (Jam.) July 16 ; There are half-joes in circulation which will eceivc the nicett "bfervation, unless put into i :ale, when their weight will be found not J xceec! eight penny weights. We find the following anicle in an Enjrlift \ japer " From making a proper analysis 0 f t e counterfeit guineas impreflbd with the i 81, and which have been made to circulate i n tl e country, it is found that they are compound e. of platina and gold, and it is from the former tl at they have received a palish call, and the n cety of weight, without eiureafing the bulk as platina is rather heavier than gold, r< fradtory in the hotted fire, that it refills all f u . si m, except when melted with other metals ( 'his phenomenon of the mineral kingdom ii si und in Mexico and Peru, and considerablesa W . p es have been brought from the island of Jania! i< J.) The public ftiould therefore be extremely" c (itious in the examination of gold, as weight ,a one cannot admit of any pofiibility of detec-j ,t on." / PROVIDENCE, Sept. 3. f A number of public spirited gentlemen have determined to open a subscription for a Bank to be eftabliihed here, of 150,000 dollars, in 500 fhaies, of 300 dollars each, payable one half in silver or gold, and one half in the 6 per cent, and 3 per cent, funded debt of the United States' in equal parts —one quarter part of both fperie and paper to be paid on the rft Monday ofOfto ber next, and the other three quarters to he paid quarterly, viz. on the Ift Monday of Janua/y April and July next. The particular plan of the subscription will be publilhed in the next pa per, and will be as similar to the National Bank as may be. All therefore whi wilh to partake of similar advantages and of the amazing profits on Bank Scripts, have this public notice, that they may prepare themselves to attend at the Court House in Providence, at ten o'clork, in the forenoon of said Ift Monday of October next, when a Chairman will be appointed, to receive the number of fhnres each person may vtifli to subscribe, in order, f.iould the fubfctiptions ex ceed the proposed ;co shares, that each claim may be proportionally reduced. 37■ dollars, being the firft quarter, most be paid in specie, and the fame fom in the above securities, to each share, into the hands of the Directors, which are then to be chosen, and the Bank to be put into I immediate operation, to facilitate the fall bufi | ness.; BOSTON, Sept. 3 Extract of aI; iter from an officer in the Teitrtl Army, to the editor, dated Fort-Fitt dug. 9, 1791. " On Sunday last I arrived at this pod wirli about 200 men, after a disagreeable march of 700 miles. I found that all the troops had gone down the river, except 300 levies. Next week we embark for Fort Washington. The whole army will be about 4000, exclusive ofthe militia. Heaven grant us success. " About 12 miles from this place, I encamped lad Saturday. I was curious to behold the place where Gen. Braddock was defeated in 1755'. With my two officers, and a man of this country acquainted wirh the ground, I marched about 4 miles to it, and we made such observations as gave us fatisfatftion. The man who conduced us, led us to a tree which had a number of balls in it, and which had been felled about 25 years. — Mr. C. my Ensign, fonnd a grape fliot in one part of it, about 2 J feet from the butt, which he cut out—and which, together with two pieces of skull Bones which I picked up on the field, I fend you, by the bearer, Lieut. Sherman. You will observe how the wood and iron are concret ed. We reconnoitred the place at which he pafl ed the river—it is called the Monongehala, nine miles from this place, that and the Alleghany river make the head of the Ohio. I give you this information and fend the balls and bones, m I think it may ain life you and my friends. I wish I had time to have been more particular,butyoti may rely 011 the fact—lt was not made in a Print ing or a Lawyer's office, nov in a barber s shop, but it was made on the spot, known by the name of Braddock's Fields. God bless you and all friends." Extract of a letter from London, to the Editoi ofth• Argus, dated July 6, t 791 - " There is a letter received from Mr. tie (author of a famous piece again ft Km Ke) <a ed at Paris, the 24th of June, which has 111s niarkable paflage : " The contest will - between the Royalists and Republicans ~ « 1 ever conquer the form of government wi e cided by. Spain is revolting- That nation not yet'had an example from a peop e \ j,ey they did not deem heretics in religion- . are now determined to follow Catholic P.j and nor be deemed heretics in the caule 0 liberty."
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