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FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE.
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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
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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."