A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHIL ADF.I PHI A [No. 82, of Vol. lII.] Wednesday, February 8, 1792. FROM A VIRGINIA PAPER LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA ON the ryth of December the Senate after having examined into the several charges a gainst Judge Olborne, pronounced him guilty, as follows : Whereas Henry Ofborne, Esquire, one of the judges of the Superior Court of the State of Geor gia, hath been impeached by the Honorable the House of Reprel'entatives before the Senate of the said State, and in General Assembly met ; the Senate having heard evidence in support of the said charges, and on hearing argument, as ■well on the part of the prosecution, as on the part of the said Henry Ofborne, and taking the premises into conflderation, do find the said Hen ry Ofborne, one of the judges of the Superior Court, GUILTY of the firft, second, third, fifth, and sixth articles of impeachment against him. The Senate do find the said Henry Ofborne not guilty of the fourth articlc against him. And for the offences whereof the said Henry Ofborne is declared guilty, this High Court, founded on an express article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, doth award and adjudge. First. That the said Henry Olborne fliall be no longer'one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the State of Georgia ; and that his naine be struck off the lift of Justices in Cambden county. Secondly. That he (hall be incapable to hold any office of trust, honor or profit, iV» this State, for thirty years Thirdly. That his name ftioll be struck off the roll of the attornies at law. Fourthly. That he shall pay the sum of fix hun dred in specie, oh or before the firft Mon day in June next, to defray the adtual costs of this profecntion : and that the recognizance of the laid Henry* Qlborne, and his sureties, remain of force nntil the said fnm be paid into the Treia fnry, or his body surrendered to the (heriff of Richmond county, in discharge of such sureties. On the 23d of December, both Houses of As fembly of that state came to the following refo- Jution : Refotved, That the approbation and thanks of this Legtflatnre be communicated to Gen. James jackson, a Representative from the county of Chatham, for his exertions in bringing forward to public investigation an attack on the liberties and privileges of the citizens of this Hate, in the last election for a member to represent this (late in the Cotigrefs of the United States. The conducft of the citizens of the State of Georgia, in thus punishing an officer who had made so nnjuftifiable a life of his appoiniment, deserves to be highly applauded by every friend to his country. This noble example will prove to our rulers, that the people watch with due circumfpetftion, their rights and privileges, and that they are at all times ready to step forth in defence of them. BOSTON A letter from J fines Bowdoin, Esq. proposing a plan for the dies of the poor, in the article of fuel, and offering in cafe the town should con cur in the measure suggested, to pay to whonifo ever the town should decree to receive it, tool, by way of donation, towards carrying said plan into full execution, vras communicated to the in habitanis by the feletftroeu j whereupon it was voted, That the thanks of the town, &c. be given Mr. Bowdoin, for his generous offer, and also that the fele&men be a committee to take the proposed plan into consideration and report therfcon. Q, U E B E C, December 19. By a letter from a gentleman at St. Paul's Bay, to a refpec r table mercantile house in this city, we are favotctl with accounts of a diftrefling ten dency— Ihe 6ih inft. a shock of an earthquake was felt, and between that and the 15th (the date of the letter) 29 (hocks more were felr, 9 of which were very severe, and did considerable da mage to feveial houses, the church, &c. It ob liged the inhabitants to quit their honfes very often, feai ful of their falling every moment, as nothing lei's could be expetfed. At the time of the gentleman's writing the account, lie felt two lhocks more ; a poor female loft her senses by the fright—they did not hear of any lives being loft, buc the people were in a state of apprehension for other quarters. FROM THE QIJFEEC HERALD. MONODY Alas, where wish for I have Jlray'd / can wander with pleasure, alone ! LEAVE me, my friend, the wild fequefter'd wood, The melancholy brook, the whifp'nng wind, The plaintive linnet's «ote,* and solitude Suit bcft the tender anguifhof my mind, Nor wonder at my choicc, if fond I stray, Refign'd to thought, beneath the lonelv grove ; Absent and dull I lounge among the g a y; Their jokesdifpJeafe,—my heart is with my love. Would'ft thou with friendly conveife sooth my c«re, Praise the mild azure of my Delia's eye; Dwell on the loften'd graces of my faii% Nor call it affe6tation, if I sigh. Her foft, expressive, melting eyes bcfpeak A foul as gentle as her acccnts How ; Mild is the dimple on her crimlon cheek, Her auburn trefles shade a neck of snow r Tall Chines thcgrsceful maid—yet ?b desist, In pity cease to praise the matchlcfs fair ; You nurse the anxious sorrows of my breast. And only plunge me deeper in despair. In silence oft, and with a ftifled sigh, An humble tender glance I fond have stole ; if I met her foul fubduiog eye, Let lovers tell the transports ot my foul ! I thought (be pity'd me—ah fool, the while ! Her lovely eyes a thousand hopes can move ; Despair is banifh'd by her beauteous smile ; And ah, how talfe a flatterer is love ! Here muting, let me pass my penfiveday ; Disturb no more, my friend, the sacred fliade ; For here. *n happier hours, she deign'd to stray, Each objed round recalls my fav'rite maid. On this green bank, where once her limbs reclin'd, Romantic let me sigh mv hours away, And in fond raptures gladly call to mind. The gentle things my charmer deign'd to fay. Ah whv thy melancholy friend persuade The dull, unfeeling revellers to join ? To quit the image of the beauteous maid. And drown my cares in turbulence and wine ? I hate such gross debarments of the foul, Such falfe, unfteadv joys I scorn to prove ; Full well thou know-'ft 'he magic of the bowl ; And wine deceives and flatters more than love. Haft i-hou iy>t seen a veteran profound In drunken ostentation count his fears, Hisflufh'd companions nodding ail around, Tir'd with a long detail of endless wars ? His u-nprais'd arm would many a hofl engage Down it deeends—nor e'en the table spares Then, with a (VgH, wc pity'd prating age, And loft the reverence due to silver haits. Haft thou not seen, deceiv'd by fraudful wine, In felf conceit and nauseous bumpers drown'd, Ten orators, at dnce, attempt to (hine, And sputter nonfenfeand confufion round ? The foul, rrrijlrujtirtg, ajks iftkifbe joy /+ Such groveling scenes are poor relief for sorrow ; E'en while falfe hopes his heated mind employ, Each bloated caitiff trembles for to-morrow. Say, ftiouid I quit love's pure, refining sway, To claim a despicable drunkard's praise ? As soon I'd change the morning'schearful ray For the dull crackle of a stubble blaze ! Rut flattering love ill can mv foul withstand ; My Delia's eyes inspire a brighter flame; The *rntleft preffureof her lilly hand Thrills with ethcrial transport through my frame. F.'lacious Love, thou dear deluding pwwer, Soften her tender bosom while I sigh ; Or change my being to a vernal flower, Plac'd on her breast to taste of bliss—and die ! Fancy, be itill ! ah why increase my pain ? Why fondly dwell, invidious on her charms ? Why aid Dlspai r to paint some happier swain Clafp'd to her breast, and folded in her arms ? And felf tormenter, Envy, shun mv breast Whate'er my fate, be this my conftaint pray'r ; In all her wilhes let the maid be blcft, And be her life as happy as she's fair ! * An American bird, remarkable for the dull monotony of it's note. + Goldsmith. PARIS, O&ober 26 THE Archduke and Council ot Brabant have lately taken the most decided and even vigo rous nieafures againfl the refracftory Hates ; as they give room for apprehending serious conse quences, and are even considered as 011 the eve of a declaration of hollilities. , The minister at war has given a farisfaftory account to the national afl'embly of his condudt with regard to the four soldiers who are detain ed in prison notwithstanding the amnelty. It appears that the non-conforming priests are in force in several of the provinces. At St. Pierre le Bonne, they appeared at the head of five hun dred peasants, and plundered the church of the holy utensils, &c. &c. 325 Shenston E. tit&o [Whole No. 290.] Mr. Hooft, the patriotic Burgomafler,and one of the 1110 ft diftinguifbed of the Dutch refugees, has been insulted in a very violent manner ac Deventer, and conduced out of the town amid the abuse and pelting of the populace, who filled his carriage with mud. The government are fufpecfted to have countenanced this proceeding from political motives. In the department de l'Orne, the refradtory priefls have attempted to make themselves mas ters of the parifti church of , by force of arms. This sedition has been quelled by the good eonduil of the municipality. The carriage and free circulation of grain and other provisions, continues to meet with greac interruption from the fears and fufpicionsof the people in the provinces ; particularly in the de partments of the Loiret, Loir and Chur, Indre and Loir, and Magenrie and Loire, which has drawn upon the directories of those department* a very sharp monitory from the minilter, by the King's order. M. de Damas, late governor of Martinique, is accused before the national aflembly, by (oineof the persons whom he sent to France, of sedition and rebellion at the commencement of the trou bles in that island. Are there no tribunals of juftire but the legiflarive body, which cannot ex ercise it without violating the constitution ? But what is become of the amnesty ! VIENNA, October 14. Government has just published an ordinance, enjoining all its magistrates " ftriftly to observe the conduct of the French emigrants in the pro vinces of Austria : to prevent all unlawful exces ses and dangerous enterprizes on their part, and to be particularly careful that they do not enlist any Austrian fubjetfs—and even to compel all such Frenchmen to quit the country, who are un der suspicions of that nature—tofeize upon their persons, if necessary, to examine them, and to fee that they he furnidied with no (applies whatever by the fubjecfts of Austria, that might enable them to acl offenfively against their country. LONDON, November x^6 It is said that the lofles of the Nootka Sound Proprietors are now in a fair train of being speedily reimbursed by Spain. A private letter from Count Bruhl has beea published, in which he aflerts, that the only mo tive for encouraging the French Noblesse to emi grate, was to get as much of their specie as pos sible. PEARL FISHERY With the late advices received from the East- Indies, a letter was received by a gentleman in the city, giving an account of a late season of Pearl-fifhing, full of information as to the nature of it, and the success with which it was altered. There fell some very fine rains at theo'*ej>ing of the season. The several barks employed ia the filhery put off each morning before the fuu rose, and returned about noon. The clivers were some of the mod expert in the world. As soon as a bark had cad anchor, every diver tied an heavy weight to one as his feet, which funk him to the bottom of the sea. Here he moved upon the sand, or among the points of rocks, tearing off the oysters he met with, and pulling them into a net tied to him by a long cord, the other end of which was fattened to the fide of the bark. By the fame cord he was pul led when he was supposed to want air. A fine /killFul boy, of spirit and adventure, ne ver returned with his net; he was destroyed by some fi(h. This sometimes happens, and is on< of the greatest perils of pearl-fiftiing. » • • - 1 The divers in general wore no sooner brought up, than into the Tea they jumped again, conti nuing this violent exercise without, intermission for many hours. On the fliore they unloaded their barks, and laid their oysters in pits dug in the sand, till the fun opened and killed them and oot dropped the pearls. The pearls have an advantage over precious (tones dug out of rocks, which owe their lustre entirely to human industry ; — whereas the for mer are einbellifhed purely by nature, and the finiftiing of them is only by art: they are formed wirh that brilliant waier which makes them so highly prized : they have an elegant polifli in the sea : nature adorns them herfelf, before they are taken from her: they coine fair, perfetfl, and beautiful from their mother.
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