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FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC.-1l\'.
“ Whit/zer thou. guest I will go ; my people
shall be my people, and thy God my God.”
From the noise and rude tumult, the pangs
of anguish and of care that overspread with
storms, the life of man, to scenes of peace
the weary soul delightful turns’.-
Ye who are regardless of those scenes of
calam.i.t_v and that mass of wretchedness with
which the world is so crouded, listen to the
subject I haveehoscn for our present con-
templ.ation—it is one that has challenged the
admiration of the moralist,- called forth the
most sublime strains of the‘ poet.’ and em-
ployed in the most elegant touches‘ the pen-
cil of the artist;-it is a subject thatinspires
the breast of the philanthropist with emo-
tions of unutterable delight.- ‘ .
On yonder barren heath stands the lonely
cottage of the aged and widowed mother
whose only companions are a son and a
daughter, by whose industry all her wants
are supplied. Accompany me to see
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what passes there: but hark 3» a mournful_
sound salutes our ears; "tie the voice of
grief 5 it proceeds from yonder aged person-
age whose silver locks are »dishevellc-d by
grief, and whose countenance is flX6(l upon
a new made tomb. Be banished hope, (says
she)——odeceitful world adieu, since the joy of
my life has vanisheda-ah, what_ has hope for
“me since thou art gone,» my darling son !
Terrestrial happiness, l1ow short is‘ thy du-
ration !—-J‘ the brightness of the flame is
wastingits f ucl, the fragrant hour passes a-
way in its own odours I” W'bcn I beheld thy
face displaying the manly grace, the win-
ning smile, and bioominglwith 'oeauty’s ri-
sing charms, thou appeared to me as the
brightlight of the morning, and as the noon-
tide beams 5 each virtue seemed to glow in
thine eyes as a mirror, pure as the m_ornin‘g'
tints of the sky, reflected on the tranquil
waves beneath! I fondly fancied that the
evening of my life would have-been cheered
by thy tender love and filial smile ; but alas,
‘how delusive is fancy! like the light ray
that darts on high and pierces the thick
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200 for it, is certain of obtaining. it.—-' '
by slioulditlglrladies of character del-
icacy -thus attire themselves in tile-traizpiifigs
vhitber shall I §0f'I,lfXlll‘y? What is 'tl_i‘e‘_ir ,plE)ject‘j_ X
sweet seek admiration? Mistakeii*f1llea‘.;fi»§ __
Soothing voice of her dau whom adds more to the beauty of a femal_ ,4.,,;‘. H
lainentations had brouglltpto relief. modest attire, and nothing ornaments and
at! exclaims the grieving mother, is there
me yet one comfort to soothe my widow-
neart? Alas, my daughter, leave me, nor
;:n- wish to perish with thy disconsol-ate
her; leave me, and may the blessiiigs of
l attend thee!
Behold the fair Ruth, over whose check
ch are painted Will] beauty’s blush, trick-
Ithe meltin‘g'tea1‘—-see what affection glows
:01‘ countenance while she says, “ Whith-
zhou gocst I will go ; thy people" shall be
people, and thy God my God !” Behold,
fair daughters of Columbia, this beauti-
at-:::1n:}._)le of filial affection, which is wor-
of your imitation ! Go ye who arein1lu-
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embellishes modesty more than simplicity of
press. Look at that woman walking in
Sroadway-—examine her Leghorn at $70-
.lxcr ‘Merino dress at ,?§200——her watches:
rings, &c. at $200 more, together with her
cambric dre_ss,'silk stockings, laced ruff and
l:id slippers, which constitute all the value
5uboil‘t=.lic1'——slxe is a person of ill fame--her
,dress is the produce of .ll‘e'r shame, and she
the wages of sin. Look on the con-
{fl/'ar'y?,"at thatlady, who, with modest steps.
and dress neat,-simple and ornamental, with-
nt extravagance,.pursues her way, the ad-
ymirationpof spectators, and the esteem and
confidence of all who see her; no rude glan-
cl '-if’ the charms of benevolence, and see tees are darted at her——no improper orinde-
< =z“€‘crLi«)nate daughter seeking a subsist-
'c for her aged mother, by gleaning the
us of J=;3oaz——vicw her whom the poet thus
tc;'ih(=,s~--=
“ ./1.mz!z've grace
'§}r .=’.’zz'.-' {mo/zortéoned on /'ze7~]zolis./zccl linrbs, .
' " 11.}: (.1 sz'/nf2Ze robe t/zeir b;*.sta«.’!i7‘c
r'~.“'_r,/.'2I~_."3'/1':‘fIO7}7fZ of dress ,- ‘/b1'!o7)t*lincss‘
»\':.-=..-’t- .,./u‘ 5/2c-fa-rcign aid of 0rname22.t, ‘
.53’.-.4.r is nail-:1 una(l0rnca', adorned Mt: mosl”--
lu*<rhn'\\*ii1g at the feet of Boaz and im-
-:»'in_:: his compassion. She‘ obtains his es-
;-.r and affection.
«low leap for joy ! Compassionate Boaz !
mid to heaven this world contained more
in like thee.
(J benevolence I how amiable are thy prin-
vlcs, whether we view thee extending thy
nilicent hand and relieving the miseries of
:.ukind in general, or whether inspiring the
cast of the dutiful child, and causing him
say to his imligent parent in the language
the text, “ \Vhither thou goest, I will go ;‘
y people shall be my people, and thy God
3' God'"—-in the calming the anger of a pa-
nt toward a disobedient child, and causing
in to run and embrace the returning prod-
al like the parable in Luke ; or filling
ith pity ‘the breast of a man when he be-
this his brother, who from prodigality or
e cruelty of his friends becomes unfortu-
Ltc, inducing him torcscuc him from mis-
3* like Reuben and Joseph 3-,-In all situa-
ms _the"actions of those that are actua;:.:‘.
4' thee, shine with a peculiar lustre.
Hail l:31.'.;'Zy /zc~7,o’r, cu/zasc a’zv;».‘sor;z a’.'ca:.'.-~’.s' .4/it" sign’:
ll’/.-enjiuzcy jzuizzrs the scene of d:.'t.'/2 distress,
W/zose tears 3/zontazzcn-its c/zrystalizc 2./ze eye
IV/zc-72 rzgidfaze denies the ]zo=zu'er to bless.”
‘ Tun LAY rnuncnsn-.
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1-‘RUM THE NATIONAL AU\’OCATE-
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
Pursuing the subject of economy which I
atter myself, has done some good, and may
o more, I cannot avoid noticing the extreme
ressure for money at present. It would be
sdious labor to enquire into the causes of
this SCH - '-“_v, but this 1 may venture to say,
wltli .~’..-i.'.—‘~: ='. 33-. at a want of economy in ex-
pend" . . ‘:- _,'=;=e.v‘~r*nce in speculations are
the p.-..; ‘ “H” -:. "‘=nr merchants go
wildly to w...-4. ii‘
on the ‘hazard of *.
street, a place xvliore mi :~':; —
receive an injudicions iinpz. _ .
see merchants paying two (ma J=“=
x‘-. 7'-2-.§.~' all, as it were,
in \Vall
"ms
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day for the loan of $1000.--'-Think .~=:=.--’=:
a ruinous project for the support of crc-u. ,
how long can it last, and what will be there-
sult ? _Is. it not better for men, when they
find themselves unfortunate, to stop these
deadly remedies, and not plunge deeperin
disease? But to go on in my remarks on
the benefit of a strict economy :——\Valking
a few days ago in Broadway, I met four‘
young ladies, the daughters of a respectable
gentleman of good fortune, not a great one,
but a’ comfortable subsistence. In taking a
view of their dress, their bonnets‘, shawls,
watches, and jewels, I calculated that the
cost of each amounted to $3-500 at least.--
Here was ‘the enormous sum of S‘20‘00 lai '
out in dress, a capital for a young beginner
in the world——a dowery with a wife, of im-
portaucc, if well managed. Not many days
ago a person, who had, by economy and in-
dustry, collected a small ‘sum, purchased in
New-Jersey a farm of 70 acres, half of
which was cleared, with acomfortable dwel-
ling-house and a good barn and stables, for
the very sum which four young ladies carri-
ed about their persons in dress and orna-
ments. Here is a fortune in landedvestateu
here is a home in age, and a living for youth
and industry. How’ can people be so un-
thinkingly extravagant? I‘ heard with indig-
nation and surprise, that a storekecpcre in
Broadway, had sold a cashmere sha\vl to a
lady for $1100! ! Have ladies lost every
sense of shame? Are they so umnindful of
their duty to their family, and to the world
as to subject a fond, complying, weak hus-
band to such criminal extravagance; to in-
j_ure himself, probably injure his creditors,
and finally, to overdraw a-bank? I heard
that acambricidress was sold at auction for
SEOO, and that the Storekeeper will demand
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Struck with the beauty‘
2;: ::.xh‘iableuess of her appearance, he re-.
VC"l to marry her: at the amiunciation of .
s proposal, how did the heart of the poor
tcent looks or gestures offend her eye ; she is
h‘espect_c(l by-all, because she respects her-
self. How mistaken then, is the idea, that
‘dashing glare or glitter, can add to beauty
for to fame. Mark, also, the distinction be-
ftweeu the tidy housewife and the lazy daugh-
<ter; the one lies in‘ bed until ten o’clock,
ithen rises—her hair in papers--her‘ eyes half
,!open—--her slippers down at the heel, with a
‘hole or two in her stockcings-—her calico
wrapper greasy and torn, and her whole ap-
‘pearance indolence and indifibrenee. Thus
dressed she slides into the parlour, and,sips
;l'.llC remains of cold coffee and dry toast;
fthen takes a novel, or looks out of a three
;story window, and lolls about until dinner,
-sleeps in the afternoon, visits at night, and
goes to bed at twelve, without doing any be-
nefit to herself, her friends or family. Look
on thecontrary, at the tidy wife—-she rises
‘in the morning at an early, hour, dressed
ilain, neat and clean—-she prepares break-
lfast for her husband in time for him to at-
itend business—-dresses_,,and sends’ her chil-
‘lren to school—-sews’e"o”r knits--looks after
her domestic concerns, and is, in short, the
active‘ woman——the economical wife——the at-
tentive mother, and withal the polished lady
lj.-—her days are passed in usefulness, and her
hiights in peace. Such a woman is a ‘ crown
‘to her husband.’
, I enquired last week of a confcctioner
what he was doing with four large iced
plumb cakes ; he made them he said by or-
der of alady for a tea party ; they_ amount-
ezlto 50 dollars. Amazing! eat fifty dol-
lars worth of cake in an evening! why it
»-13‘t=.':;i:ld school five poor children for a year
‘Q-:—it would buy pair of shoes for their
‘cold and naked feet-—-it would pay 6 month’s
rent for two old and respectable pcrsons.——
.Would not that party be satisfied with a cup
of good coffee and toast, mufiins, rusk, crum-
’1‘.='ets, waffles, cheese and fish, and not swal-
,-lowso much money in eat-ables ? how very in-
considerate it is? H0W-‘'iP~D-
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Power of Fashion.-—-The following anec-
dote nill show, in a striking manner, the in-
iiuence of fashion over the human mind.
A gentleman of large fortune fell violent-
ly in love with a lady,- much inferior to iron
in point of property, but far superior H] m-
tcllecziual acquirements.- He addressed her,
for some time, with a zeal becoming her mer-
its. But at length she told him she never
could consent to marry him, until she had re-
quired a sacrifice, which she feared would
be infinitely too great for him to make. If
it be half my estate, said be, it shall" be
checrfull y laid upon the altar of love. ’l‘hat,
‘said the lady, is but a trifle, to whatl am
,about to demand. ' If you would have the
lwhole of my fortune, and myself for your
slave, replied the suitor, I will not denim‘-
! It is more than all that, said the fair da'ms_el.
; lame your terms, name your terms !- crieil
J the impatient lover--ind m_e wage war with
I giants, or fight the fierce lions of the desert 5'
'l and my love for you shall make. me victo-
rious. Nay, order me to the Indies, to Chi-
; no, or Japan, and you shall be obeyed. The
jsacrifice is still greater than all that, said
I the lady. _ For compassion’s sake then, cri-
E3 rd he in despair,-tell me what it is. It is no
i less than this, said she, that you shave off
' your monstrous W/zisl;c7*s, that I may have
the pleasure of beholding your fz1cc!_l.,;_ My
I’?.’.vE.:1~:rr.<; .-' cried he, in astonishment-—-my
Wllisl:c1's .’ .’ O, heavens ! No, madam, be
it known to you, 1 will not part with my
Wi’u',si;ei2‘.9, to obtain the‘ heart and hand of
any daughter of Adam now existing on the
face of the earth I
Au iuviolable fidelity,’ good humour and
complacency temper in awoman outlive
all the charms of a fine face, andmake the
decays of it invisible.
No beauty hath any charms equal to the
inward beauty of the mind. A gracefulness
in the manners is much more engaging than
that of the person ; the formerevery one has
the power to attain in some measure; the
other is‘ in no ono’s power--is no internal
worth, and is only the gift of God who form-
ed us all. ’ Mcekness and modesty are the
true and lasting ornaments.
He whose honest freedom makes it his vir-
tue to speak whathe thinks, makes it his ne-
cessity to think what is good.
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A '§’piz'itnal 1”’.ridc.--It__is g1-.e.at¥_tobe l-*egret=
ted, that suavity of speech a durbanity 0
rank among heterodox virtues. But I have
yet to learn in what page of revelation cour-
tesy is prescribed.
weighty for being burnished, nor the dia-
mond the lcss valuable for being polished,nor
real religion the less pure for being decora-
ted with the ornament of ]'Pi«:' courtesy. The
holiness o_f.a saint receives no contamination ,
or alloy from the manners of a gentleman.
, —--z--2::--nu-—— - t
Perhaps no Chancellor ever gaveso many
church bcneficcs to poor clergymen of real
merit as Thurlow; Among other instances
of his eccentric goodness, the following ap-
pears to deserve peculiar notice. — A curate’
who had a numerous family, but no patron’.
among the great, was prompted by his wants
and a favorable opportunity which the sud-'
dcn death of his rector aflbrded, to make a
personal application to Thurlow. The chan-
cellor was struck with his appearance and
address, and after hearing his story whimsi-,4
cally asked him € Whom have you to" re-‘
‘nianncrs appear with‘ some good people to .
Gold is not the. less :
comtnend you ?’——‘ Only the Lord of Hosts, .
my Lord’---' ‘Well.’ replied Thurlow instant-
ly, ‘ as it is the first rcconnuendation I have-
had from his Lordship, be assured that I
shall attend to it.’ The living was given t6
the meritorious applicant. , -
———-anus-2::-¢§§'c1>Z='>-2::-1-———
FROM THE CATSKILL neconnsn.
“ They- seek a country-.”
This is the age of emigration ;~ and mul-
titudes, impelled by the hope _of more eligi-
ble circumstances, or by the restlessness in-
herent in the soul of man, or by the iron;
hand of necessity, d'ecl-arc-, with the writfilr;
4 that they seek a country.’ But while so
while so many are persevering in their te-
dious ma:ch, as aliens, through our_land, let
the heavenly idea emanate thro’ our world-
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much zeal is displayed in this cause, and--~
ly hearts, that we all urnust consider ourselves '
‘strangers and pilgrims’ here below, and
‘ seek a better country’ than that_ which is
washed by the hil‘lo‘w_s of the northern lakes,
or‘ by the waves of the Ohio——‘ EVEN A
XIEAVENLY.’ For when the traveller is ar-
rived at the place of his destination, his hap-
piness is incomplete and precarious; but .;
Zion’s pilgrims shall attain unto ‘a city‘
which hath foundations, whose builder and
whose maker is God.’ 'l‘he greatest" and
most endeared earthly possessions, if not
before relinquished, must he resigned at the
coming of the king of terrors _; but no evil
thing shall be" suffered to approach the con-
fines of the heavenly land. “And there is a
necessity for our inmaecliateh «lL*partu}:e- ,.on.
this spiritual journey-——for atg l|UlllC}=“i-It".iYili’
sins, we must miserably perish.-
In this progress’, let not the children of
this world be wiser in their generation than _
the children of light. Let us, like the world-
ly traveller, have no alternative, but with
fortitude forthwith depart. Like him, we
will endeavor to take our households with
us. Lil-;e him, let us have the desired land
constantly in view. Let us, in imitation of
him, follow the dircctcst road, suffer no other
pursuit to cngror-;s our care, and avoid eve-
ry thing that might impede our progress.-
And let us not be mindful of the country
from which we came out, nor imlulge a lin~
gcring wish to return ; but make allthat v»:-
say, and all that we do, declare for 1)‘: = that
we seek a country, even a hr2=.vmi.ly..’
BritgfiS'e'ripl:c2'e f3«.::uczrlrcr.
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HE subscribers liming been-5 appointed by
the Hon. Court of Probate, for the district
of Danbury, Commissioners to receive, exam‘
inc and adjust the claims of the several creditors
to (lie eslalc of Jona.'.’m7z1-Ioyz, late of Ridgefield,
deceased, represented insolvent; hereby give
notice, that they will attend to the business of
their appointment on the second Tuesday of .'éar«
nary, I819, at the dwelling-house of I’Vz'l[z'am
Ifceler, and "on the first Tuesday of May follow-
ing, at the house of ,./Imos A‘.-'mz't/2, in Ridgeficld;
six months being allowed for the settlement of
of the estate of said (lct.‘.cz'.sc<il. All accounts not
cxhi‘bitecl'wiLh':n that time, will be debarrcd a re-
covery.
. Jcssr S. 1.?1.».4L-Lsr, Comm1s~
l'VII.LI.r1M 1!,;u'1.zr, sioncrs.
29*
4 Riclgefield, I\_l‘o':". 9 I318.
HE Honorable Court of Px'ui)ute, for Stam-
ford (listrlc‘-., has limited seven months
from 1his.d-ay, for the cxlnbition of claims'against
the estate of ./Irma Tortcri, late of Rye,deceascd.
GlLBl:‘.ll'l‘ 'l‘OT'l'1£N, Ex'ec’r.
Stamford Nov. 3,3318.
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rt of \Veavin g.
Just reserved and for sale at tIn'_s Ofice, mul
also by N. L. SKINNER, Bridgeport,
The Wcav=e1"s Assistant,
“ Explaining in a familiar manner, the first pr1n- -
ciplcs of the Art" of \Vc-aving; containing up-
wards of eighty cliflcrcm Drafts, both of Diapers
zmcl Cgv(;_l‘lt‘tS ; to which 1s'adr‘red, Observations
on Draft. Paiming, with an Appendix, containing
several useful Tables. By PmLo BLAKEMAn.”
Aug). l l . 15 ’
Blank Certificates and ’
ers of Attorney, ,,
For Pensioners, for sale at this Otlice,
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so by Slu:-rmt_m, Baldwin, <5“ Go. Bridgeport_.<
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