ll
I‘ ings and love th ottls, they will be very
..~l.—l’- ~. .. . _.
'_"~~§_fl_St1,l3l0nS, bu,tg_a_d ‘_
_-‘fjunctions of. o_ui"- .
Jesus Christ,"
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4"=.- . iron '1‘!-IE G‘A-Z.l'.‘-T',1:E"’.
Jllessre E-ditora-=-If the following unfimshed
" Address to a‘ sheet of l’aper.”_on which a[.l..a-
tly had written, has merit suliic1ent_to_occ.tIpy a
place in vour valuable -papers b)"‘“5‘?"“"t9["- you
will oblige only
Insensate paper! could’.~tt thou be‘ poss_eS"s'Cl
Of mind, that thou might IUIOW l1Y‘“’l1-‘Elm “W53
' lines, ’ "
_"7j1*',,;,g da,-my g_1eam'a1ong thy spotless face,
Making sweet-contrast with thy paly ill-159_ _
‘t*Vere written 8: coni[)os‘d——liosy?,_ rcat thy bliss l
Thou of pure innocence, and enfhlcm art:
\V”hite7}ts:’the driven snow’, when fiercely f-ann’d‘,
ilyiunrefenting Boreas ; _ I
So what upon thy spotless‘ face 15 S98“.
Purer than ice hanging on.Dian’s temple,
An emblem is of her who plac’d it there.
-Oh I had’st thou vision, thou rnightest haveper-‘
ct.-lv’d «
How every charm that Angels can possess’,
‘Shines more refulgent on her heavenly face
Than stars, that do the azure arch adorn.‘
Her raven locks, that shade her brow of snow,
(VVhere intellect is seen hiding itself, ‘
.r’*.s‘~i‘f‘too modest to be gazi’d upom)
Adorniog and adorn’d, now softly press’d
And kissing th‘ose fair cheeks, where health
Sits basking ’neath the effulgence mtld_
Gf eyes so jetty black anddiamond bright-—
Now wildly floating on the amarous breeze,
In fondest dalliance and wanton play,
Anon embracing, as with love increas’d
Front absence,*that Grecian neck and breast.
5 O heavens! where is the wretch,
That at the thought of what may be beneath
Tlmt simple ”k'erchief, which ever and anon
Rises and falls, as from excess of joy ‘
,l’.rocluc’d by compassing those mounds oi bliss,
\Vhere love triumphant lays aside his bmllx
Toohaply plac’d to wander from his throne
In search of victims to his lawless rule.
"x~'\7het:e isthe wretch, I ask, who Segillg this;
'l;‘h_-at does not feel his very inmost flesh)
To qtlivcr, and his blood congcal-—
Plilegniatic he may be-—nay. St. .lohn’s vpws.
May be upon him, which he dare not _brake-—-
Yet, if hcferl not---having first p€.l‘C‘il"’d
'i'.he object, which illegihly l’ve drawn,
He must be less or more than man,
1-»'or,1nan he cannot be. _
Or woulds’t thou see that form and lovely face,"
More perfect than the graces all combin’d,
Ilow every charm that lit-auty can adorn:
Is there. pre-eminent, unri\‘all’(l shown 2
Tliose ‘checks, to’ which i:’en Hygeiu’s are pale,
That nose, so perfect Grecian, and that mouth
".‘«'h:-.re smiles and kisses interminglecl are,
So lovely both, we hardly can decide
Vvhethcr to stand aloof, and feast our eyes
' Upon what first was nam’d.
of eminence, is called the Eatherl of calcin-
niators. \Vould to heaven that I could in-
fzssc. into the liearts of my kind readers, the
ardorl feel for the injuredcause of human-
it.V_§._:; ibutialas ! I fear the dictates, of reason,
i_i‘:justi<_~.-.-., humanity and religion; ‘will scarce-
ly be heard by the vile calumniator who‘
gratilics his appetite with false accusations,‘
and af tel'\\*a1'(lS makes _a feast on the murder-
cd reputation of his fellow beings-—His “ vi-
perous tongue outvcnoms all the worms of
' Nile :” his poisonous breath ol't_corrodes the
xvortliicst bosoms, and causes the innocent
sufferer to answer severe an(l;;:gr0tindless"
charges brongltt by those who" hiid_ no right,
either by the laws of God or titan, to dissem-
inate thro-.tghout a whole community," an un-
provoked and wanton accusationvdthout the
least shadow of truth. and no “man is so vi1";-
tuous as not to have those who envy and af-
fect to despise him. Hence no abilities can
repel the blow ; no innocence shield us from
the assailant; no virtue, prudence, caution
or generosity can escape the tongue of the
slanderer. which oft injures their sensibility,
destroys their interest. and impedes their ad-
vancement in life. Sometimes a pious father,
friend, or benefactor is discarded or suspect-
ed as a treacherous wretch, unworthy of love
or confidence. Thus the hearts, of parents,
grief, and their grey hairs brought down to
—the grave in sorrow. Sometimes the needy
stranger, whose lot is providentially casta-
mong his brethren in a foreign land, is im-
mediatcly assailed by the columniator,‘stig-
worthy the smiles of a humane and civilized
community. A Thus the streams of benevo-
lence are frequently dried up, unless fed by
the fountains of Immanucl’s love, which af-
fords a clearer light than that of nature, and
is necessary to give a steady operation to the
feelings of A humanity, which ought always
tzries;-the idea which christianity inspires
its real votaries with, is wonderfully adapt-
ed to promote universal hospitality and so-
cial love. Under this benign influence we
should consider all men as our brethren,
and of course receive the stranger within
our gates with cordial kixgdncss, and greet
him as a relation we have never seen before,
and to whom we wishto display some sig-
nal kindness; but alas! the cruel insinua-
friends and benefactors, are oft wrung with.
Inatisetl as a vile impostor, or debauchee, not.
to keep pace with civilization in all coun-».
old man that l,nbber talks of (pointing to the
sllocmaket-)standing at the corner of a street.
commend me to a place to get a good pair of
shoes. He took. me under his con‘\"oy, and
brought me to that lubbei-’s shop._ After I
had shipped the shoes on me,
old man my old ones that I had‘ unshipped,
as a reward for his trouble, wit‘-ich he refused.
I had not silver enough to pay for them. and
.I hugged out of my pocket a. parcel of bank.
notes, just in this way, (putting his hand in
his pocket, and producing" a handful of notes
rumbled up, as if they‘. were dirty waste pa-
per;) some of tliein were for Egl. and 2!‘. and
otliei-ti for ll. _ I gave the lubber one oftlie
latter; he had no change, and handed it to v
the old man to get change. He made sail,
but was not able to keep his reckoning, so as
to make the port again. 4 That lubber thought
I had never doubled Cape Horn, and asked
me to unship the shoes ; I told him I had not
been at sea all my life for notliing, and that
I was not to be taken a-back that way, and
insisted on his givingme my change; on
which he said he would send for an ollicer:
that made me contented, as I thought it was‘
one of his majesty’s oflicers, and was sure of
being riglited; The oflicerpame, but not, in
uniform, and when I asked him if he was one
-of his majesty’s officers, he said he was a
city oflicer. He behaved very civil to me,"
and 'said‘he would introduce me to your Hon-
our", who was a civil magistrate, and that
you would do me justice. I have only one
word more to say, which is, that I never saw
the old man before I asked him to shape my
course to a shoemaker’s shop ; but if ever I
again come across‘ his hawsc, and can lay
my grappling irons on him, I will have him-
before your Honour, or some other civil ma-
gistrate.’ '
Alderman Thorp--‘ You unfortunate] y got
into bad company.’ ‘
J ack~—-‘ I dont know what you call it, but
this I know, that the lubber wants to bam-
boozle me out of my note; he hanged it to
the old man.’
Mr. Payne, clerk to the Alderman-—-‘ The
old man called you his son in the complain-
ant’s shop, which you did not deny; and,__it
was natural for him to suppose he was right
in giving him the note to get change.’
J ~.tck—-‘ If he did call me his son, I did not
hear him ; and if he is my father it is with-
tions of calumny oft cause the needy stran-
ger to dwell in the vale of adversity beside
the bitter waters of atlliction, his cup dash-
cd with gall, his pillow planted with thorns,
~-\ “'\m'9aching, touch those lips,
‘ll,...,3 "I3 :.‘1\
~ so clinftil-like ll] hue.
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Nov. 13, 1818. -:..:w.,....
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_ livlisccllatiy
CALUMN Y.
The following wise and ingenious sayings
of the poet, ought to be engraved as with
the point of a diamond, and in legible char-
acters, on the wainscoting of every house in
Christendom : ‘
‘ Who steals my purse, steals trash; ; ’tis some-
~ tIi.i11g,1t0tltirLg : , g g .-
’Twa.s mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to
thonsa.~n.u’s : 4 »
But he thatfilchcs me of my good name,
Robs me of that, which not enricltes him.
But makes me poor indeed.’
‘Most people when convened in social cir-
clcs around’ the lighted hearth, dining‘ board
and tea -table,occasion ally talk of tlieirabscnt
friends, acquaintances and neigliborsfil They
ingcotnmoli conversatiouserve for topics, to-
j gethcr with winds, weather and the news of
the day ; and if they esteem their fellow be-
careful not to sa‘ h ughtto their’disadvan-
tagc ; but should the sly,‘ ‘obscure insin-u"*.i-
’tion,._o_r ill‘ natured‘ whispgr be heard, they
vvi1I‘1a1s3ays remember their own short com-
’ " ‘ailty; that they also liaye their
inlay-.-yj,eld ,__t' Mmptation in an
thew ;i?_;ought not to‘
. upon vile ac-
"tc ‘ly to the holy in-
‘, Lord and Saviour
' pght his disciples to
~._' '1 illing him his fault a-
lone, and not to)" i§‘§._p,‘ltI'II'l as a heathen or a
publican, until h‘ t_‘us'e,to hear the church.
0 ye who profcss*§;;jie,,';.§—l5_enigi1 . doctrines of
the Gospel of amt who have so often
taught others the lovely lesson of "humanity,
christian fot'l>ca_1ja“itce,- &c. and thercl'ore.,
are under the stiteiiigest ties to exemplify it
in practice, liavejgyou, like good and faith-
ful“ ’disciplrs, feltliyottrsclf constrained by the
love of God and your’ fellow men to expos-
tulate with a caluniniated ' brother, ‘when
the viperous tongue of slander raised false
accusations against him, and strove to rob
him of the immediate jewel of his soul P If
the spirit of true religion has actuated and
prompted you to fill your stations ; and your
consciences whisper peace within, then all is
well ; for our happiness chiefly depends on
the approbation of our consciences, and the
advancement of our eternal welfare in the
world to come-—-where liars shall not be be- H
gain a brotlfcr,
_ lieved, and sianderers shall receive counte-
nancefrom none but from him who by way
kind doingvas wewonld tie done by. purity
‘Cheapside, ‘with attempting to del't'au‘dtfbitpf
peiirleiit, ptttriotic, sensible, and philanthro-
pic people, who truly value their liberty, and
who. possess sense enough to take the most
ellictcnt’ methods for its security? Evt-.1-y
man will findamong the various dispositions
of which mankind are composed some ma-
lignant persons, who, if they are not enc-
ntics, view him with an envious and jaundi-
ced eye, and are often gratified at the view
of a’ tender and delicate mind, whose sensi-
bility they have wounded by their calumny.
Can theman who is guilty of this violation
of every social law, think himself antibe
thought by others an honest man, a. mauof
veracity and even a patriot—-while he who
takes away my purse, and the little trash
which it contains, is doomed to drag miscr-
able days in ajail. 0 thatvirtue and phi-
lanthropy were popular! then universalbc-
ncvolcnce would reign, and calumny and3ev-
ry other hateful passion which -agitates the
human breast would be made subservient to
love exercised towards the Doi.‘,y_ and our
fellow citizens. Know then that the great-
est luxuries of a christian’s life consists in
doing good to the souls and bodies of man-
of heart and benevolence of conduct.
‘
_ From a late London paper.
‘ _ A SAILOR; TltICKED. ' ,
GUILDHALL.--Jolni Murphy was charged
on Friday by David ‘ ,.a. slioemakrr, in
of a. pair of shoes. _ 1'
The complainant‘ stated, that about twelve
o’clock, the prisoner, accompanied by an old
man, dressed like a laborer, camefinfo his
shop. ‘The ]n1isuner tried on at pair of shoes,
and agreed toilpay him" twelve shillings for
them. _I:l‘e put his hand in liis.pocket_ and
brought ought some silver, but not lfaving
enough, he produced a handful of llaIIl{J1(__)t_t‘S,
and gave the complainant,pone_,l;q;f ll. He
he had no change, -nor ‘any’ to send
for it. The old man who came" with the
prisoner, said he woultlgoand get -it‘ chan-
ged, and he gave it to him._ He had no_sus-
picion of the old man, as he called the pris-
oner his son ; however, he never returned
with the. change, and the prisoner refused to
take the shoes off, and demanded llischange’
of the ll. note, and made-such a noisicithat a
mob gathered round his door, as he has un-
der the necessity of giving the prisoner into
the charge of an oflicer. - A _
_ Jack being called on for his defence,‘said,
‘ I was paid olI‘;f_i-onn his majesty’s ship North-
umberlantl’yh’§te1'day, and I came into this
London for the‘ first time this morning. I
am bound fox-‘Bristol, and set sail at 3 o’clock
gz.-lea flog scanty and pretgarious. breatl in 53's
' ' A J V". I _ M .V‘- ‘W’, h ‘ av‘: , kl ,- . x ,- W, -“'~'*':»-~ _______§, ___“ . .‘
‘ I - vraclx-—-‘ As to the mzfffer ot"fhT1‘t;”-‘Ii“can'
4-follow.’
out my knowledge; and if I am his sun, all
I can say is, that I have an‘old rogue of a.
father.’-—-(Ltmd laughing.)
If Alderman Thorp—‘ lwish you hadsome
pgrson to take care of. tliercst. ofyour mon-
take care of it myself ; but who would have
supposed that the first civil man Ispoke to
in London should be a rogue. Your Honour
wont think I mean any allusions.’——Loud
Lauglting. ' I
Alderman Thorp—-‘ I would recommend
you to pay the shoemaker for the shoes, and
continue your journey to Bristol.’
J ack-—«‘ I am bound beyond that, and for
9_.(_l years I have been trying to come at the
wish of my heart, that is, to see my parents
once more, with some money in my pocket.
I would have gone to have seen them before,
but I could not assist them. I ran away
from them 15 years back, and I suppose they
think I have gone to 1}a~oy’s Locker ,- but if
ever I reach Kilmackthoinas, in the county
of Waterford, Iwill make their old hearts
leap with joy, and prove to them that Jack
has still a soul to be saved. But I do not
think I ought to pay for the shoes again, as
the lubber himself gave the ll. note to the
rogue.’. .
Alderman Thorp--‘ I honour your inten-
tions, and I trust you will again see your pa-
re-nts, who will, I am sure, appreciate your
good intentions. Do not mistake me, I did I
not order you to pay for the shoes, I only re-
commended it toyou ; in fact, I have no
power to make such an order.’
J ack——‘ The oflicer was right when he told
me you were a civil magistrate, and there is
no advice you can give me that I will not
Alderman Thorp-—-‘ I can say no more.-—
Follow the course you have intimated with
prudence, and I am, sure you will do right,
but‘ you must not stop on the road.’ ..
not——if I could go all the way by sea I would
never be out of 1ny‘l'atitud‘e ; but those sta-
ges bring up so often, it makes seven bells
thirty times a do *; but I will never forget —
what your Honor has said to me; and if ev-
er I hear any one speak of a civil magis-
trate, I will ‘ be sure to tell; them that they
will find one in London. Will your Honor
tell me whatl am to do with thelubber.’ —
Mr. 1’ay1'1.e-—‘ He will depend on your
honour.’
_ J ack——‘ He won’t; he does not know
what it is. Will your Honor tell me what
to do 3’ ‘ ’
Alderman Thorp—-‘I liavefalready told
you what I recommended.’ M ‘
One of the -Marshalmen spoke to Jack,
and heturned on him quite in an indignant“
manner. ‘I want none of your advice; I
have had it from the civilimagistrate, and
here is another ll. note, and ‘let the lubber
give me change ; at the same time it is hard
in the stagecoaclt for that port. I saw the
to pay ll. 12s. for a pairof shoes.’
I hove too, and ‘asked him if he could re- was not so
wished to
but. if ever I come this way again, yous".
depend upon it I will give you a call, an’
I offered the that by my own doing.’_
.Ia'ck having received his clutnge. said"fet,,
the Alderman, GI wish your civil Honotfl‘ij"‘_
far from-me, for I should
have shaked flippers with ‘you
Honest Jack then left the court--‘he Wag _.
the picture of a rough Seaman possessing
a good heart. I a :5
1 _ -'—-¢--t‘.t--b——— ‘
Trap ioitltivt a trap:--The following,sin-_
gular incident has been communicated to us
for.publication—'-and claims notice on'_ ac.-,
count of its‘ strikingycorroboration of the
truth of the remark, that ‘ misery lore-s_.com-‘
pany_ .-,’-—-‘Mr’. Thomas, of Gorhatn,’ beingl
ti-oubled with crows in his field, set a; trap‘
for and caught one. Shortly after a hawk,'_;
flying over, and seeing’ him in ‘ dnrance vital,”
thought to make an easy prey of him--and
accordingly alighted, wlier‘i to his great mor-_
tification and chagrin, he‘ was‘ seizedand
held fast in the crow’s claws until Mr. Tho-'.
gnas, who was‘ about 30 r.ods off, came up an
secured them both.—-Portland paper Nov. 10.-
. N1«:w-Yomtt, Dec. 2.
Some villain on Sunday evening last, broke‘
open the cabin of the ship Hesperus, lying’
at Gouverneur’s wharf—-Fortunately the"-
mate of the vessel slept on board that night;
and on hearing some person forcing the door;
prepared himself with at cutlass to receive
defend the p‘ass——a‘ scuflle‘ ensued in which
the villain gained the deck, but was preven‘-.
ted, sword in hand, from passing to theznext.
vessel to reach the wharf. Finding all oth-
er attempts in vain, he leaped into the dock,
hoping to escape tothe other side of the slip:
before the alarm could be raised; but the
matefoeling no disposition to be out done in;
his own element, leaped ‘M, _,upon him and held
him in watery ‘tlurance -dale,’ until assistance
came from the adjoining vessels, and the
thief was taken into custody.
——-fiat:-ép ® -2::-cn—-—— _
Could the poor slaves of vanity whos'ac-
rifice so much to obtain the palm of fashion,
but overhear the contemptuous sarcams‘
which their unsuitable parade calls forth
from the very people whom they wish to
please and propitiate, the dreadof ridicule
might prove a‘ more powerful restraint than
the reproachful tears of their ruined olf-
spring, and the curses of their creditors.
Wealthy people are ipuch soonerjndoced
--is-1*-2-:xt.:...t.'*~~v-.n_. §il17TtIl(3__:§I]_l .carance- --,of order
and economy in his lami ,‘‘than by hearing
gt IS the geilteelest1n'tl1e street : indeed 'ex..
raordmarykgentiltty 18 very often the herald
of approaching bankruptcy.
. There is no life more fatiguing 8:. perplcx-
mg than that of the subordinate votaries-of
fashion, who are striving to be very genteel.
but. want the means requisite to ‘support
their eflbrts except upon a very. limited scale,
An Hibernian was lately brought before
a magistrate In the VVcst of Eixgland, on a
charge of having six wives 3 !__.T[,(, mag-is,
trate asked him how he could be so harden-
ed .a villain as to deludc so many ?—.“ An
plazse your Worship, said Pat, I was trying
to get a good one.”
2:
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slit’?
‘V, ‘V’ _g1nter_Esta.bl1sln11ent.
,ACC.0MMODATION PACKETS,
To sail on ’1'uesdays and tS'atm'tlu,1/s, from Eb.
enczer D. I{o;z;t’s Lctnding at o'r~a}a'lI«.-, °f:$:--3
_ gfor I’e(:'k Slip, New-l’orIr.
_ Sl:.;§€lP ILLIZA, Pl:.l\:NOYER, M'asfer,
IE1. ‘commence sailing from the above
lalldmga on Saturday, the Slst day cfinst.
October, and return on Sattii-clay following.
5100 _‘lIIEGH#g_y:IC, Birya11.t, master,
‘till on 'I‘uestlay, 3d of t\'ovember,_and
l;_£S(la)’ following. i~
-N70-7V's Brown, master,
S‘llU"9la;."s_,Ttli of November, and‘
turday following gland so in rota.
‘ Vpfiétlic season. A ’
.£glIt’or ,passage_;‘apply to the subscriber,
her tlgg‘ Captains on. board of tltqjr V,-C:-i
‘ ’ - I 15.. D. HQYT.
26 ;,
To Sml every Tues
__bell’s Lamlingyat No or .7\”e-w-'
, . I"o2_:k, Peel. ’ '
D,C\v and very fast sailing sloop ORION,
35- K._F-E1-ER, 1naS1el‘,_1)avi g 16 superio'r;and
elegant births, leaves ,.w_l§lot‘tv'alk Y’/zis Day, (Tq_¢s.
dfi)’ _l0ll| 1051-) and will return from Ne\v__-Y9‘;-1:
0“; hllglgdayls 91,9‘! .12 of ‘the week following. ,
* 001' .0M 13 I , (_.x.V\/mfcnaonv. mttster,;will
leave Notywalkfl on Tuesday, the l7’th inst. and
return on I hursday of the Week following,*an‘d._
0rIpas_sagc, applyto the subscl'ibtt‘S,- or to the
Captains on board their vessels; '; -"4’
.,Et:«"=":; Every.._attention will be paid to the ac-
crommodationpf Passengers.
. BURRALL SCIIUBBELL.
Norwalk,'N-ov. 10. ‘ :23
him. He having descended ‘fairl y into the J
cabin, the mate sprang to the gangway t<'1'-";‘¥’-*3
and the good opinion of the genteel world, g
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so alternately, through the season, Forpf,-¢.jg},t" . '
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