V -iffiitdn nLaexwoob’S,.1~iAGA2”IN'E-
] THE ELM TREES- ,
ollti-lna‘y tiles’: trees-be “ever Tgreehs.
, , .*Perpetu.al “sl">'*'!",$,.‘*"‘..“."-"‘.T3“.‘}‘. .t.h'=.mv
lg‘ . . J ‘M‘a"y‘b1oo'm"oil e_v_:e’t"y bough be seen,
'. ' A,,a'1ov‘¢1y ‘flowers beneatli ‘them I
O’ ‘ Be.fre’s'h each leaf, be strong each form 5
9 No biting windsimpair them ;
And may the red wing ofthe storm
Pass ever by, and sparethém l
_ ,_.,,....- -..c.. 1::
here, inboyllood. that I strayed,
I Vvhen not a care molested g '
VV'i.th her I lov'd, beneath this shade,
, on summer days, I rested.
I fcel [hgsc years revive again»
"So sweet and fut‘ depat'tt:c_1'- _
_ Ah 1 thoughts like these are worse than V810:
qthey mock the bloken be'ar‘ted 1
ad‘-
_ 1: is, a, melancholy scene
A To view the wocadlallids yell0W7
And wintet’s Snow, wllelc late serene
_ T" "vfiv-avgid Aultlmn"s llaljvcst mtlluw S
_, ,_B'tjt”"t‘_i.'s a more despoxidlng truth,
" To ‘feel that we must sever
From all that gave delight to youth,
' Dc3pa||‘1ng, and folevei . ~
As in a mirror, vanislied years .
-'l’5liis' well known view ‘is raising,-
: ‘\v','tb lightllillg glow the past appears,
V , . _ :. g
Astimughtlul I am gazing . I
» May no rude hand this spot deform,
' Nobiting winds ‘irn_’pa'ir it;
‘And may the red wing ‘of the storm
‘Pass ever by; and spare 11.-
L 4 ‘.
FROM THE VILLAGE. itlscoitu.
. ‘ L(_)'l"l‘ERlES.
1,1,.’ _M,-‘ma,-....I propose this week to discuss a
topic of great public -concernment ; I°m«:-an that
of l-aising money by way of Lottery. fhe sub-
ject has been pressed upon my mind, by observ-
ing the great number of advertiselnents in the
city apers for the sale oftickets, and the ‘sell:-mes
of these ganibling pl'cj‘c‘cts-'—-‘OW Pb?" “'0”? °‘.
- I:
last week contained no less than eleven notices
oftlie kind alluded to. ' ._ - ' _
. 1 hope you will not reject the essay unread,
l from a conviction that reasoning is not suited to
, my talents, and. shdultl be left to wiser heads.
i . wiser heads, sir, iwitil not lotlclrtlie subject, alid
it mustbc left.»-'--s'» l;conslderation, or youmust
pémm -me _ A . Yt:-tl,‘y0Ul'sell‘ too, I see
. ~;,y;nh regret, lcs prostitute a column ol
fer:-Re‘cort' ' cements for, lotteries. If a‘
f_ 31,-,-',-,”~é‘,,‘f‘ m, _ cty could not restrain your
‘_T".'m.a,.,cc_ tp . »._,;.:._,-. ‘ (of a large number of your
- readé,.5',,,i..__ . : to exclude them.
Thefiad-.. .-lotteries, lay great stress
necessary purposes to which
A llied-é-the:-e is no one more
at impl-ovenlént ofthestate,
upon the us
the avails l
anxious for ; * ‘
6,. -fog-‘(he int of literature ‘thanl am.’
That mom - ‘ very usefully laid out, ad
I-nits Oflno should beqheartily glad. to
,';,'e- the *,-c 3 most perfect construction
-made ffom liia and Har:'1sb'ur'g, to the
-mosf dist,“ l the State. it would ‘give
me -~p,ea§,',', -. lptir streams improved and
»c~(',,:,.'cc-“.5, ' -.re should be a perfect wa-
,-5,. ,,;,,,,.,,,l - .~.- .9 the extreme ‘parts of the
, co,,,,‘,,(,,,',,,¢ 1 2 these are points‘ not in dis-
pute-—wea - rt relation to them--‘and I in-
to show, that the ways in
-: raised and expended, are
'..l.VC‘ no ‘relation’ tvhatevcr to
troduce th-.
which man
totally disti
each 0illt:'i‘.
_N13e{o,-e ,5, whether Lotteries are in
t‘he‘ms'elve"s' ,~ hay be permittc-tl to observe
pl-mt,,e‘,., ,_1,,.,’ ., -§.o'wevel- got may be well
laid‘ g~,,,,_ ‘’ _. l may rob his neighbor on
rt’,-e-*},i‘gi,w; - - money to. the poor. It
,,’,.,‘,',‘,]'¢'1’ be nit - on 'of’4A-_—tliat_h_e swindled
3 om-0f'5o, _y.;. ' -nil gave the moncyto build
ynot roba market waggon,
= v‘ feed his wife and children
_. Theend will not justify
aicili ti l‘_¢ll_.
alth“ou"§;h‘ llt‘ ~!=
with the pawl. :-:-
themeans.-_‘ ‘ V __ '_
Thequestion is :9lm[)l)"llllS. Is it proper for
the state to rais‘e'mot’icy:by way of Lottery? Is It
a'p'ro‘per mode of,t‘j.i2~1i»’tli911_3 ‘ 7 _ _ , ,_ A
" The leadillg, ‘an’dfc'orn'mandtngobjection. a-
gainst ‘1;t.ttene‘s. is. thatit is‘ gambling’--— An ad-
.,':c",,{,»,,;;:,; J‘,-‘ays ten _ClOlli.ll'§ for aticket, front which
-l‘,é.ma‘y get P,-o_b,,b1y ungthing-possibly an hun-
dred. 3' ilt is ‘a perfect ‘garne of chance, as .much
as the dice table or the fare bank. In all he risks
3 small sum in hopes to gain ‘a'lal'ge oiie. I do
nfitikiiéwl of the leastidisiiilcvtion betwccua ticltet
in a lottery and abet upon the throw 'uf?dice._
"And gambling it _has'been,_and is still C'9l_lSld’6f-
ed, ; Bv our early laws,‘ in the purest st_at'e_.of our
Legislation, Lotteries were forbidden unde_r a pep-
ghy ef fi,.,._."1,,md,-ed dollars and pronounced public
. ,=,,,;g,,‘,,c.,,, They _were_ justly pronounced so at
,1,;.,‘.l;.,. V‘;, and their cllaractcr has not chalfiged.
an 1. we the *sr'°!r“- ‘E ‘““‘
.r-impregnable l/lat govevfntrqtcntd -s‘/101{-d bu‘? 59'‘”d 52/‘
t2zc»'scrnc inoral lavas, '1"/lfff’ 033]” ‘O. 6-‘ U1” ""4" 9/‘
conduct tio,indi-ixitluals, ,, V . . . : _
'“ Lott;-..»tes are. gambling-;, a.r.n.°de <__>f s,e:Hms mo-
tley clisgi-aceful and _t_tnn-at-_l'alltable in a state 1
i What an appearance ,,do_esit present to the
vpopldj The Legislature’ of a great coti_lmun~.
wealth of enlightened. _a_n.d moral. ans} religious
5,',,,,,,,i,,,‘,',_gg, pronounce gambling to be infamous ;
puiiish it as a crime’; and yet to serve its own
é ds, itsaelf‘ turns gambler: giant. 3")’ lhmg be
more monstrously absurd 3. ' ‘ _
_i‘Well"may we say to them as Ophelia says to
Laerles. _ ‘ .
' 1' Do as some ungracious pastors do. Point
the the rough and t_ho.l_-ny l_(0'g1d to ,H63V<“-Du .Wl}1l¢
jail the primrose path.of_dall.iallce tread.’ V
._ Do not worthy Legislatures, point-out to _l_ts_
I , the strait path of duty. while you stray an_d'sp0!‘.§
- r and sam.ble._ at your .l>!9as*!"t=.+t‘13° «ml 1:‘-1"? °“¢
- l=.»t.'a; u‘s‘w1h'.l.~. you lrallqgw another. ‘ '
You will pardon me A , _ , ‘_
this longzagitated iquestid. fa. _1lll.l3.’l110l‘e,.‘“ d°“;l‘lE'
Le,.»u5,ana'ly‘2'é, it ; I-g~rc,at'ly mistake, o_I‘_tl_176 I09"?
it is examined the morc- irilpropev willlhis mode
of raisiilgmoney appear. ' ,.:..,q.,_,. _ .'_ .
I lay it down as a..sountl, prlncmle .t't)- pohtlcal
economy that all money raised for the good of
' ii the whole, is in proportion; to-4ll_eir.ab'tlity to pay- ' v 0
.: , ID:m,,§,;‘wg;rds'.. that, taxation should be as nearly
' ‘equal as possible. _ , . « . =
-many causes ofjoy and admiration.
,_Mi_nVer," "if I look at
' A‘-2-._
\ , K ‘V
Ncsw call it by what..na_t_nr ,
of it as voluntary contributiy’ :-. .;~ . . _=.,]'0lley‘$"it'alS-
ed by way of’Lottery is ye‘: , lawn to the
public treasury ‘for public pu_rposes._ It is a bur-
denof ‘so much for public use. ‘But it is a very
I-..
t 1
V ': Isa-2 speak
.unequalone.——The tax is" paid by a few ; and is
therefore according to my principle, unwise. and
contrary to sound policy. _..
' Nor is it proportioned among the persons ‘who
contribute thereto. The rich man worth 50,000
who buys a ticket pays no more than the poor
day laybourer. It is_thercfore unequal and the
poor man pays as mtlch as therich.
Again l”'assert this proposition as one of ‘un-
queslionable correctness.
That the best mode of raising money for public
'purposes. is that, wherein the greatest portion
taken from the people is absordctl in collection
andtlle least amount goes into the public treasury.
On theprinciples generally 1 have no fear of
»contradiction. Apply them then to the case in
question. = V _
A Lottery is granted to raise $100,000 for a
particular purpose. A scheme is ll1lfI1t:(ll‘ttlt‘ly
l
l
who lttiotvs_.tt.wotttan th_ot"ottghly,and loves her tru-
' ly—and there are women who maybe. both known’
a_nd_l__oyed-'-1-g-will find,-after a few years_,that his relish ,
for_the. grosser, pleasures has lessuned, and that
he hasgrown into _a fondness for the intellectual
and refined _without- an .el’fort, and almost'una-
wares. He has been led on to virtue through his
pleasures. The delights of the eye, andihe gen-
tle play of that passion which the most inward
and romantic in our natul'e,'9-"and which keeps
niucli of its character amidst the concerns of life,
have held him in a kind of spiritualized existence.
He shareshis very being with one who, acreature,
of this. worltl, and with something of the world’s
frailties, is ‘
yet a S/2z'rz't still, and brig/it
Wig]; .5-07116!/lflig Q/"an angel lig/zr.——Wa(lsworth .
VVitll_ -all the sincerity of a companionship of feel-
. inghcales, sorrows, and enjoy inents, her presence
is as the presence ofa purer being, and there is
that in her nature which seems to bring him near-
er to a bett:-r world. She is, as it were, linked
to allgels,-alicl he feels, ill his exalted moments,
fixed upon to raise that sum, and enough nlulel bud bl’ “"3 5'3"!“ “€-
to cover, not only all the expenses, but to pay all
A woman, alIll(lnl the ordinary affairs of life,
the pllzcs. Gellerall)’ the prizes and tickets a-'-1133 3 3"ea"°1'l“flU““C°' “la” '4 ma“: 0’ '~h°-5° “WV
mount to the same sum, and the sum to be'i'ais-
ed is obtained by a deduction of f2 1 2 per cent.
from the prizes. lt tllerefore follows that to ob-
tain the'neat sum of l00,000 dollars, 800,000
must be raised.
Nor -is this the worst view of the tnatter. The
Lottery agents illto whose hands the manage-
nlellt of the Lotteries fall, well underst..:ld '.l‘l£alt'
part. These licensed garnbiers, cun:.rive by
their arts to take complete possession of the mind
ofthe weak and credulous. '.l‘t».e most plausible
and deceptive advertisements are spread in ever-_,
paper. l-land bills every where struck up, with
fortune sllovvering gold upon the populace, and
l0,000 for one in laigc figures setlup. The bro-
kersimeet in conclave, and after exciting the pub-
lic interest to the highest pitch, raise the price
of tickets to double, or treble the original sum.
putting a million in tll_eir own pockets. I sin-
cerely think it may be safely set down, that for
every 100,000 paid into the public tl'easur_v, the
public are deluded out of 1,000,000. The fol‘-
tunes of half a dozen individuals are made. The
people are taxed a million, and only the one will
of it finds its way into the treasury. I venture
to aflirm, that a more ruinous mode of raising
motley‘ never could be devised.
' ‘J01-l ‘ H.~\l{.VVOOD.
—---1-‘.'.:-G9-::<-our--—-—
FROM ‘ THE IDLE ittax.’
DOMl£S'i‘i(.‘. Ll
O .'_/riendly to Hit’ :58-xl flu-rsuz‘t.~t of man,
1"I‘ie2zclt'y to t/mug/ll, to virzue and to /mace,
Donicstic 12:/c. Cowper.
It is but a small part of life that the worldisa
wonder and delight to us, when its events are so
The mist-oi
morning soon breaks into little wleaths, am: is
lost in the air: and the objects which it drest in
new beauties, are found to be things of our com-
lnon notice. It passes off from the earth, and
the fairy sea is swallowed up, and the green is-
lands, scattered far and wide over it, are.ag‘u‘m
turned into tall trees and mollnltiltl brushwootl.
In early life’ we are forever giving objects the
hue that pleascs us, and shaping and etllalging
them assuits their imagination. But the time
comes-when we must look upon the llllslglltly
without changing it, and when the liai-dnz::.s of
reality makes us feel that there are things not U.
be inouldcd to our fancies. Mu:-n and l.l‘.Gll' ac
tions were figured to our minds in extremes.
Giants and dwarfs peopled the world, and filled
it -with deeds of heroic virtue and desperate vice.
All that we looked forward to keep our spirits
live, and our imagination fo-..lr.:.‘ food for our de-
sires. At one time, we were vtiinglorious at our
victories over magnificcilt crintes;'at allotbel-,
bearing up firmly against oppression with the
honest and tri-.:'.l. .
We come at length into the world, and find
men two busy about their own aft'..til‘s, to nudge
tho’-.se of another their concern, and too careful
of themselves, to a tilting for another’s right.
Even the bad have a ‘mixture in their character
which takes away its poetic effect; and we at last
settle down inthe dull conviction that we are ne-
ver to meet with entire. -an-cl splendid virtue or
unmixed vice. VVith this sudden‘ check upon
our feelings, we may live in the world disappoin-
ted and estrangged from it ; or become like oth‘-
ers, cold and wise, putting“ on tiliiidity fol‘. cau-
tion, and selfishness for prudence; seeing the
wrong, yet afraid to condemn it ; guarded in'our
speech, and slow in conduct. Or,‘ shaking our-
selves loose of this hypocrisy of life, we tnaylet
go with it. the virtues of mimics, and despistng
the ‘solemn onset and formalities of society, may.
break through its ~res‘.raints andfset its decencies
at defiance. Or, too wise to be vicious, and too
knowing to be nloved, we may lookvwith complai-
cent tlnconcern upon the errors of the world;
fol-bearing to shake the faitll-of the religious, be-
cause it has its social uses, or to point out the fal-
lacies of moral codes, because they serve the
same end. * ‘ '
..,__'l‘he virtuous tendencies of your youth miglit
'iii”tl,lis way run ,t_',o,+vice', and our early feelings
groiv cold, where. there not in us affections of a
quieter nature, resting on objects simple and near
at hand, receiving from one being. more delight‘
than a tliousaud, and kindling a light withitrua,
making one spot a perpetual bl-iglltuess, and se-
cretly che_ei-ing u'_s tliroughli'fe. These afftcctloltfi
are our domestic attachments, whicll,are\l'el'resll-
cd every morning, and -grew daily under a gen-
tle and kindly wai'mth,- making a companionship
of what is lonely, leaving it all the distincmess
and inten_seile'ss of our highest solitary joys. 'We
mayibring to " our homes all the cxpectations
which shot up wild and di_sorderly in our young
imaginations, and leaving tlieifl” their savour an
bright hues, may sort each _witl'l its kind,=antl_
lieflge tliein round with tlie'cl_ose "and binding’
growth of family attacliments.' It is true, that
t'h’i‘s"r_ealit'y‘ has a narrovver range, and an'eve'uel'
" st_ll:face, tliau_ th;e=i‘deal. . Yet there is a rest, and
an,,assu_;~gq.:~4'aild virtuous glad_ness ‘in it, which
.. - (
ave been calledangeis in love tales
liel . While, for the most part, our feelings are as
retired as ancliomes, hers are in constant play
before us. hear them in her varying voice.
We see them ill the beautiful and l,lal‘monious
undulations of her movements, in the quick shift-
illg hues of her face»—-in her eye, glad and btigllt
-—-then fond an(l.sufiused.
alive and active with what is in her heart, and
the outwald form of all speaks. And can a man
listen to this-—can his. eye rest upon all this, day
alter day, and he not bv touched and made better ?
:,~lie seems of a liner mould than we, and cast in
a form of bcauiy which, like all beauty, acts with
8. moral influence upon our hearts. [is she moves
about us, we feel-a movement within, which rises
and spreads gently over us, llal'l'Il0DlZll)g with
her own. '
The dignity of a woman has its peculiar char-
acter. lt awcts more than that of man. His is
lilulephysical, bearing itself up with an energy
of courage which we may brave, or a strength
which Wc may struggle against. H: is his owll
avenger, and we may stand the brunt. A wo-_'
man’s has nothing of tuis force in it. It is of a
higher quality, too delicate lot‘ mortal touch. We
bow before it, as before some superior spirit ap-
pearing in beautiful majesty.
There is a propriety. too‘, in a woman's mind,
a kind ofinstlnctivejudgmcnt, which leads us a-
long in a light way, and that so gently, and by
such a colltlnuous run of little circurilstailces, that
we are hardly conscious we are not going on in
our own course. She helps to care our weak;
nesses better than man, because she sees them
quicker, because we are more ready to show her
those which are bid, and because advice conles
from her without its air of superiority, and re.
proof without its liarshness. , .
Men who feel deeply, show little oftlleir deep-
est leelillgs to each other. But, besides the close
union and commoninieresta and concernsbctweell
htlsbaiiti and wife, a woman seems to, be a crea-
ture peculiarly ordained for man to lay open his
heart to, and share its joys with, and be.-‘a com-.1
sic; she is our light in gloom, and our sun ind
Cold World. In time of atllictioli she does not
"come to us like man, who lays by for the hour
his proper nature to give us relief. She minis-
ters to us with a hand so gentle, and speaks in a
voice so calm and kind, and her velybeing is so
much In all she does, lllal she St.‘(:fl'lSi$li the mo-
ment one born only to hear our sol'l-odfs, and give
rest to our calcs. That man must be sadly de-
praved, and as hard as stone, who does not feel
all disturballcc vlithin gradually sinking la-.vuy,i
and a quietude stealing through his ‘l‘t":lll'lt:, to
whom such a being is sent for comfort and sup-
purl.
FEMALE ::“vVlNDLER.
The annals of Ncwgate and Kllllliillllllam goals
cannot boast of an instance of female swindling
in any dc-.gl'ec equal to the following :—Not nia-
ny years since. a_ Capt. VVatson, (the assumed-
name of the cclebrated»hernine) ‘accompanied by
a st:i'vant, dressed in rich livery, made his debut
early in summer _at Atnabrie, a place famous in
Pertllshire, Scotland, for grouse shooting and
trout fishing.—-Durin_t; the summer months this
beautiful romantic place is much frequented’ by
lashionttble panics. There is only one Inn in the
village, consequently there is l'req'uently a ‘great
scarcity of beds; and to obviate tlle difficulties
arising from this circumstance as much as possi-
ble} sometimes four gentlemen are obliged to oc-
cupy onebed, and as many ladies repose them-
selves in another. Being young, . and of engag»
ing "manners, the landlady of the inn proposed to
Captain‘Watson to share the bed of her two sons
one of ‘w hom was a student in divinity, and the
other a student of physic. The Captain readily,
acceded to the proposal. Ill horsernansllip, in
angling, in shooting, in jumping, ill tvaiking. in
singing, and in dancing, the accomplished \_’Vat-
‘son excelled; but he never could be prevailed
upon to show his dexterity in swimming. _
lht: union of so many accomplislimentssoon
procured to the owner the highest admiration.
His fame spread itself all over the highlands of
Pcrthsliire ; and there was not a ball tvitliin the
distance of thirty miles, at which his company
was not -considered as a great accession. His
credit kept pace with the admiration in which be
was held. Bankers, innkeepcrs, and country gen-
tlemen vied with each other in prolfering their
purses; and they felt themselves obliged when
the handsome Watson deigned to accept a trifle.
by some means or other, his-drafts from England
did not come to hand by the end of the season,
‘during, which be contracted debts. to tlle.ar_nount_
of 3001. no small sum in that country.’ Such
however, was the confidence of the landlady in
honor, that she advanced him l00l..to ca'rry
him to Liverpool, where he intended to pass the
violet" with one of his guardians, he himself be-
‘'ing a wardof Chanceryof prodigious expecta-
t_i(S.I‘l§. Early next summcr.VVa_tson again appear-
union’ of _ our, feelings and-
V ‘.s{;till‘we have almost learned to'thi_'t'ili
ed at Ambrie, to the great joy of the hostess of
j_ e‘ inn, of her son, and of all the neighborhood.
This season passed like the former, - without any
mal~lred_ incident‘; and notyvilhstanding that he
never paida single «suit, his crctlitsustaincd no
‘ditninution. _ ‘ V
1-lcr whole frame is-
fortcr to its griefs. Her voice soothes us like mttg,-l
‘After having," flat‘ the. pre-lleI'_t;t,,"sal_:”i ii
less patient creditors with fair promigy
Anibrie inliiipclegant style ; all were‘ gladtto see“.
as for the hopes of receiving the payinentol their
bills. Bankers, with great unpolitencss, became
claiporous, -innkeepers, impatient, and c’ount_r,y
creditors troublesome; and the hostess had the
assurance to tell him, that he would not be per-
mitted to sleep this summer with her two sons,
who were at least as good as he was. ‘ Tllese lit-
tle buffetings our hero hole with laughing, ease‘
and in(lifl'erencc ; and all these stotms subsided
on a word into calmnessf Having roceivedait
Watson made a shift to raise the wind, ailil accor-
dingly attcndcd.—-I'lc distinguished "himsc-lf ‘as
the best ‘dancer on this occasion,‘ and captivated
the hearts ofmany a ‘longing maid. ’ _ ’ 3 _—_
Whilst matters were in this state, an incitlelit
delusion. .As Watson was walking, tile__day af-‘»
ter the ball, with two gentleman, inthe Higli-st,
a physician of eminence, accompanied by an0tl'lJ.'
or gentleman, following at a little distance, said
to his friend, 6 That person,’ pointing to'.L"aptaini
Vllatson, ‘ is not a man. but a_sa.o7_r.c_nt.’ This was
enough. The hint got wing; and in less than
an hour after. no Captain liatsoil v as to be seen;
The sacred bird took wing and fled in her own
natural featul'cs,_leaving her creditors, her ad-
mireis, and ,her lovers, ill tliis country, to bewail
their losses and their own credulity. lteport adds,
that after playing the same in the county of lo-
yelness, next summer, under the name of Dods-
worth, with some little success, she was aippre,-.
hendcd, tried, and convicted, at the Circuiti.,Court
tor that county. '
tral-spot-tation ; but this sentence washever car- ,
lied into execution. .,‘.'V hat has become of this"
wonderful character is unknown.-Loud.“-jzajzcr.
.-—-(G3-3l!'®T'—-"*
RELlG10N—7§1l1£$!flkt7l 'z}z'c*zvs of it.
One cause which impedes the reception of re-
ligion, even among the well disposed, is‘,-that gar-
ment of S'.t(_lllC:S in which people delight. to sup-
pose her dresst-d ; and that life of hard, pining-
abstincnce,, wllich,» they pretend she enjoins on
her disciples. And it were well if this were on-
ly the misreprcsentatioil ofher declared enenlies;
but unhappily, it is the too frequent misconcep-
tion of her injutlicious friends. ‘But such ‘en 0-
ver-cllarged picture is not more unainiablc, than
it is unlike ; for 1 will venture to affirm, that reli-
giomwith all her beautiful and becoming sancti-
ty, imposes fewer sacrifices, not only of rational‘,
but pleasurable enjoyments, than "thc;uncontroll-'
ed dotuiilion of whatever vice. Her selzvicevis
not only perfect safety, but perfect freedc-tn“--~
She is not so tyranizing as passion, so ‘exacting
as the world, nor -so despotic as fashion. Let-us
try the case by a parallel, and examine it, not as
affecting our virtue, but our pleasure. Does re-
rigorously as avarice forbids them? Does slit’:
require such sacrifices of our case, as ambitiolr;
or s_uch,rcnunciation -ofour quiet as Pride ?’ Docs
devotion murder sleep, like dissipation? Does ‘sh ‘e
destroy health, like intemperance ?.Does she'.jai‘l3”
ter life, like discord ;. or abridge it. likeduellingi
Does religion impose more vigilance than suspi-
cion ; or half as many mot-lifications as vaiiityi
Vicehas her inartyrs 5 and the most austere ant?’
ascetick never l.Ol‘I]-fl;'IltEd himself with such ci'tt,gl
and causelcss severity, aysityhat with which envy la-.
cerates liel‘-unhappy votai"i’t':s.' >\'Vordly.honor o-
bliges us to be at thtili-'tl'ouble of resenting .,l!f)jl'J-
ries—but religion spares us that inéoiivenielice,
by commanding us to forgive them ; and by this
injunction, consults our happiness no less than
our virtue ; for the torment of constantly hating
ilgiiy, I!lt.'St- be at least equal to the sin of it’. If
{his-estimatebe fairly made, then is the balance-
clearly onthe side of religion, even-in the article
of pleasure. ' i ' I.
.Dz'rcctz'o7z 0/letters.--—A letter addressed to an
entinent character requires little more than his
name or qflice. The following is fl‘0m.::Mlh3 36-
wal'd’s Life. of Dr. Darwin _:
‘ In allusion to his (almost) constant travelling,
a gentleman humorously. ‘directed a letter thus :
‘ Dr. Darwin, ujzarz the 1'0ud..’ VVlien-he wrote .
to Dr. Fifanklin, complimenting him on having.-
unitcd philosophy to modern scienceyhe directed
his letter thus’: ‘ Dr. Franklin, .dmerz'ca’-,_-and he ‘
said he felt inclined to make a sti l mci"lé'-flat.-tel‘-7
ing superscription, Dr. l3‘ranklin’,='“>the World.'—-
His letter reached the Sage who first :'(llS8.l‘D3Cd:
the liglitning of its fatal power, for the answer to.
it arrived, and was shown in the Darwillian cirs,
cles. in -which had been-questioned the likelihood
of Dr Franklin’s' ever receiving a letter of such:
general superscription as the whole W'estem Em-
/.v.z'rc. Its safe arrival was among the triumphs of-
genius combined with exertion. ‘ They make
the‘ world their ._90uDll'y.’ .
A Jew, who was condeifiinedtto be hanged, was
brought to the gallows, and was juston the point‘-
of being turned ofi‘,-when a reprieve ari-ived.—
Moses was informt.-.d.»of.tllis, and it was expected
he would instantly have quitied_the 08119‘ but he
being asked why he did not get:ab6fi_tlt‘hi.3§“busi«-
ncss, he said. ‘ he waited to‘ see if hecould bar-
gain with Maislhct‘ Ketch for the two gentle-A
tilen’s clothes.’ - " A
A Paris paper mentions that lately two boat-.
menhaving rescued-a man from drowning ill the,
Seine, (be having thrown himselfin) a fcmale-ap- 4-
proaclied screaming, ‘ My husband, I will see my;
/msband.”-—VVhen she found him alive, she was
silcnt,..and on being asked for a reward for_ the
ihg, W/iy didyou not let /ziin drown /zimself? PV/tar
business‘ had you to meddle rug,/2 him .3 'l‘he_hus-
.b_an_d who had just vowed to.‘commit_the act on
ifolly by these -kind expressionsof his wife.“
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sible excuses,’ théa.¢harming-VVatsoniiid'a'ilieu t0‘
Ambrie f0l'._allOtl1t:l‘ half year. _ '1‘he-Qt-llirgl sum'- 1
mer arrived, as-.did.al'so the gay son of Mars at '
him, not so much for the honor of his company, .
invitationto a great ball which was held at,Peith, '
occurred, which put an end to this gray scene of F
She was sentenced" to 37~’j"’ycars ‘
ligion forbid the ch.-.crful enjoy,ments,of life, as '
nih_ilate,fortune, like gambling 3 Does-she enibii‘-‘.'-, -".. ,1,‘
no
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staid to «see "his t-wo fellow" travellers -hallged ; anti "
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boatmcn’s exertions, angrily repulsed them say- . . ,
fheiifirst opportunity, was ePf't:fétu.all.y.cured of hlS_,‘_ ‘_
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