}'ri :n un I'ngliih J'cptr.
TJIV. BF.iDE’b FARi:\\ KI I..
Tft’-cv.cll MotLr /—tears ure slitannnp,
lluwn tby tiMnlcr, puHul *licck,
I, in gems uiul losi s ^U aiiiintj,
Oil fftfnial sinisliiiie drcuniiiijj,
' t-’c:ircc liiis !>:ul furewcU riiuy :
i'jircwcll motlitr! now i Uavt tlice,
And lliy love—unf^takulk —
One to chcrish—v.hu umy grieve me ;
One to trust—who may tleccivc me;
Farewell mother!—fare thee well!
Tarcwcll ,fW/iCr/—tlioii artsmilint^
Ycl there’s sadness on the brow—
Mingled joy and l.in>fuor—willing^
All iwy heart, from that heguiling
Tenderness, to which 1 go.
parewt ll fntlier !—thou didst blcis mp,
Kre my lips thy natnc could tell;
fie vwy wound, who should carcs* me,
TV'ho sh'.uld solace—may oppreiis me ;
’TAt’acr! guardian /—fare thee well!
,'arcwcll tlal’T /—thou art twining
i:0uriu me, in aflcctlon deep,
Gazing on my garb so shining,
Wishing but ne’er divininfj
•\Vhy a bVssed bride should weep.
JJfarcwcil s.stcr!—have we ever
Sutr^rM wrath our brcasta to swell—
T.'t-y I'j‘Ics or words that sever
Tin SI tl -' 'hould be parted never!
S;st-. v—dearCit /—{'arc thee well:
rarev.cll L>other '—ihiyn art bnibhing
l.ci.tly Oil'those tears of mine,
4nd the i;ncftliat fresh was gushing,
Ihy n ' I holy ki«s is luir>liin^j.
t^iMi 1 L-’r. meet love like tliine ?
l^'avcwr , 1 brave ai.ii j^entlc l;rother,
Thf'i- mure dcnr than word;, niuy toll—
l.ovr me Mt—..!thoi;gh another
Claims /anl’; /—father! mother!—
.-2//hi loved ones—farewell?
j n.!isAn.s forsrsch mutilation of
3 oiirs If.
j’. 1 cannot Ifll you tlic truth pcr-
lor sonic years ; but I will lay a
\v;ig;cr that alter a certain time iny rear
sons arr most noble—lliat my hapjiincss
my vf:ry existence dejjunds upon my bc-
itijl freed from the lep;.
T. Sir, I lay no wupjcrs. Toll me
your name, residence, family and occu
pation.
I". You shall know all that hereafter.
Do you lake me for an honorable man ?
T. I canj'ot. A man of honor does
not threaten his physician with pistols
I liave duties towards you as a stianger.
1 will not mutilate you. If you wish to
be the murderer oi' a suiltlei-s father of
a family, then shoot
01 ve.t’r uiTfCLion'^. Tl is h jr- r. ii>
much to loose, even fur a heautiiul, \ii-
tuoiis, and afIeetio>ialo wile—but ^not
too much. i o possessioM ot l..ye,
Adam was obiijied to ]>art with a rib ;
beautiful women have cost some men
tlieir heads. ■—Hut, afier all, j)ermit me
to adhere to my former judgment.
'I’ruly, for the moment, you were cor
rect, but with this (lificrencc—the cor
rectness of my judgment was founded
on Ion;' experience, (as every truth
should be, which we are disposed to ac-
knowled{2;e.) Sir, mind me, 1 lay a wa-
jrer that after two yeais, you will repent
that your leg was taken off above the
knee. You will fuid that below the
After 3 years,
lay, YCUf rciMprel-ien.-'lor ; r.nj
felicitate yourselves, that ycu are not
yet arrived at the true standard of ortho
dox faith,—I'j'cco quia impQssib,k,
You tliink, it would he taking a iupcr-
by increasing me i cik-- - fluous trouble, to inquire inio the nature
and climinisbinK^ihe of thn external proofs, by which ehris-
’ is established ; since.
f,niu-.l by some tt l iters on iialui ai [.l.i-o
opl.v, ll.al a cc-.ain q..a..ti.y ol v-al ,
Imv^vor small, may U rendered
„r cxeninB . force eq«a '^"V
ble one. bv incieasinK ibe 1 eij^lu ol
column
knee had been enough,
you will be convinced that the loss of a
E Well, JNlr. Thnvonet, 1 will not I ioot had been sulficient. After 4 years,
but I will force vou to take | you will concrude that the sacrifice of
the great toe, and after j years, oi the
little toe, had been too much.. After
9 years, you will agree with me that th(
Mixini^ together profit and delight.
THK I.CG—A TllUK STOliY.
Translated from the German.
In the autumn of 1730, Lewis rheye-
nct, a distinguished stugeon at Calais,
in Fiance, received a billet without sig-
Tiatu-;. requesting him to repair to a
pu!;iH- house not Var off, with such in-
strui ents as were necessary lor an ain-
pui..tion.
Thevenetwas somewhat surprised at
"lie manner of the invitation, but con*
vluding that it was the work of some
-va'j, paid no regard to it. Three days
:dter he received a second invitation still
more pressing, and containing the infor
mation, that the next day at 9 o clock,
a carriage would stop before his house,
in order to convey him. Thevenet con
cluded to let the affair take its course,
snd when on the following day, at the
striking of the clock, an elegant car-
riatie slopped before the door, he seated
riinself in it, and asked the driver “to
whom he was to carry him ?”
The driver replied in En;;lish, “ \vhat
I Ho not know I cannot tell. ” At length
the carriage stopped before the designa
ted public house. A hanusotne young
n?n of about 2S years of ogc, received
the surgeon at the door, and conducted.
l)im up stairs into a large chamber,
n'iiere he held the following dialogue.
Thvvcnet. You have sent for me.
Kn'^lhhmon. I am much obliged to
t')f tlie trouble you have taken to
Here is coffee, chccolate or
if you would take any thing be-
■i ojjcration.
'i'ow me tiie patient, sir; I must
,1 riaiii whether the injury is such
n.iv.r ;jn am|iutation necessary.
! : i^ n('ces''ary, Mr.Thevenet, scat
; 1 have pc .^ect confiilence in
I'-tcii to me. Ikie is a j)urse (d
shoot you
off my leg. '^I’hat which you will not
do for the love of money, tior the tear
of a bullet, you shall do from tompas-
sion.
T. And how so?
E. I will break my leg by discharg
ing my pistols, and here before your
eyes.
The Englishman seated himself, and
[daced the mouth of the pistol close to
liis knee, 'rhevcnet was on the jioint
of sj)riiiging to prevent him, but he re
plied stir not, nr I fire. Now, says he,
will you increase and lengthen out my
pains lur nothing?
You are a fool, says Thevenet, but i!
shall be done, I will take off the uitlor-
tunate leg. The Englishman ealnily
laid down the pistol, and all was made
ready for the operation. As soon a“
: the surgeon began to cut, the 1‘lnglish-
m»n lighteil his pi])e,and swore it should
not go out. He kept his v/or;). I’lie
leg lay upon the floor, and the English
man was still smoking. Thevenet did
his-woi k like a master ; the wound, by
his skill and the patient’s own goodna
ture, was healed at a fixed time—he re
warded the surgeon like a king ; thank
ed him with tears of joy for tlie loss of
his leg, and sallied over the streets with
a wooden one.
About eight weeks after hisdeparture,
Thevenet received a letter from Eng
land with the following contents :
pairing of a nail had b(‘en enough. 13ut
I do not sav this in prejudice of the mer
its of your charming wile. In my youth,
I devoted myself to love, but I never
f)arted with a leg—had I done so, 1
vis t
V,M! :
fuf 1
T.
fj. ■'
as t '
]■:.
ca., this is the i»y you .vill ro- j ,
r,l,copcot,un. 1. ao„n sue-
Should you re
My, It IS yours
ji.ft
T
C'impiv with my wishes, sec,
I ]r.ad(!d pistol. Yt.i are in my
M)'.vc‘. • ^.nd I wiil shoot you.
I'. Sir, I am riOtafi aid of\ onrpistol.
i’n* what is your particular desire ; tel!
;ne viil.ont j)reamble.
E. You must cut off my right leg.
Wiiti all my heart, and if you
please yoor lieail too. But the leg is
fo'.ind. You Sj)rang up stairs ju^t now
v.-’Ui tl''" agilily ‘-'f a dancin;^ master.
'vVii.it ails your leg ?
E. Nothing. I only want it off.
T. Sir, you arc a fool.
]]. Why docs that trouble you, The-
vcnct ?
'I'. What sin has the lei committed r
E. None ; but arc yo_u ready to_t_ake
it oiT? .
'r. Sir, I do not know. Bring me
evidence ihai vou are of a sound niiml.
E. V.M! you com])ly mith my re-
^•Urst ?
T. Yes sir,-a5-soon as you jivc-me
“You will receive enclosed as proof
of my most heortful gratitude, an order
for i250 guineas upon Mr. Pinchard in
Paris. You have made me the happi
est mortal on earth in depriving me of
my leg, for it was the only hindrance
to my earthly felicity. Brave man, you
may now know the cause ot my hiolish
humour as you called it. You conclud
ed at the time that there could be no
reasonable ground for such self mutila
tion. I offered to lay a wager ; you did
well in not accepting it.
After my secoiul return from the
East Indies, I becamc acquainted with
Emilie Harley, the most perfect (jf wo
men ; I loved her most passiouatoly.
Her wealth, her family connections, in
fluenced my friends in her favor ; but I
v/as influenced only by her beauty ar.d
her noble heart.—I joined the number
of her admirers.—Ah! excellent 'I'lie-
venet, I was so lortunste as to become
the most unfortunate of rivals. She
loved me above all, made no secret of
it, but still she rejected me. I sought
her hand in vain ; in vain I implored
her parents and her friemis to intercede
lor me ; she was still immovable. — For
a long time I was unable to conjecture
the cause of her rejecting me ; since, as
she confessed herself, she loved me Al
most to distraction. One of her visiters
at length betrayed to methe secret. Mi^s
Harley was a won'ier of beauty, but she
had hut oiKj leg, '/tnd on account of this
imperfection she feared to become my
wife lest 1 should esteem her tlie less
for it. 1 resolv('(i to become like her ;
thanks to you, I became so, 1 came with
my wooden leg to London, ae.d in the
' j first place visilcd Miss llarley., It had
- *'■' and I in} self hail writ-
that by a f;dl from my
horse 1 Inul broken my leg, wliich \va^^
consefpiently taken oil’. U was much
regreted. Eniilie fell into a swoon the
fust time she saw me. She was for .a
should, at this day, have said, Theven-
tl, thou was a fool.
“ I have the honor to be yours, &c.
“ Lewis Thevenet.”
In 1793, eleven years after, during
the horrors of the I’l'volution, Theven-
et, whom a person that envied his re
putation caused to be susjjeclt'il of ar-
ibtocracv, fled to London to save him-
sedffrom the guillotine. He enquired
after Sir CharlesTemple, and was shown
his house, lie niaiie himself known
and was received.—In an arm chair by
the fire, surrounded by twenty newspa
pers, sat a corpulent man who could
hardly stand up he was so unwieldy.
Ah ! welcome Mr. Thevenet! cried the
c()rj)nleiit man, who was no other than
Sir Charles 'I’cmijle, excuse me if I do
not rise.; th'.s cuised leg is a hindrance
to me in every thing. “ \ ou have
come to see if your judgment was cor
rect.” “ 1 come as a fugitive, and seek
your protectioii.” “ Vou shall have it
with pleasure. You must live with
me from thi day, for truly you are a
wise man.—Vou must console me.
Surely Thevenet, probably I had been
«n admiral of the blue, had not my wood
en leg disqualified me for the service of
my country. When 1 read the (Tazettes,
the brown and the blue make me angry,
because I can have nothing to do with
them. Come, console me.” “Your
wife can do that better than I.” “Say
nothing of her—her wooden kg prevent
ed her from dancing, so slie betook
herself to cards and to fashions. There
is no sucii thing as living peaceably
with her.” “What! was my judg
ment correct then?” “0, welcome,
Tiu'venet, but be silent cn tliat point,
it was a silly adventure. Had I my leg
again I would not’now give the pairing
of a nail. Between you and me, I was
A FOOL, but keep this to yourscli'.”
„l.ich i> pr.-sses. Dr. Gol.lsn.clh o .■
serves, lhat he has seen a siro.iR hog -
head split in this manner. A small bu.
strong vube of tin, »enty feet I-'k'''
inserted in the bung.hole ol tlie hogs
head, water was then poured llilo the
lube lil! ihe hogshead was hik'd, and tht
water had rcached viihin a loot ol ihiv
top of the tin tube. By the piessure .1
Ibis column of w ater, the hogshead burs’
with incredible force, aiul the water ^^as
scattered in every direction.
J useful Hint to Voting Men.—Tov your
own comfort, for your friends’ solace,
for the sake of your eventual prosperity,
cultivate a strict and-manly habit ol econ
omy. It is impossible to laise a good
character without 1(. And this one sinele
article,economy, connected wiihirtoder-
ate talent, will recommend you to all
from whom you may wish confidence or
expect remuneration. Assistance, should
you need it, will not be withheld, if it is
known that your care of personal expense
is correct.
tianity is esiaonineu ^ mucc, m your
opinion, the book itself carries with it
its own refutaion. A gentlcnian an
acute, probably, as any of you ; and who
once believed, perhaps, as little as any
of you, has drawn a quite different oon»
elusion from the ) erusal of the
Test-anicnt ; his book (however cx-^
ceptionable it may he thought in some
particular parts) exhibits not only a dis
linguished triumph of rer.?on over p;c-
judice, of Christianity over deism ; but
it exhibits, what is infinitely more liuc,
the character of a man, who has hr.d
courage and candour enough to ac-*
knowledge it.
But what if there .should be some in
comprehensible doctrines in the Chris-
i::in religion ; some eircumstanocs,
which in their causes, or their con
sequences, surpass the reach of humau
reason ; are they to be rejected upon
that account ? You are, or would bo
thought men of reading, and knowledge,
and enlarged understandings; weirh
the matter fairly •, and consider whethe:*
revealed religion be not, in this respect,
just upon the same footing, with every
other object of your contemplation
Even in mathematics, the science of
demonstration itself, though you ger,
over its first principles, and learn to
digest the idea of a point without parts,
a line without hreailth, and a surface
wi'iiuut thickness ; yet ycu will find
yourselves at a loss to comprehend the
perpetual approximation of lines, which
can never meet ; the doctrine of in-
commeiisurablcs, and of an infinity of
infintties, each innnilely greater, or in
finitely less, not only than any infinite)
quantity, but than each other. Inphy.
sics, you cantiot comprehend the pri
mary cause of anything; not of the
light, by which you see ; nor of tho
elasticity of the air, by which you hnnr;
nor of the fiie by which you are warmed.
♦ j In physiology, you cannot tell, what
A Lady'9 imlunhIcs.-^Vshtx\ the Dutch I fi»'st gave motion to the heart; nor what
pss of Kingston wished to be received at continues it ; nor why its motion is less
Women’s thoughts are ever turned
upon appearing amiable to tlie otht r
sex. They talk, and movi, i»)d smile,
with a design upon us ; eve; v feature ot
their fices, every pari of il.eir dress, i*^
filled with snares and allu: cin*. Ills. 1 iicre
would be no such animals as prudi-s oi
coquettes in the world, wrie there not
such an animal as man. In s!)ort. it is
tho JTiale lhat j,'ivcs ciiarms to womai.kind,
that produces an air in their laces a j^race
in their motions, a sol,ness in tlieir voices,
and a deVicacy in ih ir coiiij)K’xions.
this mutual leg.ird between 11'.'.’ two
sexeb tends to tiie intprovL-ment «>f each
of tlieii), we may ol)scr\e, ihat men are
apt to degenerate into rougl) and bruia
naiurt s, who live as if there wei no such
things as women in the world ; as, on the
contrary, women wh'> have an indifler-
ence or aversion for their counterparis
in human nature, are generally sour and
unamiable, sluttish and censorious.
Addmn.
the court of Berlin, she got the Russian
minister there to mention her intentions
to his Prussian majesty ; and to tell him
at the same time, lhat her fortune was at
Rome, her bank at Venice, but that her
heart was at Berlin. Imn'.ediately on
bearing this, the kins; sarcastically repli
ed, “1 beg, sir, you will j^ive my com-
voluntary, than that of the lungs! nor
why you are able to move your arm, to
the right or left, by a simple volition:
you cannot rxjtlain the cause of animal
heat ; nor comprehend the principle, by
which your body was at first formed,
nor by which it is sustained, nor by
which it will be reduced to earth. In
long time inconsolable, but now she is
toy wife, 'flie tirst day after our mar-
riago I entrusK'd to her the sccret of wiiat
a sacriiiee I bad ma h; in cnnscquen.ee ol
mv wish to nbt'iin her hand. She loves
me now the n.nrc affectionately. 0,
n-iy brave Tbevc.iit t, had 1 ten legs to
loose, I would without a single contor
tion of feature, j.'art with them for m\
Emilie. So long as I live I will b('
grateful towards you. (^('me to London;
visit 0,“ ; become acquainted with my
wile ; atid then say I was a fool.
CH.viu.i'.s Temple.”
^Insu'cr of 'Lhrrcnct.
—It!ia"' you for your valuabh'
prP'^ent, fur so I must call it, bccausr 1
cannot co: >ider it pay lor the I'.tth'
trouijlel was.it. I congratulate yo'ion
; so worth}
Moral Lifluencc of Dj'cas.—It is an
observation 1 have always made, (altho’
it may be perhaps considered a frivolous
ono,) that dress has a moral effect on
mankind. 'Let ajiy gentleman find him
self with dirty boots, old surtout, soiled
neckcloth and a general negligence of
dress, he will, in all probability, find a
correspcmdif.g disposition to negligence
of address. He may, en dishabille, curse
and swear, and act roughly, and think
roughly ; but put the same man in full
dress ; {lowder him well, clap a sword
bv bis side, and give him an evening
coat, breeches, and silk stockings ; he
will feel himself (]uite another person.
'I’o/use the language of the blackgu.3i'd,
would then be out oi’ character. He
will talk smootlily, affect politenes*^, if
he has it not, pique himself on gc'od
inanncrs, and respect the women. Nor
will tlie sjiell subside until, returning
home, the (dil robe ile chambre, (or its
substitute, surtont) with other slovenly
appendages, make him lox; again his
brief consciousness of being a gentlo
man. Siime women nais!;kc the very
iiatiP'C am! purpose of dress. Clariiig
iibroad, tliey arc slatti'iris at home.—
'I'lie husband detests in his spouse for
what he is too aj)t to practice bimselt.
He hates a dirty wile, she retoils upon
a ruflianly husb.ind, anl e.aeh of tiiem
detests tlie. otiier tor nt'giect, which nei-
iher will tiike the tremble of avoiding.
[*V(> Vo'^iuiuil
Sktlcfics of his oirn
lh'irram“s,''.Ty wra:e“onIv’'l’tl't"’usl«i I y"" Mm.otcomprclicnJ
with the fcryuwrf;,(!rtofl.er'properiv.”itlie etnnilj- or oitii.ij.rcscnce of Ihc
^ ^ 1 Deity ; nor easily understand how hif
Orip,, »/S7.^*r—MotI,ar Jasper told 1 consistent with yo...
rnc, that she heard (ireatwood’s wife say ; fn'cdont, 01- his imniutablllty with l.if
that John Hart‘tone’s aunt mentioned to
her, that Mrs. Trusty was present when
Mrs. Parkham said Capt. Hartwell’s*
cousin thought Ettsign Dolilllc’s sister
believed, that old MissOxhy recolh-cted,
that Sam. 'i'riflo’s hettcr half had told
Mrs. Spaulding that she heard John
Brinmer’s woman say that her mother
told her, that she heard her grandfather
suy—thiit Mrs. Garden had two hus
bands III
TO TilE SCEPTICS AND INFIDELS OF THE
AGE.
If you can discover to the rising genera
tion, a better l eligion than the Christian,
one that will more effectuaJly animate
their hoj)es, and subdue their passioiis,
make them better men, or better metn-
government of moial agents ; nor why
he did not make his creaturcs equally
perfect; nor why he did not creatcthero
sooner : in short, you cannot look into
any branch of knowledge, but you will
meet with subjects above your compr^
hension.
Infidelity is a rank weed ; it isiuirtiir'
ed by our vices, and cannot be pliickeci
up as easily, as it may be planted : your
difficulties, with respect to revelation,
rr\ay have first arisen from your own re
flection on the religious indifference c!
those, whom, from your earliest in
fancy, you have been accustomed to re-
vere and imitate ; domestic irreligion
may have made you willing hearers oi
libertine conversation ; and the uniforn:
prejudices of the world, nuiy have finish*
hers of society, we importune you.^to (he busi.',:ss at a very eai ly age : aiu:
publish it for their advantage ; but till
you can do that, we beg of you, not to
give the reigns to their passions, by
instilling into their unsus[>icious minds
your pernicious prejudices : even now
men scruple n6t, by their lawless lust,
to ruin the re|)Ose of private families,
and to fix a staiit of infamy on the no
blest ; even now they hesitate not, in
lilting up 3 murderous arm against the
life (if their friend, or against their own,
as efien as the f(,‘ver of intemperance
stimulates their resentment, or the sa
tiety of an usclo'^s life excites their
lespcindency ; evc': now, v^'hilst we are
left you to wander through life without
a principle to direct your conduct, and
to die w'itliout hope. We are far from
wishing you to trust the word of the
clergy for the trutli of your riligi‘^i^ *
we bog of you to examine it to the bot
tom, to try if, to prove it, and
hold it fast unless you find it good. Tii-
you arc •ii'^posed to undertake this UsK*
it becomes you to consider with grcrt'
seriousness and attention, whethei^
can be for your interest to e.st^em a
witty sarcasms, or metaphy^ic.1l su
tleties, or ignorant misreprcsentiHoi^^'
unwarranted assertions, a?’
A plain but oxcellcnt father had a son
muc!) given to the pleasures of ilif toilet,
who, coming hoim* in a new f.ishioiu’d
bnru'-vp, with sorntihini;; less ihii'i a score
f)f cnjie.i, was askt cl wluii kind of thatc'i-
i)ii' he had on ^lis shoulders. “ Capts,
only fa’lier !’’ “So s-o,” 'i.nid the
old nuiti, pi“'-.in:; iiis hand o\_rr tlivin,
H.'tdopt n, I sup-
po'c, and hrre,” c! I.is I'.;>.nd on 1
licad, * ii the^i'Ar'iOCTC.’■—Cou.
pnrsitaaod of., .rsMrrootion fro.n H'C , ,i„s, rcvelat.cn .
Um.1, an, ot a .ludgnient to come, we , ^ ,eflcction « ill convinci-
(M.,i ,1 Milt enough to resist the ,|J ii will certjiniy be f.r yo«
solicitations ol ser.se, and to escape uu- K.... .• . i- . ol
spotted I'rorn tlu; licen‘.io;:s manners of
the world. Init what will become of
our virtue, what of the consequent peace
and baj)piiiess of society, if you persuarle
us, that there are no such things? in two
words,—you may ruin yourselves by
your attempt, and you will certainly
ruin your country by your success.
The main strcjss of your objections
rests not upon the insufficiency of the
external evidence to the truth of (’bris-
lianity ; for few of you, though y .iu may
bccome the ornaments of the senate*, or
nftluibar, have ever employed an hour
p. I in its e.xiiinination? butJj.rests tipon the
js I d.iniculty of the doctrines contaiiicfl in
that it will certyinly
reputation, to employ the flipp^f'C)
your rhetoric, and the
your ridicule, upon any subjeci, ra
than the subject of religion. . ^
I take my leave with reccommcnun»
to your notice, the advice
Locke gave to 3 young man,'v.o'^
de«irousof becorningacquaintei. ^
doctrines of the Christian religion* ^
dy the holy scripture, csj)ecially the.
Testament: therein arc . .[«■.
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