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ydOOOO&OOOOGO p. . MAY SONG- .,' FROM, MATTHISSOW. ' Jejyohd Love, awake the peean ! Lead the dance, the chorus lead; May bedecks the conscious bower, flora faints the verdant mead. . , JDeep in'yotuquestcr'd valley, ' . ' jlm'rous warblings glad the grove ; JThere as ev'nir.g, shade advances, Meets tfte youth iu's plighted levels x f Gay assembly, ball and op'ri, . Charm the iity youth' and maid: Shepherds 'court the vernal zephyrs : Shepherds haunt t he bew'ry shade. Crovtti the cup with new blown roses, tList as waves the whisp'ring pine ; Seek the woodland's inmost shelter, i 'JVear the mossy fount recline. Crop the flow'ret, cull the posy, t ; Garlands vjeathe for beauty's hair ; jDance where hawthorns scatter odours, , Hail tht r twilight pair ;. and pair. Kow the nectarld kiss be rifled .' "ZKow attun'dthe raptur'd lay i'! ''. Goytyje'ie life's Jlei ting treasures.; 'May and youth soon haste away ! THE SAILING OF THE PORTU GUESE FLIvET; FOR " FROM . MICKLE'S tUSIAD. : Now far , from lend, o'er fortune's dread abode, : j - The Lusitanian feet triumphant rede ; Onward they irae'd the wide end-hne-4 " 1 ' some -main, ' -Where cliangeful Proteus leads his scaly The dancing vane's b;fore .1 Mf , the hyrs ' .flOW'dy) " 'And their bbld keels the tractless ocean plow d ; "' - Vnplow'd before, the green tinged billows rose, Jnd curl'd and whiten'd round the nodd ing prows. ' . When Jove, the God, who with a thought controuls The raging seas and balances the poles, from heav'n beheld, and wlU'd, in so vereign state, To fx the easf ern world's depending fate: Swift at his nod the Olympian her.ald flies , Jnd calls th" immortal Senate oj the skies; Wheat from the sovereign throne (f earth ' and heaven ' . -Th' 'immutable decrees cf fate are given. Instant the repents of i he iphcres of tighi, And those who rule the paler vils of niht, ' With those, the Gods whoa delegated .sviay, . . '. , The buminr South and f roien ITorth o- bey i r.-With those whose Impires see the day star rise - . And evening Phoclus have the western skies, All instant poured along the milky road, dlfav'n's ehrystal pavtmtnts glittering as they trode ; And now obedient to ihe dread command, Before their awful Lord in onler stand ANECDOTE; Wt'.C neighbour, how are ton this, evening? What's the news?" The King's Speech is arrived. Ha ven't you seen it t" No '. Pray whet does he sav I" M It is tlie shot t- est Speech 1 ever read. He only trl'.s Parliament to fodder the old Cow well th'v winter, that she may give .rwf.mUk!" ..! Frm the Katie! JCg-t. "Our; sister Virginia, when she changes three-fifth cf ber Lthiofecn skin, we will reject hcrss the Heud of our white' family. Tu'.e-'CMJ 4he DcvV and shake ycttrself." MUST privat character be con tsntly lacerated bv the forked tongve of the envcnomcJ alandcrer? MuM domestic peace be sicrifucdT I '"' nal hirelings of political villains r Mut the robe Of innocence be spotted with the in ofcahiranv f ShiU federal in vective be suffered Jo proceed f Will cot every man who loves Lis coun'ry nd ever? man who has one drop of the milk of human kindnns flowing in bis veins, siy to these infamous un primi4ed Babblers M hitherto shalt thou come and no furtVr." 1 there n American of so frozen a consiiui tion, at not to burn with Indi'jnaiion, at the pcruial rt the above toat f Is ' there man so ckllous as not to be fir ed ! So much a stoic k, m not to be a- wakened f So much an apth'M ai. not ' to feel? View the otcasion It was a tolemn Viiwa it ofleht to have been the fathering together of the fol and tbe faithful of the land. And they ii'ht to Kava had some oth'rrcsem hlance to the world-wear !lfcrim, than merely o thnr number U was ao annivrsary, in nan pwij w$ ahojl l hare bcet l.ched ttry dis- rnrAtrt iirtitn ftholill hVC bf en l.rmoiiiel. no sentiment should have ti.n ehrrUhe.L enctU what flowed whhrratitodetoCod, and love to ouf fellow men! The per present the I.t. Covuxoa Thismsn has on clwthed with the digniled rob of fiee He Is the aecoM man In tne state He has been esalted above his brrtlrto d let him rtetEttt, that he has iworft-lht It VtllTs lr tie Christian religionwhich power fully enforces benevolence and love. Yet this man, of diraity this Believer - .1 i V Tl - 1 W f when seated at the right hand of the J President ot the day with a steady hand with a firm countenance, could echo a toast, .which would have dis graced the huriianity and gratitude of Satan, even at the time that he plowed the rebellion against His God, and for the everlasting perdkipaof MLarj-rM Be j astonished, ."O ye heavens, atbfi, and be horrbly afraid !" -CLERdvai V. -.These rrten are set apart for the ex press purpose of smoothing the path of Life, and calming the discordant pas sions ol the soul--to preach " peace on earth, and. good will towards men?" and are expressly commanded, to do good, even to.those who despitefylly u them" What must have been thrirfoe!jns,j.vhen, with a well charg ed bumper, theycouid havp drank dhunipn to tbe Continent, and beat, time to aTfune,' the name of which.com riianri i t ) largtst state, in the Union to. the p-vil Beware of false pro phets,, w! ich come to you in sheep's cloat-hiii7,-lt invt'ardlyi they are ravi'Ag wjlveffYii shrill know them by'tA fruits '"-JunaEs .TKMe men arc to balance the fscales of justice between man arid man They are to render ju lenient with mercy Tht y arc to i redress the injuriesbf man, agreeably to law and the evidence given -them Yet THtstt men, with a glass spark ling with wine-'.villi the vociferous noise of bacchanalians without trial withut -Jury ".vithout lcing htard could condemn the most opulOU3 the most '-flourishing stftte in the U nion, to'the place prepared for the " Devil and his Angels" I Judge not, kst ye be'jtidged for' with what juJg km ye j.idge, ye. shall be judged." The Collector qf th: port of -Boston Gralitude is the "most exalted senti ment that animates the heart of.nian tis the only acccptiblc worship that is oils red from man to bis Maker. Yet the man who eats the bread of govern- mynt whose familv, for years, has been 'supported by the. forbearance of rths President -of the Uiiiied -States, who is continued in office by his good ness and misplaced lenity would have 'drained an Herculean Goblet, to that toast, the spirit of which' was to plunge : the President and his state, into he ; abys of destruction! " For out of the abundance of" the heart the mouth speaketh and by tbe words, thou sludt , be condemned 1" The Wizard- of Salem. -This man wishes (6 plunge eveiy mam Into the same condemna- tion with himself" It must needs be that offences' comei but woe to that man by-whom thcoffence cOmcth." This- man, on that day, was exalted " Kphraim is wedded tq Idols ; let him alone." The Kx-S.ckta'ky of the U. St atF.s. This man has a prescriptive right to rail he has lost his cause he has fallen below contempt he even excites pity ! Adams, the Idol of the fudcntlistH, found him an im proper minister for hisaJminislration ! His own townsmen knew him too wr.', to ive him their suffrages 'tis n good sign" when a man's shipmate penk well of him." I would let. the allies of Timothy slumber in peace I would treud lightly over his politi cal Jlfe, if he. had been contented to hive enjoyed " Otium c urn dignitute," in the rural walks of Pennsylvania and hd never agsin let his voice been heard, unless to have asked for givens o( his injured countrymen, lint, w!;n he has the rashness to pro- icciirt-a ri tr.lcr .loi". a su'rosea uoei iniposes InoHelf as a candidate for our ni ionul asilmbly is feinted at Vila's anu urinns a man o repine with unjust acrimony and vindictive villainy he deserve the lah and must . i . "tit if H. ( Lucifer, son of the inom- insr, how'rrt thiu uflcn 1" of ficers of Camikidue UKtvr.RSITY. These are the instructors of youth these ire the men o learh the M young Idea how to shoot, to fn into life, the expiring sptrk of anibhicin and to blow tho cojl of genius into a flame these the inen,toengrifiintotbe tender mind, the principles of science and morality is this "the treasure had in the first pre of our couatnr " Tis a misfortune It ever was discovtre d was it to inculcate such illibcrul pf in ciples, thtouren!ichiencd ancestors pUntedthe tree of life in Cambridge? Would tbey hve nurtured and loster ed the trcs tf thry had been tppre hensive of such fruit ! Whal will be the, sensations aiwl reflections of those southern rentlemcn, mho have placed their children under the instruction of such gentlemen ? Will they feel ob 1'nrr!, when thfjr read, that their to li'Utrned instructors were regalei! at this mock frast, ff Pilcriins? And wj?h federal derotlmi and tavie glee, drank a full class to the ihmtil'ton of mire lhn eight hundred thAiMnd souls t Farther, fwrve them,' for they know not what they do ! Seatd In a halt, in which were displayed the ! portrait i of a WMTascr, ndittt k I a Lever ett, reflecting on the cxtasion i of the rr.e etinn aad thtt the place on F which they trod wis holy ground why were their heirti no sole mniedr Why ii at every sentiment btettkt With gratitude to their God, for the H harDiness we Dossess, and with vene ration, bordering' on enthusiasm, to the sacred memory of their sainted ancestors? Dei these men believe, because they are federalists, that they can thus prostrate, decency, abjure hu manity, and deaden the best princi ples of the sonl, in the standing bowl or the sparkling glass"? Do they be lieve that the sacred name of clergy men, the dignified title of lieut. go vernor or judge -the lucrative place of collector or the learned love of " ihe officers of Cambridge University, whose heads are the dull repositories! orscholasttc opinions, win screen them from the merited indignation of an enlightened and offended nation? Si- tu3tions never ld dignity to the man i but man to the situation " Can I the Ethiopean change his skin, or the Leopard his spots ?The"n may ye also dogood, who in. accustomed to do evtU rT LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ' ; ;V ."' :' ' " i ' WKIjy, . POTTS. This was a question materially con nected with the commercial interests of this country, no bss than, ", Whe-. thcr it. shall he permitted to the A mericans to import goods from an e nemy's colony,?" which, in the words of Lord Ahenley. " is a very serious question to this country :" for which reason we gave' an.,account of it more at length than we should do in an or dinary case. . Mr. Serge fattest, on the part of the 'defendant, ' moved for a-rule to shew cause why the verdict in this case ' should not be ect aside, and a new .trial granted. The cause was tried at" Guildhall, before Lord Alvanly, at the sittings after the last'term; when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for, 361. 9s. 8diper cent, the action being on a policy of insurance on ship,! goods, and freight, and money ad vanced, to be declared and vidued, and no ii'i eguUrity; oi papers to preju diCfc the iiftuieiice. '1 here wus a far ther declaration, from which it ap peared, that this insurance was upon ireifht valued at 251. per ton upon one eighth ot the ship Unon,) valued at,1200l. upon advances andjiiisbursc- J ments lor iheihip, and W. P. White's ; interest in the cargo, Bs miht ap- ; pear. Sugai s. valued at 70a. per cwt. : conee at 140s. per cwt. premium in cluded. TheJnsurancewas ht and from the roadijilg port in the Last-Indies, to Hamburg or America. The learned sergeant observed, that on the part oi the defendant it was in i evidence at the trial, and he submitted I to the court there was sbundunt evi dence to prove this property, which on the face the policy was stated to i have been the property of Mr. White, ; was, in point of tact, the property of , the Dutch F.rst-lndia Company ; and : that therefore, was one ground' on which he submitted, there ought to fce ii new trial. The plaintiff ouirht not to have recovered, inasmuch as this was, most clearly, the property of a liea enemies, masked under the name of an American subject, Mr. White, This ship tock in her lading ut Bata via, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies, and it would he very material to attend to bow tht policy was effect ed. Mr. W bite v stated to be the owner of rne-tigl th of the ship. It appeared also in evidence, that the o ther sevm-tighths were chsrtertd to him at 3ooI. per month. Mr. White therefore said, as the whole of" the ship was his, he being the owner cf J ooe-f ighth, and the other seven-; eiffhths bcine chartered to him, he 1 - was entitled to rtcover Ireiht for that ship, and tn" ensure Icr that Ircigt.l. He would, uiiqurstioti.ib!)-, be cntiikd ti do that. But their lordliips would find, that the idea pf bl inking forward ', the whole as freight was an after-; thoughtf when he ruuM not make out' .hisxriRinal iiiten ion, that he v,as the owner oi the cargo. If he were tl.c owner of the whole cargo, and sui h an owner of the Orun, there ccuhl not wH be any Inmrancc cf freight. He could not psy freight to hinuelf. There was evidence jn this cause, i from which the learned council said, he thought it was impossible for any man to doubt it was originally intend ed, that this should be exhibited as n insurance on the cargo, and Mr. White was lo be represented to the court tLe actual cner. But from tl.e evidence it was impossible tjot to see that he was tiat the real owner, but that the property of these goods was In the Dutch India Company. The (tii'fir tlifct ll.C II lu sail for I.uipe, and was to be loaded j at Batavia. Now, by whom wis she ; lobe loaded f It was represented now by somebody die. and Mr. White was to have freight. t i enoueb to entitle the pny to a new triaLthat It never wu proved to whom these a ft jr.fois oejonged, and I rem wnom was White to receive frtijtbtf But there was a letter f.t-ro the Dutch govern meat u iiwuu t tnc.r sftn't in Batavia, whichTlirliiripprthiitsionf fully disclosed the nature of this trans action. The learned sergeant : read that letter, and argued from it that 'the , whole was- a cover to enable the Duh to bring home to Europe the produce of their possessions in India. He next called the attention of the court to a passage in the French sen tence of condemnation, which also cast much light on the nature of this transaction. This ship was condemn- j ed in' the Isle of France. Front that j sentence it appeared, that this gen- tleman, air White, who came tor- ward now in a British court of justice, ana saia r.e was enuueo to recover freight on this American ship pre- hviously asserttd in the Isle of France tnat she was tne property ol the uutcn East-India company., And on what authority ? On the authority of a let- a r . . i. i- t . - I ler irom me governor oi uaiavia vo the governor of the Isle of France. The date of the letter was October 1798. The learned sergeant said, That the use he meant to make of the letter, and also of the other which he had stated to the court, was ' suflicient evidence from which the jury 'ought to him: foijnd this to he the property of the Dutch E. I. xoropany. It was impossible that any man should be so blind as not to see that letterjyas written' purely ; with a view to mask this property, to enable the company to. bring the produce of their India possession to Europe. Considering the immense superiority of the Bri tish navy, that was the only way in which it could be brought, namely under the idea of it being sold to an American subject. This man was to goto India, and was ju3tto.be con sidered as a native of Hoi lajid, and was to "pay th&a me dtities 'as if he belonged to the Dutch East-India Company. Another' thing was cer tainly clear: at this time it was pre tended at least; that the cargo was the- property of Mr. White ; and if the cargo was his property, why was uui nit inaui mac uii iiic uih i Tf iiy , because if the insurance had been on the' carno, he must have proved his property m that cargo, which he could not do, and therefore he put the insur since on th freight, without proving that which was absolutely necessary to be proved, that there 'was propertv in the vessel belonging to somebody out ofwhich this freight could havp arisen. He submitted there was no evidence to enable the jury to come to the verdictthty had given they ought to nave proved a quantity ot property onboard, out brwIudiT frciknt lolhe Uniount of 961. 9s. 8d. per cent, could have accrued. :Now there was, cer tainly nd evidence from vhich the ju ry could have come to any such con- cluhion. There was fust, the evi dence of John liven, a black, v ho said he knew. White, and that hepurcUi cd a cargo lor the Orion , to a consi derable amount. Accordine to the evidence of this witness, therefore, he purchased a careo on his own account, and therefore, could not charge rrei"ht io nnmii. There wes the evidence of another i person, that sonic sugar and coffee , i i - r . ... were luaueu oi raiavta, unci mat seme tiunkeens were aho put on board. If this evidence had not been so contra : uiciory bti iiwrs, , u wouiu i.oi nave , been sufficient to warrant the jury in i .IT ... . . i a i r ' i . meir veraici. i tie trcighi was valued al 251. per ton. The plaintiff oupht to rave provca mm mete were ro n iiiiy tons on board, out of which this freight could ansc. It was a very mi usual thing for a man to ensure his own freieht. Mr. Justice Chambrr " He is pro- icciingniTOscti against a loss. ft m m , iir., jutice Heath lie was not full cove.xd otherwise. Mrrsergeant 'tut laidrhe dtdvrot mean to contend that there were no cases nhcre this mitrht le done lut in a case cf this so it, that was tx treiuely suspicious, he 1 rd i right to sail himself of every cirttmstM ce. This be contended, w, a mere jvf r from bcLinning to end, snd White nod in t.o other tharucur hut to mat k this property of the Dutch Lsst-lndia compntiy. Mr. Justice lhathM urikes roe this was a loading ly a r.nitra subject irom me j-ton oi iuiaia, vntcn wculu not have been suf.cred by the Dutch govcinmc nt in time of peace c ere then at. war wuh them: and vour ordship, from your knowledge ofsi.h iects of this sort is Wtter quahfied than ' 1 am, to say how f-r such a ttade is legal." ' 1 Lrct Alvenley " The r nlv ques tion at the trial was t Whether this wat really tonafde the property oftl.it nun, or only tclouraMy nd n h fact the property of the Purih Fast- inula- compAhy i inc mrncin have traced with tie cehvt.Itt f the enemy during tUisstaf, tfct is, direct ly from the toknlct oitl.e tremy to their on country. " Th first jroclamsticrt prohibited all intercourse iib the Frtnth West-, India Isle's. Neutmls could not car ry cm, with benigertrt power, trade, thry hi4 rut been la the Ltfcit Tfxarrjringon in tirneof peacevTl first proclamation, was to 4ke all the hip that were found '?hing Aon the French W. India ibfandj,. he ther French or neutrals', trading mere ly for the accommodation of the French, and pptiing a'.tioor v, hith had TSea- shut until the war. They were to' take every slup bound from the enemy's colonies to air port i'i - i Europe, but they were to permit tht trade from the enemy's colonies to the mother, country. That was the law as ati ministered at the Cockpit i ney nave neverrxondemned the A- mencans for bringing the produce of inc jraxnen ana American colonies home to their own countrv, but. thev (have not been suffered to bring it to Europe. " Then there came another nrocla- nation, in consequence of the disturb- ed state of the commerce of the world which .was meant to relax the first proclamation : and authni-Mprl rWtil ships to bring thatnroduce to Europe in me snips or the country to which the owner belonged. . They might then brincr to Europe the produce of the French and Dutch West-India Islands. This ship was fro.m llatavia and the moment the war broke citt the Dutch were desirous to get tiev.tr: '.I ' ships to bring back the produce of their India possessions, andscmetimes thtv sold it, and the question here v ' Whether this was a real -or colcurivbli attic i - I. Pi '..:.. Mr. Serjeant , fies May I ask your krdsi ip if you recollect the date ol the last proclamation r Lord Alyenley " It is about three or four years ago. First of all the A- meri-cans might brmt the produce of the French West-India Islands to the ports of their own country, and the last proclamation relaxed this o fur har they might bring it to Eurore. jut sun mcy, or other neutrals, could not bring it to a belligerent country, dui it must be. carried to the country oi me owner. . Mr. Sergeant Best observed, 'thtt this policy was- effected in 1797. and thereiore he rather thouuht ir was he. fort-the last proclamation. -Thu rn.- licy was that they might either'brinn- it to Europe or cany it to America. He was in fact coming Jo.' Ejjrope. The learned Sert!;eantconendcd fur ther, that this was an illegal voypgr, and not permitted by the law of this lanu. - Mr. Sergeant Shepherd obsenedr that this ground was certainly not tak l en ai me trial. . It Lord'Alvtnlev r ft li'Verv'sns.- pictous. v here did White live ?" Mr. f ei geant Best" He lived in Anierira, und vicnt over to Holland.",. Mr. Justice Chcmbre" 1 he toy in England I" " No my Lord j 1 be licve not." Mr. Sergeant ShepherV " lionet exactly know whether my learned bro ther makes this motion on the ground 'hat the verdict was contrary to evi dence, or on this new ground ?" Mr. Justice Heath" Upon every ground." . ' Lord Alvenlcy " He moves it on the ground that the verdict was tcsi trury to evidence, and aho on the ikw grcund ; vthabcril was permitted to the Americans to import gcods from au enemy's colony, which is veiy serir,u question to this country." Kulo gm.led. THE CAT OU-ToF THE IIACj Or, the Views of the I cderi'.ii'.s uiima'k'd. Whoever wili caieti!'.') U k ever Mr. liiifwcdd's appartntly im-.o. rent ufclutini in il.e natioral houfe ol repuftniativei, rrsy ft at one what the fr'indi of moralU' ty and irlfginn are'drivir p at. Jf tcy t .u J, at i.n utti aftd wtrrert ; prevail upon ti e 'tj! fliluie to tke !' ground wi'h refjedt to the MilIU 1 !jpp, or on sny ttker fjhjeclr,r ; wlu.h trey cruld rot ronft lcnt'y recede, H H'Juce a difKcutty wUi fon.a loit f n f iwcr, (it vowld he.V matter t f n d Ifcrencc with whtn) ibciroljecl old If gaineJ. Has the Ciule of fcderalifm tben crnia to an cnJ. unlcfs ilc peace al j prufperity ot tl.a contiy tan ba I lifnken. His the crran rf the fc feral pifr ty, Mr. urilwoiJ, by "Ms attempt to,jifo-liice war, openly confefTI ihitnoihing Ihort of the nmloj. iiiiiei'an.i mifery t( the wo! ni. lino, can In II j n the U I lie nerate ope of fc!eralif.n? Koitunatclv fr 'he cauf ol huinanitr. the p:efcnt lute of Europe fuinilhei ilfonf arruma.it .. it .. ..i. nl.in i.f hs wifhttolihtfe fiirnJi t f uiderj and i! eie ll Imlt.iJancr ol frtln Ixifliliuci quaitcr tor.tn(nciig irem any Ddl. Ktpy Gat, ' ALMANACKS fnr the year Bol Fur lulc hc ibis Oliicc.
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