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Y 4 JL T&ILUTE TO THE BRAYF 'Tift account from Tripofi of 'tie kst ot 1 many brave rhen is truly distressing. . But, ". - ' Americans, reflect for a mordent -On cir cumstances, and you will 'perceive the true character of your -country exhibited in the conduct of those brave men who were on, "board the Sre-sbip, preferring death to lavekv. Perhaps the blood of their lathers vraa at that moment, rushing 1 :' through 'their veins crying : M LIBERTY oa DEATH." ' v , .: ; Heroic SoMtRS,,'Wrro&THIrABBv.Bnd -crew, (ten in number) bough your forma may be blown to atoms, still shall your ac tions live, and your bravery be. instilled in, the hearts of your ' countiymen. - It is for all men to die 1You hjwedje.dl endJhis. "abaTI 'Tje'your motto i DEATH BE FORE SLAVERY!" -T6 mourn your , 'loss is natural, but 'it. is for the' eurviving wovld to imitate yourTirmness.:Pitf. . r J ALL AH, on the death of Lieutenant Semen, Wadstiorht and their gallant Seamed of e ? Tripoli. . " 4 Mourn. Mart the glorioui brsvel . , . . , Who give ihemlcWei todeetbT-. , vj Their Hbbe8rew tbe wive, Tlx Iky receives their breath. . -i "T'o. "r'T: t : 'v,-. " ' : :: ?' 7 ' -r ' -' . : 'TwatSoHsassnd bit-erew, ... .. Brtttlut ratiLi rat .' ;.,..-'' . ' . .. , Aefolt'd to mike tfcofe rue, . 1 Wbofe fouls ceaee'erreltat. .-. 'With ft till sod twderfill'd, They Beei'd tbeir deSut'd wsy.g Theloaiabittle'dcuTd, . Bore dowa their couile to Bey. , ' Two gallant vtff-U Void, ! ' " Our lugger bonded then ; ' .s..- .:Wtce fifty rof they told, Btm Sow sai told bat ten.' I i ; , . ,.'.V"r' .vv ...'V :'.".?' . DiUsia tbe ctpivs cbiin," J . ' Tbe gtllaai Soxin ctiti, . . cl'"" ' : 1 Kow lire the fleecing trtio ' Aed blow them tovtit fcies." v -- . ,---- ' Oet mi epa the bleft, . ivthigbibtirbttiiaslrl . The pirates nind sghtll, -, v Wilh horror sod dclpiir I , : HtiMi" brivs Waairwoavw erieAt -.... . Oar countrymen will know, : r - - 44 KowTtly we died, . (' . . ' . : m T'sveege then tbe (ac, i ' .i ' .i ' ' ' Higb lo tbe tlonde , , Tbe elTl three ert blew4 . "Ae2 'IreiTfol' wie tbeUel,""" ' TbM flioak tbe iUty Mvsj , Twk Shy reie bold, ,. r , Scat fcilebiog in ike til I "f ' : t TVm tele wbeet told, : " . J 4biU eke oar (oet deifiir. : . . . tfoee, esoara tbe gloiloeebnve'l ... , Wbotbei(elettdcubt ' Tketr Itmbe beftrew tbe weve," Xbe dy receive ibeir brewk. t N, Y. Mom. Chron,' . 1 ' trom t7it Xtw-Yotk litninjt To:U Dueluvg TI faOtionable crime, l" appears , from the fo'lowing ex trad, like all o:hcr fafliUn, is .making ill way from the upper to the lower claflcs of fo. clety. , it i now to be hoped, therefore,' that it may eipcrience the fate f other fa binary and be no longer followed after it hat become commont ; a ,' IVflat tht ftttthurfh InUHigtnctr. . 'Ve were on Saturday evening prcfetc4 with original copies 6t ibe following no vel correlpondence Il.il unntccflary to prcrmfe that the f artiet are both black.: They areoSrrtd at an example lo Inch ti xhay wiOi I o become ditciplea if tbcfc fa ble fona of hooor. I A CARD. 41 Sir at I wilh no advantage of too I thought proper to Date the following proclamation lhare has long been a con tention between ui asdlam wiliirf to a i j tea V CcaJs .it in nuauie micoei by. Any meant you may think proper to addept Mr wneiher tnioit at or not to comply you MIL ." " n. n. w Hi oe mjenioiiu v coniiitinca to ai it, , ' "I '"" c ' THOMAS MAJOR. " Mr. Samucl HtWo.- " . , December a J, 1 804. - ANSWER. December 15, 1804. 11 Sir I Kece'ivtd your letier ihii morn ingarvdwiii meal yo at Pokerhur.ioni bridge atlwtNe o'clock (hii day atst I b lot wilh to btackgosrd you tn town. I am yours J SAMUEL DROWNS THere, Crntlemrn, beat that if you can . an4 if yoa Can Sin, you may then ea ter your prolt1 agiixil th attempts of the . Ci minimi to abwliA rfuclling. On the rumour that obwai marchJl ing to attack the caftlc, the wife and datrgh-' ter of De Launay, the governor left the! Baflile ealy in the rnofning. i: drove to- a Redaurateur's on the North Ujule.i yards ; where, at they had previoufl con certed, they were to, receive the; eatlieftj intelligence tof the reouife of, the be fie ?er s.' an 'event they did not doubt, asthafor ,rcis waa connuerea impiegnawe. , : 1 ney waited the wiio!e day in atnxioue eapea tion of the arrival ot the mcfTenKcr. and were loft in thought, when, a .horrid fhouf affailcd their ea,r i , Eager , to enquire the caule, they both halUnei to the tfoor,' whfn flic irrft nVii-ilhv kotirtit vll 1 "trunktefi head upon a pole. . VWhofe Jwad4hef-botir-TO i bfeath; " Ue Launay i, replied Ja Vag Jooling fellow., " and could we have! lount) his wife and daughter oui! veru "Eeance' had been fatiafied t but -wi fhall :get them, anil (tick their headi atfot on a .pike." At thefe worsjfhe daughter gave a Ihtiek and fainted in her mother arms. The wretches who furrounned them, flip poiingthe fit to be the effea of the light ot - getltly head, ft ill Itreaminftwnh Tflqoa, -taugnea at her delicacy, and lett theui. ., .Ori the recovery of her daughter!! Ma flame De Launay, fummonettup ill her .fortitude, and pesceivins that nothing but a fpeedy and svell managed-? flight 'could preferve their Wei, addrelfed ' her trernb .? ling child inthe fslldwing words t 14 We have but one expedient which affords an "OpKirtuoi y to efcape I muft leave you . be awakeneil, and one or both may perifii,' T.l.. t.: ' l. .tn I.I.j-m 4 kc inre ring , . accp 11 nil a pcrin.i, who'in I wii' fend to fesch yon,- defires you to produce it; . If you hear not from me in four and twenty hours, conclude" She courd fay no more, bill throwing her arms round the neck nf her dauehter took an affcclionate leave. and. half dirtra&cJ. Tiurrie-J from 'the houfe. ' '''' ' ' - r The poor cirl ' remained a!one. in a Hate of torturing (ulpcnW, tor twji whole daya and nights, and bad fee, an ,io inourn iiicuciu ui uuirt n vr parents, woen, on the third mofnicg, a man entered her a- pattment, ana demanded a light of her ring. .' She complied. He condu Aed her to a coach in waiting, and in ten minutes (he found herlclf ln the -convent tF , and the moment following, in the arms if an affectionate mother. Shortly after ih-y left their native country never to return. mean by the fl ying arrowy prerntcd to Abris by Apollo, .about' tho time of the Trojn.war, with the help-of which' he could tranfport himfelf w herever he pleaf ed. The abundance of iron ores, & per hapiof native itch, in every part of Tar Ury, and the very earl periop of time 'in i which, tho natives were- acqoaiiued wilh thepfocefsof fmelting tliefc ores, render . the idea not improbable, ot the rOrhern : nations ot Europe,. and Afia (of the Soy. thiant) being firflt acquainted with the jpp. Urtiy of the magnet..'- v ; .-' BOOKS. & SfyflONJRr, ' . : , ,, ! Henrietta Bellman. Udegerte : ALLMAND HALL : ' HAS FOR SALE, THE JTOLLOWIKO 'titfelai Tales otXTtnAet" Tie. CoqitcUe Paul.and-Virginia, an Indian story What Has-Been The Old Maid. Evelina v Camilla .Grasville-Abbey Rural Walks Caroline of Litchfield The Abbess" r Dorval, or the Speculator Emily Hamilton' The Neero, equalled bv few Europchns Inquisitor or Invisible JR ambler. , Louisa -r SU Donats Merry rcllow a Companion Causto's Sufferings in the Inquisition ; , Nocturnal Visit. Rhoderick Random ' : A Peep at the World Tom Jones Jane' Talbot Looking-glass "; Pol'iie L"dy The oriental Philanthropist , Boarding School The Algerine Captive. , Boron 1 renck - . Bcuisartus. Monimta or Beggar Girl . count Koaenckvs Castle. THE.COMPASS. THE . AN.ORlCiHAL INVENTION OF , : Chin aat. 'The prefent fyflem of Chinefc naviga tion is to keep as near-the fhorc as pofliblc; and never to lofe Tiht of land, 4inlefi in voyages that abfolutcly require it fuch as to Japan, Datala, and Cochin China'. Knowing the bearing or direction of ihc port intended to be made, let live wind be fair or foul, they endeavour, as near at poffible, to keep the head of tie fhip1 al ways pointing towards the port by means of the citwipafc This inf rumenr, al u . fed in China, has every appearance f o rigioaUty. The nstites know nothing, from hiilory or tradition, of its firfl iij troJuAion or difcovery andthfeof the magnet, for indicating (he poles of the' earth, can be traced trout their reiordi, fa period of time when the irealef part of Europe was in a Hate pi barbarif.p. It has been conjeilurrl, indeed, that the ufe of the magnetic needle in Europe was firll braught from China by the tamobs traveller Mario Polo, the Venetian. Its appearance fatmediately after his death, according to fo-nt,, while he wis ytt living, but, at all events,' in hii own country render fuck a conjcclwe citreme. ly provable. ' The embilfies in which he was employed by Cublai.Kahn, and the long voyages h performed by lea, could fcarcely have been practicable without th aid of ih compali. Be this as it nay, the Chincfe were, without doubt well ac quainicd with this ioflrucnt long before the thirteenth century, II is recorded in their bed authenticated aanati mcretxas 4 fad, and not to any etlraordinary circum II Inu, that the Emperor Chung-ko pre Tented an ambaltador of Cochin-China, who had loft his way in coming by Tea, with k'liZ'a tlit (a needle pointing out of the fouih) the name which it dill retains. Evca this idea of tkt feat of Magnetick lr2 eence, together with the conflrudlio of the compaft bol, thediyL Con ot the card Into eight principal points, and each of ihcfe again fubdividtd into three, the msnner of lulpe ndiot; the necd'e, and Its diminutive Ctf fcldom cacccding to leng ttt three quarters ef an inch, ara all rf them flrong prsfumptioos of Its be ing an original, and rot a borrowed in tention. Dyfome, Indeed, it has been conjeflured, that tbe Scythians, lo the northcra frglon f Afu, wea acquainted with the poiartlj ol the magnet, ages antecedent to all hi (lory, and that the virtue of this foflil was Intended to la FAMILY BIBLES folio hot press London ' edition, with superb engravings Do. 'II. ioido.qo. quarto wew-iork edition. xuuriccu Yoiumci ui tnc iuiimiijt miiiiui, ,; with elegant ehgravings-a late English v. work. -" " ,.'' 1 ' ' '" ' Raynold'-i history of the East and West-In ; dies, 8 vol. royal octavo, elegant P . Rolin'a ancieritihistofy, 40 vol,., -J ' ; 1 ' Russel's hi&tory of modern Europe,,. ; Hume's history of England , '4 v Moreau's history of St. Dominiro" Morse's American U Universal Geographies 5 Universal Gazetteer, the latest edition Malham's naval craietteer , Adarus's Flowers of Modern Travela tocography . , , - Bartolomew's Voyage to the East-Indies , M'Kenzie'a Voyaces, with an Atlas ., . . 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