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Pah lis. v TIL: STAR'.. V ; '1 , ..-- ex. a Ptditi at tie last metttnr of tit IUamS Sketf, T th much-Wd land tau rare oa 1 inoMroaaotic Scotia'a Aon) . V J . -'. ' to the mwncify of bv pwwi worth t . ; n irukln tlj brara, rcncmbcr Moor. ' - -la teitirt hour., that prpmpu Lc rtrioVB aifch " Wh would not mry auca a MM Is lie l -' t , :'.AJ4diadliiwt m heroes wvhu die ( ;-i V ' L ' ' " ' '. ' . ' jf thoo ?h too soon atta'ning Clary' goal, . ; yt i Ttwlui bright tweet too lort fu pvei j ; ". , in a Wilehte catoae, Liaphdnuxaotil , ,- , y v Kuac, An the "lamca of Victory, to llven. " ; ' V , . ;"'-'.. '-'."- ' ' - ! How oft, if beat a subjugated 9pIl' V; , . One paot heart, la eecm alaWl H wron. j" yor bim 1 (low oft, on Ue Cotwn'i p'.in, , .,v j .9 -;. 8ttkU Djj, ttle weep upon hi ura r . . . , - ii i w -' " .. .' , ', ;' . , Vee t the wijrhtgr drad) Our taeon4)tankft ' T . 1 nfiyhtHei atrarna tbe Unf m7 wppiW t ' , ioy to tl Chkt Ut Jcad old Sootu'a raiiki. C ' Of Korean frb, and mora (ban Roman fire. !' - tre?Wttetheband tVrtdajron Ej3rptaeoaat, .' s , Whose Talor vn'A prowd Prance'a tri-coloori Apt wreneb'd tb banner from htm brartK boat, Baptix'dl?iac4bJe,ft Aortria'a tore. -Ictortmii be tbe Tbiade atilVih(iirld , IVrar armbol T'ld, on f redom'a bills it ffrowa. Ifyhere Fmnl atetnmM tha tyraiita of ihe world, And Jtonn tajlea found un4o'ird foe4. - ' ' . : " - -v - . .;. ijof Tor the day cn r'orjaSpjllia'a atrand, i ylifrr bnnt l bytmct oppojS'd sunt oTjunUnia a host, nef i ogWana eand. tare but the daathhot once, and fbremoit tlos'd. "v". ' Jbtbere a aon oCenr England hre , ;k Or ferrtdErinJbe, with oaahall joint j'oiay that, la eternal union dear, f. f . he Roavthe Shalnrocl, and Sht Thittle twin. '.'? Tjpea of a rat,Vho ahaH tV mfa-Sar c6 rn, i Aa rock resiat the billoWa round their ahore- v Vnrfr 'hoahaHto .timoanbortt ; , . incirctiHitry icarc unnnqiKr n "l jore. . , . -V "' f " 'a -f ' V.i Next t mSderity, (retparki the Bntuh tn t ) "Wirbertdo pppm, t CTcry tricof bU nfe.to harethoothi faniuUm tnoi to be dreaded hf the JrienJa tro rtioa nd o ciil order i but while te expreised, in nrit te, kt well at la public, hit abhorreee ofih for mer, h eoottDted hinuelf vtih eihibltiog the Utter at an bbjeet ef ridicule. Soma eanh-qa-et, wWch had been felt about'th brgni. ing.cf 1 T5t, excited much alarm am5 the f s titiou's the fanatical and the profiigat. ( rBd aara WarWoo, humuch ? I that tf;iaTtea of filth, the court aod ; t ' i.1 and traoce aa war appear pow, the ' i na Wat greatlw-iocreated by certaia predic ont. arhich that cratT. but well meaaing man, Whtatori. had uttered of a third. W arburton, whose notiont of aiich eyentt at thelnttru menu of GatTt moral irvoernment arpear. from hit termoft on the.Era public fcatt-dar,' after the calamity of Lisbon, to hare oeen at once pi out and fthilosophically correct, thut exprets cs himself of Whiltop'a fMaticisrn, and the typrr$ti:ious fear of others. , . .. 44 Prar d'J Tott feel either of these'earth. quakes f They have made Whiaton tentlmet madder than ever. went to an aekJa at Mile-end to !t one; who it wal aaid, had predicted the eanhqoaVet. The man told him that it was true, and that he had it frdm an angel. Whistoo rejected thit at tpocn- phal ; for ne was well assured, .that, if the fa vour of this secret was to be communicated to any one,' it would bo' to himself. . He. waa ao enraged - at Middleton, that heTtat jut now quarrelled downright with the peaxer lor ha ving upolcen a good word for him many years ago Sn the affair of the'mastership of the char-tfr-house. .yThe speaker the other day tent for him to dinner; he said he would not come. His lady teof, h would not come. She went to him, and clambered ip in hit garret to ask hm about the earthquake ! He toid.her, madam, ypu are fc virtuous woman, you heed not fear, none but the wicked will be destroy edj Yoil will- escane. I would not tive the ?ame promise to your husband. What will this poor nation' come to ! In the condition of rroepa between two fires the iriadneas of ...I L a. 'at irreugion and the madnesa ol unatiasm. The rurp!e stream of l"f f rst issurd from mTf3a veins rTthefitrd plamarf !H.g ten. Methinks 1 see the homd djre of war' . . .. . r? rag'-r.J in ejfery countenance, i ".very. 7.pnjr is !Ud with Us keen Mast.' Tlx trjmpet's hoarse: clarioa and the druoiV hollowsound, Struck by the nerved hand of the patriot,, fills each breast wnih aoul-inspiriog exuey in rush ing forward to the ranks of slaughter, aad ol death 1 . . " - Banker's Hill becomes the scene of.action i concealed beneath iiii parapet, like the burn ing, lava of fctna, he bursts in Rames ol death upon hit iinfuspecting . enemy ommvnttlcn la'r, and the, e Bulge ncy of Amcriean- glon' reures, hke the sun behind the pammj cluud. butto biaxe CortH with its more than prig'mar bnrbtnessi. . Hie enemy bears tntimpliant the laurels of victory, dripping ju purpl ttreams wiuimeir own diocku ' " ' tbnes tmdiq,Ut fidtculoj, earpamos atq dttbemua.'4 :..,.:' .. . , . ' : VEry good'. Christian (saysjthe British Critic) will Us delighted with the manner, in ) ,v . vhich WArburtrm writes td his intimate friend . ;ttof IbfidUty and inidels. Our phildsophers, : 5 indeed: fhoueh thev would not hesitate to em ploy th harshest "language, when speaking of ; . it notorious swindler, who coma roo his teiiow. v creatures only of i little droit will, wo doubt Rvic''aiisattJdrmavt'iht rudenesa of the terms in wnicn warourton writes oeptem vberVtheVtSth; 4f49) of dte philosopher Hume U ;X i iwjbo entteavoured ) hy sbphistfy to rob the i v'wretchfcdC ry )comferte licit Informing i. h hit friend of the plan of hi excellent book on I Wfi ..V ! -ir!W-'k t.i!fJ A. n. i ui nn' auemot to rebuild the lemnle of leru :'-t-r-l sa!Km,andsayai' . - ;fX: v I am strongly" tempted to have a stroke He is the authoilr of a r4 ' - ( Petersburg, Eloquence; Ttl any of our readers should question th iffht of the following extracts fronts Orations. elivered on the fourth instant, to aDDear iuodk ine aoitfer or tneraiure.we wuiiniorm them that theyj were, greatly admired at Pe tersburg,; and fere (say their news-papers) "received with the loud and repeated plaudits of the audience The editor of the Repub lican, in speaking of Mr. WiUs performance, professes to have been astonished with his wisdom and research. If, not withstand in the opinions of the wise men of Virginia, jm j m 4 r ir ..J ' seu-'viuea critic snail reluse to receive tie as jlawtrty he will be pleased to accept of t) as curiosities. alias the staff. ana-he ; th 'Mr, WaBi 0r9aj.' . ' To celebrity an occasion which, imprint- on ''the heart of a people cprincite puts noble affections into plav, and discharges the general sentiment an oxydatlon, that in spires seal aod pungency in the. national, cha racter. What sentiments of pious grateful ness and enrapturing inspiration what a sti mulation fof the veneration, of virtue what an exuberant ardour for glory what an eager adherence to liberty, must it endue us with f ; u d Britain ! write itdowa'on'roatbies of stones, and margin with black, . for on those ever memorable plains did you attempt to pu nish your children, who knew no wrong, bot to ausraio your uaiiy oppressions, oy piunging in their breasts the naked dagger," shameful and ignominious to you, for not even fiei ce li ons rashly enecate their young. u A hero bleeding Jn the rights of his coun r y, and though strucrMing with th painful torj turc m uuconqueraoie aeacn, is attempting j rise and wield his sword again. . - The achiev meats of the virtuous Green, who is delega to, protect the ebuthern aiates from the merci less havock of an inhuman. eneTHy.ihall be ap plauded until the awful .period shall arrive. when the .blazing fires qf Heaven shll cease to shew their faces." , ' u Should we turn over the historic' page, and investigate the calamitous evil that at tended, the ancient nations of the Eastt rn he misphere ; ' should we cast -our eyes into the Persian, the Roman, the Macedonian powers. we tee this ambition, of all others brooding me most ruinous events, fcnouia we attempt to peep into the ages of futurity, it will still ap pear to present its frightful form. J You can see what were about to be the' consequences of Burr's being contaminated by the venom oi amouion. juage, tnen, now mucn more. distressful it would be, were our whole cation polluted by its bitter pill. . i i uieir rm in m ajcEj-.'-ir tit r- the pin !: is xrerch- ,, their laurelled bro, rooiitenrd V. , , trious lalxxiTw and UiC awartby hon of A5. ; and the admiririg fir, pursue withtrir e' roojrs and smiles, ihe ckfrRden rf i)tc',Ttt . try ! I Thf .interval betveen ihe snerit!ia-j t fttrtJe of Sol and his nncturniVtraos t '.to shades of darkles, is devoted to ihe carou. of the feast, and the mondy matluru cf in, briation the rotatoty taltuifnce.ci rtvfjutirr: is eveTV where teen men's bcadi, ihe abw ofgcniuV ad cultivated lotellctt; 'art whn- thf ir feet should be jnd t ie aoldur sa.',, fmlv'tt trrrnrrm,' ihe(victim"of braioftca!;! Bjcchu ;Fertiyity ha assume the place ct jnJtisty te forum-it free Trom the wasp'n',. tns ofjeontest, ntl die arbitrary despotism c f magictenal . ignorance he. (8o of ( Cn.; m O'lits his last, and the pestle usrd in prep irii , the eo'mpoundt" of Calcn Vnd HinpocrH-s. rests from its labour ! thf ilent piHtar j Tit eight-1 o anu Jdchapleridour jllumW the ancient walls of this renowrd city.' Sbni!; oU.rromehean -xrranKyn, ,wntre ar 3test 'thoa not ; the .JJeavi-nV rep th at Hume in, iartintj, t little book,! called, . Philosophical Esaays, in VoAe part of .which he argues against the being of a Gad, and .in another (very needlessly, you ' wilt say) againsthe' possibility' of miracles. llehas crowned, the jibertyl)f the press i and yet he h:ii I considerable post under the go vefnraentvl haV a great mind todo Justice od hia ahruments asrainst mii-acles which I think might be.donetin a fe words But does he deserve nfice r Is he known among you f . - Pray answer me these questions. For If his ,f ..own weight keeps him dowd t should be sor ' fry to 'contribute to his advancement to any place butt the pillory',' Warhurtm's Letter P.VV. v; ;:- ,-' - ',; i v; Though, in nii yan, Warburtoti taiea no notice of Hume,' hcthua writes of him to hit friend, aornfe years afterwartls. -jThere is Van .epidemic madness amongst . s i day Wjlurn with) tKex heat of siipersti. . tion jf to-morrow: we atand fixed and frozen in .theism. Expect to hear. that the 'churches art all crowded oh Friday antj that on Satuir. A-xit t1iV fnvllrt ITiiWir a niv Raiiv, Vi Xt '': first of whkh (so please you) is The Natural ,. i .-;ij4iturif oj ,Arw,.iur whiv.ii i win trim ine iK)giie.V Je t. at leist sit upon his skirts as Xj'f yo wlU "see jivhent ybtl come hither -tind find U ' his marsria scribbled over.1 In short, the Es- v V aayt is to establish an' atheistical tUralism, f ' like Bolinbroke j and he goes upon bee of ' Bolirlgbrdok s capital arguments, that idolatry nd polytheism was before the worship of the 4 one Gud. They say this man has several ( ' moral qualities It may be to f butahetsTare ; vicev pt.--the,Anindv' ftf;;.pfen as body'; y and t I" '' "W'mVeilef heart, and.' more determined tn( Ho imblico.WacJhief,,'''! thiakl iaevet ciew-i--P' , tv .v?hesej marginal crihbHngi at the authfi)r eaus tnem, consmyie, as is now wen xnown, theubahcof t he remarks' A HatoJi tfatur Extrattt fronji Mir. Edward 0, Goodwyn't Oration. M To obtain this glorious end. oir. immortal aut.e&tors fled from the. unrelenting scourge of despotism j braved the furious billows of tl-e oast Atlantic,, in pursuit of this Aoy and con secrated spot, which the tegenera'cd shade of Columbus, with prophetic finger, had pointed out this dark forest, the ghonty habitation of beasts of prey, and the more savage Indian, whese uphfted tomahawk was ever ready to strike. the de'adltf blow, and plume: the scalping knife with its victorious trophy. But under all these cruelties ahd privations, the hardy tons of the forest preferred to bask in the fostering beaim of liberty, rather than submit to the Aw miliating state of unconditional slavery, r Whilst their proud rivals, in stately pomp, rode triumphant on the ocean, waving the sceptre of -omnipotence, with the nations groaning around her, the world, at if bv the wrath ot offended Heaven, was formed into a spacious and gloomy dunsreon, where no fos tenng beams of a free tun Were ever suffered to enter j where no messenjrer of Heaven was permitted to approach and unbar the door of the dungeon, and lead the captive oat to light j 1:1 ... . .u I . t j .v - auu uucriv : wiierc notmocr waa neara run uie clanking of chains, and the drcirrtful note of preparation to meet their impending, fate i whefe tyrants stalked with iron rods through every apartment, with firm; but cautious foot tteps, seeking what they might destroy; anc whpm they might slay. " , ay the most sincere, respectful, and heart melting petitions they tried to ' softeh the ob- duracy of a Callous despot: dead to the re- morseiees cruelties ot parental guilt ; lost to all tense of virtoe and of shame ; deaf to the clear-soundihg voiceof reason, and of justice 1 " Jb indirig the stern Monarch inexorable mi his resolves, she appealed to the fjod of bit,1 ties, and the thunderbolts of waf The Egi ox America .tnen untuned us wide-spreaduig unions ana waved its golden plumage- ,! he' oud cry of rebellion toon sounded along bur shoresand all the machinery ol Warlare, ap peared in dread array before their eyes, ready their FliOMTIIECHARlJCSTOX TOfM Ma. Editor Happening to indulge mv-.Fvtn, - "c iiiurBingviuit am miu .wun aciir 'sory perarobnlation jround the Metropolis, I felt my brain ignited by the fiery particlestof eloquence with which the atmosphere was sa . .j . ., i . . turaieu, ana lmmeaiaieiy wrote, a aescription of the Fourth of f ulv, which I request you will allow to aparkle in the chaos of your paper. it is quadrated according to Gibbon, triaded secundum Johnson, and is written in the most approved stile of modern oratory ! COMMENCEMENT 1 ! .! , v; 7 In Solemn allenct aonnda the brenk of Ay,- 'v Like chaos riainr from brimkvalswavt ' . . ' ' SILENCE uncotigerual with pratnotishi, nd therefore tt transitory i'dtion 3, Tor art thou ! i mselret of those firesShtcVlhou to t'. . riously clicitedst by theauxiliafy'aidof rneiu!. lie tubocity I SVeep, oot j; the clondahae Sue ached the Ivgh anpirs tiont of the ambition , imc. -The' vapoury tnb9tarices,eompoaeue air and water, itr of a sudden dissolved the, torrenrfalls wiuf vindictive rage the unci. vered female is. moistened With its uacallai t tffgjidn the soldiers and, the',. citizens run helter skelter to, their habitatefy. domicils, and real. thunder, and lightening more thanihu. soryclse the august display v the Vjcrvon , pj tensiiiltt" .Jr:':-'-i -h'ltj . v CRONONHOTONTHOtOGOS. Yorthof tiieconaids.'ioivlhe4ihf Jaljr.orntort y-A man: who is skilful in at le knows from the reafting of ihr ftm twdVa- three aentenccs almost, ihe calibre of tl,e s.riterri intellect scd acquirement!!. f If W 'sect words, which con vey no' precise 'idea, or have tio fmsmess in ; tht place ; If he act j. a starved. thought puffed ' out tiVft.V'bpstca) .carcaae on' -spindle. legs, lie ' at erice discerns the radicadV iticufable fJeUe- " nesa- of the writer - if be tees ,a$aboros at tempt to raise a trivial "or ordinary '.pbje'ebe- ? yond its' natural eve1: byoverstrained, a'k- ward eifiTts at quaint thoughts, ahd dispr?p.r. t tionate, extravagant wprdvmultipfied , we'll . . as magnified; jf He; sees redundant, ; j?3tlfS3 ep't h t s,' t xtavagasc fat-feihed'eU , ( many figures confounded ;;jd;''JutiwId;togi-. ? ther in'ooe Ulustrauonfrbfe'direCtWlVerceiyts ' m J thatjie authour is npt vnly jpfi to wrie, but 4'(n' 'hi aubjecf iridt what is much , oecause more mcurauie, ignorast ox f.is t .f -crceficiencies, .,:;iv--tt:ii' ;. the president VTiihoon.-was ;il man of . earninmff and piety", nd ; fwsssed. a harry taieni oi instructing iu nisjowa -peculiar vray. ! Assembling bis pujthjiva.certain day. h's ad. dVessed therjtflts'TuishS the ;foilowmg:maer ' ); " Yoiinfir te'ntl&nwr;4t ibrilVi that in course of yenir liVeaV'w '- cn.' called td '. peas; in puoic, BOHiy- viiey uip atnu su t the bar ittteSN&.y Kbp f tp iny dujj c ra nt to be hurled like destructive Jightningptt .deyoabeads'': -fciifT nnyy. m prouu majesty aarscning me ataioapherei ith its Iwhite twelling canvas, wnicn cxtenaeu over every pari ot tne ocean, whilst hollow grons , were heard to. iksue from and soon as that splendid, luhvnary, the sun,rais es his head out of .the lap of "Thetis'", where he had slumbered the preceding night ueaveA's vault is shaken with the sudden noise ! As sembled oh the Citadel of Mechanicians, the defenders of their country pre pare the engines of war Anhorilthe counterfeit semblance of lightning, and the mimic voice of thunder, l r i . ri w iuiivc irum uic- uugc writers ui numaa inge nuity. Spirit of the immortal Shaftsbury, that nresiaesc over we tnoutary streams ot. this majestic metropolis, where wast thou on this momentous day Hadst thou been alive, thou wouldst haye seen with dismay, the affrighted duck immerge hit feathered head beneath the glassy wave ol the salubrious Cooper, while the snipe, enjoying efum cum dignitate on the banks of the classic Ashley,' lifts .his beak aoove ine marsn, anu trims nis wings to cur the ambient air ; Such terrours .did the awful sounds inspire but most among, that health preserving race,, the buzzard tribe, did fear preside. I hese voluntary cleansers of, the realm, who had ever adhered with .laudable tenacity to the departed relics of domestic fi delity, found themselves dislodcred by this singular attack, and in a cloud of smoke and grerjr aougnitne aistant snore : r ; uut jo he smoke is rone the Heavens are ajralnac cefsible by,the visual ray of the optic nerye I silence ol one year is imposed on the Aris totelian disciples of War and the .tympanum of the ear is tmassailed, laave by the notes of God save the King, proclaiming fro rti the cul- men of St. Michael's sanctuary, the individual felicity and general thatiilation ! ! J ! Turn we to Meedngstreet it looks jthe bristly poi cu oiiic w cciua ine- vrcciua nurse imea witn the Implements of detonating and defltigrating destructiod ;The sword gljtters in the sun bsm i the 'sbeep thai formerly allayed the appetite, lends his skin to excite the spirits of give ye a few yrprda byNk.W?j advice on that' important sublet.; .1 - cTiaWcompnie Mhe' whole of my discourse underVtd heads,' and shall Be Very Bffef iiiS In the firsts ftlcew take care that vbw h ,?iyinto sneak till ye? .hat somtthing-to sajr ar secondly tbe ture to leave off as soon as-'one.? y , i :-"...:.".V.'-' oatatw ? s r ,t, TH E 1.1 M NER., , 5 cow-boats AMOi IrWithin.jeW ycrrs, Messrs; Editors, vanaijaiS'l'i.'niaie a11 female dress have beerf .dwV d by scn;er popular name We hatfaditaxton hat& Suwarrow boots .Nels'po hats Jefferson boots and shoes Trafalgar ribbon:! Ne!oh,' wave and Nelson ball calicoes anu ir ere Mh er sorts of boots hats, shots, ribbons, c. thn' a can weu rememuer. aiixui me time uiv;. Mr. Fuhon raised the wonder bf all New-York by destroying a poor inQffe,nsfve' old briglhafe had beerf given over to bit buildings, a ojck,; very gravely advertised his new to vented er- peda. Pills. .', Can you tell me Misa Pertly' why this enormous new fang-eu jJQtmet is calW... ed a gun-bpat f Does it in anyreebect re$ero ? ble a gunboat, madam V if'P,i-.t j M In'inore tKan r!iF? I confess it and if you will lrrmt me, f . V I will meptioa some f tbein.w: . In the first place, mada,mi' tiiey;cb8tm6f , than they are worth, and thus do they etepilJe . 'Vfnjonysir., K-fX-j:-:; 44, They resemble & Guh-Botit. from their fil v deks to navigate none bvX'ihbat Mtef&xffi-ti Thank ye sif-ivbceedw' V flp M Tbey are' caldikteto'inak' Wire,r'':t of defence"---- Miss Pertly otouredi- whtlsj,;. in fact they . vitc (iggfeslanJl .r'JJiw.i ,.r I deny , air." .,.?f h;Vs-, y?;--i;.-f yt I beg your. pardon, .madaro-r-but Jctmc see tt young Lrly, with a gun-boat bonnet--a f proclamation tucker aod-n spider,' pt embaiv, go Awhile all -her prominent, :nts, (I tyea , her elbows Sec.) are riakedan,. wefen'cetcss- ;' . -Um,tiy wtr-pii theianfathomabledeepwhiUUtscannolike hUmurderers ind the shrill notes oftbefife SlK?vS 1- ;. ;,;?'. ' yK,if 1 ti?. 4ideyoted victim for4he gwe ;-; f nalonal dignity frnpears i the rod of emp re, ;. ;v.vi. -PALLET.-' VVv. .:v.;.-,-.-;. At:--' -u'r.r V: ;';;v 'tf-' - -,4'
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