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1 i it -L 1. ir . i! : f.rcat cliics to the hotiTi, a tprirMy.Tcd ihcvktd fi'ul of about 10 or 10, whom 1 oner ?ock occasion to rally, on aitldenttlly p'r- riving she, held in her hand a wh-ikb -); ..oYh(t. sooner had , ray eye taught it, Ab;in the darted it, as muck a lightning, un- dcr the music lolt on her p'uno. ' 0 dm't put .hit W j Naacy don't, I myt , , tlut nt the pci ft'.c machine far a9J r l caut'm'l her 'nccrtly, j, ; .". Wtc ! I tw 1 tttle (Sod pwr my brefth, - W fatal to me...'.cVn fatal to diaia! 4 , tjhe retorted severely. - ," .. But tins is mildness compared to the obr Kliiiatq perversenest I havo had to encounter, iud the gibing slants I have had to pocket, in tlte tourst of my opposition ta the use oleor? set j. ! liut the'young ladies of Salisbury, with the exception of a few old offenders, seem to , Savc cast off such unbecoming appendages "arwnrthless frippery; and -content themselves Tiin appearing in fnajrc nuisusinu ' hem'to appear iiwtheif rauscuUriyitcms iinitraTncd, andthey TctCfUt to move and ... act with unaffVctettiwe. anC native grace- lulneas. The philosophic mind seeks a cause for all rflccts and were I to assign a cause why the ) oung ladieYoT Salisbury, and its vicinity, ure more divested of the fantastic'trappings .f ridiculous fashions than those of many uher towns, I should, unhesitatingly, point ' io our excellent Fmvlr Academy i as the great agent.-There the useful , and ornamental 'branches of education have not alone been taught principles of domestic jeconoroy, as well as simplicity. of manners and virtuous liabits, have also bccn inculcated, "ti Hut. what a contrast ds the moral char jorttr of some young gentlemen exhibit to this 'lively picture of our females ! Sipping at the fountain of sensuality, they become enamour d of the goddess of-,licertcioustiess, and re t line in her lap, benumbed by ebriety, and dumb to all sense of morality, honor or shame. 0,my Telle w-aasoclates ! reach me your "lands I will pull with my might, to get you iut of the miry slough into which you have '"Voluntarily entered. alired. '. 'TO THE EDITOR. The mountains labored with prodigious throes Ami lo ! mouse rkiiuloii arose uojuci. (Jntlemrnl have been a subscriber to your faipcr from its commencement, and have em ployed what little influence I possess in my neigh borhood, to increase the number of your patrons. I have felt a pride In laving the pages of the Caa omiix before my neighbors, and asking them to point out one unchaste thought, one indelicate expression, which rairrht offend the mosUifcWly virtuous, or cause a blush to suffuse the cheek of modesty i Hut I could not exhibit your last num ber thus triumphantly. No I felt mortified, and anxious to conceal the paper from every eye, and par icularly from that off my better half, well knowing that 6he would ring so loud a peal o.i some expressions in it, that my head would not recover Crom the jar for a month. To come to the ooint : Sirs, I was surprised that you should permit so nonsensical a piece at the one said to be from au " association of, women," to stain your pages ; .and J was equally surprised that you (sliould so far forget the deference due to the un derstanding and taste of your readers, as to offer H to irteir perusal H )," to Mcr.l ilnlr rc ;.w.a 1 0 !c. rued .lic! () tn'.iil nf.tlite sbulc ! AnJ then the li-Mifd t!iv,crtatiti f -ihis.Udy, cli a ihince, on thr nature of teas ; urn a urv dclitatc our, loo ! Sirs, from t!as dirt r tr.d foAli&h )I'CC. uch country fellows as inyv lf, womM be Jed to rontlmlo ll.ut the ladies of Salisbury ore exct countci parts of Mary Wolittnccraft in principle, and as unlike her aspoisiMc In Intellect, were it not thut every line of this writer exiles hi Rcni der, us well as his Ignorance, lie, had the folly to uttrmpt, what he lacked sense' to accomplish I and if my poo' Intellect were rouble ;f under standing it, I would here apply to this wlacre the beuutiful sim'ue with which he cloaca hi non descript production, I have 'some vague.jndefi. nltc Idea of its meatbig hut for fear it may not UUr X-wUl JaitlrcsLwheraJtJitM not notice the very femjinine phrases of high strikes," blue devils," and, O ye Gods l the 1 more fashionable" phrase of azure denton," UbiihiMf. delicate, queif about the figure of the President ; I shall leave that part to the Mies themselves, to . whom ; you must. answer.. fr so grossa ubel on tlicir characters I was puzzled to discover the meaning or in tention of the author. A few scattered Ideas; and not at all connected with each other, seemed to have been flouting in his mind, which ' e laid hold of at random, and by forcing them into an unnat ural connection, destroyed what little meaning (hey ihight have conveyed, in their original insu lated state- ' Like the JTero of the poet of ikren- ham, his genius appear to be factitious, and to understand things .....byrote, And, a occwiion nerved, would quote : ' : Wo matter witetlier right or wrongj 'I'hcy mu jt be iUicr'naid or ug. Ilia notions fitted tiiiiigs so well, " " Tluit w hidi was which he cotild not tefl ; Itut ofintimcwristook the 'owe ' " J""""" " Vl'or th' other, u gttix 'doli have done... 1 was in Salisbury on the da? when the second This writer1 object is evidently to be witty j but Instead of that he is superlatively ridiculous. I cannot discover! single smart or witty thing in the whole of his labored jingle nothing that In dicates trenius, or even a mediocrity of talent It is all rant and fustian a motley mass of words and phrases jumbled together, the tout enumble of which Is folly; Yet it may, after all, be pro ducUre of some good it may teach the writer, (who, I suspect, is some stripling just entering his tcens,i that writing is not his vocation and that if he wishes not to appear ridiculous In the eyes of the world, he roust cease to wield the pen or at least keep the labors of his goose quill ' nine years," before he think t of offering them to the public. But If be will follow the advice of a friend, he will renounce writing for the public from this time forward and forever, aa be will al ways be apt to receive a most ungracious -reception i for very few will be willing to pay away their money for nonsense i and verv few, Messrs. Editors, will feel any considerable interest in the success of a paper which is made the vehicle of folly a receptacle for the spootings t)f igno rance, and the balderdash of would-be-wits. " The Club," so far as my information extends, have met with general approbation. The end they aim at is truly laudable, and deserving the countenance and support of every good man, ev ery well-wisher to the rising generation They have told some plain truths, and it was necessary they should they have applied a severe caustic, but the disease-required it for inveterate disea ses, it is well known, often require violent reme dies. But they have not struck out into a new path ; they are only following in the old one, which the Spectators, and the Guardians, and the Howards, as every one of even common informa tion knows, have trodden before them ami With those lights and those examples to guide, and the good which they have achieved to encourage them, the v ned not he dlscouraged'or deterred by the trifling obstacles Which latrretted individ uals and ignorant dolts may threw in their way. The language of every man of virtuous princi ple, is Per$rvere expose vice and folly' hold the mirror up to life, that the vicious may see the deformity and consequences of vice, and the virtuous the beauty and precious immunities of virtue Gentlemen, you must pardon my Iwldness, and excuse the freedom with which I have written . But I thought the piece alluded to in your last number, demanded severe reprehension I tho't you erred, marvellously erred, in giving it a place in your columns and I likewise thought that you ought not only to be reminded of the improper-indulgence, you had granted, but also be reproved a ittle for it. Yours, kc. . . '- UVRICOtA. number of " the Club", appeared, and witnessed the excitement Which it produced among a ccr- tyin c m, awl heard s6me hints thrown out that Jy!?lhcnwered..J little thought, however, atsuchim MteropT"wouta DfaWButlt seems the earofArji eri Aenrft has Infected somc wonde rful- gemus whose- facial angle I should jude, muat he of about the same dimension as ,:ader'rome self-cdnceited, beardless, brain less stripling, who has outraged all common sensci urn icsoivcu, Of nature and hSi stars, to wiitq.. 'And what can exhibit a more- complete paucity of Viteaning, than the sti log of words which com pose his masterly exbrdiun?. As it is .natural," cc. J o me it as unmtelhiMe as a page of He !rew ; and I doubt whether nv" of your lawyers who arc able to make nothing omcthing and ....Ji .1! . i -.J ... wuixiJjiicuu wjr iningjtnd cverjinjrariiuia 4witr-r-toTTute ihem into nlain, cc-Uimon par lance. ; : . ' .. , .. ; ... . .;. Bui the cllrnax of thfs writer's ibHv. i Ms cn .4eav6rm to palm himn If upon, the pubft? as one m tne - women lolks," and atthe-hamnv)n of the ladles ! as bne ef m - aswuiation of wc He comes, tlie herald of a noisy world, News from all nations lumb'ring at his back. Bnrrisn PARLUMEST. Extracts from the late debate in the British House of Commons, on the Droits of the Crown. - -W'Brouirhani sald-Tn 1 8 1 7 the sum of 1 30, boot, fell to the crown, in consequence of the de it-' , .... ... Tirrr r.-atQnitlieffoiirce.too.of rreat Imnor- tancCi though nut soprmluclive as thoic tov.hioh ho hud alluded, the proceeds ot whicn wcie up- . til. plScaJile W the same, purpose, lie meant inc revenue derivable from the Leeward Islands, from Gibraltar, from Scotland, Sec. whLli amouiit- ed to very largo sum. How was It disposed oi r In pcmVous I . . ' When he recollected we case of Sir Home Pooham.. be' could not but join In opinion with those who declared that those funds were some times abused At the end c f a long. war. when a peace of proportionate length, was supposed to have been attained, thut gallant officer, feeling all the ardor f a high and generous mind, and dts liking sloth, Inactivity and idleness, sought the field of fdslWe achievements. . Enamoured of glory, and wish ing to gain new laurels bj exploits bo the ocean, .herjJyxidreadibeMaa tucccssful, he en gaged in mugifing 'tranitactlonl (Loud laugh-j tcr.)3Ulcrent nenioughtfainebr different roadj.UOneJodiriduaU)okedXorJlIr.theJeId of little, where he would, perhaps, find death anoUier.soUght JorJt Jhropgh the, medium of smuggling, and found capmr (a laugh.) A The gallant officer having procured simulated papers, and all other Instruments necessary for his pur pose, preceeded ort board his ship, which be na med the Etrusco. ' He sailed for the fcast-Indiel, where be arrived In safctft But the best con ducted enterprixes sometimes fulled, partlcu- any on an element wnicn was as provcroiai or its uncertainty as It was famous for the glorious scenes that had been acted on It,- Com. Hobinson unfortunately fell in with and captured this contrabandist, (a laugh j) and his vessel was condemned -by a competent jurisdiction." But how did the matter end f Instead of handing over the proceeds of the ship and cargo to the captor, who had done his duty to the country, 25.000., and the expenses of the suit, were given lo the gallant officer, to comfort him under Ms disap pointment. (Hear, hear.) And If that were not comfort sufficient, Jfly thousand pound$ vcre granted to him tut tf thit valuable droit tf the rrotra,- -Sir Home fyphanv it appeared, -was e man of fine feelings Indeed, the man of senti ment and the hero always went together. . His family, at the time to which he (Mr. Brougham) alluded, was on shore; and Sir Home thought, a I have exposed myself to the perils of the sea. to the rage of the enemy, and to the persecution of the klngs proctor; and, God forbid, when I 'Mil. mise of a rich lunatic at least, so he understood. In 1&07, an individual who had no heirs died in testate ; his property, to the amount of 47,000. went to the crownr In 18 1 6, the crown cot pos- session ot 02,000. in the same Wa v. ,, . ,.,, t ,;;t , , . Other. Eums much larger in amount, were suo plied from different sources. In 1804, prize money to the amount of 105,000. was received on one occasion. In the same vear. there was anotherwm of o,000.i and a third M 00ir. In 1806, those droit's were augmented by 155, pooAt and at one period there came in nearly the wnoJc proceeds of the Pujch prizes, amount ing ; to ll ,657.000 (Hear,- hear.) From the Spanish condemnations, the stim of 5,200,000. was derived ! So that large sums were not want ing In the list more than small ones. Two mil lions two hundred thousand pounds were Hctjuire d by attacking unarnied, dtfencelent mm (bear, hear) men who knew of no reason lor such a proceeding, except that they had dollars on board their ships. He vowed to God he had never yet talked to a British officer on the siibjectr-be haxl never spoken of iuto a gallanf officer with whom ne.naatne honor-Ot bciritr connected, and whn I had te, misfortune of taking a part in the trans have an opportunity of seeing my family, that I may stay on board." He accordingly went on Shore in a boat But what became of the boat, or rather, aa Mr. Windham has said, of the two boats I That would be presently seen. A soft intercourse was Observed to be carried w, during the night, between the boats and Sir Home's fern- By an4 the sentimental trips-'tVom-the ship to the shore continued until mornmg (laughter.) But there waa another person, whose case was iniu hartkr tbjmlhja clr plalknt officer, who nap not suppueu any ot tne money necessary lor furnishing out the adventure. 1 hat individual was Mr. Charnock, of Oatead, who procured the funds that were renutsite : so that the person who advanced the money lost all, while be who originally had none, received a very large sum. i ins was .unionunaie lor mr. uiarnocK ; out such circumstances would happen to the best of smugglers. (A laugh.) - Mr. Lunmng said The only other argument for'departing-from usage on this subject of the droits, is, that the whole department af the mon archy may be recast, and for the sake of doing away with every vestige of feudal monarchy That-wc could erect something new. that would f merit great praise, I am not prepared to deny The ntw fabric might be clean and neat as the 1 American government, ana intelligible at the rret ident of the United Statet But I am unwilling that every trace of antiquity should be done away in the British Constitution. (Hear, hear.) Noth ing is so easy as to frame a system that will look neater on paper a system that, by stripping the king of all exclusive and princely ornaments, would render the monarch and his ministers, in dignity and form, what they are in reality, but in a more suitable and efficient character the mere functionaries of a people. There is but one step fuither to complete the improvement r It is, as the king is paid a fixed and, stated salary, so that ministers be removed In form as they are in sub stance, as well as nWmmutersappouited by this home Themonarca-woukl-then be separated from all the darkness of ancient times. But I do riot think the friends of Paine'a plans would be satisfied with all this. I admit, that the honorWe and learned gentleman would 5e satisfied without removing all the lines of circumvallation which. thaflkGodv .Ibiaarm ota traitor must. picrccJiep fore the constitution of this country would re- niove. BOt when nothingas demanded ; when the SOverelgri..,.he would not say consented. ..declar. ed that he wotild receive, with gratitude and sat tsiatiioii, me vavu uist tnat nad been acquiesced in for four-years ; when this declaration was made, when the sovereign expressed himself , satisfied, and declared that he would have no reduction made upon any sums falling into the country, what was the return? u Aye, but you have other funds, and we wish to have them taken from you j we wish you to be. a king after a new fashion j we require- your airowahces to be limited lo youf physical waius i'; we detire you to rival the Pre$i. dent of Jmerica.", (Cheers.) O, incomparable temptation I But he would not be induced by jbls teriiptation to strip o(f trappings which" wcre nei: ther costly to the people nor dangerous-to the LDusmuiion. war villi Alien i, iTiC Ai;.mIc.) . 4ilK il ix i.. .i!. 1 f.r nil tl.'n i to l : ports uficr the war cnummcrd. A Jc;u . Uoii was msiic ol tiic iianlsidp t, tot . (jicr lime lopjrcr time w'as granted. h nmr of law in Massachusetts, the1 question v; tiiu whether the government had a ii;:l t to TJ such timeor whether, ctcording to common I4W ; which was the same in America as in 1": bu J,tli ' ships had not become droits cf t!.- rmmca. wealth there, as of the crown In Kn;;l ' Th " courts found thut the order cf govern; ; M conformable to the hw of natlpns-i and the ship, were enlarged. It" was remarkable, that the courts held, not onlv that the enlargement' wis conformable, to 'the lair of nations, but also to Magna Charts. When the minister of the Amer lean government, at the Congress of Ghent, asked fuf similar indulgence for his countrymen; be nri not meet with reciprocal liberality, The'answer given to him w.as, indeed, the only answer which could be given to 1dm under, existing eircurq. ' sirnceiTTor it'lnformed him that restliution of the property seized could not be made, as It was fwUheifopejfar of the crown; . After such a fact, he would ask them, In the first place, whether it was nottjat- ural for foreigncouHi 16 suspect that wa were someumes made or our court wun no other view than to support this fund? and, in the second, whether the house, if It consented to the mess, ures now proposed .by his msjeaty'a ministers,' would not .be creating another obstacle . to the destruction of It? The American government had certainly a right to expect that the English government would adhere to Magna Charta, and Magna Charta expressly, declared, that no foreign merchant should suffer, I either in his person orm his chattels, upon a declaration of war, though he might be compelled to wait in England until It was ascertained how Englishmen were treated in the other country. Mr I fume said Pensions had most enormous ly increased In ICC I, their amount wis only 3,940., and the whole Civil List only 82,000. In 18 1 1, pensions amounted to more than 38,000. ' and in 1812, to more than 49,000. The whole of this sut too, waa connected in its expenditure with political -and - parliamentary: interest sw-r-U was employed, not to support the dignity and honor of the crown, but to promote the patron age and influence of ministers, end to enable thcti to corrufit the member of that houe, Ji was his intention, in a few days, to show how the mem bers of that house stood in a situation tot be coir rupted; and then those gentlemen oho now cheered, noould ttand brfort the fnute In their Jifojur elka acter. IS . i. j. ------ .9 --- t - . - I tsv wi mi9 - i wuuauiULIUlI ".: -i- '; 1 .'fs-zs-if'ty tr, mi-fa nsfr'r-iji ..sSwr-ifH-ieffyBii &--Si;&i--a-& Domestic IV Lift ttt Tnfi W DEATH" st louis, (m. t.) jvxk 28. The journalist has tc!dom to record a catalogue of. greater mestic calamity than occured a few miles west of St. Louis, on Friday morning last, v-t ; -""air.'MlctotTGarmrrraatlveofCue ty, Ireland, and only a few months from the Em erald Isle, with an amiable group of children, most of them anived to manhood, had purcha sed a plantation in our neighborhood. Their pros pects were fair ; independence, health, and eve ry wished for felicity was in view, until the tran-. sitory gleam vanished by the following accident : On the. morning above mentioned, the eldest sons of Mr. Gorman, Thomas and Patrick, de scended into a weH they were, digging, and Jiail pre viously .penetrated about 30 feet. Anprehen ding nodanger, they, with Win. Neal and Thom as Klnchelo, hired laborers, who had descended to assist them. fell victims to the fixed air, which had accumulated in the short period of 20 or 30 111I4 . . . Mr.. Wm. Tharp, who rcsidet near the Cor- raans, bad the intrepidity to go down in the buck et, and broueht UDthe four men one after the other bled them but Mas, they could not bc brought to life-Mr. GIeft Queens county, Ire land, on the I Oth June, 1819, and arrived it Sv Louis, 4th Dec. following AU the above named, were from the same neighborhood.' " Michsel Gorman, the unhappy father, expresses, feelings of gratitude to his kind neighbors, especially fa Mr. Tharp. '. . . ' The substance that produced thcJsValarmiRS effects, is fixed air, or carbonic acid gasV - - "HOW TO DIE FOR LOVE" rtarnaljas Beebe. of Exeter, Otsctro cotihtv, Ns Y ( i d wars, ahoHitiroelf bii - thr,9rh dt. in thir wonting ne vwuea a younjr woman, lor,- woom .na naa wr time manifested an affection, but who had declined rc cciring his addresses, and told her if she did not co'1" torccdve thhe.. .ra life. She treated the remark lightly, and toW Wn s,,c did not believe ho would. 'Ie retired j1 and saoa ;tr; the report of a, pwto) wa heard, lie wa founr UU& by the side ofatenie, shot through the body lie Uvea a few hours, and expiredftfea jthpef: I ANOTHER JUDGE RESIGXED. U here he has beinfor some days attendinff the Suprcw Cottrt, reMghed to office as one. or the JWSf Superior Court of Law and. Kquity iii this state. . . . ; We lcart that liis excfclkiiey the Governor has noW -the Councillors of State to meet here on Mom'a. 14th of August, for the purpose of advising with wn 08 the appointment of a Judge to wipplr the; vacancy' . ndgc MurphevkM aluo resigned hi office of lt p" of the Supreme Court, and Thomas ItafHn, EJ. mtncx hh Trli yi'iXii the cases deeided ; term--Itegktf,;r. TO?;toiv tlnVliSrttil V. ...
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