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. ..i ihort and1 teiy iaftrnftive ;,It ia m follow! t : Aad it came to paf after thi, that Ab blom prepared biro chariot,' and horfes. It fifty men to ruo before him.1 And. Abfalom rote p early, . and Rood bead the way of the fate and ftwa fo, YbaT Mci any man that had a controerfy came to the King lot jadgemeat; then A bfajom called to htm and laid, ' Of what city art thov i" and be faid, thy fetvaot, ia one o( the tribe of Ifracl," Aod Abf atom laid unto him, " See thy matters r rood and right but there is no roan deputed r of the king hear thee'-' Abtalom faid moreov cr, O that I were made judge in the land, that '' any man which haihinf fait or taufe-might come unto me, and I would do htm lattice I - a .a " - a i ' - And it wai lu. tnat wneti any man came nigh to hiaa to do him oWUnce, he pat "north hit hand and took him ami kifed hm. And ia this manner did Abfafom to all Ur ; - raci tbat came to the King ot judgment t So Abfilotn dole the beans ol the men o -Mark the Icraft of thi. unprincipled op ftart. He flood at the gate of the city ana harraazaed the people a the were 'coming ia and going oat. - Stranger, he took bf the haiw.ad-oon8MDawAHei? their place of abode, kindly , a&ing their buhneftto leruialcm, MJ wpen. acionna that the had fome law1 fait to fettle, or o ; ; fher inooortinl buftnef at the .royal court, while be pattered them witn.ni opinion i the gbbdncf of their catlfe, at the fame time ' kitted to them the- incjpacitf and nei;rence of hie father' adfljiniftr at ion. 44 rbeic ia no maa, he faid, defied of the King to hear thee fh to fy the King negleaa yoa aiMtthiaagb hit eglcAyoufuffcr iojufticetnjary.,' V Abfalom, then, with a PeMsr modefty, proceeded to reeonUmend biojfelf for office, M O, faid he, that 1 were maje judge ia the land, that every man- which hith any fait Or caufe mieht come unto me aia wauia ao 1" .What a AtfrMfr wi(h I And haw rncnV a batrtot heart ha devoatry ut tered the like eiacolation.J-" O . that I might get myfclf fiiag into Ifomc office of hoaor and profit l - S) ttMf ih kuntad hart 6d, A rut tut th ntii1 bn jk.l.' Were I to be Kine faM Abfilom in hi popular harangue, I would do all of yon iuftioe i I would Uehtcn JOit paraen ana redref. all Tour trievaacc .! What chain -Jo t.lt lThc toeoole wcte all cat ail ' erei. all attention. But what raptarea' fill kd tkelr heart. wheOr befidti thefe kind cxpref&oai, be tcwklhem tjj the hand one after another and kiBii them f It i nothing ftran that be 'law thtlr leartiF. M the It end tret exoreik it i tiow wonder- ' follr haa Ablatam altered of lare i lai the ? people. : H afed 1 be (a haaghtt.-tbat we - were ooV prmid to tpeate to mm t atow be ta aa naeck; a, hepherd'a lamb. He ufed tobaveWd cart,aeio4niture bat n ow hi heart mclta with pity aod kiadacf toward ua. J We like him ft thou-tand time Jbetter than wC doibat conceited humdrum, Solaman. who never kiaTcct f moch a oe of u in all hi life."" Did yon obfeie, ,faid one, that- t'ho' we be dirty orrT-agged, it make na difference "( he kiHcl n aU I" :Y, cried, another, LcamejJireAly oat of the field covered with dull and dirt, and he kiflcd. me s"r-4 And aje 'replied a blackfmith he kificd me. ihauh i came from my Ihop withaot" ; warning, and : with my face all over btfmeared with fyrtat aod. . coal dud." " What a precious man of tbe people 1 exclaimed a- thoufand1 tongue. Tho' he haa fine chariot, . fiae horfei and ' fine clothi, and hi head ia Covered with the fweetelt . prcfume and hi hand are a white at lillietr be love u jnd even take .a by the hand and kiflc . God five Ab falom l-Kig Abf.lom, live forater . Tlie deluded people feemed to hav? been, ia no meafurc Ihocked at the horrid guHt of Abfalom in attempting to ufuTp-the throne at the expenfe of hi father' lif Tbey ' were not mocked even at the' jiaeajiaHcd im- Eadenee of hi proiigacy.,in debaochiag i father women npoa .the honfe top in opca day, and in ike public; view, They did not coafider that fuoh a bloody and vi. ciout moafter cloathed . With potteTr would be the worft of tyrant. '..No atf hai( Batter. ed them he had told them, that he wa keif Alend behat tjfftd ihsmVancTby- thefe aieaa, bad Jvleu tbtir 6trp ; and, but for the fortunate circomftaace-of hi death, the nation of Ifrcl might have (on ad in Ab faloai a execrable a tyrant a France did in Robefpierre So the world haa gone on, from age to age j the creduJon m altitude have been caught by then that were craf ty aad .defigniog. evea as fifliea aie caught Jo a net.-: i'c J ' v The great and all important' experiment $ now trying, whether the people of ? wa be wifer than have bean the pcaple of other nation and of foimer ageiGod . grant that the experiment may prove fac ecfiful aad iflue ia the ditiaguilhed honor Aadhappioef of thi country. " -v ' 'TT ' People or the United State ! Beware of men wbo flitter you, for they natter yon ia order to Jltttt yon. Beware of mea wbo peak to yon in the whining cut of t lover, and profefa unbouadedafcftiooi foryoo,- Tbeif hearts mam "not Bewarr of men who arc ever proclaiming their patriots ifm.' It ia the hypocrite's trnmpcu Ywhea they Wow. ficwace of -men wha fe rile and infamouiatt Jt intrignei, to get them fclve into ofSces, HISTORICUS.. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Admiralty-Office, Angaft t.v Copy of a letter from Lord Vifcount Nel& KrBrVicrAdmiral of the Bltie,-&ev to .Evan Nepeaa, Efq- dated onhoardLhu Majefty' (hip Medufa'off' Bologne Ac 4th mft. . , ,1' . l. ia-., , The eoeray'a veflels, hr ia aad f ata,' (h2 eer rieeed) aad'a fchooner, twenty four 10 number were thi morning, at daylight, anchored itf i Bne in front of the town of Boulogne the wind being favonrabfe fof the bo aba to acv 1 made the ugnal tor tbem to weigh and to throw well .at the, vcffcU, but a little a poilibfe to annoV tw ptwrltbeaptaaa placed' their mfprTn tbe bell pol&blc poution, and irra few Mtora three of tb flat and a brig were lunk ; ana in the coarie ot the mornuiflr o were on ibore,. evidently . mncb damaged : t' fieln the eveaiojg, bciag high watef, fiveof fje veflel which bad bee'u aground, haukd with difficoUy into the Mole, he ovbf remain ed under water I believe the whole of the veflel would have gone'iofidc the' Pier but for want of-warer. What damage the ine my have faftaincd, beyond what we feet impoffible to tell. The whole of thuaf fair 10 of no farther confequtnee, than to (hew the enevy they cannot, with ioipuui ty come ouilideheir porta . . V The efficera of artillery threw the (hrlli wtih great fitili 1 and I am lorry to fay that Capt. Fyer, of the Roytl Aitillery, is (lightly wounded ia the l high by the bmft ing of an ecemyY "uil, aad two fcamen arc alfo wouaded. . 1 . ; :-!fii A flat gun vcfie' is thi moment funk I am. &c. ' ; MLtoK & aaoata?- . The fubjoiaed letter (hew that admiral Lord Nelfon ha not yet done with the cte. my' gun-boat. Where hit, next attack will be mad it would aet be proper iu n to Rate, if we knew it, which however e do not, nor would the public thank ay one .for fuch iofarmation, a might Ujtv the public iervice, were it given., z--.-zt a.' ; StttBtaawAngoft 7f vt All the row Boat ly ing ia thi harbour are. getting ready a t nick a pcffiblef of im mediate icrvice. The arm and accoutrement belonging to the yeoman y and toot vtlanum of thi place,, were infpeAed yc&etday by Colonel iimith of the royal attillery. . taaacaTi, Anguft 7.. Admiral lord ; Nclfon; with that part, of hi fleet which hat come into our road, Jie at Uncle anchor, ready to depart as foo a the vcffcl (hall have taken ou board fvnie beer, aiarouoition, and a few other neceff. lie with which the Diligence (hop wlicb ha been appointed lo that fervice i low foppling them. r ri-r .: . G Y P T. v I , A private letter rora ContUntioobW, of the , 14th of June, dale fome interclbng particular refpeding tbe affair of Egypt. The whole attention of the Govcrnmcti is at prefent occupied in preparation for ihc adrainiftrition of that important, province, the fpeedy recovery of which, from the fad eefa already experieaced, tbty anitcipitc with the 'ut rnott confidence. The partita Jar detail of the affair of Ei Hanka bad not been received, but it wai known tbat Menon, apprifed of the march of tbe Graad Vizier, of thearrival of the Englih at Suex , and of tbe approach of the combined body of Turk and,ngliih, difpatcbed 5000 men. on the 15th of April to reinforce tbe corps of. Khamanick, aod to put it in a (kuatiou to commence o&aEvcoperioni.J After' thi juncian,' the' TrencK force, COnhirag: of about COQO men, befidet an almaft a,al oambcr 01 auxikaty forces, termed of Codt and Ureek proceeded to attack, the at ray the Vixier, avtitcn vigoronuy luttaincd tie a r t I -!- A . (bock, aod after a (harp action fucceeded in compclline the . French to take refure In the fort and citadel or Cauo. 1 bis place, after the a3ion,-wa faid to.be kept in a date of clofc blockade by the troop of te Viiier, joined by the divifton of col. Spea- cer,. and the tioop of -h captain Pacha, who bad moaoted the Nile with bw loulh. It i mentioned that in the battle of thiaift of March, the dreadful carnage experienced by the left wing of the French armyt wa in a great degree aleribable to the orda (Taed by General Meadu on the moratng f the battle, by which ftegnicr and Daou were degraded Irom their command. Tie: tnunaauon 01 toe couairy in sue ocignoeur hood of Alexandria ia ftxted aot to hate been produdive of the end propofed. The drcumftance of llenoBJahaviny dlfpitched -ooo men from the camp at 1 AlcXaddria to the relief of the' corp at Rhamaaichip pear indeed to ba pretty condufive proof that the meafurc ha failed in Ibe wiflied for fucccf. The city of Alexandria will hdw: everjt ii alledged, be expofed to comrete delruaion. if, before the month of Septem-. ber, the Eoglilh army doe not repair thefe eiftern from whicbJ it annually teceivea the nccelTary tupplict of water. v Caotaio Paine, who. arrived at thia port yeftarday from Gibraliirt jnformuthat en the &th Augutl f,itie oay ociorc iic ten Malaga) he wa boarded by tbe United States frigate Philadelphia. Samuel Barron, commander, who. waa-waitlng for thelrri pohtan ctuiicr at mat itme in uiumur m come out. The officet and crew of thj frlirate ware all. 'Well, and in high fui'Us, chetiihing the hope of fpeedily-makiog a priff 01 tne uaroarraw. .-. : , ' ODTthrStb An'ffuft, tbe day on -which tbe A&rea. reathed . Gibraltar, a mutiny Jhroke , out jn boaid. the Tripoliun; eTc'l, ioccaCone bv-the Want of protffions. A houc 150 of the feamea deferted, and aad landed, when they were feixed by aa order of the goe'eroorr' and put on board a Bikilh tflel,-which departed imnsediately for Te-, 1 11 an , - "Tneri t a at ion 0 the Scotch Rcoe gado who ctfiamand the fleet is thus ren dered defperatethe brig of ti gunsu dif mantled ; and he ha only ab"Ut 40 men ti hoard bis own thip, rxclulive 01 officers. In Gibraltar, it is conjedured that he will not dare to return to Tripoli j but tbat he willdifpofe of his vedcl, and bid adieu to Mahomet. Captain Paine left Gibraltar on th 1 1th Augull. The day preceding a.Britilh fri gate anived there in 31 day from Egypt, with intelligence (as was reported) that aj miral Gaatheaume had landed 5000 troops at a fhort diltance from Alexandria, and tbat AUxindria ft ill held out.' No other new had tranlpircd. "JawTi oi South Amixicx Ult. t?mfairt Ktjirrtiw lr' r( thm arl.finiti- ir. rived at Bolton, inforrnt, that the Viceroy of Lina, has ordered the f&izotr of all vtf. fcls having-roods on boatd'for trade above the value of 1 00 dollar i a (harp lookout u kept on she coatt. Two velfels have re . ceutly beef lalua aod fent to Lima, or Ca ' lioj and a (hip ft om New York, Lifcomb, matter 1. (he was condemoed in Wa (he i had been trading lome time, and lia J I CO 000 dollar in fpecic on board The other waa the Cathaiine, of Bollc, B 1 Worth ;' and bad g jne for Lima. - She was taken on the coatt-of t'hili. The Whale imps that go to arc politely trcauo. ss" 1 Gibraltar. July ji. Inttllivtnct frum &Sipt. Thi morning arrived hi niMcfty' bii? of war 5p ucr, in 43 day from Alexaa dna. j At the time of the Spider leavinsr A. 1 x:ai ii, fthc i3trt Juuc) that earrifon dilih.id out 1 but general, Hutcbiufon and about Sooo troops iu high health aod fpi- rus, and abunJaniiy fuppucd, were with in about 12 miles of Cairo, which place is probably now in his power, as the general had with him abOiic 30,000 Turks, and a large body of Mameluke,, who bad joined the Briti(h force. With tbi amy cererl Hutcbinfon waa making arrangement for the complete inverting, of the rrench force at Cairo, amount 10 g to 7,000 men. Only a part of the Bombay army had arrived at Suez, and joined Sir John Hutcbinfon ; the remainder, having beer delayed in their navigation up the Red Sea, (where the Forte frigate, afed a a vi&ualing tranfport, was unfortunately call away) wuid not be at their deftinatiod till July. The four re ' gimcnt which we mentioned in a former Chronicle to have pafled Gibraltar in the line of battle (hip, have arrived fafcly iu Jpt- w" " ' - - Gantheaume' Ajuadron, conAAing. of three line of battle (hips, two, frigates, and fome -trrofoort . with ' rffntorccmeat of 4 troop for Mtnoo 8my,' had arrived on' the Coatt of Africa, to the wnftward of E-' gypt i but, finding it iaipraAicable to pnt the troop on : (hore, on account of a High furf, the foiiadrbn had returned to the coatt '' of Italy. The Britilh ctnixer hadcaptur- ' ed four or five of their : cranfpori,' with troop, and ftore. Oa board one of tbem, wa a company of fiagera' dancer, and comedians, 1 (cat by the firit conful, for the' recreation of hi Egyptian armyV . " A detachment of the Britjflr army tfnder the conamaad ofjbrigadiergeaerar Doyle, had intercepted aad taken, prifoner a body of Menem army ; on their march through, the defert, fron Alexandria to Cairo, con fitinf of 500 of their beft troops, 140 horf e aad Jjo cameta. ' -- . .;; ' - ' , Damictta had been evacuated by it gar rifoa, who, (600 ia number) cmbaiked at; Barloi, with a view of either getting iatq Alexandria, orteachiag Ftaac the what of thefe were captured tnd i one veek 1400 French pnforter. wetr taken by the Britift force, without tbe lof of one man. Tho whole of Sit Jame Samarez' fqua dron;i,completely repaired, and cither at or ready lor fea, including" the, St. An. taioe, feltwed,hhip) whafe officcra and' men were entirely ricncn, tooogn cnaica by, admiral Moreno a a Spaniih (hip. ' WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. a3. Oaptin Sif.A Talxot, ha refigned ht com'miflBn. We underftand,. that tbi meafurejba proceeded from a with to do a war inciiltre which in hi apprche nfion, fuhedfrom i the ccHitelledpointof rank betwetnhim and capt Tauxioi. ; Vllf a derived from thi kiw Cersc. ,ICmtittuedA r The toilowinff ftaiemeor (hews the reja- live najiber of the rcfpftive flaiea in. the LearuM t790, and that of 1800,, with the iuceafcja each lUte. r Taxn IV. 1790 ifoo fncreafe Krw-Hrnp(hrre,' 14 i85 183858 41975 "RHoAitd ah A, ' ; idiie Ami ' A 'M-lfatat.ra'7 m -tfU - . Vludiotr Maine. 477J7454 9937 Connecticut, X37946 351002 13055 Vermont, N. York, one - - allotment : 3oi ao 484065 143945 wanting New.Jerfey, '019 ait 149 454373 6o 365 27010. 167592 PeonfyUania, Utlawarc, Maryland, part of rn allotment wanting, Virp'nial . 59094 64273 319728 399704' 57 1 1 00 1 4 Dimi nution 747610 878050 I1M40 Noitb Carolina, 391751 478103 84.JC2 South Carolina, 249073 35591 96518 trCoru, 8548 162686 80138 Keniacky, 73977. 220955 '4778 i . Though Maryland, appears abavr fa have decreafed 10.0 24 Inhabitants set tie fui is otherynje 1 fcr allowance mttji be m-dt for the fubftracTitn of 8.144 inhabit tattisy which form thepopuUtian of the fuuth' em diflriH tf Columbia , and for the deficit nt return, nenca am a to tbe former will un doubtedly give a jmatf increife of numbers to tbat djjiriil in 1790 embraced by Mary land. . V" ; By the above tabic It appear tht in t?oo the date according to thek refpedive num ber, flood thus : , t Virginia, 9 New Jerfry, jo. New Hampfhrre . 1 1 .' Verfnentf ' ; . 13 Georgia, - v ' . irKratucky, itiMaffachuftt, I 3. Peunfylania, ' ; 4, N. Carolina, j 5. New York, ' a. Maryland, 1 Rhode Iflaad, ;' 1 South Caioliaa, 15, Del-aware, r . vpnacaieut. . . It further appear that, according to tho cetiTus of 1 800, they now in point of nura bif (land thus I. Virginia, 9 Kentucky, i. Pcnnfylvania, 10. New jerfey, . MfLc:iufct(, II. New HampfhireV 4.' New York, ra. Geotgta 5. North-Carolina, 3 Vermont, 6 Somh Carcliu. 14.' Rhode lfland, 7: Maiylaad, 15. Dciawaic, 8. CortneAicut. . The following ta! ! (hewa the advanced popnlrftion of each (late according to the Ctnfu of 1 800 beyond that of 1790. ; TaataV. ' ' : r ' ' ' Inereae. . Ncw-Hsmpfl i e, 30 per cent. Khode-lflaiid, no aflign L .: " able increafc, . MaiTachurctts, 21 Connecticut, - 5. Vermont, ' - 81 ' .; ' . ! New Yorki ' 4 New Jcife'y, 14 Pen'nfylvania, 38 V Delaware," g ' v ' " Maryland, diminution of , ' ' :" . "j per cent, ' 0 J' . "Virginia, :'. .18 ' South Caireuna, ' Georgia, ; 98 ' ''"': iiSwttickjrs ' 200 ' !..';:, " .m - 6.14 : From this ftatement it follow lhat the rifptftive ftatea have proportioriably ia- created in the degree abave tatedin the following order, viz. v' V;;:r:'.. Kentucky, : ; . , X. Georgia, . - , T 3.. Vermont, - ;- Ll-' ! . 4a. e"?,k, , 1. " . 5. k 6. Pcnnfylvaaia 4c South. Carolina, which haveiacrcafed in the fame proportion, . ' '."'.''.''' 7. new tlaaiplhire, . s 8 Jc o. Maflathufetti Je North. Caroliaa, which have iacreafed ia the fame- proportion, ' ' .10. Virrinia. ? .) . il. New 7rfey If: ti ' "V i A
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