1
i.
The j cackling of gewe once saved the
Roman capita) rand, s often dors our fate
depend on causes, aparenl!y the most
trivial, that, after having, la vain, tried
various other means, I am not without the
hope of this essay making my fortune.
If Dr. JnRr-tri' father harl hn it fal.
; :.nA:kUiu I sincereiv wish that I
iui uu iiui a uuuAsriicit it u iviuic tuat "
- '
this! til ustiious lexicographer had never
become an author; 'and Dr. Franklin
mijtfit not have arisen to -eminence, f be
had been apprenticed to any other me
chanical business than that of printini:.
Tl.i ori mtt nf" m ini ti -j f i 11 n
t..r. rrrv bodv 'aeknowlrtfp. h,,r amusmS. Moch as she has been neglect
wh will drnv that external circumsian: : of late, of so great importance was
ces contributed 10 the development 0f Fortune among the ancients, tbat they
.k-:. inilpn,,, VA. i Kit. deified her. As before observed, they
al control j-banhese Irramstance must j
I if - I " I K I
ire uircticu, ana a power 10 cuuiru(.tiiciu
must exist somewhere. And, furthermore,
this much is certain, what these circum
stances are, ana , where this ower exists,
if no ennuirv belnstituted, will never be
..- -
discovered.
could call the
attention of the good peoplejof the Uni
ted States to a due consideration of the
nature of . fortune, (i. e. of the present
state of affairs and its causes.) They may
depend upon it that speculations on this
subject would prove no J Jess useful than
they, in srgreat measure, owed their cele
brirty to cauies liot within their control
as individuals, or, in othr word., to for
tune . Hundreds of Samuel Johnson and
B njaraiu Franklins now languish in ob
scurity i who, without the like hippy con
. cu;rence of circumstances, must live neg
lecteiland die unknown.
The case of inoraN is analogous to that
of intellects Under certain circumstances,
1 Nero might have b-en a Howard, ami
Rirsia a Uenexet; and the two philau-
, thropiu miuht htve surpass! all their
prcd-osors ii wickdnss, if the former
had been of the imperial family of Home,
anJ the latter the iHeiritima-e son of a
Pope. ? Having the same accidents of
birth, education, and country, John Wes
ley had, perhaps, acted the part of Vol
taire, and Voltaire have been the patri
arch of the Methodhts, btin: son to the
Ticirof Kpworth. ln exchanging exter
nal circumstances, Jori:e Fox and Jean
Jacques Kousseau might have exchanged
characters: the" former have published
surh book as the New f Moie, and the
latter have spent his life in disseminating
the principle of Qpakerism.
The external circumstances which have
more." effect in determining the various
conditions of man than any ori2inaI di
versity in their moral, intellectual, or
physical conformation, are, as I have al
ready intimated I ;
First, the time and place hf their birth.
Secondly, their parentage and family
Connections.
Thirdly, their education.
.'These suffice to form their personal
character, after which, liieir fortune, as
far a it theu depends on external circura
stairces, is principally influenced by the
nature of the government uner which
they five, ar.d the society with which they
ansociate. The effect of the two causes,
last enumerated, is so immense, as oAen
. gave her a wheel for her throne, and co
vered her eyes with a bandage. 1 hose,
who are accustomed to regard the events
of the world with a philosophic eye, must
immediately perceive, that truth furnished
the materials, out of which fancy formed
the picture, and all mankind are ready to
acknowledge that justice and reason have
never yet torn the bandage fromlhe eyes
of Fortune.
Hie Christian religion not admitting a
plurality oi gods, on the decline of the
heathen mythology our fickle goddess
shared the fate of the other deities of the
I..
FOREIGN.
Vice days later from Uverpoot.
, MM
K kew-tom:, oct,31. .'
The ship .Orion, Capt. Davis, which
vraVleft at Lrverpool, to sail in 3 or 4
days after the Hercules, is below.
Half past (me. -I )uf boat has j ust come
up from the Orion. She left Liverpool
in the afternoon of the 21st September,
and has brought no newspapers. The
Captain informs, that although it rained
several days after the Hercules left Liver
pool, yet the crops were not as much in
jured as-was at first apprehended. Mar
kets not materially changed since last advices.
CHARLESTON, OCT. 27
FALL OF C MlTliAGENA.
By the British brig Neptune, captain
King, arrived at this port yesterday, in
23 days from Jamaica, we have received
papers froiri thence to the 2d inst, mclu
sive. we, copy me lonowiug nuunaui
intelligence from the Kingston Courant
of the 2d October :
By the schr. John, we have received
accounts of the city of Carthagena naving
itulated on the 25th ult. to the lnd
nrl f climilrJ havp nr rthtprfion to this
to counteract completely the operations orovided it could be shown
of personal character. We see a young condition
man. industrious, 'frugal, prudent, enter
prising and ecomunical, but 'we cannot
projuolicate that hi will rise to wealth.
W ki.our, indeed, that the virtues, which
"blo'ig to him. are what increase the
w-ahh of the community; but, circum
sn:ic", ver which he has no control, as
an individual, may deprive him of all his
earnings. We see another young man
viituou and intelligent ; but, we cannot
with certainty predict that he vi!l,-ttain
to honours the wickedness or folly of
others may condemn him to obscurity or
cover him with ignominy In like man
ner we know not? but that the causes
trhich deprive irtue and talents of their
jiii reward, may' give opulence to the
idl and extravagant, and celebrity to the
pr ifligate and the doltish. By the agen
cv f iroverti nent and society, so often i
the effect of the actions of individuals di
verted from the individuals with ho.ii
thev 'originate, that, I mm our knowledge
of his character, we cannot foretel the
foitune ot any man whatever. 20 capn
ciously, indeed, do riches and honours
appear to be distributed amon; men, that
the ancients represent the being as blind
whom they supposed to deal out the lot
of life according to her humour; end so
great and so sudden are the vicissitudes
of human affairs, that they gave her tor
her throne a wheel that never stands still
A single revolution of this wheel raises us
to-the r.enith of prosperity, r sinks us to
the nadir of adversity; and fJod only
knows whose turn it will be, to be next
exalted or next depressed.
As in all cases'n which events depend
upon a multi.dicty of circumstances, in
proportion as we .'extend our views from
particulars to generals, and from individu
als to communities, human affairs exhibit
more and more a! steady subject for phi
losophical examination, and furnish a
greater number of general conclusions to
guide our conjectures concerning wnat is
future and contingent. General causes
pro luce genera! effc(s. We know that
industry and economy are what produce
wealth, and thajt idleness and extiava
g:nce are what joccasion poverty. We
also know that,iri certain lands, they who
labour hsrdest bnd live most frugally,
h ive the least of this world's wealth, while
thev who do noil labour at all, have the
greatest number, of enjoyments; and,
moreover, we know to a certainty, that,
in whatever land thi- is the state of affairs,
fortune mast, in some strange way, great
ly favour the latter at the expense of the
- . 1 . 1 1
former
vrithout a
PantKnn and Arnoatnis r but the Vulparl
: r 0 . ' . . ... 0 can
in modern times entertain iaeas wnn re- . - MnlU .i, iimiP Ar
gard to the various conditions of men, but dg Q Montilla, arri
liltle more rational than those oPthe po- ve &t Savaill,a) (rom Torbaco,
pulace of Rome and Athens. By ascn- wjth abov ilUeljgence, and with ni
bing every thing to fortune, a man is rep- QrJer fof a,p vesses -n aV(lllina to flis
resented as destitute of power to control theW an;1 procet,d lo Car-
any circumstance whatever. Another ,harcna'to lake the governor, general
vague notion of fortune, seeming to sup- ToJcesN and tht, rrhon of thai fortress
poe effects without causes, is absurd, ir c The schr Biist0,; lIaIlj anJ
not atheistical.. To do away these errors, . Greyhoun,, Henderson, were both
the philosophers gave sanction to another , r j consequence, and
equally great, in asserting, after Aflnus, officer and fiftee(1 soidiers uut on board
that every man is the maker of his own j direclions to ca o(r Santa
f0f,l.U,?e . u u rn I Martha. When off that port, tliey fell in
What doctrme was ,t the wish of Dr. ' Uh his M . b- NautilIu5 capt.
loung to inculcate Dy tue louowing coup-. Ch an w-ho seut the sodiers ..n shore,
and ordered the Vessels to return to Sava
nilla, and take in their cargoes whfch
were ready, after which, they were to sail
for this port. ; On their going back to Sa-
vanilla, theyjwere seized and sent away.
under the protection of two gun-Doats,
for Bocca Chica, from whence it was ex
pected they would'take the Spanish troops
on board, apd depart immediately for St.
Jago de Cuba.
" The schr. Pertshire, Ferres, was re
landing her cargo at Savanilla, and would
be obliged to go to Carthagena, to take
in troops, for Cuba.
. a We learn, that gen. Montilla, previ
ous to the capitulation of Carthagena.
had bombarded that city, from the Popa.
and had occasioned much injury to it from
the fire of six long guns and two monars."
let?
Look into those who are clld unfortunate,
" And, closer view'd, youU find them all un
wise." Here the revered Doctor makes a wise
man ana a toriunaie man one aou mc
same thing ; but, Lord Bacon tells us that
' a fortunate man must have something
of thefwl and not too much of the honest
in him." How the opinions of the great
sometimes clash !
Some, considering that, in the vulgar
acceptation of the term, there is no such
thing as fortune, propose that the word
should be blotted from our vocabularies ;
of every man is wholly
uninfluenced by circumstances beyond his
personal control. Others, on account of
the various aud discordant significations
different people give to it, think our lan
guage would be benefited by a rejection
of the disputed dissylable ; but, so long
as we can ,.ttach definite ideas to, it, I
cannot see the propriety of this verbal
A. I . A A
excision; tor, during me present tupsy
turvy state of affairs, no word is more
convenient.
In calling the attention of the good peo
pie of these United States to the consider
ation of Fortune, till a better definition be
offered, I should like them to consider it,
as that amcurrenee of causes or circum
st twees, bey 'Hid our control, which injl'i
ences or determines our fate or condition
of life.9 This may apply to us either as
individuals or as a nation. Certain cir
cumstances, however, not within our con
trol in our private capacity, may be within
our control as a community. 1 he innu
ence of government is universally ac
knowledged to be very great; and, as in
x republican country, every man has some
share in the government, as far as this
influence extends, every man has it in his
power to make, not only his own fortune,
hut that of his neighbour also, in exact pro
portion to the share which he has in the
overnment. Never, not even for a rao
ment, losing sight of these truths, I should
like the good people of these United States
dulv to ponder upon the vast variety of
conditions among us. Some of us are
ooor, some rich, some virtuous, some vi
cious. It would be well if we could dis
cover how far the riches or poverty, the
virtue or vice of each individval is owing
to himself, and how far to others. How
far th circumstances, which produce this
diversity of conditions, are within our con
trol as a community, and how far this
great inequality of fortune has been cau
sed by the unequal operation of the laws.
If so be that there is in the United
States any idle, profligate, extravagant
man that is rich; if so be that there
is any industrious, frugal, prudent, enter
prising man that is poor; if so be that
there is any worthless wretch living in
honour or celebrity, or any worthy man
in disgrace or obscurity; 1 say, sup
posing, raerelv for the sake of a case, that
any thing so contrary to what we, in rea
son, believe to be the natural connection
of cause and effect, should exist in the U
nited States, it would be well if we could
discover what the fortunate concurrences
FALL OF LIMA.
The editors of the Washington Gazette
learn by a letter, dated from La Guayra,
Octobe 8, that ofScial advice had been )
transmitted from the Vice President of
Cundinamarca, (or New Granada,) to
the Vice President of Venezuela, that
Lord Cochfane's squadron had entered
the port of Callao, in consequence of the
capture of Lima, &c. by Gen. San Mar
tin. -The gentleman adds :
'"An expedition of all the English
troops jn Caraccas, say 300, and 200
Creoles, embarked on board two vessels
of war, 3 transports, on the 5th inst.'and
sailed the same day from this port, their
destination unknown ; but I conjecture
they are bound to Panama, via St. Martha,
where they will receive a reinforcement
of 1500 or 2000 men, and perhaps will be
commanded by General BOLIVAR, in
person, as by the last accounts he rwas
on his march for that place. I have; rea
son also to believe, that a force from
Guayaquil,! commanded by Colonel Die
go Ybarra, will co-operate in the capture
of Panama, the fall of which I consider
certain in all this month."
CHARLESTON, OCT. 31.
CAPTURE OF THL PIRATES!
By the schr. Mary-Ann, Capt. Hil
lard, arrived yesterday, we received a
Havana paper of the 24th inst. from
which we have translated the following
highly pleasing article :
" Havana, October 24th, 1821.
" Arrived from Liverpool, the Amer
ican ship Lucies, Capt. Missroon. On
the l6th, this ship was taken possession
of bv the. famous pnates who cruize off
Cape St.' Antonio, and as these picaroons
were about plundering her, the U. S.
brig Enterprize, fortunately hove in
Night, and succeeded in capturing the
piratical fleet, consisting of four schooners
and one sloop.- The sea robbers had the
audacity to hoist their red flag. Besides
the vessels captured, there was an open j
boat attached to the same gang, which
effected her escape. The prizes have
been sent .to Charleston, where the crews
will be tried. The ship was brought in
bv a midshipman of said U. S. brig.
We have been horror struck by the
depredations and piracies lately commit-
-which we jvffl find out who are their com-j
naoions. who their protectors,; and by 7
whom fitted out together with other in
teresting .information."
Another Account.
Vehave beea politely, favoured Vith
the followingrexiract from the Log-Book
of! the ship Lucies, Cap. Missroon,
which was received yesterday in a letter
from Cfapt.-M. dated Havana, 24th Oct.
' " Tuesday, Oct. 16 At 5, A M.
when hauling round Cape Antonio, saw
a large brig ushore oh the Cape ; and
when we came abreast of her, she hailed
us,! saying, this is the Aristides, of Bos
ton, from Liverpool, taken by the pirates
two days since, and run ashore by, them.
t that instant',, we were fired at by a
pirate, and shortly after was boarded by
her, th--ee others in company, all under
Spanish colors. As soon as they got on
board, they drew their sabres, cocked
7 r . til
their b underbusses, and drove us an
below. After they had possessed them
selves of our (officers and passengers)
watches and other valuables, with blun
derbusses at our breasts, threatening in
stant death in case of refusal, they then
omppedpd ro hreak open the tranks of
T " - 1
dry goods in the steerage; in the mean
time liberated some of our crew to bring
the ship to anchor, which they did in
three fathoms vater. While we were
confined in the cabin, we saw . from the
windows a large schooner and brig, stand
ing close round the cape, which appeared
to be jarmed vessels ; the brig at this
time being near to the Aristides,; taking
off ier crew, fiied at one of the pirates
that had run down from us in that di
rectico. Our captors, on seeing tms,
precipitately left us, and began to tow
aiid sweep their vessels in shore. . At 8,
the large schooner came up with and hail
ed as, under the Colombian flag.; en
qaired if" we had been taken by the pi
rates, and beiirg answered in the affirma
tive, instantly opened a well-directed fire
upon them from a 24 pounder. When
the firing had ceased, she again hailed us
to say if the brig astern did not prove jto
be an American man-of-war, on our
hoisting our signal, she would immedi
ately come to her assistance she thru
hauled off. This vessel prove to be the
Colombian schr. La Centilia, command
ed by Charles C. Hopner. About 9? the
brig, which proved to.be theU. S. bnu
Enterprize, came up .with us, and enquir
ed if we had got possession of our ship a
gain ? Being answered yesj Capt. ;Kear
ney demanded all the boats and men w
could spare, to go in pursuit of the pi
rates ; and in less than ten minutes', five
armed boats left the Enterprize, pulling
after them About 11, the boats beingr
near to the schrs. the largest one being"
full of dry goods, was set fire to by
themselves, and abandoned. About half
past 1 1 , she was in a blaze to the mast
head, all sail being set. At meridian
she blew up. So ends this day.
j Wednesday, Ocf. 17 Begins with'
heavy squalls, thunder lightning" and
rain t 4, f. iVl. cleared up. Saw
coming round the Point, (Mangrove
point on the chart) the other two schrs.
and a sloop, (no longer pirates) with
'American colois at their mast-heads,
prizes to the Enterprize. At 9, was
boarded by Capt. Hopner, supplied him
..t . . ...
witn sundry articles ot provisions, which
he would not accept of on any other
terms than paying even more than was
demanded . for them, At 10, Captain
Kearney boarded us, from whom we
learn that the Aristides will be totally
lost ; her rudder and stern post is torn of,
and four feet water in the hold. The
British brig Larch, of St. Andrews, from
Kingston for Havana, was taken at the
same time we were and re taken by the
Enterprize. After Capt. Kearney had
dispatched the boats after the pirates
yesterday, he stood round the Cape with
the brig to the southward, and there cap-
lurea anotner ot.the robbers, who 'had
taken a French brig the day' before.
Dounu io( ampeachy."
Economy
FOR
2.9
Weak.
T.
WPimMAN
ion
CCD
AP GOODS
GO. TO !
f,
CHEAP ST QUE,
CRAVEN-STREET
Nearly opposite the Netcbern Banlc
WHERE MAY BE FOUND f '
Goods of evei y Descript
CHEAP FOR CASH, j
Ginghams at 12 1-2 cts jjrtyd
Calicoes, . "10 cents per
Domesticlc Shirtings, 1 4 cs
Hdkfs, 20 cents. !
Plains Cassimeres road
clot hf from y cents itpuard
ALSO,
A quantity of SHOES, at 30
Together with
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT op-
Fresh Pry Goods
FANCY GOODS, &c
BOOTS S HOES, ofkry
description,
LadiesGentlemen's, & Children's
. Beaver Hats. !
Saddles, Bridles. Trunks,
FOWLING PIECES, RIFLES, &c
AND 1
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
GROCERIES.
' ALSO, j j
2 very handsome STICK GIGS,
4 light, One Horse W AGGONS
A NUMBER OF !
LOW PRICED PLOUGHS,
Fancy Windsor Chaps,
And a small invoice of j
FUR N IT II RE.
November 3d, 1821. 189
Jit
enry ueweifj
HAS removed diiectly opposite his
, formerStore on the Old County
Wharf, and lias received fiom New-York
an assortment of
Pry Goods Groceries,
Hardivare 8? Cutlery,
Crockery Glass ware,
$c c.
Which he will sell on reasonable terms,
October 27183.
THE SUBSCRIBKR
HAS JUST IMPORTED FROjif PHILADELPHIA
A large and general assort'
ment of
BUY GOODS,
HARDWARE and GRO-
CERIES,
Which he offers for sale at reduced price?.
ALSO,
Ten Crates A Crockery,
And an elegani ' assortment of
COMMON & CUTGLASS cwy o.;
ON CONSIGNMENT
100 boxes, 50 feet 8 by 10 winuyw
Glass, S 5 per box.
80 ditto, 50 feet, 10 by 12, S 6 25
50 Kegs Snuff, 25 cents per bottle.
He also offers for Sale,
ONE FIRST QUALITY PHILADELPHIA H&1
GIG,
And one ditto SULK EY-Also,
Two first rate young
HORbES,
... . 4 trn HFC .
well broke to Harness, ut b
underthe Saddle.
Wnn fprt in Purchase,
THREE THOUSAND BUSflE
Palma Christd Seed,
For which the highest price
bCB'IVeD' WILLIAM DTJN
Newbern, ' OctoberJlSSli
tori ha tKttCA Klirpanoarc o n rl nra mnr
No effect, howeTer, is produced arethat -ive to v.ce the reward due , to v,r j u,ae the . bercantiIe worId on lhe
- .1 ! Anil nkol tit a mmtrrtnnt thai intlirt ..V .... '
cause. The industrious may be v ...-. ture of those unpnnciple
ipled men, the more
. . . lk. MAMnl.. H.L.Ii m W&rmwrt9 .
deprived of the produce of their labour j i ,"l,r"1; . "l"wu " f'-'y afticularly, as by their apprehension,
by circumstances not within their person-J lflCurrcd 0Dv ice mfrLIN J imPortant discoveries will be made, by
JVew Store.
GEORGE S E KL YE, Co.
pjAVE lately opened a
large assortment of European
ind Domestic Goods, in the tStort
lately occupied by Fitch 8? Barker
is a Shoe Store, where goods will be
sold at the following reduced pri
ces viz. ": ' '
Ginghams at 2 1-2 cents per
yard.
Calicoes at il cents per yard.
Domestic Shirting at i5 certs
ner yard.
Plains, Cassimers and Broad
Cloths from 45 cents s to
$7 50 per yard of an ex
cellent quality.
Together with an extene assort
ment of DRY GOODS equally as
low. Country Merchants can be
supplied on reasonable terms.
Newborn, Oct 27, 1821 ISStci.
Spanish
ttct-.p;pH. and tor
Segars.
,d for
he Subscrihir, a w"s
quality SPANISH SEfiA
o
Newbern, Nov. 3.
j
hrst qua