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ELEGY
On the death of the Hi rerend WALTER
Cranston.
iji.ne, rolled in white, he"ait to cull the flowers,
nil twine u wreath of every beauteous hue,
While t nitli hung fondly on the sportive hours,
Hint roll'd the season to the eager view.
Friendship h id fixed her seat In every heart,
F,,r feeling natures ever gain otir love;
Learning find spent its nil—enriching art,
And pure ittfltgioii rais’d his view above.
Ala- '• I fee' that now, alas! is gone,
'[’he butt, the firm. .1 friend I ever knew;
Without his counsel, I uni left alone,
t o roam the world, such friendship to renew,
lint oh! what s< encs are opening on thy sight I
What rnnlViius strains attend the heav’my lyre!
Shrouded in innocence and roll’d in light,
thy bosom burns with never waning fire.
Ah! could m.v hand but reach thy distant mini),
’ ’Tvvouid strew, and plant those living flowers n
rouhd,
That ne’er would cease In shed a mild perfume,
Mild as thy heart, umid contention found.
Jlut breathing sculpture cannot raise his fame,
Nor blossoms honor his cold northern grave ■,
111,, heart’s the tomb where dwelt* his lovely name,
A mausoleum all denied the brave.
Oolild earth attractive, have display’d her charms,
To woo the soul just ri dug from her cell,
No scene thin glitters, un i no love that warms,
lid r call’d the spirit hero to longer dwell, ‘
With Are .Iter fervor, or mure truth sincere,
Thun thid.siliicb met lamented Oranston’seyc :
lint oh 1 bis soul, devoid of vice as fear,
With Joyful u. 1.1 port, sought its native sky.
Grief, drooping w o, attend the well earned tears,
That wish I’l ittjMhkW'Ub the cVdlydew
Which sleep. iliOfgnpc where lies the pride of
years.
The mother’* pMne, whenee nil her smiles she
drew.
Aflil, pliji' .O' Muse.forbear the faillo?. theme,
Tile In ; tti.il fails when dismal gi 'ids aviso,
For his fvod spirit, glow, with beaveo ..own beam
And tli.ue doth grovt I ’neath the luw’ring shies.
TfiK TRIPLE PLEA,
LAW, PIU’SKj AND DIVINITY,
'Contend which sh ill superior be ;
Phe Lawyer plead* h ■ is your friend
And will your rights mi l eattfo tiefuud ;
The Doctor-says derty’t who ytill,
i 1 H iis* • cCT , || ,
The ojrnve IJiupe, wilhlook dotnur’d
Td penitents with heaven u-snr’d ;
Hut mark llie.-o friornty of one* atuPsoe
Where end I heir groat civility :
Without u lip the Lawyer’s dumb,
Without a lee the Dm tin teflinin ;
lit Reverend says withiiirpfKs dues
You might the joys of Heaven lose.
Then be advised; in none confute,
tint take sound reason for your guide.
i
Recollections of a Native of Perth
shire.
Hob Huy. — Plus celebrated clia
racier, whose name now stands gib
betted, if I may use the expression,
to a sort of darkling immortality, by
tlie pen of the “great unknown,”
spent (lie long evching of his Iron
bulous life in a state of armed neu
trulily, within the walls of bis own
domicil, not far from Dumbarton,
and about thirty miles north west of
l*oi tli. in the shire of that name.—
lie was not known then as Hob
liny. Out familiarly as the Thief of
(llenaloon. At the English Court,
however, and among those of high
er note, to whom Ins hostility was
terrible, lie was equally well known
by the portentous appellation of The
.Met tremor!
Tlu> “Creature Dotigal,” was a
real character, living many years ip
the vicinity after his great waster's
exit, and was not unlike the per
trail given of him. Ills true name,
however, was Tcu'rGori’uoi. (tor
ilon, though easy enough in a very
bumble way of life, from the littlt j
donations of shillings and sixpences
be would occasionally receive from
(he young and curious, and the con
stant hospitality cf.ill classes in the
neighborhood of Ins little den or
cabin, was yet an arrant and incor
rigible thief; it seemed to lie in tho
very complexion of his nature.—
Whatever little tiling be could lay
his hands on, in the houses he visit
ed, was sure to disappear.
At the residence of one gentle
man where he was wont to call in
his occasional perambulations, and
when he hail now become so old
that he coltld scarce crawl about,
tiie servants and younger people of
the family one day put Ins cupidity
to a laughable but rattier cruel test. ’
■After dinner, and when he had just
liKm full fed with ail the varieties a ,
good table afforded, and was most .
comfortably situated on a form hv ■
the fire,-ami enjoying his darling
luxury, bis pipe, tin y roguishly
placed dov|j? close by Ins side, a kit
He of stMomiug Lot potatoes. The
temptation was too much far “ the
creature, Dotigal.” to withstand ; ,
. . .«• m
and forthwith turning over bis
shoffldcr a cautions eye, to see ii all
eyes fcere turned from him, began,
every now and then, as opportunity
served, to snatch up his brawny
hand full of the boiling potatoes,
and stow them away in his bosom.
After enjoying themselves to their,
hearts’ content, at the expense of,
the poor fellow’s half parboiled.
ribs, they loaded him down with a,
good store of provision, and let him
depart.—After his death, there was:
found m his miserable hermitage,;
tiie amount of nine or ten pounds,!
in shillings and sixpences, the fruit j
of petty donations through a course .
of years.
The Bailie Nicol Jamie, too, was I
a real personage, and his name is i
correctly preserved to him. Ihe ‘
narrator of the loregoing, lias now ;
in his possession in this city, the!
identical, huge leather purse, Pub;
used to wear in his girdle ; and from
which, we can even now almost
fancy we can see the stern outlaw,
in one exigence, and another, dis
pensing his soljiLthousands, (from
his exactions, o» Ihrte wealthy wick
ed,) to aid his mends, and cheer
the oppressed ; to rescue from the
toils of villany, a Francis Os
haldiston, and <t Diana Vernon, a
T)e Vet non, Frank Oshaldis
ton.
“ Betsey Bell and .1 far// dray, liny
p ere lien bonnie lasses.
They digged a bower on yon burn, side,
ami I hatched it o'er wi rushes."
The mournful and untimely fate
„fthese sweet blossoms ofiaiftiCence
and hehuty, whose loveliness is so
well depicted in the admired old song
of which the foregoing are the two
first versos, is not probably known
1 to many. During the mortal plague,
which raged in Scotland abotrf the
1 middle of tho 16th century, these
“ two hoiiniii lassses,” in a mingled,
spirit, perhaps ol romance and pru |
dent, caution, retired to a pleasant
“ hum side,” on (he estate of Lord
• , in Perthshire, where they
limit them a little? house ol the
f shrubs and hushes that waved in
sweet luxuriance around them ; and j
providing for a supply of such com
forts of nature as they should di
rect, desi-med lo remain in their
happy sec lusion till the terrors of
(he posliletic.o were overpast. Put
ho tv vain are all the cautions and
preventives of human foresight,
against the appointments of heav en.
A lover of one of the fair friends,
impelled by alTection, made a visit
to their asylum, and bore with him
tiie mortal infection somehow tin
( UII!U l“iiot f tn/u in
mg. The dear object of bis soul’s
regard, fell the first victim. The
companion of her retirement, short
ly followed ; and the same moss
grown grave which wraps their
common clay, is still pointed out to
the passing traveller, and is still
hallowed by a thousand tender sen
timents. A sprig of the moss was
plucked and preserved, by the same
narrator on Ids last visit to (lie borne
of his father’s, near the consecrated
spot.
Macbeth. —From the prostrated
ruins of the castle of this bold n
sni per, situated about 60 miles from
Edinburgh, the slime gentleman al
so preserved a fragment. McDuft’s
castle still remains in the vicinity,
a few mile* from it, hut not so much
dilapidated as that of.Macbeth, hav
ing been formerly dismantled anti
demolished. A walking cane, cut
from “ Pernham wood,” may also
he seen in tho same gentleman’s Ca
binet.
FROM “ A VOICE FROM ST. HELENA.”
BONAPARTE.
Burning If Moscow. — I was in the '
midst of a line city provisitmed fop a |
year, for in Russia they always lay |
in provisions for several months j
‘before the frosts set in. Stores of
all kinds were in plenty. The I
houses ot the inhabitants wore well
provided, and may had even left
their servants to attend upon us.—- •
in most "1 idem (hero was a notej
left by Ihe people tor, begging the
French officers ho took possession
!o take e ire. of (heir furniture and [
other things; (hat they had left |
every article necessary for oun
wants, and hoped to return in a few j
days when the Emperor Alexander!
bail accommodated matters,at which I
time they would he happy lo see us. |
Many ladies remained behind.—
They knew that 1 had beui in Ber
lin ami Vq nm with my armies, ami
that no injury had been done to the
inhabitants, and moreover, they ex- 1
peeled a speedy peace. We were
in hopes of enjoying ourselves in
winter quartets, wit It' every pros- j
petst of success in the spring. Two'
day* after our arrival, a fire was
discovered, which at first w is not
supposed to be alarming, but to
have been Rinsed by the soldiers
kindling their fires too near the
bom-os, which were chiefly of
wood. I was angry at this and
issued very strict or iers on the
subject to the commandants of the
regiments and others, ihe next
day it had advanced, but still not so
as to give serious alarm. However,
afraid that it might gain upon us, 1
went out on horseback? and gave
every direction to extinguish it.
The next morning a violent wind
arose, and the tire spread with ra-1
! pidity. Some hundred miscreants,
hired for the purpose, dispersed
themselves in different, parts of the
I town, and with matches which they
concealed under their cloaks, set
(ire to as many houses to windward
jus they could, which was easily
done, In consequence of the com
bustihle materials of which they
I were built. This, together with
the violence of the wind, rendered
! ever- effort to extinguish the lire
ineffectual. 1 myself narrowly
escaped with life. In order to
j show an example, I ventured into
I the midst of the flames, and had my
; hair and eyebrows singed, and my
clothes burnt off my back; hut it
| was in vain, as they had destroyed
'most of the pumps, of which there
| were above a thousand ; out of ail
'these, I believe that we could only
Hind one that was serviceable. Be
sides, the wretches that had been hi
i red by Hostopchin, ran about in every
! quarter, disseminating tiro with
th/dr matches ; in which they were
| but too much assisted by the wind.
Tliis terrible conflagration ruined
p.vA'y thing. I was prepared for
every thing but this. It was un
foreseen, for who could have
thought that a nation would Save set
its capital on fire ? The inhabitants,
themselves, however, did all they
could to extinguish it, and several
of them perished in their endea
| vours. They also brought before
i us numbers of the incendiaries with
their matches, as amidst such a
jiopoluzzn vve never could have dis
covered them ourselves. I caused
about two hundred ol these wretch
es io be shot. Had it not been for
this fatal lire, I bad every thing my
army wanted; excellent winter
quarters ; stores of all kinds were
in plenty ; and the next yew would
j have decided it. Alexander would
| fiave made peace, or 1 would have
been in Petersburg ” 1 asked ifhe
thought that be could entirely sub
due Russia. “Mo,” replied Na
poleon; “but I would have caused
Russia to make such a peace as
suited the interests of France. 1
was live days too late in qullin-r
Moscow. Several of the Generals,”
continued he, “were burnt out ol
their beds. —1 myself remained in
ttie Kremlin until surrounded with
(1 ,mi>« Th» tiro advanced, seized
the Chinese and India Warehouses,
and several stores of oil and spirits,
which burst forth in flames and
overwhelmed every thing.
“ I then retired to a country house
of the F.mperor Alexander’s, distant
about a league from Moscow, and
you may ligure to yourselves the
intensity of the lire, when 1 tell you.
that you could scarcely bear yom
bands upon the walls or the win
dows on the side next to Moscow,
inconsequence oftheir heated state.
It was the spectacle of a sea and
billows of fire, a sky and clouds ol
flame ; mountains of red rolling
, flames, like immense waves of the
sea, alternately bursting li>rtb and
elevating themselves to skies of (ire,
and then sinking into the ocean n|
(lame below. Oh, it was the most
grand, the most sublime, and the
most terrific sight the world ever
beheld ! !”
-“«©•«<-
Hypocrisy. —No ‘ ruling passion’
is “ stronger in death,” than that
(if passion it may be called) of hy
pocrisy. “if, says ha Bniyere, I
marry an avaricious woman, she
will take care of my money ; if a
j gambler, she may win ; if a learned
w oman, she may instruct me ; if a
i vixen, she will teach
1 if m coquette she will take pains to
! please ; but if I marry a hypocrite
| that affects to he religious (une tie
-1 vote) what can 1 expect from her
j who tries to deceive even her God.
; and who almost deceives herself?”
And again—“ a prude fobs us off
w itli demure looks and tine words;
a virtuous .woman does what tlje
other says. The first consults her
humour and complexion ; the last,
her good sense and her heart. The
; one is grave and austere ; the other,
meet her where and u hen you will,
jis just what she ought to be. The
: first conceals criminal propensities
i under a plausible form ; ttie other
possesses a mine of virtue under a
gay and unaffected demeanour.”
“ A hypocrite, says Butler, is a
saint that goes by clock work ; a
j machine made by the Devil’s geo
! metry, which he winds and nicks to
go as he pleases. lie is the Devil's
linger watch that never goes true ;
but too fast or too slow as the Devil
sets it. A hypocrite's religion is a
mummery, and his gospel walkings
nothing but a masquerade. He ne
ver wears his own person, but as
sumes a shape, us the Devil does
« hen he appears. A hypocrite is a
weathercock upon the steeple of tbei
church, that turns with every wind. *
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Fronikhe Charleston City Castile.
“An Account of the late intended lasur- £
rection among a portion ol the blacks
of this city.—Published by the autno
rity of the Corporation of Charleston, 1
This is a brief narrative of the f
facts and evidence attending this im- c
| portant investigation.—-It is never
tbelcss full enough for all the pur
poses of public information, and *
j embraces every material point in 1
the transactions it undertakes to ?
summarize. The complete Journal .
of these, trials can at any time be J
seen by our citizens, and is kept as ‘
an official record for History.- I
In dwelling upon these interesting
1 pages —to us and our brethren of •
the South painfully interesting— 1
j (and we doubt not all our fellow-ci- 1
i tizens throughout the Union, who I
have any feeling, participate in this 1
emotion,) the reader will perceive 1
that the bias has been on the side of 1
Mercy. It was politic to commute 1
the punishment of Gull, though a
i villain of the deepest dye—because,
Iby bis testimony principally, the
whole plot was unfolded, and the
conspirators brought to justice. —
Though, during this development,
Gell’s agency and guilt grew each
hour more obvious, still the Court
were bourn! injustice, as much as
they were bound in policy, not to
deceive those who had relied upon
! their word. In the case ol Palmer,
j the only case we believe in which
(the Executive exercised his prero
i gative, the sin, if any, was on the
! side of mercy.
In all cases involving such ingra
titude to humane owners, such in
discriminate mischief to the unsus
pecting, such demoniacal passion
for blood and plunder and conflagra
tion— we confess ourselves to be
among the number of those, who
deem the punishment cannot be too
sudden, sure and final. But the en
lightened views ofthose composing
1 1 the Court, have made a division ol
the crime, which would seem to de
’ mand a difference in the penalty.—
1 1 Those to lie transported will pro-
Ijbablv, yet fee! that hour, when
i Death would be considered a less
s evil than I lie unknown horrors
: wbicl) their fate may still bring
• don#-upou their guilty Jieads.
The task lias been accomplished;
I —accomplished, too, with dignity
• and singular calmness. The “Ac
1 count”' has already been circulated
- extensively—and a third edition,
on the (bird day of publication,
f evinces that it will spread “ the
a (ruth and nothing but the truth,”
h throughout the United States. Any
d attracts we should make would be
h superfluous to our readers ; and, to
h those abroad, would convey but an
d imperfect idea of the history of the
Plot, and the characters of those
s engaged in its execution. We could
1 not, however, avoid the intrusion of
d some reflections, in reading the
e following : -
“ The Confession of Jack Purcell.
•' —JT it had not been for the cunning
of that old villain Vesey, 1 should
’< not now be in my-present situation.
• He employed every stratagem to
f induce me to join him. He was in
d the habit of reading to me all the
*5 passages in the newspapers that re
p lated to tit. Domingo, and apparent
d ly every pamphlet be could lay bis
hands on, that had any connection
I with slavery. He one day brought
J me a speech which be told me bud
e been delivered in Congress by a
r Mr. King on the subject of slavery ;
be told me this M*. King was the
black man’s friend, * that he Mr.
’ King bad declared he would con
‘ tiiiue to speak, write and publish
- pamphlets against slavery the long
I est day he lived, until the Southern
e States consented to emancipate their
a slaves, lor that slavery was a great
I disgrace to the country.”
a U V'esev was the father of the
; conspiracy, who, it might be natu
v rally asked, put the original idea
i into Vesey’s susceptible soul ? But
- comment is unnecessary. We on
r ly state for the information ofeertain
. people, that Denmark (or Tele
’ maque) Vesey was a free black
\ man ; in his thoughts and actions as
; free as ho should be, and owned
; property worth above eight thou
•j sand Dollars, Therefore it was
, | not “resistance of tyranny,” but
; the Prince of Darkness that prompt
, ed his devilish plan.
, “ The following sentence was
> pronounced July 9th, 1822, upon
- Jack, a slave belonging tb Paul
■ Pritchard, commonly called Gclear
i Jack, by L. H. KENNEDY, Pre
siding Magistrate;
i Jack Pritchard —The Court,
i after deliberately considering all
the circumstances of your case, are
• perfectly satisfied ofyour guilt. In
i the prosecution ofyour wicked de
; signs, you were not satisfied with
1 resorting to natural and ordinary
i means, hut endeavoured to enlist
on your behalf, all the powers of
darkness, and employed for that :
purpose, the most disgusting mum
mery mil superstition. You repre
sented youiself as invulnerable ; 1
1 that you could neither be taken norjl
destroyed, a-,J all who fought un-lj
dcr your banners would be invinci-1 (
ble. While such wretched expe-1 1
dients are calculated to inspire the : i
confidence, or to alarm the fears of, i
the ignorant and credulous, they
exate no other emotion in the mind
of the intelligent and enlightened,
but contempt and disgust. \our
boasted Charms have not preserv
ed yourself, and of course could not
protect others. “ Your Altars and
your Gods have sunk together in
the dust.” The airy spectres, con
jured by you, have been chased
away by the special light of Truth,
and you stand exposed, the misera
ble and deluded victim of offended
Justice. Y’our days are liteijdly
numbered. You will shortly be
consigned to the cold and silent
grave, and all the Powers of Dark
ness cannot rescue you from your
approaching Fate! Let me then,
conjure you to devote the remnant
of your miserable existence, in
fleeing from the “i vrath to come."
This can only be done by a full dis
closure of the truU<- The Court
are willing to afford you all the aid
in their power, and to permit any
Minister ol the Gospel, whom you
may select, to have free access to
you. To him you may unhurthen
you guilty conscience. Neglect not
the opportunity, for there is “ no
device nor art beyond the tomb,”
to which you must shortly be con
signed.”
The above is selected out of ma
ny sentences passed on this occa
sion. It is eloquent, and truly lion
orable to the talents and feeling of
the Magistrate who delivered it.
The citizens of Charleston will
doubtless expiess, in some public
manner, their sense of the import
ant labours undergone, and the
spirit and intelligence displayed by
those who conducted the above in
vestigation. The REWARD clue
to the DISCOVERER of the Plot,
is yet to he bestowed. This will
he the pleasing business of the Le
gislature of the Slate.
The following extract from the
Journal of the Commons House of
Assembly, August 13, 1740, will
shew what were the feelings of our
Ancestors, fur services thus render
ed :
“ A motion was then made that a
reward might he given by the pub
lic to a negro man named Peter, be
longing to Major Conies, for his
services in discovering the intended
insurrection of the Negroes in the
Parish of St. John, in the county of
Berkley, which being considered
by the House, it was resolved that
the said negro man shall have a suit
of cloihes, hat, shoos, and stockings,
and twenty pounds, in cash.
‘* It was then moved that the sum
of ten pounds might be given to a
negro man belonging to Mr. Royal
■ Spry, as a reward for apprehending
one of the slaves who was concern
ed in the Insurrection at Stonn,
which was agreed to by the House.
“ And it was ordered that a Mes
sage be prepared to be sent to the
Lieutenant Governor to acquaint
his Honor therewith, and to desire
his Honor to order the negro man
belonging to Major Conies to be
sent for to receive bis reward in
Charlestown, and accordingly tbe
following one was drawn, which
having been first read was agreed to
by the House, and then ordered to
be engrossed, and afterwards signed
by the Speaker.
“ Message to the Lieut. Governor.
“ May it please your Honor—As
the intended Insurrection of the
Negroes in the parish of St. John,
in the county of Berkley was dis
covered by a negro man belonging
to Major Cordes named Peter, we
think he ought to be rewarded for
that service ; and have agreed to
give him a suit of clothes, hat, shoes
and stockings, and twenty pounds
in cash. We desire that your Ho
nor will be pleased to order the
said negro man to come, to Charles
toxen to receive the same in vonr
presence.
“We have also agreed that ten
pounds should be given to a negro
man belonging to Mr. Spry, who
lately took one of Ihe slaves that
was concerned in the Insurrection
at Stono; which we desire thatyour
Honor will he pleased to order to
be sent him.
“ By order of the House.
“ WILLIAM BULL,jun.
Speaker.”
One Thousand pounds, also, were
appropriated by the Legislature of
1739 to purchase the freedom of a
negro man, July, belonging to Mr.
Thomas Elliott for faithful services
during that Insurrection.
It is a remarkable coincidence
that the name of Col, Prioleau’s
faithful servant wba felt it his duty
to protfet his master'and family,
and our whole city from the late
meditated massacre, is, Peter, and
is the second of the same name and
belonging to the same family, who
lias rendered this service to South-
Carolina. J lie remark is trivial,
hut the facts themselves should be
perpetual monitions to all future
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evil-thinkers that there ever will
as there ever have been, servants
iif principle and integrity who will
discover and frustrate such guilty
projects. And even should fea r
prevent them, there are always to
be found some partners in iniquity
who to save themselves, will di’ s !
close their schemes, so that, after
all, good conduct and fidelity will
be found the most certain and least
perilous road to happiness and that
increase of privilege, which thev
would seek in vain by visionary
plans of Insurrection.
FROM THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE.
, '%
We received by the last Savannah
Mail, a new -paper, entitled “ The
Religious Herald,” printed in that
place, in a quarto form, and on a hall
sheet sup* royal. It is executed in
a very- neat style, and the selections
are every way appropriate and inter
esting. Our warmest wishes are ten
dered for its success and permanency
We give the following extracts from
their Address to’ the Public, from
which the reader will be able 10
m
learn the plan on which it will be
continued :
“ TO THE PUBLIC.
“ When the immortal Washing
ton, and other Heroes, the Fathers
of our country, ventured upon the
bold and magnanimous undertaking,
of rendering an infant nation free,
sovereign and independent, many
persons of timid and wavering minds,
were ready to shrink from the enter
prise, as possessing a character of
fearful results, and of doubtful issue;
but, conscious of the rectitude of
their intentions, and appealing to the
God of Heaven for the justice of their
cause, the first projectors of the A
merican Revolution undauntingly
persevered, through innumerable tri
als and difficulties, in the arduous
struggle in which'they hail engaged,
till, under the blessing of an over-ru
ling Providence, their efforts were
crowned with success, and they had
prepared theway, in behalf of them
selves and their posterity, for (he
blessings of freedom, which we now
so eminently enjoy,
“If such be the happy result in
Political Ethics, what motives have
not the Professors of Christianity to
persevere in the noblest and best of
causes, when enlisted under the ban
ners of the Great Captain of Sal
vation ?—a Leader, who has pro
mised to conduct his faithful followers
to Victory, over all their spiritual ene
mies, tho 7 surrounded by the snares
and temptations of a vain and thought
-1 less world; and to secure to them the
1 en joyment of that permanent and un-
I alloyed felicity of which all hope to
: partake, after this state of probation
shall be ejjdcd.
, “ With views and feelings like
. these, the Publisher has ventured to
issue, in this community, a first num
■ ber of u The Religious Herald —a
I bumble undertaking, commenced
; without much previous arrangement,
1 or the pledge (except from a few in
■ dmjduals) of pecuniary support. It
1 is believed to be the first publication
! of the kind ever issued in this City
1 —But shall it— ought it to be said,
1 that Savannah is the last place, a
• mong our populous towns or cities, to
I encourage a religious publication ?—■
We hope better things of so enligh
tened and benevolent a people; anc
cannot but believe, that, mixed as the
population may be, there wilt bn
found enough, who are devoted to the
’ cause of virtue and religion, to give
adequate support to a publication,
’ which has for its object, not only the
temporal, but also the spiritual wel
fare, of all who may fall within the
sphere of its circulation. Be this as
it may, the experiment is ventured
upon—and if it tail, we shall only
consider ourselves as the unsuccessful
advocates of a good cause—To ob
viate the effects that may result from
the want of proper support, the terms
of the paper are such as to render the
payments due monthly, at ten cents
each number; so that its publication
may be discontinued, if found neces
sary, at any monthly period ; but it
suitable patronage should be afford
ed, or many advertisements be offer
ed for insertion, the terms will be
changed to a quarterly subscription,
and the price of the paper reduced at
least one-fith. It therefore rests with
the Public to determine whether the
paper shall be cheap, or of long con
tinuance
“ Persons residing in the country,
who may r wish to be supplied with
this paper, will please signify their
desire by letter (post’paid) to the
Publisher their requests will h :
punctually attended to.”
Strawberries u Cure for the Gout.
The celebrated Linnrno-, when
he was forty years of age. was sub
ject to such violent attacks of the
gout, that they deprived him 0!
sl&ep and appetite. During the fit
he happened once to eat some
strawberries, after which he had a
refreshing sleeji. The next day be
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