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AMT.TODAM, Way n.
O'.r pamt* Hates under the head of
Par,*, that Lucien Bonaparte is proba
hlydtllii.cd to he Viceroy of Ita'v. It
ui add, and, that the residence of the Kirg of
liny w ill le removed to Rome, and the
F r a l See uto be removed from Rome to
y. Ttty/i'.ii,
It ib Hated in Live accounts, that the
government of Algiei*, was upon ti e
print of Arlaring war agalnd the Spa
niard* ; the S; ai sh Consul has been a!-,
reacy put in cor.fii en cr.t.
BPIDCE TO'VN, fPa b.) June 15.
. Kiar Admiral the honorable Alexan
der Cochrai e, in t.is Mtjflj’s flop Nor
thun Lc 1 laud ; ar.d lis Mijdiy’s ship
Jafor, caytyin Nr lire ; Pin slant, captain
Htndtrlor ; aid Lilly, captain Morri
son, aiTvid I ere on Saturday, and came
to in Caiifl Bay, in the tourfeofthe
afternoon. ‘I h< Alligator, captain Col
lier, aiuived yrflerdsy, in company with a
Spar, lb brig, from Spain bound to the
h avamiß, which (he had esptured, but
noj being able to wcik into the bay, bore
up for St. Vincents.’
Lieutenant general Sir William Myers
and suit arrived on board the Northum
berland, ar.d Lie, am.y which he so gal
lantly and promptly volunteered with
Lord Nilson, l.av’ again taken up their
quarterc at St Ann’s, having leturned
by the above flip—tie 96 h tegiment
excepted which i left to ltrengthen the
garrilon at Antigua.
By these arrivals we barn, that Lord
Nelfoo, to hie own great disappointment
and that generally of hi* fl et, and the
army embarked with him, r,ot having
lound the enemy at Trinidad, proceeding
111 quell of hint, touched at Antigua on
the 12th instant, where hi 6 fleet came to
in tic evening, and having larded one
regimtnt. and fhifted thereti ofthe troops
to the Northumberland, tcc. got under
way agai.e r.txt morning, It ill hoping to
traec the enemy’s route. The Nctley
schooner, which had had charge of the
Antigna homeward-bound trade, confid
ing of h urtcen fail, which left that iflauel
on the Bth iull. was at this time return
ing into port, her convoy having, a few
houis after failing, unfortunately fallen
into theentmy’* hands.
Lord Nellon fpi-ke this vefT.l, and re
ceived information from her of the cap
ture, aid ot the situation of the enemy,
who was then fuppofrd to be< ff BermuJa,
removing the pntoners, and fccuring the
prizes ; force of their ships being at the
lame taking in live flock from the tfland.
The gallant admiral instantly made the
signal that It l ad “ tidings of the em
■niy and folfc-wed it upwitli such others,
as communicated every necefiaiy arrange
ment and difpofltion for the determined
fight. With croudcd fail and favoring
wind, his whole fleet bent tiieircourfe as
they had been advised ; and from the bed
calculations, it was judged, that he could
not be more than thirty fix hours astern
ol them—so that a general rxptUaiion,
and {anguine hope, is ltill entcitaincd,
that he will yet biing these (as they
hoall tbemfi lves) “ Proud Sons of War,”
whom thiir Cm lican tyrant vaults, “ Shah
dry up the (knees of Belli fit pt os peri y
, nd c nitriteec,” to battle ; and teach them,
that Nilson and Viftory are lynonimcus !
Admiral Cochrane, although of neees
fity obliged to resume his ftatiou here,
nevertheids ofFrrcd his ship to Lord Nel
Ln, and would have fhifted his flag to a
frigatet but his lord Inip deemed it un
advifechlt to clprive this vigilant cffi.-er
of his line ofbattle ship, cxprclTing his
that ks tor the offer, and conceived the
viftory as feeure with eleven, with
twelve fail of the line.
LONDON, May at.
The patriotic fund committee, at a
special meeting held at L'oyd’s CcfFie
houfe, have voted to general Pievofl, and
the i fii.-ets and men under hi* command,
a* a trifute of their confederation for the
gallant defence of Dominque, as follow?:
To general Prevoft a Iword, value tocl.
and a piece ot plate, value aool. To
major Nunn a fvvord, value 501. and a
pirce of plate valu: tool. A sword and
and piece of plate of the fame value to
captain O’Connrl. The sum of tool, to
captain C. Campbell, and the sum of 401.
to each disabled n.an, or who may have
loft a limb. aol. to each man fevedy
wounded ; and 101. to every man slightly
wounded; in which aic included the
militia ot the island.
Piofc.fT.onul meu are much divided in
opinion upon tlie londcbl of lr John
Orde. Stine of them fay he ought to
have taken a latge ffing before Cadiz..—
and theie awaited to the lift rr. n ci t, th<-
chance of a reinforce rent, w Inch nig lit
have enabled him to'Llockaec the com
bined fle-t, or puilue tt 1:1 the event ot
it* putting to lea.
The ertw of the Erdymion frigate
were | ant a 13!. 14* per n.an, piize mo
ih), on 1 huihday iait. i itey hate to
receive upward* of 300!. more.
. BOSTON, July S.
On Friday, capt. Stoi c arrived here
fit m Canton ; ip kc the flop Mount
Yemen, et and turn North Caiohi.ii,
Jure 15. in lat. 36, 2, long. (1 ; and
was informed, that tic day btfere, the
Mount Vernon ellinwith the French
and Spai :fh fleet of twenty-two fail, and
that they were ti en about 50 leagues to
the N. of Bein uda or in ut. 28, 32,
long. 61, 30. C o* Bcimudu lies in .at.
13, SC, long. 6 ,30 ; the h e:s therc
toic, mull havv bi-rc S. E. by S. ie-u
that ifiard, and about 2'O milts dist 1
We are of opinion they are bound beck
to Europe, a# they wue wotting up in
to thcUttitude of B.rmuda to clear the
trade winds, aud wid aiolt probably pals
ore: the south part of the grand bank!
and then Lear away for Touion or Ca
diz.
NEW-YORK, July 9.
The following ad irels was
preferred to the hon. R. Living
tlcn, bv the Am, r cans : n Paris.
“ Robert R. Livie jjlen, Esq. “
Late Mirdder Plenipotentiary from the
United States of America.
In bRATCE.
“ T!.e lubfcribers, citizens of
the United States at Paris ; beg
leave, (on yuur voluntary ret.re
rrent from your late eminent fi
liation) to addrtfa you, Sir, with
Irncirr.ents of the higheil: refptdt
and t {lrerp, f r the noble and
dignified m nrer in which you
h.i*'e rej relented the United
States in France : and from the
1 9
I great and various benefits they
! ave derived from your embafly.
“ lhe latisfaclion you have
lo g anticipated in returning to
your native country, will be
greatly heig .flitned by the plea
(ir,g reflection tf having frrved
it honorably and advanugeovfiy,
n contt ibunng to its apgrardiftr
ir.ent and piolpmiy, the increalt
of its commerce ar.d to relpedt
among nations.
“ These important benefit
are the reful: of those patriotic
exertions which have constantly
diltingu'.flied your public life,
ir m the dawn of cur revolution.
“ At the fan e time that we
bear this faithful teflimony o!
he valurtbie services you have
duting yourrefiO.ertce here ren
dered to cur country in general,
we cannot refrain acknowledg
ing with gratitude the gencrou
hospitality and great civilities
and attentions wc l ave experien
ced individually from yourfeli
1 and family. *
“ May your pafTage to the
Ymtrican lliore, be prosperous,
and may your days be numerous
and happy in the enjoyment of
hose honors, which ycu h.tvelo
eminently n'ie--itrd, and which
will not fad being rendered ycu
by a gratc'ul people.”
July 12
The flip Orlando, arrived yefterdar
from Malaga, on the 23 1 ultimo, tu lat.
| 34, 38, lol)(J. 62, 20, fed IB tt-
I French fleer, confiding of twenty-three
fail, madly fit ps of the line, (landing ti
the noith, with the wind at ealt. The
Orlando was boatded hy a boat from the
Achillis, of 84 guns, and treated polite
) ly. The officer in the boat informed,
that 1 hey wire from the Weil Indies,
’ and full of troops, but would not tell
their dellination.
Captain O’Brien, from Point Petre,
1 •iiforms, that about thirty pilots were ta
ken at that plaee out of their beds at
night, and put into finall boats, and car
ried on hoard the Toulon fl et. These
pilots had not returned when captain
O’Brien failed. On the zzd oi June,
captain O’Brien was elofe under the lee
of Antigua, and saw four ships of the
line, tinder Biitifk cplours, (landing to
the southward on a wind.
In reply to a qurftion that is frequent
ly asked, “ \Vhat are the fleets doing
kow ?”—we would anlwcr, they ate
‘proceeding with all expedition to Eu
jrope. If it is again asked, “ What is
the o'j rt in returning to Furopc ?”
we reply, the objeft of the leading, that
[t the retreating, fleet is to get home:
J and the objwdf of the following, that is
i the purfuigg, fleet is to overtake the o
;thcr. “ To get home did sou lay ;
1 there you are miftaketr”—fays the quid
nunc—“ so far from that, they proba
bly will not go to France for many
months yet ; their ehj.d dcubtlcis is ei
jtherto invade Ireland, or to sfflft in the
j inv. fion of England Bonaparte knew
better than to lend out so powerful a
1 force, merely for the purpose of teaching
: thet n iiuie precticai navigation.”—
! W ith ail deference to Mr. Quidnunc's
.opinion, we think it quite likdy that,
lowing to circnn.fiances with which thtv’
are heft acquainted, the French hate
jno other view than the fpeedii.lt return
pofiiblc to an imperial port. Before
leaving the Antilles, they bad, no count,
learned that Nelson’s fleet was in the
I neighbourhood, and icpctt or fear might
) augment it to a force which might jult
iy It like a panic into the breafls of even
braver men than Giaeina or LauiilLon.
i Suppi ling then, tliat this terrible fellow
Ncilon, would be in their wake tmmedi
ately, a council of war is irflantly called,
| probal \ the tremenduous force ot the en
en vis lugged.d, the hint is fuudenly
adopted, and Europe, Europe is the
word. Our next account of this for
i: midable armada will, very pcllihly, bt
, bom ion,e pen in the bay of iftscaj ;
w hull its one—eyed purfutr will be found
riuu g up the B itnti channel, lquintirg
and cracking h s whip at the game hi
■ cuulu not overtake.
’3‘
A letter received in t. wn en Tours
, day fre.m Cadiz, dated the 4th of May,
aicuttoumg that flour was ouiy 13 dal
!ar- ,?trd very dull at that p : C e. Then
writ linn rn the bay is,cco barreip.
Grain and fl.ur poured in iiom ai: quar
ters, a* /con rs the i ntilh biO'-Koiiing
squadron left that place.
P.y captain Bulkirk, from St. Croix,
we Lain that the brig Volunteer, from
New Yoik, bound to Cape Francois, up
set in a squall. The captain, mate, and
ail hands were saved and carritd intef St.
Croix, by capt. Little, of Porllar.d.
Vtffcl and cargo 1011.
Extra ft of a letter from the fupertargo of’
the brig IVihiam to hit owner 1 in this
town, dated R'Jfau, (Idem ) jm.e to,
1 805.
In my lad, f the 3d inst. I inform
ed you of the arrival of the William at
St. Pierref, and ot mv intention to pio
ceed in the brig dirtdb to Guadaloupe,
a3 the market* thtre were better* 1 ac
cordingly got cn board and ordered
captain L to proceed for Point Petre—
We had alight breeze that night, being
the 3 and inil. we got under Dominica the
following morning. Captain L. endea
voured to go to the windward of the i
sland, but failing (as our refill failed dull)
run close under the lee of it. When off
Scott’s head (the S. \T. point) we were
fred at Ly the fort a number of times,
we hove the main topsail to the mad,
fuppofinga beat was coming eff to visit
us ; on receiving another (hot lowered
down our boat ; the captain went on
(bore, was examined by the officer*; and
bid to proceed on his voyage. After
that we made fail with light airs of wind;
the current drifted us within three miles
of the place, and were again fired at by
the fort of Rcffiau. Captain L. went
on (hore, was detained and put into ti e
fort till next day, ar.d order* were sent
to the mate to come ciretlly into the
harbor, or they would fire into the brig
and fu k her ; accordingly, when we had
a brett--. we made up lor barber, where
we now remain-
I know rot on what principle we are
detained. I have applied to the Gover
nor, who fays there is an embargo, ar.d he
cannot let us go. Why then or what
right has he to bring me into an embar
goed port ?
This detention will be a great damage
to the voyage, and you may judge how
diiflgrceable being confined in this place
by an unprecedented flrctch cf aibitrary
power,—l have attended the levees of
the great little men daily, and have every
time been put off withto-morrow. There
are two Americans here, ad one of them
has been lying 40 days after his limited
time, trying to obtain payment for his
cargo ; you may judge of the merchants
by this sample. To day the captain wat,
summoned up to the custom house with
his papers, because there has been an in
formation lodged that we had been run
ning goods—a mere sham to get hold of
us, as thete had been nothing out of the
-'flel but a dosren of Tr, y 1 ‘non to
wafli.
June i 2 —I have agaiiVwaited on the
governor, who told me l should get aw’ay
to-day, as an exprels has arrived from
Antigua, that the Frenchjfteet hud parsed
(hatplace. At 12 o’clock we had pef
million to proceed, and arc now under
weigh for Point Petre.
PHILADELPHIA, July 15.
The brig Nancy, capt. Lake, is arri
ved at the Lazaretto, frem the city of
St. Domingo, and has on beard forty
French officers and soldiers, many ot
whom art Aiffering under wounds recei
vtd in the late warfare near that city.—
One of the crew died on the pafTage, un
*er every indication of violent yellow
fever ; and the captain and another hand,
are now in a very low condition with the
fame disease.
Wc announce, with fatisfa&ion, the
arrival af New Cailleof the flup Louisi
ana. capt Lewis, 13 days from Port-au-
Prince, with a valuable cargo of coffee,
See. Tlie cargo of this single fhipisfaid
to be equal to the whole amount of the
fl.et of five vi fltls lately arrived at New
\cnk from Port-au-Prince.
Died at B >don, Vermont, of the
fcarh t fever anas canker refh, on the zd
May, Matixda Harris, aged ioyears;
on the 4. h, Nabsv Harris, in the 17th
year of her age ; on the 9th, Lucinda
H’Rris, in the 14th year of her age \
on the 2iil, Otis Harris, aged 19=?
ciuidrtn of Mr. Nathaniel Harris, of
that town. In July 1803, they butied
two daughters, cf the dylectcry.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
ON the f.’Jl Tuesday in September netd
win be fold, at the Coni I houje in this city,
between the hours of to ana 3 o'clock.
a 1 boj named liLn, ~cvieo
on as the piopcrty of Jchn Harnion.
ALSO,
A negro woman named S,!via, sei
zed as tuc preoenv ot Al 1 y tvciran.
LIKEWISE,
A house in-- ward, taken
u s the property of bsundc s Mot a, to
utisfy lcverul txecu'ions.
rF JOHN WILLIAMS, s. c. s.
Ausiutt 2 ts 98
WANTED.
A negro woman to cook and wash for a
small famili-y. btiemunbe fcher, honed and
indultrious and must likewise undertlaud her
bulincls. Toturh a one the h. o heit wagest/
good treatmentwillhe given,
A'so wanted. .
A negro boj* 14 to 16 ; ekis ci age App’y
at tiua o&cc. Auguil 2.
Fat lie Go rgta l\>i u U~n.
A GLASS FOR SLANDERERS.
The tongue of the flandereris a devour
ing thing* which blackens whatever it
touches ; which dirt£ls its fury on the
good, equally as on the bad ; on the fa
ertd, as on the profame /which, whenever
it ragts, produces nothing but devastation
and ruin ; turns.into vile allies what, on
ly a moment btfo-e, appeared to us so
precious and brilliant ; which blackens
what it cor.fume ; and femetimts fuar
kits ar.d delights, before it dtllroys
Slander is an assemblage of iniquity; a
secret pride, which difeovtrs to us the
mote in our brother’* eye, but hides thr
beam which is in our own ; a mean envy,
moll commonly, if not always, found in
charaflers deeply tarniflied with feme o
thei (candalous, and notorious view ; k
mean envy, which, hurt at the talents
or propriety of others, nukes them the
fubjifts of its censures, and (ludies to dim
the (plendor of whatever cutfhines i'felf,
a Jifguifed hatred, which ilfds in it
speeches of the hidden n com of the heart;
an unworthy duplicity, which praises to
the face, and tears in peaces behind the
back ; a fhameful levity, which had no
command over itfelf, or words, and often
facnfices both fortune and comfort to the
imprudence of an araei sing converfatfon ;
a dt liberate barbarity, which goes to
pierce ycur absent biothcr ; a fcandal,-
when you become a fubj.dk of shame and
fin to those who lifftn to you ; efpe- 1
cially to those who condefend to repeat
your dirty reports ; an iijuttice, when
you ravilh from ycur brother what is
Reared of all things in every enlightened
judgment ref utation. Slander, as Leak
ing as it is savage, is a reft'tfs evil, which
diftuib3 society : spreads dissension
through cities and coururies ; cifunites
the drifted frier.dlhips ; is the fourceof
hatred ar.d reverge ; creates, wherever
it enters; didurbances and confufion ; and,
every where, is an enemy to peace, com
fert, and good breeding ; it is an evil
full of deadly poison ; whatever flaws
from it is infuted ; its praifts are poison
cue ; ts applauses malicious ; its iilence
criminal ; its geflures, motions and looks,
full of venom, fitting on free of will the
cause of nature.
But, how does the slanderer commer.ce
his dedruftive operations ? Why he whis
pers something, in secret, in his family, or
at his table, and, for a while, it lies (mo
thered in its own alhes ; but afterwards
he fans the fparke, by faying, with an ap
prarance cf concern, that he heard what
iie knows he fii (1 invented, and fuggeded,
and,by paflingthro’ a diversity of mouths,
it at quires the diape of reality, every one
adding to it whatever his padion, inteted,
difpefition of mind, or malignity, may
hold cut to him as probable, or even pos
sible ;in this way, that which at its
birth, was only a private and impendent
pleafan'ry, hut a simple idea, but a mali
cious ccrjt'fture, will become a leriuus
affair, a public and formal oilhonor, the
fubjeft of everyconverfation ; thus, swind
ling as it goes, the spark which was blown, \
almod innfible fiom the mouth of flan 1
der, at length burlts forth and overlpread* J
citii sand countries.
• To take up a reproach, on good au- {
thority, agair.ft a vile charafter, with
out a proper call, is mean and criminal ;
but to invent, or take up a reproach,
on inadequate or no grounds, and aguinft
a virtuous character, is a crime which
language is infuffictent to define ; ne”
verthelefs, it is the upright who are now
become the general wHI of the malignity
of public discourses ; and we may fafely
fay, that virtue gives birth to more cen
sures in the world than vice. Does not
your slanderous attacks on a good man
often proceed from a secret jealousy ? do
not his talents, fortune, credit, ibation,
or character, hurt you more than his pre
tended, or real faults ? Would you find
him so fit a fubjec.l for censure, had lie
fewer of those qualities which exalt him
above you? Would you experience such
picafure in exposing him, did not the
world find qualities in him/both valua
ble and grade-worthy ? I do not add,
that tbefe reports perhaps originated
from people of no character ; pci Tons of
neither reputation nor confiquence to
convince ; and the more yru are exalted
in the world, tl e more ought you to be
circumspect in the affairs of your bro
ther ; the more ought a noble decency
to render you reserved on a fubjedf that
respedfs his chtfradfer. The diecourfes o’
the vulgar are soon forgot ; they expire
in coming into toe world ; but the words
of the great never full in vain ; the pub
lic is always a faithful echo, either to the
praises they bellow, or to the censures
| they allow themiclves to utter. Vim,
my brethren, whom tank txaits above o-
I tilers, fliould present a melancholy and
j fev.re counto.ar.ee, a filer.ee of difappro
bation and indignation to every dctarr.i- .
lory discourfc ; tor the crime is exactly
equal between the malignity cf the fpea
ktr, and -he fatiskclion of the hearer.
Let us surround our tars with thorns,
that they may not he acciflioi; to poi
fonous infinuatioiis ; tliat is to fay, let us
cot only (hut them againfl tiufe words of
blood a; and gall, but let us re’u'r them;
on theit author in a zianner criui.l'.y bit- 1
ter and mortify tug. A cone t.dt i.ke this j
would fou.i put a flop to icatidal. ii. ’
many ir. fiances, just fay, brivg one ncitnejs
la prove vt'.. <t you •tpua ; or, tint y n
fay this tc y.ur aceuj'eJ brother', face i
and thejid\derer turn at once birdie hi:
tongue.
T. M. **’■* *
E lafck Bills ol La la.
lor 11.0 ut this Giiicc, t
For the Georgia Kefubiiv. n.
MtjJrS’ Lyon G Mtrfe ,
W hen reprochcd, perfeoufetT, and inju
red by individuals, to the wounding of an
important cause which we have espous
ed, no weight cf charaftcr, ror panoply
of innocence, that we may prlkfs, should
deter us from a modell vindication of
ourfelveß at the bar of an impartial pub
lic. Conceiving himfelf to be thus inju
red, the winter nquefls your aid in d.s
charging that duty. Through your press,
he would, in the mod refpeftful manner,
inform his chriltian bretbern, and fellow
citizens, that, for a twelve- month, he
has been told, at times, with much plea
lantry by his friends, that, in revenge
for the supposed severity of tils reproof-',
the fois and debauchees cf the city had
acculca turn, ever their cups, with tteic'ias
lily- Edeeming it as nothing more
than 01 eof their filthy and ill r.r'ured
jokes, to keep themselves in countenance,
he uniformly smiled, and paid as little
refpv. ft to it as he felt and feel , for their
congenial pradices : But, to bis great
lurpr Ac, oe is now affureii, by gentlemen
ot „ * l,te kigence and veracity, that this
c-ffeprirg of fumes and smoke, this im
pure phantom, has a (Turned the form of
a credible rtport, and not cr'y reached
the ears, but, dianger dill, hasefcaped
torougii in; lip*, a f very refpeftable
characters, in different dates ! Under
these circuir.llances, he feels il at'he has
been treated, at once, with irjuflice and
cruelty. FronAht Hatious which he has
filled, the objrfts he has accomplilhed,
and the character he las maintained, du
ring haif an a ;e, within a day’s ride
of Savannah, without ever receiving so
much as a formal reproof, he hesitates
not so fay, that no report, fuffi:ient etcr
naliy to blad his reputation, (hf.uld have
been received, much lefa piopagated, but
on clear and fold evidt nee. Indead of
this the report in question has oriuinafed,
and f pread,not only without a”y kind or
(liadow, of eved*nce, but in the face a 1
the dronged improbabilities. Had it
refpefted an angel of God, indead ot ‘he
writer, it could not have been more
false. Feaftt fs of contradiction, ;nd
leaving his vile accusers overwhelmed
with infamy, the wiiter altm.d forgets
his own concern, in this case, from feel
ing, rs he docs, for eveiy worthy perfan
vi-ho has, incautiously, mentioned, or,
in any way, given the lead cauntenance
to this, baftl.fs, dirty, and infamous
fabrication.
Without, at lead, one fufficient Ten
son for it, it is hoped the fiitndfof trut
and virtue will never ‘ believe otherwif :
than that they have a faithful and affec
tionate lervani in
Henry Holcombs.
For tie Georgia Republican’
Ths LIMNER, No *.
Happy, thrice happy they, whole frieod- ,
(hips prove,
One constant feene of unmolested love ;
j Whole hearts right temper’d feel no va
rious turns,
No coolnefa chills them, and no tr.aiacfs
burns,
’ But free from anger, doubts, ar.'d jealous
fear,
Die as they live, united aufl finer re.
Grre*. y.
Among all the pltafures, which enrfear
human life, there are none more worthy
the attention of a rational being, than
those which flow from a reciprocal return
of cor jugal affedlion. Here the wild and
looser p ifiions of youth are confo'inated
into a fixed esteem, and fettled love.—
Hence arises that tender, and genen us
fuiicitude for each others welfare, hat
sympathy so consolatory to dtftn-fs, so
alleviating to affl&ion, and hence a..fe
tb.ofc unalloyed transports of pert'c pa . and
pleasure, wliichhe ghtenou • j ys, and a
bnghtnri’s to prosperity.
That logic, ethics, and metap yfics
should be exalted to the d’gnity cf at is.
and feiences exffte no em..ti nos
fur prize ; but that tae fimnle art of raa
naging a house, and family, should be
promoted to the fame distinction creates
n.uch aft nilhinent. Yet c oaoar'cs
was certainly a branch of that philof.rplii
c ri fvfttrn, which was upheld, and taught,
by fome of the ancient fag; s. Xenophon
has compiled a curious colieifition of
tings on th iu j tl of eeconomr, which
were, wirh apparent julFce, aferibed to
tlie pen cf Socrates. Frugality in the
matrimi. uiil flat: is certainly a requisite
primal y import.mce. To make future
provifi'tis h r those objeds which we
bring into he ivorid,i a duty, so iacred,
1 iu al, am’ evident, that it would be tna
nitefted, ahfurd to attempt enforcing it,
with the persuasive language of cool ar
; guinent.
But, what is more calciflattd to pro
duce emotions of contempt,- and d.fgu t
in the feeling bosom of humanity, than
the unnatural facrifices fome parents
teak; of their beloved children, for picr
cii.ary corfider-ations, contrary to their
own youthful inclinations ?
1, In e. ions of tins kind, nothing but
. di content, remote, and care need be ex
ptetetl. . I,! vain is bappitiefsto he look
ici for iu the natrimonial state, ui-lefsthe
reciprocal iff ction of the p i ferns united,
.was tl.e i.iduccir.ei.t to their uni a. Af
fection, and efteera combined are req iifi e
to produce p.rfed tranquility, anj fell
! city in connubial life. It is'rather the
I wild purer.*v of lkicntiou* naffion, than
, tire pure tin:=ri:y or corj gal sH.ction,
•v here i.i:Fw s I*o
There are perfonj .t is f u', conceded
•y the hymeneal bond whole folly, or iA.
pruduscc fometun.s obstruct tM litnpco