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ANECDOTES.
Os the Philanthropic Howard.
HOWARD had many Angu
larities, but very few affedtations.
It was lingular for mere mortal
man to go about doing good for
the fake of doing it i to devote
his fortune and his life to ex
plore the mod neglected and
the molt forlorn of the wretch
ed, and to relieve them accor
ding to their several neceflities
—to begin the work of benevo
lence, where other people’s
bounty commonly ends it, in a
prison j ail this, I lay, was very
fingnlar, but wholly pure of af
fettation. Further, it was An
gular—deferring that word, in
deed, inil'.nuch as in human
hi dory, it is without a partdid—
to put himlelf to the greatell
perfonil inconveniences, and to
encounter the dingers,
often of life iifclf, to actomplifh
the proposed ends of his philan
thropy.
!lc was Angular in many of
the common habits of life—foi
inllance, he preferred damp
fhcets, linen, and clothes, to dry
ones j and both at riling nu
gning to bed, swathed himfelf
with coarse towels dipt in the
coldest water he could get; in
th t date he remained half an
hour, and then threw them off,
frefhened and invigorated, asht
said, bryon i ireafuic. He nev
er puc on a great coat in the
eoldcit countries ; nor had been
a ininu f e under or over the time
of an appointment, so far as de
pended on himfelf, for fix and
twenty years. He never conti
nued at a pi ice, or with a per
son, a day beyond the period
fixed for going, in his w’-ole life;
and he had not, the iaft sixteen
years- f his existence, ate any
fifli, fl-. fii, or fowl ; nor fat down
to his simple fare of tea, milk,
and rufles, all that time. His
journirs were continued from
prison to prison, from one groupe
of wretched beings to another,
night and day ; and where he
could not go with a carriage, he
would ride ; and where that was
hazardous, he would walk—
fuch a thing as an obftrudtion
was out of the question.
With refp<-Ct to Mr. How
ard’s personal Angularities above
deferibed, though they were cer
tainly hazardous experiments in
the ti ll inftancc, it was not ufe*
less for a man, who had previous
ly rel dved to let h.s face a
gainst winJ and weather and
after palling all tons of unheal
thy dimes, to defeend into the
realms of ducafe and death, to
make them-
Some days after his fl.-ft re
turn from an attempt to mitigate
the fury of the plague m Con
flantinople, he favored me with
a morning vific in London ; tin
weather was so very terrible, that
I had f rgot ds inveterate exadt
urfs, and had yielded up even
tie hope, for his own fake, oj
expending him. Twelve at
r.ojn was the hour, and exatfti)
as the clock in mv room llruck
if, h- entered j the wet, for it
r.utd torrents, dripping from
cvciy part of h,s drels, like wa
ter from a sheep jufl landed from
its w ; .fifing. He would r.ot c
ven have attended to his fnuu
ti n, having fat himlelf down
“i h the utmeft composure, and
b*gun converlation, had 1 not
made an ester ofjdry clothes.
“ Yes,” (aid he, smiling, “ 1
had mv fears as l knocked a:
jour door, that we fiiould g C
evtr the old business of appre-!
henlians, about a little rain wa
ter, v* hicn, though it docs not
nm tiom off my back as it docs
iron* that; ot a duck, goofr, or
any ot .tr aquatic bird, does
‘V- as ! ttle itjury ;ai and after a
tong drought-, is scarcely Ids re
afTure you, a
fO ■nking fhowtr is the belt
:.r. ‘ tor fctoadcioth in the u*
j.’.’ i i-. Yu , like the rc it o;
i- v If ends, ihiutt away your pi.
l my luppolld hardlhtps
with just as much r -afon as ou ]
commiiirr.re the common bep- i
gars, who being familiar with
storms and hurricanes, necciuty
and nake : nefs, arc a thou fund
times, so forcible is habit, less to
be compafioned than the Tons
and daughters of eafs and luxu
ry, who, accustomed to all the
enfeebling refinements of fea
thers by night, and fires by day.
are taugfu so like the puny crea
ture ftigmatifed by Pope, ‘ who
Ihivered at a breeze.” All this
s the work, of art, rry good
friend j nature is more indepen
dent of external circumstances.
\ature is intrepid, hardy, and
adventurous ; but it is a prac
tice to spoil her with indulgen
ces from the moment we come
into the world ; a sos: dress and
a foft cradle begin our educa
inn in luxuries, and we and > not
asovj more manly the more we
are gratifi-d : on the contrary,
our feet rriuft be wrapt in wool
or silk, we it, uft tread upon car
pets, breathe, as it were, in fire,
avoid a tempest which sweetens
the air, as we would a blast that
purifies it, and guarding every
crevice from an unwholefo ue
breeze, when it was the rroll
elaflic and bracing, lie down up
on a bed of feathers, that relax
the lyltem more than a night's
lodging upon tint flonts.
“ You finile,” added Mr.
! Howard, after a pause, ** but 1
j am a living inflancc of the truths
jl infilton. A more puny whip
iter than myfelf, in the days of
my youth, was never leen ; 1
could not walk out an evening,
without wrapping up ; if I got
wet in the feet a cold fuccecded.
J could not wear iny shirt with- i
j Out its be ng aired. I was po
jl tely enfeebled enough to have
I delicate nerves, and was occa
sionally troubled with a very
genteel hectic. To be serious,
1 am convinced what emascu
lates the body, debilitates the
mind, ail J render* them unfit for
those exertions, which are of
such use to mas social beings.—
I therefore entered upon a reform
of my conflitution, and have
lucceeded in fnch a digree,
that I have neither had a cough,
cold, the vapors, nor any more
alarming dilorder, since I sur
mounted the seasoning. Prior
to this, 1 used to be a miserable
dependant on wind and weather
a little too much of either would
postpone, and frequently prevent,
not only my amusements, but
my duties ; and every one
knows, that a pleasure or a du
ty deferred, is often deltroyed.
Procrastination you very justly
called the chief of time; And
if prefTcd by my nccellity of af
fairs, 1 did venture forth in def
pitc of the elements, the confe
rences were equally absurd and
incummodious, nor leldom af
flictive. 1 muffled up even to
my noftiiU; a era k in the
glass of my chaise was fufficient
to dillrels me. A Hidden slope
of the wheels to the right or left,
fee me a trembling, ajolt seem
ed like uiflocation ; and the
light of a bank or precipice,
near which my horle or carriage
wag to pass, would disorder me
so much, that I would order
the driver to stop, that I might
get out and walk by the difficult
places. Mulled wines, l'piri
tuous cordials, and great fires
were to comfort me, and keep
out the cold, as it is called at e
very ft age; and it I felt the
lead damp in n y feet, or other
parts of my body, cry stock
ings, linen, fc?c. were to be in
; It. ntly put on ; the perils of the
day were to be baffled by some
thing taken hoc going to bed ;
and before I puriued my jour
ney next morning, a dram was
to be 1 wallowed down to fortify
the stomach. In a word, I liv
ed, move 1, and had my being
so nru.h by rule, that the slight
est deviation was a dil'eafe.
“ Every man,” continued Mr.
Howard, “ mult in thele cases,
be h:s own physician. I did
tins by a very simple, buc as
jou will think, a very ftvere re-
Frr.cn namely by cc ying nv*
ie:f a moft every thing m wiiich
{ had long indulged, fiut as it
is always much harder to get
rid of a bad habit than to con
tr,dt it, I enter and on my reform
gradually ; that isto lay, I be
gan to dimtnifh my ulual indji
gencics by degree*. 1 found
that a heavy meal, or a hearty
one, as it is termed, and a cheer
ful glals, that is o fay, one more
than does you good, made me
incapable, or, at heft, difincli
nrd to any ufieful exertions for
lome hours after dinner ; and if
the diluting powers of tea as
filted the work of a disturbed
digestion, so far a* to restore my
faculries, a luxurious supper
comes so close upon it, that I
was fit for nothing but d.ffipa
tton until I went to a luxurious
bed, where I finifhed the enerva
ting pradfices by sleeping eight,
ten, and fomertine* a dozen
hours on the stretch. You will
not wonder that t rofc the next
morning with the fulids relaxed,
the nerves unstrung, the juices
thickened, and the confticution
weakened. To remedy all this
‘ ate a little less at every meal
tci uced my drink in proportion.
1: is really wonderful to confi
dsr how imperceptible a fmgie
mouthful of animal food, and a
tes-fpoonful of liquor, deducted
from the ulual quantity daily,
will reftc re the mental fundhons
without any injury to the cor
poreal j nay, with increase o f
yigcr to both, I brought myfelf
m die firft instance from dining
upon many dilhes, to dining on
a fw, and then to being fausfied
win one ; in like manner, tn
ftead of drinking variety of
wines, l made my election of a
single fort, and adhered to it a
lont. In the next place—-but 1
lhal tire you.”—l entreated
him to go on, until I cither ihew
ed ny words or actions that 1
was weary. He procecdeu
thut j—
*’ My next business was to
eat and drink sparingly of that
adopted dish and bottle. My
cafe,/vivacity, and fpui's aug
menjed. My clothing, Sic.
underwent a similar reform j
the IffeCt of all which is, and
has been for many years, that 1
am neither afftdhd by feeing
my carriage dragged up a moun
tain. or driven down a valley.
If any accident happens, I am
prepared for it, 1 mean so far as
refpeds unneccflary terrors ;
anc lam proof against all chan
ges in the atmosphere, wet
clothes, wet feet, night air,
damp beds, damp houses, tran
licions from heac to cold, and
the long train of hypocondriac
affections.
He now pulled out his watch,
telling me he had an engagement
at half past one; that he had a
bout three quarters of a mile to
walk it. That as he could do
this in tweenty minutes, and as
it then wanted seven minutes and
a half of one, he had exactly
time enough to spare to state the
obje£t of his vific to me* which
is to thank you very fincercly
(said he, taking my hand) for
the honor you have done me in
your verses. I read rhem mere
ly as a composition in which the
poetical license had been uled to
the utmolt. Poets, you know,
my dear fir, always succeed belt
in fiction.
You will fee by this conver
lation, that it was about ihe
time when the Fnglilfi nation
had been emulous of comme
morating their refpcS for thij
great and good man by eredfing
a statute, towards which I had
contributed my mite, by devo
ting to the fund the piofi sos
my l.ttlc poem called the tri
umph of benevolence; and
wh.le I am touched very fenfi
biy with even the recolle&ion o!
the public favor which crowned
this little work, I am very fin
cereiy attrioute 3 great deai of
its success to the popularity of a
lubjeCt in which every lover of
humanity took such an intcrell
Brooks Dunnin?,
w 1
( Roltoh’s ■’ harf)
Have jufl received, per brig Dias fro g
Nw-Yoz,
it) i'gt Dutch powder
112 ten pah tJL t
1 I-t ditto lor lead
2 pipes Hollands gin
lo bands loaf and lump
5 ihtjh Hyfon Tea of t ate importation
J pipes brandy
Cost in b srrels, baps and tiercel
12 latrels Mackerel
ON HdND,
Sweeds and Country iron
Plough Moulds
2 b/ids. retailing Mdaffs
20 pun. high yh proof Jam. Rum
IJ barrets iicefirjlqua.ity
10 dtt ditto tnjerior JitiO
1 J hogsheads prime sugars
A few hogsheads inferior ditto
to barrels prime beef
10 ditto cargo ditto
2% half baritls put up forfamily use at re
tail
Jamaica Spirits, ) Well matured by
Cogniae Biandy,td page ar.dof a fupe-
Hollands Gin, quality.
Port, Madeira, Sherry ipd Muscat Wine
London Porter, ts'e. Idc.
dugufl 2. ts 4 g
John Jackson.
Hat just received per barque Ntxox from
Litkrpool, a handsome addition
to his former assortment of Goods,
AM NG WHICH \k£.
Clue,
Blai k, C
CJ&rbeau, *
Bottled, 5 SuperfncC LOTHS.
Brown,
Mixed id <
Scarlet 5
Black, white, )
Blue mixrd, ( r 1 iCißrt'Rire
and ether colH C/hzIMLRLS.
ors y
Worsted Corf,
Drab, b U e, ) PLAINS & NE-
\ H KUCLU l tic.
Scar e-, yellow, )
B'ue, Corbeau ( FLANNELS &
Whi e, g'een, BAiZES.
& Spotted Rose, > Kt -r S
Lo don Duffle $ an<l
And Bntlol | Blanketing.
Swansdown and ‘I odeiiets
Olive, D r ab and brown Ftarnaugh:
Cloths and 1
Blue
VV r orflcti and Cotton KOSIERY
Silk, Worked, Cottot and Lcathe’
Gloves
GeniEmen’s Chip, andfervants glazeu
HATS
50 dozen Rice Hooks—Rice Seives
Corn and Ci-ffee Mill*
LOTTQN BAGGING.
Salt itc.
Together with ax extensive
ASSORTMENT OF
Ironmongery, Hardware
and Cutlery.
Comprising almost every article in
general use.
August g ts 96
1 fifteen Dollars Keward.
F AN AW AY
FROM rhe Subscriber living in
Wsrrenton, Warrc n Coun ty state ot
Georgia; A negro man named
LONDON, abcui/wtr.fy fix years of
age, five fee/ nine r /;n inches high,
limps a li//!e in walking. Had on
when he wen# away a blue Uilors
cea t anJ trowfers, He is an ar/ u
fellow and has been accultotnei to
going by water, it is supposed he
will make tor fome sea port f.om
whence a/tempt to leave /he fta/e; all
cap/ains and others are forwarned
harbouring or carrying raid fellow oft
as /he law will be rigorcully enforced
againlt /nem. Whoevsr will appre
hend said fellow and deliver him to
/he fuclcrioer, or fccure him in any
Jail vs this fta/e shall teceive /he a
bove reward and all reafcnoole cha;-
ges paid by.
Thomas Dent.
August 17 I
Ten Dollars Kewa> and
STOLF.N from the (lore es Mr. Pe-or M’-’
Farlane, a iliot gun about ; feet to inches
letig in the barrel—'be lack ha been repair
ed ; the feather spring entireiv ne\.—ch
Steel bas been lately ii ceol She neathe
carv.’d*rv the breach with a Tntenac thumb
piece. The auove reward will be paid on
delivery es the g.m, and an additional reward
oftendollars fr the convicting of every thief
concerned in dealing her, bv applying to the
printers. Overseers and patrois are particn
lari) regtsefltd to make llruafyarches in their
plan:, tiuns ar.d diftrids.
Angult j t s. e .
Removal,
THE ,9ubfcriler hiving taken a
fix years leHeof Mr. John Pooler’s
wharf and dock adjoining Mr. 801.
rons ‘ amacraw wharf, has rcinovec
his lumber yard, and having procu
red large and I ale ftoor room, is hope
lu! ol a continuance of palt favors.
The dock he a/ prefenc occupies is
large fafe pollesses the lame aiivant -
ges as /o convenience as hi* former
one d’d. His counting room will Oe
kep/a/ his dwelling fb use adjoin mg
Vlr. Jchn Laigsuntil or.e can be fit
red up on ihe wharf.
John Mead.
Augu.l 27 x
’ .*] Sr Edward White C i,
7\v ’ yf tk * Cov.t rs Or Jin.:.-.,
* . j /Ir the county of Chuti-i.,*
in the .tate afot esaid.
XIfHEKEAh John 15. lit, .*cn applied
VV liv ieitris of adM.i .ftmtiou tit tla
oltate and rinus of Thomas Greene, late of
the city of Savannah, House Caqientcr,
as jtrincipal creditor. Thele are therefore tz
cite and admonish r.U ai .t lingular the kin
dred and creditors cf the laid deceafcd, t<
tile their objections (ts any they have) tum/
office on or before the 4th day of October
next, othenvife letters of adniinillrauoit will
, he granted him.
JjGiven under my hand and seal in the city
of Savannah the 4111 day of September in th*
year of cur lord 1805, and in tlio joth year of
American independence.
September :o m 4
Marshal’s Sales. *
WILL he fold at the Comt-houfein Savan
nah, onthe firllTuefday in October next,
at the nlual hour,
One third of the wharf and buildings,
known as the Coffee house wharf, the for
j trier piU'chaler not comp ‘mg with the terxna
! of falc. BEN. V/ALL, M. I). G. j
1 September tj 5
jnoW Landing,
And for Sale ,
j 60 Barrels Superfine F LOUR
(Georgia make)
7 Tons Waggon TJ RE,
I do. Square A Xb. BARS Si
SHARE MOULDS.
3 Boxes SADDLERY afTjrted,
20 Bags Green COFFEE,
20 Kegs F.F. GUN-POWDERa
A General Supply of
GROCERIES as usual,
Anaw. Knox ,
Barrack Gibbons’s Wharf.
September 20. 7 Bt.
OLuKGwi, J_.iB£KTV,
Superior Court ,
March Terw t 1805,
On the petit ; on ot John BoD
ton, executor of Robert solton a
| praying the foreclofure of the e
quit/ of rederrpticn of all thao
!ot of land situate in the town of
Sunbury, containing fevtnty feet
ront, and one hundred and thir
y feet deep, known In the ori
ginal plan by the number feven
ry-eight (78) which said lot of
[and, with the improvement,
thereon, was mortgaged on the
twentieth day of June, one thous
and seven hundred and ninety
five, by William Hunter Tor
rans to the said Robert Bolton,
mr securing the payment of rhe
lum of forty-two pounds fterlirng
equal in value to one hunded
and eighty dollars j with interelt
thereon, due upon a certa.n bond
or obligation from the said Wil
uam to the said Robert bearing
even date with the said mutt
gage,
It is ordered, That the princi
pal, interell and coll due on the
said bond be paid into court with
in twelve months from this time
and unlei’s the principal, inter, ft
and cort be so paid the equity of
redemption of the said mortga
ged preir.ifles ffiall from thence
forth be forecioled, and such
other proceedings take place as
the law diredts.
And it is further ordered, That
a copy of this rule be pubiilhed
in one of the Public Gazertes of
this state at least once in eveiy
month until the time appointed
for payment, or lerved on the
mortgagee, at least fix months
previous to such time of pay
ment.
Extrafl from the Minutes,
This 26th March 1805.
A. Forest cik. c. s. c. l. r*’
March 28 ram iat 61
notice!
NO f ILL is he:et)) jr that
the Suffer btr will at ihe expiration
of r.ins months from the da’c, apply
io ihe Honorable ihe justices of the
Inferior Court of this county fer
leave to Icll and difpefe of all that
Island or tract cf land generally
known and called Burnside, together
with all irs appurtenances, contain?
ing about two hundred and sixty a
cres, of hign lard ar.d a br-dy ot
marsh adjoining thereto, lying and
“■-eing in this county aid situairo be
tween Be wile and Skidawry Islarcij,
to be fold as part of the ellate of Ja
cob VVa’dburgher deccaled for the
benefit cf the said estate.
JOHN MU LEDGE.
Ex’cr. of said Ells’e
April 18 isnr.cjin. fit*.
NO T J C'eT 7”
AT the expiration of nine Motvhs r r:,
this date, application wili be race--
the honorable judges, f the Life irr , if
Chatham County, for leave to fell r j c .
otneftt of the heirs and creditors .Vat hi f
laud known by the nun-ber rive (5) 1 hud Y, -
thing, Reyno ds Ward, Savanr-.’ bell : , ‘.e
----0 the eltate of John Hauj.-t, Lai.. :■ r
‘aid place, containing ftxtv fee- -n here v i
.ttnety feet in depth, more or ks -1
a lot of James M'C.-r.kv’s,
THOMAS DCWELI A
- DOW YLL ‘ .
avannah, March ai, ißej. *