The Georgia gazette. (Savannah, Ga.) 1788-1802, October 21, 1802, Image 2
The YANKEE PHILOSOPHER, Nv. 6.
To PARENTS.
fi Examiflons les promenades de la. nature: frappons la
folie dans sa course; et saisissons les moears dans lour
naissance.”
WHEN tlie improvement of the mind is made sub
ordinate to corporeal accomplishments, and the
arts of making a genteel bow, and drinking a graceful
glass of wine, with the fashionable tallies of a ball room,
are taught, to the exclusion of natural and moral philoso
phy, the preceptor may expedl a son of vanity, lit to de
corate-the draAving room of the ladies, and display a re
fined taste in the choice of a finical button to adorn the
lappels of his well chosen coat; the mind thus tutored will
be stored with the principles of dissipation and debaucliery,
he inlists under the standard of Epicurus, and habit soon
throws her strong chains upon him-—he is the complete
Buck; if pleasure is any where to be sold he is the ‘firft to
purchase; he takes his i6th glass of Madeira after dinner
with a good relish, sings a song, smokes his dozer, goes
to bed a brute, and is then a young man of spirit. View
the sequel; old age soon comes up with him, riot and de
bauchery have destroyed his constitution and dissipated his
property, his vices have weaned the affection of his friends,
he is incapable of enjoying his former pleasures, and sees
no more happiness in society; turns misanthrope, raves a
gainst the degeneracy of the world and injustice of men.
Unfortunate man! my heart awakes to sympathy for thee!
Why did not thy parent and instructor teach thee how to
live? Against the*#i an aflion will lie in the Court <ff Con
science for abusing the charge confided in them. Ido not
advance this as anew theory, or imagine myself the first
who has connected these causes and events, but would ap
ply it to that mistaken custom which inhabits some of our
southern cities of excluding youth from the association of
more advanced age. This custom is not confined to the
male sex, but more ridiculously, yet less dangerously, ex
ists in the female; the daughter is not permitted to pay a
friendly visit with her mother, but is confined to the soci
ety of her own age. Among the other sex the distinction
of bachelors, bachelors junior, &c. keep voting men at an
awful distance from those to whom they ought to look for
examples to imitate. The youth driven from the society
of age and wisdom seeks that where a similarity of age
and disposition will give him a cheerful welcome, joyfully
contributes bis mite towards the support of the juvenile as
sociation; led on by the ardency of youth, and the en
thusiasm of unrestrained passions, eventually becomes a
, member of a league against good morals; lie finds himself
situated in a society of fanatics, his name is synonymous
with folly, and his life a disgrace to a reasonable creature.
It is the custom in some parts of the United States, as
well as in Europe, for the youth of both sexes to be taught
their manners and habits in the school of experience; at
the age of puberty’ they are introduced to the society of
their parents and aged friends, and arc- permitted to share
their pleasures and amusements; by this their manners be
come stable and manly, and their habits are decency and
virtue. Fathers, who have sons for whose welfare you feel
anxious, and guardians who have wards submitted to your
care, will you say to them, “ Go learn wisdom of your
equals, fly to their society to learn the world; you are yet
too young, too ignorant, and too volatile to keep the com
pany of your fathers;” and then, by giving them a few
theoretical lessons, think you have discharged y cur duty?
If this be youiTanguage, let the Philosopher observe, it is
your own sensual pleasure you study, and not the welfare
of your children. The fire and enthusiasm of the youth
need the fixed and stable direction of the sage to retain him
in the paths of decency and virtue; without it lie follows
the delusions of his passions, till he enters the gate of in
famy and misery, where he is embraced by sickness and
distress until the portals of death are opened to his relief.
Fathers, these consequences to the moralist are not ex
aggerated, to the philosopher they are unavoidable, and to
the ignorant let existing circumstances demonstrate their
truth.
In a former number I have noticed the effects of educa
tion on the young mincl; at present I shall simply observe,
that, when we behold the young men of any place defying
the laws of morality, forsaking the road to their future
happiness, destroying their constitution by riot and de
bauchery, avoiding the circle of chastity and virtue, and
fiving to the gambling room and brothel house for the em
ployment of their tedious hours', you, unfortunate parents,
may in a great measure behold in yourselves the cause of
their ruin. It was once in your power to have inclined
them to virtue and fame, and you omitted it! It was once
in your power to have conciliated their confidence, and
thereby have impressed on their minds the indelible prin
ciples of honor, and you were otherwise engaged! It was
once in your power to have reclaimed them, and you ex
erted not yourselves! Now you can only pray for them!
for be assured no less than supernatural assistance can re
store to them the privileges and enjoyments of rational
creatures. ‘ A YANKEE PHILOSOPHER.
Dancingschool.
J. B. LEROY
r this opportunity of pre fell ting his thanks to
I, the ladies and gentlemen who have formerly honor
ed him with the tuition of their children, and informs them
and the public, that he intends opening his DANCING
SCHOOL, on Tuesday the jqth of this month, at bis
lodgings, Harden’s buildings on the Bay, where a commo
dious room is provided. Far from adopting the pompous
and too* oftiu deceiving language with which many dc
feribe the branch of education they advertise to teach, the
above conceives it fufticient to Hate, that his pupils will be
taught the gracefulnefs of the moll fafhionable dances.
JO 3 * The days of tuition are Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays. OSlober 1 2."’ b
WANTS A SITUATION, ;
IN a counting-house, wholesale or retail (tore, A
YOUNG MAN, who can be well recommended,
writes a good hand, and has been regularly bred to the
Winds. A line directed to W. IL and left with the
printer, will be duly attended to.
Qciobcr jy, 1802*
TDK DON, N.Xigvf. t. r
YESTERDAY ie’nnight, about 4 o’clock in the after
noon, a fire broke out at the house of mr. Bond, a
firmer at Shobrook, 6 miles from Exeter, which was at
tended with the mod.melancholy conlequence. When this
lad catastrophe occurred mr. Bond and part of his family
were at church, and only two of his daughters at home,
the elded about 18 years of age, the other 15; both of
them after dinner had repo fed themielvet, on a bed, and
did not awake until they were furrOunded with flames,
one of whom immediately flew to the window and defeend
ed Unhurt; the other attempted to follow her, but fame
fire foiling before her became so alarmed that Hie ran to an
other part of the house, where, finding the fire raging with
greater violence, file endeavored to get back agaiu, but
being prevented by the flames, ran to the window of ano
ther room; here the feene was affli&ing to an ex tie me de
gree; the young lady was seen by her neighbors tiling e
very effort to open the window, which file being unable to
accomplilli, they begged her to break the glass, which
was indantaneoufly efle&ed; but unfortunately in the
hurry and confufion no ladder could be found, so that ho
aid could be afforded her; and being unable, with her fit
mod efforts, to force her way through, her duration be
came awful beyond defeription; repeatedly (lie jumped at
the window, clasped the frames with her hands, but being
luffocated with the imoke die fell backwards and perished
in the flames. Her body was soon after dug out, with the
head and legs burnt off. The whole of the premises were
coni pined. A lervant maid coming too near the fire whild
part of a chimney was falling down a brick fell upon her
head and fractured her flcull.
Augujl 24. A division has failed from Toulon againd
Tunis, with an aid de camp of the fird condd, who is to
demand of the bey the cause of his violation of the treaties
with France, .and of his intuits to the French flag. The
dey ot Algiers will receive next a visit from the French
squadron.
Aug u Jl 25. Yesterday we received the Paris journals
to the 22d indant, and at the fame time a letter from our
correfpondenc, the contents of which will be found of fome
importance. The ftridtures in fome of the London nevvf
papers have given fiich offence to the chief consul that, by
an order of the government, the further circulation of
Englilh publications of this defeription has been prohibited
in France* Already has this unexpected order been carried
into execution. No sooner was it ilTued than the commif
lioners of the police visited the several coffeehoufes and
reading rooms, and seized all the Englilh papers they
could find. The principle upon which this arbitrary pro
ceeding is attempted totybe judlfied, though extremely
Aveak, is highly conciliatotys; and if the motives alleged
are really those by which ttie consulate have been actuat
ed, Ave mud confider them as agreeably demonstrative of
the difpofiticn 0+ Boftaparte carefully to cultivate the ad
vantages of peace.
AuguJl 26. \ efterday arrived mails from Hamburgh
and Holland.
By the latter we have received an authentic copy of the
treaty concluded between France and tiie prince of Orange,
who formally renounces the dignity of dadtholder, and a
bandons all claims to his territorial property lituated. in
the Batavian republic or its colonies. The enjoyment of
all annual'and permanent rents a riling from his polled ions
in that quarter is however fecuied to him in the fame man
ner as to other pofleffors of rents. The indemnification
made to him eonfifts of the bifiioprin of Fulda, and fome
more territories, granted to him in full ibvereignty.
Angiiji 27. Accounts broqght by the Lilbon mail
which arrived ytderday morning date, that the French
tninider, gen. Ladies, had quitted Lilbon on the 10th in
dant in an abrupt manner. His sudden departure had oc
cadoned a condderable alarm both at court and in the city.
September 12. The intelligence contained for the lad
week in the Paris papers is rather important.
Ihe re-edabiifl)incut of the republic in her ancient rela
tions with the Ottoman Porte, and the Aulic reicript tranfi
mitted by the cabinet of Vienna tc the diet of Ratilbon,
cannot be viewed Avitb indifference. By the former France
obtains every privilege and right granted to the mod fa
vored nation; and the latter, which may be conddered as
a proted again ft the joint declaration of the republic and
Rufiia lor allotting the indemnities, fiietvs the (humilia
tion to which the house of Austria is reduced. But has
Austria any jjuft cause of complaint? She, whose ambition
has been proverbial, finds no consolation, no redress, but
in unavailing murmurs, and in deploring that Aveaknefs
which prevents her from opposing the execution of the pro
ject concerted by Bonaparte and the emperor Alexander
lor the permanent tranquillity of Germany. If foreign
interference has been found necessary in the internal con
cerns of the empire it has been found 1b merely from the
tedious delays and frivolous deliberations of the diet, di
vided and cmbarrad’ecl as it has eA r er been by the intrigues
and influence ot the cabinet of Vienna. Its complaints
mud, however, prove froitlefs, and we trust that no mate
rial alteration will be differed to take place in a plan Avhich
premises to put an end to those difeordant pretentions,
those eternal feuds, that have so often diltradted and con
vulsed the whole empire.
It is with real concern we notice the commencement of
a civil war in Switzerland; blood has been already (heel,
and the smaller cantons seem determined to red 11, with all
their power, the introdudlion of tfie neAv conditution of
Helvetia. It is not difficult to anticipate the iffiie of this
unfortunate contest, they mult yield to the united force of
the other dates, supported by the power and influence of
France.
We have already exprefied an opinion that Touffaint
would not be brought to a public trial; he has been confin
ed in the castle of Jeux, lituated near Mount Jura, where
he is probably destined to pa£ the remainder of his life.
Partly AuguJl 16. Conformably to the oraonnance of
the counlellor of date prefect of police, of the 12th inst.
the tAvo feqatus cotfuite of the 2d and 4th of August
were yesterday proclaimed, at 7 o’clock in the morning,
in the city of Paris, and throughout the department of
the Seine, as well as in the communes of tlie Sevres, Men
don, and St. Cloud,
The mayors of the 12 diftri&s exercised a&s of benevo
lence, according to the inltrucfions they had received upon
tV - fiibjeit,/.tnd did.ibuted prize in the r- ,
At 11 m the morning th
department and the city rffwnbk-d es the 4rfcfi-ftl **
pnM*ecie4 to-the palacs of government: At I
- the Te Deum in Notre Dame, in common ■
tribunal ot appeal, the criminal tribunal, the trlbm 1 “
the iirft in dance and of commerce, and tlie j u OICf,0 ICf ,
peace of the 12 didrids. A military #acii:aent aS- 1
pamed them. In tlie evening the tower of /ty/re J)
Avas brilliantly illuminated with a liar, i„ tty
v*l,ich • placed the fen of the th. Col , fc £p
Arvlncft predicted at the birth or- tlie fird toilful. Tty ’
cipal public tdifkes were illuminated; amount
Ws mofl Jtnnrf, it was i£
pfdedal, having oii it the datue of Peace voted bv 1
Jcnatus confulte of the 2d ind. *
A firework of anew kind agreeably f UI p r ised the im
menie crowds which pressed on both banks of the Seb
I he pedestal, lelt in obfcuritv for the purpose offavorinJ
the brilliancy .or the fire, was on a sudden illuminatj
At tne lame mftant other fireworks from the ci d™
list cl de Ville and at tlie efpianude of the Champs El!
feesy dilputed the palm ot admiration. Groups of danc*
trs, luchas Paris alone can prell-nt, assembled near the’
orchedras erected on the Place Vendomcy and of that of
tne ci de-oant Hotel de Vilhy and prolonged the fl
during the night. Every one, on retiring, blefled t
happy day, as the dawn of that haupinefs which France
will enjoy securely and in peace.
there was alio on the lame day a solemn ferviceof
thankfgrying m tlie Protestant church of Paris, in thedreet
hciint Thomas de Louvre, on the occasion of the procla’
mation ol th e fenatus confulte for organizing the conftty
tution; and M. J. B. Caprara, legate of the holy fee. p.
lebrateu, in the church ot Notre Dame, a solemn rnafs, \
during which he consecrated the archbishop of Lyons, M
rtich, unde to the firft coniiil#
. ffrmation cl the civil code is proceeded on vrith ac
tivity; the conferences for the difeuffion of the articles are
held every Thuri'day at Bie heuie of the consul Caraba
ceres.
Rotterdam, AuguJl 13. Lad Tuesday night our whole
northwest iuburbs were tiireatened for three hours with ut
tei oedruction, a mod alarming fire l.aving broken out in
the gunpowder manufactory of mr. Snelle, of this city,
at the end of the Jhiccade; it was occationed by lightning.
On its fird dilcovery it was permitted to burn at will 1
wnole hour, such the horror and ciifmay which pre
vailed; for the magazine, containing fome thousand ponnis
of powcier, Avas Avitiiin a few feet ot the premises which
Avere burning. At length four journeymen masons braved
every danger, and got on the top of the roof, clearing it
incessantly from the flakes and sparks of fire which fell on
it. Ibis encouraged others to venture Qlofer; so that a
lad one engine, and then fome others, began to play. It
burned from about half pad ia to 3 o’clock in the morn
ing, Avhen the weighing houies, containing several heap
ot fulphur, nitre, &c. Avitli the carpenter’s lliop andtw
mills, were entirely confirmed. Many gentlemen ofoci
city have ‘their country reddences on this spot, Avho, with
their families, fled from their houses in the greatett confier
nation, nearly naked, taking nothing with them but tkir
children. One old man of 77 years of age was rode over
and killed in the bufitlp, and another person is milling, lup
poled to have been drowned. What is lingular, a fans
house oppodte caught fire the next night, also by lightning,
but was happily extinguifiied by means of an engine wliidi
had been left at tlie powder mill.
NEIV YORK, September 30.
ON Monday lad a moil violent hurricane was experi
enced at Newbury and Salitbury; the vein of wind
was confined within the Avidth of about 80 rods, but in its
progrdfive clireclion Iwept almod every thing away. A
house belonging to mr. David Harriet was taken fiomiff
ibundakio.ii and carried several iods, and several other
houses and barns unroofed. Mod of the orchards lying
Avithin the courie of the dorm were destroyed, and dt
of 3 and 4 feet thickness were tAvided and levelled acA
the ground. No lives are however reported to be bb
[Bofion paper.
OSiober 1. Yesterday morning the French Blips of vrar
L’i Rotriaine, La VY-lcntaire, and La Sulerrandre,
from this port, it is faicl for Bred. La Confidante reroains
here, and will fail in a day or two for Guadaloupe.
Stanford, (Dutchefs county) August ty- Mrs.k.-
lizabeth Meigs, the wife of mr. Phineas Meigs, a^ 0 - 1
this day delivered of four living daughters atoneL- i I
they all weigh 9 lbs. 11 oz. 1
Baltimore, September 29. Yesterday morning^ I
‘HJnittd States (hip John Adanis, commanded by j c a I
Rogers, elq. failed from this port for the Mediterranfip 1
on pasting Walnut ri'ree farm, the residence of co ‘‘ J I
bias Lear, Hie fainted that gentleman with 7 g lins 1
on palling Mount Vernon, where rest the remains wjjjg |
illustrious Washington, Hie fired a salute of 16 .ML
Norfolk, Calaber 2. It is with regret avc Hate ®7|E
of the French fl.ip Neptune, 73 days from Havre de I
bound to this port with a valuable cargo of dry l a
coming to the address of meffrs. A. and F. 1 übeul. ■
funk 30 leagues from Cape Henry; the crc-AV and ■
gt rs were picked up by the schooner Fanny, ca P*-* j s
fyth, from Turk’s lilaud, bound to Netv ■
landed at Hampton yesterday. Passengers, rntl J b Lv( fl . ■
beuf, (of Norfolk) jofhua Barney, Holmes, an-. I
ly, (of Baltimore) and 10 French gentlemen an ■
Knoxville, (TenneJfeeJ September T s*
nelclay lad a party confiding of five Cherokee
killed a young man by the name ot Ilunyan,
Pigeon, in Sevier county. The Indians ‘ha .° n ■
thcmfelves near a place where he was hunting.
T hree balls entered iiis body. This murder is ■
have been committed on account of the death 0 ■
who Avas accidentally killed in Sevier county * a J K
Cbarlejlon , October 12. The T avo Fnen s B
on the id September, and we are indebted to ■
of capt. for London papeis ot the -T 0
to which date we have a regular file. 0° a • eictffß
we do not notice any event of political mom
the prohibition- of Englilh newlpapers by t f
government of France* |1