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Portrait of a 3,, uJul Man.
Y >U mod kno-.v, (•« tu w; ler,
° Tiiat in my perlon lam tail an.! : .i,
with a fair complexion and Hg'uTx
ca liair ; ba. of fucu extre 4 :e l>t anili
ty of sh :m*. that on the smallest fib
j-:t of com i,ion, the blood ruthts ino
inv cii«ek, and l appear like a perfect
fallbi >/v 1 rate.” Having been lent to
the university by his father, a fanner
of no great property, the caufcioufnefs
of his aalnpoy falling made him iium
focietjr. mJ ne became ena nonred of
c college life- But from that peaceful
retreit he wis called by the death of
his father, and of a rich uncle who
le r t mm a fortune of thirty thousand
pounds. He n>w parch:»fed an est ice
iiT the countr*, and hit company was
m ich courted !>/ the i irro m cling fatni
lies, efpeciully by fuels as hid marvi
agabl; daigaters. Though he wilhed
to accept their offered friendship, lie
wi< repeatedly forced to excufc him
fell", uail.r the pretence of not being
quite leti'ed; for often when he had
rode or walked with full intention of
returning theirvifus, his heart had fail
ed him as he approached their gates,
and lie had returned home varj vel'olv-.
ing to try again next day Detennin
ed however, at length, to conquer his
ti.mduf, he accepted of an invitation
to dine with one, whose easy, open
rn inner left him no room to doub' of a
cordial welcome. But (he relation of
this eventful viiit inull be given in his
own words,
Sir Thomas Friendly, who lives a
bo.it two miles distant. is a baronet,
with about two rhoufund pounds a year
eld ate, joined to th it I purchifed; he
hts two son- and live daughters, all
grown up, and living with their mother
and a maiden lifter of fir Thomas’s at
Friendly hall, dependent on their fitter.
Confciout of mv unpnlilhedgait. I have
for some time p.ift taken private Iclfons
ol a profeifor, who teaches grown gen
tlemen to dance; and tbo’ I at firft
tuunJ wondrous difficulty in the art he
taught, nty knowledge of the mathema
tics vas of prodigious use in teaching
me the equilibrium of iny body, and
t'ae due adjuftinsnt of the center of
gravity to the five portions Having
now acquired the art of walking with
out tottering, and learned to make a
bow. I boldly ventured to obey the ba
ronet’s invitation to a family dimer,
no‘ doubting but my new acquirements
would entitle me to fee the ladies with
tolerable intrepidity;-.but alas l how
'Mm n e til the hopes of theory, wijen
itnfupported bv 'habitual' practice.
T approached (he hottfe a dinner hell a
ItrmeJ ay fears, left, I had spoiled the
dinner by want of p'jnrht airy t Im
pre! 1 td villi this idea, I blushed the
derpeft critnfon, as mv name was re
peatedly announced hy the several li
very ferva-ats, who ulhered me lino the
library, hardly knowing what or whom
Ifaw. Atmv firft entrance f fnmm in.
cJ all mv fortitude, and m tde my ne v
learned So v to lady Friendly ; but tin
fcfrunaiely in bringing back my lef r
fn v to the third pofuim, 1 trod unon
fits g ukv toe of poor fir. Thomas
who had followed ciofe at my heels to
be the no urnclatorof the family, The
ccnfufion this occalioned in me is hard
ly to be conceived, ftnee none but hash
ful men can judge of mv distress; and
ct that dneription tlie number I Se
itsve as verv fm til. The barone.’s nol
lirenet: bv degrees diilipared mv con
c.e-a vi 1 I via all-out,'hed to fee how
far jV,ot! breeding could enable him to
fuporefs his feeling, and to appear with
perfect eife after so painful an acci
dent
“ The chearfalnefs of her l.idvfhip,
and the familiar.chat of the young la
dies, insensibly leJ me to throw offinv
fiiVrve and fliespilhnefs, till at length
I ventured to join in the converlatinn, •
end even to start frefli fuSjefts. * The
library benvj richlv furniftieJ whh ele
gant bindings, f conceive Sir Thomas
to be a min of literature, and ventur
ed to give nr opinion concerning
the several editions of the Greek c’.f
f.es. in vhich the baronet’s opinion per
fa.ftlv c duel led with my own. To
this fiibje.l I vis led hv observing an
edition of Xenophon in fixteeh volumes,
svliich (as I had never before heird of
such a things grettly excited mv curi
oiity, and I rose no to examine what it
could b« Sir Thomas saw what I was
•about, 3r.d. as I suppose, willing to
five me the trouble, rose to take down
the hook, which m ;de me more eager
to oreveut hi n, and ha'liiv laying mv
hand on the firft volume, I pulleJ it
forcibly ; but lo * instead of books, a
bou -J, which b7 leather and gilding
hi 1 been made to look like (ixt*er. vo
1j u»s, rauie tumbling dbwn and un-
I-ickily pitched upon a wedqewcod ink
ilind oa liie table tinder it. In vain
tttd Sir r.iJ.ius af'.ire me there ws.-no
barm ; I the ink dreaming fro n
an inlsyedtable, on the Turkey carpet;
and, (carce knowing what I did, at
tempted to flop its progress with my
cambric handkerchief In the height
of this cons jiiou wa were informed
that dinner was served up, and I with
joy perceived that the beil, which at
I'fft *d so alarmed mv fears, was only
the half hour dinner bell.
4i lit walking through the hall and
suite or" pirtments to the dining room,
I had ti n - to co! est my scattered sen
ses, and wax dsfired o take my place
belwfcei lady Friendly and her eldest
daughter at the table. Since rhe fall
of the wooden Xenophon, mv face had
bean coirmually burning like a fire
brand, and I was jail beginning to re
cover mvlelf, and to feel comfortably
coo], when an unbaked for accident
rekindled allmyhearan t blushes. Hav
ing let my plate of fitup too near tiie
edge of rhe table, in bowing to Mil's
Dinah, who politely complimented the
pattern of my waiftcoar, I tumbled
the whole fc tiding contents into my
lap. In spite of an immediate supply
. of napkins to wipe the furface of my
clouhes. my black (ilk breeches were
r.at stout enough to save me from the
painful effects of this sudden fomenta
tion, and for some minutes my legs and
thighs leemed ftewingin a boiling eal
dron; but recollecting how fir Thomas
had disguised his .orture ; when I trod
upon his toe, I firmly bare my pain in
. silence, and fat with my lower extre
mities parboiled, amidst the ftified gig
gling of the ladies aid servants.
44 I will not relate the several blun
dera which I made during the firft
course, or the distress occalioned by my
being desired t« curve a fowl, or to help
to the various dilhrs that flood near me,
spilling a lance boat, and knocking
down i fait feller; “ where frefli dif
ailers overwhelm’d me quite.”
44 I had a piece of riels Iweet pudd
-1 ing on my fork, when Miss Louisa
1 Friendly begged to trouble me for a
pigeon that flood near me ; in my hufte,
Icarce knowing what I did, I whipped
the pudding into m;v nouth, hot as a
burning Coal; it was impollible to con
ceal mv agony ; my eves were ftartit.g
from their sock-ts. At last, in fpirc es
Ihtins and refolmion, I was obliged to
drop the cuufe of torment on my plate
Sir Thomas and the ladies coinpaluon
atc 1 my raiafortune. and each advised
a difterent application; one r«com
mended oil another water, but all a
greeJ that wine vas the heft for drav;-
ing out fire, and a glass of fheny was
immediately brougnt from the fide
b >ird up wi*h great
eijernefs; But, Oh! how fhtil I ieii
the ic j tel ? Whether the bui'cr bv ae
cideut mistook, or purposely designed
to drive me mad lie gave me a glass
of the strongest brandy, with which l
filled my mouth, alreul/ stead »ni blif
tered. Totally unused to every kuid
of ardent fpir’us, with my tongue,
throat and palste as raw as beef, what
could I do? I could notfwallow ; and
cl ippinghoth my hands upon mv nituth,
the carted liquor Iqairied through mv
nose and fingars like a fountain, over
all the diihes; and I was crushed with
biirHo of luighter from all quarteis.
In va‘;i did Sir Thomas reprimand
the servants, and lady Friendly chide
her for the mealure of my
fliame and their diversion was not yet
complete To relieve me from the in
tolerable perspiration which this acci
dent had canfed, without considering
wii.it I did, I wipe 1 my face with that
ill fated handkerchief which was ft:l|
wet from the consequences of the fall
of Xenophon, autl covered all my face
with streaks of ink in every diredion.
The baronet hitnfelf could not l'upport
this fbock, but joined his 1 idy in the
general laugh; while I fpryng from
the ‘able io despair, riifheil out of the
house, and rtn home in an agony of
cotifufion and disgrace, which the moll
p lignim fcnl'e of guilt could not have
excited."”
Solomon and the Queen
of Sheba.
The piwer of this monarch had
spread his wisdom to the remotest parts
of the known u,>arld. A private i’cho
lar generally p iffe 1 -' iiis life in obfeurity
and posterity (a Iblitary confohtion )
spreads his name to the most Jiftant
regions, But when a king is a student,
th; case is reversed. The queen of
Sheba, a*t<aded by ihe splendor of Ids
reputation, or more probably, urged
b v the iufatiaole poetical third of the
feniule vilited this political king at bis
own court, with the foie intention of
afldng him questions—The Rabbin
cannot inform me if her examination
of the monarch was always made in
the chamber of audience ; there is rei
fon to tutpeiTt that they frequently ••e
--tired, for the solution of many a hard
problem, to the philcfophtc feiittuis of
1
\r. vrfp cabt*t. But Idn not ihtentf
sny nieang to make :his work (a3
lofd Lytrietoi) ai.fv/ered to a curious
female concerning his hiftory ) * a ve
hicle for ail iquated fcandat-’
It is fulScient, that the incident I
now relate, pafied as Solomon (a Air
rounded by his court. At the foot of
the throne llood the inquisitive Sheba;
in each hand Ihe lieid a wreath of flow
ers; the one computed of natural, the
other of artificial flowers. Art in the
labour of the mimic wreath, had ex
quisitely emulated the lively hues and
the variegated beauties of nature, so
tint at the distance it was held by the
queen for the infpelion of the king,
it was deemed impoifible for him to de
cide (as her question imported) which
wreath was the natural, and which the
ai f'hcial The fag acinus Solomon feetn
ed onpofed; yet to be v.anquilhed
though in a trifle by a trifling woman,
initated his pride. The foil of David
.—he who had written treaties on the
vegetable prodafliotis “ from the (Je
.1 ir to the htyfop” to acknowledge liitn
felf out witted by a woman, with fli eds
of papers and g}i?;d paintings! The
honor of the monarch’s reputation for
divine figscity feenaed diminiihed, and
tiie whole fewifli court looked solemn
and melancholy.’ It length, an expe
dient prelenred itfclf to the king; and
it mud beconfefl'ed, worthy of thena
tur ll philosopher Observing a chiller
of bees hovering about the windo w he
commanded that it flio ild be opened:
it was opened; the lees rushed into the
court, and alighted nmediately on oie
of the wreaths while not a Angle one
fixed on the other. The decition was
not then difficult j the learned Rabbins
fllook their beards, in rapture and the
baffled Sueba hid once more reason to
be aftonilhed at the wifdow of Solo
mon. "
This would make a pretty poetical
tale. It would yie'd an elegant de
feription, and a pleifing tnonl; that
the bee onlv rells on nitur.il beautie',
and never fixesTtn the Dain'ed flowers
however inimitably the colors may be
laid on
LONDON, Vivember to
Wheat.—-The following mode of
preferring it from I'm tit or blighting,
was communicated by an intelligent
correfpon dent
It has beenpraflifed with g'Cit fuc
Cefs, and it w.ts by a farmer
in Ireland, as an observation upon
fame recomcßcri Ution.s fur preferring
lead f»r f.>«- jir i a printed paper of
he ore ij *, "no •> trtoT agriculture
winch lias been circul ited through Eng
land, and alio in Ireland
A prtveutat:?: again l } fnut or blight,
ivg in JVAm t.
Os tiie herbs called icri uonv an I
broad plantain, take of each a large
sieve full, and of woodbine tbe like .
quantity ; let them be well boiled in
a pan of water, and when cooled let
the liq tor be poured off, or the herbs
taken out; thtn add to the liquor as
much rock or bay fait as will strength
en it to such a confidence, as that a
hen’s egg will float on it; let as much
wiir t be put into a kieve as may be
fuiScient for the next days sowing, and
let as much of the above liquor be
pou-ed on it as will be fulScient to
cover the feed wheat; let it remain so
f»r twenty four hours, then let the li
q tor be drawn off at or near the hot
tom of the kieVe bv -a cock or other
wise, as mar be moil convenient; let
t'as feed be then poured out on a door,
and well mixed with frelh time, so as
to be properly encrulted for sowing.
The above will be lufEcient for one
plough during the leafon, but as much
of the fresh liquor is to be added every
morning, as was absorbed on the pro
ceeding dav bv the corn ; but when a
farmer has several ploughs at work, he
is to enlarge the quantity in propor
tion
Near Imge towns where thee are
soap boilers at work the soap lees or
foaper’s waftj is deemed a goad addi
tion; howeves, I never had aocafton
to try it, nor had I for thirty years
pill one ear of black, fmuted, or blight
ed wheat.
N. 3. In wet weather the feeds
fltould be immediately spread thin upon
a barn floor, and not left in fades,
which mar prove injurious to the grain;
the herbs above mentioned are ''mind
to be poifoaous to worms, and noxious
to birds, but no ways prejudicial
to the feeds of their produce.
TRANSACTIONS of the
Rovai Humane Society,
The fallowing in fiance of ref ifcitation ,
proves rrofl forcibly that the faculty
fitoti Id never be difcotcraged, in their
hmeflcient exertions aid laudable
purfuiU of rejltrlng life, by vulgar
prst*dlcics, of tit cpiaivUt iffpeHA
ton.
“ To Dr. HAVES.
“ SiR.
“ About the beginning of July 3780,
eroding the water of Eden, 1 acci len:-
ly law a child in rir ojttom of me
river. I inilautiy dilin ranted my horse
rail into tie water, and laid hold off the
boy, about seventeen months old I
laic him upon the warm f.i:ul and call
ed out far help. A man. with outers,
came mlantiy to my aifi tance, and
procured blitiicets, silt, l"pirii», Sec.
I hid a female, and by mere accident
also a mile Catheter in my pocket.
The body was laiJ upon the blankets,
with his head a little elevated, and I
ilript jil bis wet deaths, chufiag to
oajin to vork diretliy where I was,
as tbe day was exceedingly warm, ra
ther than run any rilk by del?/. There
was not tne mo.I diilant appearance of
life—every tiling about bim had the
ftrongslt marks of mortality.
“ l began with tubbing his left
bre.i'l with fait—l next applied a little
bartihorn to his note and lips—l then
chafed bis tempiei with foine aqjiavitas;
and finally. I introduced the female
catheter into hu mouth, and the male
one into one Ooflril. blo wing alternately
with the 11c and the other I pre
fevered in rubbing, blowing and chafing
for a quarter of a a boor. Still there
was no appearance o* hfe: every
fpeclator teemed convinced that my
attempts weretruitlefs; and that is was
impoflible for in in to do an? service
They endeavored at this time to dil
fuade me from making any farther at
tempts; but I fiienced their clamours
by telling them matters could not he
worse, and I determined to persevere.
“ I relblveJ to open the jugular
rein. In the mein time I renewed the
friction with fait, camphorated spirits.
Sec. and inflated the lungs by means
of the catheters; and, at length, I
thought that I perceived a weak pulftt
tion at the heart —This animated me
in the dilcharge of my duty. By
persevering for a minute or two longer
a feeble rattling in the throat was
evident, and a weak quivering of the
lip;; the livid appearance in the coun
tenmee began todifperfe; one of his
eyes soon half opened ; and life seemed
willing once more to animate my pa
tient’s little frame I again applie 1
volatiles to his nose and lips; ordering
on; e r the fp'cl.ifors to rub his hands
and feet with S V- Camph. By this
time he emitted a little curdled milk
which he had taken befortthe accident
happened; an alvine palfnge all'o af
terwards eniiictl; and now every thing
wore a mil favorable appearance. 1
ordered his mother to run home, llrip,
and go to bed ; had the body wrapped
in the blankets, and carried him to the
h» tfe. A pair of blankets eirxaordi
nary was ordered to be put upon the
bed ; so that the hr at of his mother
Joan warmed his fy/itm , he. after fame
time, fell into a profound sleep and
profufe I wcats.
“ It is impoifible to f*y, with cer
tainty. ho w long be remained in water.
But, if we may judge from the time he
left his mo’her; the diflance he had
walked; the time I found him; and
the situation he was in ; I think he
mull hare been at lead ten minutes
under water. It was about twenty
minutes after I had begun before I was
feufible of the Icult presence of life ;
and, I suppose, l had wrought with
him about half an hour, or near that
period, before I bad 1 itn perfectly re
llored
“ Thus I have endeavored to give
you a particular account of the difeo
very of the body, the appearances, the
refufeitative procels. and the return of
animation—l admire the Providence
which directed me to the spot at lech a
critical moment.
“ | VVIF.S MACaULAY.”
These cases, so minutely and cir-
Gumftunrially related, cannot fail of
i nprelling the heart with the mod ex
alted sentiments. They appeal by ar
guments unanswered and unanlwerab’e
to the undentanding of every indivi
dual; they reflect a peculiar hater
upon the art, which in the fund of able
profeifors, is lingularly conducive to the
welfare and happiness of society.
ST GEORGE’S, Jan. 20.
Yelterday being the anniversary of
the revolution in Holland, Mr. Heine
kin. the Dutch consul for Philadelphia,
(who on his palfage from the place of
his relidence to Holland, was captured
and carried in here, gave a very ele
gant entertainment to all the American
citizens in port.
At fun rife all the American veflels
not under, or liberated from adjudica
tion, displayed their colours in honor
of the day.
The civic board was decorated with
the liberty tree, being mi ever green ;
the C3f of liberty projected euf of the
t-\ n i ani tu’ C ■.s: cS lie Bauvian.
French, and American republics,
circled with 1 .vrji-h of flowers, ap.
pearetl out of *rs branches
Mrs. Heinsker did the honor of the
table ; joy and c r/ivUlity were coa
tpicuous on the .ceafton After dia
ucrtlie foilowmg toads ver« drank,:
i. Tue i.itaviaij Republic
a. The Republic of France.
3. Tue Republic of America.
4. Libert/, £4:1.1!!’.)’, and Fra;«v
nit/.
5. The pointers m Alliance.
(>■ Uni/enal peace throughout the
world.
7. Tua day, an ! all who honor i:.
V OLiniTittt.
1. His Excellency James Crawfurd,
F.fq. Governor of Bermuda; the pro
tector of the unfortunate whom we
revere.
2. James and William Peret, th 4
tried friends of the United States may
honor and wealth be their portion, and
gratitude of the ci izens of the Uuittd
States their reward.
3 Benjamin C'ickcnfon Harvey,
Esq. our firm anu ur.d-unted fupportet
at the bar; may another judge lob*
do juftite to ins talents, modeity,
and merit.
4 The famous John Green, Judge
of he Court of Admiralty ; may fee
live to repent, and after death
judged according to his own judgment.
f. Booby Tucker, and the relVof
our Bermuda owners; may they te
rewarded according to their deeds
1 he company retired at an early
hour. tnanifediug tbeir joy that anothry
nation had been redored to liberty*,
Though they would have been muefc
pleased to have had French citizetta
among them on the occasion; they
were Hill happier that none were tq
be found in the isl tnd of Bermuda.
PORTLAND. January aB.
Saturday last arrived here, brig
Fame, capt. lordan, 68 day 3 from St.
Übes- He informs, that a packet ar
rived at Lisbon two days before he
failed, in three days from England—
file brought the account of the capture
of t 4 Eitglilh IndtJinen, off Cape Good
Hope, by a French squadron. Just '
before captain Jordan left Lisbon, eur
Conltil there informed him that they
had received the account of the defeat
of the Auflrian army—a few days be»
fore, they had received the account of
the defeat of the French, and th*
Court of Portugal had ordered rejoic-t.
ing«, but their joy by this reverie of
fortune, was turned into mourning.
The Andrian army had gat the advan
tage of the French, and purlneo thetb
across the Rhine, but the French being
met by reinforcements turned upotj tbt
Audrians, purfned them across the
Rliine with immense daughter, and
were in full pursuit of them. Great
talk of peace, at Lilbon.
NEW YORK, February 9.
Yederday the atlembly, in commit.*
tee of the whole, granted a further
funi of 15000!. annually, in addition
to the, sum of 20,000. formerly appro
priated for the support of public lchoois
in this date.
February to.
We underdand from good authority,
that orders are received from the Britifit
minidry fer evacuation of the Wedera
Pods, agreeably to treaty,
PHILADELPHIA, February 3.
Lad evening arrived in town from
New York, Charles Adams, F.fq. We
are informed that Mr. Adams, has
brought the treaty lately concluded be.
tween the United States and the.Dey
of Algiers ; also the elegant sword, a
present from the Dey to the prefideut
of the United States.
A letter of the Bth of December,
received in town yederday from Lilbon
mentions that the brig Sophia, com.
mnnded by captain O’Brien, was to
fail shortly afier for Algiers, where die A A
would take on board all the America
captives, and from thence fail direst for
Philadelphia.
BALTIMORE, January ft.
On Saturday lad. arrived Ibip fte
puhlican, capt. Simpson, 54 days front
Liverpool Capt. Simpfoa brought
Liverpool papers as lare as November
to, blit having been boarded off the
capes by a Britiih fhlp of war, gave
away hi* four lr.fr da’es; so that pa
pers by him are not so late as those
received by the Role, arrived at New.
Y'ork. We are sorry however for
the fake of humanity and the cause cf
our allies, to inform our readers, that
capt- Simpson’s verbal information is
but too corroborative of the late disas
ters of the French in Germany. But
as the Liverpool piper of November
1 o, contained nothing more than glean
ing from other papers* refpeaihg tfc*