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r. -- i 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*