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SONC. OP A IiKOTHER TYPO.
THOUGH richei circulate at will.
By coining und by minting ;
Th< Printing Art in nobler still—
TwiTH cirniluU* by Printing.
Since truth is TRUTH s ail allow,
It cmi.it aufft r stinting
P-Tspicunu# Error rear* her brow
Wilt n Tyrant* limit printing-.
.Smee Freedom’* self sometimes runs mail
The thought is well worth hinting' —
I/O us’ ftil hints he modest clad,
Aral then go on with Printing.
But Vice, voidl’ say, with hideous leer.
At Virtue will he squinting)
Well, if Vice squints ami looks so queer,
WVil mend her light with Printing.
THE INSPECTOR....No. 11.
” He was the offspring of humanity,
And ev’rv < hild of sorrow was his brother.”
T hk amiable Pliilanfltropist whose
disinterested exertions nre given for the
welfare and happiness of his fellow
beings is a character too estimable not
to attract (he esteem and love of the
virtuous and good, a desire to amelio
rate the miseries of man, is coupled
w ith a compassion for human frailties,
that it is, which assimilates to the
Godhead and teaches us the merits of
ii Saviour’s sufferings.
As the province of Philanthronhy is
to pour healing balsam into the wounds
of misery, so is the avocation of a
base and inhuman soul, to rack with
a keen and exquisite torture the victim
of distress. Phiiaiithrophy, cloathes
the nal ed and feeds (lie hungry ; ex
tends its fostering hand, to unprotect
ed innocence; opens its arms, to re
ceive and cherish, the houseless child
of want; encourages the tender germ of
merit, and protects it from the chilling
blasts of contemptuous neglect; such
are the duties of that guardian genius
which supports the moral fabric of
man, and mixes a grateful sweet in the
cup of human woe. Put think not rea
der that Pilanthrophy winks at exces
ses, and rive an inconsiderate indul
gence lo vice, a correct love mingles
reproof aval praise, anil saves its ob
ject by destroying its errors; the world
too often deem timt, a harsh censure,
which flowed from a mild benevolence,
and too often consider a criminal ac
quiescence, a lest of real friendship ;
both mistakes are equally pernicious
and destructive.
The character of Phiiaiithrophy is
replete w ith a mild assemblage of en
gaging virtues, it allures and entices to
the paths of peace, and smoothes the
brow of care with a promise of hap
pier hopes ; it lulls the sighs of grief
with the anxious solicitude, of found
concern, its affection encircles the hu
man race in one vast family.and show
ers its equal bounties upon the swarthy
Hottentot, and the polished child of
civilisation ; like the “ spirit of uni
versal emancipation,” it asks not for
the altar or the God, when it distri
butes its kindness, and blesses with its
influence. Do you seek for honor ? the
Philanthropist has it in the acclama
tions cf those he has rescued. Do you
ask for immortality? What name shines
with a lustre like that of Howard, the
tlie benefactor of the human ir.ee:
Header accompany me for a moment
while I trace the journey of a man
whose rare sou! the receptacle of good
ness, and the fame of virtue, labored
for the benefits of mankind; a journey.
and for what? To rescue misery from
despair, and to visit the deep dungeon
of wretchedness, behold the father of
Phiiaiithrophy followed by the stream
ing eyes of the widow and the orphan,
their hands raised to heaven ami im
ploring blessings on the venerable bend
of their beloved Benefactor, behold
him descending the windingvault which
leads him to the ceil of misfortune’s—
Prisoner, the walls damp with a cen
tury’s vapours, poison the springs of
life and mature anguish and disease, in
a earner stretched on a bed of ttraw,
an emaciated figure beckons him to ap
proach. auJ points alternately to ins
galling chains, and the miserable pit
tance which systematic cruelty has
given him, to feed the expiring lamp
of life ; at the name of Howard, a faint
gleam of hope lights up the counten
ance of wan despair, and gives for a
moment the dim eye of age, the spark
ling fire of youth: at the name of How
ard, oppression drops it* scourge, and
liberates its victims.
The life of virtue is immortal, its
honours are perpetual, the gew-gaws
of power, the pomp and splendor of
couqnerors, melt before the destroying
hand of time, and succeeding genera
tions perusinga plain, undisguised his
history, from the pen of the Biographer,
wonder that their Predecessors should
have ndmired characters, they them
selves so much detest. Why is it that
we behold no work, raised by the hand,
or modelled by the genius of the migh
ty Conqueror, which is productive to
the world of benefit, or solid advan
tage ? the reason is obvious, Ambition
is his polar star, by it, he shapes his
course and marks his way through
scenes of ruin and distress; self-agran
disement his only aim, he draws his
sword in an unjust and unrighteous
cause; his ends accomplished, the
means are indifferent to him, to the
pure and virtuous Philantliropest he
leaves it, to heal the wounds he has
inflicted and wipe the tear lie has caus
ed from the check of distress, whose
avocation merits the most applause?
Which is most worthy our admiration
and esteem ?
The various reciprocal acts of kind
ness which it is our duty to perform to
wards each other, and without which
the social compact is dissolved, cannot
be too st ‘ongly urged upon the consider
ation of society, surely harmony in a
family should be sacredly preserved,
and are we not all members of larger
families. Why then admit the ene
mies of concord to disturb our peace
and break the chain of amity and
friendship? Envy ever leads its vota
ries thro’ dangerous paths, and at last
h aves them on the brink of some fright
ful precipice, where she scoffs at their
blind credulity. Fortune or Fame
built on the ruin of a single Individual
Masts forever the enjoyment of the
wretch, who sacrificed in their pur
suit the rights and prosperity of his
fellow-man.
COMHINITATED.
SKETCH OF LONDON.
[Continued from our last.]
Nor can it he denied that London is
In a high degree favorable lo sociabi
lity. Its inhabitants have superior
opportunities of choosing their compa
ny, provided wisdom shall stand at
their elbow to direct their choice.
How persons in similar pursuits
and of similar tastes, whose ideas per
fectly amalganate, may associate in a
friendly club, and innocently spend
their evenings in agreeable converse.
Vet it is a pity that late hours and
temptations to intoxication, should al
ien render it prudent for a cautious
man to absent himself from these asso
ciations,
To do ample justice, to my subject,
I must add that the men who retain
tlicir religious principles, and whose
education or conviction teach them U>
give the preference to one mode of
worship, rather than to another, may,
in yon great city, worship their crea
tor according to their inclinations, or
the dictates of their consciences
what Voltaire has observed of the dif
ferent sects in England, is peculiarly
true respecting the metropolis—“ Iu
their father’s house are many man
sions,” or rather they may choose
which road they please in their jour
ney to heaven; and 1 doubt not hut
the honest and good, in each road, will
find their way. Quakers, Annabap
tists, Presbyterians, Independents, as
well as churchmen, may worship there
according to their own particular
modes, and associate with those of
their own persuasion. While the pe
culiar circumstances of the place, fre
quent intercourse of a commercial na
ture, and a general inattention to every
other part of a mans character, ex
cept that of honor in his vocation,
give to persons of these different per
suasions, the fortunate habit, rather
than the Christian virtue of universal
and reciprocal moderation.
London is also a place very advan
tageous to the student in his pursuits
of various branches of science;
where, liy kitending upon different
professors, conversing with men ot
learning, genius, and experience ; eon
suiting libraries, visiting museums, &e.
he may enjoy the means of making the
most desirable progress in his studies,
if heaven should send him a competant
quantity of resolution, to escape the
dangerous dissipations of the place.
The town may also he thought the
proper school of manners; where the
collegiate may wear off his pedantry
und the country gentleman his auk
ward address: hut the town, in this
connection, must doubtless signify the
multitudes of strangers who occasion
ally assemble there; and from true
politeness and courtesy of behaviour
may some times be acquired; for it
must be acknowledged, that the plain
est rustic would not gain much by his
commerce with the natives. Few,
very few, of those whose education has
been confined to London, are examples
of address and engaging deportment,
worthy a journey to town. Consider
ing Europe, as the most important
part of the globe—England as the
most important part of Europe—the
metropolis as the most important part
of England—and, it may he, the place
of their residence, as the most impor
tant part of t’ne metropolis, these citi
zens of accumulated consequence treat
with an air of childish superiotry and
disdain, all those unfortunate objects,
w ho were not born within the sound of
Bow hells. These gentry are very
apt to mistake negligence and inatten
tion, for ease; a dull repition of the
contents of a newspaper, for edifying
conversation; pert reflections and sati
ride insinuations upon a country life
and manners, for wit and humour:—
whilst their good ladies substitute af
fectation for politeness—a passion lor
every whimsical fashion for taste, and
extravagance for grandeur. And they
both unite in the opinion, that all
strangers are bound to admire every
thing peculiar to the place, even to its
noise, confusion and filth. In a word,
they seem to claim the privilege of be
having as they please; and forgetting
that London may not be the first mart
for manners, though it be lor various
other articles, they with equal folly
and vanity impose upon you their own
coarse unwrought goods, for the very
best of the kind.
The metropolis is a place worthy
the temporary residence of the specu
lative philosopher, who thinks the pro
per knowledge of mankind is man.
By conversing with such a diversity of
characters, lie may acquire a consider
able insight into the various modifica
tions of the human heart, there he will
constantly behold the force of evil ex
ample counteracting the original bent
of a virtuous education.
In short, our philosopher will disco
ver tiie power of connections and ex
ample, of interest or of pleasure, to
change the principles and dispositions
of men. And lie will remark how
easily those who have no stamen of
their own, no genuine unshaken rule
of conduct, no settled notion of virtue,
and rational fear of heaven, how easi
ly they yield themselves up to foreign
impressions, like wan to the seal; or
bear a diversity of vicious resem
blance, according to the moulds in
which they may be accidentally cast!
After lie has made general observa
tions cf this nature, for which every
part of that great city will furnish
ample materials, he may study the
leading characteristics, the distinguish
ing type of each division.
In the western quarter he may con
template the proud and fastidious
courtier, uniting the extremes of
haughtiness and servility; swoln with
the idea of his own importance, and
yet courting the admiration of crerv
transient spectators ! meanly ci inging
to those in power, but treating Lis in
feriors with dis lain! lavish ot his
bounty to sycophants and panders to
his pleasures, hut deaf to the cries of
the indigent, or the demands of jus
tice! betraying his country for gold,
and hazarding that gold upon the turn
of a die! supercilious to those who
are dependent upon his smiles—him.
self a stranger to the independence of
a man! destitute of every moral ex
cellence, but. vain of his manifold ti
tles and trappings of pre-eminence!
ridiculing the rigid restraints of virtue
and religion, and torn assunder by the
contest of irregular passion, or corrod
ed with diseasies generated by crimi
nal excess!
From the Mw-Forlc Evening Post.
0! for the pencil of a Ilogarth, that
I might shew what sort of a beast the
Embargo is. The amphibious Virgi
nian monster, so beautifully scaled as
to charm the superficial observer, but
of temper so transcendently malign,
that, toads and serpents of most deadly
kind. compared to it, are harmless.
O! folly—ever to be lamented, tl.at
dragged it from “ the great dismal
swamp” to taint with its pestiferous
breatli our halcy on atmosphere. Like
the Stork-king which Jupiter sent to
the discontented frogs, it fights not for
us our battles, but gobbles us up by
hundreds for its breakfast, uniting us
indeed, but in the unhappy conviction
only, that if it remains any length of
time we are undone.
“ I was well:-
1 wished to be better:—
And here I lie.” Epitaph.
But all is for the best Sir Editor.
A silent and sure change is working
in some peoples minds from a discove
ry of the chemical power of the breatli
of this monster to dissolve silver into
air, an experiment, by no means plea
sant to one who prizes his purse more
than his patriotism. Interest with
such people.
Like the buff-stop on harpsichords or
spinnets,
Muffles the pretty tuneful throats
That would have chirp’d away like
linnets.
When this Embargo Monster dies,
its race like that of the Mammon,
will become extinct, and our great
graml children will scarce be able to
collect a head or tail of it, to preserve
in their museums as a monument to
the wisdom of their ancestors; for
wise they will eertaioly reckon us
to have been, as serpents, and as to
being harmless, that should be a con
cern of other people, but it is very
unlucky that in our acts we have
been harmless to all the world except
ourselves.
TETRO PETROVITCH.
Pytheas, the daughter of Aristotle,
being asked—“ which was the most
beautiful color?” made answer, ‘‘that
of modesty .”
4 I w ant a Young Man’s Compani
on says a gentleman to a bookseller
—“Then here's my daughter,’’ replies
the other.
Notice.
THE SUBSCRIBER
17IINDS it necessary to bring all the
_ debts due him up to the first of
January last, to a final settlement; he
has therefore appointed George B.
M'lutosh, Esq. his Attorney, to make
collections for him; and all Notes and
Accompts unsettled on the first day of
June next, will be put in suit.
GEORGE HARRAL.
April it st
Carriage & Horses.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
OFFERS for saie his CARRIAGE
and HORSES, which are infe
rior to none in the city. To save on
necessary trouble, the lowest price wil
be fifteen hundred dollars.
GEORGE IIARRAL.
April 2s. ot .i
BLANKS
For Sale at this OFFICE.
Ezekiel Yarnell,
A T the Store lately occupy
!)>’ i\las;rs. Gray & Foicler, corner <J
a -‘ il -‘treet awl aj Lane, oKL-rs for sale L*
tu- L'aali, a good -t,rtment of i.‘*
Good*, among which are the foliowimr ‘/
iicles. b
Cam!,l ie Dimities
Furniture and common do.
Cotton Shirtings,
Do. Cambric,
Do. Huckabacks,
Do. 4 Diapers,
Fine Irish Linens,
Linen Sheeting,
German Holla,
Brown Linens,
Flaxen Diapers,
Linen Checks,
Lena and Seeded Muslins,
Imitation Muslins & Mantles
Furniture and common Calicoes,
Fine white Jean,
Colored Marseils,
Real Mad rass Handkerchiefs. I
Mock do. & Pocket do. I
Flag Siik, do.
Htimliumg,
Blue do.
Cotton Stockings,
Mans fine ana common Beaver
Gloves.
ladv’ sex tra long white Kid do I
Black colored Canton Cranes.
Silk and Cotton Suspenders,
White and yellow Flannels,
Cotton Bedticks,
Northern Homespuns,
Sewing Silks,
Best gill Coat Buttons,
Threads, Tapes and Needles,
Cotton Umbrellas,
30 Peices Seersuckers,
1000 yds. Tow ('loth,
M SO,
Fresh Hyson Tea,
Coffee,
Loaf Sugar,
Chocolate by the box or pound.
April 14 131. l.
Just Received,
10 Hhdg 4tl proof Rum
2 Pipes Cngniae Brandy
6 Do. Spanish do.
15 Pipes Gin
so Barrels do.
7 11 fills. N. E. Rum
lo Barrels Apple Brandy
4 0 Barrels Muscovado Sugar
fi Chests Hyson Tea
10 do. livson Skin do.
20 Barrels Crackers
20 Coils Cordage
30 Pieces Russia Duck
200 Boxes Soap and Candles
SO Bags Coffee
Pepper, Pimento, &.e.
100 Pieces Flag Handkerchief*
ALSO,
4 Patent Time Pieces
HOWE & DIMOY.
May 8 3t 9
At Private Sale,
ID lllnls. Fairview Gin,
13 do. ami 20 bids. Whiskey,
3 Pipes India Point Gin,
2 do. Spanish Brandy,
1 Pipe ami 2 bids. French do. I
4 Hhds. high flavored 4th prool I
Rum.
4 do. and 5 bids. N. F„ Rum.
2o Bbls. Philadelphia Beer ‘ fresh 1
10 do. Shrub,
2 Pipes Madeira M ine,
lo 11 lids, and 5 fcbls. Muscovado
Sugar,
12 Chests Hyson Tea,
20 Bags Coffee,
25 do. Black Pepper,
50 Boxes Soap and Candles,
10 do. Chocolate,
lo Bids, prime Beef,
23 Kegs Manufactured Tobacco,
5 Hints. Glass Ware,
5 Boxes Cotton Cards, No. s.
100 Pieces Hiimkums,
20 Pieces Cotton Bagging,
30 do. Tow Cloth,
lo do. Ticklenbnrgs,
30 Reams Writing Paper,
23 Coils White Hope,
5 Boxes Cotton Cards,
5o M. white Chapel Needle*,
t Small Trunk Cutlery,
Cassimere, Calico, India Bed
Spreads, Handkerchiefs, &e. &e.
D. WILLIFORD.
May 1. 6
At Private Sale.
10.000 lbs Cnrdage; 2 Hawsers
20 hlida Molasses 20 do. Sugar
30 do. X. E.Rura, 20 do. Whiskey
to pipes Brandy: 30 bbls Brandy
30 Ids. Apple Brandv
15 1.1,ds West-India Rom
100 bags and 20 bbls. Coffee
30 pipes Gin
49 bbls. Flour
20 chests Hyson Tea
30 bids. I.oaf Sugar
30 boxes Candles
10 pipes Brandy
JllsojiviU be exchanged for Cotio :.
■2 pipes Madeira Wine
200 !>. :* Gunpowder
6 clients Hyson skill Tea
4 elegant sti-k bodied Gis^s.
GUNNING & CLAY.
