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u<! T r n. .rod and rr i rh nt
£ hHd t duirc ol pf.rtr V ; I
they arc (t> vcr\ tenaikh 1
sot that elegant fiti’p icttv
vhicb characttiiles the tvorf
of- moduli batd, end at t]i
fatin’ tttnc so free from tl;c >n
delicate levity which fotrir.
times llain* hi? pages, that vvi
havgibot.ght .bcn» worthy ol
a place in ours.
e auihots H; me is tirkndwr J
to us : we took feme pains tt
difcovtrtt but without fur
ceffc, If city of our friends
vl.tffc reading is more exteo
five, are better informed ton
the fuhjcet, they 'will oblige
us by. communicating such
particulars as l ave come to
tt err hnov'cdge. We highly
dilapprove the cuflotn so
pieva'eW .in this count) y of
publiiiiing extrafis from va
nous worlß without naming
the persons by whom, they
were wimen : when an author
is known tt becomes a piece
of juflicc in all who xpixjir his
perfoimance to add bis name.
'I he ncgieU ol this rule lobs
merit of its praise by con
founding together its literary ;
offspring j
THE rICTURE.
Fdeitd nfmy Youth, these l.inn receive :
Anf*, i re inv you r prove,
Let my true tfiud -Mteinpi it. niv«
A I’iiilurc of the Maid I love.
But, ifiink not rtty Verse to view
f uth H Verse ti o oft lnfl<w«;
A Neck. It.at nu.ck tl r l.iiy i Hue ;
Or Checks, that Hume the Binh.tr Kofe
Thouel I'e every Charm of Y.lllh,
Oi< winch riel.jilted l ove c,.jl dwell ;
Fair though flic It—ill honed I mih
Much fiiacr than my 1 can lcll—
Yet tlii* 1 pas» in Site r\ee hy ; . .
For many are her HivmU there ;
And Kitty I)..- d a* biintit an Eye ;
And Face is lull as tar.
Then ihink not merr < itcriur Font
My Heart'* fond Wtfh could ever win ;
To me rKf'rJf n is 'he Charm,
Fuic Her..id of a Mind wttliin.
Fnch Mr Vrment nf Amlra’* Fr. rrte ,
Calls into Li'e f«>me in w-tx rn Oraee ;
While her eye's hrigt.i, set temperate,Beam
Proclaims the Heart’* internal l'eacc.
To r*int her urenmpl'd W*'r»h,
What Colour* eat* the p- et find ?
Wl.at heavenly 'lnn. to Hindu* I rth
'] he br.ght pificklimi ol her Mind f
The Soul in Innocence feeioe,
Meet li.matc of To her a Fr me ?
The Manner*, v«M» all, and pure,
A* the ruck d Infant'? go.deu Dream ?
The4iro*v,where Srnfrwith fweetnef, filin' »'
Ti c 1 cvk. which w ~kis yet clu . k,, ilelir.-
Wlo.re Dignitv will. F're lorn join* *,
Where Grace, aud lovclitut* coufpire 1—
Weak tho’the Tint*, ui lk li’d the Hand,
That rude'V fketeh’d th i»p»r'»dt Han;
Ms'it you «*<«. Feature*, a* tl ry (land
Aud, then, condemn rrr, it you can.
to a Young ' aoy,
tt'iib lit Fof'geirg
Ask rot, Tweet Jnn.'cerice, what Grace
> »t# for th< Figure which I drew.—
Bach fkiltul Hve around c ti trace
Tfe blight O.ig ai tu You.
\
“Tl e brotv.wher* (Vnfc. A fwe*tnefj fliiee ;
*> n.e lo 'k.that wakes vet ch> rks >'<li e,”
The Cum ; the b a ur**; *ll *. *l i» e ,
- Mit yt>ur own linage you admire.
Uiiewnfei u* of her C arms, thtt’ r *t
1 .eatiM o’ti the Margin of the Flood;
Brheld » Wonder in the W *vr ; I
Aud piiif'd th* Beauty die bedow’d.
FT 1 IT ' PH
C‘i> a men yrl'» Ij j a '*►! yvlite .X/#*!/ 1 ,
fl, rr lies a VUn, v fo Heaven me faVe)
Wh'ef* Month w * wide * * h's Or*v« :
K dcr t*esd lightly on iMi s<><! j
ior, if hi o.sn *, y« u're gone, by—
rrrr.AM.
Two tl in,
Cad’d B<'Kr and hutv, i
Won’d fl r\e the Town, or near it ;
Put, K c ii known
To -KIN. and HOVE,
PTL’at Fl*jh and Fool won’t pear if. j
'I HE 11 MNBOW, Nu. 1.
YHF IKTRrmjCTi'UY KSRAY,
Ou the utilitu ot Miscellaneous
. A.< v. ts».
[ Cone, lided"\
r. S. 5 he writeis of the es*.iv r .
| thn first ( f which IS JU M- I•< srhtti
♦r ihr- p-.bi c, wi!lnm p»t b»bl> a; j
i ?i .fipt to iiivu»iig-te all or ever j
sbv trn«"rl^ibHo mr.her of rhe
tcp'c*, wh’fh i avf Iter ju*t
• surf. i lie vtiitr ts the prr
i c!ir-g e?r f»\ I rAvet er, inti Igrs
i hope frt m the number ts his
i erarv a*sr tixltit. the rorrespen
■ ri* tlivrrfitv t.f mibjcctl svnich
will itEtttral'v divide their attin.
on. ?n<l yhe rbundant leisure
t» hicb ilie Intervals of roiaticm will
-florti, without stn it ’uiiotis or in.
convenient interference with their
rrofesaional duties, that their es
• at* will aFord *ome degree «'T
pit asore atttl improvement to tve
v drrrtiption of reader*.
He indulges a hope that ihe ti
ib pre fixed ru the r**ays, wifi be
fot.nd neither an unmeaning ein-
Idem, nor « faithless indication of i
■ I eir diameter Gc tendency. Not I
‘hat ihr tno«t attractive ornament
»<l a Venial • ky, the beauteous off
‘prinxol the glittering dewdrerp
:rid ti e solar ray, the welcome
harbinger of. fruitful ahonrej-s and
e» t .beiant vegetation, is chosen
to nllegorse ard announce thuir
high hopes of the literary attrac
tions, or moral utility of their es
*«)». 'I he title of the Kainhow
"asstl-cird on account of its no
velty and for the purpose or dis
crimination. It is intended to con
vey no other etnbh matic refer
ence to the tssays it discriminates
nd adorn*, than as its varied hit'*s
•*ittl transient duration, may serve
vo indicate the diversity of amu
sing topics which they will em
btacc, and the fugitive form they
w ill assume. P« rhaps in another
point of vit vv, the Hainbow may
■erv e »o denote, vH’idts and justly,
thi intention of the writers ofthete
.nd the general tendency of, mor»
.*1 and nm.tdlaneous es-av*.
V\ e arr taught the ttaditinbs
~f our faihet* it. believe, that this j
lovelv phetw mt non, first matle its '
ppeamhee in the skv, 'o an
nounce the cessatittn of a deluge.
•*nd the returning mi rcie* of an
nlFehded God* 'I hr bow suspen.
ded in the CSltstial arr.h unstt nng
n sign of peace, presents to the
Christum a mild memento of the
driver displeasure and a delight
ful token of the future benignity
of his God, affords a beautiful
,ul)j ( ct of allusion to the poet, Sc
analysis to the philosopher; ravi
hes with its beauty evrn “ (he
brute unconscious ga7.e, ’ and is
rnilttl In the pt acelul husbantlman
«s the pleasing pledge of vernal
luxuriance and antumntd plenty.
{« not the liainbt w, theitlore.
iiMppilv fifed to indicate the at
r it lions anil utility of a species > f
'•mposition, which has an anah'-
;ous influence in moral nature,
hit Ii d.v itl»'s t lit* “ ray s t.f s> teitce”
.to ad their native* and beaut ful
• Ictus ; captivate*, bv its uoveitv
.nd Variety tlw attention of every
iescrlptton ol rcadt rs, and slioweis
pti hue bounties on minds ol
verv ttiivviision and tn at' situa.
tons? Mat not the /tambvW afford
ui aj propriate and uuspinuus title
o a des’.i i, w hose object it ir lo
i\rrt some portion ot public cu
to.vity to enquiries in winch all
arttes andtiasses arc equally* in*
1 rested, beemue in these the dt -
• t uon til error ittul the descovery
<1 it utli ate ttj’ially defcired by nd ?
MJM EE If 11.
Cn the Condition qf Women*
TT ht* h<“en said th.st the tivili
• •oion ts i* cOuntrv mitv he fatrlv
‘timsted hv »he degree of res
« > ct which is paid to its women.
’ he sentiment i* not more gallant
Srrn it is just. Its truth has been
b mon*t r uted bv Mtssieurs Abx
i tier, Thomas, lltissell, and vrt
other writer* ; who, ior this ,
,i|j pose, have rrsoited, rot to any
lisfactetl enquiries into the cha
uffers of the
rer appeal to the experience of
>tinns. Th y have shewn, by a
tirious atnl most interesting tn
rsdgadon. that from the fiertght
d nnd stusual savage of New
-1 Valand, or of Nooika Sound,
t’t'Ugh every gradation, up to the
rbshed gentleman of Europe or
\meiica, the deference and ven
noion fnr the female part ot the |
ocitty is exac 1* in proportion to
e detrffe of which
>ch nation has attained. In ana
oo l p. at cf view, Virginia need
<u to shiink from thi* test of hci.
* finemrnt. In eveiy social circle
| u which the sexes are blended, j
i ure may observe a turner»tv wp” j
M n trndevnf** of atVntirtn to thf
fiir, which w *uld r.at '•
Vnipht ?n the proudest days i f chi
valry. But. the ipnral’nt, who
lini ar the culture of the virtues,
will direct hi* attention not so
much to the m inners ol the draw. ;
ing-toom, as to those which may
he chart red instill more private
life. He will look through the ce- j
r- monies which men may act from*
deference to their company, and ,
bv which indeed* they recognize
and bow obedience to the send- I
ment above expressed ; he will
'oolc through these blinds ol state, 1
into the liosoui of the private fam- ,
ily* and watch the manners df the
j husband and the father when eve
|rv restraint is removed. It will
be by .the discoveries which he
lhrill make here, that he will direct
hs admonitions; and on this
ground, I lear the moralist, not ot
Virginia only, hut of all those
states wh’th boast of their refine
ment, will find tod much rOum lor
censure and admonition.
What is true of nations; in this
case, it., I presunit, is equally true
ol individuals ; or in other words
the civilization of the nv.ih, like
that of the nation, may be fairly
estimated by the degree of respect
which he pays to the fair; When
I speak ol civiliz-uion, I do not
mean science ; since we have
some times seen a very highly il
luminated mind, connected with
the cold, a malignant, or a faro
cious heart; but by civilization
I mean, that change which is
wroug.it upon the sav.sge man by
the humanizing, softening, re fin
ing power of vocul virtue. Nei
thei by rtsptct to the fair do 1
mean the bows and grimace oi
J a /'CUt maitre , which a monkey
I might learn ; nor the sti4l more
imposing exterior ol eleganee and
sensibility which a Z«hico could
.t«s.ime ; bin, by, respect to the
fair y 1 mean a genuine and tender
deference, which has not merely
glanc'd upon the surface, but pen
cil ated arid pervaded every por
tion of the heart ; [ mean not an
occasional shew, but a sincere, a
perennial an habitual respect and
affection, which render* a man
involuntarily assiduous ;o the
wants and sympathetic with the
minutest sufferings of the softer
and gentler sex. With these ex
planations, I resume my position,
and l beg mv male reader to as.
sure himselfthut v?hatever fi.g ire
he may make in other respects ;
however brilliantly he may shine
as a man of erudi ion, gcniils, wit,
tor humour, lie is, nevertheless,
civliz.d or not In proportion as he
has learned to rc-pect ihe fair ;
and more particularly that portion
ul them whose pt Otection he may
have assumed.
It is a mournful truth that the
j life of the finest girl among us, is
too often a series of suffering St of
sorrow. iuo many of t"h« m pass
on to death, without having once
found the “ sunny slope ” ol tran
quillity, on which they could re
pose and tleclarc themselves, for
* moment, at Their suffer
ings begin often with tile. The
restraint ol iheir childhood even
when they are salutary, are sour
ct t ol u ouble ; because their mo
tive is not yet preceived bv the
young and inexperienced m nd.
But not unatqutndy the restraints
ol childhood instead d being
prompted by parental wisdom and
tenderness, aie the momentary
dictates ol headlong passion and
brutal cruthy. I his tyranny com
menced in their ».hildhood, is ex
tended even to then maturer years,
and it becomes the more severe as
it is thi n iuflicted ou a mind capa
ble of estimating its wrongs, and
often exerted on those sensibilities
of the heart which can least brook
the curb ami lash- ot authority.
Marriage ilscll is, too tAquendy,
I'ttie more than a change of ty
tants ; :ukl the idol .of the sighing
and adoring lover dwindle-, down
into the neglected, oppressed, in.
suited drudge of an unprincipled
and pi oil gate husband. It the
poor, hn.e.y mourner, gives birth
o sons; she looks on \.tth re
morse to the lime when they, in
their turn, armed with the author
ity ot a husband, snail “ play such
laniaatic tricks brfuie high Ilea.
I ven, as will nn'.e even angels
I weep.” it she gives D'uip to.
j daughter* —it wm-.H not he n sub
ject of great wnrcTr, it bke th f
miserable mo*her* ors the ban*;
o* the Orooftoko, she- should alay
;h"m out of compassion, an<
smother them in the .tour of their
birth.-— n IW many women have
here-th-i-historv sketched! Look
clotrdy into the domestic move
ments of our people, and you w li
| find that this soaibre picture has
j too many org’mals. I an'. not ac *
i cusing parent! or husbands with
' the practice of savage violence on
j their cl mghters or ther wives:
to a generous woman there are
J many wrong* infinitely more
■ bmnd'Ating & agonizing th in the
infliction of actus! violence.
I he destiny of poor ilnritl dif
fered in some (respects Irom the
preceding &kc;<h. Maria Was
among the forest and sweetest
girll that tha ever known. If
the love of the fondest and beast
of parents —U the most enchanting
grace h beiuty—it ihe pure spirit
St dispositions oF a seraph could
have saved her from misery, Ma
rin had been kaved. My heart
bleeds at the recollection of her.
lint let me try to command my
self while I tell this tale of joy
turned into sorrow ; of the fairest
hopes reversed and blasted—of
tile brightest lustre and beauty
extinguished forever,
i '?
Her parents were noti ich ; hut
thev were jjktod. Alth>nph they
had lived nfuch in the wrfrfii, they
retained a »in*jdicity of character
which ivndw rarely encountered
except in the description of poet?..
Their bcinvolerit breaSts were
fraught with a tenderness of feel
ing whose uxury i* known bnlv
to the prpr and humble. r l he
rich and tlie piosperous know it
only bv name, i heir simplicity,
their bemvolence, their sensibil
ity were concentered in the bosom
ot the young Maria—They gave
an emphaii* to her opening beauty
—suffuse! her cheek with a richei
hue—Undrode, in triumph, on the
f»ea:ns ot her eves, through the
heart of every beholder.—l re
member Haria at her first appear
ance in tie ball room. She was
then abojt fourteen years of age.
I he enquiry ran “ what rose
bud ol Oeauty is this?” 'The epi
th- t was applied with peculiar pto
pricty : it depicted in one word,
fiei youth, her beauty, her inno
cence aoi sweetness. She dan
ced ; wlcn, light and etherial as
a sylph* she surpassed whatever
ivc have tend ol the wild, the
striking, the captivating graces
dL played by the rural beauties on
the tiow:ry side of iLtna. It was
easy to read tu the countenance
of this §ay and artless young crea
tine the exulting expectation with
which sac was entering on life.
Her childhood had passed away
amid the blandishments and ca
resses of her tond parents ; all
had bettl ease, indulgence, & gra
tification ; admired, applauded
and beloved by every bod)
who law or knew her, every da),
every iour, every minute hao
been filled with animation, joy
and uptuie. As yet Ihe had
frolictcd only on 44 life’s velvet
lawn,,covered with a canop\
of blooming amaranth ; & her
yount fancy was teeming with
vibon,of bufs/in bright, bound
Ids p:ofpetF. Alas i poor Ma
ria ! soon was this feienc
and joyous morning to be over
call c A lover pielented him.
fclf. Like Maria, he was in
the boom of youth, and had
ever] advantaged person and ,
addr.'fs ; but his breast was not
like Maria’s, the residence oi j
piwi and exahed virtue. Hei
lovei her indeed ; or rather, he
wasmfatuated by her beauty;
blithe was incapable of form
inga correft estimate of the trea
ltrrt w hich was lodged in her
bobm ; of that heart whose i
putity, fidelity, generosity and
lenfibility, an angel might have I
av>wed without a biufh. The
d»pe. however, of fervent and
pnbetic profellion.s, Hie accept
e< this man; and Maria, who
was formed to crown the hap
pnefs of a fenkble and vir
ttous mau» became the mil
erahle wife of a w,-ak and vici
ous one, M*rciftil God ! Must
I remember th« coniratt which
f so often witnef'fcj in af;,nn !
PoorMaiia! Her velvet sewn
was exchanged for a Wi?(|erne>s
of briars and brambles; |e
amaranthine canopy, for
keen and cu tting blasts of a wit /
ter’s skv. 1 have leen *7
in the thronged affen.blvr c. 1
when every eye was fixed uyun
with delight, and followed her
in fpe cchiefs admiration thro’
the mar.es of the graceful dance;
and I have seen the fame Man*
far removed from the woild’s
focieiy, and even yet in the
bloom of youth, all lonely ard
drooping like a wounded flow,
er. I haVe seen the lovely gir),
prtTiding, like e bright, propi.
tious planet, at her lathef's hof*
pitahle hoaid ; and I have Icen
her the folitai y & menial drudge
of her own gloomy and for (a.
ken houfho'd. I have beheld
her the animating foul of the
polished cncle, dispensing light
and life by her Imiles—and my
own Toni has ftirik v thin me,'
to lee her insulated from the
world, and pieiccd and langlifh
ing. She has fech the time
when every tianfitoty dejc&ion
of countenance had been watch
ed by him, its cause sedulously
explored, ar.d confolaticn ad
min dieted with a tendemefif
which could not fail of its ef
fctl. Hut new, without a fin-,
gle enquiry, wi hout ore touch
of pify, he could fee her face
pale with for row, and her once 1
ladient eyes dim with weeping.;
At fiich a moment, inflead off
bending before her as he hadi
once done, and puffing herT
hand to his fympaihetic heartJj
he could cad on her a lock so
cold and chilling as to freeze
the vital dream of life even in
its fountain, flirg out of hie
houfc with contempt Sc dilguft,
and lavish on the vicious and|
impure, ihofe affeHionaie at-V
temions which he had fokmnlp
vowed to her alone. He might
have been happy ; and he might
have realised to his beauteous
wife all those dreams of conyi
gal innocence and b'ifs with
which her youthful fancy war;
wont to regale her. Hut in*
dead of those pure and calm :
joys, whole recolle£iion it might,
have gilded even the moment <
of death, he chose riot, debau
chcry and guilt; to bis own,
virtuous and celestial bed,
preferred habitual impurity and
proditution ; and indead of the ;
perpetual Ipring fhe hadh
fondly anticipated, poor MarU.J
experienced only perpetual win-1
ter. The blad was too keen'
for her tender frame. She irj
gone; and, wish her sider an
gels, she has found that peace;
which her unfeeling husband.
refulcd to Her on earth. Her
death dunned him into his fen- ,
fes. In vain he endeavored to ,
recall her fleeting breath ; in; j
vain he promised and vowed if
she could be redored id him, id..
atone for his pad neglect by fir- J
ture tenderness. 1 o him thfc
t refutation of amendment came
Itoo late; may it come in
to a portion of my readers.
| ANECDOTE.
A traveller, relating some of
his adventures, told the com
pany, that he and his fervar-t
made fifty wild arabtans run?
% a *
| which ftanhng them, he obfervv
» ed, that there Was no liich great
! matter in it; for, fays he, we
ian, and they ran after us.
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