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0 s£=^=-. A CHANCERY SLIT. THREE inches of a par»v wall, *T«vixt llourkt* and Lisle had kindled Hate ; Angry tk long ihe Strife—ihr Hall At last must settle the debate. • Pleadings on jifeadingx rise, a Mountain! (In course ot law the usual way ’tls) And words—beyond the jwvrt< of i counting— Yet not one word, or tittle gra tis. Month follows month ; Term term, and each, (O law, ingenious in delay, Tin im strries deep, what thought c an reach r Each party, still, has costs to pay. Complainant BouVke ; Defendant I.ulu : Such are they, while the suit de- 1 pends— ** Ayu (cries old Jhamble, with a smile) 4i Hut both Complainants, when it ends.” , Thus, of a Turtlo, once, rare dish ! A case adjudg'd, reporters tell— Court, agents, lawyers, ate the fish, The parties—supp’d upon the shell. • 1 *1 he LAWYER’S PRAYER. A FRAGMENT. Ordain'd to tread the thorn v ground Where few, 1 Rur, arc iaithtul found ; Mine he the conscience, void of hlatne ; The upright hears, the spotless name ; The tribute of the widow’s prayer i The righted orphan’s g.atclul tear ! To vi.tuo St her friends, a fiiond ; Still mav my voice, the weak de fend ! Ne’er may my prostituted tongue Protect th* oppressor in his wrong ; "Nor wrest the spirit ot the laws, To sanctify the villain’s cause ! Let others, with unsparing hand, Scatter their poisons through the land *, FnfDino dissention, kindle strife ; And strew with Ills the path of litu ; On such, her gilts let fuitutie shower; Add wealth VO wealth, and power to power ; , On me, may favouring Heaven . bestow That peace which good men only know, The joy of jov% by few possess’d ; 'l’li, eternal Sun-lime of the breast! Power, fame, and riches, I resign ; Tile praise ot honesty he mine, j That Irum is may weep ; the wor thy *igh ; And pour men bliss nn, w hen 1 die ! EPIGRAM. C>od works wonders now & then } litre lies a law > er Ik an honest man, ANSWER. This is u mere Law-quibble, not a wonder : Here lies a Lawyer, and—lns Cli ent under. ANECDOTES. <0 General Morgan, with eight hun dred men, of whom one hill were militia cunt iletelv heat at the bat tleofihu (\»vvpens. Col. i'arleton, win* ana*keil him with one thous and regular troops. 1 wolnmdn d ! dragoons of that Colonel were put 1 to (light, and bii'klv pursued bv ! sixty Amur leans, under Col. Wash ington. ’ Sumj months a(terw.,rd- 1 Tirleton, heim* in the house ol a farmer, spoke with inucli vamtv ot Lunsetf, ami lightly of Col. Wash ington, saving *• lie wished much to see his lace.” “ It is a p»ty then” replied a girl in the lun-c, “ tiial Col. Traketon sli I nut take the pains to turn his head a; the Cow | paw. A fellow walking in tfir» street hi a winter eight, and seeing an handsome lantern hung out with a candle to h, thought to sec me it for himsell, but having climbed Up, and going to »«ko it, one of eie servants seeing lr.nr, asked him, why he meddled with the hint* ru ! T crave uterev, sav* lie, I was only goiog tosnuft the candle, that 1 j might sec to go along. j Fran the EMEALD. | DRAMATIC RECORD M M BLR I. ‘ Tht thanj » t/fw tit Jmmu'i falr*nt /<wr.’ I 111. cullom of reviewing the thcatiieal per form a nee* which • *re offered for public fupp(»rt,! isatithotifed by general cullom, j } dibta’fd b) rcalon anti rdlcttion 1 | and fantlioned by ihe repeated benefits with which it is proved by experience to have been at tended. Among «I1 thcantufe. merits which have* been invent ed lor general recreation, there pci haps cannot be found a tno'e bene*ficial mllituiion than dram atic exhibi ion ; and whether it be confideted in its intiinfic tno ral cHctt, or its praOical nfeful neb, it is certainly dcftrvrng ol | gcncious encouragement and univeilal regard. When we Ipeak of the moral effect of the Rage, we do not mean to make an unqualified alfertion of the , exiflence of such a sentiment as can produce any very gieat good on the mind or diipofition of an audit nee ; we* confefs our (elves father fceptical in this ref j pef:L Curiosity is fatfslied and Ladtniration excited by scenic "representation* ; but the moral diett ptoduccd, makes but a (mail item in the sum of a man’s character. I hofc wibeis who ailed a parade of morality in their cliimatc of the tendency of the Itage, have confideted the audience as viewing a ieprefen. ted (lory as if it were a teal c. vent t as if it were indelibly fix ed in the mind, lather than, like the ftitnmer cloud to be dilfipated by the* flighted breath of reality ; forgotten as soon as finilhed. 1 here ate certain moral effcOs however in the ex hibitions of the Itage by no means imaginary, and for which they ate entitled to regard. I he ignorant and vulgar arc often inlijublcd in hiltorical e. vents, that books would not calily have afforded ; and man nets and opinions* are offered Jor their imitation to which they not other wife have accels, )'iwh with which caiual oblcrva.. could haidly have lupplied Le'tu\ Tragedy is a hillorv irAd 'wi.h em’bellifhments, and a j shape and teality is pielcntcd • before tbe mind for the appro balion of opinion or the feelings of letuiment, which ignorance could not have derived from reading, and would not, if it could. The man of refinement is he, r.clited in the* lame way ; the which might bedif regarded in the clolet, when for cibly uttered on tbe llage, may not only delight him at the mo ment, bnt lead him into new channels of observation. The repeated applau les given by the better iillruffcd branches of an auditory to vntuous and hero ic iciitiinents, have a strong ten deticy to induce in the illiterate I an appreciation of the beaut) iof Inch e.xpicnions; it is a lort of mediate inlfrutlion. The fradual ufcfultujs ol flag; exhibition is in no idpefci mote Ycir.atktible, than in it> encouiageinent of genius. In commies which have not at tained the meridian of riches but which ate beyond the dawn of their prosperity, writers for the flags lucceed better than anv other ciafs of literary adventu reis. And though Shakefpeai, Fletcher, Maflingcr, and Ot way, in the infancy of literary encouragement did not cteate for themielves a golden reward tor their confptcuous talents, Congreve, Addilon and Yan btugh in times of greater vigor ; ol wealth, attained to fume de j gree of eminence in property j as well as fame. So far then as theatrical reptefenuttons encou rage genius they are highly to be culiivaie*!. It has beer averted with rash confidence, that, the fla.e by | relaxing indnttry, transforms : the mechanic atid labourer into | the lounger and extravagant idler. An assertion like this in a queffion of fad should have luch arguments to support it as its favourers have never yet for mi. I: is indeed nothing less than the vindictive fpieen of ecciefiaflica! intoleiance, diifu. fed with the niilchievous plea* fine through the medium of fu’ perfidious docility in the unedu. cated chriftian. That preten ded confcientioiifnefs by depri ving a public of the only atnufe merit which is rational, iirieilec •ua 1 3 Sc aitradive, would plunge it v;;th malignant delight into the pool of bainanfm, va Adage Sc fupei filtion; would shroud i: in one black night of into’erent ipinion on one hde, and acqui elcerU folly on the other. We . hope however that though the theatres of Athens and Koine were the objedi of implacible enmity in the view of the eccle fiafhea! court, and wiih their final ovetihrow the barbariftn of Europe began, that this age will not admit the influence of similar opinions and that the opulent, live comnicrcai), the learned and the wife w ill oppolc the ramparts of their digniiy to the incut(ionk of fuel) icbaiba. riling doctrines. 1 he truth is* that after the la bor ol the day is pall, amule inent of lorne nature or other will ncccflarily begin. Enurne rate then the anuifcmems of common life; compare their influence on th<i habits Sc man ners ol thole who relort to them and then alk if ihc be de- Icteiiousto religion. Will gam bling afford itiongrr delight or effect a more benign influence, will bacchanalian tavern brawls bellow greater pieaiuie in the enjo) merit or induce liner feel mgs in the reflection ? Will the dallttnt plealuies ol the ball, room compare with the > at ion a 1 (eolations ol lcenic exhibition. ; • Let the dilappoimcd caid play. I I cr, the red noted lon ol h«»tchus, ! and the Irippeiv beau atioidan • anlwcr to thelc queilions. Go | then to the theatre which unfolds j the finelt lenlations ot the heart, j and there learn that charity and Icllow feeling which fophiltical ieligionills withhold. Ihe bell intercUs of the flage however can only be auvanced by a judicious leittfion ol the compolitions to be exhibited 6c by a caitlul attention in the pci formers to the general effect ot their exertions. When the trash of modern compilation is lublliiutcd for solid iulelieft of ancient compofuion ; we are piefented not only with the cuf lards and other ttifles contained in previous productions, but the very egg fhel’s fioin which our fare has been extracted.” Modern writers not only deal die molt indifferent sentiments hut often the very vices of cha tatler, from ihe ancient diamas. It is seriously to be wished that i the more excellent Ipecies of \ dramatic compofuion, may be offered us, and we believe the Bolton managers are willing to » plcale the town with such pro- * duCtions, instead of the uielo- J dramas, themonftious progeny of an union of pantomime and tragedy. The aftors too, should recol lect that they are in feme mea fuie biought forward as public mllructors ; and they cenainly have foruki influence in the for- j 1 i mat ion of the common tane* — Their utterance should therefore Do cha fie., free from profanity, folecilms, vulgarity or provnci alilms' tireir cof‘time Hriclly coned and their characters tho rougnty tnain.ained To r+!i*iou* denomination* m gne ei'nl, hut to the LpU ibpal ( hut ch tit pot titular, PROSPECTUS Os a Weekly Publication* TO r.P ENTITLED THS RELIGIOUS REPOSITORV. 13 V W. A. RlM> Georgetown, (Di.it. cf Columbia.) THE Editor begs leave to offer this work to ihe attention and patronage of the Method ist Society in particular, not , only bacaiile it is thought pro per to give it a decided charac ter, but because the connexion at present have no religious ve hicle of the kind, nor have they had fl nee the difcontimrance of tfir ir Magazine, which was pub lifted some years ago. Both the Piefbyterians and Episcopalians have under their patronage monthly publications devoted to the lame lubjeeb proposed to be embraced bv this vvor k. 'I he Editor, however, flatters himfeif that tins publication will pcfl ds some advantages over ihofe that aie only il’ued mouth iy, in furniihing early .religious intelligence, anu lie hopes n will *Hoid greater latisfafdion to leadeis m genera!, as in such works the lame fubjetts and ac counts arc continued in a leries of numbeis. But lince this woik is to be devoted to the interelt of reli gion, both in its doctrine and experience, and Will likewise in clude ihc lubjetf of morality, we think it entitled to the gica. ter attention; and we wifli it io be dill inti iy uudei flood* that as it has lor its object ihe ddfufion of religious inhumation, the I object of politic* will not be introduced. In the (cripture sense of the j term, religion embraces not on j ly what we are to believe, but I especially what we mull j experience ol its great truths in ; our hearts. Morality implies, ' uut l) td} that men should do no j harm, but that they should be aAi\ ely and zealouily engaged m acts ot benevolence 6c works ol righteoufnels. It would (lien appear that icligion confilis in. w nat we believe Sc experience, ai.d moiahty m that lahh and experience reduced into piac. tue. I rUe religion and mor, y go hand in hand, and mu many luppoit each other.— W here theie is not morality, there cannot he idigion, and w e are djfpoftd to think likewise theie cannot be genuine moral ity without religion. Inllead then of drawing our ideas of morality Irom principles foun ded on natural right, let us look to a higher fouice— to religion —and to that religion taught hy our Loid Jelus Clirill.— Religion alone has power to ! pcrluade wuh celerity, becaule it excites pillion while it in } lot ms the understanding—be. , cauic it alone has the means of I lei.derng ob\ icus what it rccom. j mends—becaulc it (peaks in the nrme of God, and it is easy to ihipire relpett for him whole pcv.er B every where evident to the eyes ot the Ample and dilcerning—to the eyes of chil dren and men ot matuie ur.der tiandmg. it will be expected if rat ihe } religious pan ol the torDmuuity I J in particular will patronize publication of this kind. I ( claims the attention of religious denominations of ail deftfim lions-, not only an hut as contributors bfcffjysJ communications, on tbe lurjcfi jett.H it propoles to embrace. Ahnoft every political publica tion has met with generous p*;. ronage—and to such, religious characters have not failed to contribute their part. Hue while they have thus aidtd in difluling political information, they wiil not lurely reflect ou their pro fcfTion, by withholding from this their influence and lupporr. Hut we think this w»>tk forci bly recommended itfelf to the attention of the enlightened po* iitician. That man does not deserve the name of politician, who is unconlcious of the in fluence of rebgion and morality upon the good government and happiness of fociety—weak* in deed, ate the reftrainu of hu man laws and honor, unaided by the obligations and precepts of religion, upon the ambition and avarice of wicked men. Without the influence of reiigi. on, theie passions may he ex pected to triumph over the law and every principle of juttice. J he 44 Religious Rtpofitory” will be a collection of original and well lelefted pieces on relr 1 gion and morality, and will serve like wife to rccoul the revivals of religion, particularly at camp meetings, and also to preserve a fhoit account of the lives, layings and deaths of eminent, j ly pious characters ; and thus ffiall we 44 gather up the frag, ments, Sc nothing will be lolh” In addition it will contain fe. left and original pieces of na_; tural hiflory* together with in* ilructtve ami pleasing anecdotes. 1 he Rditot has already enga ged the abidance of his friends, as well of the minillry as others ; and he particularly requtfl the travelling and local preachers of the connexion, to forward to him, from time to time, such communications as may be ern. braced withfri the general ob jects of the work. CONDITIONS- This work will be published weekly, on a half sheet, in an odavo form, on good paper with a new andhandfome type. Subfcribcrs in the town and city will be ierved by a carrier, and thole at a diftancc will receive it by mail, they paying pofiage but any other mode fuggeft # ed by subscribers, wiil be adop. ted, piovided it does not occa. lion ex pence to the publisher. The price to subscribers will be two dollais per annum, pay able half yearly by those in the diflritl, and by thole a t a dis. tance in advance. Any peilon (ending hve dollars iliall have three copies. I There will occasionally be aded in the couife of the yes' 4 (without charge) as many 'half Iheetsas will incieafe thr work ! 10 a volume of at lead 500 pa. ges ; The paper shall begin on the iff of November, provided a fufficiem number of subscribers j aie obtained to jultily the Kdi. tor in commencing the publica. lion. " e j wliose names are underwrite | ten, testily, ihut tve know Williatt" ; A. Rind, t 6 be an acceptable i worthy member 01 tlie Methodist Hpiscopal church, and feel uo he. sat at tan in recommending the above proposed publication to the pat ronage ol our societies in general, and to those of them in Uoston, N. ork, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Cliaikston, in particular. TltO-MA* Sargc^T* Joshua Wells.