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ful calm which is often observ
ed to precede the molt dreadful
florins.
< c Ic is an awful calm indeed !
where the Spindle, and (hurtle,
the axe, the hammer, and the
anvil are at reft ! * * * * * * * *
While at the lame moment eve
ry article of firft nccefiity is at
leaft double its former price 1—
The ufeful artizan, the induftri
ous mechanic, &c. are driven
to dcfpondency, and feme to the
extreme of defpair. A Scotch
gentleman bad recently the ho
neft y to tell Mr. Pitt that his
fyftem of government was the
moft completely Jacobinical of
any that had cxifted, his armies
(l ala Robeipierre, and that while
the artizans were famifhing, the
Soldier's loaf was become an ob
jedt ofenvy !” So long ago as
November, wheat w r as at 15s.
per bufhel in London, and oat
meal at Edinburgh, at 2s. & sc!.
per peck ; chcefe i2s.perftone,
and butter is. Bd. per ib. pota
toes is. 6d. per peck, and a you
may conceive have been rifing
through the winter. During the
winter Parliament lias been cal
led, and the elymofmary troughs
have been put in play, for that
multitude of miferable beings,
whole ignorance is perhaps their
greateft misfortune, and the fruit
ful mother of all the reft. The
Parliament w hich you muft know
is omnipotent in its own light,
fought by an effort of its wifdom
to rtftore plenty upon the face
cfche land ; and never was w;if
dom more confpicuous j a feledl
committee was appointed whofe
injunctions from Pitt were, not
to be too minute as to the caufcs
of the fcarcity, but to be very
aftivc in providing a remedy !
They accordingly recommended
importation—however, few peo
ple look for the caufes of the
dearth beyond the war, and it is
a very general opinion thatpeace
alone could cure it—and tiiat ail
other means would be but pallia
tives. A new pauper bill for
England w f as introduced by Pitt,
which appears to be even worfe
than Scotland. Fromaftate
rnert ol William Dundas upon
introducing a bill to enable the
n ag Urates of Edinburgh toraife
to,ccoi. in that city to fup-
P r >rt its poor, he ftated, that be
fdes the aCtual poor, there were
above 4000 induftrious mecha
nic families who muft be fup
ported by the contributions of
their fellow citizensbutletme
draw a veil over this horrid pic-
nor re fled that by the or-
Cinary calculation of five to a
family, there is at lead: 20,0c0 in-
citizens in the fiour
’•ilnng city of Edinburgh, befides
as many paupers, deftitute cf
food! ! p*
liberty cf the press.
, As long as there are fuch
-lings as printing and writing,
there v.ill be libels ;itis an
d arifmg out of a much greac
§°°d—However, it does not
Hlow that the profs is to be
*nk foj- errors of the profs:
it is certainly of much lels
Sequence that an innocent
now and then be
mperfed than that all men Ihould
c‘n(laved.
Many methods have been
tried to remedy this evil. In
1 urkey and the Faftern monar
chies, all printing is forbid ;
which does it with a witnefs ;
for if there can be no printing
111 1
at all, there can be no libels
printed ; and by the fame reafon
there ought to be no talking,
left the people Ihould talk trea
fon, blafphemy, or nonfenfc ;
and for a ftronger reafon vet, no
preaching, becaufe the orator
has an opportunity of haranguing
often to a larger auditory than
he can perfuade to read his lu
cubrations i but I defirc it may
be remembered, that there is
neither liberty, arts, Lienees,
learning, or knowledge in thefe
countries.
But another method has been
tho’c on in thefe weftern parts
of the world, much left effectu
al, and yet more mifehievous
than the former, namely, to put
the prefs under the protedion
of the prevailing party, and au
rhorife libels on one fide only,
and deny the other fide the op
portunity of defending them
fclves.
What mlfchief is done by
libels to balance all thefe evils ?
1 hey feldom or never annoy an
innocent man, or promote any
confiderablc error. Wile and
honeft men laugh at them, and
defpife them, and fuch arrows
always fly over their heads, nr
fall at their feet. Me ft of the
world take part with a virtuous
man, and punilh calumny by
their deteftaticn of it. The bell
way to prevent libels is not to
deferve them. Guilty men alone
fear them, or are hurt by them,
whofe adiens will not bear ex
amination, and therefore muft
not be examined. ’Tis fad
alone which annoys them ; for
if you tell no truth, I dare fay
you may have leave to toll as
many lies as you plcafe.
The fame is true in fpecula
tive opinions. You may write
nonfenfe and folly as long a;- you
think ftt, and no one complains
of it but the bookfdler. But
if a bold, honeft, and wife bock
failles forth, and attacks thefe
who think their. Lives Tenure in
their trenches, then their camp
is in danger, and they call out
all hands to arms, and their
enemy is to be deftroy ed by fire,
fword, or fraud. But ’tis fenfe
left to think that any truth ran
Buffer by being thoroughly
Lurched, or examined into ■, or
that the d. fro very of it can pre
judice right religion, equal go
vernment, of the happineft of
focicty in any refped; fhe has
fo many advantages above error,
that fire wants only to be Drown
to gain admiration and efteenr ■,
and we fee every day that fire
breaks the bonds of tyranny and
fraud, and Urines through the
mills of fuperftition and igno
rance ; and what then would The
do, if thefe barriers were remo
ved, and her fetters taken off?
Gordon.
ft Yeung Men beware ,
*‘ Yc ung IV cmen take care! * ’
When a woman expofes her
bofom— is anxious to convince
you of the fymmetry ofherform
by the cxpofition of a well tur-
r.fa ar.clc—lears bewitching)/
and fmdes with a thouland Hale
loves playing about her lips—
btw are, tor verily her heart is cor
rupted with lalcivious thoughts
ar/d flie deviicih toenfnarc thee.
When a handfome young man
makes a thoufand proteftations
with a fervent manner and ap
parent fincerity—is alone with
you, and awakens all the fympa
thies ci nature and paflions of
the bica ft , by well feigned ten
dernels and gentle addreis—
Matters your vanity without in
juring the native benevolence of
your bofom, praifes you without
difpraifing your friend—and in
fa6t perfuades you that all the
chordsofyour fcnfibility vibrates
in unifon—take care ! If you cf
cape unhurt this time, don’t ven
ture again !
Beware of coquetts,nf prudes,
of fiandcrcrs,oftea-tablc geffips,
of declamatory intelligences, and
the whole catalogue of female
plagues, for they are inorcdcf
trudtivc than the locufts of E
gypt, more dangerous than the
rage of a hurricane, and thepoi
fon of an afp is under their
tongues.
Take care of ftps of pow
dered coxcombs, and mifanthro
pic woman haters, ofbeux, of
bucks, bloods and terrible fel
lows, of gamblers, drunkards,
and ob ft in ate mules, of pedants,
and the long lift: of male tor
mentors, for they are more odi
ous than the lefhirc of an old
maiden aunt, more unmanagea
ble than a wild cat, moie con
temptible than a monkey, and
more unftable than the wind.
M A X I M.
TRUST not him with your
fecrecs, who, when left alone in
your room, turns over your pa
pers,
A short Extract,
from
A short Address,
publi foed
A SHORT TIME BEFORE
the
Delaware Election,
and
Circulated by a c iiort Fe
deral officer, among the
Deluded and short sighted
people of Kent and
Sussex
if Can ferious and reflecting
men look about them and doubt,
that if Jefterfcn is cledled, and
the jacobins get into authority,
that thefc morals which protect
our lives from the knife of the
affaflin—which guard the chaftlty
of our wives and daughters from
feduCtion and violence —defend
our property from plunder and
dev aft at ion, and flue Id our re
ligion from contempt and pro
fanation, will nor be tramped
upon and exploded.”
Let the c< ferious and reflect
ing men” compare tins addrefs
with the addreis of our worthy
Proficient and let the “ chnf
tian federalift” who composed
it, fneak away and hide hirnfelf
in the fens of Kent and So flex,
or call upon the mountains. “ and
the rocks” to cover him 1
(IVilmington Mirrcr )
WRITING PAPER,
For fale at the Frlnting-Ofnce.
FT lIIC AUCTION.
T H K fu]r of the STOCK in
I HADE of the hire firm of
WALTER. T. SMITH & Co.
advertifed to take place ca
I uefJay next, the sth infianr,
vill commence on MONDAY
the 4th inll. precileiy at TEN
o’clock, at the STOKE lately
occupied by them the alfort
menr is nearly complete , and
will be lokl without referve.—•
Conditions, cafh, or clean cot
ton of a good quality, a: 24 cts.
per lb.
JOHN BOSTWICK, v. m.
LouilVille, May 2, 1801.
COLLECTOR’S SALE.""
Will be fold, on the 23d day
ol May next, at the Market
Houle, in the Town ot Lou
ifville, atthciifual hour,
ONE BILLIARD TABLE,
taken as the property of Eli
Browning, to lacisfy the Lax
due thereon for the year i3cc —
Tax due ico dollars.
GARLAND HAKDWICH,
T. C. J. C.
April 28, 1801.
A I ill of Letters remaining in
the Poll-Office at Louifvillc,
on the id day of April, ISOI,
which if not taken out before
the firft day of July next,
Will be fent to the General
Poll-Office as dead Utters.
]o L. J ohn J ones, Patton (iard
ner, Robert French, James
Brown, Win. Paribas, Thos.
Cox, Richard Burney, Jcfiec
J curd an 2, Stephens. Williams,
Robert Murchinfon, Ilaac I cvv
is, Mofes M‘Neely, John \Vi>
kinfon, Jacob Boyer, John Pa
rilh, William Neal 2, "William
Clai |cc, Reddin Blount, Benjamin
or Win. Leggec, John Allen,
John Larnar, James Lamar,
Ezckiah Butt, Farodtat Few',
Wm. M‘Dowelj, Geo. Swilly,
Michael Kelly, A. Hammond,
Benjamin Tarver,Dan.M‘Mur
phey, Nancy Brown, Samuel
Alexander, Sol. Wood, Elifha
Nail, Eliffia White.
JAS. BOZEMAN, P. M.
N O T I C E.
THE Ccparinsrjhip of Wal
ter I'. Smith 6c Co. expired
the 1 oth inftant : — all perfons
indebted thereto ere rcqvejted tJ
make immediate payment, to Mr,
Thomas Bourke, jun. vwo is
duly author if ed to rtceizie the fame,
and will give attendance at the
Store.
Walter T. Smith.
Willi am Hunter,
Mima & Hunter.
April 25.
siiRR iffTsaleJ.
C n I viefday the 51b day of
M >y next, at the Mai ItCl*
Eoufe in i ouifville. between
the hours of ten and three
o’clock, will be fold to the
highcfl bidder.
Four LOTS in the town of
Louifvillc, number? —three bun
dled and twelve —three bundled
and eleven—two bund ed and
eighty-feven, and two hundred
and fourteen. 'Taken as the pro
perty of Giant Taylor r.rd John
[obnfon, to fatisfv the Com
m.ffioners of Louifvillc, againll
Lid Taylor and jrbnton.
Conditions Cafh.
JOHN PAULE'LX Sheriff.
April 4, 1801.
