i I LIT 1C AL RETROSPECT,
Per the Tear ISOI.
From a London Paper.
FIGHTING , bluftering, running,
/tampering)
Mintfters with Senates tamp'ring;
Frenchmen ardent, Dutchmen glum,
billies treacherous, Britons — m u m .
Slaves for liberty contending ;
CraceLfs zealots faith defending ;
Pat) lots friends to truth andrea
frn,
Deemed the advocates of treafon.
Kings the caufe cf king declining.
With republicans combining ;
Bijhops, men to war exciting,
Popes with proUftanis uniting.
Honor, virtue, truth decaying ,
Princes from their fpoufes ft raying,
Stateftnen big with airy vifttons,
Taxes, loans, and requftions.
Haughty arrogance rewarded ;
Modeft merits difregar ded:
Honeft zeal, and wtfdom grown
Out cf fajhicn and unknown.
Bribing, threat'ring, flattering,
jeering ,
Piloting, elePioneering,
H arm addreffes, fair prefefftens.
Coalitions, and conceffions.
Peace from Britain ftill retiring,
Public credit fa ft expiring ;
Ruin over cur heads fu [pended.
Prudence curb'd and war extended.
Singular cuftom cf the Chinefe
( worthy the imitation of all
nations) related by a gentleman
who has been among them.
Their new year commences
with the new moon, which hap
pens neared to the time, when
the Tun is in the 15th degree of
Aquaris, and is a very impor
tant period not only on ac
count of the universal feftivity,
which lads for four or five
days, during which no bufinefs
vs tranfaded ■, but as it is the
day previous to which all pay
ments muft be completed.
During the interval between the
folflicc and the nt\* year, the
creditor becomes very impor
tunate ; and if he be not fatisfi
cd, on the lafb night of the old
year, he repairs to the debtor’s
hoyic, takes his feat, and cb
ferves the mod profound filencc.
As foon as midnight is paffed,
he rifes, congratulates the deb
tor on the new year, and retires.
The debtor has then lod: his
face, and no perfon will ever truft
him afterwards.
Courtship and Marriage.
I hepleafanteft part of a man’s
life is that which pailcs in court
ihip. Love, defne, hope, and
ail pleafmg emotions of the foul
arife in the purfiuc. An artful
man is more iikciy to fuccced
than the fincere Jover. The
lover has ten thou land griefs,
impatiencics and refentments,
which render a man unamiabJc,
and often ridiculous. Where
the choice is left to friends the
chief part is an eftatc. Where
the perfons chufc for them 1 elves
their thoughts turn upon the*
perfon. The fiift would piovice
for the conveniences of life ;
the others arc preparing for a
perpetual fcaft. An agrtcable
woman is preferable to a per feci
beauty. Goodnature, and even- 1
nefs of temper, w ill give you an
cafy companion for life j virtue
and good ienfe, an agreeable
friend ', love and conftancy, a
good wife or hufband. Of all
difparities, that in humour makes
the mod unhappy marriages,
yet fearre enters our thoughts in
contradling them.
Before marriage we cannot be
too inquilitive and difeerning in
the faults of the perfon beloved,
nor after it too dimfightcd and
ftiperficial. Marriages enlargcns
the Icene of our hap pixels or
mifery. A marriage of love is
pleafant ; of intereft eafy ; and
where both meet, happy ; but
happy only ro thole who tread
the paths of life together in a
conftant uniform courfc of vir
tue.
ANECDOTE.
In one of the fhips that re- i
turned toEngland from the Weft:
Indies, with the Tick troops, fo j
many died every day as to con- J
tinually employ feveral of the
labors infewing them up in lacks
and throwing them overboard.
An Iriftiman being rather clum
ly, ran the needle into the nofe
of one of the Tick men who in
ftantly cried out, <( I’m alive !
I’m alive I” Faith, that’snothing
to me,” replied the oihtr,
“ you’re dead upon the purfer’s
; books.”
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PITT & BUONAPARTE.
A French writer has afllmi
la ted the charadler cf Mr. Pitt
to that of Buonaparte ; not iro
nically, bur as ferioufly, and
certainly as juftly, as that grave
fe.nator Dr. Laurence found a
fimilitude between the character
of Hanna and Mr. Fox. It
muft be confefled, however,
that both Buonaparte and Pitt
are conquerors j with tliis diffe
rence, that one has gained vic
tories over the enemies of his
country, the other has gained
vidlor.es over the liberties of his
fe * low - ci ti re ns. K c - em barking
upon the companion, a French
periodical writer makes the fol
lowing obfeivations :
“ What point of contrail is
there between the two ? The
one is the horror of the world by
Ills politics, the oilier is the hope
of mankind by his vidlory. 1 he
full reigns over an humble,
ruined and degraded people, by
calumny, corruption, violence,
artifice, treafon and o-oki. 1 he
feccnd to free oppielitd nations
and to fupport free people,
makes ule only of valor, aw ful
lorce, generofity, and republican
bayonets.
“ Pitt formed in three years
a coalition of kings by gold.
Buonaparte broke it in one
campaign by the fword. Pitt
beaten in Belgium, in Germany,
in Sweden and in Italy, votes
only for war.
“ Buonaparte, the conqueror
of the power of Italy, and of the
molt warlike nations in Europe,
fights only for peace.
“ This profecutes republicans t
that &ts them free.
u Pitt pci feeutes ar.d fat rl
fices the Catholics of Ireland;
Buonaparte treats with tolera
tion the turbulent Catholics of
Italy.
u Pitt lights up, by corrup
tion in France and Europe, the
torches of fanaticifm.
“ Buonaparte labours with
courage to extinguifh them.
“ The Englillt miniflerhas
tried and banifned every free
man whom he could feize in
Scotland and Ireland; every
learned patriot and republican
man of letters.
“ The French general has
received, honored, encouraged
and defended all learned and en
lightened men in Italy.
<c Pitt has infufed into di
plomacy, cunning, perfidy and
pride.
“ Buonaparte has given to
politics an eminent character of
moderation.
“ What com pari ion can be
drawn between the charadler of
Buonaparte and Pitt? What is
there in common between a ge
nerous foldier and perfidious
minifler ? between a great cap
tain and a flock-iobbintr chan
ccllor ; between the molt illul
trious general of a great nation,
and the moll perverfe minifler
of an ambitious monarch ?
“ What fimilitude can be
found between the mod immo
ral propagator of fiavery, and
the generous founder of repub
lics ; between the word minifler
of an opprtfled, and the beft ci
tizen of a free country ; between
the oppreffor of all nations, and
the deliverer of Italy.
“ All Europe abhors Pitt;
all the world admires Buona
parte. The two hemifpheies
are covered with Havery and
blood by the politics of Pitt:
It is at London that the two In
dies mu it be re leafed from their
fetters by the genius of Buona
parte.
“ Sec how the jullice of ages
haftens her career at the voice
of liberty ; fhe has broken the
buft of Pitt, and covered it with
a blood-Hained crape; whilft
fhe has crowned with the olive,
the laurel and the oak, the frame
of Buonaparte.
“ Already has the Cifalpinc
Republic honored him with die
name cf Buonaparte Italicus.
Europe points out to him a title,
rendered nccefiary to the glory
of the hero, and the happinds
of the world, the title of Buona
parte Britannicus.
“ It is at London that the
Has are enfiaved. Afia claims
the freedom cf her commerce
and her induftry. America de
mands the liberty cf trade ; and
all Europe defines the indepen
dence of all nations, and the
common occupancy of the Teas,
efiablifhed by natural right.”
A\U L iCIS.
A LL perfons having demands
sgainft Che eflate of Wm. Pauieit
harvey, dcc'd. are defined ro
bring ihcm forward, properly
authenticated —Ard thofe in
debted to the eflate, are requeft
ed to make immediate pay
ment.
MILLY HARVEY, Adm'rx.
May 9,
TEN DOLLARS REWARD
STRAYED from the Snh
fcxiber's plantation Half
combe, on Rocky Comfort, J d ft
month, a frnall bay Horfe,
hands high, one or both hind
feet white, a fwitch tail, ardao
Indian brand—(hape not rccol
le&ed—is plealant under the
laddie. and an excellent lady’s
horfe—was laft feen by a Mr.
Dawkins, who turned him into
Ogeeche Swamp—was alfofcen
by a Mr. Harris, both living
on the Fork of Ogeeche & Roc
ky Comfcit.-—The horfe is well
known on the Oconee, about
the Dead river, and capt. Swil-
I>'s dsOridf, beifg the hotf«
wh ; ch was ftulen two years and
upwards fince from the Chechaw*
King, and paid for by the (late,
and purchaled of the (late by
the fubfenber at public fale.—
The above reward will be paid
on delivery of the hotfc ac
the plantation, or to
JAS. JACKSON.
Louifville, April 14, 1801,
NOT ICE is hereby given fo
all perfons having de
mands againft the eftate of the
late honorable James Jones,
deceafed, that they render them
properly alfeftcd to the fubfed
bets ; and thofe indebted to the
eftate arc requefted to make
immediate payment,
JOHN MILLEDGE,
EBENEZERSTARK,
Exccutoi*.
March 28.
N o tTc E.
APPLICATION will be
made to the Inferior Court of
Jcffetfon county, after the ex
piration of nine months for an
order to fell the following lands,
viz, One thoufand five hun
dred and five acres, more or left
joining Richard Gray, efq. and
others; one other tra£l contain
ing one hundred acres, more or
lels, joining Robert Bradcy,
and others: which were of ths
real eftate of William Stevens,
late of the Laid county, deccaf
cd, for the benefit of the hers
and cieditors, in terms of the
a6t in fuch cafe provided.
Nathan Powell,
Benjamin Bryan,
■Adniiinftatori.
)Bco.
NOTICE.
A. I L perfons indebted to the
eftate of Mary Paulett, late of
the County of JefFerfon, dec’d,
are hereby requefted to makfl
immediate payment ; and all to
whom the eftate is indebted, are
likewifc requefted to render in
their accounts properly attefted.
John Keefe,
Garland Hardwich,
Executors.
May 9.
NOTICE.
A LL perfons indebted to the ej~
tate of William M'Dowed, dec.
are earnejily requefted to nude
immediate payment : and all tbcje
to whom the /'aid eftate is indeht
edy are like wife requefted to hr ml
in their accounts properly attefteu*
JO SI AH M. STERETIy
JAMES STUBBS ,
Executors.
Feh: 27, 1801.
