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For the Ccntinel.
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On //nr proper state of our temper, with
respect to one another.
“IT is evident, in the general,
that if we consult either public welfare
or private happiness, Christian charity
ought to regulate our dispositions in
our mutual intercourse. But, as this
great principle admits of several diver
sified appearances, let us consider some
of the chief forms under which it ought
to show itself in the usual tenor of life.
What first presents itself to be re
commended. is a peaceable temper; a
disposition averse to give offence, and
desirous of suliivating harmony , and
amiable intercourse in society. This im
poses yielding and condescending man
ners, unwillingness to contend with
others about trifles, and, in contests
that are unavoidable, proper modera
tion of spirit. Such a temper is the
first principle of self enjoyment. It is the
baste of all order and happiness among
mankind. The positive and contenti
ous, the rude amd quarrelsome, are the
bane of society. They scerrt destined
to blast the small share of comfort
which nature hwi her* allotted to man.
But they cannot disturb the peace of
others, more than they break their own.
The hurricane rages first in their own
bosom, before it is let loose upoff the
world. In the tempests which they
raise, they are always tost; and fre
quently it is their lot to perish.
A peaceable temper must be sup
ported by a candid one, or a disposition
to view the conduct of others with fair
ness and impartiality. This stands op
posed to a jealous and Suspicious tem
per, which ascribes every action to the
worst motive, and throws a black shade
over every character. If we would he
happy in ourselves, or in our connex
ions with others, let us guard against
this malignant spirit. Let us study
that charity “ which thinketh no evil
that temper which, without degenerat
ing into credulity, will dispose us to be
just; and which can allow us to observe
an error, without imputing it as a
crime. Thus we'shall he kept free
from that continual irritation, which
imaginary injuries raise in a suspicious
breast; and shall walk among men as
our brethren, not as our enemies. But
to he peaceable, and to be candid, is not
all that is required of a good man. He
must cultivate a kind, generous, and
sympathising temper, which feels for
distress, wherever it is beheld ; which
enters into the concerns of his friends
with ardor ; and t® all whom he has in
tercourse, is gentle, obliging, and hu
mane. How amiable appears such a
disposition, when contrasted with a ma
licious or envious temper, which wraps
Itself up in its own narrrow interest,
looks with an evil eye on the success
of others, and with an unnatural satis
faction, feeds on their disappointments
or mi series; 1 How little does he know
of the true happiness of life, who is a
stranger to that intercourse of good of
fices and kind affections, which by a
pleasing charm, attaches men to .one
another, and circulates joy from heart
to heart. We are not to imagine, that
a benevolent temper finds no exercise,
unless when opportunities offer of per
forming actions of high generosity, or
of extensive utility. These may sel
dom occur. The condition of the
greater part of mankind, in a good mea
sure precludes them. But, in the or
dinary round of human affairs, many
occasions daily present themselves of
mitigating the vexations which others
suffer; of soothing their minds; of aid
ing their interest; of promoting their
cheerfulness, or ease. Such occasions
nv«y relate to the smaller incidents of
which the system of human life is chief
ly composed. The attentions which
respect these, when suggested by real
benignity of temper, are often more
material to the happiness of those a
round us, than actions which carry the
appearance of greater dignity and
splendor. No wise or good man ought
to account any rules of behavior as be
low his reward, which tend to cement
the great brotherhood of mankind in
comfortable union.
Particularly amidst that familiar in
tercourse which belongs to domestic
life, all the virtues of temficr find an am
ple range. It is very unfortunate, that
within that circle, men too often think
themselves at liberty to give unrestrain
ed vent to the caprice of passion and
humor. Whereas, there, on the con
trary, more than any where, It concerns
them to attend to the government of
their heart; to check what is violent in
their tempers, and to soften what is
harsh in their manners—For there the
temper is formed there the real cha
racter displays itself. The forms of
the world disguise men when abroad—
But within his own family, every man
is known to be what he truly is.—ln all
our intercourse then with others, parti
cularly in that which is closest and most
intimate, let us cultivate a peaceable, a
candid, a gentle and friendly temper.
This is the temper to which, by repeat
ed injunctions, our holy religion seeks
to form us. 1 his was the temper of
Christ ! This is the temper of Hea
ven !!!” SLAIK ,
OUR GRJXD-MOTHERS.
/>(/ the late Governor Livingston.
Our grand-mothers were not, it is
true, so gaily drest, as our wives, but
of inexpressibly greater utility to their
husbands. They saw with a glance of
the eye, whateverconcerned the welfare
of the family. This they were studious
to promote. In this, they placed their
renown. They were strangers to dissi
pation ; nor were they seen constantly
abroad. Their own habitation was their
■ delight; and the rearingtheir offspring,
their greatest pleasure. Content with
a kind of domestic royalty, they con
sidered every part of this administra
tion as of the last importance. Queens
without a crown, they were “ a crown
to their husbands and not onjy saved
their earnings by their economy: but
augmented their treasure, by their in
dustry. This was the source of their
pleasure ; and the foundation of their
glory. They maintained good order
and harmony in their empire—every
female servant at work under their di
rection—every umiecssary waste pre
vented by their circumspection—such
grand-mothers! what blessings to their
families! they enjoyed happiness in
their chimney corners, while their de
luded grand-daughters seek for it in
vain, amidst the tumult of the world.
Their good housewifery supported lam
ilies, that have since crumbled into
nothing. In short, the wile appeared to
acquit herself of a task equal to the la
bor of the husband, in being occupied
with an infinity of cares respecting her
interior department. Careful to inspire
her female progeny with the like assi
duity, she reared an offspring like her
self. With s*ch education (no French
dancing masters then for country girls,
that ought to be at their spinning
wheels) their daughters were early in
ured to join such amiable mothers in
causing the sweetand peacettble charms
of private life to reign in the family.
By such virtues and accomplishments,!
they recommended themselves to the j
other sex ; and, with their frugality and I
industry, were a better fortune without j
a groat, than a sroman destitute of both |
with thousands. Hence a man, inclined ,
to marry, feared not to choose such a
mate ; a mate that would save and in
crease, instead of squander what he
had ; and was likely tc perpetuate a
race of diligent and attentive Women.
O how ofun have I admired the in
-1 duatry of our grand-mothers! How of
ten, in being an eye-witness of their
domestic assiduity, have I applied to
them those lines of Juvenal,
“Vos trahitis ianam, calathisque peracta
refertis
“ Vellera : vos tenui prjegnantem ttamine
fusum
“ Penelope melius, melius torquetis Ar
achne !
But now, how remote are we from
duties so simple and endearing ! A re
gular and uniform conduct would seem
a torment to our gossips and gadders,
i They want perpetual dissipation— all
out of doors—full of vanity, and loaded
with the gewgaws of London and Paris.
“ Who can find a virtuous woman ? for
her price is far above rubies. She
seeketh wool and ftax, and worketh
willingly with her hands. She riseth
also while it is yet night, and giveth
meat to her household, and a portion
to her maidens. She layeth her hands
to the spindle; and her hands hold the
distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to
the poor: yea she reached her hands to
the needy. She maketh fine linen and
selleth it; and delivereth girdle* to the
merchant. Strength and honour are her
cloathing, and she shall rejoice in time
to come. She openeth her mouth with
wisdom ; and her tongue in the law of
kindness. She looketh well to the ways
of her household, and eateth not the
bread of idleness.”
FASHION.
Thou dear, licentious, heedless, mot
ley demon ! how various are thy shapes !
how wide is thy empire !
That secret charm is thine, to lead
the million captive, to mould us into
monsters, or to change us into fools !
Man is thine and woman too—the world
is thin.—from the rosy youth up to the
lean and slippered pantaloon The lit
tle love-eyed girl, her bosom beating,
for she knows not what, her young
heart fluttering she knows not why,
leaps from her nurse’s arms into thine.
The ancient coquette and withered la
dy of sixty, braiding her hoary locks
and smoothing her wrinkled brow, quits
at once her crape and her Creator, and
kneels at thy shrine. Nor least, tho’
last, that taper, thin, two-legged bag
atelle—thatsoft-faced,soft-hearted thing
with a great head, and nothing in it,
thy well-beloved Macaroni, for thee he
dances, dresses, ogless, limps ; for thee
lie trips cm tiptoe, limps like a semp
tress, skips upon carpets, and ambles
round ladies’ knees; for thee he quits his
manhood, and is that amphibious, des
picable thing that we see him. Great
isthyempire, O Fashion! and great
• is thy mischief; for thou leadcst thy
votaries eatray —thou lcadeat them to a
duitery and L ars. m, r.
——
SINGULAR CONDEMNATION.
A Physician of the name of Gortz,
was publicly executed last month at
> Berlin. He was a n:nn of extensive
i practice, anti had acquired considera
* bje reputation in his profession, as well
■ as a noble fortune. The circumstan*
* ces, however, which led to his disgrace
-1 ful end, are briefly these :—The only
I daughter oi Baron Geoler, of the Prus
sian Board of finance, was placed un
der his care, for the eradication cd a
• scrophulous complaint. His skill soon
relieved the young lady ; out after a
• short time, the disorder returned. He
then declared to the father, whose con*
■ ( fidence he had acquired, that unless the
daughter was more immediately under
his eye he could not answer for her
complete cure—The Baron, upon this
representation, agreed to her residinv.’’
some time in the house of Gortz, who
was a married man ; and in this situa
tion the latter found means to abuse the
confidence reposed in him bv seducing
the young lady. Dreading the manf
iestation of his guilt, and sensible t'/at
his patient's situation would not admit
of much longer concealment, he pre
scribed a medicine which operated with
much violence, and in a few days ter
minated her existence. Previously to
her dissolution, she made known her
shame. Gortz was immediately appre
hended, and examined—he denied the
crime imputed to him, and declared
that hi, prescription was intended to
relieve her pain. No evidence could
be adduced of Ids guilt. The deceased
die not exhibit any appearance of being
poisoned and the medicine on being J
naiysed, tvas found (o contain no in
! gredient of that nature.
| But several physicians having given
| their opinion, that they did not think
that a man of Gortz’s experience could
have given the medicine for any oth
er than a malignant purpose, the Judges
decided against him His family have
been banished to the Prussian territory.
1 he piety of Dr. Dodclr dge mav be erath
ered from the following lines which he wrote
under the motto of his family arms; Let us
live whilst we live—Dni vivimds vavamus
which Mr. Orton declares to he expressive of
his general temper, and which Dr. Johnson
pronounces to be the finest epigram in the En
glish language.
“ Live while you live,” the Epicure would
say,
“ And seize the pleasures of the present day.”
“ L 've while you live,” the sacred Preacher
Cries,
“ And give to Goa each moment as it Hies.”
" Lord, in my views let both united be;
“ 1 live in pleasure when I live to thee !”
1 hose persons who arc addicted to
self-love, continually persuade them
selves that others ore either admiring
or envying them ; they are like thieves .
who perpetually believe they are
ed at.
Administrators Sale
AGREEABLE to an order of the hon
orable the inferior court of Burke
County ,
mil be sold ;
ON Thursday the 7th of De-J
cember next, at the late Residence of
Drury Womble, dec.
2 Likely Negroes,
SAM &? SARAH.
—ALSO—
A Quantity of HOGS, r
and some valuable Household Furni
ture-sold for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors of said dec.
Terms made known on the day o
sale.
Isaac Wimberley,
Richard Hines, *
Administrators,
October 28. j s
Just Published,
AT THIS OFFICE.
Part the First of the Life of
2OJOR-GENEK At
James Jackson.
BY
Thomas U. P. Charlton, Esq,
A Citizen of Savannah.
October 14.
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