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STRANGE ADVENTURE
OF A SPANISH WOMAN.
The following injlance of the gra
titude of a Lioness to o ‘6pan
nifh Woman in the Province of
Paraguay, is extracted from
the Spanifj ILftorians by the
Abbe Raynal. (
When the Spaniards fir ft laid
the foundation of Buenos Ayres,
1535, the new colony wanted
provisions. All who attempted
to procure them were murdered
by the favsges; but i: became
neccilary to forbid any one, up
on the pain of death, from go
ing beyond the limits of the
new fectletnent.
A woman, whom hunger had
certainly inspired with resoluti
on to brave the fear of death,
eluded the vigilance of the
guards who were ported round
the colony, to preserve it from
the dangers it was exposed to in
conlequence of the famine.—
Maldonata, for such was the
name of the fugitive, having
wandered about for sometime
in unknown and unfrequented
roads, entered a cave to report*
hcrfelf: A Lioness, whom she
met with there, filled her with
extreme terror, which was soon
changed into surprise, when she
perceived this formidable anunal
approaching her with signs of
fear, and then caressing and
licking her hands with mournful
cries, rather calculated to excite
ccmpafilon than dread. Mal
donata soon perceived that the
Lioness was with whelp, and
A J
that her groans were the com
plaints of a dam who calls for
help to get rid of her burden.—
Maldonata was inspired with
courage and assisted the efforts
of nature in that painful moment
when fiie fieems reluctantly to
give life to all beings, which
they are to enjoy for so short
a time. The Lionels being
fafely delivered, soon went out
in quest of provision, which flie
brought and laid at the feet of
her benefa&refs. She daily
shared it with the little whelps,
who, brought into life by her
afliftance, and bred up with her,
seemed by their playful and
harm Ids bites, to acknowledge
an obligation, which their dam
repaid with the tendered: marks
of attention. But when they
grew bigger and found tiiem
ielves impelled by natural in
ftinft to leek their own prey,
and fufficiently strong to leize
and devour it, the family dif
perled in the woods—and the
Lionel's, who was no longer cal
led to the cave by maternal ten
derness, dilappeared like wile,
to roam about the sorest, which
her hunger daily depopulated.
Maldonata, alone and with
out sustenance was forced to quit
a cavern which was an ob|efl of
terror to l'o many living crea
tures, but wlrch her pity had
made a place of fafely to her.—
She now felt with ibrrow the
want of focictv, that had been of
such signal fen-ice to her ; flic
did not wander for any con fide -
rable time, before Hie fill into
the hands of the savages. She
had been fed by a Lionels, and
was made a Have by men. She
was soon afterwards retaken by
the Spaniards, who brought her
back to Buenos Avres. The
comma;, ianr, more lavage than
t..e Lions Or the wild In Tans,
did not think her uffikicntly
punished for her fight by all
the dangers and*mifcncs Hie had
endured : he had the cruelty to
order her to be tied to a tree in
the middle of a wood, and there
left to flarve or to be devoured
by wild bealts.
Two days after, fome soldiers
went to fee what had become of
the unhappy victim. They
found her alive, lurrounded by
hungry tygers, who were eager
•to devour her, but were kept
at a distance by a Lionels who
lay at her feet with her wnelps.
This fight firuck the soldiers
morionlets with pity and terror.
When the Lioness saw them,
she withdrew from the tree, as
if to make room for them to un
bind her bene fa refs; but when
they took her away, the animal
followed slowly at fome distance,
endeavoring to confirm by her
carefifes and tender complaints,
the wonders of gratitude which
the woman was relating to her
deliverers. The Lioness with
her whelps for sometime follow
ed her footfteps, fbcvvmg .!l the
fame marks of regret and afflic
tion, that a disconsolate firmly
express when they attend a be
loved father or ion, who is go
ing to embark for America,
from whence he may never re
turn.
The commandant was inform
ed of the whole adventure by
his soldiers; and thus example
of gratitude in animals lb fero
cious, awakened in him those
feelings which his savage heart
had undoubtedly Loft in crofting
the seas, and he fuffeied a wo
man to live who had been so
visibly protected by Heaven,
Prom the Balt . Federal Cassette.
Gentlemen,
Mufl it not be a fubjeel cf gra
tification to every friend of order
and decency, to observe, that our
tribunal of jujlice have at length
thought proper to check the licen
tious progress of fa so ion ?
A few days ago a woman
was apprehended, mditled, tried,
found guilty, fined and imprisoned ,
for carrying the whunfical fancy
of fafhton only one I mall step
farther than many of her neigh
bors have done. It was proved
by fever al ref pell able witneftfss that
she walked through the streets
with ha petticoats ruifed only a
little above her hips, and exposed
hcrfelf naked to the view cf every
pa]) eager. This was thought by
the attorney general a crime a
gainjl the fate, for which she mu ft
fuffer imprisonment, fine , and dis
grace.
Fjuery—Have not thonfands cf
cur ladies cause to r run ole, and
rejoice that they have made so
many narrow and threadbare es
capes from this watchful tribunal,
whin they ref eel, that for up
warks of 12 months pas there has
been but a single web of thin Xluj
lin (not the one hundredth part of
an inch) between them aid the
1 bar of juf ice ? Narrow < f ape /
rhere is a certain clefs cf beings,
in the form of women, who vift
borfc- races and other public places,
half naked and painted, whole cb
jeer cannot be mft a ken : but wby
ladies of reason, virtue, went .nd
dis inf lion, (dare I fay tr.< deity r)
fhoutd drey's in such a mariner a*
to expfle the form, ft, mm try, and
’ 1 2, Al off y C‘ if rft J) aft l■j A- r ...
every fight advantage-of-the fun
or wind, nearly up to the frcond
joint above the ancle must remain
a fecrct to every friend
Had such a drejs been imfcfted on
a lady to wear in an age of mo
de ft) as a pnnijhment for crimes,
the burthen would have teen tho't
grievous ; but now it is the fa-
Ihion, it is b autiful, and all
goes well. It is true, it renders
them more admirable —but not
more rdped'tabie. It is also true,
that it renders them more the ob
ject of laughter a.id remark ci
mong young men : it may inflame
the pas ions, but can never capti
vate ebe heart of a difereet and
prudent man. In this our fashi
onable day, even pockets have be
come often five and curnbsrjome—
and vfe ad of them, alk tie paltry
t aft eld bag is introduced , for the
conveyance cf tbs needle , thimble
and thread-caje. Wonderful im
provement on the carriage of [mall
articles, and worthy the imitation
cf alljenjible ladies ! in afmuch as
it amuses the min J, re It ves the
j hips, and keeps the hands in a£fcl
i on. But give me the good old
• fafhion yet —a good full decent ha
j bit, or jho igo wn—two or three
! petticoats, a brace cf rood lon7
I pockets, <Ac ; end that j hall be my
j dress as long as my name is
MOLLY.
August 17, 1 Soy.
THE PILL'DVV ; 7
j What a delicious balm is dif
i fufed over the whole frame when
the candle is extlnguilked, and
the head on the pillow ! If on a
ft rid lerutiny of the foul, we
cannot cm.cover any thing which
could offend our foliow crea
ture, then deep is a 1 moil a ce
left ai reve*ie.
ft is never so delicious, or so
tranquil, as after a day on which
we have performed fome good
ad, or when we are conscious
of having fount it in fome ufeful
or substantial employment.
The infant the head is laid
on the pillow, is that in which
conscience delivers ks decrees.
If it has conceived any evil de
sign, ic is surrounded with thorns;
the forte ft down is hard under
the re file fs he tK i of the wicked.
In order to be happy, a man
must be on good teirns with his
p How : for the nightly reproach
es it can make must be heard.
We must be happy or rnife
rabie at n ght by recollection.
Memory recals our faults and
negligences, and this Ihould put
11s into a method to avoid them,
for they will nor lose fight of
us; they will banish ft up from
our ey s; they will intrude in
our dreams; they will fatigue
us, in order to teach us that
there is neither repoie nor hap
piness bur. in the harmony of an
upright conduct, and in the ex
erciie of char.tv.
Happy is he who can fay,
when lie lies down—No man can
reproach me with his afihftion,
nis misfortune, or his captivity ;
I have not i r -;ureu the reputation
of any one; I have paid due res
pect .0 the property cl others,
the certain pledge of the repose
of families; and the laborer’s
lure has never remained in my
* ands at fun-fatting, a cord in p
to the exp re flion oi Scripture.
i nolc teftimon cs H confci
enen, thoie internal e v yn ? ni:-
-1 foul, g-v-e’ a da:. .:ok„ n-v Ar.
: and a fill! more delicious awak
ing.
A Machme has lately been
put into the Secretary of State’s
office, by a Mr. John M c ßride
ofSouth-Carol’.na, but late from
Tennelfee, and a parent taken
out for lecuring the profits there
of to t|;e ingenious inventor.—
This Machine, which is called
the Columbian Spinfer, is so con
trived, as to gin, cird and spin,
at the fame time—it is operated
on by one perion, who is per
fedlv adequate to the whole di
rection of it. This model spins
12 threads, and machines may
be so enlarged as to spin any
greater number. The machine
requires no other attendance,
than the person who feeds ic
with the feed cotton, who also
turns the wheel by which the
operations are carried on. It
might be advantageoufiy worked
by water; the owner of the pre
fen: model finifined 1 of 17 .
threads, (Much he left in Ten
nefTee ) that by great exertions,
extended each thread 7 yards in
a nwnute. Many ladies and
gentlemen of Walking ten and
Georgetown, have seen this mo
t'el, and expressed the highest
fat'iffaclion at it.
Vv r e wish our ingenious coun
tryman success in his invention,
and we sincerely hope he may
be rewarded in the sale of his
machines. No doubt acifc; rn
ing public will fee their utility,
and avail themselves of the use
of so valuable an article.
Washington Federalifl.
———
• AN E CD 0 TE.
In the reign of Charles II a
sailor having received his pay,
resorted to ahoufe of ill fame in
Wapping, where he laid ali
night and had his whole substance
taken from him. In the morn
ing he vowed revenge against
the fir ft he would meet with,
possessed of calk; and accord
ingly overtaking a gentleman
in Stepney’s field .to whom he
related his miftiap, he infilled
on having the iofs made good.
The gentleman for fome time
expoftuiated with him on the
attrocity of such behaviour, buc
to no purport:; the tar was re-
Ibiute, and the genrleman dread
ing worle conlequences, deli
vered his purie ; but soon after
had the iailor taken up, examin
ed and committed to Newgate ;
fom whence Jack fen: a Ihip
nute with the following
epistle to Ihe king.
King Charles —One of thy
fiibjebts, the other night, robbed
me of forty p )unds, for which
I robbed another of the lame sum,
vl'o has inhumanly lent me to
Newgate; and swears I fliall be
lymged; therefore, for thy own
lake lave my life, or by G—thou
v.’dt lose cne oi the bcic faiiors
in thy navy.
_ r Thine, Jack Skiffton,
His Majtfty, cn the receipt
of the letter, wrote as follows :
jack Skiftten—-Tax’ this time
I will save thee from the gallows
—'hut if hereafter th <u art guil
ty of the like, by G—l’ll have
Hee hanged though the best
icaman in mv navy.
Thine, Charles Rex.