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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.