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FOETRY /'-? 7319 GAZETTE. Al^r< ESSEZ> :& AMERICANS, li-c ttaninn c-f grras Bararr'*4a«r*. -ad, 5J ifl*!oarrKr, oypTffiM'i aJc ; A:.rad. ik! ttnca: -nr c ManVs call— 4j»c •».:* TKT ri^nm, cr with tbe*r raia fall. Si '1 » «*hra d*nr.j A: » •'.** baftilc traia Hurl'd tiwnr sni diodcr o’er Coiaabia'* plan ; Fierce » die ?ea,Til brats the Gobbora dad ac^rj zs tons do i read the bod, Falfe, treacJi’rpa* G jILi'i irrjvcw tWvt oopodk, Aad ii£ ittZg :xm ra fsuE da lard fbe*. ' * JLL1US. »i. ;ms, THIS GAZETTE. As J.Ai’t *za md were kite % eryayed us read :r"l a gh pichtred novel. nsf *• •.erre interrupted ty an >'*/ ocfMelstTiKt corstarp L.rtit"y i‘.n tmr a pmrimy.i. Hf f.ind ms in a Ji.ua: ten tint st on f t cited hi iz.rt'y end rendered us th: zhjt&r of his rf.J nrJm-tS ridkuff~ T’rh crew Jfmce ~.!JLr . cj~td me iif trie h:~i of ~rtsdm*. IVli tosLi rrfrahsfrom laugher m Jimsg l^amrehe err.'A tie h*fk lu her hand, cud the tears tricking cn every page ; and mjfef ft far Ye cj rn.a ftp ary grief fat my eyes acres dim \ed zj It tears, cr. i n.y mirj dsprfrj r.rth forrom r Laugher <>/ I j rj ! Wot cii, J refrcis. from fVy f—But as y all this ode ? Becovfe chcve a cent ary agt 3 J: iy lover dfhsd fit brains cut rgctrfi u mcrble faibi im Italy. From Uu iacLur.t. fueh a doleful jury is related, at mvji a.Jre i 4 pare hun.an ilj,’ and difiraS the htfms of every jer-. le ~bo devotes ter tame to the ptrufjl cf too ft pernic.ius usx At t at only agitate the psfiTKj node out skcu! taur.g me hmdoh e fessitmeri. A me .mu rejltc tiun com listed me if the folly cf fff: tag my paf- j Jims to is fay m; into V s f y f:u~ities ; and / immediately Jeter tram J to read tut very fern nor - I ets. 7he jsrjh hr.k I afterzsards tocl into my hand -zoos a charming Utile esori solid the 4 Ru d intents. cf Tafl:,’ vs a fcries of letters. I copy ye u emt of theft letters cm a JJsjeS of cm/iderobk impirtarsae t'j the yzueg ladies 'f tie prefect day a*.ti a rc~aejt that uJ may pabd-b it. EMMA. Gn Female-AccoMPLisiUiEN ts. AMONGST the ac-cmplira:iitnts neceflary to «he female charades 1 think aie-le worfc rn*y claim the fir.I place, it having fa clofc a totntci on with neat ef?* which U in ti fpotab’y reqoiUte to render you c:roort&?e to yourfeUes, or anvahJe in the tilecra of eith er*. The Lai « ot the left cemej-y certainly h;ld needle work in moch greater eitkmtina than thofe of the preient ; w.rneih the many La borious performances that yet remain as proofs of their amazing industry in this ref.ed —but the world is ever ; rone to eit'emer, an J becaui’e this art was then parfu d to the exclusion (A every intellectual accompli Him ear, there are many in onr d*ys fetm :o ihiak it beneath th ir fia'y or amhitlon. The hli’.onietan fc*::r!?ent which prera iei 1 fome years ago,ot the inferiority ofthe'tem'le ro id, feeras ex; loied in. th s age cf univtrfal refi-emeat ; and a woman ofcoltirated aader franding is no longer a phznom aon. 'Hie paths of knowled£C a'e rendered acc.tSble— men of learning have ftco ed from the e eva fron. cf fc ence to acctlera c the improvements cf tk.e other fex—they abridge, c nip le, ezpaii for their ahilioct aad adranc.mcut in poiite ! iiterata'e. Mik..’ all the aft you poGbly can of fuch ad ▼anrage«, and be convinced that the cultivation of the rvnd will ex dt yea in the eftixnation * f rational bekigs—will on:n to you cxhauillef, fources of atr.ufcment and d'.li’bt, of which the ignorant can have no conception—yet be care fui never to overlook one Fimbriae grace or accompli tit meat. There is a line of cha’a<fr-*r drawn between the fexes, whkb n.uher can pafs without becom'n* cont naptible. It ant to make yon defpde * thofe aoqureracnrs whifch have ever been appropriatedto tke f.male ftr, th it you are incited to mental attainments, but to render you ft fit rao'e valuable as wo men; and the better yrur minds are cultiva ted, the nr re you wHl fee the propriety of at lending to tbofe minutiae which bee me the coa d t on in which Providence has placed you. I do not fee how you can acquit yonrfelf tolerably in dome iic life, without a knowledge ©f needle-work ; but grant nar your rark and fort-ce mar p ace you al>ove the abfolute ne ceffi y ot learning that pirt o;it which is called plai -work—yet coalder how far the O'namtn tal kinds may be ot etc to axufe the intervals of pieafir s, or other pu fixlts, as wed a* t> promote the d.fplay of an tlrgut tailr. Even oar innocent arouf meats rrquire variation, and the m nd may be agreeably rel ered, byiml taring with the needle the beau'i u» prodoftious of na ture—bat there is fomctliing which places a Cc 11 in needle work in a much mure important po at ot' view, aoJ th - t is, the iocondanry of fortune, which in her c*prici'u& moods has been oiieo known to-compel tiio'e, wlK-m once (hr fniled on, to procure their fabfiftence by thofs very arts wh ch '*ere acquired or.lv for rau’em;nt. Wiia'frrer miy be a rtiotirce a gainil tbit rrvi'abul ty which mark* all human, affairs, oecom-s an object of importance, A proficiency iix the art^ oi damefltc mnnare rae t and economy, ought jiiftdy to be ranked among the icAmolftnent» of alstly. You mud be anacqui ntcd with nothing that apper tails tc good ho ale wifery. Same ^iris have i i' omn prtfcfl fb vicitcf ar attrchw err? fo literary pii:C*tt*#tha£ tl.fv ^iir c- r/e:.i to remain igr«^* raT i cl ccaKOi atnb’nto i. i 5»- 11 Wi * ’ p-ti*bk weaferefs—tlerstei m r.Js are atiec i*c j-j c^e y th*rg; and,be ir»e roc, t is ▼ O P^f* fit*,e 10 p**wt£» a tots pet* st knowledge of pt-k? .lie ature. sal be »:)! vfrfrd *n li-u metlioc s cf »c’h g r.reirg a kiltie at the f ®e '.tdc—tre laiter <jua’iScatiows have of tbefnfiplees cor.itt r tuted roa r an 'T:iui sh^idter in terete ht% vKiih is mere thaa can be faiJ cf ih * for ok r. B1 »i thtrtfir re, n 7 beloved girls, v*th uftful acquirements, and you wi 1 be what I uut you. Ir. writirg, acquhe ti yoffiVe- a g od Hand ; ycl thati> n t fo uHn ia if nectCary as the be ing able to wru granmatica 7—the ▼ cUtier: of the comm:m r wies 0/ gr. romar is aa iadifpota ble mil* cf low breed n< ; aid although a r Lord Cheficr field farcahicaily laid, that ^aJ fpeilieg vtas only allowable in a woo a * it cer t »: Ij is not in any or e,, who pretend* to an education abcee the vulgar. Can’d too uri c as fine a hand as even A—j-n Lane f, b d fipcliirg would dugracc the whole. The tnb fiitatiftg low for f#/, ere fer i/, itc. infJibif fir ks sou m the eftimaticn ofw-11 bred pc: fin s In rrd r to avoid errers of th s kird, habit is : to b- particularly guarded agaiail. If n yo_r early yta*s sou are not cartful to w:ice and fpcll eorrt&r, it is a thoofaod to one f you tT;r do. You fie, there crc, cf vhaicoifc qnenefi it is that ytu pay a prefect aitent.cn to tf ere feints. I ret Jr a ?.mrng tbe metal attJ-ifirr.ents, tne afci ity of penning an epi :1c with p opntty and elegance —many fortunate c1rccasil2n.es 1 lire m-r be facuit ted thereby—a we l wroe letter has often efTeded vbat verbal requells hare fiUgfctin vjr—befiici tits ccnfideration, hew greatly mull the lVeet sntercoa fe of fti:nd fli p be improved by a free and intelligent cor* j retpordence ! Two friends, though plaxed at 1 the fxt»tro ies of the glebe, may thus enjoy all the plea arcs of fuch a eonrection; but except j you attain the deferable habit of eipr ffinr you . :en intents vi haul embar a meet, h pe not to , enjoy aav th'eg «f fo delicate a fatisuchon — Letters fhon'd be the pi dr res of the f ul ; and fo they always would be, if people acquired cnly the knack efexpretun^ then h u hts jail as they arite. Wri eas y u would tptak, were the pe'fjns yea aidrtts immediately before yoi. There is no more than th * nece/T-ry ?aedabl .h that eannefs of tlvie w>h ch is the chief beauty of epiftolarycorrefpondence. That good retdintj which I hope w,ll be habitual to you, will d*c tate thofr unns and forms of addrefs, the ecu <i t on of thofe you w ite to requires—We da not always 6c d the m ft learned pe pis write the moft agree ble Liters—perhaps for no other rtafon than that they take too much tr u dr about it, and like :Le go^xJ Archbsfhop of Bc omoto, -reject the 6rft thought thtt occurs.— Some that I have knuvrn indite an ep tVe in fuch a flic and formal flyle, and load it fo d f guflfally with tautology, that one wt uldalmoii take it tor an aft cf government. When you wr te a letter, my deu girls, forget the idea of pen, ink, sai paper—la pofe orly you are fpeaking to the petfon, and yea. will write an ogresibls^'S cot a Jtaf letter—to eseft the latter, forretlhng nv.’.ft have been dore by nature— however, this I kuo»\ that the melt e crated fenlimerts would no*.look gear ef ul in fuch com portions, except accompan ed by Utrft& ejfe and expreflion, end have the appeaxa'ce of flowing fpcntat.ee ui:y from the heart- Mary exce le.it modes of ep'ftolary writing have teen reccmnser.ded to young proficients. Y-u caa n t have be'ter than than thof* aferibed to Pope Gangar.elli -r whoever was t‘ e author, he has certainly h t on that cafe, fpr ghitoefs, aivi e e gance, which it is my earneft wifh may charac ter ile whatever falls from your pen.—Would to he 1 van that all the world poiT.fied the fame can dour and libera.ity of feet nsent which biea h:s liuvtigh every one cf ihcfe elegant epiillu THE COLLECTION. “ A THtxe or til arm AjfD tatcbi:.** LtTEitATvr*.—How far the following ftwte of literature app ies to the prefent day, the reader will judge--Mary printers; few readers ; philolcphy abandoned ; plagiar fm encoaraged ; origir.a’ity exploded ; fophiftry in the teeth of tru'h ; elegince faciiiiceJ for frippery ; igr.crarce fucceffu1 ; wifdom abor Vfc i dulnefs car. fled ; genius profcribcJ ; found miftacen trr fenfe ; words deft trte of meaning ; authors (tirriog ; tafte pro.'titutaJ ; the mufei 111 eat ; the cLilies forgot. Characters.—Public men defttute df de cency ; minitiates wanting au hor ty ; priefts wanting re igron ; doebors without iearning t w men without charity ; jhyfrims without lkill ; barkers without money traders wi h out credit; men of probity thinned ; gi ts pubh.cly adored , snodeft women fli^h»ed ; • girls void of mndefty ; matrons mmief in ' the perintfs of girls; boys afirrii rg the cone quercer»f men ? and rara rei'uming all the ia fcgr.idciart of boys. Singular Se*ten’cs.—A French paper re lates that in conicfjaence eft a woman's com plaints againft thr if© frequent caretfes of her h'jlbmd, which ih.e creed had lhor ened the , days < f his firft wif;, a dorr.eftic court o* judica i tu'.e was collefted, coniVung of her father, mo ther, and two lifters. As a radical cure was the object of the pr *iVut on, after a very flvrt i bearing, fcntencc a la' Fulbtr* was pronounced 3gai«ift the unfortunate c Sender, and us fpec d?j 7* s Ur' ti/c fcfier f Lai fatgivao hy mwrnral rib but as the u.l cet of she Waked t th*t prccctd 02 as an >' *' -ari vpczt, them P'c vises, if ?t ta»f arrz. ei the paivs* ior tie pa'pofe of rc» ii P'jT l itif fen*e ce ! EroitifAVT* asp r*i J*w*.—V* hen E na parte w .i cue day ti ing .L-r ugh the c ty O’ Rome, fc*v at’o-'ica » ts audlc J at a tomu'.t in a Art el, o cai* ae%l br the po. u’ace banting a bcgzar'.y J.». *• Slay/* lays the Ge^eul, »* are you net afbsmcd i-f iil-treating nu: i .1 low ertrere, becarie be wirrh.ps 'be De t* in - different xnaorer frcaa you r You r.ethtr do* fc'TC la: rams of a. Chnfiian ir n’t as’ be;ng for fuch co: d*. d/* This d d rot -pyede the Hijhita c ; BtKn -aLich be crd.red the r rg Isadtr; to be ’afcen hto ccftody, and brought btfo c a magifiiatc.-—He was there ifce advo cate for the rafcr*lioate Itraclite, and be gave the partlco’ar* ? ifst e*f# and the delinquents were pnrithedwth mpiantrem. The Jews nihat city (miicfe number c is caeulated ciceed ierty thco*ar.d) c-f every den m naticn, in come* qveacs of db's, .c k kei t lie hnofe of the Gen et th^ck rq him !ar th’ li ^u-jr set of hti rrarrty, and abo he ee:! mg h m to endeavour to pttth* many cjfai .wh ch ♦. e*r nation was fa. jech to a the p p-l u rcimrxis r. moved, vh ch this renowned z.:o C:d net 2 rep ixibrc be aceoirp ib d : that very d*y :ht V pc ?g e.~ to pr ice the J• w,.u rot on upon an equal :c«. img with a!- o.Lex c tiztrm in hi* donations..— Tne T_ws, n n/a’itnJe to Eu'»n.*parte, t sfzii. forirti! an 2prrop-i te prayer tor r e he a lb fnccefs, and prosperity of the Ge~ e si, which was f renounced, in h » preiV.ce, before he a*. Ur cf ?> e Synagcgme in Ko-nc, and wife h w'd ft led. 1 j the High P :cft, u the Me ~*b * i 1 aty,?’ a tribute of grati aie wh'cfc, the Jew Uj, ne'er was paid tc any ether perion. New Miichavt.— Gen. Bo©’'a parte, fats 2 French paper, vra* at a meeting where r’r.e mer chits celiberatei on treads lobe firm Tie to g verrra-t t for the pnrpofe cf uc l uung the defcer.t upon England. A pc’fcn ark d 1,is re ghb r, “ who was ’hat firmer T*— M He s a young merchant (faid le ocher) w o lately cap e f'om Vienna, and is fh.Tily g ing to Lonu n !** G-iwboi»c ?—Buonaparte being a/ked h*w he came to grsnt fuch advantageous terms to the emperor, repVed with much rtuvetie—“ I was placing at vmgt ui—I held tzcrrnj ir. cry hand, and I fto d there.’* Faikcm Rafts. — The ftttpendoui French ra^r, to be m ved hr cvirj'mu/It. See. it n w ap pears, hare ew-rporated v no Jm*ak_-The hi t. after ah, was pu babiy taP.m from R*beaVs mention of a grant, who being accafTmed to feed on tvlmJmiht, wts at la t unf rturstely chinked w th a fmali lurrp of jr ji batter, befere a •umrr.i oven ! Si-tATis-n.— The fallowing ca irns roVe is given by an En^liih ba* er in a country town : u Democrats ffcaved for a hair penny— Ariflocrats, ewiag to the leogth of tfuir lices, a penny!” Bulls.—An Irih paper fays, u The foF'w iag ir.ee dote of Euorap rte, •t.tsci river be fire appeared y» print, is fr m a Pat is Jcumal. I; was firth g.v:a in the Turin Gareue, from which it w«»s cop cd in a 1 the Italian print*.'’ An Irijii Vkturfo h's lately d; cr bed to the Rcyal Society an fw• It hor.e, whicn haJ been ften in his neigl boihocd. BIOGRAPHY Some account ef General Totssjixt. 'T^OUSSAH.T is a! pnfcrt commander in 1 chief of Care Francois, is a negro, Horn on a plantation ‘n that iflmJ. From a gentleman whol;a« refided lometim: at the C p:, the .ol luwrg anecdotes cf tbs extraordinary man, ha*e torn cofiironricated W" e i a youth, his m .frr d (covered n him a i 'oaj. r.ter.’iwe merwry, corfi Je*a*>le judg meat and d ;cr n trail *n, and gave h n charge f f a ?rng of his fellow (L'es as their driver, in which fitua’ion he was when Po verei and Sa - thor.ii arrived a: the Cape, with the decree of the ra ional convention, ler the rr.inatr.ifT«on of the (lives. The whites oppucd tieoperatrn of this decree ; and trtn th;s epofiron, the cruel and incendiary de trufl on ci :h« popu- j leus c;ty er.fbed. Tcallaint was among the hr ft rf the negroe?, "a declared trdepenJetic o( their ir.alers, and too* up arms again 1 th. whites. He headed a paT:y at he attack: o the Cape, and after its deftruft* n, erected, h « ftandardat a neiab^Hr’ag planter or, tj wh>h | all the rew republicans re'o'ied. H's partv i foon became fo formidable, tha* it attached to ; h;m confiderab'e importance, and rendered him I a f :bjecr of terror t.« th<\ wh ::s, w foon he cm j tir.ueJ to anroy, until the? evacuated the id <nd to the ne?roe* and thoir followers ; he then ar- : roga ed to himillf the t t e of cer cal, which Santhonix confirmed with a conn i > . Te n 'C'O’is of the af endency which th: gere-al had paired over the negroes who now t. mp (LJ nearly all the inbabitarts of the i2a- i • FU next attention was turned to the rem eva Sa the- ‘ mx; this h~ effected vi h at rr ch trouble,! for availing bimfeif of a pr pofd si rfeb S.r.tho i nix h *d ctide him, in confidence, t .i engage the negroes in a coercion with S’s favor te plan c aienaiing the Cape from ihe iuvfcicti n of France ; Touffunt accufcd h m of ant trb licaniim, and maaaged his arcufttion with fuch i ad. tt.s, that he foon had him (hipped off—t^us I a man of creation -ud talsais, .t ccmxiiTaire * *. f :hz Trcttzh rtpubSc, wa§ c®:-gwiet*SM hr n illiterate Tii.r , vhofe whole uock cf .crur. ci 'i'lowkJ* icsitjlf extended ■■ beyond the reich cf a ftrgar c ?nt .► After the degrees 6t i cijotir, the total command of the C fc dc jo »-.d ra Tc Blurts Raynrci, i: is tree re mains there, v..b the title cf Com® dbirs, bat 'he ’? a m:re too’ to the blacic general. TcUT-ii: t ii nearly fix feet high, of an asftere eomasardSnjf ccttffMBJBce 5 impericiM to iafeii o s, hast be® ne and rc'croos :o :be orforta 'ate. He keep* the belt compary, and the mr j* opulent 2a J rtfpeSabie citire's conceive tbens ftlres fevered by an iif tatioc to hit table. Anasacious attachment to t* s extraordioa tt citizen general, ha* in many ir.ftaccrs proved benefeial *r' ® cy American Habers to the Cape. A white gentleman refsden* iLere, bt arc^ro wife who U fuppofed to fc« the only perfjtn at the Cape who has ar.T certain innuer.ee ever Toodaicc. A captain of a Newyork rcici fear ng that the adn niftraf n might take a fancy to f rre part of his caTgo, omitted to er.’er ico bill, beef, ard So £jk:as burtr : the faug g irgf f theft arise1,ei or, ;h re being d feonreu, he rdEd and cargo was immediately abetted. Tire captain bed g appriibd of the importance t ihe black citefi, made or p i:*tion f r her in fluence with tee comn.aadast for the liberation of hs pr peirr. The capt-ia x^s difmiCed. with a j'«c e of her inter feta nee—it was eleven it n:ght vh n ike ftnt fir Ton Saint, a.:.d at lay 1 g :: e next iaorn:nyt he fern a difchsrge f ihe veT 3 and ca'go, to the oSeers who held hem in f. a lorn. •m AGRICULTURE. State of Agriculture in Trance. E^iratltd'frmi La Fmult it Cid:%x,3Smr. nPHIS iotcrcfacg art c»e is furn: feed bj the 1 ft ide&ts n one of the Nitonal Schools, pm red by rrde' of t e C raxi-e* of National S-fetv, f< r the 6th year of :he Frtach Republic (1798 ) Lead coder Celtiration. Gram. In Wheat in Rye To Barky If Oats Acres, 4 430-CCO 9-000 000 3 foe coo 10 foe .000 Acre* ai.coc coo F*o®g‘ ed senna’'» hr Her.'a -- by Qiea Atnonot of ploughed -aod L.?uxl m falk w r.I_aaow anc jsslhwe land Produce. tztz n,li. on? cflbs# 7650 ditto 43*0 ditto. 5616 dice Act*-' 1 9 500,00* 9:oocpco zS-too 00a i S,6oe 000 tSpcc coo Amount oi acres t 4.loo,:do The quart':y of grain nfed for the fcflenaace of :bc inhabitants is 1 ‘.300 mTiers of lbs. weLh', 00: of which is prefervedf r feed 34So m.Ii rs ot lbs. This leaves 1 5,54c nuliior s, which is calculated at 553 lbs. for each perfon. The quantity of oats railed fer the horits is 5616 mid-cos, of which 140.1 ir iiiions is pre ferred for feed, leaving 4212 millions that is 23O4I0. fcr each boric per aar^m, cr hail * bated per day. Trarce employs 920,000 picoghs, of w hich 320,000 are drawf by horfes, and 600,000 by oic*. The average r.omKer of horfes to ea h plough is 3, whch cul ivare 30 acid in ;hc autumn ar,j 33 ia the (priae : hut three oxen fa empkyed are reckoned toplo gh only 15 acre?. Hercc toe advantage of explu. log hor/e» in p: cference locxen is obvi as. The own her of horfci err.p’oyed ia agricoi ture, !* — n different kinds ci bodnefs -*-*a cartiagt* yfo -OCW 6oo^o» s.i, roc Toul of horfes 1 'Si cm The number of oxen employed ia tillage, is eftiirated at - Cattle grazing Ikuo rtr.r*og Co«rj - Sheep. i-'oe oco 389 1.400, coo 4.00c coo 1C ZOZ.ZOO Total iS.aijoco Hie icrface of the R rpublk {pr 'p: r V contains 2 “,oco .q-jare ieagu s ; ar.a 20 n iiiions of in habit *nt , 'i h* conquered ccuntres on the Rhine com* in 34^5 fqtiare "e 'res and 3 J tr.il luun r.f i: hab;t ir.t>. The laticr, thtreiore, ex ceed Francs .n p p elation* 4^ * I # # THIS GAZETTE, /'t' regularly pubUjbed tn Mondays at £. jzxxs's Priniing-OjpeC', i htiddleferecl, near the bead rf Fife U rret, Pc rtland; where fubferiptims, advert ifemmts, and csmmurdcatiar.s, ar received with attention* £ terms are, OXE DOLLAR ^ FIFTY CENTS per aumim, ex CLVSITE of POSTAGE. Pun flux} pgy. •%> » * i reqpufii printing, /;; ;Vj t^r/sa* branches, executed with at ierJkn and dfpatch. epr Orders fr Books, Pamphlets, Blanks, Hand' bills, <kc. duly attended tu r