31S VISITOR, LADIES’ MISCELLANY ‘TO WAKE THE SOUL RY TENDER STROKES OF ART, "29 RAISE THE GENIUS AND TO MEND THE REART.” “No. 40) SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1805. [Wore Nov 144 ae HISTORY oF GEORGE & CHARLOTTE. (Continued ftom our las.) {E> enlanging: the sphere of Me. Benuclerk's Menptality ad dean cge or twice this house, a Fey ae: idental mane’, the Major Winslow we Shave before mented hoy ras in mise hogy fel | trarubling ip tat part ofthe country. ‘The Major was & handsonis young ‘man, elegantly accosmplished, and most yomanticly disposed. He had procured the rank of Majority ina new raised re- ‘giment with an enthusiastic hope of| Advancement which was very. much isappointed ‘on. the. reduétion of the corps-. He had then colleéted the shat- tered remains of his fortune, and by the snterest of his fiends. get an ap- lepart- Company's ships; he amused himself in viewing the natural curiosities of Ire- Tand, andl in parsuit of his project was ‘them in thet countrys Buthavingonce comethither, and casu- ally stumbled on Mr. Beauclerk's ‘quaintance, had. felt himself too much Caught with the beauty of Charlotte to hurry higdeparture, He availed himself of every opportunity ofseeing her : He ‘haunted her rides—He sauntered about the village where charitable visits very often engaged her. Tn short he took all [those methods ofsecing her that present themselves to a respe€\ful, yet an a dentlover, who earnestly. seeks the s0- ciety of his mistress, yet eannot court it in amanner that could be deemed in- Aelicate or intrusive. His attentions didnot wholly lose their weight with Charlotte—she was is merit. She perceived his itys and drew comparisons be- tween him and sir Edward, by no means ( the advantage of the latter. Not that she could besaid to love him—she ‘esteemed him’ perfeGlly—while be on this part felt for her that pure glow of affedtion, that energy of friendship and elevation of sentiment, that he would dared to solicit het hand, as ‘no itle to it: yet could not have borne to see it given to another, as sanguine in his hope that he might’ one day be ‘wealthy enough to obtain it. ‘Things were in this situation when ‘Mr. Beauclerk and sir Edward. sitting ‘one moming at breakfast, and Charlotte not yet come down, the newspaper ar rived. ‘The first paragraph that caught ‘the baronet’s attention was the follow. jing :—Died suddenly on Wednesday ast at his house in town, George Court- ly, €8q5 one of the representatives. in parliament for the county of —— ‘Mr. Beauclerk was ele@trified at the sound—an unexpeéted vacancy, an an= ticipated harvest. for his. labors—He aught sie Edward hastily by the haody Now is our time, my dear fellow, By the Lord, Harry, so it is iE ae Gre? eps talgs Data Vad sudéeniys Tvish Leouid have Bighed thy canvas but we must only Be the ‘reat Dany hy i: Edvard Jou bad but gone shout with ane at Bt of the pout, {shold have gore Sreuph the Sabreenns eal ep ow jowll make vp for al. Tord Suander came down yocentay oe Saint bs fo kis jail Hell never support. youre looks foraplace. re . Why, there’ the living it’s worth clear elght hindred-—hisson shall have iti may pave the way to bishops something to resign, you know, "Oe ithe don'e like giving ie 0. his sony il ato bdr. hi Cui Ohis hair and taking’ i to himeele Zounds! iT were as poor ashe, Tut off my ears for half Se oney—do go fa oferit to i Why; look ye, Beauclerk; this is a sort of business’ I don’t like, Every: ‘man knows my connetions in this eoun- try ; bur T hate running about, teasing314 people for their interest. TP it was for myself; why very well; but when a man aya, Why the devil, Forest, should you be so anxious aboat it ? How ean'T an- swer him? ‘There's that jeed froth, my Tord “Squanider, he'd as Tieve sec’ old ‘Nick as me, because {don’t play at Paro gL eaw't understand him hi ‘conversation runs on nothing but clu houses and foreign grandes and then he treats ‘em so familiarly, calling them only by their title ing that Jackey Jacket rides nine ounees lighter than Leaden head. “T forget that one is the son ofa duke, and the other a peet of the realm. Zounds, man, you must hunior their absurdities.—Dai't I make the interest our own? Let me once get in, and itis ‘impossible but you must be the other member—then’ with two voices, and Dboth-knights of the shire, Dil be bound to have a peerage for myself, with re version to you and my daughter's chit dren—Ayé, that I will before the seven ‘yearsare out. Ecol, if things go on as they do, 1 seeno chance of having either daugh- ter or peerage. Leave that to me, give me your sup- Port, and I this very day will talkin ‘such amanner to Charlotte, that T will Put the matter out of doubt. Give me your hand, I am satisfied: Til set off diredtly, ‘You need not say any thing about the mortgage—Yes tell him at any rate 1 have tob- much respe8t for him to force close, whether he assists me oF nos ‘Yes, yes, that will look more. liberal Dut by all that’s revongeful, Vl file my Dill nest term if he does not, They parted, and Mr. Benuclerk ini- mediately New to his daughter's. dres- sing-roomaHe: found her there, and repeated his. injun@tions for her early compliance with his friend's wishes: He told her he expeSted from her a des finitive answer, which was either to des clare she would be sir Edward's wife, for would cease to be his daughter. She requested time to consider of the roposal, which, with some dificulty, ‘Mr. Beauclerk acceded to; And then set out on his canvass. As for Char- Jotte, she satin that distradtion of ind, THE VISITOR, ‘hich can only be conceived by thore that have rightiyeoneidered the impor: lan des of the mariage ste nd fen thenacies on the verge of being Bound tothe execution of thom, to. person who has ever rather been the ob: 0 of diagus than desire. In this state she continued till she ‘roused from her reverie by a ser- vant announcing Major Winslow and before she could well determine whether {0 see him or not, he was in the room. He started at the’ change in her looks, and alter Celliog her he was come. to take Teave, as be was obliged to sail im- mediately, added witha nok of ineffable tender anxiety—Yes, Miss Beauclerk, Tam to leave you, pethaps for ever— Towa my wishes—aly bopes Mattered ‘me, that I should leave you happy 5 but if Tcan read your countenance, I fear, however different. the cause, your ‘mind sat this moment fide leas agit ted than my own, far from Indeed, sity my mind being tranquil. Ont tha X cond divest myett ‘my sex, only to aspire to your friend ship, and ask a fellowship in your con- eer? but, good God, what am T say- ing! And yet believe me, and let the separation that must take place, be the sandtion of disinterestedaess, that you could lodge a secret in a bosom that feels more sensibly for you, or beats with so much earnestness, to do you The sofiness of Charlotte's temper was overpowered, and she busst into a ood of tears. ‘What could she do ? she had no fe- male friend-—the reiterated expressions of regard, the tender sympathy and visible concern’ of Winslow, searched her affedtion to jts sotiree; they drew from her in disjointed words, broken ‘expressfons, and sentences half-suppres sed, what the eagle-sighted passion of Winslow, soon interpreted into her real situation. We have befote observed, thet bis disposition was romantic to an extreme, and neyer had the spirit of chivalry so fair a feld—it blazed forth in full tue. tre. He threw himself at her feet, de- claret his passion, told her the obstacles that had prevented his hitherto disclo- id pil eo pero eres cn oh ee eee cae eaten ne make ene ee ae er See neon | the stratagem, and yield her to her inn. m y Slinaiooes however his might su by bis dolng aor But let menot ape 1 this manneny said he, let me rather siete the rete one apie hess, springing from tho most arden, lovey the most perfec constancy, aud Trelietfiendahi. Did she love Winslow? No—she teemed him? she now respedted ‘more than ever., She saw his worth 5 she hoped one day to be able to reward it. «Sir Edward rushed across her mind’ with redoubled horrors 5 and she ‘made Winslow blest, by assenting to her partin the innocent deception. Transported a his good fortune, insiow ook leaveinthe'mow passion: ste ‘manner. He. mounted. bis horsey ‘a willy occupied wth: thoughte of Bis betored” Charlot, ‘he sometimes raiherflew than rode sometimes drew inthe reigns,4o meditate more ttens Iy oo ber charm. At his retuen home, he wrote aletter, in which he availed himself with eestas cy of those endearing terms, which wedded love consecrates. He alluded to their former marriagéy/and hada cer~ tifleate of it in his possession; but charged her to keep it seeret ull hi departure for Indisy and then with a heart divided between ecstacy and ago- ry, set out for the eapital on his route. He remained there bata few hours and sailed for England ; whien posting re€ty for London, he found he had_no timetolose. He accordingly embarked and in three months arrived at that land from whence his fate decreed he never should return. (Tobe continued.)OR, [From the Baltimore Buenting Post:] DUELLING. ‘great: number of persons whi. do mot uaderstand the frue principles ‘ot honot, have attempted to undervalue the merits of those who defend duelling. —t0 those and those only who da, the following observations are ‘submitted ; ‘and if there should happen tobeany of fevsive matter in’ thea, or any. thing ‘which may be consteued by the most ree fined ideas into an affrent, the acknow- “edgmient here-made willbe ab east as publiciasthe fence. ‘This, itishoped, ‘will satisly every true friend of gun-pow- der, and prevent any disagreeable con- sequetices which may result from giving Publicity to the. following. grend provement on the modern manner of fle combat, which is extracted from an elegant work entitled, -s Maminuth, or human nature displayed: ona grand scale,” and is so much in point, that as the gentlemen who are in the habit of culling out theit friends do, not appear to tunderstand the true principles, or rath- er pradtice (no offence gentlemen, ’pon honor) of duelling, they are, as before said, submitted to their serious consid: ‘eration, as being” more in style, and more manly; inasmuch as it requires greater fortitude to go through all the forma°of this new method than in the ‘common mechanical way of measuring ten o twelve paces, and then proving who is the best marksman—AsT suid before, gentlemen, do not take it amiss if T pointout another method of settling your disputes, than which I do not think a better could ‘be devised, and above all originated in a country where there is nolaw'bat the law of duelling, wheremigic always overcomes right, and and where every man who has any spirit may Bight with his neighboras much as he: pleases, without the officious inter ference of impertinent police-officer ‘The Ghost of Samaccow. Account of the mode in which the tri by single combat is carviedon in a na- tion very little known. to Europeans, in the central pars of Africa, was greatly surprised to find “(says ‘our author) among soenlightened a'peo- pleas the Mamuthians, the same bar. Barous mode of setiling disputes which still unfortunately prevals. in Europe and America, I-mean duelting; with LADIES’ MISCELLANY. this differences that it's not aecounted any disgrace for either of the parties cohcerned to refuse aehillenge, and to appeal to the law of the and.” It is on. Iy when the resentment of both par is excited tow pitch of savage fero fand- madness; that‘ duiel tales place and when it does, itis eondudted not in secret, but under the pubticeye, of which. [happened to'see or rather to hear an example. A most obstinate quarrel had happen- ed between a colonel of the guards and ‘capital buteher in Gutty Gur, con- cerning the dignity of thelr respaSlive professions; and fo make the quarrel still more serious, they were both can- idates for the affedtions of the same la dy. The parties being celled before the judges, declared that thelr rage was so {reat as to be satisfied only by an appeal toviolence. They were then separated at the distance of a ‘*foeti funk’ (about ‘8 mile) from each other, each of them attended by one of the judges and an of- ficer of justice, who carried along with him pins, bodkins, knives; sclesars, say conveyed to the judge, the executioner ‘this nod thrust the. boda lato. the ‘tat of Magog tits Ulsody poet fue Ty appeared a€ the other side, Maog’s challenges daly signed, sealed ant de livered, was not without a visible eee othe countenace of Gog nererthe. fess the colonel, plucking ‘up x good heart, held out bis bare: a tothe exes cationer, who performed i witha ber bodkinin the twinkling of an eyes Heayingy done thisy and relreshod seltalitl, he wrote a follows: Go defies Magog withthe ¥alpofishead Tnmediaiy after which ‘he presented imsel i the proper atitudey and the judge having. odied atsent, the scalp was carried with due solembity to Mae fog, who lost no time ia returning the Eomflment ‘The eniaged bitcher was now ata loss how to continue. the eankene ‘To seni an cara Rageroratoctohivantay Salt would be soubing to to puke Pose} and fora foot or at hand, Grav ararbe cul Yt seomioue spare them. “He, therefore, ty onder pincers, thumb screws, and other in- bto put an end, if possible, to the com Eromens of muladom and torment, The spedator divided. thetoasves into vo pasion, and. accompany econ. ingtosheit sfesions, one o othe of tie Auelists whonow; wibout sight of tach othery and est were buch € bt began the fierce combats with pen and in, which was placed on purpoe on 8 table ent out af the solid rocky he who fave the challenge, without the lean Station, ote tothe other the following nate. Colonel Gog defies butcher Magog with a pin sis inches in lengih thrintio the very bead into one of his thighs.” This ntebeing delivered with due olenanity into the-haads of the jude, the afer of june (or, as we woul say, ¥edack Keiahy”) wahoutce moor, delay of remorse thst the Din ina Gogis naked thigh to the full Extent of what-was eMlrmed in the note sf defance. This note, with the seal the judge now appended to it in tx Simoaiaim ttiats wos scot by a pub- Hie messenger to hie rival, Magog, who was attended sa well a» is adversiry, with bis judge and executioners he not Only presented the par desigpated with incite dissin tothe execttioner, but without a moments delay wrote a6 fl. Inwsj- Butcher Magog dehes colonel Gog with a Uolkin of fot in length thrust through the brawny. part of farm,” ‘This terrible billet being duly bat wrote the following note ?—-Magor defen Gog wih = ee ee [Here the book is ao defied it possible to mske out what the defiance was.) “This defiance ateace the judge ‘with horror ; he refused his assent & what was proposed, on che ground. of boeing anew case, uatl he should onsult the Aleronhant and the other judgess “Two of these “declared their pinion, that to dettle& dispute fn thi tamer byt a There is another defe€t inthe book] wae A thing altogether unheard of and pres | posterous; but the chief justice Metek= ‘Ammon, to whose opinion. the other ‘wo. judges readily aasented, observed! Uhat the whole ofthe juridical procecd= ing in quostion was absieds and there fore that no single part oft could Be set aside on account of absurdity, rather Mhananother, ‘The butcher having fortified himself with a strong dose of jumbu, (brandy and asses! bload,) actually eartied his threats into execution , but the colonel, to whom a report had been made of the ‘emarrer just mentioned, said, that in so tender & point it was impossible for him to proceed, and to establish a pew Precedent. to all future titles, unless there had been a greatsr conconl, if not entire wpanimity, among the judges —316 ‘The butcher therefore triamphed faisly ‘ever'the colonel ; but to which of the ‘combatants, the viGtor o¢ the vanquish 4, the lady that was the subjea of dis- Bute gave apreferencey 1 was notinfor ne ‘LET US MORALIZE A LITTLE. THY is mankind so universally ‘tached to Ife? Why. do we feel an inward horrors a secret dread that cures te ‘blood in our veins at the thoughts of a disoluion ? she var Fied scenes of ile are scenes of care tid perplexity: the hoursof festive joy fe the foreruiners of languor and dite content ;‘and the galety of youth is but Sifting’ dream Ever diheontented with the present, we look to. [usury For the competion “ot our happinew; ‘ut that futurty never extends beyond the grave—no, the ides is too gloomy che futurly we Took to iat mote a ‘anced period of Ise “The petiod ar- ive¥y ahd What are we ? mare diets: fied than ever with ourscles and with the world. We sil ein fatter our selves with happier days: wesay to ou elves, our portion of misery incomplete ‘We shall sce'n0, more,” But if youth iid manbood have not betowed the bliss ‘We seach fori ie probabe that i will Eccompaay age, infirmity and disease? Preposterous though! Life is nought Duta continued chain of care and ate sty yeta manis anid tobe deranged in Bit felaleday a madman, if he woh snnitaton.” But thoae who once him tobe a madman drive their ens hot from reason st experiences but from the fear of death. “Itimay be sid, that to beseech the -Almlghty” to pat Beviodt ou execs nan a ofthe test impiety? but what do. we Uo ‘hen we Betecch Hin to prolong our Tives,and to shower down his blesings Spon un = ‘The one seeks happiness in death, and the other in life + both states are in the order of nature; and ean it be a greater crime to wish for one, than to ‘wish for the other ? ‘Thousands of in- stances occur, when the sick man is at ‘the point of death, when there remains ‘not the faintest glimmer of hope in the ‘bosoms of the sad group around. him, ‘that he, as well as his pastor and friends, hesitate not to offer up.a petition for the prolongation of his existence. THE VISITOR, Whence arises this love. of life, this ‘vain wish to add another short link to the chain of human misery? Te is not that we are enamored of its pleasures it is not that we wish to benefit our fel- low creatures: but we wish to live for ‘no other reason than because we fear to dies ‘Manthon, at fifteen yearsoof age, fell dangerously ‘ill. Ah-me! (cried he) tere Thave fet the independence of man- hhood—thus ain {nipped in the bud | thus vanished all my cherished hopes { Should the Almighty vouebsafe to grant ‘me a respite till matuity fas irapees- sed his stamp upon my form, thea will Tresign myself without a murmur. Te ‘recovers and thinks no mate of death. At three and twenty he becomes en- amored of a beautiful woman and roar ries her, In two weeks he is again at the point of death. He inveighs against his chard fate in the bitterest. terms: But too short weeks have I possessed all that was desirable on earth, and must T 40 soon resign the precious boon? Health, jonce more returnds beloved wife dies. Norhing, he thinks, can equal his isery 5 yet he will barely encounter He embarks in trade, and regains his wonted tranquility, Tn the midst cof prosperity death appears, He is ter- rifled at the flea of renouncing. his schemes for theaccumulation of wealth: he beseeches a short respite, and it is ‘grantes After experiencing all the losses, and all the inquietudes and sleepless nights the merchant, he hoards together an Sixty years have Silvered over his head. He starves himself, lest he should want ; and he frightens himself into a fever, Test he should have need fof the assistance ofa physician. ‘The noise of a mouse is the noise of thieves and mardefers and the name of death ats as an apopletic on his nerves, Spare me (he eries) spare me, Q Lard ‘Spare me to my treasure, that I may guard it from the midaight robber! Ie net thie man mad, BEAUTIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. RACIOUS hewn guage come to ! whither Tohinsonic phrenay-carey ut? ‘A gentle- ‘man reilly sent toa lady of most excel. lent endowment, the following cards Madam, “« Atyourpost meridian compotation, bbe not fascinated with the ardescene of ‘my bibalatingin consonance, interior me- tives stimulate me in atransverse diresti- ~ E-contes, after the diurnal opero- sity hath increased the defedhibility:6f haps I may saturate a wont in contuding that, petacious root, which is s0 nice an escilenty if hae ‘midated by butter, joined to melliduous conviviality.” ‘The lady, well known by her poetic caland other produétions, had far more genius, if not all the Greck and Latin ofthe writer ofthe above, and sat down to tea without him, and got ready a roasted potatoe for his supper, which was the thing he meant. ‘This Thave ssubjoined, merely to prevent any of your {nie veaders being pustled to make it outs ‘The same nubiculer writer addpessed anotlier note thus : © Baden, + Excuse my percunetation, since ‘adapting my habiliments, U inucleated aan Impotency of cohesion $ oF to ratic fonate-more sublimely a fissure, ebull ating from a tenuity of theligamentary particles which affeeta vacuity, and com fraGied the rays of vision 10 a nuded space, in my cruel systems,” Yet all this only means, he delayed having spied a holein his stocking. Another gentleman having in @ pub- tic room trod upon the toes of & gouty ‘old gentleman, who happened to be Present, is said to have vociferated in. {he following Lexiphanie strain + * Sideath, how devious a vestige ! in what a turpidinous dilemma do T stand ? may dimness to an ulterior ap- proximation of obscurity perambulate FL saw you before. ‘Without all ambiguity, T have allaque ‘ated myselfin a labyrinth of such inex Uwieamazes, as pettifes the emanations! | | | , OR, LADIES’ MISCELLANY. of comme eee: © On this inte ing emergency, 1 ari {he compass intlied of my el to excogtate an apoligy of wequats ef Fcacy to abrogate your censure of my ontetye” : 4 ‘The poor old gentleman, smarting ‘with the pain, stared at him withdistort- 2d. muscles, yet. willing to forgive 30 Tearmed a character, wrned to hone & found hit, and simply begged tome ‘of them would. answer the. gentleman, for be said, "Lam ynacquainted with foreign. tongues, and can only speak plain ri 3 When men of infamy te randeur sary ‘They light @ torch to show their shame the mores Lon. Pat be ae AWRLL CHORN'D ORATION. Number of students. happening ‘one evening at amin, the conver fiat chanced to turn upon the unequal- iY» with which forvune. bestowed her \Yors., Each, inhis tury giving some recent instance of the instability of tunes the conversation went on with ‘mutual satisfadtion, ous to show the purity of his principles and withal his improvement in the fash- fouable (Lhad almost said absurd) mode ‘of pronunciation, observed. that. the most splendid forehin was nothing with | out virchue. This, for_s-imey put a stop. to the convermation, At Temgth anottier bape pening tobe litle conceited, and eo Ing ubviling-o be outdone, replied, ever consider yell the snost fore ‘pate when Ind most_opporchunities of teliening the vnorcbinates In all ‘my-adventures nothing to immediately avtacls my atenton asa fellow res- ure preted under the. perpetchual frowns of misorehin.. ihe geatichuae of those whom I relieve. becomes. a Sources fucher bliss, and prejuces degree uechade ever renin rom arediichule of condngt and enables {et bid defiance tothe frowns of mie. Horchin—orif she feown enables me to bear up with fortehade. Although the many "grachuties may lesen, tre ‘ane, ye aba bene ‘see prejuces uehitiveesteemy which ‘every good man is anxious to deserve, anid whieh will have a tendency’ to ma- hure those latent seeds of virchuey ‘which, Thelieve, aze planted Yuan breast. OF what service ‘most refined litetachure to a may Projice not benevolence, nor teach him tobe virchuous ? What if he be able {otell the letichude and fongichode even of the north pole t What if he accotnt for all ‘the phenomena of, nachure ‘What if he now the seripebure, and understand all the mysteries ofthe Jew- ‘sh ritebual say of what service s allthis (o a manyawbile his hearts hard tothe poor? Who churns hisback upon distress and_whoge ‘most pleasing ehune isthe voice of the distressed wit dow, and the erie of the belples phan ! Yesyl repeat it, be churns his Back on disttesss Can such man de- serve the smiles of forchia? Can virchue Fortichude, gratichnde, er quicehude, divell with dit snan who redichude? Faith, says one, who had been stand ing tiptoe, all the while, our brother hhas spoken at excellent oration, but he has ehew'd it unmercifally. PART OF A WELCH SERMON. bride should have nine quali air beginning with the leter P, FizcePiety-~Personsnd Parts—Patienee —Pradence a Parent howd be : onsideratin, which is Piety, i now a- days the lean of all, and With: many home at alls and tht’ which should be Teastof alld Tast ofall in considerati- sony which is Portion, is become first of At, ostot all und wih many al inal LTHOUGH performers negted- AA ing usta ctanue pontoon deserve reprehensions yet I must ex: ‘empt such froin censtre as having been, negte€ful from their endeavors proving witsuccessful. Tn this situation was the late fucetions George Alexander Ste- vyens, at Lynn, in Norfolk. Having played there several nights to empty benches, he negleéted to study the part of Lorenzo, in the Merchant of Ve- nice, which he had to perform before 3t7 the company left the towne He, how- fever, bustled urough it tolerably well until he came to the last aft, where he should have said to Tessica— «Tn sich @ night as this, Leander swam the Hellespont, and braved the Winds and waves tor to's sey” ee Instead of which he began thus Oh Jessica! in such « night ax this, the—man—swam over the water ‘and he div'd and he duck’d—and he @uck’a and he div'd—till he got to the ‘other side—and—there, you know, ie ‘met with his—sweetheart—and there, Jessiea, you know they met each other. This was intolerable ! ‘The audience pefceiving. the cause, expressed their disapprobation by a general hiss from every part of the theatre, Stevens, greatly irritated by this, re= solved to quit the town, as be termed ity in a blaze, He took, therefore, Jessica by the hand, and, leading her forward, addressed the audience thus: “© Oh Jemieay in ouch a night ae thie be And. since that night we've tcuck'd but half a crown £ Let you and T then bid thee folks good igh, Bor if 120 longer stay, THE APPARENT INSULT EXPLAINED. Tite Sas, oF town in France, eniployed a painter to make a painting, representing the Temple of our Lord in the Desert, The anist clothed Satan in the habit of friar.— ‘The reverend fathers, extremely of fended, made most violent. complaints to the painter, who answered them, ‘That the enemy of the world could not have taken more likely ‘eans to seduce our Lord Jesus Christ, than by ‘wearing the garb of ‘vires POWER OF Music, BALLAD SINGER, made such f wretched noise in-the street, thatthe populace could not endure it, ‘and began pelting him with stones. | A. bye-stander remarked, that his singitig resembled that of Orpheus and Am= phion which altraGted the stones and rocks.The Gititor. ' SATURDAY, Hi, 6, 1008. LIST OF DEATHS IN NuYORK. ‘The city inspeStor reports the death ‘of 28 persons during the week ending on Saturday last. Of CONSUMPTION s—cholera ‘morbus 1—copvulsions. decay 1— ‘dysentary 1—remittent fever 1—typhus Fever 1--bives 2—inlammation of the Stomach 1—inflammation ofthe bladder I—murdered 1—old. age t—rupture 1 small-pox 1—sudden death (a man by Grinking cold water) |—and? of eulcide by drowning themselves. ‘Of whom 8 were men—s women 9 -boys—and 6 girls. Of whom 7 were of and under the age of one year—2 between 1 and 2— ‘4 between 2 and 5—2. between -10 and 20—2 between 20 and S0—3 between 30and: 40—s between 40 and 50—1 between $0 and 60—2 between 60 and To—and 1 between FO and 80. ‘The Hamane Society of Philadelphi bas caused a hand bill tobe pasted on ‘each ofthe pumps of the city, contain. ing the following: direétion for preven: ting SUDDEN DEATH, From drinking cold Watery or cold Uiguore of any Kind ix” Worm Weaihir, 1, Do not drink while you are warm, on, 2. Drink only a small quantiy” at ance, and itt retain ashore te in Your mouth before swallowing i. "Or, 8. Grasp the vessel out of which you are about to drink, fora few moments with botb your hands. Or, ‘4. Wash your hands snd face, and ince your mouth with cold water before you drink. ‘these precautions have beennestec- ‘ted, and the disorder incident to dink THE VISITOR,’ ing the cold tiquor hath been: produced, give them from.40 to,60 drops of liquid Taudanum in spitit and water or, warm drink of any kinds oy nny HC these should fal of giving, rliel) the same quantity may be repesied | every twenty. minutes until the pain and spasms abater NB Te doe of Laan ie ce culated Tor grown person, and smst tevamaller for’ chide ‘A young man by thename of Rustel Bowers, wan deteGed on Wednesday mornings ane 19,. in attempting t0 Dass.a forged note, drawn in the nsnie OF Mt. Ge G. Bailey, payable tad endorsed Francis Beeman, He was im ‘diately eonduGed before Snes Bene thain, Ege and while the conten tras aking oat, Gesterovay snatebed Up the note and svallowed it He con, feesed his neceasties had copnpelled bite toadopt this rash tepy to obtain supply of ash, [emir pon} Citizen Bernardin de St. Pierre, the cclebrated anthor of Studies of Nature, nd of Paul and Virginia, (the names Sf his eldest som and daughter) is about te pbinh the lier meth Hit be wns has gsined him the most friends, fod which has been translated into ak moat all the European longuages, by tincrition, for the heneft of his three children, ofvehoin hiv eldest daughter Is only nine yen of agey aid hit at | boy is carried in the ate of the young tothes who nurses him. ‘Fhe intended ain il contain, ides hn the preceding ones, a paricslaradver- thement an explication of the Bgures, Some new notes, an abridged notice of {he principal works of the celebrated fists that are exerting. themselves to bring out the ‘work, in all the perfection ‘of French typography: nd Engraving, anda istof he names ofthe subscribers. RUSSIAN MARRIAGES, DEATHS, &c. From the 18th of Feb. 1803, to the sth of Feb. 1804. there were married in Russia, 302,667 couples died, 791; 979; bor, 1,379,321. In the mimber: ofdeaths wereS0, between 115. and 12Dand 125 +5 between 125 and. 1305 and 1 of 150 years of age, £0 Phitadelpite, Jame 10 eostionrcarion. “SHOCKING CRUELTY ! ‘The pubtication of eases of ernelty may bea matter of coubttol poliey ¢ but when the offender has been su eteahe almost with inipunity, fe be comes dus t9 justi to place him pon Dubie veeords ds An! Objet oF horror and devestation. ‘At the) Aplil Court of Quatter Sex. sionty 1505, 0f the ously of North. amptot, “SAMUEL DEFUI," of the borough of Easton, was indidled for an assault and battery, on bis apprentice, Elizabeth “Fulmes,-abouk 92 years ‘of ager ‘The indictment Se0F0R, speci- ally, the circumstances that ere after- wards given in evidence. The defeg- dant admitted the case set out in the bill, by pleading @orury, and submit. Ang te the Cot It appeared in evidence, from differ- ent witnesses, that in-the courte of last winter, remarkable for its severity, ‘Samuel Depai had ‘vied this child up by er’ heels so that her head just touched the ‘ground, and: in that jpos- ture had beaten her most severely, ub- Lil she was all bloody's—That he Bed ta- ken her to the necessary, ad eomh- pelled her to eat liaman excrement j— ‘That he had-wade her eat pepper and Time <—That in the eoldest time of the winter he had poured snow and water ‘upon her in her bed j—That- he bad Stripped her naked, her in the ‘morning in an open garret into which the snow had. drifted, and kept her ‘hus there uatil night :-—That he Thad acerated her back vntilit was ra and ‘bloody, and then compelled this wretch- ce infant to rub the wounds with pepper ‘and lime :—And, at another time, had eaten her in the same manner; and then put her into a bed which he had strewed with Time -—That he had shut hher up at night inva stable withoat shoes or stockings; until her feet were ‘When this monster was called upon to answer these charges, he did not pretend to deny one of the facts above ‘tated ; but endeavored to palliate them, by saying, some chesnuts and a few apples had been missing, which be svs- peéled this girl had taken that he had sent her with cold vidluals in the eellar, and some was missing}; that sometimesi . OR, LADIES’ MISCELLANY. ‘she would not answer when she was called, but say she did not hear; and that he would have to call her two or three times to table to eat. > ‘Thieiea candid and literal statement of the whole ce, ken in wring ‘The tne Ene pubic indiguation Highly excited and. inceosed, and a0 exemplary pubiahment was eagerly ited for, epee sou te canted on the okence in the srongest tera. When © the ‘astoishigen of ‘rery body, til sentence was pronoun ced 7h Samuel Depoly aod pay 8 finc-of flkcen dolam-cbe imprisoned for tei days and. give security for his food behavior fr one year, in tbe aura er bay aoa. As this court has passed much more severe judgements, in cases of common assault and battery, it. was difficult to say, in the conclusion, whether Samuel Depui, or the court, was most the ob- jeSLof public dissatistadtion. Tr was understood. the president of the court was desirous of inflicting & ‘more exemplary punishment. ‘We are happy, however, to state, that the court thought proper to re- more this unfortunate ebild from her merciless master. Albany, Sune 24. ARSENIC. ‘The poblichave reptstey been cane Sioned agsnat the fsprudent use ofthis orrsive poison, inthe destruction of House vermin and families have, not bofrequenty pid the foretare of weit Imprticnce tm ee premalure. dent of ome of thele-membors. “A family fn ibis eer, were on Saturday: ast ol Soned by Arsenic, which had Deen bx. fat with some Indian. meal and put Side to-use au ocesion show requ, to destroy Rate, but which. was taken by the maid ofthe house (rho was une unoed we cnvtwtanc) and Incorporated Into a. pudding. Nine of the family ate of iy and were setsed vith the most violent pukiogy Ee. Dex cal aid" was immedhaely tevoried to, td we ac happy to learn tat they are il recovered at our of danger. Swest Oi in very lberal portions was admis istered to each palent ‘MARRIED. On Sunday evening, last. week, Mr. Benjamin Elder, to Mra. Reed, widow the late Capt, Wn, Reed. On Phureday evening last weeks at Orenge, (Ne J.) Mr. Hara Baldwin, t0 ‘Mies Matilde Ramage, bath of tha place. On Tuesday, Mr. Thomas Christin merchant, to Mise Miller, both of th city. On Monday, last week, in Westchester County, Mr. Wm, Eghert, to Mise Cyn- thia Smith, deaghter of Dr. David Smith, all of thie city =| On the 27th Janey at Treland’'s meeting house, in Little Vine Partiers, Stephen ‘Tozsend, lace of this city, (2 ois Peck= ham, daughter of Samuel Peckham, of the former face. At New-Orleant, on the evening of the 3d of June, Rdward Livingaton, eng. t ‘Madame Marie:Louise- Mogdaleine lentine-Davizae-Castra Moreau, wi of the late Louin Moreaw de Laer. DIED. | On ais paseege from St. Crate 1 New York, Mr Archibald Hoel of his el, afer on lcs of foe das What a strange machine ts nas? fax aed with such nce mechaion by nasiree Ind, that every clement tinhedes Bs er [fect motion 5 how the vibration of the hier te too much propel by heats nee Gall eiveracoery res tortoy e i bn the theatre of ection, ad tomorron no Imire Such i fer-ohy doce my lie Seat longald hen I vefet! 08 the fend tye T have lat tho hes. kee no ute, ond eave ftendehinman sincere, ls for isfy, hn friend and spe ty, that T fl there tment Ta the rime ofligesin the morning of ie ase neat, sacety hat fort valuaile member. 319 Wes) TURNER, keene aa a Lemar ta Boiete i eae bran Roe share pie SRT ET emai nda mera tte pacer eee mac ce caer pci Hin igemeny cammee, eee mere feed met cortege et Boe or os omen aie BREE cf for et aE Stee eee Seen eee Serger teeta poe ticecartens itis crete Kes ct Eero generar a i rena cee es Poets Feral Siiprzeaumie es mitre ipimeemeate ieee Pert ta penta ed Soret meee te SHER ve eee Fem’ as sete ge a Sarcastic Sr terpenes ene VALUABLE INFORMATION {ethoe oar tat to the Testa. BARDWELL'S Tothesh dope, the only Mec (Bee dave gis bedi ei ro Since thie deo medicine a remade pai, ‘mony tau pron hve aspen We scary el eng re ae waked om'b “Estrct of liter recy rst, Getemen, 1 ad rm wi ma icing eon tte ce for oa es. ne, ‘ould bttn no ree rom ‘earou medi ich rag revo try Barn ‘oth deh Drop freeway end apie ‘em according tthe rection, and bated the ‘nor eny froth they te tae ering re, ‘econ byte lng contin of tent sm nonnteoe F opled he ttai oetioe, ‘ep etry cael and bert at finger "Fjtel eat plare baking ihe aco Ielgmon of ee merit, mot only x elim to yo Jor to happy asdwceryl to aura beg Duce meine highly dengan fro ‘sch mentnd ore ity edie th Sina re x. Tein erty tet mat ieccnar medio Tibet Vowhce my ptf mee i Tierpabte PUSS ELIZABETH CASEMORE, Nady Thoman tee Newer "Frey One Daler Said by point ot Moura. Ming 8 Yow, ‘olin Wor Sin Bie. Leese Bowery 435 Peart tet & shatateand staat Slate Co, Matsa Wortoae No, Bowery Lane230 HE ChLMARATAD. 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