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LADY'S MISCELLÁNY.

NEW-YORK, March 16, 1811.

"Be it our task, To note the passing tidings of the time.

A Correct and Classica! Low Dutch Translator, may possibly receive em ploy by applying at this Office.

FIRES.

Three new brick houses in Poplar lane and a carpenter's shop in Sanson street, Philadelphia, were destroyed by fire.

At Norwitch, last Wednesday morning March 6th the house of Mr. A- Griswold sitnated near the foot of Bean hill was discovered in flames; we wish, however that the house and its contents had been the only loss. But we are sorry to say that this was not the case. Miss Phoebe Hunn sister-in-law of Mr. G. perished in the flames. It was with the u most dificulty that the rest of the amily escaped a similar fite-One of them a young wo man, was badly rounded in the foot on leaping from one of the windows.

To the CHRITABLE and
PHILANTHROPIC

The assistance and charitable contri butions of the humane and benevolent, are earnestly solicited, to relieve the wants, alleviate the miseries, and soothe the an guish of a poor and friendless widow na. med Burger; who, with her three chil dren are now deprived of support, and destitute of sustenance. by her being con fined in the debtors' prison of this city for u paltry debt due for house rent, to a weal thy but cruel, rapacious, vindictive, inexorable and unfeeling låndlord, named who brutally attempted to deprive her and her children of the sheltkr offorded by a desolate house during the late severe snow storm; though the poor unhappy woman had previously paid her rent punctually to him, and though she offered to pay him a stated sum weekly out of the earnings of her manual labor until the amount due should have been paid Man's inhuman ity to man makes countless thousands mourn?

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Any thing left for her use, with general 'Morton, at the City Hall, with the editor of the Columbian; keeper of the debtors prison, or herself in the prison, will be gratefully acknowledged,

MARRIED,

On Saturday evening last, by the rea Mr. Lyell, Mr. John C. Marsh, mer. chant to Miss Helen C. Baldwin, butha of this city.

On Saturday, the 23d ult. by the rew Mr. Milladoller Mr. Andrew Horne, to Miss Alizabeth Thatcher, both of this

cary.

On Tuesday evening last, by the reti Mr. M Niece; Mr William Lewis, to the amiable Miss Alice Main, both of this city.

By the rev. Mr, Strebeck, Mr. Daniel Holler, to Miss Jane Bennet, both of this city,

At Malta, on the 6,of at last, Charl D. Coxe, esq. Counsel of the U. States at Runis to Miss Fortuna Caravana, daughter of Colonel Caravana, of that place.

At Schenectady, on Monday the 4th inst. Peter R Livingston, Fr esq of Living ston's Manor, to Miss Maria Duncan, only daughter of Richard Duncan, esq. of Hermitage near Schenectady.

DIED,

On Monday afternoon, of a painfull illness, which he bore with christian for tttude Daniel Stewart,

On Tuesday morning, at his late residence, Thomas Mooney, aged 26 years of a consumption.

On Wednesday the 6th inst. Mrs Ca tharine Van Allen, wife of C. Van Allen, P8q.i

At Montreal, John Mills, Comedian, aged 31 a potive of Scotland The The atre was closed for a week, when it was opened with the Tragedy of The distressed Mother for the benefit of Mrs. Mills.

At Germantown, Robert Hare, esq. formerly speaker of the senate of Penn sylvania.

At Philadelphia, Mr. Henry Ross, agee 58; and Mr James White, aged 58. At West Chester, on the 4th inst. Michael M Intire, Itinerant trader.

At Jamaica, (L. I.) on the 3d inst of a consumption, Mrs Eliza Lamber son, wife of C. Lamberson, merchant of that place

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Apollo struck the enchanting Lyre, The Muses sung in strains alternate."

For the Lady's Miscellany.

THE TEA TABLE OR A COLLECTION OF WOMEN Inserted by request.]

Ere the collection does begin, Some one invites her neighbors in To take with her a dish of tea, Made of the finest of bohea. And when the ladies thus have met, Then just at night the table's set, They gather round with decent care, Come you're the oldest--you sit there; Oh that's no matter, sit down, do, So after compliments are through Some one begins to talk-another; Strikes in some notes above the other; Next then the third, fourth, fifth so round Each strives the others voice to drown; None stop to hear what others say,

Nor

can they hear themselves-yet they Keep on in this exalted tone, Toget her all-yet all alone. The first has done, the next but half. The first now thinks it time to laugh, And so begins, te he, te he, Another joins as loud as she, Tho' cannot give a reason why, 'Tis better then to laugh than cry; The laugh increases, till however, One strains above the rest-I never;

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My husband now is gone from home, So now I think you ought to come; You. cry the rest, you ow'd before, We saw you last, two visits more, And you owe me, and you owe me, So round it goes-yet none agree; And when the long dispute is past, Nothing concluded on at last. It seems amazing strange to me, They feel so well for drinking tea For if a foreigner should come, He'd think they'd all been drinking rum little child begins to cry, Whist, says its mother give it pyeThe rest come flocking. and are fed. With pye and cakes and gingerhread, Whilst another, keep away Don't you know better-you should stay Till we have done; the child altho, Determines that he will not go; Well stay here then, if you'll be still; (The child wont promise that he will) He sees the cake, and layeth hold, The mother now begins to scold; The child don't care, but lets her teaze, And seizes at a plate of cheese; Do give me that; I will have some, The biggest piece that lies there mum Now seing he dont mind commands, She seizes him and holds his hands, And says, to smoth the matter oe'r, You never acted so before: My child's unwell, I certain know, If well he'd not have acted so; Then some ironical complaint, Answers instead of a restraint. Says one I think the time is come, So says the next we must go home; And as they gather round the door, They tune up louder than before, When will you come! I am afraid My visit will not be repaid.. So a invite, and all reply, To visit soon they mean to try; Then flock off home in usual form, And the next day there comes a storia

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OR,

WEEKLY

THE

VISITOR.

FOR THE USE AND AMUSEMENT OF BOTH SEXES.

VOL. XII.]

Saturday, March 23,....1811.

THE

MONK OF THE GROTTO.

A Tale.

(Continued)

The Marquis Spanozzi enjoyed a considerable and even splendid fortune, and Virginia was his only daughter and heiress. The Countess having for some time become sensible of the passion with which she had inspired the Marquis, exerted herself to the utmost of her power, as soon as the death of her husband left her at liberty, to increase his af efection, and confirm her as

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of their mutual love. The
adroit Countess seized that mo-
ment to conclude a marriage,
which was necessary to the fu-
ture rights of the infant, to
whom she was on the point of
giving existence; but at the
same time she took advantage.
of the uncontroulable passion
of the Marquis, to insure to
herself, by the marriage con-
tract. Her first object was to
break off the marriage between
Eugenio and Virginia, to ef-
fect which, she combined her
plan with all the artifice she
was capable. She commenced
by the most exaggerated eulo-
gies of the sensibility of Vir-
ginia, and expressions of regret
at the death of her mother.
She was perfectly aware how
deeply her enlarging upon
these topics afflicted the Mar-
quis, who could not dissemble
the consciousness that the in-
juries he had inflicted on that
excellent and virtuous lady,
had imbittered the last mo-
ments of her life, and perhaps

cendency over him. She af-
fected, in his presence, those
manners which indicate the ex-
cess of female attachment, and
even abandoned herself to en-
dearments, which nothing but
the violence of real love can
excuse. The Marquis, en-
chanted with his charming
mistress, learned with trans-
port that she was likely to pre-accelerated her death.
sent him with a living piedge

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soul; but she always concluded

Ah, my dear Sir!' said the new Marchioness, I fear Vir-by requesting his permission ginia will never pardon you for having given her a motherin-law. In what light will she consider that child I am about to bring into the world?-She will look upon it as a being come to bereave her of part of her fortune. Eugenio is not rich enough to make up the loss she will sustain; and it is hardly to be expected that either of them will possess suf ficient virtue to avoid attributing to us those sacrifices which our union will impose upon them.'

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The Marquis irritated by these remarks, incessantly repeated, wished, like a weak character, to disembarrass his mind from the unpleasant sensations they produced by adopting violent measures.

'I will instantly,' said he, signify to Virginia that she must renounce Eugenio, and make choice of another husband. I am master of my fortune, and shall insist upon my daughter's implicitly obeying

me.'

The Marchioness applauded his eagerness, which she never failed to describe as the transports af a noble and energetic

to have the entire conduct of so delicate an afair. She would have failed of the main part of her object, if Virginia had chosen any other spouse than Eugenio; the pain she had a dopted was infinitely more extensive. She exerted her whole influence to induce the Mar. quis to enter into her views; but being unwilling to hazard too much at first, she content. herself with persuading him of the necessity of sending away her son, and of concerting with him the means of succeeding in that design.

To this effect she wrote to the Cardinal Caprara, to solicit the favour of the Pope; and at the same time requested him to use the utmost of his influence to divert him from a mar

riage, which she stated as one in no respect advantageous to either party, and one to which she was determined never to give her consent. She finished by instructing the Cardinal in what manner he was to conduct himself, in order to pur suade his nephew insensibly to obedience, without at once re. quiring a sacrifice against which he would not have fail ed to have revolted.

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