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ship, but in wedlock awaked to real misery contrived by themselves.

Priscilla, though you have not been used to receive epistles like this, yet I would have you lay it to heart, and remember, that all that is contrary to truth, leads to woful disappointment : as many old maids daily experience. The generous principle of plain truth, which takes root in every breast, be it thy care, O Priscilla, to preserve.

So wishes thy true friend in sincerity,

PETER PLAINMAN.

VIRTUE.

'Tis said of widow, maid, and wife, "That honor is a woman's life"

There is nothing, perhaps, in which the boasted superiority of man over the female part of the creation is marked with a blacker line than the impunity it affo ds him in the commission of crimes which stain the character of a woman with everlasting infamy One false step, one deviation from the path of virtue, ruins her forever. No sooner does her fault become known than she is the but of scan dal, and a mark for the pointed finger of infamy. Her former friends slight and neglect her, he invidious enemies triumph in her ruin; The neighbouring tea-tables resound her disgrace. She is the scorn of her ow ~

of ours. The virtuous shun her company as a dangerous infection; the eyes of modesty are averted at her approach; and the cheeks of innocency redden with a blush. Men of honor treat her with neglect, and libertines with saucy freedom. Nor is this all: she has many pangs to suffer from those who are her superiors only in artifice and cunning, and, who, while they bless heaven they are not so guilty, owe all their innocence to that craft which has preserved them from detection.

Driven from society, an outcast and forlorn, what can she do, forsaken by him who would have been her preserver? Neglected and despised, she becomes a pròstitute for bread. Beware, Oh! ye. fair ones, beware of vice! The path of virtue is that of happiness; and rectitude of conduct will reward i self; and let a emembrance of the sad consequences ever guard you against the arts of the seducer. Whatever arguments may be used by the specious deceiver, remember, he who would lead you from the paths of virtue as you assured enemy; and, that whatever may be his pretence, his object is your ruin.

An eye to business-A gentleman travelling post last week to town, being informed by the hostler that there were two roads, ask. cd the landlord which was the shortest way.-- Apost-chaise and and the sport four, your honor.'

VARIETY.

RIGINAL AND SELECTED

For the Lady's Miscellany.

WAR! UNQUALIFIED WAR!!

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Oh Dear! Oh Dear! What shall I do? Where shall I fly ?-Hand me the smelling bot le? each me the assalœuita! A Bridge of Briush frigates' across our barbours, and the indians with then tomahawks and scalping knives in the woods! What shall we do? Can nothing be done to save us? Every man woman and child of us will be sent captive to England, as the Jews were sent captive to Babylon. Can't we call a town meet ing and send Col. Pickering, M. Ous, or Mr Lowell to England, by the way of Canada, to supplicate the King and parliament to stay their vengeance, and for sake of them to spare the rest!'

would be present, (it was expect-
ed) three B ish general officers,
and seven Indian Chiefs: where
the interest of their friends and
allies would be carefully attended
to, and protections given them.
This good news with seven hun-
dred drops of Laudanun. so com-
posed the OLD LADY, that she
ceased crying and sunk down into
Bost. Pat.
a sweet sleep!

When David Garrick, the celebrated English comedian, first came upon the stage, and, one ve ry sultry evening in the month of May. performed the character of Lear. he, in the four first acts, rece ved the customary tokens of applause and at the conclusion of the fifth, when he wept over the body of Cordelia.every eye caught the soft infection, the big round tear ran down every cheek at this interesting moment, to the astonishment of all present, his face assumed a new character, and his whole frame appeared agitated by a new passion--it was not tragic, for he was evidently endeavouring to suppless a laugh in a few seconds the attendant nobles appeared to be affected in the same manner : and the beauteous Cordelia, who was reclined upon a crimson couch, opening her eyes to see what occasioned the interruption, leaped

While the OLD LADY was taking on at this pitecus rate, in came a neighbour and told her a pi ce of news, that at once composed her, viz that there was to be called directly a convention of the people to meet at Worcester; and that there would be settled a plan for calling another convention of the fiiends of Britain to meet at Hart-jesty of England, the gallant Albaford in Connecticut and at that

from the sofa: and with the ma

ny, and tough old Kent, ran laugh

grand N. England convention thereing off the stage. The audience

could not account for so strange a
termination of a tragedy, in any
other way than by supposing the
dramatis personæ were seized with
a sudden frenzy: by their risibili-
ty had a different source. A fat
Whitechapel butcher, seated on
the centre of the first bench of the
pit, was accompanied by his mas-
tiff, who being accustomed to sit
on the same seat with his master at
home, naturally thought he might
enjoy the sume privilege here:
the butcher sat very back, and the
quadruped, finding a fair opening,
got upon the bench, and fixing his
fore paws on the rail of the orches-
tra, peeped at the performers with
as upright a head, and as grave
an air, as the most sagacious critic
of his day. Our corpulent slaugh-

terman was made of melting stuff,
and, not being accustomed to a
play-house heat, found himself
much oppressed by the weight of a
lage and well-powdered Sunday pe-
ruke, which, for the gratification of
cooling and wiping his head, he
pulled off, and placed on the head
of his mastiff The dog, being in
so conspicuous, so obstructive a
situation, caught the eye of Gar-
rick and of the other performers.
A mastiff in a churchwarden's wig
(for the butcher was a parish offi
cer) was too much it would have
provoked laughter in Lear himself,
at the moment he was most distress-
ed: no wonder then that it had
such an effect on his represen;a-
tive.

LADY'S MISCELLANY

NEW-YORK, July 18, 1812.
"Be it our task,

To note the passing tidings of the times.

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Died in the N. Y Hospital, from

1st April to 30th June, 1812 Jacob Beard, Lancaster, seaman, phthisis, Elijah Bronson, New Jersey, do pueumonia: James Burton, Eng. land Cachman, do; Edward A. Burn

ham, Marblehead, seaman, con'usion; Peter Cavanaugh, Ireland, clerk, d ́op sy; James Cahill, Jersey, carpenter, morbus coxarius; Wealthy Clark, Connecticut, married, pueumonia ; John Cooper, West Chester, labou.er, do; Domingo Cavasola, Spain, seaman do; Gilbert Cosine, Long Island, musician, consumption; Samuel Douglass, Africa, scrofula; Lydia Dickson Rhode

Island, married, typhus; John Decker, N. York, a boy, dropsy; Nancy Dur yee. do. unmarried, consumption; John Evans, North Carolina, seaman, cynan. che tonsillaris; William Eldridge. Con. necticut, labourer, apoplexy; David Forman Kingsbury, boatman, typhus James Fielding, Connecticut, seaman, debility: Edmund Gray, Newburyport, do typhus: George Hanse, Maryland. seaman, hydrothorax; Peter Howell, Virginia. do. catarrh; Brett Johnson, New York, labourer, typhus Anthony Kilder, Norway, do. de. Joho Murray, Scotland, do lienteria, Owen Monday, Ireland, do dropsy: Michael Mc Der mot, do. do ulcer; Abraham Miller, New York, boat builder, dropsy: Peter Mareau, Boston, seaman, typhus Samuel Moore, Ireland, labou.er, can' cer; James Marsh, Rhode Island, sex man, hemoptysis: : Henry Orr. Ireland, cooper, hydrothoris; John Proctor, Pennsylvanis, seaman, phthisis; Timo thy Philips Connecticut, labourer, Pueu.

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monia; Charles Riley, Ireland, do. phthisis; Manvilie Roderiques, Spain, seaman, frost bitten; Wm. Sherlan,

have been labouring for some days under a religious concern of mind, bordering on in anity, and to its effect the cor

Massachusetts, cooper diarrhea : Jooner's inquest brought in their verdict.

seph Seymour, East Indies, labourer, fracture: John Scott, Ireland mason, diarrhea. John D Sylva, East Indies, burn: Ellen Sifers. New York, unmar. ried, ph.bisis: Amelia Swan, do. wid ow, typhus: John H Swoope. Phila delphia, cleik pueumonia: James Sar tain, St Vincents, seaman, convulsions : John Thomas, Connecticut, do. consumption: John Varian, Ireland blacksmi h, syphilis: John Valair, St. Mar tins. ba be, hydrothorax: Moses V Dyke, Red Hook, slave, phthisis: Elizabeth Vashell, New Yo k, ma ried, burn James Williams, Baltimore,sea man, pleurites.

Casualties-On Tuesday evening about 6 o'clock, W Stinson at No 231 Church Street, was found dead his head being in a window between the sill and the sash. It was supposed he went to the window to get fresh air, and being under the influ ence of ardent spirits let the sash fall up on his head, and was unable to extricate himself Verdict of the Coroner's inquest, accidental death.'

On Sunday the body of Abraham Og den was found in the Exchange slip in to which it is supposed he accidentally fell on Wednesday evening last. He was about 25 years of age. No masks of violence appearing about him. after the coroner's view, his body was delivered to his friends, whe conveyed it to Eliza. beth Town, New Jersey for interment.

Mary Reese, a young woman aged 18 years, was seen to plunge into a cis tern of wate, and was drowned bef

she could be got out. She was said to

The City Inspector reports the death of 22 persons from the 4th to the 11th of July, 1812.

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Married.

On Saturday evening last. by the rev. Mr Broadhead Mr Samuel Copp, jr. to Miss Phoebe Theall, both of this city.

On Monday evening last by the rev. Mr Williams Mr John Wright. junr. merchant, to Miss Eliza Corwin, both of this city.

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Died.

On Thursday afternoon last, after a lingering illness, which he bore with christian fortiu le, John King, aged 22 years.

At Port-au Prince, on the 12th June, M John Rane Lawrence a native of

this state.

Suddenly on the 11th inst in consequence of a fall at his seat at Red Hook Col. An. drew Devaux. The widow & family will ong mourn his loss and a large circle of respectable friends who, from his upright character and hosp table habits, valued him highly, will perhaps never recognise his equal in any other neighbour.

At Johnstown on the 11 h inst. after a lingering illness. Matthias B Hildreth, esq. Attorney General of this state

On Tuesday night last, Mr. James Roulston in the 51st year of his age

On Wednesday afternoon last, after a short illness, Mrs. Sarah Palmer, aged 14 years.

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