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? ~ ? Forr u y. FRAGMENT.. : domestic bliss, that, like a harmless dove, (Honor and ?weei endearment keeping. \ . guard) ^ ?' v. ' '? Can centre in a little quiet nest All that desire could .for through the earth ; That can, ihe world eluding, be itself , A, world enjoyed; that wauls no Witnesses But its own sharers, and approving Heaven; That) like a flower deep hid in rocky cleft, Smiles, though 'tit toukrinr only ?t the sk v . W iweUanrmt* jrrom the Peteisburg Intdhgen&mr* W f% NAPLES**- * The kingdom of Naples, al though covering but a small spa<$ in the mip of Europe, and KjitheVto making no conspicuous figure in its political annals ; yet, as it is now be come the theatre of important nation* at events, a short memoir %{ its for ? mer hjtsiury and present condition, ^Etav i^I>c i^pinfe resting. ? Naples, or, more properly speak - tngj^fe Khig<W of the two. Sicilies, comprehends besides the Island of 49icilyr about one third W the* Italian territory. On the Northeast it is tetttided by the lioraan state ; on the Smith and^West by the Mediter ranean Sea and on the East by the jGulf of Vienic% The origin of the capital is involved in fable. Its foundation has been attributed to one 'of the Argonauts; to Parthenope, line of the Syrens celebrated by -Homer, in his Odysse) ; 16f Hercules; idJEneas ? and to Ulysses ; but as remarked by Mfc Sass,1 dilate (revel ler, if was most probably founded by m Greek*c<flor!y, as it* name Nea polis, indicates,' the aame as Pale ojiolis, ? city that was contiguous. In addition to this, the religion, inuAne&Un?uagfe and ^customs of thft Greeks, which the inhabitants of this city preserved tor a long time, * ;iticiently indicated th-o country of its first setters. Ancient Cuma> de stroy ed^aod this city rebuilt by com Auwtd OF the OrachL it received the JKtme of /*be Nefp City, which it Tjias7 sitwJe preserved. ? Gradually ?row fug into .power, it bravtfifl the threats of Hannibal, by which it gainndihe constant friendship of the Unmans, who made it their summer retreat, and it becafae the favorite re sidence of their (boat wealthy and dis tinguished citizens. Under the Eui |>erors it was created ft Roman colo ny; and Augustus Adrian, and Constantine, delighted to embellish and adorn it. And well they ought; for all travellers unite in describing its situation as the most beautiful the imagination can conceive. Seated at the bottom of the Bay of Naples^ which is jdmost thirty miles in diam eter. of a round figure, and aaid to be th>> finest io the World, it is built in the form of an irfltneuse amphi theatre, extending from the bills to s the "sea, abd having three parts of it' Sheltered with a Que chcuit oil and iBOOTftaitis. After many Revolutions, Naples hccaine first subject to the Nor maim, irt the iith century) Vbterlll. of Arragon, filfck it in 128?; and, hav ing bndergone the various Vicisitudes common to all the citifcs of Italy, on account of their intestine broils, it became at length a il pendency of 8p<uin It wa? annexed to Sicily ; ami from this union, the sovereigns * derive tne title of King of the TV o IjliciUcs. At several periods tl.e coUn'iy has been reduced to a wretch \ t*t state , from the contentions o! the, Vteuch and Hpaniauls ?ur its domin ton. In 17^7? "it Was conquered by, the celebrated Prime Eugene, ami ?eded to tne German ii<mpcior; Out recovered by tlie Spaniard* in 17^4, and a bmifh of the Spanish Sionr* lions continue* lo possess the crown to this ;lay. The t< rench &mperot Na,oleon, dtspoegvs*ed' (he present K nn berdin;<nd, ??f Naples Mid wii ^Jie Italian iscn>U>ry belonging to il; but) was uever able to drive hiin out of S^ily. Nn|H>leon ^ave Naples first to bis brother Joseph, and after wards to his brother-in-law Joachim Murat. The latter is said to have governed the kingdom with wisdom, and the people loved him extremely. He employed himself incessantly in rendering his subjects more hap py ; and Mr. Sass, the author be fore mentioned, says be is never spckenof but wkh regret. He was n great patron of science and the fine arte, and Naples is indebted to him for many improvements. But the victories of the allies, t<j which France owes the return of hef branch of tb? Ikmrbtrnfamtty, re* stored likewise to Naples (Tie bles sings of a legitimate government King Ferdinand is descried as a al#vbuly?o^| # a faan~? ridin* about like a plain republican magistrate, without pomp or show, and having only one attendant. He is said to be an easy good-for-nothing sort of a than; borrowing money from alt who will leiid him, and paying with promises; |md governed ?11 tirtfty by bis Ministers and Q leen. By the bye, the latter, is wid jto.bt a woman of abilities^ but lias ren dered herself unpopular by her ava ricious disposition. The government of Naples was perhaps Worse than the late wretch cd government of Spain. The mo*' certain proof of, this- is 4he -extreme wretchedness of the populace, anil the great number of licentious eoldit - ,ry maintained in the city. ? Soldiers are said tov stare one in the face ai every, corner 5 yet, when wanted, they could not be depended o'n-.h^ their employers. An intelligent Eng-' lish traveller says ? " I have seen a soldier draw his sword and strike a man several times, who, by acci dent, in passing, (tut his hat on one side ; I have seen soldiers strike, and repeatedly slap the face of someyounc men who were passing, for son^ supposed oflenpe, and without their daring to. retaliate. This seems to be allowed, as likewise picking of pockets, which is done with a most bare-faced impunity. Indeed, an archy seems to be the Order of the day in theNe.ipoiitun. dominions." The afet of (tower in, or. the corruption of the government, is efficiently attested by two notorious; facts, to wit; tlifU the revenue ?o[ Naples is thirty millions of ducats! and only eighteen millions come into the treasury ; and that 4he country is thronged with lawless bands, to the chief of one of which, the King al lows about a year, to keep a road clear in Calabria. The follow ibg extract appeared in tlie Naples Gazette, in 1817 ? " We are happy lo find that tk?'brigand chiejk are coming to the terms of government, %nd beginning to clear the roud? qf their companions." How vile,' dV bow despicably weak, most that gov ernment have been, which" could stoop to such a compromise with murderous^ outlawed villains, and ilien publish triumphantly to tlie world, the base compact, as a states manlike achievement!' Such has been the government of Naples { but what is the diameter of Us population? From accounts it is composed almost entirely of Lords and La/,aroni? of nobility basking in the sunshine and splendor %>f Wealth ; and of a w fetched, beggar ly poor, who live, and die in the most abject misery. It is said the i King of Naple^ counts among 4iis subjects, more than a hundred per sons having the title of Printe? *the ?ret}tfcr part of*them possessing re venues net so valuable as many of our Virginia planters ? yet they are insolent, proud and ostentatious, and ioid it o'er their countrymen like Eastern nabobs, Air. bass, page H4, makes tin; following whimsical wtiservatiohs upon his entry into Na ples, in 1817 ? " A partial observer pii&ht say that INaples was a truly Jovial plate ; all seems mirth anU uproar; lords and lazaroni, ladies ]?nd demirep*, improvisators, pick pockets fcniA punch, all jumbled to gemer in a hetorogeueous mass. ? i'iie rattling of coa^Ue*, the bawling of coacliraeu, tlie vario&s cries of. the various trades, of basket- makers aud knife- grinders, of sellers' of lemonade, fruit, brooms, fee. convey ed in the highest key of -tf?e voice, , assail the traveller from ill quarters, and stun his ears. ttD* ,ull confu ' sion ; and there is eqtSl danger of being run over, joatled in a crowtl, ? or tumbled into fr'stall of fruit, fish, or vegetables/*^ driven first on the t one' side of nie wa then on tliej ! other; jtfKrtbg through crowds of t baskets,' stalls, &c. of different pro fessions ; pestered with importunate Uigurs, or by the lazaronia, who c6ntinu{illy offer their services. One person insists upon cleaning your shoes, auother pulls yoa by the coat, and showing yob some fruit, ex claims, " Oh che bella cosa P' while a third thrusts some article of sale into your hand. The carts being drawn by cattle, we occasionally fouud a bull's born ulider our arms, or thrust into our skies. This is bat a slight picture of thfe streets of Na ples, where thousands of persons are. pursuing a thousand different objects; where the human voice di vine approaches to absolute shriek ing: and where the noise #nd con fusion are so great, that we arein clin^d to ^say, " Chaps is come again;" ? From this character of the lower orders of the Neapolitan people, we should presume * the lazaroni could have taken no part in the late poli tical transitions. , Indeed it appear* from some of Die letters, that they were taken by suprise, and that the movements .of the military excited astonishment and alarm amon^ th Common people as they are termed. From their ignWance and alaviah liahits, they roajkfairly Jbc supposed to be dead to any tfense of political degradation* Lttokhig at the ele ments of the Neap6litan population, haying uo middle class, or yeoman ry, like the English we think it most probable, that the " ball of revolu tion" was first set in motion by the inferior nobility, who, by sul>orniug the soldiery, made them their in struments. Notwithstanding the pa triotic conduct of the Spanish rnili tary, throughout the late changes in that country, we cap allow credit for no such sentiment as thatta!* a love of country having place ' in the bo soms of sach miserable creatures as the Neapolitan soldiers are le pre sented to he. U|K>n the removal of the Austrian troops from Naples sofae time ago, Cardial Gonsalvi, in reference to the namerous and desperate bodies of Banditti in the tteigliborhood, and the wretched state of the fling's arihy, is said to have remarked, ? tnat be would not answer for the government itself* ? bqt we suppose the government paid lairly the pensions of these rob 5 and though it has fallen, the eftgmy came not from that quarter. {[From the Black wpod's Edin. Magazine. | J$0 WOSE CLUB . '4 The origin ?6f this club is thus face tiously related. A certain whim weal gentleman, having taking a fancy to aee & large party of noseless persons, invite*^ very one he fiel in the streets to <lbie ion a certain day at a tavern, where lie formed them all into a brotherhood bearing the above name. ' : " The gentleman, against the time, having orfer'd a vefy plenti ful dinnyv acquainted the vintner who w M ne to be his guest, that he mjjA pit be surpripM at so fll favorffl 4m appearance, but pay them that respect, when they came to ask for him, that might encourage them )0D tarry. ? When the morning came, I uo sooner was the hand of Covent Garden dial upon the stroke e f the Uoiir preftx'd, but the N o-N ose com pany began to drop in a pace, like scald-heads and cripples to a mum per's feast, asking for Mr. Crtimp ton, which was the feign'd name the rnllemen had taken lipoid him, suc ceeding one another so thick, H>Hh j urfng voices, Jike the brazen string of a crack'd dnlciinore, that lh< drawer cjmtd scarce shew one U( stairs before he had another to con duct; the answer at the bar being toj all thai erquir'd, that Mr. C rt? u?\i- i tun had l>een there, and desir'd, everyone that ask'd fen* him would walk op stairs, anil lie would wait u[K)ti *em presently. As the number encreas'd, the surprise grew the greater among all that were present, who star'd at one anotlier with such unaccustomed bashfulness, and cou fus'd oddness, as if every sinner he held their own iuiqui(ies in the faces of their comyp^tons. However, seeing the cloth laid in exraord'uary order, every one was curious, when once enter'd to attend the sequel: At length a suorting old fellow, whose nose was utterly swallowed up by his cheeks, as if his head hadj been troubled with an ea<tb<ju:ike, having a little more irajwdence (ban the rest of thesnuffletoniuns, "Egad," says he, " if by chance we should fall together by the ears, how long | might we all fight before we should have bloody uoses ?" 44 Ads-Hest/f >ays another, "now you talk of noses, 1 have been lookiog (his half hour to find .one in the company." <? God lie iwaisM," says a third, " though we have no noses we have ev'ry one a mouth, and that, by tlie spreading of the table, seems at pre sent to be the roost useful jnember." piere trick, 1 dare ^engage," says a bridge-fallen lady, " that is put ujlon us by some whimsical gen-' ileman, that love* to make a jest of other peoples' misfortunes." ? " Let him jest aud be damn'd," cries a dulilnoutrtt bidly, <4 if he cogues but among us, and treats us hand sotoely. If he does not," says lie, u IM1 pull him by the nose, till he wishes himself without one like the rest of the company." " Prayl gentlemen aud ladies," cries an old (trow thy captain of Whitt friars, who had forsaken the pleasures of * * * for those of drinking ? don't let us sit and choak at the fountain* head and with that they knocked for the drawer, and asked him* If they might not call for wine without the danger cf being stoped for the reckoning? Who an&wer'd, fur wba( they pleaa'd, <roly the gen tleman desir'd, it miglit be (he for-, feiture of ft quart, if any one should presume to^ put their^iwse Sn the glass." ?, , The club met once a raqnth for a whole joyous yeai, when its founder and paii on died, and then ""the flat face community were unhappily dis solved." And Elegy was recited at the final meeting* jrolpi which the following extract is hot without pathos. " $;'? > w Mourn for the loss of such a generous ft friend, ? , a > Whoso lofty Nose no humble snout dis daln'd ; But tho' of Roman height, could stoop so low As to sooth tlxrtce who ne'er a Nose could shew. ^ Ah ! sure no noseless club could ever find One single nose so bountiful and kind. But now, alas J he's sunk into the deep, Where neither kingsor slave a Nose shall ' keep. But where -proud Beauties, strutting Beaux, and all, Must soon into the noseleaa fashion fall ; T hither your friend in complaisance is gone To have his Nose, like yours, reduced to jiomc* .in-, "'i ? v' : ? i From the Winyaw Intelligencer . I love to see (race9 of religion, for ill its tmin follow habiis of order and sobriety, that make some a thends for the cant and monkisk severity, attempted to he imposed upon 119 by so mnny of the beard less apostles of the present day ; who iii their zpfcl to pat down the innocent amusements of life, teem to forget that vice, and not amuse ment, is the proper object of pulpit criticism. It is curious, as it is true, that among our aged pastors, whose years confer authority, whose whitened locks,4 and blameless lives, and long established character, give them a right to speak with all the authority of experience and virtue, and find religion represented in the beatitifnl and alluring garb of chaste and innocent vivaqjty. As drawn by their pencils, she enjoiiiM no stripes or sackcloth, nor calls for nuy sacri fice* at her shrhie, but those of vice olid Jmmoralfty. But our bcftrdleffe youth, when first they assay theft powers from the pulpit, appear to [think they must sigualize themselves !>y sonje extraordinary innovation 011 the rights of their parishioners, or some new and stricter principles, than their liberal and virtuous piede cessors thouglit sufficient for th$ wel fare of mankind, here and hereafter. Experience has long siuce taught these aged pastors, that mankind must have aiuusemeuts, or they will indulge vices ; that by rendering the yoke of religion too heavy, it was apt to be cast away ; and that over heated or overacted zeal was a more djtn^rous enemy, to the church, in rill enltghted age at least, than even the most inflexible unbelief. The younger race of preachers, 011 the contrary, are heard to rail w ith a sort of senseless impetuosity, agaiust all that adorns, embellishes, and sweetens the leisure hours of an ex istence, which at besft is but ii suc cession of labours, ?\Vith an uttet and monkish ignorance of human uature, they think themselves re forming it by loppiug away its flow ers ; and w t * an arrogance to wbkh I feel too much respect lor theireil ling to apply the proper epithet, they ~ call down reprobation on the heads of their aged parishoners, because they ha^e permitted their children io partake of those amusetnents, ai d visit those places of polislred recrea tion, heretofore considered innocenk Nay, 1, have heard une of these beardless reformerjp^rike at the root of domestic, happiness, by telling his female hearers they |?aid too much attention to household aihurs. and too little Id the church ; thus at tempting to elevate them to that true' evangelical useiossness, which sig ualizes itself by neglecting every sublunary duty, and manifests itself in an affbeted gontempt foe tljis world, which, w eve it^iversi^, would tqar society asunder, and bast its dear and admirable elements tp Lhevw in,tf4 of heaven. The Author of the v< ligign of man, who gave reason to; his- creatures, and harmony to the universe, thought one day of the seven; if properly attended to, suffi cient for the purposes of public wor ship: but our zealous and hoyish reforjhersrfit seems, know better. ? Now here in all the compass of holy writ is there asiiy precept Renouncing those amusements, that cannot by riny fallacy of reasouing be in any way connected wtyh abstratt morals, or prohibiting the mind from repeat ing, and polishing, and^nlighteoing its original roughness and darkness. By whose authority, then, does ar rogant conceited ignorance try to wean us from everything thatchurms us in the works . genius, because it shames their frothy and vapid nonsense by its enchanting beauty, or because it is not 'a sermon ? It is in this-way that the preacher becomes the ally of ignorance, and that the mighty masters of literature nve rob l>ed of their crowns of laurel,, to bestow on some proAncti6n of M ten Hannah More, in which the most improbable ^fiction of imagination is coupled with the majesty of eternal truth. These sentiment*, were they known, would doubtless tiring my orthodoxy in (Jaestiqi), and scanda lize aunt Kate, Wlio, you know, neglects all Jier household duties, rather than not go to a night meeting. I care not; for no fear of misrepre* sentotifa shall prevent me from speajpfyg my sentiments on this ccta spiffcy against the smiles, and spcrts, and graces of the mind and body. 1 believe that the writers of the Scrip tures were inspired, and can only lament that those to whose lot it falls to interpret them arc Dot equally in spired ; for then we should not have so many contradictory systems. I am unalterably, convince^ of the di vinity of religion ; a thousand proofs of it are implanted in the nature x>f man ; and it is not the least demon stration of its l>eing upheld Vpf an Almighty influence, that it continues to flourish and expand, in spite of the little support derived either from the piecepts^ir examples of its new teachers* * K . ^"r m 1 ^ : v -?