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POKTIIY. T1IB M0DB8T BUTOHT. A supercilious Nabob of (lie Rut, Haughty, being great, and imrtc. proud, being rich, A coventor or gvtvnd at the least, I Ivavp fbtauftcn which, Had In his family an (tumble youth, Who went from England in his patron's suit, An uttaasumlng boy, ami in tnith, A lad of decent puts, ami good repute: This youth had sense, and spirit n Hut yet, with alibis senve, Uxeesslvc di.ildcheo Olwcur'dhis merit. One day, at table, flndi'd with pride and wine, ^ llisltonor, proudly fret*, sevrrely merry,. C'onceiv'd it would I?c vastly fine To crack a joke upon liis' Secretary'. " Young man,'* said he, " by what art, ernl't of trade, l)>d your good fntiKT guln a livcliltnod t" "jk Was a saddler, sir, Modestua said, u And In bis Hue was reckou'd good." " A saddler, rh! and learnt you (Jretk, Instead of learning you to sew i i'ray, whv did nAt jour father make A tiidillcr, sir, of y*H ?" finch parasite, then, as in dotv houixt, The joke applauded, and the laugh went round. At length Modcstus, Imping low, Said, (craving |>ardon if too fre? lie made) " Sir, by your leave, 1 fain would know l'tur father's trade P* J ft/ father's IrtHb ? by heaven, that's too bail 1 tft/y t'nthcr'* truth- ? why, blockhead, art thou mad* .l/</ father, sir, did never stoop so low i //<? wn? a ifeulh mii. i, I'd have you know 1 * Kseuse the liberty I take," MihU-Uii* ?aid, with archness on his brow ; " Pray whv did not jour father make A ffrnttrmurt of ? Ultll'X ZO, MTKltAltY NEWS. FOHKION. The baron de llcaujoiir Ii?h published a ?< View of the United States," whirl* com prehends much information that may be tise I'm I tn foreigners, anil many sensible iv msit'ks that might lie read at home with ad vantage. Ill' expresses his surprise that more liaH not been done in respect to inter nal navigation. Many of the wilt* or the laic war might have hern averted, if a few millions had heen expended in canuls. The haroif, however, is not very much pleased with the country* which lie pronounces sad and savage i oar sun is hideous, the sky is sullen, and the face of nature gloomy and devoid of harmony ? our rivers, he tliinks, are most tediously long, and their uniformi ty is only interrupted hy villages and culti vated ftelils. John Hoche, Esq. lias recently published ?< An Inquiry concerning the author of the letters of Junius, in which it is proved, by internal, as well as by direct and sat Mac to - ry evidence, that they wcro written by the late right lion. Edmund llurke." The Gen tleman's Magazino admits that Mr. ltoche lias made out a stronger case than any pre ceding writer on this subject \ and the An ti-Jacobin Iteview declares that " it has ful ly convinced us of tho truth wlrich it is In tended to establish."? *Mr. 11. has, indeed, brought together such a body of evidence, luterntU, direct and circumstantial, as must eventually settle this interesting and long disputed question. Ill another Journal, we uiv informed that Mr. G. F. llusby deliver ed an able lecture of nearly Ave hours du ration, to prove that these letters were writ ten hy I)c Lolme, tho coimnentator on the constitution of England f and ho is admit ted to have made out a very strong ease. A now volume of the Important, and we may truly say, tho unrivalled travels of Dr. Clark, will be ready ill a few weeks. This Miluine will form the third and last section of part the second, of tho travels In Greece, V. ypt and the lloly Land, containing art (i< count of the author's journey from Athens by land to Constantinople ; with a descrip tion of the north of Greece, Macedonia and Thrace. It will also ho accompanied by a supplement relating to his journoy from Constantinople to Vienna $ and a visit to the gold and silver mines of lllingary. ' Mr. Thomas Moore has, for somo time paw, been engaged on a new and extensive poem, which may ho expected to make its ap|K'nrnnce in the courso of tho winter. Gen. Alexander lie as ton, late governor of St. Helena, has In the press, in a quarto, tracts oil various subjects, relative to 8t. Helena, written during a residence of Ave \ ears, illustrated by engravings. An bvo edition is printing of (he Travels to the source of the Missouri river, and across the American continent to the Pacific ocean, by Captains Lewis and Clark. \ translation of llracipn's treatise ? lie legtkos el consuetiidinlbus Anglican," by a member of Lincoln's Inn, Is in considerable forwardness. The legal profession may therefore expert speedily to be put iu |>os acssiou of the first ftnglish Version of that inestimable work. ? Port Folio. DOMESTIC. Mr. Paul Allen, a former editor of the Port Folio and present editor of tho Baltimore Telegraph, has issued nronosais for publish ing ?' A History of the American llevolii tion, comprehending all tho principal ovents, both in the Aeld and iu tho cabinet,* '* In two j volumes Bvo. I)r. Dwjght, President of Yale College has ready for the press, a new work to be i.-ntitlcd " Observations on the State of Now Koglaud and New York, during a series of journeys, from l7Uf> to IHI3." Mr. lleury Frost proposes to publish a volume on the antiquities of tbo Weatcrn Pointa of tlie United Stated. Wo learh with much satisfaction, that Francla Ardcn, Esq. of New-York, is now engaged In trauslatiug Ovid's Trixtlu, In heroic English verso. lie Itaa already issu ed proposals for the first book, together I with " the life of Ovid, prefatory remarks i at large, and notes an well critical as lite rarv.*' Having Keen a specimen of the work, anu compared it with tiio original, we have no hesitation to prououueo it a lkitliful and elegant' translation. Ah no American has before undertaken a task pf tlila kind, and aH there is no poetic translation of the Tris tia extant in our language, Mr* Ardcn dc serves, anil we trust he will receive, tho pa tronage and encouragement of a generous public. ? JWit. Mv. Proposals are before tlup public 0>r a new I*itcrarv Magazine, to be publiahed in Phi ladelphia, under the title of the Portico. HKL1U10U8. POOR JOHtii'll, AN AVTIIKKTIC NAHUATirK, A poor illiterate man, named Joseph, whoso employment was to go 011 errands ami carry parcels, passing through London streets otto day, heard psalm qjjiging in a place of worship. Ilo went into It, having a large parcel of yarn hanging over his shoulders : It was Dr. Calamy's, 8t. Ma ry's, Aldermanbury. A very well dressed audience surrounded the Doctor. Ilo read his text from l Tim. I. l.l. ? This Is a raithfnl saying, and worthy of all accepta tion, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief." From this lie preached, in the clearest and simplest main*' . the ancient aud apostolic gospel, the c? cuts of this faithful saying, viz. that there rs eternal salvation for the vilest sin ners, solely through the worthiness of Jesus Christ, the God that made all tilings." ? ** Not many rich, not many noble arc call ed" by thin gospel (saitli the Apostle j) but ?? God liatlt chosen the weak things of tills world, to confound the things that are migh ty." While the elegant assembly listlessly iieard this sound doctrine, and, if they were struck with any thing at all, it was with some brilliant expression, or well turned ueriod that dropt from the Doctor, Joseph, in rags, gazing with astonishment, never took his eye* from tlio preacher* but drank in with grout eagerness all ho said & trudg ing homeward, he was heard thug muttering to himself 1 Joseph never heard this before ? Christ Jesus, t ho God who luado all things, came Into tho world to save sinners like Jo wnl?> and this Is true j and it is a ?* faith ful saying." Not long after thl* Joseph was seized with afover, and was danger ously ill. As lie tossed upon bed, his con stant I angu ago was, " Joseph is the chief 6f sinners; but Jesus Christ cmne into the world to save sinners j and Joseph loves him for this." Ills neighbours, who came to see him, wondered, on heairing him' dwell on this, and only this. Some of the jf?l| gious sort addressed him in tho^Uot(An|f maimer: But what say you of your own heart, Joseph ? Is there no token for good about it? No saving .change there ? Have ?iu closed with Christ, by acting faith ti|)on ml ? Ah, (no sayt no) Xoseph can act nothing?Joseph has nothing to say for him self, hut that lie I* chief of sinners j yet seeing it Is ft faithful str ing, that Jesus, lie who made all things, caiuo Into tho world to save sinners* why may not Joseph, after all, he saved." One man, (hiding oui where he heard this doctrine, on which he dwelt so uniformly, and with such delight, went and asked Dr. Calamy to come and visit him. He came ; but Joseph was now very weak, and had not spoken for some time, and, though, told of the Doctor's arrival, I19 took no notice of hint ; hut when the Doctor began to, speak to him j as soon as heard the sound of tils voice, lie Instaully snrang upon his elbows, and seizing him by tho hands, exclaimed as lotitl as he could, with his now fceblo and trembling voice, ? O air, you are the friend of the Lord Jesus, whom I ItcArd speak m well of him, and wham I love for what you said of him. Joseph is tho chief of sinners j hut it Is a faithful saying, that Jesus Christ, the God who tuado all tilings, came into the world to save sinners ? and why n >t Joseph ? O pray to that Jesus for rite# pray that ho iniiy save me: tell him that. Joseph thinks lie loves him for coming into the world to save such slnneruii Joseph." Tho Dr. prayed, and Jefte|Mtonked him most kindly j ho then pnt hlHUml under his pillow, aud took out an old Tag, In which were tieil up Ave gui neas | and, nutting It Into tlte Doctor's hand (which lie had all this while rloso in his) he thus addressed him : ? Joseph, in his folly, had laid up this to keep Idm in Ids old age | but Joseph will never see old age | take it At divide it amongst the poor friends of the Lord Jesus \ and lell them that Jo seph gave it them, for Ids sako who came into trio world to save sinners, of whom he is chief," Bo saying ho reclined tys head. Ills exertions in talking had been too much for him* so that he Instantly expired. Dr. Calaniy left this scene, but not with out shedding tears over Joseph j aud used to tell this little storv with much feeling, tis one of the most affcuUng occurrence* lie ever met with# Ml SO KIX A NY. LETTKIl OF A TIIAVKLLKIt . ? -Jlji imxirv , !lcU>l?cr 3. I have lu'4. arrived here from a visit to tlio celebrated Mount 8t. Ilernard j It Ik scarce I y possible to fiimi an Idou of tlio horrid wiluness of tills scone. Yoii behold mon strous crags heaped upon each other in such confusion, mid pixiicctiug ho terrifically that the first impression made upon the mind Is that tho mountain will instantly give way, and cover tlio whole kingdom with its ruins. The second* and scarcely less tcrriflc feu ture* In itH harmless. I' pun tlio whole sur Face of tlio inoniitain there is not suflleient earth to cover the miserable bodies of those who perish III tho Know : they are laid in a small building constructed Tor the purpose* within a few yard* of tho convent* where they are exposed in every stage of decay At horror to tho traveller's eye. 'We Haw a lining othera tho body of a woman who hud perished in tlie kiiow only two days before : yet here* In thin abode of dreariness and desolation* In the midst of eternal snows, and upon nearly tho most elevated spot in Europe* forty human beings have finely choHcn their residence for life. This was the only convent that escaped the rove lutlon of the French. DoniUiurte granted it several privileges and comfortablo meatiH of subsistence for tho Monks. Upon reach ing (he top* we found the monastery almost literal!,)* burled in snow j tho cold was in tense* though tho heat in the valley from which wo ascended was as great as I had over felt ; the transition was coually painful to tho body and frightful to the imagination ; one sup)>oses himself transported in a few i hours from the Eouutor to the Pole. We were received with the greatest kindness by the monks, and dined and supped wlth'thcm with as much pleasure as wo had ever done in our lives. There are persons who travel over Europe, begging alms in the name of this monastery* some of whom I have seen iu Englnud, atfd who obtain considerable sums of money In this way $ we were tojd thut these persons were all impostors. Tills mo nastery wo were informed by one of tke monks* was built by St. Bernard* out of tho ruins of a temple of Jupiter* which stood nearly upon tho same spot. The mountain itself was called MonaVjlpvis. We were shown the spot on which tho templo stood : net the sligmeat vestige of it remains. K exploring* however, among the rocks* a __ I the usual inscription was Pro itu el reditu ; several of these were shewn to .us by tho monks ; among others t lift plates* flrora which it is inferred that thi? whs the pass by which Hannibal entered ltnly# The inscription is Jovi ptenino, (in some JVmimo) a which it is inferred that the. offering nade by n Cartliugeiriau. This, how is no very strong evidence hi the nb _...ce of any Inscription in the Cartlingeninn Inugunge itself. In tho chapel of the mo nastery there is a beautiful monunieiU erect ed to tlio memory of the French Geueral, Dcssnix. Tho statue of Dcssutx is ex* treinely well executed as far as I could dis tinguish from the darkness of the weather In this dreary spot* and the height at which it is placed. He Is represented in the act of fulling from his horse into the arms of a grenadier* and repeating tho well known words " Mi ex, (lire an Premier Contul," kc. The inscription is simply " A Uesauix m ort a la battatte de Marengo. The body was brought here from Milan hy order of llomv parte, and the monument conveyed from Ita ly to l'arls* for the purpose of being seen by him* nrevioiifii to Its erection where it now staiius* We 1 1 ave spent seven or eight days In seeing Monthianc* the Glaciers* the Vale of Chamouny, and other wonders of nature* with which this spot abounds* and upon which travellers have so often exhausted their imaginations and their feelings. Per haps tlio most curious object of all Is the Album kept at the inn* in whldi every tra veller records Ills sensations alter visiting the mountain* It Is tho most curious of all the miscellanies | have ever seen. Non sense and the spleen, are* howevci\emlnent ly predominant. Madame do Btncl passed here a few weeks before with her daughter* on their way to Lausanne, where Mademoi selle was* 1 understand, to heslow Her hand upon tlio Duke ite llroglie, son or ncphow of the general of that name, who figured at the. opening of the French revolution. I have ropicu from tho Album the rccord left by Mnduuio he Maronue. It is* I thiuk* unique In its kind. ** Si l<Hi pitM'.on* n' anneantUwtait In dii ranir on tcnult let hommf* ?* nbstcnlr ?!c cIkim* im. pureed <|imj le mitimcnt rtppouve. M*i? l* otnc inch* nc? vm M perfection no mumU tompoiKr nvec <!c* prfii. ripe* rt jcU<*r U vie iuk* mitro vie que c<mdoU?'H ? on Mvcnlr (mil* Avtnlr. M l?B STAKI< IIOI.STRIN." ? If Aout. 181 5/? This precious effhsion of sentimental me taphysics exceeds even her commentaries upon Professor Rant. KOSCIUSKO. fY?m M. It. M. WWiamJt Nurratlt* Krrnf$ /* Franc*. A Polish regiment, forming pari of (ho ndvanroil guard of (lie lltiiwlfcit ?t*iny? afl< r expelling tlic French IVom TrojCfl, mnrehed iimin Fotitiiinlilmti. Tit* troops worn forit girig In a neighboring village, imri wore about to commit- di?order*, which would have caused considerable low to tho propri etor# without benefit to themselves j such an piercing the bunks, or forcing tho sluices, of sohie libit pomls. While tlioy wore thus employed, hikI their officers looking on, the/ were uatonishbd to hear tho word of coiu luatuV bidding theft to cease, pronounced in their own language, by a person in the dress of the upper claw of peasants j tliey ceuHed their attetni?i at further spoliation, and drew near the stranger. He represent ed to tho troops ttio useless mischief tlioy were about to commit* mid ordered them to withdraw. The officers 'coining . up wero lectured in tltcif turn, and board with tho Maine astonishment tho laws of predatory warfare explained to them?^" When I liad couiuiand in tho army (>f which your regi ment is a part, I/punlshed < very severely such acts, as you seem to authorise bv your presence j mid It Is nut oif those soldlors, but: on you that punishment would have fal len." ' To bv thuH lectured by a French for mer# in theft" own tajkuagp* in such cir cumstances and inLsuch forms was almost past endurance. They behold 'tho peasant* at the snnie time taking off their .hats and surrounding tho speaker, us If to protect him in case of violence ; whilst the oldest amongst their own soldiers, anxiously gaz ing on tho features of the stranger^ wera smod with a kind of involuntary trembling. Conjured moro peremptorily, tliodgh res* peel fully, to disclose his quality ami his name, tlio peasant, drawing his hand acros his oye to wipe off a parting tear* exclaimed with a half stifled voice, ** 1 am Kosciusko !" The movement was electric*? The soldiers threw down their urins, and falling prostrato on the ground, according to tho custom of their country, covered their heads with sand. . It was tho prostration of the heart. On Kosciusko's ivtm n to his house in tho neighborhood of this scene, ho found a Rus sian military post established to protect It. The Emperor Alexander huviug heard IVoiu M. do la llarpe, that Kosciusko resided in tho country, ordered for him n guard of honor, and the country around his dwelling escaped all plunder and contributions. ? Kosciusko had withdrawn some years siuco from tho guilty world of lluonaparte to cul tivate a llttlo farm, rejecting every ofTer which was made him by Napoleon, who had learned to appreciate his worth. Kosciusko know him Well. 1 called on him ono day, to bid him farewell, having read in tho official paper of tho morning, his address to the PoleS on lite subject of recovering his froedoin, being named to the command oif the Polish army by Buonaparte. Koscius ko heard me with a smllo at my crcdullty ; but oil my. slewing him tho address, with his signature, |ie exclaimed " This is all a expedition ; he has (Mhipto'tf this mode, which I can neither answer nor resent, and which ho attempts to color with the pretext of liberty. Ills notions and mine respecting Poland are at as great a distance as are our sentiments on every other subject." SCRAPS. A Picture of the 'times ? ? Silting once in my lilt racy, (Haiti Mr. Hunt) with a friend, a worthy hut melancholy man, I read him out of ft hook, the following passage. ' ? in our time it nifty be s|>o&cn more truly than of old, that virtue is gone, the Church is under foot; the Clergy is in error, thefbovil reign - etli." My | I'iend interrupted me with n nigh, and said, ? Alas ! how true, how .just ft picture of the times 1" I asked hiua of what timeii. ? Of what times V* rejoin ed he, with emotion I ? can you suppose any of her but the present ? were any ui foro ho corrupt, so bad If " Forgive me," said I, a for stunning yon ? the times I am reading of, are older than you imagine ; the senti ment wus delivered about fbur hundred years ago \ its author. Sir John Mandeviile, who died 1371.** : * m+mm* '<? ''^k Injtdrl ITU Itepellcd. ? Agsyyonng spark, of n deiitticnl turn travelling in ft stag* ci.>ch, forced his sentiments on the rOmpa ny by attempting to ridicule the Scriptures, and among other topics made himself merry with the story of David ami Goliali, strong ly urging tlie impossibility of a youth like David being able to throw a stone with suf ficient force to sink into the giant's fore head. On this he appealed to the company, and In particular to a grave gentleman 'of the denomination called Quakers, who Hat silent in one corner of the carriage. ? In deed, 'mend,'' replied lie, " I do not think )t at alt Improbable, if tlio Philistine's head was as Hbli as thine." , A bookseller lately deeeased, ordered tlio following short hut emphatic epitaph to bo engraved on Ids tombstone -** FINIS." ?Absence cools moderate passions, and in flames violent ones, just as the wind blows odt a cftmlle, but kindles the fire. It Is hard to he civil to unthankful per sons ; It in like feeding an ill-natured dog tlint unm-ls, while he takes food from your hands. f, ,-*? (hitting ftttorts? During the lute event* Mir (thai Nov Mid to the Hwivi tie n?rsl lUchtnrwtn, " Do you know we fl^ht for honr?r, while you fight for money Yen," retarded the HwW,u we both light for that which we have not."