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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."