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POETICAL ASYLUM,

THE CHOICE.

Had I Pygmalion like, the powei To make the nymph I would adore, The model fliould be thus defign'd, Like this, her form like this, her mind, Her fkin mould be as Tillies fair, With rofy cheeks, and jetty hair ; Her lips with pure vermillion fpread, And feft and moift, as well as red, Her eyes Ihould mine with vivid light, At once both languifhing and bright ; Her fhape fhould be exact and fmall, Her ftature rather low than tall, Her limbs well turn'd her air and raein At once both fprightly and ferene ; Befides all this, a namelefs grace Should be defufed all o'er her face ; To make the lovely piee complete, Not only beautiful, but fwcet. This, for her form now for her oaind : JM have it open, gen'rous, kind, Void of all coquettifti arts ; And vain dt-ligns of conquering hearts : Nor fwayM by any views of gain, Nor fond of giving others pain : "nf (f thoiirrh hritrht. like her own eves

j ui iiu v - - 4 JDlfcrectly wittyy gaily wife, . ' ..." . Tl h.ivr hrr uViIl'd.in ev'rv art.

.That C2n engage a wapd'ring heart :

Know all the IciencMTit love, .Yet ever willing to improve, I To preTa the hand, and roll the eye, Ard drop feme times an am'rous figb, To I'!tg:i"n out -the bd r.y kifs, Ana !ieo!,ten cv'r? terfder blils ' , -And yet I'd have the charmer be

By naluie'only tcught or me. -. I'd have hrr to ftridt honor tyl,

.And yet without one ipark ot pnue In company well drefs'd and fine, Yet cot ambitious to outlhine, In private always neat and clean,

Avd c:i.tr a Hi anger to the fpleen, Well ;i-i.-:.iVd to pr.n e the park and play,

And dance, fornetimes. the niht awav

liutoti ner to 1,'iend her hours In folitude and fliady how'rs, Ar.J there, beneuh feme iiient grove, Delight in poetry and love. Some fnnrks of poetic fire I fain would have her foul infpire, E -ur;h. at i tr f I to let Lrr know V!ut joys for love and virtue, flow Enough at lenft, to ruake her wife, An:l fops ana fopperies defpise . Prefer h;r honks, and her own mufe, To viuts, fcandal, chat, and newsAbove her frx exalt hrr 'mind, A. id make her more than woman-kind,

ANECDOTE.

qurr.ic, v oblcrved uv.h C.u i!r), Sr, a habit v ;h .!, v.ry u-aily h.rrred on tlu ; - -y u-ar IH- " f,id the rood f Mi.icr nic to put rn ..an 1 up n 1 ,i: hrV.." m uc, flr, - m- your lurd, and J uill p;J; : nr-;Kl. She took inr..;M luiidaufl u: it on hi3 own fjrr. I.'. 4(J.

REPORT OF THE SEC BE TA RY OF THE TREASURY.

In ohedience to the directions of lie act

supplementary to the cc, intituled u An act to establish the Treasury Department" the Secretary cf the Treasury respectfully submits the following. REPORT AND ESTIMATES. Continued from our last, Ofthofe four alternatives, tht feconc and third differ neither in principle nor in their effect on the revenue. As both plans confift in permitting partial expdrtations and importations, it mull be acknowledged, that objectionable as that courfe may be ill other refpefts, if confidered merely in relation to the fifcal concerns of Uhe union, it will for the moment be attended with lefs difficulty than either the prefent fyft. em or war. For however narrow the li. mits to which, on that plan, the expecta

tions and importations of the U. States maybe reduced, yet there willftill be fome commerce, and fome revenue an Ting from

commerce. And as. in purfuinn: that

humble path, means of defence will become

unneceflary, as there will.be no occafion for either arms an army or a navy, it is believed that there would be uo difficulty in reducing the public expenditure to a rate

correlponding with the fragments ofimpoll which might ftill be collected. If that

courfe be adopted, no other provifion feems

neceffary, than an immediate reduction of

expences.

The fyftem now in force, and war, however diflimilar in fome refpe&s, are both

confidered as refiltance. Nor is it believed

that their effeft on national wealth and public revenue would be materially differ

ent. In either cafe a portion, and a protion

only, of tiK national induitry and capital,

heretofore employed in the , production, tranfpoftation, and exchange of agricultural products, or in the foreign carrying trade can immediately be diverted to other objects. In cafe of a continuance of the embargo and non-exportation, either a lefs quantity of commodities muft be produced, or a portion will accumulate until the freedom of commerce lliall be reftored. In cafe of war, that furplus will be exported : snd although a part mull be loft by capture, a portion of the returns will be received. If "the embargo and fufpenfion of commerce (hall be continued, the revenue arrifing from commerce will, in a (hort time entirely difippear. In cafe of war, fome part of thar revenue will remain ; but it will beabforbed by the increafe of public expenditure. In either cafe new relour. ccs, to an amount yet unafcertained, mutt be reforted to. But the aflertion, that the

amount will be nearly the fame in either of

the two alternatives ot embargo or war, is correct only on tthe fuppofition, that the embargo and non-exportation are, after a certain time, to be fuperceded by war, unlefs foreign aggreffions (hall ceafe ; and that rendering, therefore, preparations for war neceffary, they require a rate of expenditure far beyond that of a peace eftablilhmelit. If, hewever, the embargo and non-inter-courfe are to have equal continuance with the hillegerent edicts, indefinite as that is ; it it be determined to rely exclufively on tbt meafure, and at all events not to rifk a war on account of thofe aggreflions, prepirations for war will become ufelefr, and the cxtraordin iry expenres need not he incurred. In tlint rale, the expenditure for tliTyrar 1309 oinjht not to exceed the fum of thirteen millions of dollars, which, as has been ftatcd, is r'quifitc for the fupport ot thr prefent eftabliflmient. And this would leave, for the fervice of the year 1810, the above mentionril furpius of tliree millions, and the propofed loan of five millions,, which, together, would be fuflicint to defray the pesre eflablilhment, and to psy th- interell on the public debt duung that yer. Thus two more years wot:M be provided for, without either in-cre-.fing the public debt, or Jiying any new taxes. It is certainly only with a view to war, either immediate cr co'it.

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That opiBion has been corroborated by every fubfeuuent view which has been ta-

ken ofthefubject,as wall as y the preieiu

lituation of the country. 1 he embargo has brought into, and kept in the United States, almoft all the Moating property o! the nation. And whilll the deprici.ited value of domeftic products inctealcs the

difliciilty of raifmg a conliderable revenue

by internal taxes, at no lormer tirre has there been fo much fpecir, fo much redundant, unemyloyed capital, in the country.

The high price of public (lock, and indeed of all the fpecies of flocks, the recuction of the public debt, the unimpaired credit ot the general government, and the large amount ofexifling bank frock in the United States, leave no doubt of the practicality of obtaining the neceffary loans on reafonable terms. 1 The geographical fituation of the United States, thejr hiftory f.nce the revolution, and, above all, prt fent events, remove every apprehenfion of frequent wars. It may therefore be confidently expected, that a revenue derived folely from duties on importations, though neceffarily impaired by war, will always be amply fufficient, during long intervals of peace, not only to defray current expences, but alfo to reimburfe the debt contracted during the few periods of war. No internal taxes, either direct or indirect, are therefore contemplated, even in the cafe of hoftilities carried againft the two great belligerent powers. Exclufivcly of the authority which muft, from time to time, be given to borrow the .fums required (always providing for ihe reimhurfcment of fuch loans vsthin limited- periods) and of a due economy in the fevrral branches of expenditure, nothing- more appears neceffary than fuch modifications', and increafe of the duties on importations, as are naturally fuggefted by exifting cir-cumftauces.

1. Although importations have already confiderably diminirtied, and may, under the fyftem now in force, fhortly be altoge ther difcontinucd, no reafonable objection is perceived agaiml an increafe of duties on fuch as may ftill take phce. Had the' duties been doubled on the ill January, 1301, as was then fuggefted in caie of war. the receipts into the treafury during that and the enfuingyear, would have beenincreafed nine or ten millions of dollars. Thofe articles of moft universal confumption, on which an increafe of duty would be inconvenient, are generally either free of duty or abundant. . It is therefore prepofed that not only the Mediterranean duties, which will expire on the 1ft day of January next, fhould be continued, but that all the exifting duties mould be doubled on- importa

tions fubfquent to that day. 2. The prefent fyftem of drawbacks alfo appears fufceptable of modifications; : The propriety, of continuing generally that porvifionofthe embargo laws which allows a drawback on articles exported more than one year after they hve been imported, is doubtful. A modification niitht check

("peculations, and monopolies. The dimin-j

utionot importations has ;.ffordrci fuilicient profits on molt of the articles which had been imported ; and a provi'.ion which would have a tendency to bring into market, and to leffen the prire of thofe article?, would be generally beneficial.

able increafe of expence in thofe departments. AH which is refpectfully fubmitted, A LB h HI' GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury.

Taeafury Department, December 10, 1808.$ FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Paris October 20th. The whole imperial lifeguards are under marching orders for Bayonne. It is expected Jiis Majelly will direct the operations of the " Grand Army," in perfon. The Emperor wasexpected at Bordeaux, the 5th November. Mi:lhal Lefebvre (Duke of Dantzick) was at Bordeaux, the 15th October. October 21 We have accounts from Vittoria (in Bifcay, Spain) to October 12. Theyftate that king Jofeph then refided there'; and was employed day and night on public affairs ; his only amufement" is riding on horfeback, which he otcafionally ufes, nptwithftandiug the badnefs of the roads, and the difagreeablenefs of the weather. Fifteen thoufcnd troops under

Gen. Sebaftiani - bao reached Bayonne, aod between the 20th and 30th of October, it was expected 100,000 would

have arrived there. t RECAPTURE OF CAPRI. Naples, Oct. 11. An expedition from' this place has captured the greater part of the ifland of Giipri (at the entrance of the Bay of Naples) which the EiJglifh took two years fince. A Colonel, with fome detachments, retired to a fort, which will be regularly beQeged. Since the attack the Enqlilh have blockaded the ifland ; but our troops are abundantly fupplied. We toolc 900 prifoners. Gen. Lamarque commanded the expedition, which has covered itfclf with glory. v . NEWS FROM CANADA. A letter from a gentleman in Montreal, to his relative in this city, dated Dec. 8, 1803 ftates,. that, the day before,, troops were palling in large numbers, from Upper into lower Canada that the non-inter-course law would be viewed as a declaration of war and that 10,000 (land ot arms, and a large quantity of atnmuntion, had beeii fent to the Indians, who have enaged to aid the Britifli in profecuting the war. We are informed that thefe facts havo

been communicated to the prefident of the

Bait. eve. Post. No doubt preparations are making in Canada and Nova Scotia. But,.they are only ftoring up fpoils to rewanj 'American valour, if war takes place. Thejrjare provjdihg for defencefor as to thei invading us; the idea is laughable. Their fleets to be fur'e may annoy us in the Atlantic coaft, and the favages of the N. W. may fcare i few women and children on the frontiers ; but, wjured Americans only ftand like grey hounds in flip," impatiently waiting the hgnal far vengeance. Whig.

3. The caufes which induced the adopt ion of a partial non-importation act. huv,

ceafed to exift.

The obiea then in view

h merged into a far more important one.

Extract of o letter from Pansaeola, dated d November, 1838. "A plot has been difcovered, which has m fome meafure difturbed the public tranquility; but the leader of it, ' a ferrreant,

'is now in conHupmnt : r. r.j

will be hung in two or three days." (The plot appears to be an attempt to af-

i-iiiimr governor roirh, and to produce

ne i elect ion ot lnterdidtrd articles hoc crtain mealures of hollili

rounded on the podibility cf obtaining !,1,t,d States, which governor Folch would them in other countries than England, and ,lot countenance.)

uors no: agree with exilting circumftarr-s

i lie act producing now no other efiVd: than to increafe the teu.putionr, and to produce habits of fmugplir.g, impair, and i .jures the revenue. A general non-inter-f curie act with that country would Wr. lede that partial meafure, and p.iht be ex.

ecutra witn greater facility. And it is he

Aurora.

PHILADELPHIA, January 5. At a late hour laft night we received rom the houfe of in thij cit te tollowing comnrmyration of facts, which

mink Juiiiuent v lnwffi.,,,

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t!:e nrrfV fnr th; ..i i:

. " fuuiicaiion : we return

- gentleman thanks for Ins kind atten-

tion.

We have certain advice, that flona. parte Ielt Bordeaux on the fecond of November, to put himfclf at the h.ead of hi3

rhted.that it will become ecefT.ry to re. Lf The Frenc h army, then

at least to any cenhd-jlr extent, toU.i.un ' - -..-7 uQ naval""" i mm were nearer 300,000 than

litved that under every event, its repeals will be bcncHcial, and that a n-Vm?nrn ! ;fl.lti

create of duties on articles felected uih a viewto thofe weich may be manufactured n .he baited States, would he preferable 4. It is brlitved that the prefent fvfW

ort,

-xtraordiuary fources of fnpply

LeMtimatc rcfourcescan he derived only from.-loar. or nr.es: and the rcafon, uhicii i.idiii; a brlicf.that loans mould be piincijnlly relied on, iu cafe of wr, were Oatcd in th annual; rrpar: of l.t year.

ITIAra r w .

ai.d direct .and fuiccp:.Le f '

til ri t - f

p-ihhc lerv.ee, will have a tendency Vore rffrctually ta check any ibufr, hy' fuborrimate agents. Protifior.t to ihut T.

200,000 men.

-rc rendered more xiccclTaay Ly the prcb-l

FROM THE TRESS OF STOUT. 'ni.VTKR TO THK T K It H IT O K Y AND OF TUfc LAWS Ot THK UMTLD STATU.