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POETICAL ASYLUM, FROM THE BALANCE. CAN crowded rooms affect the heart, . Or eafe the troubled mind Can cards or dice more joy impart Than fentiment rehVd I Can birth-night balls aCTuagethe pain, Which melancholy brings ? Can midnight revels heal again Regret's corroding (lings ? Can namelefs pleafures ever give One fingle hippy thonght ? Or, do we beings only live To fquander time on nought ? Ah! no; not thefe has Heaven defign'd To intercft the foul ; But pleafures of the mental kind AH others mould control. If bleft with thefe, and with a friend ; What can we wifh for more ? Continue HeavNi fuch blifs to fend : Unnumber'd thank3 I'll pour. A gentleman in London having received three letters by the same post acquainting him with thj death of his wife, his mistrest, and his favorite horse, made these refections I've loft my Miftrefs, Horfe and Wife ! But when I think on human life,; I'm gl?d it is no worfe : ; My Wife was ugly, and a fcold, ; My Chloe wa? grown lean and old I am forry for my Horfe !

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In a party a few evenings fincej it was alked, 'why is a woman unlike a looking Elafs V it was anfwerrd, brcaufe the firll fpe.tks without re fir cling, and the fecond itflelU without fpeaking. It being remarked of an unprincipled attornry, who Ins now no bulinefs, that he will go to Hell, a wit ohfervtd, that if fo, 1 he woulJ mull afluredly go wkhout a caufe. On a gentleman reading to a friend an account of the Tiger fight in the K, Indies, an Iri(h gentleman exclaimed A Tiger, he hanged 1 Why, fn, 1 once faw inylclf two Kilkenny cats fight till they devoured each other up, except the very tips of their two tails.' The Lire marriage of mr. Lyon to mils Lsir.:, h a violation of Horace's rule in hi art A poetry. 1 NVr let tl:(cordant tempers be entwin'd, 1 Nor in Lov's chaplet Lambs with Liom JKU'd.' The fpllint Hr Thomas Thompfon, who loft hi rf; lr;r ,n thr glorious battle ot t-opeiih-n. j colrly obl'crvrd in a convi. i.il com;,4P,y, tlut hr ltiil ultd his. left Irg, arc! iii. If it OIiv. How can that be? afk-d one ot the ,mp ,ny. W by, ( eplied the pliant veteran) t,ti.uilV my right leg v. the only one that is now It tt to inc. lie who f-.vearc, tell; u his baic wordi: not to be. credited.

MONITOR. u Will not God impart his light To them who alt it ? Freely 'tis his joy, His glory and his nature to impart. But to the proud, uncandid, infincere, Or negligent inquirer, not a fpark." Religion alone can give pure and fubllantial happinefs. Without it man is liable to every pain and expofed to every mifery. His paffions are his mailers, and his mind his torment. A ft ranger to peace and in the hour of misfortune, deftitute of confolation, he. purfues the path of life, gathering only a

his light and his truth. But if, negligently and carelefsly, with all his favourite fins in his bofom, he has approached the dread Majelly of Heaven and earth, his cries have not been heard, nor his fins pardoned ; but he Hill remains the (lave of vice, and in bondage to the powers of darknefs. Anecdote of the late general Washington. One Reuben Rouzy of Virginia owed the general about one thoufand pounds. While prelident of the United States, one of his a-

hand. Every perfon who has not known thofe joys Which religion affords ; who has not experienced thofe pleafures which refult from the hope of immortal happinefs in " another and a better world whofe hopes " Tend downward ; whose ambition is to sink. To reach a depth profounder still, & still rrofounder, in the bottomless abyss Of folly plunging in pursuit of death ; Can witnefs that peace of mind does not arife from the gratification of earthly defires ; that the enjoyment of the pleafures which he

purfues, falls far fhort of his expectations, and that the upbraidings ofconfeience often blafl thofe

joys which his eager hand has too

londly grafped. Why then will not the man of the world embrace and enjoy that happinefs which he envies in the chrillian ? His anfwer is, that it is his chief defire : that he would follow the paths of religion and obey all its precepts, but that a change of heart is neceffary, and this is not pofliblc for him to e fleet. But docs he expect his

own frail efforts without the aid of his Creator, can draw him from the vanities of the world, 8c place him in the way of falvation ? No, he has prayed for light and knowledge ; he has implored the mercy of Heavon, and entreated the baviour of men to open his heart to the gofpcl of truth. All this he tells us he has repeatedly done, and f 1 ill find himfelf not a chriftion. Let us for a moment enquire in what manner he has performed thefe duties, and fee whether Heaven has difreguarded the fervent cries of the repenting finntr. Did he, u hen he approached the throne of divine mercy, baniili from his heart every worldly deiire, and every coufuming lull ; Was he free from pride, ambition, envy and revenge r Did he lift up his hands as to the God who could read his inniull thoughts, as the fovereigu Creator of all things, the preferver of his rxillcnce, and the ! dread Being whole power could, widi a w ord, annihilate all nature :

Did hejjjy the Saviour, with his pierced hands and his bleeding fide Hill prayir.g lor his murderers ; Did he eonlidcr his iins as hateful in the ryes of God, and dtlerving his eternal wrath ? Did he view the wfpd of Jefus, as triumphing over death and hell, and bringing life and innnoitality to light : If fo his prayeis h ive been heard, and his name n-gillercd in the book of hie. Hit. God fias imparted to h'in

few featured flowers, which wi- Sents brought an action for the

ther at the touch, and Aide in his I money Judgment vas ooiai icu,

and execution issued against the body of the defendant, who was taken to jail. He had a considerable landed estate ; but this kind of property cannot be sold in Virginia for debts, unless at the discretion of the person. He had a

large family, and for the sake of

his children, prefered lying in jail to selling his land. A friend hinted to him that probably general Washington did not know any thing of the proceeding, and that it might be well to send him a petition, with a statement of the circumstances. He did so, and the very next post from Philadelphia, after the arrival of his petition in that city, brought him an order for his immediate release, together with a full dischargc, and a severe reprimand to the agent for having acted in such a mariner. Poor Rouzy was in consequence restored to his family, who never laid down their heads at night, without presenting prayers to Heaven for

their beloved Washington. Providence smiled upon the labours of the grateful family, and in a few years, Rouzy enjoyed the exquifitc pleasure of being able to lay the thousand pounds, with interest at the feet of this truly great man. Washington reminded him that the debt was discharged ; Rouzy replied, that the debt of his family to the father of their country could never be discharged and the general to avoid the pleasing importunity of the grateful Virginian, who woidd not be denied, accepted the money only, however, to divide it among Rouzy's children, which he immediately did. The following circular merits the peculiar attention of every section of the union. It will be recolleted that domestic manufacture is the vital spring of commerce, which railed Great Britain to the highest pitch of commercial prosperity. We hope its merits will be duly attended to. Philadelphia, April 2, 1809. SIR, FROM a variety of causes, more particularly the late embargo, a spirit of enterprize in the establishment of useful manufactures in almost every part of the United States has been exibited--great exertions have been made, and large capitals have been embarked in this line, and the manufacturing interest is forming; a new link in the chain of society, and if properly united its strength will, in an individual and national point of view, become powerful, beneficially influential, and permanent. To promote these effects, a communication between distant manufacturers and a co-ope-ration in plans for the general good, may beof the first importance. In this city a society is established under the protection of an of incorporation of the state legislature, for the support of domestic manufactures, and much good has emanated from

it. The late arrangements of our government with England has produced general satisfaction, and the manufacturers have participated therein, as preventing the evils of war, which all were apprehensive of ; yet they feel that these events are likely to produce a powerful effect on the manufacturing interest of the United States, and will require extraordinary exertion and powerful support to counteract. Thus impressed, the manufacturers and artists in this city have appointed a committee to correspond with their brethren in every part of the union. This committee now address you as a respectable manufacturer, or as a friend to that interest, requeuing your assistance, and that of such of your neighbouring manufacturers as can be consulted, in an application to Congress at their meeting in May next, for such protection and support as the state of the manufactories of the United States shall appear to them to be entitled to to this end it will be of importance to furnish this committee, with all the information possible on the nature and extent of manufactures in your neighbourhood, and they will arrange and combine it, so as to bring the whole into one part and prepare it for the view of Congress.--. It is also particularly recommended to form societies of manufacturers and artists in convenient districts, and to encourage every individual to give the best information on the state of manufactures to such members of Congrcss as can be immediately communicated with, and in order to produce the most permanent advantages to the manufacturing interest, it is proposed to hold a meeting of the deputies as may be formed in different districts, on Wednesday the 25th of October next, at the Mechanic Hall, New York ; when by a full exhibition of facts, and of a free communication of opinion, such plans may be divised and carried into effect, as may tend to cement and strengthen this interest, and produce extensive advantage to individual and to the nation at large. Your communications addressed to William Davy, C. C. M. A. Philadelphia, will receive respectful attention from Sir your most

Humble servants,

"William Davy John Harrison James Robinson Adam Seybart Abraham Small.

Natural Phenomenon-- In the north part of Cumberland, in the state of Rhode Island near the Attleborough line, twelve miles from town, about the beginning of March, in the night the ground for the space of two or three acres began shaking, and continued two or three minutes. The houses shook considerably, the water in the pond adjacent seemed considerably agitated, and there appeared many indications of an earthquake; but it passed off ; and the next day about two in the afternoon, the same quivering of the earth was observed. Since every few days, the earth shakes with the same appearance, and sometimes so hard as to break crockery ware in the houses. These continual convulsions have alarmed the inhabitants near and on the place, and in no way can they account for it. Some have removed. ( Phil. Gaz. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Wayne county dated May 16. " I was informed a few days past, that in the neighborhood of colonel Newel's (a

citizen of Wayne county) that in a large cave, not far from his house, was found at

Indian, wrapped up in straw. At what

time he was there deposited, it cannot be

ascertained--but the Indian appeared to be

entirely uncorrupted. He had his natural

appearance--his flesh had in a great mea-

sure dwindled away--his skin appeared almost to cleve to the bone, and to feel hard and firm ; which must have been so preserved, either by the due and equal temperature of the subterraneous air, or by some means of embalming and preserving their dead bodies. He was found by a party in pursuit of a salt petre cave. Ken. Gaz. FROM THE PRESS OF STOUT. PRINTER TO THE TERRITORY AND OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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