I was a carpenter in Lorrain, and my trade gave me bread; but an accident disabled me from standing up to work; a splinter of wood occasioned an incurable sore in my leg; I am going to Rouen to see my daughter; she is an excellent spinner, and earns her livli hood in the cotton manufactories. When with her, I shall want for nothing; but as I got on slowly on account of my sore leg, and come from far, the little money I had amassed The SPECULATOR. NUMBER XXIV. SATURDAY, April 6, 1811. IN all the rami.cations of nature we may observe a perfect unanimity and coincidence; not only, if we grasp with our ideas, the vast plane. tary system, but if we descend to the minute productions of nature. Every thing teems with instruction, every thing teems with amusement. If the was not sufficient for my jour- splendid beams of the meridian ney. I have been obliged to solicit alms ; but as I do not look like a pauper, I met with little relief. I was fasting: My dog remained words stifled his voice." (To be Continued.) These An Irish gentleman, who is now recruiting his company at Manchester, says, that when be was on the Continent, he found fifty-three gold assignats in the breeches pocket of a slain French sans culotte.*. *The english of sans culotte is, no breeches. ORIGINAL. A few was lately much disconcerted at a police office, by a clerk inadvertently asking his christian name. sun fill us with awe, and astonishment, at the immense power of the creator, so does the modest snow-drop, which rears its delicate head amidst the frigid air of adversity sooth our feelings into peace, and gently draws from us an acknowledgement that the great cause of all things can bestow as much content upon the toil. worn and humble peasant, as upon the proud and haughty wielder of a sceptre. Man gazes with reverence and fear on the stupendous mountains top, whose impending cliffs and inaccessible delves afford shelter for ravenous beasts of prey-where the midnight robber hides his detested form from the search of justice-where the tygar and But to return-the sun rises and sets-man is born and dies. The former may please the spectators, with mild unob structed beams in the morn. the assassin prowl in secret o'er the murders of the day, and add, by inward gnawings, to the gloom of their retreat. But with what delight does man behold the luxurient valley-ing, and having run his diur And when nal course without an inter❤ cepting cloud, at night retire with all the gentleness of beneficent majesty. So man may commence this life, with every smiling prospect of future happiness and glory-may astonish the world with unrivalled talents and with an unsullied reputation, and without a single touch of adversity, at last sink into the grave, beloved, admired, and regretted by all. what a soothing sensation pervades his breast, while contemplating the cottage, half shaded from view by eglantine and honey-suckle to see the smile of content, the consequence of industry and innocence, mantling on the cheek of the husbandman, while seated, in the evening, at a cheerful blaze, he relates to a beloved wife the expected success of the approaching harvest or the dan. gers of the chase. Shall I shew the other side with enquiring eyes and open of the picture. Yes, for altho' mouth, the blossom of love, at it is appalling, still it is true.his fathers knee, by his emo- How often do we see the morntions discovers the inmosting dawn, with every promise workings of his soul, and a cer- of a goodly day, and yet scarcetain presage of future goodnessly has it attained the zenith and virtue, surely then the philosophic mind must say-happy state of innocence--how preferable to the noisy scences of cities-how preferable to the illusory and empty glories of a military triumph-how insignificant do all the false pleasures that attend upon riches and grandeur appear, when before vapors tarnish its brightness-storms and tempests obliterate its beauty; and the jarring elements, making even day "hedious," render the night horrid and tremendous. So in our youthful days, however flattering our prospects, however alluring our situation, misfortunes and misery may compared to the inward satis-visit us, distress may overtake faction, which this huinble peaPant now enjoys. us, and not only cause our days to be one tissue of evil and obscurity, but finally carry us out of this world, not only without the love of our fellow creatures, but force us to enter into an unknown world, with the anathemas and imprecations of every good man.Whatever may be your pros pects, or situation, rest assured that a firm reliance on divine providence, and an upright heart, will not only contribute to a contented passage through this life, but a happy entrance into the next. He who travelleth hath need of wisdom. One may do at home whatsoever one will; but he who is ignorant of good manners, will only draw contempt upon himself, when be comes to sit down with men well instructed. He who He who goes to a feast, where he is not expected, either speaks with a lowly voice, or is silent: he listens with his ears, and is attentive with his eyes: by this he acquires knowledge and wis dom. A man can carry with him no better provision for his journey than strength of understanding. Let not a man be overwise, neither let him be more curious than he ought; let him not seek to know his destiny, if he would sleep secure and quiet. Rise early if you would enrich yourself, or vanquish an enemy. The sleeping Wolf gains not the prey; neither the drowsy man the victory. Whilst we live, let us live. well; for be a man ever so rich, when he lights his fire, death may perhaps enter his door before it be burnt out. Praise the fineness of the day when it is ended: praise a woman when you have known her a sword when you have proved it a maiden after she is married: the ice, when once you have crossed it: and the liquor after it is drank. Trust not to the words of a girl, neither to those which a woman utters, for their hearts have been made like the wheel that turns round; levity was put into their bosoms. Trust not to the ice of one day's freezing: neither to the serpent who lies asleep : nor to the caresses of her you are going to marry nor to a sword that is crasked and broken: nor to the son of a powerful man nor to a field that is newly sown. He who would make himself beloved by a maiden, must entertain her with fine discour ses, and offer her engaging presents: he must also incessantly praise her beauty. It requires good sense to be a skilful lover. He who hath a good supper in his travelling wallet, rejoices at the approach of night. Where is there to be found a virtuous man without some failing? or one so wicked as to have no good quality? The fire drives away diseases: the earth swallows up inundations: and death extinguishes hatred and quarrels. The following singular circumstance lately occurred at a small village in Yorkshire. A young couple, tired with the fond dalliance of courtship, (the time nearly two years) & wishing to enter into the holy state of matrimony, were, by their joint and mutual consent, on Sunday the 19th ult. asked in the church for the first time. The proposal of a Man to shoot himself. A German surgeon, emulous of the honour lately conferred by the Emperor upon a Prussian of that profession, for his skill in the cure of wounds, has advertised, that by dint of indefatigable researches, he has discovered a method of cure, so efficacious and speedy, that for a certain security and indubitable proof of his own superior skill, he is ready to receive any wound with a sabre, &c. upon the cranium, the fleshy parts of the arm, or any other part of the body, which he pledges himself to heal within twenty-four hours. In the close of his proposals he insinuates, that if any great personage should patronize the undertaking, for the good of society, he should have no objection to shooting himself. Harrisburg, Penn. April 13. On Sunday afternoon last, as two bro thers and a sister, by the name of Hahn, belonging to Cumberland caunty were attempting to cross the Susquehanah near this borough, in a canoe, the young. est lad aged about 15, years, by some sudden jolt of the canoe fell overboard, when the sister, abaut two years young. er, with a view probably to save her strugling brother, was likewise preipitated into the river, and both were drowned before any assistance could be offered them. In Portsmouth lately, by the rev. Mr. Ballau, Mr. Thomas, Batchelder, to Miss Martha Muchmore. 'Tis thus that Hyman cracks his joke. At Catskil, On Thursday evening last, by the rev. Mr. Porter, Elisha Camp, esq. of Hounsfield, county of Jefferson, to Miss Sophia Hale, daughter of the late George Hale, esq. of the former place. Oo Wednesday evening last, by the rev. William Parkinson, Mr. William Col. gate. (of the firm of Smith and Colgate to Miss Mary Gilbert, both of this city. Died. On Monday morning last, Mrs. Eliza. beth Stoutenburgh, the widow of the late Isaac Stoutenburgh, esq. On Monday morning last, Mr. Richard M. Laylor. On Saturday morning last, Mr. Alexander Russell merchant of Richmond At Boston, on Tuesday evening the 16th instant, Mr. Alexander Cuscadan, Printer, aged 26 years, a native of Londonderry Ireland. At his seat near Tarborough, Edgecomb county, on the 14th ult Col. Nathan Mayo, in the 69 year of his age. On Friday afternoon last, after a ling ering illness, Miss Mary Grenell, in the 15th year of her age. On Tuesday last, after a lingering illness, Capt. Francis Hill. At Baltimore, John Wetherburn, esq. President of the Mechanics bank. |