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/ T T l^ A - 1 H r\v A I j [VOL. IL] CATSKILL, (NEW -Y O R K :)—PUBLISHED BY^MACKAY CROSWELL. M ONDAY, GBoher zi^ 1 8 0 5 . [No. 76.3 U'' s THE LAY PREACHER. « And I saac went out to meditate irr the jield at ' the event 'ide^^ AT a period when the heart o£ this patri arch was afFe< 9 :ed by a domeftic misfortune, he went out to foothe or to fupport his fol lows, not in the glare of funihine, where obje£ls gay or obtrufive would olFend ** the gloomy habit of his foul,” he went) out not to (lay. hicnfeif with flaggons, or behold -Geon in the time of the yintage ( bat for a fobererand wifer purpofe, io medikue in the Jield at the eventide, ^ As I think with the patriarch, that eventide is the more convenient feafon” for ialutary contemplations, I propofe to enumerate and extol the advantages of a ju(t improvement of the twilight hour. At this jfeafon, as the nights are extremely brief, and, after days ardent, tedious, ami long, exhaufled man muPc have feme oppor tunity for repofe, it would not be irdo, ha bitually to iiiv'olve “ the cherub conttMipla- tion” at midnight, I have formerly written a paper, in pr.dfe of rjo6furnal lucubrations. But let them be the bufioefs, or the fport oi the darkened hours of Winter. The twi light, the eventide” of Bummer^ may be given to the lonely walk, and the Powers of Rehedion ” He, who after morning ac tion, walks, and thinks from the decline of day to the hour of ten, may retire to relt not meanly fatisfied with the divifion of time.— As foon as the returning plowman, and ilo' ping funbeams, hint that the toils of a fam- mev day are over, it will be ufeful to rccol- letl the following lines from one of the.r4od; accurate obfervers of nature, and one of the rj'oft moral of mankind : Come, Evening) once agaWy season of peace^ ^ Rettirriy sweet Evenings and continue long t \ Edethhths I see thee ix> the streahy idlib^^tron s i} sLw moving^ while ihe night j lli cads on thy sveeeping train ; one hand employ d In hiiing fall the curtain of repose 'On bird and beast) the other charged for man W th sweet oblivion of the cares of day, It A sumptuously adornsdj nor needing aid) Lihe homely featured night, of clue tiring gems / A star or two just twinkling on thy hrsw, Sugfices thee \ save that the moon is thine, Nor less than hers, nor worn indeed on high With osuiitaihus pageantry, but stt IVith modest grandeur in thy purple zone, Fu splendent less^ hut of an ampler round s ■Come, then, and thou shalt find tkj votary calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : And whether 1 devote thy gentle hours Fo boohs, to music, or the poeds toil, I slight thee not, hut mahe thee welcome still. As foon as that grateful and dewy co )l- iiefs, confequent from a burning day, is k It, then a folitary ramble, - ------------------- quite unseen. On the dt;y^ smooth shaven green f W'lll contribute liberally both to pro f t and pleafurc. At that dubious hour, when the glimmering landfcape fades on the light, and all the air a folemn ftillnefs holds,” the mind is generally docile to the leObns of Rtafon, or alive to the itnpreilions of Fancy, Even ‘the aufterity of metaphysical morals has al> lowed that caltle building is no vicious em ployment, and the serial architects of this Ipecies of ftruclure will difeover in their light walks, excellent materials for thofe houfes nor built with hands.” Evening is the nurfe of thought^ and whether it be lively or ferious, the aid and foftering care it re ceives from evening, are the fame- The -gloom of twilight, it is averred by an excel lent judge, Muiis well the thoughtful or unthinking mind, Yhe mind contemplative, with some new theme Fregnant, or indisposed alike to all. \Nor are the advantages of the evening^s cxcurfion confined within narrow bounds.—^ The man of bufinefs and the philofopher, as Well as the idler and the poet, wdil find an hour or two after funfet moR propitious to their refpeclive vocations. The abfence of glaring light, the monotonous note of night birds, the low hum of the village train, re- titing to reft, the “ village cock, counting nights watches to his feathered dames,” all facilitate the progrefs of contemplation. Whatever ur-^es us to become economical of our time, js faiutary ; and a buiy man oi the world, who well knew their value, en joins upon his pupils an attention to mmutes and quarters ofTiours. There are certain portions of the day which we are obliged to neglect. The time of repofe is mete obli vion. In the morning, when vet firft awake, our minds, like our eyes, are half flior ; and. immediately after dinner, man inclines to Rupidky and deep, rather than to action. 'Fo many perfons of levjty, and grofier dliffipation, twilight is a dull and a’wk-' ward interval, which rhev are careic fs to im prove, .and zefilous to dekroy. Thyongh the aUni obfeurity of an evening hour, I have dif- cerned more'woeful faccia than even on rainy orFuft days. Iiilladd of preeiing the eye, ai sc fedate matroHj and a geutle frienc}, thej have viewed her as a hideous Hag, vvuom i. was lawful by any mode to dellroy. Now i think I (hall render forne fervite to this clafs of chnratAcrs. If I t;in p-.fuale tnem tliat a duiky hour may be a very vahiuMe one j that it has no lead about it .; and t h if they will go out, like the patriarch, and te at ih; between Auftria, Ruilia and England, much ipeculatlon is made. The lateft intelligence itom the Continear, dates the increaiing-ac- ul'/ity of Ruiiia, who is alFembiiirtg a large'.bo il y of troops at Corfu, for the purpofe of nr.knig a defeent Upon Italy, under the pro tection ef the Britifli fieet in that quarter 5 \aud it IS likewife reported, that a ftrong force 'S Oh its , way to the fouthern frontiers of /fo'laudi In order to co-operate with the troops LONDON, A ugjjst 14— 18. The Hamburgh Mail due on Wednefday arrived this moinitig. The miiikary prepara tions on the part o|^ RplTia contmue with un abated activity- By letters from Confianti- nopie we that feveral 'Rnilian tliips of war and |i-anfports, with 20,000 troops on board, were about to iVdl from the Black Bea to Cejin. ■ ' Several Corps of Rdllian troops were alfo-on their march to the Soothirn will [ion be enabled to in Iraly, whilit her eventide, they wid find it one 0 the nv;U' time k. of Auilna, v/hich are known to be ailembljng IFromlers of Polandr From. Corfu, Ruma in that quarter 5 though under the prefextyd'^ maintaining an iadepemknt and fife neotyai- ity. The eifabllfliment of this formidi.^le coalittoa, uniting nil the northern pnwers/ex- C 'pt Prulliaand Denmark, will briiig agalniU Ta:ice a military force infiiutely more poiver- ! fuq vigorouF, and better concerted, thaq any i of the former alTociations under that naht€. i It is correcffly afeertained, that the Grand | Signior is augmenting and organizing his army ; and that the molt friendly intercourfe cX’tifs between His government and the Minif**'; ters of Rtiffia and ,England. In ad .iidon to the general and uoiforssg opi- ni'oa. which prevails in all parts of Europe. The profitable portions of the day. not fo dark bu.t clear vifion may be enjoye.; of many glorious and beautiful cbjcf\.. “ The ftars that nave heaven’s golden floor F the fofteiied afpe6c of rifing moons ; the geouily ruddy and purple clouds of th^: drooping weft 5” the brilliant twinkling of the luminous fire-fly; the phofphoric glitter of many a glow-worm 5 white vapor from water remote, and the umber’d lace” of every mountain and valley, are finer fights than in the mawkifh Tea-parfy, tlie painted Theatre, or the Public Garden. Nor is the delight of the eyes the only gratification.— Where that foft moonlight, fo vividly deferi- bed by Shakefpeare, “ fleeps fweetly on the bank,” v/e may fit, — .a AsA h± t f ttiusic Creep in our earsl* Above alii, we may exercife all the powers of the foul, and ** think down years to mo ments.” We may enter upoa high thoughts abftrufe, or roam through ail the fairy feenes of imaginatiDn. We may reflciiri: ufefully on the pad, and plan judicioiifly for the future. To this, fsrioufly and rcvererdly mull be add ed, that duty, pious gratitude, the gravity and ftillnefs of the hour, as though a general orifon was offering, and Nature was on her knees, wdll all confpire to make our better thoughts rife to h i m , to whom the duskiness of twilight, and the blaze of noon, are equal, who .kindleth and sealeth up the ftars, who maketh Ar£furus, Orron, and Pleiades,” who difeovereth deep things out of dark^ ness /” who fheweth faithfulnefs every n ightf no lefs than loving kindnefs in the morn ing who fendeth forth light, and it goeth,” and who calls it again, and it obeyeth with fear. make a formidable diver- j, ;i\s troops, ojarching through l-ioli-and, v/iii b'e CDcf'jed to aU in ihe moil effectual nianjEr in CoPinriftil'n xvkh the main body of tliefAuftrlan army.-— Mcthing new is Rated relpec^Hog the prep-o-ar' tions Ot Auftna % and a letter from Yiearra even talks of her aflimiing \the attitude of armed neutrality; but this is, extremely im- probabic, although it may bj; iifaed by ti e Aufltian Cabinet as a pretext; kot their pre parations, until the ibaion is for aEliuii. Bonaparte has demanded of the Aullrlaa Cabinet the occafiorx of the arguments goit>g forvoird in the Imperial Stmea: he has like^ that an alliance of alniofi: all the Northern wife required, rhuit a portion of thofe troops ?ov/ers has been eriablifiied ayainft rra5<ce, | colle6tt'd on the frontiers of Italy^ and which we r.re enable J to relate, on the autnfiTity of | menace the tranquility of that COllVitry, ihould ^ i rr'vate I-'fcr, received here from a high | He withdrawn. — Speaking to the Aullnaa of iefpe? 9 :ahihry in Londofi, that a i Mlniflcr late'i'y on th ’ fabiefl of the military BOSTON, O ctober 7. L A T E S T F R O M E U R O P E . Our files of London papers, received by the Galen, are to Augull iSth, (four days later than before received) from which we have been enabled to make a few extracls of con- (iderable merit.- It -appears from thefs accounts, that the Engldb Government, in the Eafl Inviics, have experienced a feries of ill fuccefs in their war fare againfl the numerous and powerful friends of Holkar, particularly in his ftrong hold of Bhurtpore. Terms of peace had been offered to the Britifli; but refufed, on any other principle, than that of an unconditional furrender. To this, it is faid, the Rajah, who had with him in the fortrefs, his family and treafure, had declared his determination of blowing up the whole place, fbould they ob tain a bolting there. To this account, how ever, it is added, « That previous to the fail ing of the Packet, which brought the late difi patches from India, a new negociatioii was underftood to have been opened ; that feveral conimunications had been interchanged, and. it was iuppofed that fome kind of treaty would at length be concluded.” It is indeed reported, that the difpatches to the Court of Directors, contain intelligence either of the aHual termination of the war in India, or tliat there was every probability of its being fpeedily brought to a conclufion. Oa the fu^’ject of an immedUjtc coalition iuD'jdy cf / . 3 j 5 oo , ooo in fpecie, rAcis thcfs | prepjratioris of his Co-art, ihe latter affured paciuDg up -ii: the Baijk, deiiined principaily | mm that the movemenis alluded to were con- ror ihe Coritincnt ; but to what power was | ueGed with a relolution on the part of his not publicly known.” ^ • 1 Majefty 10,maintain a f t a a neutral- Letters from Madrid Rate, that the moft fity, and that they were rendered n'ceilary by aaive preparations are going on in all the 1 the (late cf the rurkifii provinces, by the ar- portb of Spain. At Cadiz, four new flfips of | mament of RoiFia, &c. but were v/irhout hof- theline, one of 136 guns, were ready tor ( ca . I tile reference to France.. Bonaparte haitily The Emperor Napokerk arrived at Bou-! replied, that he was aware of the falfehood of logpe on tlje 3d inftant, and the following day-1 the excufc, and that his Mafter ihould be reviewed the infantry, which were otrscu up | cautious how he again called him into the on ,the beach, and extended from Cape DL\h | field. pret as far as Cape Griznez, 'Fhe nun-;•*- r ox I cfft.-’cvs in the-^aftkmri fervice 2 ihteut -.roeps exceeded 112,000, and i.h' I\’l fi. fty 1 fiom their regiment‘d were ordered to rejoin was an horfeback from 10 in the * them on or befcji'c die ua loitaiir. '*>> untilin uie evening. ^ ^ So,ooo men has been or- Alter a fticri ftay at ^oulogne, Bomipartc Ruiliaa States ; and a corps of will proceed to Helvoetflovs anil the Il-jider, X' ‘7 . 40,000 is fcrmiiig in Lavonia, where it is to infpecl the formidabu: preparations maldng embark. A fquadron \ at bo a thofe places. of eight fail of the l|ne v/iil leavs Cronitadt in the conrfe of the pHefeat month, to cruize (ac cording to fome'accounts) in the Baltic, but jom the thofe places. It vas thought that Bonaparte, oa his vifit to Hpliand, contemplated to receive in that coun* ry, the fame nonorb he obtained m Italy. |>y others dated to be intended to Switzerland, it was alfo faid, would fnarc the |BritiOi fquadron in the North Seas. lameiia^. ^ ^ | Another divifion of Riiilian troops froin ihb French and Italian troops la Upper Black Sea, to the amount of zojcoo men, Italy, j.tre eftimated at 70,000. ^ | v/as expefited in the Adriatick during the laft IntUiigcnce had reached ^o^\and,ihzt the fo-ionth. waolej of the French co?.it, from ATorkix to I Pcteiiburgh letters of the 2 ph lilt. ftate„ Boulckne, is lined with troopz for tae avowed oiBcSrs on leave of abfence had beer\ purpofe of Invading England ; that the can- ordered immediately to join their relpecUve non, tamp equipage, amniumtion, &c. pro- .-c^ps. vided for tae grand expedition, is oeyond ?M | Prufua is bufied in military preparations ; and orders were lately ifiued for placing the medical ftaiFon the war eftablifiiment. An infedlious and very malignant fever is examjfle ; ------ , and that the foldiers fpcak of the invafiejn in ft rains of rapture and etithufi iCm. Some jletters from the Continent Rate, that the e3^>eclition was to have t^ken pU.ee eady in Auguft. but a fquadron of men of war which was €>:pe£l;ed from RocKefn-t or Breft. fmore I probably the combined Frcncli u.id Spani'ji fleet] had not arrived,, b'k was mo. 1 f-nentl | looked for. No doufira aooearc-J to be entertained, throughout the wHoJe of the armed coaft, which ftrctchts item lire ft to raging on board the captured Spauilh ihips. ilUGUST ZJ. I We ftop the prefs ro annoonce the fclloiv- img intelligence, which \v«s received at Lloyd’s at half pail two o’clock : Admiralty-OjJce,>, August 27. letter Lord Cornwaliis, dated A Bucli thorough and efFecio.fi .mcaiurcs of | of fcat.ie Dupe, ard four frigates, appeared defence have been adopted in England, thatfoutfide of the Ifafbour. The Admiral an- th^. public fpirit, inftcad of fearinTj appe rs i chorefi the fleet off the Black Rocks, and in to court the embrace of its iuvadiny enemy. | the morning eofieavoxed to bring the enemy. The combined French and SpaniOj fquad- j were under way, to aefion ; but when ron, after being joined by 7 fifips of the Jine, « neadmoit fbip was witnin gun {hot, ftie iuppofed to be the L’Orieat fleet, entered Fcr- \ ^ Droadfide, and. tacked ; the reft doing fol on the 8th orpth Auguft, v/ith ti force of fame, took up their anchorage betweea 37 fail of rhe Hue. Admiral Calder,, with Lreft, his fleet of 9 feiil, having been forced to qu it| attempt was made to cut oft* the the biocItaGc of that port, joined Admirii, ffiips, but a Leavy fire of Ihot and Cornwaliis on the .1 ith. The efcape of the combined fleet appears to have caufed a great degree of diftatisfac-. tion in England. The battle, though a vic torious one, feems to have been below the hopes of that nation ; muromrs begin ro arife, and to grow louder by repeating. It is. in fa£l ftated, that the Court of Admiralty have judged it neceflary to be made known,. that an inveftigation of the condu£t of Ad miral Calder would take place, agreeably to the provifionary articles of war. ' . - A diflblution of Pjj.rliarr.ent wn5 * ^ ^ ' to take place in the cauife of hft moitE-. fheils from the batteries preventedif.” A diflblution of Parllament'was again very ftrongly reported yefterday amongft the beft informed adherents of Adminiftration. Bonaparte reviewed a. divifion of the atmy of England in the vicinity of Boulogne on the 12th, and coxitinijed at that place the follow ing day. ■ ' DOVER, AUGUST T ^ h The brig; Robert, which put in here ibrne day-^ fence to take the Lady of Jerome Boria- formerly Mift PaUerfon, to America, fefieG thk Bi'rerhocu for Baltimoie, it joTi rhrfid per cent C om I' o !: ! t<; of flat Lady <0 wint.r in Ln-*
