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CATSKILI eATSK ILL, (N E W -Y O R K :)— PUBLISHED BY MACKAY CROSWELL. 1 [ V O L . II.3 MO ^ D A T , November 1 8 , 1 8 0 5 . ?EOM THE PORT POLIO. T H E L A Y P R E A C H E R . B^tiir is thi tnd of a thing than the beginning thereofJ* ASStTREDLT, fays I, with a dcfpondlng faccj when I dipt my pen into my inkhorn, 3md cxpcdlcd to bring up a fcrmon from the bottom, my little ftock o f readers expert that the Paftor will make his weekly vifiutions ^ and yet I feel too languid to excurfc far. I wlflx the talk was fini&ed y verily, verily, So lomon, whether you muttered it when build ing the temple, or thinking of your concu bines, you never muttered more wifdom, than, “ the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.** \Without an invocation to the fonS stnd daughters of indolence, for we all know what would be the language of that family, fhould tven the preferving and induftriou# be alkcd the queftion, they would refer the <jucrift to Solomon’s works for an anfwcr. Beginning ! continued I, is like John Ban yan’s hill, fo dij^cuh^ that it would embarfafs even a Chriftian to get fairly over. Begin ning I why it is the terror o f fchoolboyii and ©f pretty mifs in her teens j it makes lawyers ftammer and lovers timid. I hate to begin my fermon ; and, quoth my grandmother, looking at her knitting work, through her fpe^lacles, I would rather foot ten pair of youc blue dockings, than begin one. But of endings how many fine fcntcnccs could I fcribbic, had I “ the pen of a ready writer !” How cxultingly the Saint talks of ^nishing the faith,” how cheerly the laborer fwings his fythe, when, hay-making is done, and how brilkly a bridegroom afeends three chamber Hairs at once, when courtfliip is at an end, I married a fond couple laft week, and, as ufual, negledled the wedding fcrmon, till the eager Iwgin came bluihing into my itudy. When I joined their hands, I felt pulfc beating high, through their white glove*, and faw eyes fparkle expreffively, when I ex- temporifed from better is the end of a thing than the beginuing thereof.” One of my patilhioners, a very induftrious and thriving cobler, vi'ho fupports a wife, nine small children^ and one at the breast^' by his labor of leather, I knew, even fronfhii boyUh days.” At fourteen he fung wicked t>aHa<ls to his fellow-apprentices, drank raw Turn, in a froUck, out of the old fiiocs of the Ihop, and burnt the boots of the cuflomers. At twenty-one, three benevolent ladies com plained of him to the ’fquire, and he was obliged to pawn his freedom suit, to indemnify the parilh. He next commenced a roaring blade, drank flip before breakfaft, laid out his heel-tap money in tobacco, and the tavern dock ilruck one when lie told the lafi; negro ftory. At length he picked up Dr. Frankli.n’s “ Poor Richard,” and found that this was not “ The way to Wealth.” He broke his mug, threw away his box, botlght ftock, .earned money, kept and married. I Hop ped at his {hop a few mornings lincc, at sun- rise, to try on a pair of (hoes. A t foon as the noife of fix of his journeymen’s ham- hters ceafed, I could not forbear comparing ihe paH with the prefent. Ah, faid I, look ing wiftifully at his laft, and the waxed thread he was twining, and thinking that St. Grc- gbry, St. AuHiiij and all the father* of the church have pUnned, ah, Mr* Crifpin, how Aiuch more profitable is your tnd than your beginning. Paley, an archdeacon o f the church, and, what is much Better^ a worthy than tells us,, in his book of philofophy, that there is a ^rcat difference between beginning with a ^.yndred, and the reverie. It is of much ifnorc import, therefore, if we mean to end well, that wc {hould begin tolerably. I know eio better beginning for a young naani than A Hock of honeHy, prudence, and indiiftry •, it is better than Hock in the &op, or a thou- fand pound* from a rich father. If m man ihould take it into his head to hgin with ktia- .Very and theft, it cannot be diflembled, though the words of Solomon are againH me, that there arc ignominious ends, and if hemp grew jerufalcm, he ought to know it j if not, I proceed to inform him, that a ropds end is one o f the moH pitiful terminations of life.— Neither better,” nor bcH can be pfedided of fuch an « end,” creu by the accuiacv of his logic. *Tis a vile end ; and you trick- ifli jockies, be not in fuch haHc to put off your fpavined horfes, for double their worth, to the believing buyer. Lame as they arei you may be willing to avail yourfclvcs for their imperfed fpced, to convey you to the Gene- fee. Better that t}ic Ukc fever fiiould be your end, than the gallows. When my f^itit* are the yidlm* o f the caH wind, when one of my agonizing head achts diHurbs the palace of the foul,” whcti my fmall falary 5 ^ fcantily and grudgingly paid, or when from remembrance of falfe friends, ingratitude prefs Hrongly tipon mcj I then read the third chapter of Job, and exclaim, ] better is the end of life than the beginning.— Some there are, who are perpetually trowned nvith rosebuds $ f delight, before they are wtihered : who « eat and drink, and enjoy tho good of their labor,” and then “ rife up to play.”— To this clafs,, cxiHence has abundant charms, and their airy fancies, plcafed with the « be ginning” of life’s day, put far away the “ end.” But it may be made a very fcrioui tjucHioni whether the majority would not pronounce the words of the text aS a Crecd. He who Is poor or miferable, blind or naked, muH certainly wifti for better accommoda tions, where he could be well paid, fed, and enjoy « perfetl vifion.” To fuch an unfor tunate, fuch a fmoaky houfC as he inhabits, muH be offenfive y and if you convince his reafon, that in a ** houfe not made with hands,” more airy and gladfome apartments are prepared, his feelings will rejoice when hi* mortal leafe expires, and he will apply and believe the above quoted words of Solomon. A LATE LONDON PAPEki T N E E M P E R O R A L E X A N D E R . The liberality and gratitude of the people of England, muH naturally prompt them to hear with plcafurc, of any trait of chara<9:er which tend* to exalt the general cHimation of a prince, who has long manifeHcd k particu lar friendfiijp for this country, and wno now fo warmly intcreHs himfeif in faVor o f the opprefled Hates of Europe. In th* Emperor of Ruffia, Bonaparte will have to contend with, a fovereign who not only materially differs from all his predcccfibrs in that douii- try, but Who canndt fuffer by comparifon with any fovereign to be found in Europe, not more dlHinguilhed for public magnanimi ty, than for private benevolence. From a gentleman who has recently arrived in this country from Ruffia, and who is well ac quainted with the charadcr of Alexander and his fubjeiEl*, we learn, that the devotion of the people to that prince amounts to a degree of almoH unparalleled enthufiafm. Among thofc who have been heretofore accuHomed only to contemplate their fovereign with a mixed feeling of Wonder and dread, and to approach his prefcncc with a trembling awe, there nOw prevails through the conduct of Alexander, a confidence in hii juHicc, a re verend* for his morals, and an affedion for his perfoni In their fovereign the people of Ruffia rccogniac their friend j and the firH feeling of every Ruffian heart| may be faid, without exaggeration, to be gratitude towards their prince, as the firH fentiment to be heard throughout Ruffia, is the praife of his cha- ra6tcr. This Univerfal and ardent popularity has not been obtained by any of the art* of the dcmagoguci or by that ** Hudy to plcafc,” which is preferibed by French politcncfs, but it is the natural cHe€l of that courfe of be neficence, which fprings from the heart.— This excellent prince is entirely free from that fupcrcilioufiiefs which many men, much inferior to princes in rank, feem to think ef- fcntial to dignity. The humbleH fubje^f may addrefs him without embarraffment, and will be heard with the moH patient attention.— To obtain an audience of him, it is not nc- cefTary to crotich to the arrogance of cour tiers, t)r to purchafe the interceffioii of fyeo- phant*. He is pcrfc£Uy acccffiblc to every clafs o f fubje^li. When at Peterfburgh, he is to be met with in various diredions quite alone. He ftcls no defire to be furrounded by guards, becaufe confeious o f inflidling no injury, he has no reafon to apprehend the cf- fc£fs of xefentment, and to guards, or to any other appendage of his tank, for the mere purpofe of parade, he feems perfectly indif ferent. The ufual walk of Alexander is on the banks o f the Neva, upon the leaH frequent ed parts of which he is often feen generally in a very contemplative, and fometimes in a melancholy mood. In oftc of his walks lately, a boatman happened to fall into the river, and after being Tome time in the water, he was taken out, through the exertion of his com panion in the boat, and carried affiorc.— Alexander haHened to the fpot where the drowned man was landed, and affiHed his companion in Hripping him, and ufing the cuHoroary means to produce refufeitation.— The poor man was recoveredJ and Alexander gave him a fum of money. Upon bis eonu panion his MajeHy fetflcd a penfion during life, a* a reward for his adfivc benevolence. Several anecdotes of a fimilar nature have been Hated to us, by the gentleman wc have referred to, about none o f which can we dif- cover a Gngle circumHance that Would juHify the flighteH fiifpicion of an oHentatious mo tive, or that would etcii warrant an opinion that Alexander had the IcaH reafon to think his beneficence was ever likely to become; known to the world. Q f fuch in ally England has reafon to be proud, and fuch an enemy France has equal reafon to dread. For in any war in which Alexander Is likely to engage, he muH carry with him the confidence and good wiffies oi the intelligent and the good of all nations, together with the a£l:ive and the unanimoui fupport of one of the moH numerous and martial populations that it has ever fallen to the lot of man to reign oVer; The coinci dence of fuch a piiuec as Alexander, in the views of England, i* one of the highcH and moft honorable teHimonies that can be ad duced in its favor, and one of the belt omens that can offer of its ultimate fuccef*. PHILADELPHIA, N ovember 7, The brig Amax«n, of Newbury port. Cap tain Brown, {ailed from Wilmington, (N. C.) on the iH ult. bound fo Barbadbes, and on the 12th returned, after having met with the molt untoward accident and providential «f- capo wc ever remember to have noticed.— Captain Brown’s {kill and prefcncc of mind during the whole of this trying Icene, of which the following is an accurate Hatemcnt, is highly deferving of praife. O^ober I, at 7 A. M. weighed anchor at Fort JohnH#n, and went over the bar, with the wind at N. N. £. and blowing frelh ; at ib o’clock the wind hauled at N. E. and Hill incrcafing, Wc 0 iort©ned fail a* ncccffity re quired—the weather looking very dirty, at 3 F. M. freed the pump and found the veffel tight : at half paH 5 we reefed the forefaij, and at f hove to under the fame, it then blow ing a heavy gale and lea running high in the gulph : at half paH 6 , finding the veffel would not lie to under reefed forefail, wc handed it and fet the balance mainfsil, and put two hands to the pump : at near 7, difeovering the water over the cabin floor, we immedi ately hauled down the mainfail and got the veffel before the wind y in a few minutes we found the water caffes and every thing afloat in the cabin, which rendered It out of our power to fare the books, quadrants, provi- fion*, clothes. Or any thing elfc ; the cabin being full of water, all bands were employed in throwing over the deck load. W e feudded S. Wi under bare pole* till 12 P, ,M. our can dle being then expended, wc were obliged to keep her before inc wiiid and fea through the night, the wind veering fromN. E. loN . W. in heavy fqualls, attended with rain : at 5 we perceived one of otir larboard dead lights half way up, which was occafipned by the preffure of the fea, and fome of the clothes waffbing out bf the fame— At 8 A. M. ioH our boat over the Hern by the violence of the fea ; at 1(3 dbv IoH the hawfer, it being entangled with feme of the lumber gbing overboard,— Odober 2, Hrong breeze and high fea from the northward, with rain, were obliged to keep the vcflTcl before the wind, (he Hill be ing full of water and feudding under bare pole*—two men fick.—0£lober 3, wind at N. W. and mpdehtte^ bat Hill feudding un^ dcr bare poles , Wfe found moft of the wedges had worked out of the mafta in tfe gale y the main hatches had likcwifc rifen a Httie, and the fore fcuttle gone, which %vc conceived to be occafioned by th« preffure of the water In the head. At 12 P* M. John y/druna, .1^. parted this life, and ht th*: mitted hi* bodv 10 tijd z r s * [ N o , 8 0 . ] fick.'i—October 4, moderate breezes and fait weather, the veffel Hill before the wind, alt hands were turned to pumping and bailing y in the evening found wc had gained confid^r>i ably on her, got foiftb fiiingles and wedged the mafts, likewife fccured the fore fcuttlc atid main hatch as well as we could.— 0<Ho- ber 5, frefh breezes from the northward with heavy fea, we found the water gained on us, the cabin being nearly full, and ali Hands pumping and bailing ; at ^ P. M. found wc gained on her: at 7 A. M. the wind hauled S. E. we then thought proper to Hand in for the continent, for the prefervation of the veffel and out lives,; having loH the ReglHer and all other papcrsl On the 8th got m i of the gulph, and On the 9th at 4 A. M. gdc foundings in ay fathom water. Qn the roth wc fpokc the {hip Eliza, from Liverpool bound to Savannah, but (he could give us np relief, having loH her boats, and we not be ing able to hoiH out our o w n } the paffengers^ however, ufed every exertion to throw ffime bifeuit on board, but finding the attempt fruitkfs, Capt. Brov/n defired them to defiff: — the C3.ptain of the (hip informed us, that Cape Reman bore N, W . by W . fix or feven leagues 5 we immediately hauled odt Dlfind, and at 5 P. M. faw Cape Roman bearing W . N. W . four or five leagues diftant— all hands Hill pumping, at 6 P. M. to our great joy^ the pump fucked. At 8 A M. a breeze fprung up from S. • S. E. and we fiiaped our courfe for Gape Frear, and on the lith we made the light-houfe, bearing E. N. E. 5 at i P. M. got a pilot, and at 4 cable to anchor at Fort JohnHon.” NEW -OR LEANS, S ept . 7. For fome days paH it has been known to the Mayor o f the city, and a number of citi zens, that a plot was brewing amongH the negroes, for the raaffacre o f the whites— and fome white men have been arreHed as chief* in the plot. On Thurfday night laH, about IX o'clock, ah alarm was fpread, that they were arming and embodying in the Faux-* bourg, and fome guns that were difebatged in that quarter, gave color to tliB aiaraa. Tii« citizens affembled generally^ and pattoka v/erc eftabilffied, which fcoured the city, and made icveral arrcHs. No fymptonjs of an affemblage, however occurred, and but three Haves armed, were difeovered, two of whom were taken. W e yefferday underftood from good authority, that the alarm was a wanton a£f of fome lads, who raifed it as a matter of humor. Such condudl ought not to pafs un- puniffied, as it may lull us into the moft fatal iecurity. Wc hope the authors of it may be deteded. W c notice with confidcrable concern, the very extraordinary and imprudent condudf of fome of our citizens in arming their flares for the purpofe of Atitnding themfelves, when the alarm was [pread on Thurfday evening— the conduct of Mr. Morales, late Spaniikln- tendant, was on tJiis occafion reprehenfible in the highcH degree— to give negroes, (the enemies in our own bofom) weapons of of fence, is a thing unheard of amongH the ci tizens of any country—*but for a foreign agent — the agent too of a government with wham the bcH underH^nding does not exift— an agent who i* not himfclf popular in the coun try where be refides, and who has afforded reafon to believe he Is not a well wifher to the governmenr, we fay, for fuch a chara£lcr to fuffer his negroes to go into the Hreet, with arm* in their hands, at a moment when the moH iminent danger wai to be apprehended, was a degree of impriivlcncc that wc could not have cxpedlcd any “lan would be guilty of. W e {hould do M\'”. Morale* injuHicc if we did not Hate that he did not intend his flaves tp leave hi* hoafe, nor did he know ir until their arreH.— Thcfe refle<Stion$ titUt tim made with a view to wound the feeling* of Mr. Morales, but to warii htifi of the impro priety of the rocafttrp, and to prevent a repe tition of if. . mOnmm ........... E^traB of d letter from the Post-Master at Fort St odder t, to ihe Post-Master in NeW’^Orleans, dated AugtiSt 31, 1805* Vi SIR,— I the day before yefterday rcecivfd information th^t the ncnh-eaHern mail for this place and Ne*v Ofkans, wa?, on the 18 CUfTrru, J or loft near the Tuckabat /- f tovA nt., >,Cret k Njtjor:) and that Webb, n-iii il'.oi tiirc th e b o d y , a l t v h. iiioun ed in* iiui.'s; and rode four
