fell me and all my family to a flave fhip, fo that we should pafs all the reft of our lives in flavery in the Weft-Indies, I can forgive him; but (added he with much emotion) if a man takes away the character of the people of my country, I never can forgive him." Being afked why he would not extend his forgiveness to one who took away the character of the people of his country, he answered," If a man fhould try to kill me, or should fell my family for flaves, he would do an injury to as many as he might kill or fell; but if any one takes away the character of black people, that man injures black people all over the world; and when he has once taken away their character, there is nothing which he may not do to black people ever after. That man, for inftance, will beat black men, and fay, O, it is only a black man, why fhould I not beat him? That man will make flaves of black people; for when he has taken away their character, he will fay, O, they are only black people, why fhould not I make them flaves? That man will take away all the people of Africa, if he can catch them; and if you ask him, But why do you take away all these people? he will fay, O, they are only black people, they are not like white people, why should Į not take them?' That is the reafon why I cannot forgive the man who takes away the character of the people of my country." He was then told, that it would be very wicked to kill this gentleman, or even not to forgive him, feeing the fcriptures faid, "Forgive your enemies," "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, faith the Lord." This immediately quieted his rage, and he became as calm as a lamb, nor was used af terwards to exprefs the leaft anger against the gentleman whe had fo much offended him. At another time, when he faw a man beat his horfe about the head, and otherwife ufe it ill, he became very angry, and talked of getting a gun to fhoot the man, for he was fure he deserved it, and alfo of carrying a gun always about him to fhoot fuch bad people. As foon, however, as a paffage of fcripture which condemncd fuch violence was mentioned to him, his anger ceafed, and he became forry for it. Humour. (To be continued.) A YOUNG Lady of rank and defired. I admit of no inftructions. fortune went out to walk in her father's wood. "Pray, Madam, (faid the grey-headed fteward) may I humbly intreat that you will not go far from home: you may meet with strangers who are ignorant of your quality." "Give your advice (anfwered the) when from fervants."She walked on with fatisfaction, enjoying a clear fky and a cool breeze. Fatigue feized her, regardless of high birth; and the fat down on a fmooth fpct at the fide of a high road, expecting fome equipage to pafs, the owner of which would be be proud to convey her home. After long waiting, the first thing the faw was an empty chaife, conducted by one who had formerly ferved her father as a potillion. "You are far from home, Madam; will you give me leave to fet you down at my old mafter's." Prithee, fellow, be not officious."-Night was faft approaching, when he was accofted by a countryman on horfe-back, "Miftrefs, will you get up behind me ; Dobbin is fure-footed; you fhall be fet down where you will, if not far off, or much out of my way." "Miftrefs! (exclaimed he) how dare you prefume?" "No offence," faid the young man, and rode away, humming the fong I love Sue. It was night: the clouds gathered, the leaves of the trees ruftled, and the young woman was terrified with what fhe took for ftrange founds. There came an old man driving an empty dung cart. "Friend, (faid fhe, with an humble accent) will you let me go with you." Pride is the most galling burthen a perfon can walk under. Prudence faves from many a misfortune: pride is the caufe of many. IN England there is an unrepealed law to inflict a punishment or levy a fine on perfons abfenting themselves from their parish churches for more.than a limited time. A man in a village in Surry being a defaulter, the parfon threatened the punishment unless he came to church; in confequence of which the man went regularly afterwards during the fermon, and advancing up the middle alley pulled off his hat, faying, "Your humble fervant, Mr. Parfon; your most obedient, Sir; you fee I am come to church, Sir; good bye t'ye, Sir; I'll come again next Sunday." And he paid his addreffes in this manner till the Parfon was tired of his vifits. TWO Clergymen entering into converfation, the one lamented the little power his preaching and admonitions had towards reclaiming his parishioners from their vices. To which the other replied, he had been more lucky; for he had made many of them profelytes to the three capital virtues, namely, faith, hope, and repentance. "Aye!" fays the other, " you have been very fortunate indeed! but, pray, by what means did you bring them to fo happy a converfion."" Why," anfwered the other, "by borrowing their money; for had they not had faith in me that I fhould repay them, they had not lent it; after I had been indebted to them fometime, they hoped I should return it; but now they know I cannot pay them, they heartily repent they ever lent it me." A SERVANT maid went to a Lady of Quality, to hire herfel in the capacity of houfe-maid. Pray, my Lady, fays the girl, who is to rub the furniture, the footman or me? Neither, replies her Ladyfhip, I do it every day myfelf for my health's fake; and I with other ladies of quality would do the fame, to cure them of the vapours, which proceed entirely from habits of inactivity and indolence. This is an example well worthy of imitation in the prefent age of luxury and diffipation. A NUMBER of unfortunate convicts having arrived at the place of execution, one of them, who who was very inattentive on the awful occafion, had a gentle rebuke from the pious Ketch, which he received with a fang froid fo perfectly at his eafe, that he aked Ketch if he had any commands where he was going?" Jack, in reply, thanked him for the civility, and told him he "believed he muft trouble him with a line!" and at that inftant clapped the halter about his neck. attended by a phyfician, from the welt end of the town, he asked the Doctor if he did not find it very inconvenient to come to his friend from fuch a diftance. "Not at all, Sir," replied the fon of Efculapius, "for, having another pa tient in the adjoining ftreet, I can kill two birds with one ftone." "Can you fo," replied the fick man; "then you are too good a fhot for me ;" and immediately difmiffed him. THE famous William Penn fat with his hat on before Charles II. and the King, as a gentle rebuke for his ill manners, put off his own. Upon which Penn faid to him, "Friend Charles, why doft not thou keep on thy hat?" The King anfwered, ""Tis the cuftom of this place, that not more than one perfon fhould be covered at a time." THE fcandalous fale of indulgencies in the Roman Church, it BANNISTER being in comis well known, produced the Ref- pany, and the converfation turnormation.-One Tetzel, a Do- ing on the fubject of dreams, a minican friar, and a retailer of perfon faid he dreamed of lice, an indulgencies, had picked up a vaft evening or two before. Bannilter fum at Leipfic. A gentleman of obferved, that it was not wonderthat city, who had no veneration ful, for people generally dreamed for fuch fuperftition, went to Tet-at night of what was running in zel, and asked him if he could their heads all day. fell him an indulgence beforehand for a certain crime, which he would not specify, and which he intended to commit. Tetzel faid, "Yes, provided they could agree upon the price." The bargain was ftruck, the money paid, and the abfolution delivered in due form. Soon after this, the gentleman knowing that Tetzel was going from Leipfic well loaded with cafh, waylaid him, robbed him, and cudgelled him; and told him, at parting, that this was the crime for which he had purchased an abfolution. George Duke of Saxony, a zealous friend of the court of Rome, hearing of this robbery, at firft was very angry; but, being informed of the whole ftory, he laughed heartily, and forgave the perpetrator of a crime that was thus fpiritually pardoned by anticipation. A GENTLEMAN calling upon a friend in the city, who was THE late James Taylor, of penurious memory, when near his death, being told his fituation, refolved, at the eleventh hour, to be benevolent. He fent for the Governor of a public charity, to whom he obferved, "that his physician had informed him he could not live 6 weeks, and he wished to bequest the Charity 1500l. But-" The Governor interrupted him with many thanks" But," he continued, "if you will allow me the discount, I'll pay the money now." et's throne, SUBLIMELY rais'd in mighty po [known, In humber ftyle, to vulgar readers By name of garret, where the spiders ply Their artful fnares, to catch the fimple fly No further, in my retinue, a king, The fimple herald of the Muse I fing The "living manners" of the world below, And shoot at folly in her ape-the beat. Or hear the dame in nice obfervance tell The changes fashion rings upon her belle. If all be true that our wife grandma'ms fay, The prince of demons, drefs'd like courtier gay, Through France, that fickle clime, where fafhions new, [grew, Like conftitutions now, fpontaneous To give the ton, his annual journey made, And thought, the fashion, chang'd, himself well paid. Sagacious demon did thy eagle eye, From cause so trifling, fuch effects do fcry? [elate, Thou faw'it in future years, with pride Thy empire rifing on a ruin'd state; From folly's rage for change in coat and gown, That mania rife, that chang'd for cap, No. II. frighted eyes, To gaze on meteors in more temp'rate fkies. See o'er Britannia's'ifle, a comet rare, With afpect frowning, and with "horrid hair," To western climes its dire contagion spreads, [heads. Foreboding changes ftrange to female 'Twas late your lot, Columbia's fair to please In robes combining elegance and ease Nor fought you then with labour'd art to hide The flowing ringlets, yours, and nature's pride. "You faw the ftar, and worfhipp'd in the eaft;" At fafhion's altar half your charms have ceas'd. Behold the locks that grac'd the love ly maid, Hung round her neck, and o'er her bofom play'd, Now o'er her head in grifly horrors rife, And lay their tax on patience and the Peter payeth addrefs to Meldame Patience—complimenteth the good creature; giveth ber credit for compofure in the bour of noise and nonfenfe; for delicacy towards young poets, and neatness of compliment. Peter prophefieth-findeth his vision bath clay feet and writeth an Elegy. ftool; For Peter longs to practise in thy fchool, Echarms. To taste thy pleasures and poffefs thy Yes, Peter wants thee, heaven-defcended dame, To help him scale time's craggy steep, Up nrount Parnaffus high to leap, And grafp the fore-lock of immortal fame. Or if, fweet foul, thou'lt kindly condefcend, To fpread thy influence o'er each reader's fpirit; That they may calmly o'er these mufings bend, [of merit. And hunt, with loving eye, for ftrokes "Tisall the modeft blushing Peter wishes, To help his tuneful chops to loaves and fishes. A: |