«*-* .*,*:*■*'-»•»/• *••**« © POETRY. • • • o • • • • . • « ft o * • • • o 0« Catching a Fly* THOU little infect, live to-day, Sport thy precious life away ; Thv HFe like man's is fhort at bed, A fadinr flower, a fleeting jell. Why fhouid I break thy brittle thread Of feeble life ? it mull not be; Live, and around my manfion tre»d, Thevroild is large—for you and me. Go, join thy kindred—gaily fly ; I would not here detain thee long J IPe- haps they foi thy fafety fi^h— Go, let therh hear thy buzzing fong0 ferhaps to flies as well ae men The charms of freedom are mod dear ; No longer be a captive then, No longer will I k^tp thee here. ■ *Thy life is fhort, and fum is mine, Alike uncertain mine and thine ; Go, and thy liberty enj -y, I mud not) will not} thee deftroy. from an Tri/h paper. the following is a linking in- fiance of the great benefit man¬ kind has derived £tOtn the diicov- cry of the Art of Printing. In the year 1724, the pri:e of a Bi¬ ble neatly wrirten was 30/. an en¬ ormous fum in thofe days. In the fame year, the erection of two arches of London Bridge coft but 2 5/. of courfe 5/. left than was paid ar that time for a fingle copy ot Lhe Scriptures. The following extraordinary ac¬ count of 'he diftribution of the Scriptures in the ten years of the exigence of the Britifh and For • Prom the National Intelligencer. THE MISTAKE. A CROPPISH Macaroni—clofely fhorn, Went to a barber's mop one Sunday morn : Mid rank" of wigs he took hie feat, to h am Some barber's news, & waft his (having turn. tJo came old Gauger, with his flowing wig, White as a cauliflower, but twice as big ; And peeping round, for he was almoli blind, A vacant block ftand for his wig to find, He chane'd, fad hap, his pcrriwig to pop Upon the nut-brown head f knowing crop. Up boune'd the blade, & fwore and floune'd about, u Od, denve—demme, Sir, I'll call you out. Quick as light-horfeman vaults into the fad- die, IDid Gavger's fpec"tacle« hi8 fiofe bed raddle, For much he ftar'd to fee his old wig walk, Swear fo, and fo 11 ndutifully talk : But foon as ever the miftake he fpy'd, The good old man, quite out of breath, re¬ plied, •* Your feelings, fir, I did not mean to (hock, 11 Indeed,, indeed.. 1 took mom £m cl Uttck L'y « • MORALITY. i " <••••• • • * « a • • .A 4 II •••••« • Chrijlian Puties. MAN is born for fociety, and feelj? in his mind an irre lift i hie pro- ptnfity to mingle with the com¬ pany and engagements of his fel¬ low creatures. In the common intercjurfe of life, and the gene¬ ral bufinefs of the world, it is ut¬ terly impoflible for the mod pru¬ dent and cautious perfon ro avoid all connection wirh others whofe character perhaps may be fufpi- cious, or whofe principies & p?ac- tires may be highlv cenfurable. Should any man fo fo unrcafona- b-e as toexped ftrifl: morals in ev- ery individual member of an ex- tenfive community ; or fhouid a- ny be fo morofe as to withhold all •converfe with perfons, perhaps inoie vicious and more imprudent than himfelf, fuch a man would fhew neither experience in the frailties or human nature, nor Chriftian charity in bearing with . condefcenfion and lenity, the im*~ perfections of others. It is the duty of every individual to look well to himfelf; to correct what 5s vicious in his own conduct ; to rectify what is erroneous in his own judgment; to watch over himfelt with unremitted vigilance; and then to keep himfelf not u i- connected with the world, but tinfidlied by it. If by uniform ad¬ herence to virtue and piety, he may filently admonifli others thro* the force of example ; or if, in feafonab'fe opportunities of pru¬ dent insinuation, he may iiiftruct by gentle counfels, thofe who have candour enough to receive ad¬ vice ; fuch a man by living and mixing with foeicty, will produce in it infinitely more moral g >od, than if he were in pecviihnefs to defift from taking his (hare in ihe common concerns of mankind and ih$ world. eign Bible Society, appears in the young man - the experiment* pracVifcd upon h>m i* Switzerland, the Follow- fog he laid was molt powerful* cc I w?s in a room under interro¬ gating where had beenprevioufly fufpended. unknown to me, lm- rnediateiy behind me, a great vale of copper money ; fudcienly the cord vas cut, and the whole came tumbling down with prodigious clatter. Yet not theflitfhteft in¬ dication of any emotion was dif- covend in my countenance *'— So ended a deception which had been foipofed on Germany, Swit¬ zerland, Italy, Spain and France ! The foitory is tc* be given of this io h report : The amount of copies of the Scriptures \ffued from the com¬ mencement of 1813- to March 3, of the preferit year, 1814- ls Bibles, 167,320 Teftaments 185^49 The total iffiied from the com¬ mencement of the lnltitution to that period- Bibles - Teftaments 595,003 In all, 985,325 copies, excluiive of about 4*5525 circulated at the charge of the Society from depof- itoriVs abroad , m iking a total of one million ^ twenty-Jix thou/and, eight hundred and fifty C'pics, circulated by the Brhifli ana Foreign Bible Society, A - A moft Angular impoftor. as a deaf and dumb perfon, w^s detec- He 180G. ted by Mr. Sicard in was ordered to Park to be exam¬ ined at the inftitution for the deaf and dumb. As he cou d write, fo;j>> ffi& mt rt Cprflwjg ga e Mr. Sicard the nrft convicii -n that he w.is an impoilor, but no decifive proof was obtained upon the fir ft examination— i he fecond was not with greater conviction At the third trial he was threatened to be confronted ofe who had by th taught him, and reminded of his contradictions. Me kept his coun- tenancei On the next morning, before a felect company, he drew from his pocket a paper, which he read wirh a loud a«id diftmct vbicef *' Thefe are the firfl words w ich have iiTaed from my mouth dur- it g four ye irs/' He fatd he fhouid prefer death to this conh (lion ; that Mfi Sicard was the only per^ km wh ) could have obtained it, He added, " in many cities I have been fubjected to different <k cru¬ el experiments, but never has the. lrnalltit f>mpfom of furprife been, feen in my countenance. At La Rochelle, the Warder was directed to fleep with me, but even my dreams were never expreffed in any thing more than gutreral founds. Several limes have I been purpofely awakened out of a: found fieep ; my ala m wa,, how¬ ever, ma- ked by nothing more than pla n ivecroaking ihe hu-n- dred prif >ners who were with me did all which had been ordered them, in order to furprife me. In Switzerland, a young, rich a?»d beautiful woman, offered to ir.a'- ry me. if 1 would fpeak. I relis¬ ted every thing. Often have I had the intention of roaming into fome wood and living like a Kail. At firft I did f<>. I palled a whole month living on roots, potatoes and wild fruit, without tailing bread. My true name is Victor Foy." Crowds were aflembled as foon as the conteffion v/as known. A collection was made for him and it had great effjcl upon him, Hefaidhe had been f acfuftom- cd t> his iliufi ms, that he had un¬ learned his i#aiTinK. Amohg all JXECIWTE. In an ne:e lor.2: palt, the little re¬ public of Padua had a d.fpute with the Pope of Rome, who infilled upor, exercifing over it temporal as weli as fpiri'ual authority. The difpute growing very h t, the Pope falminated his threats a^ainft an\ o- thev citi ens that fhouid takepirt^nth the Senate or Pa- ua; and the Senate, too, threa¬ tened with the punithment of death any fuhjects of the repub¬ lic that fhouid take fide with the Pope. During this dilemma, an officer of the Senate alked a prieit of Padua, whether he preferred being hang.-d for obeying the Pope, or being excommunicated f() r o!> eying the fe n a t e ? To this the prieft replied—cc that for his part, fee had father be exco?nmwii- eatedtrlrty years, than be hanged a quarter of an hour." &',¥&>**/»;<•& *">«■ -f-o".-^ PFmt/di • . ■ • - De- IJ*OS Trviceofthe Royal Engineer paitmcnt, A MILLWRIGHT, Compete IQ t^t cr a Saw-Mill on Kingfloti Creek, who will furnifli ar.d co:npltte the whole of the Timber work. ALSO, i A 1 ? rr- e fupply of Stones, which will be re'-. ceived at the Quarry at Point Hth'ry Sea!e-.l lJropofi!s for erefting the Saw- Mil! and f.irniihm^ ch- whole or part 01 the Stofie. wiil he r crived at this Office on or before the 2 5lh June inftant, on which dsy thtlpwcfi tendn? will be accepted, on fur- riiiliin^ fati.-factory fecurities.- Comm"[ferial Office, Kingston, 15//' June, l 8 15. gtt - % . One Hundied Do 11 ars Reward. BROKE out of the Goal at King- flon, on the eight of the 9th inil. fotrf Criminals, viz. Dr. Calvin Wood, Tupsf* as Edwards, 81 ft Rgt. George Wood,- Brfgt in the U. vS. frrvie'e, & Frf-dekjc?: Hulman, an American Sailor. Whoever Mill bring ihem ba k fhall receive the above reward, or tw■■ uty live dollars for each, on iheir b'ing delivered fo th.- SubfcriSer. for ^JHARLES STU ^ RT, Sheriff. JAMES ADAMS, Deputy Shetii£ . Kingston, Midtahcl District, J \ otb June, 1815. ^ 2 3U" ^ADVERTISEMENT. . THE fu'bfcribcr hereby gives pub- tic notice, and forbids r.ny perfon or perfoua- io cut down any tire cr trees on Lot No. za* jn the nrft conceffion of the townflirp <;f "King(Ion, or to carry or convey any wood lying or cut d'-wn 01 the aforefaid I4at there¬ from, on peril of being profecuted according ilo law. George Okill Stuart.- Kingston, September 2 2d, 1814. ?.z TO BE S !LD, A ND poflclSon given immediately, t?ie T\ eaft In If of Lot No. 26, in toe 7th •Coiicefilon of the To*nfhipcf r«-cJericks- iblirgh—about Oveiity acres under good to* jprovenient, with a proportional* quantity of ,meadow land, and the whole well watered. For particulars apply to tint fublcnbcr, on the piemi es. JEHT15L HAWLEY. Frederichsbvrgh, March tfy iHij 43 - FOR SALE o'no RkM. Enquire of the Printer. Od t. z i*i*i f A full blooded Me- 37 • No tice. 1 ■ nr^KE fuhferiher being duly authorized to fettle the affairs of the late C. Me. Gee, Efq. Ordnance Store Keeper at th*" Poft, n-quefts al! thofe who have demands a. gainft the faid Eilate, to produce the fame (properly authenticated,) f r payment—and all thofe who are indebted to the faid Es. tate, are hereby requeued to pay the fame to Mr. J. T. Wilson, at the Ordnance Of. fice. HA Mb. GOWEN Kingston, I \th June; 1815 . Take Notice. ■ T"HAT wherea3 DAN E. ALLEN finned a certain Contract with the Deputy Barrack Mailer General, tor buil. ding a large 'Store Houfe and Hofpiial ki the life of Government, for the fulfilment of which the fubfenbers became fecurity, as al- fo have advanced a large fum of their own private property, with engagements for pay. rmntof fome Goods in Kingfton to forward the above Buildings— This is therefore to reqtlefl Government, or any other perfon, not lo make any further payment on the above Buildings, until a fet- tlementis made, and lawful Bills paid off. ELI EMONS, ROBERT YOUNG. Kingston, June 18, 1S15. _ Jtt THE fubferiber has now on hand, and intends keeping ready for fale, an aflbrt- ment of Saddles, Bridles, Whips Spurs, a n a with other article? ufually kept in hTsI'ne- His prefent means of obtaining vv-ukmen and Hock, will enable him to fe;l much lower than forme-ly done on fhort notice, A. METCALF. • • Repairing Ktngfion, June 12, 1815 .— • Land fit Safe THE fubferiber offers fpt file th Weft half of Lot No. 7, in the fourth a^d fifth coi'cefirm of the townlhip of Lougnj borough,-with 50 or 60 acre^ under ffood improvement, and a good Hand for any pub- lie buiinets. _, MICHAEL SLOOT. Loughhorovgh, Jam 12, I off. * — — -. — " •• - ~* Wanted hmedinieK A San irttaftGrto fe'.P4%"^ to nets a Lad from- 14 to 16 ^ nge. Oneoffte;idy n^bi'ts will meet jnd, good encouragenvent by applying ^ ^ • ^. fice. June 17, rSir. Kingston Pack.., JAMES CHAPMAN, CaptL 'J-;H1S vefTel ™\ fail regfaWly ^ A Kingston to Saclett's Harbor, gu mil leave Kingfton every Monday, Wednw day and Friday, and Sackelt's Harbor eve" iy other clay in the w-.ek w The price will be T-wo Dollars for each pa (lender. Ki-'gsln-', May 12,-- 1815. rotf *HE fubferiber, feeing about to dole . # his bniin-fs, requeils all thofe indebt¬ ed to him either by note or book a^c-Mint, to make immediate Payment, 01 their Note and Account- will be left in the h-and<ofan A11 or:. cy for co 11 ect l m w h hout further no." tice—and all thofe to whom he is indtbted, are requeued to briv.g in their demands with¬ out delay, He avails himfelf of this opportunity to return his tnanks t • hia fiends and the pub* he for their liberal encouragement, and in¬ forms them thnt he has ftill on hand an ex* teuii -e aifortment of goods, which he wilhej to diioofe of on the moft resfonable terms/ by wholefaleor retail for ca/h down, as he is determined not to give any credit hereafter. 3 BAKTLET. Kingston, Mar J}"24, J:ui 5. 4j Rags ! Rags! Cash and the highest pi ice paid for* cotton" and linen A G S, AT THIS OFFICE. J A QUANTITY OF . WRITING PAPER Of Quality No. 1 and No. H For Sale at this Uf/jga ■ til m ngsfon, April 2 if 1815. Cr ^ilf-notions fir the (jJ'tfADl'M VISi TO crUJ I: riettid ft ike Ojfit* «/* Kingston Gazette. W