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APRIL 9, 1767. VIRGINIA With the lateft Advices, WILLIAMSBURG, April 9. The Metamorphojts. A ftory after the manner of Ovid. Ne que femper arcvm tendit Apollo.

to whom the flowing lines belong, Lan you behold your patron fnfter wror.g Who taught the breathing cottage to' tep.iir And blcfs its tenant with each tunrful air. Until you rife to do I is Godfhip right, Attend a while an humble Mufe's flight. With wonder while the puzzled world is dumb, To think what can of Bjlin be become While grateful readers mifs their frequ. nt friend, And fadly yearn, yet fear to know his end; While bufy fcenes, where once he had his talk, Long to be fatisfy'd, yet dread to afk; Marat is mute, to fympathize anew; The Corner feels unblelt, and gapes for Qj While grief for lof of Biirt cheering face Appears in every thing, and eveiy place; The Mufe defcries his fate, and belt can tell Wht fad difafter has the wight befel. Mufe! this detection to the world impart, And doubt at leaft expunge fmm every heart.

Relate the worft; more painful to the (tr.fe, Than mifery itfelf, is wild fulpenfe. His acid belches long had BJk'tH cart, On wit and phyfick Pbabus roud lalt, And flimulated by a liughing fpleen, As in his eyes and gefture might be feen, I (wear, he cries, this contumacious lp.uk, Of my diflike. fhall bear an awful mark, Henceforward fhall fo low a Hate fultain, He'll wifh to be a again. Thus fpoke in jelling mood the humorous God, To crowding minilters who wait his nod. Forth from his bow no raging arrow flarts, To punifh the contemner of his arts.

His Horfes wag their tails; a flood of rays Inv.lve th' offender in a fudden blaze. The burring billows that aiound him roll, is thought, have fcorch'd the culprit to a coal. Vanifh the flames; there's nothing left, except What feems indeed a coal until it crept. But on a nearer view, behold a head Scaice vifible, and (lender limbs of thread And BJkin fair and ample body fhrunk Into a fingle inch of loathfome unk Pbazbus, what amazing change i here Who hence bufwiil thy gay duii rtveic The flames, that rob th Pbaii of his jrm, And turn the blazing bird into a worm, Have tum'd poor. fkin to an ii.ltct vile, And ba I him wiih his pun no mo Jvfile.

Inttead of that, fo war.n "iid thick a hide, Whxh once he boaiti A as his tooiicit pr de, He row aflumes a 1 coat of In which he feems hi quwdum ilip 1 mourn But only feems As far as power permits, He Hill phyficians rallies, laughs witi To mock the Mufe's lofty fl and voice, He fpreads his ciumfy wing and iiklome roife; And where with open window poet, (it, Intrudes hisdrone to drown a itbiing h'. To ridicule phyficians and their flidl, He dung compacts to form the naui'eous pill; Wnich o'tr and o'er, uiuil it finks, is loll'd, As Mehiphors'ht us'd to fe vc cf old. Frctm this employ he wins a vulgar name. That delic c) Hums, and br n.es with blame. Tho' he by he it endures fo llrange a harm, drawn by fome infupercble charm, Tins Inftci Ktgro brakes the fieiy fway Of fummer's 1 age, 'and loves the pointed ray.

In i'ummer view him at his daily toil, Wncrt cattle leaner riches on tne foil: Rch foil's, his lalle and to his joyful fight Frefh cowpens ever yield luprtnie delight. Here on his prefent low degraded lUe, And priiline gioiy, while )Ou medi.ate Jk cautious how fupcriours you cetp.ie, For Gods can irufh a man, as men da flics. HE To Mejf" RD I I 0 N. Gentlemen, tJ'H joliun.it' extrafi from a Intr publication of a rrofe jirgeiiots a iter; though uppiicabie to ft times and placts; nay pobopi ptie as rnitrfuimn to fiver al rtadtrt original r.f'fitiovi that upprar neiv and then in JX, i plea ft thmfo't to it Jo good as infer i( Ulbe ntxt gtizitte, and oblige Yours, C. TYRANNY.

BY a tyrant is mrant a fovcreign who makes his humour the law. who fcizes on his fubjcfls fubllmce, and afterwards enlilts them to go and give his neighbours the like treatment. Thde tyrants are not known in Euiope. T)ranny is difling'rfhed into that of one perfon, and of many: A body the tights ol other bodies, and conupting the laws, that it may xeicilc a defpotifm apparently legal, is the letter tyranny. But Europe likewife ha none of thefe tyrants.

Under which tyranny would you chofr to live? none; but, had I the option, the tyranny of one perfon appears to me ld odious and dreadful than that of many. A defpot ha always fome intervals of gord humour, which is never known in an aiiembl of delpots. If a tyrant has done me an irjury, there is his miftrefs, his confeffor, or his page, by means of whom I him and obtain redrefs; but a fet of fupccihous t) rants is inacceffible to all applications. If they are not urjuft, HiU they are auftere and l.arfh and no favours ar ever known to come from them. Under one defpot, I need only lt3nd up againft a wall, or proilraie myfei, or knock my head againlt the ground, according to the cullom of the country but under a body of perhaps a hundred delpots I may be obliged to repeat this ceremony aliundred times a day, which is not a little troubleiome to thole who are not very nimble.

Another difagrecable circumllance is, if my farm happens to be in the neighbourhood ol one of our great Lords, it is unknown what damages 1 am obliged to put up with; and if I have a l.iwfuit with a relation to a relation of enc of their High Mighiincffes, it will infallibly go againlt me. 1 very much afraid that in this world things will come fo fuch a pafs as to have no option than being either h.imrner or anvil. Happy he who gets eleir of this alternative The American Recipe for the Rheumatifm. of garlick two cloves, cf gum ammoniac one drathm blend them, by bruifmg. together; make them into two or three bolufles, with fair water, an I fwalow them, one at night and one in the morning.

Drink, while taking this recipe, faiT.fra? tea. made very thong, fo as to have the tea pot filled with the chips. This is generally found to the rheumatifm, and even contraclioni in the joints, in a few time taking. It is very famous in and a hundred pounds have been for the receipt. Filial Piety exemplified and rewarded.

IN a great feaport, in of the molt dillant piovinces in Fiance, there lived a mcichant who had carried on trade i 1 equal honour and prolperity, until he was turned of fifty years of and tht by a fudden fcrics of tmex; cted aid unavoidable loiiis, found himfdt unable to comply with his tngagtmtr.ti, and his wife a children, in whom he pi his piincipal happinefs, reduced nio fuch a fituat'on doubled his lltifs 1 is (olo refource, in tli.s lad ihuauon, wai the flection that, upon the llndtll of his own cui.dufl, nothing either ol inicjui; or iuiprudcn.e appeared. He thought it hefrtheief 'ic 10 rcpan to 1'arii, in order to liy a tiue ftaie of hia aflairs befoie hit that, being convinced of his i' ey b. induced to pity his misloitunis. and him a ion able fpate of time to futile Ins afFaiis. He was very ki; diy received by feme, and very civilly by ll i from whence he conceiveJ gre it hope, which he ommu icateJ to r.is family.

were fptedily dafhed, by the cruelty of his principal creditor, who caufd him to be feized and fenl to gaol. As foon as this ev. is knov in the country, his eldel't ion, who 'S tu.rn of ninrtetn, liHenii only to the ciiclates ol fii al piety, tame poit to Paris, and tnrew himfeir th? reet the obduraie creditor, to whom he pa. a eJ the duheis of the fa.ioly, in the moil pathttick terms but with' ut effect. At length, the greattft agony of rn iid, he laid, br, you noihir.g can tompcniatc for jc ur lol a victim, NUMBER 829.

GAZETT Vc Foreign and Domefiick. let your reffntment devolve upon me. Let me fufler inllcad of my father, and the mifenes of a prifon will fecra light, in procuring the liberty of a parent, to con fclc the forrows of the dillraclcd and dejrdled family I have left behind me. Thus Sir, you wM ftify your vcngcai.ee, without fealing their irretrievable ruin Anal theie tcais and fighs flopped hisjutterince. His father's creditor beheld htm upon his knees, in this conc.tion, for a full quarter of an hour.

He then Oernly bid him rile, and fit down; which he obeyed. The Gentleman (hen walked from one comer of tha room to the other, in great agitation of inhd, for about the fame (pace of time. At length, throwing his arms about the young man's neck, I find ((aid he) there is yet fomeihing more valuable than money. I have an only daughter, for whofc fad 1 have the u'moll anxiety, am refolved to fix it; in marrying you, (he mull bq happy. Go, cany your uhei's difcharge, afk hiscon bring lum inllanly hither, and let uj buiy tho joy of thi aili nee all remembrance of what ha foinicrly happened Thu the generou.

gratitude of the fori relieved the calamity of the uouhy father." Tht man who had confidcrtd wealth and happincls as fyncnimcus terms was fried from that fatal cnour, nnd Providences vindicated the manner of its proceeding by thus bringing light out of daikncf; and, thiough a fhort fecne of nnlery, rewarded a virtuou fami'y with lalting peace, in the enjoyment of 'that profperity which they fo well defer ved. CHARLESTOWN, February 9. Tbe fo'Ioiviup IbVing betn rtctttimtided to us as tit btflt diUitiun tint evtr ivas fubhhed for making tf HEMPP it is infer ltd in this f(tr, Jor tbt btntfet vfthebimp raifirs in all tbt prcvincrs, paiticular methods ide ufe of by the prin cipaJ people that raile hemp in Great Biitaio, which differ not at all from that made ufe of in Ruffia, viz. 1. The land to be ftrong and brought up fine.

To fow about the 20th of Maich to the 20th of My. 3. To fow about ten pecks to an acre. 4 Let it it and about thirteen weeks. 5.

When it is ripe, it will turn yellow and the leaves drop. 6. Pull it. and tie it with the under hemp in bunches about two (pm, TO DEW ROT. 1.

Lay it on the land. 2. Spread it at fuch a diltance, as a perfon can walk brtweep tho rows. 3. Tuin it often when it is diy 4 ien yotx rub it, if it is enough it will come clear from the ltaik at' the head.

5. Get it in bunches, nnd tie with us own. 6 When it is dry, get it in and keep it fo. 7. Then drefs it with the hemp brokers.

TO ATER ROT. i. Tie it in bunches at the other. 2. Make beds about fixtten fett fquare, and two feet deep.

3. Keep it under water, but not to touch at the bottom. 4. To know when it is rotten enough, put your hand in the middle of (he bed, and if it feels loft and Minify, then get it on the land and (pread it a (he other; and when dry, get it in and keep fo, and drefs it as the othir. B.

Having likewife made myfelf thoroughly acquainted wih every claufe in the act for the brunty on hemp from the Britifh plantation it i highly recommended that fuch hemp be well (hipped, well bioke and cleaned, with a certificate of its growth William Tipple, Broker, for the American htmp. NEW YORK, March 9. Account ot lundry meicnir.diic (hip pcu from t. is port, for Ireland, fince December 1766. For Bclfalt and Lairn, 2810 hogfheads of flax fctd.

Londonderry, 512; 880 Coik and Limerick, 103 aligo, 50 Dublin, 1766 Newry, I'wrtalerry, 5,2 18851 at 5 Staves for 29 vcffcls, computtd at 10, coo each, at 70 per thoular.d, lr 1015 and iron (hipped in faid vcilcls cqj.tt to, 00 4600 barrels of ftawer, Diibusfsmcnts oh 3" veffeb, at zoo Cuch, I 4 new veilels zzco each, i.