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NORTHERN LIGHT. Colonies to umonstrate against their, 9 6 OliCUESTIU. Contract, Ofl Peacs. 9 encroachments upon tluir right and liberties, dining the space of ten years. The British Cabinet determined not to relax, in their arbitrary of government over the American Colo the American Colonies, e-qually resolute not to submit to their unjust laws and Sniptrbus demands, war became the inevitable consequence, The result of this war, produced a to the civil and religious liberties ol a people, scattered o-ver ah extensive The allied powers of England antl France, felt highly interested in the result of the A- eis instructed by misfortune.

In bhort time the Egyptians ai.d the inhabitants of Attica, formed but tne people but the former kssumtd over the Walter that ascendency, vl.ich soon-tr or later attends siiperioii-ty of knowledge and Cecrops, placed at iho head of the united people, conceived design vf bestowing happiness tin ljis adopted country. 4 ('lhe ancient possessm ol these lands yearly saw a legular uuitssiph of the wild fruits of the tak, and relied on nature for a production which secured their. njinuU subbisience. Ce-trops pitsented them with a milder nutriment, and taught them to perpetuate it. Various species of grain were entrusted to the earth.

The olive was brought from Egypt into Attica. Trees hitherto unknown extended their branches laden with fruit over rich harvests. The inhabitant of Attica, led gy. It is io contain descriptions of sou American quadrupeds, birds, serpents, fishes, iiisects, vermin, which huv? never yd Ln published by any naturalist The whale is to be systematical-j "inai gid. The oik is to be printed in tw volumes in an octavo size, on good paper, and with new type.

Each volume wUI contain 256 pages, exclusive of an If ill be illustrated with plates, engraven by tie most eminent artists. I'n subscribers, the volumes in boards, ill be live dollars. Considering the eminence cf the Author in his profession, and in literal acquisitions, Ave presume, thet the wotfc will receive the patronage ofthe lover and cultivators of science especiallf of natural history. Ed. Pre.

Proposals have been issued at New-York, by Col. John '1 rumbuil, (a native of Lebanon, pu Wishing ly subscription, two small Prints one its-pecting the" Death of ll'arrin, at the battle of Bunker's hill; the other, tl. death ofMonigomery thealtack ofQue bee." are tobe copied lrom two large prints, commemorative of the same event which were published in London, by Col. several years mikc and which are allowed to be amonu; iiierican war. The French espoused the cause of the American colonies, and engaged will) 'them against.

England. All Europe fell anxious for the event. In 1784, the dcfinilt ve treaty peace between England was ratified by Congress which treaty was highly honorable to the cause, in which the people of the United States were engaged for tight years while contending for their just and equal rights. The success of the war, on the part of the United States, in-, its final result, has engaged the attention, and admiration pfall nations. Two yeais following, the Federal Constitution was framed at by theconvention of Delegates IVom the several Colonies which Constitution has been adopted and ratified by tire.

'particular States in the Union, by which the public honor and happiness "of. The United States, by the example of the Egyptians, expert in agriculture, redoubled his efforts, and inured himself to fatigue; but he not yet stimulated by hopes sufficiently powerful to mitigate his pains, and animate him in his labors. Tylftrriage was subjected to laws and these regulations, the sources of a new order of virtues and enjoyments, sufficiently evinced the advantages of decency, the attractions of modestv, and the "When 'the sweet smilingMoon rolls her mb thro sky, And the white clouds are flying afar, I Through the grove, While no danger imVn, And with pensiveness utter ft heart broken sigh, As I think on the honors of War. O'er the earth, host)) armies, in battle around, Spread destruction and carnage afar While blood, Like a flood, Flows with crimson the groind And the groans of the dying, unnumber'd resound -Oh I the merciless horrors of War Heaven fasten the time when the battle shall cease, And dread terror be banished afar When Love, Like a Dove, With the EMBLEM of fEACEi (Shall return to the Ark, and that wretchedness cease, Which embittershe horror of War. Then the Vulture, Despair, from Misery fly And no ill omen'd grief-bearing Star Shall keep, Gentle sleep! From tin: fatherless eye, Nor disturb the repose of the brave, with a sigh For the wide wasting horrors of War.

ALCANDER." desire of pleasing the happiness of have been preserved till the present day. tT0 BE continued. For the Precursor. DUELLING. THE practice of Duelling first took its rise in the Military department in the army, where an cflicer was impeached for cowardice, want of prowess, or martial fortitude to.

wipe away this stigma, honrab)e BaltsfixVio'ii was re "Line addressed by a gentleman to I quired, to decide the question by dis anniversary of their If edding Day, when he ire tented her with a Ring" "Thee, Mary, with this ring I wed So sixteen years ago I said Behold another lor what: To wed thee er again why not With that first ring I married youth, ti 1........ the best historical pieces em yet published, ft. Guz, ZLme on llcers. Messrs. Cady Elles of New-London, propose to republish (from the 2d London edition) a work eittitltd Pmclictd Observation on the Trt atmtnt of Ulcers on the Itgti to whice be sdded Home Oboriv-qtiont on Varicose Vein and Piles" By tverand Home, Esq.

F. U. S-The. work is highly recommended by-Doctors Mason, F. Cogswell, Nathaniel Dwight, James Lee, J.Osbcrn, and Samuel 11.

P. Lee. Cuni. Her. Poems if Oaidan Messrs.

Putnam) Trumbull, Norwich (Ct.) have intlm press, nearly completed, a new edition, of Ossiah's Poems translated by Janie Macpherson, Esq. The peculiaily interesting nature of these Poems and their wtl.l known merit, supercede the necessity of any comments. Troy Gazette. Extract of a Ceminitnicalion from a Medical Student hi. Fhiladeljihui, to a Gentleman in thi town, rtluting the surprising effect of a peculiar kind of Air ufion the human syntem.

DOCTOR Wood house, our professor of has recently beer trying some experiments with the ni-, trous oxide of azote, air upon wlrch Mr Davy txpeyimentul. It was respired by a great number of young men who now attend the let? tures, and produced effects truly singular and In some instances rather ludric-bus. Of those who breathed it, some Bighed, some fainted, some grinned, some leaped up rr.d down across the room, and others grew. onlrageouH as maniacs. These inor lions' were i all involluntary.

Many of Hiem imagined themselves in a place cf complete beatitude, and viewed with. v.trace, oeauiy, innocence aim truin Taste lonsr admired, sense lontr revered i loving, ana Uie necessity ol constancy in love. The father heard the stctet voice of nature in the recesses of his heart he heard it in theheart of his spouse.and of his He surprised himself shedding tears, no longer wrung from him by suffering and learned to esteem himself by the exertion of sensibility. Families soon became connected by alliances or wantsand ties innumerable united every member of society. The benefits they enjoyed were no longer confined to themselves nor the sufferings li orri which, they were exempted foreign io their feelings.

Other motives facilitated the practice ol moral and religious duties. The first Greeks offered homage to gods wliese name.3 they knew and who, too iar, removed from mortals and reserving all their, power to the progress of the! made known some few of their supreme commands, on rare occasions, in the little district of D.odona in Epirus. The foreign colonies bestowed on these deities the names they, were by in Egypt, in Lybia, and Phoenicia attributing to each of them a limited empire, and peculiar functions. The city of Argos was particularly consecrated to Juno that of Athens to Minerva that df Thebes to Bacchus. Uy this slight addition to the religious worship of the country, the gods seemed to become, more immediately connected with, Greece, arid to share its provinces among theins The people believed them more them less powerful, and less occupied.

They found the gods present with them on every side and, certain henceforward of securing their attention, they conceived a more elevated dea of human'nature. Cecrops multiplied the oojects c'f And all my Mary then appeared. play of fortitude in personal combat with the implicator at swoid and pistol. This practice continued in habit until it became the denier resort, to decide all petty controversies, passionate, amours, personal animosities, and trifling disputes. This false ghjse of personal lionor growing into habit fostering the principles of murderous reyenge, aided and abetted by those who wished to be considered as leading characters became so, alarming, that the.

Legislature of this state and most of the United State, have found it necessary to pass Laws against duelling, against which laws their has been flagrant violations. Must it be said our national Legislature, have so far countenanced a Alur-erous Dueller, as to permit him to hold the office of Vice-President of the States, and preside in the national Senate His treasonable conspiracy since, is marked with unparalleled in-gratitude It has been justly observed, that since the passing of the Acts a-gainst dueling, it has been the Law If she by merit then disclos'd, Prov'd twice the woman I suppos'd I plead that doubled merit noy To justify double vow." The Test of Female Virtue in the Sensitive Plant. THREE Bells in a garden, were viewing the Phnt, respectively by their gallants. Here Nancy, Said William, as one will reveal, Is a Secret, which some fain'd beauties conceal. teFor where modest virtue hath flown from its stand, It wilts at the touch, and recedes from the hand, The young Ladies saz'd, as if rather dismay'd, Mut Nancy at length said, poll I'm not afraid.

Her fair hand advanced, the experiment try'd, When Io in an instant the plant droop'd and dy'd: The podr girl first blushed then whiterthanSnow, Said softly, Lord help me how does the plant know. Of an 2ularne of the History of the lastCvntkrxj. Ths very rii-xt year after this peace, the seed of discord between' England and France began to be rwwn. The provinces of North characters, who have violated their prohibitions, after perverting law in their professional caH'inn-. Several of them have openlytfanipledon the moral the most sovereign contempt every terrestrial object.

'The circulation whs very generally" hurried, and there appeared tobe. a preternatural determination of blood.to the brain rather than to the other parts of the body. With sentiments of esteem, I am your friend and servant." public veneration. He invoked the sovereign of the gods under the title of the Most High. He erected numerous temples and altars but prohibited the shedding of the blood of victims, whether to preserve the animals destined to agriculture, or to inspire his subjects with ho'rro'r fcr a barbarous scene exhibited in' Arcadia, A man, a ferocious Lycaon, had recently, sacrificed an infant to those gods, whom we cannot but Offend when we violate the dictates of nature.

The hotna'ke source of discord hostilities between several of the- European powers; particularly between France and England. This was the origin of what is called.the Freiir.h war, which began in the year offered them by Cecrops was worthy their benignity his oReringV were ears of corn or grain, the first fruits of the harvests with which they 1755, "a war Which produced events almost incredible in Which France sunk from glory to a state of humiliation." I'n this war, Prussia engaged with England, End Austria with France. seven years of devastation, blood-shed fi'ul in almost every quarter of the Globe, peace was concluded in 1763, in a manner highly honorable to Great Britian and In the course of this fatal war, France lost he ftaet.her most of hercredit, besides avast number of her inhabitants, and the flower of her youth. In this contest, the thirteen colo precepts tne holy religion of the Saviour. Are our laws deficient in penal-ty, or wanting in energy Jf they are not sufficient to deter let them have force to exterpate.

"Whosoever shed-. eth man's blood, by man shall his be shed." Le every one who fights a duel, and is not slain, be hung like Hainan on the gallows of their own erecting, theLawt Orupon those who escape' legal justice, let the mark of Cain be set, that whosoever finds, may slay them. Dy the exterpation of a supernumerary dangerous set of men, who having become a common nuisance can be best community woul Ge more safe, and moral precepts more duly reVerenced'and o-be-yed; Ancient rtccifc TrIE colony of derived its origin from the city of Sais in Egypt. The adventurers who composed it had quitted the happy banks of the Nile, to withdraw themselves from' the tyranny of an inexorable conqueror and, after a tedious voyage, reached the shores of Attica, all timesinhabited by a people whom the fierce nations of Greece had disdained to brinj" under the yoke. Their sterile fields offered no' plunder, nor could their weakness inspire any dread.

Habituated to the enjoyments of peace, free without knowing the rains of rude rather than barbarous, they must have united themselves without difficulty to Strang- nies of America were engaged with Eng- 1 against the encroachments of France upon ANECDOTE. Dean Swift in. a sermon, before Court of Assizi in Ireland, severelr, lectured the Altornies, who frompecu-, niary inducements would zealously advocate causes they knew to be unjust -After serni'on, the Dennvthilst dininj; with ti)e Court, Was wantonly atttkt-il by a yourig Attorney, for the liberty hii had taken with his profession aiuV after Casting some indecent flection' oil the Clergy, observtd, that If the, Devil was dead, he could hire a Clergyman for money to preach his funera? Sermon." "Yes," replies the Dean, "and 1 would chcarfnlly undertake my -self, and would as faithfully give the." Devil his deserved character, as 1 have? I rUi.lrli'cn thU rlnv ii Pudi.isheu by CLAHK BROWN, FOU HIM AND JOSIAII PA11KS. if several branched on short notice, and upon rtasonablc term, done at this Office. enriched Attica and cakes, the tribute orthat industry, the value of which his 'iiubjecU now began to know.

ANACIIARSIS. LITERARY. BENJAMIN Smith Barton, M. U. Author of the Elements of, Botany, published in 1803, and Professor of, Materia Natural History and Botany in the University of Petinsyl vania, has issued proposals for printing by subscripiion, F.lements of Zoology, or outlines of the natural history of Animals.

It is to embrace their anatomy and phisiology, manners and instincts, their uses, It to exhibit des criplions of the principal genera, and' nn explanation of the terms- employed by writers on all the branches of sroolo- the English settlement' and provinces in N. A-' therica. After the interval1 of two years tranquility, the British Cabinet began to Oppress their American' colonics. The Stamftsict, which gave rise to the between England and her American colonies, received tin: royal assent, March 17Gj. It beini received by the Americans with i great disapprobation, it' Was repealed the year fol.

lowing t'other acts equally oppressive, were pissed in Parliament, and received the royal sanction. The British government' continued to oppress American Colonies, and' the American.