Breath. EXTRACT. FROM THE PORT FOLIO. Mr. EDITOR, THE following pieces,* written by an American prisoner in Tripoli, have been lately forwarded to me from thence, by a friend of mine, an officer of the late frigate Philadelphia. I herewith subjoin an extract from the letter accompanying them, which contains the only account of their author I have yet received; and if you deem them worthy a place in your miscellany, you will be pleased to insert them. Yours, &c. Tripoli, Bashaw's Castle, March 28. I cannot avoid mentioning a MARINE, whose extraordinary merit has attracted the attention and notice of all the officers: his name is RAY-has once been in very good circumstances; but misfortumes have brought him low, and obliged him to enter on board of a man of war, in the capacity of a private of the marine corps. His story he keeps secret. He is a poet. Since he has been a prisoner, he has written several pieces of considerable merit :-among others, there is one on HILLIARD, a seaman who died in prison a few days ago: another called «The American Captive in Tripoli." Both of these I send you: and, in my opinion, they are well worth reading. G. Yours, &c. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF HILLIARD. HILLIARD, of painful life bereft, Is now a slave no more; No parent, no fond brother, stands No wife, with tender, trembling hands, No sister fellows, or attends His melancholy bier; Nor from a lover's eye descends * 7he American Captive in Tripoli, will le pubHts bed in the next BALANCE. If we mistake not (says the Troy Budget) this is the same Ray who was a confined debtor within the limits of the jail of this county in the year 193, and who favouredus with several comma dicatiers. But foes, and of a barb'rous kind, What though no monumental stone Yet, if an honest heart he wore. His fellow-pris'ners strove to cheer Mourn not: 'twas Heav'n's all-wise behest. That gave his wearying sorrows rest, Diversity. A BEAR FIGHT. A GENTLEMAN from Cayuga County, between the Seneca and Cayuga lakes, relates, that a Mr. Wayborne, a farmer in Ovid township, went out one afternoon through the woods in fearch of one of his horfes, taking with him his rifle, with the only load of ammunition he had in the house. On his return home, about an hour before dufk, he perceived a very large bear croffing the path; on which he inftantly fired, and the bear fell, but immediately recovering his legs, made for a deep ravine, a fhort way ahead. Here he tracked him a while by the blood; but night coming on, and expecting to find him there the next morning, he returned home. A little before day-break the next morning, taking a pitchfork and hatchet, and his fon, a boy of ten or eleven years of age, he proceeded to the place in queft of the animal. The glen, or ravine, into which he had difappeared the evening before, is 80 or ninety feet from the top of the bank to the bottom of the brook be. low; down this precipice a ftream of three or four yards in breadth is precipitated in one unbroken fheet, and forcing a circu lar bafon or pool, winds away among thick underwood below. After reconnoitering every probable place of retreat, he at length difcovered the bear, who had made his way up the other fide of the ravine, as far as the rocks would admit him, and fat under a projecting cliff, ftedfaftly eyeing the motions of of his enemy. Wayborne, defiring his boy to remain where he was, took the pitchfork, and, defcending to the bottom, determined to attack him from below. The bear kept his position until he get within fix or feven feet, when, on the inftant of making a stab with the pitchfork, he found himself grappled by Bruin, and both together rolled down towards the pond, at least twenty or twenty-five feet, the bear munching his left arm and breast, and hugging him almoft to fuffocation. By great exertion he forced his right arm partly down his throat, and in that manner endeavored to ftrangle him, but was again hawled headlong down thro' the bushes, a greater diftance than before, into the Here, finding the bear gaining on water. him, he made one defperate effort, and forced his head partly under water, and repeating his exertions, at length weakened the animal fo much, that calling to his boy, who flood on the other fide, in a state of little fhort of distraction for the fate of his father, he funk the edge of his hatchet, by repeated blows, into his brain. Wayoorne, though a robust mufcular man, was with difficulty able to crawl home, where he lay for upwards of three weeks with his wounds, his arm being mashed from the shoulder to the elbow into the bone, and his breaft feverely mangled. The bear weighed upwards of 420 pounds, [N. York Evening Pot.] Editorial. "GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY." A HUDSON, (NEW-YORK) TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1804. YEAR has now elapfed, fince the BALANCE fell under the fole direction of the prefent editor; and I can now appeal 'to its numerous and respectable patrons, as to a jury empanneled to decide on its merits, and afk, "What Jay ye, gentlemen, GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY ?" If you have found me fwerving from the true line of my duty If I have deviated from the principles which I professed when I first commenced my editorial labours: If I have fuppreffed the truth thro' fear of offending the powers that be: It I have flattered thofe whofe principles and measures I disapprove: If I have advocated the bafe and condemned the worthy : If I have been inattentive to the best interefts of my country: If I have proved an enemy to the conftitution: If, in fhort, I have declared that truth is a libel, and acted accordingly-then, gentlemen, pronounce me GUILTY; and let my punishment be, the loss of your patronage. But if, on the contrary, I have ftood, like a faithful centinel, at my pof: It I have pursued, with undeviating fteps, but one object, and that object has been the good of my country: If I have maintained my ground with independence, and a tolerable degree of fpirit: It I have inva. riably told truth, at the rifqe of incurring the displeasure of the powerful and the vicious: If I have condemned with candor, and applauded with fincerity: It I have been a friend to our confiturion, and an enemy to ufurpation and innovation-then, gentlemen, give me an approving veruit of NOT GUILTY; and let me meet my reward in liberal patronage and prompt payment. Here, then, we will reft this cause, and proceed to the next :) THE PRINTER US. HIS PATRONS. You are empanneled, gentlemen, as a jury to try your own cause : Have you complied with the terms on which you subscribed for the BALANCE ? are all your arrearages paid? If so, then you are NOT GUILTY. You are aquitted with honor. Or, on the contrary, are you now in arrear for one, two or more years? If fo, then are you GUILTY, and judgment muft be entered against you. "What fay ye, gentlemen, GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY ?" DELINQUENTS. On examining my fubfcription-book, a fhort time fince, I found, that, out of about eight hundred fubfcribers who receive their papers by mail, nearly one hundred, from want of opportunity to pay, neglect, or fome worfe caufe, were indebted for two year's papers or more. Senfible of the various plaufible reafons which could be offered for thefe delinquencies, I adopted a plan which I conceived would remove every difficulty, and enfure me the payment I required, or fave me the trouble and expence of fending out papers without receiving a juft remuneration. I enclofed to each of thefe fubfcribers, a bill in form, for the Balance up to the end of this volume, accompanied with a note, of which the following is a copy : 46 SIR, "AS the great expence of supporting the BAL. "ANCE establishment, requires prompt payments "from patrons, you are desired to transmit the a"mount by mail, or otherwise, or pay it to our a "gent — — at - -taking his receipt. You "will please to inform me immediately (post paid) "whether you wish the BALANCE continued. "Yours, &c. "HARRY CROSWELL." To fome of thefe letters, I have received anfwers which gave me pleasure; because the writers of them evinced a difpofition, not only to receive papers, but to pay for them. Their apologies have been perfectly fatisfactory; and they will accept my thanks for their prompt compliance with my requeft, and for their continued patronage. A few others have returned answers which clearly fhew that they are willing to receive papers until they are called on for paymient. From the remainder, no answers have been received: They muff not, therefore, be furprized if no more papers are fent to them. An apology is due to those who had paid my agents previous to the receipt of my bills. AGENTS, To whom payments have been made, are defired to improve the earliest opportu. nity to forward the money in their hands. Deficiencies in either Volume of the BALANCE, will be filled up, if application be made immediately. A few complete fets, may be had on application. A Title Page and Index for this volume, will be furnished with the fift number of the next. To those who have ordered their papers difcontinued, they will be fent feparately. litical. NNECTICUT COURANT. e erate for cure. they ufe every meafure either to keep the flame that is burning in the interior parts. of their own body, clofely pent up or to difcharge its eruptions at a diftance; and one powerful expedient is, to direct the remarkable, but not unattention and vent the angry paffions of the at the Jate fuccefs of the whole corps against the federalifts. So achufetts and N. Hamp.fome cunning princes have engaged conparently excited any gentinually in foreign wars, for the fake of uch notice, in the fouth. preventing infurrections at home.-Now of thofe ftates had long in the event of a conqueft compleat and e vineyard with painful univerfal, the victors would loofe their ow when they seemed to main point of union; and no longer haved their labours and were ing it in their power to found the torfin armeft plaudits from their gainfi a pretendedly formidable host of aey appear to be treated riftocrats and monarchifts, and through ontemptuous indifference this channel copioufly difcharging the ma, that feems to speak this lignant humours of their own aggregate were already powerful body, thefe humours would ferment inyour affiflance, and you ternally, and foon become too powerful he field as auxiliaries, atfor reftraint, as they are already too invethad been compleated."Hampshire, and the oth-, England, are neceffary he union as far as relates of the expences of the would be very neceffary dangerous and expen five abound in hardy rugged the proper fort of stuff nitely better than the pale ered fons of the fouth lating to the management overnment, Virginia can without them, and wishes raffed by their interfering is well remembered, that American revolution-war, and New-England acted; forward with many bold -refolutions-New-Eng o now, Virginia, with her patriotifm, undiminished 5 willing to take upon herrouble of governing the the other flates and those I particularly, will not be as to refufe to take the ex-vernment upon their own provided too, they will ng upon themselves when all require, another fum thousand pounds fterling bts. e another circumstance to is well known to the mol - predominant party, that as heart-burnings among re has been a third party ew. York, and another in and warm bickerings elfough the fire is fmothered, d. The loaves and fishes o fatisfy fo many hungry hey have not yet the pow The wife ones know this full well, and therefore do not rejoice at the fuccefs of the late elections, with all their mind and with all their Arength.-At any rate, we actu ally find that fome of the late victorious party in Maffachusetts have discovered fquirmings of refentment on this fubject thinking their fuccefsful atchievement fuccefsful atchievement (paffed over, as it has been, without a general Jubilee) is held much cheaper abroad than they had expected. FROM THE EVENING POST. A paffing tribute of applaufe to Mr. Jef- "addicted," never to f down. This liberality i fonal contefts, has fuggo pedicncy of caufing it to different Potentates of the laws of war, by a all future battles as fo retreats, all firing of ing, flashing with fwo ding, fhall forthwith thenceforward no man, as a prifoner of war, i en in fair running. Although mankind from a ftate of perfecti feclability" of human lefs fure of advancing t ed grade Generous o victory, without feeki of their enemies. 18 Chicken would fcorn trate antagonis who ought not illuflrious firing on foldiers who harm's way? The tin this relict of menarch be abolished. We in the era of the prefent be as diftinguished to the arts of war as it is ferving an uninterrup world. We must not, how regrets that Mr. Jeff verfy has happened who have made but li lofophy, and are faid t As their affent to a p rating the rigour of hardly to be expected defenfive armour has is expected to be ver retreats. If we are armour is conftru&te tific principles, and IN confequence of the late threatening afpe&t of our relations with Spain, we are informed that Mr. Jefferfon has turned his attention attention to military affairs, and has been particularly engaged tor feveral weeks tion with an eminent paft in devifing methods for mitigating the us, now a member o horors of war and fparing the "effufion cils, who, at the req of human blood." From perufing the ac- has prepared a report counts of memorable battles, it is found, the pollerior mufctes that all authors concur in representing that It is faid the armo nine tenths of the flaughter happens after confifts of three pied an army has been overpowered and has occipitalis, is a cop commenced its retreat. This melancholy back part of the head tact demonftrates by a carrollary, as my a night-cap; the fe friend Duane has it, the atrocious charac-falis, is defigned to ter of landing armies, and the horrible the laft, or podicis confequences of wars, as they have been intended to protect hitherto conducted. as Mr. Jefferion wo prefs it, the furchar and is compofed of fo as not to encumb ning. Experiments It is the character of genius to convert the most common incidents to purposes ufeful to the interefts of science and humanity. Mr. Jefferfon has given many fuch proofs of his genius. This great phi-Virginia negroes cl lofopher is faid to have noticed with fat and it is found not o indeed has been the modefty of Mr. Jef. time, that the pedometer is a curious machine invented by himlelf, and for many years worn under his pantaloons, by which a precife account of the number of his own tepsis preferved. The average length of ilep during a philofophic walk, being found by meafuration to be three feet four inches and during a race, five feet two inches; thus the period of a walk or a race, being fhewn by a watch, the diftince walked or run, may be computed with great fact, against all military machines except cannon. Further experiments are, how-terfon, that but few perfons know at this ever, to be made; and we are happy to learn, that feveral of Mr. Jefferton's patriotic friends in the adminiftration have, with a fpirit and promptitude highty honourable, volunteered their perfons for the purpole. Their names we have not heard, but report fays Mr. G. Gr is one. The trial is expected to take place the firft fair Sunday morning after the Christmas holydays. The advantages of this armour will, we understand, be denied to all the officers and men who were engaged in the fervice during the "reign of terror," i -being defirable that thele men, who are generally difaff Eted, fhould" die or refign" as foon as poffible. - Accuracy. In Mr. Jefferfon's Notes on Philadelphia, (a work which we hope foon to affue trom the prefs, and which will increase the fame of its immortal author) the periods of his elongation from his lodgings, to fev. ral remarkable places, are noted and fimlar obfervations have been made at Wafhngon, between the Prezzidoliad and Goofe Creek, not only on the direct route, ut by various circuitous perambulations. A n.ember of the Legion of Honor, equipped in armor and furnished with a let of the inftruments before mentioned, will not only be able to run fecurely, but on his arrival at Carter's Mountain, will be poffeffed of data enabling him to eftabifh his title to thofe honors, which will be The prefent Secretary of War, it is faid, diflikes this new kind of de nce, and has very imprudently declared, that the Latin names above mentioned are Greek to him. Though this Secretary has good points, yet it is certain he is not a bright fcholarhe is fufpected of envy, and ut prejudices in favour of the Washingtonian mode of warfare he is, moreover, one of those New. Englandmen, who always exceed or fall short of what is defired, and never ftep at the precife point of genuine or "temperate republicanfm. It is rumoured that he will thortly refign, and we men-awarded to those who in their flight, fhall tion this from pure love of " publicity," have united the greatest skill with the and without the leaft ill will to the Secreta-reateft celerity of movement. Some im. ry, who commands the " homage of our respect." We cannot deny ourfelves the pleasure of giving tome intimations of a plan for enrolling a Legion of Honour, on principles analogous to thofe which govern our ad. miniftration. Notwithstanding the great advantages to be expected from the ufe of dorfal and podicial armour, yet while thole deuilifh engines called cannon are in ufe, it is evident the best prefervative of human life, in battles, will be found in ce lerity of flight. To encourage fkill in this neceffary and ufeful accomplishment, the candidates for the new order of Patricians, will be invited to affemble at Richmond to run over the celebrated courfe from the Capital to Carter's Mountain; this exercife which is intended to combine, prefent health with future fecurity, will allo serve to nourish a patriotic and republican fpirit, by preferving the remembrance of a remarkable revolutionary movement. Each candidate befides his armour will be fupplied with a watch pocket compafs and pedome ter, and the principal rewards, will be diftributed to those who arrive firft at the Cave of the mountain, after having run the greatest proportion of the distance a crofs fields and through fwamps and bufh es. It is hot lately contemplated to apply the pedometer to military purpofes. Such perfect rumours of this establishment having reached the community, we have not been able to refift the pleasure of communicating this rapid fketch of what is contemplated--a more detailed defcription is referved for the future gratification of the friends of principle. A LONG STRIDE. We know full well, that we are abufed by the democrats as often as we declare our be. lief that they have no real regard for reli gion. Perhaps it is a point that is not worth difputing about; but we are inclined to place on record every thing that will go to prove our belief correct.-The following article is copied from the Aurora, and confequently must be to democrats evidence" as frong as holy writ. "The following refolution was offered "in the houfe of reprefentatives of Virginia, and ordered to lie on the table :" Refoved, that any application of pub"lic money, as a compenfation to a chaplain of this houfe, is illegal; in as much "as it contravenes the fecond fection of "the act, "eftablishing religious free. dom," and one other act of affembly, paffed the 24th day of January, 1799. explanatory of the faid recited act." 66 66 66 ANOTHER. We find the following extract of a letter in the Troy Gazette:Extract of a Letter from a Member, of Congress to a Gentleman of this town. "I have this moment been affured from a quarter not to be difputed, that the whole of the democratick repretentation in the Senate (excepting 1. Smith, of Long-Ifland) have figned, and this morning forwarded a Pention to Governor Bloomfield, to grant a Pardon to the Vice-Prefident Mr. Bürr, for killing General Hamilton." Several letters from Wafhington correborate this account. After what has been before announced, the reader will not be furprized at any mark of regard which the democrats may fhew towards Mr. Burr.To what a pitch of degradation must the morality of a people be funk, when fuch things are tolerated ? Correspondents. We readily publish the communication of "A CUSTOMER," because, according to a rule from which we will never swerve, every article that ap ears in this paper, whether selected or original, whether editorial or communicated, whether political, literary, or medical, is open to free criticism, scrutiny and investigation.-Whether the recipe which we selected, was good or bad, our limited knowledge of the healing art," prevents us from judging: But we confess, that we had hitherto been credulous" enough to believe, that in consumptions expectorants" were u eful. However, as our CUSTOMER" builds his opinion upon actual ex 64 periment, he is unquestionably entitled to credit, and consequently to thanks for his hint. Agricultural. EXTRACT. FROM AN ENGLISH PAPER. EGYPTIAN WHEAT. THERE are few countries from whence the patriotic and fcientific traveller may not bring fomething to enrich or ben. efit his own. The peculiar qualities of the Egyptian Wheat have long been unknown. even to the nations to which Egypt was formerly the granary: but one of the officers whom the defolating fpirit of Bona. parte occafioned us to fend there, has brought from thence a few grains of wheat which are likely to fupercede the culture of all others, not only in Ireland, but here. The ftem, which for ftrength and thicknefs, resembles the ftrongeft reed, is about 'fix feet high, having when nearly matured, a top or head about twice the size of an ear of our wheat, together with smaller ears, branching fomething in the manner of our oats. But what is most important, the ftem is particularly nutricious for horfes, rendering unneceffary the use of hay and corn. It will not be a matter of furprize, that all the feed, which Mr. Humphries, (a gentleman of Dublin, to whom it had been originally prefented) could be induced to difpofe of last year, was purchafed with avidity, for ten guineas per Stone of 14lb. nor that he has been of tered, and refufed, eight thoufand guineas by one perfon, for a crop of nine acres. which is, or was recently ftanding. The came down. Just as they were feated, was. Miscellany. FOR THE BALANCE. MR. EDITOR, OBSERV BSERVING in your paper of Mr J. Randolph from the committee appointed on the 6th inft. reported articles of impeachment against Judge Chafe. They were nearly the fame as reported at the laft feffin except the 5th and 6th articles, which are new ones. Mr. J. R. moved to refer them to a committee of the whole on Monday next. Mr. Elliot role to move a more diftant day, and to affign his reafons for the mothe 27th Nov. 1804,an extract fromthe U-tion. It had been to him a subject of con nited States Gazette, a recipe for the con- fiderable regret that the prelent report had fumption, a difeafe than which nothing is been fo long delayed, and he had repeatmore formidable or more effectually bafflesedly examined his own mind to imagine the healing art. The writer, tho' ftrenu- reafons for the delay. Twenty-four days ago ous in his belief of the beneficial effe&t of the gentleman who now prefented the re, hoarhound and new milk, appears to found port, announced to the houfe bis convichis confidence on one cafe only, and tion that all the time which our political makes no allowance for different tempera- existence would allow fhould be given to ments, habits, fex or age. 1 myfelt have the perfon accused for the purpose of maexperienced the confumption for two years king his defence; and he moved a reand eight months. When I was first takcommitment of the report of the last fession en, at different times I adverted to the ufe for the purpose of alteration or amendment. of hoarhound, which invariably proved A folution of the difficulties which have injurious; not only hoarhound, but the occupied my mind upon this subject, said whole clafs of expectorants were fimilar Mr. E. may perhaps be found in the report in their effects. They all increafed the itfelf. If I understand it, it embraces accough and pain in the cheft; rendered the cufations, the evidence of which repose in matter expectorated faline and acrimonious, the breafts of the committee alone, as it producing irritation in the lungs and fauces, has never been exhibited to the houfe. and increafing the exertion of coughing This course of proceeding may be parlia to an alarming degree. And this effect of hoarhound and expectorants is not confined mind as poffeffing a very different characmentary and proper, but it ftrikes my to my cafe alone. I have frequently obter. At the laft feffion a voluminous body ferved the fame effect in others. There is of evidence was reported, upon which the a fpecies of cough attendant on the afth. houfe decided the general queflion of imma and catarrh, which common people peachment. The committee appointed are wont to call confumption, in which to prepare and report articles of impeachexpectorants have a falutary effe&t; but in ment, poffefs not the powers of a comthe tuberculous affections of the lungs,mittee of enquiry; the enquiry is already fuch a quantity of the expreffed juice of hoarhound as ftated in the above mentioned extract, will haften the approach of the king of terrors to all who take it. N. B. As the common mafs of people are difpofed to place more confidence in recipes from almanacs and newfpapers, than in the ableft counsel at home; and as the above prefcription is in this way calculated to injure the credulous, I have been induced to write this remonftrance, which, it you think worth a place in your paper, is at your disposal. A CUSTOMER. at an end; they are only to reduce to form the decifion of the house upon the evidence before them; and if they have proceeded to make a new erquiry, to obtain new evidence, and report new articles thereon, they have wandered beyond the limits of their duty. Nor am I furnished with that intuitive knowledge of right and wrong in cafes of this kind, which would be necessary to enable me to decide almost inftantly upon a queflion of fuch magni. tude. While it is our duty to grand reasonable time to the perfon accufed to make his defence, it is indefpenfibly ne |