THE CRIMINAL.
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O moment for reflection! O innocence forever fled!--My children are satisfied, and--I am miserable. O G.o.d of nature, hear my cries! I would ask of thee forgiveness, for oh! the deed of yesterday hangs heavy on my soul. What have I done?--I stopped the stranger, and asked his purse: he refused. I clapt the murderous weapon to his breast and demanded it--he hesitated.----In imagination I viewed my family perishing for food.
I could not wait--The flint struck--the stranger fell--and--O earth hide me in thy bosom!--Wretch! how do the words escape my lips--I beheld my father.----
When reason had regained its seat, I found myself in company with my children, relieving their wants from out my father"s purse.
My wife questioned me as to the manner of my procuring the unexpected boon. The truth I did not evade; but I related to her every circ.u.mstance, except that the murdered person was the author of my being. She shuddered at the tale. "O my husband!" she uttered, "why did you not inform me of your intention? Sooner would I have perished of hunger, than the crime should have been committed." "Alas!" I returned, "while yet conscious innocence held thine eyelids closed, the deed was perpetrated.
"O my Euphemia! thou knowest not the extent of my villainy! If thou didst, thou wouldest shun my sight, and think me a devil that had a.s.sumed the form of man. What crime is worse than----But stop, thy feeble frame cannot now stand the shock.--Summon all thy fort.i.tude; soon will the awful tidings sound dreadful in thine ears."
L. B.
(To be continued.)
+SELECTED OBSERVATIONS of a LATE WORTHY DIVINE.+
Adrian, the coadjutor of Ximenes in the government of Castile, was much disturbed at the libels which flew about against them. Ximenes was perfectly easy. "If," said he, "we take the liberty to act, others will take the liberty to talk and write: when they charge us falsely, we may laugh; when truly, we must mend."
Dr. Green of St. John"s college, trying to skate, got a terrible fall backwards--"Why, Doctor," said a friend who was with him, "I thought you had understood the business better."--"O," replied the Doctor, "I have the theory perfectly; I want nothing but the practice."--How many of us, in matters of a much higher and more important nature, come under the Doctor"s predicament!
NEW-YORK.
_MARRIED,_
On Sat.u.r.day: evening the 29th ult. by the Right Rev. Bishop Provost, Colonel DEVEAUX, well known for his military atchievments and social virtues, to Miss VERPLANK, of Dutches Country.
Same evening, by the Rev. Dr. Moore, Mr. EDWARD PRIOR, to Miss f.a.n.n.y FISHER, both of this city.
Same evening, by the Rev. Dr. Linn, Mr. BENJAMIN FERRIS, to Miss ANN POST, daughter of Mr. Henry Post.
_METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS._ _From the 23d to the 29th ult._
THERMOMETOR observed at 6, _A.M._ 3, _P.M._ Prevailing winds.
OBSERVATIONS on the WEATHER.
deg. deg. 6. 3. 6. 3.
100 100 April 23 46 48 se. e. rain do. l. wd.
24 44 49 e. do. cloudy rain l. wd.
25 48 60 s. do. rain fog. cle. calm l. w.
26 49 63 sw. do. clear do. calm l. wd.
27 42 56 ne. se. clear do. lt. wd. do.
28 44 61 e. s. clear do. l. wd. h. wd.
29 50 71 e. do. clear do. lt. do.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
FOR APRIL 1797.
Made in the Cupals of the MUSEUM, by G. BAKER, Proprietor.
Mean temperature of the thermometer at sun-rise (Far. Sc.) 43 6 Do. do. of the do. at 3 P.M. 53 7 Do. do. for the whole month 48 65 Greatest monthly range between the 5th. and 14th. 47 0 Do. do. in 24 hours, the 5th 28 0 Warmest day the 5th 82 0 Coldest do. the 14th 35 0
12 days it rained, and an uncommon quant.i.ty has fallen.
1 do. it snowed, about 6 in. deep, it all disappeared by the following day.
14 do. the wind was at the westward of north and south, at the ob. h.
16 do. the do. was at the eastward of do. and do. do.
17 do. the do. was light at both observations.
4 do. the do. was high at do. do.
13 do. it was clear at do. do.
11 do. it was cloudy at do. do.
3 times it Thundered and Lightened, in considerable abundance.
_For the +New-York Weekly Magazine+._
AN ACROSTIC.
On the Rev.
G reat is the work--the cause a glorious one, E "en to proclaim G.o.d"s everlasting son: O h may he all your faithful labours bless, R eward your toils, and give you great success; G uard you from harm, your useful life prolong, E ver inspire and animate your song.
R eligion to promote is your delight, O h worthy champion of the PRINCE OF LIGHT: B old in the glorious cause of righteousness, E ach word, each action does your zeal express:-- R ever"d by all--when this frail life is o"er T o joys immortal shall your spirit soar, S hall sing _Redeeming love_ for evermore.
REBECCA.