plenty of money, and without giving any account of the manner of confuming that or their time.

8. The parents were pleased with their fon's proficiency in the knowledge of the world; the fon was pleased with liberty. All for a fhort time went on to their mutual fatisfaction. But after a few years, a fad reverse usually appeared. The boy became a spendthrift and a debauchee; alienated his father's affections by incurring debt, and ruined his conftitution by every fpecies of excefs.

9. What remained after his money and his health were diffipated? No learning, no relifh for the works of literary tafte. The fpring of life, when the feeds of these fhould have been fown, was employed in another manner. Nothing remained but a wretched and a painful old age, devoted to cards, dice, and illiberal conviviality.

10. He, who is attending to his books, and collecting ideas which will one day render him a bleffing and an honor to all with whom he is connected, will appear dull, awkward, and unengaging to many, in comparison with the pert ftripling, who has been plunged into vice and diffipation before he knows the meaning of the words.

11. The reception which the latter meets with in com. pany gives him additional fpirits; and the poor parents ufually triumph a while in the confcious fuperiority of their judgment. In four or five years, they commonly fee and feel the effects of their folly.

12. Their conduct, as it often undoubtedly proceeds from ignorance, is to be compaffionated; but if ever it arife from affectation of fingularity, pride, vicious principles, or careleffness concerning their offspring, it deferves the fevereft reprehenfion.

13. It is obvious to observe in the world multitudes of beardless boys affuming airs of manhood, and practifing manly vices, to obtain a title to the appellation of men. The prefent age abounds with fuch examples.

14. A most fatal mistake is made by parents of all claffes in the prefent age. Many of them feem to think vice. and irregularity the marks of fenfe and fpirit, in a bɔy ; and that innocence, modefty, fubmiffion to fuperiors, application to ftudy, and to every thing laudable, are the figns of

ftupidity.

ftupidity. They often fmile at the tricks of a young vil lain, and ever feem pleased with boyifh profligacy.

15. Hence it happens, that their offspring frequently prove a fcourge to them, and that they feel that fting, which, to use Shakespeare's expreffion, is fharper than a ferpent's tooth; the fting inflicted by a thanklefs, an immoral, an ignorant, an extravagant, and an infidel child.

HISTORY OF POCAHONTAS.

PERHAPS they who are not particularly acquainted with the hiftory of Virginia, may be ignorant that Pocahontas was the protectrefs of the English, and often fcreened them from the cruelty of her father.

2.

She was but twelve years old, when Captain Smith, the braveft, the moft intelligent, and the moft humane of the first colonists, fell into the hands of the favages. He already understood their language, had traded with them feveral times, and often appeafed the quarrels between the Europeans and them. Often had he been obliged alfo to fight them, and to punish their perfidy.

3. At length, however, under the pretext of commerce, He was drawn into an ambush, and the only two companions, who accompanied him, fell before his eyes; but though alone, by his dexterity he extricated himself from the troop which furrounded him; until, unfortunately, imagining he could fave himself by croffing a morafs, he stuck faft, fo that the favages, against whom he had no means of defending himtelf, at laft took and bound him, and conducted him to Powhatan.

4. The king was fo proud of having Captain Smith in his power, that he fent him in triumph to all the tributary princes, and ordered that he should be fplendidly treated till he returned to fuffer that death which was prepared for

him.

5. The fatal moment at laft arrived. Captain Smith was laid upon the hearth of the favage king, and his head placed upon a large ftone to receive the ftroke of death; when Pocahontas, the youngest and darling daughter of

Powhatan,

Powhatan, threw herself upon his body, clasped him in her arms, and declared, that if the cruel fentence was executed, the first blow fhould fall on her.

6. All favages (abfolute fovereigns and tyrants not excepted) are invariably more affected by the tears of infancy, than the voice of humanity. Powhatan could not resist the tears and prayers of his daughter.

7. Captain Smith obtained his life, on condition of paying for his ransom a certain quantity of mufkets, powder, and iron utenfils; but how were they to be obtained? They would neither permit him to return to James-Town, nor let the English know where he was, left they fhould demand him fword in hand.

8. Captain Smith, who was as fenfible as courageous, faid, that if Powhatan would permit one of his fubjects to carry to James Town a leaf which he took from his pocketbook, he should find under a tree, at the day and hour appointed, all the articles demanded for his ransom.

9. Powhatan confented; but without having much faith in his promises, believing it to be only an artifice of the Captain to prolong his life. But he had written on the leaf a few lines, fufficient to give an account of his fitua tion. The meffenger returned. The king fent to the place fixed upon, and was greatly astonished to find every thing which had been demanded.

10. Powhatan could not conceive this mode of tranf mitting thoughts; and Captain Smith was henceforth. looked upon as a great magician, to whom they could. not fhow too much refpect. He left the favages in this opinion, and haftened to return home,

II. Two or three years after, fome fresh differences. arifing amidst them and the English, Powhatan, who no longer thought them forcerers, but ftill feared their power, laid a horrid plan to get rid of them altogether. His project was to attack them in profound peace, and cut the throats of the whole co colony.

12. The night of this intended confpiracy, Pocahontas. took advantage of the obfcurity; and in a terrible storm which kept the favages in their tents, escaped from her fath er's house, advised the English to be on their guard, but conjured them to fpare her family; to appear ignorant of

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the intelligence she had given, and terminate all their dif ferences by a new treaty.

13. It would be tedious to relate all the fervices which this angel of peace rendered to both nations. I fhall only add, that the English, I know not from what motives, but certainly against all faith and equity, thought proper to carry her off. Long and bitterly did the deplore her fate; and the only confolation fhe had, was Captain Smith, in whom the found a fecond father.

14. She was treated with great refpect, and married to a a planter by the name of Rolfe, who foon after took her to England. This was in the reign of James the First; and it is faid, that the monarch, pedantic and ridiculous in every point, was fo infatuated with the prerogatives of royalty, that he expreffed his difpleasure, that one of his fubjects fhould dare to marry the daughter even of a favage king.

15. It will not perhaps be difficult to decide on this occafion, whether it was the favage king who derived honor from finding himself placed upon a level with the European prince, or the English monarch, who, by his pride and prejudices, reduced himself to a level with the chief of the favages.

16. Be that as it will, Captain Smith, who had returned to London before the arrival of Pocahontas, was extremely happy to fee her again; but dared not treat her with the fame familiarity as at James Town. As foon as fhe faw him, fhe threw herfelf into his arms, calling him her father; but finding that he neither returned her careffes with equal warmth, nor the endearing title of daughter, fhe turned afide her head and wept bitterly; and it was a long time before they could obtain a fingle word from her.' 17. Captain Smith inquired feveral times what could be the cause of her affliction. "What! faid fhe, did I not fave thy life in America! When I was torn from the arms of my father, and conducted amongst thy friends, didst thou not promife to be a father to me? Didft thou ot affure me, that if I went into thy country, thou wouldst be my father, and that I fhould be thy daughter? Thou hast deceived me, and behold me now here, a ftranger and an orphan.” 18. It was not difficult for the Captain to make his peace with this charming creature, whom he tenderly loved.

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He presented her to feveral people of the first quality; but never dared to take her to court, from which, however, fhe received feveral favors.

19. After a refidence of feveral years in England, an example of virtue and piety, and attachment to her hufband, fhe died, as fhe was on the point of embarking for America. She left an only fon, who was married, and left none but daughters; and from these are descended some of the principal characters in Virginia.

SPEECH

OF

CAIUS MARIUS TO THE ROMANS; SHOWING THE ABSURDITY OF THEIR HESITATING TO CONFER ON HIM THE RANK OF GENERAL, MERELY ON ACCOUNT OF HIS EXTRACTION.

It is but too common, my countrymen, to ob

ferve a material difference between the behaviour of thofe who stand candidates for places of power and trust, before and after their obtaining them. They folicit them in one manner, and execute them in another.

2. They fet out with a great appearance of activity, humility, and moderation; but they quickly fall into floth, pride, and avarice. It is undoubtedly no eafy matter to difcharge, to general fatisfaction, the duty of a fupreme commander in troublesome times.

3. You have committed to my conduct the war against Jugurtha. The patricans are offended at this. But, where would be the wisdom of giving fuch a command to one of their honorable body? a person of illuftrious birth, of an cient family, of innumerable ftatues, but-of no experience!

4. What fervice would his long line of dead ancestors, or his multitude of motionless statues, do his country in the day of battle? What could fuch a general do, but in his trepidation and inexperience, have recourfe to fome inferior commander for direction in difficulties to which he was not himself equal? Thus, your patrician general would in fact have a general over him; fo that the acting com. mander would ftiil be a plebeiam.