When a man is in debt, and without the means of immediate payment; if hon. estly disposed to exert himself to satisfy claims, he ought to be indulged with time. Creditors who are opres. sive are sometimes rightly used; yet few would take the means of revenge and relief discovered in the following instance OF AVOIDING THE BAILIFF'S. Opprest with care and much in debt, The bottle only made him worse; He begg'd his creditors to wait, They all of them refuse. The following Ode was sung, at the late Anniversary in Bos'on, after the first Toast.It was written in 1778, and does honor to the taste of Judge Dawes, who wrote it. ODE. Hail Goddess bright, around thee throng rhy name the western world inspires Bless'd by thy smile, the flowery spring Checks, Cards, Handbills AND PRINTING IN GENERAL, Neatly and correctly executed, on reasonable terms; and goods (of any kind) will be taken in part payment,-at the Office of the Thomas H. Brantingham, has removed to No. 145 Broadway, where he conti nues to procure money on Mortgages, notes of hand & deposits, buys & sells houses, improved farms, & tracts of land Also lets & leases houses & lots, on reasonable commision. Also the lease of 2 houses, & annuity. Also for sale 30 farms, several with good improvements, will be sold low, goods & property of every sort taken in payment, or any who forms a company tickets & draw for the different farms will be liberaly paid for it Also a skilfull farming man with a good character, will meet with encouragement by applying as above. May 20th, 1811. PRINTED ANd published BY SAMUEL B. WHITE, No. 317 Water-street, New-York: AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. OR, WEEKLY MONE OF THE GROTTO. A Tale: (Continued) Eugenio received the papers in silence, nor did he pronounce a single syllable till he arrived at the door of the cloister. He then pressed the hand of his af fectionate conductress, uttered a few words in a low tone of voice, which she did not comprehend, and left her with precipitation. Father Genaro, astonished at his long absence, expected his arrival with the utmost anxiety; but when he saw him ap pear, and remarked in his countenance that agitation, that same gloomy expression of despair which, ten years before, he had had such difficulty in combating, he yielded to an involuntary exclamation of terror. "She is dead!" said Eugenio, throwing himself into a chair, -Gracious Heaven! explain yourself!" exclaimed Father Genaro. "She is dead!" repeated Eugénio. "I have seen her, I have received her last sigh! Her clay cold body reposed upon my breast! I would have followed her, but was prevented, and you see me again re turned." "My friend! my dear friend! for pity's sake, explain this inconceivable mystery!" said Father Genaro. Father Genaro. "I understand you not. It is impossible for me to comprehend you." "They have immured her in a subterraneous dungeon," continued Eugenio, with a low voice, "and then they have assassinated her !" "Just Heaven! who have they assassinated?" exclaimed Father Genaro, in accents of horror. Virginia! Virginia!' said Eugenio, while rage darted Father Genaro began to suspect a part of the truth; but he in vain endeavoured to as suage the despair of Eugenio, repaired to the neighbouring village, where he took a postchaise for Rome, accompanied by a confidential servant, whom Father Genaro had ordered to attend him. Oppressed with grief, which no language can express, he remained for some time wholly insensible of his existance. He was in that state of moral lethargy, in which the soul weighed down by anguish, is incapable of experiencing any distinct sensation His griefs presented themselves in crowds to his imagination, overwhelmed him with their which vented itself in curses snd imprecations on the barbarous Abbess of San Cipriano. He thretened to make her expitiate her crime by the severi ty of her punishment. It was only by flattering his scheme of vengence, and by giving his word to solicit, of the Father Prior, leave of absence to de-number, and bereft him of the part the next day for Rome, that the good Genaro was enabled not to calm his spirits, but to restore him to that state of tranquility which rendered him capable of receiving the conse. lation and assistance, of which he stood so much in need. Eugenio was highly esteemed by the Father Prior, who besides could refuse no favour to the beloved nephew of the Cardinal Caprara. He was ignorant of the real motive of a journey, the secret of which was buried in the breast of father Genaro, and that of his unhappy friend. At five in the morning. Eugenio mounted his horse, and will or power to attach himself to any one in particular. A cold sweat bedewed the forehead of the unfortunate Eugenio; he took out his handkerchief to wipe it off, when the packet of papers the Nun had delivered to him, and the remembrance of which had wholly escaped him, fell from his pocket to the bottom of the chaise. Words cannot express the revolution which this circumstance effected on his mind. he took up the packet, contemplated it with anxious looks, and proceeded to break the seal; then, impelled by a sudden emotion of terror, he threw it from him, turned his head aside, and closed his eyes. Nature dreaded the shock of new griefs. This first emotion "All powerful God! pardon thy humble creature; faithful to the vow of obedience I have pronounced at the foot of the which was the result of the dic-altar, I will never betray the tates of Nature; but sopna motive, more imperious, urged him to take up the packet. He opened it with a trembling hand, hastily ran his eyes over several pages, stopped involun confidence of her whom I am tary at the name of Virginia,lations of the Church, why may and his burning tears moistened the passage on which with I not hope to obtain, through the medium of the sacred min out the possibility of withdraw.istry, the revocation of a deing it, his attention was rivitt ed. FRAGMENT. Written by Sister Marcello bey of Cipriano. gree, which dooms the sad victim, who is the object of my tender solicitude, to the abode of death, ere the term of her mortal career is finished. "Virginia Spanozzi, mild, modest, and prepossessing, gained the affection of every heart from the first moment of her entering our Convent. A profound sadness, and a degree of depression, which were spread over her countenance, induced a general belief that a violent grief was slowly under "If ever this writing falls into the hands of a compassion ate being if Heaven shall grant the most ardent of my wishes, and conduct him to the unfor unate victim on whose behalf I am continually imploring the assistance of a Minis.mining her health; but the ferter of his worship-ah! how much more than ever shall I felicitate myself at having been made choice of to watch over my interresting companion, and to convey to her her daily food bathed with my tears! vour with which she fulfilled all her duties, her patience and resignation in submitting to the severities prescribed by our Order, soon rendered her an object of veneration to the whole Convent. "Our first Abbess, the wor thy Signora Vizzani, loved mingled their tears with mine. The Abbess appeared extreme her as her own daughter. Shely irritated at our grief; for who succeeded her, far from being animated by that predilection in her favour, which 'she so well merited, on the contrary took every oportunity of giving proofs of her marked aversion towards her. Virginia, severely afflicted at the departure of her respectable friend, remained for some time after in a weak and languishing state. On the day of the feast, in honor of the Patrons of our Order, she was appointed to sing a motet. She was taken ill in the Church while performing it. The next day I perceived no alteration in her features, but I learned she had fainted several times in thecourse of the night. The Abbess and two of our Ancients remained with her till five in the morning and then returned without allowing any one to 3 enter her cell. At seven o'clock we were informed she was dead; and one of our companions, who had been for many years in a declining state, having died the preceding evening, it was determined they should both be buried at the same time. "I deplored the loss of Virginia; almost all the Sisters which reason, most of my companions soon resumed the appearance of their usual serenity and tranquillity. "The evening after the funeral I was at Chapel, where long prayed for the repose of the soul of Virginia. A desire to sleep, which it was impos sible for me to overcome weighed down my eyelids, and when I awoke, the Convent Bell was striking twelve. Terrified at finding myself out of my cell at such an hour, I proceeded with trembling steps by the way of the dining hall, and passed along several winding cloisters, apprehensive lest, if I went the way, I should be over us heard. At the corner, of a gallery leading to the apart ment of the Abbess, I heard a hollow kind of noise, and soon after perceived a light. Overcome with fear, I stopped, without the power of advancing when I soon distinctly perceiv ed the Abbess holding a lamp, and followed by four of our Ancients, who appeared to be carrying a very heavy burthen. I was ready to expire with terror when I perceived them advancing directly towards the place where I was, and found |