The Cape Fear Mercury

              the stair-case he that drr tn kcars fro the frowns of a prucje ; or hopes from smiles of a coquette and the prtmi ft s of a coartier will one day 01 otiier be convinced that h has only been making a fool's cap for himielf fronti nulla f i d i s t luppolc tkis willever be applicable tothem is to anticipate an evil vrhick certainly it is impoffitile fiaould ever come to pals •, tc to aiiti cipate evils is as ioaprwdent in general as ic would be to attempt to eiccrykn»wlfdge&g^ld when luch rcfpettabie bodies have given their suffrages newine cen in favor of them : and though i am not quire fliad tnough to nuke this attempt yet mefirs micr mrgaloi and eke ye phiiarguroi though you fliduld chaunt their praifes from june i january or taking in the whole year round to june again i inflft that they may both be bougkt t«o dear and gold mofteafily fo nei ther is it every kind of knowledge that is worth a man's having upon any terms the point is to be able to ditlinguilh the ufifulaad the gtod and fitt^e and eafy as uws tasic may appear it is not in the power f every one whether jearned or unlcarnec to per jorcn it a'favor ras asked witu all that rwocleft diffidence natural to merit i dlftrefs and a liult of that confidence which an hope of eicccefs infpircs i faw his situation and pi tied him for it i read in the countenance of his friend the ifltue of his suit it was beared with indifference and aaiwercd with a lhort turn upon tke heel sdeath h\d he to be even refufed would havt hurt me but fuch contempt from a man wh«fe profcftions of friencifhip induced me t make this application it is intolera ble vibrating between contempt and revenge he was fiient for a moment at lad laid he eyeing him with indignation you are beneath my relentment and almoft beneatk my c©n tempt uniulceptible as you are of gene reus idea i blulh to think i ever called you my fiieid...yuu arc incapable of being one ----- raifed undefervedly raiieu by lit tered from a ftate of infamy y«u brand every unfortunate man your own crimes bet lie your crimes yoir punifh ment and to them i leave you ; rubbing the duft off his flioes as he turned from him my heart bled for him and as ke hurried paft me will tlefe be of any service to you ? laid i offering him a few pieces wkich i had piit in my iiand tor chat purpofc hc refuted potifm herfeif imcontrolable as she is with all her scare engines at her heels would fhrink ba k at the very appearance ef iuch mtptral leliei patriotic virtue : and i dare n#c iuu pole that they ever will by a mean defection verify a remark tome one has mide upon he inlabiiity of man ; who faith he refolves & r«-refolv then quietly joggs en in the old bearcn pa:h leaving his reiolves to execute themlelves sm^ss know etic's heart it a much fe^*s##9 more difficult task tban moil t-is t p to p r * il21a g e - 1 d not pre -'% i tend to a thorough knowledge fefe •* m nc > out if i m i f1 the kj®{@@d c l acquainted with its move ments fomething much tuperier to curi*fi.ty induced me juft now as i came along the gal lery tapeftned os oae side with the spider's curious web anii penciled on the other by lave 1 mitten swains and jolly bacckanaiisns to iitteni ro a conference between two per ions in an adjoinig chamber the door of which was open it was adverfity trying a friend and i fouad myfelf i know not how intereft ed in the evenr why or i low quire vel qntmod it ij kx i leave to th decifien of speculaufts ; hur torpid as my stifijk feelings aref my phi umtbrtfk oaes rc very eldom aflrep elpe ciaily upsn oecafions •! this sort 1 uppofe the^e is iome wile reafan or other for ueir being fo and i trouble mylclf no farther a hout the matter not that i tave na cuno fity either;(i chink cur iofity well wutneged is a clz^i't a hobby-h^rle as a m.n would wifii to mount but give him thr reins he s fiich a headftnjng unruly devi it is 500 to one that nnlefs y*u are a very expert rider indeed he throws you into a ditch or slwugh or fomc other place where no man in his senfes would wiih to be but that i never coald end a rtafon or any thing like a rea fon why i hiould fret and teazs and harais myfelf to death ; r diiqiialify mylelr for thofe iocial duriei the difcharging which creates iuch pleaibrable senfations in the minds of spectators and heavenly ones in our own by parching j.nd re-relearching into things which i cannot comprehend or which it i could comprehend them would not snaka me in th icaft decree a better or a more ujeful man • knowledge fay the learned is im rrrnlcly valuable : m:fers think the fame of g»ld and beggars proclaim it in the streets but tnefe poor miftrablcs prize gold as americans^lay the apprehenfive are likely to prize liberty f?$m the wtnt of it ; but is not this apprehenfion folsly ? tor whd are more free and more likely to continue fo than americans ? enthnfiafls for liberty have they not at the expence of their inrer«il nterei dnd re-entered into altociations and agreements to oppofe arbitrary meafures with fo much ipiriteii warmth and with fuck iulemn promifes to perfevere that lurely n nation under heaven could ever expeft to cnfluvc thv j m 5 none dtrc attempt it dei supplement to the caps-fear mercury no 50 secsujft n 48 )