FROM A LONDON PAPER.
D£ATHA L I V E.
AfaMuritc Ballad, writtinycomftofcd,and Jang ky Mr. Dibdi n, i'* hit
Entktainmimt op th£ Wags.
I.
SINCE by cutting of trotes all glories encrafe y
Of war let us sing, becafe why ? it brings pate ;
Of hacking and hewing in front and in tear,
Of some hilt b/ (word, and some dying through fear.
Death alive ! what sweet (laughter, and putting, and fears,
Is it honor you'd feck, and wo'n't go 1a the wart ?
When death his long scythe bathes in gore to the hilt,
And whips heads from (boulders lo clever,
And where, should you pet the good luck to be ki.'t,
By my sowl —you'll be living forever!
11.
The army's drawn out, and confufion's begun,
While our arms shine so bright, that the> dazzle the fun ;
O the glorious fight—but the best of the joke,
The devil a foul we are feeing—but smoke !
Death alive! See.
iii.
Like a Will o' the Wisp, while our glory it fires,
See glory lead on over buflies and briars,
Pass ! begone ! hiccius doxius ! just like cup and ball,
Now 'tis here, and now there, and now—no where at all ?
IV.
That war is delightful then who can deny ?
Tc be living forever, ah, who would not die ?
Your fame's up from the moment it puts you to bed,
And you grow a great man—by the loss of your head !
Death alive ! &c.
MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL LOTTERY
Class Second.
THIS Clals will pofnively commcnce drawing on Thursday
the 24th of November next, at 4 o'clock, P. M. which will
be completed with all expedition.-—*-The Managers pledge them
selves that no confederation whatever (hall induce thein to postpone
the drawing a moment beyond that time.
Bollon, October is, 1791.
A Young Gentleman, ol American birth and education (being
a graduate) would for a liberal compenfatiorf engage as
Tutor in a family, or take charge of an Academy, to teach the
Latin and Englifti Languages. He has had some experience in
teaching, and trufls he can exhibit fatisfaflory recommendations.
Any letters upon this fubjeft, post paid, addreflrd to A— S—,
and the care of the Editor heieof, prior to the 25th December, will
be punctually attended to.
Oflobcr 22, 1 791
Funds of the United States.
A LI. kinds of the Public Debt of the Union, bought, fold, or ex
changed ; Foreign and Inland Bills of Exchange negociated;
Merchandize ot all forts bought and fold on (ommiffion, and all other
Bufmefs in the line of a Broner, tianfafted by
WILLIAM CLELAND,
At the Officc next door to the Custom-House,
State-Street, BOSTON. 2m
IMPERIAL HYSON, SOUCHONG, and BOHEA
TEAS,
refined sugars, COFFEE, & SPICES,&c.&c
Of the firft quality—by retail.
No. 19,
Third-Street, between Chefnut and Market Streets.
Lectures on Government & Law.
THE Honorable JAMES WILSON, L L. D. Profcffoi of Laws
in the College and Academy of Philadelphia, proposes to
deliver, next Winter, two Courts of Lectures. One Course to
begin on the Second Monday, the other on the Second Tuesday of
December. WILLIAM ROGERS,
Secretary lo the Board of Faculty.
Philadelphia, October 12, 1791. (eptD)
Public Securities,
Bought and Sold, on COMMISSION bv
SAMUEL ANDERSON, '
Cheliiut-Street, next door to the Bank, No 07
MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL
and NEW-HAVEN '
LOTTERY TICKETS,
To be had at the fame rilace.
WANTED, A NUMIiEK Of ~
Journeymen Cordwaiiiers,
Who will find conflant employment and generous wages, bv ap
plying to the Master Coidwainers of the City of Philadclplii a
Otlohr 22, i-qi. (- ent fj
Wanted, a good COOK,
To whom genteel wages will be allowed. None need apply who
cannot be well recoromCTcled. Enquire of the Printer.
W. M'D OU CALL'S
DANCING SCHOOL,
Is now opened at his School.Room,
No. 28, Carter's Alley.
TTE returns his fincerc thanks for the great encouragement he
Xi. has experienced these eighteen years; hopes the reputation
decorum and good order, as.well as the perform
public ' ft '" e " fUrC h ' m 2 rcf P cftablc of the
dui" U the fofo" W ' COlilHOnS 3nd will be taught
Tnofe who please to honor him with the tuition of their chil
de" m.y bcafTurea.iheyw" 1 be taught in ,he molt approved
manners. P '° P " a " e " 110 " W ' M be paid t0 lhc,r and
brtilVAhr pr ° Vement of tbe fchohr., will
brtre»«thc New RWr.hs, every other Wednesday ; when the
•jmployers and ft,an f W genieel deportment, will he adm.td
These w.ll be attended with no expcnce
N B. Ao hVfcNING SCHOOL will be opened for grown
Gentlemen, as soon as a fufficient number offer grown
Philadelphia, September 14, 170,
UmvtßsiTY OF Pennsylvania,
,/ Vr '; lED ' C J L LBCTUREstuniZin on
the firfl Monday tn November next.
PRINTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
fubferibers to he Prints of the Battle of Bunker's Hill,
X and the a:tack ofQucbec, arc informed, that Etchings of
those Prints arc to be fen at Mr. Anthony's, Jeweller, in Mar
ket-fired—(where ina} alio be seen an Etching <>l Mr. Copley's
cclcbiated Print of the Death of Loid Chatham.)
The fubfeription for.his work (which has hitherto been confin
ed to America) will beopened on the lft of Januaiy next, in the
principal cities of Eurcpe : Thoi*e Gentlemen therefore who may
wifli to pofTefs earlv, aid of courfc valuable imprcflfions, are re
queued to avail themfeves of this interval, in which a piefcrence
is flill given to Amerin.
Subscriptions are icrived bv Mr. Trumbull, and by Mr.
Anthony, Jeweller, Philadelphia ; Mr. Daniel Penfield,
Water-rtreet, New-Yok; Mr. William Vayne, Bolton; and
Mr. R. Hazlehltrot; Charleston, South-Carolina.
The price to fubferibers is Three Guineas for each Print—
one half to be paid at the time of lubfctibing, the lemainder when
the Prints ihiill be delivered.
PURCHASES and SELLS
PUBLIC DEBT of every defcripiiorijOnCWMu^on,
at the following rates:
ON the specie amount of all sales at auction, one eighth per
cent.
On ditto at private faleor purchase, one-haj per cent.
On remittances, ditto.
Receiving interest at the Loan-Office, one per cent, on the
amount of the interest.
Death alive ! &c.
For making transfers ac ditto, seventy-Jive cents per transfer.
££3" Such persons as may incline to favor the fubferiber with
their order.*, may relv on their being executed with punflua/ity,
fidelity and difputch. His long experience and extrnfive dealings
in the public llocks, together with a well eftablilhed correspon
dence throughout the United States, enable him to condud his
operations with peculiar benefit to his employers.
-' And poffeflion given immediately,
That pleafanfly fltuated Farm
Whereon the fubferiber now lives.
IT lies on the road from Princeton to Brunfwick, about a mile
and a half from the format It contains 213 acres, whereof
47 are woodland, upwards meadow, and 20 more maybe
made. Also a young orchard of 200 apple trees, besides a variety
of peach and cherry trees, and a large garden; the whole under
good fence. There are on the premises a two story ttone house
nnd kitchen, with an elegant piazza, the whole painted and
finifhed. Also, a smoke-house, work-ftiop, granary, waggon
houfe; barrack cow-houfcs, two ftorieshigh and 90 feet long, and
a good barn, with stabling. From the buildings there arc charm
ing views of Princeton, the neighbouring farms, and Monmouth
hills. Any person inclining to purchase, may know the terms by
anplyingto the fubferiber on the premifes,or to Isaac Snowden,
No. 141, South Second-ftiect, Philadelphia.
[taw]
LAST night was broke open the Store of the fubferiber, at Bor.
dentown, and stolen from the fame the folio wing articles, viz.
One hair trunk, containing womens' wearing apparel; t {mail
box, containing four clocks and one dozen teflaments; i ditto
containing one bottle green cloth coat, one striped vert and
breeches, two fbirts and a small bag with 36 dollars and 20s. to
30s. Jeifev coppers; 4 keg containing a large bible, with other
linall books; 1 box containing 447 real ostrich feathers, lomc of
them large and elegant, and of diffeient colours; 2 barrels rye
meal, branded Stout and Inilay; 1 barrel pork, 1 ream paper, and
1 dozen pa tie-boards. Stolen at the fame time, a large Batteau
with black fides.
A reward ot Twenty Dollars will be given for the security of
the above property, la that thei»wnersmay have the articles again,
or in proportion for part thereof; also a further reward of Twenty
Dollars will be given for the fccurity of the perpetrator or perpe
trators, so that they iflay be brought to jufticr, by
RUN AWAY, some time in August 1789, a yellow NEGttO
MAN, named Abraham, late the property of NatMMul
Wickliff,, deceased—about forty-five years of age, about five feet
eight or nine inchesbigh, preity well let, with a large wooll) head
and large beard, walks with his knees bent, often complains of
pains in his feet and *»cles—by trade a bricklayer, (lone mason and
plaftertr. -He is a very handy fellow at a fioufe- waiter, and is lond
of such business. He is a great dissembler, and no doubt preiends
lie is a freeman. He has been eloped so long that no description of
his prefeut clothing can be given. It is supposed that he went to
the Northern States, as he often mentioned having friends there.—
Twenty Dollars reward will be given to any person that will fe
curefaid Negro in any jail, so that the fubferiber may get him
again; and reasonable charges will be paid—or Thirty Dollars
will begiven if heis brought to Prince William County, Virginia,'
to Mr. John Kinchelor, by
Holy Bible. —Royal Quarto.
A/T R - THOMAS, of Worcester, MalTachufetts, inoA refpeft-
Vj V m,orms lt,e public. he has this day completed the
Teftamenlsof h's R"val Quarto Edition of the
r Thc A P° cr yP ha an <i Index, &c. will be finifti
ed wnh all thediTpatch the nature of the work will adnit
Such Gentlemen as hold Subscription Pafers, he begs will
return them to him at Worcejler, or to him and Company at Boston,
by the lallday of November next, and as much foonei as thevcoii
veniently can. '
He is happy to inform the public, that the work has been exa
m.ncd by many gentlemen, clergymen and others, and has met
with their highest approbation; both as to the cxecuiionof the
punting, its correOnels, »nd its rheapiiets compared with Englilh
copies of the fame size and quality.
A. this verv laborious and exceedingly expensive undertaking,
Who Will" £ £ at i Co , ft ' hc is lcd to h °P e lhat 8,1 those
I>,M,LI, j l>off ' fs a '"Sf Fam, 'y Bib| e. will so far encourage this
to ,he JubfcMptit' ng ° f thnrCOUn " ymdn ' »IO add —
(<■ f.)
"t^'Nvr's'i'rri'TVE-k-r"'"
t> r n- 0n .' he most ,m *>°«ant SubjeQs, '
Refpefling the REVOLUTION of AMERICA
„ I W " tten Holland in the year 1780,
} ..f \ ice-Pr is:d tnt Jf lht Vnitei Sut:^
Philadelphia, Oclober 24, 1701
John Pintard,
SWORN BROKER 8t AUCTIONEER,
Offober 1 17Qi
sO BE SOLD,
Princeton, October 10, 1791
Forty Dollars Reward.
JOHN VAN EMBURGH,
Bordentown, Newwjerfey, Sept. i, 1791. [eptfj
Thirty Dollars Reward.
CHARLES WICKLIFF, Adminiflrator.
(lawgw]
Oflober t2, 1791
WorccJUr, Sept. 29, 1791
JOHN PINTARD,
New-York, No. 57, King-Street,
ISAAC SNOWDEN, Junior.
[ep2m]
ISAIAH THOMAS,
PLAN* or TIIE
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TO THE PUBLIC.
AT this important crilis,thc ideas that fill the mind, are prr»
nam with events of the greatest magnitude— to ffren'gthrn and"
complete the union of ihe St»trs--to extend and pioV} rheir
commerce-to explore and arrange the national'funis—in reftorr and
establish the public credit—will require energies rtf the patriots
and sages of our conntiy— Hence the propriety of encreajivg the m
diums of knowledge and information.
AMERICA, from this period begins her national exillence—
" THE WORLD is »u befo re he k "—the wisdom and lolly—
the misery and profpeiity of the empires, slates, and kingdoms, which
have had their day upon the grcal theatre of time, and are now no
more, suggest the moll important inemciitns—ihefe, with the rapid
feriei of events, in which our ceunirv has been involved*/have
taught the enlightened citizms of the United States, that freedtm
and government, liberty and laws, are inftparablc.
This conviaion led to the adoption of the new cirnftiturioht
for however various the sentiments, refpefluigthe merits of tbi>
system, all good men are agreed in the nectffity of an efficient fe
deral government.
A paper, therefore, established upon national, independent, ahd
impartial principle*—which shall take up the ptemifed ai tides, upo»
a competent pl aN,it is presumed, will be highly iutereiling,'
and meet with public approbation and patronage.
The Editor of this publication is determined to l£ave no avenue
of information unexplored He solicits the assistance of perfsna
of leisure and abilities—which, united with his own afliduity, he
flatters himfelf will render the Gazette of the United States not un
worthy general encouragement-' and is, with due refped, the
public's humble fcrvant,
April 15,1789,
POSTSCRIPT.
THE plan and execution of the Gazette of the Unite*
States, have received the approbation of a tribunal, from which
there is no appeal.
The fubferiptions, which arc encfeafing, have long ftnee exceed
ed the expectations of the oublifher—a punctual compliance with
the terms would compensate his labours, and animate his future
exertions.
The Government that an enlightened and free people adopt, if
a sacred confederation—it knows no its prosperity is
founded on the public good.
While the people are just *.o themselves, the administration of
their affairs will be committed to men of integrity and competent
abilities; and it will be the duty of patnotifm to impress the pub
lic mind with favorable fentimcnts of the meaiuie's of govern
ment.
Our country continuing enlightened and free, the period can
not be anticipated when a publication on the plan of this Gazette
shall involve a dereliction ol those principles with which the li
oerties and hanpinefs of the United States are connected.
With refprCt to the circulation of this paper, the Editor regrets
the recent difa}>pointmcnts which have unavoidably tak.cn placc—
he has always been fultyTmprefrcd with the importance of punc
tuality, and cannot charge himfeif with a ftncle lultance of re
mi fTncfs.
It is very generally fyppofed that Congress, at the ensuing
fcfljon, will take measures to ensure the circulation of news
papers in the United States; and particularly their tranfmiflion
irom the Seat ol Government to all partsof the Union. Jultice,
policy and patriotifin, plead irrcfiflably in favor of some effectual
provision's being made. The following pertinent and judicious,
observations on this fubje£t, lately appeared in an address to the
public from the Editor of the Gazetteof Maine. They
are fubflituted in preference to any thing which the editor of this
paper might further furjgeft, more particularly as coining from a
remote quarter of the Union.
" Perhaps there is no country, in any part of the world, the in
habitants of which are, (or may be) supplied with public News
papers at a cheaper rate than those of Amciica. The Farmer and
the Merchant* the Laborer and the Mechanic, may, by the means
of a public Paper, when he retires frprn the business «ind fatitjufi
of the day, take a view ol the Atuation, the circumfiances and the
various revolutions of the several countries of the civilized world—
And it mull be a pleasing circumstance, that this is the privilege*
emphatically the privilege of an American.
" Let it therefore be remembered, that by virtue of this privi
lf *ge, the body of the people conflantly obtain and preserve such a
degree of knowledge as (hall be competent to the prevention ot
any attempt that may be made by cunning and deftgn:ng men to
sap the foundation of our mofl invaluable confutation. But, let
the circulation ol these Vehicles of Public Information be circum
scribed, and the people will at once become uninformed of public
tranfattions, and the more enlightened few will engrofsthe privi
leges, immunities and prerogatives, which in the nature and fimefs
of tilings, are the indcfeafible light of the whole body of the
people.
" It is prcfumcd no American will need a stimulus of this na
ture to furnifh hinifcU with public iniormation. The cheap ra e
at which it is olFered, the love and glory of our country, will
all times promote such a mode of condu&, as fhdll toreverbar the
attempts of tyranny, ignorance and fupciftition."
Q&Sererat of the firfl volume of this Gozttte ere zv3it:d —
ar.d the angina! ccjt, u>Ul be paid for them by the Editor.
THE EDITOR.