decorum and that <iif;reet behavior
wlich grace the female charaifier (by the
pupils) were univerfailv obfertfed.
'i'he students were examined by dalles atul
premiums were adjudged by th.? trullecsand
conferred by the principal on the bell profi
cients in the different blanches of science in
i each class.
First Class.
To Mifc Kitty Wood &) n j, ,
Milt Hannah Wall is \ For £*° dbel,avJOr -
To Miis Hetty Leib, and ) r ~
Miss Hannah Shipley j For readl "°-
To Miss Hetty Reeley For writing.
T ° r i: ,K 7 air 7 I For Arithmetic,
and Mils Molly lira el )
To Miss Nancy Negus ) r r „ „ m „
j u i•• n- T t 'or Oram mar.
and Mils Eliza wok )
To Miss Ann Harker For Geography.
To Miss Lydia Wills For fthfctoric.
S'fcond Class. ,
To Mils Leah Bickerton For good behavior.
& C Reading.
Miss Molly Crauflon ) a
To Miss Sally Lane For Writing.
To Miss Sally Woglom For Arithmetic.
To Miss Eliza Gray For Grammar.
Third Qlass.
To Miss Eliza Wartman For good behavior.
To Miss Peggy Brewfter For Reading.
To Miss Eliza Morgan and ) „ ... . .
Miss Nan-y Page. | for Writing.
An adirefs deli vered by John Swan-wick E/q.
Young Ladies,
It is row about fix years ftnee on an occa
fton similar to the present I had the honor to
deliver in Mr. Brown's academy my senti
ments on the fubjedl of education, and to
bear my teftiinony in praise of the rapid
progcefs the arts and fcienjts were making
among us. You may easily imagine that it
is with peculiar fat : sfaflion, that after such
a !apfc of time I return to this place to pur
sue a f?vorite fubjedl of contemplation, and
to welcome in among the elegancies of sur
rounding nature, the superior attra<slioiis of
polilhed manners and of an improved civili
zation.
V. hen J think for a nhoment on the close
of th last year,.the difnial fctnes v.'ilh which
the autumn was peculiarly marked, the very
e-xtinairn of hope that seemed visible on the
faces of some of orj countrymen, what mull
be the tide of exultation at feeing once more
revive, amid all the pomp and luxuriance of
the opening year, the charms of health, and
of that health, devoted to augment the sum
of general happiness.
rile veiy rapid improvements of which
the trrittees are now vvitneffes flatter the
mote as they are only fynonimous with e
qual advances which our contry is gradual
ly experiencing in her public prtifpe&s.
Our citiesjK'cnijie ..more embellished, nnr
rroads improved, our communications in
land opened, our code of laws foftened
and meliorated, our charitable and ufeftil
eh..hliihnlents augmented and the general
Welfare of America promoted jufl in pro
poitioo as you ladies unfold the dawn of
that early lfeill and industry, the effects of
vhich aie to call fc bright a colouring on
succeeding years. '
Ambitious of profit from all European
patterns, America is still riling to an eleva
tion above them, from her zeal to carry
her improvemnnts more and more forward
towards the goal of perfedion. In Eu,
lope we hear indeed of famous* universi
ties and of literary honors conferred there
in, but these fcem demoted to one sex
alone, while in our country, the ladies be
come fairly our rivals, if not our fupe
nors in all the graces of education, and
bear away their diplomas like ours of pro
ficiency and of excellence in the various
branches of polite learning.
How important is the' consideration
n, °" W be tlie cafe > tl,a ' &ch
should be the care of female minds when
It is confide,-ed that they are probably to
give the calling complexion to the future
generations of America, into whose in
fant minds they will not fail to instill a full
value for the treasures for which they have
thcmfelves betn candidates, and into whose
youthful bosoms they will never omit to
ingraft that continued flock of patriotic
ardwtir for the equal rights and privileges
of roanifor which to the honor of the pre
ient age we have feeii it the avowed ad
locate, and for which'their own progeni
tors acquired such an immortality of fame
by the fuccefsfiil defence.
Happy, ladies, to be born in an age
ot such great attainments in which the
human mind is daily exerting itfeif in new
acquilitions of important .knowledge. In
which our peculiar country lias' pledff
fl 'i n lts n conft; ti"io«al act, that
schools (hall be eflablifhcd throughout the
e. 'B which, the poor shall be taudif
gratis; m which the care of etihYhteninrr j
and informing the citizens is made the
obligation and duty of the rovem
ment, and >~ which every specie, of igno
rance and barWm is generally cxplo
f r , )rl " ma y y ou I've as ornaments
of Mi an age and of such a country, the
k ll and the afyfum of the human
r raee to which nothing can more contribute,
e than the care, industry, and. zeal with
I which you Jiave pursued your studies, and
j for which the trullees have juit now a
wardea premiums to those who have ex
, celled ; rewards intended rather to excite
emulation, than to convey censure on
those who. do not receive them, lince it
is not doubted but such as may have now
fallen (hort'in this refpeet, will soon, by
superior diligence, become more fyccefsful
candidates for equally flattering difliuc
tion in future.
A gentleman is arrived in town from
Lexington in Kentuckey, which place he
left the ift of May. He informs that the
projetled expedition under Gerj. Clark is
totally broken up ; the Indians, we learn
continue their depredations.
Accounts are received that a veflcl ar
rived at Antigua, twenty three days since,
in 34 days from England, & brought in
telligence that the Islands of Guernsey &
Jersey were t„kcn by the French.
From the Royal Dau'ijh American
Gazette.
CIIRiSTIANbTJED, (St. Croix) April
26.
On Thursday last came to anchor here,the
j Eriglifh frigate Rose, of 18 guru, Captain
| Scot. On the next day, the Quebec frigate
of 36 guns, Capt. Rogers, and Bull Dog
sloop or" War, Capt. Browne, appeared oft'
this harbour—captains Scot and Rogers came
on shore. It is said these ships are in puri'uit
of .3 French vessels, that had made their cf
cape from Gaudaloupe with an immense
treasure, after the surrender of that ifl:md :
which we learn for certain took place on Sun
day last. Morne Pal jiieft was carried by
ft..rm. We hear that 'the English loft feve
rel hundred of their troops at the reduction
of this island ; at Point Pot re, the French
men liad struck tiieir colours, and the Engliih
troops had formed themlelves in order t-i en
ter, and take poireffion, when, the French
opened thcir, batteries again upon them, and
killed upwards of 100 men. The seamen
enraged at this, rushed on,with great imoe
tuolrty, and immediately ftorrried the carri
fon, which they carried with little or no loft.'
Upwards of-ijo Frenchmen were put to the
sword.
The Rose got under way yefterdav about
noon. Captains Rogers an.l S?ot embark- I
in the evening. Tliel'e ihips of war were
seen this morning llretching to the N.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, May i 7.
They write from Moutreal, April 21, that
an alarming fire broke out in that town on
the 18th ult.in a distillery, which copfumed
it, and the house and corn mill of Mr. Levv
loss, estimated from 10 to 12,c001.
ln At the Connecticut annual general election
J- in Hartford, on Thursday, last week, Sarn
-7 " c Huntington, Esq. was chosen Governor,
d Ohver \Volcott, Esq. Lieutenant governor,
u aru !" a vidDagget, Speaker of the House.
i- c • l t e . ks 0 Newfoundland, captain
■- fwamefpoke a cartel, with 400 prisoners
trom Martmico bound to St. Maloes.
x Captain Smith of the brig' Nancv,
in 18 days from J[eremie,we have inform'a
- tion that we believe authentic That
a packet had arrived at Barbadoes in 18
days from England, bearing" orders for cal-'
s ling 1,1 nil privateers, and restoring all A
merican vessels and cargoes. All British
1 port* are opened,and French ports all de
' clar*3 to be in a (late of siege. On the
1 arrival of these orders, a British frigate was
1 lent to blockade Aux-Cayes. This news
' was received at the Leeward before the
• Captain failed. He favv this iirtelligence
in the Jamaica papers—and he also saw
London papers brought by the packet.
From the Bermuda Gazette of the 3d in/I.
r " 0,1 arrived here the sloop
Independence, Thomas Young, mailer,
from Philadelphia. What her real buff
l 7 re ,s ' ,\ ve do not pretend to know ;
but, (lie is said to belong to Mr. Fitzliim
mons, a member of Congiefs, who by his
influence obtained permifiion to let her
come here to take away any American
lcamen that may wiih to return to Amer
ica, who belonged to any of the condem
ned vessels, &c. &c. The opinion on the
Continent was that a thousand or two of
them were here flawing and Withont
friends ; but the fact is, that only two or
three W American vessels have been con
demned here, and the crews have not heer,
obliged to wait a week-after, as there are
continually American or British, vessels
fading out from hence to the Continent or
the V\ eft Indies, none of which rcfufe
them a palfage. This sloop brought 110
cargo—At the time she left Philadelphia,
ute. J tlic embargo continued, and wis to be so
ith ; for 40 days from the 26th of March.
ind I Tin's is evidently to serve the cause of '.he
a- French regicide slaughterers, but we hope
;x- they will meet with a disappointment.
ite Many BntTfli veflels ate 111 the American
on ports, and the rudders unhung, to prevent
it their efcapipg. . ,
>w "We are informed that all the moniy
>y belonging to the British fuY>je£ts in the
:ul American funds, is seized upon by Con
ic- grefs,a3 a fecurlty tor the pretended depre
dations committed by the English priva
teers ; and we have a Philadelphia paper
m of April, which contains a debate in
le Congress on a proportion to confifcate all
le debts due to British in America, for the
is fame rcafon. As thefeareadsofinjuftice,
n there can be but little doubt that they will
be adopted. j>\ m ,
" We learn, that Mr. Jefferfon is font
r i o t!,e Court of Great Britain, with dif.
patches from Congress, to demand re (lit 11-
1- tion for all the property seized by die Bri
till p'ivatrcrs. I
" From the present proceedings of the
Congress, it appears to us, that the Amer
icans are likely to maice leeway soon ;an
enjbarga(or total itoppage to their tiade)
on all their merchantmen ; taieS to be le-.
vied for building fortifications, light
e bonfes, l aifing an army of foot and horse
11 for defence, and another to go againfl
e the Indians, and finally, to build a navy,
S will make them feet themfelvesin a manner
* t% have not been used to ; added to tbefe,
t where are their reteprces without trade or
without allies, for their great end good. |
: friends cannot affitt th.-ml
" The Indians have lately been very j
- rroublefome 011 the back i'ettlements of
America, murdering many of the inha
bitants."
1
1 BOSTON, May 13.
. Extraii of a Liter from Liverpool, dated
February 11.
" The bells of this town are now ring
ing to celebrate the capture of seven fail
of French Weft Indiamen brought in bee
by two only of our privateers—they could
have taken two others, but from a defici- j
;ncy of hands to put on board them.
" Five of the above ships are from St. '
Domingo, they are all fine veflels, and
richly laden."
Extract of a letter from London, received in
the lajl <oeJfd,
The campaign is opened ; there is
every reason to suppose it will be a vary j
Woody one. The French will give a good
account of themselves. General O'Hara
is a prisoner at Paris. The English have
offered 2000 French privates for his ran
som ; but the French reply, 16 we have
plenty of men already."
Arrived schooner Hawke, Capt. Clitpp,
in two days from Tobago, via St. Eufta
iia. Left at Tobago, schooner Phoenix,
Dighton, of Kennebeck, to fail in 8 days
for Boston; brig Nancy, Orne, from New
bury port, loft her c!| ck load and one an
chor, on the main ; brig Dispatch, Briard,
Portsmouth, (N. H.) to fail in 5 days;
brig Nautilus, Hooker, do. Sally, Phin
nef, Boston i sloop , Coffin, New-
York ; barque Hope, Bairbridge, of Phi
ladelphia ; brig Industry, Waite, of Port
[ land. Spoke a schooner of Salem, from
Calcutta, bound into St. Eullatia, for
provisions, 90 days passage. The matter
informed Capt. Clapp, that the ship Cle
opatra, was loft on tiie coast of Bangau,
and the crew, except the Do£tor, Carpen
ter, and two Seamen, penfhed ; and that
a ship from Boston, a whaleman, Rich,
Matter, was seized, and the cargo con
demned for English property, and Capt.
•Rich is in confinement. Capt. C. after
wards saw the above schooner boarded by a
privateer, in whose company he left her.
Capt. C. spoke .several veflels on his
passage, which had been carried into Mont
lerat, and other English .islands, and ac- '
quitted without even examining their pa- [
pers ; and many that had been libelled,
had recovered damages.
HALIFAX, April 29.
On Saturday arrived here the Portland
Packet, Capt. James, in 38 days from
Falmouth, with the February and March '
mails; our intelligence from home is now
to the 1 jtb ult. but nothing important has
occurred.
BARBADOES, April g. 1
1 leant by way of Antigua, that some
French democrats at St. Thomas's, had fit
ted out 4 -brigs, and failed from that IHand
fortFe ptirpefe of plundering and burning i
the town ot Tortola, but Admiral Jervis,bt •
ing apprised of their intention, ditpatehed
° J? a R ° fc frJgat * to illterce P t them, which Ihe ,
_ c.d, took oik- and diverted the reft.
* PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
a . ARRrVED. days
t Snip Juliana, Ingraham, Charleston n
Liiig liwallqw, Read, Antigua, 22
; Molly, Wills, St. Croix 14.
. Sch'r. Magdalen, Bells, St. Thomas' s2O
Andrew, Norton, Jamaica 30
Stock, Adams, Newbury-Port 9
Bell, Britts, North-Carolina 8
Sloop Ulabia, Wheeler, ditto 30
( Rooby, Davidion, New-York 2
I fcanny, Gilbert, New-London 4
Independence, Young, Bermuda 9
It is reported that there is a veffd ar
rived in the river from Oporto, whiah
brings an account that th* negociations
between the Portuguese and the Algerines
tl,e renewal of ttie Truce between thofc
powers, is broken otf, and that the truce
j_ is not to be renewed.
Authentic lift of LIBELLED velTels
e now in the harbor of St. George's
(Bermuda) handed by Mr. Meigs, who
11 lailed from thence on tbe sth inllant.
) Brig Cblumbia, Barnard, ofHudfon;
flo °P ;Betfey, Hathaway, of Dighton ;
brig Endeavor, Philips, of Bofto . ; (loop
■ Ruoy, Bradifh, of Baltimore - ; brig Bet
sey, furlong, ditto; schooner Thetis,
[ Jones, ditto 5 iloop Sally, Hayes, of Phi
ladelphia ; brig jane, Lillcbndge, ditto;
1 {loop l'ederal, Earl, of Rhode-lfland ;
ichooner , Smith, of Bolton,' from
M St. I iucia; schooner Little Cherub, Waite,
!ot Portland-—not yet adjudicated.
Brig Hiram, Stocking, of New-Lon
don ; schooner Mercy, Patten, of Charles
ton—condemned.
For st - t'roix,
The Sloop
INDUSTRY,
l.luyu .Vharton, Mailer.
SHE is intended 0 fui! with the firitveflils
ana can accommodate a few paflengers very
vell. Icr terms ;. r t ,.y to the Captain, or
WHARTON & GREEVES.
Md V "9- d6t
Books by auction.
On Wednefi'.av, Thiirfdav, and Saturday
next, at four o'clock in the afternoon, at
J. Connelly's Audion Store,
No. 78, south FrontJlrert,
id Will be continued the faleof a valuable
a Collection of BOOKS,
e Mostly t;wor in good condition, beginning
at No. i? 7 in the catalogue.
e Tfle y ™ay be Teen any day prior to the
sale ,rom 10 till 2 o'clock, at No. 26, Sprure
( street, wherecat-logues may be had and com
' mi.Tions received from aSy persons who can
not attend the sale.
May 19 dt|
; NEW
» ——————
; Mr. Fen Nell's Night.
" THIS EVENING, ;
May 19.
Will be performed,
, For the firll time here, an Hiftori'cal Plav,
called the
Surrender of Calais,
O R,
GALLIC PATRIOTISM.
Written ly George Co/man, jun. Esq.
King Edward, Mr. Moretoo
Sir YVahf r Mauny, Mr. Warrell
R'bemont, Mr. Fennel!
f; a Oiorre, Mr. Bates
fcuftare de Saint Pierre, Mr. Whitlock
John De Vitnne, jvir. Green
Citizens, MelTrs. Finch, Francis, &
Morris
Old Man, Mr. De Moulin
rje Mr. VV -mHI
' Mr. Marshall
9 I ? er ' ri , . . Mr - Blidett
John D A,ro, Mr. Cleveland
ift Gailows-maker, Mr.Harwood
ditto. ' Mr. Dai ley jun.
Mrs. Shaw
Madelon, Mr :. Marftall
, J u ' ia > , Mrs. Francis
In Art iff, n Procsflion and Solemn Dirge.
To which will be added,
A FARCE, in two A<sts, called
THE SULTAN;
Or, A Peep into the Seraglio.
On Wfdvesday, a COME >Y Called
NOTORIETY, v'ith a PANTOMIME
ENTERTAINMENT, for the Benefit of •
Mr. CHALMERS.
i j Mr. BATES's night ivill le on
FRIDAY.