PRO P 0 S A L S. ' Ey 7- TirtKHR "d'A. P. ouif, ju'n. c nr "Pii'uli'tiinff hy SrfV,fcrrpVr,ii 4 LETTERS TO TOUNG WOMEN, Married and single, By Mrs. GRIFFI I'H. " Beauty io vai * her fparkiing eye* may roll : " Charmsftrike the light— ut Merit wins th-; foil CON TENTS —Of duties—Port'tude— Char ity—Affe&ion due to an husband—Resignation, and trufl: God— The importance of thoie accomphihment4 most agreeable to the huiband ; and on ret rem nt, diflipation, &c.—Economy—Domeflic ainufements, music, &c.— Public diversions, cards, and dress—Complacency ; Pa ticnce-—Secret*—-Servants, &c. The importance of ear ly cultivating the minds of children, and of giving them the earliefl ideas of truth and benevolence. Their early inllrudlion in the beauties of natnre,and in humility,com piflion, indullry, Sec. The propriety of.inftiUing early ideas of religion in the minds of children. On their rea ding, and on the use of money to them—The ufc of wri ting early recommended for children ; thoughts on vari ous duties they ftiould acquire, as contentment, Ac.— Thoughts on their negative education, and their turn for imitation—On the acquirements of girls in the knowledge of music, needle-work, drawing, dancing, &c. Thoughts on the education of the heart, in preference to the (hewy To which will be annexed, The Vision of Female Excellence• CONDITIONS. This work to be eomprifed in two handsome duo decimo volumes of 150 pages each, neatly bound and ltttcred. The price to fubferibers will be One Dollar per toI. to be paid oa delivery. As soon as 500 fubferibers are obtained, the Work will be put to press. Subscribers' names to be affixed. ON the utility of this work the publisher* deem it unfieceflary to del'cant.—ln the refinement of the fe male mind Mrs. Griffith's Letters hare been eminently j fuccefsful; and the general eftimition in which they have been held by the lovers of intellectual improve ment (the best criterion of their merit) will, they hope, 'ensure to their propofalt a welcome reception froM th* "fair daughters of America." " Delightful talk ! t« rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea ow td (hoot, To pour the frefh iuftruflion o'er the mind, To Wtathe th'enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast." Subferiptions received by the publilhers, at the office sf the Philadelphia Minerva, No. *14 Market-ftrecet. Jlriy 6 wf&m THIS DAT IS PUBLISHED, By J. O R M R O D, N«. 41, Chefnut-ftreet (price 25 Cents) A Short and Candid ENQUIRY Into the Proofs of Christ's Divinity; in which Dr. Prieftly's opinion concerning Christ Is occasionally confidered—ln a Letter to a Friend. Cv CHARLES H. WHAR I ON, D.D. And Member of the Philofophicat Society of Philadelphia* _ Jul)J. 5t An adjourned meeting of the Pennsyl vania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, See. will be held at the jifual place, on the 1 Ith inft. at half past 7 o'clock in the evening. 7th pro. Bth. BENJ. KITE, 6ec'ry. George Sibbald, HAS removed hi* Compting-Houfe to Mifflt»'« wharf, betwien Race and Vine-streets. luly 6. <lw Landing, This Day, at Willings & Fratocis's wharf, from the Brandy wine Miller, A cargo of Rum & Sugar from St. Croix. For Sale by John Nixon & Co. June 23 S xo Phila. and Lancaster Turnpike Road. THE Stockholders who have not paid the penalties incrred on their refperftive /hares, are requested to pay the fd'ueto the Treafurcr of the Company «n or be fore the 10th iaft.otberwife interest will be charged there on until paid. By order of the Board, W*. OOVETT, See'ry. July 7. 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The American Philosophical Society, deeply af fected by the death of their late worthy Pfefidtfnt, Dr. David Rittenhoufe, did, at a fpccial meetinjj held on Friday the I(t instant, resolve, that 911 EU LOGIUM, commemorative of his talent* and services, he publicly pronounced before the society by a member of the fame ; in pursuance of which, Dr. Benjamin Rush was appointed for the ferviceat a meeting of th« Society held at th«ir Hall on Tuesday last. The brig Susannah, Capt. Baird, arrived at N«w-Ca(lle on Thursday last in 7 weeks aid 4 days from Belfait: fl»e left that poit with 200 paffen gen; 46 were dragged on board 2 Britifti frigate* a few days ago in the longitude of 71. Di ED.] —Wedneday,in the Pennfylrania-Hofpt tal, Richard Chvbs, years—of which he lived near so yeart'in the bouse. His death was oecafisned suddenly by eating a large quantity of cherries. The following ii the address delivered at the inter ment of Dr. Rittenhoufe, Ute Prelident of the Philofophieal Society in this city, by the Rev. Dr. Gre«n< " THIS is emphatically the tomb of genius and_ <rf science. Their child, their martyr is here posited, and their friends will make his eulogy in tears ; I stand not here to pronounce it. The thought that engrofles my mind is this—how mueh mora clear and inprefiive must be the views which the late spiritual inhabitant of that lifelcfs corpse now polTefTes of God, of his infinite exigence, of his adorable attributes—of that eternal blaze of glory which emanates from him, than when (he was blinded by her veil of flefh. Accustomed as she was to penetrate far into the univerfe—far as cor poreal er mental vision here can reach, ftHl, what new and extenfivefcenes of wonder have opened on her eyes enlightened and invigorated by death !— The discoveries of Rittenhoufe since he died have already been more and greater than while he lived. Yes, and could ne address us from the spiritual world, his language would be, " All, all on earth is Jhadoiv, all beyotid I\JubJiance —th. teverfeis folly's creed." He would, doobtlefs, admonish us to live for eter nity, and not for time. He would warn U3 to re gard the whole period of this shadowy and palling ttatc a* • space of inllru&ion, of discipline, of trial 5 of preparation for a state that is to follow : And he would charge us to afe all our talents and endow, menu under the sensible influence of this impreifion, and to difchargc the whole business of life with this view. This is a view truly great and elevated ; truly and only worthy of au intelle&ual, moral, and immortal being. This is the view that unriddles human life; that gives meaning to all its teeming mysteries; that explains the intention of all its toils, its afflictions, and its trials; that presents an object suited to th jfe ceaseless grafpings of the foul •f which we are all conftious, but which no mortal ever did or ever can fill with any possession or at tainment en this fide the grave. Say that a future world is to rcftify the disorders, to supply the defi ciencies, to compensate the labours and to reward the fufferings of the present ; fay, that the fool of virtue shall there drink to the full, (hall expand her faculties and putfue her pleasures without hindrance, and (hall find that " these light »ffli£lions whieh " are but for a moment, work out for her, a faf " nyore exceeding and eternal weight of glory," and you givedelign and dignity to the present state of man. He is leen to live for an end worthy his powers, and worthy of all his efforts and of all his diflrefles. Withdraw this view, and you fee in hipi ••nhing tnsi tW «r.; oma 0 f creation. be God, this view cannot De withdrawn from the believing mind. It i 6 opened and rendered perma nent by the sure word of revelation. This word af ftires us of a future sxiftence. It aflures the pardon of fin and eternal life, to him who relies, by faith, on the infinite merits of the Redeemer. It teaches that through tepentance and the renovation of our nature by the spirit of grace, the human mind may be fa purged from its moral defilement, as to be ad mitted to the prcfence, and capacitated for the en joyment, of mncreatcd purity. That when thus at tempered it shall a&ually dwell with God forever, and eternally grow larger in its conceptions of him, and of his various and ineffable excellence diffufed through the immensity and diversity of his works. The fitne word inHrudtsus that all the dispensations of I rovidence towards us here, are means wifely calculated to produce in us the celestial temper, and to fit us for the tranfeendant felicity, we contem plate. Filled with these reflections, let us go from this tomb and resolve to regard the high designa tions of nature. Rightly regarding this, wa. shall fill up life with ufefulnefs and duty, we shall bear its burdens with patience, and we shall look forward to its close with pleafuie. We fliall consider death but a* the lirtb of a new and nobler exiftenee, as a dark but Ihort pafiiga to the region, of eternal day ; and in the very agony of our change we may exclaim in triumph, " O death, wh&c is ihy Uing ! O grave, 11 where is thy victory { Thanks be to God who " giveth us the vi&ory, thtoueh our Lord Jesus Christ." A celebrated poemhas lately made its appevance at Edinburgh in consequence of thccondu4i of the hon. Henry Erfkine, brother to the Earl of Bn chan. Mr. Erfkine, who for many years had been Dean of tKe faeuhjr of advocates (a place represent jsfiC ™c;,u, or ffi* ') i,.i. .-rv <• • <•* >~ *-.am -e ' Tr- —->■ > ■ s , I e' : ' ; t jr. < •< i.: ;o thv . a g<Mi— meetitigvo' the was deprived or his uniati oh as Dean. This Pamphlet.which i< entitled the " Telesjraph, a confolatßr.y ;EpHtle to the honor able Henry Ei Ikine has a wry high eha rafter for poetical excellence. - . The following exticifk piefents p. v;'ry liv,elv nnci impressive picture of the dangerous effects, which ate generally found to result from rash attempts at poliiica! reform. Whoever re'fie&s on the conse quences of" such attempts in France, at the begin n/ng of the revolution, will at once feel the force ofthii allegory, which for curreStnefs, propriety apd elegancc has seldom beeu furpafTed. Quebec Paper. Where dark forclls fwecp, Round the bleak margin of the founding deep, Oft matted brakes, and brakes entangling round, 1b wild luxuriance. c<>vcr all the ground; The twisted myrtles bar the hunter't way, And from his spear prpteiS the trembling prey ; To cleir the forell's dark impervious maze, The half starved Indian lights a hasty blaze, Then lifts a torch, and rufhiug o'er the flrand, High o'er his head he waves the flaming brand; From bufli t« boih, with rapid step he flies, Till the whole sorest blazes to the flcics. Often, 'tis true, this of madnefj done, He mourns the mifchief which his hand begun ; Wheu the red torrent rushing o'er the plain, Mo art can flop, no human power reft rain ; Till from a rock, he fees with wild amjzc. His wife and children perilh in the blaze. Stop, Henry, flop ! aad cautiously enquire, If you can quench, as you enflame the fire; Think oa the in my simple tale, Vfha £rc3 a Province for a faulty ra»al. From the "izette. Mr. Carltp The coy rfc off; b ths Com monwealth of Ms and the just and reasonable d effects there of. mull uf&rtTr ./each observer. j Yout Correfpo .it — i .ie preceding re marks by noticin he attention of the legislature, in the course of thj lad. feveo years, to the encou ragement of literature, provision for the virtuons and liberal education of the riling generation, pub lic convenience and utility and many other valuable ebjedts. Besides the incorporations in the said period of seven years of §2 towns, incorporations have taken place for various other ufeful purpafes, viz.— > For Institutions of Education j 7 For support, &e. of religious focietics of different denominations 38 For the building of Bridges 14. For the conftru&ion of Canals and Locks 11 For the'intereft of Navigation 4 For the encouragement pi Aits, including Agticulture 15 For banks 3 Miscellaneous. 4 June 1796. AN ORATION, Delivered at Princeton College, on the AnHfatrfatj of Independence July 4, 1)96. By ROBERT FORSYTH. [concludes.] With honed pride I fee my country bom to il luminate the uniVtrfe. Her birth-day is the birth day of freedom, and of :rue political science over the whole earth. In seventy fix the dawn, in eigh ty three the morning star, is eighty seven the fun arofc upon the world. The pliilofophers of Eu rope kindling their tapers at his fires have begun to ftied on thedarknefs of despotism a light dreadful to tyrants. The tyrants aghast are all trembling their thrones are tottering—two have already sal len with a tremendous convulsion. And the reft, rocking to their foundations, threaten fhoitly to bu ry their proud mallets beneath their ruins. With thee O my beloved country ! has commenced The ®ra ot iYv« emancipation aniielfctty of nations. Americans! what an illustrious motive is this, to cherifli in your bofgms the sacred flame of patriot ism ? The world illuminated and animated by your example, after the tyranny of so many ages, is, 'at last, going to become happy—Study, generous A taericans f to mark out before them the path of virtue, as Well as of freedom. By virtue you have eftablilhed your rights as a nation—And virtue will be the solid an 1 eternal basis of the republic.— If virtue and liberty combined fliauld from hence forth pervade and regenerate the earth, what a tri umphant profpetfc would their piogrefs yield to ev ery lover of his country, and of mankind ? I cannot anticipate it but with a sweet enthusiasm. The grandeur of the feene expands the miad beyond Iter common dimenfioni—and the contemplation of fueh extcofive happiness to man intoxicates the heart with a charming delirium. The fourth of Ju ly shall be the most illustrious feftival in the universe —It (hall be cenfecrated as the birth day of na tions, as the commencement of a new otder' of things in the world, My countrymen 1 having begun a career so splendid, let not the sacred cause of liberty be tar niflied in our hands. The minions of tyrants have boldly pronounced on the impotence of the people to govern themselves ; and triumphed in theexpec ted convulsion* that time will produce. Beware of the rocks of jealousy and of fa<3ion. These are the chief dingers to be dreaded by you. Hardly any others can obftrud, even for a mdment, y«ur rapid progression to felicity and glory. The mu tual jealousy of dates, by dividing, will enfeeble the operations of the union. Fa&ion is only the con tinual effort of private passions to throw back so ciety into that chaos from which man, by the sub ordinations of government, has endeavored to re bellion hit nature. Had I the charaftcr and infiu ncf of a I the voiceoCar, at:g.' • iiild never eeafe to. warn, I would ceijurc yJ, cans, to be on, your guard agaiaft these evil ' >. voulJ make my admonitions re.echo fiom your jT. SdilU.nt shores, and mountain*. The jetlouiv o t Lacedetr.on, of Athens, andofThebee dedioyej the Amphyftioiticleague. The difTemions of the. Grecian dates, alternately hurried, them from an archy to tyranny, and from tyranny replunged them into anarchy again ; till they #!] equally funk and were broken under the iron sceptre of Macedon — Rome was torn to pieces by successive fa£Hons till, at la ft* wearied and didradted by her calamities' (he found a dreadful rcfource in the abfoluts power of a mailer. Learn frem the history of others misfortunes, the road to facure your own {jlory ! why should the husbandman envy the merchant ! why should the south be jealous of the north ? the success of each member of the union is the profper ityofall. But (hun, deted, overwhelm with the public execration the men who would kindle a mong you the flames of faction. Faction ! curst offspring of hell begot on mercenary intercA } If fartion come to dissolve, or dillurb our harmonious fyftcm all the fpjendid pidlutcs that our patriotism and philanthropy hare framed, shall be defaced and blotted out forever. Avaunt fell monder ! thou haft dared to Ihewthy horrid visage for a moment crawling from the infernal pit, and to spit thy ve nom and ftilphilr on the the immortal glory of Wafliiujftonl his jjower-'ul genius (hall crush thy head, and plunge thee down again into the_j. < byfsfrom whence thou halt, sprung ! O Walhing to.i ! whose name, oh every return of this anniver sary, I shall pronounce with enthuliafm along with the facrid name of country —A* thoti had fooght her battles, life t« cement her union ! Let not heaven call thee away too soon from the vows of mortals ! nor ever quit the helm of government while one head remains on the Hydra of diforgan izatioii ! My beloved' country ! who has begun such an auspicious course, soon mayll thou arrive at perfection in every virtue and in every art ! On this holy nnniveifary the fervent prayers of all thy children ascend to heaven fbnliy prosperity— And here in thi* hollowed edifice, we the youngest gf thy son* bow before the throne of the eternal and pour forth our mingled vowsfor thee,ourtalents,our studies, our active powers we confeerate to thee,and here, in the name of all the reft I swear to thee eter nal fidelity, and duty. £The above oration, we are informed, wa» wlis ten by the Prelident of the College. J BRITISH PARLIAMENT. I HOUSE OF COMMONS—Friday, May 6. Impeachment of the Minister. Mr. Grey said, those who consider the power of the Minilter io_that House, the little disposition that had beenmanifefted to inquire into hiscondufl ; but, on the contrary, the readinef* difplaycd on all occafioo* to give most unbounded con fidence in every tranfadtfon, will naturally conclude it is a vain and extravagant attempt to bring for ward charge*, calculated to lay the foundation of an impeachment. He was aware of these difficul ties, and he almost despaired of success ; but he did not feel that he could discharge his duty to hi* con- Itituents and to his Country, without listing to that house, and fuppoiting his statements by in controvertible evidence, that the King's Minif»crs had contravened fpecific important a«fts of Parlia ment, and violated some of the mod eflential of our laws, made to guai'd the expenditure of the public money, in concealing fripm the knowledge of the House of Commons the true disposition they had made of it, and prtffeßting falfe accounts, in order to deceive the guardians of the public purse. It was not neceflary to date the duty of a member of Parliament to superintend the expenditure of the public money, to giant with caution and inquire withjealoufy Their power over the purse of the people was the belt ffrcurity for the liberties of the country, the highed authority delegated by their condituents. These are fa£ts which will not be dis puted. In all, in even the worll of times, the/ have been admitted. And as it has always been the duty of this House to wateh with suspicion the na« tional expenditure. This duty becomes more urgent a* our expence* increase, as our debts accu mulate. But he would not enter into a detail of themelancholy magnitude of o«r r*t>»nc»c; ?his was not the objeS of his inquiry, and he should care fully avoid it. H« wiihed to call the attention of the house to-the way in which the public money had been disposed of, and to bring them to examine how tar the mod wholcfome legislative provilions had been complied with. He had heard gentlemen in that House, when the game laws were difcufied, de preciate any innovation on them, as they had been handed down by our anceltors, who had cemeirted them with theirblood; if any alteration, however" salutary, was proposed in some of our ol 1 opprefilvc laws, we weie told our forefathers had fought for them, and we should be cautious of touching what had been fai«£lioned by the wisdom of age*. This was a common and favorite language in that house j and thi* night, so far as regarded his motion, it was a language in which he would heartily concur. He did not call upon the house to make any change in the edablifhed laws or cudoms of the laud ; he cal led upon it to maintain and support one of its oldest and mod invaluable ptivileges, a privilege which, whether we appreciate it by its antiquity or by the zeal with which our ancedors on all occasions have defended it, or by its iftual importan: e to the iiappi nefs and welfare of the people, is one of the mod va luable belonging to a House of Commons. For no privilege have our fortfather* bled more freely, than for the right of holding the purfedrings of the nation ; and in do inliaoce have they manifefted their wtfdom more confpicupufly, than in the un shaken zeal with which they have maintained it. It wai in fnpport of the good old principles of our an cedors, that he now called upon the house, and he cxpedted those gentlemen who had lately lo much zeal for whatever had been far.dtioned by time, would vote with him. He truitcd the House would not fuffer the present fubjedl to pass on the ' ademption ol the Minider'g innocence, w::ich M> nilUr* no doubt would afliime, and again c'si! (■*
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