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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•
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Into the Proofs of Christ's Divinity; in which
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Is occasionally confidered—ln a Letter to a Friend.
Cv CHARLES H. WHAR I ON, D.D.
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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! (■*