{ r'ch division containing 180 square feet /On the sth »f August I fqwed one part at a Foot square, „r, t 1 feet I, and one, 2 feet 2, 3 feet I, and 3 feet ' and 2. On the 23d day of November following thev were gathered, mea'fured, weighed ftps rately with great care and exadlnefs ; the refuit of t,his expciment will be seen by the following scheme, viz. Dlftandr" Quantity j Bushels pounds ; Bufhs. Tons of turn- 01 larm in made in in eacn Ito th: to the ipsinfeet fqur. feet. \ e-.:i lo- lot. | acre. acre fTooWq. i»3 5 ( '97 1-3 tsto 21 2& 1 do. 5 3-4 • 22 7 '' 2 'SOU- 2 25 2 & 2 d . 1 1.4 I 1673 4 19 3& t do. .5 I 197 1-2 i2 '° .21 3& 2 d '4 5 .',S 961 7 111 ' | I i avr age lci acre Total I 900 Jil < 1,61-2 201-2 It is To h- remarked that the rirlt two lots ii«J verv few mi!Tnl>, but the lot of 3 and 1 was much iniflirfg, so that 1 am inclined to prefer the 3 and I, efpec-iaMy as the turnips at that diltance may bi worked with.a plough. I pn-ferve mytuinips in th. fiel' by digging a foot deep, z circle of a diameter fufficient to con tain any quantity I chotife to put in, from 20 to 40 ot 100 bulhels ; those are covered over with earth at Jeaft a foot thick and without any other covering ; j they have been perfectly found and sweet till the middle of April ; nor do I recollect to have seen one rotten turnip in the four years I have treated them in this manner. The turnips, are gathered with great ease, efpf'Jally those 1 have cultivated ; they are a very long turnip, growing half in and halfout of the ground : A hand can pull up 100 bushels per day and tiveak off the tops, whi h ga thered in this manner keeps them from grit, and will be-good a fortnight or three" weeks *»- v i -Wv .- U se of money to them—The ufc of wri ting early reconjmended for children; thoughts on vari ous duties tney should acquire, as contentment, &c — Fnoughts 01) their negmve education, and their turn for imitation On the acquirements of girls in the knowledge o. music, ncedlt-work, drawing, dancing, & c . rhou.ehts en the education ot the heart, in preference to the fh»wv accoinpliihincnts. ' To which will be annexed, 1 be Vijion of Female Excellence. CONDITIONS. This work to>ecomprifed in two handsome duo' iecimo volumes of 250 pages each, neatly bound and lettered. The price to fubferibers will be One Dollar per vol. to bep ;:d On delivery. 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Tulv 6 wf&m : TAKE i\ O T ICE, application «411 IS made for the renewal of tlieip>low,ii)g certificates, ifTuedby Joseph Nourfe, Regilier bf. tlie Treasury, in the name of Roger Grii wold, Esq. of Norwich, Conncilicut—• 1 certificate, fix per cent domeilic llock, No. 13,907 ; —dated the 17th December, 1795, bearing interest from 1 tke.fWt.day of January, 17.91, for 1,597 65-100 dol -1 ditto, three per cent, domestic stock, No. r0,68V dated December 16, 1795, bearing mterefi from the. firfi dayot January, 1791, for 994 jg-ico doliari. 1 ditto, deferred stock, No. 9,lo6—dated the 17th December, 17575, bearing interefl from the firft-Janu ary, 1801, for 79S 83-ioo doHars. Said certificates are fuppofedv> have been lofi or flo Vii in this city time in December or Jauua y I 3 ft. t JOSEPH THOMAS, N0.59, Philadelphia, July 21, 1796. d6w7 PhiLidelbam, t - *j THURSDAY EVENING. Jtit-r 2:, 1796. ( . .C/" The price of this.Gazette is eight dollars a ' year. Suhfcribers, wliofe papers are sent per poll s are charged one dollar yearly in addition for enclo- . sing and Six month's fubfeription to be 1 paid in advanci. r Adveitilements will he promptly and coufpicu- 1 - oufly published, at 50 Cents a square for the ti.ft insertion, and 25 Cent 9 for every continuation. £ Died.] —At Germanttnva on Friday evenivg ( - last, greatly lamented, Dodi. Charles Isknsell [. * in the 45: !i year of his at;e —tldilt lon of DoCi. 1 - CnikLEs BEI*SELL lately tieceafed. ' On the 17th inlt. were interred in Friends bitry -1 ing ground the temains of RacheY, Moore, aged ' 82 years, born in Maryland, and the latl furviviug J Grand Daughter of the refpec\abloi Thomas Lloyd, an early proprietary governor'of Pennsylvania.— v 3 The most prominent features in her chaiacler were linceritv, tqua. imity and firmnefs where file believ- •- 3 ed herlelf right, together with a behaviour so utii formly obliging and affedlionate as engaged the k ' j.efteem of all who knew her, and must long perpet " uate and endear her memory among her numeious 1 connexions. Towards the close (he repeat- ' ' edly exp'.efTed a patient fubmiflion 10 Divine Dif ' pofal, or an humble preference rather to die than ' be longer C9ntinued. ' t 5 ARRIVED AT THIS PORT. J . DAYS - ( Ship Molly, Frofl Liverpool 64 Sloop Hiram. Ryan , Alexandria 8 c Peggyj Willis do. 6 Sch'r William and Mary, Ames| Gonaives 75 v Kitty and Maria, Tinker Jean Rabel 17 ' Mountain Leader, Collins New-Orleans Arrived at Fort Mifflin. ; Brig Alfred, Stewart New-Qrleans Sch'r Hope, Jacock do. j : Sally, Mirrow Jeremie - Schr. Delight, Pierce, Porto Rico 10 days , THE SHIP MOUNT VERNON, c Captured ol® our Capes by the Flying, Fish c t French privateer, had arrived there. The -Gover- ' f nor would.not permit any proceedings on the part . of the Captors, before receipt of information from tke owners. CLEARER. Brig Ann< Helm St. Bartholomews i i Sch'r Kitty, Hufane Vitginia , 1 Cetfey, Partridge Camden f Rising Polly, Toler Currituck 1 Harrnony, White do. ! Sch'r Fanny, Ven Trinidad The (hip Sally, Captain Wicks, from London is ( s fcelow. A brig and two schooners bound up, were ob - served from t'.ie fort at 12 o'clock yelterday. r The rtlip Atalant.a left Liverpool 2 days before Capt. Shewell failed, bound N. Yoik. STOCKS. \ Six per Cent. - - .... - 17/5 Three per Cent. ------ . - io/"6 per Cent. ----- , - - 16,, 4' per Cent. - 14/- , Deferred Six per Cent. - - - - 13/6 to 7 BANK United States, - - - - 24 pr. cent. Psnnfylvahia, - - - - 29 —— — North \mejica, -' - -45 1 fnfurance Comp. North-AmeAca, 14 .25 1. Pcnnfylvania, 9*oiopcrcen , Exchange, at 60 days, - - 165101662-3 The following ajjeftlonale notes letjueen Dr. Docld 1 and Dr. Johnjan, are related by Mr. Boftuiil. [ All application for royal mercy having failed, r Dr. Dodd prepared himfeiFfor death, and with a 1 VMrmrh.of gratitude wrote to |Dr. Johnson as sol- 1 - lows— yttne 25, Midnight. Acc»pt, thou great and heart, my ear- ) j . nest and thoughts of rfien, are below the notiee of an immortal being about to stand the for eternity ' befoie the Supreme Judge of Heaven and Earth. ! Be comforted : your crime, morality or religion 1 considered, has no very deep die of turpitude ; it corrupted 110 man's principles ; it attacked no ' man's life ; it involved only a temporary and repa ' Table injury Of this, and of all other fins, y.ou ' ,ai e earnestly to repent, ailch-may God, know eth our frailty, and defireth not our death, accept ' your repentance, for the fake of his Son lefus Chiift our Lord ! ' "In requital of those well intended offices which 1 yon are pleased so emphatieaily to acknowledge, W t ; ' . me beg that you make iii your devotions bne' peti I 1 l lion lor my eternal welfare." " r —■ 1 T3Y THIS MAILS. NEW-YORK, July 19. .• f t < COMMUNICATION. We arc informed from good authority that in 1 ihe moqth of June part, 219 boats parted the Cat 1 nal and Locks at the Little Falls, on the Mohawk > River, from which toll was received to the arholint, \ of 1. 173 o. 2. - ( , , b : • ■ \ . "■ > . NORFOLK, July 14. n YeftaJay arrive;! the fclutouer Nancy, Captain fe Palmer, ij from Port su Prince, 'paired t> Cape Niciiola Mole on (he 29th, at which they fc faiv a fleet of 30 tranfporis under convoy of two 74*5,350, and a frigate, (leering towards Port an, !a Piince, supposed destined for the attack of Leo- c; ganc. A re-inforcement of 30d5 men, under com ei mand of Gen. White, arrived at the Mole on the 11 15 th June, from Barbadoes. V> Lett at Port *u Prince- the Hoop Polly Ga.pt. f< ; H-.l!, of and 'oounu to Ultimo re, to fail with the 11 frrft convoy. ~ July 3d, in lat, 26, long- 74, 50, spoke the g ;] -op Thomas and Sally, from Alexandria to New rr Providence. *j . f| "— ' u Ship News. PORT OF BALTIMORE—JuIy 18 V ARRIVED. 1 Sch'r Mufquito, Harfhaw Jeremie '' Nancy, Smithwick — L'Anceveari <' Sloop Fair American, Jones Antigua a CLEARED. n SehV Thetis, Libciuite, C'N. Mole o Polly, Botner VV. si Capt. J.:nes in Lit. 25, long. 68, 30, spoke the cc brig Dispatch, Capt. Donaldlon, bound to Fort (1 Dauphi"—out 8 days. Lat. 24, long, 68, spoke the fchonner Regula- ti tor, from Baltimore, bound toHifpaniola—lo days tl out. r; On Tiiurfday lad, off the capes, dillant 4 leagues rc was boarded by the Britifli frigate The is, Capt. p Cochran, and treated politely. Tfie Thetis had vj boarded, the fame day, the brig Friendship, Capt. ti Smith, of Newbiify-port, bound to Baltimore, cl which (he sent to Halifax, upon suspicion ofFre ch p property being on board. p h ALEXANDRIA, July 16.' p Ihe Pptomack Chief, Chunn, arrived yesterday 1 from Havre—long passage. A foil of Mr. John v Matide?ille, in this town, who had taken pafTage in tl this vessel from France, where he had been for tht fj completion of his education, was unfortunately it drowned. He was an amiable very promising w young man. ti I'ne (liip Meurrt Vernon, Capt failed a from hence on Thursday for London. The communications, lately republifhed from n the Gazette of the United States, explaining the 0 motives ot Franccfor seizing our veflels bound to v Euglifh ports, whether a genuine letter from a e French officer or riot has doubtless Hated the trur t *g round of the buiinefs—viz. That ths Fiench finan i, ccs aie deranged, lo that they cannot pay for sup plies, and they do not expect Americans will any longer trull them—that they Intend to revenge o:j our merchants whoweie friendly to the treaty with Great Britain—and that they wish to verify th [ predictions of oar democrats, who have foretold e vits from that treaty. All these roafons are very ge ' serous, r.oble and dignified ; well worthy of the great \ i. idsol republicans audailies. But if the Frencl. fuppofc the-people of America will oblige the go 1 vei'nmeiit to be pafiive nndcr any and all kinds of injuries from Fianae, and that in cafe of a rupture, ti . y put on the tri-«,)louiedeQ. kade, they mil ialio thii temper of the people moll cgregioufly,— A rupture with any nati.-m cairno't happen throng) the fault of our nation or government. If it hap pe.us at all, it wi'l be thro«£}v-H-he ddtgn- of afo 1 I"eijiit nation ; a'nd whether t ; :e ration is French, Bi Iti ill, or Algeritx, thtf Americans will refill the aggrellor. k France fliould be the aggrelTor, France • will find the American foes j except the demo crats, who, like the torics in the late revolution, would, Spaniel like, kiss the tod. These, how. ver, are not half so numerous now, as the lories were in 1775, arid would be glad to secure their persons and eft.ites by ra»>deft lilence. The Americans have sense enopgh to fee the so!- ly of Inking themselves with the politics of any fo reign iati->n whatever. Their wiftt s have univer sally teen in, favour of the French revolution, so far as ts object yvjs to destroy tyranny arid reform abuses. Bat in nothing do the Freoch make a grea ter niftake than in supposing the Americans will submit their government to French influence. They will submit to no 'influence: but that of their own clear national interest. If we must quairel, it will b4 to defend our country ; no matter who the aflai lant is, a monarch or a republic. The Americans with to preserve peace-*— they, with this view, have borne the loss of much pro. j perty from the Britifli—*ftiueh from the Fiench ! < and lome trom th« Algerines. They submit to ' violations of fight loss, of property, and many inju , lies, from tlie Britifli, the French, and Algerines, ; not becaufc jhey love or sear/those uations, but be ! caufc, to submit and to nsgociate are less evils than an open rupture, and there is no o:her alternative. ] The I rench ttjlk of a coalition between Pitt and Washington ! insulting language is this ? And are not th'% Fiench in coalition with the ty rants of Prufli;:, Spain, Constantinople, and even ! A 1 , iers ? Is it love or refpetSl that unites Fiance and I Pruflia ? No, it is injeVcft. Jult so, is it "interest that unites •' Pitt and Wafhington"—lt is interest that unites all natipns. Yes, Frenchmen, it is in terest alone that has united France and America : and be on your'guard, that you do not make it our interest to dilfalvethe connexion. , NHW LONDON. July 14. Captain P. Benjamin, ot the brig Nlncy, of Norwich, had his velTel and carxoeondemhed ar Grenada, on the 2d June | last, as American ; cargo valued at s o,ceo dollars; ! expences' 3,50 dollars ; but as cap:. Benjamin was from De'- ' ! mara, and had been supplying tHe. Diltch, they rrriide him ' pay 700 dollars. Capt. Benjamin loft his mate and all his 1 people with the putrid fever, while he lay at Grenada. j From the Farmer" Mufeitm. T H MORALIST. IT has been remarked, that men are generally : kind in proportion as they are happy ; and it is laid, even of the devil, that he is good humoured when he is plesfcd. Every aft, therefore, by which another is injured, from whatever motive, 1 contrasts mote guilr, and exprefies greater maliij i- " *-» " " ■ nity, if it is eotamiued in •We f?afocs wh : K are let apart to picsifintry ar.d gt d fcumo.il>> *■ J brightened with enjoyments pecuniaft' imu: 5 foc-iaj beings. \ " Detraction is among vices vvl.ic'- site rr \ . Janprnid virtue has fufficient-io. :e to prevent ; Se (ca"vfe by f!eti:it'on tin''is :r>t ;c?.ined which is tak en away. "He who filches from me my ijooil mrae," fays Siinkcf# are, " enriches not hinrfelf Vuit makes me poor indeed. ' As nothing there fore .iegrSiles human nature more than de'Ya&fiin, nothing njpre eonyei fatian. The d?ltail or, as hi* is the loivell moral cliarafter, reflect? greater difoiamir yp man who fptk'iids detraction would have scrupled to produce it : And he who fitould diHufe poilon in a brook, would scarce be acquitted of a malicious design, though he should alledge, that he received it of another who is doing the' fame elfewiiire. Whatever ts incompatible with the .higheft'dig nity .of our nature, (liould indeed be excluded from our conversation : As compiHiiouß, not only that which we owe to ourfclves but to others, is requir-' ed of us ; and they "who can indulge any vice in the prt fence of 'each other, are become obdurate in guilt, and infcnlible to infamy. .i I■■ 111 II .I 1 U 11 mnffiiKSS"'' POETRY. CIVILIZED iv. Mi! ' [From s Art of War. 2d'Edit.] C.VILIZ'D war!— How flrangely pair'd appear Ihefc woiris in pensive Rumination's ear ! ' Civiliz'd war !—Sa ~ did the mouth of man, FantafUc ma.-iier i f before, • wo (o unmatch'd, so much each other's hate, With forte tyrannic, ere together yoke ? p ivi ixM war! -THANKS gentle Europe ! thanks, For having drels'd the hideous nmnftu out, And hid his nature in fv> foft a name, That weak, nyllerical Humanity, ■v]i »ht hfar 'Vith less horror, he is loose. Jail monlter clipt ! fhofneol his (baggy *m?r»e, His horrid front, with flow*rsand ribband prank'df mootn, playfuJ m n.ftei ! Mixing wi h the roar Or !ortit-ra>;e the city'* poltfh'd smile! hat with a mild arid ch"iliian calmnefi kills, hat with itirfre method tcais his mangled prey, ni, a, the copious oi-blood he fv^ills, the thii tt the v/hiie! ThaAks, thoufand*fold, Ye adorners of the tragy: scene 1 1 fianks. in the name of all the fritnds of man, i hat ye havethus their appeas'd ; And, piteous of thtur tender tex ure, giv'n S heir fp.irits, apt t» ft«rtle,/:alm to flow;, r Fen;, itsfcabbard when your wild'tm callj i he flam 'ling sword, and bids its sabbath close! I hanks in the name of all the tremulous tribe, i oo lenfuive, the grateful Muse accords you ; I hat ye have beautified the frowt s 4>f war An given Ir.s grimhefs graces, have found out Poliier (ltughier, and genteely Ifearn'd » 3 To iay more elegantly wafle the world : a That ye nave murder humaniz'd, difcover'd Milchiet's moil han foine modes) and taught mankind i. Wiih form and fairefl order to destroy ! Ol aL, whole hearts your battles have bereav'd, y rhe biefling comes upon y'ou ! Robb'd bv wars u So gently wag d, of them beneath whose Ihade [J c '*- ting power their Ihielded weakness fat, , j Wuh looks of peace and love, pale widows fin£> j g ratc ' f°ngs, the tend'er fpoilcis sing ! I 1 i'c fatherlefs thtir filial lorrows wipe, , * forget their woes and join the just acclaim! | the lorn 1 virgin, in rtie flaiu's long lift ' Wnofe eye fell fearful on her lover's name, • ) — | O et whose wan cheek, where beauty's roses grew, i 0 Giicf tpreads its gteen, prophetic of her grave, iiomeSickly 1 miles of gratitude shall wear, And hush jome sighs, to lwell the grateful song ! '> All, all the mourners that ye mak: fliall bids Your mildly, amiably murderous deeds ! l*or much it sooths the furrows of their foul, tor much it balms the bt uifes of their breast, That they, in whom the battle's fury reach'd a Their rent affcdWs, fell in polilh'd fields ; ? By foftcr hands, than whom the hatchet hacks • in barb'rous battle; that a ftnoother death trom finer points and gto flier arms they took; And if they periih'd, periih'd by the {word, □ Ileart-healing thought los fair civility! — — University of Pennsylvania, ; July 16, 1796. ""THE Summer Vacation win take place on Monday nekt, the j8 h inft. and continue for Fo UK week?. — The differ ent Schools wiihche feve.ral Il'to«s will accordingly r«r affcinble on Monday, the ljth day of lu-ull. CO3 By the Faculty, Wm Ror, ers, Scc'v. 1 ! . On Monday next, 25thinft. (July,) Will be landed at South ttreet wnart, the cargoes ot Superb, . W< (f Indiai) and lfabella, from laina.ca and Havaona, con s fiftin- of Mokfles in'Hogflieads, GofFee in hogsheads, barrels & baes. FCR SALK BY PETER BLIGHT, Who has-alfo for sale, , A quantity of Jamaica GINGEk, j Pimento & 7 T _ | Cocoa, j n a S s ' And 150 boxes Hambro' WINDOW GLASS, 7 by q. will k« fold cheap. 9 J u >' 20 diot& uub & 1 jot 1 ft ;