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-4 so pot per ton, 170 linseed, per gall. I 33"
7V-v7 f f" *JO ■ 'Olive,
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rio/. 3 33 Windkvard I 40
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a'/ito II - 14 66 01
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13 imjj/i 26 3; P°
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%'■ 1 siins Otter, b:Hpr piece 351 col
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Carolina, I 100/ i. 7 3 8 A'o.
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Iron, eajiwgs ewt.' 4 Potowmac .
—Pmitfylv&arfcarce Giarf/a .
liO s 126 67 Carolina 4a 5 | '
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3« —liy/on Jh:n, - 83 I eX[)
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7 ram:la, per lb. 10 a 24 tO 1
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* ; '= 9 T'ertiiiUim, ! r 0
, Leather, foal per lb. s0 Varnish, per gallon,
Irgnum 24 'fax, Bee,,'per lb. ~ tlani
jo iVhale-bone, lor.r,pr !b. Jx d°>
- /} ace, per IK 12 Wine, Madeira pr p. 226 Com
12 la 6 f d
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Marble wrought pr foot 60 Port per pibe r Z'iC
Mast fairs ditto 60 Do. in bott. Pr doz level
Afe>/«jP' , jf : 56161 Claret,percaf - »
t, ; 46 *io dent
faur, bt bottles doz. 120 Malaga, i. ,
per dozen, I 20. ° 4 W »y
—man
From IntelligtHcer. nor 1
lomc
THE NUN. as th
THE fun u-ith golden lips imprefs'd the d« p , prefc
'I 1 0?' bfm ' ath dafting oar, e d (fa
As 10-v u the herd upon the dizzy (teep, ,
Tlit found came welcome, fiorn a silent (hore u
Penfivc I foujjlit the Cotivejit's gloomy tow'r.' 1
Aiid witcli'd-the veftajs ioncly taper's trleatrs" be cc
close m tbought and near the taidnight hour ' low
J lizard the oeath-bird's sorrow-boding scream ' M
LiH ! 'tis apa fling bell: it tolls fq flow, " the z
pd oracle of I'wift, iarpreflive woe ; r,: j .
' he veil-clad niters, o'er the fable bier, •
;''fs ,ilr '!«»' dirge and (hed the Clent tear ' 18 ,
' 1 fe cioifter'd rites, by pious duty paid, * tlca '
Awake the heart to farrow o'er the tomb' > Jlood
I. rt tome poor frienulefs, fad, deserted maid, ■
All taily vHfti,™ of monastic gloom. remai
■jy, can the organ's licavee inspiring tones, Pofx
■ y "gKM>ename, veils, or friar* frai-c, V,
•c.m fteeihlcfs flatties deti'd with human bones. 1
j ,cal the deep wound a ioft affeflion puc ' 3 -
(*!• no, this inould'ring pile and «efl»Wn»ve P 3 ."^
. i.c luul tv pcart to inve i " TaiJ,
vy ill ever yield a fond endearing flive, they 1
V;-. fi-rrew i'utks the usetirner to the grave. . God 1
ORLANDO. ycill {
From lit Augusta {Geor.) Chronicle.
■ tu DEBATES IN THE CLUB,
On the prafofed ChrjUnn Convention.
13 —
Mr. Sangaroon. Mr. President, I humbly con
-3- ceivc that the business which is now before us, di
vides itfelf into three propositions. 1, Shall the
Christian Convention be held in Augusta, on the
fiift Tuefdsy in November next. 2. If it is not
then and there holde*, when .and where shall it be.
And 3. What measures (hall be adopted to effeit
3 the great objedt of Jlaylng the waters and prevent- 1
ing them from pafiing aver our streets, or carrying '
30 away our heufes, whether temples or other buildings. (
50 As to the fir (I proportion, the reafonaj&vt/ us its
rejeAion is so obvious, I (hall offer nothmgbn that
head ; but proceed to the second, whicfi is a quifli
on of great magnitude, viz. " ivhen and -where
shall this convention be held ?"—the -when I confi- f
der to be the most important part sf the difcutlion,
for if that is rightly concluded upon, the, where
will be truly immaterial—the ivhen then we (hail
con&ne otirfelves to for the present, and to give us a
a proper conception of this matter, it will be tie* '
ceffary to recur to the original injiitutes of this foci-
ety :—There, Mr. President, it is iaid down as a <j
fundamental maxim in the Prolegomena thereof f;
, 7 " that as the length, breadth and conformation of t
4 no two noses in the world is exadly the fame, so a
0 neither can the ideas, opinions or conclusions of any b
two minds pcrfeiWy eorrefpond—fo, therefore, the e<
enjoyment of opinions unmolested, is a matter of •'
equal right with that of wearing a nose, and hence n
every oppugner of another's opitiioni is to be eon- ft
4 lidered a breaker of the intellectual peace,' and, as a <
4 it were, a puller of thd foal's nose." Now, Mr. fn
' President, as we can never hope for fach a change ei
j in natura rerum, that is to fay, as we 9111 never ex- tl:
2 peel to fee all men's noses of a length, it i»equally
4 absurd ft> go about all Christians to one hi
4 1 " • . u o- -a p
3 hope it is far distant, wheii the affair may be prat- L
ticaWe, that is, when all>fhail have " fhufficd of ty
this mortal coiland, to accommodate tfie refornt- re
! crs, 1 have, keeping this in view, drawn up the sol- fu
' lowing refoluiion, which I submit, -with f eat deft- hi
rence, to the opinion of the members. " an
Kcf.ilved, I hat it is the opinion of the I.ont
iVw'rfClub, that the meeting of the Chrijliau Con• dc
1 ve, uton, be postponed until the day after the pens- w<
ral refurretlioH. -' T . g C
Mr. Bottlemore then rose and said. ] do not tii
mean to tfppufe the> principle of this refoltnion, I ph
object only to the particular day, a.id Mr. President, th
lam of "Pinion, that until the concourse of atom; wt
>s perfeflif compleatej, it would be exceedingly ,be
improper to have any terreflrial fubjedl difcutfed, un
and as this process may con fume more time than m<
we are aware of, I move, that the words " Gene- lar
ral refurreftion" be fhtick out, and the words " day ftr
of judgment" inserted in the roow thereof. yo
Mr. Segai o then got up and fpokc as follows. wi
Air. Prelident, 1 am t\j the fpi- -fm
rit «f the resolution. as to Mr. Bottlemore's amend- ma
ment ; there is a circumstance however which tio
when duly «|»ffji-r«a t will perhaps induLe a father Im:
postponement of the matter in question, and that is, dif
that the day Contemplated in the amendment is the Th
very day on vAich the honorable Charles Fox is to W
come to a fityl settlement with the Jews j now, that mij
j two objefls may not interfere, and that many Jews Bu
who call themselves Christians may have no caufc to too
lay an advantage is taken of their situation, I pro- w h
p.ne that Mr. Bottlemore's amendment may give a| c
way to the following, viz. That the words " day ed 1
after the gene.al rcfurreaion" be struck out, and of
the words » First Tuesday after the day of ludz- dw,
mcnt" be inserted in lien thereof. veri
I he president having put the several questions in ' hur
order, the resolution was adopted with Mr*. %"a- J
ro's amendment and reads thus, ben
RtJd'vtd, 1 hat it is the opinion of the Long exa'
Aos d Club, that ;he meeting of the Cbriflian con latii
b f Postponed until the firft Tuesday alter pail
thi day of judgment." h'j,
Mr. Sangaroou then refumed—tiiking up the is ft
fubjeft as his third propofitisn. The molt obvious poci
expedient (proceeded he) which occurs to me, as fant
most effectual to preveru -the ovoflowingof the <wa- stun
tcrs, &c. is that a refaluiion to this efledt may be her
acoptcd. » That it is the opinion of the Long mot
AOS 4 the best token for good in this cafe pow
to be made, is, by a bank and double ditch thrown who
round the town of Augusta, and that for the efftc- joir.i
:iagof which, all denominations and colors of Chris- thy
:1:1ns and Infidels, in the preein&s of they'd town, 1
10, 011 the firft Tuesday in.eveiy month, until the rem;
wmpletion of the object, furnilh themselves with a Imi
pade, mattock ot hoe; and do eight hours Lou a fi.Lc n'ati
abour each day until the bank aforefaid shall b« gree
zi.ed to the height of eighteen inches above the ftuu
evelof the late fiefh.' doul
- Mr. Cacafogo then rose and said, Mr. Frefi- medi
lent I am opposed to the motion in all its parts ; for plati
vhy . because there it nothing said, about the wo- prea,
nan in it, neither about the friend, of the woman, fion,
'Or about the ferpeut* or even child, I confefs lam he w
omewhat at a lof. to understand this, jn an who
s the friends of tire woman and the serpent are re- ten y
irefe«ted as «t enmity ; now had they been attach- mots
d there would have been n „ myfte.y it : 1 mqve that
qtK e, fcnfe of llltf sbe had as Give
er„n,7 ma ? theJi lrt* e . Whether ,& y are to writi
ow ! ""'"rally so, or as metaraorphors or enqui
Mr. Cant observed Jam of opinion that by Sly
ZTT" " m " nt the whore Who is but if
i v p.f° n j " a "y we know that she of lit
Anltchnjl, and therefore it molt be the ecckfiaf- feffes,
ca.pmvers of the Pope of Rotre figmhcd by the ward
Mr CFadik interupted him with the following htm,
mark. J-f_, man . how will you make the »arri,
ope a ivhore!
The president ealled to order, when Mr. M'San- theR 3
rtlv'aa t 1 Way ,° f rep!y t£> Mr - aud the la
II K T !? er '"« ' U1 fontimeut on the fubjeA ttei v ,
er mean I ' tli£ ** **
odXvW l eP '- rfct:utars true kirk of ealier
odtheyrefpeakingo; ?adw h at kllVs that than,
- ~ "a - t ' le ofScutlaad to bc.fuie J tsachi
' — fae, Mr. Prclidenf, I'll #3*. "it he tr ;
,g. cond tluirfday of Oitober next, tlisre lie a'
meeting had, that a' the world may become true
LUB, Prefbyierians.
Mr. Secretary Carbuncle thjn tofe and observed,
I differ in opinion with the learned polemical gefl«
con tlemen who support the metaphorical conitrut'tions
them offered ; although the ivords feetru plainly
-ll' the '^ a " u^e t0 the retreat of a Lady /ibbtfs who cer
>n the ta '"'y rc! ' re ' nto tbe wlldernefs some time ago
with divers nymphs in her train* 1 think it would
'it be mo '* P rudcnt to proceed ho farther for the pre
effect '" CRt ' n th" mystical and important bufmefs, until
the true intent and meaning of the prcmifes be
. * ascertained by communication from, the reformers.
j7 in ? Which being agreed to, the Club adjourned to
■'gs* Club-in course. Extract from the proceedings,
ot , lts BILLY CARBUNCLE, Sec.
n that
(uifti-
tuhtre ' From the Farmer's Wiikly Museum.
con ft • ~
iffion " a " me " with you, and preach
where unto you, that yejfnuld turn from these •vanities"
i (hail DURING the fjfft stages of Christianity, the i
ire us apostles and the primitives of the church went a
,c ne, bout, like their benevolent Mailer doinj,' good i
s foci- While thus itinerating among thofc and ere- r
ias s dulous tribes icattered over the N eatt, which the day a
iereof spring from on high had not yet visited, many of t
on of themoft familiar ads of these venerated men, would a
,'e, Co appear of a fupcrnatiiral cast. Ignorance invariably C:
f any begets wonder ; that species of it which was excit- ii
the ed in the villages of Palestine, and the oriental ci- f
er of ties,* by the condutt of "the firft Chxiftians, vv/s the p
lence rude admiration of The populace ; and who more f
eon- funk in ignorance than the people of that remote v
d, as »ge ? Every thing beyond their narrow compmhen- o
Mr. lion, would appnar, like magic, and, in eve ry rare
ange exhibition of /power, Gods, and not men, mult be ii
r ex- the agents. # t
Uolly Paul an J Bur:;aba?. (we learn it from their own
> one history) were colleagues in apa'llelhip. and com- f;
puuiu.'n in unit, —rn -i-iyuiSan3*i7crtfe;"t'irti;a ot
prat- Lycaonia, .they preat-hecl the Gospel. The fan&i- t
d of ty of their demeanor would of attach the
f orm rtfpeft of their hearers, and the flighted aft of ft
: sol. such good preachers'would be magnified. Paul, in C
dtft- his walks through the llreets of Lyltra, observed "
arid relieved the impotence of a cripple! Though "
f.onj the healing arts, which the faints were, n:
Con- doubtlj>', seconded by Providence ; yet moral skill t!
cue- were fufiicrejit to make " the lame his crutch fore- o
• go." The men of the city, when they witnefied «i
not this cure, fnppofed it must be effe&ed by aceleflial n
n, I phylitian. They accordingly said and believed that it
ens, the gods had descended inhuman shape. Barnabas c<
lams was exalted into Jupiter, and Paul's eloquence dub- f*
sgly bed him Mercury. Shocked at this impiety, and ti
[fed, unwilling to arrogate any but deferred honour, the ol
;han modest apolties, hearing that the priefls, and gar
ene- lands, and victims were at hand, ran and remon- tf
day ftratsd to the entjiufiaftic people, •' Sirs, why do «'
you these things ? We also are men of likepaflions in
i. with you, and preach unto you, that ye should turn tfc
fpf.--fwm these vanities. Our appefiiance among you tc
rod- may be easily explained. Believing a new and ra- m
nth t tonal iyiVm of religion ourfclves, we arc willing to ti<
her nnpatt «-i y mbrrr. wtietr we tieat your firK, we TV
is, discharge one of the most important duties of man. fp
the There is up oecafion to render us divine honours,
ito We wilh ietvently, that not onlv ouife!#s but ye ot
hat mightiu purity of heart approach the Dh-i.ieMature! ti<
■ivi But that we are mere men, and frail ones lie
to too. We can perhaps foraetimesrure the sick, but gc
ro- "hat course cau we take with the well : those who ne
: ive arz while indeed in body, but tainted and pervert- th
}a,y ed m mind. We may exhort ethers to the prafticc d((
nd ot virtue, and yet be ourtclves among those who of
ig. dwell caielefsly. Are not luch beings men ' Yea pa
verily, we not only (e f , but feel the wecknefs of ial
;iq human natunc.
ga- Every age has its errors. Good pieschine and an
bcnevoliat adions, in the opinion of barbarians, cf
> n S e *a» men to Gods. Among a poliftied and l'pecu evi
.2 neither the found homilies of the
ter pailon, _ nor the chaiitics at his door avail, unless Li
hn utufarm fralhce is as divine as his ptecepts. He is i
he u fecrelly thought, fometimcs openly called a hy. of
,us pocrite ; and men doubt the reclitude and pica- an<
as fan trie fa ot virtue's path, btcaufe he sometimes dim
•a. iturabies or turns aside. But viitue is the fame let bre
be her followers treat her as they may, and if it pro _ the
r 'S mote " llr , be «"? 'o g<> where this charming pli.
ife power .cad«, if you find a million, r.iy good friends, fift
vn who only /hew the roui ihe ha. taken "without as <
c, joining her train, let not such inconfiileucy prevent so i
if. thy pilgrimage. y r aU .
n, These reflations are suggested, by the common our
i' Cma 't"T", "I'TZ P raa,Ttd = !>e preaches nitj
a 1 m.ght believe his dodnues." But his wild de- 1
,l c nations are no impeachments of the rule. It is a cen
5 . Kreedfthat man is at best, a feeble being, why pre;
it fiuuld an individual m bLck be required to pofFcis diat
- OU , ble ! ,of him in g ? Habits of ahh
mediation, ot ttudying the fc, iptures, of contetn- fied
)r the operations of Providence M use him to whi
a - preach gravely. But Hill he is k man, of like p a s. cut!
,' fio.u With you, ye captious hearers; and, like you, ing
u t W ' [ omt ; u 7 s them. But believe one ot t
h who has looked upon the world for four timej wor
i morf earS rf rff ' S " eVCr ' Hdu! g ed without re- ling
t T u n u er 'T 1 hts then is tirt»e's praise, cent
:t G-veU 0 - ""I ght ;- >•« trum P £t charms! p Z
is Give th-, preacher credit tor the morality of his bed
o v lungs, exhibit that molality in your lives, and R
,r enquire not too cau«| ufly whether his life and doc- goo<
' cedent. Pollibly they are not ; pof. fZ
j is "in weakness arid wanderings often •» the l
; «f"l h "r ~rt r IJbcKm ™ b "' j
e t like passions with you. The candid Paul con. anv
- feffes, that he del.g!,ted in the law, after the in- elds
C r/u 1 h, ' S j^g^cntwa,convinced of view
tne u.ility o. good moials; but there wa.i a law in we n
' 8 mcmbcr « ynnj, a word of singular emphasis sense
f lite luw of hi. mfnd. adds, in' Z,
hi. rapid lop, that whi.-h 1 do, I allow not. If f rom
• hen Ido that which I would not, I confefs unto T
he law that it is good. An adept in every my- mint'
a "'/< I 1 " 3" ''T'r' a " d fa « ac '^ s »ot holy cau It
r ( " t \ P'"- afe hke the following, Ic, , how
h 3 7 tvv "ty what were good to be done p«c,
#£ * IH£ L *Y PREACHER. i rcioi,
From late Engli/b papers.
THE EPISTLE from THE YEARLY MEETING,
vi(l, HS.LD IN LONDON,
ll)(ig By adjournments, from the ijtli to the 25th of
ttte fifth month, 1796, iudufivc.
ccr
ago T" : ", c Quarterly and Monthly Meetings of Friend/
on Id # Great-Britain, Ireland and djeivhcre.
pre- Dear Friends, .
until wjr g ßt j ottr f r i,. n( 3 s affa ; n ennaged to fend you
the salutation of-our love 111 Chrilt, dsfiring ttst
' erß - as we have been careful not 10 address you in for.'
1 to mality, nor withoyt a freth belief that it ig our du
nS'> ty, so ye may not consider this our'epiftle as a eu-
Picmary matter, nor read in that disposition ihat is
always seeking after some new thing ; but may he
willing to consider what parfs of it arc appli&ble
,to own refp«aive Hates ; and let the expreffi- 4
' / / Uj ons of our concern for your present and everlafiing
welfare, receive and retain a fjffiuetu place in \ ..ur
the minds.
ta- The accounts of the fufferings vfiich have been
- sustained by our friends in Great-Britain, it now
:re- reported to this meeting, amount to £. 8,658 ■
lay about i.oooof wliich confilh of diitrai.us foi
of the late afleffrrient for manning the navythe refl,
uld as usual, are chiefly for tythes, and demands of a
bly firailat natu»e. The fufferihgs brought
:it- in from lielar.d is £. 5,303, Aa d as we are In
ci- formed that an opinion publicly prevails, that the
Lhe purpose of these accounts is in order thet the fuf
ote ierings may be leimburfed, we desire friends every
ote where, as oecsfion may offer, to contradict this
en- opinion, which hath no foundation in truth.
are . The friends mentioned in oar last epistle to be
be imprisoned on account of our teitimony againlt
tythes, Hill remain prisoners in the county jail of
wn York ; objeds themfelve?, as well as their afflitfed
Sh- ■ treatment so rigorous.
; he We have this year received epistles from our
of friends of the yearly North and tfoutb
in Carolina and Georgia, of Pennfylva
■ed nta, of New-York aud jTf New-England—evinc
gh ing their continued concern to fupport'our lefti
re, monies and our fhriftian difciplinc. The inhabi
rill tants of the Continent, dwelling in fertile regions
re- oace possessed by different tribes of the Indian na.
"Ed lives, are doubdefs bound to regard them with be.
ial nevolence : accordingly we find our friends engaged
lat man undei taking to furmfh them with fame of th«
)as comforts of civilized life, A fund ij raiting to
b. f&pply the expewce of inlltufting them in agucul
nd lute, in mechanic arts, aud some ufeful branchea
he of learning.
ir- On examining into the (late of our society in
in- these nations, we find cause to believe that, in ma
do ny parts, the attention of friends is gradually fix.
ns ing, mote and more closely, 011 the excellence of
rn the fevcral testimonies which we are required
; )U to bear: and we are persuaded that, were our
•a. members a'niverfally mine loosened in their affec
to tions from the profits and the fiiendfhins of the
ve vrorttf," the Standard of frutTi woo Id be more con
n. fpicuoufly and availingly displayed.
■». Let us consider, brethren, what it the cause of
e, our dissent from the prevailing opinions and prac
e. tices of the age. Is it not that we moll surely be
es lieve that our faith ig more confident with the evaa
it gehcal purity of the primitive times; and our man.
10 ners less liable to promote an attachment to.a world
t- that pafleth away ! How then stair we set the can
:c dlfk that hath been thus mercifully lighted in any
10 of us, under the bed or the bushel; jiving upany
a. part of our tellimony, he it ever lb (mail, for ths
jf iake of qafe, or of outward advantage i
The beloved apoflle declared, that Ood is light;
d and in hire is no darkness at all." A mr.nifefiation
t, of tjiis divine light, in infinite rs C ; C y, is given to
1- every man, to lead him out of the miftr) of fallen
e nature, unto the Eternal Fountain 0 f Life and
Is Light. In every society of people, iVwhich^lace
e is given to any kind of tiiirightcoufnefs. an eclWe
•- of the light neceflarily follows as far as thecomplr.
- ance with evil extends ; and, if this (late be conli- \ ■ I
s nued in, spiritual death muljt ensue. Wherefore,
t brethren, in your condud as individuals, and i'ty_
- the pirt which ye take in theexetcife of the disci.
r pline effablifhed amonglt us, be ye animated to re.
, fift every appearance of evil ; remembering, that,
t as our Heavenly Father cannot unite with iarkncJs,
i so neither muil those unite with it; who desire to
attain fellowfliip with Him : in which felWftiip
1 our happiness confillith, both in time aud in eter
, nity.
In these timcsof worldly commotion, the con. •
■ cern Hill remains with u», that our brethren may be
prcferved from j Miiing with any thing that, imme<- J
1 diately or remotely conduces to pramote it.- And
although of late, we have from year to Year, tefti
■ fied ourdeftre that Friends may take no part in that r.
which genders ftrife, we fiill fear all are not fuffici
ently cautious, or sensible cf the advantage of mix
ing-as little as possible tvith the fluctuating politics
of the times. For truly, were all concerned to
work out their own falvaiioii with fear and tremb
ling, the mind would be piefcrvjd on its proper
centre; and to mix with the muliitude, in their
puriait of the favourite object of any patty, would
be dreaded tather lhan defircd. ▼
Refpefting the slave-trade, though we have 110
good tidings to proclaim, we feei unwilling to pais
it over iu (ilcnce. Asa body, we have been among
the foreraolt to expose its turpitude ; and, although
it doth not appear at piefent (o be our duty to take
any public Heps as the advocates of this degraded
class of our fellow-creatures, we Hill contiwue to
view the commerce with unabated abhorrence : and
we desire that r.o one, once totiched with a
letife of its complicated v.-oc, may fufferlis being
thus dreadfully protrafled, to efface the impicflion
iioni his memory, or fympaihy from his heart.
I his reeling hath been very large, and f>ur
mmdshavF been much excrcifed in a travail for the
cau!e of truth. O, Frieutis of evetj description,
how would ve coi:tfibuie, riot only to your own
peace as individuals, but to render our afTrmbliei
undei thefandiio.i of ilie Great Moftcr, fejfons of
I iej_.; t i;ig, wrre ye sii to be engagedin caractt^each