> to place it dill at r. diftancc !—Doub 1
i 1 r>! there are men who flill preserve the cr
iifffal hope of overturning the republic.-
, Traitors exist, we are told—why are the
not dete&ed- There are cortfpirators—wh
are they not puniflied ? We have laws—
, why are they not executed ' —No ! the dc
fenders of the country will never be mad
to bellevp, that the legislative body oppoft
a peace ! Who has appeared more delirou
than otirfelves so obtain it ? History wi!
examine whether tlie events which have late
ly talcen place in Italy have not contribute!
to retard the conclusion of it; but can Franc
■ blame its generals for paying liberty to mil
lions bf m;n ?—And, when they have gain
ed their liberty, can France refufe to then
its frienilhip and its alliance ? Your com
mittee, however, does not with to prdpof<
that you should approve, or even be silent 01
those events.
" The dire&ory has gone beyond it!
powers. If war has been declared agaihil
v the Italian states, who bad the right to de
elare it without your consent !—lf treaties
ofvcommerce or subsidies have been made,
who could make them without yoyr appro
-1 bation ? The states of Italy cannot be the
allies of France without a decree from you.
* Their government will be equivocal, theit
liberty without support, as long as the trea
ties flnll not have-been approved by iis.
" Fears have been entertained that the
dire&ory accutd, and that the le
gislative body would be attacked. The le
gislative body has a right to accuse the di
accusation, it would, without fear, without
hefitstion, aecufe them. But an attack on
' the legislative body! who would make it ?
A few brigands ?—the recolleftion of their
defeats will serve them a3 a lesson. The
fbldiers ?—never will they be seen marching
under the colours of affafiing. Th* dire&o
ry ! —fuch an idea cannot occupy our atten
tion for a moment ; its own interest is in op
position to it.
• " To conclude—ybu will find, in" your
own courage and yeur own prndence, ex
traordinary resources."
[Here Thibaodeau implored the members
pf the government to ad\ in union and con
cord.-—He invited the veprcfentafives and
direftors to be upon their guard againfl the
. exaggerations of parties, who fought dnly
animofities, that they might
be hur-ied to a catastrophe which would de
u ftroy them all.]
** In examining," he added, " this mes
sage of the dtreftory, its exaggerations, and
the bitterness of its style, we have avoided
giving new aliment to the factions. Legis
lators ought not to be guided by paflion. In
vain our common enemies meditate the ruin
of the republic. The republic is deeply
* rooted ;it has ripened in the midst of storms
and it belongs not alone to the present gene
ration. The new dangers which threaten
it, serve only to display once more its
strength. Each power shall return to its
proper limits ; and if some men have wifbed
to overstep them, they fliall be recalled', and
confined to their proper station. .
cenfnre to-day, but whom we must always
admire,, believe that liberty is here defended
by your friends. The legislature is the ci
tadel of the constitution. lis your duty to
die for it, and you are about to besiege if.
X.et its voice be always heard among you ;
ard when you return to your fire fides, you
will find it cemented by your blood and co
vered with your triumphs."
Thibaudeau concluded by presenting the
plan of two resolutions.
The Ift declared. " That all conspiracies
or crimes against the constitution, the legisla
tive body, and the diredWy, came under the
jurifditlion of the criminal tribunal of the
place where the legislature fits ; that all per
i sons accused (hould be denounced at the of
ficfi of the public accuser, but that they
should hav« the power of appealing from
that tribunal ; and in this cafe they {hould
' be carried before a court pointed out by the
tribunal of cassation." The 2d enafts, that
every deliberation or common wish expressed
by the'armed force, although-nothing follow
upon it, except the cases determined by
law, shall be a deleft. To fend aadreffes
from one body of troops to.another, «r to
the civil authorities, is an aft of sedition.
The plan then points out the penalties to be
Inflifted on the inftigajtors, movers, or sub
scribers .of addrefies, according to the enor- ,
mity of the cafe, and the different powers
against which thtf^fhall be direfted. 1
" The gradation of offence is, firft,, a- '
gainst the direftory, then the legislative bo- |
dy, and next the law and constitution." f
Ordered to be printed to the number of t
fix copies to each member. c
MeJJage of the Executive Diredory to the 1
Council of Five Hundred, of the 2 d Ther- ( -
midor (20th August.) i
" Citizens Rcprefentatives, t
" The Executive Direftory has proceed- '
«d to the distribution of the funds afligned
for the the service of the firft decade of p
Fruftidor. The Angular and uncommon c
eircumftanceß in which they are placed o- fl
blige them to lay before you the results of
this distribution, which will convince you of (!
the indifpenfible necessity of rendering the w
means difpofeable, which are requisite to pre- y
♦eot the-impending disasters. P
Dedufting 63,888>967 livres and 75 cen- d
times, which remain to be paid on warrants £
alyeady issued for urgent services, and pay- |„
men ts become due, the most pressing demands si
amount to 21,002,790 livres 54 cts. •
" This sum consists of the following ar- *'
tides: £. C.
To pay for the troops 3,128,309 78 f C
Tofuftenance 3,944,916 95
To pensions and dividends 900,000 o th
To ccmftitutional salaries 986,943 83 th
To salaries and pensions 5,040,990 49
To sundries 7,0ei,629 29
" The way sand, means, as dated by the
national treasury, present at firft fight, in
ftend of difpofeable /unds, a deficit of m
3,793,681 livres, which it would be necaff- • en
ute- ary t'o carfcr previous to aifigning any sums
cri- of money fervice of the different de-
.parfnaents. Jt Ins been calculated, that the
!iey above deficit may in a great measure be co
why J vered by the presumptive funds calculated
'B | as existing in the public chests of the de
de- . partments, and that by adding to the'funds
lade aftually existing in the public treasury, those
oses whiph appear mnft difpofeable, the fuppo
•ous fit ion might be admitted, that a balance of
will about 800,000 livres might remain for the
ate- service of the decade, independently of such
ited sums as must unavoidably be paid at Paris
nee on the arrears of the preceding decade,
nil* <c A calculation has afterwards been form
lin- ed-os those articles of expence, which is in
icm difpenfibly neceflary to meet far the exe
>m- cution of the laws as well as for the main
ofe tenance of the public service. Under these
on heads have been classed the pay and. fufte- ;
nance of the land and naval forces, dividends '
its and penfion#, the coriftitntfonal indem'mfica
inft tion of the legislative body ; 63,703 lir. 14
de- 1 'sous, for the payment of bills of exchange, t
ties accepted by the national treasury, and '
de, 1 so,oco livres for the most urgent expence ;
ro- ■ to be made at Paris for the home depart- 1
the | raent; * - ■ . j
lu. | " These objects amount to a film total of j
leir ; 6,850,729 87 centimes,
ea- "lo find this sum, it has been fupppfed '
' that the national treasury can furni/h 850, | '
ihe 9291. 87c.St£lually in its pofftffion ; that :
le- it is to receive in the courfs of the decade <
le- one million, and that the effeftive receipts jn j 1
di- the departments during the last decade must : =
for be supposed to amount to seven millions.— t
>ut This calculation is raoft finely exaggerat- ]
on ed ; it violates all proportion, and exceeds
all probability, and the fuhfifting circumftan
eir ces wauld alone authorise its admission ; (
he and yet, citizens representative% you cannot f
ng , but perceive, that this is tlve chief resource r
:o- for meeting the most urgent and indifponfi- e
;n- ble expence. t
p- "To this mefTage are annexed the copy
of a letter from the national treasury, dated
ur the Ift Fruftidor (August 17) proving the | f
x- neeeffity of the repartition for .this decade I c
being made according to a presumptive cfti- { /
'rs mate of the revenue, the ftatemejjt of ways f
n- and means for the firft decade of Fruftidor,
id transmitted by the national treasury, and a- v
he nother of the divi'fions and f
ly containinga detailed accountof the demands,
ht founded on the registers of the different I
e- commissaries. e
" The direftory refer to these authentic b
f- paper* all those who shall presume to quef- °j
id tion the truth of the results they offer. Who 11
;d contradifts the following fafts, is either J
f- grossly mistaken, citizens reprefentativei, or
'n endeavors to deceive you : /
ill "*• The national treasury does not poffrfs one
| million disposable funds for this prcfent decade.
' ."1. In order to find the above ftatedfum it it
indifpeufably neceflary to suppose, that the r«-
e " ceipts in the departments amount to 7,000,000, *
'1 anil that moreover the national treasury it to receive
ts one million at Paris,
t , " 3 rhit supposition is exaggerated, but must
, be admitted.
* "4. The laws of the zid Vendfmaire and 9th 01
d Thrrmidor, enaft, that the pay and fuflinance of ' a
the troops shall Repaid in preference to every other pi
\ demand. The aggregate ium. of these two arti- m
s %:les of expence amount to 7,073,116 livres, 7; 1;
, centimes.
" The law of the 15th Vendimaire aflign# to S'
- the Oockholders a sixth of the taxe? j the th
a trofnrv demands under this head 90*71,000 livres or
"6 Thelaw. which fix»*thc expence of the legif jj,
, lativebody, ordains, that the cnftitutionsl ndcm
' nifications of its members (hall be paid every V'
11 month. ft
" 7. The erf-fremcnts contracted by the nation-, he
al treasury, with refpeil to accepted bills of ex
e change, demand the sum of 63,703 livres, 14 cen- v .
time*. I ~ |
11 8. The fafetyof Pari*, the imperious force of
s the supreme law, tlein nds, that the minister 01 OL '
• the interior he able to difpofeof 50,003 livres. wi
e " 9. These articles sbforb all the funds, which tal
e nay be considered as difpofeahle.
" 10. Except the fa'aries of the legislative body,
there remains no money to djfcliarge all other con
ftitutionaland otherfalaries and pensions, nor are MI
any funds left for the hospitals, the repair of the
1 dikes, roads, canals, &e. jr,
| " 11. The dir-flory cannot cxitend its diHribu- 0 f
tion to any sum exceeding the above amount; and
it is ro the want of difpofeable funds that ought
' to be imputed the failure of all the oth r branches I"!
1 of the public service, and the danger with which de:
. they are threatened.
" 14. If the national treasury is desired, by t j )£
means of negotiations, to augment the resources, ,
1 it is obliged* to return iu answer, that it does not
1 poffifs any thing which may serve for that pur
po(».
" 13. The pay of the army is confid:fably m
arrcar. This is a certain and acknowledged faft.
" 14. The fiitifTe furtenance of the troops is
compromised.
"1J No fune's remain to be tlifpofed of for the for
relief of the hofpinl. 'I he executive <'ir;<Sory
can perceive no pcflibje resource that may be aj pli
cd to assist them The deciftons which it is era
bled to make with refer® to the urgency of the
payments, make ro alteration in the deplorablefi
tuation in which they are placed '1 he dire&ory
considered itfelf bound to lay before you these Q y
ftatemcnts. It has fulfilled that duty ; but it does
not apprehend, that this exposition can thake the
courage and perseverance of the friend* of the re
public. It en the contrary finds a powerful motive
in the true piflnre which it has drawn to hope,
that your deliberations on the finances will render Brie
those resources effective wbich can be bi ought into g
a&ion. These resources possess the great a*2van- e,
tageof being adequate to the re-eUsblilhment of ® .
pnblie credit, and of proving that France is fully " r, i
capable of maintaining ordtr in the interior, and Schr
of combating her forsigri enemi»s. But these re
sources, citizens directors, are as if they never ex
iled, since the laws which are neceflary to r nder
them produ&ive are not enaded. Had those
which regulate the direfl c»ntribiuions of the sth
yca r been fooncr palled, ten millions would moil
probably have been received, which remain still C
due, and the power of difpofingof thc.-n, for the j^ av
purpose ot getting the principal articles of expence, , .
would procure the means ol obtaining what may .
be neceflary for th_ inuifpenfable piy.aent of pen- Shij
flons and fajariei."
The direflory. after preffmg the necessity ef
the councils' immediately taking their con
liberation proper measures for the restoration of e
public confidenc'c ahd credit, concludes in the
following manner: " rI B
Our situation is such, citizens Dire<sVors, that
the fmallefl delay increases the danger to which
the nation is exposes?.
" Executive invites you to Schl
obtain an exadl accoum of the true itate of the
finances ; cf the neceftry wants of the public ci
tfcafury ; of the real, and by 110 means exag, v
garated procludt of the means which can yet be .
madeule of, and of the resources which can be
employed. You \vill find in the result of your S!
urns examination, proofs of the trutTi to Wln'ich t} l6
de- direftory lias calW your attention in all j rs
the The csiftioj? Tricar's 3>- e infuUcient ;
co- w hich new laws have it in their pn<v*rtn
ited P ro^uce ' will he .id'rqutti* to lrieet ol] om-ex-'
* pences, and the moment rf bringing them into
" e " a&ion is arrived:
(Signed) " CAftMrtT, p rcfi
lose " 1. V ,G A UDE, 8, Q."
P (> - . -
\be By this lay's A fail.
u'ch
aris BOSTON, October 23.
THE LAUNCH—
rm- A -'AnVIPV-y-r SPECT. VJ.r; i
in- On Saturday last, at fifteen minutes pad
•xe- M. the frigate Constitution was launch
u'n- ed into the adjacent element, on wjuch (he
lefe 1 novv rides an elegant and superb fpeeimen
fte- : °f American naval archite&tire, combining
ids ; the unity of wisdom, strength and beauty!
lea- On a fignalbeing given from ,'dn board, her
14 ordnance, on shore, announced to the neigh
ge, bonring country that the
,nd I CONSTITUTION WAS SECURE.
nee ;
irt- Extra,l of a Utter from Billoa, to John
i Bvll'eley and Sons, of Lisbon, dated 'Auv. !
lofj 22. '97- _ |
" The French continue their depredati- 1
fed mis on this coast against the Americans,
-o, J having captured capt. Alexander Rofs, from
lat ! Marblehead, eonfigned to us, last Saturday |
ide h*ir, and carried to Bayontie,where I
1 we expe£l they will soon condemn his vessel |
utt ! and cargo, for want of a Role d'Equipage,
the fame as they havt done with others of
a t_ your government."
c! * • ~~
in- Capt. Dorr, arrived here yesterday from
,ot territory is in a state of revolutionary infur
•ce j reftion ; and that in confeqnence of the
ifi- ex'fting troubles,, the produft'ions of the
country were considerably advanced.
py
ed ! Capt. Baker, fnom Cadiz, informs, that
lie ' the United States brig, Capt. Robertfon,
de j deftinrd from our givernmtnt to the Dey of
li- j Algiers, with naval ftofe*, captured fomc
ys tirrtc since by the Spafiifh and .sent into Ca
>r, °n the express demand of the Day,
a . was giifen up'; (he was on the eve of failing
] S< for Algiers when capt. B. left Cadiz.
|s t Since the bombardment of Cadiz, capt.
N t B. informs that the two fleets have remain
ed quiet—that an intercourse was repeatedly
ic bad between the admirals by means of flags
•{- °f truce, but the particulars of the conimu
-10 nidation were not known.
%l)t oasctte7 ;
PHILADELPHIA,
Z MONDAY EVENING, Octobsr 30. <
re Extraft <jf a letter from Boston, dated 1
October 23. I
" After two trials, oursHii was got off 1
on Saturday, She had a mod beautiful 1
,f launch- Tho' the third time, the people ]
:r present were as numerous as on the two for- c
i- mer. Every countenance expressed the live- c
lied sensations ef joy. Three cheers were r
0 given by the people on (hore,!as (he toueh'd t
,1 the water, which were returned by thofc c
on board the (hip ; then as (he turned, three 1
' times three were given in the (hip, which f
were likewise returned. In half an h#ur I
from the time (he floated, the (hip was at f
.. her mooring. n
We have the Influenza in this town, 'tis
- very general—theattack is violent, but (hoit
f —I have had it, as well as a number of
our friends; whole families have been down d
with it I have not heard of its being fa- 1,
1 tal to any." ]
' Died] —Yesterday, Mr. Thomas Lea- v
t ming, of this city. £
Far is, son of Mr. John Faris, of the state ct.
■ of Delaware. . n
, Ingles, of the Northern Liberties. His Hi
1 death was occasioned by a fall from a tree, m
the sth of September last, after a fevereill- w
ness of the flux, Captain Wilj-iam. Cox, w
fearce if years of .'ge, a native of this city, tu
POST OFFICE. an
t Philadelphia, 08. 27, 1797. J'
03* Letters for the British Packet, 001
for Falmouth, - will be received at this or '
(Office until Tuefclay, the 31ft inft. at
12 o'clock, noon.—N. B. The inland
Postage to New-York must be paid.
GAZETTE MARINE LIST. m 1
em,
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
caf
ARRIVED. DAYS hoi
Brig Morning Star, McCafky, Wilming. D. inft
Schr. Antelope, Chadwick, N. Caro. 10 <ivh
Sloop Rainbow, M'Nutt, Truro, N. S. 20 ant
Brig Sally, Hayes, Havanna, wh
Schr. Kitty, Green Cape Francois 23 oft,
Maria, Flinn Havanna 11 the
Amity, Cufljing, do 21 Ar
Cornivallis, Butler, Petit Guat'c ,
Ruby, Macey, Nantucket fro,
T*
Capt. Flinn of th? fchr. Maria, left at tkc ult.
Havanna the following yeffel# belonging (o •wei
this port. rett
Ship Active, Perry, to foil in 8 days. wa
Mary, Patton, 12 t° t
Rebecca, M'Keever 3 fevt
Superb, Boyd, for Hamburgh. 29 1
Snow Clopatra, Christie—sold.
Brig Lavinia, Carfpn, io days detc
Fame, Knox, 2 „«/
Liberry, Lillibridge, 2
Gratitude,. Clifton, 10"
Schr. Dick, Lillibridge, 4
Heftor, Budden. J"' l
Sl6op Mary, Smith, failed 3 days before . p
Ship Huldah, Warner, had arrived from 60 c
this port.
Ship Eagle, Ivickpatriek, 13 week sfrom | j
t'if LonJondeny, arrrive lat New-Castle, with
220 paffengcrs, on Saturday lalh
■rto 0:1 Fr ' l,ta J at'NiW'.rtrh in 25
ex- ' !r ' " s f rr ' m '&>!***<*) the Brit'fbfch/oner Chance
into °f l ogum, captain Thojans, ivho, about 12
days ago, captured the American Jlhooner Isa-
cShtam M/rclr, from Surinam, bound to
Philadelphia, under fsfpicinn of having Dutch
~ property. Capt. Mercer and t'.ree of his
men, arrived at Netv- York in the Chance.
New Tori QSoler 28.
ARRIVED. DAYS
Brig Venus, Bourdeaux, 60
Schr. Return, Sheffield Havannah, 25
Louisa, Wheeler, N. Providence 20
''j l " Capr. Wheeler was chafetj off the Hook
" le yelterday by a privateer of 8 guns, but out
? en failed her—of what nation could not tell.
"'S Brig Dispatch, TSfoble, fiom this -port
ty- bound for Jamaica, wnscapti|rfd byaljrensh
' ,er privateer, of 16 guns, after being 3 days
> out, and releaftd; afterwards taken by a 2
gunboat, and at last retaken by the British
ftiip Alliance, and carried into C. N. Mole.
The Bacchus, George, from Philadtl
' , phia to Lqndon, is taken 3nd carried into
"g- ' Niintz.
. j Arrived &hr. Return, Sheffield, 25 days
't'- from Havannah, who informs us that no
ns > vefftls had been carried in there for three
>m weeks, Ldf t at the Havannah a number of
a y ! American veflsla, among which are the fol
■rc ; lowing, viz.
•k* | s b;p Circumnavigator, Loring, of Boston
' e ' ! . _ Diana,- , 1 " New-York
0 Bi;ig Little George, Congdon, do.
Zelucca, Dorgan, do.
Schr. Corpora! Trim, Wright, do.
'7 1 Americanus, Sturges, Fairfield
' e Oftober 17, spoke a Barque belonging to
| r_ Hudfori, from Faulkland Iflairds, out three
( c months hound here, lat. 37, long. 73 30.
• lc o<3. 27, spoke brigMarif, capt Cook,
of and from New-York, lat. 38, 2, long.
72, 30. On Tuesday morning last, on
at south end of Long Island, near Fair-fland
n , infetj law a large vessel on (hore without a
ny masts Handing—capt. Cook supposes foe
ne must have gone ashore the last heavy gale.—
a " Tuesday night, fell in with a schooner
7> b®und to New-York, having a signal for
pilot flying—the above schooner came to
with him about 6 leagues E. by S. off the
't- hook—but in the night parted the cables
n " and was drove to sea.
'y Brig Venus, 60 days from Bourdeaux.
August 29 —Lat. 43 23, long. 8 43 W.
a " was spoke by a French luggerof 12 guns—
after detaining us an hour (he'left us with
7 polite treatment. Sept. 4 —Lat. 44 28,
was brought to by an Engli(h frigate, de
tained about an hour, and treated with ci
vility. Sept. N iß—Lat. 44 15, long. 47
55' spoke a Danish brig from Potomac—
could not understand whither bound. Sept.
29 —Lat. 44 3, long. 49 50, spoke the
fchr. Catharine, J. Cox, master, from Boftop
bound to Rotterdam—had carried away his
ff main boom. October s—Lat.5 —Lat. 43 20,
il long. 55 20, spoke the febr. Adventure,
e 10 days out from Boston, bound to Bour
r- deaux, John Bordman, master. Oftober
:- 9 —spoke the brig Trial of Salem, »Dean,
e master, 7 days out, bound to Bilboa. Oc
d tober 18—spoke a fchr. from Plymouth, 2
e days out, bound to Guadaloupe. Oftober
e 21 Lat. 38, at 2 P. M. spoke a brig
h from Baltimore—blowing frefh could not
r learn whither bound. At 7in the evening
t fpeke a (hip from New York, came out the
night before under close reefed topsails. 1
s
t Boston, 08. 23. 1
F Arrivedfhip Otter, Dorr, Canton, 6m. 22 i
il days. Sailed in co. with the Grand Turk, capt. ;
- Magee,for Boflcn. While at the Sandwich I
I/lends, on his outward boundpajf ge,faw <
capt■ Barber, of the F.nglfh brig Arthur, whose {
- vessel had leen wrecked . but cargo fnved Capt. 1
B- informed, that on the N. IV. coajl, he fell f
■ in with the fnew Sea-Otter, late capt. Hill, t
' commanded by his mate, a Mr. Bowles, from a
■ whom he learnt, that capt. H*i Mr. Elliot (I
1 the super-cargo, and Mr. William Dagget, v
Reward, were, when on fljore, surprised by the v
natives, and inhumanely butchered. The crfw b
1 of the snow, on observing the assault, immediately
went on shore, to attempt their rescue ; but M
were too late, the cam bats having dtfpatched the
two latter, and dragged them away ; the Crew
brought off capt- Hill ; but hefurvived only
an hour. Capt. Dorr, !ofl His fleward, (Mr,
Joseph Thomas, of Boflon) on the N. IV.
coajl, by the canibdls ; and had one of his sail
ors dangeroujly mounded. Left at the Sand
wich Island:, brig Susan, Trotter, from Pro
vidence, bound on a caq/ling trade.
BALTIMORE Oflober 2 6
Tuesday arrived brig Betsey, James Art,
mafler, who was captured on the <sth of Sept
ember, on hispaffage from K'tngflon to Phila
delphia, by a French privateer Jloop, within the
capes of Delaware, to the wejlward of the light
house, andfentfor Guadaloupe ; but on the 15th
infiant fell in with cifloop bound to New London
who affifled captain Art in retaking his brig,
andfuppHed him with proviHons, for want of
which he was in affual diflrefs. The captain
of the Jloop took charge of four of the pirates ; ~
the refl, a prize mafler and three men, captain
Art brought into this port.
Schooner Betsey• Lleyd, All son, 29 days
from Leognne. Left no . merican vessels.
Two days after leaving Leogane, cm the 27 th
ult. was captured by two French barges, whs j
were condußing hi.v to Petit Trflu, but was A
retaken the fame night by an Engfifh Jloop of 1
war, who inhumanely Jired a full broadside in- er; i
to the schooner, broke open all the letters, kept P' !
several, and permitted her to proceed. On the a "
29the was again taken by two other barges, r<) ,
who sent her into Jean Rebel, wherefhe was get
detained three days, (ind permitted her to proceed
oh her voyge. at t
■
Red Port Wine. 7 N<
Just arrived, bjr the brig Iris, capt. Rhodes, from
. Oporto, ' f a „
Red Port Wine in pipcs,hhds.ancl quarter cafcs p al
60 cwt. Cork, for /ale by I t!l(
Philips, Cramond, & Cb. for
Juljr Jt. 5
Prom thi Farmer's Weekly Museum
"" A LOVE DITTY,
12 Humbly attempted in the fullime manner of Am
;f"~ p"osf Philips.
to IWrijr me paper, pen and ink ;
r Let m ? Witt, then let me think.
|' e!1 me when and how and where
Strays Keturah buxom fair!
}"• fjie gone to milk her cow ?
1 tii me where, and tell me how.
* s Is Hie gone to feed her hen ?
° Tell me how, and tell me when.
■5 ' me, ease my cure,
!0 me how and when and where,
'k Hark, I hear her, magick feene !
I luck the full grown kidney bean ;
Bean To plump and grown so well,
rt You'd think it big enough to (hell.
See her croud her apron full,
t'S Apron of the choicclt wool ;
2 Wool, that never grew on goat,
'■> Wool, that never grew on -(hote.
Now (he tPi'ps it o'er the fields,
1- Kicking up her gambol heels.
° Now (he hides her rosy face,
Now (he (hows a form of grace.
' While.l gaze, my bleod grows warm,
° Foams, like ocean in a (Lrm
e Dear Keturah, I exclaim,
>■ l">y thy bright poetic name,
1 !By tho,e locKs, thatcleck thy pate,
Ky.thofe hps, that kiA, and prate ;
" ]'y thy apron form'd of woo!,
Ev those beans, that (luff it full,
Check thy fcampcr, cease to fly,
or Collinet flamt dfe>
d COLLINET.
FROM A LONDON PAPER.
e ' -
Matrimony. ihe author of an inquiry
' concerning political justice having lately
taiien to himielf a wife, it may be proper to
j rcier to a few of his former observations on
1 th . e f "bje& of matrimony. The reference
will (how, that however defiroua the fptou
« lative philosophers of the present day may
be to reduce their theories to praftice in the
r affairs of government, they are too wife to
r trouble themselves with the affectation of
" conliftency between their principles and ac
c tions in their individual concerns.
« "1 he fubjeft of cohabitation is particu
larly interfiling, as it includes in it the sub
:• jest of marriage. Tt is not only an evil,
• as it cuecks the independent progress of the
mind; butas it:sa!fo inconsistent withtheim
h perfedtions and properties of man. It is
, absurd to expeft that the inclinations and
wiihes of two human beings (hould coincide
- through any longperiqd of time. To oblige
7 them to aft and to live together is to sub
- jedt them to some inevitable portion of
thwarting, bickering and unhappinefs. This
e cannot be otherwise, so long as man ha»
i failed to reach the standard of perfection.
s The supposition that I must a compan
, ion for life is the result of a complication
, of vices : it js the di&ate of cowardice,
and not of fortitude ; it flows from the de
r fire cf being loved and elleemed for forae
, thing that is not desert."
Mr. Godwin, after Tome observations on
the manner ia which matrimony is contraft
r ed, fays, that « the institution of it is a fyf
l tem of fraud : it is Jaw, and the worfl of
t all laws : it is an affair of property, and the
* w orfi of all properties. So long as two hu
r man beings are forbidden, by poftive fnlii
tutioß, to follow the didtates of their own
mi.idi prejudice is alive and vigorous. So
long as I seek to engross one woman to my
felf,' and to prohibit my neighbour from
. proving his superior deserts and reaping the
' fruits of it, lam guilty of tie mid oliou*
' of all monopolies. Ovtr this imag nary
prize men watch with p.rpet lal jealousy ;
»nd_ one man frill find his detires, and his ca
pacity to circumvent, as much excited, a«
the other is excited to traverse his proje&s,
and frustrate his hopes. As long'as this
state of society continues, philanthropy
will be checked and crossed in a thousand
ways, and jhe (till augmenting dream of a
buse will continue to flow."
N. B. Godwin is one of the. oracles of
modern patriots.
Mordecai Lewis,
HAS FOR SALE,
At his No. tj, Great Doclc-ftreet,
250 bales of Bengal Goods
Containing Bafras
Coifes
Gurrahr
.Moragugungus
Tookery
% Check and Strips
Handkerchief
I II boxes Irifii Linens
I do. Oiap~rs
7 do. Um'r>re las
lo canifcers Java Sugar
78 bags black Pepper
I*6 do. tail India Ginger
100 calk« roll Brimstone
7c pipes Madeira Wine
5 7 calks Gin
A quantity oi fhcathing Copper and Naih,
Ovflobcr 30. 3a\V3w
1 I_*
'Jo be Sold, by Public Vendue,
On Monday, the 13th dny.of Novemb next,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at thelatedwel
ling plsntaiion cf ALEXANDtR Porter,Efq.
dcceafed, in tie Hundred and County of New •
Caftie,
All the Stock of the said Farm,
Cpntilling 0} hoifes fit for draught or fiddle,
eolis, fat cattle, milch cows, calves, fcveral
pairs of large and valtiable oxen. AKeep a d
hogs (all ihc horm d catlle and (heep, btingof
a very large and fine breed) and also carts, har
rows, pleughs, and otl cr iarmrng utenfiis, to
gether with a variety o 1 h uphold fur liture.
The conditions of S'a'e'witl be made known,
at the time and place afere aid.
Mary Porter, Admrx.
New, Castle Hundred, State of 1
D.lawarr, Oft. ic, 1797. )
A.I | erfons indebted to he estate o c fie
fai.i AJixmoer i'ort r, are requefled to make
payment, and thole \»ho l ave demands against
tile tame, to produce th«m duly au henticaten,
for ftttlement.
OA. 30,