■j Notice is hereby given. HP H AT IVparate proposals will be received at A the office of the Secretary of the ment of War, until the expiration of the 15th of July next cnfjing, for the supply of a'.l ra tions, wh.i-li may be required for the use of the United States, from the firfl day of O&ober, 1799, to the thirtieth day of September, 1800, both days inclusive, at the places and within the two diflrifls herein after fiift mentioned ; and also that separate proposals will be received at the said office until the expiration of the 15th day of July next ensuing, tor the supply of all rations which msy be required it aforefaid, from the firit day of January in the year 1800, to the thirty.firrt day of December in the fame year, both day» inclusive, at the place and with in thefeveral ltates herein after mentioned, viz. FirJ} —Propof»l3 to supply all rations, that may be required, at Ofvrego ; at Niagara ; at Prefqu'ifle ; at Michilimackinac ; at Fort Franklin ; at Le Ba;uf; at Cincinnati ; it Picque town, and Loramies stores ; at Fort Wayne ; at Fort Defiance ; at any place below Fort Defiance, on the Miami river to Lake Erie , at Fort Knox, and Ouatanon on the iiv«r Wabafti ; at MalTac ; at any place or places on the eafl fide of the river Miflifiippi, above the mouth of the river Ohio, and upon the Illinois river. Second—Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, a: any place or places, on the east fide of the Miflilfippi riven, below the mouth of the river Ohio to the southern boun dary of the state of Kentucky and within the said state ; at Knoxville j at all other pofti and places wUhin the state of Tenneflee ; at South Weft Point ; at Tellico Block-house, at St. Stephens on the river Tombigby and any place or places within the Cherokee boundaries ; be low the southern boundary of the state of Ten neflee and within the boundary of the United Third—Propofalj to supply. all rations that may be required, at Point-Petre 5 at Coleraine j at Savannah, and at any other place or places where troops are or may beftationed, marched or recruited within the state of Georgia j at alt forts or Rations on the Oconneeand Alatamaha, and at all other plac-es in the Creek Nation, within "he limits of 'the United States, where troops are or may be ftatinnetU Fourth—Proposals to supply all ration* that may be required at Fort Johnson, at Fort Pinck ney, at Charkflon, or'at any other place or placet where troops are or may be ftaticmed, marched or recruited in the state of South Ca* rotina. Fisth —Proposal* to supply all ration* that may t»e required at the Fort at Wilmington, Cape Fear ; at Beacon Island, Ocracoek ; at Charlotte; at Fayettevillei at Salisbury, or at any other place or places where troop* are or may be Rationed, mareHed or recruited in the flats of North Carolina. Sixth- -Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Norfolk, at Portsmouth, at Kempfville, at Charlotievilie, at Winehefter, at Staunton, at IMchmond, at Alexandria, at Leef burg, at Fredericklburg, at Carttrfville, or at any other place or places where troops are or imy be Rationed, marched er recruited, in the ftiite of Virginia. Seventh —Proposals to supply all ration* that may be required at l f ort M'Heury, at Baltimore, at Annapolis, at Frederick town, at Leonard town, at Hagers town, at Bladenlburg, at .George town, at Harper'* ferry, at Eaftown, at the Head of Elk, and at any other place or places, where troops are or may be Rationed, marched or recruited within the limit* of the slate of Maryland. Eighth—Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Fort Mifflin, at Philadel phia, at Darby, at Lancaster, at Wilktfbarre, at Reading, at Bristol, at Yorktown, at Carlisle, at Lewifi wn (Mifflin county) at Bedford, at Gresnfbarg, at Walhington, at Eaftown, at Wilmington, at Christiana, at Dover, or at any other place or places where troops are or may be (lationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the slates of Pennfylvanii and Dela ware, except the posts within the state of Penn sylvania, enumerated in thefirft proposals afore faid. Ninth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Hackeniac, at Elizabeth town, at New-Brunfwick, at Burlington, at Woodbury, at Trenton, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be ilationed, marched er recruited within the limits of the state of Jersey. Tenth—Prooofah to supply all rations that may be required at New-York, at Weft-Point, at Flush ing, at Haerlem, at Wefl-Chefter, at Poughkeep fie, at Kenderhook, at Stillwater, at Newburg, at Albany, at Conejoharie, at Cherry Valley, and at any other place or places. wh*re troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the limits ol the state of New York, except the posts within the said state enumerated in the firft pro posals aforefaid. Eleventh—Prspofals to supply all rations that may be rixjuired at Hartford, at Hebron, at New London, at Bror.klynn, at Wyndham, at Litchfield at Guilford, at New-Haren, at Fairfield, at Dan bu;y, at Middletown, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be ftationed,march ed or recruited within the limits of the State of Conne&icutt. / Twelfth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Fort Wolcott, at Brinton's Point, %t Newport, at Providence, and at any place cr places where troops are or may beftation ed, marched or recruited within the limits the of state of Rhodelfland. Thirtnutb—Propofals to supply *ll rations that maybe required at Portland in the Diftriift of Maine Gloiitaftcr, Cape Ann, Salem, Marblehead, Bos ton, «t Springfield, at Uxbridge, and at any other place or places where troopi are or may be Ration ed, marched or recruited within (he limits of the {late of MaiTachufettt. Fourteenth —Proposals to supply all rations that nay be required at Porifmouth, at Exeter, at •"ort, place or places, where troops are or may b« latiohed, ma»chedjOr recruited within the Stateiof Sew-Han>p{hire and Vermont. 1 he Ration to be supplied, is to consist of the Following articles, viz. Eighteen ounces of bread or flour, Or when neither can be obtained, of one quart of rice, ®r oneanJahalf pound of fiftedor boulted Indian meal, one pound and a quarter of frelh b.-ef, or one pound of salted beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted Pork, and when frelh meat is ifined, fjlt, at the rate of two quarts for evrey hundred rations, soap at the rate of four pounds, and ean'lles 3t the rate of a pound and a half for every hundred rations. It is expected the proposals will ilfo extend to the supply of sum, whiskey, or other ardent spi rits at tlie rate of half a gill per ration, and Vine gar at the rate of two quarts for every hundred rations. The projofals will fpetify the price of the several component parts of the ration, as well as those of iu'olkitutci or .alternatives for parts hereof. . . Ther.itions arc to be furnifted in filch quantities as that there (hall at all timet, during the term of tHe propofcii cißfttra&f, he lumciefX for the con fjmpt'on ot thetroopsat Michilimackinac, Detroit Niagara ar.ti Ofwego, for fix months in advances, and at each of the other pods on the wellern wa ters, fir at least three months in advancs, of good e provifipns.'if ihe fame shall te re qu'ilsJd Itti all* to be permitted to Mi ami every of the <omnj*ndants of fortified places, or puits, to call for at f-afon* when the lame tan be trans ported, or at any trine in cafe of urgency, i'uchfup plies of like proviiion* in advance, as in the dil'are tion of the commandant shall be deemed proper. It is to be uwdfrltood that the contrjilor is to be at th 4 e?pence and rifle of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that al} lofles, sustained, by the depredations of an enenty, or by means of the troops *f the United States, ihall be paid for at the price of the article captured or destroyed, on tlx depofiticns of two or more persons of creditable eharaiSter.% and the certificate of a commiffionsd officer, aftertaining the circumllances of the loss, and the amount of the articles, for which comp'en fation (ball be claimed. The privilege is to beunderftood to be reserved to the United States of requiring, that none of the supplies which may be furnifhed under any of t lie proposed contrails {hall be issued, until the supplies which have or may be furnilhtd under xontrails now in force have b«en consumed, and tnSt afup ply in advance may be always required at any of the fixg'i posts on the Sea-board or Indian frontiers not exceeding three months. JAMES M'HENRT, mcvch »9 War Department, April, Ij, 1799. ALL Officers within the States of New- Hampshire, MafTachufetts, I'hode-Ifland, Connecticut, Vermont, New-York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, belong, ing to the firft, fecand, third and fourth regi ments of Infantry, and the firft and fecoud re giments of Artillery, now upon furlough, or ab sent from their commands will, without delay, report theml'elvej to Major Qeneral Hamilton, and obey his orders. JAMES M'HENRY, Sec'ry of War. 6t NOTICE. The Members of the So ciety of the Sons of St. George, eftablilhed at Philadelphia, for the Advice and Afiiftance of Englilhtien in diftpefs, are requested to attend their Anniversary Meeting, at the City Tavern, on Tuesday the 13d inltant, at a o'c-lock ia the afternoon. GEO. DAVIS, Sec'ry. A punfloa! attendance, at the above hour, is deli red, at feveril sew member* will be bal-< lotted for. Dinner to be on the table at 4 o'clock pre cifelv. April ifi, J799. • dt<j An elegant Coach FOR SALE, Enquire at No. 5, north Fourth street. April 16 11 it NOTICE, To the Inhabitants Of the City and County as Philadelphia. IT appearing from the returns received by" the Afleffors of the fir ft division of Pennfylv.ma confiding of the C : ty and County et Philadelphia, under the AA" to frov'do for the valuation,of Lands and Dwelling Houfei and the enumeration of fanes within the United States," that due attention has not been paid to returning vacant Lot , er property held i» other partsof this, orfome other of the United States ; and as heavy fines may be recovered for such negleft, it is requeftcd that all persons resid ing within the aforefaid division and owning, pof fefiing or superintending any property a» aforefaid which they hive not already returned, will forth with return the fame to the affcfTor of the ward, townlhip or ditlrift in whi«h thay reside (or in which the property lies,if in the aforefaid division) from whom on appliation they will receive the ne cessary Blankforn s or from Mr. George Weftcott, No. 4, North Fourth-ftrect. Those who do not comply with this requellprevioHS to the 13d inft. can blame themselves only, for the conferences, apri! 16 H • 3t China Goods. yusvj mpor Ted, * In the Ship Dilawakc, from C»nton, Imperial Hyf0 a n nd k ' D /TEAS. YoungHyfox J A very handsomely ifforted Small invoice of Silks ; Alio, China Ware, assorted. For Sale, by WILLIAM SANSOM. diw April 16 F. KISSEL MAN, Has for sale, at no. 105, foutk Water street, Cogniac Brandy, ift 3d & 4th proof Jamaita spirits, 4th proof, Nev^"England } RUM ' Sherry "\ Port"" ( WIVES Malaga J Molaflet Sugar Coffee And various kinds of Groceries: april II „ N ANKEENS, Hyson, " Hyson Skin, and > TEAS, Souchong j JUST UANDINB, From en board the fftip Wooddrop Sims from Canton, and for Tale by James C. Fisher, No. 13, Arch-street. eodtf April ii CAUTION; WHEREAS my wife, Maryjame»,has proved unfaithful to my bed and to my inu'reft, and behaved in every refpe& unbecoming a wife— -1 am thereby and in conference of the failure of all my other endeavors to reclaim her, reduced to the painful neceflity of declaring that I will not hereafnr pay one farthing of any debts (he may attempt to contrail in my name. ANDREW JAMES. »pril i.f LONDON BOOTS. RECEIVED by the fbip Lexingtsn, a few doz en of BOOTS, of an excellent quality, which are now open forfale, by John Bedford, No. 79, south Second street. N. B.—A f »ber steady foreman who underftanda the bnfineft of a (hop, and i» or 14 good boot and (hoe-makers wanted, april is FOR SALE, A smart, aftive Bay Horse, BETWEEN fifteen and sixteen hanHs high.rifihg five years, would suit very well for a gentle man in any of the troops of Horse, he is perfe&ly found, the price is iio dollars.—For a ■view please to apply at No 10, North Eighth street, or at Gif bertfon's Stable, in 4th between Lombard and Ge dar or South-streets. match 1} The Ship °K KPT UN E, n°w laying at Walnut ftr?ct SBiSiaiiSKwharf, wiih her tackle and ap partj as (he cam!: from fes ; her burthen is 233 ton*. For terms, apply to JOSEPH ANTHONY & Go. ' 7be consignees of goods on board the above vessel, are requested to take out their Per mits so soon as possible, as the ship will be gin discharging to-morrow morning, april 12. dtf Secretary of War. 3»W.}W 1f eo6t aaw^w I Jl l" For Edenton, N. C. enquire at No 135, NJar ket-ftreet. « pril tt Sheathing Copper, tj Pipes of the fineft particular Madeira Wine For Sale by JOSFPH S. LEWIS No- »St Dock Street, 3tawim March »i. FOR SALE By SIMON WALKER, Pine, near Fifth-street, WOOLWICH proof Cannon—9 pounders, 6 1-3 fset long, 20 cwt. each, and 7 le«t long, 25 cwt. eaeh, with carriages, &c. completed ditto and 6 feet long, 18 cwt. each, with carriages, &c. complete; Carronajes «ri Hiding carriages, la, *8 & *4 pounders, weighing 612, 8 and 13 cwt. each ; Boarding Pikes and Cutlafles ; English Cannon Powder; Copper Sheathing Nails, Spikes and Bolts; 6, 9, It, 18 and 141b. round Shot; 6, o, 18 and 14 lb; double-headed do. 9, 18 and 141b. Cannifter Shot. Alio—a quantity of best Englilh, Porter, Claret and Port Wine BottUs, Taunt#n nlein calk*of 7 dozen each, maroh 8 The fubferibers have on hand,-and for falc at re duced prices, the following articles, via. Seventy Pipes London Particular Madeira Wine, the vintage of '96, fines whed they have lain is a store well adapted to their improvement ; 15 Chests of Young Hyson Tea ; An Invoice of vrell assorted China—eriginal coll between 8 and 900 dol's. in Canton. HIGBEE Sc MILNOR. march tr English wrought Nails. Imported in the Jhips Molly and Biana, from fclv* RFOOt. 400 Casks of Nails, CONSISTING of 6d, Bd, iod, tii, and iod, flat points suitable for the southern market—6d, Bd, iod, lid, and iod, finedrawn fliarpi—affo », 3, 4, and 6 clouts—lprigs— lucks—feupper nails—(heathing nails, iS?c. tOH SALE BY, Robert Denifon, junr. ft 7 Marktt-ftreet. Valuable Property for Sale, In Chefnut, near Sixth street, dire&ly oppofit CoNGkiss Hall, A I.OT of ground,' about 11 fecc front injChef t\. nut street and 7 J feet in depth, whsrecn is a good frame house, now in the tcuure of Samuel Benge, lubjeil to a ground rent of aos. per annum. The advantageous situation of this property re quites no comments, for it mud be known, there jrefew in this city to equal it, an unecceptionable title will be made to the purcbafer. Apply to JAMES GIRVAN, no. 198, Chefimt street, iKtt door to the pre* mifes. mareh 5 Notice. THE subscribers being appoint* ed by the court of common -plexs of the city and county , gttardiapi perfon and cflare of Jo nathan Brt&i, now confined in a state of lunacy in the Pennsylvania Hospital—.All persona holding his effeds or indebted to hina will pay or return the fame immediately ; and tho<e"having demands will prefcnt them (W|y authenticated, to , , Mary Beere, Thomas Hurly, Philadelphia, april 4 arrived, in the Ship Delaware, from Canton—and for Sale, by Joseph Ant bony t & Co. .Imperial Hyson, and > TEAS of thefirft Quality. Hyson Skin J ALSO, A few Bundles of Nankeens. April 16 Cawim JACOB PERKINS y H.AVING invented an effectual chsck forde . tefling counterfeit Bank Paper, which has received the fan&ion of on* Bank, and the approbation of the undersigned eminent artists, and having obtained a patent, securing to him, and to his afiignt, the exclusive right of the in vention, hereby offers to his fellow citizens the privilege of using it upon terms, to be agreed en J>etween him and any person disposed to avail themselves of a guard against counterfeits. THE underfifned having examined Jacob Ptrkin's new invented method to detect coun terfeit Bank paper, do approve of the plan, it being inpoffible to engrave or fink two plates perfeilly alike, without the original die or hub, the counterfeiter would find it impoflible to make an impreflion which would perfectly gage with the check from the original die. ROB'T SCOT, Engraver & Die Tinker JAMES SMITHER, Engraver. JAMES AKIN, Engraver. The terms may be known by applyiag to No. it, South 3d flreet. March 13 FOR SALE, A Capital Printing Press. Enquire at this office. April 13 NOT. ICE. creditors of TODD ts* MOTT are request ed to leave their accounts calculating interest to the aad of November, 1798, the date of Todd and Motts's aflignment, with W. Mott, no. 14.5, Market street, on or before the firft of July next, as a dividend will fee immediately made after that time ; those who neg!e& to find in their accousts will be excluded fiom that dividend. John Waddington, ~j Jebn Rhodes, v Assignees John Allen J april 13,1799 On the 19th of July, 1791, ths following Advertiieineiit appear-d in the World, Ora cle, &c.—London. law tf tu.th fa tf no. 16, Carter's alley. f law6w lawif eo 6t taw tijy Xl)e (3asetic. PHILADELPHIA . WEDNESDAY EVENING, AP,Jill 17■ ■: ®>: m.\ ANTHONY PASSU!IN. A DECLAIIA'TIQN• " Having liy repeated wounds, very near ly loft the ul'e of my right arra, the princi pal tendons and artery being biie&ed ; and being very much enfeebled by illness and lot's ot blood, I find rnyfelf reduced to the ne cetfity of informing all those whom it may concern, that, having loft more than -half my power ot refinance, 1 cannot any longer submit to thofc- brutal insults whVch I have latejy received, in conlequence of the parties knowing- my present Wodily with out applying to the laws for redreh. The recent barbarous conduct of ieveral lurking paltroons wKo have had the mean villainy to attempt the aifaffination of a man, whom they had not the courage to meet on Serins of equality, fufficiently juftifics me in this addrets, yet knowing the vapouring propen fitiesand illiberality of theinlidious, thedif tardly, the depraved, whom I have scourged, I think it honorable and manly to declare, if any individual feels himlelf highly agriev ed by my writing*, and will fignify his wish es within a month frorh the date of this no tice, that I will chearfully give him that fatisfa&ion Which requires a man of spirit to require or bestow. J. WILLIAMS, Alias ANTHONY PASQUIN. No. 125, Strand. July 17, 1792. The following Card appeared the 20th of July, addressed To J. Williams, alias Anthony Pasquin In consequence of an advertisement called a Declaration., having appea-ed in several Morning Papers, he is informed by a party concerned, that, should any further ruiftate ment of the affair (in which he has had be llowed on him what he so well deserved) ap pear in any way before the public, he may be assured, that a particular ftatenicnt of the se veral fails will be published, ftgned by the names of the gentlemen who were witnefles to the tranfadtion. Though Anthony Pafquin alias J. Wil liams, does not deserve any pity from the writer of this, yet he feels so much for him as to give him this advice ; let him remem ber, in future not to insult the feelings of a gentlemen—let him remember that the terms of equality, he l.jnents the want of, were indeed difficult to.come at ; let him remem ber, -that no gentleman can draw a knife— carry a tuck flick, or (hamefully wound his adversary with his teeth, and that the cane which he so heartily felt the weight of, and so patiently bore, was tfye proper challifement for his insolence, his boasting, and his affec tation of courage. His threat of appealing to the laws, is as much despised as his das tardly behaviour throughout the affaif. A man mufl make a good figure when one part of his advertisement complains of a breach of the law, and in another can prevail on hiaofelf to believe he has sent a challenge. But as the writer of this, knows by experi ence the matter wholly to be meant as a joke, it is likely the former is too. He supposes Anthony Pafquin, alias J. Williams, has at least wit enough to avoid an investigation which must expose him so entirely *0 the j contempt and deriGon of the world. His infalent aflumptimi of the name of a man of spirit, calls lor hothing from the writer of this, but an encreafed contempt, nor should he have been honored with this notice of his paltry jumble of incoherent falfehoods, but from a to save him from the cudgel of fomc one of the gentlemen who were accidental witneflVs of his cow ardly, and dastardly humiliation. If after having read this, Anthony Paf quin, alias J. Williams, is not fatisSed with the caning he has received, and lhall presume to obtrude any of his ribaldry on the public eye, to mis-represent the affair alrea dy too well known for him ; the fratement before mentioned lhall be inserted ; after which Anthony Pafqain, alias J. Williams, fball fink into to that obfeurity and oblivion be has so muchcaufe to wi/h for. 1 he writer of this thinks it incumbent to return his (incere thanks to the several gen tlemen concerned in the conduit of the va rious daily Papers, for the very honorable re sistance of the calumny and malice endeavor ed to be intruded on them relative to this affair. [7*p be continued.'] BLAKE vs. SEWELL. Supreme Jud. Court, February Term, 1799 —Bojlon. This a&ion was brought on by a pro missory note made by Wilson to Sewell, da ted June ift, 1796, for 1973 dollars and 89 cents, payable to him or order in 60 days. Sewell endorsed it to Pomeroy, and he en dorsing it blank, delivered it over to Rogers for a valuable confederation, who lodged it in the United States bank for colle&ion. Pomeroy within days of grace paid ihe contents into the bank and took out the note w "b an endorsement therein as follows _<« U. States bank, paid by Pomeroy A.u guft 2 d, 1796." and afterwards delivered it to Bl a ke the plaintiff, who brought this adion as the indorsee of Pomeroy. The defendant's council made three points in the cafe ; firft, that when a negotiable note or bill of exchange is once paid il i» no longer negotiable jfecor.d that when such a note or bill is overdue, that is, has become pay able, and is wards endorsed, fuel) sub sequent indorsee must take it on the credit of his endorser only ; and third, that any prior party, whether drawer or indorfer shall have every advantage against such subsequent indorsee which he could have had pgainlU his endorser. The defendant's council mo ved-the court, and was permitted to g'v£ In evidence that the conhdrratioK of the mire was certain goods purcha'ed at auHion hv Pemerov for hijnfelf and Wilson, in certsii: proportions, and that it was made payable to Sewell mer !y to obtain his credit, he ha. vi"g no interest in the purchase : that Wi!- i'oll had paid Pomeioy his proportionable part of the note before he took it up at the bank, and that it was placed in the hands of Blake the plaintiff as collateral security of a .Note not then du<r ; it being agreed at tht fame time between Blake and Pemeroy, that Blake should keep the delivery of the note to him secret from Wilson and Sewell until after the note for which this had been lodged as a collateral security should become payable ; and that in fa<S it haJ been so kept secret more than eighteen months ;i» which time Pomeroy failed. The council for the plaintiff contested all the points made in the cafe by the defend ant's counsel. But the court,, viz. Dana, Paine Cufhing and Dawes concurring in their opinion on the firft point, viz. that the note having been paid at the Bank by Pomeroy ceased to be negotiable, chief justice Dana, diredfced the jury accordingly who found their ver dift for the defendant without leaving their feats. The other points were not conside red as necessary to b« fettled by th-e court in this cafe. The cases cited by the coun sel for the defendants were three term ' re« ports, page 80, Brown agiinft D ivies, H. Blackftonos Reports, page 80, Beck and Robby. (being a Note) Kyd on bills of exchange, page 163, 284. From the Farmer'/ Weekly, Mtijeum Occasionally, some small baok, originally written in Europe and amply encouraged there, is reprinted here, with every precua tfon to secure the bookseller against a loss. Nor is it always that the price of his pa per arid the charges of printing are paid. A new book is a prodigy. A market cannot be (locked, when there are no ctiftomer?. Our men of real genius, either indignantly cross the Atlantic, and with Rumtord and West, laugh at patriotism, and re ceive their wealth and honors from foreign hands ~- or, sullenly conceal talents in a dap kin, exhibit the energies of mind, to the dull and " (tony eyes" of speculators, ped lars, and Jews, A Mr. Caritat of New Y®rk has hazarded the republication o- Zimmcrrrann en National Pride, and Mr. Nancrede has printed a miniature edition «f Southey's Poems. Nay, we have of our own printing and publifhiiig, those invalua ble volumes, Hervey's Meditations, Gu thrie's Saving Interest, and the healing pam phlet of Dr. Bertody. We have a variety of little things on Arithmetic, to assist our men of business in the great work of compu. tation. We have felc&ions, and extrad*, and elements, and childhood precepts, with out nurfiber. We have £ Geography, the produ& of a fertile invention. We have a Biography of a molt martial personage. We have many of Dr. Wigglcfworth'6 Discour ses, and litera ture, have been gratified with a little spice of Aftrouomy from a President of our own rearing. Ment'on has been made, among us, of the Magnetic Needle, and its varia tions, and certain new moons, and eclipse* have been calculated, with painful accuracy. The memoirs of Burroughs have seen the light here; and, if ever patronage was be' flowed upon an American author it has been felt by an ignorant convicl. But not one original work of genuine genius isnowpub* lifhed in the United States. The fame dearth of domestic literature has for a long time prevailed, nor have w* any reafoß to exclaim the harvest is nigh. No fyraptcm appears of the revival of elegant author/hip among us. Every book that appears here, even on the threshold of life, druggies like a sickly infant. It has the marks of diflblu tion and negleft, even upon its title page forehead,' and quickly dies, a babe, in the lively phrase of Burke, of as little hopes as ever eked out a billof mortality. Though it may derive found (lamina and a florid com plexion from its parent, it cannot last. It will receive no (helter. It will attach no friendf. Its expenccs will not be paid. Ii will find neither fotler father nor nurse. The writer of this article has been severely blamed for holding this language. It ii har(h, but it is true. It is wholcfo.ne reproof. It is inten ded to alter that swelling tone, and to check j that absurd vanity, which have so long pre vailed at home, and founded the praise and boasted the munificence of America. In this refpedt, if weighed in th; balance of the goldsmith, (he would be found wantirtg. We refpedt Columoia, (lie has many graces. But we have one thing against her, (he has forgotten her literary 1 lve. Slie vaunteth of her authors, and luffers them to idle, to be (equeftered, or to starve. The above re marks are intended to afiUl the rights of li terature; and to blame that mercenary, or blind spirit, which snatches the pen from a Morton, a Minot, a Gardiner, a Kiax land,and a Bentley. ANECDOTES. A Company of scholar*, going a bun ting, enjoined on one of the party, who was usually very talkative, to prefcive silence for he would frighten away all the game. Upon spying a number of rabbits he vdcife roufly exclaimed, " ecce ! multi funiculi!" when they disappeared in a moment. Being chid by his companions, lie replied, " Who the devil would have thought the ralbits under stood latin ?" An 3&ion was tried for slander, in which an attorney was plaintiff and an honest far mer was defendent. It was to recover da mages for calling the attorney a rogue and a thief, the words were proved to have been spoken by the defendent. Ihe verdift of the jury was, " We are cf an opinion that as the plair.t'fFis an attorney, the aftion will not lie.'*
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