A VALUABLE ESTATE In HIoCKLtY T<)WMSMI»» On lie *ivrjl Jitr of the river SrhttyViHl, about one and an b ilf mi'es from the Middle Fer ry, and one fourth. «f a mile from the Turnpike, To be Sold at Public Vendue, At tbr Merchants' Coffe-House, in Phi- ladelphia, On Tuesday the 23d ' instant, at 7 o'clock in the evening. Said property has been lately /wveyed* and di vided into four parts > <wi(h a vieAu te accom date purchasers.. • Ho. I. CONTAINS 52 acres and 12 perches on which is a brick dwelling house (built in the,year 17.94) SI feet front by 37 feet deep, with a piaz za ou one fide and a portico on the other; two Tories of 12 feet high each, four rooms on a floor with fire-places in each, and feur convenient -Chambers in the garret, three of which have like wise fire-places. A hall 10 feet wide, ; a remar kably dry and commodious cellar, divided into (uudry apartments,including a pantry, ftore-roonu, I!kc. The, kitchen is 20 feet square, containing bake-overs and otfeer conveniences; a pump of ex cellent waurat the door. A fl.onebarn with good flabling ; a carriage house and granary, and a large flame lately built for hay, 3cc. A llone farm house, and wa(h fcoufe, with a brick milk house < ver a never failing spring of good water. Two large gardens in high order, and richly stored with a great variety of the bed fruit; strawberry, and asparagus beds; (hriibs, flowers, fcc. An apple orchard in it* prime, containing 6oc tree?. The fuuation is high, pleasant and healthy ; a great number of handsome fruit and other tree. 1 in the court yard, round the house, Jfec. The foil is good and produces remarkably well, a*d there t* now a eonfiderahle quantity under clover. About 1.0 acre* of meadow, adjoining a stream called Mill-creek, jvhich runs through the premises, aud oij which there is a good fcite for Waterworks. About 12 acres of very thriving young timber. • No. 11, Contain* 46 acres and 39 perches of as geoil -jaritiing Hud as any in the townfliip, .divided into Cvc fields; with about 8 acres of excellent timber. A never falling stream of water runs through the premjfes, to which, aHd near the Weft Chcfter'road, l's a fine situation for building ; ai.d within a fbort tJiftance of two fpriwgs. One of the fields is under clover and timothy-. No. in, Contains 10 acres and ijj perches, about 7 seres of which is good farming land, with a fmal! piece of meadow ground ; 3nd the remainder cov ered with goed timVier, Two neverfailing ftresms of water runs through the premises, and near to which and the Weft Chester road, is a handsome Pituatlon lor building No. IV, Contains f acr® and 16 perches, is a rich foil, ehisfly ujsdcr clover, and naoftly orchard ; in ■which there are upwards of 100 good bearing ap ple trees There is a small stream of watsr runs through the east end, near to which, and the Hav erford road,' is a beautiful fitua|ion fo r buildings, jsrd-n, ice having an agree >Me prospect. Thje Weft ChfDer road hounds part of No. I, to the Ibuthward a d divides Nos. 11, and 111. And the Haverford road bounds Nos. I, and 11, and IV, to the northward. There are on eachdivifion very convenient situ ations for ereiSling cither breweries, Hltiileries, ot tan yards; befuks the mill feat on No. I, before mentioned. draught of the whole may be (ten at th« Cof fee lioufc—and at the office of Thomas M*Euci) & Co. No 78, ChcfnTit ftrcct, where the terms of fclc and any further information that may fc« rs quir '(<,%%• ill bs made kn » april I® For Sale, The Ship NEPTUNE, ' a y* n S at Walnut ftrect wharf, with her tackle and ap paielas she came from sea ; her burthen is tons. For terms, apply to JOSEPH. AN THONY & Co. Ibe consignees of goods on board the above ■vessel, are requested to take out tbeir Per mits si soon as possible, as the ship ivill be discharging to-morrow morning, aftril I 2i Jaft arrived, in the Ship Delaware, from Canton—and for Sale, by Joseph Anthony, iif Co. Imperial *) Hyson, and > TEAS of thefird Quality. Hyfoil Skin 3 a r. so, A few Bundles of Nankeens. April 16 Cawim JACOfy PERKINS, HAVING invtflted an effedtual check for de teiffing counterfeit Bank Paper, which his received the fandlion of one Bank, and the approbation of the undersigned eminent artists, jnd having obtained affatetit, securing to him, and to his assigns," the exclusive right of the in vtution, hcrrby offtrs to his fellow citizens the privilege of using it upon terms, to be agreed on between him and any person difpafedto avail thernfelves of a guard againll counterfeits. THE underlined having examined Jacob Ftrk'm'f new invented method to detest coun terfeit Bank paper, do approve of the plan, it feeing tnpoffible to engrave or fink two plates Tfrfc&ly alike, without the original die or hub, ,e counterfeiter woald find it jmpofiible to ir.ikt an impression which would perfectly gage with the check from the original die. StOB'T SCOT, Engraver 3c Die sinker JAMES SMITHER, Engraver. JAMES AKIN, Engraver. The terms may be known by applying to No. iJ, Snu;h jdftrcet. March s.v ~— j ttkl Has for sale.at no. lo.f.fouth Water street, Cognise Brandy, 1 ft 3d & 4th proof Jamaica fpitiw, 4th proof, tit. Croix, "> RUM> New England i •3hf rry Lisbon ( WtNES Port f Malaga J MolaiTe* Sui;ar Coffee Ai!d various kinds of Groceries; :-pril M . hcTuiif'-'have 011 hand, and tor file at re duce"' prises, the following articlei.vii. Seventy Pipes London Particular Madeira Wine, rhe vint*tf co ' "9 6 . fi,,ce when the y hav *: kin 8 i(orc well a.-*a»ted to their itopwrtiiuMit ; ' -it CKcftiuf Yuuup: Hyson Tea ; ,4n Invoice of well-assorted China—original ' * cofl between 8 ami 900 dol's. in Cauron. ' " HIGBEE k MILNOI*. march it War DEPARTMENT, j"" .term, 15, ' ] ALL OPWfchi within the States of Ktw- < H.im|i(liirc, MalTiuhufrUi, Khode-Ifland, | ConnecVicn 1 A trmonr, New-York, No .v Jersey, Pen'nfylvanu, Delaware and Maryland, lulong ing to the firft, fecond,.third and fourth regi ments of Infantry, aod the firA and second re : giments of Artillery, now upon furlough, oral)- feVitfrom their commands will, wit£ ut delay, report themselves General Hamilton, and obey his orders. JAMES M'HENRY, Sec'ry of War. Jufl Publijhed, And'now to be Sold, by ZACHARIAH POUtSON,' jus. at his Printing Office, 106, Chesifut-streel, Philadelphia; ■ Also to be had at the Philadelphia Library, AND Of JOSEPH Cs* J4MES CRUKSIIANX ' Rook sellers; Market-street, The History of Pennsylvania, Br ROBERT PROUD, In two a&avo votumes. A work entirely new. original, and highlyinter efting; embelUOwd with a Ponrait of the head of William Penn, and anew Map of Penn fylyania, Ncw-Jerfey, Maryland, and the State of Delaware, and parts adjatent. I N this publication are exhibited the remarkable rife, happy progress, and extraordinary prospe rity of that province, till near the time ef the de clared independency of the United Suta 0/ Ame rica ; effeifled by fnchtincommon and pacific metfns such firgular, just «nd prudent policy,4as appear no wherein the history of nationa, to have so. gen erally, and fu«xtenGvely prevailed, in any other country, to an equal degree of advancement, im portance, and felicity of th? people., and fa gene rally to have excited the admiration of all oljferv ers, aa in the floorilhing and happy state of the prtvincc tf Pttnfyfoania :—proper to be known and remembered by all those, who wish to be in formed in the extraordinary melioration < f this country, and in tkc «»<»>* of rendering tha inhab itants so happy and profperonsin former time ; as well as an egregious example for posterity and sur rounding Hates to imitate and improve upon, &c. " Hoe opus, hoc ftudium, pTopercmus et ampli; Si patrix volumus, C nobis vivere cari " Hon. In deeds like these, let all thcmfelves approve, Who fcek thsir proper blils, and country's love Not*.—The fubferibers for this work are particu larly desired to call, or fend, for their, refpeflive copies, or todixe<sl their friends, in, or near Phi ladelphia, to receive the fame for them, at either of the two places firft above mentioned. And all persons, holding fubfeription papers, are earneft lyreq»«fted to'return the fame, as loon as polfible, to Z ICHAtUAH POULSON, jun. aforcfaid. April 1 a sawjw This day is published, By B. DAVIES, at No. 68, High-street, *ftid ready to be delivered to Subfrribeis and others, The 111. Number of The Philadelphia Magazine & Review, Monthly Repository of Information For March 1799. April 1 dt«l In the Ship Dilavtaki, from Canton, Imperial Hy'fooSlun YoungHyfoaJ A very handforaely afior ud ' Small invoice of " Si Also, China W»re, aflorted. For S»le v by WILLIAM SANSOM. <ftjr apri] t6 To thpItTHABIT ANTS Of the City and County ef Philadelphia. IT appearing from the returns received by" the Afleffors of the firft division of Pennfylvmia, confiding of the C'ty and County ot Philadelphia, under the KSi 11 to providi for the valuation of Lavdt and Dwelling Houfa and the enumeration of jlavcj -within' tie United Suta," that due attention has not been paid to returning vacant Lot', or property held int. other parts of this, or some other of'the United States ; and as heavy fines may be recovered for such negleA, it is requested that all persons redd ing within the aforeftid tiiviSon and owning, pof fefling or superintending any property asaforefaid which they have not already returned, will forth with return the fame to the assessor of the ward, towFifhip or dillriift ill whinh th«y reside (or in which the property lies,if in the aforefaid division) from whom on appliation they will receive the 'ne eeflary Blank forirs or from Mr. George Wedcott, No. 4, North Fourth-ftrcct. Those who do rot comply with this request previous to the 13d inft. can blame themftlves only, for the consequences. April 16 t 3* dtf * # * The Members of th£ So ciety < t the Sons of St. Gkorgk, established at Philadelphia, for the Advice ahd Affiftanie of ■Englishmen in distress, are requested to attend their Anniversary Meeting, at the City Tavern, on Tuesday the 23d instant, at % o'clock in the afternoon. GEO. DAVIS, Sec'ry. Ayun&tial attendanee, at the above Tiour, is desired, as fevertl new members will be bal latted for. Dinner to be on the table at 4 o'clock pre cifelv. April 16,1799- - dti 3 aawif An elegant Coach x FOR SALE, Enquire at No. 5, north Fourth ftrect. April 16 1 3* Nankeens, Hyson, Hyfan Skin, and > Souchong J From on board the (hip Wooddrop Simi from Canton, and forfait by April T J 3aw>w , WHEREAS my wife, Maryjameifbmproved unfaithfcii to my bed and to my inter eft, and behaved in every refpeil unbecoming a wile— I am thereby and in conference of the failure of all my other endeavors to reclaim htr, reduced to the painful necefTity of declaring that I ill not hercafttr pay one larthing of .any debts (be may attempt to c.<ntra& in my name. ANDREW JAMES. April 15 and Amusement, r awjt China Goods. tvsr importep, N a: T I C E, NOTICE. TEAS, JUST LANDING, James C. Fishery No. 13, Arch-street CAUTION. 3E|ie ©ajette. PHIL AD K L P Jrl I A , THUKSDAY EVENING, APRIL 18 ANTHONY PAS&UIN. On the Trfl of August there appeared the following uddrefs to the Public, entitled the INHUMAN RESCOVNfEIi. Some reflections .upon me, hav ing appealed in the World and the Oracle, my friends have thought ft expedient that they should be? publicly answered. Having various-veafons (as will clearly ap pear in this narrative) for thinking an r.Ctoi cn the Theatre at Richmond, in Surrev, who calls Vnnfeif Capt. Wathen, a dripica bl- fellow, and having been much offended by his repeated impertinences, 'I wrote him a note in a moment of ihdigiWion fignifying that I thought him a poltroon anda scoundrel. The agfwer to this note was conveyed to me in the boxes of the Hayrnarket Theatre, by one Blew it, an aftor belonging to the Drury Lane company, who has impudently afiumed the name of a noble friend of mine, tha Earl of Barrymore—-this fellow, who values him felf upon being a strong man, and a great bruifcr, informed rue that he came from capt. Wathen, to let me know, if I did not make an apology for the language I had used, that he fhowld expeit my company, withafecoud at Mr. Williaitfes's Coffee-Houfe, in Bow ftreet, Covent Garden ; mv reply was prompt -—that I knew Capt. Wathen, and confe quentl'y would not apologize. I required a few hours previous notice to fettle my affairs and then would willingly become refponfib'le to captain Wathen in the manner, I tben thought, he required. Here the affair refled till the conclusion of the Play, when on goiqg into the flreet, I was suddenly seized by Wathe®, Barrymore and Mr. H. Angelo, the Fencing Matter— dreading from "their imprecations inflant af fafiiuation, I called out to a Mr. Young, who was in the crow'd, to come to my ailifiance, and save me from immediate murder. On his interference, they ceased, and I con fen ted to go to M K Williames's, thinking the matter would termir»te in a gentlemanly manner ; but, alas ! I was mit erahly miltaken, and I found myfelf com pletely enfiiared into a private room, under falfepMtences ; and, as it eventually proved to aniwer the mod diabolical and butchering ends. To be brief, Wathen declared, with the mod (hocking imprecations, that if I did did upt give hi'm a written apology for call ing him !i l'coundrel, he would literally mur der me ; and as I disdained the man, I re filled to comply. Finding myfelf without afliflance, confined, and in danger of aiTaf finatien, I drew iny penknife as I fat in my chair, and swore I would not be ill-used with impunity,which Barrymore perceiving,wreft-' ed it from my hand as I fat there. I then got up, and attemptrd to leave the room, when Watlkn and pufhed oje backwards with great violence, and swore I fliould not. I then appealed to their manhood reminding them of my declining health, and the loss of my right arm : but this decla ration only jncreafed their cowardly fury ; for Wathen at this inflant, flruck me a vio lent blow with a flick, at least thne inches in diameter, on the left fide of try fkv.ll, which laid it open for three quarters of an inch; I inflantly returned the blow, and cut him on the, left cheek bong, and flew to the fire place for the poker, butßarrymore barred the way—l then seized my own flick, which, compared- tp Wathen's, was a curtain rod to a. kitchen poker ; and we fought for l'ome minute's, when I had greatly the advantage ; lintil Wathen, by uling his flick horizon tally, flruck me several blowslipon the groin, and at lafl wounded my scrotum, (for which infernal.aft, he ought to be flietchcd on the hoards at Surgeon's Hall). I fainted with the excessive torment, and this barbarian continued firiking me with his utmofl force, as I hiy with my head againfl the wall, over the JlcuU, .legs, thighs, face, and b;;Jly, while the blood issued in torrents from the w,ound on my head, my mouth, and my ears ; and that Barrymore kicked me upon the ■left ribs, tfce pain of which I fsel to this hour—-at length, bejng brought to the very threshold of death, I contented to beg itiy life. At this period) a party of his associates rushing intp the room, Wathen had the un parralleled favagenefs totfek ipe in the mouth with his boot with the greateft-ferocity, by which he drove two teeth down my throat, merely because I hesitated to beg my life a fe condtime before them. In this miserable state, I was conveyed home at one o'clock, and bled incelTantly till five the fame morning. As my life was de spaired of from the vafl efiufion of blood, (all my cloaths, from my hea(J to my heel be ing dyed in it) I. arranged my a (Fairs, under tfie fears of immediate dissolution. I had, on examination,by my surgeon Mr. Ainfley,one deep wound upon my Ikull, one on my mouth (the upper lip bifefted) three on my face, five on my left arm, two cuts on my right leg, one on my left leg, one wound on my left thigh, four On my groin, and one blow a little below my liver ; and all this butchery was perpetrated, Keader, merely because I vfould not apologize.to a fliabby fellow for having called hint a Scoundrel. Barrymore's malice was .latent, and of long {landing, originating solely from my not thinking him so capital an adlor as he unhappily thinks himfelf. It was a base .preconcerted plan to overpower and maim me by all any means. ■ [To be continued.] rotlrf Volunteer Grenadiers, .Philadelphia, April 15, 1799. THIS corps is ordered to parade at the Me nage, in -Chcfnut ftr»et, onTharfday next, at 4 o'clock, P. M. in fall uniform, with arms and accoutrements. By, cotrmand. *S Continued. D. Murgdhoyd, tst Sefjt. F.yfßAc't p-no»T A C H A K G F, Delivered 10 fbs (.1 ESC}" Of THE DlOCt SB ii" I .l,sn.<fF, In June, 1798, By R. Watson.D.D. F.R.b. Bishop of Lantlaff. Reverend Brethren, " Leaving all intricate matters fflf state to the deliberation of the \i ijfeft and l>eA men in the kingdom ; fuller roe to advert to tint spirit ot turbulence, ahddi-faifectionltowaids the government of the country, of envy and dilrefpeCt towards their superiors in society of desperate unconcern as to their future Hate, and of'hardened impiety towards their Maker, which has unhappily poUeff.d cer tain individuals in many parts of the king dom. I have no reason to believe that this dei'cription of peri on s is uumej-ptrc in any country ; and ihoulii be happy if I could perfuad- myfelf that they we re Ms frequent ly met with in this Diocese, than in any o ther equal portion of the couctry. You are better judges than 1 can be, whether this is the tact ; but whether it be so or not, enow cl them, I fear, will be found in your sev eral parishes, to require your paftor.il care in bringing them to a light understanding. Some of them may be ignorant of the na ture of government ; of the origin of pro perty ; of. the neeeffity <rf subordination ; from never having duly conlidered these Matters . others may be itupid through vice, and prepared, bv their profligacy, to help forward every fchfcme tending to public ruin —from an abfurdho.pt, from a "wicked ex pectation of bettering their condition in the general confufion. Yoir will vary your ad monitions and inftruiitions according- to the nature of the cafe, which lliall require your attention ; always remembering, that the mind of man yields to kindness and court- to gentle language and found argument but that its prejudices are confirmed by fc verity of expoflular.ion, had harshness of re buke. You will not, I think, be guilty of a breach of chriffian charity in the use of e ven harfh*.language, when you explain to them the cruelties which the French have used in every country which they have inva ded ; for no language can reach the atrocity 'of the fa ft. They every where promise pro tection to the poorest of every thing they possess; they plunder their cottages, and j they set them on fitr when the plunder is exhaulkd ; they torture the owners to dil | cover their wealth, and they put them to ! death when they have none to discover ; they violate females of all ages ; they iufult the hoary head, and trample on all the decencies of life. This is no exaggerated picture ; whoever has read the account of the pro ceedings of the French- in Swabia, in Hol land, in Italy', in Switzerland, knows that it is not—Andean there be men in Great- Britain, of io base a, temper, so maddened by malignity, so cankered by envy, so be sotted by folly, so ftupified as to their own fafety, as to abet the deiig-ns of fuehan en emy ? It is fait! there are £uch men ; but I have too firm a confidence in the general good sense of the people of Great-Britain to believe, that furh men are cither miny in number, Or respeCtable for character, oift>r mhiable for connection. The men- of this principality, at least, have nobly llicwn, in a late instance, that they inherit the spirit of their ajiceftois, and have too ardent a love of thejr country to submit tx> a foreign yoke, under whatever specious promises of supporting the Rights of Men, of introduc ing Liberty and Equality, the invaders may attempt to deceive them. What are thef'e rights cf men, this liberty, this equality, of which every man has heard so much, and of which few have any proper conception ? Let us fee what they arc in France itfelf. There no man has any right in his person, or in his property-; both are absolutely at the difpoTal of the few persons who have usurped the government—There no man has any liberty, except the liberty of fubmittirtg to the worst of jlavery ; fsr what slavery ran be worse tban that of be ing fubjeft to laws which are perpetually changed, according to the caprice of the ruling fadHon ? Übi jus incerlum, tin jus nullum. As to equality, if by it be meant an equality of property or condition, there is ho such thing in France ; nor was there ever futh a thing is any country lince the world began. The scripture speaks of Pha raoh and his princes in the time of Abraham, when he was forced by a famine to go down to Egypt, about foui hundred and thirty years aftei the flood. Abraham himfelf had, at that period, men servants and maid fer .van ts, and was very rich in cattle, in lilver and in gold. He and Lot had herdsmen and servants of various kinds ; and they every where met with kings, who had fubjecls and soldiers. - ]'l:e inequality of property and condition, which some lillv or had people are so fond of declaiming' ag*iuft, e;xifted in the very infancy of the world, and mu ft, from the nature of things,, exist to the end of it. Suppose a (hip to be wrecked on an un inhabited island, and that all the officers pe rilled, but that the common men and their wives were saved ; here, if any where, we may meet with liberty and equality, and the rights of man —what think- you would be the confequencc ? A fiate of anarchy and equality might, perhaps, fubfifl for a day ; but wisdom, courage, industry, economy, would presently introduce a superiority of some over others ; and, in order that each man might preserve for himfelf ihe cabin he had built, the ground he had tilled, or the fifh he had taken, all would agree in the pro priety of appointing some 01 e amongfl the number, or more than one to djrs&, goterh, and protest the whole by the common strength. Thus the reftridtkm of liberty, and the deftruflion of equality, and all the circumstances which fuperficiaJ reafoners re present as grievances in society and subver sive of the rights of man, would of necessity be introduced No one would be left at liberty to itivpde hia neighbour's property ; some would by lkill and a&ivity become rich, aiidthey would be allowed to bequeath at their death their wealth to their chiforer ; others would by idleness; and debauchery re man] poor ; and, having nothing to leave trt their children, these when grown up, would be und r the necefiity of tpaintaining them, fclves, by working for their neighbours, till by prudcnccandthrift, theyacquired enough to purchase property of their own, os which they might employ their labour. This is no visionary reasoning ; we have an instance of iti reality in the colony at Botany Bay. The persons compofwg this colony, who by their crimes were made the outcasts of Great Britain, and were equal to each other, none of them poflefiing any thing, are already become very unequal in property and con dition ; and lam happy to add,'in refpeft ability of character. It is a general law, which God has eftabli/hed throughout the world, that riches and refpeft (hould attend prudence and deligence ; and as all men arc _» not equal in the faculties of either body or * mind, by which riches and refpe& are ac quired, a necefifity of superiority and subor dination springs from the very nature which God has given us. All this lam sensible is so well underftcod by vou, that I would nothave mentioned the matter had there not been present other auditors, who may not have fully considered the origin, relations, and dependencies of civil society. Are the I'rench coming here to enrich the nation? Will they pay attention to the poor of this country, when they have f« many thousands of infinitely poorer parfont in their own? will they reward their fedf tious adherents amongtt us?— Yes, thev will reward them at all hiltory informs us'loch Uaiters ever have been rewarded; they will wward then with contempt, pillage, ry, slavery, and death. The nation wilt be ruined by exorbitant impofitioßS, ouraa* val power will be deltroyed, - our Commerce transfered to France—our lands will be di vided (not amongst those who wickedly covet their neighbours goods,) but amongst the French soldiers, who will be every where ftat oncd.as the Roman foltiiers were ofolii to awe the people, and coleft the the flow er of our youth will bf compelltd toferve in foreign countries, to promote the wicked proje£t« of French ambitioii,-_ Great Britain will be made an appendage to continental despotism I would fay to the mod violent democrat i'b the kingdom,—Suppose the biifinefa done: after seas of blood hive been filed, millions of lives loft,tqwnsplundered, villages burned, the royal family exterminated, and unutterable calamity has been endured by persons of all ranks ; afar all this has been done, what advantages will you have obtain ed biyond what you ,-now. poflefs ? Will your property he better protested ? Will your personal liberty be more refpedied ? Will our code of jurisprudence be improved > Will our laws be more impartially admini ftred? Quite the contrary of all this now takes place in France.- Ido not fay that when things are fettled there, the present wretched condition;, ttf' its inhabitants will be continued, and I hope it will not ; but I am sincerely of opinion that few of vis will live to fee such a fyftcm in France as will procure to its iriiiabitatUs half the "blessings, which'our anchor* have enjoyd, which we do enjoy, apd which it is cur in terest to take care that opr.pofterity (hall en joy, under the constitution of.- Great Bri. tain. • .• , In this exprefii.ai* my diflike.of a demo cracy, I only think with the gre.Ueft i>f all potts, who exprefied the faartf, dtflikchear three thousand years ago; And, what is of moie importance, I think with a vast mnjority of the people of this countty— For though, Therfites like, there may be some. " Loquacious, loud, and turbulefit of tongut; " AV»M by no shame, by no refpeft coutroul'd " In fcindal Wy, in rearoaches hold: " Whi cliiefly glory with .licentious style 'V.to fafll the great, "arid Monarchs to revile;" Pope's Homer. yet the general spirit of the nation is of a contrary nature.; it rises superior to all par ty petulet ce ; and in the language of UlylTes, boldly lays ts erery seditious incen diary ; Peace faflious Monfler, horn to vex the State, " Withwran^lingtalentsfomiM for louldchate i " Curb that impetuous tongue, nor ralhty vain, 4t And firgly mad, asperse the fov'reign reign. M This I am confident is tfie sentiment of lhe btllk of the people, awd whilst it con tinues to be so, wc may bid defiance to the threats of France, and to the defprrate ma chinations of a few mean ,aRd discontented persona amongst ourselves." OF' VOLNET. [a r^cT.] WHEN this celebrated PhUofophtr was seeking the " course of the winds" in this country, he happened to be overtaken, by a Itorm on Lake Erie. The veflel, in which were a number of other passengers, wa» driven by the force of the wind dire£}y to wards the shore, which presented to the view of the affrighted passengers one. con. tinufd range of huge rockn rising perpen. dicularly from the Lake, and upon which they momently expe&ed to be dashed in pieces.—ln this situation the calm Philoso phy of Volney deserted him : with conster nation in his countenanceand franticgefture, which it is impoflible lo describe, he ran to the Captain, who was busied in endeavo ring to save the vcffe'l from destruc tion, and demanded of him instantly to put out his boat and set him on shore, "1 he Captain in vain, endeavored to expostu late with him on the impolfibility of com plying with his requeft.— u l tel you vat, Captain:," fays he," if you do not direSement put me on defbore, begar IJhail be drown— and if Ibe - rouun I vil tel Citoyen Adit, et f Citoyen Ad:t vil tel de President, et Monfuur It President vi/l hang you for von dem raj' cat!"— Fear had (o completely taken poflef fion of his mind, that he did not confidcr the impolfibility of putting his threats into execution, " ifhe vat drown" Fortunate ly, however, the wind soon after abating.sa ved the Captain from the gallows, and the PhiLfopliei from the Devil! ! t
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