Y*' J * %\jt C3asette* ___ PHIL A DELPHI A, •- U'EDNrSDAY EVENING, JULV J7. from tfe Farmeks' Museum. ** behold it was Leab." Macbeth fays, infpefiing hi * ont : haftd in the play, was " a forn ti tat- ill' kiefs Jacob. From th< y l ' s" of 30 unexpetted bride, tht? ga zing patriarch could difccrn reflected no ve ry charming picfpeit of matrimonial felici ty. Without anticipating too soon the refiec tions, or fancying the chagrin, of the injur ed Jacob, it is better to narrate certain 0' <>i» y°uthfi'.l bargains, defcrihe his apprentice' fop. rr rather 1 viffalage to Love, and fketcl a pK.uire c-f tne sanguine hopes, and abuiec crctiulity ef a young Jac*>b, the favourite son of a fond mother s adviied by Rebekah, terrified at the hatrec and teenances of Esau, to flee from the ef. ( fetfs offraternal resentment, and to lurk for a time in obfeurity of Haran, a re. mow " : !h(je, in the en ft", where he would rrot or'y find the fafe (hf Iter of solitude, but the (hll more friendly cover of a rela tJOTi'i love. Harar. was a sweet and pafto. ial country, amindft whose d- licious land- V_ f'-apes he could lof'e, or at leaf! suspend the 7 ColJeftisn of demeftic misfortunes. Ha. nn was the abode of Laba*i, an uncle ?nd a friend. If the terrours of a brother's ven geance were not loft amid the g.Lories of na ture arid the charms of sylvan life, they m-ouM be mitigated by the kmdnefs, tfyey night be Graved by- the flrength of a rela five and a psftoral chieftain. J.icob, who h 1 most imjiiOifi-bly defrauded Efan of his Father's benedi£tion,'was fufficiently alarmed for his own fafety to discern the corre&nefs t>( this reasoning. He immediately com merces his tour, arrives at his afyluin, " the laJld of the people of theeafl," and fnddenly finds himfelf among a company of fhepheards, bu'-.ed in watering their flocks. This was the veiy scene for a love adventure, and it immediately occurs. Inquiring of thisfiiii pie .company with the friendly zeal, or, per haps, the rude curiosity of a Newcngland mn' 1 , where they belonged, &c. he is aii fwered that they are inhabitants of Haran, tl'.ut they know Laban,that he is in health, snd that " behold Rachel,his daughter, com eth with the sheep." This fairgirl next ap pears ; and, after certain civilities and gal lantries of Jacob, which mark the honesty, Simplicity, and tendernefc of undebauched ■nsnner* and pa floral times, he informs the damsel, with whom he is foddenly enamour ed. of their affinity ; and the youthful ad mirer of Rachel is announced tc the son of Nahor. Laban batten* to meet his fugitive nephew, atid, with apparent /ranknefs Cordiality, brings him to his house. In a rro ith, Jacob becomes wholly :n this family. At length, this avaricious Jew, tn a spirit of lpeculation, not unwor thy ot the prefect age, begins to drive an artful bargain wjth Tiis unftjfpefling inmate. After insidiously hinting that the ties ofcon fanguinity ought no? to induce him to a gratuitous service, Laban demands his price, j and the generous and lovesick swain, replies " yorr daughter." It must here be noted, that Laban had two daughters, and that there was no small difference in their perfonil at traftions, for" Leah was tender eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured." Now, I will not torment myfelf, and puzzle my readers, with the different and jarring explanation of grave commentators, defining the epithet applied to Leah. From the op position of the elaufes, it is extremely ctcar ■ that one of the damsels was homely and tk' other exquisitely beautiful. Jacob chole like a lover, and condoled like a very fond one. He prefers Rachel, and stipulates for a septennial servitude as the price of her fa ther's consent, and her affedlion. Laban re plies in ablunt and Squire WefVern /lyle, that is was better that Jacob should have her than anybndyelfe ; and thecontract is made. Notwithstanding the extreme length of this period of amorous probation, to the captiva ted youth it seemed, in the charming lan guage of the original, but a few days, for the love he had to her, A modern lover would have been tired in seven days, but every viciflitude of seven years found Jocob's heart the fame. Of this prolix eourtfhip she lafl day, a day of jubilee to Love, at length is numbered. Jacob claims his wife. La ban ostentatiously invites his neighbours, and the wedding banquet and bridal couch ire spread. The knavery of Jacob's unworthy y/icle now appears. During the gaiety of nuptial carousals, when the head of an Erdent bridegroom would, in fonie d.'gree, dance to the bounding of his heart, and in the ob feurity of no&urnal hours, a surreptitious consort is treacherously conveyed to his apartment. The dawn reveals the cheat to infu'ted fondnefs ; for, in the morning behold it was Leah. " Ye, who listen with credulity to tW whispers of Fancy, and pwfue with eager ness the phantoms of hope," learn to he on your gtiard again# the cheating Lahan's of life, and rely not too implicitly on the ex pectation of clasping the Rachel of your joys. Ye know not what a night, and the cunning craftinefs of man, may bring forth. Some unlucky accidents may rufti between you and expected bliss. Think not, good '-afymen, when ye ile-p and dream of de -I'ght, that the powers of deception are nod ding too. No > they are broad awake, and, perhaps, maliiioufly aAive. See, they are | sllrea y bnfy, detaining yowr Rachel, and, ' in the morning, ye mud be doomed to dif- , appointment, and perctive nothing but a t i.ea l i fo r your confola ion. 'thwarted passion is always like a dart : \ . * m trough the Jim. But difappointrnents in lien a half of dollars, to support tit late con l.iv® art like a whole quiver. They terrihly the revolutionary war. this tt» patrijtilm, lacerate the feeling heart. Of all the fuffer- which a " would applaud. To gain Z's""" -?r W* Jicob '' bi ."t I ■ • Violently enamoured with of Walhington, crowned with fuecels. But it is a lovely (heperdefs, he has not oi'ly to ob- no less glorious to maintain that i'iii*perice. tain the '* flow leave" of a timid virgin, but w ' ,eil °ur independence is infulrcd, its very must toil for the tardy and remote consent of J. xifitnfct,lrcatene d. thefmall pittanceof two mil. a m ferly fire. To this irksome and iV- n % W l' ifh onc . oi our S J taios "**/• ca ? P 3 ?' • • c . r i r i • rV * nc f'ogle year, >«regretted to (fr/fWthaMnderen n'r j i" 3 exa "' on J at;o b submits. He dence. When the Erglifh wcrethe aggressors, too ! " fcdlfce sheep, and penned tjie fold," and ?rea<&pric» «o*ld not be paid to preserve a Liber bartered lev re labour for the smiles of love. an t ' ne ever yet imposed upon the people, a mounts only to two millions, double of which only one Tingle state can pay without distress, so allowed by the father himfelfof Democra cy Even these two millions are not annually to be contributed. The tax is designed to sc complifh others than pecuniary puipofes. A mong other designs. it afoertains the wealth of the whole nation. It may answer one demo cratic purpose, that of ascertaining how large contributions an army of Sanfrulottesmay levy on us, when we (hall be divided and overrun by th«m, like the European Republics. Be sides, this very tax was the result of French fraternal [infernal] fpoliatlons. [ij Call ulating the taxable property in Vir ginia at this rime, to consist in articles of slaves, cattle, pleasure carriages, taverns, lands and houses merely, it will amount to 400,700.000 of dollars According to the CongrefEonal mode of apportionment among thefeveral fUtes, they are nearly in value as follows. The whole taxable property of Virginia is nearly - Dots. 4041,000,003 Newhampfhire .... 90,3^,396 Massachusetts - - Rhode-Island - 4^,000,000 Connefticut - - - , 150,743,066 Vermont ... 54.108,100 New York ... 216,96 a, 400 New-Jertey ... 109,6 c 7.300 Pennsylvania - - 274,510.667 Delaware ... 3Ji»3o,t 13 Maryland ... 60,897,250 Kenruckey - - - 45»430-003 N. Carolina • - ai4,oas,iij S. Carolina ... 130,819,140 Tennefee - - 14*534,700 Georgia ... 4J«943»330 The whole taxable property of the United States, without including the newest parts of theirterritory, at a calculation, it is presumed, not "very far from the truth, amounts to about 2,iro millions of dollars.—A tax of one per cent, upon this sum, though Mr. Jefferfon af j ferted Virginia was ab'e to pay one and a half, in the time of the last war, would raise upwards of tiuer.ty two millions of dollars. The pre sent nation) tax does not, therefore amount to one eleventh part of oor pecuniary ability to pay. This one eleventh part is still further dimimfh edbyindirefl taxes chiefiy, the tribute ofthe rich and voluptuous. The revenue of our nati on, in 1798, amounted to nearly ftvtn and an half millions of dollars. Accurate information would make «Pose blush, who complain of the very moderate wlntsand demands ofthe most temperate, most cheap government on earth. [-, ] Mr. JefTerfoß enforced the idea that it was ajreat duty u> Virginia to raise oumelly one n^il- ELECTION. ALL jhofe of (be inhabitants of th« County by law, qualified to vote for Members of Aflembly, and who are de sirous that JAMES ROSS, Esq. of Pittf burgfi, should succeed the present supreme Magistrate, as Governor for the Common wraith of Pennfylvar.ia, are requeued to neet at t!ie houle of Charlrt Stuart, in Doylftrwn.on Saturday the 17th of Augufl next, for the purpose of confulling what further measures may be necessary for pro. moling the tleftion «f Mr. Roft. HENRY WYNICOOP, Chairman »f the Bucks Ctunty Corrtfpvnding Cemm'nttee. July 8, 1799. Unseated Lands in Luzerne County. THE owners of unseated lands Luzerne county (Penn.) are hereby notified, that unlef* the taxes due on said lands for the year 179&, are paid into the hands of General Lord Butler, County Treafltrer, on or before the aoth day of Augufl next, they will b: ad vertifed for sale a< the law diretfts r John Phillips, I John Jenkins > Co»rty CommiiVi Thomas Wright j CoijimifSoners' Office, Wilkeftirre, ji.ly r»'99 } dtaoA STOP THE RUNAJVAT. RUNAWAY from the fubferiber thaaift inft. a negro man, about 5 feet 8 trthe^igti, very Wfll made, aad active, answers to the name of C®far (but bit indented name is JACOB PO"W -ELI.) ha» a particular fear or eat on his forehead, and it about 10 years of age—Had on when h« went away a grey-mixture coat and blue panta loons and black hat | hfubjeA to drink, and when drunk is foolifhly mad. Whoever focurcs the said lervam,fi> that he may be had again, (hall he gruetoufly rewarded", and reasonable eharg% paid by Capt. FRANU3 POWELL, no. 31, north Fifth street N B. Adj perfori or persons harbosrinjj the said fervam /ball be prosecuted to the utmost rigor of the law. July f6 ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Jedidiah Snowrien deceafed,are reqaetted to make pay. ment to either of the fubfcrihers.and those having any demands on the fame to produce their accounts for settlement. ANNSNOWDEN, Adminiflratrix. ROBERT SMITH, ") „ ISAAC SNOWDEN,; " ecuto "- july_B ALL persons indebted to the Estate of the Rev Gilbert t T. Snow Jen detcafed late of Cranber ry in the Stale of New Jersey, are requeued to make paymeHt to the fuhferiber, and those having any o (n)' lawnm IS OFFERED FOR SALE, (if speedily applied for) AV ALUABLE pareel of Land in Ann Arun del county, not i«r ftafi the city »f An napolis and about 30 miles from the city of Wash- Hilton. On one of these trafls is a most elegant two story brick Dwelling House, 4 rooms on a floorbeautifully situated in an excellent and healthy neighborhood— body of Land will he fold in lots or in a large body. There are several ten ements on said Trad wbich runt for fotnetb'Ug considerable per ann. A further defcriplion ; i dedmed unnecelfary. Apply to tt s prirter. June 1. Will be Sold by Audlion, At the Mircbaxft C'JJle For account of the tunkrwriters, » FrcdericklLurg Packet, Ssi'S&aLaying at Hxmilcon't wharf, A+out five hundred barrels burthen, live oak and cedar frame. SHANNON b* POALK, Auct'rs july 15 dtwec! Just Received, and for Sale by PAUL BECK, Jr. No. ii, South Water Strfft, Patent Sheathing Copper, Trom 16 oz. to 24 as per fcdt, inches, inches- Copper in fhcet* 48 bv 94 from 6to 3®IH, pr fheat do. do. 51 a 6 6 37 b., <}o. do, do. 60 30 8 60 lb. do. do. do. 6c 3S 70 S. feel disposed to promote the clef) ion of Mr. Ron, ire particular ly frqw.Oed to meet at the hcufc lately occupied by John Wcntz, in W-hitpain Townftip, on Satur day the 17th inllvu. Mont' * TRADING under the Firms of Ha*TIHORNI, Laroi (5* Co. »Bd Jasst (5* Ro. IMf Wain, wixtilTolnd i mo. ill, 1798, and the partfter&ip (raHing under the firm of Harts ■oßVt W Laio*, was indebted to either of the ab»y« firms 'are resetted tt make immediate pay ment, and these tint have demand* to prtfeot their account*. 10. Ijth Four Nurses end a Gate keeper, at tie Alms House and House of Employment, TWO mfn who have beep atcuflomed t« nurs ing and fuptiintentfing £tk room*; and tfto careful women of the fttne description. Alfa a fttady man rj gate keeper, producing fatisft&ory recommendation*, may find employment on ap plication (without delay) ro LUKE W. MORRIS, or) Com.oftbe CHAS. PLEASANTS, S managers. July 9 d6t THE SUBSCRIBER K HAVING been appointed adminiflrator to the edate of the rev. JOHN WADE (de ceased) late of New Jersey NOTICE ic hereby given to all pcrfoni indebted to the said estate, to make immediate payment to the fubferiber, and ihofc who have any demands against the fame, to render their accounts without delay, properlj attested Edward, Thompson, no. 1 j i, Market ftrect dim tawtf. j"'r '3 An excellent Stand for Bulinefs And possession immediately given. THAT valuable stand for bufi nef> at the head of ChefterJCent county, Maryland confining of a hrick flor« house, 10 feet by (lories high, three rooms on a floir, well appor tionedfor bufineis, two twenty feet rooms for the reception of grain, and a counting room, and thr • rooms for goods, with an excellnet cellar und r the whole, compleatly garnered off for fait and pickling pork, with a log corn crib adjeiniog, 10 feet by 40 —This stand is Gmated In the htndfon e ! and most adrantag«ons part of the town for busi ness und the pfofpeil of returning good crops of wheat in the oounrry around the head of Chester Hill tend to make it more defirablc to those inclin ing ta purc'nafc For terms.ipply to rticffri. I mi Hcllmgtwrli V Jf New-Jcrfey, June s6, '99. f july 9 dim lawfiwi ON prExixc, v 8 Vdnck,,- • CHARLES BIDDI.E. HENRY BENBRIDGE. 'uly 8 (»1) dfit count) THE PARTNERSHIP WANTED, FOR SALE, NOTICE. As* 'Sdinfres -Jbr •,Coi£%'. : ®SlK''jwfly* «r,e gvir.o coyntfy,# TOON,© m>MAN, wK *»f|- *ec»aw«i#p£ ?,«i(l. whb h?,» !g« M*Al» .«MS>er l » bvlaitftr Eiumir* 1 at the, ihiftl.faolfCt wcft of £%» JMj sb« n«rtj» fidf T™ , .v - vav.,.< •'. - :-^4 TO BE SOLD, A IOT of Land containing two and an half situate in tke manor of Moorland, Mont» ry county, not far distant from the Newton road about 15 mil" from Philadelphia, 00 which it ltd a good Stone Dwelling Houf% Stone S Hot>fe, and Frame Stable. On thia place ii a garden, with every kind of vegetables, and a bearing orchard of the bed grafted fruit, such ai vest and wintct apples, peara, cherries, mulbe and quinces. The crop in the ground confi] corn, flax, potatoes and clovrr. 7he situation i ry healthy, and bring ir. the neighborhood of a>) stores and flour mills, makes it a defireabli chafe for arty ptrfon wishing t« secure a fumra treat at a fniall expense, PofTeffioncan be hat mediately. For further particularssoplv to EDWARD BONSALL, No. 64, Dock fire N. 3. Ont acre of excellent woodland adjo the above may alio be had. July 9. dt ALL PERSONS INDEBTED to the late Jefrpb Henry Jofptr t t'r'- ctafed, are requeued to make immediate pay. meat; and all perform having demands againil fyid are deCred to furnifh their acccußtt to the fu!>fcrit.er. sn'r5 n 'r is THAT I have applied by petition to th« of the Court of Common Plfa» of the county of Northumberland for the henefit »f the insolvent a<3, ?nd they have appointed the 4th Monday in Arfgijft to hear me and my creditors at ronrt in Sunbury, at which time and pine they may attend if they thir.k proper. J !W J u 'y ?. t '799 Twenty Dollars Rcviard. DESRRTEU from the barracks at Reading, in the night of the sth July, 1799, the follow ing soldiers in the 1 ith regiment ir the fervrce of the United Stat™. limn Brittm Soil, a private, Wn in Cheflrr covinty, 15 year, of age, 1 fact S inches and 3.4 high, dark complexion, brown eyes and long black hair which he commonly wears tied close to his head,by occupation a farmer :heit a ftotit, good looking fellow, and conGderably marled with the small pox, i 6 much addi&ed to liquor, and very a* hufiv* when intoxicated; he was dreflad in full infantry uniform except hit hat—lt h ttpeflei that he will change bis dr fs as he stole a plain round hat and a number of citizeM' cloaths. Alio, Jam,, M'Mullen, born in the county of Antrim,,in Ireland, 36 y«ars of age, J feet 7 inchet and l-i high, fair completion, grey eyer, fliort brown hair, which is very thin upon the croivn of hit of thin visage and a very plejfaat conn, tefiance 5 by occupation a farmer, and wat drttfed in full infantry uniform. Chairman. Jrstd dim The above reward and rrafonahje exp*iK£t%(jt' he paid to any jwrfon who (ball ipprehend ni asnfine in any goal, or delhrtr to any ofieer i|Wl* fertice of the United Statw, the above dcfcr&aj d«fertti»,or tea dollartand rxpuncct lor either d them. lieutenant nth United States Regimen RcoJirjt, j»iy. 7 (,o) Juit Published, And to bf fold by the Proorietor, JEREMIAH PAUL, No. 35, South Fourth Street; dim By Haae Praifon, No. IC9, Mitket-Srceci Renjaoifa DlVitt, No. 681 Market-street: John Ortnrod, No. 41, ChefnnNflreei; WilW»m |onc«. N0.30 North Fourth-ftrctt 1 and by Jofepk Moore, No. 1, Whiie-Horfe Alley,— Tat CHILD'S ASSISTANT; Cootliniog the firft principles of Arithmetic, adapted to the capacities of Youth. A /ISO, A COLLECTION OF COPIES For the use of Schools. Alphabetically arranged, with direQiens prefixed for holdim the Pen. To which ia added, approved forms of feceipts, Billa, Orders, Bills of Bxchao(e Bonds tad Conditions, Award, (3c. Also, ibecum fnon Tables uled in Arithmetic The tablet may be bad fcparately for the ttfaof chil dren at leifurc hours. (f3" A good profit will be allowed ID Retailers. 6ih mo ill, 1799, seSat6w. WILLIAM COBBITT nil J VST TUBLISUKO (>RICE I VOL. JO CINTt) Br William Girmnn, Esyytse. To which is prefixed, A POETICAL epistle to the author By an Ajmrican Gthtieman. ' [ln introducing this celr'urp.tcd work to the Oe*« tlcmen and Ladies ef America, I bare en 'eavßrfd to give it a drcfa proportioned to its ililtingxiflicd merit, ond to the ta-eof those for whose imufe merit and rfeliffht it i> intended. No expeace has keen spared in the publication; and I flitter.nyfclf that the work doer not yield, either in p&fer «t print, to any an* ever published in America This edition ha* an aver some former ones, as it contains by way of m>t*i, the minor ionsof the author ; and, ii has an advaa» tage over every other edition, i.i tT.c Pmthal EfiJIU, which is prefixed to it, and which mull be «•- ti finely gratifying to every lover of literature in this country, as it is a pro«C that there are Ameri cai>« who hare the taste to ardmije, the jufbtf t« applaud, and the talents to rival the Geniuses oi other nations. Sonx Copies have betn f-nt on to Mr. Sm ervitb, MaidcnLane, New York, alio to Wir', J.ill jßaltimore, and to J\%r. Charltjton, l<