m %\)t dsa3ette. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 20. Juftum et unaccm propofiti virum, No" cifium ardor prava jubentium, Non vnltus inftartis tyranni, Mente quatit folida. THE Moral Dispensary. Uc filvx foliis pronos mutantur in annas, Prima cadnnt ; ita verborum vetus intent xtas. Et juvenum litu floreßt mod 6 nata, vigemque. Dcbemur morti no« noftraqut. Viv-jtrx mr/i, tils vernal //,:*»«, Spring ufi an J crowd off the old: for they, like uj, are Jubje£l to dijeafe mad death. HORACE, who, in old time, irnufed himfel and ipftrulWd others in moral fub jfif\s, f ii-d not, like the lirft occupant of ■an un fettled country, to wizc ana improve the mod productive fpcts in the wide field of human mttuhand human things. Among innumerable other things, plenl'ant and ufe ful, he did not omit to record *he trail and mortal mature ot' the language i f hii age and country. That of our own is not less it). In every part, from the limple founds of ■which words are composed, 1 to the fublinveft figures of poety and oratory, the whole sys tem tsexprled to violent -diftortious, muti lations, perversions, di {locations, and every other species ot dilorder. Utility is the pVimary object of language. Yet, it is not, of nrceiiity, a mere drudge or paclc-lwrfe, fit only to transport our thoughts, in a ilnmfy manner, from one per ion to Another ; but is capable of* being improved into a commodious aria richly ornamented vehicle, adapted, equally, to the purpol'cs of Heredity and ofpleafure. Yet, such are the J'antaliit ni ornaments or the gross deformi ties bestowed upon it by the unlkilful, that propriety and elegance fem to have been hanilhed or proscribed by those who would be thought inoit to encourage and promote them. To treat the fubjeft, in its full extent, ■would far exceed the limits prescribed to this paper. 1 (hall, therefore, for the pre sent, confine my remarks to the mod elemen tary paits of it: and if I fatceed in (hewing the absurdity ot the present fafiiionable mode of pronunciation, I lhall, by that means, re move tl.e rubbifli which lies in the way of my future progress. The firlt requisite, in pronuniation, >s to be understood : and, as words are fome;imes to be acldrefled to the eye as welt as to the ear, in order that founds, and the charatters tifed t# denote them, may be so mutually as sociated in the mind as that each may excite t'.ie idea of the other, it is requisite that fimil r founds (ho.uld, as far as possible, be rrpre fented by the fame chambers'. lf> the at tainment of these two ends, uniformity, both in fpcUing and pronunciation, is iijdifpenfi bly necelfary. lu fnboruinatieft to these, it is the part ef wisdom to seek, " to find out acceptable words such as, fey the melody of their found, may gratify the ear, at the fame time that they inform the mind ; and, by means of that, may render the ideas, which they convey, the ciore impreflive. So great, however, is the caprice of man kind, and so prevalent the rag:; for novelty, that thele fundamental maxim; are continu ally subject to invasion and violence. Every friend to the requisite liability of the Englifli' language, as well as every admirer of fmoocli tiefsand fluency of found, cannot but regret the innovations which have heen recently made, and are daily increfiang, in the pro nunciation of our woids. The powers of the refpeftive letters,which, being originally borrowed from another lan guage, were never perfectly'adapted to tlie founds t.f cur own, have, by caprice, become so whimficaUy changed, interchanged and Confounded, that the natural founds of a large proportion of them, no longer bear tie lenft rcfrmblance to tnofe which are falhiou ably impnfed upon them. What renders the inconvenience the greater, is, the tot.il w?nt of uniformity and coufittency in the innovations theuifrlvvs. 1 hey are not only so confined to particular parts of the coun try as to render the language of one town or ene (late almol! unintelligible in another; fcitt, are like wife so limited to particular ■words, to the excluiion of others of a pre cisely Citiil.tr kind, as totally to baffle every attempt which might be made to accommo date rules t6 the prevailing pronunciation. To give an inftanee : It may be proper t-nough, for aught that I know, to pro nounce the words due, duty, conduce, ahd many others »f the fame kind, as though spelling whh a j, yue, July, cciy'iice. &c.. though', niethinks, it smells too strongly of tbe revolutionary trick i of the present age, thus wantonly to depart from the language of our fathers, and unnecessarily to fwcll the number of words, already too great, which agree in found, wlule they widely d.ffcr in spelling and figmficatirn. But ftirely, con- Jiftencv fliould extend the innovation to all words of the fame class ; and peifons who pronounce in that manner flihald faynibi cus,_/uke,_/'ukedoin, in stead of duluou;, duke, dukedom. After this hint, probably the iove of mc - ]«dy alone, aside from the consideration of analogy, -will induce those who poflefs nicer ears than myfelf, to rejeft such harsh and un couth founds as duck, dug. dulness, dudgeon, dutches* and dnngeon ; and to adopt, in tlieir stead, the foft and smoothly flowing words y'uck, jag, yulnefs, ;'udgeon, _/utchefs and yungeon. The want of uniformity does ftot (top, even here. The fame person, at different times, and under different circumftanccs, will pronounce the fame words in so differ- ent a manner, that they can fcartely be re cognized as belonging to the fame language. I know a celebrated belle, who, in theadt ofextorting admiration, from lifteningbeaus, and equal envy, from less brilliant constella tions of iurroundiflg beauty, will rife Supe rior to ewery wulgar found in the English language; and pour from her lips such u ritls of oily eloquence," as the melryuj Apollo himfrlf could not * 1 e encourap/.ment, the present numbei of diftin® 'founds m> j- be so reduced as ,o | T|)e Gc)Ve ,„ ment of Jama ; ca having d, rencer no inore tnan five 9 r fix c ,a,aa f , = , rfflf that ai l French n.groca Ihould be neceflary to , pell every Mr or J ... the language I f fr()m { , iat ifljnJ on£ thousand per . -and, at the fam,e t.nre the pronunc.at.en | f of defcri tinn , werc embarked th of■ " ™ny different wnrds wi ■ become ex- . . f p, brua £ Kiugfton, for Mart actly the tame, as wonderfully to oblige , . , n '., , many public (peaktrs, by detiroying the j m< l uc an ri,il a * ; ground of that invidious diitin&ion, which | certain very wife men r.fiedt to make, be- j tween thole who speak to be heard, and thofi: that fpe.lt tot>e understood. . as REPRESENTATIVES How will it gladden the lovers ot muhc to have their ears universally greeted with j luesday-, March 18. r.ich Superlatively mdnjm founds, as sba- j The House proceeded to the confideratioi acrintend, stnperflruc-ciure, 5/iupplis.ile, ! 0 f t |, c Relblution of"the Senate, requeftitij sounlhme, tiuireier, jiuppcr, coii/nce, a conference on the bill relative te export :ony'u£t, in/ufti v, and a thousand others of to New Orlians-—and appointed three mana . siimilir mujiiea! nacinre ! Even the j g ers j) n their part. word dueller, which has fa long been a dif- Mr. S. Smith, frpm the. Committee o {race to the language, and so often excited g omm er« and Manufactures, to whom wa •joth contempt and abhorrence in the bread rcferied the f-vera! petitions of the I.ihrar; if honed men, is in a fair way to be digni- Companies of.New-York and Baltimore,api aed to ail equal rank with one which Ins u s j. Brown, of Charlefion, S. C. prayinj cmg been used to denote an til'eful mechanic : the remission of duties or, books, importe. in elevation dewutljr to be wished ! In the f or „fc : of furnjry musical inftrumen "ame manner, the ward duel itfelf, long makers, and MaflUtaflurers of coach-trim •endered opprobrious by the charafters ot' \ iCi p'rayi'ig • duty may be laid 01 hose with.whom it has been connected, will the importation of laid articles., equal to >e transformed into a harmL-fs and pretty oiiibiriru- made report, that it would b » r '- inexpedient t.> grant, the prayer of.the fail A few days since, a youn , lady, aW.it potions, and that they rclpeflively hav lineteen years of age, was lent, by her pa- i,, withdraw, the sam?. ents, to the dispensary, fir the purpoii: of ]„ th j s rPpur t the House concurred. >eing cured of an inveterate affectation. j/jr. trcnl , t ; )C Committee to whon fhediforder had rilen to furh rj heighfasto w;is re f itifullv distorted, J every motion ot her .....e ~t ;m:e, to e-:'rn:! tent's c: it'.Ji >ody and evciy fcu.'.d of her voice maiiifcjl' by |jw, on f,id aiti'-ies. y affiffled. * Read and cnnc6:r.-d in. Finding the disorder thus de(-»ly rooted, i Mr- t> ,. n Committee of De [ set mylel!, with all convenient expedition fVnc r( . porw d a hill for the regulation o o "dumufter a renie'.ie. I prepared a com- |'. n;lU , v , ; which wa lo'fition by means of which I intended, in a firft and , Vc „. a time, and sommitu. he fir« Pl.cc, to bra.,, „f a n.im-j lor TllllrlVi .. ier ot ta!f- ideas of beau'y a'ld gracetolnefs, ; M ,._ p JrUr tJle onfi„ifh v!„el, 1 peie.av-d to be ferreted in and • pc . n .. Ji:t a f vr ti.e purp-ie t bout the p.neal s .urtd. 1 h.s medicine 1 i takimr u tk . ref olu , ion w fcir.h he ve!terjn M-lered her to take at r- "j'-.r mtervals, and j ; - t ] K t0 :! ,/c hrefted her, while uuoer the ejeration, to C1 ..., v c , Vnitr-d Stat ic particularly watchful of_ her :,fti„D and I , V| , j[t . c lifted. »t pilible, except in ray .pretence# isv tneie i ~ - t , r ... r , \ j. t , - not be taken fin to cob ('deration unUl lAin pwlications to her unaertfaiKlW>e\ which 13 1 . . . . , . ~ ... , ti a. a; official information received upon th laturally remarkablv 2oofi, 1 hoped to recti- , . - c . c \ i- 1 , 1 n j.l ' • r n . iubi.afrom the S-.Oretr.rv ct the Navy, up V tne taste and thws, raelirallv, to remcre J , r . • u 1 11 . . ~ T • on which resolutions could be grounded he complaint. but 1 was near to oeing _ ~ . . . .. , . c u . . r p , . r u . In his opinion, tne rcioiutton ot tlv° hon nti rely fruit rated in my purpole, by a rc- *• T , r, c , , j cli j• rentlcinau did not go tjr enpufifn. It ha ufal ot the you no- lady to follow the direc- p . , a . , . , t j, sr l r 1' been said% that a young ornc-r had voluu 10ns. I the necellitv of compliance, 1 & , . . .. ... . . T lj 1 ' 1 • 1 tardy loi\ his lite, rather than (brink iron riling her tnnt I could be under no induce- . . . . , u. ki 1 . T a j, r his duty, which he thought ought to bt nent to deceive her, as I expected, For my , ... ,• • • i , 1 1 . .1 ♦ notices—and wa3 in tavor or givmu; lusap rouble and expencc, no reward but that j r 1 n: a a c .11 r r i r probation of the conduct ot the etneers and vh;ch flows from the pieaiure ot beheßcting 1 , , . r 1 0 crew, in more general terms than the reto -1 w j;,- . lution on the table cowtemplated. She Hill, however, declined the medicine . 1 . A/r ~ , . ' -c i r -i Atier tome oblervations lrcnn Meiirs wd, with an artificial limpei in her coun- .. , 1T . •» . • 1 u « n 11 ,A Champlm and Harper, who were or cn i riance, accompar. Ed by a ihrillrels and Ifping in her voice, she replied, u Indeec '""thank y„u kt-indly, Doflor, for your Mr. Parker W, h; did not suppose generous intentions ; but incited, it has such doubt could ex.fc upon this ti.bjeft, lumcun a mile tafle, that 1 can never TO „r4„rr to to require any further miormat.on than ha, take it without knowing the luciurc and hsen received throu.xh t.ie niei.u.rn o t wirciue of it: I can't indeed, Doflor." He had Teen a letter m th I told her I would readily give her any poffeliion ct the S-c:;tary et i.ie fvaiy, trot explanation in my power-;—" but, as to Cap;. Baker, ot the D-Liware, who hai vencbcring, or wenching, or whatever you every opportuuity of knowing tl-.e itu.itioi call it, I know not how to underttand you ; °f the enemy'# frigate, was m the fame hai and can only assure you that the medicine boor, and in the fame bafon,and being has no improper tendency." ■ nautical man, was of course able to g,ve from the eameftnefs with which I fpokc, con-eft opinion of her then Utuatnm, an, flie feared that 1 had taken affront, and the evident murk? of tse bravery ef her an chose to produce a reconciliation hy fwal- Mgoiwft with whom fhc* contended t»w lowing a dole \vithcut farther delay. was fufiicie.it to fatisfy his mine... Inpatient to know what wonld be the If, said Mi .P. gentlemen think the Te effedt, as f ion as I thought the operation solution does not go f»r enough, there is ik began, I put into her hand a bible, which one who will more cheerfully concur -.11 offer lay near me, and requeftcd her to read.! ing other teftiinonies of approbation thai While engaged in this exercise, a farmer of | myfeif. With refpeft to the young ofiicer," my acquaintance happened to open the door,' whole (rallsntry and good conduft had beei and my fair patient, direfling her eyes to-fo highly spoken of, it was his intention t> wards him, at the kmc inttant pronounced . ofMr . J ames Jarvu, of New-York, sn these words from the book: " ciurn ye, on feoar( j the Ccnfiellanon in :lie ch ciurn ye, for why will ye die !" ; gigeqnenf of the !ft Fth. who was killed hy the •It Jhovld lie perturbed. I la, ' is S of tic mast ' The hontS countryman, who had never before heard the fuii .d of cb infleid of t ill this particular word, entirely miflook the purport of the exclamation ; and, with no little surprise replied, " I have butter enough at twin?, and will bring the l)o£lor as much as he wants) to-morrow : so that there will be no uccafion to wait for us to CHURN." This lingular adventure contributed very much to accelerate the'operation of my me dicine ; and I was happy to find, that by the next morning, the symptoms of the disor der were so much abated as to promise a speedy recovery. SOLOMON SIMPLE, r. m. d. COMMUNICATION THE STATUE OF GOLD, Whin the cloven.footed apostate Bifllop of Autun was in New Yoik, as American G ntleman, who was on terms of feme in timacy with him, aiked, What he really thought of the French revoluiion—and whether France was capable of, and whe ther he thought he would succeed in sus taining a republican form of government ? to which he anfttered, " On my lift Sir, I cannot fay. The metal is in a (late of fu fion, but whether it will produce a Devil or Statue of Gold it uncertain. Time mufl (hew. S>uery Is the new conlliiution, formed by Sieyeu, this Statue of Gold ? The Legiflaiure of Pennsylvania adjourn tdon Monday la&,J!nedie. The motiou for removing the feat of Go vernment to this city, was not taken up af ter it was laid on the table of the house of reprefeniatives. CONG RESS. fame opinion, have brought forward a resolution, for fit- ( wa& then read a 2d time, committed to a ting np his Bull in a Nich of tlieMpitwl of ( committee of the whole hotrfe, and ordered the city of Washington. 1 |to be printed. Mr. P. concluded with observing. that ; Mr. Grifwold prefe'.ited a memorial of the he had no objections to the call kbvjated his obje«nions, and the bill better slate of security from so great a ca was agreed to as amended, and ordered to l a mity. be ce. d a third time to-morrow. Referred to the Committee of Commerce A njeffage was received from the Prefi- aKC ] Manufactures, dent of the United States by his Secretary, Mr. Gregg presented a memorial of Oli- Mr. Shaw, informing the House that the ver Poltock, which was read and referred to President did yetterday approve and Ggn the the Committee of Claims, p. ft intitled " aft declaring the sffent of Mr. Grifwo'.d observed, that so much Cingrels to certain ads of the Hates ot been said in the public papers, relative Maryland, and Georgia. to the increase of the public debt, calcala- Mr. P.srker moved that the House come to mislead the citizens of the United to the following resolution, viz. Stares, that he conceived an investigation Resolved, That the Secretary ot the CU gbt to take place, and would therefore be retjuefled to lay any informrtlon he may poflVfi relprdViitg R e f„] ve d, That a committee be appoint the engagement wh;ch lately took place in cd tJ^ e accounts of the United the "Weft Indies, between the United States States relating to the publie debt, and to frigate Constellation, and a French Ih pol )e p or t whether the'fame has been increased • war—and also respecting the conduct of Qr (JJminifhed since the establishment of the James Jarvis, a midshipman on board the prf f fnt cotiftitutiori. said frigate. Ordered to lit on the table. Mr. S. Smith moved, to (Irike out the jjp U f e wcnt iivo committee (f the words in Italic, which created considerable who , e Q|) , be r( of , he comm J,, e e of debate ; when Mr. Bird proposed to mfert c | aima> on the petition of the corporation in lieu thereof, the following words,— of Rhode . and thc rc f.,l ut ; nn rcport . " and olfo upon the conduS of any officer or fd committee authorifirg compen otber per/on on board said figale, who may fgt|(Jß for damages sustained dir.irg the oc. have particularlyJign Jmtd themfehes w the cupation of that ed ,fi ce fcy t h e American said aSion which Mr. B. fuppofcd would t( waß agreed to, after some debate, meet the intention of the mover, and be less ayfJ and , he Committee of Claims in liib'e to objeftion than the words proposed j^ n ,^ cd t o bring in a bill pursuant thereto, to be lti\ck en out. . Adjourned. ' " ' Mr. Parker having contented to the mo *'" J dificat on, thc resolution wap agreed to Mr. S. Smith obtained leave for Robert and Walter Colquohn, to withdraw their petition, which had been referred to the Committee of Commerce and MamifaQures. A committee was appointed to bring in a bill in pursuance of the resolution autho rising a division of the North Western ter ritory. The house went into a committee of the whole on the bill supplemental to the aft intituled an a£l for an amicable settlement of limits of the State of Georgia, and for authorising the eftablithment of a Govern ment in the Miffifippi territory—when Mr. Claiborne moved two additional sec tions to the bill, one of which abrogates the power of the Governor of that Territo ry, to prorogue the Legislature at his plea fure,—upou which a very long debate took place. Both resolutions were finally agreed to, 52 members voting in favour of each of them; the committee roft, and upon the quelliOß, will the house concur in the report of the committee In their agreement to said additional feflions, it palled in the affirma tive. Ytas 54 —Nays 37. The bill was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. Mr. D. Foster, from the committee of claims, made a report on rhe petition of Amy Darwin. This petition renews the old claim f r payment to be m.ide for the horse Romulus. The report contains a par ticular (lavement of faft9, and agreeably to thefortn;r report and docifion of the house, is agiinfl the claim of the petitioner. The report was referred to a committee of the whole house, and made the order of the day for to-morrovv. Adjourned. Wednesday, M • rch 19. Leave of abfencc for two weeks, wa? asked and i.btained for Mr. iS.iyard. The bill entituled «• an aft fnpplemcntary to the aft, entituled an aft for an amicable fettUlnent of the limits <>f the State of Georgia, and author'ling t* e eftahlirtiment of a government in the MifU'nppi territo ry," and the bili entituled 4< an aft to ex tend the privilege of obtain" g patents for ufefvl discoveries and iuvewtiuiis to certain persons therein mentioned, and to enlarge and define the penalties for violating the privileges of patents," were refpeftively read a third tim- and paflcd. The bill entituled '* an aft to enable the Frefident of the United States to borrow money fcr the public serviCe," was read a third time, and upon the question, shall this bill psfs ? it wa» carried. yes 52 —Noes 39. Mr. D. Foster, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of John Anders »nd Bridget his wife, who prayed for the payment of a sum of old con tinental bills ilfued during the revolutionary war. The report was agai i(I the petition and was agreed to by the house. Mr. Champlin presented a pe'.ition of Godfrey Wendel, praying compensation for damages sustained during the revolutionary war, which was read and referred te the committee of the whole house, to whom was referred the report of tie Committee of Claims, on the petition of Thomas Freth ingham and others. Mr. S Smith from the Committee-os Commerce and Manufaftures, reported a bill so. the relief of John Collet, which 'was read a firlt and second time, and ordered to be engrofied for a third reading to. morrow. Mr. O'is, from, the Committee of De fence, reported a bill a mi litary acadttty, a r 'd sos t he btttrr organi zing a corps of lrtiljeriJU and engineers, which was ? read a firrt lime—whereupon Mr. Macon moved, that ihe'bill be re jefted ; after considerable debate, the quef lion wai loft ayei 4*, noe3 49 Ihe bill On Tuesday, in the Senate, the firft part of the lit resolution of the Committee of Privileges, which declares the publication contained in ihe Aurora, " falfe, scanda lous and malicious," was agreed to. Yeas 20, Nays 8. Yesterday a letter was received from the Hon Mr. Watson, (Senator from the state of New-York) announcing his resignation of his feat in that body ; whereupon, Ke folved, That the Prcfident of the Senate in form the executive of the state of New-York of the said resignation. %ift. Port of Philadelphia ARRIVED, Schr. Fanny, Eve, St. Thofnas 21 Sarah, Salter, N. Carolina 11 Sloop Jane, Shaw, PortCwouth, (N. H.) The following outward boOnd veflels lay at Reedy Jftand the 17th, Ship Planter, Jacobs, for Amity, M'Levan, Lovina, Stephenfon, Pacific, Salter, Alexander, Dary, Brig Hetty, Vaneman, F. Kebe, Brew ton, Express, Williams, Flora, Crefwell, Schr. Fancy, Winflow, Susannah, Johnfton, Experiment, Oaktord, Kitty, Gernmenv, No inward bound vefT-!* wt an eligible retreat tor the fajnily of any prrfim whose avocaiisnsre au;Ve daily at'e-. tion. for further particulars «i ---\,iu*irc ol »he fuVcri' «r No. ie J, Arch ftrcet, the ' fecund door belo*" fix'h Oreet, north fide. ROiiERT T. EV.U-'S. • st<3. M;.rth ' 9 Days Amsterdam Cork Londonderry Madeira St Thomas Amsterdam Antique C. Francois Nafiau St. Thomas Curracoa, N. Carolina iscover'd.