.. «-#«■ ■■ ■ - Philadelphia Academy. SAMUEL MAGAW, D. t>. Jfce&or of St Paul'tt church, and formerly Vice- Provost of the Uuiverfity of Pennsylvania, AND JAMES ABERCROMBIE, AM. One of the Assistant Miniftcrs of Christ church artd St. Peter's, INTEND TO OPEN, Olt TSutdaj tbe 15 tb of next month, ( April) 2ltt • consisting or ' 1. A N EngHflj Sch»ol, in which will be XX. taught Reading, Writing, F.nglifh Grammar, Composition, Elocution, and Na tural Hitler}. »d. A MatH&natieal School, in which Witt be taught Writing, Arithmetic, Mer eafatile. Accounts, Gebgnphy and the use of the ©lobes, Geometry and Trigonometry, with thcir application to Mensuration, Sur veying, Navigation, Nautical Astronomy, fee—Atf», the Principles of Mechanics, Algebra andFluxi®ns. ji. A CUBicjl School, in which will be taught the Latin, and Greek Languages, in (•njunftion with Chronology, Civil His tory, Rhetoric, Science. A well grounded conviftion ef the expe diency of the foregoing plan, has been osr principal indutement te undertake it. YVlien it is confldrred that this populous and.flou rilhinp Metropolis contains only one P;"biic InOitution on an extensive plan, and thai many of our youth are obliged to resort tc other StUes, to receive even a -Grammar School Education, the Seminary now pro posed, will, we trust, be regarded as eminent Jy ufeful. A&uated by these considerations, many gentlemen, friends to Science, and to Liter ary Eftablilhmentj, have urged, with great ■warmth, the prefrnt undertaking, and ex cited the mod flattering expectations of its success. Thus encouraged bf the countenance and promised aid of liberal men, no less than by a firm persuasion that well-regulated Aca demies have a most important influence upon manners, habits, and principles i it will be our earned endeavor so to-con duft this Seminary of Learning, as to fub f»rve the great Interests of Religion and Merality, to promote Decorum of Behaviour, Cor.ecknefs of Tafle, Liberality of Senti ment, and every other attribute of an inge nuous mind, wl>ch t in conna&ion with good principles, and found literature, con. ftitute the diftinguiflied ornaments of .the gentleman, andthe scholar. The building, engaged for this Academy, though affording exc»!lent accommodation, will be rrlinqsilbed for a more central ation, if such a change Ihould be found ne (tefljry. A maker of diftinpuifhcd abilitiei will be procured to eoadutt the Mathematical De partment* Ptrfontdefirous to heemployedas tut«*s in this Srmiwy, are requeued to apply, without delay, to either of the subscribers, to whom also parents wi/hing to fend their children, will please to make application. SAMUEL,MAGAW, Jf», 94 Arch Sreet. JAMES ABERCROMBIE, No. 101 Pine Street. Phllad. March 28. ADVERTISEMENT. •tat subscribers offer for sale. Two very valuable Farms, SITUATXO IN the tiwnOlip of Spring6eld, and county of Burlington, containing about two hun dred acres each. The Woodland and Meadow, of which there it a fufficient quantity, it sot inferior to any in the State. To attraA the notice of persons residing within the county of flurlington, deircut of purchaflng good land, 'tit only necefTary to mention th at these farms arc parts of that ex cellent iradl of laoo acre? lately owned by Samuel Bullus. Tbe tenrw of sale will be made convenient to the purcfufer and may be known by apply ing to the fabfcribers. Those who may wilh to view thr land, will pleciic to call on William or Israel Shuin, the prefeat occupants. SAMUEL HOUGH, JOSEPH McILWAINE, Jttorniti in fat! far John Bullui and Rutb Bullu. Burlington, New Jeriey, March j j, ißec. A SUMMER RETREAT. TO BE RENTED, A HEAT AND CONVENIENT HOUSE, ON the Frankford Road, two miles from the City, with a g«od Stable and Garden. Pos session may be hadimiriediately. For terms enquire of the march a£, TO BE SOLD, * ■ 'HkF.E or four lots ot about 30 or 4* aeres A each, more or less as may suit a pychafer. On each of which there is a good Gtuation for a house—viz. one on the fiver Delaware, suitable either for a gentleman's feat, or for a person *rho might wish to engage in the lumber business hav ing * landing. One commanding a good view oftht river trom the highest ground between the Pennypack and Pogueffin creeks ; and another on the Briflol Road. Enquire «f Mr. Gilpin near the 11 mile floneon the said road. ALSO FOUR LOTS, Of about >0 acres taoh with good fixations for bnildir.g ; on« of is fuitablefor a lan-yard, and bu a smalt fiont bouse and a young bearing •rchard on it, on the Newtown road near Slider's mill about 10 miles from Philadelphia, and one other lot of about jo seres on the Pcnaypack Enquire of Jonathan Clift who lives oa the proau fe« or of Mr. Gilpin. Poflcflion will he given in the fpriag, hat build ing mat! rials may be colhwSed fosne*. November 9 «wtf. PROPOSALS Br A. DICKINS V J. OKMROD, FOB PUBLISHING The Pursuits of Literature, A SATIRICAL POEM IN FOUR DIALOGUES; *IT» MOT 19, To which will be Annexed, A VINDICATION OF THE WORK, TRANSLATIONS Of all th< Greek, Latin, luliaa, *n< French padagei, Quoted in the Prifacel, Vindicition »nd Notes. BY THE AUTHOR. PROPi The Wcrkwiil be print ed from the last Lon don cditira, and will farm a Urge a&avo vahimeof aooot 500 pagei,including an in dex which thi> edition will alone poflcfs. N. B.—lt is now i be finished with all p< • t * Subscription* will be received by A. Dic kins, No. 25, North Second Street, opposite Christ Church, and J. Ormrod, No. 41» ChefßUt-ftrett, and by tho principal Booksellers throughout the United States, march 17, AUTHENTIC LIFE OF SUWOROW. JVS7 PVBLISHMP, AND FOR SALE, at this office, A SKETCH or THE JLitz anD Character PRINCE ALEXANDER SUWOROW RTM- NIXSJtI, Field-Mai Dial General in the fcrvice of His tmperi al MajcAy, the Emperor of all the Russia*, WITB Th« History of his Campaigns. Translated fretn tie German of Irederitk To wbichfii added. A concise and combrebensivc History of His Italian Campaign. By William Cobbett. ttiti an elegant Print-Portrait er* by them refpeflively procured, to James Salter, Esq. at Trenton, on or before the 6th day of Fabruary last. The number of furfcriptions received, not amcunting to two thousand, the commiflioners did not conceive themselves authorized to si* a day for the meeting of the company; neverehelef# be* ing i»f opinion from rsfpe&able information, that the aAual fubferiptions arc nearly, if not fully, adequate to the complete organization of the com pany, if they could be ascertained bjr regular re turns, and being convinced that a trading degree of exertion, on the part of the persons holding the fubfeription lifts, would enable them t« carry the intention of the fubferibers into effefi, they have by the unanimous advice and consent of the fub feribers, whom they have been able to consult, fixed on the 14th day of Msy next; beiug the Ad day of the fitting of the supreme court, for a meet ing of tfce fubferibers at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at the State House in Trenten, for the purpose of ele&ing fiveTruftees and a Treafurer,if the num ber of fubferiptions fbould be fufficicr.t, or in any event to determine on the mea fares neceflary to fe* cure the attainment of an objeft so ufcful to the (late. From tKc universal approbation exhibited by tkeir fellow-citizens, at the commencement of this undertaking, it vra* to be exp«&ed that the Tub' feriptions returned would have ensured its imme diate execution, and the commiifioners are purfua ded if proper attention is paid to the procuring of fubferiptions, to their punctual return at the time fixed for the meeting, and to the attendance of the fubferibers, either in person or by proxy, that no farther delay will take place in commencing the operations of the company, in time for their exe cution during the course of the ensuing furnmer. dira WILLIAM PEARSON, *) MASKEL SWING, ( Commrs. THOMAS M POTTER. 3 TatNTON, March 11, 1800. N. B. Sublciption papers are left with the fol lowing (among other) gentlemen, in their respec tive counties, to whom tfaofe persons desirous of promoting the •bjedl of the company are requested to apply Wm. Campfiold, Esq. Morris' Gerftiom Dunn, Esq. Middlesex Artis Seagrave, Esq. Salem. Silas Dickerfon, Eiq. Sussex George Burgin, Esq. Cumberland, Wm M'Eowen, Esq. Somerset. William Lloyd, Esq. Monmouth. Joseph Hankinfon.Efq Hanterdon. Peter Ward, Esq. Bergen. diat. Charles Clark,Efq, The above gentlemen, with all others holding fubfeription papers, are particularly requeued to forward the original fubfeription papers, to James Salter, Esq. Trcafurer on or before the 14th day of May next. March 26, Juit Arrive J, In the (hip Mary, Themas Webb, M after, from Lagiii™, 40,00 wt. Carracas Cocoa. 30,000 lb. Prime Prime Coffee. 5,00 c wt. Flora Indigo. THOMAS ALLIBONE,: Race Street tyhurf. d St- " Marsh, aj. ~ Ano )S4LS. It (hill be elegantly «• ecuted and be deliver ed to fubferibers at the moderate price of /«»• dollars andjH/ty ttntt, in boaids. To others it will be raised. in the Press, and will issible speed. 3»wtf. Antbtng, Essex, • MISS broadhurst RESPECTFULLY informs h«r friends afid the jtiftiic, that (he intends having a CONCERT at the City Tavern onlhurfday evening the 3d April— Particulars of which will b« mentioned in i tuture advertilcment. Ticket* to be hai at above, and at Chalk's Ci'- culating Library, No. H North Tkird ftrcat. March a 4. Ms. FRANCIS'S List Fuilie Ml Jar the Jtrtscnt M*. FK/VNCIS RESPECTFULLY informtkij Scholars and the Public in genera!, that his lift Public Ball will be on Tuesday, April lft, at the Room in South Fourth Street In which will be introduced an entire new fee of Co'illious, c.'.mpofed hy Mr. Francis, called Les Delices D'Amerique. ift The Falhion, »d, The Military, ?d. The Bath J Strathspey 4th. The Rage (Reel Composed entirely of the favourite Scotch flepis. Also, Two New Country Dances For the present Sealon, called The First of April, AND The Philadelphia Medley* The Music of the Medley »• from the most admired Country Dances. * An additional Band is engaged to play the New Dances. gr Children that are not Pupils cannot be admitted. Mr. F. informs his Pupils that a Praflifing will take place on Saturday eveuinjj, at which he re que Us their pun&ual attendance, in order to be perfect in the new dances for the Ball. N. B.—Mr F. begs leave to remind his Scholars and the public in general, that after the xfl of April he will remove his Academy to Harmony Court where he will attend to give inftruftion in the art of dancing, at his usual rate of's dollars per month. Mirch *s, NOW LANDING, (F OR SALE) From the Orip George Barclay, at Latim«c'» wharf, Java Coffee, Java Sugar. From the schooner Fanny, at Latimer's wharf, too hhds. clayed Sugar. From the brig Betsey, lying at South ftrcet wharf, 40,000 feet Bay Mahogany, tj tons Logwood, 6 tons Fustic. At so, White Havajina Sugar, ■Brawn Su^ar, Old Red Port Wine, Sherry Wiur. Claret.in csfci, Ckipers in barrel*, Madras and Pulicat Handkerchiefs. Apply tt PHILIPS, CXAMO&D & Co. March If. d6t Just Arrived, AND Foft SALS 8V THE SUBSCRIBERS, THE CARGO Of- THE SHiP PHILSDkLPnI/., Theodore Bliss, Cafamandcr, from Bengal' tossisrrsc or An assortment of Piece Good», Sugars of the firft quality, And aco qr. chelk «t luperis; ctalitr Hyson Teas. Wiilings if Francis, and Thomas if John Clifford. March. I? FOR St, THOMAS's, *■ Thomas Chalkley, ♦ * Tbotwr Kenny, Mafttr. "SaiU faft and expe&ed to depart in fit or eight days, 3 or 400 barrels will be receiyod 00 freight, if fpecdy ap plication be made. For which ©r pafage apply to MOORE WHA&TON, No. m South Water street. dtf March %% NOTICE. 'HE Creditors of the late house «f Irwin & A Brjfort, of Lexington, Kentucky, are hereby Informed, tkit a dividend of such mo nies of firm, as have been received by the subscriber, will be made on the twentieth day of April next among those creditors who (hail have before that time furnifhed their accounts proporly attested to WILSON HUNT. March 15 For Sale, The Cargo of the ship Molly, captain Spiain, Jrom Batavit, CONSISTING OF SUGAR in whole and half cannifters, Ccribon Coffee, Black Pepper, Sapan Dye Wood, Ebony, and Thirty two bales of Cotton Yarn. ALSO, THE SAID r ii_— SHI * BURTHEN feur thousand three dS^™33tliß'hundred barrel# of Flour, mounts 11 nine pounders, with fhotaod frrtall arms oompleat and is newly coppered to the bends with, patent copper. Apply to NICKLIN GRIFFITH. tu.th&fa tf. March IJ, To be Sold or Rented, THAT Urge three story HOUSE, No. 44> Pine ftrce^ooccupied by John Nixon, Esq.—For teyns appH' Jt Wo. 41, next door. ' ' 'Main ifci . PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 29. Mr. Fknno, IT was an error fatal to themfelT's, and ruinous to the peace of society, when the French, in their revolution, determined to imitate the republic of Rome, rather than the British coiiftitution. The former l«ms every way unsuitable to the French, while the latter would be beneficial. Ido not mean that they (hould have adopted the de fefts of the British constitution, but thofc parts only (ascordiag to the fcnfible ideas of the late King of Poland) which experience had proved to be ufeful, and which were suitable to each country. If they ht:d fol lowed Montesquieu, rather than Tom Paine, how glorious, inHead of difrcputable, would have been the result! The Author of the Spirit of Laws was a man of great capacity, lk of an Herculean robustness of mind" ac cording to the emphatical expression of Mr. Burke. After twenty years study of the science of politics, he gave the preference to the Englilh government before all others. He justly calls it " a beautiful fyftetn." How did this country improve its condition and its fame, when under the auspices ps General Walhington and other leading menj the people formed a constitution similar to that of England instead of their former rickety and ruinous system. If the federal constitution had not been adopted, the Sab bath might bavc been abolilhed in the United States, and the guillotine eretted in all. its hcrrors. It is difgraceful ;o mankind that such a man as Tom Paine, an ignoramus, adru*k ard, and a fclafphemer, Ihould have had so much influence among them. It will prove, to use a strong line from Doitor Young, " Guilt's blunder, and the Inudetl laugh ef hell." Impartial posterity, when they calmly conGder Paine's works, will won der at the infatuation of their forefather*. Yet this crazy seditious fellow, who was bred to the justly defpieable trade of a (lay maker, though ridiculously ignorant and ab fun*, had for a time a considerable influence upon the opinions of the people in France. When this itinerant traitor Srft wrote there, he had but little fßCcefs.-—ln the firfl Na tional Aflembly of France (the constituent Affennly as it is frequently called) out of near a thoufend members, only eight were of the fame antimonarchical principles with Mr. Paine. But the great cause of the p»r:ia!ity of the French for a republic, i« thrir foiidnel's for Roman authors The old Engliih wri ter Hoboes, in hi! hiflory oi '.be raufes of the civil Wan; in England, fays that the civil war in the time of Charles the firft, was greatly produced by the fonduefs fir Greek and Roman authors, who called Mo narchy. Dcfpotiffij, and a Republic, Liberty. It is to be obitrved of the republic of Rome, that it was a viiionary and impracti cable fclieme for i large and vicious nation. It only continued from the death ofTar quinius Superbus, to the battle ofPharfalia, 461 years—Tbert were seven Kings before the republic, and numerous Emperors after wards. The divifioa of the Weflern Em pire did not take place until the year of our Lord 4.75 or 476 —Frora the commonly ac knowledged Era for the building of Rome in the year 753 before Christ, or even if we make that Era later according to Sir Isaac Newton's Chionology, Rome has not been a republic near a fourth past of the time Cnce its being originally built. If the Ro mans were too vicious for a republic in the time of C«far, the French are too vicious for a republic now. No statesman of found iudgment, who knew human nature and was acquainted with history, could have ever thought of a republic for France. We know from experience that such a republic as that of Rome, leads to anarchy ordefpo tifin. Whereas the Britilh csnditution may forever be the guardian of order and li berty. Some able and learned political wri ters fay, that the constitution of England is little more than a well regulated republic. d. It is this accursed dcfire of imitating the republic of Rome which made the French adopt the pernicious maxim, Deleitda eft Catthapo, thai England, which they rtfc-ru ble to Carthage, must be destroyed. l"hi* idea, however, may prove as vain as it is wicked. England may probably laugh at the threats of France, as the Prophet told Jerusalem to laugh at the threa's of Senna* sherib, when he went tobefiege it. " The virgin, the daughter of Zion, laugheth thee to fcorn—(he (haketh her head at thee." Tbe islands of St. Marcou con lifts of about eight acres of barren land upon the cosft of France, between Havre and Cape de la Hogue, which were lately seized by the gal lant Sir.Sidney Smith, fortified and regular ly supplied with a garrison. The Frerch in vain attempted, with the greatest exer tions they could stake, to retake this little spot- How is it then probable thai they can subdue the mighty and courageous king dom of Great Britain ? The people of Great Britain, from the excesses ci' the French, and from knowing that under the pretences of liberty, they really nscan to en£Uve mankind, are becoming more and more united. The naval strength of the country Teems an unaflVilable by confederated Europe ; they have ,a Minister of the firft talents who has engaged the spplaufe of king, par liament and fx-rple ; their manufactories, trade, atid finances *.rt in the most flou nlliiot£ condition. The national debt is likeiy soon to be. annihilates! by the conr A fling assignee. dtio - . - %f)t ffiasettCi Jttftum et tcaacem propofiti virum, No" ciT-utn ardor praia jubentium, Non vultus inftanti* tyranni, Mente quatit folida. ttant and unvaried accumulation of the finking fund at compound interest, accord ing to the plan of Mr. Pitt ; which seems well ascertained in the able pamphlet which has very lately been publifted on the fubjedl by Mr. Secretary Rose. If therefore France against reason, juflice, and humanity, con tinues for ever a deleterious war with Great Britain, while the wealth of Britain increas es and the population does not diminirfi, France may be drained of men and money. Some who pretend to make correft calcula tions, fay that the French had loft two millions and a half of soldiers before the lad campaign with Suwarrow. And the usur per Buonaps'te reproached the Secretary of B-irras that he could not find a man out of one hundred tboufand veterans that he had left in It:ily. O war, what a scourge thou art to the world ! It is not possible that the French can efhblilh such an empire ,15 the Reman. According to the prophecy «f Onniel, the cruel and d;teftab!,e empire of Rome was to " devour the whole earth, tread it down, and break it in pieces." But theft who understand the prophecies, know that France cannot establish the iiniverfal do minion to which (he aspires, because the existence of other itates of great power and magnitude is feretold. The re-eflablifti ment of the white cockade in France, the emblem of lawful authority, fVill the waves of anarchy, as the latin poet fiippof ed the white cr propitious star, refieveo, upon its being discovered, the mariners from the dangers of tbe ocean. Simul alba Nautis Stella rcfulfit, Cor.cidunr venti, Nubcl, Et miaax, quoil sic volucre, Ponto Unda recumbit. The restoration of the king, with limit* cd powers i»»'France might be highly benefi cial to the United States of America as well aa to other countries. It would not only pro bably prevent the plunder of their commerce, but secure peace, and put a flop to that in triguing spirit of democracy, which is aim ing to subvert the federal government, and involve the (ountry in confufidn and misery. LIBERTY AND CHDEft. literary ihtellioiwci. The writer of this article, will rcfume his remarks on Hawkins's Magazine, when the feeoitd number of that uftfoi Miscellany [hall have been rcseived—A Sermon of John Thornton Kirkland, a Boston Clergy man, and among the Eul•gifts of Waftiing tos is, in clwftity and purity of diftion, 2 rival to moll of the Oraifons- Funebres we have read on the inelancfioly occasion of the demise ef a warrior. As it is proposed to examine in detail some of the bell produc tions of this class, which have been publish ed, we dffer a review of Mr. K's ingenious d'fcourle to " a more convenient, feifon." It ia underlined that the Author 'ef the Lay Preacher proposes to publilh a liberal trans lation of the works of Sai.hjSt, the Ro rran Hillorian. The verlions, hitherto pub lished, of this classic have been servile and bald, like that of Clarke/ or ftifF and pe dantic, like those of-Rosi and-jGoHDOK, It is supposed that a tvanlUtion, after the model of Murphy's Tacitus, at once faith ful, terse and elegant, will be greeted hv classical rtude.its, and perhaps, escape the frowns even of the profound fcltolar. As this is a work of ne hopeful profpeA here, Americans being engrofled by others cares, than fludying the beautiful reliqttts of an cient wisdom, the translator will have it printed by Stuahan, Cadell, and Daj vi ks, bookfcllers, London.—ln different parts of the United States, editions of Kotzebue's plays are fold, and are popular. We are aftoniljied that editions of Roches ter's poeini, and Fanny Hill arc not as cur rest as Kotzebue's comedies. There is as much gond morality in the one,' as in the other.—James Kirk, M. D. publishes it New York a variety of pamphlets, contain ing Medical Caatians to yotlng See. His quackifh trumpery, and the learned lucubrations of Bilious Lee, attach mad American patronage, and constitute much of American Literature. . W. Cobbett at New York, Viai published the history of the campaigns of Prince Su. worow, preceded by a fleetcb of kit life and charafter, and followed by a concise and comprehensive history of his Italian cam paign ; the latter by W. Cobbctt. This book purports to be a translation from the German of Frederick Anthing. It it a plain unvarnilhed history.' The biography of the Ruffian hero is amusing and inftruft ive, and military men, who " fcek the bub ble reputation even in the cannon's mouth" will peruse with enthufrafm the narrative of Ceges and battles. To the admirer of fine prints, to the Fortnarum Sps&stor, this edition will be peculiarly acceptable. It contains a most expressive and finifhed en graving of the bold and martial features of the Chieftain of the North. It is duubted, and with fufficient reasons whether a plate more elegant has ever been attached to any American publication. The original portion of this book exhibits the bell style of Porcupine. It is nervous and neat. It presents the mental features of that well known writer. We fee hisboid nefs in every line. He " (peaks right on and, careless of giving offence, fays itrong things with the mod unbounded freedom. Of inve&ive he is profufe, and he has the fi ery ieal of Saul of Tarsus, he breathes out threatenings and (laughters again ft his ad versaries. His language is not Italian, it is not silky and foft, and bland and comply ing. It is diftinft and loud, ana perempto ry. He makes no bows, "seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a fort, as though he moc ked his fpirit'' and, like one intent on mo mentous buSnefs, neglcAs ceremony, cr des pises it. Sensible, sagacious, £hrewd and daring, he penetrates into the myfter'rsVf Jacobimfm andinculpites the lake-war tfivrfs