from the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET. To the FARMERS of PENNSYLVANIA, and el/l'ivherc. BY the latest accounts from Europe, there is reason to expect that there will be, for some time, a demand for large quantities of wheat and flour for exportation from the United States. At the fame time it is well known, that from the le vere drought which has prevailed for several weeks pait, the crops of wheat sown this year too generally wear a very unpromising afpe»ft. These confulerafions have induced me to communicate the result of an experiment, among several others, linadelaft fall, witli a view to ascertain the best method of guarding againll the destructive opera tions of the Heffiaji Fly, which at that time was fuppoled would coihe forward from the eastward, upon 'the grain cnjps ; but, through the favor of Divine Providenct, our apprehenlions on that ac count feemnow t/o be entirely removed. The sth day of November last, which was a bouttwo months after the proper time of sowing moll kinds of wheat, I sowed apiece of buck-wheat fiubble with yellow-bearded wheat, at the rate of five pecks per acre*; when the winter came 011, the feed scarcely had vegetated, and until the be ginning of May the whole appeared exceedingly backward ; but at the following harvest (the 16th of July) I liadthe unexpected fatisfaclion of reap ing as fine a crop as I, or any of my neighbors, had from an equal quantity of ground sown in the month of September. The foil, aloomy clay, was in tolerable heart, but had not been manured for many years ; it was ploughed about eight inches deep, the feed sown over furrow, and a few fur rows cut with the plough, to carry off any excess of water. The ground had two other ploughings of the above depth the fame year, viz. in the month of April, for spring barley, and in July for the buck-wheat crop. A heavy roller was drawn over the buck-wheat Hubble, in order to break down the hard clods that lay on the furface of the ground which could not be reduced by the plough and harrow. But as few farmers in this State are pro vided with this ufeful machine, it may be observ ed, that this operation, tho of service, is not es sentially neceflary, nor will it be advifeable for those who have been in the too common prathan usual, a greater quan" tity of feed should be allowed, as it is apt not to tiller or ftooi so well as when sown earlier. ANECDOTE. THE ladies can, if they please, retaliate severe ly on those who treat them not with the respect they merit. A gentleman who had married a second wife, indulged hiinfelf in recuring too'of ten in conversation to the beauty and virtues of his firft consort. He had, however, barely dis cernment enough to discover, that the fubjeft ■was not agreeable to his present lady. " Excuse "me madam,faid he, I cannot help expreffingmy " regret for the dear deceased " Upon my " honor, said the lady, I can molt heartily affirm " that I am as fncere # mourner for her, as ytu can *< be." The HERMIT, and liis DOG. From Sympathy, a poem. IN life's fair morn, I knew an aged seer, Who fad and lonely pafs'd his joyless year; Betrav'd, heart-broken, from the world he ran, And fhunn'd, oh dire extreme, the face of man ; ilumblv he rear'd his hut within the wood, Hermit his veil, a hermit's was his food, Nitch'd in fomc corner of the gelid cave, Where chilling drops the rugged rockftone lave ; Hour after hour, the melancholy sage, Drop after drop to reckon, would engage The ling'ring day, and trickling as they fell, A tear went with them to the narrow well; Then thus he moraliz'd as (low it pafs'd, 44 This, brings me nearer Lucia than the last; " And this, now ftrcaming from the eye," laid he, 44 Oh, my lov'd child, will bring me nearer thee." When firft he roam'd, his dog with anxious care, His wand'rings watch'd, as emulous to fharc ; In vain the faithful brute was bid to go, In vain the sorrower fought a lonely woe. The Hermit paus'd, th' attendant dog was near, Slept at his feet, and caught the falling tear ; Up rose the Hermit, up the dog would rife, And every way to win a mailer tries. 44 Then be it so. Come faithful fool," he said ; One pat encourag'd, and they fought the shade ; An unfrequented thicket soon they found, And both repos'd upon the leafy ground ; Mellifluous murm'rings told the fountains nigh, Fountains, which well a pilgrim's drink supply, And thence, by many a labyrinth is led, Where ev'ry tree beftow'd an ev'ning bed. Skill'd in the chace, the faithful creature brought Whate'er at morn or moon-light course he caught ; But the sage lent his fympathv to all, Nor saw unwept his dumb alfociates fall. He was, in sooth, the gentlest of his kind, And tho a Hermit, had a social mind : 44 And why, said he, must man subsist by prey, 44 Why Hop yon melting music on the spray ? 44 Why, when aflail'd by hounds and hunter's cry, 44 Mull half theharmlefs race in terrors die ? 44 W r hy must we work of innocence the woe ? 44 Still (hall this bolom throb, these eyes o'erflow ; 44 A heart too tender here, from man, retires, 44 A heart that aches, if but a wren expires." Thus liv'd the mailer good, the servant true, 'Till to its God the mailer's spirit fiew ; Befidea fount which daily water gave, Stooping to drink, the Hermit found a grave; All in the running ftreain his garments spread, And dark, damp verdure ill conceal'd his head ; The faithful servant from that fatal day Watch'd the lov'd corpse, and h urly pin'd away ; His head upon his mailer's cheek was found, W r hile the obilru£led water mourn'd around. EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, August 2j. THE present Pope will probably be the last.— There is every reason to suppose that his suc cess will be no more than Bishop of Rome, or per haps Patriarch of the Weft. The emancipation of France will give such an overthrow to Popery, that it is probable, in pro cess of time, the purest religion may beeftablifhed there, and that is the ProteltantSyftem. The key which hangs to the Popes' Girdle will have few locks hereafter, except those of Heaven, to open :—his revenue from France cut off, Po land declining, and Avignon in a state of revolt, how are the holy coffers to be filled. His Holinefi the Pope may now truly be said, —to :nount the papal chair, And scatter empty thunders to the air; Grimly prcTide in superstition's school, And curse those kingdoms he can never rule. The Ealt India company are extending their commerce in many branches hitherto unattempt ed, and in particular their exportation of copper, of which they have sent out this year to the amount of two thousand five hundred tons. The Ruffian force in the Baltic, nowconfifts of 37 fail of the line, frigates and other vell'els in proportion. The Prince of Naflau who commands the Squa dron of Ruffian Gallies, is about to land the troops who are to cut off the retreat of the Swedes across the river. The squadron of gallies which failed from Stockholm, the 14th of July for Finland, had un der their charge 50 transports, with 2300 troops 011 board. On the 16tli ult. the King of Denmark, noticed to the College of War, at Copenhagen, that he had appointed Prince Charles of Helle, Stadthol der of the Dutchefsof Hollfeinand Slefwig, to re gulate the necefl'ary preparations for fixing a camp in Holftein, as well as the station where the troops were to aftemble. The Prince Royal is to attend this encampment, and was to set out from Copenhagen the 10th ult. Prince Charles of Hefle has been for some weeks at Berlin, and is to meet his Royal Highness at Slefwig. " Extrafl of a letter from Canterbury, Aug. 20. " Last week Madam Neckar pafl'ed through this city on her way to London." In the 128 th session of the Diet of Poland, they deliberated on making a compensation for there venues of the Bishops, who (hould succeed to ac tual bishoprics. After long debates, they deci ded that all Bishops fliould have 100,000 florins annually, and the Arclibifhop of Guefne, as Pri mate, 200,000. The Ruffian Bishops of the Greek church should have yo,ooo florins, and their Arch bishops 100,000. The reft of the revenue enjoy ed by the Bishops isconfigned to the Treasury. TIIE EMPEROR. The following is the head of the Emperor', D t claration of the i 4 th of Anguit, i 789, conceiv ing the Universities: It revokes his edirt of the 16tli of October, 17 36 wherein he granted to the Hifhops the liberty of inrtrutfingtluir pupils in the priesthood in their own universities instead of fending them to Lou vaine, as was formerly the cafe. Restores to the University of Louvaine, th; n r : : of nomination, of which it was deprived bv liis Edict of the 24th-of November, 1782. Declares, that he is ready to make the greatelt concellions for the tranquility of his subjects: As this EdicT: was the principal cause of the trou bles in the Low Countries, there is reason to be lieve that every thing will return to its former order. Extratt of a Utter from Paris, Aug. 17. " 1 informed you in my last, that an opinion had begun to prevail, that the explosion of gun powder near Vefoul, bywhich itwasfaidfo many lives had been loft, was the effetft of chance, and not of design. This opinion is now generally received ; and the Lord of Quince, who was con lidered as a monster in nature and justly too, whilst he was thought to have been the author of a deliberate design to blow up his neighbors, is now pretty generally acquitted of the finalleft fliare of guilt in this transaction. The particulars of the cafe are thus ftatcd in an account taken upon thefpot : Three dragoons were walking in the park where the explosion took place, in this park there stood a pavilion, where the powder and arms belonging to the Lord de Quince were kept. It was well knownin the neighbourhood, that this was the place where the nobleman had always kept his powder and arms. They procured a light, and probably went about with it to look at the different tilings that were in the building. It is conjectured th e finding a barrel of gun-powder (there was only onein thepavilion) and not knowing what it con tained, they were not as careful with refpeiftto the candle as they would otherwise have been, and thus incautiouily set fire to the powder, which destroyed them and the building. Thus they fell vicftims to their own imprudence and intoxi cation. The mangled bodies of these three men were found ; and after a minute inveftigationic does not appear that any other person whatever was either killed or hurt by the explosion, so lit tle truth was there in the report which at iirlt prevailed, that the Lord de Quince, through ha tred to the popular caufe,had blown up his guests, whom, for the mod liellifh purpose, he had invi ted to his house. Had this unfortunate, but in nocent gentleman, fallen into the hands of the people immediately after this accident happened, and before they were cool enough to reflect, and enquire into the cafe,there is 110 doubt but he would have been made to fuffer the mod cruel death, that the people could devise, who in inflict ing would think that they were doing a meritor ious deed, and an atft of justice. " All the Swiss soldiers who were quartered at Courbevoix, deserted, the 7th, Bth, and 9th inft. They took with them from their barracks every article of value that they could remove." INTELLIGENCE I',Y THE LAST MAIL. PHILADELPHIA, Odlober 27. Extract of a letter from Kentucky, Sept. 29, 17^9* " The Indians having committed of late many depredations 011 our frontiers, an expedition was formed by Col. John Ha rung, with 200 men, in order to invade the Indian country —this body of volunteers mar ched from the fallsoftlie Ohio, 011 the 26th of August, directly for the Wabafh they arrived in good order, without the loss ofs single man—on reaching the Indians settlement oh the Wabafh, they were opposed by a party of about 30 Indians, whom they soon attacked and defeated—the Indians leaving fix dead and nine wounded, with a good deal of plunder on the field. After this defeat, Col. Harlingpenetrate further up the river, towards the Indian tours, which were all evacuated by the enemy—the corps then returned, after deftroyingone ot the" towns, their cattle, corn, &c. and arrived at tie falls on the 28th of September, without lofmg 3 man. The report which has for some time pa been spread of Mr. Jacob Funck being killed y the Indians is erroneous, being still in this coun try, and well." The Legifiature of New-Jersey will meet oh Tuesday the 27th, at the City of Perth-Am o,'0 ,' for jthe dispatch of the business of the when, amongst other matters of importance, choice of a Governor will not hold the o« rank. The distinguished character that has u the chair from the firft dawn of American n pendence, presided in the midst of danger* ■ lent an helping hand to the formation or a ftitution, the result of the united efforts 0 bravelt and wisest of our American fathe' S■ pofleflcs the hearts, will unqueftionabl\y, ' ,j , ■ tsforc obtain the unanimous fuffrages of a , Legifiature.