as it may be carried on with vigor and facility
without calling a single man from the plough or
loom. Our nioft experienced statesmen, our wi
sest patriots, our most enlightened senators, are
convinced of this melancholy truth : The French
Revolution is therefore generally execrated—
and has only ..received the contemptible plaudits
of an obscure society, composed of atheistical dif
fenters, republican deilks, and levelling free
thinkers, who impatiently long for the deftruc
tionof our civil and ecclesiastical eftabliflnnent.
1 he celebrated Mr. Neckerhas sagaciously ob
served, that it daily became more requisite than
ever, to inculcate the general dklatesof religion
on the minds of the people, as the only effeiftnal
consolation to support them under the weight of
oppretfive, unequal, and impoverishing taxation.
But the necellity ol'enforcing this pious dodlrine
is unhappily done away, as a redress of grievan
ces, and a rellorstion of rights have already taken
place—and it is a melancholy truth, that rever
iionary felicity makes but a flight impression on
those who have a profpeift of enjoying the' Co
mforts of this life. ihe celestial fpecific so ear.
neftly recommended by Mr. Necker derives its
vital efficacy from theexertionsof arbitrary pow
er, which compels us to purchase eternal joy'by
a few years misery in this transitory ftateof pro
bation. Ihe prielthood, influenced bythisfacred
motive, have ever been the zealous advocates of
defpotifin, except when their own privileges and
immunities are endangered—as in such a predic
ament, they are precluded from exercising their
own judgment, and only ast astrultees and dele
gates for the rights ofheaven.
The late emporer, Joseph theCreat, who afton
iflied the world by thefublimity of his genius and
the grandeur of his actions, not adverting to this
political axiom, seems to have committed a fatal
error, in not conciliating the affe<ftions, and fe.
curing the attachment of the church (and perhaps
the law) before he commenced his comprehen.
five ana beneficent lyilem of government in the
Austrian Nerheilainis.
TO BE CONTINUED.
FOR THE GAZETTE, OF THE UNITED STATES.
Addrefi «J 3 ymng Lady ofJijtcen, on her ' leaving the Academy at
Bethlehem, Pennfy(vanid, June i, i7go.
BY one of the mod affettionate and attentive of patents was I
placed hert.—The days appointed bv him,lor the completion
of my education, are numbered and Hnilhed.
With a heart, overflowing with the tendereft emotions, I now
rife to bid a long farewel Jo a neighborhood, from whom I have
experienced the most conftint a id friendly offices : To a focicty
who have as conflantly covered all my faults with the mant c of
love, as they have, whh a frieiuHy partiality, encouraged my pro
gress, by rn unifying my few im lovc-nents— to take a molt rcf
f dutilul leave ol.Tf;, h, ;■*, from vho ( n 1!>.)«« experien
ced eve., -ttemiein, ajid w<:iyKii;c.ti. :s ;to&m a t
companions, to whom I feel myfelf Sound with the strongest
co, Js of love and eftcem.
"n taking leave of ihii pcaceable, happy focietyj I beg thev
would believe me truly grateful for their many pledges of affec
tion ; and fully sensible of the advantages I have enjpved, in hav
ing my youth fofmed by such examples ol domestic economy
purity of morals, and reverence tor leligion.
In taking leave of you, my lovely and dear companions, I am
fupportcd by the plcafing reflexion, that the hill of Icience you
are now afccnding, presents profpefh the most hap D ily calculated
to alleviate a reparation from ypur relations and homes ; and that
the road is plarfted with every flower, which, perhaps, it is oof
fible for academic ground tu nurse. t speak from experience
having preceded you ia these rural scenes and fcientific walks!
Could I give form to fancy, or embody thought, each of you
would be delighiri with the piilure my three year's study here
lias impressed on my mind.
My lovely companions I If life be the bounty of heaven, to en
joy it rationally, is certainly the firft happiness of humanity - to
observe it with a virtuous delicacy, the peculiar felicity of our
feeble, dependant sex. 1 We are ,iot here managed to ride the
■whirlwind of th'oughtlefs dillipation. But in (hefe calm re
treats we arc taught lefTont which dignify the character of our
sex—entitle us to refpeft i«j society—and, if duly attended to, will
have a happy influence in rende-mg us accomplished and aereea
ble companions.
Separated we soon (hall be, by returning to our several heroes ■
yet, by indulging a retrofpea of the fcie»ces we have here Itudil
cd together—of the plcafure we have experienced in the company
of each other; and the friend ships we have here contracted and
cemented—(hall we not daily meet in this afytum of peace and
innocence? Wherever accident or circumllances may place us I
doubt not, but it will be our daily petition, that the perfons'of
thofc whose time has been so sacredly devoted for our benefit
may forever be encircled with the rays of a divine btnedi&ion
and, that into a fnurcc whence we have derived so many advantal
ges, a tide ol peace, success ?nd happirtefs, may forever
roll. 1
Amiable and beloved TutorrfTes I With what language (hall I
attempt to defcrihe the gratitude, with which my riling bosom
glows (oi all your tcndtincfs and .ill your care ? Weie lan ora
tor, and able.to ascend the highest ladder ol eloquence, I should
there need an Adam to give namrs to fenfattons which no lan
guage cau'now express.— If I have not improved, it cannot be
charged to your neglect.—Should your p.iruality tor mc, fuppofc
nie Dordermg on nnaccomphlhment, it is but a (mall return so'
your unremitted ottentions.
It is not necessary I (hould bringthefe, my lovely companions,
in the arms ot the love and friendlhip I feel for them, and present
them to your care—they are already infolded in the bosom of
tour tendered affections. Could the personal virtues of leachets
enlure them luccefs, there would not be one in this lovely circle
but would answer the expeditions, and even the mod sanguine
wishes, of those who haveTrnt them here t'of an education. These
are not compliments lavished by vanity ; but truths• extorted by
the jultice due your chara&ers as teachers.
' endcr mi "d to virtue, to science and ufefulnefs,
be of the firft conlcquence m society, what praise is due him, who,
With such impartiality, abilities and attention, prefidcs in this
large, and increasing Academy ?
Partijl as I am, Rev. Sir, to this mode ol education : warm as
my bosom glows with refpeft and gratitude for your paternal and
unhealing care for my improvements, I have not' risen to dtf.>iift
you wit.i a catalogue of commendations, of which, few of votir
cq uainta nee—none ot this society, can be ignorant. That refoeft
mi have taught me to entertain, for the , na |) virtuous and d-lerv
ing, 1 feel for you.—The ufeful and moral precepts I have so of
ten received from you, I will endeavor to carry with me into the
woild, and hope I may be able to improve lipori them as I ad
vance in life. Whilst the finger of fcicnce, so evidently points to
this innocent sublime retreat for the education of our sex, may no
demon of discord be permitted to efiter these peaceful groves.
May the roots of this tree of knowledge of good only, you are di
recting our feeble sex to approach, be forever supported and en
riched by the unshaken foil of virtue* and its branches continually
encircled by the rainbow 6f refined and ufeful science.
io the late Director of this infant Academy, and h's amiable
lady, a tribute is due which I will not fully by attempting to de
scribe. —Their places being so agreeably, and refpe&ably filled,
coes not leflen our love and elleem for them, or with us, eclrpfe a
ray of the purity with which their chara&ers forever shone. Had
n»t an important demand in the church called them to a more ele
vated situation, pleasing would it have been to this Academy could
they have continued a charge,for which nature and education had
o happily formed them. The winds, on whose wings our fobs
w ere wafted to Letitz, and the Lehigh with whose waters our tears
were mingled, can witnefsto the grief and relu&ance with which
we bade them the last adieu. Their friendly images arc too deep
ly engraved upon the tablet of our hearts for time to erase.—May
the gentle breath of peace foreverattend them !
I have now amved at the mod diftrefling scene, circumstances
have ever forced me to endure. —: -*
Ihe curtain of Reparation is now drawing .. .... ..i. ~
I nuvft bid you a long perhaps some of you it will
be an eternal adieu.- May our feparattng not break or weak-
but extend and ftrengtben the cords of love and friendfhip
with which we have hefebcAi bound. Toyouvown breasts,
my belcfrved ami dear friend#* I AppcwnW * «i*fcription of the fen
farions with which my bolom is now agitated.
With the sincerity of a friend the duty of a child and
love of a filler I bid you kll a final adieu!
OTHAT no Virgin woQldincline an ear
To wild profeilions from incenftant youth,
But nobly fcoin a sentiment to hear,
That fcems to laugh at innocence and truth.
For if no just difplcafure fiie reveals,
Time will convince her dearly to her cost,
That step by step the sweet delusion steals,
Till fame and honor are forever loft.
The female mind may bid its terrors cease,
Who never made her fofter feelings known,
Nor fear a thought deftruftive to her peace,
While prudence tells her to conceal her own.
But if, alas ! In some unguarded hour,
Erom this advice (he madly lhould depart,
She gives her lover an unbounded pow'r
To wound her honor and to break her heart.
In vain the fair to such a crifis,drove,
Iri sense or foul superior will confide ;
For when hasreafon triumph'd over love,
Or inclination been fubdu'd by piide?
LAW OF THE UNITED STATJES,
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CONGRESS OF T'lE UNITED STATES :
a je ,j AT TKI " C °^ B tituo*.
Begun andheld at the Citv :^. Yo , k> on Mon() th , f
• J anu "y. one th Qu fr a d frven hundred and ninety.
Al^ r . a^. tO . enable the Officers and Soldiers of the
Virginia line on Continental Eft ibliihment, to
obtain titles to certain lands, lyin ? northwest
ot the river Ohio, between the little ;''iami
and Sciota,
?" a ", anJ H *'f< *f X'prtfcnUtiw of the Uni
£ef. of she -vItTT 'f ,7* r/ ' alcmHed ' That ,hc °< Co "-
v n , JU ' ! ' ° ae thousand fcvcn hundred and
gh'y-«„ht, relative to certain locations and surveys made by or
on account of the Virginia troop. „n continental eftablifhmenf'tiD
the Oh.o K h ," leMid < n ' "> a rivers, north weft of
the Oluo, be, and tjie fame , s hereby repealed.
And whereas the agents for fuck of the troops of l. c ft ai , 0 f
Virgima who served on the continental eflablifhr-.. -, m
of the United State-, during the late war, h>- re;-' '
ecutive of the said state, that there is not a fufficu 1, 'I
on the southeasterly fide of the , iv, r- Ohio, according to the ad of
teflion from the said state to the U . Jv. , . a „j g ?, 7,°'
mmalßgned by the laws of the L d to 'rf ■' , "
for the bounty lands due to then,, i, .ftofcSS' l£ P$
to the intent therefore,that theduV»,„ce betw«l Lt ,\ ,wj :
been located for the said troops, •„ t(»c Omh-eafterly fide o'f'the
said river, and the aggregate of what it duetothe while of the said
troops, may be located on the nc ith-w, fterly fide ofihe said r„r,
ana between the Sc.ota and l.tt.e Miam, rivA-. a,
Be itfurther emitted. That the „r ,
of war, lhali make return to the e <e cut iv •of the state o'f' v!?Tf
o the flames of such of the officer;, i: h-cbnimiflion' j ' - S '' '
privates ot the line of the said 1U- wh< r ,
the United States on the com, nem^-■ | ,'%'T ol
war, and who in conformity to th. ' i
tied to bounty lands ; and Lll aIV , , X* '
gate amount m acres due to the fa d line by the laws aforefaif
Mh,l father enattei, That it (hall and inavbe lawful for'the
said agents to locate to and for the,-, ol the said troops betw en
" IVC " S ™ tJ ant » Little Miami, . ,ch a number of acres oW
he said together with the timber already located between
so to be returned as atorefaid by the secretary offhe^epaTme^
asSiSSSs
ot *""" k "• •* »««
words anr 1 form as he fha» di T'l If j"'. k° bc made ° ul in ruc >'
Ton so originally entitled to bUty lands' toTis aft?''and^the
562
ufeof heirs or assigns, or his or their legal re[Srclentative Or res,,*
fentativcs, his her or their heirs or alliens the land's defoliated
the said entiies : Providedalwayf, that beforethe fealof the Uni
ted States (hall be affixed to fueh letters patem, the secretary of t (,J
department of war (hall have endorsed thereon thit the gran tce
therein named, was originally entitled to such bounty lands, and
that he has examined the bounds thereof with the bocik of entries
filed in the office of the secretary of state, and finds the fame tiul»
inferred ; anti every such letters patent lhall be counterfigntd hi
the secretary offtate, and a minute of the date thereof, and ul thj
name of the grantees (hall be entered of record in his office, ml
book to be*fpe;ially provided for the pu'rpofe. '
And be itfurther enaded, That it shall be the duty of rhe fecretjj
ryof state as soon as maybe after the letters patent (hall be (o
completed and entered of record, to transmit the faint to ihetxe.
cutiveof the State ofV'rginia.tobe by them delivered toeach ran.
tee; or in cafeof his death, or that right of the grantee (hall have
been legally transferred before such delivery, then to hislegalre
prefentative or representatives, or to one of them.
And be it further emlled, That no fees (hall be charged for f uc b
letters patent ari4 record, to the grantees, their heirs 01 affi-ns or
to his or tlicir legal reprefeiuative or representatives.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG
Speaker t>fthe House of Reprehtative<
JOHN ADAMS, yice-Prefidtnt of the United States,
and President tsj the Senate'.
Approved, Aucust iiu tenth, 1700
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prejident of the Umld Statu.
(Txue Copt)
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary „JState
STOCKBRIDGE, AUGUST 10.
\V e have the pleasure to inform the public that
by an ettimate submitted to the National Legis
lature, the produce of the duties of import and
tonnage, without calculating on the improving
resources of this country, will annually amount
to 2,622,570 dollars—and thatthe whole Aim ne
cellary for the support of government, and the
payment of the incereft of the domestic debt, in
dependent of that aflumed of the State debts
amounts only to i,660,861 dollars and 40 cents'
leaving a ballance to be provided for, of 37,201
dollars and 4° cents. The annual provifjon for
the aflumed debts will amount to about 7J8.332
dollars ; l'o that there will remain to be provided
tor 111 the year one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-two, 795.623 dollars. The excise yet re
mains untouched, and is beyond all doubt capa
ble of producing a sum greatly beyond what is
required, and may provide a very handsome fink
ing fund From this ltate of fad:s, we with
pleasure congratulate our countrymen on the
happy profpeft of the re-eftadlifhuient of public
credit, without the neceflity ofimpoling that most
grievous of all burdens, and the molt deftrutfive
of the agricultural interelt—dtreCl taxes.
TILE fABLET. ■■ -No *39-
. " ' t th-, jI. ah'e h
viitb imp trait?.
F 1 ' nai ? has acemtn pofttion firom which
JL- he wiffies his character may be viewed.—
J here perhaps is no one To n'otorioufly vile, as
not to flatter himfelf that his good qualities are
more than a balance for his bad. This kind of
leli deceit is one of the principal checks against
a p.-oor- iave improvement in virtuous habits.—
. uc.lt virtues, as can most conveniently be prarti
fed, or as best accord with our peculiar turn of
mind, are deemed so eminently praiseworthy as
to afford an apology for omitting to prattife others
lets convenient and agreeable to ourselves.
xaj isjt happens that every profeffion of men
have charadleriftic virtueand vice*, and far this
realon the opinions and the condudl of a philo
lopher are not predicated on any model
ed lrom mere profeffional people. There is a
right and a wrongjnherent in the nature ofevery
| a.tion ; and there is a species of artificial right
and wrong wh.ch takes it character from a view,
that is merely local or profeffional. As mankind
can only be held together and carry on tbaope
tations of society by forming small aflociations
oi communities, andastbefemuftalj liavediftima
maxims and regulation, Anted to their particular
fituatiort it most be expecfted the bulk of mar
kind will be governed i„ their cond. : c by a very
narrow v »ew °f circumftancM. The different in
ftitutimts that have been formed in thtf world
have generally adopted their principles oa too
contracted a scale. For when only teiuJrary
advantages are proposed, or local objects regard^
T, - D . t h? t Wi,h a cban«eof.'ht:ation,
. . •'' ~ r' e ,f ""'I be annihilated. The
and the i?,n «° Ver " mei ». the overturn'of States,
and fvf>. " T erab J C Cha "g es in religion fe«9
nnr h' " ""v. U n ver y much owing to their
mumblt C - D , nilt ° nlhofb im
mutable principles, whose force could of* in
different situations of society.
I r p l eri rf f ivc ba , fls bu vvhich raoft institutions
e erected not only renders the term of their
T™™ Pt-ecarious, but subjects their votaries
n " a '" local f celings and habits, not confon
kinrftbe Sr eral sense an< l happiness of man
' . ,0 e P eo ple who are strongly attached
arr ,L? f m °!? es of government or religion,
aie apt to suppose that their affections/hould flow"
e l u f ,, y circumscribed as the parties
1 110 t - hey adhere. By this means, if they are
' ous and honed to their peculiar sects, they
eem to imagine they acquire a right to indulge
exe '. ci e .the nnfocial passions in their in
tercourse with the world at large.
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