f THE POWER OF INNOCENCE. A TRUE STORY. WHEN firft the nuptial state we prove, We live the happy life of love : But when familiar charms no more, Infpirethe blifsthey gave before ; Each less delighting, less is loved, First this,then that, is disapproved ; Complacence flies, neglect succeeds ; Neglect, disdain and hatred breeds. 'Twas thus a pair, who long time proved, The joys to love, and be beloved, At length fell out for trifling things ; From trifling, anger mostly springs.— The wish to please forfook each bread, Love's throne by basest rage poflefe'd, Resolved to part—they'd meet no more, Enough.—The chariot's at the door— The mansion was my lady's own— Sir John refolv'd to live in town: Writings were drawn ; each cause agreed ; Both vow'd they'd ne'er recall th« deed. The chariot waits.—Why this delay ? The sequel shall thecaule display. One lovely girl this'lady bore, Dear pledge of joys she tastes no mor« ; The father's mother's darling, flic, Now lifp'd and prattled on each knee.— Sir John, when rising to depart, Turn'd to the darling of his heart, And cried with ardour in his eye, Come Bctfcy, bid Mamma good bye.' The lady, trembling, anfwer'd " No— u Go, kiss Papa, my Betfey t go." <c The child shall live with me," f}ie cried, ** The child (hall chuff, Sir John replied. Poor Betsey look'd at each by turns ; And each the starting tear discerns ; My lady asks with doubt and fear, 11 Will you not live with me, my dear ?" " Yes," half refolv'd replied the child, And, half fupprefs'd her tears, (he fmil'd. Come Betsey," cried Sir John, " you'll go, " And live with dear Papa, I know.' " Yes," Betsey cried.— The lady then,' Addref'd the wondering child again. " The time to live with both is o'er ; " This day we part, to meet no more : a Chufe tnen," —Here grief o'erflow'd her breast, And tears burflout, too long fupprefs'd.— The Child, whose tears and chiding join'd, Supposed Papa, displeased, unkind ; And tried with all her little (kill, To soothe his foft relenting will : ,c Do," cried the lifper, " Pappa ! do " Love dear Mamma ! Mampia loves you !" Subdued, the source of manly pride, No more his looks his heart belied ; The tender transport tore'd its way : They both confefs'd each other's sway ; And prompted by the social smart, Breast rufh'd to b'reaft, and heart to heart; Each clafp'd their Betsey, o'er and o'er ; And Tom, drove empty from the door. Ye that have pafTions for a tear, Give nature vent, and drop it here. REMARKS ON THK ENGLISH LANGUAGE. TT is a point of considerable importance in learning a language, r t P.°k t . ain a knowledge of the minute diftindions in the ngnincation of words. There is a difference in the meaning of truth and veracity which is often overlooked ; for we often hear it laid that a man is a man of truth and veracity. If these words mean the fame thn~, they need not be used ai the fame time. T fate is, truth is of Saxon origin, and comprehends the f nfe of both the Roman derivatives verity and veracity. Vtrit• ;s a dcclu ration agreeable tofaft • veracity is the difpojttion of a per/on to f.c k agreeable to fid. The Romans had two words >o exp ess the ti.'o ideas ; the Saxons had one word only for both, viz. truth. Wn n i U / y -> a man is a man of truth, I fay all that is compre hended in faying, he is a man of truth and veracity ; for in Saxon, a man of truth, is in Latin derivatives, a man oj verity and veracity. Thcdiftin&ion between obferveand remark is nearly loft incom tnon practice. Obfcrve is to fee, and remark, to relatefomething Jeen. xi- • lVV '° worc^s are confounded, tor it is often said, and the practice is so general as to render it good Englilh, that I observed to him instead of I remarked to him. I n\dke this remark to fliew now natural we lose primitive diftinftions which were reallv ufe rul. Cufiorn and habit are also confounded in the fame manner. Cus tom is a cause of which habit is the effect. Cuflom is a pia£lice con tinued or often repeated, which produces an effect upon the body or mind, called habit. Thus late writers, copying the French dans I' habitude, fay, in the habit of doing a thing. This is a late innova tion. Habits exist in persons, but how can persons be in their habits ? To have a habit js correct; to be in the practice of a thing n. C °ij ' 1/1 the habil is wrong. The French dans I'habitude Ihould not be rendered in the habit, but in theprattice, for habitude in trench, answers to both the Englifti words cuflom or ptaflice, Bnd hahlt - \Amer. Mer.] Improvements a?id Additions to Mr, Bo wen's Exhibition of Wax-Work, HIS Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esq. A Philadelphian Beauty. Peace, (an elegant figure) with her Olive Branch. Plenty, with wreaths of Flowers, basket of Fruit, &c. TICKETS, at one quarter dollar, may be had at Mr. Jamcs Bryson's, No. 4, Third, below Market Street', where the exhibition is open from 10 o'clock in the Morning, until 9 every Evening. N. B. MINIATURE and PORTRAIT PAINTING done at the fame place, on reasonable terms. Philadelphia, Oft. 30, 1790. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, *) Oiiober 14, 1 790. 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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,\ Sept. 28, 1 790. j NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received at the Office ot the Secretary of theTreafury, until the 31ft day of December next inclusive, fertile building of a LIGHT HOUSE, nearly of the dimensions proposed by the late Commillioneis of Virginia and Maryland, upon the lot of land on Cape Henry, in the County of Princess Ann, and State of Virginia, lately ceded for that purpofeto the United States. It is desired, that the proposals may leave the election, whetfer the building above the foundation ftiill be of brick orltone, and as the colt and charges of those ma terials vary, it is expe&ed, that a corresponding difference will b« made in the terms offered. The foundation of the Light-House is to be of (lone, and funk, to the depth of thirteen feet below the water table, over the top of which the pavement is to be laid. The diameter thereof is to "be twenty seven feet fix inches, with a vacancy of about nine feet in the centre. The diameter ofthe base isto be twenty fix feet, at which place the thicknefa of the walls is to be fix feet. The height from the bottom of the water table to the top of the {lone work is to be fc-- venty two feet,wherethe diameter is to be sixteen feet fix inches,and the thickness of the walls three feet. The form is to be an o&agoi having three windows in the eait, and four in the weft. If it be built of brick, it is to be faced with the glairy kind, if of itone it is tobe faced with hewn or hammer-drelied stone. On the top ofthe stone work is to be a>floor of joists, bedded therein, planked over and covered with copper, extending about two feet eight inches beyond ihe wall, thereby forming an eve which is to be finifhed with a cornice, the whole having a defccnt from the centre fufficient to throw off the water. The lanthorn is to be fupportcd by eight polls of wrought Iron of three inches square and twenty feet in length, ten feet of which are to be wrought into the stone wall on the inner part at each corner. The diameter of it is to be ten feet, leaving a platform on* the oufide thereof of about fix feet in width. All the work above this is to be of iron and copper. The lanthorn is to be ten feet high, having a semicircular roof of five feet more, with iron raft ers covered with copper. The whole space between the ports sup porting the lanthorn, is to be occupied by the fafties, which are to be made of iron, each sash is to have twenty-eight panes of glass, twelve by fourteen inches. One of the fafyeson the fou'.h weft fide is to be hung with hinges for a dootto go out upon the platform, from the outer part of which to the roof ol the lanthorn is to be a frame of iron covered with a net work of strong brass wire, to preserve theglafs from injuries by hail and flights of birds in the night, The ratters of the lanthorn are to be well faftened to an iron hoop, over which is a copper funnel, through which the smoke may pass into a large copper ventilator in the form of a man's head, capable of containing one hundred gallons. This head is to be lo placed as to be turned by a large vane on the spire above it, that the hole for venting the smoke may always be to the leeward. Eight dormant ventilators of fix inches diameter are to be fixed 111 the roof of the lanthorn. A close stove is to be provide 4 and fixed in the lanthorn, which is to be furnifhed with eight lamps, each capable of containing fix quarts, hung in two tiers over each other transversely. There are to be fix flights of (lairs to afccnd to the lanthorn, the entrance to which is to be by a door covered with copper. The building is to be furniftied with two conductors, to fecure't from the effects of lightning. A frame house is to be built for the keeper, twenty feet square, two stories high, with a frame kitchen ; the whole to be finifticd with lath and plaifter. A vault for the storage and fafe keeping of the oil is to be built of stone at a convenient distance, twelve feet wide, and twenty in length. It is to be arched, and covered with earth or femd, over which a lned is to be built, and it is to be furnifhed with eight strong cedar cisterns with covers, each capable of containing two hundred gallons of oil. The entrance isto be secured by a strong door. Good fccurity for the faithful performance of the contrast will be expc&ed. Payments on account will be made at proper sta ges of the work, and the balance will be paid on its completion : or, if a suitable difference ihould be made in theterrm, cash will be advanced for the purchase of materials and provisions. TREASURY DEPARTMENT,"] tt- u. t , Sept. 20, 1790- J I u IS y made known, that the following arrangement lies J. been adopted towards carrying into execution the Ast, mak ing piovifion for the debt of the United States, viz. Loan-Office Certificates, andthofeiffued by the Commiflion ers for the adjustment of accounts in the fevcral States, will be re ceivable only at the Treasury and by the refpeftivc Commissioners ot Loans within the States in which they were refpeftively issued. The Certificates issued by the Register of theTreafury, by the Vay Mailer General and Commiflfioner of Army Accounts, bv dif" CommifTioners for the adjuftraent of the Accounts of the Quarter Mailer's, Commissary's, Hospital, Cloathfng, and Marine Depari partments, Indents of Interest, and Bills of Old Emission, wilt be receivable lndifcriminatelv at the Treasury and bv the Cou miffioners of all the States, the situation of the Checks has dicta ted this arrangement for the greater security of the public agamft impositions by forged or counterfeit paper, and which theslaideta have been adopted from the fame consideration for the cxccution ot the business are such, that it will give facility and dispatch, if applications from the Holders of Certificates of the Register of a r " ur y and of tt,e Paymofler General, and Commilfioner of nny Accounts, and of the Commissioners of the five Depart ments above mentioned, are made in the lirll instance at the Trea sury ; and if applications from the Holders of Loan Office Certi icates, and Certificates issued by the Commiflioners for the adjust ment of Accounts in the refpe£tive Stales, are made in liks man n>"r to C° m tni{lioners of Loans within the States in which they were issued. Transfers can afterwards be made to any Office that tlie Proprietors ofthefe Certificates yiay defu». TJURSUANT to a Resolve or ast of Congress of the 10th day X of May, 1780, relative to the dcllruftion of Loan-O.Tice Cer tihcates by accident ; notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern, that on the 2d day of January 1780, the house occupied by the fublcriber in Market-Street, Philadelphia, took fire and was consumed, in which was lodged a number of Loan-OlSce certificates as pr. lift below, all which were destroyed by the said hre -Therefore if any person, hath any objection why the said Certificates mould not be renewed, agreeable to the resolves of ongrets, they must make them before the expiration of three months, trom the date hereof. Invoice of Loan-Office Certificates dejlroyd in the houfi oj John lhlU T on the 2d day oj January 1780. '"»• No - Dol. March 13. 1 Samuct Cooke, jail. New-York, 601 '673 i ditto. dc. 60a Dollars, 1200. 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