A
Price of Stocks.
6 per Cents 19/10 .
3 per Cents' 1 t/i<*
lJcterre.l 1
Bank of the United States 43
Pennf/lvania 37
North-America * 45
N£ur- Ca s r l JJi e r Lottery.
VJRtZE Tickets in the'above Lattery are
JL paid at a fair discount, or exchanged for
tickets in the Canal, IVaJbington Pattrfih
Lotteries, at the Office No: 149 Ch-fn<it St
Where approved No£es so any anloant are
Siio difeouiitetl. 5
Juiie 24 ,
NEIV T. 11 EAT RE.
Mr. Warrell & Sorts' Night.
June 13.
To-Morrow E veiling will be prefefttcd
A Comedy, called
Kvcry onehashisFault.
Lord NcirUrJ, Mr. Whitlock,
Sir Rob n't Rumble, Mr. Chalmers,
Mr Solus, Mr. Morris, Mr. Harmony,
Air. Bc.tss, Captain Triuin, Mr. Moreton,
Mr. placid, Mr. Cleveland, Hamrstmd,
Mr. Green, Porter, Mr. Warred,
Mrs. Marshall.
taiy Eleanor Irwin, Mrs. Whitlock, Mrs. Pla-
M, Mrs. Rowi'on, Mife Sfmjfer, Mrs.
Bates, Mifi.Wodur:,, Mr). Morriff,
End of the 4th ait,
An admired TYIAI.OGUE and DUETT,
called, The TOBACCO BOX,
or, the- Soldier's. Last Gift ; by Mr. Mar-
Jhall and Stirs. Warrell, in character,
Between the p ay and Faree, (for the Last
titfie this season,) the favorite Pantoanimic
al Dance, cotapofed by Mr. Francis,
called
The Sailor's Landlady,
Or, JAUK IN DISTRESS.
Ja.-l, Mr. Francis
Mete, Mr. J. Warrell
NedTlaulyari, vAth a Sor~, Mr. J Darley
MUftopmsin, MafT.W arrell
Sailors, Mejrs Blijett, Mit • tl, Price, Ufc.
JLeffes, Mrs. Sates, Mfs IViilems, Ro'ufon, Old
field, Milbourne
Landlady, " Mr. Rowfcn
Orange Girl, Mrs Demarque
With a new Double Hornpipe, by Majler T.
Warrell and Miss Milbourne.
' And a Triple Hornpipe, by Mr. Francis, J.
/ Warrell, and Mrs. De Marque.
To -which -will te added, a Conical, Tragical,
1 Operatical Farce, called
7om 7hums the GREAT,
[With the original rnufic, scenery, &c.
Tom Th*mt, Miss Solomons.
Kin* Arthur, Mr. Bates
Lord Grizzle, Mr. Harwood
Mr. Noodle, Mr. Franci*
Mr. Doodle, Mr. BlilTett
Me rib,, and the Chef) Mr _ Dlr ,
cf (suffer Thumb, )
Sjhietn Dolia!:l!j, Mrs. Warrc'll
Pt incefs Huncamunta,Mrs. Oldm ixon
IVI ujtacbcty Willcms
Glumdulca, £Kcencf tie Giants, Mr. Rowfen
Tickets may be had of Mr. IVarrcll and Sons,
No. 89 South Fourth street, and at the u- i
fuSil places. j
Mr. BlilTett and Mrs, De Marque's Night
will be on Friday.
A New Farce, never performed here gall
ed, the Irishman in London, after which, a
Comedy in thres ad:s, called the Farm House,
and a New Pantomimical Ballet, called, the
Miraculous Millor, the Old ground Yovng,
With other Entertainments.
Miniature Painting.
At No. 93 South Eighth Street,
J~ ARRAN1 ED Likenelleb are taken at
* i a reafonatde priee.
A Specimen of the ArtiltV abilities may be
fcen in No U2 of the public exhibition in
the Senate Chamber.
June 11 drjt
ThomAs Noble,
Jllonei, Commission Broker,
AO. 149 Cbefnut flreet,
RETLRNS grateful acknowledgenients to
his friends and the public for the encou
ragement he has received since he commenc
ed bufincfs.
Continues laics and pur chafe 5 of real eftatcs
and public fecuriiies:—tranfaCts every species
of money negociations—difcouats approved
notes to any amount, See. &c.
1 ickets in the Canal and other Lotteries,
may be had at the abeve office.
'the Washington Lottery being now
oh the eve of drawing, a numerical book will
be kept ; from which Ac public will have the
advantage of examining the fate of tickets,
three days earlier than by the usual communi
cation ol iucorreft printed flips, irregularly
sent by poll, and which arrives twice a week
csly. June 24 5
Tv-morroiu morning will be latid
td,
At Hamilton'* wharf,
FROM on boatd the brig Favorite, a Car
go of first cjuauty SUGARS, and
BARBADOS RUM.
At fame h-*i f, will be "Landed from the
o»up Lucinha, a cargo of
Fine Green Coffee.
For Sale by
EDWARD DUNANT,
No. 147 South Front ftr«et.
J«e 3,* -i }
EXTRACTS fi-om Dr. Rowuv'sAr
marks on tue cure of mudnefj .
THE cure of madness from a perturbed
minil, or palaon long indulged, is to be
itrtrnpted by the apparent gratification of
the delire, or sometimes opposition, as far
as mental cure extends.
singer, whose intemperance is aug
mented i>y opposition, u ealily calmed by
, silent negleCt.
Pride* which commonly aflumes great
fupe'edioufnefs and arrogance, and pre
tends to mental or bodily qualities it fel
dorn policffes, is belt i'ootlied by affected
obsequiousness and adulation.
Mad pride renders the pofTefTors in their
ovpn imagination, persons of very great
consequence. The proudly mad conceive
thtmlUves emperors, kings, or great per
sonages, generals, rich merchants, &.c —
and they are generally tyrannical, pom
pous, oblerve a rei'erved, diflani bvhavior,
and expeCt great homage; which if they
receive not, are ferocious, viadidHve, re
vengeful, or fallenly rnifchievous'.
Pride in those who are not insane, is
generally the concomitant of folly","and is
Commonly used as amafked battery t6 co
ver the defeats of the mind, or acquire
importance amongll the undifecrning vul
gar : it is pitied by true wisdom, and ri
diculed by wit.
Envy, which ever maliciouflv indulges
itfelf in the misfortunes, iniftakes, men
tal, or bodily defects of others, is happiest
in hearing scandal and detraction, especi
ally against those whose superior excellence
is marked and acknowledged by mankind.
As its faigheft enjoyment is the misery of
others, so its raoft pungent sensations of
horror arises 0:1 viewing any elevation of
sentiment orhappinefs.
Avarice er covetoufnefs, which never en-
Joys whatitpoffeffes, but thirsts after wealth
with an inordinate deCre and sedulous at
tention, is rendered most easy by the con
templation and expedition of Peruvian
mines.
Disappointed expectation, is no unfre
quent cause of madness ; or hopes fruftra
ted, have been long dwelling on fu
ture arquifitions.* What is moie disagree
able to the human mind than long f'uf
penfe, or alternate hope, fear, and appre
hension ? Dcfperate attempts at suicide are
often thecoafequences of disappointment:
there is no remedy but setting bounds to
human desires, many of which are chi- j
merical and unreasonable ; but this is only
practicable before the approach of insani
ty or desperation, which, when present,
never listen to reafoaing advice.
Love, that fiery flame, when lighted up
in the humin bread, consumes its votary,
if not gratified with the objeCt of mental
attraS/ien. It is a paflion the least of all,
perhaps governable by reason, and ' when
productive of insanity, which, in propor
tion to its violence, it is most approxi
mate, is commonly incurable.
Jealousy is a feni'ation of suspicion, where
thegreateft confidence is expelled. In
both love and marriage it has produced
suicide : its remedy is indifference to the
object adored, or a philnfapliical refignati- j
on to infidelity. In France, and other \
warm countries, infidelity in a mistress or j
iadnel's, deteltati
on, or fclf murder.
Misfortunes in llfe y if nearly producing
madness or desperation, are only curable
by a timely alleviation of the present or
expected distress. If from domellic un
happinels, from children or relations, vex
ation has produced madnels. An apathy of
fowl feels nothing except for felf; but great
philanthropy earnestly engages in ths con
duit and welfare of all mankind, and has
thousands of emotions andfears unknown
to the mfenfible or torpid.
f e "f e of Honour has produced
raft suicide, or insanity from the most ex
quisite feelings; where such sentiments ex
llt, nothing can be more inhuman than to
torture them ; they are -the companions
ut the most elevated and nobie' minds.—
There has been instances of officers in the
army committing suicide on only receiv
ing a fliarp reprimand for some trifling o
mifiion, from a superior o. '.eer. The ex
- penencmg negleCt or raft treatment from
; relations or friends, where affections have
been warm, have produced stocking in
itanees of misery and insanity.
Unjujl perfections are amongst the caus
es of madness. In this country of liberty
men ot superior rank or fortune, even if
accompanied with haughtiness, pride, or
malignant dispositions, have little power
to grati.y malevolence; the greatest as
•veil as the lowest being equally amenable
to the laws- In other countries,* superiors
either in rank or profeflion have great
power over inferiors. The modern edu
aation and philosophy have, however, for
tened the ferocity of all ranks ; but yet
there are too many instances, where, if
mankind have an opportunity of doing
mifchief one to another, they seldom want
the inclination J.
It <zvas that on account of
the famous South Sea bubble, many <who
zuere ruined became mad.
t An anecdote of the medical kind,
though it gives no lustre to the profeffion
al character of the party, yet ought here
to be mentioned, as a most inhuman trait
ot a man, who has figured in an elevated
medical situation.
While I was at Vienna the following
was recent : / b
Baron Van Swieteh, physician to the
late empress, eonlidered by manv, not
the molt fuccefsful practitioner, and who
all the world knows was a rigid Boerhaa
vian, had attended a lady of some rank in
the dropsy, and the Baron followed the
Boerhaavian doCtrines implicitlv, but
, without the least success, and declared the
the cafe incurable j asserting, that any
The perforts mod <apible of gratifying
rancor at the txpencc of honor or jufhee,
- the hai ghty, prcud, mean, and envi
loZ The objects of perfections ar<
! those commonly, who excel in mental fe.
f who acquire great reputation from
' °"rt trilijvoknc-, »r.
a manly oApofition to its wily snares, anc
t iow cunning inventions. Integrity, dif
! .ernment, and solution, are terrors c
the proud, mischievous, or dei.gn.ng, am
I formidable shields againlt artifice, dillimu
lation, or unjust t erfecution.
r Where an exqtjfite lenfibility pervades
t tie human frame, without a nuiculilH
habit of body and mind ; long continue ,
I vexation has been produce oF infant
> "rief, melancholy, and iuicide.
The cotifiioufncj: of immorality has cau
sed dfjfovmlcncy, deflation, a„d laltly,
, insanity or suicide. ...
. Injultice, cruelty, or murder, have
tortured the perpetrators and actors with
; the moilfungent mental torments. J lie
• paths of itriit justice are straight and hap
py • thofeof injustice, low cunning, ana
: deception, full of dangers, disgrace, or
. mazed perplexities. I rue wiidom al
ways pursues the former : left-handed wif
do/n, witi various degrees of
j the latter. The recollection of barbarity
. of injustice, though it may have answer
. Ed- a temporal y interested purpose, has
ftting the parties afterwards with remorse,
. horror, despair, melancholy; they have
been haunted with a thousand hideous
imaginary fpecftres. Medicine seldom a.
• vails here, when the guilty mind, preying
■ on its own depravity, has become inline.
Change of situation, reparation of in
. juries, die conversation of friends, and at
tempts to divert the mind from its melan
. choly preflure, are the chief aids under
. such milerable circumstances.
The heart liiddenly dilated by over joy,
has produced madness ; therefore good
intelligence (hould be delivered w,ith pru
dence and circumspection.
physician who undertook to cure, tleferv
e«l the appellation of ass. Dr. Hirneis, a
popular physician in this city, much es
teemed for his humanity, skill, and gen
tleness, of manners, was called and loon
cured the patient by methods not mention
ed in Boerhaave. The lady wished to re
compense the worthy Dr. but he declined
excepting any pecuniary reward, and only
requested the patient to go to Baron Van
Swieten, and prove by occular demon
stration, that the ass had cured what the
ox cauld not, alluding to the overgrown
pride of the court physician. The Baron
inflamed at the cure being performed by
methods he was unacquainted with, medi
tated and accomplished the deftrudlion of
the doctor for curing the patient, contra
ry to his opinion and prognostic. The Ba
ron hadfufficient power with the empress
to have Dr. Hirneis banished from that
| city to PafTau, by which the unfortunate
man loft all his practice, and he, with a
i numerous M —
Ity On the death of the einprelsthe pre
; sent emperor was aoplied to,, in order to
_ 11 Ooftfr, who had been
in exile twenty years. The emperor per
haps, not being difpefed to shew disres
pect to his imperial mother's memory, or
to her favorite physician, denied the re
quest : but after the death of Baron Van
Swieten the cxifled doctor was fnffered to
return to Vienna. In his twenty years ab
sence his principal friends had died ; he
soon found his practice was unlikely to be
reflored and he expired a short time after
at Vienna from extreme grief, or, some
fay a shorter means. Thus an able prac
titioner fell a victim to medical fuceels
through the mortified pride and tyran
ny of a powerful, but mean, court physi
cian.
In a learned profeffion like ours, the
very bafisof which (hould be founded in
gentleness, humanity, and the perfection
of acquired excellence and fcienceno
fueh narrowness of foul should exist, as to
be envious at the success of another.
Wherever the dawnings of industry and
iuperiority of medical knowledge appear,
they should be ehtrifhed, protected, and
brought forward, to benefit society. In
this happy country of liberty, physicians
are uptin a more equal rank ; real abilities,
& iuccefsful practice, will always procure
friends and protectors, which no profef
fiosalenvy can crush ; nor can court edicts
be obtained to banrfh ufeful physicians from
ierving mankind in the manner moil a
greeable to their Ikili and inclinations.—
The royal college of physician. in Lon
don alone have the power of interdicting'
improper persons from praaifing within
'even miles of this metropolis ; but it is
hoped the censors of that learned body ne
ver have, nor will exercise such power,
fiom personal pique, or envi%us motives;
but on the liberal principles of the falus
popuh, in the fupprtfiion of quacks and
lmpoftois ; for which pnrpoie charters
were grimed, extraordinary powers de-
From the Morning Chronicle, cf April t 4 .
trial
WARREN HASTINGS, Esq.
ONE HUNDReD AND FORTy-NINTH DAY.
Yeflerday this celebrated trial, which
began on February, c ™
to decision. The Hall was as much
| cr ° das on tlle fi rft dry. The fnlcn-
of the Aflimbly, f rcm .the number
ot Ladies, ,t is impoffiblt to describe. Mr.
I f° X f, nd t! J s of the Manager, came
p ° their ho * « twelve o'clock. The
ward,! 11 '" C UIU taif aft h,JUr altef
j Proclamation being ma le in the ufua
\ way, Warren Haltings, Esq. and his Bail,
- came into the Court, and was diredled tc
e withdraw.
r The Lord Chancellor then stood up, and
1 said that the Lords had upon Friday lad
resolved that judgment Ihould be giver
e this day on the charges of High Crimes
- and Misdemeanors brought by the Houfc
i of Commons agai»ft Warren Haftmgs,
i Esq.
The following are the resolutions which
a they entered into, atd the questions to be
J put to the Lords severally :
Resolved, by the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, in Parliament afiemblcd, that
s the following questions be put to the Lords
e in Weftminlier Hall, vix.
i I. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guilty, or
e not guilty, of high crimes and inil'demea
nois, charged by the Commons in the firft
- article of charge ?
, 11.-Is Warren Hillings, Efq- guilty, or
not guilty, of high Crimes and misdemea
nors, charged by the Commons ip the fe
cund article of charge ?
111. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guilty, (jr
not guilty, of high crimes and misdemea
nors, charged upon him by the Commons
in the sixth article of charge, in so far as
relates to the said Warren Hastings, having
in the years 177 a, 1773, and 1774, cor
, ruptly taken the several f'fms of money
- charged to have been taken by him in the
said years, from the several persons in the
1 said articles particularly mentioned ?
IV. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guilty, or
not guilty, of high crimes and mifdemea
, nori, charged upon him by the Commons
in the sixth article of charge, in so far as
relates to his having, cn or before the
a6tli of June, 1780, corruptly received
and taken from Sadanunri, the Bnxey of
the Raja Cheit Sing, the sum of two lacks
of rupees as a present or gift
V. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guilty, or
not guilty, of high crimes and misdemea
nors, charged upon him by the Commons
in the sixth article of charge, in so far as
relates to his having, in Oflober, 1780,
taken and feceived from Kelleram, on be
half of himfelf and a certain person called
CulliamSing, a sum of money amounting
to four lacks of rupees, in conlidtration of
letting to them certain lands in the Pro
vince of Baliar in perpetuity, contrary to
his duty, and to the injury of the East-
India Company ?
VI. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guilty, 01
not guilty of high crimes and mifdemea-
charged upon him by the Commons
in the sixth article of charge, in so far as
relates to bis having in the year 1781, re
, ceived and taken as a present from Nun
doofol, the sum of fifty-eight thousand
rupees ?
VII. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guilty, f
or »ot guilty, of high crimes arid misde
meanors, charged upon him by the Com
mons in the sixth article of charge, in so
far as relates to his having, on or about
the month of September, 1781, at Chu
nar, in the Province of Otide, contrary to
his duty, taken and received as a present
from the Vizier, of ten lacks oTj
VIII. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guilty,
or not guilty, of high crimes and mifde
mea»ors, charged upon him by the Com
mons in the sixth article of tharge, in so
far as relates to his having firft fraudr'ent
ly solicited as a loan, and of his
afterwards corruptly and illegally taken
and retained as a present or gift, from
Rajah Nobkiffen, a fiim cf money amount
lng to ,34,oool.fterhng; and of his lnving
without any allow ant e from the Direflors,
or any person authorized to grant such al
lowance, applied the fame to his own
use, under pretence of discharging ccrtain
expcnces said to be incurred l»y the said
Warren Hastings in his public capacity ?
IX. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guilty, or
not guilty, of high crimes and misdemea
nors, charged upon him by the Commons
in the fourth article o.'" charge, in so far as
relates to his having, in the year 1781,
granted a contrail for the provision of O
pium for four years, to Stephen Sulliva.,
fclq. without advertifmg for the fame,
and upon terms glaringly extravagant and
wantonly profnfe, for the purpose of cre-
Sullfvan » nftant f ° rtUne to the said Stephen
„ 'f W Tu n Esq. guilty jL jjr .
gu'lty, ofhigh crimes and misdemea
nors, charged upon him by the Commons
in the fourth article of charge, in so far
as relates to his having borrowed money
at a arge mtereft, for the purpose of ad
vancing the fame to the Contractor for O
pium, and engaging the East-India Com
pany in a fmugglmg adventure to China ?
AI. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. Gu i or
not guilty, of high crimes «nd misdemea
nors, charged upon him by the Commons
in the fourth article of charge, iw so far as
relates to the contracts for bullocks grant
ed to Charles Croftes, Esq. ?
XII. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guilty, ,
or not guilty, of high crimes and misde
meanors as charged upon him by the Com
mons in the fourth article of charge, in so
tar « relates to his having granted the '
provision of bulloeks to Sir Charles Blunt,
b y the mode of Agency ?
XIII. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guiltv, 1
or not guilty, of high crimes and mifde- 1
meanors, charged upon him by the Com- ,
mons in the fourth article of charge, in so
ar as relates to the several allowances
charged to hare been made to Sir Eyre '
Coote, and directed to be paid by the Vi
-21 X rVT 't e «r e ° f the fai<l Sir Evi e Coote! 1
XIV. Is Warren Hastings, Esq. guilty, 1
or not guilty, of high crimes and mifde- j
meanors, charged upon him by the Com- ,
rnons mthe fourth article of charge, in so
ras relates to the appointment of James ■
eter Aunol, Esq. to be Agent for the
Prefiri ° f ['Tf'" for the rclief * f «!>« '
Pr. ct"" Cy M , adras ' all the other '
1- si V nCie * ,n I nd ' a , with a oominiffion |
ot fifteen j>er «ent.}
i! XV. Is Warrt.it [lafti tlgs ,- uilfv .
"ov m " ">V Ot h: g h. U'm, ; Ja ,*l *J7»
0 m eanors, charged upouli.m l, v th ;7"T.
m ons in the fourth article of clurge, jX*
d far as relates to the appointment of I u
" *•». e j- *«£ w s°ys
n llorcs and provman for th t turihn J?
[* Fort William in Bengal, with a comaifii.
e on of thirty per cent. ?
i, XVI. Is Warren Hastings, Efq.guiltv
or not guilty, of the r-efidue of the hl l
h crimes and mifderaeanors, 01 any of them
« charged^upon him by the Impeachment'
oi the Commons ?
d Rei'olved, by the Lords Spiritual and
t lemporal, in Parl.amcnt affeirihled, that
S W w <ha " * ftvtral,v put in
VV eftminfter-hall to each of the Lords be '
r ginning with thr Junior Baron ; aird that
- the only answer (hall be given by e->ch
1 Lord in theft words: ' Guilty, upoiwny
honour or, ' Nofgwtty, upnn n,y ho
r nour ; laying his right hand on hk brtaft.
I he Lord Chancellor held hi hi* hand a
- ift of the Peers present, and who had ta
ken their feats in their roWs before ihe
r Throne. l'hofe Peers who did net mean
- to vote retired behind the Throne.
s The noble Lord then began with the
s junior Peer present, in the following man.
r ner
• George Lord Douglafs, is Warren Kaf
r tings, Elq. guilty or not guiity 0 f high
> Crimps and mifdrmeanors, charged by the
; Commons in the firft article of charge ?—
Lord D6uglas flood up, took off his hat,
• and laying his right hand tipan his heart,
. pronounced Not guilty, upon my honor.
; As did the reft, e;<«ept two or three.
i As soon as they had gone through all
■ the 16 questions, the Lord Chancellor laid,
! it appears 1 that there is a great majority
■ for the acquittal of the pr if oner on each of
the articles ; I am, therefore, pursuant to
your L«rd(hip's directions, to declare that
Warren Hastings, Efq, is acquitted of all
the Charges of Impeachment brAught a
gainst him by the Commons, and of all
the matter contained therein.
Mr. Hastings waj then ealWd to c ire'
into Court: he came into his bo* ; and
knelt in the usual way ; the Chancellor
desired him to rife, and addressed him m
these words:—
" Warryi Hastings, you are acquitted •
of all the Chargesof Impeachment brought -
againll you by the Commons, and of all
the matter contained therein; you aud
yaur bail, therefore, are discharged."
Mr. Hastings bowed to the House.
The Lord Chancellor moved that their
Lordships do adjourn so their Chamber o£
Parliament.—Ordered.
The Court broke up at half after twa
o'clock.
Mr. Burke was not present yesterday in
- Westminster-Hall.
Not ont of the Peers who had takJn
their feats in the H«uie of Lords, since
the trial commenced,yefterday gavejudg
ment, except Lord I'ife, who was created
in 1790.
From the JlvtiwA.
If the Citizeu,. wha_in tlte -PhiWeU
of the 3d inft. proposed
a moderf? BUJTOIog "ifiLl+iVrm.s to have
| the solidity and duration of„ brick or
Hone houses, and much cheaper than
wooden houses, can rea!iz« the hoj <*
which he gives, it would be of great
advantage to this country, not only by
putting a Hop to the clamors raised a
gainst the ordinance lately iiTued by the
Corporation to prevent building frame
hotiles, but also by saving an nnmenfe
quantity of wood .which is daily cor.fu
med in brick kilrtS.
If at the frme time the rich class of
citizens would adopt lome economical
method of warming their houses, such
as the ancient Romans, who warmed
whole houses by the lire of their kitch
ens. or as the Hollanders, who are well
acquninted with methods of warming
ieveral rooms with one fire, or by the
ingenious stove proposed last year by
Mr. Oliver Evans, which well deserves
the attention oi the public; it would
tend in a great degree to lessen the con
fumptioa of fuel, and relieve the poorer
part at<t*e citi7en« who fulLj JJ.ofi by
the dearnefs, which will increase in pro
portion to the population.
As few brick makers would be want
ed, the brick makers would be at a loss
to find employment; let them make
tiles, until they can remove their kilns
at a distance from the City, until we can
find some duiable iabllance which re
quires no fire to prepare it, such as
fiate, to corer our houfee, and remove
the continual fears arifwg from the
combustible materials of which th*y are
composed.
Nature has spread with profufion all
over our territories the moil ufefnl me
tals, and has not refufed us the Hate,
which isfo much used in Europe.
Should the Legi'flaime think it be
low their dignity to encourage such buil
dings, or tefearch.'s to find out atul ex
plore slate quarries ; are there, net a
mong us pati iot ic.citizens who will un
dertake it.
If such an cmulatisn cannot lake
place, let the public at large not negle£t
the means which are offered tothew,ict
all citizens unite topreferve ourdwellingl
our lives, from a fcourgc of which we
experience toooften the dreadful effeifts.
We have repeatedly relieved unhappy
fufferers from fire by fubfeription ; —
would not such afliftance be better ap
plied to pr.'+entlng an evil, than to re
pair it partially when it is done.