fOH I fit ut rm UJIti'ED iIAiES.
Mr. Fcnso,
I do not know pests more cruel, or dangerous to
society tl.an those young men who fludy to gain
the confidence of youejr ladies by afiiduities and in
ilnif protglUrtiowh wind ihenWelvcf'into their hearty
and attach their affections, only to seduce them
■firft, and afterwards abandon th*m. Next in guilt
to these, are the men who,, by engagements of mar
riage, keep a young and innocent creature long in
iufpenff, and, having pre-occupied her heart, pre
vent her receiving the addrefles of -others, v/ho
might have qualities to render her happy, and then
causelessly leave herto pine is disappointment, and
in that contempt whiih is so unjustly cad by tlie
fcrorld on a forfaken girl. I am 1«fl to rhefe re
flexions from a moll afflicting acmdent that has
lately taken place in my neighbourhood : A young
lady of the mod amiable manners and person, and,
for her opportunities, of a very improved mind ;
who had alwtyrbeen the life of the companies in
which (he happened to be, was lately perceived, on
a sudden, to become melancholy : no efforts could
rellore her vivacity, and no persuasion could draw
from her the feeret catsfe of her grief. Her friends
couTd only conjcfture that it aro(efrom the con duel
■of a young gentleman, who had won her affections
by the moil lingular and persevering assiduities, and
was under engagements to her, it is believed, to be
married. All at once, a few months ago, a visible
indifference giew upou him—he gradually with
drew his attentions, and has at length left the date.
This amiable young lady, plunged in -a deep me
lancholy, gave the mod tsnfible affliction "t® her
parent* and friends—herreaTon at some times, her
life at Others were alrooft despaired of j 'till at length
the crud catadrophe took place :—the lovely girl
was found dead. Whether distress had broken her
heart, or whether, really bereft of r.emon, (he fought
herfelf for this dreadful release from life, wc cannot
tell. For the fafcejof. ber worthy friend?, we hope,
the former rather than the httej-. Be it asi it may, \
-<hc T», in all probaßility, tiic vidim ot d:fap|t<>int- , t
■ - -ed/ooe.' r ' H ' " ; i i
Oh i the villainy of men, who can tl:as. play
with virgin sensibility anil innocence ! ff ever that,
man fhauld cad an eye on this painful dory, me
thinks it must plant a poisoned dagger in hw'heart,.
that no time can extract. Wretch t.-l have just
come from attending the obsequies of beauty, wit,
and virtue, that you have murdered.
I P.
Somer/et County, New Jerfcy, June 12,
" - t
Fo* fUi GaZKT-TC OF TKI VMtTEU SxATM.
M*. TW»no,
' 1 observe in the Aurora it is said that Trancehas
manifefted "diflatisfadlien and evident difgud at our'
jate treaty with Great Britain and other a£tsof our
.government." if this be true, there has been re
miffnefs somewhere in not informing the people of
it. But tdu not brieve it is a fad ; and until
some evidence is produced, the assertion may be!
clafled with thousands of others Which appear in
that -publication ; not what does exist, but what
the unprincipled enemies of- the independence of
the United States, ars daily labouring-to effe£l. 1
AM AMERICAN. ' (
New Theatre. :
Mr. "BLISSETT, Mrs. DE MARQUE, and Mrs. *
BATES's NIGHT. \ 1
- - I
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, June 15, 1
Will be presented (never performed here ) as inter- <
• eding DRAMA, in four a<fls, called I
The School for Soldiers. i\
Major Bellamy, , Mr* Green. . '
Bellamy, - Mr. Morctan. 1
Colonel Valentine, - Mr. Beete. 1
Captain Valentine, - Mr. Warrell, jun.
Mr.Heflor, - Mr. Francis.
Frederick, - Matter WarreFl.
Mr*. Mildmay, >■ Mrs. Harvey.
Clara, - - Mrs. Marshall. 1
Preeeding the Play, a humorous PROLOGUE, in the i
. character of a COUNTRY BOY, by Mr. Bliflett. ;
ETid of the Play, ( for that night only )
A Peep behind the Curtain ; ,
■Or, on Ailing. j
As taken from CoUingVßrnQi—By Mr. Bates. |,JO ) jj
Prefaced by an SONO, —Thc ,
A6lor, or a Story «f Jkek"Sly and Johu Bull,—Spout- (
«rs and Spouting Clubs displayed,—An Anecdote of
Mr. Garrick and a Trige'dy Tailor—An ta- j 1
ken by Surprize, or the Prince -of Denmark and a , 1
Scotch Pediu—>-A Butcher -of Blank Verse cutting up ' J
King; Lear—Monotonizing and Lisping, displayed by 1
Bajazet and lamerlane —And a humorous Vocal Pa- : |
rody-on Shakespeare's Seven Ages.
After which, a PASTORAC DANCE, (composed
bv Mr. Fraacis) called 1
LES DEUX SOEURS;
, ' Or, The Lover Metamorphosed.
B) - Mr. Frrncis, Mifs.Gillelpie, ami Mrs. De Mar<jue.
To which will be added, a MUSICAL DRAMA, i« ,
one a<sl, called ».
THE PURSE; '
Or, Benevolent Tar.
The Music tompofed hy Mr. Reeve.—The Accom
paniments and new Airs by Mr. Reinagle.
Baron, - , Mr. Green.
Theqdore, - Mr. Moreton.
Sdmiin!i,, - Mr. Dariey ,jun.
Will Steady, (fird time) Mr. Bates.
The Page (firJV time, and being her last appearance
on any Stage) Miss Gitlefpie.
Sally, - - Mrs. Oidmixofl.
Tickers to be had .of Mr. Bliflett, Ha* AppU-
Tree Alley; Mrs. Dtynarque, No. 71, I>j. Eiglith
flreet, ard of Mrs. Bates, the corner of Seventh and
Chcinut-flreets.
*„* On Friday, a Comedy (never performed in i
America) translated from th€ German of LefSng,
called The DISBANDED OFFICER ; or, The Ba-)
ronefs of BruchCal; to which will be ?<Med, a Come- 1
dy not aiSed this season) called CATHERINE and ;
PETRUCHIO; or, The Taming of a Shrew; with ■
other entertainments, for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. 1
POWSON. ,
fff Mr. CHALMEBS ? s Night willbeon Monday
next.
Mrs and Miss StOoinii's nijrht will be on Monday,
BOX. Ore r olljj- —PIT, Tbrcc-Foistths of a Dollar—
and-GALLERY, r'alf a Dollar.
Ptacn for Ihe Boxe, to be taken of Mr. Wills, at lha
Fw" " '••Theanc. J
{r»0« A nIRMQNT'FATHK.*
POPULAR ELECTIONS.
SAYS Tom, our go*?r«faie»n ii fr«<,.
And ble£l repobli cans are wef'
Far ail the people bear the/rciv,
And rulers mud our voice obey.
While we hi triumph will roamiat*
Our right?,our freedom, and dorruui-
But ah ! fays Dick, a li«k jeering, j
Our freedom's for electioneering, j
And all the ftvay by fycophints,
Is fway'd to gain a bet'er chance ;—
"Tisnot the form I would cotttelt,
Republican we know is best, I
And happy democrats we'd he, J
K our elections could be free, ,
But though the law declares them such,
The.pradice-difiern very much;
Sine* bribes and flatteries fwaytht >
To give their votes tor men that j
Gabble by word, hy private letter, ,«
And by newspapers, which ii better,
And thus you,fee with»ll yoUT boast, •
The people's will is more than J«ft, 7
Just as the oourtier makes his choice,
Whe feils his fame to buy theii voice,
To buy their voice, and blind their .eye*.
And herein all the mifchicf j*U
Forioneft men, as .we fuppafa,
.Are blindly twoed !>y the ndf«,f
And hooti-wink'd democrats may do,
What the/d del'pift, If in their view : j
Tie a good eye, as wcll as loul,
That guards the inteteft of the whole,
A conflaut eye of jealous cxrc,
To guard their rights freni every fuare,
lor many a man of common ferife,
Unguarded votes to his cspence,
While partial men, of bale design,
Jn all the pomp of .title shine,
Who after all the boall of merit,
Of favour, and of public Ipirit,
Will seek to answer their own ends,
Before the public's or thpir friends. •
<But no, fays Tom, we're no such fools.
As to bemade the courtier's tools;
"For, democrats, I'd luve you know,
Are never cheated fo 1 *
IJ,this the character you give,
i Of nie* that in sweet freedoal live, , >*. \ .
Who s loi*intheprsci<iu* n »iip. , _ ?■
That makes their interest and their
'' /urpris'd tiutmeii of sense.
Should raifc such scruple? for defence, _
Tor all yeur arguments are loft,
Sincefreedora is our glee and boall;
For, don't you know, the people's ring,
Who.hold thc /ulers in a itrng, . .
And if tHey do abufetheir power,
W e'U drop them where they were before.
And choose good man to take their place,
Who scorn their station to difgracc j
for, don't you think that we can know,
Where merit and true virtue grow ?
Why, no,'fays Dick, you hav~ no chance,
For ihining garbs grace sycophants,
Who plot, and strive with all their might,
To-keep their pjojedts out of fight,
And tho'yo» are a democrat,
You cannot always smell the rat,
For sycophants, like snakes, have charms,
To fafcin3te you to th ir arms;
And when they've gain'd you to their power,
Their only art is to devour —
j Their fnakith appetites to pall,
■Will fwallowhead, and tail, and all.
i From the Minerva.
f "Sagacity in fele&ing the good,-and courage to
honor it, according to it* degree, determines your
own degree of gocdnefs."
A Philadelphia paper of the 19th ult. contains;
a piece signed "The Truth" which charges the
commanding officer of our army, with .crimes of a
very serious and alarming natufo ' such as to ex
cite the indignation of every honed man. The au
thor of this piece is unknown, and had he not piedg
- ed hintfelf to came forward to maintain and support
those charges, whenever the Gential (hould think
proper to enter on an honorable vindication of his
condud, we (hould have considered both.him and
his piece unworthy of the kill attention, and trea
ted them with a like contempt.
But under existing circutnllancfts, fafls are poin
tedly Hated, a fait opportunity is atfo offered to the
it is incumbent on him, to Tin
dicate his own honor, that of the army, which -in
t a degree is involved with his, and thus disclose the
author; who,if it (hould appear has dated falfc
hood for truth, will rncet with our utmod abhor
rence and detestation : yet (hould be be a man of
irutlk, having public and individual jullicc in view,
>- ?9- a candid hearing, . , ,
!1 • *We changes are too mterclling to the General,to
£ the army, and to the community, to be palled over
. . in silence j and truth ciaifn an invef
a tigation ; when, (hould the General's wosnded
p ' fame be rettored, let a punifhmcnt adequate to the
f j crape be ihfltfted on the author ; but if ptherwife,
- let the-difgrace due to the demerit of the General
j follow him ; and the army be put under the com
mand of a man of zeal, merit, and talents.
Every national officer whether civil or military,
(liquid realize, that a refpedl for the lawr, and a
faithful difchirge of the duties of his fun&ion, on
» Jy caafecure tt> him the refpeft and confidence of
the real fiiends'-to justice, government, and laws of
the American PEOPLE.
v«* 't __
From the Aurora.
— <
A WORB TO TRUTH.
To war with it has never been my pursuit; but
when malevolent falfehood a(Tume» the garb, 'tis an
. e aft of justice to dtteft the counterfeit. Cpm
ments on the meafuree of government by an epon
ymous writer who declares himfelf unknown to all,
»• ami probably might have added unnoticed, utUtl*be
d " is uted as an inllrument in the Aurora, wftuld be
dignified by temark and lifted above that infignifi
in cance which the good lenfe of even Mr. Bache's
j, I admirers would otherwise condemn it to.
a-1 But the moment he abandons his theory and
ie-' touches the reputation of a veteran whose life has
j been spent in his country's service, and whose mili
rs tary name (lands as high on the roll of well earned
' j reputation asmoft who have lived before him, the
ay weak attempt, like the distant murmurs of unplea
fing found is 101 lin idle air. His laurels breathe a
, higher frefhnefslhewn by the glimmerings of timid
- calumny. I was a witness on the spot of General
j), Wayne's condu£l, whild he commanded the wef
•( tern arm), and jwdouqw the representation pub
iif'mJ Lv counterfeit truth, to a set of abom
table' fjlthjodi ~J
v Lieut, of the 4th Sub Legion.
FOR THE GJZErrs or the vnxria states.
JfR. TSNNO, ,
An old correspondent of the Aurora, under th
Her nature of Paulding, has taken up iu. goose-quill
to traduce the adminittration of the general govern-
His firft number is an eflay of abuse, attempting
to ftiematize the PreGdent so. taking measures to
fecstetbe peace of the country, by fettling disputes
without grfing to war. That the opportunity was
loft is the grand fouree of all the inveteracy express
ed again ft the Britifti treaty.
Paultfing'S second number contains ftnftureii ot\.
the conduct of administration relative to citizen Ge
net. This fubjeft was so ably handled by Mr. Se
cretary Jefferfon.that it may fairly be prcfumed not
a doubt is retting on themind of ar.y friena to »"
country, refpefting thejuftice and propriety ot eve
ry meafurc adopted by our government on that oc-
C,< Hii third number has been properly disposed of
by a writer in your paper of Saturday last, who
signs «o,u of the People". The fourth essay has
but one idea in it : viz. That the Government of
the United States has not a right to fay what was
its meaning in forming a particular article of a
treaty. .
Paulding's eflays are taking the fame route with
the lucubrations of 'Franklin—are generally fuppoi
ed to be written by the fame tool, and mult accord
ingly meet with the fame fate. Like a wet.sputter
ing wiek, they wiil ttruggle, expire, and (link.
Yours, QjIARTUS.
A » ACT
Regulating the grants of land appropriated for mili
tary feruicej, and for the focirty of the United
Brethren for propagating the gojfel among the
hirttrrm. H T Ji
Sec. I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Reprefantatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress aSTembled, That the Surveyor Ge
neral be, and .he is hereby required to cause to be
surveyed the tract of land beginning at the north
weft corner of the seven ranges of townships, and
running thence fifty miles due louth, along'the
western boundary of the said ranges ; thence due
weft to the main branch of the Scioto river ; thence
up the main branch -of the said river, to the place
the ludian boundary line crofles the fame ;
thence along the said boundary Hue, to the Tufca
rows branch of the Mulkingum river, at the cros
sing place above Fort Lawrence; thence up the
said river, to the point, where a line, run due weft '
from the place ef beginning, will interfeft the said
river; thence along the line so run to the place of
1 beginning ; and (hall cause the said t'rafte to be
I divided into townships of five miles square, by run-
I ning, marking and numbering the exterior lines of
| the said townships, and marking corners in the said
1 lines, at the distance of two and ope half miles from
each other, in the manner directed by the Bit, inti
tided " An aft providing for the (ales of the lands
of the United St at is, in the territory north-weft of
the river Ohio, aud above the mouth of Kentucky
! river and that the lands above described, except
! the fait fpriogs therein, and the fame quantities of
land adjacent:hereto, as are directed to be leferved
with the fait springs, in the said recited ad, and
such traft6 within the boundaries of the fame, as
1 have been heretofore appropriated by Congress, be,
and they are hereby set apart and reserved for the
purposes herein-after mentioned.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
said land shall he grafted only in tiafts eontaining
a quarter of the township to which they belong,
lying at the corners thereof; and that the Secreta
ry of the Treasury shall, for the space of nine
months, after public notice in the several liates and
territories, regiftej- warrants for military services, to
the amount of any one or more tracts, for any per
son or peifons holding the fame ; and (hall immedi
ately aftev the expiration of the said time, proceed
to determine, by lot, ts be daawn in the presence
of the Secretaries of State and of War, the prio
rity of location of the said registered warrants ;
and the peifon or persons holding the fame, shall
severally make their locations, after the lots (hall he
proclaimed, 011 a day to be previously fixed in the
before mentioned notice ; in failure of which, they
(hall.be postponed in locating such warrants, to all
other peifons holding registered warrants: And
the patents for all lands located under the authority
of this aft, shall be granted in the manner directed
by the before mentioned aft, without requiring any
tee therefor.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That after
the time limited for making the locations, as afore
faid, any person or persons.holding warrants of the
before mentioned defcriptioa, fuffident to cover any
one or m*re tracts, as aforefaid, (hall be at liberty
to make their locations, on any tract or ttafts not
before located.
Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That all the
lands set apart by the firft feftion of this aft, which
(hall remain unlocated on the firft day of January,
in the year one thousand eight hundred, shall be re
leased from the said reservation, and (hall be at the
free disposition of the United States, in-like man
ner as any other vacant territory of the* United
States. And all warrants or claims for lands on
acc9unt of military which (hall not, before
the day aforefaid, be registered and iocated, (hall
be forever barred.
See. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
said Surveyor General be, aad he is hereby rcquir
ed, to cause to be surveyed, three several tracts of
land, containing four thousand acres each, at Sho
enbrun, Gnaden-hutten, and Salem; being the
tracts formerly set apart, by an ordinance of Con
giefs of the third of September, one thousand seven
■ hundred and eighty-eight, for the society of United
Brethren for propagating the gospel among the
heathen ; and to issue a patent or patents for the
said three tracts to the said society, in trust, for the
uses and purposes in the said ordinance set forth.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all
oavigabie or rivers within the tcrriUry to
be dtfpofcd of, by virtue of this aft, dial! be deem
ed tp be and remain public highways. And thin
jn all cases, where the'pppofite hanks of any ftre=un
not navigablj (hall belong to different perfous th •
dream and the bed thereof shall be common to bjtV
Jonathan Dayton, Speaker »f the H-mfi
of Rcprefcntcrt'fxt.
John Adams, Fict-Prefident of th; United
Slates, and President of the Senate.
Approved—June I, 1796.
Go: Washington, President of the United States
Deposited among the Rolls, i:i the office afth
department of State. • »
Timothy Pickering, Secretary'tfStste.
P biladelphia,
WIDVF-SD AY EVENING, Juns I/, 17 , 6
f«f The Officers of the firft division of Militia
are requeued to attendthe funeral of Major Cental
Stewahtj from hi* l?te dwelling-hou&, i Q Third
street, St 3 o'clock, this afternoon*
June tj. . c
A Democrat observed the other day, that not.
thing could be more beautiful or better turned tlr-n
th# compiimcm paid to Geueral Picbegru, at a feic
given in honor of him, by the Minilter of (he l n .
tcrior of France.
«« To that General (said the Miniller) whom the
Republic can preTcot, with , equal pride, to be
friends and her enemies."
I agree with you, said a Byflander, that you wHI
meet with nothing as handfpwe or weH turii'd ex
cept it is the eulogium on Armand dc iiiron, by
Henry IV. which is a few years older.
" This is the Marefchti! de Biron, (said th at
great king, introducing him to his
whom I present equally to my friends and niv W
miea."
Died, inGloueefter, Cape-Ann, Mr. Bi rhard
Clarke, who arr.w.-i .1. ?;»«t port, from gi fl g(W,
Jamaica, in a.fchoo;«w, Gideon Lane, r. (kf r .
Clarke had been fiek 1 imctime before he left Ja
maica, and took in the above fchoo er
bound to America, for his health. He died 0 fit
dayaafter his arrival. He was placed by the Cap
tain at Capt. Benjamin Sorites's, at whose boufc he
had every psfiible attention snd . the bell medical
assistance. His funeral wis formed by
many of the refpe&able and hospitable inhabitant
of that town. Before his death, he sent for the
mate of the Schooner, and took an inventory of
his Effedts, and after giving dtreQioni sos his fu
neral, and the payment of all charges, he made a
present to the Cabin Boy, and direct«d that the re,
lidue should be given to the poor of the Towo, It
is supposed that he was Keeper of a Coffee House
in Cape Francais, but in the troubles, left Hrfpani.
Ola, and went down to Jamaica. Should his friends '
wish to make 3(iy inquiries refpefting him, or hit
property, they will have all the information (hey
wish at l*id B. Somts's, in Gloucester,
CAUTION
To Merchants and other Citizens of the United States.
THE advicec received by Captain O'Brtsn
from Colonel Humphreys, ?t {hew that
the temporary obstacles to a fulfilment of the sti
pulations on the'part of the United States with
the Dey and Regency of Algiers, are not yet re.
moved. The treaty itfelf being put in jeopardy,
by these unexpe&ed delays, the fafety ot AmVri
can »efll!s entering the Mediterranean has become
extremely precarious. It should also be remember
ed, that no treaty has ever yet been made between
the United States and the governments of Tripoli
and Tunis. Merchants and other citizens of the '
United States will hence fee the hazard to which
they wjU expose their property and, the liberty of
their fellow citizens, by engaging, in the prefjirt
state of things, in commerce within the- Straits o£
Gibraltar.
Department if State, TiMoritr
Jum 3, 1796. & cretary of State.
Extract.
' A Speculator—a thing not known yesterday,
and to-day mounted on hi; high pliston, lading
fhlps, for exery quarter of the globe, ptirchafing
whole empires of land, exchanging for millions of
bank flock, paying 2cf. and upwards for wheat,
buying flour with a gormandizing grasp, as if na
ture had refufcd her wonted bounty, and our coun
try was in a state of siege pr famine. I fay here i»
a wonder indeed ; and what will be no wonder is,
that such tnuftirocms of yvfterday, high mounted
to-day, should long exist in grandeur. No: the
two banks of our city could not supply one of
those voluptuous creiturcs in cash one \yee k : a"d
iO fatisfy one of such gender'nothing would heiefc
for the remainder of men.
Take heart, my fellow-citizens ! It is not in the
powet of all the fpetulators in the.land,to keep up
so extravagantly beyond its value the produce of
this country, which Providence has and is abnn
dantly giving us ; nor will any .quarter of the globe
give such prices as will nett them a profit
AN OLD CITIZEN.
New-York, June 8.
extract for the young.
Let me particularly caution young persons to he
very attentive to little,accompli(hmen's. I I heft are
of importance, as they are discovered by all, much
sooner than great ones, and every person is capable
ps uuderftanding them. While tWe man offcierire
and contemplation, whof* exjlted mind cannot stoop
to the flippant trifling of fafhionable company, is
negletted or ridiculed, as <lold and inanimate { the
lively, the infignificant coxcomb, whose foul rfvl T
soared above a pair of shoe bows, is admired and
carefied Happy is that man, who in addition (0
the solid gold of sense and learning, possesses the
ready change of small talk and graceful behafior.
From India papers brought by Capt. Meary, h
brig Rfe, arrived here lajl ivcelfrom the Ij*
of Francs.
CALCUTTA, January 10.
Extract of a letter from Prince of Wales'* Ida™,
dated the 3d ult.
«' A detachment of about fifty feamco and U-