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Having compleated the Sales
cf the Prize Sloop PHOENIX, taken by the Privateers
Holker and Fair American, ail Perlons who have De
manns for Charges, or who are authorised or entitled
to re<eive Shares of said Prize, are desired to make their
Claims, at my Office, within THREE Days from the
D te hereof.
O^c* 16. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal,
Port o' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
To A LL whom it may concern.*
\TOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admiral
" ty wll be held at the State house, in the city of
Philadelphia, on Saturday the loth of oaober, inst. at
io o'clock in the forenoon, for the trial of the (loop or
vcffel called the Polly, formerly commanded by John
Hall, lately taken at tea on her pallage from PiuladeL
phia for Cape Francois, by the Bri i<h privateer (hip,
Goodrich, commanded by John Buchanan, and order
ed for New Yok and afterwards retaken, lent into
this port and libelled against as priz, by Phineas El
dridge (qpi tarn & ) and allo for the trial of a cert in
Negro Have, named Caesar Decatur, f.iken on b; rd
the said (loop at the time of the recapture, ahu Drought
into this port and libelled ag ioft as prize, by tee bid
Phineas Eldridge (qut tarn, &< ) To the end that
all persons concerned may appear arid (hew cme, if
any there be, why a decree sh uld not pals parfuant to
the prayer of the libel, &c B oidir o' th Judge,
Otto. 15. JAMES READ, Reg/ltrr.
Philadelphia. October 8, 1781.
LAND-OFFICE,
CT,HE Officers of the Land office, having region to
A believe, that there are divers persons, in the tx
treme pa ts of this state, wuc are (till ignorant of the
Office being opened, for the purpole of receiving the
arrearages of purchase and interest due on lands here
tofore fold, and granting p tents for th fame, beg
leavr, therefore, to NO j IFY the PUBLIC, that the
Se retary and Receiver General's Offices are kept in the
welt wing of die State-house, and the Surveyor Gene
ral's at his own houie, on the north fide °' Maiket
ftreet, near Saventh-ltreet.
On THURSD AT Next,
the ißth instant,
At TEN o'clock in the Forenoon, at the Martha!'#
Wharf, between Arch and Race-Rreets,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
TEN Band's of Frying. Pans, Locks G mulcts, a
Calk of S nothing Irons, four Czfo of Nails, a
Keg of red Pain' a few Boxes Window Gia's, two
Ship Screws, a Kgof Peas, aKg of Grut, fix
Cyls or Cordage, a Box of Pipes, five Boxes Candles,
ten Jars Buter, &c. &c. Being Goods remaining un
fold, or which! ave been Sold before and not paid for,
of die Cargo of the Ship Dimfoale.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
Odo. 16. CLEMENT B UDLE, M- dial.
The Justices of the Peace for
county of Philadelphia, at a meeting on the sth of Oc
tober, agreed that the price of Sweeping each Chm
rr y in the laid city and county, hwuld be ONE SHIL
LING and SIX PENCE.
TO be 'SO LD by the SQ&iber,
In Second-street, one dour from the corner of Pine
ftee<,
Best double and finale Giouctfler CHEESE,
One hogfhr:d r fGIN,
Md^ia and L,(bon W INE, by the quarter calk or
gallon,
COFFEE by the hag,
Erg Til CLOATHS BRUSHES.
Analloruncnt of lIN WARE*, D YTODS. &:,
DAVIS EFVAN.
FOR SA L E,
The Schooner Rambler,
As (he now lays at Morton's wharf ; (he it Virginia
built, Oils remarkably faft, and carries about 260 bar
r/a n< fl Mir. For terms apple to
Odo. 5.. JOHN' PURVIANCE.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 178 ft
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GENERAL ADVERTISER.
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Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
°y E virgins! fond to be admir'd,
1 With mighty rage of conquest fir'd,
And universal sway ;
Who heave the ncover'd bosom high,
And roll a fond, inviting eye,
On all the circle gay !
You miss the fine and secret art,
To win the castle of the heart,
For which you all contend ;
The coxcomb tribe may crowd your train,
But you will never, never gain
A lover, or a friend.
If this your passion, this your praise,
To shine, to dazzle, and to blaze,
You may be call'd divine ;
But not a youth beneath the fly,
Will fay io ferret, with a sigh,
" O were that maiden mine!"
You maffhal, brilliant, from the box,
Fans, feathers, diamonds, castled locks,
Your magazine of arms ;
But 'tis the sweet fequefter'd walk,
The whispering hour the tender talk,
That gives you genuine charms.
The nymphlike robe, the natural grace,
The imile, the native of the face,
Refinement without art;
The ey£ where pure affe&ion beams,
The tear from tenderness that streams,
Tne accents of the heart;
The trembling frame, the living cheek,
Where, like the morning, b tithes break
To crimson o'er the breast ; /
The look where sentiment is f en,
Fine passions moving o'er the mien,
And all the foul expreft ;
Your beauties theft: with these you shine,
And reign on high by right divine,
, The sovereigns of the world ;
Then to your^ourt the nations flow,
Tne muse with flowers the pith will strew.
Where Venus car is hurl'd.
From dazzling deluges of snow,
From summer noun's meridian glow,
We turn our aking eye ;
To nature's robe of vernal green,
To the blue curtain bl serene,
Of an autumnal iky.
The growing charm invites the eye,
See morning gradual paint the iky,
With purple and with gold !
S^e spring approach with sweet delay !
See rosebuds open to the ray,
And leaf by led unfold!
We love th' alluring line of grace,
That leads the eyes a wanton chace,
And lets the fancy rove ;
The walk of beauty ever bends,
And Hill begins But never ends,
The labyrinth of love.
A Further SALE of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this state, dated April the 29th, 1780, will be held
at the C ffee-hou'e, on THURSDAY, the 18th of Oc
tober instant, at TEN o'clock in the forenoon. A
Plan of the Lots may be seen at the Coffee house, and
at the Surveyor General's Office. The conditions the
fame as the last files.
TO BE SOLD,
A Likely, Healthy Negro Boy,
about 14 years old, is to serve till be is 28 years old.
Enquire of the Printer.
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From the LONDON PUBLIC A D.'
VERTISE R, of June 25.
ODE to WOMEN.
By the Rev. Mr. Logan, one of the minißers of
Leith.
At times, to veil, is to reveal,
And to display is to con eal,
Myflerious are your laws !:
The vision's finer than the view,
Her landscape nature never drew,
So fair as fancy draws.
A beauty, careleflly betray'd,
Enamours more, than if difphy'd,
. All woman's charms were,giveQ;
And, o'er the bosom's vestal white.
The gauze appears a robe of light,
That veils, yet opens, heaven.
See virgin Eve, with graces bland,
Fresh blooming from her maker's hand,
In orient beauty beaml
Fair on the river margin laid,
She knew not that her image made
The angel in the stream.
Still ancient Eden blooms your own,
But artleft innocence alone
Secur s the heav'nly post ;
For if, beneath an angel's mien,
The'ferpent's torturous train is seen,
Cur paradise is loft.
O nature, nature, shine the charm!
Thy colours woo, thy features warm,
Thy accents win the heart!
Parisian paint of every kind,
That Rains the body or the mind,
Proclaims the barlot's art.
The midnight minflrel of the grove,
Who Bill renews the hymn of love,
And woos the wood to hear ;
Knows not the sweetness of his ftrain*
Nor that, above the tuneful train-,
He Charms the lover's ear.
The zone of Venus, heavenly fine,
Is nature's handy work divine,
And not the web of art;
And they who wear it never know,
To what enchanting charm they owe,
The empire of the heart.•
THEY, who content on earth to stay,
To earth their views confine;
With rapture Miller will survey
This Paradise of thine !
I, too, my willing voice would raise,
And equal rapture (how ;
But that the feenes which others praise,
For me are much too low.
I grant the hills are crown'd with trees,
I grant the fields are fair;
But, afterfall, one nothing fees
But what is really there.
True taste ideal profpea's feigns,
Whilst on poetic wings;
'Bove earth, and all that earth contains.
Unbounded fancy springs.
To dwell on e rth,*grof element,
Let groveling fpifits bear;
But I, on nobler plans intent,
Build Cafiles in the Air.
No neighbour there can dis gree,
Or thwart what I design ;
For there, not only all I fee,
But all I with, is mine.
No surly Landlord's leave I want
To make, or pull down fences ;
I build, I furnifh, drain, and plant,
Regarcfiefs of expences.
One thing, 'tis true, excites my fear,
Nor l let it seem fUrprißhg;
Whilst Ministers from year to year.
New taxes are deviling;
Left, earth being tax'd, as soon it may,
Beyond what earth can bear;
Our Financier a tax should lay
On Castles in the Air.
Well with the end the means would suit.
Would he, in t^ele our days.
Ideal plans to execute,
Ideal taxes raise.
From the LONDON EVENING POST of July
CASTLES in the AI R.
ANONYMOUS.
[NUMB. 795.