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WINE.
at , wharf, TEME- ,t
piKPK VVIXS.-oC .xCeHcntquaKry. in uii iis anil
I-;i 1 r pin-, fur fa'e ! y "JAMES VARI). WbL
OA. it'. eoßt
~TrT'be"Ler,,at a moderate Rent, ,
i-pH'i prist'iim of a HOUSE, wit'in a
I ,hi>rt i'iftafi' eof the Coffee-h'.'ufe,.which has »tpg
h.rn or. u- iid 1' 1- the l*a But month", confiding Ivive
cf a fpo.l tlijiiss roam aud-paTlosr 'wpWroomi fay r
a a .IrxiTi - ro:im. two gure's, ki'cKen, worii j ul .; r ,
vau't ami c-Uar, all in excellent 01'.er, fit for-tjw , .
r^V^p'i.in of xfa'all fa nily. Noi;r rwetl
am-iy but 'h-'-'e who are refpeilable and
trqa'r • ar'the office of this Gazette. | the C
Olybrr nifh ;
N O T I C E. patle
A LT, pff.n- InVWWeH rwlhe eflat# of To - n with
J\_ Striker, late of Tinnecum Tevnfhiff,
Buck's County, sre rcquefted to pay rff their f
rtfpj flive tfebta and those havhi'g *ny J . e < ; n f ov
rtisiuls ag<inft laid eflate, are desired to bring in
tlicir arrfiunis, to :■
JOSEPH C'!.-iMJSEHLAIX, -2 ) Execu-
UAI.ILT P2£VALT, S tors. Ofh<
Sept. 18. q|iaw 4 _\f_ nera
The Medical Lectures' 0 £
I-. TV Ifnire'Ttty cf Pennfylvanla, ?re post-
V one<i until the iat Monday in November | ;
' 'oiaober it- _ _ • i of v
The Healtb-Office j vc c '
!o I Ci'y-Hail, and i-Jrcptopen | •
2nd! dry wrier" hiving Win- f> may j
\Vm. Hcaitli-Ofiicer. inft.
P at "
" N O i' I c E. i
THE OJHc" of the Dep irtnunt of Wac.are for eigh
s the prtfent near to the Falls of the Scuyl- ill ;
till, on the Ridge Koad. er p;
flypferr.her 4. IL_ ]y in
MEDICINES. i
!- op rvirykird nectffiry for ihe sick also, 5a- , an t
po, Barley, and Oatmtl. for diet drink, ill kc I com
<lei vered gratis iurirg the pre fat contagion, to !
th-fc who ar- unahle to pay for it. at j amj
I.:.bora*or)', No. Jt4, Second Street.
M EDICIN ES. . thoi
't"HE Pner who may find it inconvenient, from conl
i'i*>arc ■, to make n'fe of Mr. Honrra's truly me- teIK
rituri<His off r, will be fuppfied with meiicine=— t y g
r.eo, barley, oatmeal. &c. by ap-lyinj at the
labfcrib-r's tfo. ;,6', Mr.rket (Ireet. 11
ROBHRT S STAFFORD. mpf
the Philadelphia, At/ion, and 1 ucierton f ] aVl
Mi/A 11. STAGE. dife
~1~1I H. r > T->*riclnri leg Uuvt to infirm the tt b'.ic, that
(i.'v eJlMficd a Stag! bctn ltn Pkih<k!/>bia,
A Jim. It t"«, Hnm/yttn, Sfrfhutll, "rJ Martha Fur'
v/rt, WaJi'g Rwr flUling mltl. Ik* turn Turl
i» A'/-.- *>.7' a , '" i » a " i To
W -.ill bm-fci, a nmfarUllt carries, ""d 9 'j"-
fjt Jrivtr, for the (Mvr:a*ce of Its mail, pajfrngcriiaml ,
TLr Sift wi'.l flart mry'Ti'i'/Jay, "I 1° ,
■ .HI., A. tVr./r.m Mr. Dxnitl Cmftr'l I'errrl and tile
hJ;e that "•;!>! «' 7"*' at Lmgaariing ; \flnd talll
i cm F'iJ.'y at 6 •'</«♦. P- At- ft— E- mel
V3Tl't, in\ ~e<f>ir, 11 t»c!erf*n, d\"a-t from tktcily S4 at (
»;/.•r, ! fro* th AlUuttit 6, and from 111 EaJ! Groftng .
1 m.'ts J -ulxrp are gt.-d - 'j
vtHer f, and -.ilcrt are cnmmciitiiii andfafe pajtgc boats
fr.T.i, '•■/ to c-IV.-J Mfaf's C«p'-William War ma;
■viMu'i boufs, on Tucker's IJland, adjoinining the At- t ; cl
Lmtie, b. r, are %r.od jceommoa.iliaiu, and a convenient
' fLc to Me ; tie rportf-tan wbo loijle, ti rcgJe bimfetf
trilb frvlhn amt~fling, may at this pUe be M
t fieJ. there Ling at .ilmofi every ftafm of the year foivt Call
and fit in abundance.—Tbe Stage on its return, Jlar's tim
from 'fc'afor'faid C. Evan's ii Ttscierfn, every thi:
,<!av, «/ A t'doch A. M breikfafis at John Bodines, at
IV.iJiw River Bridge, lodge that night at Lon^acoming^
a,. lai I oe.'o-b, P. M. oi iVtdnrfisy. arrive at the )
esfir.fi It Cher's Perry. It is framed thatroute of bet
en equal dtfante ni.il! be left expcnfnic, or furnijh tbe tra ful
ve'-ler «■ th a greater v iriely of tmiftrrcnt, as be toill co ,
n-t orly hro, a p Want fill to tbe alUnt c fr),m Tucler-
i-.n, but liav- the curnfiy of sonf on the road tvllber a
Member if capital furntcss aid forger, and o e flitting .
mitt, in comf'.e t ord-r, end at I; ge .tlemcn, too, nvbo tri(
are otvn-rs, or faclors, of ary of tbe aforrfiid iron -worts, the
fire filicited to encourage and 'fipport ibis jflage (by n b.tb Jjj 3
shey can be si -v t ll accommodated) the continuance of ,rbub o( |
■trill much d,fend on their aid. The ratrs of poj.ngers
and b-ogage are as filler, . For a pdffenger from t e ln '
aforrfaid Daniel Coofer's Ferry to Tuderton, deluding wt
14 11. of baggant, T-.VO Dolhrs ; fir it/ay pajengers ha
fcr mile. Four Cents—l 5° ">■ °f ' P"f all
fencer. P«/!agc of letter., uenvfpapers, SsV. -will be set
uvr*rabU to la-tv*
,V. B. Ibe mail coffeefr m tbe Old Ferry.
THOMAS iVARDLE Es" Co. ful
Tucler!on, Sept. I?. Ofi.s. —2*vtf th
I
The Norfolk Mail STAGE. gr
-"pHIS Sta S <Ttarts from the GEORGE Tavern, th
2. of the comet* of Second and Arcb Streets, in
Philadelphia, ry. iy Tulfday, TLurfday, an A Satur- a s
da~, at 1 t/'elack, in the irorning; arrives at Do- ,
vi*r the fir ft day, at Snowhill the second day, at
Northampton Court House the third day, and on ap
the morning of th- fourth day the pafTengcrs find m
a fafe aad comfortable packet to convey them to' w;
Norfolk. dt
A packet leaves Norfolk for Northampton fetry, ,
every Tuefdny, and Saturday, and the
Stage start» from this Terry for Philadelphia, every re
Mon Jay,' Wednesday and »i J .ay; put» up at Snow of
Hill th- firft night, at Dover the. ad night, and ar- J
tives in Philadelphia in the evening of the third m
C The diftanee on this rout^, between Philadelphia
and Norfolk, is lo miles less than on any stage route b<
between those places
Too much cannot be said in favor of the road, fc]
v.hich is most excellent indi»d. The proprietors
willingly engage to whole fare to any
palfenger, who, after having; performed this route, .
wjll fay that he ever travelled in a stage for the fame
iiftanee, so good a road in America. ai
Anguft 11. . dim, eotf. c .
* r,. r It
Peale's Museum.
This valuable repofitcry of the works of Na
ture, so well calculated to delight the mind
and enlarge the underfkndmg, i»opened daily, a. j
ufiial It , (lands in an iiry and"healthy situation,
and free from the epidemic th-t at present afSiila
the city ;it may, therefore, be frequented with L
the greateS fifety.
As an Air.ufcment, the fludy of Nature is the
most rational and pleating 1 as a Science, the mod j
fubiime and infl'ru.live. It elevates the mind and
expands the heart. They j
«' iVbom Nature's nvtrls can charm, -frith God limf-f j O
" Hold mnrerfe." u
Many inrer.-flirg additions have lafty been. ; ] t
nade to thii Muf:um : and the fathered tribe, j j-.
eontairing a variety ff the most rare and >eauti'ul (
fub'ic&f, is now very advantaj-eoully arranged, j
W'akCH Figures,of Men large as life (some of them j a
cafis irom na.ure) are here cirtfTcd in their prep, r j e
iahits and placed : .n afjitudes eharailerifiic of the»r » c
rtf->eAive natloes. Here may be fecn tbe Korth- !j (
American Savage, and the Sav.ge of Pouth-Amer- ,
ea—a laboring Gbioefe, p. V I tne Chinnfc Gentle- j "
t :.e fouty Afiic-.11, and the ICamtfdiadaU— j t
with'fome Na'ives «l' the iou'h |flam.s. Tb- 3
Immenfc variety and inter;ilii'g diversity which t
fhis Museum offers lo the view, may befeeabut
arnno'bc described with fall
Price only of a dollar,' t_
law
Xf)e (gazette* " »
P H PL A D E L P H I A ,
WfiDttKSDAY EVENING, October. t«. r ;
I M IL..J, ' cf
Health Office,, OA. 9, 1797. n ;
*/ Resolved, That the confuting and vi- a ,
{itjng physicians be informed, that the Board
hive it in contemplation to publish on Mon
fay next, and on every Monday following, w
during .the present calamity, 3 Hate of the n
health of the Cityfand Liberties, including y,
; th? public Hospital: they therefore request c
■the cpufulting and visiting physicians to fur- c ,
nifh as particulnr a return as possible of the t;
patients under their care, who are affedted „
with the; prevailing fever." a
Health Office, OSt. 16, 1797. fc
The Board of Infpcftors having for the ],
information bf their fellow-citizens (by the
foregoing resolution of the 9th inft.) called {
on the physicians connected with the Health t
Office for a ftatc of the Hospital, and a ee
neral state of the sick under their care. The
following is the result. I a
Do&ors Duffield and Stevens, consult- r
j irig physicians, state, that there are now in v
j the Hospital Fifty-four patients, thirty -two ;
los whom are affected with the prevailing fe- c
j ver, and Twenty-two are convalefcSnts (
Doftois Church, Coxe and vifit- :
j ing physicians, state, that since the "gth' c
j inft. they have been called to Ninety-one j
I patients, Twenty-five of whomf have been c
, font to the hospital, four have died, twenty- ;
; eighx are convalescents, the remainder dill (
ill ;%ioll of those patients were in the low- ]
er part of the city and Southvvaik—five on- f
ly in the Northern Liberties. 1
The Infpedtors of the Health-office at t
an early period of the prevailing fever, re- ,
j commended to the indisposed, an immediate ]
i application for medical aid. The Infpeftors ,
lament that tliia' recommendation has not i
been generally attended to—the sick and (
those who have the care of them, should
consider that even one day's delay may be at- 1
tended with serious consequences From ,
this cause the mortality has probably been ■]
much increased in the city and liberties, but 1
moll certainly in the hospital, where many
have been admitted in the last stage of the ,
difeafp.
Publilhed by order of the Board,
Wm. Montgomery,
Chairman pro iem.
■ ' '
To the Printer of the Philadelphia Daily
Advertifrr.
Among the viftims of the calamity-os
the present year, the physicians who have
1 fallen appear to to to deserve a peculiar
memorial, as they have ventured their lives,
at the most imminent hazard, to assist their
fellpw citizens in time of great diftrcft.
To mention thefirft and the last of these,
may bring to the remembrance of their par
ticular friends the whote of the melancholy
\ lift ; and to those who were not of their
acquaintance, a revival of their names oc-
I cafionally, may be proper even in future
' times. Dr. Nicholas Way was the fir ft of
this class, who was fpeeaily carried of by
' the mortal disease. He was a man advanced
' beyond the middle stage of life, and has
f been mentioned in the paperaln a refpeft
ful manner as a valuable member of the
1 community. Dr. Plcafants (1 believe) was
the last of the vidtims above alluded to.
» He was a young man regretted by hi»
0 friends, as one of those who has left upon
their minds the most undoubted proofs of
b his zeal for the works of charity. The
' other young men were unknown to me, but
, they, and their survivors of the fame class,
? who were much exposed to dire contagion,
■' have undoubtedly deserved the sympathy of
r all, who, as well as tnyfelf, have been pre
'* ferved'from the mortal sickness.
Of one affecting instance of fach expo
furc I was an unexpected witness A,bout
the time of the interment of Dr. Do'bel,
I was accidentally near the church burying
ground, and 3 carriage waiting near
11, the gate : the men with the chair-wheels
in were returning from the grave, and soon
r " after two young men, who I suppose were
jJ doctors, came towards the carriage ; they
, n appeared in a difpolition fuityd to the
id mournful oceafion ; their youthful friend
t0 was jult deposited in the earth, which no
doubt to them was a solemn scene, and
the? more so on account of their own appa
r 1 rent danger: they had (hewn the last kind
w office to their cotemporary ; and although
,r * Ido not certainly know who the young
rJ men were, I have some reason to believe
,; 1 that Dr. Pleafants might be one of those
itc benevolent tttendantp.
If this memorandum should be accepta
ble to the Printer, it is offered as a general
>rs memorial of the renewed awful period of
t J 1 797» when the nearcft relatives, like those
ne in 1793, feparated from each other,
and could not admfhifter in the extremeft
cases a final consolation, or even (hew their
love by the rites of a decent burial.
Philadel. Odt. 16th, 1797.
fa-
n<V SINGULAR CUSTOMS,
a * In the island or Metelin, the an
cient Lesbos.
jth EExtractedfrom a paper of the Earl of Char
lemont, in the Jrijh Philosophical Society for
:h .. e 17890* , ....
j The most remarkable thing in this island,
1' is a cuflom by which the women have here
openly usurped those rights of sovereignty
which in other countries are supposed to be
'tn long effcntially to the men. " Contrary,"
,| fays his lord(hip, "to the usage of all other
J countries, the cldeft daughter here inherits ;
era ' and the sons, like daughters every where
prr j else, are portioned off with frr.all- dowers,
cir • or, which is (till worse, turned our penny
| ]ef3 to feck their fortune. If a man hud two
t r c '[ ' daughters, the eldest, at her marriage, isen-
| titled to all her mother's pofTefllons, which
h.: '■ aie by far the greater part of the family cf
ic!l tnte, as the mother, keeping up her prero.
jut gative, never parts with the power over an}
portion of what (he has brought into tlx
, | family, until th« is forced into it by th(
mawiage of her daughter ; and the father _ did
is also compelled to' r,nin iurtifilf by adding of
whatever he may h tffcraped together by tlu
his industry. The second daughter inhe- ths
rits nothing, and i» condemned to perpetual fen
celibacy'. Sl>e is ililed a which fig- tei
nifies properly a religions woman or nun, fw
and is in effeft a menial servant to her filler,« pa
being employed by her in any office (he may ye
fee fit to impose, frequently serving her as thi
waiting-maid, as cook, and often in employ- pe
mentS ft ill more degrading. She, wears a th
habit peculiar to her Situation, which she th
can never change ; a fort of monastic dress, wl
coarse, and of a dark brown. One advan- of
tage,however, (he enjoys over her filler, that fei
whereas the elder, before Carriage, is never tic
allowed to go abroad, or to fee any man, to
her nearest relaitess only Excepted ; the ca- te
logria, except wnen employed in domestic pa
toil, is in this refpeft at perfedl liberty.— !wl
But when the filler is married, the fitua- D
t{on of this poor calogria becomes desperate j G
indeed, and 03 rendered still more humiliat- | u(
ing by the coraparifon between her condition bi
and that of her happy mistress. The mar- ,gt
ried filler enjoys every fort of liberty ; the j th
whole family fortune is hers, and (he spends : w
it as (he pleases ; her hulband is her obfe- cl
quious servant, her father and mother are T
dependent upon her ; (he drefies in a mod th
magnificent manner, covered all over, ac- as
cording to the fafhion of the island, with ra
pearls and with pieces of gald, which are t'e
commonly sequins ; thus continually carry- tl
ing about her the enviable marks of afflu- ar
' ence and superiority, while the wretched ca- fn
• logria follows her as a servant, arrayed in la
■ simple homespun brown, and without the te
mod didant hope of ever changing her con- a:
: idition. Such a disparity may seem intole- tl
■ rable, but what will not custom reconcile ? r:
1 Neither aVe the misfortunes of the family w
' yet at an end. The father and mother, with d
: what little is;left them, contrive by their in- h
I dudry to accumulate a second little fortune ; it
1 I and this, if there (hould be a third daugh- «
• tcr, they ar? crfjligqd to give her upon her tl
1 I marriage ; and the fourth, if thfre (hould ti
' fbe one, becorAes her calogria ; and so on f
: I through all tht daughters' alternately.— 6
' I Whenever the daughter is marriageable, (he tl
■ can by cuflom cotnpel her father to procure a
j her a h'ufband ; and the mother, such is the f
power of habit, is enough to join her f
lin teasing him into immediate compliance, c
I though its confequcnces mud be tqually fa- t
I tal and ruinous to both of them. From n
' 1 hencd it happens, that nothing is mor« com- i:
mon than to fee the old father and mother I
f I reduced to the utmod indigence, and even a
: I begging about the (Ireets, while their un
' I natural daughters are in affluence ; and we
> I ourfelrts have frequently been fiiown the '■
r I eldcfl daughter parading it through the
I town in the greatest splendor, while her mo
> I ther and fid«r followed her as servants and
- I made a melancholy part of her attendant
f I train.
r I " Thefons.as soon as they areofanage to
- I gain a livelihood, are turned out of the fam
e I ily, sometimes with a small present or por- J
f I tion, bnt mort-ff®qucatly without arry thing t
k " Ito support tlicm ; and thus reduced, they t
i I either endeavour to lire by their labour, or I
9 I which is Jhore usual, go on board some trad- '
- I ing vefTclas sailors or servants, remaining a- >
e I broad till they have got together some com-! '
is I petency, and then return home to be hen- j 1
'• I peeked. Some few there are, who, taking | '
is I advantage of the T urki(h law, break through i
n this whimsical custom, who marry their ca- 1
>f I logrias, and retain to.themselves a compe
'* 1 tent provision : but these are accounted men
i' I of a Angular and even criminal disposition,
»> and are hated and despised as conformids to
"1 the Turkidi manners, and deserters of their 1
J f I native cudoms ; so that wt may suppose
e- I they are few indeed who have the boldness
Ito depart from the manners of their coun
-- I try, to adopt the cudoms of their detested
J t I masters, and to bra*t the contempt, the de-
I rifion, and the hatred of their neighbours and
g- I fellow-citizens.
ar I «< Of all thefc extraordinary particulars
:1s I X was informed by the French cohful, a man
>n 0 f sense, ?nd of indisputable veracity, who
re had refidtd in this illand for several years,
ty I and who Solemnly assured me that every
he I eircumftance was true : but indeed our own
"d I observation left us without the lead room
no I for a doubt, arid the singular appearancei
id I and deportment of the ladies fully evinced
'a- I the truth of our friend's relation. In walK
nd
ing through the town, it ii easy to perceive,
I from the whimsical manners of the female
"g I paflengers, that the women, according to
:ve I the vulgar phrase, nvettr the breeches. Tliey
'fe I frequently (lopped us in !he (Ireets, exam-
I ined our dress, interrogated us with a bold
ta- I and manly air, laughed at our foreign garb
ral I and appearance, and (hewed so little atten
of I
tion to the d<jeent modesty which is, or
sfe 1 ought to be the true charadleriftic of the
er, I sex, that there is every reason to suppose
eft I they would, in spite of their haughtiness,
eir Ibe the kindest ladies upon earth, if they
I were not ftriftly watched-by the Turks,
1 who are here very numerous, and would be
I ready to punish any transgression of their
ungallant law with arbitrary fines. But na
ture and nativemanners will often baffle theef-
I fortseven eftyranny. Inalltheircuftomsthefe
ar- manlyladiesfeenvtohave changed sexes with
for the men. The woman rides astride, the
man sits/sideways upon the horse ;*nay, I
"d, have been effured that the husband's dillin
ere guifliing appellation is his wife's family
"ty name. The women have town and ctJfi*-
te- try houses, in the management of which
ft" the hu(band never dares interfere. Their
ker gardens, their tfervants, are all their own ;
ts ; and tbe huftand, frpm every eircumftance
ere 0 f his behaviour, appears to be no other
ers, than his wife's firft perpetually
n y- bound to her service, and (lave to her ca
price. Hence it is that a tradition obtains
en- in the country, that this island was form<;>-
iich ly inhabited by Amazons ; a tradition, how
ef- evi.f, founded upon no ancient history that
-ro- I know of. Sappho, indeed, the moil re
any nowncd female that this island has ever pro
the duced, is said to have had manly inclinati
the oas: in which, as Lnoitn informs as, fl>:
did but Conform with the fingjjlar manners pes
of her country women : but I do not find I c
tliat the mode in which (he chose to (how lan
these inclinations, is imitated by the present tha
female inhabitants, who seem perfectly con- to
tent with the dear prerogative of absolute W
sway, without endeavouring irt< any other fit;
, particular to;change the course of nature ; onl
yet will this eircumftance serve to (hew, that to
the women of Lelbos had always fomethißg the
peculiar, and even peculiarly masculine, in the
their inanhers and propensities. But be am
this as it may, it is certain that no country mil
wiiatfoevcr can afford a more perfeft idea fig
of an Amazonian commonwealth, 01 better oui
" serve to render probable those ancient r,ela- not
tions, which our manners would induce us T"u
to efteim incredible, than this island of Me- to
telin. These lordly ladies are for the mod (hi
part very handsome, in spite of their dress, tia
' which is fiugular and disadvantageous. wl
Down to the girdle, whicb, as in the old ho
I Grecian garb, is raised far above what we co
j usually call the waist, they wear nothing
but a (hist of thin and transparent gauze, c ' e
| green, red or brown, through which every be
thing is visible, their breads only excepted, an
: which they Mver with a fort of handker- 1,1
, chief; and Jns, as we were'informed, the
Turks have obliged them to wear, while P e
: they look upon it as an incumbrance, and cl<
. as no inconsiderable portion of Tflrkjfh ty- mi
i ranny. Long (leeves of the fame thin ma- vv '
■ t'erial perfectly (hew their arms even to ca
. their (boulders. Their principal orrjaments
. are chains of pearl, to which they hang tc
. small pieces of gold coin. Thejr eyes are an
i large arid fine : and the -nose, which we at
; term Grecian, usually prevails among them, Wl
as it does indeed among the women of all ed
these islands. Their complexions are natu- fei
1 rally fine, but they spoil them by paint, of
■ which they make abundant use; and they
i disfigure their pretty faces by (having the
. hinder part of the eye-brow, and replacing
; it with a straight line of hair neatly applied c,t .
. with some fort of gum, the brow
r thus continued in a straight andtiarrow' line
1 till it joins the hair tin each fide of the
i face. They arc well made, of the middle
- size, and for the mod part
e they are diftinguiflied tyr nothing so much
e and so universally as by a haughty, difdain
e ful, and supercilious air, with which they
r seem to look down upon all mankind as
, creatures of an inferior nature, bom for
. thefr fer>ice, and doomed to be their (laves ;
ii neither does this peculiarity of countenance 1
- in any degree dimini(k their natural beauty,,
r but rather adds to it that fort of bewitching
n attta&ion which the French call piquant."
e CHINESE IHEOLOGY. a
e The following decree published by the Em-
c peror Ton tthing, who succeeded Kang hi t!
>- in 1702, forms a kind of confeffion of 11
d faith, and a declaration of what he viewed a
it as the religion of his fubjedls. The oc- -b
cafion of its publication is fufficiently ex- <1
o prefled in the preamble.
1- " Some of the principal officers of our
[•- provinces hate given a wrong interyiretation j (
jr to the meaning of our orders, transmitted a
y to them, rcfpedling the means of preventing a
>r the damages eccafionfcd in Hie copntry by t
1- deftruitivc infe&J, and have understood them :
1- in a sense quite different from our intention, f
i- | They have erroneoufiy concluded, that I »
i- j have fallen into the ridiculous error of those v
g I who believe in the spirits called couei chiw, as \
h if I imagined prayersoffercd up to thsfe pre- L
a- tended beings, could remedy our present as- '
e- fliftioms. My meaning, therefore, is as c
:n follows : r
n, " Between the Tim or Supreme Being and 1
to man there is a relation, a certain and infal- -
:ir lible correspondence, as to what concerns :
fe punifliments and rewards j when our plains i
•fs are desolated, either by inundations, drought !
n- or infe&s, what is the cause of our calami- '
~d ties ? They are perhaps occasioned by the '
lc- Emperor bimftlf, who deviates from that 1
nd integrity and justice so ncceflary for good 1
government, and thereby Jays the Tien un- 1
irs der the necessity of employing these pur.iih- 1
an ments to bring him back to a sense of his
bo duty. Perhaps they may be occasioned by
rs, the principal officers of the province, upon
ry which those misfortunes have,fallen, in not
vn consulting the public good, and neglefting
>m to take jultice as the rule of'their condudl—
icej And may not these calamities be owing to
ed the Governors of cities, who neither a£t
[k> with equity, nor give the people good ex
re, "amples or Suitable inftrudtion ; cr because,
ale in certain provinces and diftrifts they vio
to late the laws, contemn eftablifiied cudoms,
iey and lead difordeily lives ? The heart of man
m- being thus corrupted, that happy union
aid which ought to subsist between him and the
irb Tien, is interrupted and disturbed, and end
en- less misfortunes overtake us ; for, when
or men come (hort of their duty, that benefi
the cent regard which the Tien had for them ;
ofe becomes changed.
;fs, " Convinced of the truth of this infalli
ley lible dodhine, when I am fr,formed, that
ks, some provincefuffers, either by long drought
be or excessive rains, I search my own heart
ieir carefully, examine my pad conduit, and
na- think of reforming those irregularities which
•ef. may have crept into my palace. Evening
iefe and morning, and all the day long, do I
ith confine myfelf within the bounds of fear and
the refpcct. I endiavourto give the Tien con
, I vir.cing proofs ot my uprightr.efs and piety,
iin-- in hopes that, by a regular life, I fnall be
lily able to make the Tien change the resolution
Pu- which he hath formed cf-punilhihg us. It
lich is in your power, O ye great officers vyho
ieir govern provinces ! it is in your power to -ai
m ; lift me ; it is in yours, yc people, fcldiers,
nee and others, whatever quality ye be, it is in
her your power to acquit yourselves also of this
ally duty : humble yourselves with fear; exa
ca- mite your own condu£l ; drive to attain to
ains perfection ; aid artd mutually exhort one a
ner- nathcr ; refoiTn your manners ; endeavour j
or- to corre& your repent of your
that crimes ; follow the paths of truth ; (luin
: re- those of er.-or ; and be affiired, if we cn
pro- our parts, perfeftly discharge our duties, the
lati- Tien will fulTer himfelfto be moved by our
<h? well rtguTaic-jd cpuduft, and will gr?at ua his
peace and proteAioik These injur.
I canndt too often fepeatr To pre rent ca
lamities, there are no means more certain,
than to keep a ft rift, watch over ouvfeltes,
to live in fear, and to strive for perfe£tion s „
When they tell you to pray and invoke
rits, what do they mean ? It is, at M
only to implore their mediation, to represent
to the Tien the sincerity of our refpect»a))4
the fervour of our desires. To
therefore, in any manner, that ihefe prayert
and these invocations/can remove our cala
mities, and avert misfortunes, while we lose
fight of our duty, negleft to watch over
our dwn conduct, live not in fear, and have
not our hearts filled with refpe&towards the
7"ten, in order to is attempting'
to draw Water after having
shut yp its source ; it is omitting the essen
tial part, and attaching ourselves to that
which is rieceffary only. How can you
hope by such a conduft to obtain ac
complishment of your desires.?
" Hear then again, what I think: lam
clearly and fully persuaded, that there i«
between Tien and man, a reciprocal
and a perfeit correspondence. It fs for your
inftru&ion,. O ye great officers, it is for
yoq that I have not difdained'to take up my
pen, and to explain .my thoughts in the
clearest manner I could in order that yon
may conform to the sentiments
which I have expressed, this is the only
cause of the present inftruftions."
The present emperor, who succeeded Yon
tching in 1736, holds the fame sentiments;
and thus this do&rine of the existence and
attribntes of the supreme being, and the 1
worlhip and homage due to him, has subsist
ed in China without change, during a long ""
series of ages.
/< LB ANT, October 9.
COMMUNICATION.
" At a ball lately htld hi the vicinity of this
city,there were dancing on the jloor at onetime,
btjides nine other persons:
I Grand-mother, -with 2 grar.cl-daughtcr s,
I Mother, with I daughter,
I Father and one mother, with 2 daughters,
I Step mother, with oneJlcp fan,
I A 1 other-in-law, with one jon-in-law,
I StepJiJler, with oneJlcp brother,
1 Husband, with one wife,
2 Jijlers, and but five Persons."
BALTIMORE, Oftober 13.
The following was politely sent in by captain
Etheridge, of the snow Olive Branch', whs
arrived from Aux-Cayes on the xth inflant,
at North-Point.
SeptMnber 9th, we left at Aux-Cayes in
company with the brig Swallow, o£ New-
York, and brig Friendship, of.Bofton, cap- <
tain Cutter. Saw nothing until the morn
ing of the 15th, when we were spoken by
an Engliffi tender from Port-au-Prince and
bound for the Mole—with politeness en
quired from, and wi/h us a good paftage.
Same day, at 5 P. M. being between the
• Mole and Cuba, observed txvo small boats
(fchoofter- rigged) making towards us with
ail poflible speed, but night coming on, and
• an English frrgate heaving- in fight '3' Ifftt'i
• to windward of the Platform, they gave up
1 the chace and dropped to leeward of us—
faw nothing more of Hhem that night.—
[ Next morning, 16th, we had got a good
. way to windward of the Moie ;• at 6A. M
s little Or no wind, we observed two small
. boats, supposing them to be the fame we
. had seen the preceding night ; at 8, we djf
-5 ceroed them to be French row-barges, and
rowing for us, being becalmed; at 11,
J boarded us. Thefi barges had a great mariy
- fwivds mounted, and between4o and $0
s armed men between the two—i wore we were
s from an Englilliport, and directly took pos
t feflion of tbe velfel j they then demanded nil
_ my papers, which were immediately deliv.
g ered tliAn 5 -on their examining the papers,
t they said we were from Aux-Caves ; they
d made several attempts to get them all deftroy
-- ed, but by the exertions of Mr. M'lntofh,
the supercargo, myfelf, and a gentleman
is passenger, were prevented, and prevailed on
y to return them to me ; at the fame time
n promising that they (hould be kept fafe,
,t and delivered up to the officers of the ad
g miralty, whenever we should arrive at the
1 port they intend taking us to. In one'of
o the barges they had two American sailors,
t whom they took out of the Hoop George,
c- of Norfolk, which sloop they sent that
morning into Gonaives, for condemnation,
3- with a brig belonging to Philadelphia, name
s, unknown. To those two iailori they offer
in ed 20 johannes each, if they would fay
>n they saw Us in an Englift port.
Ie attempted to bribe all the people of the
i. Olive Branch ; and to the gentleman. pafiVn
;n ger on board, they offered 1600 dollars, to
5- mention that we were from an English pert,
r. Finding our cargo valuable, they ii'ga'in di- •
mqndcd all the (hip's papers, which were
li- politely refufed them by Mr. M'lntofh and
at mvftlf; telling tl'.em at the fame time, that
ht the different admini ft rations of St.'Dohiiugo,
in not fatisfied with ta> jig ou.' had
nd granted commifiions to every class of citi
:h zens, to plunder our veflels and,interrupt
ig , our commerce on the high seas, and that the
I ship's papers were on the only weapons our
nd good government permitted us to carry, for
m- the defence of our veffcls and cargoes againit
:y, our good and faithful allies the French—but
be that, however, the papers were ready, and
on would be produced at the requelt of the
It the admifHtv at the port thev
ho meant tcr carry u: to (a port in Cuba, ca'led
a s- Barracoa ). After detaining us all that day,
rs, and taking us out of courfy they plundered
in the cabin of every thing that VVa's valuable ;
his taking with them atelefcope of mine, which
ca- colt me tfcn guineas in England ; ail our
to wine arid oth.'r liquors, 4 »nd almost all our
a- provilioßS. After'force confutation they
>ur concluded, that 11 nee the papers were not
jur destroyed, they could make nothing o'f us,
iun by tdkiug us. cither to a French or Spat|ifn
on port, they left Us, faying " go vbo-t your
the bvfinefs, y r-t. American rafca!s !" One of the
jur aforementioned American sailors they pbf
his on board' of us-»bc£,h of vvhoia had Lewi