National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-10-05 00:00:00, page 3

For the National Gazette.
Mr. Freneau,
The following excellent produffion was
written about 50 years ago : it has often
been since re-printed in the Miscellanies of
the day—but at the prefen: awful criils
■will appear with.peculiar propriety.
Your's, &c.
Eusebius.
ON SEEING A SCULL.
preacher, fiknt yet severe,
X Proclaims mortality to man ;
Thou, like this emblem (halt appear,
When time has meafur'd out thy span.
Here once was fix'd the dimpled cheek,
And from this fallow naked crown,
The curling honours, long anil sleek,
Fell light and negligently down.
This part once fortify'd the brain,
The feat of sense in ages fled ;
From whence might flow the raptur'd
(train,
<Or truths, bv {acred science bred.
Here hung the lips that once cou'd smile,
And here Werelix'd the orbs of light;—
Extingilifh'd now, corrupt and vile,
Suffus'd io everlafling night.
Behold ! the locket's empty space
Affrights the yet perceiving eye ;
And spreads pale horror o'er tile face
Of all that live, alas ! to die.
Here yet remain, efcpos'd and bare,
By dull delH'd, of earthy hue,
Those teeth that age vouchfaf'd to fparc.
A ufelexs and a moulJ'ring few !
Gay friend, here hung the lift'ning ear,
That fed the foul with sense, by found :
Her-; the loquacious tongue, aiid here
The noff, on this diilorted wound.
TJiefe all had convsrfe with the foul,
Myllerious work of heav'nly flcill;
Clay join'd to spirit form'd the whole,
And quicken'd dull; obey'd the will.
God call'd the life he lent away,
The dull return'd from whence it came ;
The spirit left the ftifl'ning clay,
And death difl'olv'd the vvotid'ious
frame.
Be witty, mortal, bold and free,
Yet own thy knowledge centers here ;
Ere long thy foalp, like this, (hall be,
Not worth the fordid fcxton's care.
Phis one, perhaps, a statesman's fchemej
Of guilty wealth and power contain'd :
V/herc now are ail his flattering dreams?
And wkof'. the mighty sums he gain'd ?
Perhaps forne former Garricl bore
This scalp aloft with graceful pride,
Ales ! his action charms no more, •
That once new force to wit fupply'd.
Perhaps, with cunning quibbles filld,
'Twas once a lawyer's—arch and dry :
To obviate every claim, tho' fkill'd,
He paid one debt, decreed to die.
Perhaps some haughty Beauty's charms
Adorn'd this bone with white Sc red; —
No more the nymph the world alarms,
The lillies and the roses fled'.
Perhaps a crown these te*mple3 bound.
Before it subject nations bow'd ;
Now undiltinguifh'd, in the ground,
The beggar tramplis on the proud.
What cause.has mortal fiefh to boalt
Of tranfi "nc knowledge, wcauh and
pow'r?
The summons comes, our breath is loft,
And all is nothing in an hour.
All, all mult pais this dreary road
To dull and lilence, cold and gloom ;
All red in one ohture abode.
The dwelling of the world, a totnb.
O Thou wiiofe gift is life ! beilow
Yet moe in virtue an i in truth,
And lead me thro' this vale of woe,
The llalF of the guide of youth ;
Sullain ma in the mortal hour,
i*or then 'tis thine alone to save ;
And let me triumph in thy pow'r,
A joyful victor o'er the grave*
From the Archives of the city of Barra
taria, 1693. —
Pcrfona Dramatis—Satigrado, a phylician
—Fluellen, his coachman—Donald, a
sick patient—Tom Pipkin, footman, Sec
Satigrado—Fluellen ! it is high time we
were packing. Let me fee : Three died
of the contagious fever lad night, within
thr-e doors of me. Seven at the dillance
of lix doors, and a dozen door 3 off, the
lord knows how many have died. It is
time to be packing, I fay !
Eluclle*.—What, mailer do£lor, and
leave the poor lick man, your neighbour,
in dillrefs, who has crawled here no less
than a dozen times, for advice and drugs
for himfelf and his poor family ?
Sangrado.—The sick man and his poor
family mull e'en fhift for themftlves —
Self-prefervation is the firlt law of nature,
Fluelien ; come, run out the old coach;
and fee that Duke and Darby and the
two dray horses are well fed and rubbed
down—we will ride coach and four as well
as the belt of them —[Exit Fluellen.]
(Enter, Donald.)
Donald —Do&or Sangrado, I am your
humble servant. My fam'ily are again tnkei.
ill. Will you be so good as to come down
to fee them—and prescribe something to
gel us all on our feet again ?
Sangrado.—Did I not tell you, Donald,
I would have nothing more to do with
you. I tell you again, you and your fa
mily have all caught the yellow fever ; and
it is death to come near you : You may
as well go home, make your will, and die:
On iny confcieuce, I can do nothing more
for yon, Donald.
Donald—ls that your charity, to un
dertake by the year to keep people on
their legs, and then leave them to go to
the d—l, when your epidemics and malig
nants come among them ?
Sangrado.—lt mull be even so, I think
—However, take this bottle of drugs with
you. In one hour after your
return home, give every one of the sick a
table fpoonful of this mixture in warm
water ; and in twenty-four hours they will
all find the efle&s of it.—."You may also
drink beef tea—Ay, ay, beef-lea in abun.
dance—nothing like beef-tea, Donald.
Donald.— I hank yourhonour : and ean
j I»get more of these fame precious drugs,
I in cafe your honour does not return home
| in due time from the country ?
Sat.grado.—Ay, ay —Jeffe, the (hop
boy at the apothecary's v»ill serve you
\_Exit Donald. ]
[Re-enter Fluellen ]
Fluellen.—The coach is ready, fir ; only
I am sorry to tell you that Darby, the
near (haft horse, is sadly foundered.
Sangrado.—Foundered or not foundered,!
jhe (hail go, that he (hall—he (hall travel
at a bvilk trot, I'll warrant ye—aye, and
40 miles too before funfetting.
Fluellen.—Well, fir, but how is all this
furniiure to be (lowed in the coach. My
lady will not have ro«m to llir leg, foot,
or toe—and Mi£s Sally, Miss Jane, and
Miss Dorothy—God hilp them ! they
might as well be screwed up in a black
| fmitli's vice !
Sangrado.—No matter, Fluellen. It is
better to be screwed up in a coach than in
a coffin. Hand along that hamper of por
ta, you there !—the ten gallon keg of old
Madeira, I em—the cafe of Ratafee for
the ladies—the balket of Chefhirc cheese
—that firkin of rounds of beef, and the
tub of cold neat's tonguej. See that they
are Well secured. Are the trunks ready ;
the small chest of tea-tackling, the table
snd dming tackle, hell !—and where
' B .Margery, the cook-maid, and Dolthe
kitclx - girl ; and the fat lap dog—will
the* tieve: be ready, or is the whole family
to for them and them only ? Are
thole otherfive cheftsweH (lowed and lashed
behind the caach—Tom Pipkin, the foot
mart, fee that you fit on them, and that
none fall off by the way.
hluelien.—All are now (lowed away
inug, Mailer do6tor ; but the young la
dies squeak miferab'y—poor fouls! one
would take them to be in the Spanish
inquisition—young mailer Bobby too, is
too much pinched and squeezed up to tra
vel with any fort of comfort—and as to
the monkey, he is too full of tricks, as
well as too much in the way, to be allowed
a place in the coach. Shall I take up
mailer Bobby and the monkey with me
on the coaefe.box, Do&or Sangrado ?
Sangrado.—No, no, Fluellen. The large
hou'fe deg Touzer mull ricje on the box
with you : he is at present lame, but when
he recovers he may be uteful (11 the coun
try. He'll catch squirrels ti perfection,
I'll warrant ye.
Fluellen.—Zoons fir, may I be spitted
alive for a green goose if I will agree to
any such tiling Why Touzer's eyes are
already as yellow as fdflVon ginger cake,
ol- feed cucumber: ah fir ! only look at
him—the yellow fever!
Sangrado.—Stab my vita's, if the dog
has not a (lrange appearance about the
eyes, He mull e'en ltay at home then,
and take his chance with the refl of the
citizens. I will carry no infecled perfoni
with me not I, faith—drive off without
him ! \ Steps hajllly into the coach.'\
Fluellen (mutters to bimfdf.) " I re
member when I came over lea from my
aear native country, in itormv weather
the captain did rot leave the quarter deck
to ikulic in the cabbin among women and
children. Can aphyfician in good health,
round and found as any in Barrataria, quit
his poll with a clear conscience when the
most cruel of all ltorms is fprcading deso
lation through that devoted c ty for want
of medical assistance—l think not—but
hup! ho! hey! for the country."—[They
drive of.
METEOROLOGICAL OBetf. RfyiTlONS.
September 1793.
D. H\ Barom. < fber t J IVtnd. \KUatber
Tut/day, 24. 7 30. 2 65 1 N.E. jClauds.
- 30. 2 70 [E.N.E\Fair. .
V'tdncj'ay, j 5 7 30. ,5 c, ' N.E. j ChiTdJT
2-1 30. o 63 U Ho. j do.
Tburjday, j6. 71 Z q. i 58 Cloud}.
2Q- 7 79 ! N- Fair.
Friday, Z7. 71 atJ . 7 | 6 4 |N . W.\cleuny.'
I , I N.W. F a ir.
Saturday, zS. 7j 30. 5 54 | N.V(. Fair.
1 ;o- i- 7-i ' it-
Sunday, 25. ? j 30. , j, jj; £ Chudy.
JZ—L 74 'iF-N.E Fair.
Monday, 30. 7 ! 50. 3 J jy ; F^7y~
*i 3 s * 3! 75 I S.W.i/a„.
Extract from the Minutes of the-Synod of
Philadelphia, met at York-town, on the
28th day of August, 1793, and continued
by adjournment.
THE Synod of Philadelphia, taking into
their molt Tenons consideration the very
critical (ituati'on ot" the affairs of these Uni t
ed States, at this events ul period ; the
great degree of iilfenfibiltty in matters of
religion that has prevailed in all ranks cl
men amongit us, notwithflanding the many
great judgments and deliveraiues, which,
as a nation, we have heretofore experi
enced ; she prevalence of infidelity, and
the negleit and opposition di covered by
many with regard to the inltitutions of
chriltianity, and the mediation of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ takingalfo into
view, the alarming and increasing, judg
ments 'of' Gud that are abroad in the eartli,
the convulsions that have taken place in'
Europe, and the probability that our guilty
country nlay be involved in similar calami -
tie*; unanimously agreed, in appointing
rilurfday, the 24th day of October next"
to be obfervea as a day of faffing and pray'
er, by all the churches under their care. -
The Synod molt earneiUy ex.iort and en
join upon per foils of ail ranks in our com
munion, to lay aside on that day their ufiial
bulinefs, and unite in humble and eanieft
fupplicatiuns to the throne of grace, thro'
our divine Mediator, that God would im
press the minds of all with fiich a sense
or" his Majeffy, as the great Governor in
the affairs of men and nations, and of their
obligations to him as their beneficent Pre
fciver and Guardian, as fliall lead them to
glorify HIM in whose hand their breath is,
and \yhofe are all their ways; that he would
inspire our rulers and magidrates ot all
ranks with 3 sacred and pointed regard to
his providence and approbation, and fucli
wisdom to discern, and such resolution to
pursue, the measures that conduce to the
public interest at this critical period, as
may, under the favour of heaven, secure
to these tfates the continuance of the blefl
i'lgs they enjoy that he would prosper
tiie labours ot the hulbandman ; ar.elt the
p.ogrefs of irreligion and immorality ;
grant a gracious elftifion of the Divine
Spirit's influences; restore peace to our
frontiers; protest our commerce; disap
point all wiio may have designs unfavoura
ble to the tranquillity and prosperity of
theie lfates; and make us a wife, a pious
aud <i happy people.
Publilhed by order of the Synod,
Naihaniel Irwin, Moderator.
3t. Samuel VVaugii, Synod Clerk.
EIGHTDOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY on the 20th of June lart, from
the fubferiber living in Caroline County, in
tne itzre ot Maryland, near Choptank Bridee. 3
NEGRO HOY, named Jonathan* about 1
sears of age—he is tree born, but a bound servant
until 21 yeartof ajje—he is tolerably flout and
it rait built, has a yellow call in his Countenance,
talketh tfilh his tongue his teeth, -ha
laige thickfse t, his toes square to the ends bis
mother s nahv* is Lidye, who now lives in lones'
Neck in Delaware ftatt, where the boy has form
ed some acquaintance since he run away. Ant
person taking him up, must ast with the greatest
caution, or he will give them the flip. Whoever
takes up the s a id boy, and secures him so that
the owner may have him again, lhali have the
above reward, by
WILLIAM JACKSON'
P'" 4j '793- jaw6w
To the EUSorsfor the City and County of
fhiladelphia. J
Gentlemen,
I you my sincer e thanks for
all former repeated favors, and solicit a
continuance thereof at the enfuine Elec
tion for the Coroner's ofEce, wiilch will
lay an additional obligation on, and be
grattfuily acknowledged by your nmrh
obliged friend and humble servant
Sept. L^C ° CK > c «"»«r,
To be Sold or Let,
(And of this immediate pofl'tfiisn given.J
i well-built three ltorf new
house, fituat'. on the east fide cf foutk
Fourth-greet, near the indian- Queen, Philadel
phia. , his situation is valuable, being in a.
central part of the city, 3nd convenient to the
banks and public offices. The house is 25 feet
in hont, and, with its offices, extends nearly io»
feet backwards. Jt h as privilege of an alley
4* feet wide* The offices are three stories high,
-ud, together with the house, are built of brick :
chefecontain five apartments, besides a wafli house,
jnd tour ot them have fire places. In the dwell
ing hoafe itfelf, there are nine rooms and eight
nre places ; fix of the rooms are spacious, and all
/afiiionably finifiied. The garrets are ceiled: the
ftair-cale is elegant. There ii a good cellar under
the whole, and in tfye yard a pump.
And to be Sold,
Z3O Acres ofunimproved la;.d,iS miles from the
thriving town 0/ Harrifburg, Peanlylvania. This
tradfc lies in a valley, and is said to be very good
farming land. There are one or more mills near
the nremifes. The river Juniata is about five *
miles distant j whence it is boatable into the Suf
quehanna, and thence to Harrilburg. Also,
A dejirable retreat, or farm, in NewtoWn, the
county town of Bucks, Pennsylvania j contain
ing nearly 1 acres of land, naturally very rich,
! and now highly improved- It is surrounded on all
(ides by public streets or roads j and may, with
j ore fen t advantage, be converted into town lotj
i that would prove of growing importance. There
is 2. commodious trick house upon the premises,
two ftor.es .in height, having four rooms on a
floora entry or paflage throughout, and
i cellar extending under the whole house. It is
well accommodated with out hjufen. About three
acres are occupied by an orchard of the bef* graft
ed Newtown pippins r di/tant from Philadelphia
25 miles ; from Trenton 9 ; from Briiiol j 1 ; and
:s within five miles of the river Delaware. The
Utuauon is extremely healthy 5 the profpeds are
charmingly pitturefyue, and the neighbourhood
jlruros a gfintecl focietv.
Bifida the ab o<ve,
Two corr.tr lots i. the town, of one acre each,
are orleieu tor sale, together with about 16 acres
ot excellent land, half a mile from the town
under the belt culture and improvement. Twu
or three of these acre? are in timber.
Likeictfe ts be Sad,
An ejiimahlt farm of 539 acres, ia the county
ot Che Iter, 39 miles fro<r, Philadelphia : jot, acr-j
Ot which are of the richest botr«,ro. 'Jhe whole
ot this land elljoy s a kind, strong and fertile foil,
IS well watered, and adrniiably adapted to th*
railing of grain and all kAds of (lock ; at ; relent
there are nearly 30 aires of made-meadow, and
20 or 30 more 0! watered meadow mav be n.adn
at plealure : about 200 are luxuriantly cove-ed
Wllh a variety of valuable timber. Upon the
prom leg, there aie a farm houle, barr, &c. a
ntver-f.ilin, ilream.o'f good water, and a molt
productive covering about fix acres :
the fruit of a good and lading quality : the pur
chaler may be accommodated with all or anv part
ottheftockor farming urenfils upon Ilie place.
The position of this farm is importer, lying on
doth lues ..f the main road, and bounced fouth
trly by the road to Philadelphia through Dow*,
rng-toivn whence it is diftanc 12 ot 13 miles :
On the aoith it isboundtd by the road to Warwick
1- umace, situate bur a lew miles dilfant. At this
point, the premises enjoy a capital tUnd both for
-a (lore and tavern, and alio an eligible fi.uation
tor a village, which would here have foms
commanding advantages, and might be an object
to any gentlemen witliin; to found an exienfue.
and profitable ftttleme/it. On the one fide, it
h.is a dircft communication with Duwnirg's
town j and with the rich and populous fettleinenc
Ot ConcttoKO valley on the other, both lying with
in a /hort ride of the place. There is already a
market here for produce at the Philadelphia prices
—the neighbouring iion-works creating a conftanc
demand. Plenty of good limeflonem.iy be had
Within 5 miles of the premise?, ana a r\g-b! to
make ule of it will be conveyed by ihe pioprie
tor it required, in Hiort-t'iU farm asierve. the
attention of any person or perlons inclined to
avail themselves of advantages such as ti.ofe ic
pufleljes.
The title to the several pc<'mj&s are iodLfputa
' and thc proprietor a., ;l warrant to defer,4
' them. The terms bf faie, for all 01 any of the
lands, will be made attnmtitaii'arini: to the nurcha
lers For farther particulars, apply to the fub
leubcr, a.t No. 6, south Fourt i-<ti-e:, or at hi
llore, the corner or M„i:..-t and Tiiiid-flieets
Philadephia.
ROSESfT SMOCK.
Aa S- ,0 - la. vv. t. f.
JUST PUBLISHED,
Ant! to be fold by T homas D«ii.oN. Wit -
Li AM Young, Robert Campbell,
Meiii's. Rice and Co. and JuaNM*
Cut.loch, No. i. North Thirc-ftrecr,
A.N EXAMINATION of the late pro'-
... . c^ e '" n 2 s Congress respecting the
ol" ci a J condua of tiie Secretiry of the
I reafury; with Observations, &c. on the
application of loans from Holland, neooci
ated under the acts of th« 4th and 12th of
Augult 1790. —Tiie price of the above
pamphlet is three sixteenths of a doliar, or
is 4 d. .1-2. April 24. 2aw tf
* nuthor requests his readers to
nam 6 ht "'t followin £ KRRATA ill tiie
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