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IS probably he can eyade human laws. In
this cafe, his mind is clear OF al guilt and
os all fear.
BY thus removing from the m;rds of |
men every curb impoied by their apprehen-
Con of acccuntablenefs- to God, and diien-
gaging them from all the rsltra;nss of reli- /
gion, modern in6delity gives them up to
the headlong impulfs OF their pailions and
lufs. ,Lsf KS eat and drink; Jor to-mor- !,
yos0 .ve die and return to our original no.
thing. !
Under this perfuaGon, what is there to
keep men back from any a.trccity Of de-
IGN or any ferocity of conduct I IF for
mer habits and theIaicendency of eGablifh-
ed aoYernmert afford fociety degree Of
fecprity during the period Of public tran
quiliiry YET on the occurrence of events
which ihall diturb this tranquility ard
spgpsnd the conrfe of pubic juitice by
fplitting the body polite into oppoite fac
tions if slefc factions have previouily
learnt to regard the death of a man as they
do that Ct the o.her animals, mutt not the
contending parties, by this doctrine be pre-
pared during the hurricane Of their paisiions,
20 dearoy the lives and plumber the pro-
perty Of each other with as little concern
ar remote as they now ext;nguih an hive
Offices fer the fake of TIE honey.
Ibis reaioning is not mere theory,
Thepractical tendency of the atheiRical
fyRcm has been letely exempted on /.
largeicale, and produced on the theatre Of
the world in the fight of numbering natl
cns, its natural and genuine fruits, all the
variety Of terocious and internal crimes.
In a country long famed as thef feat ofvo-
lupsuous refinement, whole inhabitants
were thought to excel in pol;tenets and in
all the arts Of high civilizations that
country atheifn, after its principles had
become g general as to infect the MATS of
The common people and obtaint the fanefion
OF the ruling powers, transformed a great
nation into an ilnmeufe horde Of afIai1ins
and robbers; and during their ferocious
conflict with one another and with the
neigbbouring nations, many, many MILL
ons Of Human lives have been iacri feed un-
der pretexts LET'S plauGble than the acnuiii-
ton OF honey by the death Of the inieets
that makeit.
After witnefing 70 dreadful an example
Of the tendency of atheifn, after the ears
Of all men have tingled at the recital of
itshorrors, might it not have been expect
ed that every man fhouh have been con-
WINGED OF his own intereR and concern in
the belief of the principles and in the prac.
tee Of the duties of chriaianitys Amidf
fuch deluge Of crimes and miferies occa-
Toned by irreligion, might it not have
been expected that all rational rejecting
beings would have flown to the oppoGte
as their ark OF iafety, and clung to it as
the rock OF their ialvation Having been
the ipcdators Of fchevents, ought not the
people Of this country to be awakened bv
them to bold fan The faab ouce delive,xd !
70 me /aivss? Confcious Of our dcyiations |
from the religious inifitutions of our ancef.
tors fhould we not now return to them un-
der the mdH lively conviction Of their "a
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ance by fome motto, device or other flo
nature, at his pleafure. Together VITA
his difcovery, invention or Improvement
he fhaN ALTO {end fcaled letter ccnts;r;,,a
1.-The fame motto, device Q. fignature. an;
fubfcribcd with the real name and place rs
! reGdence of the author.
I. Perfons of any nation, feet, Or demo
mination whatever, 1hall be admitted =,
can, ';dates for this premium.
!. No. lifcovery, invention or inprov.
n,ent Gaall be entitled to this premium
which hath been a,rea.',s publifhed, Or for s
which the author hath beer. publicly re.
warded ellswhere.
4. Thecandidate fhall communicates his
difcoyery, invention or Improvement. q;
ther in the Englifh, French, German, or
Latin language.
s. Ai!iucIl communications f. allbe pub.
licly read or exhibited to the fccictv. a,
lone Hasedmceting, notlcfs than one month
previous to the day adjudication; &f,a;I
at all times be open to the inipeGtion ofiach
members as ihall deire it. But 70 roey,.
Der fhall carry horne with him the comm
l,ication, deicr;ption or model, except the
officer TO whom it fhall be entruRed, nor
.hali fuch officer part with the fame ca, Of
his cnisody, without fpecia; order Of the
society for that purpoa.
o. The iociety having previouily re-
terred the teveral communicated fror,
candidates for the premium then depend.
ing, to the confederation of the twelve
councillors and other officers Of the fociety.
and having received their report thereon,
fhaH, at one OF their Aated meetings, in
the month Of December annually, after
the expiration Of this current year lof the
time and place, together with the parti.
cular occalion of which meeting, due no.
ticc fhall be previouly given, by pubic
advertisement proceed to the final adjudi.
cation of the faid premium and after due
confederation had, vote iha,l irA be ia
zen on this quefior, viz. "Whether any
Of the communications, then under inlpec-
ton, be worthy Of the propofed premium "a
1t this queition be determined in the ne
gative, the whole buiinefs lhall be defer
red till another year !: But if in the az
f,matiue, the fociety fhsll proceed to de-
termine, by ballot, given by the members
at large, the difcovery, invention or i'm
proyement mott ufeful and worthy. And
that diicovery, invention or Improvement
which fhan be found to have majority
OF concurring votes in its favor, f,all be
iuccefsful. And then, and not Mvtben,
the fealed letter accompanying the crown
ed performance, fhall be opened and the
name Of the author announced as the per-
ion entitled to the iaid premium.
7. No member Of the fociety who is
for the premium then depending
or who hath not previouly declared TO the
lociety, either by word or writing, that
he has confdered and weighed, accord
ing to the beG Of his Judgment, the COM
parative merits Of the feveral claims then
under confederation, fhall fit in judgment,
or give his vote in awarding the iaid pre-
MUM.
f,,If occo,,rf &c tho croxuoed {u)~
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AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL So
GETTY.

GETTY.
At 4 nseetisg eftlv .ameyiran PbIsH9bi-
cal Seeisly, beldut tbei, Hal, Ds...mbe,
srofb, 1899, the 1olzs4pmg Prize QueRi-
ans evere tyop5/sa and adapted:
I. For the mott iimple convenient, and
efectual method of ventilating a ihip at iea
without manual labour; if hyperion to any
now in nfe, a premium of oae b2xareddsl-
lays.-Memoirs to be delivered by the 1T
ofApril 1902.
.. For the cheapet and moi efesfual
method efsrendering, common Oil fit to be
burned il the Argand lamp, either by pu
rifying the oil, or by an Improvement il
the lamp: premiums of tbirty. tsz,s dollars.
- Memoirs to be delivered by the If Of
April 1902.
;. Fer any Gmple and eHcetual method
ct rendering Tuzpeniine, or any other cheap
inaanineable fu5fance, fit fuel for hreet
or houfe lamps, or proper material for
candles: A premium of fairy doNars.-
Memoirs to be delivered by the 1ft Of A
pril 1902.
4. For the hsff Experimental egay On
the native red Dies Of the United States,
accompanied with fnail ipecimens Of tie.
dyed !sufFs: A premium of one huua,xd and
JDy acknowledgements to be delivered by
the lit of January 1901.
General Condition for tie 06oue Premiums.
7. Every candidate, along with his per
Torrance, is to fend to the fociety f.alcd
letter containing his name and place of
abode which letter hall never be opened
by the fociety, except in cafe of fuccefs-
full candidate.
z. No performance, invention or i'm
provernent on any Of the fnbjeas propoGd,
Tor which patent or any other reward
fhall have been obtained, before preienting
1t to the fociety, fhall be conidered as
entitled to the premium.
8. In lieu of the money which fnall be
awarded by the fociety, as premium,
any iucceisful candidate hall have it in
his opinion to receive a gold or FLYER
medal, or piece Of plate, with iuitable
interruption, of equal value.
4. The iociety referye to themElves
the power of giving, in all cafes, fuch part
only OF any premium propoied, as the per-
torrance ihall be adjudged to deferve; or
OF withholding.the whole, if it fhall ap-
pear to have no merit above what may
have been already publifhed on the iub-
Ject. The candidates may, however, be
aaurcd, that the fociety will.always Judge
literally of their feveral claims.
MIR. I. II. De MAGELLAN,
OF LONDON,
Having made donation to the fociety
OF f1vo buna,ed guiueas, to be vefed in |
permanent fund that the intereff ariGng
thereirom may be difpofed of, in ANIMAL
premiums, to the authors Of the beH difco- |
veries or mott ufeful improvements, relat- |
ing to Navigation, or to Natural Philofo- !
ply, mere Natural HiHory only except
d the following are the rules and con-
iitions, adopted by the fociety, for the
inpoiition OF the propelled premiums, in
~ 70 eb1 4 Il 4 Il
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From the Commercial Gazette. \
THIS REFLECTOR-No. VIII.

g III is eaJssr3 to kuoqV mankind IL general
| th7n any oxe mn III parlieular.''
My neighbour Scismuis is Thought BY
his acquaintance to have very philofo-
phic way of thinking. can never hear
him conyerie without admiring his talents
and being enlightened by his information.
1t is remarked Of him, that he has made
human nature tie chief object Of his itudy.
Nor do I conceive il is paying him too
higha compliment to FAY that he can ana
lie all the tprings and properties Of the
foul with as much Kill and propristy as
the. ablea artif can define the machinery
of a watch. Yet my good neighbour has
always been unfortunate in his mott init
mate connexions, and has fuHercd immune
rable vexations from the inGncerity ard
6cklcneis Of his friends. Perhaps no man
has been more frequently deceived in his
opinions of individuals, or iinarted more
feverely by lifening to the impulfes Of
|credulity.
have had the curioGty to fearch out
the cauie why perfon 70 apparently "a
gacious, is often the dupe Of thofe, who
are, in ailreipeets, interiors to himielt.-
It is diGcul1 to align reafon why man
who dicovers 10 much di!cernnlent, when
fPsaking Of mankind in the aggregate,
lhouid in all his perfonal concerns never
rightly climate Jingle character. A ger
ION OF the mott fender abilities may eaGly
pain, himfelf ucon Seiomnis for man of
fold understanding and the mott bare
faced knaves have guIled him out of his
money, by fuch tricks and evaiions, as
icarce required ordinary precaution to
guard againit. In ihort, my learned friend
IS wife for every body but hirnfeIf. He
can tell his acquaintance with alrnof
prophetic 1pirit, how to Ultimate claarac-
tiers and mealures; and teach them with
peculiar degree Of certainty how to efcape
the vices and tollies that are floating in
iocicty. But he himfeIf can Rcer clear of
none of them. His iecrets are often bro,t
to light through the weakness of iome of
his aiiociatcs /; and his hopes are as often
blaited through the knavery of others.
/ find the myfery in this whole affair
to. be nothing more than this, that nv
neighbor has itrong paflions as we'll as
iitrong understanding. His feelings are 70
irritable and vigorous that has reaion can
never ailume its full fway in directing con.
Germs of "a Perlonal nature. The impulies
OF iome patton beguile him infenGbly, and
toll that difcernment which is confpicuous
on occaiions where he is totally difnter-
cited. His maxims and reflections bear
the marks Of comprehensive genius,
while his life difcovers repetition of i'm.
prudent acts, which have flowed from |
heart fufceptible to the flighteG touch. I'll
ne happens to be Rattered he forpets at |
once that Aattery is an article ufed by de- !
figning men, and in the ardor of his va
nifty, commits himfelf without reerve TO
the infinuations of the fatterer. This
looks very extraordinary, as he frequent
y 10 the moments ofrehection, expatiate.
% { ms friends on the danger ofputting con-
hdence in men of fmooth iniinuatine man
lefS. Ruf xuhv do 1c(cox,J A. -. l
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N2Hiaquam mzta,e vehAs, uvogxe /ub iau,
Star gems bumanum.!''
Wake any change, Of this nature, and we
are cru'led together. Such has already
become the audacity of the {afion, that
they Glamour, publicly, Of recourfe 10
the bayonct.
AS we now proceed, we are rapidly
tracing the feps Of France, and have al
ready arrived, almoa at the point, at
which they appear fained with blood.
Under thele circumstances, nothing can
fave us from the horrors and devaaat;ons
OF a civil war, but a prompt, 1teady, and
vigorous cooperation of all who have an
@'n'ercts IN the prefervation of peace. The
caring mutt be ovcrawed by an union os
the wife; and, above all, the ignorant and
miiguided mutt be i,nfructed and let r;eht,
by induitry, unremitted ard exteniive rs.
chat which has been ufcd for their de,uG-
on. II men Of property ard integrity
will not foop to tkefe means, they will
be bowed under the conieqaences.-"Rc Re
~iftance mutt be bold, determined and un-
thinking, or it is Intellectual; nay, il is
worie than nc refitance at all. With po-
litical knowledge, well or i'll underaood,
IS now involved every thing which is va
liable or worth preiervation. Morality,
religion, the laws, literature, our domea;c
iafety and individual property mutt perth
IN the common hipwreck.
lmpref1ed with the %jufncis and imror-
lance of thefe reflections, the Editor Of the
Gazette of the United States, having
ahociated with himielf a perfon fome whav
converfant with books and men, refolyes,
if adequate fupport be afforded him, to
exert whatever ferength he poGehes, to up
hold the caaie of truth and righteouineis
to iet up and maintain a itandard, which
ihall Eerve as rallying point to all who
contend for the caufe Of peace and due
fubordination ; to diffuie correct & faluta-
ry notions Of the principles Of our govern
ment and the intrelts OF the people ; to eau
ton and admonih the community againa
pernicious doctrines and examples Of bad
men ; to watch, with eagle eye, tine miC-
representations, calumnies, and fal{ehoods
of jacobinical publications, whole filth
and loathiomnefs hall no longer fcreen
them from expofure, or their authors
from chafeifement ; to invade with
boldnefs the frong holds Of impiety and
anarchy; - and to call loudly in the ears
OF Americans, thar " we have yet a ma
ton TO fave; we have yet millions of 10y
al men, who have never bowed the knee
to the Baal Of Jacobinifn, and we hope
that many will draw back from the bloody
idol and turn unto ~righteouinefs, TO the
faving of their fouls, their bodies and their
eastes, and the general deliverance Of
their country"
With fuch views, the Editor is induced
TO adopt the words Of the Roman orator,
=" Aeet omuibas, Acft etiam mihi dignica-
rem 9atria txe,i: proteHas modo venisud
in pxdheam fit, dicendi PETROLEUM re-
~Cufco.' and to fOIicit the encoura cement
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[Tbe bAo4viug is Inferred at TIE ,sgxef of
the Editor Of the GaSette Of Ike United
States.
TO THE PUBLIC.

The time has at length arrived, when
the administration OF our government is
about to pats out of the hands Of thois,
who have been in the councils, and con-
fdence Of our departed WAsH1NGToN Z!
Men who arc principally known, only as
the leaders and favorites off faaiou COM
poied in a great meafure of dycouteuted
forfuUe-buxiivg FOREIGNERS, are now to
fucceed. This is a ferrous and porten-
Gus moment to US who are native .4me-
,icuxs, linked in with the fares of our
country by families, relations, friends,
pohefions, local attachments, ard a thou
fa,,d ~nalnejefs fymPathies, who cannot,
like Our ditu-bers, IN the day Of calam;-
ty, fly, without loS or regret 10 tome
diftant qpaTter Of the globe.
We have Ill obierved, and the OFFER
walton fhouid now excite reflection and
watchfuinefs, hat this country has been
tranquil, prosperous and happy in proper
ton, as the jal7ou now about 70 predo-
inmate, has been reftrained and kept un-
der and, On the contrary, tulnul,uous
and f~dstious in proportion as they have
been allowed TO gain any local or tempo
rary ~afcendancy.
Men Of uneafy and turbulent tempers
have exiiied IN the country from the hrf
formation Of our government; but they
have been, for the mott part, men Of little
perfonal character and deferving of little
confederation. At length, however, from
tho a;,:,-ce M pureyorrc MAJ, &c dE.u
fovfuues, Of ro1rutt ma,aA, aheus, dc/pe-
vndoe,, eapatriutea batr1ots, refugees from
European juaice, together with many well
meaning out mifaken and deluded perlons
they have increafed to a formidable, and
regularly organized phalanx. All thefe
are irduhriouiy trained and drilled to
their exercife by ambitious dcmagogues
who win for nothing 70 much as a rezoiu-
fion, from the hope Of acquiring a conie-
quence, of which they can have no ex-
peaation from their virtues or their talents.
Such is the faction, againf which the
good ard the wife have now to contend
a noxious, poifonous weed, which, like
the gourd Of Jonah, has fprung up and
gained its maturity during the night of
neglect, foaered by the favoring darkness
OF obfcurity and contempt, till its fpread-
ing branches have become co-extenfive
with the nation, threatening to fmother
the growth of our morals, religion, libcr-
ty and national dignity.
Thefe are the fruits Of laxneEs and le-
thargy in the friends of good government
and necelary fubordination. 1t is now
high time to awake from this torpid In
difference. Active vigilance, and not
forbearance, is the virtue which our coun-
try demands. 1t is now too late to def
pfc what we have been accuhomed to
view with a mixture Of contempt, difgua
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up to a Pytbian m0zHer, which mutt be at
tackled and fubdued, although his breath
bear pefilence, and his lpumes potion, to
thoie who approach him.
In aland ofuniverEal outrage, like ours,
1t IS not the conduct of one or two indiyi-
duals that we have mott to dread. Iii
the general afcendency of the worthless,
the dilhoneft, the rapacious, the vile, the
merclieis and the ungodly, which forms the
principal ground Of alarm. Theft are the
men who have i%nce1antly maligned the
officers OF our government collectively and
individually, Our courts ofiuitice, our laws,
our clergy and our feminar;es of learning.
Ihefe are the men who called WAsHING-
TON q mArae,er and tAe!e are the men TO
whom mr.. Je6tyou and Mr.. Err are in
debred for the two highee Offices in tie
nation. From Such men we have every
thing to fear. They already proclaim, in
their appropriate jargon, that the " reign
OF terror has ceafed, and that The triumph
OF deraocratical and republican principles,
over a ty%rannical ariitocracy, is commenc-
ing IN plain Englifh, that the rabble has
broken over all rehraint, and are iua pre-
pairing to imbrue their hands in the blood
Of thoie who may attempt to itay their
progress. 1t is fallacious, therefore, to ina
CINE that we {nall only experience a change
Of men. Men Of wifdom and honeGy,
who know that the government has been
administered with fidelity, ard the laws
executed with jufice, who alto know the
Editions and iniurreaions, which fuch
nleafures have occaloned and the prefcnt
brutal menaces Of the triumphant party,
mutt fee that fomcthing verydiherent from
the equitable administration of our brfIsui
contribution is to be expected.
1t is a confederation Efficiently derlo-
rable, in a chritian country, that a reput-
ed inhdel, an open lcofer at the perfon
and character OF the Saviour, and a rcputed
sharper, fpeculator and libertine, fhould
be elevated to the highef fasions in the
government and for the very reafon too,
that they are thus reputed. But whate-
yer may be the character and views of the
PRECEDENT and Vice PRECEDENT elect, their
administration will certainly be dangerous
to the peace and contribution of this coun-
try not merely, and perhaps not princi-
pally, from their official meafures, but
from the additional influence which it will
give to the ignorant and the wicked.
Every man of reading knows, that our
contribution, in its prefent form and under
its prefent equitable administration, fecures
to the fubjea a comfortable greater fhare
offreedom than has ever yet, In any extern
five country, been found to confiit with
real liberty or permanent iecurity. Eve
ry fuch man fees with alarm, that we are
now in the high road which has uniformly
led to ~defpotifn, through the dark valley
Of anarchy. Any additional weight,
therefore, in the popular fcale, mutt be ia
tai,
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FIRST NOTICE.
Whereas a Con1miiIion of
On MONDAY,
Hmouq 9O5icb are

VIi1ICAS q AUtiILAiitliCII III
Bankruptcy is awarded ara inued forth
sgainf E!iiha Cullen Dick of the town OF
Alexandria, and le-being declared bank
rupt is hereby requised to iurrender him
telt to the conmiMoners in the faid com
milton named, or the major part of them,
on the icventeenth Gay Of this month, at
twelve o'clock in the forenoon. at the
Wilmington tavern, in Alexandria, AID
make a full difcovery and di1clofure Of his
citate and effects; when and where the
creditors of the faid Elifha Cullen Dick,
either in his, feparate capacity or as one Of
the late houfe of James Meaie M'Rea and
company, may attend, prepared to prove
'nelr debts-Ar the fecond fitting Of the
eomIniiiioners, the {aid bankrupt is to go
through his fecond examination; and at
the laft fitting the laid bankrupt is requir.
ca to ninth his examination, and the Gre
al1ors aforeiaid to choofe aiiignees, of which
luo'equent fitting due notice will be given
snu Inc creditors are to afent or dinent
lon the allowance Of his certificate. All
ps,Tions indebted to the faid bankrupt, or
VINO have any of his effects, are not to
pay or deliver the fame, but to whom the
uo.; nllAoners ilall appoint, but to give
HENRY MOORE,
Clerk to the Commiaion.
January 9, 1901. IT
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Q E..

mn perions having claims
ngalnit the eaate of the late THOMAS
,.rd .s' are requefed to bring them for
"a,a OF, or before the fira of March NEXT.
recusa aols indebted to him are respectfully
L. SARAH PORTER, Adm'x.
(z)eo
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From Mr.. G. Beverley's paf-
ture, at Elkwood, light bay faddle
HORSE, about IS hands high, with !
imail itar IN his forehead, and his hip on
the near fide fomewhat larger than the
other. Also. 80
a red bay HORSE, about IA hands
high, with fnall far in his iorehead
and one hind and fore foot, on the fame
Tide, white. A liberal reward will be.
gwen to any perlon who will deliver tbe
iaid hories, or either of them, to Mr.
Ibsyerly at Elkwood, to me in Norrhu.n-
beriand county, or fccme them ana give
me notice 10 thatthey be recovered. ?
WALTER Jones. f
~ 81 co
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10 Rent,
Io the hrit OF March next, and imrnedi-
ate pofeAion given,
A complete two itory Brick
Houfe on Water freet, between Prince
and Duke ftreets as this freet will il >
fnort time be very Handsomely paved i.
VIII render ITS fftuation more eligible and
Pieaiant than heretofore. Any perfon
wiihing to fee the houfe and know ,be
terms tern s. will l. be informed by applying to
the fGbfcriber. -
GEO. CORYELL.
A1o,
z frame Warehoufe, in Duke iree,,
next door to Alexander Smiths.
Sepr. ss. dor