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I fi A 2 if tad not been able to get rid of his iron collar and part of hi chain, which were oa him when 'Some evenings fince a fon of Neptune hap pened to fall in company with fome women, of bad fame, who ftrbngly invited him with them, in iiit.il uc LuiiiciiLcu. anil lev inriK mill rii jk boufe, where they gave him wine flipping drops, which gave him a fleep for 14 hours, during which time they robbed him ot his mo ay and then decamped. Oa Thurfday lalt a brig commanded by Cap tain Davis, arrived in this pert from Cape. Fradcois, She brings accounts that before ihe left the Cape, an exprefa had arrived there, in forming the government that the civil war in Holland had rii'en to the g'reateft France and Britain had each of them fent ten fail ot the line into the Texel to countenance their refpeftive parties, It is probably from thefe appearances that the war will foon become trmftaX lltrmiahmir F.urnn. Laft vreek arrived at Burliagton, New.Jer fty, the brig Captain Bradford, from Dcmarara, who on the 121I1 inflant, in Ut.

38, '40. long. 73. fpok the (hip Heftor, Captain Farley, From Virginia, bound to Bourdeaux, out 3 days, all well. For thelNDIf NDINT Gai ITTtll.

TF it be a maxim enive'filly received, that the guilry ouihtliot to be condemned, without impartial hrar Sag, tb innocent hue therefor a udifput4ble rifbt to aqual juflice. Equity and humanity ere no rcfpecVr, of p4rfun the wealthy tnd tlic indigent, the genMearin nd th plebien, are equally dear to the cnmovowaalth, and have the fame right to bo pfWcled tbi law 01 free country. Ttl miifortttoe attending 'he liberty of the preft, that thereby men of prefiigate intemisoi, whole interef) it ft to fee the meritoiiu depreflrd, vtinimoul a tare uf faluSeod with feeming colour! efver.tity, and give it the populace, io order to prejudice them in favor 1 fume malc ui etrltgn hut thi i an ot than overbalanced hy variety el dvntaei, Which attend tail oailadiona of liberty, i dr to freemen life it ft If. One happy efi cl or the liberty of ihe pre It ia, that there tie many cafe, of wnich il.e civil can talte cngniaaiice, wherein thi privilep of oum wiifrmt (gtt the lowft" eitiierr to he ill ufed with impunity, however I re at the offender' may be by opulence, by power or Vv in tereft. By the liberty of the preft, the irtipoftor, the buffoon, the biaggadocia, the whtmtkil blockhead lee, miy each receive a quantum of cor eel i jn with good efTedl.

So much by way uf proem, And nqw'te oiy which wat to vail ftiyfelf of freedom of the prefe, in order to bring Mr, John Churchman to fight way of thinking (if le) by. fUting a few plain lt by the vuy of telling the truth. In thefirrc place, then, I fltall bbferve, that a man wbo i influenced thepurfuit ef icienco nly by the fordid view of pecuniary emolument, will generally be found to turn wicked end abandoned in cafe ef difappe'mtment. He will become peevich, mi revengeful He will never attribute hi want of fuecef to the true caufe, to wit, hi own IfnoMnce hut laife In hi enind ten thoufand Ij lor.ery miet who, he'onjeo)urei, have formed a roa) fpUecy to kerp him out of hi expted reward, to which he tooeeive btmPilf juftly fntitled. Tbil i the miferable plight of Me, J.

Chgrthmart at prefent, and fuch I the pitiable condition of hi diftracled ni'md. Infelix I qeai tenln nnlmun dementia cepit Viri, Mr. Chuchmin fometime laft winter came to Philadel. phia, end intr iduced himfrlf to Mr. David Rittvathnufr, to whom he irft comoiunicated hi noble difenvery, (a he wa then pleated to call it); whieb connfled chiefly in hi bovine, foor4 out two other moom blongiti to oureuth, befiJei ur old one Luna i Su that wo now find ourfelve poilelfrd oo Uf then three cir.cucn.tel;ut'iani.

thefe two mdelt ccleliiali, which have never yet deigned to tike off their viiUfn i to Ut iii have peep at their face, Mr. Church men faiJ he dilcovered by fome l.irky accident one of them at prefent i over Hudfon' Bay. f.yt he, and the other ever forae part of ibe great South See. Should any en take tho trouble of making a eeyag to HudfuVt Bay, thin I net 4h lead doubt, faid he, but he will find phi irthern tnooaj direflly over hi head, provided he lok Ihirpty. added, that thrfe two moon, which ire manif My the magnetic pole, revolve round the earth from welt to ear) In th vo of certain num.

hence the true emf uf .1 fore I heve difcovcted the longitude' to all Intent! and pur. pole. With fuch jargon ind whimfical ftulTh' filled up a book of thirty or forty page felio manufcrit, which he re iifflwonded to Mr. RittenhouTe' petufal in order that he might become met prfaiy Kquainttd with hi new end catholic fj Hem of loagitode. Mr.

Rlttenkouf fuppofing veiyjudly, that (Mr. Churchman wi longitude mad, beg. ged to be rrcufjd, and with feme difficulty, by ufing fiat, tery one time and coarfcr treatment another, prevailed upon, out longitude hero not to peftcr him any longer with his vifinnary nenfer.f. We next fird our champion exhibiting hi two moon be. fore the American Phllofjphical Society.

Hero a committed wae appo.ntcd confuting of four ptrfon of literary aute, whufc uame Mr. Churchman ha already given to the publ.c. Mr. Rictenhoufe, who wa oa of thi four, declined having any hand in the matter, obferving that pro. b.eiy by pa optical deception in th pupil of biitw eye wcie turned into nuoni.

for in regard to biilmaioir) celeft'ul moeni, they fay he, he kpt trm falling to the earth by any other meant than the itiength ot men and pitch fuikt. Rifum ttneatia mici .1 For feverd day Mr, Churchman, entertained the gentle men of the committee with hi two newly dilcovered fatel liiei, proving their identity by the ftrength of ipagogic demon Artiont The) exhibit tn tftoniihing nen, namely, a large pumpien eovtrd with paper, which he li, Cited waa no left than the globe of the earth Itfelr oa the furlaio of which he (hewed two point or pole that are found by letting fall two perpendicular from the ertic and an tat tic tnoonai From thefe magnetic pole he dr a namb ef line, which he called vaiinisn meridian. Hi pumpion lhelled fphere thui tnd hi two moom, he fa were apparatus fuflkient fur determining the Ion. gitude both by fea ad land true to the quarter of degrro. The committee, after finding that the poor man wa re.lly bewitched by hia b4url nation and that Don Qx itte' never had hi miad moi earned way with chiviltv, than Churchman had with hl longitnd mania, conc uded that the belt way wa to let him alone, until by fume 'ucky mean or ether ha might probiMy be brought to hii fenfe.

Thia bring a ftory to my mind, which I matter of faft, and eaiy litnilar to the prefent cafe. Sometime during tut late war a certain Jme Joknfon, Scotchman, lm gincd that he had found out longitude for thii purpnf ho wrnt up to London and laid hi fchem belore the mmif fiouer of Longitude, who, upon fin Jin it whitifictl aad abf i took no further notice of it. But Johnfon, who had (uttered hi mind to he carried wy with the hipei of hi, lecriviiig .10,000, infilled that he wa Intltled to the rewaid, and lain tnuft have it. F. ftveral a.ctingithx illiterate cl wn continued to ptftrr and haunt the until they were obliged on thrlr own dettaee to devife fuane method jetting tid.ol him I A.c din'y iliry fignified to hi.n t.ut tney had take hi, cafe inm confHe'ation, and had rubivrn to lot him hive hi reward "i liiy (hrif.

diieS ed hint to carry a note to a certain captain of a prcfi gang, who, thry faid, waa authorifr to let him have ti.e premium. hiifoa on the receipt of the oote, feti otT with jny quite cert of bit .10,000 kut hi titrem mortification, the moment be delivered hi note, he l.und Kimfrlf in the fate keeping' of half a doaen of marine bailiffs, who tuld him that mutt go and play hi longitude prauki, i an able bodied feirnan fo the good of hit fly'i fcrvite. on board the Ocean man of war The application il eafy and, had we ercafion In thii eommsnwealth tot a prelt gang, i Mr. Cburchman i a fiurdy young fellow, now luunir.g about idle, tbruugh a kind of maaeti infatuation 1 1 thirk that tho like reward would be well brftewed upon him, by hich one able bodied maiioe would be added to ht nam bet of American feimem 1 NOVA.VCHITAS. mi 1 1 1 1.

The Figure of Jujiin, placed above the Bench oti which the judge oi Ihe Suprem Court fct, having beendepiiv ed of her Balance by fume uifchieveit, or, more praba. bly, by fome fatyricaJ perfon, gave occfion to the fullow. 1 A L. E. THE Cdi and GoddelTca of ancient day.

A Poet teil in tuneful florin, When furfeiled witu Dravr and oraif. Would fometime leave their rlowdt and elofiea Ahiluf rhl. uriirlj to inn A if they'd. nothing elfe to do Put ramble to au.l Iro In fearch of tun. So, Juftict Coddefi of the prefent time, Altho' when feaied in br hall In all her air fubiime, 1 Tt look ai grim any Fury A if Cod bleb ui Ihe would hanr ui all Without ft.

Yet now anJ then will eoadcfce'nj rigid temper to unbend, Aad at the fertive beard Win Jmy afiJe her lord 'otgetfulof thelawi, i i Like ether folk, And, tho' ungTtioua, grin applauf Hy ith whifper'4 At will fometime touch A glaf or twotoo much. The ftory poet, that on ay She din'd with Cncinrnthit, And fwallow'd i they fay, 1 Pint jMm ftilt Of wine or rum, No matter which, i But, getting drunlt At bawd arpuhk, The naitv bch Talk'dfilihynonfenfeliktiUma. i Thence reeling to her feat fuprtme, She frii'd her fword again, And ftrove and Itrove but rtrove in val To balance well her ,1 Vex'd with the fruitlefa toil the roar'd aloud, Ad tbu, addreft th' aftonilb'd trowd Shall Imjfcf So wife, to ik it, privilec'd by Heaven, my pate, Like poor rJommon To kep 1 paltry balance even) Burn all your booki and rule, Ye filly fool Henceforth I'll let you fee My fov'reign wilt and Pleafurt Of law (hill be The only meafure. Then tiling tip toe tall. She ihrew 'tij fiid, Her Bea and Scale aad all At Ntrrlt JoKft't head, Her pride diftlain To deal In penny.weightt and ounct, She bufii and bountet, And fay to her trinfetndeut fltill It doih belong To fit the bound of right and wrong AccorJiri to her will.

And therefore rra we fee hr fiend, Without a balance In her hand For now perfect Tvranf grown, Shi foveru by th ford alone, AatlVALt vy YoKf. SMp Rrit Fncnillhii r.uld"ik, Cork. Schooner M'arid, Maxwell, Sr. Thomas's. For ra an A I T9 WILLIAM KILLINGS, Mafter.

ASTOUTvetTrl, haa rood accommodation for palT) gen, and will fail about the hrft of September, for tfiage apply to the Captain at Fulier'i wharf, or GEORGE MORTON. In Spruct ftreet, PhilaJelphli, Auguft 1787. A GREEABLY to a Rcfolution of the Society for alleviating the Miferle of Public Prlfoni, paflVI on Mnndav evening the ijtb inllant, Notice I het. by given, That Mr. JOHN OLDDEN I duly appointed Srcieury to ihe AtViig Committee of the faid Society fo that ell perfon who mayeonCtittthrmOlpri ealltledto be nebttrom the humane defigm of Ihia inilnutien, miydirec) their appliratiiin to him, in SecpnJ, where the fame will be received end Utrl before thi Aimg Cemmittee at their next meeting, who will take fuch or dm therein a may be prnrr and avcetTiry.

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