Poetical Effays, for October, 1784. Advice to a Young Lady lately To fix your empire in his heart, Married. [By an Unmarried Lady.] EAR Pergy, fince the fingle ftate DE You've left, and chose yourself a mate, Small is the province of a wife, care, And properly to spend and (pare To form the tender infant mind; Be always clean, but feldom fine, In all things there's a proper mien : The early days of wedded life, With kind, ob iging carriage frive To charm his reafon, drefs your Till love fhall be with friendship join'd; Rais'd on this bafis, 'twill endure, From time, and death itself (ecure. Before you ne'er for power contend, Nor try by tears to gain your end; Sometimes the tears which cloud our eyes, From pride and obftinacy rife. Be always chearful, never loud Abroad for happiness ne'er roam; . With chearful chat his cares beguile, And always meet him with a fmile. Should paffion e'er his foul deform, Serenely meet the bursting form; Never in wordy war engage, Nor ever meet his rage with rage. With all our fex's foftning art Recall loft reafon to his heart; Thus calm the tempel in his breaft, And fweetly footh his foul to reft. Be fure you ne'er arraign his fenfe; Few husbands pardon that offence; Twill difcord raife, difguft it breeds And hatred certainly fucceeds. Then thun, Q fhun that fatal shelf, sky. on the crri val of ber Sister. Go felf taught child, and in thy paraught of friendhip yet remains, til glafs, Survey each beauty of thy pretty face; Call ronge the bluth of health, or think it fuch, But fhould there be too little or too much, Defroy the colours for thy rage or guft; And cry, if woman fuffer heaven's unju. If the Smart frizieur plait thy borrow'd hair, And make one error here, another there, Snatch from his hand the powder and the tools, Retouch his touches, be the fool of fools. A Song. By a young Mifs of 13. Y E mules come,--return again,: Ifw the beauties of his eyes, Who can behold is beauteous face, Between us ,accept the lay: Permit the mufe in gentle firalos, To hail with you the happy day. II. No, no!each flow'r is fill the Time, The fame in colour, form, and smell, You know not whence the booty came; Yet it is honeybees can tell. And you loft nothing you can mils! Epitaph on a talkative Old B Maid. ENEATH this filent fone is lid A noify, antiquared maid." Who, from her cradie, talk'd-till death, And he'er before was out of breath. State State Papers. Report of a Committee of Congrefs, containing a Plan for a Military establishment for the United States, in time of Peace. (Concluded from our laft.) MILITIA. on, that in considering the means of national defence, Congrefs ought not to overlook that of a well regu lated militia; that as the keeping up of fuch a militia and proper arlenals and magazines by each State is made part of the Confederation, the atten tion of Congress to this object becomes a conftitutional duty; that as great advantages would refult from uniformity in this article in every State, and from the militia eflabi.ihment being as fimilar as the nature of the cafe will admit to that of the conti. mental forces, it will be proper for Congress to adopt and recommend a plan for this purpose. The Committee fubmit the follow. ing outlines of fuch a plan, which, if thought necellary, may be digefted and improved. All the free male inhabitants in each State from twenty to fifty, except fuch as the laws of the State fhall. exempt,to be divided into two general claffes one class to confift of married, the other clafs of fingle men. Each clafs to be formed in corps of infantry and dragoons, organized in the fame manner as propofed for the regular troops. Those who are willing to be at the expence of equipping themselves for dragoon fervice to be permitted to enter into that corps--the refidue to be formed into infantry; this will confult the convenience and inchinations of different claffes of citizens. Each officer of the dragons to provide himself with a horie, faddle, &c. piftols and fabre, and each non-cominiffioned officer and private with the preceeding articles, and thefe in addition, a carbine and cartouch-box, with twelve rounds of powder and ball for his carbine, and fix for each pol. Each officer of the infantry io have a fword, and each non-com miffioned officer and private a musket, bayonet, and cartouch box, with twelve rounds of powder and ball The corps of fingle men to be obliged cife, once in two months by companies, and once in four months regimentally; to be fubject to proper penalties in cafe of delinquency. The corps of married men to be obliged to affemble for the fame purposes, and iubject to the like penalties, once in three months by companies, and once in fix months reg mentally. to affemble for infpection and exer When the State lifelt is invaded the corps of either clafs indifferently to be obliged to take the field in its defence, and to remain in fervice one year, unless fooner relieved by fpecial order. When another State is at tacked, and it is neceffary to march to its fuccour, one half of all the corps of fingle men fhall be obliged to take their tour of duty firft, and to ferve for the fame period, to be fucceedcd for a like period by one half of all the corps of married men, and then alternately. In addition to thefe two claffes there fhould be a third, under a particular denomination, as fencibles, fuzileers, train bands, or whatever elfe may be thought proper, with the fame organization as the infantry of the other claffes, but compofed as follows: Of all fuch of either of the two other claffes inhabiting cities, or incorporated towns, as will voluntarily engage to ferve for the term of eight years; provided they fhall not exceed the proportion of one to Sity of all the enrolled militia of the State, and provided that if a war breaks out, they fhall be obliged to ferve three years after they take the field, and to march wherever the fervice may require. The conditious on the part of the public to be thefe- Each non commithioned offi cer and foldier to be furnished with a muiket,bayonet and cartouch box,and every two years, with a fuit of uniform, confifting of a coat, jacket, and breeches of cloth --the arms and accoutrements to become his pro perty at the end of his time of fervice. Thele corps to be obliged to affemble regimentally once a month, for exercife and inspection, with a power Extra of an account of the late difturbances at Wyoming, published by authority. "About 12 o'clock at night, on Sunday the 26th ultimo, a party of the Connecticut claimants, whofe number is yet undetermined,attempted to break open the flore-house, in which the publick and other arms were depofited. It is probable that their original defign upon this occafion, went no farther; and that if they had been able to fucceed in the robbery, no other excels would have immediately followed; but having been early difcovered from a neighbouring houfe (the quarters of CoJonel Armstrong) and meeting with fome oppofition from thence, they foon turned their arms thither, and exchanged feveral hot with that gentleman, and three or four others who were with him. Retiring however from this refiitance, they carried their attack to the houfe of Mr. John Holtenback, here the remaining part of us lodged, and after difcharging fe veral guns upon it (from the effefs of which Meff's Boyd and Okely narrowly escaped) they then with drew into the buthes and difappeared. We now faw an end to car bufinefs with the utmoft regiet, and that it was improper for us to remain longer in a country where every moment threatened us with the dangers of affaffination. Under the influence of this opinion, we called upon the magiftrates, and fome other principal Pennsylvania claimants, and left with them a paper of acknowledg. ment, for the fupport of which they had in every inilance difcovered an inclination to give us; of advice to keep themselves in as defenfible a ftate as poffible, and of affurance, that as we believed the late attack upon us to be introductory to further mifchief, we would exert every nerve in our power to bring government into fome decifive measures for their elief. Under thefe affurances, we left them about three o'clock on Monday the 27th inftant. The events which have fince happened, and which have been brought forward by exprefs, are truly lamentable, and 1erve to confirm the opinions we have already expreffed, of the intended violence of the Connecticut claimants, and the diftreffes and fofferings which we are afraid the better fub jets of the ftate are fated to undergo." (Signed) John Boyd, John Armstrong, jn's John Okely. Commiffioners of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Extract of a letter from Wyoming, September 28. "Eleven hours after you left this place we were furrounded by the Connecticut band They kept up a hot and inceffant fire for the space of two hours. You know that our houfe is not proof against that. Poor Lieutenants Reed and Henderson are both mortally wounded. Mr. Reed is fhot from the back and into the guts; Henderson is thot in five places." We are informed, that to quiet the disturbances at Wyoming, the Supreme Executive Council of Pennfylvania have taken order that a body of militia be again called out, and that the direction of this important bulinefs be committed to John Armarong, jun. Efq; now appointed Adjutant General of the militia of that Commonwealth, and BrigadierGeneral of the fame. SPRINGFIELD, Oftober 5. La Tuesday, the 28th of September being the time appointed by law for holding a Supreme Judicial Court here for the County of Hampthire, the fame was opened with the ufual folemnities, and continued till Saturday evening. SALEM, October 5. Capt. Cox of this place, who loft his brg in the late hurricane at Jamaica, informs, that, in confequence of the prefent calamitous fituation of that ifland, the authority have ordered their ports to be kept open to all nations for fix month, and full liberty allowed for bringing away the produce of the island. Oto 19. At the annual Commencement in New-Jerfey College, on the 29th ult. the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on 24 young gentlemen. The degree of Mafter Mafter of Arts was conferred on Meff'rs Col. William Smith, of NewYork; James Hanna, Efq; the Hon. Richard Hutfon, of South Carolina; the Rev. Jofeph Clark, the Rev. Ebenezer Bradford, alumni of this college; and on Mr. Daniel Boardman, M. A. of Yale College. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on the Hon Samuel Spencer, Efq: Chief Juftice of the ftate of North Carolina; and the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on the Rev. Alexander Simfon, of London; on the Rev. William Poiteus, of Edinburgh; and on the Rev. John Snadgrafs, of Paifley, in Scotland. The Rev. Samuel Wales, Doctor of Divinity, in Yale College, was admitted ad eundem in this college. The Rev. Ezra Stiles, Prefident of Yale College, and Doctor of Divinity in the Univerfity of Edinburgh, was admitted ad eundem, in this college; and alfo to the degree of Civil and Canon Laws. The medal given by his Excellency Do&tor Dickinson, Prefident of the fate of Pennfylvania, to be difpofed of by the Board of Trufees, was publickly announced to be due to Mr. Jofeph Clay, for the beft deffertation on this question, "What are the beft means to be adopted by civil government, for the promotion of virtue and piety among the people?" BOSTON, O&ober 4. Saturday arrived the brig Two Brothers, Capt Higginson, in eight weeks from Gottenburg: by her we learn, that a rupture was likely to take place between Sweeden and Denmark; and that great preparations were making, by thofe powers, for carrying on a vigorous war. 08. it. On Wednesday laft the French fleet, commanded by the Compt de Kifainte, failed from Newport for France Monf. Lanfrey Delifle and his Lady took paffage on board the Medea frigate. Oct. 18. On Friday laft arrived in this town, the Marquis de la FAYETTE, Major General in the late American army, &c. &c. At Watertown he was met by the officers of the army, who had provid. ed an elegant dinner on the occafion. His Excellency the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Council, the Prefident of the Senate, the Speaker of the Houfe, the Captain of the French frigate, the Conful of France, and feveral other gentlemen of diftin&tion were invited, but bulinefs of importance prevented the Governor and Council from attending. At this happy meeting of the Marquis with his brother officers, an honeft, an affectionate joy was difplayed, known only perhaps to those who in common danger and fufferings have experienced the moft exalted feelings of which human nature is capable. Mirth and felicity pervaded the whole company. The band of mufic played a number of animating marches; and after dinner, a number of patriotic toafts were drank. In the afternoon the Marquis was escorted to town by the officers, the Conful, the Captain of the frigate, and a numerous concourfe of the moft refpectable citizens. At Roxbury, he was received and faluted by the artillery company, commanded by Major Spooner. His entrance into town was announced by the ringing of bells, and a falute from the Bofton artillery, commanded by Major Davis, who conducted him through the town into State ftreet, in the following order, viz. Pioneers, The Artillery company, bearing the ftandards of America and France, Drums and Fifes, The band of Mufic, Chevalier Marquis Major Gen. De Caraman, FAYETTE, Knox, The Officers of the late American army in Grand Divifions, His Excellency the Conful-General of France, A large number of refpe&able Inka. bitants, in carriages, Grand Divisons of Officers, &c. On paffing the Liberty Stump, three cheers were given. At the Bunch of Grapes, the Marquis alighted, and, afcending the balcony, returned his thanks very politely to the gentlemen of every order for the attention they had fhewn him. The officers of the army took their leave, and the whole concluded with three hearty cheers from one of the moft numerous |