person of any white female of the age of ten years or upwards, shall knowingly permit any such his, against the provisions as before stated, such parent or guardian shall be liable, upon conviction thereof as aforesaid, to pay the same costs and penalty as is hereby provided for such offenders. lane, alley, highway, church, court house, tavern, ball room, theatre, or any other place of public resort, with naked elbows or naked shoul-her or their child or ward to offend ders, or, being able to purchase necessary clothing shall at any time between the first day of November and the first day of March in any year, appear in any such place or places clothen in less than three body garments, one whereof shali be of wollen, silk, or other substantial materials, every person so offending and being legally convict-dermen of this commonwealth up ed before any court of record, or before any alderman or justice of the peace in this commonwealth, shall forfeit and pay a fine not less than one or more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered by action of debt, information or indictment, one half to the use of the informer and the other half to the use of the poor of the borough, township or ward wherein the offence shall have been committed, and the person so convicted shall be liable to pay like costs as are paid in actions of debt in the jurisdiction in which the suit or prosecution shall be commenced; and shall also be compelled to enter bail for her good behaviour for the space of one year from such conviction in such sum and with such securities as the court, alderman or justice of the peace pronounc ing judgment shall deem reasonable, having regard to the circumstances of the offender. SECOND.-If any parent or guardian having the charge of the THIRD-It shall be the duty of all justices of the peace and al on their own view, to convict and punish offenders against the aforesaid provisions, and it shall also be the duty of all constables and overseers of the poor to give information to some justices of the peace or court of record, of all such offences against the aforesaid provisions as may come to their knowledge--and if any such ofllcer shall neglect so to do for the space of forty-eight hours, such officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and shail, on conviction therecf in a court of record, be removed from office, & fined at the discretion of the court not exceeding one hundred dollars -and it shall also be the duty of the grand jurors to present all offences against before-mentioned. provissions, and in case of conviction upon the view of a justice of the peace or alderman, information of a constable, or presentment of a grand jury, the whole of the fine shall go to the use of the poor of the proper ward, borough or township. An Enigmatical list of young ladies at New Town and Hurl Gate. 1 That aspect of a field which first pleases the eye in the spring, prefixt to the largest tree of the forest. Y 2 Two fifths of the staff of life adding a vowel and a metry low witted fellow reversed. 3 Two fifths of that which is nccessary for every one, mostly wanted by the poor, but equally sought after by the rich, and a valuable hidden production of almost every country. 4 Three sevenths of that favorite name which poetsgenerally preSix to streams of water, and one half of a female of quality. 5 The first act committed by a cruel conquerer afer the surren der of a Town. 6 One half of a tumult the eleventh letter and two fifths of a mistake. 7 That which is in the mouth of every villain an s, and one half of fear. 8 The most solemn and final rights of man to man altering the second letter to an e, and the last 10 an n, 9 That which is the first summons of a visitor, the middle half of what the wicked have most to 10 the species of that animal ment. 11 Five sevenths of the rolling waves and the first letter of a name for the Goddess of wisdom. 12 Four fifths of that which pervades the bodies of all men & the first letter of a sattellite. which shines its might in borrowed light. 13 That name which in an important law case is generally said to open, for the display of great talents. 14 The aspect of the heavens in a thunder storm prefixt to that which we have to go far below the surface of the earth to make. 15 That which a Church a tavern Blacksmith shop and a make, with an s, and what we must all come to. 16 Two fifths of a lover adding a vowel and one half of a young lady. 17 Two letters which stand for a devout pious man and the middle half of a public oration. 18 Three quarters of a tremendous noise prefixt to two fifths of the most populous country of the cast. 19 One fifths of that which has no colour, a vowel and one half of a lady's dress. Jan. 29th 1812. CHRISTOPHER. words of dispute too place between Riley and his wife. He immediately pro. cured a razor, and cut the throats of both women before they could make their escape. It is also reported that he attempted to kill his brother at the same time, and by a stroke of the ra zor cut the knot of his neck-handker. chief that Riley did not attempt to es eape the officers of justice but was com mitted to Burlington county jail on the same day. WANTED immediately, an Apprentice to the Printing business, apply at this office. Married. On Monday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Kohlman, Mr. Peter A. Schwachhofer to Miss Mary Elizabeth Betts, all of this city. On Tuesday evening last by the rev. Dr Beach, Mr James A. Stevens, to Miss Maria Fowler, only daughter of Theodo. sius Fowler, all of this city. On Tuesday morning last, in St. Pe ter's Church, by the rev. Dr. Kohlman, Mr. Joseph Idley, of this city, to Miss Mary Sherwood, of Fairfield. At Washington, Daniel Sheffey, esq Representative in Congress from Virgi nia, to Miss Maria Hanson, daughter of Samuel Hanson, esq. At Halifax, major Austin, to Miss Elizabeth Burges. On the 28th ult by the ree Mr. Strong, Mr. Richard Broadway, to Miss Eliza beth Gheeseman, both of this city. Died, On the evening of the 7th inst. Mrs Ma. rv Barbary Dob, of a plurasy, in the 85th year of her age-She was relict of Mar tin Dob, who departed this life in 1795 aged 78 years, they where pious old people and their deaths' are much regreted by their children and all who knew them. On Monday morning last, after a very short illness Mr. Peter Dunigan. On Wednesday last, at the age of 74, James Smith, M. D. son of the hon. Wm. Smith, one of the judges of the Su preme Court, On Wednesday evening last, at Bloomingdale James W. Depeyster, esq. aged 67 years. In England, Silas Galpin, (common. ly known by the nickname of the old fow!,') aged 85; leaving twelve àffectionate and disconsolate wives, in various parts of the Fo-kingdom, with all of whom he contrived On Thursday evening last, Mr. seph Marsh, of Brooklyn, to Miss Eliza Erederick, of this city. It New Jersey, John Tennant Wood hull, to Miss Aun Wikoff; Oliver Johnson, to Miss Nancy Snowhill. At Falmouth, capt. Wm. Bodfish, to Miss Deborah Turner Hatch. At Elizabethtown, Robert Price, jun. to Miss Elizabeth Eeurl. occasionally to live on the most amicable terms, and by each of whom he had a son and a daughter-In the professions of begging and betting he had been so suc. cessful that besides being liberal in honor. ably surplying the wants of his several families, he left them an equal share in five thousand guineas. On thursday evening, of a short illness Mrs. Mary Roulston, aged 36 years, wife of James Roulston. "Apollo struck the enchanting Lyre, For the Lady's Miscellany. On the Death of the late Rev Docr. The mem'ry of the just is ever bless'd, tear; Their loss is felt whom oft we have caress'd, Whose genuine worth we could not but revere. Ambition leads the HERO to renown; war: And shall frail man thus ive with GoD supreme? And shall frail man thus rob him of his crown? His puny arm in vain tempts to screen; Ah! what can shield when GoD jeho. vah frowns? The man that boasts of greatness in him self, May long outbrave the terrors of his way, But in the end, strip'd of his fancied pelf, He'll find his sense deprav'd will bear a away. Whilst worldly lights, like meteors, rapid glare, And soon evade the passing trav'lers sight: Tho' for a time they make the vulgar stace, With laurels, Victory his brows adorn: They sink at noon, to everlasting night. And thousands stand his triumphs to declare. Not so THE CHRISTIAN HERO! of the skies: But buoy'd by pride,his heart with swell. Whose virtue is of origin di vine, ing scorn Looks down contemptuously on men around; The right of Virtue now are trampled down, And power is hurl'd as if he was divine Though wrapt in human greatness, see he dies! Though oft obscur'd as thro' the world he flies, Yet in the midst of darkness, bright he shines. Such was thy virtue, much belov'd ABEEL; Such was thy splendour thro' this vale of woe; to wield, The tyrant grim, his shaft has level'd The PRINCE OF PLACE gave the a sword fierce, Whilst now the body falls, the spirit And made thee CONQU'RER over every flies: foe. And in the grave that greatness disap-The closing scene of thy bright life we |