m v %it ©ajttte. /• • s PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 21. ct tcnaccm propofiti virum, I- on civium ardor prava jubentium, Ni n vultus iuflantis tyranni, Mente quatit folida. AN AUTHOR'S EVENINGS, Pryor proposes an excellent remedy for that rage of young and inexperienced, eager to fee the world. It is nothing less than a complete indulgence of this inquiiitivenefs.. Its gra tification, according to the poet's theory, is I its radical cure. He imagines a fequefttred and curious beauty, Hghing for the delights of the.metropolis. Let her go, fays the judicious bard. " Send her abroad and let her fee That all this mingled mass, which she Being forbidden, longs to know, Is a dull r arce—an empty show J*9ibJer % and pocht glass y and ieau. In an elegant pamphlet of Edmund Burke, written a ffiovt time before hir de <e;tfe, we find the following elevated frnti ments worthy of a highminded gentleman, and a hater ot rtieanr.rfs and malignity in any Rations. It contains also a most happy cnniplin.ent, to Lord (Jrenvili.b, anil (Jjews what value ; by t!*e difcrimiuating mind i f a gre; t < rater ; was affixed to praise from one, who in allulion to a palTage in Pateiculus was himfelf worthy to be prail/d. " Som*. perhaps, may think th: Earl of Lauderdale and the Duke ot* Becitord execu tors in their own wr ny, but 1 have nothing to complain ot', 1 hey have been the means of bringing out by their inveftices the baud, some things which Lord Grknville has had the goodness and iondefcenfion to fay in my behalf. Retired as I am from the world, and from all its affairs and all its pleasures, I confefs it does kindle in my nearly extinguished feelings, a very vivid fa tisfaftiou to be lo attached and fa com fnended. Tt is soothing to my wounded mind to be commended by an able, vigoreus, and well informed ftaciman,and at the very moment, wben he (lands forth with a nianli nefs and rcfolution, worthy o( himfclf and his cause for the preservation of the person and government of oar Sovereign, and there in for the fecurityof the laws, the liberties, the morals* and the lives of his people. To be in qnjr fair way connected with such things is indeed a diftinftion. No philoso phy can make me above it : no melancholy can depress me so taw, as ta make me wholly insensible to such an honour. Dr. Johnson in his imitation of Juvk- Wal's " Quamvis digreflu veteris confufus amici" hat produced fonie fliarp lines at the expenee of London, which though they might apply in the year 1735, would now characterize a city, nearer home. All that at borne no more can brg or steal, Or like a prison better tban the wheel, Hifs'd from the rtage, or hooted rnow the court. Theirair, their dress, their politics import. How, when competitors like these contend, s Ca» surly virtue hope to fix a friend ? Slaves, that with serious impudence beguile And lie wichouta blufli, without, a fmilc ; Eipjain thu'r country's dear bought rights away And pi-eab eon rinAi ic in the r/.cuor day j V/ith fcphifl tenets taint our poifon'd youth And lend a lie the confidence of truth. By numbersherel'-om lhanae or cenfura free, A! 1 crimes are fafe hat hated poverty ; This, only this, the rigid law puffues, This, only this, provokes the fnarlingmufe : The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak, Wakes from his dream and labours for a joke ; With brifecr air the painted drum pets gaze, Andjturilthe varied taunt a thouland ways. Of afl the grief# that harrafs the diftrels'd, Sure the moii bitter is a fcornful jest. Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Then when a blockhead's infulc points the dart. Then through the land a wretched wanderer roam, For bertaa fl&rving merit find a home ? In vain your mournful narrative disclose, While all ncgieA, and me ft insult your woes. As I was comparing Dryden's tranilation ■of Juvenal's third Satire, with the vigorous SHd happy imitation by Dofl»r Johnson, I turned to Sheridan'* edition of the original ; and, (truck with the initial lines, as applied by Juvenal to Umbritius, Laudo, tamen, vacuis quod fedem Sgtre Cumis Dettinet, atque unttm civem donare Sibiliz, I thought a flight parody of Johnson's ele gant lines would apply to a recent circum ilance. Though grief and fond.iefs in my brcaO rebel, Wheo angry Pet EE bids the Stjte farewell, Yet dill his choice I xcitcs my laeguid l'mile, I praise the Writer but ragret the exile. Refolv'il from fever, and from/win far. To breathe in Jav's domain a bracing air, And, faft by Hndfoti's populated fhcre, ■Give to the Yorkittt one true Briton more. The'capitulation of Coni assures the de liverance of Italy, and completes the tenth difgracrful expulfton of the French from that coiuntry. Corn" was called the Virgin hav ing never till now been taken ; its surren der by treason to the French excepted. Ow democrats at length have found eut that Buonaparte is a detestable villain. They seldom open their eyes until they find all the ■world laughing at them. They might have learned from us long since that their belov ed Republican had the cause of Liberty and Equality as little at heart as the Grand Turk. Like thomfelvrs, like all Republi cans, he held his patriotic principles, under a very politic curb, however they might lead him to otcafienal gambols. 111 the lan guage of an American paragraphift, he drove his steeds into a goodly palate,—c:nd stop pei. From tie Shop of Afesi, Colqh&Spcndss. POLITICAL. PORTRAITS. From.the Shaksspsarm Gallemt^ franklin's discoveries. I know the more one sickens, the worse at ease he is ; and that he that wants mo ney, means and content, is without three good friends :—That the property of rain is to wet, and fire to burn That good pas ture makes fat (beep ; and that a great cause of the night, is the lack of the fun : and that he who "fiath learned no wit by na ture, nor art, may complain of good breed ing, or comes of a very dull kindred. A FOREIGN FOP. There can be no kernel in this light nut ; the foul ot this man is in his clothes trust him uot in matter of heavy consequence : I have seen these creatures tame, and I know their natures. He smiles his face into mote lines than are in the new map with augmen tation ot the Indies : you bavtt not seen such a tbtng as 'tis. I can hardly forbear hurling chings at him. Jf a Lady ftiould strike him he'd fnnle, and take it lor a great favor. PORCIM'IN E. What cannoneer i>egot this lufly blood ? He i'p«aks plain cannon. He gives the baflinado with his tongue, Our ears are cudpcl'd -not a word of his But brffets hetter than a fifl of France. I th rk there's ne'er a man in chriltcndom Can KiTer hide his love or hat* than he. For by his lace Height (ball you know his heart. Loftj and four to rhofe whs love him not, But to those men, that fought him, sweet as fuui —-Becaufa he cannot flatter a»d speak fair, Smi'ein men's faces, faiooth, deceive and cog Duck with French nod.., and apilh csurtefy Mutt he be held a rancorous enemy K To be continued. The eflab'ifljment of the last new Constitu tion in France, which appears to havt I.ten Completely eiFe&ed, may be justly regarded as the final extinguilhnwnt of the last gl»m mering spark ef republicanism in £urop£ ; a»d if the fvflem of perfidy at:d rapacity-fo long pradtifed by Frauce be admitted to have juitly pafled under the denomination ®f re publicanilm, there will be no honed mail who will laiment its t'ubverlion. It will exist matter of less furptifi ta the Historian, that experiments (heuld dill con tinue to be made on the nature of man, af ter the uniformly fruitlefs iffae of all pa ft' attempts, than tjbat men (liould have.follow ed in the beaten track of former time, and f<tcrificed their comfort and their peace in projects, to have discarded which, they needed only to have opened the page of t(tt pad. Tie Sovereignty of the People is an useless and impracticable delufiin, which al most onee in every ag*, fliootslike a baleful meteor athwart the earth,—leaving in its track, wretchedness -and ruin, exacerbated by the cruel reproaches of confctons folly, and more than brutal blindness and infatua tion. The Cuffering hour cf France'is not yet pad; the humiliation of beholding a foreigner wield a despotic sway over the cUrftinies of the empire, is not the lafl ail cf reprmch to be recorded. New ruffians remain behind the childifli. curtain of French volatility, and Buonaparte and Bibulus will ere l.mg jrive way to other wretches, hole idle vani ty will aim at the drgni'ty of the mock tiara —the lewd apery cf ms»jv-!ly—tlic naui'cat ing repetition of the c.ltl devices of eld jug i;leis fince laughed into the icorii or crn.fhed by the cuifes of mankind. Very probably the Consul will number fewer days, than the Citizen has numbered years. A more frivolous circuniTiar.ce than the neigh ing ef a horse, fhifis the reins of empire among ft revolutionary Frenchmen ; and a kingdom may now be bo;;ght at 2 k'fs price than was paid by J-vian. ' Tl:e best witb, that can be framed by the belVfritMld of France, is, that Frenchmen naay turn end overturn, 'tiil he shall come' whose right it is to rule. The French have .exchanged their pint archy, for a man archy. But the new mon archy like the old pentarchy, is incon gruous, ridiculous and (hort-lived. The great Bank of Democracy has failed in the downfall of French Republicanism. The very fountain of their blood is (topped j their great Fac Simile of murder I oft. It is no longer that we (hall injure the cause of republicanism by avenging the misdeeds of piratical ruffians ; it is no longer that the overthrow of our government shall be vow. Ed, for its ingratitude and hatred to repub lican France. The ties are loosed—the gordian knot is cu'; and France, by ceas ing tp be a republic, of course ceases to clai.n our vassalage. Be not deceived ! A goldhilted sword, set with diamonds, of the value of 500 guineas, or upwards, would be an honorable and appropriate pre sent to be vote Jto Captain Truxton. In the Britilh House of Commons such votes do often obtain; tho' we do not recoileA to have heard of their laying on the table. When a man deliberates on a qurllion of feeling, all merit of generality or honorable motive i» destroyed. The (hipid ass who in the Aurora com plains of a wifli that fire ihould burn the philofo hy of Priellley, is the identical fellow who toafled La Sainte Guillotine, at the feftival of Cannibals. A democrat heated with the gin-fume» of an Irish feaft, raves about the Irish blnoa in his veins. One would thiqk these wretches must have very little blood, Irish or French, in their veins, when their minds are fofull of it. i 4-^— 1 r AreaJe» affibo Et iinfareparej, ami parati." In the Senate of the United States, two great liimiianes have biased forth during the prefentl. iTwi with aftonifhingfplendor. By their extraordinary oratory and energy '-hey have abaflied and confounded all their political adversaries. From this preface, the enlightened public, which never errs, must have anticipated the illuftrieus names of the Hon. Mr. Cocke, and the Hob. Mr. Charles Pinckney, whose inllrttftive, ele gant fpeechrs have diffufed pew lustre over the debates of our National Senate. Tis very fcldom we meet native or acquired pow ers so much alike, for after feeing one, the other is so exaftly exenipl fied, that the nictll critic can scarcely perceive the differ ence. The fame majefiy of person, grace ful address, melodious-, foiicrau< voice, un conllrained aftion, undaunted felfpoUcffion, and hi-;h rhetorical flourifh, have by the kind hand of nature been equally and liber ally heaped on both. Each withoHt previ ous thought, or arrangement can come for ward on all questions, and surprise the au dience with entertaining burfls of fuperetni nent exhibition ; darting at intervals, most winning glances of complacency towards the approving gallery. So vehement is the tor nado of theirnloquence, that were the doors and the windows of this horrible Divan, thrown completely open, every fyliable .ut tered by these bold defenders of the rights of man might be distinctly heard by the love reign people in the State House yard', and indeed throughout the city. Such is the magic of their dulcet numhers, that like Orpheus and Lintis, they would gather round them, and fix motionless in the streets, our drays, our carts, pur wheel-barrows, oyflermen, and even the obflreperous sweeps. Then the' matter, the argument, tie saga cious illuftrati'oii, are deep, deep, deep 1 ! 1 unfatnomable* by any federal ; nay by any mortal man. "No Senator ( sis gravely as» ferted by the A,urera) has.ver hazarded ail attempt to answer, becaulc nobody has been able to dire dawn to the bottom of the valV profundity of their views, or to trace the lubtle evartefcence of their rare conceptions. Ihe ablcfl Fedcalifts start back from the horrors .of a. frightful inanity! which baffles j all experience, and Jets reaft.ll. at defiance. Fortunately for the pre feat Bate of things thele coloffjl leaflets: of antifederalifm, are confined to- the Senate,>«fhere- few 1 have the opportunity of hearing or feeing then). Were two others filch, of were either of them in the other house, ala&! »)»s ! our Bryardij- Marihallr, -Harpers," 'ftotlege's, &c. See. &c-.S*c* wetild fink into hopeless (Jef pair. and. become mute. . Eedecalifm icftlf would be extinguiflied, and the only variety whicli cburd he .far to cheer the icfne, would be die fpjtyjig and roaring of the jea lous indfgnant.Lyoiv. ■ ' Doubtless -there will fee Jjfodigious anxie ty amongd our ie?rne<J ./tjders, to hear which of - gigajuc oiators is. the. fupe- nor j Non noflrum—Taout componcre Litu. We cannot venture farther, than a very diffident opinion, *tbat Mr. Cocke excels at an impromptu;- an in rtfpiy He feldeto rnake-8-what is called a set speech. ■Nature has done every tiling'for him. -He "fie ver tijjngs,Lßyd into the gallery to re port hisfpeeclies, nor iioes Ke write himfelf or.employ pthers to writ?,jHiffs .or panegyr ics in the newspapers upon his tharafter or public'ContftrcW indeed iii i? so"very nio , dell that he leldOWi-hitroduces liinli'tlf or'his L owu- atchieftpwotc into debute, tAt his hi I ever been fuTp»£ted of writing' hit own eulo /■gfes, or of turning trumpeter 'of' his uv>» | iame. , Although-we irrap appear partial to Mr. Cocke, yet candor obliges Us t<* cpnfeis that Mr. Pinckney is perhaps the "ftrofefgvft up on a "que'ftion, when he has takefr time and ftudyrd it to the bottom.—He then hafteps into the midst of things, seizes the paflioivj, iipprifons the judgment, congeal# tlic senses, and raises up as it were by enchantment, so formidable an array of imagery, covered and iecured by brazen ar tillery,that the weapons full'from the hands of bis antagonißs, and he never fails tscdif* may, to terrify, to Tcitter, or to silence them. Where his alternate fucccfi is in. any degree he fulminates with in finite cafe and effect iuceiTunt vollies, of pre cedents, decipons, and profound maxims, which he had heard, or learned, or proposed in the Grand Convention. This masterly weapon is always decisive, and leaves him in quiet pofleflion of the diluted field, there being 110 armour yet known of a temper to refit it, nor any combatant hardy enough, to attempt it& use, or to encounter its incu rable flings. CRITO. Stated Meeting of the American Pbilosapbical Society will be held at tbeir Hall on Friday evening at 6 o'clock, A Curator to be elected. SA MUEL H. SMITH, Secretary. March iq PRICES OF STOCKS. Philadelphia, Marcu i 8 16/6 ir/ prr Cent, Three per Cent Deferred 6 per Cent. 15/4 3 ptr One Stock— 5 p«r Cent, advance, B \NK United States, a 5 Pennfylvattia, 18 ——— North America, 47 Infiiraate cotnp. N. A. {hares $ to 4 per cent, be- low ]>ar —— Pennsylvania, {hares, 18 percent, kdv Raft-India Company of N. A. 10 per cent advance Land Warrants, 32 ilolb. per ICO acr^s. COURSE OF EXCHANGE London, 6a at 50 days 60 at 60 a 90 day s Amfterdarn, :'s 37 a-100 per florin Hamburgh 30 2 3a-loop* Mark/?auco (congress; MOUSE OS REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday., March 20. , The bill for the relief of John Collet, was read a third time and palled, 48 mem bers voting in favour of It. Mr. D. Farter brought in a bill for the relief of the corporation of Rhode Island college, which was read a firft and second time, and ordered to b« read a third time to-morrow. Mr. Craik brought in a bill to divide the Territory of the United States N. W. of the river Ohio into two Separate govern ments, which was read a firft and second time, tnd made the order of the day for to- morrow, Mr. Otis said, it seemed to him, that as the feat of government was about to be re moved to the Federal City, preparatory measures ought to be taken for that purpose. It appeared to him to be placing too inuch confidence in the Cominiffioners, or jmy other individuals, to leave entirely at their disposal to provide for the reception ot go vernment—and in order that measures might be taken by this Hcufe, for that purpose, would move the following resolu tion : Resolved, Th:t a Committee be appointed to confidtr what measures it is expedient for Congress to adopt, preparatory to the remo val of the feat of government, with leave to rtport by bill ar otberwife. Mr. Grifwold's motion for * committee to examir>« the public accounts Was taken imp conlideration, and nft<er be ing modified by the suggestion of Mr. Gal latin, was adopted. Mr. Harper then introduced a resolution rnftrudting the committee to report general ly all the expenditurcVuf the present govern ment, civil lilt and other ordinary expences excepted, Which was after some debate, poQ ponded till to-morrow. Mr. Jones brought in a bill supplementary to the to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers, which was read a firft and second time, and committed for to-morrow. Mr. A. Foster moved, that a member be added to the Committee appointed to conh der what further compensation ought to be allowed the officers of the House, in place of Mr. Living'fton, absent without leave. After some observations from Mr. Rut ledge," as to the point of order, the motion was carried.- The House went into committee of the whole oil' the unfavourable report of the Committee of Commerce on the petition of •Stoffer, Clofs and Wallace; when Mr. S. Smith gare his reafont why he hoped the re port would not be concurred in—and was lollcrwed by Mess. Sewall and Nicholas, in favour of the report—whenthS que ft ion was taken, and the report of the committee was agreed to, ayes 45, noes 31. By this decifiou, enemy's vessels captured [ by p.rivafe armed velTels of the United States, and cpndeißr.-.d in a foreign port, are not entitled to a Regilter, any in(Vra<Stions from the Sec re tar/ of State to commanders of fur.h vefl'els, to the contrary notwjthftamd .v'.ng. , The-unfavorably report of the Seleft Com r,little on the.petition of ac.ruiii aliens reU cient in Mount Plesfant, slate of New was up,and agreed to. Tl.q tJoufe wrnt into Committee of the . wbc]»: on the bill to-provide for the execu tion jqf the 27th article of the treaty of «inity, commerce and navigation made with Gre^t.Britain—Mr. Parker in the chair— when the bill h ,vipg been read by the Clerk, a motion was made and carried that the committee rife and have leave to fit again. "i he unfavorable report of the Committee' of Claims, on the petition of Amy Darwin, was taken into consideration, and after long; debate, the qyeftion for agreeing with the report, was carried, ; noes 42 ; Mr. Speaker declateu, himielf in the affirmative. A meilage was received from the President of the United States, by his Secretary Mr. Shaw, .informing that the Pre sent did yefterduy approve and iign the a& intituled " An aft to alter the times of holding: the Diftrift Court in N. Carolina. Adjourned. In Senate, Wednesday, the firft resolution of the report of the Committee of Privileges, after being modeled, in the manner follow ing?, was adopted : " Resofosd, That the said publication contains afTertions and pretended information rrfpeftiiig the Senate, and the committee of the Senate, and their proceedings, which are fali'e, defamatory, fc.mdalou> and. mili cions, tending to defame the Seru'e of the United States, and to bring their, into con tempt and dilrepute, and to excite a/ainfl thrm the hatred of the good people of these United States ; and that the fnid publica tion is a high h reach of tlje privileges of this House." Ye fie r day Morning, the second resolution was taken up, *nd the blanks therein -feeing filled, the question was taken by yeas and nays, and decided in the affirmative—Yeas 18, Nays 10. The resolution, as adr.pted,is as follows u Re salved. That William Duane, now redding in the city of .Philadelphia, the Editor of the said newspaper, called the General Advertiser, or Aurora, be and he is hereby ordered to attend at the bar of this Houte, on Monday, the 24th day of Mfirch inft. at 12 o'clock, at wiiicb time he will have opportunity to n:r.ke any proper defence For his conduct, in publishing the aforefaid defamatory, fcawUious, and malicious aflertions and pretended informa tion ; and the Senate will then proceed to take further order on the Cubic ft ; and a copy of tlrifc and the foregoing; nefoliitipu, under the ab&cnucatton of the Secretary of the Senate of tb* United State?, nr.jd -atrdV-'d a* j a trie, copy by Jam-j Mathers, Sergeant at , Arms for the said Srnate, and left by the < laid Serjeant at Arn-.s with the said William Duane, or at the office of the Aurora, on or before the 2ad day of March inlt. fliall b; deemed fufficient notice for the said Dua; « to attend in obedience to this refolatior. BY THE rASTERN MAIL Which arrived at a very late hour, ac counts are received (via Savannah) to the Bth January, from and gth from Liverpool, An irregular attempt had been made by the meek King, Buonaparte, and his Prime Mimfter, Tailevrand, to inveigle the British into a Negoc\a % .on. Brltifh sa gacity penetrated the flimfy design ; Lord Grenville in the name of the King, exposed | its nakedness ; and it appean to have com pletely failed. <oasette JLift. Port of Philadelphia. CLEARED. Brig Nancjr, Buik, Schr. Success, Johnson, Millc, Town, Fa'ipv Brid<;er, Dunn, The following vcffcl'S were in the River Miflilfippi and at the pert of Ncw-Ofleant, Feb. 20. Ship ArgiiS, Main, of New-York, to fail in a few days. f Two Friends, Hiii'.lfey, of and for do. Brig , Stevens, < f and for do. Francis Nivuii, M'Ooi mick, of do. Iris, Ku&£n, of and fbr do. Belfey, Rcp-s, of and for Salem Amaao;>, Lewis, of "and for PhihdcL Schr. Liberty, Shcckley, of and fords. Indullry,- Monk, of and for do. Somerfer, Xvimn, of Baltimore. Peggy Robbins, New-York. Mary, M'Gruder,ofand for Alexardrir. In the River, February 23. Ship Charlotte, Cowperthwaite, from Ja maica, of Philadelphia. Schr. Sally, Ce/fin, do. do. MiffifEppi, of Alexandria, from Vera Cruz. Industry of New-York, from St. Tho's. Bartlena, Clark, of arid from do. Sloop Friendlhip, Brown, of do. from Jam. Diana, Allen, of Alexandria, for do. Sailed—A brig frqm New-Orleans, for Natches the 19th February, laden with na val fteres. Schr, Favorite, Quadrille, from hence has arrived at Cape Francois. Port of March 11. Yesterday arrived the sloop Supply, Town, Msragoan, in diflrefs, out 28 days, bound to Philadelphia. Baltimore, March 17 Arrived at Savannah, about the 25th ult. the brig Hannah, Captain James Can non, 25 days from St. Vincents, who in forms, that previous to his departure, the Cork fl-et had arrived, uijder coHvoy of one frigate, one 44, and a sloop of war, who on their passage, tp windward of Barbudoes, fell in with two French frigates and one corvette, having on board Viftor Hugues, with 1200 troops bound to Cayenne—the Briti'fh frigate engaged the two French fri gates two h' urs; on the approach of the 44. they took to thrir heels—they were pursued 24 hours without success. The Captain of the sloop of war, at the com mencement of the a&ion ran off and was, immediately on his arrival in pert, sent to England under an arrest. NEW THEATRE, This evening, March 'at', Will be presented, a celebrated Tiagedy, called VENICE PRESERY'D; Ory The PJat Discovered. Pierre, Mr. CGoper. His jirjl apfytarance bert this two years. To which will be added, a Comic Opera, (not sited this fcafon) in. two a6fcs, called THE FARMER. NOW LANDING, (FOR SALE) From the (hip George Barclay, at Latimer's wharf, Java Coffee, Java Sugar. From ths schooner Fanny, at Latimer's wharf, 100 hhds. clayed Sugar. From the brig Betsey, lying at South street wharf, 40,000 feet Bay 17 tons Logwood, 6 tons Fustic. / ALSO, Wliit« Havanna Sujaf, Brown Sugar, Old Red Port Wine, Sherry Wine, Claret in cases, " Capers in barrels, Madras and Pulicat Handkerchief*. Apply to PHILIPS, CRAMOND if Co. d6t March a I Will he ctfjosed to Public Sale y On Monday the 31ft instant, at fix o'clock in the Evening, At the Merchant's Coffee House, LOTS No. 21, 22« .23, 24 ; Part of the Sprifigetlbury Estate, The two foroltr conUin a great body of Excel lent PniMing Sterne eaii'.y Quarried. The plot of the tvhoic EtJarr rn:«y be seen at the Bank of Norh America, whtre pcifons dffirous of yurchafi-j orher parts may be informed of the condit ion a. March ii .Londonderry Havanna Fort Republican Ntw-York d.jftft.
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