| - 4.|pßßwalWK g! 'gyg^WHte||iK V . in fpif'H, we hare fecn the apodles of athe- jfc '•t ilm m >re fa.iatical than the dilciples of | c 11 Omar, wh > endeavored to dellroy all t " ; the in" ime.its of art an.! geui'w, and j a ij, more than the votaries ot Mo- j ti t ;, loch, who woifhipped t'-ieir infernal . a id idol in the blood of m.-n. Blaspheming d es j the living and eternal God, have they j rr a " not consecrated their impious temples, ti r " | dedicated to a falfe and reap e ' son, with hecatombs of human viftitns ? j 'I [,] I may now speak freely on this subject. jti •s Those of my humble and imitative conn in >r trymen, who adopt their opinions irn- ol es nlicitly ftom this nation, and who so | flexi'lly bend after every revolution of " party in its capital, will hot now deem it profane to refufe canonization to 1( . , Danton, to BiifTot, or Robelpierre, or f- . to drag Marat from his Godfhip in the ie where folly and madness had y placed him. Thtfc men, difdaiuing the !t " examples of other ages, anil mad with '' airainft relioion, endeavored to ex as .5 " ... r.,, oi a _ tirptti it from the republic. Ihe mote or efFe£lually to iniitlt its worship, they it iartituted a farce in th« temple of rea- it son. Was it God, the eternal reason, the author of the universe, whom they j., meant to adore under a new title ? No : the eternal did not form a part of their " f fyftem —the people were not able to 111 •d comprehend so multiform and'abHrad a- an idea. But, filled with admiration * '? of their own wildom, it was this which they canonized in their heated imagina is tions. Each man carried his ridiculous ' , e deity in his own brain. Its visions and ■ e whimsies were deified upon the spot. l- O Egvpt ! the scorn of ages for the r e; contemptible worship of reptiles and w ie monftersl did thy temples ever contain j' 1 " (o many monflers, such fantaftic ai»d 1 reproachful mockeries of as did these (Irange temples of reason L 11 1- Blefled Saviour 1 are these the fubfli 3 f. tutes whi(;h infidelity invents, friftead p' :i "f the purity and glory of thy holy re- J" ligion ! Are these the works of those ' n (Irong and iupei ior raiuds, who affeCl m [. to despise thy humble birth 1 thyiimo cent and inflrudlive life ! the conde h fcenfions of thy mercy 1 the facrifice of thy cross ! tlijr hopes of immortality i- which thou halt revealed, and which thou haft verified by thy le.urre&ien! 1 i- The errors of the human imagination, i) when it departs from thee, are among e the (Irongjelt proofs of the truth and ex- ur e cellence of thy gospel ! —Ever may we B1 e cherish it, as the dearest, the molt (a q y cred treasure, that Heaven has confer- w j red on mortals ! r t- i- The late Public Thanksgiving was t observed ill this city with wnrnmman J —i;i >-■«->in>3-artcnllotr;"by alPclaiieg and - denominations of citizens. i- Places of public worship were unufu i ally thronged, and the mod devout, patriotic, and federal, discourses, were r delivered by the tefpeftable Clergy of the several Churches. Dining the late Revolution the Cler i- gy of the United States, in general, a i made the greatefl facrifices and exerti- R, ons in the caufeof this country—They co, now merit equal applause for their de- fir cided support of that government which fpi has rewaided our arduous labours, in wi effc6ling(the Independence of this rising vei republic. ft r The exports from the city of New- 8h Y«rk, for the quarter ending on the Sc 30th of Sept. 1794, were 1,992,02'! Sli " dollars. ' Philadelphia, New-York, and Baltt '• more, have exported more in the fourth fp ( ' year of the general government, than Ca was (hipped from all the seventy ports 32 ® oflbcUnitedStates (A D. 1789 —90) thi in the firft year of the federal legislation. be; f P° Yesterday forenoon the following , Gentlemen were eledled by the House #a of ReprcfeHtatives, Directors of the , Bank of PeHiifylvania, on the part of p the State, viz. Jacob Morgan, Charles BiddlE, George Bickham. fefl THE NEW AMPHITHEATRE In addition to the numerous and pub- 6 ] lie buildings which ornament the city 3 j of Philadelphia, we are informed there ia will (liortly be a very elegant Equeftri■ Bai an Amphitheatre erected by Mr. Rickets for candle-light exhibition. This new fpcciei of nmufemtnt having fueceeded Jo well at New-York, has encouraged Th Mr. R. to artempt it here. The site Sot is to be at the corner of Sixth and Chef- Qu nut streets, diiedlly opposite the New- in ' I heatre, and it will add considerably to inlt; the beauty of this part of the city. It is expected that it will be finiflied be fore Augull, so as to admit of being o pened before or about the beginning of September. The entertainments will be greatly superior to any thing of the J' kind ever exhibited is America, as Mr. R. *ill have a tbetter dud, and proba- fered le- bly mny make many additions to his of company.—The brilliancy of an Amphi all theatre well lighted, wlien the Boxes nd am! Pi; are crowded with fpeftatpri, and 0- the periormecs in high ipirits, exceeds lal any thing- hit lift to attempted in Phila ig delp'nia, and will probably become as ey j much the favorite rendezvous of the ci -s, tizens, as the Circus was when firft o a- ; pened in Market llreet, two years ago. s i The Amphitheatre will have the advan :l. | tage, being more central, more attraft n ing, and more agreeable t» the amateur n- of the noble science of horsemanship. fa — of Married, on Monday evening, the m "d instant, Mr. James Rolert/tn, to to Miss Peggy BuJJxer. both of this city, or — urni—wi From the Newark Gazette. ad Mr. IVobos, x IN the printed debates of Congrels rc on the fubjeft of the Popular Societies, . Mr. Dayton was made to fay in oppo a lit ion to those societies, that " The dif n terent branches of the government were . , the Conftitutiowal Centinels, over the . liberties of the people." It (truck me j r as a fair and natural inference that he meant to inculcate an opinion that all other watchmen were criminal, or at jn least unnecefTary, and this const ruction I gave it in a publication under my sig nature contained in your paper of the js 10th inft. But upon a view of a more ( I enlarged llatement of the debates, I t find that, that was riot his meaning )e but, that as he thought those Societies, |{ j were dangerpus to the liberties of the j n people, it was the duty of the different branches of the government " who were as the eonftitutional centinels over the li berties of the people" to found the a j lartn ; candor induces rpe t® corredl a i£ ] corftru&ion(which I yet thin k myfelf e _ juftified in making from the printed de (-e bates) both in jultice to that Gentle- man and the public. a CATO. e- EJJex, December Zld 1794. >f h By this Day's Mail. v NORFOLK, Feb. 11. £ On Saturday lalt departed this life, universally regretted, Donald Camp c bell, Esq. merchant, of this tewn. 1 On Monday afternoon he was buried with Masonic honors, attended by a re fpe&able body of the inhabitants. Though riot in Courts,'-with Jlatefmen lorn toJbine, Though not the Hero's bloody boajt ivas thine; (1 Though in thy breajl no party-fajjion Jlro-ue ; The milder virtues, that enrich the heart, ~ Bind man to jnan, and form his better part, Reign din thy bofitm zuith a gen rohs sway, ' And turn thy DEATH to a TRIUMPHAL' 'e BAY. >f NEW-Yt)RK, February 20. Lall evening, between eight and nine, I, a double framed house, which flood in 1- Robinson-street, near the College, was y consumed by fire. The alacrity of the fire-men and other citizens, ever con h fpicuous on such occasions, together n with the serenity of the evening, pre g vented the farther progress of that de ftruftive element. ARRIVED, - Ship Minerva, Armour, HavredeGrace e Schr. Regulator, Fellows, i Norfolk I Sloop Venus, Brown, Norfolk Charles Ewie, in distress Capt. Armour, on the 12th instant, 1 spoke the brig Minerva, of Baltimore, ** Capt. Mitchell, bound to Bilboa, out s 3 2 days, lat. 36, long. 40, and had on ) the 7th Jan. loft his main mast, and was . bearing away for the firft Weft-India port. -i r The (hip New-York, of New-Y*rk, to fail the day after the Minerva. , f HALIFAX, (N.C.) Feb. 9. , Timothy Bloodworth, Esq. is chosen to reprtfent this state in the Senate of the United States, in the room of B. Hawkins, ' tfq. whose time expires with the present leffion. ( PRICE OF STOCKS. i ■ 6 per Cents 2c y 3 per Cents 1 »/51 Deferred j ,r \ Bank of the United States 35 ' Pennsylvania ' North America, 45 t6 30 The members of" St. Andrew's ' Society, are requelted to attend their Quarterly Meeting at the Golden Swan, ' in Third-Greet, on Saturday, the 28th inllant, at 7 o'clock, P. M. ' RICHARD LAKE, Secretary. ' WANTED. A Foreman for a Paper Mill. < To a man of capacity and fkiil in the fcufi nefs, whose honesty and fidelity can be well , vouched a liberal encouragement t. ill be of fered. Inquire of the Printe«. " lis Fer the Cazette of the Unit eel States. ' hi es President's Birth-Bay. ' itl _ Js Fibritary 22d, 1795. ;l ~ -— ! TH' Almighty HanJ, which guides : the rolling fplie es, , Points oat their paths, rules theirunva- ! r r in g years, ! « Now brings this planetary Earth, once j lr I more » ' 4 To hail the Day th' Immortal Hero bore : ! e ie The Day, Great l Washington, which 0 gave thee birth, , . To vindicate the Rights of Man 011 j earth ; - , To rear blest Liberty, her flag unfurl, ; And vengeance metited, o;i tyrams , hurl 1 . i t a Thy sons, Columbia, join in choral fs f<'»g* 3, The,echoing hills the grateful notes ~ prolong ; , f. Shrill clarions found, and loud the can 't ,noiis roar, , ie To celebrate ihe Day thy Hero bore ! ie But, while their fcftive joys ?{Tail , c the fl<ies, 11 Behlild portentous prodigies, arise. i it At once, the hurtling clouds condense n in air, , Lo, mntt'i ing thuncers roll, v and light e 'lings glare ; e From groves and hills, theie moves a 1 hollow fouitd, , g Commencing earthquakes, roek the con scious ground! , e While ev'ry heart is chill'd with t 11 (filing fear, , e Columbia's voice is heard, diftinft and |. clear : i- ' O why, my fav'rite sons,' (he sighing a ftid, , |f ' Why on this Day, are your rejoicings trade ? , .. « With whirlwind speed the year is | 1 rolling on, 4 Wher Death fyall claim my Hero for t his oif 1 ; ' Each palling year Jultratls the Iru'f , account, ' And time is hourly dealing from th' ' < amount; I ' Long time his virtues, and his patriot 1 < name, , ' Have a nrf'd,fair Liberty, thy sacred i flame ; . ' Supprefs'd curst Faflion, loos'd from | ~j 1 native hell, - ' Her vot'ries crufh'd, as, with a magic u spell; E'en now Great Washington almolt < » ' -- * SnpportrthyTaure, by efforts all his < own.— « But, when entomb'd iii silence he < shall sleep, / ' T fear, It/Ji Liberty,ln rain you'll weep ; ' Who then with equal firmnefs, and applaisfe ' Shall Fadlion check, and aid my fink ' ing cause ? 1 ' Alafs, my Sons, give e'er your feflivc ' mirth, ; ' And rather deprecate his death, than hail his birth 1' Columbia ceas'd ; when 10, an angel A form, Is f.en, sublimely riling o'er theftormj He wav'd his hand, the temped ceas'd ' to roll, Sir Again he vvav'J his hand ; —to either Pt>ic ' . . si Ihe clouds fwift vanifh'd,—and res- s[,c plendent day. jab Reviving nature ehear'd, with heav'nly W< ray. • He toueh'd Columbia, with his po tent hand, |'j i: Instant, on Apalachian heights they (land. The Seraph spoke, « now turn thy 'Mr wond'ring eyes, q ' Where Andes' furamits prop the d bending Ikies ; S ' Beyond them fee luxuriant plains de scend, ' To Southern Ocean wood-crowh'd hills extend. ' Where Niagara pours, from awful height, • His thund'ring wave, fix thy afto- -j nifh'd fight ; thai i ' And further on, where icy oceans bly ■j roll, * tion • 'Round the cold axle of the Arflic j pole. a »y ' From Eastern shores, wafh'd by th' Atlantic wave, C en(^ 'To Western b#und», which Seas Pa- o'cli cific lave. corn « This wide domain, by God's supreme canl decree, mai ' 'Rose from old Occan's bed, a Gift for thee, ' The fame decree, irrevocably giv'n, « Pronounc'd this land, the fav'rite A , land of Heav'n. ' The Guardian Angel of thy bright the abode, ' Commifiion'd from the Mercy Seat of God, r '' ■(& .- i• . • » ' I come to calm tliy grief; dry up thy tears, ' Excite thy joys, and diflipate thy fears. ' What tho' hiad Europe's sons, in eoufikt dire, . •• ' With Hcil uniting, 'whelm the world '* I ;in fiie ; ' 1 ' Wh.it tho' fell Discord, in thy fair ' domain, ; ' Evert its ere (I, and flalk the peace e | ful plain ; ' What tho' curst Slander 11 rive, with ° ; impious tongire, i ' To wound thy Walhington, llis fame I ; to wrong ; ' And factious lice/fr, deck't in hailot- II wiles, ' For Liberty's chafle form, with ' Heav'nly smiles, ' , 3 * ' Is oft rmllijofe, by ignorance and vice i' And blackest falihood Iramp'd, with Truth's device ■' Yet reft' affined, I thy He s ro's life, ' Support his mind, 'midst all th'un g ateful ftrife ; ( • Nor ihall he quit the holm (so Heav'n ordains) 1 ' Till Government secure, with Order reigns. ' I guard the Freedom of thy fav'rite clime, ' Unceaiing guard it, to tlrs end of time ; ' In vain (hall Tyranny its /hackles a form; ' In vain shall Anarchy, in mad'ning (term, ' Attempt to crush !*s conftcrated (brine, ' Or ffiar its Temple, rcar'd by pow'r divine !' ' At dijlant period (hall thy Hero J rife, ' Copvoy'd by Angels, to th'approv irig ikies ; ' As erit Elijah's h.,ly mantle fraught, s ' With Gi'd-like virtues, by Eltllia caught, ' ' So, double portions of his Spirit, giv'n ' 'To his fucceflfors, (rich bequest df t Heav'nJ : ' Shall guide to freedom, happiness and ! peace, j ' Thy countlcfj sons, " 'till Time's j own empire cease." i Columbia boiu'd iuith rev'rence and delight; 1 j The Cherub vanrfh'dfrom her ruptured Jigh— - Her cheaiful voixe now fills the float ing air, j ' R.joice my sous, your choral f»ngs j prepare, s I ' I" each revolving year, with feflive mirth, - ' To celebrate the day, which gave my Hero birth !' » 1 NEW THEATRE. THIS EVENING, February ji. Will be Presented [ A COMEDY, (performed but once,) called The J E IF. Sir Stephen Bertram, Mr. Whitlock Frederick, Mr. Moreton Charles Ratcliffe, Mr. C;.aimers Saui>ders, , Mr. Green Sheva » Mr. Wignell Jahal, Mr. Harwood Waiter, Mr. Darley, jun. • Mrs. Ratcliffe, Mrs. Shaw Eliza Ratcliffe, Mrs. Whitlock Mrs. Goodifon, Mrs. Bate* Dorcas, % Mis. Francis dfier the Comedy, Mr. Chalmers will recite a Whimsical Comical, Poetical, Profaical, Rhapso dical PARAPHRASE On Shakespeare's SEVEN AGES. To <whi(h -will be added, A FARCE, called the Flitch of Bacon, Or, Dunraow Priory. The Public are refpedtfully informed that the Ope a of the PRIZE is unavoida bly postponed on account of the indipofi tion of Mrs. Oldmixon. No money or tickets to be returned, nor any person on any account whatsoever, ad mitted behind the scenes. Ladies and Gentlemen zte requested to fend their servants to keep places by five o clock, and order them, as soon as the company are seated, to withdraw, as ftiey cannot on any account be permitted to re m*irt. ■ ■■■ ' ' ■ . > COLUM BIANUM. At a meeting held at Peale's Museum the 19th inft. it was resolved, That the Society will proceed to the eleaion of Officers for ' the Academy, on Monday the id of March. By order. C. W. PEALE, Chairman. * R. CLAIBORNE, Secretary. February il, 1795. d 4 t
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