For the Gazrtje vf the L/mfko
TO THE EDITOR,
SIR,
Though at a difiance from the great
world, and not in my power to pay the tribute
of congratulation on our beloved President's
BiRTK -Da y—-yet the Muse prejgnts her httm-
blc offerings confciotu tba. the fooutans&ts
verjt is net equal to the fitbjeft- —but as it is
dictated by a grateful and jincett hearts I Hope
it iv ill not be unacceptdble to Jome of your
readers, if you think proper to give it a place
in Jome corner of your pap?r.
I am, Sir, your Friend.
Ftt. j i/7, i ;»4
AN O D E
ON THE
Prejidenf s Birth-Day!
F AIR rife the morn that gave our hero birth,
And with it peacc descend to bless the earth,
Fiy diicord tar iro.n these cnlijjhtcn'd fhorc:
Let not fell Ate with defti unlive powers,
Shed one malignant ray.
But let the loves and all the graecs come—
Let Nature smiling ftied a rich perfume,
And antedate the Spring.
With myrtles crown'd fair Freedom lia.il the
morn,
On which your friend, our much lov'd Chief
was born,
And all ye Muses sing.
Let venal bard 9 a despot's brow adorn-
In every wreath they find the rugged tham—
And praise, a fittire proves :
But our bright liieme will make the garland
shine—
To sweetest flowers his virtues we combine,
And add to those—our loves.
What noble qualities enrich his inind —
His ardent zeal his policy refin'd—
His watcbfulnefs and care—
Where'er his Country needs a faithful guard*
No dire event can find him unprepar'd,
For arls of peace or war.
When savage herds invade our fertile plains,
And undiftinguilh'd scalp the peaceful swains,
His energy is seen.
Colle&s the warriors from their rural home,
Their long negle&ed helmets they affane,
And peace is heard again.
When ancient nations past their zenith, drive
To that fix'd point, at which they mujl arrive,
And? all their glory cloud —
Contending armies croud the enfangui iiM field,
Their glittering arms are seen—the sword,
shield
And garments roll'd in blood.
Or. Nature's theatre, almost alone,
Columbia fitting on a peaceful throne,
Reclines her beauteous form
Upon the boibm of her favorite Son —
Sets him compleat the work which he begun,
And tarn the impending fiorm.
Long m .y this bright aufpiciai;s dar sp ;?ar
And gild with lucid rays our hcmifpbere,
Reflecting on his bread—
That confc'ions pi ace, that ever must arise
From t'oodnefs, ufefulnefsand greatemprize,
Bv which his Country's blefs'd.
And when the Arbiter of life and death,
ShaHTend his Angefto demand his breath,
And speed his heavenly flight—
May 1 wimble hope and sacred joy iraparty
Streams of ccleil al pleasure to his heart,
Incommunicably bright.
\JThe Editor regrets that the foregoing was
not received in feaftm for an earlier publica
tion —but its merits preclude the necejjity of
an apology f r its appearance at any tiine.'l
LAW OF THE UNION.
THIRD CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES,
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun aod field at the city of Philadelphia,
in the State of Pennfvlvania, on Monday
thefecond of December,one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-three.
An ACT for the relief of Thomas Jenkins
and Sons.
BE it cnafled by the Senate and Iloufe of
Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That it
shall and may be l nvful for the collector for
(he diftr <3 oi New-York,to remit to Thomas
Jenlcir.s and Sons, owners of the fbip Ame
rican Hero, the duties and imposts of ton
nage, which may be incurred" in confluence
of th« incompetent or invalid register of the
said fliip : Provided, Tliev (hall obtain, with
in onr hundred and twenty days, a new regis
ter for the said (hip, in the manner prescribed
bv law.
Frederick Augustus MuHf.ENBERC,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
John Adams', Vice-President of the
United States and Pretident
of the Senate.
Approved February the 1
nineteenth, 1794- J
G°. Washington, PrcGdeat of the
United States.
By the President of toe Untied Siates of
ylrmrrtLii'
A Proclamation.
W HER FAS by information given
upon oath, it appears that in the
night time of the tweaty second day of
November, a number ot armed men hav
ing fheir faces blackened and being other
wise dlfguifed, violently broke open and
entered the dwelling bouse of Benjamin
Weils colle&orof the revenue arilingfrcm
spirits difulled witliin the United States,
in and for tire counties of Weftmoreland
and Fayette in the ai ft riot of Pennsylva
nia, and by aifaulting the laid collector
and putting him in fear and danger of his
life, in his dwelling house aforefaid, in the
said county of Fayette did compel him to
deliver up to them his commiflion for col
lecting the said revenue, together with
the books kept by him in the execution
>f his said duty, and did threaten to do
further violence to the said colle&or, if he
did not (hortly thereafter publicly renounce
the further execution of hit? laid office i
And whereas fcveral of the perpetra
tors of the said offeirce are flill unknown,
and the fafety and good order of society
reqnfre that filch daring offenders should
be discovered and brought to juflice so
that inflations of the law may be prevent
ed, obedience to them secured, and officers
protettedin the due execution of the trusts
reposed in them, thertfen I hare thought
proper to offer and hereby do offer a re
ward of TWO HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each of the said offenders that
{hall be dilcovered and brought to juflice
for the said offence, to he paid to the pet-
son or perfor.s who {hall fir ft discover and
give information of the laid offenders to
any judge, jultiee of the peare, or other
maiTiftrate.
And 1 do hereby ftridily charge and
enjoin all officers and miniftqrs of juflice
according as their refpeftive duties may
require, to life their be-(I endeavors to
cause the said offenders to be discovered
apprehended and secured, so that they
may be speedily brought to trial for the
offence aforefaid.
In Testimony vhep.eof I have
/ \caufed the seal of the United
y• J States of America to he affixed
to thef.: prcfents, and signed the
fame with my hand. Done at
the city of Philadelphia the 24th
dav of February one thousand
seven hundred and ninety four,
and of the Independence of the
United States of America, the
eighteenth.
Go. WASHINGTON.
By the Prffulent
Edm : Randolph.
For the Gazette of the United States.
Mr. Ff.n-no,
Whilst I pay my tribute of applause to
Critos' happy choice of a fubjedfc of ani
madverfiea i.i your Gazette of Thursday,
I am captivated with his much admired
' taste and fentirtient,' and feel something
irrefiftable to participate his sober ideal,
as well as to join him in the lift of those
doughty Champions of Virtue, denomina
ted Reformers of the Age: But when I
look round and view the rapid strides of
of Sin—nay, witness even the Wicked
ness of many, who under the malic of a
Samaritan, cover the measure of their
own iniquities, and uncharitably attribute
to others the causes of lue obje£t of their
vehemence—the prof gacy of the times. I
fay, when I thus view such a picture of
human hypocrisy, I cannot withstand
an lioneft indignation, that such men
there are, who from the shrines of their
devotion yell again ft vice and immorality,
and from the irrafcibility of their style,
defeat their own virtuous purposes. Such
Sir, are the means now purfwed to disturb
the tranquility of Society, and to cast an
odium on those, who cannot confeien
tiou.Oy participate another man's opinion.
To revert more particularly to the fub
jeft in question, that of Theatric Exhi
bitions ; and though not a regular fre
quenter of what Crito terms ' those mad
scenes of pleasure,' I confefs, I should
prefer an amusement, where Vice and Vir
tue are so feelingly contra (led, to the Mad
Ravings of a Pulpit Orator. To render
Virtue amiable, is to {hew Vice in its
moil odious colours.
Ckito \vould do well, firft. to appease
the irrmiibility of hia feelings, before he
attempts to work his miracles—and (hould
boi-fiiiutious how he criticises those, whom
he niggardly presumes, " knows but little
of the \vovW or of human nature." Be
lize me Sir, I have witnefled 4< The
" Wrath of HrafexJ* ar.d have seen
u thole mournful scenes" Crito so
tragically depicts.—Peace be to the manes
of our deeeafed Brethren—persuaded we
all feel an equal sorrow for departed worth
so valuable while living. Contrary to
Crito, I animadvert not on words, keep
ing in mind, " that ten censure wrong, for
one who writes amiss."
Crito, lias thrown the gauntlet —it is
taken up—recommending however, more
moderation in his ciitical attacks on the
style of his purile opponents, as he should
be aware that the trifling of phrases and
perverting their original meaning to Jinifler
purposes, render his arguments futile, till in
the end, they recoil on his ozvn flighty ima-
gi nation.
For the Gazette of the United States
A. B's Farewell to Gracchus,
GRACCHUS is so accufcomed, per
haps, to a pack, that he can hardly de
tach the idea of a literal patteboard-card
from the figurative application of that
word, to a certain species of writing.—
With people of common science and morals
his pun is ioft.
A. B. is glad to perceive that Gracchus
has " feelings" though they be of a " ple
beian" or coarse description. It is a
symptom that he is nbt quite so callous,.-.3
unprincipled minds usually are: Yet it
would seem by the Jlyle and complexion of
his billet that he has attained to a conside
rable degree of impenetrability.
He afierts falfeliuod with as much cafe,
as if be had been bred to its profeffional
exercise ; and with an impudence peculiar
to himfeif, has Hated that A. B. has re
traced, what Gracchus calls, the error of
his firfl: publication. A single proof of
this, would have been worth a dozen of
aflertions ; the one, however, cost no la
bor, the other would have been a Hercu-
lean tailc.
He also very morlrftly declares, that there
is now, no difference of opinion between
himfrlf and A. B. who, if he means any
thing, mnfl mean- I coincidence in fentr
ment with him. One can easily fee that
he has been tifed to his trade, and hopes
by bold-faced impertinence to impose up
on the Jury, that is to decide upon the
point in difpnte.
I
fft the learned explanations which Grac
hus condescended to give, in his firft re
jly to A. B. upon the article fovereigntv,
we find the following aflertion ; "as the
people delegate a PO RTION of their fo
ver- igr.ty, that body which has the legj/lative
power is the sovereign for them" When
ever he will be so good as to shed a little
of his light upon this sentence, and ex
plain " what part of the sovereign for the
people the legislature is," it, will greatly
assist A. B. in the solution of a question
which Gracchus proposed.
In the mean time as Gracchus lias tak
en his leave, perhaps to accompany his
Client, as A. B. advised, he is recuefted
to present the compliments, of the fiiends
of order and good government in Amcri
sa, to the influential leaders in the Na
tional Convention, with thanks for the
happy riddance which this country'lias ob
tained through their INSTRUMEN
TALITY, of two very troublesome in
mates.
ExtraH from the id. Vol• of the Secret
Hijlory of the Green Rooms in the three
Theatres Royal—London.
" Mr..Fennell" (of the New Theatre
in this city.)
" This gentleman is among the few
who have descended from genteel prof
pefts to the Stage, purely from inclinati
on—without the ftimulusof neceflity, and
in danger of offending very refpeftnble re
lations, he was impelled as it were by in
ftinft, to attempt the Bufl<in and made ap
plication to the Managers, without the
forms of introduction or the impediment
of fear.
" Mr. Fennell can bcaft of more ref
pettable connexions than the generality of
the sons of Thefpis. He was born if we
miftakc not, in Wales where his relations
now arc, who gave him a liberal educati
on and intended him for the Bar. He
came to London for accompliihment in
the law, but attention was diverted
from that pursuit by a predilection for th-
Drama. Anxious to try how tar nature
had quali6ed him for a profeffion for which
he felt such fondnefs, and at the farr.e
time anxious to conceal his passion from
his friends, he judged in so remote a place
as Edinburgh his attempt, if untiiccefsful,
would be buried in oblivion.—-He betray
ed his errand by fpcuting in his apart
ment—but communed with none ot the
eorps : Mr. Jackson (the manager) was
ped'onally applied to, and our hero per
formed Jaffier, Othello, See. under the as
sumed name of Cambray—The flattering
reception he met v.ith here induced him
to hope for general approbation in Lon
don—He waited on Mr. Harris about the
opening of Covent Garden Theatre in 87,
without any introduction, and coming to
the point at once, he repeated two or three
fpeeehes so much to the fatisfaClion of hi*
auditor, that a night was instantly fettled
for him to make his debut.—Either from
a desire to conceal his countenance, or a
partiality for the part, he felefted Othello
for his entiee, and the encouragement
given to his fivft efforts, emboldened him
to drop the fable maflc and come forward
as Jaffier, Alexander the Great, &c. but
ftiil under the fictitious name of Csmbray.
In all those characters he was kindly re
ceived, and looked on as a very promising
theatrical candidate. But as his talents
did not create the admiration he widled
and expected, he thought it advifeable to
praftife in the country until his powers
were nearer maturity. The favor with
which his exertions hid been honored in
Edinburgh, pointed ont that city as the
moll genial school for his inftrucb'on ; but
he had scarcely renewed his former e{£i
mation before he was driven from that
stage ill the mod arbitrary, unjust, and
ungenerous manner.
DRACO.
The audience in Edinburgh think them
selves the moil feledt and judicious in the
world. The audience in London they
call an undifcriminating mob—such being
their sentiments, they instantly caughf fire
at the idea of an Englt/h Checld fur palling
their am clever col hint; and after calling a
numerous meeting they went to the thea
tre in a bod)', resolved to vent their indig
nation on Mr. Fennell. Whenever he ap
peared he was saluted with lulling, called
on to answer how he dared to take Jaffier *
from Mr. Wood, and loaded with the
most opprobrious fnve&iyes. He endea
vored to explain, but on hearing a zealot
stigmatise him in the nioft odious language,
his feelings as a man, were so put to the
quick, that he replied, " The person who
fays so is a villain !" This afle.tion not
being generally undcrftood, gave general
offence ; and he was called on to make
fubmiflion, more humiliating if pcffible,
than that formerly requested of Mr. Jas.
Aickin which he refufed complying
with, and in consequence was forced to
quit the Hage.
Though the arbitrary and ilhbetal body
of lawyers became his bitter enemies ; vet
the unprejudiced inhabitants of Edinburgh
thought him ffiamefiilly injured—The {lo
ry spread not only through Scotland, but
England and Ireland—it was unive'fally
talked of and the irascible Caledonians
were universally execrated. Every one
felt for Mr. Fennell, and wished to fee his
wrongs redrefled. Finding so many
friends, and finding jufticc so much on his
fide, he brought an aflion against the ring,
leaders for depriving him of his livelihood,
but here he found himfelf in an aukwatd
predicament To the eternal disgrace
of that country not one advocate could be
found to plead his cause, though it wns
well known to be a good one—until Mr.
Charles Hope and another gentleman ftriod
forth his champions, rather than not res
cue Scotland from the ignominy of being
destitute of advocates to plead the cause of
an opprefTed individual.—But as Sir Hai
ry Wildair fays, " it is hard to contend
with a man in his own profeffion," for lif
ter profccuting the oonfpirators with all
pofable rigor near 12 months, he found
himfelf as distant from redress as when I c
firft began.
" He afterwards performed a few night?
in York, and obtained an engagement ft
Covent Garden last season, when lie peU
formed very feldonii
" In. his person lie is the tailed on t'ic
stage ; he is handsome!)- formed i his faiv,
too, is well adapted for the Diama, and
his voiee is powerful r.nd melodious, and
his eloquence lofty, and fouorous."
*' Mr. Fennell alway: pr:f. rred th? r ''n
raOer of Pierre—but c.vld fioi oliain it,