Philadelphia,
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WEDNESDAY EVENfNG, DECEMBER 14, 1796.
ELECTION RETURNS.
Return or For&s ST
rOR S §> <1 •§
PRESIDENT I I T a
AND § £ p k J
VICE-PRESIDENT,. / «
New-Hampfliire,
Maflachufstts,
Rhode- (flaud,
Connecticut, 9 4 5
Vermont,
New-York, 12 I*
New Jersey, 7 7
Pennsylvania, 1 >'14 ij
Delaware, 3 3
Maryland, 7 4 4 3 1
Virginia,
Kentucky,
T?nneffee,
North-Carolina,
South-Carolina,
Georgia,
Total,
*„* The piece Cgned " Candor" in our next.
The publication of tha Paraphrase on a paflag* in
Shakespeare, would not promote any valuable end ; and
the original poetry subjoined, tho* it potTelTes considera
ble merit, is too incorre'S for publication.
Yesterday Elijah Paine and Isaac Tiehener, esquires,
Senators m Congress from the ftat« of Vermont, pur
ftiant to a resolution of the Council and General iffem
bly of Vermont, presented to the President of the' Un
ited States the following ADDRESS, palled by the
unanimous voice of both Branche. of the Legillature
of Vermont, OClober 25th, 1796.
An address from the Legislature of the Jlate of Ver
mont, to thi President of the United States.
SIK,
FROM the unrecognized situation of this Jlate, the
legillature had not an opportunity in common with
her filter states, to anticipate', by an address, the blef
fingsthat were expected from your administration.
Permit us, now, with fiuccre fatisfaCtion, to allure
you, that the event ha* juftified the mod sanguine
hopes of the legislature of Vermont, and theii' conftitu
•jfits
When we contrail the gloomy aspeCt, both of our
domestic and foreign affairs, a few years since with
the flattering prospeCt now before us, we at once ap
preciate the advantages which immediately refulffrom
our general government, and the justice, magnanimily
and mode ation, which has marked your administra
tion Convinced of our true mtereft, you have fuc
< efi,ful!y oppoftd faction, and maintained that neutral
ity, so ueceffary to our national honour and peace —
Accept, fir. the only acknowledgment in our power to
make,or in yours to receive, the gratitude of a tree peo
ple. Ardently as we wilh your continuance in pub
lic office, yet, when we relied on the year< of anxiety
you have lpent in your country's fervire, we mull re
luctantly acquiesce in your wishes, and consent that
you Ihould piss the evening of your days, in reviewing
a well spent life, and looking forward to fctnes beyond
the grave, where our prayers (hall ascend, for a com
plete reward, for all your fe.ricts in a happy immortal
ity-
We receive your address to your fellow citizens, as
exprefiive of the highest zeal for their prosperity, arid
containing the bell advice ta enfurc its continuance.
We cannot, fir, close this address ( probably the last
public communication we may have occasion to make
to you) without alluring you of our affeClion and ref
peCt —may the (hade of private life, be as grateful to
you as the l'plendour of your public life, has been ufeful
to your country ! we (hall recolleCt you with filial af
fection your advice as an eltimablelegacy; and (hall
pride ourselves, in teaching our children the impor
tance of that advice, and a humble imitation of your
example.
To whick the Prelident returned the following An
swer.
To Elijah Paine and Isaac Tichenor, esquires, Senators
in Congress from the Hate of Vermont.
Gfntlemen,
WITH particular pleasure I receive the unanimous
address of the council aid genei-ai assembly of the (late
of Vermont. Although but lately admitted into the
union, yet the importance of your state, its love of lib
erty, "nd its energy, were manifefted in the earliest pe
riods of the revolution which eftablilhed our indepen
dence. Unconnected in name only, but in reality uni
ted with the confederated dates, thele felt and ac
knowledged the benefits of your co-operation. Their
.mutual lafety and advantage duly appreciated, will
never permit the union to be difiolved.
I enjoy great happiness in the tellimony you have
presented, and in the other proofs exhibited from vari
ous parts of our country, that the operations of the
general government have juftified "the hopes of our
citizens at its formation, which is recognized as the
ara of national prosperity. The voluntary acknowl
edgements of my fellow-citizens persuade me to be
lieve that my agency has contributed to produce this
tffeCt. This belief will be to me a source of perma
nent fatisfaClion, and those acknowledgments a rich
reward.
My sincere thanks are due, and I beg you gentle
men to make them acceptable to the council and gene
ral assembly of the slate of Vermont, for the very
obliging and affectionate terms in which they notice
nte and my public Services. To such confidcnce and
support, as I have experienced from councils, legifla
tivc affcrablies, ic the great body of American citizens,
,T,pwed the best exertions of every faculty I possessed :
happy now in the reflection, that our joinr labours have
been crowned with success When withdrawn to the
(hade of private life, I (hit! view with growing pleasure,
the increafirg prosperity of the United States: in the
perfect protection of their government, I trust to enjoy
my retirement in tranquility ; and then while indulg
ing a favorite »i(h of my heart in agricultural pursuits,
I may hope to make even my private business and
amufemtnt of forae use to my country.
Go. WASHINGTON.
United States, ?
J Ith Dec. 1796. 5
COMMUNICATIONS.
"Some persons pronounce it base and servile to speak
flronjtly of the virtues and services of the President
a# .even 'irs rcvilers think is true —for few of those
vho speak against hirn believe their own calumnies.
Yet these men <*Ji« itrair. at a gnat, actually fwallow
er' a camel in the cafe of Genet. Dinners, songs
ar.d addrtffes-—fealting on roasted and raw oxen
flags, cannon, and aTT the fooleries of liberty-caps on
Aim poles and thick heads, could scarcely iatisfy
French idol-worlhippers.
J n like manner, the praise of our free constitution,
and its prosperous administration, offend those pa
triots, (what a name for such men!) who quarrel
with you if you compare any thing with French
libarty, or ftippofe any place out of Paradise so happy
as France. These men would be curled if they Ihould
enjoy for only fix months the glorious privileges they
so much prefer to their own. They want a little of
the felf-refpeCt spoken of by the President.
GLEANINGS,
From the Critical Review.
Flowers of Englifli Rhetoric, applied to the Age
of Reason, by Gilbert Wakefield j tending to
exhibit the prefeiit liberal mode of treating an
adversary.
Mr. Wakefield in his reply to Th 'mas. Paine's
fecopd part of the Age of Reason, introduces the
following curious charaCter of Mr. in th<;
course of hie reply—that he is a compound of va
mty and ignorance, a (illy blockhead, a head strong
sciolist, who has neither learning enough to know
when he is confuted, nor ingenuous candor to ac-'
knowledge the contutation—a puzzle pated fellow
—a swaggering polemic—an illiterate mountebank,
acquainted with no language but his own—a noily
coxcomb—a bullying champion—a vain glorious
and empty bluftercr—,an infuriate polemic—the pi
tiable viCtim of conceit and ignorance, who fumes
and foams in an idle corobit with.the phantoms of
his ow,n disordered imagination—the most impene
trably stupid and Fi>tile braggadocio, that evar vio
lated the facrci feeling of fe!f-veneration, ami every
principle of literary integrity, in undertaking with
out candor, without modesty, and without know
ledgc, to canva(« that multifarious and comprehen
sive topic, the evidences -of revelation—and in the
bitterness of his wrath, Mr. Wakefield ex laims—
" Nincompoop (for insulting truth and violated
" honor, demand thy true appellation with a vche
" mence liordering on reproa h) if thou fin.left
" any of thy vifionarv audacities unnoticed in fu
" turc. modestly suppose tUe genuine reason to re
" fide in their futility and nothingiiefs."
Mr. Fknno,
I observe in your paper of this day my name in
the lilt of those clergymen who were voted for to
serve as chaplains in Congress. As it may, in con
sequence, be supposed that 1 had applied for a re
inrtatement in that service after'having declined it
fame years since, and that accordingly, in
nominatiou; you will oblige me by inserting in
your next, that no application to tha: purpose had
been made by me, orhy any other person, with my
knowledge, in my b»half; that the fame reaf us
hold good against my returning to that ferviee at
this time, which prevailed with me to decline it as
aforementioned ; and that, had I been chosen by
a majority of the House, 1 fhonld have been under
the disagreeable neeeffity of repeatihg to them my
desire of being excused.
SAMUEL BLAIR.
December 13th, 1796. - * '
N. B One motive for desiring this publication
is, to obviate a report, which had been by some
persons officioufly circulated, that my not having
been re elected at the time above referred to, was
owing, not to my desire, but the difapprobatiou
of Congress
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STAT ES.
To the public auJ private Stockholders of the Bank
of Pennsylvania.
No. 1.
AN event hitherto unknown, I believe, in the
annals of banks, hath, within five days, divulged
itfelf of a molt alarming nature in this city ; but
to calculate on the tremendous evils, that it threat
ened, is impoflible. Consolation, hswever, is de
rived from its recent discovery; because, had it
proceeded another three years—the immensity of
your lofles, would have been in the ratio of his
mighty peculations. And who can fay to what'an
enormousfum, the and flexible disposition
of your late president, would have exunded itfelf?
For, if in this small space of time, he could in
gulph, in wonderful fthemes and contrivances, so
much as to leave a balance against him of one hun
dred and eleven thousand dollars ; what would not
his fertile geuius, and the ready accommodation of
his needy friends, have demanded of him, while he
held the uncontrouled purse ftringi of the great
bank of Pennsylvania ? May I not cry out, O,
fortunate public and private flockholders of this
bank ! ye have cfcaped Scylla, by a happy poflef
fion of nearly all your president's property through
a late, though " a hair breadth" investigation !
It is, gentlemen, to gua;d your vessel from run- 1
ning on the rocks of Charybdii, that hath brought
me forth on '.his lamentable occasion- And as this
anxiety for the general welfare is my only prepon
derance, so (hall it urge me, in some future papers,
tufpread my knowledge, and my advice, on the
proceedings in that bank, devoid of fear or favor.
It may be neceflary, however, to inform you that,
neither party zeal nor enmity to any individual di
rector, cause my animadverfions; —for I have met
with no unwelcome denials, or refufals tTom them
in a collective sense—and for several of them, I am
in the habits of intimacy and friendfhip; but para
mount to all other considerations, my attachment
to my native country, is abhorrent to all peculators
—and therefore my future communications lhall
be striCtly candid, in doing justice—-where it can be
found. PUBLIC GOOD.
Philadelphia, Dec. 14, 1796.
For the Caxitte or tie Unites States.
Mr. THOMAS PAINE's letter to the Pre
fident having accidentally . fallen into my hands, 1
was equally surprized at the composition of inso
lence and ignorance, of which it is made lip ; and
I could not but smile when I reflected, that this in
left was striving to (lain a charaCter, which, at the
very moment of his appearance, the legislatures of
every slate in the union, are vying with each other
to emblazon. It is possible, that his malignity may
have been provoked upon a comparison of the jus
tice the people of the United States have done him
too. in the resolutions of con grefs, which are sub
joined. At the time of palling tl.em, Mr. Jaybe
ing President of Congress, it became his duty to
speak in proper terms of the criminality of this
pretended Apostle of Liberty, in answer to the
French minister's complaint against him ; and hence
it is, I suppose, that " this John had always been
the sycophant of every thing in power from Girard
in Ameiica to Grenville iu England."—These are
the refolutioHS.
" Saturday, January 16th, 1779."
" Congress took into consideration the letters
from Thomas Paine—whereupon a motion was
made,"
" That Mr. Thomas Paine, fecretaty to the
committee of foreign affairs, be dismissed from of
fice."
"To which an amendment was offered as a sub
stitute, in the follow! g words,"
" Thit Thomas Paine be directed to attend at
the bar of this house on Monday next, at eleven
o'clock, to aufwer whether he had any direction or
pcrmiffion from the committee of foreign affairs,
for the,publications of which he confeffed himfilf
to he the author, when he was before the house on
the 6th of January last.
" Another amendment was moved as a fubfti.
tutr to both the foregoing propositions, in the
woids following.
" Whereas Congress were about to proceed
againll Thomas Paine, secretary to the committee
of foreign affairs, for certain publications and let
ters being inconsistent with his official character
and !uty, w .en the said Thomas Paine resigned his
office— l'hei ciipon,
" Resolved, That the said Thomas Paine is dif
mifled from any further service in the said office, ;
and the committee of foreign affairs are directed to
call upon said Thomas Paine, and receive from him
on oath, all public letters, papers, and documents,
in his pofTeffinn.
" A fourth amendment was moved as a fubfti
tnte to the whole in the words following,"
" Resolved, that the Committee of foreign af
fairs be directed to take out of the pofleffion of
Thomas Paine, all the public papers entrulled to
him as Secretary to that committee, and then dis
charge him from that office."
" When the qutltion was about to put, a divi
sion was called for ; and the queltion being put to
adopt the _^»j?part,
" PafTcd in the affirmative. 1
" Ori thequtflion to adopt the second part, the
yeas and nays being required by Mr. Lovell,
" It in th« affirmative.
" The question being then about to be put en
the main question, a division was called for ; and
the yeas and nays being required on the firlt part
by Mr, M'Kean,
" Resolved unatiimoufly, in the affirmative.
" On the.queftioH to agree to the second clause,
namely, and then df charge him from that'office, the
S'ares were divided."
Thn it was unanimously resolved to take the pa
peia <-.f wffi e from him ; .ifter which thclgttei
clause was immattri-d, although it was also before
carried. The diklolurc <if the secrets of his office
which wa« he cause ol ihe resolution, was mace as
ter he had [worn " to disclose no matter, the know
ledge of which should be acquired in confequene.
of his office, that he might be directed to keep fe
cret."
rORTHE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
NEW THEATRE.
The FAIR PENITENT,
That mafler-piece of the elegant Rowe, again drew
forth the splendid talents of Mrs. Merry, in Ca
lifta : and with pleasure we witnelTed a very respec
table audience, which had been attfaded, no doubt,
in a great measure, by the uuian of Mrs. Merry's
and Mr. Cooper's talents, as well as the strength
with which the charadlers of the play, generally,
were cast.
The lively portrait of the poor Califta, as given
by Mrs. Merry, will hardly fail to leave indelible
traces of her merit imprefTed on the remembrance
of the audience.
Through the whole of the former part of the
play, we were inelined to prefer Mrs. Whit
lock's performance of Califta. In many instan
ces, Mrs Merry's accent and cadence were falfe,
and th emphalis improperly laid ; and words
emphasized that did not require to be. In the
lalt aft, she crowned her former fame, and ef
faced from the mini l , ali concep ions of the poffi
biliiy of her being furpafTed. Iu the parting feene
with her father, (he wrung ever) heart with feeling
for her ideal anguish, and forced the tear of f>m
pathy from evtry eye. Indeed, this accomphlhed
aftrefs exceeded every prediction that could have
! been formed refpefting her, ■however sanguine. Iu
Califta, (he has furmfhed a ftandatd of excellci-ce
in acting, that will long be resorted trt—Happy
will it be, if Mrs. Merry hetfclf should be always
able to aft up te it.
Mr. Cooper was chaste, dignified and correct.
He ga»e not, however, all the lirength to Horatio
that the character required. Many parts demand
ed a fiimei and more energetic tone of voice.
Mr. Warren, in Scioltn, furnifhed proofs of
flrong natural powers; and his performance of ma
ny parts of the character, was at once feeling, ner.
vous and pure.
Mi. Morton gave the " gallant, gay Lothario,"
in an elegant style. This performer has seldom ap
peared to greater advantage. His improvement
has been rapid, fincc we last saw him in this cha
racter.
The rising merit of Mr. Fox, ef which we had
so conspicuous a specimen, in his Altamont, ceuld
not, without injustice, be passed over in silence
The chief defect in his performance of tbe charac
ter was, that by labouring to render his acting cor
rect, he appeared rather ftiff, formal, and somewhat
too cold. We cajnot omit, however, awatding
him gre'at credit for performing, with so much ac
a character on which, in no secondary de
gree, depends the developement and completion of
this iqterciliog drama.
We have seldom fcen a play perfumed, in which
the charaSers hav.e been better allftted, than in
the Fair Penitent, on Monday eveniDg. The remiss
ness, however, of the actors, in not committing
their refpeftive parts to memory, was too glaring
not to c»n(l, : f(re a gieat drawback upon the en
tertainment of theaudien c.
All the fighting 1 wa« execrable.
The Managers of the Theatre have, it seems,
fallen under the difpleafure'ofcthat Atlas of Infor
mation, the very papular Philadelphia Gazette, for
bringing- forward the flale dramas of the " worm
j eaten" Shakespeare,
J For my own part, I could with to fee tbe Im
mortal Bard of Naiure mare frequently resorted to ;
ana instead of repining at the too frequent perfor
mance of the plays of the sweet swan of Avon,
every man of taste and sentiment, must consider
them as a capital (lock, whence to derive relief and
relaxation from the dramatical cant, nonfcnfe, and
plagiarisms, of modern Cumbetlands and liichbaldl.
W.
BY THIS DAY's MAILS.
BOSTON, December 6.
There will probably be the wholu number of
, Electors ptefentat a preliminary meeting this day
Mr. Rire, from the Flrft Eastern, and Mr. Rof
leter from a Weltern Diftrift, are both in town.—
There is no expectation of any vacancy ; and the
late contested law will not come into operation.
NEW-YORK, Decemher 13.
We are happy to^ind that the loss sustained by' the
late fire, will be in a part mitigated to the proprietors,
as a number of the buildings were insured. This in
ftan<;e plainly proves the advantages resulting from this
excellent inftitdtion.
We have again the disagreeable ta{k of announ
cing i dreadful conflagration which has vifued the
city of Savannah ; am! of which we this day give
the particulars.
It appeais to have originated from accident ; and
to have been greatly increased Ky a fatal security
in the inhabitants, and a confcquent want of enter
prizing exertion at a moment when the si ft destruc
tive effects might have been checked, «r the imifery
which has followed been considerably abated. E
very part of the continent has, within a (hurt peri
od part, experienced the horrid viGtatinn of this ca
lamity to a truly alarming degree : and we must be
indubitably led, from this hard earned axperieuce,
to adopt every possible precaution for a llate of
greater security to our large towns ; where not on
ly the comfort and property of its own citizens are
placed at fueh hazardous Hake ; but the inteieil q{
the country at large, and the depofitg of. foreign
merchants become also so precariously involved.
df A Stated Meeting of
The American Philosophical Society,
WILL be held at their Hall next, Friday evening- at
6 o'clock ; when the annual Magellanic Premium is to b«
awarded.
The Society are also desired to meet at their Hall, on
Saturday next at il o'clock, in the ioicnooti, to proceed
from thei]££ to *he Presbyterian Chtfrch, in High-street,
where an eulog;um to the memory of their late PrefiJent,
David Rittbn house, will be pronounccd before
;i cm at i a o'clock.
Dcc 14.
New-England Rum, Salmon, Beef^
Chocolate, Rice, Bollon mould and dipt Candles, a
tew quartcr-cafks of Sherry Wine, aud a few barrels o£
Cyder—for sale by
Ezekiel Hal! ?
No. 42, North Water street.
December 14th, 1796. .
Pantheon,
AND RICKETTS's AMPHITHEATRE,
For Equestrian and Stage Performances
Corner of Chefnut and Sixtli-flreets
To-Morrow Evening, Thursday, December 15,
Will be presented,
A Variety of
Manly Feats Horsemanship. ,
After which will be presented a Comic Entertainment
in two adls, called
THE GHOST;
Or Living Apparition.
(Between the intervals of Stage and Equestrian Ex
ercises)
The whole to conclude with the grand serious Panto
mime, under the direction of melTrs. Solly and
Spinacuta, called
The Death of Captain Cook.
Mr. F E N N £ L L *
RefpeHfully submits to the public patronage his in
tention of delivering, during the ensuing winter, *
A CoURSfc OF
Readings and Recitations,
Moral, Critical, and Enteriainiug;
Confiding chiefly of detached p,ece», icledled tVom
the molt admired authors, in prqfe and verie:—Ar
jjngfd in such a manner as to exhibit a striking display
of the human passions, and the gradual influence o£
vices on the mind contraited with that of their oppo
site virtues, in affe&ing the happiness ot' man and th«
welfare of nations. The readings wi l ! be occalionally
interspersed with observations on the mott celebrated
authors,
And the ART of SPEAKING.
The whole intended as a combined system of moral,
critical, hiitorical, and oratorical infirufhon, calcula
ted to form the patriot and the man, and lay a !oun
dation for the science of moral and political govern
ment.
The course will consist of thirty readings.
Each reading will be delivered in the morning and
evening of the lame day.
The dayt of reading willbeTuefdays &Thursdays.
'i he morning readings will commence at 10 o'clock,
and the evening at 7.
None but fubfcriberi will be admitted to the morn
ing readings.
The evening readings will be public, to which also
fubferiptions will be received.
Subscription to the mornings 8 dollars.
Subscription to the evening readings 10 dollars. '
CJtcalional admission tickets to the evening reading*
half a dollar.
Subscription? are received by Mr. Zachariah Poul
fon, jun. at the Library, to whom the Ladies and
Gentlemen who may be inclined to honor the underta.
king with their patronage, are refpeftfully requested ta
fend their names.
Dec. la. d6t.