hole cotirfe of their own political eondu£. If « vew was taken, indeed, of our internal fituationit v ouid be fecrn that circumstances exist »ot usually tendant ion a (late or prosperity; public and pri vate credit is shaken, arising in a great degree from the fif?al operations of the adminillratiow. Another sentiment in the report he could not agree in. He did not regret the Present's retiring from oifice. He hoped he would retire and enjoy the happi ness thaj awaited him in retirement. He believed it would more conduct to that happiness that he fliould retire than if he should remain in office. He believed the government of the United States founded on the broad baiis of the people; that they were competent Co their own government, and the remaining of no mail >n office was necessary to the success of that govern*!' - mtnt. The people would truly be in a calamitous a fituationof one man were essential to th« exiltesce of! r tbeir government ; he was convinced th.it the United i I States produces a thousand citizens capable of filling the Prel'idtntial ch.iir, and he would trust to the dif- * eernment of the people for a proper choice. Tfco' the J voice of all America should declare the Present's retir- ' ing as a calamity, he could not join iu the declaration, c because he did not conceive it a misfortune. He hop- a ed the President would be happy in his retirement, and p he hoped he would retire. He reverted again to that part of the report which ! j declared the admiuiftration to have been wife and firin ' ? in itsmeafures. He had always disapproved, he re- j ° peated, of the measures of that administration with res- i 17 pett to foreign relatons, and many members of the | ai noule had also, he was therefore surprised that gentle- r men would now come forward anri wifii him in one tr breath to disavow all his former opinions without be- cl ing previously convinced of having been in an error. f r For his own part he conceived there was morecaufe T than ever for adhering to his old opinions, thfcourfe of T" events had pointed out their propriety, and if he was ' u not much mistaken a crisis was at hand which would w confirm them. He wished that while gentlemen are ui willing to compliment the President, they would pay h< foir.e rtlpedk to the feeling of others. He then adverted to the lad paragraph but one. Even if the United States were in fa e reported progress, and the honfe ad- JJ' Journed. f The tortgoing (ketch is from the Aurora.-] an ' ~ J am FOR THI CAItrTE OF THE UNITSD STATES. f, Mr. Fenno, V' WH EN the electors of the President and, Vice ' ' -Pfefident of the United States, took their feaia at the council-table in the court-houfr.it H | Robert Colrman, rfquire, moved, that a president or chairman Ihoald be appointed of their hody, for the purpdfe,of proceeding to buiinefs. It waa a j matter of aftonilhment to every person prcfent, but the other fourteen electors, when he was anfweted, f ' that they bad already chosen a president, that the pj e chief juiiice was chosen : they accordingly proceed- f ed to business, and Mr. Adams had one solitary v °fe. I hope we may be allowed to rematk, that the conduit of the Jefferfon gentlemen was not very de ficate, in making an appointment that refpedtrd the 0 c eleflion, without the privity of Mr. Coleman.— Pray let oor friends in Philadelphia know, that we |( v ire not much obliged to them for their interefl at ( j n . the lafl general election. However, if we had got j-j in all our ticket, the eledtors would have been e- n f ' qually divided, and we would have ha(i the mortifi- c j )a cation to be lurched of our own choosing. me[ From the specimen they have given of their Ikill, tcr j I liope not one of those gentlemen who were pre- rec ] sent at forming the V/helen ticket, will ever pre- (j an tend to, or be present at, the forming any ticket in future, for the federal interefl in this state, I hope any gentleman, hereafter, named as an s on elector to support a particular intireft, if he is not j-.1 c in that intercft, will deelore it publicly, and in j ay time, that he may be understood, and that the peo- pie may i . Se deceived. When I vote for a legif. r litor, 1 i*.ird the privilege that he is to cxercife ~ iris own judgment—lt would be abfutd to prescribe Q f ; the delegation. But when I voted for the Whelen ticket, I voted for John Adams; and if Israel had « got in, I think he would have had sense enough to t,- . know it, and candour to adt accordingly. What! ] do I chufe Samuel Miles to determine for me whe- c|r . *seer John Adams or Thomas Jefferfon is the fitteft man for President of the United States? No I i chufe him to ad, not to think. Did the enlighten. ei counties of Wafhirigton, NorthumberlarJ and fl j ( y Philadelphia exert every nerve, and cheat into the f t bargain, fr.r men that would hesitate between the Bot two candi-iatcs ? Certainly no!. When two tickets ■< jj :Te formed, does half of the (late take up fifteen ] em| men to uftirp the privilege of thinking for them t |, e upon jonc plain queltion ? No thenc u more sense in , thccoontry than'that. Did the glorious county of ces York, that federal gem, turn out its honed inhabi tanls, and give Mr. Miles three thousand votas, for 7iy , 'He purpose of furthering Mr. Jefferfon's eleflion I coni No, no, no. j j ( Now the affair as to tss is over, and not much to al] j my mind, yet T honour the thirteen Jefferfon ehrc- j n a tors, jutl as far as respects the circumllance of vot. t (, at ing for Mr. Jefferfon : the contrary would have j j been an imputation upon the good sense of the peo- j lc pie *'ho chafe them, and would have been betraying „ et j, trull. lam of opiuion, that the chief jultice ] earr hinil?!/ ( who has as goud a light to change fides, ),| ard tbii kas he picnics, as any man in Pannlylva- |,| OO nia) wwiM beenhis»e with us,ifl>e had been placed '. rc . ;;j in our ti. k;t ; for, when at Harri&urgh before, an eleetcv, no man spoke so highly of Mr. Adams «s be did. ■ « ■ i Ip T""'' ,f '"h our fepuWicsn federal « u, Cnt ' Va 'e' ,hat thc feJeral the lion / °" r ' b L \ e co " n 'y ° f Y °*> be the firft to aft, at a " ««We« where good wine is drank, and eood rare jm roall beef eaten. An ADAMITE. •Uauphtn county, Dec. 9, 1736. rec —— >m for the gazette of the unitsd states, NEW TH~E AT RE. he MACBETH. a AS l p OOPER ' s r epu:a:ion as an a&or had ■a* flown before him, the public expectation was much ' , us awakened, when the tragedy of Macbeth was an of . noil,icedl for hts firft appearance. The character of I Macbeth is to try theutmoft talents of < J any nerfortner, a,,,]'fuccefj ensures a solid reputa i- ' he : ,Ir - Coo P" be aware that !>« placed him- ] Ir- 1e1 .'. 1 ? 8 "eonfpjcuous situation, full in the eye of { n> cntlciftn. If critieifm ts candudted with candor r p- and decency, he cannot complain tho' it difap- j id prove : while those wliofe expeflations have been A I gratified may indulge the pleating task of commcn- * I dation, he mull expect that those who have not e _ I beon thus gratified, will express their disappoint- J , r _; ment and mark his errors. 1 mull confefs lam 5 , e j among the latter class, and that Mr. Cooper fell ve e-j ry far short of my idea of Macbeth/ i feel the >e more confidence in my opinion, because Dramati■ ~ cvs, the 11 lend and panegyrilt of Mr. Cooper, in k forms me his Macbeth was not well received in >f ~ on doj» } becaiife I underlie,nd lie wa, not more ls luccefsful in Baltimore ; and beennfe I know he d w*s not so here. When Drcmalicus speaks of the 01 e universal applause given to Mr. Cooper on Friday, ft y he mufl be conscious he has Brained a point to serve p his Trierva. 1 bi?p!a«di:s were as unfrcquent, fnint j ®" d cold ' co _"'d be given to any to'lerable per -0 on his firft appearance. It cannot be dc- th 1 n ' t " at r - Chalmers (tho* very unequal to the . charaScr) received vaflly more applause ; and 1 Ci mult confefs, if I may judge from the interefl (fx e cited in tny own heart he dcferVed the preference : > this opinion 1 fliould scarcely have ventured to e ffer C " . it I were not ftrerigtbeued in it, by finding it pre- fir i "tlmg among o,oft of those with whom I have co convened 01 , the fuhjeft, and many gentlemen of f dtHinguifhed Ineraturc and tafle. Mr. Cooper 1,11 ' kn °w to ° veil what the uiviverfal applause of a\ ™ crouded theatre is, to believe that he rccsived it on ' rnday night. ' r Ii? e ? rft . ,h '. n K ,0 ht 0 fcrved '"" lhc pffformance re' ; of Macbeth, i» the striking Jnnjien of hisch..r,c ---: Cer 7-^ a cbeth, the noble, brave, and faithful, is entirely diihiyft from Macbclh, the murderft, trai- I tor, and regicide : this difcriminatioa of his iha rafte •is finely observed by Mr. Ruliardfon, iu his D; criticisms on f#mc of the piincipal charadteia of 4 l a ohakefpeire : -lie has traced wilh much talte and Fr; judgment the progress of this change in the mind and character of Macbeth. Mr. Cooper wa, o„e, and the f.me man, acting in different fittiations, lu: from the beginning to the end of the play ;he " was not at one time the dignified hero, and then the rel'hite, abandoned, despairing villain. He fen not only f,iled in diflinju.fhing the change in Mac- tt>< bell's character, but by itrfqrrte fort lifemjing'thrm, pai loft both. His whole demeanor, aCtio-i u..d ap- ' l 0 pearante was not that of the dignity of aanly ~r . c f ■ tue, struggling under too much temp'ation, and sal r A' ! ling thro' the ambition and artful intrigues of a da rrng woman ; but that of a cowardly affaifm, who fori feared, the dritS'tcn, not the conmlJjF.on of his crime, ous IHe created nointeteft for Macbeth—no fytnpothy fro for his fall—l followed him, from bis crime to his ■■ punifhr.-Bt, with no other fecli.igs than I should have had at the exesution of an Italian a'ffaffin. There was nothing dignified—nothing foblime, in Rtl his mariners and deportment. Through the whole of the firft adt he was aukward and uninteresting. from the commencement of the zi adt he rose, but 1 never rose to Macbeth. His manner and aaion throughout the whole pl*y, were forced, embarraf. Ov fed, and very deficient in grace. The expressions Sor of Mr. Cooper's countenance were forced and me- c< " chanical ; not arising immediately from the fenti- Ital ments and feelings of liis foul, or fpecifically adap- Mil ted to them. His emphasis was frequently rnifpla ced. An-, -ng others I recollect one remarkable in- i ' fiance. WJien the king was out of the way there Son was nothing to obftruft the full completion and Prii fifety of Macbeth s ambition, but Banquo and his Ov son. He recollected the predidlion of the wayward fillers on this fubjeft. He represents to himfelf the J daritg Jpirit ai d dtunlhf, temper of Banqwo, and Gei his fears of him. As an evidence of this daring spirit, he fays, narr He chid ths fillers when they put the name p ' of king upon me"—which Mr. Cooper repeated Hal thus * ■ Sin "He chid thzjijlirs whet) they put the name of b king upon ltie." fubl If 1 understand the meaning of the line, the rhl emphasis should be placed thus— sixl " He chid the filters whan they pot the nameef ting upon me. A The spirit of Banquo is shewn by his daring to chidt the fillers ! And for what did be chide them M C —for putting the name of king upon Macbeth and not on him. The beiutiful soliloquy which begins beh " if it were dune, when 'tit done, See." is a so- vern lemn deliberation in the mind of Macbeth, upon the deed befoie him, viewing it in it's most horri ble filiations, its deepest confequen. jr, ces. If this is the cafe, it should not have been ] spoken with the angry violence which Mr, Cooper gave it—At thephrafe " we'd jump the life to come," Mr. Cooper gave a motion to his body, imitative of jumping, by riling suddenly on his toes and bending forward j this may be called punning in In short, it was evident throughout that Mr. Cooper was aßing. If he is to be eonfiderrd as a young performer, he is certainly very promifir.g; but if as the com petitor or Itibftitutc of Mr. Fennel! ,he has much to learn and acquire. Hii addrtfs to the airy dagger -his return from the murder of Duncan, with the H; bloody daggers in his hands—and his recital of that <1°". beautiful speech, "(he should have died hereafter," 4c. were peculiarly fortunate. CANDOUR. " Ttie Pisce here alluded to, was signed" W." E. D< hoci- " " l » »t Philadelphia^ rare —— E- THUTISDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, i rs 6. is. election returns. Return OF Porks ~ " ? " 10* t 5 | t PRESIDENT f * ANB i, ? had VJCE-PrtESIDENT ," j South-Carolina, - E " rn Georgia. E v «- • _ the Total, I j iti- —— «i in Philo-Theatricus to-morrow. he r< " ar s ,n f or '"<>d, and communicate the infor- r he mation w.th pleofurej that the fire at Momfvillr de. IT< ftroyed the grift-mill only, where it firfl caught. int if " letter fr*m Savannah, dated jctb. No- - -vember 1795. ,1 ir C i ,nftant 1 '"formed you by pod of - e- the dreadful calamity that had befallen us the night Ue he fore, .11 having■loft two thirds of the building, in our 1 \ Sl .late the inclosed half (heet has Uamem of England did in 1727, when the Emperor's ie. "Xr'iSP" ® d ,* n ! nfolent memorial to the kine, and an pd liftedlit next day in tilt newlpapers. *Jall parties expfeiiing ti;e higheii indignation and re fentrrust at the affront offered to the government by ~ ;- the nittaonal deiiv£,ed by Monsieur palm, and mote 5) particularly at this audacious manner of appealing j. irain the government to the people under the pretext r. ®* foe reparation MU! redrefi of fappofed iniu -1 2?'r in e«*-'4"* n "®P» n «Mrel»fioiii bot&'houfes f 1 Mbnfie.il Pattiwas ordered to quit. England immedi atc.y. And uit not neceftry. that we ftbuld adept remedy adeqwaie to'Jhi. evi:, «n avoid these feri- ' SliCnCt * h ' :a y o'htrwife be apprehended 1 18 fc— -■ >1 n' -OTT H wf. cvtpr^ryry^^pr-— rrw—l d f ~ ' I. MltS. G RATTAN , 0 Refpe&fully inform, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Fri City, that the lirft ...j LADIES' CONCERT ; Will he on Tuesday next, at the AiTembly-Uoom. " -Act I. h j " c ,VCrtU L C ' o P!M ---s Song, Mrs. Grattan, "Angel, ever bright," Handel. Fad • , ! KCr, ° J uno Fortt , Mrs. Grattan, Krumpbohx. thai • ;' a ' a " '' ,a " Harp, Mr.. Grattan, Milico. P lln Mifccllaneou. Quartette. > Act 11. — . H ar P Lefton, Mrs. Grattan, Cardan. Song, •< Ah feperdo," Mrs. Grattan, Sacchim. ■j Sonato Piano-Forte, Mr. Reinagle, p/ oe / 1 Pnmrofe, ballad, Mr.. Grattan, Wehbe P s Overture, AM Vj i *4-* To begin precisely at 7 o'clock. 1 1 t Mrs. Grattan beg. leave to inform the Ladies and "5" J Gentlemen, that the fubfeription-book it at herhoufe land , Wo 39> North Sixth-ftrect, for the rcctption of those 0111 names who with to honof her with their commands.— on a . lubfcription tor eight nights 16 dollar., including aof e I u frr 3? B a Lfc'y's ticket, both taansferrable— and Ha 1 t iubfcrjptions 8 dollars, including one ticket.-— fp r " Single ticket i dollars. cs. f r ur lrS L GrltCa " ukc ' ,hc 'iherty of requeOing the undl iublcribers to fend for their tiekct. any day after of v : j hurfday, the 15th of December, at No. 39, North vfßi Sixth-ftrest. T P Decrmher ic. eulti A number of the Creditors of the late Ton, , House of Blair M'Clcnachim and P. Moore, and of B. T ( M'Cleuachan, wishing t® have the opinion of the Credi- dcce tor. generally on the mea(«rc» ncceflary to be pnrfued under present circumstances propose, that a meeting (hall 1 be held on Saturday next, at n o'clock, at the City Ta . vern, and liope for the attendance of all concerned. 1 Wedncfday, 14th December, 1796. d£a Elegant Brussels k Turkey Carpeting, T For sale by George Dokfon, No. 2J,South l'hird-ftreet. December If. H,f HOI • N Bailiff Pennfylvahia, ijll Dec. 1796. N The Stockholders are requested to meet — At the Bank onThiirfday, the twenty-ninth instant, at 10 o'clock iH the morning. /% By order of the Board, _l\. ROBERT RALSTON, Cashier, ii^a § ta 9tn pro tem. . tion Womens' Cloaks. f- r "' tion, GEORGE DOBSON, with N°- South Third-street, the w Has jnft received, per Eagle, Capt. Fofdick, riaLon- '>*uf< don, an assortment of tion ( Sc "l« > the o Drab / Cloaks trimmed with fur and trees. Purple and Q trmine. be in! Pearl J December 1/. j j u Q/MTTI Of THE VNITto SfjlTfS MARINE LIST. 06 PHILADELPHIA, December 15. ARRIVED. Day.. Ship Newport, Robiofon, Boston ;8 Brig Rebeeca, T'liompfoß, Liverpool jo Delaware, Dunphy, Port au-Pnnce 35 —_ Ami'nbV, Creole, M'Keever, dn. ? r Schr. Betfcy, Holland. Sliockley, Virginia 5 | Capt. Tliompfun left L verpool 25th OAober— about 20 fail of vefiTels left that place, bound to dif ferent pons of the United St .tea, abput 8 day« ~ before. The Brig Sea Nymph, M'Doiipal was to fail next day for this psrt. In the Rebeeca came 6 pa®e ijers, among them is Capt. Bully of the briir Alexis, of Dartmouth, (Eiijf.) who had been taken by a Frencji privateer of 14 guns, which Capt. Thompson fpok'e on the 22d November. STOCKS. l> P er Cent. . . .... 16/ioto I) Three per Cent. ...... . , o yfc per Cent. - - , 4 y si per Cent. ..... ... i 4* of - —- . ISi !u r " V/afhington Lottery. has TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchnfed or exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. 147, Chcfnut the rect > where a corredfc Numerical Book is kept for public infpe&i6n. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for sale or ex* o j changed for prizes diawn in the Walhington Lottery, of the an d days returns are received. 7h® Burflnefs of a Broker carried od as ufiial. ite *** A SHARE mAe THEATRE to be fold on reasonable terms. December 15. ttstf Dancing. to MR. FRANCIS of the New-Theatre, in conjunction with Mr. Bit RN, late Ballet-mailer, and principal dai* cerof Covent-Garden Theatre, now of the New-Theatre —will open an Academy at Mr. Oellers Hotel, on Tues day, December 13, where thsy propose to teach in the moll new and approved methods, dancing in its various :h ulelul and ornamental branches. an Mr. Byrn's recerit attention to the dances of London of and Paris will enable him to complete this branch of n- education in his scholars in the moll finifhed flylev ty Favorite Scotch reels will also engage their particular ir- attention. p*s < For farther particulars enquire of MefTrs. Frtneif id and Ryrn, No. 70, north Eighth-street. cs *»* Private tuition as usual. e- November 30" mwfcf 2 _ FOR SALE, ■p About 1,600 acres of Land, J_ WELL situated, laying on and between Marifc . and Beccb Creeks, Mifflin county, Per.nfylvania, in, four separate Patents. For terms ot sale apply to pit Win. Blackburn, i No. 64, South S'cond-Areet. \ ■d Odtober 3 r. mvr f t f 1 • James M'Alpin, Taylor, No. 3, South Fourth Jlreet, RETURNS his grateful acknowledgments to kit ic Friends and the Public for th»ir liberal encouragement, r.nd begs leave to solicit a continuance of their favors. He has on hand an extensive aflbrtment of the Moji Fajhionabie GOODS, And ofthe bell quality, fuitahle for the fcafon. At this shop Gentlemen can be furniflied withthe best /. materials, and have them made up in the nested and mod /. FalhioniMe manner, and on the fhortcft notice. He wdl thankfully receive any orders, and pay a prompt and >, pun&ual attention.; to them. November 10. w , FOR SALE, I A very Valuable Estate, /~IALLED TWITTENHAM, situate in the f. Vi township of Upper Derby, and county of Delaware, 7 t-» miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the new Wedern road i containing 130 aares of excellent land, 3 45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 of prime wood e land, and the reft arable of »ha firft quality. There are e 011 the premises a good two story brick house, with 4 room* - on a floor, and cell** under the whole, with a pump-weH l of excellent water in front j a large frame barn, fables, - and other convenient buildings; a smoke-house and done, . fpring-houfc ; two cd apple orchards, and one of peach es. The fields are iHn clover, except those immediately c un