Philadelphia, ' —= —= f r TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 47, 1796. ~ > ' rot*- » j 1 v 1 lit u, roK : - < J <•' a. PRESIDENT i>t| £ . ano ■* - 1 -. ;> - ,J * ,£• -3 s-4 m 1 -■ s « 6~] " t'' 4 6 f 1 Massachusetts, 16,1.3 - ' 1 1 Rhode-Island, 4 4 ot Connecticut, 94 J at Vermont, 4 4 o Jjew-York, .nit New-Jffey, - •- 7 7 „ 5 Pennfylvinij., . ™ D«laware, 3" 3 j | 01 uMarylaiid, 7j 4, 4I 3 2 1 'iMtJIj „ 1 ar Kentucky, „ d< Tmneflee, - North-Carolina, I 111 6 1 South-Carolina, S 8 )" Georgia, u Total, 7i 59J?a3'i5 * 5 : 3jt 211 In North-Carolina, one rot* was given for Charles ,r •Pinckney, and three for Judge Iredell. a] Extract of a letter from Alexandria (Virginia) g 23d instant. ol «' We were under cvnfiderable alarm here lad ti night from a fire which broke out in a frame build- u ing nearly in the centre of the town, which was tl happily extinguiihed with the lofi of that building only. At one period it threatened deftru&ion to tl a cenfider&ble portion of the weahhieit part of this b place." ts — a The following instance of savage brutality equals the ilioft atrocious a<3s of cruelty, which ever Rained ft the annals of history. The prodigeouseoDccrn which n rtbe Frenchiliipla.y_icir the lives of their fellow eitiaens, exhibited in this inftaric*, & by v parte in threatning the total deltruAipn -of Pavia if ! < one Frenchman was killed, Ihews that thele tender ' e hearted people to monopolize to themftlves the ri pleasure of deflroying each other. Americans will ei learn, by these fraternizing arts, what they are to ex- j t ped\, if the French troops Ihould ever get footing uu- a d Mr. Ff-NMO, In a few ffiort p.rigriphs, cniMrti; Tnformatio>{?*~ " printed in this evening's paper, three things appear : p MisRiPRtscNTATioN and "Calumny., c IcvoraiiPj; as will appear the bad Grammar in C the fentenccs. MisaaexEssNTATiON , ended perverlion of a clault in the Conftitu- United Statet. . : vung ai.d mterejiiri juiii ..iji! Truth. 1 - • • 1796- v DRICKSBURG, ( Vir.) t)ec. t O . T" e i.swing Address to the President ol the tJni was, on Saturday the loth inft. agreed up ■ar. ■ oufe of Delegates of this state, nem. con ORGE VVashin6tom PreflJent of the United States. ive in an affe<9ionate address to the "People e"d States, declined a re-election to the chief of the nation, to which you wouid hare :Ci' c illed by the public voice 1 the General Af irginia wculd be unfaithful to the feelings iftituents, and regardless of their own, if y beheld an event long deprecated by y«iur . -ens While they deplore the refblution, wticn . deprive the nation of its firft hope, they are ' unable to ieprefs those sensations of gratitude and ef- c teem arifmg from the profpeft of her beloved citizen's t return into the bosom of his native* state, and c which services, precious as your's, excite in every , brenft. On a review of the whole tenor of your life, fq strongly marked bv wisdom, valor and putriotifm, they te.-l themselves' ftiinulateti to bestow upon you the belt revr other tefources and l»ad to more dirtdl taxation, in spite of all that fltift economy *nd prudent management which k&ve pervadtd t»cr)r departmem of gorernaient. We (liould, therefore, endeavor to anticipate that pen'od, place ourfelves,-by a timely diminution S t.t our state dci>t f in a fi-.uatioo to answer and de- tc fray' with suitable alacrity nnd ability, our pr»j»or- Honor taxes to the general governrncßt, and not ft pcirait the pressure of- tßeoi, coojjerdting with a In heavy ft.te debt, to be th"e Usrce «f difaffeftion si and difcontcnt towards that "utu'on from which so si , ma*y prosperous coufecjuences hare already result- is ed, ajid on whi. hive mull continue to depend for ra every political bleifing and fecutity, " Ihe events of the-preleot war, raging among ft other nations, have evinced JU f what high import- g ance to the peace and ptoiperity of the American plates, and tq averting frqm th(;m war, the c< f fcourgeiof the human eftablifti- w ment and lupport *f an irovern- a ment. - 'i- g-■ While nations have Wren mvolyed in thefiferceft and bloodicfl contests that have e*er aifiiae4 and desolated the world, of whom we had treaties of amity and commerce [ with'others wete in the habits of i»mmeicial intercourse; it was extremely difficult to avoid being ilravvn into f. a participation of their warfare.. „ '• Ihe maintenance of freedom from all foreign e, , influence, wisdom to difce»n, and Srmacfs to resist lc all the arts and cabals of drfigHtog emiiTaries; a n sacred regard to the piighfed faith of treaties, a ri- v gid adherence to the laws of nations, and Ready observation of the ri-ht» and obligations of n«u- p trality, were elTentiallv requilite, to avoid giving y umbrage to the belligerent powen, and exciting * their resentment and enmify. 'h " This wife conduift and jitft policy have hi-' therto not only saved us from all-the horrors of war, but have enabled lis to reap abundantly the advan tage* which may result to commercial liatioas from a state of neutrality. \ > ; " While violent commotions and rudeftorms have I furionfly assailed, and shook to th.ir cefitje, and a menaced the subversion of old and flvuridiuig - em- t wut i'»»anliDc liiiitjL-luiKe been grammar fol.idi- c ply and liability, and have rapidly progrelTed to opu* z . lence and grandeur. Could that conduct, and those : ruie 3 and regulations of the executive of the Ui>it i ed .states, atchievmg such great and salutary ob • je6ts, have been so unifoimly and firmly adopted and executed by the separate governments of the 0 United States ? S " This happy expetience ought to impress inde- ' [ hfcly oa us alj, the expediency of uaiou a 'id of a ■ general efficient government, ard how impolitic " t and it would be for any individual Sate ■ to enter iiiui any measures, that may interfere with f ; the ftnenl-fyftem, or prevent that cordiil and fti-e- c [ nuous conceit and co-operatiwn, which mult give 1 to u due a&ion and energy. v i " The general government of the United States, i mud be to that of particular Hates, as the fun to I the planets, the centre of their attra&lon and mo tiuu, around whice, although within their own or- 1 hit*, they mult iticefTantly revolve, receiving, re- flcitirig, and dtfiu&ng warmth, energy, and fplen Cooler rivcis, and which, fii all probability, will • be fiiiithed in the course of the en'lViing jear, with its other extenfivc benefits, promises vail advantages , to ,the agriculture and commerce of the wettern B parts of the Hate, and n#t only evinces the pra£li i cability of fmiihr ones, "but points out the expedi altering of old. systems or law*, great e care and are r;qnifite j and that as ■f in I.ovations aie Ireqnently full of danger, and fel e dom to be produced witlwut disorder, they ought - not to be rashly attempted, or upon flight grounds, • without neceftity, or very important reafons^ r " I also heg leave to bring to yout frequcut rceol ledion and ebfervation, many of the important po e Heal truths and salutary maxims contained in the »d --- drcf*, which our great and good President publifh s ed to hi* fellow-citizens, in declining to become a. d candidate foi the Ptefideutial chair, announcing his y tefolution to retire into the walks as private life." ?» N . . 1, — . BY THIS DAY's MAILS. NORFOLK, December 17. Extraift of a letter from Portsmouth, ( ingland) dat e ed o t 1 riTE.ATK.ICAI.. • On AVqlnefday evening the tragedy of Dt ittglas. J ; Mr. White; '* yqteg gentleman of a refpi -S&able j > family in this town, -tirte but in the cha rafter | ; of Young Norval. The extreme youth, g« Bnieel I* ' ►tftication, e*tchfi.v»eorine£tioii*, and promifin ijf ta- * t lcata or the new performer, had drawn togetl *cr a * i more general audience of critics, than h\4 be Me-l - vcr col!cf?cd at an\ firit appearAnce. ' f ' Ps Mr. White, as an actor, we (hall not t> at S • present, hazajd au opinion' ,4 but considered frs a f yo»Rg anSatiur, whp, '• from tht free cottrfe 0) £ > iffViated dy a j«3ieious and elegant t «fle £ has eniiftedfrfimfelf under'the banners of Thefpis,* B "J- 1 —; —Ti». wonder ful, G t " That aH invifiUe itiftinft fliould frame him K "To eloquence unlearn'd ; judgment untanght; A. / " Genius, K ' / '• That wildly grows in him, but yields a crop, K As if ithad been fow'd." E e The applause he received was alnoft inceflant; 5 I and of the pafl'ages, in which he amply deserved it, • the citatiou woufd be letigthy. One, however,\ »c - omit ; aus} J&e peculiar animation, energy J, B • and expreffio*, with which he pronounced B e " Did I not star te freeze thy (hallow vaUr, E " Acd make thee fiuk too soon beneath my sward„ K " I'd tell thee—what thou art—l know thee well,,*' Were received by the audience by repeated roun*! Ik N , of enthulialtic approbation.- Mr. White, .in. hi is 1J general conception of the character, was eriticall y. , chatte. His voice is firm, clear, and fonororss ; id a his peifon youthful and genteel. PofTeffed of f® p c many stage requisites, he is, at present, irr the £ e flower of promise ; and ii requires no aid frot n prophctic keti, to predict that a few years experi ence will render him an honor to his profjfion, and j" tl»e pride ot the American g ; ———e oj NOTICE. ' The Creditors of Mr. James Green leaf are requefte i ' to meet at the City Tavern on Wefltwfday evening th ; ; 18th. inftast at 9 o'clock, to receive the report ot the- 5 Committee appointed a; the lafl.uieeting.faf th« pvr iiofr of obtaining a of tha*"6«litieifi4k's , accounts.-^ 1, Philip Nicklin if ' . Pratt > Committee. Ie 1 hot. W. Francis j Dry. ifi , ? d — C d '' iV A N T E D, ' S h A M U SiCI AN, rS WVo is canaUle of conipofing .Iccoißpanimuuts ti» . II Song: for an Orcheflra. 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