For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES SONNET, VII. TO THE SUN X I AIL Son of Morning! Thou, whose orient Smile, While now the dew-drop twinkles on the rose. And icheft fragrance o'er the champaign flows, Awakes the (lumbering laborer'* daily toil. Do e'er thy ruddy splendors gild the pile, As o'er the earth their circling glory glows, Where modest Virtue's unseen hand bestows Joys that the cares of Misery oft beguile ? O ! if thou dost, —to that sweet cherub fay— * Tho Time, dim-figbted, overlook thy worth ; ' Tho Fame (hall fail thy mrrit to display; 4 Nor glory deck thee, hallow'd of the earth ; 4 Yet thou fhalt (hine in GOD's eternal day— 4 The heir immortal of a heavenly birth. TOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. MR. TEN NO, COME folks do indeed think it strange, that the article of the O charter of the Bank of the United States, which excludes fo reigners from voting in the direction of the Bank, is one of those •which receives the fulled approbation among the mod intelligent characters on the other fide of the water, since it implies nothing Jess than that they are very well pleased at the profpeft of poffVflLig the very brilliant advantage of placing their money in the Bank without any controul in the direction of it. Really, Mr. Fen no, this is puffing with a vengeance ; and more probable stories must be told us to gain at lead the credit of ingenuity in the narrator : The fact is, that the more this article is considered by foreigners or natives, the more exceptionable it must appear to both : To fo foreigners it is the denial of a positive right of managing their own monied tranfa£tions as they please ; but to the natives it is much •worse—it is the narrowing of the rights of ele&ton in the Bank— and by imposing a kind of torpor on - all foreign Hock, giving to the domestic part that is entitled to vote, an exceflive, an undue preponderance—thereby placing the ele&ions in the hands ofa few, instead o i placing it where it mull be surely fafeft in the hands of all. Pray Mr. Fenuo, ftippofe the whole 25000 (hares (hould be puicha ied, as they certainly may be in process of time, by these very in telligent characters on the other fide of the water, how are then the Bank Directors to be chosen, when there are no domestic voters to elect '.hem. Indeed Mr. Fenno, if your intelligence be well founaed, it is ferioully alarming—for the more these transatlantic gentlemen purchase of dock, the more must it place the Bank at ihe mercy ot the winds and waves of political fa&ioninthis coun try, without that common intcrcjl in its defence, so essential to its lately -without that ballast ot general representation, which by competition at elections, could alone keep the (hip steady in her motions. r 1 Th ax foreigners interejled in «ur funds should be pleased with the euablifhment of a Bank, said to have the magic power of transmut ing their paper «nto gold i j not surprising, considering their very natural eager ness to lee such an operation t ke place — that they lhould approve of our present excellent system of federal govern ment, which has conferred such advantages on our country, and bids fair to elevate her to the highest pinnacle of national p'rofper- Uy-.neither is this surprising ; for what man. possessed of the imalleft spark of general philanthropy for the human race, would not rejoice at the present eminently prosperous position of this our dear asylum for the wretched and unfortunate of every nation ; ut .hat foreigners fhoulcf approve the proposal of receiving their money into th<* without allowing them any (hare in the ekction °f pmdent Directors to condutt it—this will appear in deed still ftrangeto lome folks, who have observed how natural it is for aH men to wish to have at least forne thing to fay in the ma nagrment of what is their own. LONDON, March 3 f T'H£ Stares of Brabant, extremely diflatisfied J- with the condutft of the Emperor's Minister Penipotentiary, have made a severe comment on his.letter of the 6th of February, of which the following is an extradt : " We earnestly entreat your Excellency not tomiftak e for the voice of the people of the Provinces, the clamours of some few individuals in this town who are become famous for the excefles which they have committed fincethe restoration of the ancient government, and who, escorted by sol diers, insult and beat with impunity all those who are friends to the privileges of the country; who, on the ajih ot January last, beat and wound ed in the head, the Sieur Mens, deputy of the town of Antwerp ; who on Sunday lall wanton attacked with drawn iabres, several people at the gate of Louvain, who the very last evening mortally wounded fevera-1 of the Compte de Du ras's people ; who have insulted, and have been guilty of every outrage towards the Supreme Council of Brabant ; who, in short, encouraged by remaining unpunilhed, are likely to infiilt and attack us in theveiy Houfeof Aflcmbly," &c. March 4. On the 22d of February, the common report ai Paris was, that Monsieur the King's next brother, had attempted to efcapeout of the King dom ; but that he had been flopped by the peo ble. " Orders have been given to keep the whole of the trench National Guards in constant activity for eight days. The pretext is the dread of a counter revolution, but the truth is, that it is expected that IViefdames the Kind's aunts will not be permitted to preceed on their journey but that, after many obstacles, they .will be brought back to Pans, with or without their canfent GLASGOW, March i Mr. Archibald Miller, merchant in this city who died on the 16th of October last, has be queathed almost his whole ertate, of about seven tboufand pounds sterling, to certain trustees and governors, by whom the revenue is to be ap i-» i cloathing and ed jcating girls, the children of indigent and reputable parents. Mr. Townfend, in his " Travels Into Spain," speaking of tht liifh Students that are received into the CJniverfiry of Salamanca, with his usual good sense and acutenefs of remark, observes, " It is much to be lamented that they should be reduced to the neceifity of seeking that protetfti on in a foreign country, to which they are enti tled in their own. This kind of persecution is neither just nor politic. It is certain that igno rance and bigotry have a strong connection. Would you overcome inveterate prejudices, and are you anxious to baui/h fuperftirion ? Let in the light. Would you conciliate the affections >i thole who differ from you in their religious creed? No longer persecute ; cmbrace them,and from enemies they will become your friends. Let in the light, and difference of opinion dies away. Catholics, in the more enlightened coun tries, are no longer Papists. Their whole whole fyftein is going to decay ; and without claiming more than common fagaciry, we may venture to foretel, that in pioportion as the limits of tole ration shall be extended, all that cannot bear the light will gradually vanilh, until the diftincftton between Catholics and Protestants shall cease." ella. The mode, adds Mr. Townfend, of giving letSurea i» the Univerfiry of .Salamanca, is per haps peculiar to itfelf, but worthy to be follow ed iu our Universities. The Students havequef tions proposed for iheir difculfion twice every day, and on these they are informed what books they are to read. Then, supposing the matter to admit of a dispute, it is carried on by two of them, under the direction of a moderator, who gives alfiftance when it is wanted, and guides them to the truth." Mr. a/king the Bishop of Qviedo one day, if he did not think he was daing harm by the promifcnous distribution of alms? " Most un doubtedly," replied ths good Prelate- " But then it is the part of the Magistrate to clear the streets of beggars; it is my duty to give alms to all that ask." Yesterday a Jame dutk, with a duchess's Cora net marked on its game leg, waddled out of the alley ! !—The difference which led to this disas ter is said to amount to 2?,oool. sterling! A sum her illiiltnous consort is not wild drake enough to advance, and therefore her Grace, being given up by her broker as the principal, is likely to (land recorded a Bankrupt in the Gazette of Change Alley. The celebrated Convent, called Le Grand Chartreuse, near Grenoble, in Dauphine, which has been for ages the feat of solitary sanctity, and the awful magnificence of wliofe situation has attraiftedthe visits of travellers of every coun try, but particularly of our ©wn, is now conver ted into an arsenal, for the use of the national guard of the surrounding district. At a medicine (hop in the city, near a room occupied by a Debating Society, to a notice of pills for windy difarders, it has been lately added " as they strengthen the memory, they are ex ceeding good for people who speak in public !" Strengthen the memory, but diminish the wind !—How can they be good for public speak ers Something like a bull. The Taplow cotton mills were on Friday mor ning defh oyed by fire ; timely alfiftance saved leveral adjoining mills from the like fate. PARIS, February 21. Nimes. °f Nimes is finally adjudged, and the following (hort extratf from the dccree on the municipality, will be fufficient to bring; the former trailfadtions to our readers' recollection and at the fame time to shew the high hand with which the National Assembly carries 011 its pur poses. " The National Aflembl* consider the dif alterous events which passed in the city of Nimes on the 29rh of March ; the 2d and 3r It of May • the 13th 14th, ijth and 16th of Tune, as the ef fect of the intrigues of the enemies of the Re volution ; they consider even the eletftion of the municipality as the effecl of the fame intrigues —they therefore decree that a new election fliall be immediately made ; and the King is defined to fend (uftcient forces to Nimes to secure the liberty and tranquility of*eledioni." SUPPRESSION OKMILATaRY GOVERNMENT. I he itippreffion of military government, which the public opinion, and the spirit of the revolu tion had long ago demanded, was pronounced by the National Aflembly on Sunday last. It is well known that by the words military government, is meant not only the governors and lieutenant governors of Provinces, according to the old di vision of the kingdom, bur of a number of other nominal governments, and places in the gift of the Crown to which salaries and emoluments were attached, without any necessity of residence. n W X / NDRIA - April 21. On Friday the rjth inft. the Hon. Daniel Car roll and Dr. David Stewart, arrived in this town to fuperinrend to fixing of the fir ft Corner-Stone oi the Federal Diftricft. The Mayor and Commonalty, together with the members of the different lodges of the town, 2 at 3 o'clock waited on the comi»ifll<»n-er« ,►». Wife's, where they had dined, and afierdr l'' ing a glass of wine to the following sen t ;„ viz. " May the (tone which we are about in the ground remain an immoveable mnn, of the wifdotu and unanimity of North-line the company proceeded to Jones's pt) i iu following order : tlls rft, The town-fergeanr 2d, the Hon Dan iel Carroll and the Mayor—3d. M r rn; ' ,I,= Rec„r,ler_ 4 ,h, f„ch of L Ali™" Common Council as were not free-mafons—-"" the strangers—6th, the mailer of Lod<r e N 0 2 with Dr. David Stewart at his right, and the R»,~' James Muir at his left, followed by the the fraternity, in their usual form of procetli ° —and lastly, the citizens, two by two Wh ' Mr. Ellicot had alcertained the precise p o 'i»! from which the firft line of the diltritft was proceed, the Matter of the Lodge and Dr. Steward aHi (ted by others of their brethren, placed the Stone; after which a deposit of corn, wine and oil was made upon it, and the following- obfer vations were delivered by the Rev. James Muir" " Of America it may be said, as it was of T u dea of old, that it is a good land, and large a land of brooks of waters, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills—A land of wheat and barley, and vines, and ft* trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive and honey, a land wherein we eat bread without scarceness, and have lack of nothing ; a land whole ttones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayelt dig brass ; a land which the Lord thy God careth for, the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even nnto the end of the year .'—May Ame ricans be grateful and virtuous, and they shall secure the indulgence of Providence ! May they be unanimous and just, and they /hall rife to great,,efs F May true patriotism aduate every heart ! May it be the devout and universal wilh Peace be within thy wall, O America ! and pros perity within thy palaces!" Amiable it is for brethren to dwell in unity. It is more fragrant than the perfumes on Aaron's garment ! It is more refrelhing than the dews on Hermon's hill! " May this Stone long commemorate the good ness of God in those uncommon events which have given America a name among the nations Under this Stone may jealousy and felfilh nels be for ever buried ! From this Stone may a fuperftrurture arise, whose glory, whose mag nificence, whose liability, unequalled hitherto, lhall astonish the world, and invite even the sa vage of the wilderness to take Ihelter under its roof! The company partook of some refrelhment, and then returned to the place from whencff they came, where a number of toads were drank, and the following, which was delivered by ibe Master of the Lodge, was received with every token of approbation : " Breth ten and Gentlemen, " May " \Jealoufy, that green-eyed Monster, n be burred deep under the work which we have this day completed, never to rife again within the Federal Diftri<fi!" It may be fafely pronounced that this, or a si milar sentiment pervaded the breast of every in dividual present on the occasion. PETERSBURG, April 21. On ThuiTday last arrived in this- town, the President of the United States, accompanied by Major Jackson. The President was escorted in to town by the cavalry of Cheflerfield, Prince George, and Dinwiddie, and a considerable numberof citizens, and condu<sled to the faoufe of Robert Armiftead, where an elegant entertain ment was provided, at which the President was pleased to favor the citizens with his presence. After dinner a number of patriotic toads were drank, attended by a discharge of cannon ; and in the evening the President was pleased to ac cept an invitation to a ballat the Mason's Hall. A committee from the Common-Hall waited on the President with the following address. The next morning, at five o'clock, the President proceeded on his tour to the southward, by way of Halifax, North-Carolina. The ADDRESS of the Mayor, Recorder, Al dermen, aW Common Councii, efthsTowo c/Petersbhrg. To the Vrefident of the United States. S I R, avail ourselves of the earliest opportu * * nity that your presence has afforded us, to offer you our sincere and affectionate refpei r ts: to welcome you, most cordially to this place, and to allure you, which we do with confidence, of the high regard and great affection the inhabi tants ofthisTown entertain for your perfon,and your many virtues, We look upon as the father of your country, and the friend of mankind, and when we contemplate your cha racter in that light, we feel ourselves iniprelfed with the purelt sentiments of gratitude, refpe& and veneration. May you long continue at the head of our government, honoured, refpecSed
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