A NATIONAL PAP aR, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 34, NVPTH FIFTH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA [No. 75 of Vol. IV.] FOR SALE, By the Stibjcriher, *t Walnut-Street Wharf, BILL or EXCHANGE Madeira Wine, Fif for irntvediaie u!c, in pipe* & quarter calks, TENEIIIFFE WINE, id pipr», SHERRY WINE, ii> quarter calks, WEST.INDIA RUM, 2, 3 and 4 proul, OLD BRANDY, OLD SPIRIT, COPPERAS, BRIMSTONE, ALLUM, Two Bales 10-4 BLANKETS, and A Bale of MUSLINS. A new .13*4 Inch CABLE, 120 fathoms long. GEORGE MEADE, Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1793. epzm TO BE SOLD, OR LEASED KOlt SEVEN OR T F. N VIAKS, THE FOLLOWING HOUSE ONE on Walnut-street, near Fourth-street, 23 feet front, has two parlours below, the ft out one 21J by 17J feet, the back parlour is 18 by 14 feet. The front room up ftdirs is by feet. There are five good chambers in this house, besides the garret is divided into three rooms, in two of them there are fire places. The other House is 27 feet upon Walnut- Irect, and 52 feet upon 41 h ftjrct; there arc tw© joori parlours below, one of them 25 by 20 1-2 fee t, ihe other 25 by 18 1-2 feet, and seven com plete btd-chambtis; besides the garret is di vided into 4 rooms, 3 of which rooms have fire places. The kitchens are good ones, and are tinder the houses ; the largest house has also a houfe-keepn's room. It is intended there (Via 11 be a communication from both of these houses to a neighbouring ice-honfc, fufficiently large to supply 3 lioufcs. Within 50 v&rds of these houses, there will be compleat ftablcs and coach houses, tor both houles ; they will be finifhed in the mod compleat manner, and the keys ready to be delivered early in the fummcr. On paying half the money down (if fold) the oth r half may be paid bv instalments, 01 the whole may remain tor £ years, paying intcreft and giving security on the prcmifes. For terms of sale or leafc, apply to the Sub scriber, GEORGE MEADE. Who has J or SALE, Sundrv Ground Rents, ✓ 7 In this city, amounting to twenty-five pounds sixteen (Hillings and fix-pcnce, per annum. Aifo, a quan'ity of BAGS, that will contain two and a half and three and.a half bufheh. Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1792. $o Dollars Reward. RAN away on the 25th instant, a likely Ne gro Man called Isaac, about twenty-three ycaisoid, five feci fix or eight inches high, a well made fellow, fond of talking, hes a large mouth, and (hows his teeth very much when talking ; had on when he went away, a brown linen (hirt, a fhoit white kersey over jacket with a very high collar and platn breast, with buttons which appear to have been very gay ; a pair of white kersey brccches, a pair of white knit yarn flocking*, a pair of (hoc* with firings in them, and a coarse hat ; ail (he above clothes a*e al nioft new. Said Negro was fprmcily the 010- pctty of Mr. William Thomas, lare of Kent County, near George-Town Cross Roads, do ceafed, and has for several years been cmplovcd in that neighbourhood, and principally by •• Mr. MaxweJl, and lately by Messrs. John and James Carmack, as a waggoner, which buAtiefs lie is well acquainted with, and is what he prefers ; and has been cng'ged in driving a waggon from said Cross-Roads to Duck-Creek, See. until last. I expe& he will make his way for the neighbourhood j of George-Town, Duck- Creek, Dover or Wilmington. The above re ■wavd will be paid if delivered to me in this place, or Thirty Doilais if feeuied in any goal, so that I get him again. He is an anful fellow, and when taken, will make his clcape, utilcfs parti.ularly secured. tASTON, OWEN KENNARD. TaibotCounty, Maryland % Dec. 28, 2m 200 Dollars Reward. LOST, at Providence, or bet w« en Piovidence and Button, a very ftnall TRUNK, coveted vith feal-ik.n of a reddilh colour, with white fuots. It contained a quautnv of South and North-Caiohna State Noi<s and a few of the Sta'e of Rhodt-.lflanrt • with other papers,which Can only be if r*ireabL to the propi i< (or. The Sute-uotes are ch. eked at the offices Irom whrnce •Hey 'ftWd. Any peifon producing the T1 uiik (with its contents) to JOHN' MARSTON, of 80fi.,11, WILLIAM HALL, of P.ovicirnce, Mctf.s FATI ftsON and BRASHER, New- York, cr Mr. SAMUEL EMERY, in Philadel phia, [hall receive the above rrward, or for any frartofthe pr4pi-ttv, Otic Hundred Dollars. Boston, Nov. 28. eptf. A large Cellar to Let, Sufficiently capacious to JloreJeveral hundred bands. ilaquirc ol the PiiKita Fir-tie GAZETTE oflht UNITED STATiS MR. Fekmo, Jftndyou Sketches of the Proceedings of a Club of Hon. and horned Gentlemen ,friends ojthe P 1 oj this State, at a vieeting held in the early part of lafl month.—The genius and the tmiabltncfs of Tome of the members who comp'fe that Club, deserve to be held up to the admiration of the world. 1 thercjore hope, that you zvi/l do the Citizens of t\i> State particularly, the favor of fubltffiing them. Your's, 2. ON the 3d day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, the seventeenth year of American independence, and the third year of the Presidency of the Hon. T. M. Esq. of t-e State ofP—nfyl—a; the Hon. J. S. Eiq. J- H. m.d. p.c. &rc. &;c. the Hon. J. ><■ Elq. C—r G—l of the (late of P—nfvl —a, and the Hon. A. JD. El'q. S—y of the aforefaid (late, aflfep.ibled, by the fide of a good fire, in the study of the Hon. J. S. E r q-—for the purpose of holding a solemn consultation on their own particular political situations, on the present' (landing of the Hon. T. M. Esq. and on af fairs of state. After (pending several honrs in mimjtelv examining their own particular conditions, and mutually adininiftering con solation, and advising each other firmly to ad here to their nohle leader, and persist in their virtuous practices, they proceeded to the Prr»'- Aent'sprefent zvsi future probable (landing. On this point they perfectly agreed, " That as many delicate consciences revolted agamfl his [\Jlem of morality and politics, it was necelfary, to se cure his future influence and consequently his feat in the chair of state, bv the eftabliftiment of a Bank peculiarly calculated to effect that end."—On the affairs of state, it was their opinion that every wheel would move glibly and pleafantlv, in fine, entirely agreeably to their defirrs, provided they could secure to their be loved friend, the hor.orable, the virtuous Prejident, the Piefidency of the Jlate during life • Those important objects being examined and adjusted, the next confederation which arose, was, " By what means (hall we exhi bit our true lete and Inxalti to our worthy leader, the Hon. President of the State ?" (I had like to hare been guilty of an unpardorable negled, and forgotten to mention that this figactous and nobly gmteful question originated in the head of the Hon. A. jf. D.) This questi on had scarce issued from the lips of the pro poser, when loyalty, tike an electric spark.shot through the breast of every member of the club—Their eyes closed with the emotions produced by their exceffivelv tender love,their under jaws suddenly dropped, their months gaped, and a m xture of admiration and won der erected " every particular hair," like the bristles 011 the back of the terrible hyena. A silence of full five minutes reigned, when the members with one accord opened their eyes, raised their jaws and dropped their hairs, and after much puffing, blowing, and foaming at the lips, (the effect of inspiration) the Hon. J. S. Esq. ("aid, " That as the mind of man, when filled with any great and noble pafilon, naturally breaks out into broken, abrupt,fhort numbers, like unto a song, he (hould think, and did believe it his duty, and the duty of each member, to address the Hon. President in song." (Here clapping of hands, damping of feet, and roars of applause interrupted the learned gentleman, who involuntarily clapped his own hands, in admiration of his wildom and eloquence.) And I, (continued he) pro pn r e, that by this day one month, that is to fay, 011 the.third day of February next enfu in'r, we (hall meet here again, and each gen tleman bring his address in poetry, to the Hon. President, for the purposes of mutually bene fitting, by critiques on each others verses, and rendering them worthy of the fubjeft of our panegyricks—Bravo ! bravo ! was the cry, and an awful silence of ten and three quarters minutes ensued—The Hon. J. N. then lifting his chair nearer to the Hon. J. S. Esq. knitting,his brows thoughtfully, flowjy moving his head up and down and tideways, in a see-saw manner, (like one of those loofe headed beautiful china figures usually stuck up as mantle-piece ornaments) and biting his lips, spoke thus—" Dear fir, I beg leave to utter a doubt which struck me during the time of our fileuce. I have heard 'tis a hard matter to write verses, and perhaps the time which you have allotted us will be rather too short tor the arrangement and statement of our love, in verses." True, added the Hon. A. T- D. for as Horace fays, " Pcrta najtilur von fit." " Weil ! what of that! cried tl e Hon. J. S. ftarirg rather difrefpeftfully in t!:e fate nf the Hon. gentleman, well ! what of that ? Surely he is on my fide ! man, he is on my fide," (purting his fore finger to his note and fmirkinf). "On your fide ! pray fir, how on your fide ?" Why ! (replied the Hon. gentleman) T will clearly "state it and prove it —Poet a, is poet, firfl; fecondtv, that ntfestur, I have heard is two words, and a Warred friend hath thus explained it—nir/c, an abre viation of the word natts, born ; itvr, to go ; jit, fit. As veu know fir, that old language being much compacted and condenfcd, be came: nothing when literally ti anflattd, we cp**i Saturday, February 16, 1793. 297- muil use great freedom witb it—Thur, a pro perly liberal tranllntion of this poeta uafntur nstJit, would be, after a man is born, as he goes through life, he becomes ft to be a poet —so |ir, you fee lam right, he is on my fide* and as toe have travelled the greater part oj Qnr journevy we are fit to be poets." 44 Good ! excellent." (cried the Doctor, clapping ths learned gcfntleman on the Ihoulder). 44 Nd fir, I deny it, (cxclaimed the Hon. A. J. D. in a rag£) you have diftionored the poet —he fays the poet is born, not made." — u Poh 1 poh ! dont be in a paflion dear fir, said the Hon. J. N. cannot you fee his meaning in that ? No man is made, but born, so every man is born a po et.''— 44 No fir, I cannot join with you there, (spoke the Do<sV6r) the way I explain it is thus, homoy man, being understood, homo nujettur poeta jit*—man is born to be made a poet." — 44 Yon are wrong, damn'd wrong," very uncivilly and profanely exclaimed the Hon. A. J. D.— 44 Pray fir, (said the Hon. J. S. trembling, his, piety being wounded) why are you so tvarm ? I'll prove, I'll prove to you what I have af firmed ; I'll do any thing to convince yon of it—l'll put it to vote."—fnftantly a cry, 44 to vote y to vote," filled the ftudv—Tt was ac cordingly put to vote, * 4 Is the Hon. J. S>. exposition of the text quoted from Horace,by the Hon. A. J. D. a true expbfition V On counting over the votes, they stood thus : The Hon. J. S, AVe, The Hon. f- N - Ayr, The Hon.A. J. D-—No J H—M. D. &c. A ve. So there beini> three in favor of, and but one against the question, it was carried by a ma jority of two in the affirmative. Notwith standing this novel, but jair mode of deciding the question, the Hon. A- J. D. could not pre vent his unruly tongue, uttering cxprt/fions of discontent, which txprefom, being overheard bv the Hon. J. S. caused him to address the Hon. gentleman as follows • " Sir, I perceive your difcontejit, I am very willing JIM to prove what I have alterted, by making an ex ample of myfelf—Do you believe that I was born tp be a poet ; I mean, to be a poet in spile o/mifel/; for certainly I was born to be a poet, as I am one—but you understand me, do you beiieve I was a poet when I was born! K >Jo'' fternlv replied the Hon. member ; —if I prove myfolf a poet now, you will believe that I was right in my tranl lation!"—" Mod certainly, yes."—The Hon. f. S. then turning round to each gentleman, begged he would excuse him, for half an hour, as he was going into hisgarret, to be retired, and make some verses to prove hiwftlj a pcct, and to fatisfy the Hon. gentleman of the truth of his translation of Horace's text ; but, gentlemen, he questioned smartly, nibbing his hands, what shaH be the ? " Ac counts, accounts," cried the Hon. J. N. " well accounts," said the H'.n.poet,and went up flairs. In 27J minutes, he returned with fpark l:ng eyes and upright (tep, and repeated the following conplet— l< Accauvt> are account, of thing! put douw uhtvfold, «> In Uank books made, accounts oj things to hold." The glaring beauties of this couplet, must strike every reader. It needs no explana tion, the concise and perfpicuons definition of the word accounts, the sweetness of the verftf, must impart infinite pleasure to every reader from the Clerk of a Sheriffs Office, to the n dorer of Homer and Virgil. The moment it was read, dumb aftouiflime; t 'ci;on eve ry hearer. At length the Hon. A. J.D. tliough verv reluctantly, and in a very low voice, confefTed his e'ror, and alkcd pardon for his ftubbornels. The Doctor rifihg, took the left hand -.f each gentleman, and putting them in to each other, said, "be friends," they cast their eves on the floor, smiled and fat down ; (the Hon. J. S. tiling, said) " thus you fee, men were made to be poets and I hope you will no longer object to my propoial."—-You may indeed, at the firft trial, expert to find ihme labor absolutely necessary to the per feflion of a poem, but, practice makes per faft. The firft time that I tried my hand at it was, on the following occasion : I had a Cat, which I called Patty, in honor of a fwaet female whom I courted—ThisCat was beau tiful, and as I had named her Patty I loved her tenderly, I kept her in my bed at nights and often hugged her to my bol'om and thought I was squeezing my other Fatty. Unfor tunately Patry was in the ftorc cellar, hunt ing mice, when my porters were hniftinir fowe hogrtiends of Wett-India ; the ropes broke, Sirs ! and a whole heavy hr.gfhcad fell directly on Patty'steck ; I was instantly call ed into the cellar, for the porters knew my love for Patty ; and there, when they rolled away the fatal hogftiead, was 'he poor crea ture, almost cruflied into pi.ces, and with on ly enough life to kick with one hind foot 5 I could not bear the fight of poor Tatty—tears * The Doff, has committed an error in grammar, but it muji be remembered th*t, vtr\ mam tears have pajfed over his head finu he left fthool; and that labile jet a boy, his memory was cf a peculiar nature* and yrtjuned the jreqyeat apttt'ica'.on oj luck to his fnJUiiors to give it tenacity. [Whole No. 5^7.] gofted from n>v eyes—l curled the pnrterg— packed them off and came up into this study to weep ; when my tear* had given vent to my storm of grief—excufe these frelh tea»*— I began to think how I ftiould honor her me mory, and nextdav began these elegiac stan zas ; handing them to the members, who or dered the Hon. A. )■ D. to read them aloud, which he did, as follows : F LEG lAC STANZAS ON PATTY. Oh ! dearest, tendered Paitv ! how thy loss Afflicts my bosom, yea, I burn indeed ! I ne'er in lite before met such a cross, Within my heart, how all the great veins bleed i Ah! ah! deai Patty! oh ! ah ! oh! deai Cat! Thou wert the p»ettirft thing I evei saw, How cunningly I've seen thee na'ti a Rat; From thee in truth, my tunning did I draw. Ah \ never shall I fee thy like again, Thou wert sri witty, vrt to meek a creature! There is no Cat 'rhidtt nil the Caitiih train Pofteis'd of half thv parts,or \ weet good-nature. Ah ! who flv.ll I now get to flecp with me ! Is there no filler in thv tribe, dear Cat ! Who'd make fr» good a lirdleliow as thee ? Np — 1 am fare tbelt's none like the- , dear Pat, Ah ! mult I lie each winter alone ? Ah! mufl I lie without my dear to hug ? Whv finely I fhiill freeze, and turn to ? My blood w.ili freeze like water in a niu£ ! For now my other Pat, thy counterpart, Swears I (halt never lie with her at all,; She fays she does not love me in hn heart ; Ah ! what have I ro do but lie and bawl ! Curse on the Pollers ! curfc upon their rop<s.! And curse upon ihe dev'lilh houfbtatMpp, That did with vile intent cut off my h<>pf»l, Ah! curfc them all—adieu! dear P<l!.»4ieu> Such was the melting power of these lines, ami the pathetic tone of the reader's voice, that, by the time the rending was finiftied, every foul preterit, even the author himfelt, blinked his eves, fijivelled, and was iicceJfita ted to blow his note. Indeed the watry foun tains of the author were lo completely un stopped that he was compelled to feck a pri vate corner, to bimfelf; wl.cn lie returned his Hon. friends were drying their eyes and hoses, but the*fight of him, for a mo ment excited frefh fn ivelingr. —Oh (cried the Hon. author of the clegv, affetfting an in sensibility uncongenial to his foul) gentlemen pick up your spirits, why (hould >ou he To touched by the bare reading of my vcife.~? Had you beheld poor——here in spite of his affeOed unfeelmgnefphis utterance was choak ed*'—but 'tis plain he designed to have adcied Patty. 44 Ah 1 sighed the Doctor, putting; both his hands upon his belly—the Hon. A. J. D. turning his head towards the Hon. author, whom till now he could not fete,echoed, a An ! (and continued) I was really wrong in my as sertion, that man could not be made a poet, and I believe old Horace did not intend to have written so daring a falfehood.— Fhe opening of the elegy is unusually tender, but the pathetic expression of the firft line in the second stanza cxcc s every thing fit a ftmilar nature iti Ovid or Tibullus—and the compli ment in the last line of the lame, is inexfjrrjibly delicate.' 1 —" But dont you think (said the Hon. J. N.) that the line, 4k Ah ! must 1 lie each winter's night alone !" and the one next to it, 44 Ah ! must I lie without my dear to to hip," is very moving? It ahe&sine mighti ly indeed ; but the next two lines, '' why surely I (hall freeze and turn to stone ! my blood will freeze like water in a mug !' fti&e me as being the most sublime of any m the whole lamentation. 44 Why futely I (hull freeze," lam chilled to my back bone, then 44 and turn to stone," at this my whole body shivers ; I think I fee a stone statue. 1 hen 44 my blood v.'ill freeze like water in a mug. That! that ! who can ft and that? It puts me in mind of a cold, terribly cold and ticez ing winter, when my water in mv membei mug (no offence toanyofthe members I hope) under my bed has froze solid ard to save my blood from freezing alio, I have brought my knees up to my month, thrown the blankets over my head."—Here the Hon. gentleman was startled and interrupted by a mournful moaning found from the Doftpr— 4 ' Ah !" fairl he, in a flow melancbcly tone, 44 Ah I what have 1 to do but lie and bawl i" this, my dear friend ! tLis is what melts my heart ; Die thinks I. iVe you tolling to and fro, upon your bed and like a poor dying man, groaning dis mally."—The aatthor fimpenng approbation, said, 44 I am not furpriied at the various manners iu which you have been affeifted by my elegy on Patty, liecaufe all men differ in taste and sentiment ; but I have cxpe&cd you particularly to notice the concluding stan za ; Do you not perceive with what a noble fpirn of indignation I labor *Hnw I curse the porters, and the ropes, and the hogfher.d—tl is my friends is the terribly fublime—T was al ways (truck by its p.Krtical boldness » and at* tend to the last line, 44 Ah ! curse them al!» adieu! dear Pat ! ad\u !" how expreffivelv abrupt ! how deeply pathetic ! Do not you here fee my throat cl o iked, that I was una ble to speak, that grief swelled my llomach, that 1 could only fob at*! sigh j in iboi t, that I
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