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,
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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.
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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