' A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 34, NORTH F/FTH-StREET, PHILADELPHIA [No. 80 of Vol. IV.] THOMAS JOHNSON, DAVID STUART,Sc DANIEL CARROLL, Esquires, Commission ers appointed by Government to prepare the Public Buildings, See, within the City of IVaJhington, lor ibe reception of COll - and for iheir permanent reiidcrice after the year 1800— A LOTTEPvY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE Federal City. 50,0 c© Tickets at 7 dollars, are 350,000 dollar". LIST OF PRIZES, viz 2 Superb Hotel, with baths, ) out' houses, occ.&c, to cod ) f C«ft» P."^e 1. t ditto *.6 di«Xo "odi'tto " fOO $Uo' COO ditto ditto f,o©o d4tm 15,000 ditto 5,oo« at* i,ooo> 4?4 " too 50 ~ 2 5 ao io *6,737 Prizes J3. 63 Blanks $0,000 Bv this fchem? at ( ItaA tbc amount of the tick ets will return fortunate adventurers, and •yet the fedcial City will, gain its objcft thereby,, in a magnificent building defined both for pub lic and private convenience. Although some expence mud neceflarily at tend the conducing of the lottery, (which ex pence will be taken from the principal prize) the having agreed to prefcnt in turn a fufficient quantity of excellent free-ftone, together with the best adapted lots for the hotel and for the out-houfes, the value of the lottery entire may. be fairly rated at Jomtthxng more than jtdr: In this important inllance it will be found, on examination, to exceed all the lotteries that have ever been offered to the Public io this, or perhaps iri any other country. The keys of th> Kottl, when rnmplcat, wil] he delivered to the fortunate poflVffor of the ticket drawn aagainrt its number.-*- Ail thd other prizes' will be paid, without dciuflion+in one month kftcrthc drawing, by the City Treasurer at Washington, or at such feank or Baoks as may be hereafter announced, for theconveniency of the fortunate adventurers. The drawing will commence on Mondav the 9th of Septeinbei next, at the City of Washing ton. Tickets may be had of Col. Win. Dickens, City Treasurer of Washington ; Thaxer & Bart<'e/, of Charleston, South-Carolina ; Gideon Denifon, Sa vannah; MelTrs. James Wefl & Co. Baltimore; Mr. Peter Oilman, Boston ; and at such other places as will be hereafter published. N. B. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be given for the best Plan of an elegant and con venient HOTEL or INN, with hot and cold Baths, Stables, and other out houses, if presented pn or before the jclth »f April next; and a pre ference will be given-in the Artist for a Con trad, provided he be duly qualified to compleat his plan. The ground on which the Hotel and houses are to be ercfted, will ke a corner lot of abotii 90 by* 200 feet, with a back avenue to the stables, &c. Se£lions and eiltmatet of the expense will be expefled with the elevation. Sec. cornpleat ; and 50,00 o dollars must be Regarded by the Architect as the «most limit in the expense int<nded tor this purpose. S. BLODGET, Agent for the the City Ufrch 6, 1793. For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES CRITIQUES On the ODE of the Hon. J. 5, Esq. THE Hon. J. S. Esq. having finiftied his reading, fat down. The Chairman quef l lioned, 44 have heard the Hon. Members Ode,have you any remarks to make on it !" The Hon. j. N. rose— 4< I move,fir, that the firft twenty lines' or so, be re-read, and that we then proceed to make criticisms on it." 44 No—Mr. Chairman, the Hon. A. J. D.) I think that unneceflary ; the gen tleman has read it to admiration, fiis voice %vas uncommonly audible—l verily believe extended three quarters' of a mile. I pro ceed to oblerve that, in the Ode kind, I scarce remember to have read any thing equal to it ♦—We know fir, among the ancients, it was * law tf ufagc, to address the rul ng Deity, or tl»e one whom the poer supposed to be his guardian ; to this preceiitru the Hon. gentle man was attentive, and has a&ed accordingly. He fuppoics his genius, to be something di vine or human, bird or beast, or perhaps all four, and as an evidence that birds are not wanting irr sagacity, he brin?* the infta*»ce of the Ho nan goose—l remember, fir, that the great Lyric Poer,, the Thcban Pindar, in his %rft Olympic Ode, inferibed to Hiero, of Sy- U+% with wonderful art praised. water as being better than taint} and I suppose he would add, than ftrong-becr, punch, grog, or any other liquor ; but notwithstanding that po et's unparalcllcd I think the Hon. gentle man has fairly out-pindar'd him. For the Goose, we all know, lxath long been held in contempt ; and although this particular fnf ltance is in the gentleman's favor, yet it re quireth astonishing labor to make any thing of a Goose, and, in my way of thinking, the gentleman hath so perfectly and with so muctl acutenefs of understanding, raised the great qualities of this bird up to admiration, and to a level with his own exalted genius, that he may be said to have far excelled the ancient poet. I feel myfelf in honor bound thus pub licly to pay my mite of applause to the in%rni~. cus author ; and I must confefV, as he hath so eminently dignrfied the sagacity of the 1 more willingly subscribe to his opinion that msn may be made a poet—lndeed every line by which the Hon. gentleman has extolled that Gvofe, (by Which I <uppofe he means his genius) compels me to embrace his translation of Ho race's text, given at our former meeting.'* Hon. J. S. rose a»rd fz-Jdy 44 Sir, f am very deeply indebted to the Hon. gentleman for the praise which he has been pleased to bestow , on me—Bwt to be candid, as friends lTiould be, I really fear the gentleman means flatte- j ry, when he fays I'otic-Pindar the vnpardleiled ( Pindan—However that may be, the gentle- , ihan well obferveth, that it is a difficult mat ter to raise the'fame of the Goofe t s*horn man kind have so fhamefulfy degraded—But' 'tis with me a confirmed and eftablilhed belief, that within the com pass oj this 7 evolving Oib on which I now stand, from the getting up of the all-imparting fun to his place of going to bed, there is not an animal who, in particular faga citie* eqtlak the Goose, (bye the way wild gee/e are wiser than tame ones) —and although I did not immediately address the Goose as my geni us, yet I think I in part derived my. conning from that animal, as well as from J'atly"*— Here the Hon. J. N. questioned—' u I suppose, fir, you mean the wild goose ?" Oh ! yes !— yes, yes ; replied the Hon. poet, and contnu ed—u Gentleman* I have no doubt but you have been filled with admiration to an higher degree, in contemplating some other parts of my ode- TJ»e idea off iW-paeM ing in the mire—>l think peculiarly poetical and happily exprelTed, as is also that of Fancy pricking our robs"—The Hon. Poet was again interrupted by the Hon. J.N. who, looking over the Ode as it lay on the table, cried out, %i Got the feat for ! pray what do you mean fir ? Who got the feat for you, did'nt I help ? I'm sure you're very ungrateful not to mention W, did'nt I help?" At this in ftatit the contagion spread itfelf through the bread of every member, even the Chairman himfelf, and the study ruttg with the cry of, 44 Ah ! ungrateful! I help'd—r help'd-—I help'd—This uproar continued, in defiance ot all the efforts which the Hon. J. R. made to restore order, for the purpose of explaining — For although the Dolor's voice could be dis tinguished from all others, yet as he joined the cry of u I help'd, I help'd"—and used his bung-driver to produce noise instead of silence, the Hon. J. S. found it impolfible to obtain order, until the throats of the gentle men became dry, by their great exertions,and required something to moisten them, which the Hon. Poet perceiving, he apologized, and and ordered some clariet—-When five bottles were emptied, the Hon. J S— rose u Gentlemen had you fuffer'd me to explain, you would not have charged mc with ingratitude ; on a more attentive in fpeftion you will fee that 1 have inserted what our Jriend Jinimy O—s told me, the morning after my eleftion—lft that congra tulation he fays we, and I have marked it for itaTick—ln that «*, gentlemen you are all in cluded—Yet you must know that not ycu only, but one of my genius's was also very service* able in helping me to the feat. This genius was DiEmulation, or Fafehood, or any similar being—Had I not been aided by ker or him> in complying with vulgar prejudices, and feigning honesty and patriotism, I lhould not have ob tained' m* present honorable ftation —You will likewise perceive that I hare prayed far a continuation of her or his support, and as /he or he has hitherto preserved me, I hope for her or his future aid.*' The Hon. J. N. role— 44 Mr. Chairman, I wish to apologize, I ani afaamed of my conduct, I did'nt fee that the worthy gentleman had remembered us—-but I was mistaken, and I hope he'll pardon me—- I allow the gentleman likewise to be '111 the light, and judicious in his prayer to his de ttiful genius, far really'fi'<y ludicrous are the mo -1 de»n notions of our people in this town, that he and all of a* must seek this comforter and assistant." The Hon. A. J. D. then spoke— u Sir, our Hon. friend has apologized for us all* and I (hall proceed to remark, that the simile of the gentleman's blo-id creeping thro* his veins like an eel, and then working like bottled beer, and driving out the corks that stop the fountains of infpirarion, are admira ble. He has here displayed a skill in the art of climax, which I think unparalelled. Virgil indeed, in hi 3 story of Dido's grief for *he loss 50,OO?» 25.000 20,000 15,000 10,000 10,000 10, op* t Oj,Q£>d_ *9600 Ib.oocr 10,000 ■^ojooo 15*0,000 Dollars 350,00© Wednesday, March 6. 1793. 317 ofuSneas, made some good fimilie'! antl climaxes to exprefs-the greatness of the pafli on with which the mind labored, but in all the twelve books of the iEneid, there is not one palTage which can stand a comparison with that in the ode before ns—By the manner in which the poet, our Hon. friend rises, and the spirited apoftrophc— u Now, Thomas, listen now, for now my Ode," &rc. 'tis evident his prayer had succeeded, and his fountainsof iiv fpiration were all completely uncorked—<t-A* I view the various beauties of this Ode, J, fir, feel myfelf inspired. But how shall I find lan guage to flafli upon your minds, the bold, dar ing, extravagantly sublime beauty of the si mile in the sixty-ninth and seventieth lines, <vhere the Hon. Poet fays, his ode ihall ru& abroad— 44 Ltttd as o'er the wall, " The mill-pond waters rearing, Jloundering /aft.*' Sir lam loft in contemplation of it—l can not go on—l mult fit down."—The Hon. au thor then lifing laid—" Mr. Chairman, my honorable and elteemed friend, ha? this even' ing fully compjnfated me for the clifagi eeable er.'.otions which he excited in thy bosom at our former meeting. He ha-! done me the highest justice, he has spoken with all the ar dor of jtncerity and his observations are exact ly fimilai to my own, during the period ot my composing my ode.—But fir, there is one rruth which candor obliges me to confefs to you.— My violent exertions in producing that last simile, of the mill-pond waters, by which my Hon. friend has been overwhelm'd, were so exhausting, in fact so entirely fuhverfivo of the laws of nature, that on the moment of my giving the last stroke of my pen to the line, my left hand seized its brother ear, my right hand was fixed, my body motionless, and at bottom rooted to my chair ; and for near, ly one hour, I fancied myfelf a tea-put, filled with fcakling water."—These words dift'ufed over the countenance of the chairman a broad stare of dilbelief, which, the poet observing, he said, " However this relation may appear, 'tis free from poetical iiftion, 'tis literally true —and I account Tor this belief, partly by the perturbation of my mind, and partly by the excelfive heat of my blood, which bring ing into my recollection hot water, and that HifcioJ ofen contained in rea-pots, canfed the completion of my deception. The Chairman said, he had in the course of his pra&ice, met with inft'ances of a similar nature, and that the gentleman traced the caute from the tf feft, with much acutenefs and penetration, aud although for a moment he doubted the fad, he was now very well convinced of its truth—" indeed (added he) I myfelf, being one day greatly exasperated by the neplect of my butcher, in omitting to fend home lome beef-ftaaks, imagined myfelfa bull-dog & went up to the market for thepurpofe of tearing the butchet to pieces; but feeing his bull-dog un der his fliamble, and believing him larger than myfelf, I was deterred from executing my intention, and so sneaked off' home. The Hon. A. J. D. said—" For my part I do not doubt theveracity of my Hon. friends— Both cases I think more than probable. But to pursue our critiques. I admire the noble and apostrophizing (pirit with which our poet breaks out into, "Hark! hark! Tom! &c. but I think he has not shewn fufficient ref peft towards us, his si ienils, when he fays— " but still our G—v—n—r tboufhalt remain, as long as / thy smile and nod can gain."—» And I also think he has not exhibited a proper refpeet to his Hon. fri«nd JVJr. G—l——ll when he promifes/oUly and alone, to cram the countrymen's gullets with his bank fchetne ; I mention not these things as objections to his poerry, for I call that exquisite, particu larly the metaphor, of cramming the coun trymen* gullets,, as they do Tuikev-cocks, Geese and such like animals; but there seems a want ofgenerofity, he does not allow us and his friend ar»v merit —If I am wrong the gen tleman will pteafe to set me right. 1 ' The Hon. poet stood up, " Mr. Chairman, 1 rife to explain ; I mean no difrefpeft to any one of my friends. In that, /, to which my friend objects ve are all included. 1, is intended to stand for we—in the fame manner as when General Dnmpurierteils the French Afleniblv, I did To and fy—X obtained such a victory— meaning all the while lit and his /oldttts ; so by this, J, you may understand, / and my friends; my fellow-laborer in the A ——I-—y is also included in the parts objected to ; but jn.y duty to myfelf calls on me to afl'ure you, tlui't if the new bank i- cftablifhed, our majler will be more indebted to me than to all others, 1 have whispered into the ears of some coun try membe s, that this Bank will lelfen the expences of government, by supplying the places of the T—f—r, C—mp—1—r and R g general, and prevent that fySem of peculation which has hitherto exiftcd."— Her? the Hon. gentleman was interrupted by - a loud thumping of a cane on the fioor, ar.d a d eadful cry of" What! What do you mean, Sir?'' Turning round, in terror, he beheid his Hon. friend J. N. brandiCiing his cudgel over his head, and with the wild *i jge of a madman crying " What ? Wliat do yoy mean Sir 2" L ; ftini hifii m over !»i% lfe;d, way r [Whole No. 402.] ofdefence, he petitioned, " pray be calm for one moment iir, and I will explain a)) t» yonr latisfa&.on explain, explain then," roaiil the enraged gentleman—" well, fir ( ep'ied the noet) von know it was necelfsry fur »s to establish this Bank, and beilig so, we aie juftibed in iWf i means sue may I lip for obtNin ing it. 1 uled tjnt'e arguments in privMt, on ly by way of a take in. I ahvivs intend«d to do my best to, keep yiw, my worthy friend, where you are,* and fir, J never charged with peculation. I know you a you hut 9 to fee theftate's colfei s lightened, in (hort,li'« you are my friend. Th«p explanation will, f hope fatisfy you—l appeal to you my fViends, onght not our honorable friend to be fatisfied with my explanation J," They all replied " Aye" and the Hon. J. N. said he was " con tent" and fat down ; " I am sorry, pursued the poet, to have cau ed so much uneafinefsj and to prevent any further differences, be fore I fit down, I willremark, in line 110, I have again used the jingvlar pronoun, A in tbe fame line I had before employed the pronoun, tify, meaning i«, and £ hole., 77, or J will; merely fnr var tcti-, Ibr be alluTed I mean we'll I believe fir, we have now gone through with my Ode, and I with the fenle of my friends taken on it, in these words, " Is ivtr. J- S'. Ode a good one, and fit to appear t.efo'e oiif worthy friend the G——i >" Tlie Cbairn.arj then qneftioned, " Do you to !V!r. S'« motion ? and there being no negative, he put the qneftion in the words of the Kon. J. S« and it was Carried in the affirmative by a unanimous vote. * In the ukrnth of difourjf a truth hadefafU the Hon. poets hps. and such a truth as he Jul »ot intend to have he is therefore urdtr the ve± cejit) oj telling a lie It h/ance l/.at truth and ft soothe his enraged friend. P A H I S, December 23. NATIONAL CONVENTION. December Jt. TRIAL OF LOUIS Xyi. VERGNIAUI), in a mofl eloquent speech, deprecated tlie condemnation of" Lool* by the Convention. '' What ICCmi rv have we, (laid he) that those who how alcribe ail the cafaistitics of the nation, all the distresses of the people to L»uis, w ll not, after h'n death, impute them all to the Convention ? What security have we that they will not tei! the people, that they have only changed one tyrant for another, that the calamities of war, increaled by the accession of England ai>d of Spain, are imputable to the Convention, who, to gi atify their iuii of revenge, con demned Louis to death ; that the Indigence of the people and the want of energy ■ m t!.e government, are all imputable tn the Convcn. tion ?—What security have \re that thfel'e clamors of turbulence and anatchy may not effect an union of the ariftoeracv, thirsting for vengeance ; of misery, of change 1 of pity, which the fate of Louis will infpi e ! What security have we that, from among the Judges of the 2d of September, will not appear the Chief so much desired ? This Chief, CitU zens,—ah ! let him appear, it will be but to fall beneath a thousand wounds. But what will become of Paris amid these new tempefft —of Paris, whole courage against Kings pop. terity will admire, and will not believe t»!at this city has fuffered a liorde of bar ditti in its bosom, to agitate and rend it to pieces by con* vullive movements» And you, industrious ci tizens ! who have operated tlie revolution; you, whose facrifices are every day mulripli*d by the necefiities of your com try, what wilj become of you ? What resources will you have ! What hand will dry vour tear , who will comfort yonr families ? Will von apply to your pretended friends ! Ah ! fly them rather ; I will tell you their answer : When you alk them for bread, they will fay, ' Go to the quarried, and ravilh from the earth thole bloody fragments which We have heaped up in them. Would you have dead carca es and blood? There they are—There, Citizens, it the nourishment they offer you." He concluded, that every ast of the Con vention, not directly or tacitly ratified by tin people, was an ast of tyranny j that the peo pie had promised inviolability to Loui«, and alone had the right to strip him of it; aril that to them, in the Primai y Afiemblie;, his fate onght to be submitted. Dubois Crance oppufed tbe appeal to Um people. 'It would be Convanlent, I grant, to remove retponfihility from ourfeli es, but our duty i« to prelerve it entire. Victory alone can decide between the mandatories of liberty and tbe drfpots of Europe. Let us die, if be ctfiary, bnt let us prefer ve the right offajjug in dsath, Tiiank Heaven, we have favld our country. Coren FuftScr was for referring the Sen tence to the faoftitm ot the people. More*u opposed it a-, a fbarce cf discord, perhaps of civil war. Addreflij and petitions were mtl fVomva-, rlom pirti, Come d-d ring the pe'erv&riw, fo.-na the death of Louis, and fo,i« an apffc&l' to the people, but aii the fpcedy 01 gfnlziStfa, of a Ilspublicaagarernmoat. *
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