produce a rapture bet wAft America and tins country. I trust the retra&ion has come in enough to prevent the con fluences of the en or, but it can re ra but little honor on the mirtifters of I this country, that they have (hewn themselves to be more influenced by a sense of fear, than by a principle of ' ujlice. And here I cannot help paufmg, to contemplate on tire Preudent ot the QongreJs General Washington, a. cha racter so very different from that which hag4?-?<n displayed by British M'iriiterjj. How infinitely Inferior mud appear the spirit and principles manifefled in the late atjkhefs to Congress, and cha ra£teri!tic of the genius of his govern ment, when compared with the policy of modern European courts ! Illustri ous man; deriving honor less from the splendor of his fituatio.i than from the dignity of .his mind, before whom, all borrowed greatness finks into infignifi cance, and all the princes and poten tates of Europe (excepting the members of our own Royal family) become little and contemptible ! He has had no oc casion to have refoitrce to any tricks oi policy or arts of alarm ; Ills authority has been fuffrciently supported by the fame means, by which it was acquired ; and his conduit has uniformly been cha rafteri/.ed by wildom, moderation, an< firmnefs. He, feeling gratitude t<. France, for the affiltancc received from her in that great contelt,- which secured the independence of America, did not chufe to give up the system of neutrali ty in favOr of this country,' Having once laid down, that line of condadt, which both gratitude and policy pointed out as molt proper to be pursued, not all the insults or provocation of the French miniftfcr Genet could at all pat Kim out of his way, or bend him from Ins purpose. Entrusted with the care of the wel fare of a great people, he di<* not allow the mifeondudt of another, with refpedt to himfelf, for one moment to interrupt the duty which he owed to them,' or withdraw his attention from their inte relts. He had no fear of the Jacobins; he felt no alarm from theiY principles, and considered no precaution as necefla ry in order to (top their progrefc. The people over whom he preiided he knew so be acquainted with their rights and their duties. He t rutted to their own good sense, to defeat tiie effects of those arts which might be employed to influ ence or mislead their minds'; and was \ sensible that a government could be in ] no danger, while it retained the attach ment and confidence of its fubjefts— attachment, in this instance, not blindly adopted, confidence not implicitly giv en, b.it arising from the conviction of its and the experience of its bleflings. I cannot, indeed,help ad miring the wisdom and the fortune of this great man ; not that by the phrase fortune, I mean in the fmallelt degree to derogate from his merit. But not withstanding his extraordinary talents & exalted integrity,' it must be considered singularly fortunate, that he fhouid have experienced a lot, which so seldom falls to the portion of humanity, and have passed through such a variety of scenes, without stain and without re proach. It mult indeed create astonishment, that placed in circiimltances so critical, and filling for a series of time a ftatio'n so conspicuous, his cha rafter fliould ne ver once called in question ; that he fliould in no one iuftance have been ac oufed either of improper infoVnce, or of mean fubrriifiton in his transitions with foreign nations.—lt has been re served for him to run the race of glory, without experiencing the fmallelt inter- ' ruption to the brilliancy of his career. The breath of censure has not dared to impeach the purity of his conduit, nor the eye of envy to raise its malignant glance to the elevation' of his virtues.— Such has been the tranfeendant merit & the unparalleled fate of this illustrious man ! But if the maxims now held forth were adopted,- he who now ranks as the affertor of his country's freedom and the guardian of its interests and honor,' would be deemed to have disregarded and betrayed that country, and to have entailed upon himfelf indelible reproach. How did he aft wheninfulted by Genet ? he consider it as'neceffary to avenge Inrn 1 elf for the miSconduct 01* madness of an individual, by involving a whole continent in the horrors of war ? No, ne interned himfelf With procuring fa ction so* the insult by caitfmg Genet recalled ; and thus at once confult is own digr\j an( ] t f, e interests of uintry. Hapfy Americans ! while _ whirlwind flies dn; r one quarter of the globe, and fpreadi every where de flation, you remain pro c a e d from its baneful effects, by youroo n virtues and the wisdom of your government. Separated from Europe by a n im mense ocean, you feel not the effects those prejudices and pafTions, which convert the boasted feats of civilization into scenes of horror and You profit by the folly .and madness of the contending nations, and afford in your more congenial clime an asylum to those bleflings and virtues which they wantonly contemn, or wickedly exclude from their Worn ! Cultivating the arts ! of petfee under the influence of ffeedom, you advance by rapid strides to opulence j and diftindtion ; and if by any accident you fliould be compelled to take part in the present unhappy contest, if you fhouid find'it neceflary to avenge insult, or repel injury, the world will bear wit ness to the equity of your sentiments, and the moderation of your view?; and the fucceis of yotir arms will, no doubt, be proportioned to the justice of your cause ! The King of Pruflia to the Prince of Snxe Cubourg. ci I am eager to inform you that it is my intention to give Orders to my Field Marshal MulknJorf, to leave be hind a corps of 20,000 men under the command of Lieut. Gen. Ka'kreuth, to withdraw with the reft of my army from the environs ofMentz, and fnarch towards Cologne.* I requelt you, for that purpose, to take the neceflary measures, that the retreat of the mod conftderable part of my troops do not turn out advantageous to the enemy, but that the fortrefs of Mentz, and the Empire in general re'main covered a \ gainst invasion. It being in other re fpetts neceflary to make arrangements to procure to the troops who put them selves on the march, the neceflary pro villous on the road to Cologne, their departure will not follow so rapidly ; — and thole troops (hall not file off at once, but by divifioni. You will there fore have time fufficient to make the neceflary ifpofitions. I hope, at the fame you will have the good ness to take measures, that when Field Marshal Mollendorf flfall have finilhed his preparations, and when, by virtue of the orders received, he (hall have informed you of the days on which the troops (hall depart, the execution of this rcfolution do not fuffer any obsta cle. Signed "WILLIAM FREDERICK." Potsdam, March it, 1794. * Cologne is about 80 miles N. IV. of j Mentz. ' Extract from the ferond volume, of Dr. Moore's 'Journal, during a reftdence in France, printed and fold by H. is} P. Rice. Nov. 12th, 179 a, (page 201} At the begining of the revolution, when a veneration for the ehriftian reli gion was (till pretty general in the minds of the people, a'democratic abbe, with a view to inlpiie his audience with a d rteftation for Aristocrats, assured them in his iermon, that Jesus Christ was crucified by the Aristocrats of Jerufa lern. ' Some people imagine that the famC assertion made in a sermon now, would not produce the fame horror in the minds of a French audience, that it did three years ago, being of opinio:), that religious impieffions are much weaker now than they were then. One diftiiiguifhing doitrine of Chris tianity, namely the forgivenefs of inju ries, fe<?ms to be greatly exploded, and considered rather as the effect of weak ness than magnanimity ; revenge, 011 the contrary, is applauded as a' virtue, and pioclaimed as a duty, and the peo .ple are [Simulated to vengeance 011 eveiy real or supposed injury. Those who excite the populace against the king, tell them his execution is ne ceflary to avenge the murder of their brethren in the carousel on the roth of August, and that the affairs of the na tion cannot-profper until their daughter is amply revenged. It was in the National Assembly that fom'e of those patriots while they lay expiring on the ground, had' the fatisfadtion of' feeing the Swiss cut in pieces before their eyes were en tirely closed. The new levies are affined by way of encouragement, that in cafe tl*y fhouid be killed in battle, they may make themselves perfectly cafy," for that their deaths shall be amply revenged. A poor woman was weeping bitterly for the death of her son, killed at the battle of Valmy : the foMier who had brought her the news, endeavored to comfort her, faying,- comfort yourfelf, Margaret, for I can assure you, that he was well avenged. For the Gazette of the United States. Mr. Fenno, As a friend to the Theatre, and an admirer of the tragic powers of Mrs. Whitlock, I gave my mi tc last night for her Benefit. I went with the expectation of fee ing that excellent tragedy, the Mourn ing Bride, performed, with at least, that jultnefs, which the thing itfelf, merit ed, and, to which they were fully com- I petent: Bnt, I was exceedingly difap ! pointed—not so much from a want of jult conception of their parts by the players, as from an alihoft unpardona ble inattention to the commitment of them to memory, which some of them discovered; and I suppose it mult have been, owing to that, that the piece Vvas so much , curtailed, and appeared in so mutilated a dress, that one who had ne ver fecn nor heard of the play, would conclude it to have been either a very lame design, or had great injustice done it in the exhibition. Ido not mean to enter into a detail of the merits or de merits of the federal performers ;—I would only hint, that among those who performed with their usual judgment, (for merit mult have its reward) were Mrs. Whitlock in Zara—Mrs Morris in Almerifl—Mr. Whitlock in Manuel —Mr. Green in Gonzalez. And here I observe, ah apology, or at least an ex planation ought to be made to M. G. for the unexpected hissing and laughing thro' the house, at the height of an iiitereftirig scene: It was oecafioned by a trifling incident, but fuetr as will al ways in fuel? places have the fame effect —it was not Mr. G. He was per forming well—and received the marks of approbation from his audience.— Mr. G. deserves great credit for the decent respeCt he shewed at this difa greeable juncture, not knowing but he was the caufe.of this dilorder. The fuftden " indfpofillon" of a prin cipal perfo mer had a very extraordina ry effect upon the Audience—we mult not murmur at the a<sfct)f (J}od —but we pray (if it is the will of Heaven, that such indisposition should feiie some of the company) it may be those whofc popular conflitution may not be so ro buit as that of tlve Gentleman alluded to. Sudden attacks upon such confti tutiims are frequently fatal—therefore, it might be advifeable to call in the af fi (lance of aimther Pbyfician to that of Dr. Cleveland,' Z: THEATRE. OBSERVER No. XXII. • Mr. Fenno, Mr. Dai ley's and Mrs; Morris's be nefits, on Friday and Mo.iday evenings J a 't—call for some attention from the Observer. The Comedy of " Every one has his fault," and Qomic Opera of " No Song No Supper,'' the entertainments on Fri day evening, are so jnfUy celebrated, that they never fail to please when well performed. Expe&ation has not been difappolnr ed in several repetitions of the Comedy. —Mrs. Marshall was miffed in the pa:t of Edward, altho' Mrs. Francis, under disadvantages, for want of time to be come perfect in the part, did better than could have been reasonably expeited. - The Observer thinks, he has seen the Opera performed better m America : jultice however requires a general ap probation of the exhibition for the I evening. The" Battle of Hexham," £ the "True Born Irilhman",aCted on Monday even ing, were variously received by the au dience ; indeed, diametrically opposite opinions were expressed,' both of the plays and performance. Perhaps no writer, excepting Shakes peare, has ventured fa far on fairy land, in the composition of his plays, as Cole man. 1 lie battle of Hexham, is pleas ing from its great variety of character, and a plot, without much dramatic form j the close produces a' compleat lurprize ; rto person fufpefting, it, till the curtain drops; the players thertl felves appeared to be taken in, as the curtain left them speaking behind it. T he characters in this play were uncom monly well Supported. , Tire audience at firlt, lamented that Mr. Chalmers did not play Count Mu(h room, but Mr. Wignell filled the part lo well, that the regret ceased before the True born Irishman was finifhed. Mrs. W.iitlock's powers, Mrs. Mar shall s enchanting action, Mr. Fennel's strength, Mr. Whitlock's propriety and Mr. Bates's humour,—added to the vocal and inltrumental music, made an excellent entertainment for the evening. June 12th.' PROVIDENCE, May 31.' Capt. Perry, who lately arrived here fjom Lisbon, was ftiffered to unload his vessel there without paying the ac cuflomed duty of four and an half per cent, which it is said has in no other cafe been dispensed with—The follow ing is a copy of a letter written on that occasion to Mr. Chureh, by the Poftu guefe ro'inifter. TRANSLATION. . •• • " Luis Pinto de Soufa, minrfter arid Secretary of State, preferrts his compli ments t6 Mr. Edward Church, Consul .General, See. See. See. from the United States; acknowledges the receipt of his letters of the 22d and 24th in It, and has the honor to acquaint Kim, that having presented to her Moss Faithful Majesty Ills fir ft letfer, with the pet it I, on inclosed from Chriltoplier Raymond Perry, Captain of the American .brig Sukey, her Majesty, having paid all due attention to the nefceflity that o bligss the said Perry to unload, has pas sed her royal orders, that; the fame be granted without the duties. Luis Pinto de Sueza participates whir Mr. Church in the various proofs of this court's particular attention to all that concerns or is interesting to the citizens of the United States of America, as far as is compatible with the justice and equity of her mod faithful majesty. (Signed) Luis Pinto de Souza. Palace of Queluz, 26th October, 1793. (From a late London Paper. J INFORMERS AND SEDITION- The Mayor of a very local .corpora tion in Warwickshire* was-lately visited by fomie London Jnformel-s, who were lent down to <he place by the Crown and Anchor Society to watch for/edition. The information given was, that a strange maScifline woman, whfc,' it was fufpe&ed, oelonged to some of the correfpondirig Societies, appeared in the diSguiSe of a ballad finger, roaring out a song which had one line, they were certain, had a disloyal tendency : the treasonable line was, ' t As tall arid as flra 'ight as the po pular tree." This, his worship thought,' mult cer tainly allude to the tree of liberty, and or dered his clerk to make out a mittimus, which was with some difficulty set a fide by a fcye-ftander desiring to look at the print ed song, in which the line was, " As tall and as Jlra 'ight as the pop lar tree." Nothing can be more audacious than the contempt with which the French treat the fuhlime Science of generalship. To beat Marshal Freytag, andraife the Siege of Dunkirk, they Sent Houchard, a horse dealer ; to beat the Prince of Sax e Ccbenrg, & laife the Siege of Mau bege, they sent Jourdan, a haberdasher ; to retake Torlionythey sent Dugommier, a ftationerto beat t'he Duke of Bt unf veicky and drive General Wurtrtfer out of Alsace—they Sent Hocheya postilion; and, more inSulting than allthereft, every one of these low fellows Succeeded in his ipiffion. Extrdordinary apperance of the Moon The following advertisement, copied from the Daily Adveriifer, we eOnfider as a curjofity worth Communicating to our readers: A lady in pafji'ng over London bridge on Monday the 3d of February, was accosted by a boy under seeming agita tion' of Spirits, who pulling her by the gown, earneflly requested her to look at the moon, Which he was fnclined/fo be lieve (from its alarming appearance) was not the moOn : the lady looked up, and to her, great Surprise perceived the moon rock for a : Considerable Space ;• and when' it ceased' file saw the'appearance of great armies of Soldiers, both .horse, and' Soot, paSs over the orb,' This* the lady,- as well as the bt>V, Saw repeated three times between eight and' nine o'clock in the evening. IS the boy, or any' onrf to whom he may have mentioned the cir cumltarlce, should See this advertisement, and will call at MrV ClarSon's, china man, Market-ftrcet, St. James's Market, or Send a line to A. B. to be left there, mentioning when and where he may be spoken to, he will be hairdSome ly rewaided. (Lon. Pap!}' EXTRACT.,. Those who are not Satisfied with the liberty and equality eajoyed in the United States, may avail themSelves of the be nefits to be derived from expatriation they are not prohibited from emigra ting to any part of the globe, where, they may ,suppose the genial Son of Liberty shines with greater splendor.— The inquisitions oS Spain or Portugal; the knout oS Ilufiia ; the wilds of Si beria ; the fortrefs of Glatz ; and dun geon of Magdebuig in the kingdom of .Prwffia ; the council of Ten in the Re public of Venice ; the pfefs warrants, doctrine of libels,; iiivafions of tile free dom of the preSs in Great Britairrj or Some other pteafmg circunflarices in Some of the other governments of Europe, Asia or Africa ; or perhaps the politics and mode of life of our tawny neighbors •on the frontiers, may claim a preference • !'■' tr- - •; . J? in the opinion of theft grumblers; if so, tlie government of the United State; is not yet so defpot'C, as to have any law in evidence to prevent tlicm froti making their ele&ion. ' . The Columbian; Herald of Char e, ton of the 19th inft, calls the Frc ch privateer captured by the Flying Fiifl' of N<?w-Providence/the Fiddle, fay* the action \yus veiy fevers, and that tht: Fiddle had men killed, and 14 wound ed, 3s reported by. those on board her. > " « An Fnglifh brig arrived this cfay frpm Bristol, which place Are left the 24th April—-It is reported tfiat an acs count was received at Briftol,.theday (he failed, of a battle; between the French, and the Allies, in which the lattei ba the advantage; " ' ' SAVANNAH, Slay. 22 The {hip Elizabeth',' Captain Rofs, from Jamaica; for .London, prize to th« French privateer L'Ami de fcj Po. e a Petre, Capt. Talbot, U arrived in' this river's her cargo consists of 285 hoef heads of sugar and 90 puncheons ' ruiiu ' PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, ARRIVED. „ . , Brig Harmony, Durphy, Kirigflo' 3c Polly, Sands, St. Mwy's zc BonnalTa, Cotenofe, Oporto 4 ; Scb'r Peggy, Skelly, • Savannah 7 Good Intent, Toland, North-Caro ; (li.sa $ Nancy,. Wallace, Virginia c Regulator, O'Neil, North-Caioh a ; Sloop Betfejs Webb, Savannah 1 Dolphin, Eentee, 'N< : Trfall, Bragg, New; Baique Casiar, Bell, J s Liib 1 t Scli'r. Hope, Williams, N. Carol -• Sloop Betsey, Webb, Savan FOR HAMBURG LAD} ALrsksrc,? W H-LIAM WATERS WILL jail in the coiirle of a few da for fre ght or paifage, apply to the Capt-. on board, at the fubferibers wharf, or to • : JOSEPH SIMS. June 12. , (Jit. NEW THEATRE. Mr. Finch's Night. TO-MORROW EVENING, JItME 13, Will be Prefent<d," A COMEDY, (written by Shakespeare) called the Merc bant of Venice* P^ e » . Mr. Green Anthomo, , Mr. Whitlock Bafianio, M r. Moretoa Gratiano, ■, Mr. Finch Lorenzo, (with 1 song») Mr. Marlhall Solarmo, Mr. Cleveland Saiamo, Mr. Harwoot! Shylock, •* M. Chalmers r lubal ', Mr. De Moul ns Launcelot, Mr. Bate# Old Gobbo, Mr. Francis Leonardo, Mr. Bliflet Balthazay, Mr. J. Darley S.epnano,- Mr. Warrell IV la, Mrs. Whitlock Jellica,. (with a Fong) Mrs. Marfliall ~ Nenfla, Mrs. Francis End of the Play, a NEGRO DANCE, taken from the Opera of Irtkle and Ya rico, and composed by Mr. Francis, cal led the ... „ ( Emancipation of Slavery. The characters by Mr. Bellona, Mr. Dar- Us, jtin. Mr. Bliflet* Maffer Warrell, Mr. Lee, Mr. Baton, &c. After which, ' The Pidure of a Play House; Or, Bugles have at ye All! by Mr. Finch. . . ?/Which <will be added, A new FARCE, in two aits, never per* ' f nd wri «en by a Citizen of Philadelphia, called .the Embargo; Every One has his own Opinion. Mr. Neverfret, Mr Bat c Bob Overhaul 1 , Mr Rl;(r J Patrick O'Flanaghan, Mr'fiS' M«. Neverfret, tyrs.Shaw. PuJh'n iTi - g ) Mls - KuthDoublefcoje, Mr«. Bates , . • , he Public are most rlfpeafullr acquainted that the Tragedy of fulia is unavoidably pollponed. • Mr. Finch at No 68, north Eighth street,—at thr ufu.il nl a ces, and of Mr. Franklin at the Theatre •• where boxes may be taken. ' TAv)\<t°ir J^^ nda > y thc Tragedyof' GUS. T , ' the -Deliverer of his coun try, with a new Pantomime, call'd Har SHtPWREcKED, or, the £ for the benefit °PMr. and Mrs.
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