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.