Gazette of the United States. i » PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 31. For the GAZsr-rs of the UniTsd States. Phihdelpbia, July 24., 1800. apt. WAfm, THE great and momentous business which lias, for some time p.ifi, attratted the public attention, and called forth the abili ties of t:e mod difting-ji(h.-d chara&ers in the cabinet ot US, the Sovereign of these United S.ates, being-at length.brought to a liappy cbnclufian',. I hasten to'communicate the Interesting- rehilt, Ijft evening, an unusually numerous bo-' dy due form, the committee, which, at i'undry times and in divers had bten appointed for mat purpose, were dircfted to report a lift of candidates to fill the several offices of our well-beloved commonwealth, at the ensuing ele&ion. In this rtport was manifeftfd a p'ealing iitftance of that disinterestedness, and that harmony of sentiment which distinguish So. vereign People from all lother preat perfon a?es. The fame folicitudefor the public weal which had induced us to feleft the members ci that committee fjcm the great body, in consideration of their dillinguifhed talents, induced them likewise, upon the like con. fideration, to feleft themlelves as the moll proper ptrl'ons, in their estimation, to fill the various offices of government : and all this, notwithstanding the well known ardu oofnefs'of those employments. As, upon reconfid.-ration, the committee had omitted , several of. the obnoxious candidates before proposed, and supplied their places' from among the seven, lafl added to the com mittee ; and furthermore, as our, well-belo ved Chairman Brother Btrktr was now ad vari£*d int;o the lift of Aflembly-men, no objection was made to the report. ~We accordingly proceeded, with no little ala. crity, to confirm the nomination of ourC"m mittee, by a vote taken upon.each can.iidate> individunlly. 'l'he mod perfeft regularity charafteriied our proceedings till we had gone nearly through the Ticket, when it was discovered by some one that the name of Citizen R. Porter, Esq. had been unfor tunately omitted in the ticket of R -prefen tatives in the Aflembly. The Chairman however, by hw official authority, soon ex culpated 11* and declared the omission to be chargeable fdlely to Secretdry Rorey; and as We well knew that readiug was not his vo cation, we readily exenfed him, voted in Brother Porter, and went cn again, well pleased that we had been able to fay Aye at the end of every narfle proposed by the Se cretary and Chairman without, hitherto, making a single blunder. We now congratulated oui Pelves upon this atmoll miraculous success, and upen the disappointment and mortification of a number of sarcastic beardless boys, who had aflfemblcd for no other purpose than to di vert themfelve? with the appearance and preceding* of their Sovereign. . I confefs lor tnyfelf, I was now anticipating with tri- UQtph the gloriius prosperity cf our happy government, when our able and worthy Chairman, and others, his no less' worthy Compeers fhottH (it in the high places of power, and dispense wisdom and law to our prosperous and grateful nation ; and when our fellow-citizeu A. J. Dallas, esquire, partner in cur sovereignty, and worthy in degree, should move in the subordinate, but not contemptible i'pliere of Common Coun cilman of the city of Philadelphia, Thus were my thoughts running cheerily on and regaling thenifelves with the rich luxuriance -of future scenes, when lo ! a mod untoward accident diverted my attention, and broke the chain of these golden reflexions. This was no other than a motiot: of ci tizen 1. F----r, one of our leading charac ters, to strike out, from the lift cf common CourfciJtncn, the name of Philip Odenhei jner, citizen butcher, and to insert in the place of it the name of Bois, citizen grog-seller. Upon this, I mud confefs, no little confufion ensued ; and I cannot but think it unkind in our fellow citiztn, thus to expose the meeting to the ridicule of en vious and evil-minded after we had io happily advanced almost to the last (lep of our business.' He surely could not but have observed, that these foveieign af f<-mblies are much better qualified to vote, especially in the evening, than to manage an intricate debate, such as this motion was calculated, diredtly, to produce. Besides, he might have recollefted, that we had a popular committee, confiding of near thirty member!, conftitutedfor the purpose of d-.f ---cufling chara&ers, and making judicious ar rangements without exposure to the scrutiny and ungenerous remarks of fpedators. Our much respected fellow citizen, how ever, thought differently, and doubtless felt it to be a duty which he owed his country t» fiate, that though he felt no dil'refpeft to citizen Odenheimer, he thought commodore I Bois {hauld be put in his place, because a ' comnien Councilman is very neceflary in that part of the town, which otheiwife will j be dfftitute. The megfure was opposed on the score of delicacy ; but citizen F—r ob .viatec tlutobje&ion by urging a much more 'mportant consideration : " I believe, said he, it is very wefl known to the committee ' and others, th.it thjit part of the town U too math under the influence of Robert Wharton : the people are deceived and led allray by him, ai.d for my part, I was very much altnni(hed when I lee that tiie commit tee had not appointed a finale common Councilman in that part, to tell the people, and get them right. Now Comodore Bois keeps tavern there, and has more influence among the people than any of the reft of us ; and I believe if we fliould put him into the Common Council that Robert Wharton would find himself mistaken " This forcible reasoning feeneed to have wrought a thorough conviflion upon the minds of all, and the aflembl/ appeared pre pared, without further altercation, to adopt the measure prdpofed. But here again, as if we were destined to have our course thwarted and interrupted by some left-handed God* citizen P n immediately rose and proposed to divide the question. "It has always been the practice, said he, of public bodies, l.ke this, to take the vote firft upon tbe queflion of st i\ing out, after which it will be in or der to move for filling up." Here several motions of different kinds were made at the fame time.—Some urged that it was out of order to m ke any motion on the fubjeft—others proposed to try the motion for striking oiit merely,—The chair man f.tid, "a motip.n has bet n made by the cititizen who made it to strike out the name of P. Odenheiiner and insert that of Como dore Bois ; and as this motion was made firft it mufl be tried firft." As he was about to put this que'ftion, another citi zen declared that the motion for amendment was firlt in order. • This being fettled to the fatisfaftion of the chairman, the question was proposed ac cordingly ; but the citizens at large were far from having kept pace with that subtile ar gumentation which had brought the business to the present crisis, and of course, they were in no measure prepared for so sudden and at the fame time so important a decision. Conf'quently few voted, and the voices of those were so drowned by the different ha rangues, which .still continued, that nothing was determined. Citizrn then rose, and by the favour of a pillar which ws near him wag enabled to Hard. Hit countenance promised to throw some light upon the difficult fubjeft before him—for upen every o'her objeft before him it a&ually did throw light. Nei ther in this particular did it deceive ill.— " The qu ft ion now before us, said he, ia nothing nrfr re than to strike out the name of P. Odenheimer. The motion does not fay tKat we mutt put in Comodore Boil then. It is ■ othmg only to strike out, and when tbat isflone there wilt be a blank, and then we can fill up that blank again with the nam; of P. Cdei heimer, and therefore I am for ftrikifg out " The quc-ftiw being thos rendered p'ain, as would leem, to the meanest of Sovereign capacities it was again proposed, after hav ing been twice qr thrice repeated from the chair. Several voted in the affirmative and at the farre time, many others' called out tltat th y did not undcrftand the question. . In this however, the chairmaa deel red they were milfaken, a. d in support of his decision ftatrd, what was really the fact, that the question was a very simple one and had been fully explained ; he was sure, tbir j'nrts that citizens m«ft undcrftand it. 1 He then concluded by rtpeatjrg, that the question was simple. and by earnestly entreating them that they would underlland it. He then, after fitting some time to give the ciizeisan opportunity to digest the question, rose and proposed it as follows : *« Fellow citizens, the question before you isJimp'y this ; whether vou will strike out rjf o' ihe lift of Common Council men the name of P Odenheimer.'" Having stated it as conrlfely as he could and repeated it several times till'citizens seemed to under stand it, he requested «hose in favour of the motion to fay aye. 1 his being done, ' Now, said the chairman, as many of you< as are ayalnft the motion for ftiiking tut P. Oden heim r ojf o' the lift, fay a;*—l--I mean No I" As ill luck would needs have it, fame answered Aye, and other* No— the chair man Teemed discouraged, and took his feat. A number cf the yonng rognes who had hi therto flood by, a* silent fpe&ators now laughed aloud. We all law, 01 thought we saw, mifcliief losing satire «ith her eye as. kar.ee squinting u# in the face ; we were really dif oncerttd, and the countenance of every Sovereign was row clouded with cha grin and downright despair. , Such was the situation of public affairs, and such the gloomy profpeft cf future 1 b erty and the rights of citizens, when, hap pily for us arid our country, citizen F. F r, a mar. born for great emergencies, the undaunted chatrpion ofourcaufe, infpi-, red with great w rath and just indignation, rose and cried out, 4 ' There is spies amonglt us !'! Who could do bufiutfs when a parcel of intruding fellows with their black coc kades are watching every little mistake, for nothing but to make game of us in the r.cwfpaper !" A murmur now 1 ecame so loud that the r. mainder of this eloquent har rant»ue was unfortunately loft ; but the voice of the Sovereign was still diAinClly heard in different patts of the house- With some of his mouths he said, •' turn them out doors !" Fi. m others was heard «' d—n '(m, kick them cut 1" The chairmrn luckily fe'zef this favour- 1 afile moment, while the public mind was I ■routed f om brooding over the present per-j pkxities, and was again prepared to exert 1 nfclf with true dsmocratic energy, and once irorc proposed the negziive of that most epi b.-irtaffing question, pathetitally remarking that he would try it over again. Several voices replied, and the motion was declared to be k>!l. ,'i bough the negative response was latiipr /civilian num:rous, our late tais for.unej had taught us too much, prudence to inlFer us to renew them by disputing the decision, and we felt no little exultation when we found that the fatal queltion was disposed of in n,y way. We now went through the lift with ad mirable facility ; and to fliew our critical (pies that we could go through the whole without a blunder, we went back and voted tliem all in again, as citizen F 11 pro posed," conjointly and Individually all .toge ther, taking ejeij ticket by itself " For the fame reufon we voted in Citizen Jones, Pearfo.i and Israel, in the fame manner as we linJ done at all the former meetings. Then we voted to publilli our ticket ac companied by a luitalile aildrefs to the citi zens ; ' end the chairman prudently offered to -procure it done, without calling another meeting to appoint acommitiee for the pur pofr. Bulinefs being (i milled, our beloved bro ther, the chsirn jf, nuide a suitable addrei's to the people, in . which he promiftd that democrats are poor and huh* be so, other wise they would not be democrats. He then, with much lincere gratitude, as »e be lieve, thanked Gcd*.that we have r,o Bri tish Guineas among us ; and informed, tltet the Sovereign was indebted to the sweeper, who had prepared tfie room and furniflied lights Bcc. and that he, being anariftocrat, I choir, to take his pay in money rathe l- than | in patriotism, and concluded by requesting such as had any money to come forward. Accordingly, a number of cents and one fi'penny bit were depofited,t and the meet ing >»as difolved. * See this ticket and JulaUi address in the Auro ra ; read it; and, if you can, construe into Eig hth the paragraph which immediately proceeds the lift of name*. 1 know not how many were consulted in the miles from the city For terms apply.to the fubferiber, in Chefnut, Eighth I net. W. M.i.CPHERSGN- July »8. t J lift Received, Br A. DICKINS, cppuiite Christ Cbureb, ft. View OF TUB CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF TBI American Revolution, In Nineteen Discourses. By the Rev. Jonathan Boucnxa, A. M. F. A. S. Price 2 DoHari 50 Cents. July 30. NEW YORK, July 30. On Monday evening a wooden building in the alley back of Cliff street, was destroy ed by fire. Nothing but the a&ivity of the Firemen and citizens prevented further deftru£tion. The grocery of Mr, Samuel Hallett, was judiciously entered on Saturday and robbed. It hoped those accomplilhed vil lains may find a halter. Hugh C«fe, of Simfbury, (Conn.) a lad about thirteen, wat on the 21ft inflant, burnt to death by communicating fire from a candle to a calk of spirits while empty ing it. At a meeting of the governors of the N. Y»ik Lyingin Hospital, at thtf Hospital in Ceder street : Refolvcil, .hat the 10th article of the 2d fe£tion of the bye laws be published, which is in the words following to wit: " One or more female pupils, fliall be admitted on the rfccommendatioa of the phyficianj. and with the coufent of the vi siting committee, for the purpose 6f receiv ing inftrudion in the art of midwifery ; to remain in the house during the pleasure of the Governors ; and at the time of her or their admiilion, to pay into the har.dsof the Treasurer fucha sum as the Governors may cenfidcr a fufficient compensation to defray the expences of her or their support as in curred by the houT<." HARRISBURGH, (P.) July 28. A correspondent fays, among the incense that was wafted to the nose of the Govern or cleft, from the good republicans of Har rilburgh, it was observed, that it will no longer be a crime to be a Democrat. To complete the Republican triumph, it (hould have been added, or an Insurgent or a Thief. A MEMBER. A foldicr's honour it is said, is as delicate as a woman's—it must not even be fufped ed.. If so, how can many of our veteran generals, our Cavaliers fans Pcur and Re proche, thir.k of doing duty with such col leagues as Philfoa and Ogle, M' Ileavy and Brannou. Printers Devil. In that vehicle of truth and decency yclrped the Aurora, it is listed that the jjiovements of the British, both southward and northward, indicate hostility to these states, and it urges to vigilance and prepara tion. It certainly cannot mean, that we should raise a (landing army, nor can it be conceived that Pennsylvania is in the fmall efl danger from any source, under the aus pices of her present Captain General, the Old Warrior and Hero of '76. " Shauld the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and cont'ufion hurl'd, He unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And (hnd unmoved amid a falling world.' See encomium published in the Oracle bcf 'te the Ele&ion. Meflrs. HODGKINSON and BARRETT, Refpe&fwlly acquaint the Laiies a:)d Geßt'e m/nof Philadelphia, that the Old Theatre, in Southwark, ' will be opend For Two Nights only, THIS EVENING, July aid. 1803, with a (pedes of entertainment, Moral, In* ilru&ive, and Amusing, confuting of Reci tation, Music, Song, &c and properly de nominated the Will commence with an OCCASIONAL ADDRESS, after 5 year's absence, by Mr. Hodgkinlon, To be followed by Mr. Barrett, who will de liver, the m< ft feleft parte of the celebrated George Alexander Stevens's LECTURE ON HEADS. Being a comic, fatyric, whimsical, humour ous, moral, iliiifirativeDiflcrtauon a'd Dilp'ay Of Heads, Hearts, Passi ns, Humours, Whims, Oddities if Characters. In thrte parts. TO expatiate on the propriety of an Enter tainment, where the Follies of Life 're exposed in laughable & linking colours, & the m ial inferences drawn from such 'display, it is presumed, would beneedlefs. It is wellkuown that the ancießts held this mode of inflruiSHve amusement in the highell degree ofeftimation j nor has it been less eftcemed by the moll pi lifted nations among the moderns. To " Catch the living manner* as they r.fe," has ever been held not only allowable but merrito rious ; and the opinion given by one of the most enlightened of the sons of men, of the original compiler, of the Leilure now offered to the public, •' That his merit, genius, and fatiricai obfervatipns, marked him as ? Public Cenf.ir ; and that his judicious difp ay of Fol ly and Vice, entitle him not only to public en couragement, but public thanks " As the ly flattered attempts of the then living author muti be considered as the highett eulogium to his manes ; so it is hoped the fame wi(b to please and entertain in the present cafe, will be viewed at lea!t with candour. part ill. 1. Doflor. ' 2. Coat of Arms. 3 Misfortune. 4. Simple Block. j. D'lTcitation on Law, wi:h a Cafe in Point. 6. Pretty fellow. 7. Nobody's Htad. 8. DifTcrtation on Nothing. 9. N body's, Somebody's, or apy Body's Coat of Arms, 10. DifierUtion on Architedure, Painting P. etry, Aflronomy and Music. BY THIS DAY'S MAIL. F.caft of Reafori AND The Flow of Soul. Part ift. -u. wit» BO»c<|3>. »MT lli' i. Riding Ho'^d. ». Lady of Falhion. 3. tnihu'omaa. 4. Contrail 5• Crying Philolbphera. 6. Laughing do. 7. Cleopatra. 8. Dissertation how Ladies will or may poflefs the beauties of Venus. 9. French Night Cap. Ip. Old Maid. .11. Old Batchelor. ii. Browze Head, 13. Flattery. 14. Honeliy. »A«T )i 1. A London Buck. 2. Lady of Ton. 3. American Sailor. 4. Connoifleur. 5. Turile-eating Alderman. 6. Swindler. 7. Funeral of ditto. 8. Monument of ditto. 9. The Treatment of a Soldier in the year 45 —Story of the Year 45. xo. V ;rick by Shakespeare, and Tristram Shandy. if. Methodist Preacher, ia. Cpnc'ufion. Between the different heids, Mr. Hodgkin fon will f.ng some of JDibdin's New and melt Popular SONGS, never yet heard in America, with Recitation, &c to be arranged in the fol lowing order. HIT ft. After tbs H«ad of the Quack Doctor, The celebrated Song of the NEW QUACK, Or the man that cures every disorder, with cupping, drenching, couctyr.g, clyster, pu king, bleeding, sweating, blister, diet, bolus, dose or pill*. Afttfr the diflel-tation on law with a cafe in point, the Song of TRUE GL O R jr, With an introduflion, and various opinions, of what True Glery is. After the illustration of BULLUM versus BOATUM ; —Part lit, will,fini(h with the Sjng of the Country Club ; OR * THE SyiZZICAL SOCIETY. Fait ad. After the Laughing Philosopher, Mr. Hodgkinfun will sing the much celebrated Laughing Song, " NOW'S THE TIME FOR MIRTH AND GLEE and con clude Part the »d with SHELTY'IS TRAVELS, AND Voyage to America : ' Leaves the Hie of Col—arrives in London meets O'Keefe, and lives by Story .telling— BanifhmeDt—ariival in America—visits the Stat«-Houfe, Museum, Theatre, Ac. Coticjufion and Song of HERE'S A NICE.NEW BOW WOW, The Staunch Dog—the Sly Dog—the Hearty' Do(i —the Sulky Dog—the Cheating Dog— the Catching Dog, and many other Dogs, in th* chara&er of A COMICAL DOG. PART 3d: After the Head of the LONDON BUCK, Mr Hodgkinfun will sing the Frolickfome Fellow. After the Turtle eating Alderman, the much admired Song of MOUNSEER NONG TONG PAW, John Bull's Trip to France. The Evening's Entertainment to firiilh with A Monody, SACKED TO IHE MEMORT OF General Washington, And concluding Song & Chorus. Meflrs. Barrett Hodgkinson, lug leave to aflure the public, that every aare Uas been taken to feled. an entertainment worthy t eir patronage, and to make the Theatre com modious and cool as possible. ■JS" Places for the Boxes, to be had at Mr. North's, any time from Wednesday 10 o'clock A, M Tickets to be had at Thomas & William Bradford's Book-Store, No. 8, south Front ftreet- * Box 1 Dollar—Pit 75 cents—Gallery 50 rents. Doors to be open at 7 o'clock, and the per formance to begin precisely at 8. July »9. c r Now Landing, And for sale by the subscribers, 150 PIPES OF Lisbon Wine. JESSE y ROBERT WALN. Jily 30 Rum Sugar Coffee Cocoa Castor Oil! and FRUIT, Just received per the sloop Supply Jrom Kingston, Jamaica, FOR SAI E BY Thomas & Peter Mackie. Who have on hand, Old Madeira Wine, fit for immediate rife, a pipes of Old Port Wine, and IOS Bag* Eafl India Sugar,&c. July djtcojt TO PRINTERS. FOR SALE, OLD Long Primer, Snull Flea en Pica Body, ! Englift, Chafes,Campofing Sticlts, andagrea , varitty of articles neceflary to carry on the Print ing Bafiiiefs. They will be fold cheap tor calh ' Apply to the Printer. . ' / I * : -