Gazette of the United States.
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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 <f Taylors,.Boot and Shoemakers, Dram
ielleTs, foap-ooilers, b 1 ro.-rs, &c. &c.
pether with all and finjrulor their 'pr-.'titices
anj journeymen, conlhtuting, in all, our
true and lawful sovereign, one and indivii
fibie, convened, according to adjournment,
at the State-House in this city, to make
proper arrangements for she future profpe
ricy and well-01 String of the community.
Hie meeting being opened ii> 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 <fraughttlTß-nHt ■" •it li fubftriij
ci by the chairman and fecrcury, only
Printers Dnil.
f How that! a democrat thank God! there
in lift be Come mistake heft!
}lt is. said that the Democrats have paid no
Ml!* finca the hit meeting, ai.d that the excuse
which they make to the Tavernkeepers for ne
gledling the oljtilh as well as present payment, is
that they were reJuceJ to poverty by a numl-er of
fellows wearing black cockades, who f'ukeJ tbeir
f otitis during tbc meeting.
AN ORDINANCE
' Anticipating certain Funds already appro
priated f*r Watering the City of Phila
delphia.
WHEREAS it is necffiry to aid the
Funds appropriated for introducing a copi
ous supply of whulefome water into the
ci'.y :
Sec. 1, Be it therefore ordained' and
enaited, by the citizens of Philadelphia, in
Sefect and Common. Councils aflfcir.bled,
That .the M*y,qr of the city be, and he is
here! y authorised to borrow from the City
Treafuvy, a sum not exeeeding Ten Thou
land Dollars, whiih is hereby appropriated to
the purpose of introducing a supply of
wholcfonie water into ,the city, under the di
rection of the joint roninilttee of the Seleft
and Cbmmon Councils', appointed to super
intend that b'llfinefs ; which l»an is to be re
paid out of the monies levied, aflcflcd, and
collefleil, by'virtue"of art Ordinance for raif
< ing fupplits ai.d making farther provision?
for watering the City of Philadelphia, and
j for other purposes, pa fled the fifth diy of
I Augufl, one. thoul'and leven hundred and
iiinety-nioe:.
Sec. 2. And be it further ordained and
enabled by the authority aforefaid, That the
Mayor of the city be, and he is hereby fur
ther authorised, to borrow, from any indi
vidual, or individuals, err bodies corporate,
a sum of money not exceeding Ten Thou
sand Dollars, and to a Align and set over as a
security for the repayment of the fame, the
bo:,ds of the President, Direttors and Com
pany for ere&ing a permanent bridge over
the river Schuylkill, *t or near the city of
the Mayor, Aldermen and
i Citizens of Philadelphia ; and the monies
1 so ra)fed are hereby appropriated to the pur
pose of introducing a supply of wholesome
water into the city, unaer the dire ft ion of
the joint committee of the Seledl and Com
mon Councils, appointed to superintend that
bufmefs.
Enafted intaan Ordinance, at
Philadelphia, the twepty-fil'th
day of July, one thoul'and
eight hundred.
(L. S. C )
KEARNEY WHARTON, ,
Pre:ident of the Common Council.
HENRY PRATT,
President of the Select Council.
To be Let,
For the season, is" immediate possession given
A very pltafant, healthy
COUNTRY SEAT,
WITH Garden, Failure Grotindi, Coath-
Houfc, Ice-Hcu r e, See. &c.—Situated near
the Frankford road, and about 3 i*> 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. . '
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