Gazette of the United States. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVEKING, AUGUST 2. Voltaire pleasantly observes, that the bu firiefs of many philosophers is to calculate bow ma'ny more drops of rai.i fall in the month ot the sheep, than in the month of the Goat. Of this ufeful tribe is the man ot Monticello ; a fort of political and phi lofophieal quiddity ; —as fit fora Statesman as.Vesuvius for a powder-bouse ! j One of the Aurora scribblers is a fort of spOrting Parson " Much be mWd in beer.*' He may be known'by his bellowing against and the town of Litchfield, a place where name excites, according to Mr. Locke'i theory, certain' unpleasant associa tions. He it a rhapfodift in writing, and a vilionary in life. It' bis lunatic efTufions were dated at Moorfields, it would be for the health of the authtfr, and the comfort of the reader. I dtrncn: et curre per Alpea Ut declamatia Cas. If we have the good luck to make a firm, lafling i;nd honorable peace with regi. cide Duane will be appointed by npoftate lalleyrand, as chief cook and bottle-washer to the gangs of Frenchmen w|io will then overwhelm us. Parson Mooniliine is to pray lor the Goddess Aurora, and Philoso pher Csbweb is to f"ave a patent for French lacs, equally ul'tlefs and flimfy.. In the four New-England States, pien have an accurate knowledge of the real cha mber'of the Aurora. Strings of lies, in co lumns of nonsense, wickedness without wit, and the temper of Wilkes and Junius, with out* their spirit and ingenuity. As two learned jacobins yesterday were perufiog the Centinel " Jefferfoniad," one of them requetted the other to tell him the mean ng of the signature, Dccius ? " Why, (replied the profound knowing.one, flroking his iicck) Why, Decius literally means to US!" * O. T. THE HAUNTED BEACH. Br MRS. ROBINSON. UPON a lonely defart beach, Where the "white so ira was fcatter'd, A little sired uprear'd its head, - Tiio' lofty ia»ifj"wete (Tiatter'd ! The sea-weeds gath'ring near the door, A sombre path difplay'd, And, all around, the deaf'ning roar Re-tcho'doh the chalky Ihore i By the green billows mad*. Above, a jutting cliff was seen, Where sea-birds hover'd,craving, ■ And all around, thecraggs were bound With weeds,' for ever waving ; And, here and there, a cavarn wide Its fhad'wy jays difplay'd, A: d near the land, «tebb of tide, A fliatter'd mart was seen to ride, Where the green billows ft ray'd. And often, while the moaning wind Stole o'er the fuminer ocean ; The mcoliglit scene was all fcrenc— The waters scarce in motion. Then, while the smoothly slanting sand The tall cliff wrapp'd in shade, The Fish uman beheld a band V ©f gliding, hand in hand— Where the green billows play'd ! And pale their faces were, as snow ! , And fulienly they wander'd ! Ai d to the Ikies, with hollow eyes, They look'd, as tho' they ponder'd ! And sometimes, from their hammock shroud, They tlifmal bowlings giade J And while the bl.ft blew strong and loyd, The clear Moon mark'd the ghaflly crowd- Where the green billows play'd. •« ' And then, above th; haunted hur, / The Curlews, screaming, laover'd ; And the- low door, with furious roar, The frothy breakers cover'd. For, in the Fisherman's lone Died, A Mtißi eu'u Man was laid, With ten wide gashes on his head, And deep was made his Candy bed, Where the,green billows play'd. The SPEC! RE band, his mefmates bold, Sunk in the yawning ocean ! ' While to the rralf, he lafh'd him faft, And brav'd the dorm's commotion ! The -winter Moan upon the sand A filv'rv carpet aiade, , And mark'd the Sailor reach the land—- And mark'd his Alurd'rcr walh his hand, Where the green billows play'd ! And fine* that hour the Fi/herman Has toil'd, aod toil'd in vain ! For all the night, the moony light ,GI ams on the SPECTRED main ! And when the skies are veil'd in gloom, The MurcFt tr's Prer's liquid Way Bounds o'er the deeply yawning tomb, And Unfiling fires the laud illume Where the green billows play. Full thirty yearj his talk has grown, Day after day, more weary ; For F.eav'n defign'd his guilty mind Should fe«d on profpeft* dreary ! Bound by a flrong and my flic chain, not pow'r to iiray, But dellin'd mis'ry tp- sustain, He walles in folisude and pain, A LOATHSOME LIFE AWAY ! The following is the most beautiful French version extant of Petrarch's celebrated Ode to the fountain Valclaufa, memora ble both from the lays of a poet, and from the partiality of Laura. Claire fontaine, onde amiable, onde pnre Ou la beamequi 'consume moncceur, Seule beaute, qui foit dans la nature, Des feux du jour evite la chaleur ; Arbre heujeux, dont le feuillagc Agilt par les Zephirs La couvris de son ombrage, Qui rapelles mes fouphirs, En rapellant son image Ornemens de ces herds, et filles du matin, Vous dont je sous jaloux, vous moins bril lantes qu' Elle, Fieurs, qu' elle embelliffait, quand vous tou chiez son fein, Roffignols, dont la voix eft moins douce et moins belle, Air devenu pluspur, adorable fejour, Immortalise par fes charmes Lieux dangeraux etchers, out de sis tendres armes L'amour a blefle tous mes fens F.fcoutez mes derniers accens Recevez mes derniers larmes. THE JACOBIN SCENTED ; ExtraS of a litter from J b Nctt, the Buckle ma kef, to his Couftn. Birmingham, Jan. j, 1799. " The English and Irish Emigrants now fee how wrong it. was to go Srutting and flumping to America, where they fay the reftlefsnef; of their nature has egged them to try to kick up a dust, .and that they are ha ted woife than they were in their own coun try. They tell me, cousin John, that the Americans now discover the rani Jacobins, by means of a small dog, called the gaul fcenter. I was wondering how that could be, 'till one day, ppring in an old book, I found that difappoir.ted and fretful men of large gauls, have a very particular /null. — The words of the book are these ; " men who are puffed np, and are withal tullifh in thd gJul, are generally very offenfive in cempnny. For the extravagant fiae of the lung 9, forcing down the n idriff, presses up on the hepatic region, and so pinching the gaul bladder, throws off that offenfive liquor j'o copiously into the great guts, that the conl'tquences are very disagreeable indeed." Now, cousin, this being the cafe, and the gaul-fcenters being sent aboard all (hips, co ming from France, Ireland and England, to smell over the crews, there is but little chance of a Jacobin r-.aking good a landing on the Ihores of America, without being d:£ covered. '1 hefe fellows are dillinguiflied likewise by their prating incessantly tor the French Republic, curflng the Engiiih gov ernment, and 'damnicg certain laws, which the American Congress has been obliged to pass, to keep them in order." I will not undertake to assert that thisho nsft buckle-maker has been quite correfi in hi« information, in every particular ; how ever he has furniftied a hint, refpefting the morbid Hate of the gaul in Jacobins, that may ft-rve as a clue to some ufeful difco vcriea. If the effluvia of their bodies arts so offenfive, query, whether thjy have not contributed to corrupt the atmosphere, aod to produce the vcllow-fever, which we know is a malignant difordev of the bile ? If this has been cafe, and the time they began to Immigiaie to the United States, in the years '92 and '93. fcems to confirm the sus p cion, vegetable putrefa&ion has had less concern in the bulinels, than some of the learned imagine. Mephitic Gas, constantly issuing from tlifr high scented carcases of ten theufand furious Jacobins, must be much more pciliiential, as well as a more probable source of the difordc. 'I his is a very important qutftion ; and as such I refpedtfully submit it to Dr and tbit Medical Soiiety— and, in or order to enable ihem to discuss it with greater perspicuity, I hereby grant them full per mission to diffeft every Jacobin they catch, spreading sedition, or talking treason. If the operation lead to any ufeful dilcovery, the miscreants will be made to benefit so ciety by their deaths, more than ever they did by their lives. The charafler of in France is thus faithfully described by Mercier, in a iccent publication : " Plebeians, ever ready to murmur and dilpute, taking delight in speaking with cpntempt of their rulers ; evtr loquacious, without a knowledge of any thing ; looking at all objedts, and feeing none ; always more difpoled to rebel than to fight ; incapable of holding a middle coarse : servile (laves or insatiable tyrants ; forced by the calamities inseparable from coiifufion, to wi(h for order, )et immediate ly alter relapsing into tumult andvriot. Tllefe stupid and ferocious plebeians .oppress those who confer benefits on them, and fawn upon those who treat them with What they reje£t is good ; and what they approve is bad ; and what they praise must be infamous. It is by tfie help of fiich wret ches that the pretended friends of liherty have risen through all the stages of the Re volution to thefirft places in the Hate." Formerly the trade of a (hoe-boy was ex ercised at Paris only on the bridges and in the squares. A little do 1, fame rags, a fper.ge, brufiies, and an old pot, conflitut ting the entire (hop ; but ar p*-efen: a Ihoe b y exerci/es his mystery in a handfeme "uorkfhop, has his appretices, his sign, &c. The customer mufl wait his turn there, as at a barber's, and the place is provided with journals, pamphlets, romances, &c. to amuse him. When those who were in before him are accommodated, he is placed in a hand fame,elbow-chair, with bis foot in a kind of stirrup, and in this situation his boots or shoes are neatly cleaned and blackened, with out the trouble of ouce moving his leg or his body. There are now forming, in the county of Suffix,' E, Female societies for literary pur suits. One of these, we are informed, has lately bee 1 )! instituted at Chictefter, whero not only the Belles Letters are read, but philosophical researches pursued with infi nitely more ardour and attentien than the domestic concerns of the families of the re fpeftive students. BY THIS DAY'S MAILS. BOSTON. July 29. COMMUNICATION. I hlive lately held, at difticfl times, con versation with two members of the Legifla tu»o of MaiTachufeth, and one ef the AfTem bly-of ConhedVit ut. The topic of difcuf fron being the approaching election of Prp fitlent, I was {truck with the great iimili tude of their remark : They.'&U declared, tliey refpedted Mr. Acjairs for his firmnefs, integrity and uprightness ; that they would support his adminiflration ; and that he me rited the intire confidence ®f the People. Acquainted with the general complexion ot these gentlemen's politics, I w;is furpiized at these declarations, and in the course of conversation, took an opportunity to ask them all-—" If they -were appointed Ele&ors ot PreGdent, for whom would they wne- for Mr. Adams, or for Mr. Jefferson ?" Judge ot my when they all three unequivocally declared " They would vote for Mr. .Jeffirson These are facts ; let the people judge of them. What oh jedt but to cajole and deceive the Federal Eledlors into some measure which ihall prove injurious to tlie great Federal cause, can men have, who can declare that one candidate for an office is intituleito their full confio'ence ; when they would vote for his rival Candidate to supply his place ? Is there not some unfouud parts in men whose tongues are thus at variance with their hearts? Let the people, and the Eledlors cotifider these queries, and decice ; a:id I call upon tlie gentlemen who know they have held this conversation to denonftrate the coi,fi ftency of it ; and if they with to know who it is that thus calls upon them, upon enquiry, they fh;ill,as readily be l'umilhed with his name, as the public hav: been with this in formation. THREE PLAIN QUESTIONS. id. It Gov. Jay, orany Federal Gover nor, should publicly declare his abhorrence of the million to Franc*?, ard in cafe a treaty with Fiance Ihnuld be ritified should in a public address, fay, that fudfi treaty was pregnant with evil, could he'ixpeft the plau dits of the President of the United States, 01 his friends, or of any good Federalist ? zdly—lf a Governor of a State should publicly have disapproved of the excellent Washington's mission of Jay, to Great- Britain, aud afttr that treaty was ratified by Gen. Washington and the Senate, Ihould have said in a public addrtfs that the treaty so ratified was pregnant with* evil, would such a governor deserve the plaudits of Washington, 6r his friends, orany good Federalist ? 3<tfy—lf such a Governor, who had thus countenanced opposition to the conflituted autherities, had once been a " proscribed patriot,'.' ought hi s former patriotism to screen him from public censure fur subse quent disorganization, and would it be "de voutly and eternally tf) be deplored," that such disorganizing Governor though a " pro scribed patriot," fheuld fall into disgrace in the eyes of America ? I think not. NEW-YORK, July 31. The public hate been led to believe, from tfee late change in the ele&ion of our State Representatives, that the majority of the citizens approve of all the lies published in the Aurora. But, when we perceive how little attention is paid to the Editor of this paper, we need not be at a lofi to know the sentiments of even the democrats of this city, with refpefl to this-foreign rtnegado. Lad evening there was a fnpper given to the Aurora-man, and we learn that out of nearly 300 who were invited, not more than 25 attended on this Occasion—And who were they ? PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY. Six per cent of U. S. 17S1 Three per cent do. 1036 Deferred 6 per cent de. 1617 Eight per cent do. per cent adv. Manhattan -J- fkares, 48 percent adv. Do. compleat do. 25 do. U. S. Bank Shares, 30 per cent adv. Y. Y. Bank do. 33 do. N. Y. Insurance do. 13 do. Columbian insurance/hares") , on the 4th inftamient. J °* EXC HANGE. On London, 60 day! fight, i-J- to 2 per cent. adv. On Amftetdam, 40 to 4t cents pr. guilder* On Hamburgh, 34 to 35 do. per Marck- Banco. mVA-SCOHA. HALIFAX, June 20. Mr. William Cobbett, has arrived | here from Nevv-Yark. This gentleman has disclosed such nefarious practices, and hoi | rid cruelties ot the French Directory, as will forever remain lading testimonials of his resources and integrity ; and his steady support of the Federal Government does him egual honor ; and it is' much to be re gretted that the virulence of the Democratic Faftion has conltrained him to leave that boajledLapd of .Liierty, which if we judge from present appearances will feon become a melancholy fcece of anar:hy, diforderand civil diflention9. Po/itively the Lajl Night. MefTrs. HODGKINSON and BARRETT, Ilefpeiftful'y jcquaint the Ladies and Gent'e men of Philadelphia, that the Old Theatre, in Southwark, will fee opened for THIS NIGHT, ONLY, On Monday Evening, August 4tb, With a species of eate~rainment, Mora!, lu llruiSlive, and Amusing, consisting of Reci tation, Music, Song, &c and propwly de nominated the Feafl: of Reason and The Flow of SouL Part ift. Will commence with an OCCASIONAL ADDRESS, after 5 year's absence, by Mr. Hokj^kinfon, To be followed by Mr. Barrett, who will de liver, the most fcledt parts ot the celebrated Ge». ge Alexander Stevens's LECTURE ON HEADS. Being a comic, fatyric, whimfieal, humour ous, moral, illuiirativcDifiertarion aid Display Of Heads, Hearts, Passions, Humours, ■ Whims, Oddities Ist Characters. , In three parts. '"PO expatiate on the propriety of an Enter* •i- tainment, where the Follies of Life are exposed in hugliable & striking colours, & the moral inferences drawn from such display, it is prefumrd, would be needless. It is well known that the ancients hf Id this mode of ißftru&ive amusement in the highest decree of estimation ; nor has it been lefa esteemed by the mc!l po li filed nations among the moderns. To " Catch the living manners as they rite," has ever been held not only allowable but merr'ito rious ; and the opinion given by one of the most enlightened of the lons of men, of the original compiler, of the Leisure now offered to the public, " That his merit, genius, and fa ii ical obfervati jns, marked him as a Public Ceil fir ; and that his judicious difp'ay of Fol ly and Vice, entitle him not only to public en couragement, but public thanks-" As the high* )y flattered attempts of the then living author" muli be considered as the highest eulogium to his manes ; so it is hoped the fame wilh to please and entertairt in the present cafe, will be viewed at least with candour. part ift. l. Doflor. i. Coat of Arms. 3 Misfortune. 4. Simple Hlock 5. Diflertation on Law, with a Cafe in Point. 6. Pretty Feilow. 7. Nobody's Head. 8. Diflertatioii on Nothing. 9. Nobody's, Somebody's, er any Body' 3 Coat of Arms, Differtition on Architeflure, Painting P. etry, Astronomy and Music. 11. Illuflration of Law, Bullxm vcrfus Boatum. PART id. I. Riding Hood. а. Lady of Fifhion. 3. Fish woman. 4. Contrail. 5- Crying Philosophers, б. Laughing do. 7. Cleopatra. 8. Diflertation how Ladies will or may poflefs the beauties of Venus. 9. French Night Cap. 10. Old Maid. 11. Old Batchelor. ix. Browze Head, 13. Flattery. 14. Hontfly. part 3d. I. A London Buck. а. Lady of Ton. 3.' American Sailor. 4. Connoifleur. j. .Turtle-eating Alderman. б. Swindler. 7. Funeral of ditto. 8. Monument of ditto. 9. Th 4 Treatment of a Soldier in tbe year 45 —Story of the Year 45. 10. Yorick by Shakespeare, aod Tristram Shandy. if. Methodist Preacher. 11. Conclusion. Between the different heads, Mr. Hodpkin fon will f.ng some of Dibdin's New and molt Popular SONGS, never yet heard in America, with Recitation, &c to be arranged in the fol lowing erder. PA R T si. After the difleVtation on law with a cafe in point, theSoagof TRUE GLORY, With various upinient, and an illuftraticit of what True Glery is. After the illustration of BULLUM versus BOAT UM ; —Part ill, will finifh with the Song of the Country Club j OR THE qjIZZICAL SOCIETY. Part »d. After the Laughing Philosopher, Mr. Iludgkinfon will sing a much celebrated LAUGHING SONG. End of the Head of the Old Batcheler, the new popular Song of NEGRO PHILOSOPHY, Cudjo and Quashec. Part the Second will finirti with an ODE 70 LIBERTY. PART 3d: After the Head ol an American Sailor, Mr Hodgkinfon will sing the SAILOR'S JOURNAL. After the Turtle erting Alderman, the much admired Song of J/lOUNSEER NONG TONG PAW, OK John Bull's Trtp to France. End of ihe Monuraent of the Swindler, a New Song, called. THE PROFESSIONAL GRINDERS. Lawyers—Doctors— Game tiers—-Taylors—Ba- kei s—M ifcrs—Barbers—Church-wardens — Coblers—Old Nick—Columbia's Grinders the finiih, The Evening's Entertainment to finith with A Monody, S.ICXED TO llli MEHOkr OF General Washington, An'd concluding Song & Chorus. Meflrs. Barrett W Hqdgkinson, beg leave to aflure the public, that every eare ha» been taken to feiecl worthy their patronage. and to make the Theatre com modious and cool a3 polTikle. ■S3* Placts for the Boxes, to be had at Mr. North's, Tirkets to lie had at • Thomas fc William Bradford's B>ok-Store, No- 8, south Front ftreet- *Box i Dollar—Fit 75 cents —Gallery 50 cents. Doors to be open at 7 o'clock, and the per formance to begin precisely at 8. August 2. Now Landing, And for sale by the subscribers, ISO PIPES OF Lisbon WINE. JESSE & RbBERT WALN. July 30 d2W Smith & Rodman, No. 14, south FrM-street, Have re ceived per Ktnfington from Lcndon, a handfotr.e supply of the undermentioned Artic'e?—viz. FLAXEN and Tow Oznabrig®, Droghedj and Lancashire Sheetings, White and brown Irifli Linens, Ell wide India Perfiann, assorted coinurs, An extensive alTortment oi fancy & other Ribbons Cotton and silk Hosiery, Women's white and colcur'd Silk Glevcs, usual length, Do. do. extra do. Striped and mixed Bengals, Fine Decca Handkerchiefs, Superfine white Ginghams, Check'd and striped doj Calimancoes, Joans and Durante, Pins, Scotch coloured Thread, &c. &c. Whith arc for sale on low terms, for calh or July 31. Jufl: Received, Br A. DICKINS, opposite Christ Church A. View OF THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE ' American Revolution, In Nineteen Difcourfcs. By the Rev. Jonathan Boucher, A. M. F. A. S. Price 2 Dollars 50 Cents. July 30. JUST PUBLISHED, AND TO BE SOLD BY JAMES HUMPHREYS, No. 106, south fids of Market-ft. f Price One Quarter of a Dollar,J Pleasing Incitements TO WISDOM AND VIRTUE, Conveyed through the Medium of Anecdote, Tale, and Adventure ; ' Calculated to entertain, fortify and improve the Juvenile Mind. Translated cbiejly from tie German. C/" Said Humphreys has just received, and is now opening a handfeme colle&ion of BOOKS. July 19 S-3t Writing, drawing & printing Papers AND Stationary Wares, FOR SALE, AT W. YOUNG'S BOOK-STORE, No. 51, South Second Street % thc corner of Cbefnut,Sreet. Who has reeeived an extensive and gene rrl supply, and of the best quality. A CONSIGNMENT Of super royal, double crown and double pott Printing, and also of writing fools cap PAPER. A -TRUNK OF' Ladies Slippers. Which will bi fold low, for cafli, or negotiable Notes. W. Young has also received a complete aiTort ment of Englijh, Latin, and Greek ClaJJics. A libe ral allowance made to wholesale purchasers. July 31 1 lawiw Strayed away, ON Sun ia* the 13th inft. a small strawberry coloured MARK, fourteen hands high, has three whitefse t, a white face, about ten years old. Any information will be thankfully received, and if delivered at John Negus's Ferry, at Market street, a reward of four Dol lars will be paid. J»'y 17- , • • f3* Philadelphia Lancaster TURNPIKE COMPANY, Julj iltb, ißeo. THE President and Managers havs this day declared a dividend of Eight Dollars on each (hare of (lock, of which, fix dollars per fliare will be paid the Stockholders or their rcprcfentatives any pay alter the 24th inlUnt-; the remaining two dollars has been retained and expended in com» pjeating and repairing the road agreeably to a rsfolution of the ftocliholders. Wm. GOVETT, STreasuer. July 14 , m4t *jiv *
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