THE POLITICAL CONVERSION*.' Mn Editor, ALTHOUGH I am no fciterary wri" ter, yet I ani induced by/ the advice of my wife, to push rnyfelf upon the notice of the Public ; thjjt uif you will permit me. My name is, as you will fee at the bottom, my occupation, is that of making (liocs, not for men but for hot'fes. lam vulgaily c.illcd a P.l ickfinith ; and I have (I believe foo I i ill iy) laid by uiy fledge, hammer and anvil to Communicats to you, in my way, my politi cal conversion. I was originally a Demo crat, I gave my vote for Tom M'Kean, partly I.eonfeis frmn motives of felt-iiuer fft) because Tom folenmly promiftd me the (hoeing ok his hories ; but whether he has none to Ihoe, or whether (as is his cultom) lie has.broken his engagement, I have not yet discovered. I fay I was a Democrat, and was fully intent upon voting for Tom Paine, pshaw, I mean Tom Jeflferfon, at the next election ; but by the salutary cotinfel of my t riends, and the excellent advice youi 1 paper has aftorded me, my eyes ha»e bean ! opened, and I have now become, (I hope) a j good Federalifh Corrupted by the curled ] columns of the Aurora, deluded by its fair I and hypocritical alpett, I had become deaf to all argument, until chance brought your paper before me, and curioufity prompted me to peruse its pages. I have been accu stomed to read the Aurora, (by the advice ot Duane) every morning to my workmen, but ever since I saw your paper, I cannot get through half a paragraph without beinrj al nioft choked ; whether it is from the smoke of my furnace, or from the magnitude of the lie I am about to swallow, I will leave you to judge. I had not scarcely finifhed my afternoon's work the other day, when in pops Mr. Worthy the fchooltnafter, and having seated himfclt upon my belief, and inquired kindly after my family, hp aflced me the news j I handed .him the morning's Aurora, and he had lcarcelv lsok;d at it, when ■with a look of honed indignation, he call the paper in the fere, raid turning to me laid,-" what have you also degraded your i'elf so far as to became a fulii'criber for that infamous and abandoned paper; a paper conflantly teeming with the gmiltft scurrili ty agi'nft every good man ; from whofc fhafes of Malice even Wafliington was not exempted, and which not yet content, now seek» to undermine the throne of God him felf?" I was,at tiiis time in vain endeavour ing to rescue the paper from tne flames, but these last words (truck me so forcibly, that I dropped the tongs, and turning towards Worthy said " foftly, neighbour, do not be too impallioned, if it be any crime to l'ub fcribe for the paper, I am not guilty, for it is sent to me gratis ; but if I were to believe what you fay, I am inclined to think, the very reading of it would be a crime." " Yes" replied he that man commits a crime against reason, against truth, a.;ainll ilecency, and against the religw>n of Gnd, xvha even perttfei that paper, ©pen your eyeni neighbour* andiif you do not wifli to have your morals corrupted, if you do not wii'h to imbibe the worst of religion's, and political' principles ceafc reading the Au rora." Struck with the fokmn manner in which i*y neighbour pronounced these words, I eptreaced him to explain to me i)lor? fully the c.iufe o' this injun&iou ; but as he was beginning, my wife unfortunately called me in to supper, and my neighbour itfufing to partake, departed, informing me that very i»on he would renew the conver l'ation and display to my afloniflied yiew the cursed machinations of the Jacobin party, and the religious sentiments of their philosophical leader, who (he fays) thinks there m ght as well be twenty Gods as one God. Ail which he has done and that satis- | fa&orily too ; and hy your lea>)t it fliall ! appear in . fnbftqusnt numbers. Yours for the pielrr.t, DiCK. VULCAN. | For the GjzitTu oflbt Usitkd States. Mr Waykb, ON observing a publication in your pa per relative-'fo Uie extraordinary degree of health which To happily pervade our city, I was very sorry to observe fnch credit gi»«n 10 some remarks, said 10 have been printed .laR. year, and noiv republished by uci'ne. As it is evident t/iat the preservation of toe health of this city is owing fian tr Power, and which is believed every good Christian ought tof<el while fee is willing to acknowledge the display of omnipotence, in thus protecting us from the tit cad ptllik ncc, which is now desolating several of the sea ports in our sister states, by the awful ca lamity which cur citizens bave so jultiy dreaded. What also in 3ffe<hii g to many citizens i( the proposal for exhibiting Theatrical »' mufements iu this city, in cafe 'his fcourg" is withheld from us. Now these, howeve 1 ' rbe light, the giddy, or the i'.:con(iderate,r may believe them to be highly c-ntcrta-.:.:;.', yet they are called on through you to con sider, if this is paying >l> at tribute i.f grati tude which is due the sovereign of the uni verse for the many signal favors, which he has fl'.owered down upon no ; and c-n we be so lo it to the sense of true religion, which is the basis of good government, of a cou' try. for many of ht r citizens, whole homes and families (hall never know them more. Ra ther let us with thankful hearts, for the mercies beflowed, implore the Great Lord of Heaven, who we need not be aftiamed tc cotifeis on all occasions, and who rules in the kingdoms of earth, that he would ii his unfpeakabie mercy look from his JHol) '■earts to fear turn and keep his ccamjaad ireflh, Th.% would.add to our jndivitiua! i ha»i r );: eL .vs well as one national profjicnty | beyofcd the m«(t relincil accomplilhntenta of ; the belt acio j tli.it cv;r tuacfid a tiage. A Friend to Refurmaliun. [The folio wiiu; sfnuiing particulars of the life of the Poet Thomson, wehaveex tra&edtr«ih the London «' Jjtar," They are pleafaritly told by one, who seems to referable Partridge in Tom Jones both in his profejjmnal and in his chattering ca pcrfity. 3 Memorandum of Thomson, the Poet, cofteßed from Mr William Taylor, formerly a bar ber and Peruke maker. at Richmond, Sur ty —now hind, September 1791, by the Earl of Buchan. j Mr. Taylor, do you remember any [ thing of Thomson, who lived iu Kcw-lawc : some years ago i—Thomson. I Q. Thomfon,the Poet ?—Aye, very well. ; I hike taken him by the uofe many hun. dred times. I shaved him, I beleive, seven or eight years, or more ; he had a face as lorg as a horse ; and he (weat so much, that I remember, after walking one day in sum mer, I shaved his head without lather by his own desire His hair was as foft as a camel's. I hardly ever felt such ; and yet it grew so remaikably, that if it was bwt an inch long, it Hood upright an end from his head like « brush. [Mr. Robertfon con firmed this remark J His person I am told, was large and clumsy I Yes ; he was pretty corpulent, and (looped forward rather when he walked, as though he was full of thought he was full of thought ; he was very careless and negligent about his dress, and wore his clothes remarkably plain—[Mr. Robert fon,. when I read this to him, said, #• He was clean and yet ilovenjy, he lloopeu a good deal.' J be always wear a wig ? Always to my m?m ry, and very- extravagant he wis with them I have fecn 4 dozen at a time hanging Vip in my matter's (hop, and all of them so big that nobod' r else could wear them. I suppose his fvreating to such a degree made him have so many, for I have known him spoil a new one only iu walking from London. He was a gre«t walker I believe ? Yes ; he used to walk from Malioch's lett'sj at Strand on the Grees near Kew Bridge, and from London, at all hours in the night : he seldom liked to go in a car riage, and 1 never /aw hi<n on borfeback. I believe he was. too fearful to ride [Mr. Robertfon said, he could not bear to get up on 3 horse.] . Q. Had he a Scotch accr'rttf?—Very broad ; be always called me IVulf. Did you know any of his relations ? Yes ; he had two nephews (coullab!!) An drew and Gilbert Thomson, both garden ers, wh» much with him, Andrew used to work in his garden ai.d keep it ii( order at over hour*; he d:ed at Richmond, about e even, years ago, ot a cancer in bis face. Gilbert, his brother, lived at IJaft Sheen with one Squire Taylor, till he fell out of a mulberry tree and was k lied. Thonplon keep much company? Yes; a good deal of the "writingfort. I remember Pope, ard Paterfon, and Malloch, and Lyttleton, and Dr. Arn>ftroug, and Andrew Miller the bookfcller, who had a house near Thompson's in Kew-iane, Mr. Rokertfon could tell you more about them. Q. Did Pope often visit him ? Very often: he uled to wear a light coloured great coat, and commonly kept it on in the house ; he was a strange ill formed little figure of a man ; l.ut I have heard him and Quiu aud Paterfon, talk together so at Thornton's, that I eou'd have lillened to them for-ever. Quiu was freijiier.tly there. I fuppole ? Yes j Mrj. Hobart his housekeeper, often wilhed Quin dead, he made her master drink so. I have seen htm and Quin coming from the Cattle together, at four o'clock in a morning, and not over sober you may be fuie. When he was writing in hit own house he frequently fat with a bowl of punch before him, and that a good large one too Q. Did he fit much ui his garden i Yes ; he had an arbour at the end of it, where he to wri;e in summer time. I have known liim lie along by himfclf upon the grass near it, and talk away as if though three or four people were along with him. [This might probably be when he was reci ting his own compolitions ] Q_ Did you ever fee any of his writing ? I was ouce tempted, I remember, to take A peep ; hi., papers used to lie iu a loose pile upen the t tble iu his thidy, and I had long ed for a look at them a good while ; so one morning, while I was waiting in tUe room to fiiave b m, and he was lo;,ger;th»n usual before he'came down I flipped off the top fiieet of piper and expe&ed to find ft.metliit,g very curiogs, but I could make nothing of it. I could not even read it for the letters looked like all in one. Q- He was very affable in his manners ? O yes ! he had 110 pride ; he was very free in his conveifation and very cheerful* and one of the best nam red men that ever lived. 4J. He ipldoni was much hurthenr'd with ca!liNo } to be fjre be was deuced long winded ; but when he had mt>tiey, he would fend for his creditors and pay them.ali round* he has paid my maftev between ;o und 301. at a time. CV YOll did nrtt keep a f?ir>p yourfrtlf then at that gillie? N,o Sir : 1 lived with one Lander here for 20 years, and it was while I was prentice andjourneyn:an with him that 1 used to wait on Mr. Thoinion. Lander i\3ade hi? majors and bg'ns, and a paiTon of the ai;;n.e of T.iylor, iu Ciaven-ilreet in the S 1 raiui, made his tie wig 6. And an excel lent cpftoincr he wits to both. Did you dress any of hi* vilitors 1 Yw> and Lytdctoa, Sir Gcarge I '' l ' / ' • < THOMSON. think h? was called. Ht was so fender i faced I remember, and so dev-.lifh difficult to (have, that Wone of ih* men in the (hop dared to venture on him except myfelf. 1 have often taken Quin by the nose tpo, whi li required some co'irage let me tell you. One day he sflted particularly if the razor was in good order, protested he had .as many barber's eat 8 in his parlor at home, as any boy had bird's eggs on a thing, and swore, if I did not /have him fmoothiy. he would add mine to the number, *' Ah," said Thonifon, " VVull {haves very well, I allure you." You have seen the feafocs, I sup pose ? —Yes, Sir : and once had a great deal of them by heart (he here quoted a paflage from fpring).—-Sheperd' who formlv kept the Caltl'e inn, shewed me a bock of Thorn ton's wri.ing' which was about the rebellion in 1745. ® ft' l to muHc, but I think he tr ld me not publtlhed. I mentjontd this to [Mr. Rqbertfon.but he thought Taylor had made a ftnall mistake, perhaps it might be some of the patriotic fougs in the Masque of Alfred ] The cause of his death ig said to have b. en taking a boat from Kew to Rich mond, when he was much heated by walk i''g ■ —No j I believe he get the better of that ; but having had a batch ef drink ing with Quin, he took a quantity of cre mur tartar, as he frequently did on such oc cafiont, which with a fever before carried h-m off. [Mr. Robertfon did not a (Tent to this.] He lived I think in Kew Foot-lane ? —"*» es ; and died there ; at the furthereft hauf* next Richmond Gardens, now Mr. Bofcawen's. He lived foirie time before atafmaller one higher up, inhabited by Mrs. Davis. Did you attend on him to the last ? —sir, i shaved him the very day before his death ; he was very weak, but made a fliift to set up in the bed. I afktd him bow he fount} himfelf th.it morning ? •' Ah, Wnll," h« replied, " I am very bad in deed." [Mr. Robertfon told me, he ordered this operation himfelf, as a reirefliment to his friend.3 Taylor concluded by giv.ng a hearty encomium on his character. This conversation pWe at one of the alcoves on Richmond Green, where I accidentally dropped in. I afterfards found it was a rural rendezvous for a ftt of old in valids on Nature's infirm lilt, who met there cVery afternoon in line weather, to recount and comment 011 the " tales of other times." I inquired alter Lander, and Mrs. Ho bai t and Taylor of Cavern ttreet. but found that unfile of them were fnrviving. Mrs. Hobait wis thought to have a daughter married in the town called Egerton ; but it was not likely from the diltance of time, that she could irnpait any thing new. Taylor told me the late Dr. Dodd had applied to him several years ago for anec dotes and information relative to Thomfuii. Piirk, Egerton, the bookseller, jifar White hall, tells rue, that when Thotpion firlt came to London, he took ud his abode with his predecessor Millan, and fmifhed his poem of Winter in the apartment over the Ihop ; that Millan punted, it for him, and it re mained on his (helves a long time unnoticed ; but alter Thornton began to gain ftnne re putation as a poet, lie either went himCclt, or was ta,kea by Mallet, to Millar it) the Strand, with whom he entered into new en gagement': for priiuing his works ; which so much incenlid Millan, his firlt patron, and his countryman alio, that they never afterwards were cordially reconciled, altho' Lord Lyttleton took uncommon pain* to mediate between them. For Sale, BY PUBLIC AUCTION—IN THE CITY or WASHINGTON. t THE following property belonging totheTruf tee. of tbc Agg.egate i'UIiU, provided ior the payment of certain creditors of Edward Fox and James Greenleaf. ' On Monday the Clb October jttsL PA&r ot the property of said tund, in the City of WaSiington, that now is rendered clear of every incumbrance, will be expoled at Pualic Au&iou at Tanwiclifl Tavern, amongtf which are the following valuable fituatioi,, viz. 11 Lots in square No. 973, a lots-in square 974. »J lots la jquare N«. 995, 3 lots in fquarelouth of fquan 1019, 19 lots in square toao, 1 lot in square io»c 1 let in square ioxi, 7 lots in square 1043, 4 lot in square io»4> 3 lots in square 1045, 3 lo » in fqtiare 1046, 9 lot* ih square 1047, i» lots in square 1048, with sundry others, advantageously situated iu various parts of -the city. Alio the a tlnry frame houle slow occupied by Mr. Dehlois, beautifully situated (with an exteulive view pi sev eral miles down the Potomac) on the fonth east corner of square 973. fronting 41 feet on n itreet asft, and 41 feet on fonts G llrcet: a commodious Kitc'h.-n with an oven, &c. adjoining the foutb front. A large frame liable, carriage howfe uid hay loft 50 feet by »j, and a pump of excellent water near the back door of the kitchen, the lot exteudiug.9l feet on T1 llreet, and 139 Ceeti inch in G ft.-ett, comprizing lots No». i, 1,3, and part of iz, in the regitiered division of the Iquare. 1 he sales will commence at the said tivero at ten o'clock in the forenoon. The teraisone fourth ca(h, one fourth in fix months, whe» a deed will be given, the remain ing moiety in two years, payment to be by bon I and mortgage. But the creditors iu the above fund, may iu lieu ot mortgage leture pay ment of their bonds by ol certificates vf the truftces at the rate of five (hillings iu the pound, to the amount i'ecurcd and Ihculd a dividend take place before the expiratiou of the t*.> years, it will be set off again 11 tha bond, and the certifi cates returned in the fame proportion. Henry Pratt Thomas W. Francis I John Miller, juo. Tryjlees. JohnAfhley 1 Jacob Baker. J THOMAS TINGEY, Agent. CAUTION. tC7* THE PUBLIC are cautioi a gain ft having any communication with the GANGES Sloop of War, (now at New- Caitle) or any of her officers or ciew there, as they may depend "on being.preven ed from returning to this city in less than thirty days. AnJ means will be taken to prose cute all without diftinftion for violating thn Quarantine Law. • September u. , '" 1 " " 7-1 Gazette Marine Lift. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED, davs Schr. Eliza, Rich, Boston 17 Rum and fifh—To Captain Ship Fair American, Reever, Havanna Sugar—C. Dulith Schr. Currinmao, Hill, Frederickf fburgh 9 Wheat—To Captain Antelope, Comby, North Caro [lioa 5 Naval (lores—To Captain CLEARED, Brig Lark, Wallace, Sr. Jago de Cuba Beaver, Elliot, Havanna Schr. John, Gemmeny, Laguira Eutaw, Innis, Port Republican Harmless, Stoddcrt, Boston Sloop Harmony, Elwood, Alexandria Came up from the fori. Schr. Swallow, Drumond, Bahimoie The Olive of Baltimore, was ready to fail for Philadelphia from liavanuah the 25th of Augult. The brig Amazon, Devereaux, for Phi ladelphia, has been captured by the Brililh and ordered her to Jamaica. Brig Molly, "Weeks, from Londonderry (left it 16th June) has arrived at the fort with 248 pafiengcrn. Brig Delight Glazier, fiom hence, has arrived at Port Republican. Brig Hiram, Sherer. from hence, has arrived at Monteao Bay. STr" THE Letter bzgs of the Ihip Ma ria, Thompson, for Amsterdam, and brig Two Brothers, for Liverpool, will be ta ken from the Coffee House ; the former this day, and the latter 12th intlant. WILMINGTON, ( D ) September 9. ARRIVED. Brig Molly, Weeks, Londonderry [PalTengers Schr. Favourite, Gross, 61, Andrews Plailter of Paris CLEARED, Schr. Philadelphia, Pinillon, Niw [ Providence BOSTON, September 5. No arrivals : This mofiiiog ihe fort (hew a (hips tignal ; but as the wind has blown flrong from N. N. W. (he mull have come too, or entered quarantine. PROVIDENCE. ENTERED, Bchr. Phoebe, Turner, Ederton Sukey, Nickerfon, Alexandria Sea Flower, B. Rhodes do. Ztrviah, J. Rhodes, do. NEW YORK, September io- Arrived, Brifj Dean, Ackcrly, Sloop Eliza, W-tkins, Cleared, Ship Uniqn, Hall, London Anna Maria, Coffin, Tunis Garland, Jenkins, Newfoundland Brig Nancies, Atkinfon, Hamburgh Arrived schooner Maria, Ferdinand, from Porto Kico. July 25, the schooner Little William. Captain Cricklow, failed frum N. Carolina for Antigua ; on the Bth Augull in lattitude 22 00, longtuude 62, 00, wasupfet by a fqiiall. Ou the 14th, the Freuch privateer schooner Liberty, Cap tain Heehaw, from Guadaloupe. fell in with the wreck and supplied the captain mid people of the Little William with doathirg, &c. and took them on board ;On the 11th she captured the schooner Lark of Norwich, Captain Randell, laden with rum and sugar, from St. Vincents and sent her to Porto Rico. On the 20th she captured the schooner Jafon,Bag!ev, from Trinidada, bound to Portland, (N. H.) and sent to Porto Rico ;on the 2id spoke brig Sally, Stpwf, of and for Milford, in ballatt, and put the crews of thetwo schooners on boaid. The lall Captain C., saw of the privateer, was in chafe of the brig , Appleton, from Trinidada, bound to Boston, as sup posed, having spoke h«r the day before. BALTIMORE, September 9. ; Arrived, day: Schr. Edward, Sherman, Havanna 15 Left there, rtlip Sally, Brown, of Balti more, to fail in two days ; schooner Invin cible, , of do. in four days ; Char lotte, Stanley, of do. uncertain. The barque John and Jane, Captain Lanp, and brig Three Brother*, Captahi Kin j, of Baltimore, went in as we came out, after thirty days paflage ; also schoo ner Little John, Captain Penrice, from St. ThqmasV Spoke a schooner frvm the lia vanija iu the bay. NORFOLK, September 3. Arrived, brig Liberty, Yeaje, twenty dajfs'Montego Eay. ano. ;ib, South Fr/ut Street, H A V E FOR SAL ii, Ifonmjngtrv, Sidiery, Cutlery, JJinii ai,<j Jipan d iV.r.-s, r 6d 84 ioi> iid and acid flat poiiitnaHs> jDerntpn Sitel, Hats afft >rtt?d ia cases, l iftols. g-jns an.i flints, &C.&C Sepitnilicr 11 ■; / £f The Editor wilhes to contrail for a conltant I'upply of Supcr-Koyal PRINTING PAI-EU ~--Tu e quantity wanted annually will be about one thoufaiid ream's. Any pvrfon dilpd'cd to contra.si, by calling at the office will learn further particulars. Srptrmber •To ibe cf tbe Ci y and County of l'kV.tuUip#fa. gentlemen; When the present lheriff's time of office expires, I take the liberty to offer mylelf as a candidate for said office, and {elicit your votes in tny favour ; in duir.g which you will confer an obligation, which will be gratefully a' kno viedged by she allured friend and humble lervant. Joseph Cowperthwair. Sept 8 tu&f tE PRINTING, Neatly executed at the Office of the Gazette of the United States. Book-Work—Pamphlets— Hand-Bills, IH Cards— Blanks ot all kinds, , Etc. Sic. Will l»e printed at the Shortest Notice. ausruft 2^. " BENJAMIN CLARK, Clock & Watcii Maker, ; HAS REMOVED To No. 36, Market Street, Where he has for Sale, Spring and other Clocks ; gold and filve Watches; Tools, Files and Materials; flee 1 and pilt Chains, Seals and Keys ; Springs, Sic. See. CLOCKS AND WATCHES - Repaired as usual. June 3 tu&f tf Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN-AWAY frooi Sprirg Forge, in York County, a negro man, named ISAAC, other wise CUD"JO. aVut zi years old, the property of Robert Coleman; Esq. He is about j teet 8 ioches high, has a Memifh in his eyes, sicre white in therrt thin comnian, bjr trade a Ferge man; hsd on a:.d took with him a drab coloured broad cloth coat, alrnolt new, a failcirs jacket and pantaloons" printed fancy cord, a fwanfJown striped under acket; a rorum hat; one fine and one coarse shirt* one muuin handkerchief, sprigged, two ditto flriped bord' r, a blue VerEan under jacket itid two peir cottn» llockiners. Whoever takes up fairt negro and lodges him in any jail in this or any of the ticigahouriirg oat« 9 shall have the above ti, ward or reaTot.ablc axpeccesif brought home, ' JOHN BK.IEN. Spring Forge, N B. .'is faiduegro formsrly lived,in Chcfter coanty, it is probabl« he maj- return there. Vnvf "7'er 5 Notice. THE OF ABRAHAM MuORE isf JAMES CAMPBELL, . IS tJiis.day tiiffolved by mutual confeiit— they 1 -' having patTcd receipts reciprocally. July 28—(S. 9.) 2t.' Savannah Richmond 60,<_00 weight of Prime Coffee, Just imported, and for sale by the Subscriber. GIDEON H. WELLS. September 9. Port Wine & Claret In Cases, of the first Quality. Wine and Cyder Vinegar. In l'ipea and Quarter Calks—For Sale by BENJAMIN W. MORRIS & Co- July 29 3aw3w. 30 Dollars Reward. RA N away frsm the subscriber, a Negro Man-Slayiij tailed Levin—His is yellow, h:s height about five feet and up wards ; his hair ia brfhy and long, and cut on the top of his head; his person is th":ck and well made, and he is not over thirty years old He is fupp >fed to have gone to the northward. It is reporred that Levin, rronr much like him, tJok water at Vienna tor Baltimore, Maryland. Whoever fecufes or cauies him to Lc lecur ed so that I get him aglin, or brings and deli vers him to the fublcriber, fliall receive there for 30 dollars, and all rsafotiable coils and charges from JAMES ANDERSON. Near Stevens's Ferry, Somerset County, Maryland Septemher 6- 2 o dollars Re Wc RHBAN AWAY from the subscriber at Sp«e4 ■well Forge, Lancaster county, on Saturday night the 13d ins! ant, a Negro man named NED, about 11 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, I check. Mad on wh.ll he went away a fuliian : coatee, caflimcie waißcoat, tow trowfer?, and !is called James Rols of Htrkely cpunty, Virginia ; [ property of David Homer. It is probabl he • will Ihapc his tnurfe for New-Yorl;. Whoever apprehends and secures said Negro,, i 10 that 1 get hitn again stall rceeive the above re ward.snd reafoUihW t Jurgesii brought home. i WILLI.IT COLEMAN. J Septum!" r 1 Ojt—to nv M M dim
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