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leries for his residence, a guard of honor
to attend him, and the title of President
of France given him ; that when Capet
was condemned he quitted the Convention
that he might not be prelent at the tranf
ailion ; and' that he always treated the
Mountain as if they were villains and A
rarehilte, and in eonfequence resigned his
feat in the Convention,
" In the feilions of the Convention of
the 21 ft inft. it was decreed, that a ilone
Ihould be placed at the entrance of every
burying groand, with this infeription,
" Here it the Abode of Peace aad Eternal
Sleep.".
This morning anchored at Gloucester
point, seven fail of inward bound veflels,
among which, ire two fr.ips.
ExtraS of a letter from Providence, Fe-
" At this distance from the great head
of the nation, we can only enquire what
Congress are about ? W hat news do they
believe—York is taken by this time we
prcfume. Congress so believed it, that
"they coulu_ not kee_p in their fitting."
What fay the wit 3 > '1 hose wicked wit?of
Connecticut—they may laugh—but really
'tis no laughing matter. However, Con
gress are not camels yet, nor is the floor
too hot for them, whatever it may be—
Warm words we may fairly expbft—the
views of parties appear to be so direftfy
opposite, and not feeing all grounded on a
love of peace, or an enquiry after what is
best, we may not expect to fee them Ta
tisued -vith a decision.
" At this diftanee the main object en
one fide seems to Be to get us into a hobble,
and then unhorse the present adminiltra
tion and jump in thcmfelves.
" We hear daily complaints that Con
gress art a great body of wife men, aflcm
bled to get money and do nothing. The
people at large here have no conception
that they can.spend two months in talking
without coming to a vote. The general
assembly of this state, never fit more than
8 week at a session—and if they had the
affairs of the universe to regulate, they
would dp it in tliat time. If right, well-—
if not, they can alter it next time. With
this habit of dispatch, it can hardly be ex
pected that we (hould wait quietly two
months to hear that Conjrrefs had begun.
They have made one aft—-but even this
is found fault with. It is said we are like
the Frenchman, who in a scrabble swore
he would have another hem to his ruffle,
and in the very fcrabbTe loft his ftiivt.—
When the Algerines, and others who ast
like them, have got our veliels, to comfort
us, we are told we (hall hereafter wear two
more stripes upon them. The distress of
parents and others (and there are many of
them here) who have friends in reach of
the Algerines, is not to be described. I
{hall only fay they are very impatient for
spirited and effectual meafuresr
" The body of the people think the
wheels move (lowly. They are not fully
fenlible of the weight they carry—and
they have but little to talk about. Have
you no spare tubs to th ow out, to keep
our fpeciilative politicians at bay : Can't
you propose to alter the Constitution :—
Suppose an amendment was to be made
relating to the poor—thatCongrefs Ihould
have power to make a general law of fet
tlenu nts. It Would set us all a talking,
and probably would be agreed to—lt cer
tainly would be right.
" We want Congress (hould foretell
enaftly the day when, the wars in Europe
will end—Whether we (hall be hurt by
them, or not—What fort of a govern
ment Fiance will establish—When Great-
Britain will ftcp payment, and the king
flee to America for fafety—What fort of
treaties the United States will form with
all the world—and when their glory will
so dazzle the benighted inhabitants of the
eastern hemifpheie, that they will look to
them for light in the political world, as
they 00 to the meridian fun for light in
the natural world ?"
- - t J - '•/
fjkcnin.—February 19th 1794.
The trial of John Nicholfon, Esq.
Comptroller General of the (late, came
on this day ih the Senate Chamber, and
was podponed until the 26th instant, con
fbrm.-thly to the request of the Attor
ney General, and of Mr. Lewis, one of
tltt council for Mr. Nicholfon..
SENATE of the Commonmahh of Perm
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PHILADELPHIA,
FfiERtJARY 2 1.-
Iruary 10, J 794.
Wednefijaj evening the Tragedy of
ISABELLA, wit!) the Opera of RO
SINA, were afiec' t the Ne-j) Theatre
with universal applaiife—and ass. rd'ed ano
ther occasion of pair the warn' .ll enco
miums on the judgment and zeal displayed
by the Manager during his transatlantic
It is proper to commend, dnly
when merit is difplaved; and we hazard
nothing in awarding the tribute of praise
on the perform ant t: of this evening.
Do we fay too much, by suggesting
that the Manner himfelf is improved in
his theatric career ? Mrs. Whitlock in Isa
bella, was the prototype of Mrs. Siddons
—thejufteft ideas of tragic powers were
realized in the part affigncd to Mrs.
IVhitlocl. We saw with pleasure Mr.
IVh'ulock in the chara&ev of Count Bald
win—his merits as an actor have been so
long eitablilhed, that no other praise need
be added, than the fatisfa&ion felt on his
re-appearance as a volunteer of the sock
and bilfk iit. Mr. Fennell has long been
known to fame—he (lands unrivalled in
his cad of tragic characters—when feea
in Othello, which we hope will be ere long,
he will (hew what the author meant.—
Mr. Mor<ton is a native of this country—
we view with fitisfaftion so promifmg- a
bud of liflng merit in the new world.
I have been an attentive observer at the
New Theatre, and, as an American, I can
not withhold an honest exprefiionof thanks
to the Managers for their exertions nndtajle,
in giving us a Theatre, equal, in point of
accommodation and elegance, to mod, and
i fecund, to very few in Europe.
We have already spoken of the other
charafters—occaficnally we (hall hazard a
hint. ' not meaning to offend."
The frequent hallooing of the gentle
men who inhabit that part y'clept the
Paradife—(hews not mirth, but betrays
folly—be charitable good fentlemen —
they only are deaf who cannot hear.
The Orchestra, when compared with
those that are trans-atlantic, will not fufFer
by the comparison in any respect, and in
accuracy of lime, may be said to Hand un
rivalled. . - . . o
Every American of science and tafle,
mult do violence to the better feelings of
his heart, in fupprefling his applause for
each person who has yet appeared on the
stage. _
Americans have not been witnefles of
Tragedy, until Mrs. Whitlock peifonified
Tragedy itfelf, in the character of Isa
bella : —Tor, as to the performers, we
have heretofore seen in this country, it
may be laid—
The performance of the Epithalamium
in the ?d ast of the Tragedy, was a spe
cimen of great judgment in the disposi
tion of the parts, and the execution was
prodigious.—We fecmed to drop " d'u
" muddy •oeflure of decay" and hear the
nuific of the Spheres—
" Wl'ich in ihcii motions likt the Angels sung,
• 4 Stiil quiring to the young ey'd Cherubim*."
Mr. Darly'j musical powers, are allo
nifliingly great.
Mr. Fennell in Tragedy, MelTis. IVig
nell, Francis and Green, Mrs. IVarrel and
Mrs. Brondhurjl, in Comic and Musical
parts, deserve particular encomiums.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in
Bolton, to his friend in this city, dated
■January 25th, 1794.
" There has lately been erected in this
place, a Club which calls itfelf the " Con-
Ititutional and are denominated
by others, the " Jacobin Club." They
hare publiihed their Articles, which are
in (hort hand, a declaration of their right
and their intention, to infpeft the condu£fc
of the Federal Government, and kick as
much dull in its eyes as possible. It is
composed of members united by no other
bond than dilcontent, and are pricked on
the right fide, by the (harp spur of po
verty, or on the left, by the crooked spur
of ambition. It is a great political Brothel
where hacknied Bawds corrupt ignorant
virtue, and young fir.ners are con firmed by
hardened offenders. The unavoidable dis
tempers of the place are as yet confined
to its noAurnal visitants, but let " this
fire in the blood" once become universal,
and its contagion will become more dan
A fubftituie ftiines hiigh*K' as a King,
" Empties lifeU, a$ rimh an inland brook
u lato ihe mam <>t waters."
'• Until <i Kmg he ihen his ft.'te
MR. FENNO,
OBSERVER—No. I.
THEATRICALS.
gcrous than tlic Philadelphia fever, anrf
occasion more Phlebotomy, a million drops
for one, than if every inhabitant ef that
city had been a patient of Dr. Rush. Not
a man of note, or of chara&cr, his, I be
lieve joined it as yet, except one or two
hair-brained politicians, to whom this is
the dernier resort for fame. They have
prevailed on William Cooper, an old ho
nest whig of '75, the nioft refpe&able
member of their body, to sign as President
pro tem; but the well meaning whig is
antiquated. The faculty for opposition
is the only power that has not quitted
him ; and this he has so long domesticated,
that he will turn it out of doors, but with
his dying breath. Indeed this dcfcription
may serve as a general chaiadleriftic of all
these associates. The dupes of the Society
are much more numerous than its villains.
Whatever temporary trouble it may occa
sion the Federalists, I think it can do but
little hurt. The people of America are
too enlightened to be misled, and too
wary to be surprized. They realize too
strongly the perfection of their present
freedom ; and their sagacity will be as
secure a guard against the craft, as theii
resolution was against the foree of its ene
mies. lam told there is a similar inttitu
tion in Philadelphia—Give us its outlines.
Are you a member ? &c. &c.
Two French gentlemen arrived in town
this day, from Baltimore—one of whom,
we hear, is Mr. Fauchet, the new Mi
nister. They waited on the Secretary
of State about one o'clock.
The contested election of Mr. Gallatin
was under consideration in the Senate of
the United States yesterday and this day.
Further proceeding in the business was
postponed till to-morrow.
We hear that a vessel loaded by the
French government with 300 pipes of
brandy is arrived at New-York.
A correspondent enquires whether the
losses sustained by the depredations of the
Algerines and piratical privateers, will a
mount to so much as that our Merchants
are exposed to in consequence of the em
bargo on 150 fail of Ameriean vessels in
the ports of France ?
House of Reprefentativei.
Thursday, Feb. 20.
In committee of the whole on the ffate
of the Union—Mr. Trumbull in the
chair.
The Naval Armament of the United
States, being under consideration, a mo
tion was made by Mr. Murray, to strike
out " Salt " and the duty intended to be
laid on it,- as one of the items reported
by the feleft committee as an object for
taxation to complete the armament.
Whereupon a debate commenced, which
continued nearly to the hour of adjourn
ment —when the question was put, and
63 members rose in support of the mo
tion.
The committee proceeded thro' the
discussion of the report —they then rose
and reported sundry amendments to the
house—which were laid on the table.
Several petitions were read and referred
—among which was a petition from sun
dry persons holders of the bills called
New Emiflion money—praying that those
bills maybe provided for on (imilar princi
ples with the other evidences of the pub
lic debt already funded—Referred to the
Secretary of the Treasury.
The house then took into confederation
the report of the committee of the whole
relative to the naval armament.
The firft resolution being read, which
states the naval force neceflary for the pro
tection of the commerce of the United
States against the Algerine cruizers ; On
thequeftion for agreeing to this part of
the report, the ayes and noes were called
and ate as follows:
Meflrs. Ames, Armstrong, Beatty,
Boudinot, S. Bourne, B. Bourn, Cadwal
lader, Cobb, Coffin, Coit, Dent, Dexter,
Dayton, FitzfimonSjFofter, Gilbert, Glen,
Goodhue, Gordon, Griffin, Hartley, Hill
houfe, Hindman, Holten, Kittera, Lati
mer, Lee, Malbone, Murray, Scott, Sedg
wick, S. Smith, W. Smith, Sprigg,
Swift, Talbot, Thatcher, Tracy, Trum
bull, Van Alen,Ward,,Watts, Winn—43.
Adjourned.
Friday, Feb. 21, 1794,
CONGRESS-
AYES.
Mr firs'. Bally, Baldwin, Blount, Came*/
Christie, Claiborne, Coles, Dawfon, Dear
born, Findley, Giles, Gillefpie, Oilman,
Greenup, Gregg,Grove,
Hunter, Locke, Lyihan, Macon, Madi
son, M'Dowell, Mebane, Montgomery,
Moore, Niles, Nevil, New, Page, Pickens,
Preston, Rutherford, Sherbourne, Smilie,
Triad well, Venable, Walker, Wingate,
Winfton— 4l.
The other resolutions providing the
ways and means, were severally read and
agreed to, and the lej ort was then r»fer
red to the original committee to prepare
and bring in a bill.
A report from the Secretary of war
was read, relative to the operation of the
law refpefting invalid pensioners.
In committee of the whole on the ap
propriation bill, —Mr. Trumbull in the
chair.
The fe&ion whii R authorizes the Pre
sident of the United States to anticipate
the revenue to the amount of by
loan was read.
This fc&ion after some debate was ne
gatived.
The committee finiihed the difcuflion
of the residue of the bill—which was re
ported to the House—the amendments:
were agreed to, and the bill ordered to be
engrailed for a third reading on Monday
next.
A committee was then appointed to en
quire into the state of the treasury, and to"
report on the expediency of a loan.
The Dramatic
Or, STOP HIM WHO CAN.
Lord Scratch, Mr. Bates.
Neville, Mr. Cleveland.
Floriville, Mr. Morcton.
Willoughby, Mr. Green.
Ennui, Mr. Finch.
Peter, Mr. Francis.
Vapid (with the Epilogue) Mr. Chalmers
Miss Courtney, Mrs. Francis.'
Lady Waitfart, Mrs. Shaw.
Letty, Mrs. Rowfon.
Marianne, Mrs. Marfljall.
End of the Comedy a DANCE, coiled the
HIGHLAND FROLIC.
To which will be added, a Comic Opsjla?
Places in the Boxes to be taken at ?fie Box-*
Office of the Theatre, at any hour from nine
in the morning till three o'clock in the after
noon, on the day of performance. Tickets
to be had at the office near the Theatre, at
the corner of Sixth-fcreet, and at Carr & Co's
Musical Repository, No. 122, Market-street.
The Doors will be opened at 5 o'clock,
and the performances begin at 6 o'clock pre
cisely.
Box hs, oncdotlar—PlT7, three quarters
of a dollar —and Gallery, half a dollar.
No places can be let in the fide boxes for a
less number than eight, nor any places re
tained after the firft a&.
Fifty Dollars Reward.
ON the 31ft of lift monih, the fubferiber ad
drrffed a letter to Mclfrs. Thomas Pcarjall
££ Son, merchants in New-York, and mclofed
therein a bank note, No. 445, for twenty dol
lars ; one ditto, No. 151, lor thirty dollars (
and one ditto, N©. 3,866, for tweiuy dollars.
—He also add re fled a letter to Mr. G iHert
Saltonjlall, merchant in New-Yor'<, inclosing a
bank bill, No. 148, for fifty dollars, indorsed
on the back thereof in thefr words*—" Pa) the
within to Mr. Gilbert SeltovJlatt—Ebcn. Hunting
ton.''—He also addrcffccL a letter to Mc.Tcs. H hilt
& War del I, merchants in New-York, and inclo
sed a bank bill for ted dollars, and a draft in fa
vor of said White & Wardell, which letters were
put in the Poll-Office on said 31ft January, to
be forwarded to New-Yoik : But by letters re
ceived fVom the Gentlemen to whom they were
severally addrelfed, the money was robbed
from each letter before delivery.
The Public are requeued to endeavor a de
te&ion of the Villains who committed the above
tobbery. The bill indor/ed, I\hink was a York
bank bill, and some others, one or more was
of the Uniied States bank, remitted at Philadel
phia. Any person discovering the Thief, and
returning ihc Money, shall be entitled to fifty
dollars reward.
Will be performed, a Comedy, called
Flitch of Bacon,
OR, DUNMOW PRIORY.
NEW THEATRE,
Adjourned till Monday.
Justice Bembow, Mr. Warrell
Major Bembow, Mr. Harwood.
Capt. Greville, Mr. Marshall.
Capt. Wilson, Mr. Darley.
Tipple, Mr. Francis.
Eliza y Miss Broadburft-
EBEN. HUNTINGTON.
Norwich, 14th Feb. 3w3ttwr
THIS EVENING, Feß. 21,
NOES.
called the
Vlvat Rtfpublica.