Gazette Of The United States, & Daily Advertiser

BOSTON, October 31.

President's Birth Day.

Yesterday JOHN ADAMS, Esquire, the First Officer in the American Republic, entered the 66th year of his active and valuable life. The unfeigned eagerness of his fellow citizens to commemorate his birth, was equal to that of any former occasion. Impotent have been the attempts to diminish the warm affection and lessen the full confidence of the great body of his countrymen. They feel that he is their friend, and under his administration rest in certain security. Let his opponents console themselves with the fancied merits of JEFFERSON—his adherents have the proud satisfaction of knowing that his talents and virtues are obvious.

The morning was welcomed by a discharge of Artillery—and the ringing of all the bells o' the town. The Artillery Companies commanded by Capts. Johonnot and Bray—the Willow Blues, under Capt. Messinger, and the Republican Volunteers, under Capt. Stutson, honored themselves by a public appearance. At noon, a grand salute was fired by the Artillery Companies and by the ships of war laying in the harbour. All the vessels displayed their colors.

A large and very respectable Company, attended an elegant Entertainment at Concert-Hall.—The patriotic sentiments of this federal republican circle are exhibited in the following TOASTS:

1. The Man whose anniversary arrives to place him 'mong the foremost in Order of Time; first in the List of Merit, JOHN ADAMS, the Acme of the Pyramid: May the Weight of his Character, consolidate, by its pressure, all the component parts of the Structure.

2. The Constitution—whilst its Base is extended over the utmost Limits of our Country, may its Apex, rise to the Regions of Aspiration and Glory.

3. The Memory of GEORGE WASHINGTON, and the sacred Sensations it excites.

4. Commonwealth of Massachusetts—conspicuous in the Federal Cause, as in the Eminence of her First Magistrate.

Governor STRONG—Pure in principle, temperate in Discussion and magnanimous in Resolve.

6. Our Envoys to France—Moderation in their manners. Firmness in their measures, and Success in their Mission.

7. The Four Secretaries—The regular Balance of Power, may they support the executive, in the Centre.

8. Our Infant Navy; May the Eagle who perches on the Pines of the American Forest, never desert its Top of his Favourite Tree—when transplanted to the Ocean.

9. The Federal Cause; Perpetuity to its Principles, Unity to its Interest, and Individuality to its Views.

10. Remember Federalists! Your Compact, like Ruperts Drop, is the coalition of dependent Particles, immersed in their opposite Element; Union is the cementing Point—break it, and you are dispersed to Atoms.

11. Honest Men and Lieges, If in one Point their hopes and wishes centre; if with one heart, to ADAMS they rest true; come all the force of Faction's Friends, in arms, and they will shock them.

12. Faction; May its Convulsions give Strength to Federalism, as the Bitumen of Babylon required Durability from the Action of Time.

13. First Principles; May they never be deserted for immaterial Differences.

14. May Wounds received by divided Friends, from the Political Tarantula of the Season, be healed by the full-toned Chorus of ADAMS & LIBERTY.

15. Whenever Jacobinism extends its Sphere, may it, like the Circle in the Pool, annihilate its Strength.

16. May the Pumpkin of New England always overpread and destroy Poisonous Exotics, on the Field of Patriotism.

At night the Columbian Museum was Splendidly illuminated; and the Theatre was opened.

At Charlestown, the festive board was encircled by the grateful citizens, In the evening. a Concert was given, and an Oration was delivered at the Meeting House.—The receipts were appropriated to the use of the Organist. Mr. L. Mellen was the Orator.

At Salem the Day was celebrated with conviviality.