Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1794-02-27 00:00:00, page 1

FROM Edinburgh, lately ftotn Paris,
teacher of Hebrew, &c. language-, au
thor of Comprehensive View of Philosophical,
Political, and Theological Syfleins, frotn the
creation of the world to the present time, &c.
He will begin this second comTe t)T Lectures
Fcbru ry 27th, at 6 o'clock in the evening, in
the Friends' grammar school room, 4tl» street,
and will finifh it in a month.—The idea of it
•wasfuggefted by for.ie Ladies for the improve
ment of the (ex—but it is calculated for both
lexes (of any age above childhood) whereby
they will discover a new world in nature,
concealed from others as a fine country is
from travellers in the night, and as the light,
a«»d the appearancc of natuie is from the
blind; this will be a new fceneof enjoyment
and delight, as that of feeing is to one born
blind, and will teach thein to acquire the pro
per ule of their faculties, as a child does that
of his limbs by learning to walk : —this will
elevate thein to a Philosophical region of sub
lime enjoyments and rational pleasures, as
much superior to the pleasures and amuse.
inents of others as a man is to a child in sta
ture, and which will endure the (hock of ad
versity, and not for fake them like others, in
affli&ion and old age ; as the use and end of
ail real knowledge is practice and happiness,
this course will tend to promote personal hap
piness, and fit for the duties of society, one
part of it will be on the preservation of health
of body and serenity of mind, without which
riches can aflord no enjoyment : those whoob
fcrved Hie author's regimen,escaped the Pesti
lential d>leafe in the houfc were others died
of it. To begin with an introductory Lec
ture on the benefits of PbUofopby to
human life.
Wanted to Charter,
SSL A VESSEL
fcgffi£Sß| Of iooo Barrels burthen.
Is a ttout good vefiVl, about two years old,
burthen 23a tons, has only made three voy
ages, and may be sent to sea at a small ex
pence. She may be Teen at Vine-street wharf,
and the terms made known by application to
Wharton Ss° Lewis.
F< b. 12, 1794. ' dtf
For Sale or Charter,
mL ANDROMACHE,
( an American bottom)
yohv Moore, Master ;
Fifty Dollars Reward.
ON the 31ft of last month. the fubf'.iib r ad
dr> ffcO » letter to Mefffj, Tiionui P tar fall
£# San, merchants in New-York, and \ndofed
therein a bank note, No. 445, for twenty dol
lars ; ont ditto, No. 151, i<»t thirty dollars;
and one ditto, No. 3<&66, for twenty dollars.
—He also addrcflVd -\ letter to Mr. Gilbert
S«.ti»jlali, nureliant in New-Yo»k T inclofwg a
bank bill, No. 148, lor filry dollars, indoiftd
on ihe bark thereof in thefc words—" P») ihe
within to Mr. Gilbert Saltoiffla//—~Eben. Hunting
ton—He also addreflVd a letter to Meffis. White
<* Wardell, merchants in New-York, and inctp
feda bank bill sot ten dollars, and a draft in fa
vor ot laid White £3 War dell, which letters were
put in the Pott-Office on fatd 31 ft J a "uary, to
be fuiwaidcd to New-York ; But by letters re
ceived from the Gentlemen to whom they wire
fcverally addrcflVd, the money was robbed
from each letter before delivery.
Mordecai Lewis,
Has for Sale at his Store, No. 25, Dock-
The Public are rcqut ftcd io endeavor a de
tr£hon ol the Villains who committed the above
robbery. The hill indorsed, I think was a Yoik
bank bill, and some others, one or more was
of ibe Untied Stales hank, remitted at Philadel
phia. Any person difcovenng the Thief, and
returning the Money, (hall be entitled to fii'ty
dttliats rewaid.
Philosophical Lectures,
Barcelona, Handkerchiefs in Boxes,
A l>alr of low-priced Cotton Handkerchiefs,
A Quantity of Syucbong T< a, Hyson and
Tonkav, ditto.
Feb. >9.
Feb. 24, 1794
Holland Cm in Cases,
A Quantity of Hriir.ftonr,
With a Variety of other Goods.
Feb. ao,
EBEN. HUNTINGTON.
Norwich, 141b F'h. 1794. gw-aw
[No. 66 of Vol. V.]
A few Bales of Riiflia Sheetings.
Enquire of
EVENING ADVERTISER.
By J. M. RAY.
JOHN CRAIG.
Street :—
Cfeefte of fbe Iflttifri) UMate
3'aw6w
C 3* 7bis Gazette Jhall be enlarged, as it
receives encouragement —The Subscription
encreafes daily—Advertising Favors are
fo!icited —Theje conjlitute an ejjfential Item
in diminijbing the Debit fide of the Account.
One Hundred Dollars,
IS hereby off;red by the President and Diiec
tois of the Bank of the United States, to any
person who on or before the firft day of
May ocxt, produce to them such a plan and eve
laiion of a Banking House, as (hall be approved
of bythern.—A plain, yet h'andfome from i-s
dtfired ! The whole building is to be fubllantial
and commodious with as much space around it,
as the size of the ground'wiM admit.
The Lot on which tbf building is to be rrcft
ed, is iituated on the well (ids of Third-ftrcet,
between Chefnut and Walnut-ftrcets in Phila
delphia ; and its dimrnfion* are 110 feci on
Tbird-llreet, and about 100 feet westward.
Scheme of a Lottery,
To raise 39*900 Dollars, cn 266,000
Dollars, deducting 15 P er Cent, from
the Prizes—this Lottery conjtjls of
38,000 Tickets, in which there are
14,539 Prizes and 23,461 Blanks,
being about one and an half Blanks to a
Prize.
I. That whenever either of the Managers
shall receive the sum of Three Hundred Dollars,
be (ball immdiately place the fame in one of the
Banks of New-York or Philadelphia, to the
ciedit of the Governor of the Society, and such
of the Superintendants as live in the city where
the monies are placed, to remain there until the
Lottery is drawn, for the payment of the Prizes.
The drawing will commence, under the m
fpc&ion of a Committee of the Superintendants,
as soon as the Tickets are fold,ot whtch timely
notice will be given.
The .Superintendants have appointed John N.
Cumroing, of Newark, Jacob R. Hardenbeig,
of New-Brunfwick, and Jonathan Rhea, of
Trcnion, as immediate Managers thereof, who
have given ample security for d'feharging the
trutt rcpofed in them.
r Dire&orsof the Society for eflablifliing
X Ufeflil Manufafturcs, having resolved to
erefif LOTTERIES for raising One Hundred
Tho«s a nd Dol la ft. s, agreeably 10 an A£t of
(he Lcgifl turc of the Suite of New-Jeifey, hive
appointed the following perfoni to fuperintrnd
arid dire£l the drawing of the fame, viz. Nicho
las Low, Rufus King, Herman Le Roy, James
Watson, Richard Harrifon, Abijah Hammond,
and Cornelitif Ray, of the city of New-York—
Thomas Willing, Joseph Ball, Matthew M'Con
nel and Andrew B?yarri, of the city of Phila
delphia—His Excellency Richard Howell, Esq.
Elias Bondinot, Geneial Elias Dayton, Jamis
Parker, tohn Bayard, Do&or Lewis Dunham,
Samuel W. Stpckton, JolViua M. Wallace, Joseph
Bloomlield, and Elifli . Boudinot, of New-Jer
sey, who offer the following Scheme of a Loi
ter v, and pledge ihemfcives to the public, that
iKey will take every aifurancc and precaution in
their power to have the Monies paid by the
Managers, from titve to time, as received, into
the BaViks at New-Yoik aiVft Philadelphia, to'
remain for ihepurpofeof paying Pries, which
shall be immediately difchargcd by a check
upon one of the Banks.
(£3T In order to fecurethe purt&u.tl payment
of the Prizes, the Superintendants of the Lottery
have di retted that the Managers (ball each enter
into bonds in 40,000 dollars, with four fuflicient
Securities, to perform their inftiu£lious, the fub
ftancc of which is
11. The Managers to take Sufficient (ecurity
for any Tickets they may trull, o'.herwife to be
refponnble for them.
Paterfon, January 1, 1794.
On application to cither of-the above gentle
men, information will be given where tickets
may be had.
111. To keep regular books of Tickets fold,
Monies received and paid into the Bank, ab
(frafts of which (ball be sent, monthly, to the
Governor of the Society.
38,000 Tickets at 7 Dollars each is 266,000
14,,539 Prizes. 262,000
23.461 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,000
Lafldrawn number, 2,000
2000
3000
8100
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February 24.
SCHEME:
1 Prize of 20,000 Dollars is 20,000
A RECOM OF
THOMAS WILLING, President
cop 3 W -
Thursday, February 27, 1794.
10,000
5,000
2,000
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AND
20,000
30,000
36,000
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10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
15,000
10,000
10,000
By the President of the United States of
America.
Mr. Murray said he should feel himfelf
admonished by the lateness of this period
of the debate, and call of the question
from his colleague, to shorten the remarks
which he intended to offer against the re
solutions, nor would he now presume on
the indulgence of the committee, after so
much had been said, did he not hold it to
be the duty of a representative to use eve
ry exertion, either to obtain good, or to
avert an evil. He would endeavor to avoid
tiring the committee with a repetition of
what had been so ably stated by those with
whom he thought, and would leave the
clear and comprehensive statement of the
relative situation of our trade towards G.
Britain, France, and other powers, to
that good sense in the committee, which
would find ample consolation in the com
.parifon. As his own prejudices, which
he confeffed were heretofore foftered by a
defect of commercial knowledge,had yield
ed to the lights which his own examiiia
A Proclamation.
WHEREAS by information given
upon oath, it appears that in the
night time of the twenty second day of
November, a number of armed men hav
ing their faces blackened and being other
wise disguised, violently broke open and
entered the dwelling house of Benjamin
Wells collector of the revenue arising from
spirits dillilled within the United States,
in and for the counties of Wcftmoreland
and Fayette in the diflritt of Pennfylva
n la, and by assaulting the said colledtor
and putting him in fear and danger of his
life, in his dwelling house aforefaid, in the
said county of Fayette did compel him to
deliver up to them his commifiion for col
lecting the said revenue, together with
the books kept by him in the execution
of his said duty, and did threaten to do
further violence to the said collector, if he
did not shortly thereafter publicly renounce
the further execution of his said office :
And whereas several of the perpetra
tors of the said offence are still unknown,
and the fafety and good order of society
require that such daring offenders should
be discovered and brought to justice so
that infraction l ! of the law may be prevent
ed, obedience to them secured, and officers
protected in the due execution of the trusts
reposed in them, therefore I have thought
proper to offer and hereby do offer a re
ward of TWO HUNDRED DOL-
L A RS for each of the said offenders that
shall be discovered and brought to justice
for the said offence, to be paid to the per
son or persons who (hall firft discover and
give information of the said offenders to
any judge, justice of the peare, or other
magistrate.
In committee of the whole on Mr. Madison's
And I do hereby ftri&ly charge and
enjoin all officers and ministers of justice
according as their refpe&ive duties may
require, to use their bell endeavors to
cause the said offenders to be discovered
apprehended and secured, so that they
may be speedily brought to trial for the
offence aforefaid.
In Testimony whereof I have
( . Ncaufed the seal of the United
■ of America to be affixed
to these presents, and signed the
fame with my hand. Done at
the city of Philadelphia the 24th
day of February one thousand
seven hundred and ninety four,
and of the Independence of the
United States of America, the
eighteenth.
SPEECH of MR. MURRAY.
Go. WASHINGTON.
By the Prcjident
Houfi of Representatives.
CONGRESS.
January aB.
refolutiont.
Edm : Randolph,
tion and that of others had thrown on
this question j he entertained a hope that
others similarly situated, would candidly
and impartially view a fubjeft, which de
manded a difmiflion of prejudice and pas
sion, and which ought to be tried npon a
commercial principle, which was a com
puting and a comparing one.
He had early, and for a long time taken
up ideas without much examination, that
the American commerce faffered from illi
beral reftriftions, and declared, that when
the gentleman from Virginia, firft suggest
ed his intentions, the outlines, which he sb
ably drew, met his strongest prepofieffions.
—If any thing from that gentleman then
gave an inauspicious air to the measure he
proposed, it was the eagerness with which
he urged for an early and hasty discussion
of those resolutions, which no member
could look at, after all that had been said,
without perceiving that they related to the
bed and largest intereftsof this country —
intereftswhich required diligence and much
refle&ion to comprehend, and which all
the palTions, and all the feelings could by
no means do justice to in the estimate.—
They were interests that required great
coolness to discern, and to measure pro
perly.—They had resulted from pra&ice
and the nature of our situation, and they
ought to be treated with refpeft, and in
novated on with caution. The reftriftions
contemplated a great change of commerci
al arrangements, bottomed both on pre
sumed commercial injuries sustained under
its present regulations, and on political
views, which long {landing, and recent
evils had brought into notice.
He could not agree, that the commercial
arrangements at present existing, were the
belt that could possibly exist—nor was he
insensible to the political evils we had en
dured, but he doubted how far these reso
lutions were formed to remedy the firft,
or to remove the last.
With refpeft to the comparative efti
matc of the reltriftions and privileges im
posed or granted by those powers, or by
the United States, he fliould tiuft the ef
ficacy of the information on that part of
the question, to the recollettion of the
committee, and would confine himfelf to
a few points which he believed had been
but lightly touched on by others. He
would endeavor to offer some remarks
that he thought palliated some of the evils
complained of as grounds of change ; and
confine his views to a few heads of com
plaint. It was said our commerce was
(hackled by the Britiih, and by the influ
ence of habit; that our tonnage was un
equal to oar exports—that arrangement*
might be made with other nations, who
would give us a greater latitude and more
liberal terms. He denied that the com
merce of the United States was (hackled
or confined, or that it was reftri&ed unna
turally by old colonial habits. The re
port of the adlual tonnage of the United
States (hewed us a foreign commerce, em
ploying 289,294 tons. Any man who
was acquainted with the real date of this
fubjeft would naturally have concluded,
from the declarations of gentlemen, that,
so inveterately were our old colonial ha
bits formed, and so miserably was our
commerce confined, this large amount of
tonnage must have been concentered Ln the
ports of Britain or her colonies.
The reverse was the truth, and in sup
port of this idea he would refer to the re
port. —This report shews that oni (hips
visit every part of the world—that there
is no place to which American enterprises
does not convey our various products. It
is a chart of our maritime genius, extreme-
That it was (lourilhing when confidercd
independently of the present war from
which nothing certain could be concluded,
he had no doubt.
He believed the commercial situation
of this country relatively considered, to
wards the powers of Europe, was now
pretty well underllood to be indebted
more to interest than to partiality in any
of the powers.
[Whole No. 524-]