Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1794-03-31 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States  AND  EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 93 of Vol. V.]
MONDAY, March 31, 1794.
[Whole No. 552.]
For Amsterdam,
The new fast-sailing, copper-bottomed SHIP
ADRIANA,
K. Fitzpatrick, Master.
BUILT of live oak and cedar and was intended for a Liverpool Trader, will sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage, having excellent accommodations, apply on board at Walnut street wharf, or to
THOS. & JOHN KETLAND.
N. B. Passengers will be landed in England if required.
March 6, 1794. dtf
For Sale,
The American Brig
TRITON,
BURTHEN 700 barrels, with her tackle and apparel as she came from sea. She is a staunch vessel, not two years old, and may be put to sea immediately. For terms apply to
GARDINER & OLDEN,
Arch Street wharf,
Who have for sale,
Pork, Lard, and Hams as usual, a quantity of Bacon, Bees Wax, and a few casks Timothy Seed—also
Pig and Bar Iron, and Iron castings, in any form executed on the shortest notice.
March 14. *drot
For Sale or Charter,
The Ship
ANDROMACHE,
(An American bottom)
John Moore, Master.
IS a stout good vessel, about two years old, burthen 232 tons, has only made three voyages, and may be sent to sea at a small expense. She may be seen at Vine-street wharf, and the terms made known by application to
WHARTON & LEWIS.
March 21. dtf
Just Imported,
In the Ship Apollo, Capt. Fitzpatrick, from Amsterdam, and now landing on Walnut-street wharf, viz.
GIN in pipes,
A few bales Holland Duck,
Ditto Osnaburgs,
Holland Sheetings,
Juniper Berries,
Glass Ware, viz. Tumblers and Mugs, various sizes.
Sheathing Paper,
Swedes Iron, square and flat bars,
Hair Ribbands, No. 4.
Dutch Great Coats,
A quantity of Junk and Oakum, &c. &c.
FOR SALE BY
THOMAS KETLAND, Jun.
The above-mentioned Ship is for Sale—should application be made within a few days; otherwise she will take freight for Amsterdam.
March 1, 1794. d—tf
FOR SALE,
BY MATHEW CAREY, No. 118, Market-Street,
An Essay on Slavery:
Designed to exhibit in a new point of view, its effects on morals, industry, and the peace of society. Some facts and calculations are offered to prove the labor of free men to be much more productive than that of slaves; that countries are rich, powerful and happy, in proportion as the laboring people enjoy the fruits of their own labor; and hence the necessary conclusion, that slavery is impolitic as well as unjust.
PRICE 25 Cents.
February 15. dtf
The following Certificate
of the funded three per Cent Stock of the Domestic Debt of the United States standing on the books of the Treasury of the said United States, in the names of Donald and Burton of London, merchants, and signed by Joseph Nourse, Register of said Treasury, to wit:—No. 5476, dated 24th August 1792 for 2959 dollars and 53 cents was transmitted from London in the Ship Peter, Paul Hoffey, master, bound for New York, and has been lost. The Subscriber intending to apply to the Treasury of the United States to have the same renewed, desires all persons who are interested in the said certificate, to make their objections thereto, if any they have.
Francis Macy.
Philad. March 27. dlw
Mordecai Lewis,
Has for Sale at his Store, No. 25, Dock-
Street:—
A few Bales of Russia Sheetings, Barcelona Handkerchiefs in Boxes, A bale of low-priced Cotton Handkerchiefs, A Quantity of Sachoung Tea, Hylon and Tonkay, ditto. Holland Gin in Cales, A Quantity of Brimstone, With a Variety of other Goods. Feb. 20. giaw6w
Excellent CLARET,
In hogsheads and in cases of 50 bottles each.
ALSO,
A few cases Champaigne Wine;
MADEIRA,
In pipes, hogsheads and quarter casks,
FOR SALE BY
JOHN VAUGHAN,
No. 111, South Front Street.
Jan. 2, 1794. dtf
The Public are cautioned to beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States, and Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America, several of which have appeared in circulation within a few days past; they are a good general imitation of the genuine Bills, but may be distinguished by the following
M A R K S.
Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States.
ALL that have appeared have the letter F for their Alphabetical Mark.
The Texture of the Paper is thicker and whiter and it takes the ink more freely than the genuine paper.
The O in the word Company is smaller than the M. and other letters of that word, so that a line extended from the top of the O, to touch the top of the M. would extend considerably above the range of the whole word.
In the word United the letters are narrower and closer together than the rest of the bill.
The i and j in the word promise are not parallel; the i inclining much more forward than the j.
The engraving is badly executed, the strokes of all the Letters are stronger and the device in the margin particularly is much coarser and appears darker than in the true bills. Some of the counterfeits bear date in 1791—Whereas the Bank was not in operation till December, and no five dollar bills were issued in that year.
Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America.
ALL that have appeared have the letter B for their alphabetical mark.
They are printed on a paper nearly similar to that of the counterfeited Five Dollar Notes above described; the engraving is better executed, and they approach nearer to the appearance of the genuine bills.
The fine ruled lines through the word Twenty, in the body of the bill, are in number thirteen in the genuine bills, and but twelve in the counterfeits.
The word Company is much like the same word in the Five Dollar Bills as described above, the o being less than the m, and others following.
There is no stroke to the t in the word North whereas in the genuine bills the stroke is well defined.
The letters ent in the word Twenty, to the left hand at the bottom, do not come down to the line, but are so cut as to give an irregular appearance to the word, the Tw and the y going below them.
The Signature J Nixon, has the appearance of being written with lamp-black and oil, and differs from the other inks used in printing the bills and the cashier's signature.
It is supposed these forgeries were committed in some of the Southern States, as all the counterfeits that have appeared, have come from thence, and two persons have been apprehended in Virginia, on suspicion of being the authors of them.
The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS will be paid to any Person or Persons who shall discover and prosecute to conviction the several offenders of the following descriptions or any of them, viz.
The person or persons, who manufactured the paper on which the Bills are printed.
The person or persons, who engraved the plates.
The printer or printers, of the bills.
Every person who has acted as a principal in any other way, in the counterfeiting and uttering the said bills.
THOMAS WILLING, President of the Bank United States.
JOHN NIXON, President of the Bank of North America.
By order of the Committee of the Representative Boards.
Philadelphia, March 28, 1794. dtf
WANTED  AN APPRENTICE
To the Printing Business, Enquire at this Office.
The following article is occasioned by an Advertisement, of the keeper of the Museum in New-York, in which the public are informed, that "a compleat Guillotine, capable of performing the part, in which it was originally designed in France; " and a wax figure, which frequently represents a man beheaded"—are to be seen at that Repository of curiosities.
From the (N.Y.) Daily Advertiser.
KEEPER of the GUILLOTINE.
You have often taken occasion to remind us of the dignity of your appointment, by the frequency of your publications these however, having generally been little more than the avaricious display of a catchpenny showman, would have passed without notice; but your late advertisement, ought not to creep out of sight without animadversion. The additional curiosity of a Guillotine which you have with equal judgment and generosity, procured for the diversion of the good people of New-York, calls for compensation very different from what you ordinarily receive. Let us however look at this new ground of your pretensions to public favor—let us see what you say for yourself. I Tom Thumb, Esquire, prime virtuoso, and show-master general, having long delighted in exhibiting and describing natural deformities, deleterious plants, venomous animals, &c. now offer to the view of my inquisitive countrymen—that exquisite piece of workmanship—that paragon of mechanism—that machine of never dying celebrity—the GUILLOTINE.
Think no more brave friends of air guns, rattlesnakes, and scalping knives; these hide their diminished heads, and are scarce worthy of lying in the same room in the presence of this admirable contrivance which yields to nothing of human ingenuity but to its glorious prototype in the Revolution Square of Paris.
Do not imagine gallant citizens, that I mean to mock your hopes, or disappoint your expectations by exhibiting this astonishing contrivance, painted on baby-cards, or cut out of paste-board—No, I scorn such childish amusement—I have it beautifully erected, composed of solid sharp materials of full growth, perfectly fitted and ready to perform the functions for which it was ORIGINALLY INTENDED. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Vive la Guillotine.
But to be serious—is it possible that the intelligent, the kind hearted citizens of New-York, can have arrived at such a degree of indifference, as to read with patience, or view with composure, so sanguinary an instrument, advertised too in language so offensive to common decency, so shocking to humanity? What! this bloody weapon may be used and is now ready to commence its bloody career in these peaceful regions? Forbid it God of all mercy.
Shall our real, our unfeigned love of liberty, unheedingly seduce us into an hasty approbation of every measure and every means to which less favored nations have resorted, than were necessary in this enlightened country, for the establishment of rational liberty?
Shall we make familiar to our eyes objects of horror, that we may banish from our hearts, those gentle emotions; those endearing affections; those reverential views of another world, which give to life its highest, its most delightful relish, and without which we are no better than brutes. God forbid.
But some will say, surely the sight of a Guillotine need not occasion such gloomy reflections. Fellow-Citizens, you are mistaken—a dangerous spirit has crept in among us—an insidious spirit, which if we do not watch,
will overthrow us.—Its operation is guided by this principle. If I can persuade the people of America, to approve heartily and openly of every species of means, for the accomplishment of a popular end my work is half done. The distance between approbation, and adoption, scarcely admits of measurement. I leave the good sense of those who reflect, to fill up the commentary. How cautious ought the people of America to be at this awful period! How distressing the idea that this prosperous, this independent land, so lately saved from the grasp of all devouring ambition, may soon be plunged into all the horrors which at present are defoliated with mighty strides, the old world! My friends the present state of society and manners among us affords well grounded apprehensions that we are insensible of the blessings which we possess, and consequently in the most imminent danger of losing them: When the moral sentiment is debased, or allowed such unbridled licence, as is everywhere evidenced, it naturally weakens the legal power of the government, and gives a sad presage of decaying morality, or of political decadence.
But why, you will say, Keeper of curiosities , all this sermonizing? Do not fret, nor flatter yourself that it is addressed to you. If this paper comes into the hands of one reflecting citizen, of one true patriot, warned with the real love of his country, he will not disdain to read it, and such are the men with whom I wish to associate.
Keeper of Beasts Adieu.
March 26.
A MAN.
From the General Advertiser.
The Legislature will do a very popular act by granting to Mr. Peale, the moderate loan he requests.
The general interest of science demands in all civilized countries aid and patronage, because it exalts mankind to the dignity and felicity of their destination. The cultivation of natural history is in this country very important in many respects. It brings to light our many treasures in animals, plants and minerals; suggesting thereby new branches of manufactures and commerce, which otherwise may lie dormant for a long time. Mr. Peale's collection of ores and fossils does already merit attention. What sums may we not save in articles of copper and tin, queen's ware, &c. by exploring and improving the treasures we often tread upon! The hair of wild animals, the feathers of birds, the skins, bones and oil of fishes, are in several countries employed in diverse manufactures; for example, the strongest glue is made from the skin of a species of perch by the Laplanders. The offals of herring are by a late improvement, converted into very valuable oil, by the Swedes. In England and Germany a great variety of elegant feathered muffs are made. The skins of Elks are in the north of Europe made into buff, so firm as to be a defensive armour.
The moral effect of a museum is very considerable. I appeal to all who have seen this sublime inscription in that of Mr. Peale.
"Ask the beasts, and they will teach thee: and fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee, and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind." Job, XII. 7, 8, 9, 10, verses.
How many thousand pounds do we throw away upon foreign gewgaws! Let ladies and gentlemen who admire true elegance, view the Summer Duck, the humming bird, the scarlet sparrow, the Brazilian creeper, the gold finch, the pewee, the ruby-crested wren, &c. they will be charmed at a very small expense.
Numbers with myself, that Mr. Peale, may have sufficient encouragement to remain among us. The removal of the museum would not only be severely felt by the votaries of science but also diminish that circulation of wealth which arises from the commerce of liberal arts.
A LOVER OF NATURE.

LAW OF THE UNION.
THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.
An ACT to provide for the defence of certain Ports and Harbors in the United States,
Sec. 1. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following ports and harbors be fortified under the direction of the President of the United States, and at such time or times, as he may judge necessary, to wit; Portland in the district of Maine; Portsmouth in the state of New Hampshire; Gloucester, Salem, Marblehead and Boston, in the State of Massachusetts; Newport in the state of Rhode Island; New London in the state of Connecticut; New York; Philadelphia; Wilmington in the state of Delaware; Baltimore, in the state of Maryland; Norfolk and Alexandria, in the state of Virginia; Cape Fear river and Ocracoke inlet in the state of North Carolina; Charleston and Georgetown, in the state of South Carolina; and Savannah and Saint Mary's in the state of Georgia.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to employ, as garrisons in the said fortifications, or any of them, such of the troops on the military establishment of the United States, as he may judge necessary; and to cause to be provided one hundred cannon, of a caliber each to carry a ball of thirty two pounds weight, and one hundred other cannon, of a caliber each to carry a ball of twenty four pounds weight, together with the carriages and implements necessary for the same, and carriages with the necessary implements for one hundred and fifty other cannon, with two hundred and fifty tons of cannon-shot.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to receive from any State (in behalf the United States) a cession of the lands, on which any of the fortifications aforesaid, with the necessary buildings, may be erected, or intended to be erected; or where such cessions shall not be made, to purchase such lands, on behalf of the United States; Provided , That no purchase shall be made, where such lands are the property of a State.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
Approved—March the } twentieth, 1794. }
GO. WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
Deposited among the Rolls in the office of the Secretary of State.
EDM. RANDOLPH, Secretary of State.
An ACT making further provision for the expenses attending the intercourse of the United States with foreign nations; and further to continue in force the act, intitled "An Act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations."
Sec. 1. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a sum of one million of dollars, in addition to the provision heretofore made, be appropriated to defray any expenses which may be incurred, in relation to the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations, to be paid out of any monies, which may be in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and to be applied, under the direction of the President of the United States, who, if necessary, is hereby authorized to borrow the whole or any part of the said sum of one million of dollars; an account of the expenditure whereof as soon as may be, shall be laid before Congress.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the act, intitled "An act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations," passed the first day of July, one thousand seven hun-
dred and ninety, together with the second section of the act, intitled "An act to continue in force, for a limited time, and to amend the act, intitled "An act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations," passed the ninth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, shall be continued in force, for the term of one year from the passing of this act, and from thence, until the end of the next session of Congress thereafter holden, and no longer.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.
Approved March the } twentieth, 1794. }
GO. WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
A CARD.
The Citizen was acquainted with the circumstance of the lucky return of Mr. S——'s vessel—however as she had not been many days out, the question he put, was not out of order. The citizen is glad to hear that Mr. S. is done with the British, and by their late reprehensible conduct, Mr. S. concludes that they have done with him. To descend to particulars, the Citizen wishes that Mr. S. had been a little more correct and clear in some of his statements, as it would have saved him the trouble of racking his imagination to state them more clearly. The ship Active he conceives to be detained under the general order, to interrupt all supplies of provisions to France. The Mercury though improperly interrupted by the captain of a British frigate, was suffered to sell her cargo at Jamaica, and Mr. S. no doubt is in possession of the valuable returns—can all the owners of vessels whose cargoes have been sold in French ports say as much? Are they not often valued and taken by officers of that admirable government which Mr. S. has so much confidence in, at less than the original cost, without the captain's being allowed any voice in the case—and then it has not always happened that they have been paid for them, even according to their own valuation. With respect to the John , Mr. S——'s heaviest loss, it is said "that this vessel was at the time employed in carrying wheat the British had taken for their own account, though destined for St. Maloes from one of their own ports, before the war between France and Great Britain was declared." The C. declares that he is so dull of comprehension as to be unable to make out the meaning of this, but if he may be allowed to give a guess at it, the meaning of it is this—This vessel was employed by somebody to carry wheat from a British port to a French port, contrary to an act of the British Parliament, or an order of the King and privy council, (I am not certain which) issued some time before the war broke out—she was taken in the fact, and the consequences probably were as stated by Mr. S.—she was employed in a trade in violation of the laws of an independent nation; and however Mr. S——'s loss is to be lamented, the vessel deserves no pity for her untimely fate—but what was Mr. S. about not to calculate his risk in time, and be paid before hand as the wary Danes and Hamburgers? It would be paying a poor compliment to Mr. S——'s sagacity, to suppose that he was behind hand with the most cautious of them, in this or any other instance where caution was necessary. Having succeeded in the development of the causes of this misfortune wrapped up in such mysterious language as at first sight to preclude a hope of the possibility of an unravelment, what are Mr. S——'s grievances reduced to? The solitary and single case of the Active detained at Falmouth—Mr. S. does not tell us, that she is libelled, condemned, or adjudicated, and his grievance is the less, as he had timely notice of the risk of all vessels bound to France with provisions, except rice—the propriety of the order which placed those vessels under such hazardous circumstances will be discussed elsewhere—if it is new and what was never done before in time of war, Mr. S. will please to take notice that they are not without a trans Atlantic example for adopting what was never adopted before.—The Citizen never doubted of Mr. S. having derived considerable emolument from his trade with the ports of France—but that was not the question he put, he merely
took the liberty of asking how many vessels he had lately sent to the ports of France, meaning perhaps a month before he despatched his last vessel for Falmouth—The C. is happy to hear that Mr. S. has nothing to fear for his vessel which the Convention has in their wisdom embargoed at Bourdeaux—does not this shew that Mr. S. is always upon his guard and cautious to provide against the worst? In every instance, but in the unfortunate case of the John it has appeared so; being so fortunately situated he has no occasion to do what others have been compelled to do, viz. to bribe the National Commissaries, as Mr. S. chuses to call them.
With respect to the epithets which Mr. S. wishes to bestow on the British government for their late conduct, the Citizen replies, that the distresses occasioned by war, are always to be lamented upon whatever people they fall—but the C. will again remind Mr. S. that the government under which we ourselves live, and enjoy protection, are not guiltless of being the cause of distress to a large class of innocent individuals.
Congress of the United States.
House of Representatives
Substance of the remarks made by Mr. Giles on the 10th of March 1794, upon the question for the passage of the bill providing a naval armament.
Mr. Giles commenced his remarks by observing, that from the sense of the house several times manifested upon this subject, there remained no doubt but that the bill would pass. In that event, he most earnestly hoped that the success of the measure, would at least equal the expectations of its advocates: Indeed he hoped that their expectations would be disappointed and exceeded; for it did not seem to him that even they were very positive as to its full competency to the end proposed. He even wished that every ship could be furnished with the cap of Fortunatus and the shield of Hercules ; for he was persuaded, that in the present state of things some magical influence, would be found essential to enable them to effect their undertaking. He observed that at present, the wisdom or folly of the proposed measure, was more matter of opinion, but the passage of the bill will furnish futurity with a complete experiment of its true character.
He intended to offer his reasons against the passage of the bill, not with a hope of making proselytes, but as a testimony of the real motives which influenced his opposition. With this view he should only mention some of the general impressions produced on his mind by this subject, without fatiguing the house with minute exemplifications of them.
The subject had presented itself to him in two points of view—1st. As affording a protection to our commerce against the Algerine depredations. 2d. As the foundation of a permanent naval establishment.
He could not help premising, that in the course of discussion the advocates of the bill, had censured its opponents with a want of disposition for the protection of commerce, whilst they claimed a monopoly of all good intention towards this object. He did not mean to derogate from the good intention of the favorers of the bill, but he believed its opponents possessed as pure a zeal for the protection and due encouragement of commerce, as its advocates. It is not a question, whether commerce is, or is not, to be protected; but whether the plan proposed be the most effectual and the least exceptionable, that can be devised for that purpose? The difference of opinion does not consist in the end to be produced; but in the means proposed to effect the end.
The first objection he should make to the bill, would be, the obvious inadequacy of the means contemplated, to effect the end proposed by them. The object proposed, is an effectual resistance not only to the whole present naval force of Algiers, but to their whole naval ability. The bill contains in itself essentially a declaration of war: our calculations therefore should be extended to the utmost limit of the naval ability of the hostile nation. The means to be employed consist of 4 frigates of 44 guns each, and 2 ships of 36 guns each. To decide with propriety upon the objection, this force should be compared with the naval ability of Algiers. He did not mean to go into a minute history of Algiers; he should only observe in general, that it was a populous country, that it had furnished at one time 100,000 fighting men, that its power at this day, was as great as at any preceding period; that they were a warlike people, accustomed to naval enterprizes, and desperate in naval engagements; that for some time past, they had been subsidized for peace by almost every European nation; he could not help concluding from these circumstances that the naval ability of the nation either was or might, without any uncommon exertions, be rendered superior to four 44 gun frigates and two 36 gun ships, the force contemplated by the bill; and if the conclusions were just, the bill is unwise.
In the course of the debate it has been replied to the argument of the ability of the nation deduced from the number of men it has brought into the field; that the naval armament was not intended to attack the invincible militia of Algiers; this is true, but it is no refutation of the argument. The fact exhibits the ability of the nation upon land, and the inference from it has been, that if Algiers can exert such an ability upon land, by changing the direction of her ability, she would certainly furnish a force at sea greatly superior to the armament proposed. The history of her former naval exertions would also justify this conclusion. Providing this armament would naturally turn the attention of Algiers to the increase of her naval strength, and he doubted the policy of measures, which would produce that effect, without the United States were determined to enter into a competition for naval power, with the nations of Europe. Naval exertions have been carried to such excess, that there is scarcely anything, which furnishes more scope for comparison. Several nations possessing a much greater naval strength than is contemplated by this bill, he believed, were at war with Algiers at this moment, yet her corsairs swim in the ocean regardless of their enemy, and hardly recollecting that they are in a state of war. He thought it unsafe to calculate upon any peculiar invincibility in the armament now proposed, and without such a quality although he hoped their efficacy, yet he feared their inefficacy.
He should fear the result, if the contest in other respects were to be upon equal terms, but that will not be the case. The armament will meet with peculiar embarrassment from the expected scene of action. They are to act 3,000 miles from home without the guarantee or even the prospect of a friendly port, they are to continue the whole year upon their station, and to be subject to attack whenever the enemy may think proper, they will also be continually exposed to a tempestuous ocean; under these circumstances they must act upon the most disadvantageous terms, which will lessen extremely their prospect of success. The advocates of the bill have admitted the necessity of finding some friendly ports in the Mediterranean seas, and several have been mentioned, Carthagena, Gibraltar, &c. &c. but their hopes appeared to him to be wholly chimerical.
He did not know how far it might be proper to have reference to confidential communications, to present this part of the subject in its true light. He thought however, he might be permitted to mention in general, that it has been officially communicated to the House, that the truce with Algiers, which has produced the injury to our commerce, against which the present remedy is directed, is part of the system of the combination against France. The mildest apology from Great Britain, for her interposition, has been, to enable Portugal to act more efficaciously in the common cause of despots. Other effects, equally important to that end, will result, and no doubt, were taken into the estimate. They all may resolve themselves into the embarrassments produced to our commerce. This information cannot be questioned. If then the Algerine truce be part of the system of the combination against France, is it probable, that the combined powers, will afford their ports for the protection of an armament, intended to interrupt and destroy that part of the system; May it not rather be inferred, that they will send their aid to their allies , the Algerines , to destroy the force sent against them? Have we hopes against this natural and obvious consequence, from the good dispositions of the combined powers towards us? Have we any hopes from their inability, to effect the object? For his part, he thought it was in vain to hope for a contrary result. From these reflections, occurs another obvious objection to the measure, its direct tendency to war. Upon another occasion it has been said, that Great Britain particularly , is irritable towards us, and all measures ought to be avoided, which might tend to encrease the irritability. It really has become a question for this House, for all America, to determine, and particularly the lovers of peace, whether a naval armament, calculated to resist part of the system of the combination against France, and destined to act in the very scene of war; or imposing higher duties upon some articles of imports, and making an act for the regulation of our own navigation, possess the greatest tendency to war?
For his part, if the proposed armament should be provided, he had but one consolation against this palpable effect of it.—But that consolation furnished the strongest argument against the measure. The trees are now growing, out of which the

frigates are to be built. A considerable time must of course elapse, before these trees can be put into the shape of frigates.
From the present agitation and fluctuation of European affairs, great changes before that time may be effected, and the necessary delay in equipping the armament will be the only chance of avoiding a war by means of the measures.
If the frigates were now afloat, and engaged in the expedition against Algiers, he should view the United States in a state of actual hostility against the whole combined powers.
But the necessary delay which may furnish the only security against war, as a result of the measure, proves the folly of an expensive armament, which, before it can be provided, the fluctuation of European affairs, may render wholly unnecessary.
(Speech to be continued.)
AMERICA.
St. JOHN'S (Antigua) Feb. 25.
The accounts received last week from St. Kitts, of the capture of Fort Bourbon in Martinique, are contradicted in that Island, it seems, by hand bills circulating when the Mail Boat left it on Saturday. By accounts from Montserrat, carried thither by one of the Privateers, it appears, that the British army had carried by assault, a Redoubt called Bouille, after a severe contest, in which we lost 22 killed, and 37 wounded; fifteen Mulattoes and five Whites, found there, were put to the bayonet. From this redoubt, it is said, Fort Bourbon may be battered in breach; should that be the case, we have no doubt, that our gallant countrymen will soon capture it. Fort Bourbon is attacked by 3 columns, one under Sir Charles Grey, another under General Dundas, the third under Colonel White. General Prescott commands one of the detachments acting against Gros Morne and St. Pierre, and Colonel Myers the other. Bellegardes, second in command, has been taken and hanged; and the greatest dissension prevailed in Fort Bourbon. Rochambeau talks of surrender, the garrison will not attend to it; and none will take the command of that important Fortress. Our batteries play incessantly upon it, and the fire of the garrison is very weak indeed. They are principally annoyed from a Bomb battery of seventeen 22 inch Mortars.
UNITED STATES.
PITTSBURGH, March 22.
The Governor of this Commonwealth has appointed the following gentlemen Officers of the four companies to be raised for the defence of the Delaware, and the frontiers of Westmoreland, Washington, and Allegheny counties viz.
 Artillery Company, Captain, John Rice, Lieutenant, John Hazlewood, Jun. Ensign, John Salsberry, Washington County.  Captain, James Seals, Lieutenant, Robert Miller, Ensign, Chas. Craycraft, Jun. Westmoreland County.  Captain, John Sloan, Lieutenant, John Craig, Ensign, James M'Comb. Allegheny County.  Captain, Ebenezer Denny, Lieutenant, Tho. Bell Paterlon, Ensign, Samuel Murphy, Presqu'isle Command.  Captain, Ebenezer Denny, Lieutenants, { John Hazlewood, Jun. { Robert Miller, Ensign, James M'Comb. 
PHILADELPHIA,
MARCH 31.
The following was received last night, by express from Boston.
BOSTON, March 27th, 1794. By the Packet from Halifax, arrived this day, we present the following interesting intelligence.
Extract of Letters from Messrs. BIRD, SAVAGE and BIRD, Merchants in London, to their Correspondent in this town, dated as under.
JANUARY 1, 1794. AMERICAN merchants, and the Gentlemen of Lloyd's Coffee-House, have experienced a great degree of alarm, in consequence of instructions, dated 6th of November, but not issued until the last of Decem-
ber*. The great ground of alarm was a misapprehension that the terms stop and detain, and bring to legal adjudication, meant a condemnation. But the merchants have had a meeting about it: and our Mr. H. M. BIRD was of the committee, who went to the Admiralty PROCTOR and Mr. DUNDAS, to require an explanation of the instructions—the result of which is, that the term “legal adjudication” means no more than that such cargoes should be brought to trial, to find out if they are not French property—but if they are found to be American, they will be released, subject only to charges, as there are grounds of suspicion sufficient to justify the detention arising from a discovery having been made that property is frequently masked. This only relates to cargoes landed in and shipped from America.
But the committee, under Mr. Dundas's directions, are preparing a petition, to ministry, of such a modification as would relieve vessels laden in America, on American account, with French colonial produce for Europe, if not bound to France, and we hope to be able to send you a favorable account from ministry, by our next. This information you may deem authentic, and as it probably may be of a different tenor from other letters from hence, it may be proper to make it public.”
* Error—This order issued in Nov.
January 10, 1794.
“WE have the pleasure to hand you a copy of fresh Instructions, which have been issued, in consequence of the representations of the Committee of American Merchants to His Majesty's Ministers, which we flatter ourselves will give as much satisfaction in America, as we experience, and that it may tend to strengthen the friendship and good understanding between the two countries, so essentially to the prosperity of both. The delays arising in the Commons, do not rest with Ministers, but with the Judge, who presides in the Admiralty Court, and they shew a disposition to redress this grievance, by removing him, if it can be done.”
Her follow the instructions published in our paper of Friday last.
Extract of a letter dated January 11, 1794, from a mercantile house of the first respectability in London.
“WE have now the satisfaction to acquaint you, that the memorial of our merchants, has been attended to, and that the order of Council of 6th November, is rescinded, and in lieu thereof, the following issued:
“To stop and detain all ships laden with produce of the French Islands, coming direct from the Islands to Europe,” and likewise “all ships laden with French property, and to bring them into our ports, for legal adjudication.”
By which you will observe, that the trade between the Islands and America is not affected—and we are persuaded from this deliberate discussion, and from the consequent order, that the property bona fide American, and coming direct from America, will be protected—but all produce of the French Islands coming direct from the Islands to Europe, will if captured be confiscated—let the property belong to whom it may.
The militia of Massachusetts consists of eighty regiments of infantry, of nearly one thousand men each; the major part in uniform. Thirty companies of artillery, in complete uniform, with two pieces of field artillery each, principally brass; and upwards of ten squadrons of cavalry, in uniform, all officered, and completely equipped.
The whole of this force is in the field four times a year annually in detachments; besides being mustered and reviewed by the major-generals of Divisions in large bodies, collected to a central point by regiments and brigades.
These field days and reviews form the most pleasing and attracting public exhibitions of the country, collect the largest assemblies of citizens of both sexes, who by their presence and approbation, animate the guardians of our liberties in the pursuit of those military accomplishments, which are the surest safeguard of the blessings of society.
Extract of a letter from Charleston, dated the 24th instant.
“At this moment our commerce is at a stand, owing to a momentary expectation of receiving accounts from those in power with you, that we are no longer at peace with the British, against whom the merchants of this place, in consequence of the great and unwarrantable depredation on their commerce are much incensed.”
By this Day's Mail.
GEORGE-TOWN, March 25.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Bank of Columbia, March 22d, 1794.
Benjamin Stoddert was unanimously, chosen President of the Bank; and Samuel Hanson of Saml. unanimously, Cashier.
BOSTON, March 25.
Civic Festival Suspended.
From the uncertainty of our present political situation, and the distresses and embarrassments of our trade, the committee appointed to prepare a Civic Feast, recommended a temporary suspension of all festive appearances on account of the brilliant and unexampled successes of our friends and allies the French nation.
By order of the Committee, THOMAS CRAFTS, Chairman. Boston, March 22. 1794.
FRANCE.
Paris, Dec. 31. Armand-Louis Goutaud, ci-devant Duke de Biron, born April 12th, 1747, married to Emilia Boufflers, February 4th, 1766, formerly General of the armies of the Republic in Italy and in La Vendee, has been executed, convicted of being an accomplice in a conspiracy against the internal and external safety of the Republic.
The principal leaders of the insurrection at Lisle, now confined in the different prisons at Paris, are the Governor Valette, the same who denounced General Lamorliere, who has perished on the scaffold; Dufraisse, General of the Revolutionary Army, who for late as the last year trod the stage at Brussels; his Adjutant-General Beauvoisin; Serdaux, aid-de-camp; and Capperon and Target, generals of brigade, and some others.
Yesterday being the day appointed for the Civic Festival on the re-capture of Toulon, the Convention did not sit. The ceremony, the order of which was arranged by DAVID the Painter, was ushered in by the firing of cannon. Fourteen chariots, with devices emblematic of the fourteen armies of France, and the figure of a ship, as the emblem of the navy, formed the principal objects in the procession; and an occasional hymn was sung.
NEW-LONDON, (Con.) March 24.
Extract from Thomas Pool's Marine List.
Arrived brig Neptune, Burnham, in 20 days from New-Providence, where he was carried in by a privateer, detained eight days and then released. All American vessels in that port are released.
Arrived, brig Apollo, J. Williams, in 13 days from Grenada, via Turks-Island, touched at St. Thomas's, where he saw Capt. Gurdon Saltonstall, of this port.—Capt. Williams saw Mr. Fortesque Cumming in Grenada, 22d Jan. last, hearty and well, who was to sail in a few days for Trinidad, and expected to sail for New Haven about the 15th February; Capt. Williams had letters for his wife and friends in New-Haven, but being chased by a French privateer, was obliged to throw them overboard.
Tuesday 19. Arrived, Schooner Polly, A. Gilbert, in 20 days from the Cape; left there, Schooner Lark, Tittle, Beverly, Schooner Farmer, Allen, Martha's-Vineyard, brig Bayonne, Rhode-Island, brig Columbia, Barney, Hudson, Schooner Andrew, Norton, Philadelphia, Schooner Juno, do. brig Salome, Watson, do. Schooner Hope, Higby, New-York. The above vessels are waiting payment from government.
Capt. Gilbert says the Republicans had regained several forts which had been taken by the Spaniards near the Cape.
The resolutions of Mr. Dayton respecting the sequestration of British property were this day, on motion of Mr. Mercer postponed—several members who are opposed to the resolutions spoke against any delay of a decision.
The resolutions reported by a select committee relative to placing the force of the United States in a more efficient state, were taken up in committee of the whole—some amendments took place—which with the resolutions were reported to the house. The house agreed to the amendments—an additional resolution for vesting the President with power to raise twenty five thousand men, in case war should take place, was postponed till to-morrow.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED.
   Ship Master days     Ship Hibernia Massey New-York 7   Abigail Horton do. 8   Sloop New Forge Lincoln Boston 13   Ranger Gates New York 5   Schr. Friendship Patton Bermuda 9   Ship Liberty Caldwell returned   Brig Brandywine Miller, Curfen do.   Molly Tremells do.   Jefferson Morris do.    A letter from a gentleman in Antigua to his friend in this City, of March 4th, mentions, That seven American vessels were condemned there, from the 28th of
February, to the above date, (March the 4th.)
Arrived, the ship Enterprise, Captain Jones, in 12 days from Havannah, he informs, that on the 13th of March, in lat. 49. he spoke the brig Induftry, Captain Laya, from New-York, bound to Havannah—out 28 days.
Capt. Jones further informs, that on the 24th inst. off the Delaware Capes, he spoke the ship Fame, Capt. Eldridge; same time he saw the ship Aerial, Capt. Decatur, both from Philadelphia, a few hours out.
Captain Patton left at Bermuda, 22 sail of American Vessels, part condemned, and others waiting for a trial.—He also informs, that the sloop Sally, Capt. West of Philadelphia, was to sail the same day he left Bermuda: In which Capt. Hayes, of the sloop Sally of this port, was to come passenger—he further informs, that he saw a brig yesterday morning, coming into the Capes.—
* In the 3d column first page—7th line of this paper, for frequently read perfectly.
For Norfolk & Fredericksburgh,
The Brig LITTLE SALLY, JOHN EARL, Master.
A staunch good vessel, will sail in a few days. For freight or passage, apply to the master on board at Chesnut street wharf, or to
JOSEPH ANTHONY & SON. March 31. df
NEW THEATRE.
THIS EVENING,
March 31,
Will be performed, A TRAGEDY, called the
Grecian Daughter:
  Evander,  Mr. Whitlock    Philotas,  Mr. Moreton    Melanthon,  Mr. Green    Phocion,  Mr. Cleveland    Dionysius,  Mr. Fennel    Galippus,  Mr. Warrell    Arcas,  Mr. Francis    Greek Herald,  Mr. Harwood    Euphrasia,  Mrs. Whitlock    Erixene,  Mrs. Cleveland  
End of the Tragedy, A Pantomimical Dance, called The Sailor's Landlady, OR
Jack in Distress.
To which will be added,
A FARCE, in two acts, called
The Spoil'd Child.
  Little Pickle.  Mrs. Marshall    Old Pickle,  Mr. Finch    Tag,  Mr. Francis    John,  Mr. Blisset    Thomas,  Mr. Darley jun.    Miss. Pickle,  Mrs. Rowson    Maria,  Mrs. Cleveland    Margery,  Mr. Bates    Susan,  Miss. Willems  
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their servants to keep places, at half an hour past 4 o'clock, and to order them to withdraw, as soon as the company are seated, as they cannot on any account be permitted to remain in the boxes, nor any places kept after the first act.
No places can be let in the side boxes for a less number than eight, nor any places retained after the first act.
The Doors will be opened at 5 o'clock, and the performances begin at 6 o'clock precisely.
** As inconveniences to the public have arisen from the Box book being open on the days of performance only, in future attendance will be given at the office in the Theatre every day from ten till one, and on the days of performance from ten till three o'clock in the afternoon. Applications for Boxes, it is respectfully requested, may be addressed, to Mr. Franklin, at the Box Office.
Places in the Boxes to be taken at the Box Office of the Theatre, at any hour from nine, in the morning till three o'clock in the afternoon; on the day of performance. Tickets to be had at the office near the Theatre, at the corner of Sixth-street, and at Carr & Co's Musical Repository, No. 122, Market-street. BOXES, one dollar—PITT, three quarters of a dollar—and GALLERY, half a dollar.
ADVERTISEMENT.
To the distressed inhabitants of St. Domingo now in Philadelphia.
The distribution of the money allotted to them will be made on Wednesday next, at the South-West corner of Walnut and Water streets from nine o'clock till noon, and from three to five afternoon.
Aux Habitans de St. Domingue de nués de toute faculté à Philadelphie.
La Distribution de la somme accordée se fera Mercredi prochain, au Coin delle Rue Sud ouest de l' Eau & De la Rue de Walnut, entre neuf heures & midi & de trois & Cinq apres midi. The Printers of Philadelphia, are requested to republish the above.

In the Name of the French Republic.
EVERY Frenchman is forbid to violate the Neutrality of the United States. All commissions or authorizations tending to infringe that neutrality, are revoked, and are to be returned to the Agents of the French Republic.
Philadelphia, Ventose 16th, second year of the French Republic, one and indivisible (March 6th, 1794, o. s.)
The Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic. JH. FAUCHET.
The Editors of newspapers within the United States, are requested to republish the foregoing notice.
NORRIS'S COURT, Back of the New Library, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets.
George Rutter,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public in general, that he continues carrying on the business of
Sign and Fire-Bucket Painting, Likewise, JAPANNED PLATES, for doors or window-shutters, done in the most elegant manner, and with dispatch.
Orders from the country will be thankfully received, and duly attended to.
December 30. dtf
TO BE SOLD,
And entered upon the first of May,
The noted Estate, called
Johnson Hall:
Lying in the Mohawk country, State of New York, formerly the seat of Sir William Johnson, containing about seven hundred acres of land, which is of the very best quality; together with the stock, and farming utensils. The buildings are large and convenient, and sit for a gentleman's seat. The payments will be made easy, on good security. For further particulars enquire of George Metcalf, Esq. on the premises, or of Sits, Talbot, Esq. at Philadelphia, or of Samuel Ward and Brothers, in New York, or of the subscriber in Providence.
Jabez Bowen.
Philad. March 26 mwh&fm
PROPOSALS
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION,
A Ground Plan
OF THE City Philadelphia, AND ITS ENVIRONS:
Taken from actual survey, by A. P. FOLIE, Geographer, from St. Domingo.
THIS Plan will be engraved on a plate 26 inches square; and it will contain an exact description of all the squares, streets and alleys in the City and Liberties. The situation of the several public buildings, such as the State-House, City-Hall, Seat of Congress, Churches, Meeting-Houses, Hospital, Library and Seminaries of Learning of the several Banks, and of the Federal and State Offices, will be ascertained. The parts which are built on will be distinguished from those that are not. The courses of the rivulets between Delaware and Schuylkill, and as much of the Canal, intended to connect the navigation of these two waters, as lies within the compass of the draught, will be accurately delineated. It will also be ornamented by a view of the shipping in the harbor, and an elevation of Congress-Hall, and of the other public buildings that occupy the ground contiguous. In short, nothing will be omitted to render this useful and desirable work acceptable to an enlightened public, that is in the author's power: and it shall be completed with the greatest possible dispatch, as soon as the generous encouragement of subscribers shall insure to the author such a sum as will be sufficient to defray expenses.
A Pamphlet will be delivered with each Plan, which will contain an alphabetical list of the Subscribers names, and information concerning the police, population and present state of the city.
The price to subscribers will be Two Dollars and one third, to be paid at the time of delivering the Plans.
Subscriptions will be gratefully received at the principal Bookellers in this city—and the original Draft may be seen at B. DAVIES' , No. 68, Market-street, at any time until it shall be put into the hands of the Engraver.
Feb. 28. m&thf
George Bringhurst,
COACH-MAKER,
In Mulberry (Arch) between Fourth and Fifth Streets, adjoining the Episcopal burying-ground,
TAKES this opportunity of returning his grateful thanks to his former employers, and requesting their future favors, as well as those of the public in general.
He continues to make and repair at the shortest notice, all kinds of pleasure carriages, such as coaches, chariots, phaetons with and without crane necks, coachees, chaises, kittereens, windfor fulkeys and chairs, and harness of every description, in the neatest and newest fashion now prevailing in the United States.
And as he has a quantity of the best seasoned wood by him, and capital workmen, he has not the least doubt but he will be able to give satisfaction to those who please to employ him.
He has for sale, several carriages almost finished, such as coachees, an Italian windfor chair, hung on steel springs, a light phaeton for one or two horses, and a fulkey with a falling top.
Carriages sold on Commission.
Philadelphia, Jan. 6, 1794. m&th3m
TO BE SOLD, A large elegant House, and Lot of Ground,
IN an eligible situation,—also a Country Seat within 6 miles of the City, with 9 acres of land, or 42 acres of land and meadow, the House is not exceeded by many in the vicinity of the city, in size or convenience.
For terms apply to the printer. January 23. m&th—tt
JUST PUBLISHED,
AND FOR SALE BY
M. Carey, No. 118, High-street,
The PROMPTER;
COMMENTARY ON COMMON SAYINGS and SUBJECTS, which are full of COMMON SENSE, the best sense in the world.
THIS little book is written in a style altogether novel, and is adapted to all capacities, as well as to all classes of people, merchants, mechanics and farmers. Such a reputation has this work acquired, that it has passed thro three impressions in the eastern States, and many house-holders deem it so useful as to purchase a copy for every adult in their families.—Price 25 cts. February 4. dtf
Lately Published.
SOLD BY
Thomas Dobson,
No. 41, SOUTH SECOND-STREET:
THE History of New-Hampshire, from the Discovery of the River Piscataqua—by Jeremiah Belknap, D. D. 3 Vols. Price in Boards, 4 1-2 Dollars.
The Forrester, an American Fable, being a Sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier. Price, 75 Cents.
A Discourse, intended to commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus; delivered at the request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, October 23d, 1792, being the completion of the Third Century, since that memorable event. To which are added, Four Dissertations, connected with the subject—By the same author. Price, 50 Cents. March 17. twnd&gw
Just Published,
In one handsome volume, 12mo. Price 55
AND FOR SALE BY
JOHN ORMROD,
At Franklin's Head, No. 41, Second
Street,
AN ESSAY ON THE
Natural Equality of Men, On the Rights that result from it, and on the Duties which it imposes.
To which a MEDAL was adjudged, by the Teylerian Society at Haarlem.
Corrected and Enlarged. By WILLIAM LAWRENCE BROWN, D. D.
Professor of Moral Philosophy, and the Law of Nature, and of Ecclesiastical History; and Minister of the English Church at Utrecht.
Aliquid semper ad communem utilitatem afferendum. CICERO.
The First American Edition.
THE grand principle of Equality, if rightly understood, is the only basis on which universal justice, sacred order, and perfect freedom, can be firmly built, and permanently secured. The view of it exhibited in this essay, at the same time that it represses the insolence of office, the tyranny of pride, and the outrages of oppression; confirms, in the most forcible manner, the necessity of subordination, and the just demands of lawful authority. So far indeed, from loosening the bands of society, that it maintains inviolate, every natural and every civil distinction, draws more closely every social tie, unites in one harmonious and justly proportioned system, and brings men together on the even ground of the inherent rights of human nature, of reciprocal obligation, and of a common relation to the community. March 18. codtwu&dtf
Just Imported,
In the Ship Edward , Capt. Crandon , from St. Petersburg in Russia,
And now landing at South-street Wharf, viz.
HEMP, BAR IRON, RUSSIA SHEETING, RAVEN'S DUCK, RUSSIA DUCK, HOG'S BRISTLES.
AND FOR SALE BY
John Donaldson,
No. 22, Walnut-street.
March 4, 1794. dtw3tawtf
The Admirers of Sacred Music
are respectfully informed, that One or more
Performances from the most approved
Parts of Handel's Works,
(particularly from the Messiah) will be given in the week preceding Easter Sunday, (commonly called Passion week)
As every ability in the Instrumental and Vocal Line will be called forth on this occasion, there is no doubt, but that a Liberal Public will take the present undertaking under their protection.
N. B. Part of the Profits will be appropriated to the use of a public charity.
A particular description of the Place, Selection, &c. will be given as soon as the necessary arrangements can be settled.
March 29. dtf
IMPORTED
In the Brig George and Harriot , from Havre de Grace, AND FOR SALE BY
Louis Osmont,
A PERFECT Assortment of Hanging Paper, high coloured and plain.
White silk Stockings, high dressed and put up English fashion.
The handsomest artificial Flowers and Feathers.
Some Looking Glass Plates to be sold by the case.
A few hampers of Champagne wine six years old.
ALSO,
An elegant parcel of
Bearskin Muffs,
And very beautiful Silk Cloaks, which on account of the season will be sold low, and at a long credit.
LIKEWISE
42 pipes Madeira wine, and a few casks of Claret.
A Quantity of
Hamburg Demijohns.
In a few Days, He will have for sale, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF White and Black Laces,
Leghorn hats, fans and cambricks, claret in cases, a quantity of window glass well sorted of all sizes, and a few pair of remarkable Looking Glasses framed, all arrived at Norfolk, now coming round.
March 22. dtf
War Department.
January 30th 1794.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all the military invalids of the United States, that the sums to which they are entitled for six months of their annual pension, from the fourth day of September 1793, and which will become due on the 5th day of March 1794, will be paid on the said day by the Commissioners of the Loans within the States respectively, under the usual regulations.
Applications of executors and administrators must be accompanied with legal evidence of their respective offices, and also of the time the invalids died, whose pension they may claim.
By command of the President of the United States,
H. KNOX,
Secretary of War.
The printers in the respective states are requested to publish the above in their newspapers for the space of two months. January 30. dam
STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.
In the House of Representatives,
December 21st, 1793.
WHEREAS the Commissioners of public Accounts, have reported, that they cannot proceed to the investigation of the Treasury Accounts, respecting special Indents, without knowing the outstanding amount thereof in circulation: Therefore,
Resolved, That all holders of special Indents be directed, and required, on or before the first day of November next, to deliver the special Indents in their possession to one or other of the Commissioners of the Treasury, who are to give receipts for the same, and to report to the Commissioners on public accounts, on or before the tenth day of November next, the amount by them respectively received, and also to the Legislature, at their meeting in November next, and that all special Indents not rendered into the Treasury as above, on or before the first day of November next, shall be, and the same are hereby barred.
Resolved, That public notice of this resolution be given, in the several Gazettes in this State, once every three weeks, until the first day of November next. And that the Delegates of this State in the Congress of the United States, be requested to cause this resolution to be published in one or more papers in the cities of Philadelphia and New-York, and that provision will be made for the expenses attending such publication.
Ordered, That the resolution be sent to the Senate for their concurrence.
By order of the House, JOHN SANFORD DART, C. H. R. In the SENATE,
December 21st, 1793.
Resolved, That this House do concur with the House of Representatives in the foregoing resolutions.
Ordered, That the resolutions be sent to the House of Representatives.
by order of the Senate, FELIX WARLEY, Clerk. ewtNov.
For Sale by the Subscribers,
MUSCOVADO Sugar in hds. & bbls.
Hyson and Souchong Teas,
Sherry Wines, of superior quality, in pipes and quarter casks.
Spanish Indigo.
Boston Beef, in barrels.
And a small invoice of Muslins.
NALBRO & JOHN FRAZIER,
No. 164, South Front-street.
March 8. fmw4w
This Gazette shall be enlarged, as it receives encouragement—The Subscription encreases daily—Advertising Favors are solicited—These constitute an essential Item in diminishing the Debit side of the Accounts.
Writing
ON SIGN-BOARDS, JAPANN'D PLATES, &c.
Done in the most elegant manner, and after the first masters; likewise,
Fire Buckets
Painted and finished at the shortest notice, by GEORGE RUTTER,
In Norris's Court, back of the New Library, between Chestnut and Walnut, Fourth and Fifth streets.
March 4. dtf
TO BE SOLD,
Agreeably to the last Will of DEBORAH MORRIS, deceased,
The House No. 245,
AND
Lot of Ground
On which it stands, wherein JAMES BIDDLE now lives, on the north side of Market-street, near Sixth-street.
THE House being 18 feet 10 inches in Front on Market-street, and the Lot 117 feet deep. The whole will be sold subject to a ground rent of twelve pounds per annum, payable to the contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital, and their successors forever. For terms apply to
SAMUEL COATES, JONATHAN JONES, ANTHONY MORRIS, SAMUEL POWELL GRIFFITHS, Surviving Executors of Deborah Morris, dec'd. March 1, 1794. *cop 3w
Scheme of a Lottery,
To raise 39,900 Dollars, on 266,000 Dollars, deducting 15 per Cent. from the Prizes—this Lottery consists 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.
THE Directors of the Society for establishing Useful Manufactures, having resolved to erect LOTTERIES for raising ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, have appointed the following persons to superintend and direct the drawing of the same, viz. Nicholas Low, Rufus King, Herman Le Roy, James Watson, Richard Harrison, Abijah Hammond, and Cornelius Ray, of the city of New-York—Thomas Willing, Joseph Ball, Matthew McConnel and Andrew Bayard, of the city of Philadelphia—His Excellency Richard Howell, Esq. Elias Boudinot, General Elias Dayton, James Parker, John Bayard, Doctor Lewis Douham, Samuel W. Stockton, Nathaniel M. Wallace, Joseph Bloomfield, and Eliza Boudinot, of New-Jersey, who offer the following Scheme of a Lottery, and pledge themselves to the public, that they will take every assurance and precaution in their power to have the Monies paid by the Managers, from time to time, as received, into the Banks at New-York and Philadelphia, to remain for the purpose of paying Prizes, which shall be immediately discharged by a check upon one of the Banks.
SCHEME:
  1 Prize of 20,000 Dollars is 20,000 1 20,000   2 10,000 10,000   5 5,000 10,000   10 2,000 10,000   20 1,000 10,000   100 500 10,000   500 100 10,000   1000 50 15,000   2000 20 20,000   3000 15 30,000   8100 12 36,000   10 81,000   14539 Prizes. 262,000   23,461 Blanks. 2,000   Last drawn number, 2,000 
38,000 Tickets at 7 Dollars each is 266,000 The drawing will commence, under the inspection of a Committee of the Superintendents, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given.
The Superintendents have appointed John N. Cumming, of Newark, Jacob R. Hardenbergh, of New-Brunswick, and Jonathan Rhea, of Trenton, as immediate Managers thereof, who have given ample security for discharging the trust reposed in them.
In order to secure the punctual payment of the Prizes, the Superintendents of the Lottery have directed that the Managers shall each enter into bonds in 4,000 dollars, with four sufficient securities, to perform their instructions, the substance of which is
 That whenever either of the Managers shall receive the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, he shall immediately place the same in one of the Banks of New-York or Philadelphia, to the credit of the Governor of the Society, and such of the Superintendents 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 Managers to take sufficient security for any Tickets they may trust, otherwise to be responsible for them.  To keep regular books of Tickets sold, Monies received and paid into the Bank, abstracts of which shall be sent, monthly, to the Governor of the Society. 
Paterlon, January 1, 1794.
On application to either of the above gentlemen, information will be given where tickets may be had.
February 24. m&thf
PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO, No. South Fourth-Street.