Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1794-03-29 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States  AND  EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 92 of Vol. V.]
SATURDAY, March 29, 1794.
[Whole No. 551.]
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 expence. She may be seen at Vine-street wharf, and the terms made known by application to WHARTON & LEWIS.
March 21. dtf
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 launch 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
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 Oxenburghs,  Holland Sheetings,  Juniper Berries,  Glass Ware, viz. Tumblers and Mugs, various sizes.  Sweating Paper,  Sawdust Iron, square and flat bars,  Hair Ribband, 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
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 Hufsey, 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. d6w
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 freemen 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. dif
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 f in the word promise are not parallel, the f inclining much more forward than the i.
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 bill. Some of the counterfeiters 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 counterfeit 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 a being less than the e, and the e less than the o.
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 they 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 Committees of the Representative Boards. Philadelphia, March 28, 1794. dtf.
TO BE SOLD,
Agreeably to the last Will of DEBORAH MORRIS, deceased,
The House N o . 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. *eop 3w
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, coaches, chaises, kittereens, windfor sulkeys 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 coaches, an Italian windfor chariot, hung on steel springs, a light phaeton for one or two horses, and a sulkey with a falling top.
Carriages sold on Commission.
Philadelphia, Jan. 6, 1794. m&eth3w
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 Account.
Congress of the United States.
House of Representatives
Wednesday, January 29.
The SPEECH of Mr. SMITH, of South Carolina, in reply to Mr. MADISON, on the subject of the Commercial Regulations.
[CONCLUDED]
Great Britain the gentleman had assured the committee, would not dare to contend with us because we could by our regulations turn 250,000 of her manufacturers out of employ.
But would not those regulations and the counter-regulations which might be adopted operate injuriously on a much larger number of persons in the United States; would not all the owners and cultivators of land suffer materially by the loss of the best market for half of our whole exports? The evil to Britain would be partial, to us general, depreciating the whole landed property of the country. If there were expected a clamor in Britain which was to drive her government into a repeal of her navigation Act, we ought to anticipate a clamor from our farmers and landholders when they found their produce rotting in ware houses and were compelled to pay 25 per cent. more for their necessary supplies.
When the gentleman stated the causes of failure of the attempt in 1784 by separate states to regulate our foreign commerce he had imputed them entirely to the want of a federal government. But Mr. Smith was of opinion that they were principally attributable to the diversity of local interests and habits in the states; did that diversity less exist at this time? would it not produce similar effects and would not regulations which might be pleasing to some parts of the union prove so intolerable to others that they would cease to complain till they could effect a repeal of the grievance.
As far as the fact then with regard to past experiments could guide, it was against the proposition; former regulations produced inconvenience and were abandoned. So jealous were the southern states of this power in the hands of Congress to regulate trade, that the delegates of some of them would not accede to the present constitution until it was stipulated that the consent of two thirds of the Senate should be necessary to the formation of treaties.
It was not however true that 250,000 British manufacturers would be thrown out of employ: Our supplies would still consist of British manufactures, though circuitously obtained, as admitted by the gentleman himself, and at the dearer rates,
because we cannot fill the chasm ourselves, and there is no other country which can.
But to starve her West-India Islands. Those who felt an abhorrence at the attempt on the part of the combined powers to reduce the French by starving them now viewed with composure the project of reducing the British nation to our own terms by starving the inhabitants of the West-Indies, who at least were innocent of the charges preferred against the mother country. Mr. Smith was satisfied the American character was not of a nature to tolerate such a project as that of starving the inhabitants of the British Islands: The philanthropy of our fellow citizens would urge the repeal of any law producing such dire effects—Nay the member himself would be prompted by his humanity to be among the foremost to repeal it. But the idea was extravagant—we want to sell as much as they to buy, if they could not obtain the requisite supplies elsewhere, they would go to them circuitously from us.
A pleasing picture had been drawn of the benefits which would result to our navigation by a transfer of our commerce from Britain to France. The actual quantity of our tonnage for a year, ending 30th Sept. 1792, with the different powers, Mr. Smith stated as follows;
  With the dominions of France, 85,590   those of G. Britain, 66,582   U. Netherlands, 61,919   Spain, 28,498   Portugal, 24,809   Denmark, 12,216   Sweden, 1,836 
From this it appeared that our actual tonnage was greater with the British dominions than with those of any other country, except France, and it had been shown that this excess was adventitious & temporary. Our navigation with the European dominions of Great Britain was 60,889 tons, with those of France only 14,777, that is more than four to one: this difference, he said, might be considered of a permanent nature, that which was derived from colony advantages as precarious and temporary, because contrary to the general principle of the colonial policy of all the European nations & contrary to the very principles of the new French navigation act.
The gentleman had ascribed our late increase of navigation to temporary causes; it would, however, be found to be principally applicable to our trade with the British dominions, and therefore not so, but the result of our regulations. In this respect, our statements terminate with the year 1792, a period prior to the effect of any temporary causes affecting Britain.
It had been said if we transfer our exports from Britain to France, we shall increase our navigation ten-fold: But would a vote of the house make that transfer? would it create a demand for our exports in France which did not exist? why had she not taken a greater proportion hitherto? was it not because she had not a demand for them?
Great Britain, said the gentleman, could not obtain elsewhere the articles with which we supply her. Mr. Smith examined this part of the argument, under the different heads. Wood, viz. mails, spars, timber, boards, staves—It was less than thirty years, he observed, since Britain derived her supply of those articles almost wholly from other countries, namely, Russia, Sweden, Norway and Germany. The latter, through Holland, supplied the greatest part of Europe with oak timber, pipe hoghead and barrel staves, in which we have less to fear from competition than in respect to other articles; indeed without some extra advantages, we could not well maintain a competition with the countries on the Baltic, in the European trade of wood, owing, principally, to our greater distance, which makes the freight much higher from this country than from the Baltic: hence, probably, it was that we shipped so little to France.

Tar and Pitch : Britain used formerly to derive her supply of these articles also from the Baltic, principally from Sweden, and the same might be done hereafter. Indigo : This can be had from the East-Indies, from all parts of the West-Indies, including the colonies of the Spaniards, Portuguese and Dutch on this continent: Great quantities of it, and of good quality, are produced in St. Domingo and Guatimala. Tobacco : This article is raised in the Ukraine and other southern parts of Europe; in the Floridas, parts of South America, and in the West-India Islands. It was true the tobacco of this country was fitter for certain purposes than that of other countries; these particular kinds might find their way to a market, otherwise sufficiently supplied, or even having a surplus. Rice was formerly carried to Great Britain in great quantities from the Levant and the East-Indies; some is raised in Spain and Italy; all the Spanish and Portuguese Colonies are fitted for it: A considerable quantity is raised in the Brazils. Pot and Pearl Ash : Less than thirty years ago Great Britain was supplied with this article from other countries, viz. Russia, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Spain. The Barbilla of Spain is said to be a substitute for it.
The gentleman, as well as others, had mentioned the baneful effects of the credit given by the British merchants. Credit, like other good things, was liable to abuse. Dr. Franklin who well knew the circumstances of this country, bequeathed a part of his estate to be loaned out to young tradesmen and mechanics; he thought well of credit, and his testimony of its utility ought to remove some of the prejudices against it. If credit had produced pernicious effects in Virginia, as the member from that state had represented, it was certain that it had produced wholesome effects in other states: Why the same cause should produce such different effects in different parts, he should not inquire.
As to its supposed influence on the borrowers, in creating an undue dependance, that remark had been well answered already: In truth the borrower was, under certain circumstances, more apt to become the enemy, than the dependant of the lender.
An apprehension had been entertained by the gentleman, that the existing commercial connexion with Britain would promote monarchical principles in this country, and yet the professed object of the resolutions was to compel Great Britain to enter into a commercial treaty with us, and thereby strengthen and extend the commercial ties which already existed: The resolutions were, moreover, designed to induce the emigration to this country of thousands of British manufacturers who would naturally bring their monarchical principles along with them. But if a commercial intercourse with the dominions of a monarch were pregnant with such evils, we ought to abandon our trade with Spain, Portugal and Russia, as well as Britain, and confine it to the Swiss Cantons and other Republics. Such apprehensions, however, he could not but consider as a poor compliment to the dispositions and character of the American people. They were too much attached to Republican government and to their liberties to be exposed to the danger of losing either: the one or the other by their intercourse with any foreign nation whatever.
After some further remarks Mr. Smith concluded with saying, much apology is due to the committee for having so greatly abused their patience; but when I consider that the proposed measures, unlike common legislative acts which can be repealed at pleasure, when found injurious, must be deemed the corner stone of a new commercial Constitution which being once laid we must at all hazards build upon or be disgraced, I am prompted by the strongest injunctions of duty to suggest every consideration which may induce the committee to ponder seriously before they adopt them. My opposition is stimulated by a further consideration: Respecting a district which includes an important commercial city and a territory producing a staple valuable and bulky, many of whose proprietors have not yet emerged from the debts incurred by a ravaging war, and whose welfare depends on a ready vent for their productions as well as a cheap supply of the indispensable articles of foreign manufacture, I feel a weighty responsibility on my mind on this occasion and a peculiar
ar sollicitude to protect them against those embarrassments and distresses which appear to my judgment inseparable from the propositions, and which will operate against my constituents like a two-edged sword, by obstructing the export of their produce and rendering more unattainable their necessary supplies.
In Committee of the whole on Mr.
Dayton's Resolutions.
(CONTINUED.)
Friday, March 27.
Mr. Dayton first rose in support of his propositions. When he brought them forward he did not accompany them with many observations, because he was then laboring under indisposition. The same cause would render him very concise now.
The injuries and insults we have suffered from Great Britain, he conceived, need not be dwelt upon—they are well known and it is universally acknowledged, that we ought to adopt such measures as would screen us from a repetition of them and secure to us reparation. The resolutions he had brought forward he intended as part of that system of defence and preservation, other portions of which had already received the sanction of the house. These resolutions, he conceived, would not be the least efficient part of that system.
He believed that when the conduct of Great Britain is reviewed, it would be found, that it is treating their subjects with great lenity to speak of sequestration only, we should be warranted in confiscating, for they have subjected our property to condemnation, without an appearance of an intention to indemnify.
As to restitution of the property of which we have been plundered on the high seas it is impossible. It is condemned, sold and scattered, and no hope can be entertained that they intend to indemnify our suffering citizens. If it had been their intention to indemnify, their court, in explanation of the instructions of the 6th of November, would not have given orders to condemn vessels detained in suspension in the West Indies until the elucidation was received.
Since then restitution is impossible, and not a shadow of hope exists that indemnification will be granted, we have only to determine whether we shall give up the property of which we have been plundered or claim it with effect; claim it and enforce the claim, by shewing that we have the means of retaliation within our power.—
After the proceedings of the British towards us, he believed we should have been warranted in confiscating the property now proposed to be sequestered, without negotiation. This would have been meting to them as they meted to us.
If sequestration is hostility, (as he had heard it called) what, he asked, is condemnation? Besides they have impressed American citizens into their service. We have reason to believe, he concluded by remarking from the negotiation of our Minister with Lord Grenville, from private information on the table of Congress and from the conduct of some of their officers, high in command, that to make war on us, is part of their system.
Mr. Smith (Maryland) said he always had wished for peace, as the first desideratum. With this view, agreeable to the wise recommendation of the President he agreed to those measures calculated to put the country in a posture of defence. This was the best mode of securing peace. With the same view he proposed an embargo to be laid, which would have drawn to our ports the remainder of our maritime possessions, and have left them no longer within the grasp of a nation, whose only rule of right is the measure of her power.
He still wished, as long as a shadow of hope exists, to secure the blessings of peace. With the resolutions now offered, he was of opinion that we might yet have peace; but without them we shall certainly have war. They will arrest 20 millions of dollars in our hands, as a fund to reimburse the 3 or 4 millions which we have been stripped of by that piratical nation Great Britain, according to the instruction of that king of sea-robbers, the Leviathan which aims at swallowing all that floats on the ocean, that monster whose only law is power, and who neither respects the rights of nations nor the property of individuals.
This character the nation he had mentioned, had long deserved—many proofs might be cited in support of the assertion—he would only refer to their conduct at St. Eustatia, when they robbed their allies the Dutch, & their generals & admirals turned vendue-masters and conducted the plundering, to collect rewards for their exploits.
Is it from such a nation, he asked, that we are to hope for justice? They know not what justice is. It is said, that they shewed their love of justice, when they so liberally compensated the tories after their war with us. Tho' they despise traitors, yet self-interest will lead them to reward the treachery, to encourage a principle which may again be useful to them; self-interest, then and not justice actuated them on that as on every other occasion.
Let us pass the resolutions, then send an envoy to Great Britain and we shall have peace. We shall then be able to speak to them of their interest. But if war should be the inevitable issue, Americans, he was sure, would meet it like men, rather than submit to insult and suffer the honor of the country to be prostrated.
If we were able while in infancy as a nation to assert our rights, will it be said, that now we have arrived at a state of manhood, we shall fear them?—No!—Our young men burn for an opportunity to defend the Liberty, Rights and Property of their Country! They, will step as one, and meet the event, like men.
He read a quotation from Vattel to shew that a nation has a right to pay her citizens for losses inflicted by another nation contrary to right, by confiscating the property belonging to the citizens of that nation. The tie of interest, he concluded by remarking, is the strongest tie we have upon Great Britain. Let us pass the resolution, and that nation will never again give us cause to pass a similar one. The people out of doors will say that we have done right. The nations of Europe will rejoice to see this power which is committing depredations on all nations humbled. The resolutions, he observed, do not regard the property in the funds, to touch this is not one of the means of retaliation warranted by the law of nations, public contracts should be sacred.
Mr. Boudinot said he had not intended to take part in the debate at this early stage of it; but what had fallen from the member last up convinced him that the house should not go into a consideration of the subject at this time. It should be considered with coolness and all passions put out of the question.
No doubt we have a right to make reprisals, as the legislature has a right to declare war, but he doubted whether the United States in their present situation would find it their interest to go into such measures. The authority read from Vattel by the member last up, he observed, made against that member's opinion. Vattel expressly says, that reprisals should not be made on property entrusted to public faith. The debts of British subjects here are in that predicament. He had heard that gentleman not long since with pleasure, expatiate with warmth on the advantages of credit, especially to this country, should that credit be destroyed, he asked, by destroying the confidence of foreigners in our faith? But even if this retaliation is lawful will it be the interest of the citizens, or rather the government to take such a step at the present time? We have no doubt been cruelly treated; but have we made proper application for redress, and received an answer? We should first send a special envoy and insist on an immediate answer, this would be the mode of securing peace, at least it offers the best chance of securing it.
The aggressions on our commerce made by Great Britain, are no doubt enough to rouse any American's feelings, but the legislature ought not to be swayed by passions, they should discuss the subject calmly and deliberately. He hoped the committee would rise, and allow time, at least to take the necessary measures of defence; for could the legislature justify to their constituents this step of retaliation, should immediate hostilities, warlike hostilities, be the consequence? To justify a measure of this kind, time should be given for the defensive system adopted, to be carried into operation.
Mr. Mercer next spoke. He owned the measures proposed, appeared to him great and momentous, and had he any powers of declamation, he should think it
improper to give loose to them on a question of this kind. We should weigh well our interest, examine carefully the situation in which we stand, and determine calmly where we shall place our next step. The proposition is to arrest, not confiscate the debts due to British subjects. From his recollection of the positions established by the best jurisprudential writers, no doubt remained in his mind that we have a clear right to secure to ourselves reparation in that way; and in our predicament, confiscation, even, would be warranted, and by a point as firmly established as any principle which has the general practice of nations for a basis. One of the latest, Binkerhoek, is of opinion that debts are property as well as any thing else, and fees no reason why they should not as well as other kinds of property be seized to secure indemnity for injuries. This is the opinion of Wolfius, of Vattel, Grotius and of his commentator. He could go on, he said, with a long list of authorities, and refer to actual treaties to shew that it has been the practice of nations. Having established the right, he proceeded to consider the expediency of the propositions. Gentlemen, he hoped, did not wish that we should make a solemn declaration of war before we acted. This is no longer the custom among nations; it would be a pompous display of candor which no longer exists. Has any nation in the present European war premised their operations by a declaration? No, their first step was to do all the injury in their power to their enemies. Then we having taken what steps will best tend to our security, and give us the best hold of our enemy, let us not, however, lose sight of a settlement by negotiation; let us shew mankind that peace is our first wish.
When we are thus prepared let us step forward to an amicable negotiation; let us call on the executive to send forward some proper person to the court of Great Britain, to assure them that we have a high sense of the injury done us, that we have it in our power to resent it, but wish to see the difference settled by receiving an indemnification. We shall then make it their interest as well as duty to allow it.
This he conceived to be the line of conduct we should adopt if we wished to preserve the western hemisphere from the scourges that desolate the old world. By some such measure as that proposed we should make their motives for peace more weighty, and we should give assurances of our amicable disposition, by shewing that all we wish is a just compensation.
In a business of this kind he was sensible of the danger of precipitation; the best mode of arresting the property proposed should be calmly weighed. He believed that something like the proposition made by Mr. Smith (S. C.) before the house resolved itself into a committee-a stop to all transfers of British property, would be proper as a preliminary step.
He concluded with some observations on the respect which nations however weak will command from their superiors in strength by shewing that they will not suffer imposition; by joining heart and hand in defence of their rights. This spirit, he was sure, animates Americans, and now their power is better able to keep pace with that spirit than when we humbled that nation. At that time we were in our infancy, an infancy by no means thriving under the trammels of the mother country, and when they turned us adrift and began their hostile spoliations they carried with them all our means of defence; but now, thank providence, we have spirit and power to defend ourselves.—If the gentleman from South Carolina, he said, would modify his proposition and make the term 30 days, it should have his assent in preference to that now before the committee. (Gen. Ad.)
Mr. Smith S. C. said that he had suggested the proposition alluded to by the gentleman from Maryland, in order to afford sufficient leisure for mature deliberation on the subject of sequestration. It was in the nature of an embargo, to arrest all transfers until the question of sequestration should be decided. As the proposition seemed to be more agreeable to some members than the other, he should lay it on the table when the committee rose.
The question now before the committee is whether British debts ought to be sequestered, as a pledge for indemnification to the sufferers by unlawful captures. He regretted that the two subjects were connected; each ought to be decided on its own merits; the latter might give a weight to the former, which, on consideration, it might be found not intrinsically to deserve.
Mr. Smith said, if ever there was a time when the crisis of affairs required

that the passions should be banished and reason courted, it was the present: it required all the wisdom and gravity of the legislative councils, to combine our national honor with our national safety.
He was not surprised that the unprovoked aggressions of Great Britain on our commerce, should excite the most unbounded resentment, or that in the moment, our passions should invite to a measure like the one proposed. He was willing to admit the full force of the arguments which suggested themselves in its favor: they had at the first glance made an impression on his mind. Comparing the circumstances of this country with those of other commercial nations, added weight to this impression: The commercial nations of Europe, with whom we were likely to quarrel, had large fleets to protect their commerce & to commit depredations on our's. They could therefore seize our vessels, and we were not in that respect upon a footing with them; it seemed therefore plausible at the first blush that, if such nations seized our ships and we could not retaliate on theirs, we should be justified in laying our hands on their property of any description which was within our reach.
This reasoning, he said, he was compelled in candor, to admit, had no inconsiderable weight. At the same time, however, he was compelled to declare, that there was in his mind a sacredness attached to the character of debts which shielded them from a proceeding of this kind, and which superceded every other consideration.
The gentleman last up, had relied on the authority of ancient foreign jurisprudence. Mr. S. admitted, that the more ancient writers on the law of nations had sanctioned this measure; it was also true, that by the antient law of nations, the putting prisoners to death was warranted. Burlamaqui, a more recent writer, lays the confiscation of debts is against the modern usage and practice of nations; indeed the progress of civilization, the improved state of commerce, and respect for credit and public faith, have abolished this practice in modern times.
He did not believe a single instance could be cited of a departure from this principle among nations, which valued commerce and credit. In all the most bloody and ferocious wars which had been carried on for near a century among the different powers of Europe, he did not recollect any precedent of this kind. Contracts between the individuals of the belligerent nations were always considered as out of the reach of the government; and even in cases where all other property has been seized, debts have always been screened from the gripe of confiscation.
During the late war, debts were protected; South Carolina, though roused by injuries to the highest resentment, though the warmest passions were alive, while confiscating all other property, left debts untouched, under the idea that private contracts were sacred.
This was not even done in a state of war—the measure was much more objectionable before war was actually declared—it might have very different consequences from those contemplated. It had been said, that the adoption of the resolution would be a means of obliging Great Britain to do us justice, that it would strike a terror among the subjects of that country, and make them clamorous for a restitution of our property.
It might, he feared, have different effects; it might exasperate the people of that country, and unite them with their government; on the other hand, a forbearance in this respect and a rejection of this measure might detach the people from the administration, it would convince them that we respected their private rights, that we considered the aggressions as the acts of their administrators, that we cherished peace and if war takes place, we are driven to it by the government.
This conduct would give effect to our demands and a refusal on their part would be so unpopular in Great Britain as to hasten a change in their ministry and produce another more friendly to this country. It would put the government of that nation in the wrong not only in the eyes of other nations but in the eyes of their own people; and this was a policy we ought to pursue.
Mr. S. again adverted to his proposition which, if the committee were determined to do any thing on this subject, he recommended as a sufficient provision in the present exigency; it would give time to deliberate on further measures, to take advantage of the change of events in Europe which he believed would have great influence on the policy of Great Britain towards the United States and bring forward a material change either in the measures of their administration or in the administration itself, in which case we might expect, without a war, a full reparation for our wrongs. Under these impressions, if called upon to give his vote, he should be obliged to vote against
the proposition: Deeming credit of the highest importance to this country, considering it as connected with its commercial prosperity—he deprecated the measure as one which would give a fatal shock to it. He looked upon the precedent as a dangerous one from its tendency to involve us in future wars. The intercourse between the United States and foreign nations will from the course of things create debts from the citizens of this country to those of others. Whenever any considerable number of these debtors become embarrassed in their circumstances, they will be stimulated to imbroglio us with the creditor nation, in the hopes that a confiscation or sequestration of debts may afford them relief. And altho' they might not expect a total discharge, yet the prospect of being less pressed for payment by the government than the creditor, would be a motive with many.
He had observed that some members who had advocated the measure spoke with horror of touching the public funds: for his part, he did not see much essential difference; if the one is warrantable as a retaliation for property taken, he did not immediately see why the principle did not apply to the other. If the barrier be once broken down which protects debts generally, he did not know to what length the principle by gradual extensions might not be carried. If there is a war with Britain, it is not improbable Holland may be implicated: if British debts are confiscated because Great Britain seizes our vessels, Dutch debts ought to be seized, if the Dutch take our vessels: if private debts are seized, public debts ought to be seized; shall we confiscate what the Dutch lent us during the war or since the peace? they have bought largely in our funds; the same principle will warrant the seizure of that property. It will be difficult to draw the line, if the principle be once admitted. Mr. S. also questioned whether Congress had a right by the Constitution, in time of peace, to meddle with private contracts; he saw no such power vested in them by that instrument and before they exercised it, they ought to be well satisfied that they possessed it.
PHILADELPHIA,
MARCH 29.
Yesterday's New-York papers, received by this day's mail, do not contain any news.
The report, that the speech of the King of Great Britain at the opening of the session of parliament, is in town—is not true.
From a Correspondent.
The sequestration of debts is a questionable measure in the minds of many, at least until there is a positive refusal on the part of the British to make restitution.
Such is the operation of the human mind, that when once we give way to our passions and break over certain bounds, the commission of one violent act frequently produces others of a higher nature than those at first contemplated; hence the legislature ought to weigh with great deliberation those measures which have an aspect to war.
Under our happy Constitution and Government no man ever expected to see an Act violating Contracts between man and man, or one that would tend to injure our National character or future pursuits.
CONGRESS.
House of Representatives.
Thursday, March 27.
Mr. Sedgwick brought in the following report, which was read and committed.
The Committee, to whom it was referred, to report the means of rendering the force of the United States more efficient, after mature and deliberate consideration, have unanimously agreed to report to the House, the following resolutions, as proper to be adopted:
RESOLVED , That effectual measures ought to be adopted to compleat the present military establishment of the United States, and that provision ought to be made that the same may be kept full.
Resolved , That an additional corps of artillery, not to exceed 800 men, officers included, and also including one chief, and four assistant engineers, ought to be raised for garrisoning the fortifications which are, or may be erected for the defence of the sea coasts.
Resolved , That the President be authorized and empowered to call on the executives of the several states, to take effectual measures, as soon as may be, to organize and hold in readiness to march at a moments warning, eighty thousand effective militia, (officers included) to be apportioned to the states respectively, in proportion to the whole number of white inhabitants—that is to say:
   To the State of Georgia 1333   South-Carolina 3550   North-Carolina 7331   Kentucky 1532   Virginia 11377   Maryland 5418   Delaware 1256   Pennsylvania 10768   New-Jersey 4318   New-York 7971   Vermont 2139   Connecticut 5881   Rhode-Island 1697   Massachusetts 11885   New-Hamp;gt; New-Hampshire 3544  
80000
Which detachment of militia shall be officered, out of the present militia officers, or others, at the option and discretion of the constitutional authority of the states, respectively.
Resolved , That any independent corps of cavalry, artillery or infantry may be accepted, as part of the said detachment of militia, provided they shall voluntarily engage; and provided the same shall be deemed eligible by the President.
Resolved , That the President be desired to request the executives of the several states to take effectual care that the men detached as aforesaid, be armed and equipped, according to law.
Resolved , That provision ought to be made by law for organizing and raising a military force, under the authority of the government of the United States, to consist of rank and file, with the proper officers, to serve for the term of years, or during a war which may break out between the United States and any foreign European power; and that the President be authorized to take the measures necessary for raising the same: Provided that no such measures be taken by the executive until war shall be actually commenced between the United States and some foreign European power.
By this Day's Mail.
WILMINGTON, (Del.) March 29.
In consequence of orders issued by the executive of the United States yesterday, to Major Bush, of the District of Delaware, we have the pleasure of informing the public that upwards of fifteen vessels cleared out from the port of Philadelphia have been stopped in the District of Delaware. And we have the additional satisfaction to mention, that no vessel has been detained but what had a British or foreign passport.
BALTIMORE, March 24.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Philadelphia, dated March 20.
"I fear we shall be engaged in war.—I judge from the course of events past—but particularly from the secrecy with which the last infamous measure of the British administration was conducted.—Lord Grenville in the last conversation, of which we have heard, with Mr. Pinckney, very politely congratulated him on the recovery of Philadelphia from the fever."
"That it gave immense pleasure to the king, his master, to learn how prosperously the United States went on; and at the great progress of the arts and sciences, he was delighted, &c. Would you, as a moral politician, believe, that this polished secretary and lord had, fourteen days before this conversation, been one of the council who had secretly issued the last order, under which so great a depredation was meditated on our unsuspecting merchants?"
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED.
   Ship Fame, Sims, New-York. 5   Enterprize, Jones, Havanna. 13   American, Price, New-York. 5   Industry, Perry, Returned.   Brig Fox, Miller, Malaga. 42   Industry, Coppinger, New-York. 5   Chance, Beiks, Havanna. 13   George, Norris, Turks Island. 12   Schooner Success, Curry, Cape-Nichola-Mole. 9   Faksby Packet, Anderson, do. 20   Rebecca, Shewell, Charleston. 10   Mary, Sewall, R. Island. 7   Nancy, M'Kenzie, N. Bedford   Good Intent, Miller, Returned   Sloop New-York Packet, Bailey, New-York. 4   Industry, Wheaton, St. Croix. 14   Brig Fox, Miller, in 42 days from Malaga, failed in company with a British fleet of 5 sail of merchantmen, bound to London, under convoy of the Iris frigate of 32 guns.   The ship Sally, Weeks, in 9 days from Cape Nichola Mole, and several other vessels are arrived in the Delaware.  
The Spanish ship Victoria, mentioned yesterday, to have been taken by the sloop of war Cerf, has by good fortune outailed her. The brig Baron de Carondelet, is returning to port as her prize.
Captain Miller saw two Algerine Cruizers, one of 32 and the other of 20 guns, close under the Beach of Gibraltar, but he having English colours flying, and being under the protection of the British frigate, they took no notice of him. He left at Malaga, Ship ———— , Capt. Burgoine of Baltimore.
Arrived at Fort Mifflin, the Schooner Peggy, Capt. Skelly, in 12 days from St. Eustatia, Captain Skelley has procured a list of all the American vessels, captured and carried into the following British West-India Islands.
CAPTURED.
   Montserrat, 40   Barbadoes, 14   Basseterre St. Kitts, 40   St. Johns Antigua, 23   Dominica, 39  
NOT CAPTURED.
   St. Johns Antigua, 11   Barbadoes, 22   St. Eustatia, 24  
The Admirers of Sacred Music are respectfully informed, that One or more Performances from the most approved
Paris 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 call'd 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.
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NEW THEATRE.
THIS EVENING,
March 29,
Will be performed, A COMIC OPERA called
Love in a Village.
   Sir Wm. Meadows, Mr. Warrell   Young Meadows, Mr. Marshall   Justice Woodcock, Mr. Bates   Hawthorn, Mr. Darley   Eustace, Mr. Cleveland   Hodge, Mr. Francis   Rosetta, Mrs. Marshall   Lucinda, Mrs. Warrell   Deborah Woodcock, Mrs. Rowson   Madge, Miss Willems  
In act first, a STATUTE SCENE and DANCE, by the characters, servants at the Statute, by Mr. Blisset, Mrs. Rowson, Mrs. Bates, Miss Rowson, and Mrs. De Marque, &c.
After the Opera, A Scotch Pastoral Dance, called
The Caledonian Frolic.
In which will be introduced a HIGHLAND REEL, by Mr. Francis, Miss Willems, and Mrs. De Marque.
To which will be added, A FARCE, in two acts, called,
The Village Lawyer
   Scout, Mr. Harwood   Snarl, Mr. Francis   Sheepface, Mr. Bates   Justice Mittimus, Mr. Warrell   Charles, Mr. Darley, jun.   Mrs. Scout, Mrs. Rowson   Kate, Mrs. Bates  
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.
** 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.
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 7 o'clock and the performances begin at 8 o'clock precisely.

IMPORTED
In the Brig George and Harriet, 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
Hanburgh 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 Nor- folk, now coming round.
March 22.
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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.
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War Department.
January 30th 1794.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all the military invalids of the United States, that the funds 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 re- gulations.
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 newspa- pers for the space of two months.
January 30.
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Henry Raper } State of Maryland. } High Court of Chancery, Benjamin Gaither } March 5th. 1794. and Basil Gaither
The Complainant states
in his bill that the defendants Benjamin Gaither and Basil Gaither were seized in fee, as tenants in common of a tract of land in Fre- derick County, called Hammond's Strife; — that being so seized, Basil executed a power of attorney to Benjamin authorizing him to sell his, the said Basil's interest in the said land, that afterwards the said Benjamin sold the said land to a certain William Gaither for the consideration of six hundred pounds which has been since paid, that the said William has assigned to the complainant Henry Raper the bond executed by the said Benjamin for the conveyance of the said land: The Com- plainant now further states (and so appears to the Chancellor) that the defendants are non-residents of the state of Maryland, and therefore out of the reach of the process of this court.
It is therefore adjudged and ordered, that the Complainant procure a copy of this or- der to be inserted in the newspaper of Angell and Sulivan, and in the United States Gazette at least three weeks successively, before the twentieth day of May next; to the intent that the Defendants and all others, who may conceive themselves interested in the premis- es, may have notice to appear in this court, on or before the third Tuesday in September next, to show cause wherefore a decree should not pass for vesting in the Complainant a com- plete legal title to the land aforesaid.
Test,
SAMUEL HARVEY HOWARD, Reg. Cur. Com.
March 18.
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WANTED
AN APPRENTICE
To the Printing Business, Enquire at this Office.
Excellent CLARET,
In hogheads and in cases of 50 bottles each.
ALSO,
A few cases Champagne Wine;
MADEIRA,
In pipes, hogheads and quarter casks,
FOR SALE BY
JOHN VAUGHAN,
No. 111, South Front Street.
Jan. 2, 1794.
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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.
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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 Souchong Tea, Hyson and Tonkay, ditto. Holland Gin in Cases, A Quantity of Brimstone, With a Variety of other Goods.
Feb. 20.
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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.
J. H. FAUCHET.
The Editors of newspapers within the United States, are requested to republish the foregoing notice.
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Lately Published.
SOLD BY
Thomas Dobson,
No. 41, SOUTH SECOND-STREET:
THE History of New-Hampshire, from the Discovery of the River Piscataqua—by Je- remiah 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 Colum- bus; 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.
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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 ex- act 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 Semina- ries of Learning—of the several Banks, and of the Federal and State Offices, will be ascertained. The parts which are built on will be distinguish- ed 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 those 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 ele- vation 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 en- lightened public, that is in the author's power: and it shall be completed with the greatest possible dispatch, as soon as the generous en- couragement of subscribers shall insure to the author such a sum as will be sufficient to defray ex- pences.
A Pamphlet will be delivered with each Plan, which will contain an alphabetical list of the Subscribers names, and information con- cerning 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 deliver- ing the Plans.
Subscriptions will be gratefully received at the principal Book-sellers 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.
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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 U- trecht.
Aliquid semper ad communem utilitatem af- ferendum. CICERO.
The First American Edition.
THE grand principle of Equality, if right- ly understood, is the only basis on which universal justice, sacred order, and perfect freedom, can be firmly built, and permanent- ly secured. The view of it exhibited in this essay, at the same time that it represses the influence of office, the tyranny of pride, and the outrages of oppression; confirms, in the most forcible manner, the necessity of subor- dination, and the just demands of lawful au- thority. 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 sys- tem, and brings men together on the even ground of the inherent rights of human na- ture, of reciprocal obligation, and of a com- mon relation to the community.
March 18.
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Stock Brokers Office,
No. 16, Wall-street, New-York.
THE Subscriber intending to confine himself entirely to the PURCHASE & SALE OF STOCKS ON COMMISSION, begs leave to of- fer his services to his friends and others, in the line of a Stock Broker. Those who may plea- se to favor him with their business, may depend upon having it transacted with the utmost fide- lity and dispatch.
Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other part of the United States, will be strictly attended to. LEONARD BLECKER.
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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.
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STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.
In the House of Representatives,
December 21st, 1793.
WHEREAS the Commissioners of public Accounts, have reported, that they can- not proceed to the investigation of the Treasury Accounts, respecting special Indents, without knowing the outstanding amount thereof in cir- culation:—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 In- dents 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 Com- missioners on public accounts, on or before the tenth day of November next, the amount by them respectively received, and also to the Le- gislature, 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 re- quested, to cause this resolution to be published in one or more papers in the cities of Philadel- phia and New-York, and that provision will be made for the expenses attending such publica- tion.
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 resolu- tions.
Ordered, That the resolutions be sent to the House of Representatives.
by order of the Senate,
FELIX WARLEY, Clerk.
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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, me- chanics and farmers. Such a reputation has this work acquired, that it has passed thro three im- pressions 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.
February 4.
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For Sale by the Subscribers,
MUSCOVADO Sugar in hds. & bbl.
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 Muffins.
NALBRO' & JOHN FRAZIER,
No. 164, South Front-street.
March 8.
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Just Imported,
In the Ship Edward, Capt. Crandon, from St. Peterburg 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.
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INFORMATION Is Requested
By the Editor, of a Mr. William Eklon, a Brick Layer, who went from New-England, and was at Philadelphia 1st August, 1793, since which time nothing has been heard of him.—Great relief will be afforded to his aged parents and friends, by any intelligence con- cerning him—as they are fearful that he has fallen in the late general calamity.
March 22.
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 establish- ing 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. Nicho- las 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 M'Con- nel and Andrew Bayard, of the city of Phila- delphia—His Excellency Richard Howell, Esq., Elias Boudinot, General El as Dayton, James Parker, John Bayard, Doctor Lewis Donham, Samuel W. Stockton, Joshua M. Wallace, Joseph Bloomfield, and Elisha Boudinot, of New-Jer- sey, who offer the following Scheme of a Lot- tery, 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            10,000 10,000 2            5,000 10,000 5            2,000 10,000 10          1,000 10,000