Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1795-02-06 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States
AND DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 32 of Vol. VII.]
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1795.
[Whole No. 754.]
George Green, informs his Friends and Customers in particular, and the Public in general, that he has a New four horse Stage , for journeys and a number of genteel and close Carriages with good horses and careful drivers to let on as moderate terms as any other Station in the city. Enquire at the Livery Stables in Pine street, No. 123. Said Green solicits a continuance of that share of the Public Patronage, which he has hitherto so amply experienced, and which shall be his study to merit by his close attention to business. Jan. 15
110,000 weight of Green Coffee, 87 bds. 40 barrels, and 200 bags, entitled to the drawback, floated on New-Jersey. Willing & Francis's wharf. 1/2 ad 5th Proof
Bordeaux Brandy, 20 pipes of London particular Teneriffe, and London particular Madeira WINES, bds. pipes, and quarter casks, Malaga DO. in quarter casks, Anigona and other RUM in bds. St. Croix SUGAR of the first quality, St. Marks MOLASSES, Hyson TEA, Jamaica SPIRITS, Holland GIN in pipes, LOAF SUGAR, in bds. PEPPER, &c. &c. FOR SALE BY Levinus Clarkson, No. 216, South Water Street. Dec. 4
Whereas an attachment at the suit of the administrators of an estate, against the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of William Butcher deceased, at the time of his death, hath been issued out of the Inferior Court of common pleas, in and for the County of Middlesex, against the Goods and Chattels Lands and Tenements of Irenius Martin, late of the county aforesaid, returnable to the third Tuesday in July last. NOTICE is hereby given to the said Irenius Martin, that unless he appear and file special bail to the said action, on or before the third Tuesday in January next, judgment will be entered against him by default, and the goods and chattels, lands and tenements in as much as shall appear to be justly entitled to any demand thereon, and shall apply for that purpose, according to the form of the statute in such case made & provided. By order of the Court, DEARE, Clerk. Aug. 10. 1awtf
A pleasant Country Seat, MAY be hired for one or more years and possession given immediately, consisting of A neat three story brick house with a barn, a well of water, and an excellent Orchard, containing 150 trees. It is situated 4 miles from the city between the Wissahickon road and the Schuylkill, at the distance of an agreeable walk from that river, where a private boat may be conveniently kept. The quantity of Land may be confined to 8, or extended to any number of acres not exceeding 40. Apply to Jonathan Williams Jun. at Mount Pleasant, adjoining the Pruniers. Jan. 13 2awtf
A Large Assortment of Warranted Watches From 14 to 40 dollars—a very general assortment of Watch-Materials, Chains, seals, &c. &c.—and a few very handsome French Mantle Clocks, For sale on low terms, for Cash by John J. Parry, Clock and Watch Maker, No. 38, South Second street. An Apprentice wanted. Jan. 12 1awtf
Forty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscribers in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New-Jersey, on Sunday morning the 12th instant, Two young Negro Fellows, named Jack and Tom, each about 20 years of age; Jack is of a dark black colour and a sour look; Tom is of an open countenance, of a yellowish colour, and much disposed to laugh. They are sprightly active fellows, and but little more of six feet high; they were both well dressed; Jack had on a blue broad cloth coat and different kinds of clothes. Whoever takes up said servants, and secures them in any jail in the United States, for that their masters may get them again shall receive the above reward and reasonable expenses. John Sparks, Andrew Hunter. Jan. 14 2awtf
For Hamburgh, The fast-sailing Ship INDUSTRY, LYING at Sim's wharf, will sail in a few days, having two thirds of her cargo on board. For freight or passage apply to JOHN BROWN, at Walnut street wharf, or Thomas Newman, No. 118, South Second street. Jan. 28. dtf
For Sale or Charter, The Ship MARGARET, Robert Robertson, Master. She is in complete repair, and of about 1200 barrels burthen. Jesse & Robert Waln. Dec. 29 d
AT THE Card & Nail Factory, No. 59, north Front street, Webster, Adgate & White, Have constantly for sale, Cotton, Wool, Tow, and Machine Cards, Of all Kinds, Cut Nails of all sizes, Floor Brads, Sprigs and Tacks, Fullers Shears, Gun Flints and Wool Hats. A quantity of kiln dried Indian Meal in barrels. A new Edition of Adgate's Philadelphia Harmony, containing both the first and second parts, being the most approved system of Rules and the best collection of Tunes now in use. Also for Sale, A COMPLETE SET OF Machinery for making Cards On an Improved Construction. Oct. 2 1awtf
PROPOSALS For printing by Subscription, a new publication, to be entitled The American Remembrancer & Universal Tablet of Memory. 1. This publication will be printed on good paper, and on a good type and will contain at least 300 pages duodecimo. 2. The price to Subscribers will be 75 cents to non-Subscribers, one dollar. 3. The Work, it is expected, will be ready for delivery, by the middle of March. 4. Those who shall obtain 12 Subscribers, will be entitled to one copy for their trouble; to Printers and Booksellers the usual allowance will be given. To the PUBLIC. The principal design of this publication is to rescue from oblivion the many important events and transactions, which, under divine providence, have been chiefly conducive to the settlement of this country, and to the establishment of our present happy form of government; as also to transmit to posterity the names and achievements of those statesmen and heroes, to whom America is most indebted for her liberty and independence. Should any patriotic Printer think proper to patronize this undertaking by occasionally inserting the above in his paper, and procuring Subscribers, the favour will be thankfully acknowledged by the Editor. James Hardie. N. B. It is requested that such persons as are entrusted with subscription papers, will be so obliging as to return them by the first of March, in order that their names may be inserted as patrons of the work. Jan. 24 2awtf
James M'Alpin, Taylor, No. 3, SOUTH FOURTH STREET, Returns his grateful acknowledgements to his friends and the Public for their liberal encouragement, and begs leave respectfully to solicit a Continuance of their Favour. At his Shop Gentlemen can be furnished with the best materials, and have them made up and finished in the neatest and most fashionable manner. He will thankfully receive any orders & pay prompt and punctual attention to them. Oct. 25 1awtf
Carpets & Carpeting. Best British Ingrain Carpets & Carpeting Do. Scotch, Ingrain and common Do. Green, Brown, Yellow & Black Ground. Furniture chintzes, white Russia sheetings, Dimities, &c. For Sale by JOSEPH TURNER, No. 4, north Third street. Jan. 7 2awtf
James Hardie. N. B. It is requested that such persons as are entrusted with subscription papers, will be so obliging as to return them by the first of March, in order that their names may be inserted as patrons of the work. Jan. 24 2awtf
W O O D, WILL be delivered in quantities not exceeding a Cord to any one Family, at a moderate price. Application to be made At No. 60, Dock street, Accompanied with a written Recommendation that the Bearer is known to the Subscriber, and is deserving such charity. Jan. 31 dtw
FOR SALE, At the STORES of Jesse & Robert Waln, PORT WINE in pipes, bds. and quarter casks. LISBON do. in pipes and quarter casks. Souchong and Congo TEAS, in quarter casks. A quantity of Lisbon and Cadiz SALT Soft shelled ALMONDS in bales Velvet CORKS, in do. Ruffia MATTS. June 9 d
This Day was published, [Price 25 cents] AND FOR SALE AT T. BRADFORD'S Book-Store, No. 8. South Front Street, A BONE TO GNAW for the DEMOCRATS; or Observations on a Pamphlet entitled, "The Political Progress of Britain." At the same place may be had, THE POLITICAL PROGRESS OF BRITAIN; or, An impartial History of abuses in the government of the British empire, in Europe, Asia, and America; from the revolution in 1688 to the present time, &c. Also The celebrated COMEDIES of THE YOUNG QUAKER; HAUNTED TOWER, and The SICILIAN ROMANCE; an Opera, by Henry Siddons. And, as usual, An Assortment of BOOKS In Law, Physics, Surgery, Chemistry, History, Agriculture, Architecture, and Mathematics. With a general Assortment of Stationary of all kinds. January, 1795 d
To be Sold, A VALUABLE Tract of Land, BEING that part of the city of New-Brunswick that lies in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey. It contains upwards of 600 acres of very valuable land and is bounded on the south by the public road that leads from New York to Philadelphia for near two miles, on the east by the river Raritan for near a mile, and lays in a triangular form. Building Lots on several streets in this part of the town sell from five to ten dollars and two thirds a foot front, and the extension of Albany street, which the situation admits of for a tract half a mile, will open a new four corner for very pleasant & commodious situations for dwelling houses. A considerable space along the river is well calculated for building flour-mills and wharves, and affords a seat for a Grist Mill on the bank of the river, which may be supplied with water from the Mile-Run by a subterraneous passage already dug, where vessels of 300 barrels burthen may conveniently load and unload. There are now on the premises a good Farmhouse and two large barns, a commodious new Dwelling House two stories high, 42 by 32 feet square, intended and well calculated for a house, with very good cellars under the whole, and a kitchen 30 by 20 feet square, a new wharf of 80 feet front, and a well built store house of 40 by 26 feet square and three stories high, and a quarry of building stone on the premises. New Brunswick, one of the most flourishing places in New Jersey, lying at the head of the navigation of the river Raritan, is the magazine for the reception of the produce of a very extensive and fertile country, and is well situated for vending every kind of imported merchandise for supplying the country. The easy transportation of every kind of produce and manufacture from thence to New York by water, its situation on the post road through the states, and its vicinity to Perth Amboy, one of the best seaports in the states, render it an object worthy the attention of persons who have the means and know how to improve a situation so well calculated for commerce or manufacture. The premises will be shown by John Parker or James Cole, at New Brunswick, and the terms and conditions of sale, made known by James Parker, Of Perth Amboy. Jan. 19 1awtf
James Parker, Of Perth Amboy. Jan. 19 1awtf
FOR SALE, The House, No. 10, north Third street, near Market street, at present occupied by John Bacon. A very valuable stand for Business. Having been made use of as a Dry Goods Store for many years. It has a front of near 24 feet, with a two story Brick Kitchen and in complete order. For terms apply to No. 12, next door. Jan. 23 d
FOR SALE, A Lot of Ground, ON the west side of Third, at the corner of New or Story street, in the City of Philadelphia; it being 34 feet 8 inches in front on Third street, and 86 feet deep on Story street. On said lot are two framed dwelling houses, two stories high at the corner house almost new, with a good cellar. For terms and other particulars, apply at the Office of Edward Bonfall & Co. or at No. 60, north Second street. Jan. 26 1awtf
LEWIS WAUGH, OR JOHN WAUGH. Jan. 29 1awtf
This Day is Published, BY WILLIAM YOUNG, Book-seller, No. 12, Second street, corner of Chestnut street, a DISCOURSE ON THE Nature and Reasonableness of FASTING, AND ON The Exciting Causes that call us to that Duty. Delivered at Princeton, on Tuesday the 6th of January, 1795, being the Day appointed by the Synod of New York and New-Jersey, to be observed as a General Fast, by all the Churches of their Communion in those States, and now published in compliance with the request of the Students of Theology and Law in Princeton. By SAMUEL STANHOPE SMITH, D.D. Vice-President and Professor of Moral Philosophy and Divinity in the College of New-Jersey. Jan. 30 3t
WANTED, An Apprentice To the Watch making and Repairing Business APPLY TO C. Campbell, No. 3, south Fourth street, two doors from Market street. Jan. 19 2awtf
FOR SALE, SEVERAL VALUABLE Tracts of LAND, LYING in King George County, Virginia, lying on the south side of Potomack Creek, near its mouth, being one mile from the river Potomack, containing by old survey eleven hundred and ten acres. There is on the above tract of Land a dwelling house thirty by twenty, with three rooms on the first floor, and two above, with fire places, a kitchen with a brick chimney, stables, corn house, meat house, dairy and other out houses; also a good framed store house by twenty four, and a granary, both perfectly new, and agreeably situated on the Creek, commanding a fine view of the river Potomack, and one of the best fisheries either on the river or creek. This creek is navigable for vessels of several tons, and abounds with wild fowl of every kind, particularly ducks. The land is fertile and well adapted to the culture of corn, rye, and tobacco. There is also on it a quantity of timber of superior quality, either for ship or house building, and contiguous to the water, from whence it could be rafted to Alexandria, or to the City of Washington, and is not more than fifty miles distant from either place. The growth is chiefly red and white oak, locust, walnut, hickory, cedar and poplars of an extraordinary size. There are also a couple of small meadows now in timothy, and several other rich swamps, which may be put in a small expense. The banks consist chiefly of shell-marl of the best quality, which affords a valuable and inexhaustible fund of manure. Likewise another valuable Tract, lying in Potomack river, in King George county, nearly opposite to Port Tobacco in Maryland, containing about four hundred acres; one hundred of it is heavily timbered with white oak proper for house or ship building; about fifty acres of marsh, and the whole of the land, perfectly level, and well adapted to farming, being of a stiff quality, and excellent for holding manure. It bounds on the river about three quarters of a mile, has a most admirable herring and rock fishery, and for wild fowl is perhaps equal to any on the Continent. It is well situated for a Ferry, being at a narrow part of the river, and is not more than thirty five miles from the City of Washington by land. We will likewise sell a valuable Tract of Land, lying partly in King George and partly in Stafford county, containing five hundred acres; this tract is about one mile from Potomack Creek, it is well timbered and watered, the soil is of an excellent quality. For a further account apply to Mr. Charles Stuart Waugh, at Dr. Benjamin Duffield's south Front street, No. 303, or to the Subscribers, living on the premises, King George county, Virginia. LEWIS WAUGH, OR JOHN WAUGH. Jan. 29 1awtf
FOR SALE, A Lot of Ground, ON the west side of Third, at the corner of New or Story street, in the City of Philadelphia; it being 34 feet 8 inches in front on Third street, and 86 feet deep on Story street. On said lot are two framed dwelling houses, two stories high at the corner house almost new, with a good cellar. For terms and other particulars, apply at the Office of Edward Bonfall & Co. or at No. 60, north Second street. Jan. 26 1awtf
FOR SALE, The House, No. 10, north Third street, near Market street, at present occupied by John Bacon. A very valuable stand for Business. Having been made use of as a Dry Goods Store for many years. It has a front of near 24 feet, with a two story Brick Kitchen and in complete order. For terms apply to No. 12, next door. Jan. 23 d
FOR SALE, A Lot of Ground, ON the west side of Third, at the corner of New or Story street, in the City of Philadelphia; it being 34 feet 8 inches in front on Third street, and 86 feet deep on Story street. On said lot are two framed dwelling houses, two stories high at the corner house almost new, with a good cellar. For terms and other particulars, apply at the Office of Edward Bonfall & Co. or at No. 60, north Second street. Jan. 26 1awtf
FOR SALE, The House, No. 10, north Third street, near Market street, at present occupied by John Bacon. A very valuable stand for Business. Having been made use of as a Dry Goods Store for many years. It has a front of near 24 feet, with a two story Brick Kitchen and in complete order. For terms apply to No. 12, next door. Jan. 23 d
FOR SALE, A Lot of Ground, ON the west side of Third, at the corner of New or Story street, in the City of Philadelphia; it being 34 feet 8 inches in front on Third street, and 86 feet deep on Story street. On said lot are two framed dwelling houses, two stories high at the corner house almost new, with a good cellar. For terms and other particulars, apply at the Office of Edward Bonfall & Co. or at No. 60, north Second street. Jan. 26 1awtf
FOR SALE BY John D. Blanchard, At his Stores, in Third street, 66 PIPES Choice TENERIFFE WINE, of superior quality, Cognac Brandy in pipes. 30 Cases of Claret of a superior quality subject to drawback. B-Ron Tea Kettles, a large assortment Short of all sizes and numbers. Parr Lead, Lead in pigs Ruffs Sheetings Women's Stuff Shoes by the quantity Cut Nails Rhode Island Cheese And a large and elegant assortment of European and India GOODS, At the most reduced Prices. Nov. 25 2awtf
This Day is Published, BY John Ormrod, At the Old Franklin's Head, No. 41, north side of Chestnut street, A Specimen of the Patriotism of the Jacobins in France; Or the Trial of Jean Baptiste Lacombe, Late President of the Military Commission at Bordeaux, condemned to death as an Exactor, an Extortioner, a Prevaricator, a Corrupter of Morality and the Public Mind, and as such a Traitor to his Country. On the 27th Thermidor, second year of the French Republic, one and indivisible. Translated from the French, and dedicated to Citizen G E N E T. Price 3-16ths of a Dollar. Jan. 16 dtf
Department of War: JANUARY 26, 1795. INFORMATION is hereby given, to all the Military Invalids of the United States, that the sums to which they are intitled for six months of their annual pension, from the fourth of September, 1794, and which will become due on the fifth day of March, 1795, will be paid on that day, by the Commissioners of Loans, within the States respectively, under the usual regulations. Applications, of Executors and Administrators, must be accompanied with legal evidence of their respective appointments, and of the time of the decease of the Invalids, whose pensions they may claim. By order of the President of the United States, Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War. Jan. 27. 1aw8w.
Pennsylvania Hospital 1st Month 26th 1795. The managers, being informed, that many of their Fellow-citizens, entertain an erroneous opinion, that the tax commonly called the Hospital tax, which they have lately paid, is for the use of this house; think it a duty they owe the contributors to inform the public, that this institution receives no benefit therefrom, the said tax being laid for the sole purpose of erecting a building to accommodate persons with infectious diseases which is not to be within the limits of Philadelphia. The principal dependance of the contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital is on the legacies and voluntary contributions of their charitable and humane Fellow-Citizens, throughout the City and State. Many of these whole minds have been impressed with the necessity there is of supporting this useful and valuable institution, have enabled the managers to maintain the house, at a great expence, upwards of forty years, by the valuable gifts and bequests, they have added at various times to the capital stock. Relying still with a firm confidence on the well known benevolence of the charitable citizens of Pennsylvania, they commend the institution to their further notice, and as the funds are far short of being adequate to the heavy expenses of the house, the managers do not expect to solicit their assistance in vain. Published, by order of board of managers. SAMUEL COATES Sec'y.
The managers request that the Printers of the English and German newspapers, will insert the above, to encourage the design of the contributors, in founding and supporting the Pennsylvania Hospital.
A FEW COPIES Of the celebrated Performance under the Signature of MANLIUS, May be had of John Ormrod, No. 41, Chestnut street. Price 25 cents.
A FEW COPIES Of the celebrated Performance under the Signature of MANLIUS, May be had of John Ormrod, No. 41, Chestnut street. Price 25 cents.
A FEW COPIES Of the celebrated Performance under the Signature of MANLIUS, May be had of John Ormrod, No. 41, Chestnut street. Price 25 cents.

From the American Daily Advertiser.
GERMANICUS, LETTER VII.
To the Citizens of the United States.
THE reasoning which has been employed in refusing the identity of the societies with the people, and in distinguishing occasional meetings from standing bodies, has anticipated much of the answer to the other assertion, that societies which consist of five, ten or twenty individuals are clothed with all the rights of those individuals—but the subject cannot be easily exhausted.
To those who are impressed with the conviction, that the societies acquire an influence disproportionate to the numbers and characters of the individuals who compose them, it would be a glaring insult to affirm that twenty men shall by a voluntary association, render themselves politically superior to twenty of their neighbours; and then make this self-created exaltation, by an appeal to the principles of common citizenship. Perhaps the reply may be, that the individuals who dread one juncto, may establish a counter one. It shall not be forgotten in its proper place. Let us first learn the salutary lesson contained in the decrees of the National Convention on the 16th of October last, by which the popular societies have been broken up as it were into individuals.
Delmas in the name of the three committees of Public and General Safety and Legislation, presented a report on the Popular Societies. As this report was expected, the galleries and the hall of the Convention were remarkably crowded; all the posts were double guarded, and strong patrols paraded the streets.
Delmas began by applauding the principles on which Popular Societies were established, and the service these societies had rendered to the cause of liberty. He then proceeded to point out the dangers which might arise if vigorous means were not adopted to prevent them from becoming the instruments of intriguing and ambitious men; he instanced as examples of this danger the events of the 9th thermidor; he dwelt with great energy on the influence which these societies insensibly acquire in the government, an influence which in the French Republic had lately arisen to such a height that no important measure could be adopted without their aid and concurrence. The Revolutionary government, he said ought to be without a rival, and if the Popular Societies were suffered to take such an active part in the government the revolutionary principle would be constantly either opposed or checked in its operations.
The means by which these societies had arrived at this plenitude of power, were, by correspondence and communications. By means of this double tie they formed an immense corporation powerfully influencing the opinion and the action of government. It had therefore become necessary to apply a strong remedy to this evil; the committee therefore proposed the following decrees.
1. All affiliations and correspondence between the popular societies are prohibited, as subversive of the Revolutionary government.
2. No petition or address shall be presented to the Convention, or the constituted authorities from any popular societies, without being signed by the person in whom such address may originate.
3. The constituted authorities are commanded not to receive any address unless so signed.
4. Those who sign these addresses or petitions, as Presidents or Secretaries, shall be treated as suspected persons.
5. All the societies shall immediately give in the names of their members, their ages, and the profession which they have followed before 1789.
6. The lists shall be given in to the national agent of the commune and to the commission of police, for the administration and tribunals.
7. These lists shall be renewed frequently and at fixed periods.
8. All such as shall oppose the provisions of this decree are declared to be suspected persons, and shall be treated accordingly.
Thibadeau, Duham, Lecune Crassons and Dubarrou, opposed the decree, on the principle that the Convention had no right to prevent men from assembling and corresponding with each other.
Reubel, Bentabolle, Bourdon of Oise and many other members spoke in favor of the decree. Those who opposed the decree went on the supposition that the societies were to be destroyed, but this was not the case. The Convention
is only meant to prevent the societies being injurious to the French Republic.
The proposal of the three committees was decreed amidst the loudest plaudits."
It is impossible to repel these admonitions and deductions from the French decrees. That the societies, although they have been mighty in rearing the revolution, are now formidable to the constituted authority; that they have been reduced to individuals; responsible as such for their petitions and addresses which are to be individually signed, and are prohibited from affiliations and correspondence with each other. These are the expedients by which "the convention meant to prevent the societies from being injurious to the French republic," and afford the solution, why they were not to be destroyed. That solution is, that they were deprived of all false colouring, and would be estimated according to the pure merits of the individuals.
The French government would not unnecessarily thwart the societies; and if, with the unlimited command of the affections and force of the people, they express apprehensions, what is the path of wisdom to the citizens of the United States?
GERMANICUS.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, January 29.
(Debate concluded.)
Mr. Sedgwick said that this was quite a new fact to him, and if it was as stated, there was no necessity for legislative interference at all. The state of North Carolina had only to come forward and subscribe them to the treasury.
Mr. W. Smith explained, that when delivered into the treasury of North Carolina, they had been cancelled. After this they were again ordered to be made current by the subscriptions of the officers of the state; and in that shape, they were offered to the Commissioners of loans, who refused to accept them. The exact amount of the certificates could still be ascertained, as well as the names of the persons to whom they belonged. They had been cancelled but not destroyed.
Mr. Boudinot imagined that Mr. Smith had furnished a new and forcible argument against his own cause. This claim of North Carolina to sell the lands was wrong, and this doctrine had been the cause of all the disputes in which the federal government has been engaged. The crown of Britain had never pretended to any right of this kind, nor ever thought it had title to any lands till they were first purchased from the Indians. The question before the committee was, have the United States taken away any claim which the purchasers of these lands had? and the answer is that the United States have not. The state of North Carolina only had a right to sell the privilege of the pre-emption. This was the only right which the purchasers obtained, and this right they still possess. As to the certificates, they were not those of the United States, but those of North Carolina. They were not continental certificates, and for that reason continental officers would not accept them; but North Carolina had since brought these certificates into her account against the general government. The Commissioners in 1786, had done a very great service to North Carolina, by settling a line of boundary, and putting an end to the Indian war. He thought that the best way for the claimants would be to apply to the executive, and agree among themselves to extinguish by an interference of that kind, the Indian right. This would be much better than for the House to involve itself in the purchase of an immense tract of land, at an expence of seven or eight hundred thousand dollars, or how much more Mr. Boudinot could not tell, when there was so much occasion for the money to pay the national debt. He again declared that he should think it the best way to obtain the good offices of the executive in extinguishing the Indian right. The six nations possessed part of the territory of Pennsylvania. This state also may apply to the general government for redress if North Carolina were to get payment for these lands. The state of New-York may do so, for the same reasons as North Carolina. This would be involving the government in an endless labyrinth. He was as unwilling as any gentleman in the house to interfere with the rights of the legislature of North Carolina. But he did not wish to see the house going blindfold into the business. The United States have too much land already.
Mr. Kittera. The certificates must have been given in by North Carolina to the United States. She denied the right of the Commissioners in 1786, to make Indian treaties, but now that right is given up. He agreed with Mr. Boudinot as to his observation on Pennsylvania. Georgia has also she said had about fifty millions of acres within her chartered limits. The business would never have an end, if the general government was to interfere in all these cases.
Mr. Scott. Has not this government a right to restrain every wild goose excursion into the woods? If it has not, the union must fall prostrate at the feet of every
wild face-lator. Pennsylvania, at a great expence, made preparations for an establishment at Presqu' Isle. The ground had been bought at a great expence from the United States. Yet for the sake of general peace, the settlement had been stopped.
Mr. McDowell denied that the two cases corresponded, for the lands at Presqu' Isle had not been given back to the Six Nations.
Mr. Blount differed from the last speaker. He did not think that any thing farther had been done against the interest of North Carolina than against that of Pennsylvania. Mr. Blount denied that the Indians ever occupied the lands in question, or were fit to occupy them in the proper sense of word. To walk across a country, shoot in it was different from an occupation. But, besides, the Creeks and Cherokees were not the only tribes who had hunted there. It had been said that these lands had given rise to speculation. Mr. Blount wished that it had done so, for in that case the certificates would all have been paid by this time. There was no difficulty in funding southern certificates, when once they got into the hands of northern speculators. Mr. Blount thought himself entitled to receive back from the United States, the money which he had paid into the treasury of North Carolina for these lands.
Mr. Murray requested the favour of any gentleman to inform him, whether the lands in question were possessed and occupied in the more civilized sense of the terms by the white people. He believed they were not; had they been in peaceable possession, living on, and cultivating the lands, that circumstance would form a very interesting motive in his mind in favour of the indemnity that was asked. But in fact they never were possessed of any right but that which North Carolina could give them; the pre-emption right. That right they now possessed as fully as they did at the time of the cession to the United States, [Mr. Carnes rose, and informed him, that many white people who had begun farms were driven off their lands, and reduced to great distress by the proceedings of the commissioners.] An argument struck him of some weight; that if the claim be gratified the claimants will be in a better situation now than they would have been if the cession had not been made; for North Carolina could not have given them absolute possession but by force of arms. This she would not have a right to do, under the confederation, nor under the constitution, as no one state can make war. But the claimants can ask nothing more of the United States than they could have had accomplished for them by the state of North Carolina. A new doctrine resulting from the revolution must be admitted as a ground of reasoning, when Indian unconquered territory is before us. The provinces had power as individual bodies which states as such have not, the right of making war and gaining possession of Indian territory by conquest. So it was that a province could, from its own separate resources, make war on Indians and pay individually the expence. But when the great contest for independence came on, all the states were in fact principal confederated bodies long before they signed the paper of confederation. The doctrine which suited such a body of states was, that whatever might be gained by the joint efforts and expence of all, should be the property of all jointly; and he thought that every principle of sound justice warranted him in applying the doctrine so far as to say that whatever might be the chartered limits of each province, while dependant, yet the moment of the joint contest was that in which the true limits of a state were as far as property in land went, confined to that boundary which was really located, occupied, and peaceably holden within the limits. To say, that the state had a right more positive than the pre-emptive one, to lands actually occupied and defended by hostile tribes of Indians within the chartered limits, admits a principle, that if put into action, tended necessarily to violate the great principle of the confederation, and of the present constitution, which divides the individual states of the right to make war, as the state to make good any sales she might make within the hostile territory, would be obliged to make war on the tribes to dispossess them. The lands in question were in this situation. They were occupied by Indian tribes, and were never in possession of North Carolina. The gentleman from that state seems to doubt the occupancy of the tribes. He believed we would violate the principles of justice were we to borrow the principle of occupancy from books and apply it to Indian society. The Indian tribes held certain tracts of land. As to the mode in which they thought it most rational to use the land, it was nothing against their right, to say its exercise differed from our mode. He understood they made a hunting ground of the land in dispute. They had a right to use it as such as such, and their
mode of use was no argument against their right. All that could be, or was proved to belong to North Carolina, was the colonial right of qualified sovereignty called the pre-emption right. This was all she could grant, and this was all that the claimants could take from her. They had that now, and as he could not see the propriety of making their situation better than if the cession had not been made, so he could not agree to the resolution for giving them indemnity. Perhaps his ideas on the subject might be fashioned by local circumstances, belonging as he did to a state which had no share in those rich funds, which the large frontier states possess he thought very unjustly in immense tracts of back lands. He felt it a duty to narrow all claims like the present, as much as possible. Connecticut, Rhode-Island, Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, were all in the same situation. They had no back lands and were entitled to in the back lands, which now bring immense funds of wealth into the land offices of those states which possess them.
Mr. Heister wished to have that part of the law read, which relates to the species of certificates referred to in the debate; this was accordingly done. Mr. Heister said that he had not enough of evidence before him to give a vote. He therefore wished that the committee might rise.
Mr. Macon said, that, according to Mr. Boudinot, it was the doctrine of North Carolina in 1783, that the state possessed a right to the unappropriated lands. If that was their doctrine then, nothing had since happened which could make it cease to be so now. The crown of Britain had transferred the absolute property of lands, without enquiring for permission from the Indians. This evidence went strongly to prove that North Carolina had the same title. The case of Presqu' Isle did not apply, for Pennsylvania was raising troops to make that settlement, and no state can by the constitution raise troops of itself. He wished the committee not to rise till they had determined the question.
Mr. Carnes had foreseen that the claim before the committee would be opposed upon various grounds; but he considered none of them as well founded. Grants were first made by North Carolina to individuals, of lands within her chartered boundary. The cession made to and accepted by the United States, conditioned to secure the interest of individuals. A treaty was thereafter ordered to be held, by the United States with the Indians, and by that treaty, lands formerly granted were relinquished to them. The commissioners of North Carolina protested in form. The people turned out and paid ten pounds the hundred acres, for their lands, and they were entitled to compensation from North Carolina, or from the United States. It had been said, that North Carolina, had no right but that of pre-emption. This Mr. Carnes denied. North Carolina had a right to all the lands within her boundary; and there was an express agreement reserving those lands to individuals. Why did the United States contract with the state, if she had no right? The Indians never could have been considered as an independent nation, else there would be compensation in imperio. He mentioned the case of the Tensas county, containing four millions of acres. By a treaty made in 1785, between the state of Georgia and the Creeks, this land was ceded to Georgia. By a second treaty, at New-York, this very country was relinquished to the Indians, and of course the bona fide right of the state wrested from them. If a decision could be had on this case before a judicial tribunal, it would not require a moment's hesitation to determine in favour of the state, and that the treaty was a nullity. It had been alleged that the right of pre-emption was the only right in possession of the state, that is, a title to purchase of the holders of the property in exclusion of all other states, or individuals thereof, or of the particular state. Mr. Carnes contended that the fee simple of all the soil within the chartered limits belonged to the state. As to the boundaries, the definitive treaty of peace settles them beyond contradiction. As to the proprietors of these lands being in no worse condition now than before the cession back to the Indians, the people were plowing the lands, when driven from them, and will any gentleman say that this is not injuring people? As to the state of N. Carolina having no particular claim to the land now beyond the Indian line, he would put a case within the chapter of possibilities. Suppose that all the Indians were driven over the Mississippi to-morrow, to whom would the lands which they now possess be
long? The particular lands are within whose range they lay. The gentleman advocates for mobility, & those who talk of treating the Indians with humanity, are the very men who have uniformly countenanced the raiding of troops, and augmenting the force on our north western frontiers. How can they reconcile their conduct? The Indians to the south are to be treated with humanity, and those to the north are to be butchered, that the United States may enjoy their property.
Mr. Loudinot said that the charter from Britain extended to the South Sea, but such a stretch of territory was not really claimed by Britain. He read several of the old laws of North Carolina, to prove that the Indian right of soil had always been acknowledged.
Mr. Blount had never thought of quoting this book, which he now did, to show that the British government had authorized conquest. He did not know of one purchase made in Carolina. It was all conquest and so were nineteenth of all the lands held by the white people in America.
Mr. Gillespie said that the holders of this land had been ousted after possessing it no less than seven years. This was the legal time to secure it as the property of one citizen against another, or against the state, yet it had not secured it against the commissioners of the United States, and the Indians.
Mr. McDowell requested gentlemen to look at the north western territory, where conquests were made, and a plan formed for selling the lands. As for the proprietors of the back lands in North Carolina, were the people no worse off than before, when formerly they lived on the lands, and now it is criminal to cross the line? Mr. McDowell observed that after all this clamour about justice, and morality, and the seizure of Indian property, these lands did not belong to the tribes to whom they were now ceded, for there had been wars past all memory, among the Indians themselves, about the right of hunting on them, so that no white person could tell who were the original proprietors. [The member alluded to a circumstance known in the history of that part of America. The Shawanese and other northern tribes, being more warlike than their southern Countrymen, drove them off, or kept them off this tract, where, at the first settling of the Country, the Creeks or Cherokees dwelt not, she w their faces. But when the British Colonies pushed forward on the northern tribes, the latter found sufficient employment at home, and then the Creeks and others came and claimed the lands.]
The question was then put, shall the committee now rise, and report progress? This was negatived. The resolutions in the report were all successively put, and lost.
The committee then rose; and the House at half past three o'clock adjourned.
A CONTINUATION OF THE
Latest Foreign Advices
HAGUE, Dec. 7.
We learn from our frontiers, that general Pichegru being recovered of his indisposition set out from Antwerp to Paris, to receive further orders from the committee of public welfare, for his future operations.
We learn from the Head-quarters of Arnheim, under the date of the 3d inst. that the French attempted in several places to pass the Waal, but found it passage impracticable, partly on account of the height of the water, and partly by the troops and the artillery which occupy the opposite side of that river. At Panderen they attempted to throw a bridge over the Waal, which was however destroyed by the Austrians.
The French have also kept up a very strong cannonade against Fort St. Andre; but after having appeared to wish to make an attack upon the district between the Maese and the Waal, they retreated.
Their fire upon Grave, occasioned a few days a fire in that place, which the besieged, however, soon found means to get under. The French bombard that place from the side of the Maese, and the besieged direct their fire upon them from the same quarter, since the inundation renders an attack from the side of Bois-le-Duc impracticable.
Letters from Utrecht, of the 7th inst. state, that the French batteries, after an incessant cannonade of four days upon Fort St. Andre, were silenced, and that the enemy were obliged to retreat with great loss.
We learn from the 3d inst. the French signified to the general Pichegru, that the agreement respecting a

facilities should terminate on the same day; and though Breda is not yet in form, yet hostilities have again begun.
HAERLEM, Dec. 8.
We learn from Emmick, that a violent and incessant cannonade has been heard since the 3d inst. both near and far from that place. On Friday it was so very violent that the whole town was in a state of alarm. We learn since, that the French have made their appearance with boats about Herwin, Panderen and Hulhuizen, to cross, it is supposed, the river Waal in those environs, but that they were discovered by the allies in that quarter, and their boats sunk.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the French let off a balloon in the evening, at Emmick, and appeared soon after, with increasing superiority, on the opposite banks of the river.
GENOA, November 12.
A Corsican vessel which arrived recently from Ajaccio, has brought intelligence, that the inhabitants of that place were divided into two parties, who had had an action; and, at the departure of the vessel, a heavy firing of musketry was heard.
The Paolists are divided among themselves; the French party is daily gaining strength, particularly, as since the return of the British fleet to the Gulf of St. Florenzo, a report has been current that the French intend to make a descent on Corsica.
A great ferment seems to pervade every part of the Island, so much so that the English have deemed it expedient to concentrate all their land forces at St. Florenzo.
The two French squadrons which have lately joined at Toulon, consist of 16 ships of the line, 10 frigates, or armed bargues, and a number of smaller vessels fitted for war; two more ships of the line will be ready for sea in the course of this month, and eight more are on the stocks.
LONDON, December 9.
Yesterday the Earl of Moira waited on the Minister, at his house in Downing-street, and had a long conference on the subject, as it is supposed, of the intended secret expedition under his command, for which preparations are now making at Southampton, Jersey, &c.
The Prussian troops, we understand, will return to their station on the German frontiers.
A letter is circulated on the Continent of Mallet du Pan, by which it is said that the re-establishment of Constitutional Royalty is nearer at hand than people think. The Count d'Artois shews a letter which he has received from France, acquainting him that his Nephew and Niece are well.
December 11.
By an order in council, dated the 4th of December, 1794, wheat may be imported from all parts, and may be taken out of the warehouse for home consumption, until the 3d of June, 1795, at the duty of 6d per quarter.
A number of counterfeit guineas are at present in circulation—they weigh the full weight, are of the date of 1794, and are with difficulty discovered, except by the sound being much shriller than real gold.
The Parliament of Ireland is further prorogued to Thursday the 22d of January next.
The following singular article is copied from the Worcester Herald of Saturday last, for the truth of which the Printer pledges his reputation, and refers to the first authority in the county.
"Lately died, at Alverly, in Shropshire, Elizabeth Hoine, aged 145; who never since her birth, either eats, walked, or spoke ; and what is still more singular, had the faculty of hearing in a quick degree, and was no way deformed!"
December 15.
The report of the re-capture of General La Fayette seems to be doubted by several of the Continental Prints, and some of them even go so far as to assert that the officer is already on his way to America. It is also said to be false, that Dr. Bollman contributed to his escape, and that the same was planned by the latter, in consequence of a consultation with the Due de Clermont Tonnere and some of the principal Emigrants at London.
December 17.
Letters from Switzerland mention, that from Franche Comte persons had been sent into different parts of that country to invite the Priests to return; that many had in consequence gone into that part of France, and that they were now performing the functions of the church in the neighbourhood of Mount Jura, as peaceably as before of
Revolution, and that multitudes flocked from all parts to attend the service.
By intelligence from a Breslau of the 22d ult. we are informed, that the Polish army, which refused to capitulate, and left Warsaw under the command of Generals Wawrecki, Dombravski, and Madalinski, have been forced, by the want of provisions and ammunition, to the Russian and Prussian borders. A corps of six thousand men alone remains, which has taken its march towards Galicia.
December 11.
Paris papers, from the 20th to the 30th of November have been received in town. They confirm the account of the decree against Carriers, and of the victory gained by the army of the Eastern Pyrenees over the Spaniards, on the 17th November. On the 25th, accusations were brought against Barrere, Collot d'Herbois, and Billaud Varennes, by Legendre. The Convention passed to the order of the day. On the 28th, the Committee of Public Safety announced another victory over the Spaniards on the 20th Nov. The rout was complete—the redoubtable entrenchments were forced at the point of the bayonet, and all the artillery and ammunition fell into the hands of the victors.
A letter from General Norreu, dated 22d ult. announces that General Debroux, after defeating a party of the enemy and repulsing the garrison of Luxembourg, had taken possession of the military positions within three leagues of the fortress, and formed a complete blockade.
The name of General Dugommier was ordered to be inscribed in the Pantheon, among those of the defenders of their country, and his family to be provided for at the public charge.
December 15.
The French are making the most formidable preparations for passing the Waal. A part of their army has already attempted the passage, but without success.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
November 25.
Richard—"I am directed by the Committee to propose the following decree—That the name of General Dugommier, Commander and Chief of the army of the Eastern Pyrenees, killed in the battle of the 17th of November, on the Black Mountain, shall be inscribed on the column erected in the Pantheon, to the memory of the Defenders of their Country."
"The Convention charges its Committee of Public Safety to make enquiries concerning the family of Dugommier."—This decree was adopted.
Dubois Crance observed, that Dugommier was chosen by his fellow-citizens of Martinico to represent them in the National Convention, but that being considered as more useful at the head of the armies of the Republic, he had been sent thither in preference. He moved that this circumstance should be inscribed on the column.—Ordered.
A letter from Boyer, an adjutant General in the army of the Eastern Pyrenees, stated, "that Gen. Dugommier, before the Revolution, possessed property to the amount of two millions; that he was one of the first to embrace the cause of Liberty; and that having been appointed a Colonel of the National Guard of Martinique, he had bravely defended the patriots against the traitor Behague. He came to France in 1792, to solicit aid for the patriots, and the communication with the colonies being interrupted, he devoted himself to the defence of his country.—He was employed as Brigadier Gen. in the army of Italy; he was next sent to re-take Toulon, and, finally, appointed Commander in Chief of the army of the Eastern Pyrenees. To his wife's dispositions were owing the victories of the 30th of April and 1st of May, the capture of St. Elmo, Colloure, Port-Vendre, and Bellegarde, with the total evacuation of the French territory by the Spaniards. Nothing was wanting to his glory, but to die in the arms of Victory, on the 17th of November. He left two sons, Adjutant-Generals in the army he commanded, the heirs of his Republican virtues, the only thing they inherit from him. He left a daughter at Marseilles, totally unprovided for."
His wife, whom he left in Martinico with her mother, is now, at the age of 56, without resource, her property having been plundered by the rebels, and her estate being seized by the English. A third son embarked in a fleet for the West-Indies; the ship in which he sailed was separated from the rest in a storm, and no account has since been heard from him. He left also a natural son and daughter by a woman of colour, whom he had placed in a school at Belleville, near Paris.—They are now without a single friend in the world. Such is the melancholy situation of the brave general Dugommier's family."—This letter was ordered to be referred to the committee of public safety, and inserted in the Bulletin.
Marsc—"Allow me to mention a fact which honors the memory of the brave general we have lost, and reminds
us of the honorable poverty in which the first generals of the Roman republic passed their lives. Dugommier, by devoting himself to the cause of the republic, lost an immense fortune in the colonies. At Paris in September, 1793, when he was appointed brigadier-general, he lived in such poverty, that he was under the necessity of applying to the Convention for an advance of money, to enable him to join the army. I was then a member of the committee of marine and commerce, and Dugommier applied to me to second his application, by stating that it proceeded from absolute necessity. Without the small advance then given him, he would not have been able to join the army; and this circumstance, so trifling in appearance, are we indebted for the immortal victories that will rank Dugommier among the most celebrated generals." The convention ordered these facts to be inserted in the Bulletin.
Letourneur stated, that a letter from brigadier-general Duret, dated November 9, announced, that the system of justice and humanity adopted in La Vendee, promised a speedy termination to the civil war. The Chouans were daily coming in, throwing themselves into the arms of the republicans, and saying, "Since you pull down the scaffolds, we will fight no more against our brothers."
UNITED STATES.
AMHERST, (N. H.) Dec. 23.
On Friday last the General Court finished their session at Concord, and adjourned to meet again in June next, at Hanover.
The Hon. JOHN LANGDON, Esq. is re-elected as a Senator from this State, to the Congress of the United States.
The Hon. ABIEL FOSTER, is elected a Representative from this State, in the Congress of the United States. Mr. Foster having 4178 votes, and Mr. Wingate 875.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.
We are informed from an authentic source, that the last advices from Morocco render it highly probable that there is no longer any danger to the shipping of the United States, from the cruizers of that kingdom.
But it is reported that two Algerine vessels of 44 and 33 guns, intend to endeavour to make their way into the Atlantic Ocean, as early as possible in this year.
Seven British ships of War, besides the Thetis frigate which was towed into Norfolk, are at anchor in Lynn Haven Bay.
Extract of a Letter from Baltimore, dated February 3.
"There is nothing new here at present but the following which I have just received from the Cuthom house.—That there are arrived in the Chesapeake two French line of battle ships and three frigates; that they have on board an Ambassador from the National Convention to the United States; and it is reported he has with him a New Treaty between France and America. As several English ships of war have been lately cruising off our Coasts, probably this French fleet may fall in with them; in that case we may expect soon to hear of an engagement."
Copy of a letter from James Maury Esq. Counsel of the United States at Liverpool to the Secretary of State dated 23d December 1794.
Sir, I have the honor to inclose you a price current for this month. Since it was extended the ports have been opened to foreign wheat, as you will please to observe at the foot of it.
Many of our vessels in this port have lately been subjected to much inconvenience and detention for not being manned in conformity to the navigation act; I submit to you the propriety of publishing these particulars viz.
Novest I should come here unless three fourths of her crew at least be citizens of the United States. No British born man resident in the United States since the 3d. February 1783 is admitted an American citizen: to be received as such, he must have been in the allegiance of the United States at that period. The penalty fixed by law is forfeiture of ship with cargo; and also the rigor of it hath not yet been executed in any instance in this Contulate, yet as it may be otherwise I would particularly recommend that no vessels venture to come here unless the crews be perfectly in order, and if part of them British born, that they
bring regular documents to make it so appear.
I have the honor to be with perfect regard Your most obedient servant JAMES MAURY. True Copy of the original. GEO: TAYLOR, Jun. C. Clerk Department of State.
Marriage Notice"> Married, on Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. John Smith, William B. Smith, D. D. to the amiable Miss Rachael Stedham, daughter of John Stedham, Esq. of Wilmington, Delaware. And Mr. Isaac Stedham, to Miss Britton, daughter of Mr. Richard Britton, of New Castle county, Delaware.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, February 4. Tamany Democratic versus Tamany Federal.
Last Monday evening, the Tamany Society met and resolved, that whereas that Society neither acknowledges political principles for its establishment, nor political objects for its pursuits, but is designed solely to connect American brethren in the indissoluble bonds of patriotic friendship, and it militates against its constitution to intermeddle in political questions, and tends to interrupt its harmony; and whereas the address of the 9th January was passed precipitately and in a thin meeting, and approves of the President's denunciation of self-created societies, of which this society is one; thus becoming a party against the house of Representatives in Congress, the best friends of the rights of the people—the said address does not express the candid and deliberate sentiments of this society; and is therefore condemned as officious, inconsiderate, impolitic and unconstitutional;—therefore resolved, that said address does not express the candid opinion and deliberate sentiments of the Columbian order.
To give the public some just idea of the contradictory proceedings of the Tamany Society, as we understand them, it must be observed that the society is composed of persons of opposite politics. One part of the members are attached to the present government and its administration—the other consists of members of the Democratic Society.
We know not which is most numerous; but at the meeting when the first address was ordered, the Federal members were most numerous. The address received the opposite party, who at the next meeting, collected their strength to overthrow the former proceedings. Violent debates succeeded and some confusion; and the society dispersed without doing any thing to effect. Last Monday evening, we understood, the Grand Sachem and most of the federal members purposely neglected to attend, and left their antagonists masters of the field; when a counter address or resolution was passed by a large majority. We have given a fair statement of this business, as far as we have obtained information. If it is incorrect, we will readily amend it.
** The Address To-morrow.
We are happy in announcing to the public, that the communication by the Hackensack and Passaic Bridges to New Jersey, was opened on the 1st inst. The advantage of this safe and facilitated conveyance are too evident to need a particular notice.
By the brig Democrat, Capt. Earl, from Aux-Cayes, we learn, that Cape Tiburon, a British post in St. Domingo, had been taken by the Republicans the latter end of Dec. after an obstinate resistance. Near 300, chiefly aristocrats, were killed. A British sloop of war, called the King Grey, that remained in the harbour as a Guard ship, was sunk by a bomb and every soul on board perished.
A few days after, a sloop from Jamaica, commanded by a Capt. Kehune, entered the harbour and was taken possession of by the victors.
MARINE REGISTER.
The Ellice is arrived at London. The Sansom, Capt. Smith, from this port to London was spoke on the 1st January within one day's sail of the Banks of Newfoundland.
LONDON, December 9.
We have received intelligence of an insurrection having taken place at Tourney, which was of so serious a nature as to require the assistance of a large body of troops and several pieces of artillery before it could be subdued. Two Augustine Friars who were supposed to be at the head of this plot, were tied to the mouth of a cannon and blown up in the air. Several other per-
sons have been taken up, and will, no doubt, suffer severe punishment.
On the 5th inst. a serjeant & a drummer, were sent from the Prince of Hohenlohe's regiment with a message to the French advanced post. Several hours having elapsed without their return, an officer and another drummer were dispatched, which were also detained, and neither are yet returned.
Tallien, in his Journal called The Friend of the Citizens—and Freron, in his Journal called The Orator of the People, continue to make daily charges against the members of the Convention who attended the Jacobin Club; and against several others, as the partisans of the System of Terror. Freron has lately attacked Carnot; as having participated in the crimes of Robespierre, signed the assassination of Camille Desmoulins, Philippeaux, &c. These charges, however, have not diminished the confidence of the Convention in Carnot, whose military talents are well known, and to whom the greater part of the plans of the campaigns, which have been crowned with such unexampled success, are attributed. As soon as the month expired after his going out of the committee of public safety by rotation, he was re-elected into it by a great majority.
On the 19th November, assigns to the amount of eight millions were burnt, making with those already burnt, 2,454,683,000 livres, about 102,278,451.
M'Pheron's BLUES.
THE Gentlemen belonging to this Corps will dine in uniform, at Richardet's, on Wednesday, February 11, at three o'clock.
N. B. Those Gentlemen who are in town, and propose attending, will please leave their names in writing with Mr. George Eddy, No. 251, Market street. Feb. 6.
Eight Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, living near Carlisle, in Cumberland County, on the 17th instant,
A MULATTO WENCH,
Named JUDA, about 30 years of age, tall and stout made, had on and took with her one calico gown, one shortgown of striped linsey, one shortgown and petticoat of red and white striped cotton, two pair of shoes one pair with high heels, and a large bundle of other cloaths not known. Whoever takes up said Wench and secures her in any jail so that her Master gets her again, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges if brought home, by
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NEW THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 6. Will be Presented
A COMEDY, called the Country Girl.
Moody, Mr. Bates Harcourt, Mr. Marshall Sparkish, Mr. Moreton Belville, Mr. Cleveland Countryman, Mr. Blissett William, Master Warrell Thomas, Mr. Darley jun.
Miss Peggy, Mrs. Marshall Althea, Mrs. Francis Lucy, Mrs. Shaw End of the Comedy, a Comic Pastoral DANCE, composed by Mr. Francis, called
L'Amour Trouve Les Moyens, Or, The FRUITLESS PRECAUTION To which will be added,
A COMIC OPERA, called
ROSINA.
Belville, Mr. Marshall Capt. Belville, Mr. Moreton William, Mr. Francis Rustic, Mr. Warrell 1st Irishman, Mr. Green 2d Irishman, Mr. Blissett Rosina, Mrs. Warrell Dorcas, Mrs. Bates Phoebe, Miss Broadhurst
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will be presented, A TRAGEDY, written by Shakespeare, called
CYMBELINE
To which will be added, a COMIC OPERA, in two acts, called
The ROMP
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their servants to keep places by five o'clock, and order them, as soon as the company are seated, to withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permitted to remain.
No money or tickets to be returned, nor any person on any account whatsoever, admitted behind the scenes.
Box one Dollar—Pitt 1/2 of a Dollar—and Gallery 1/4 of a dollar.
Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Wells, at the Theatre, from ten till one, and on day of performance from ten till three o'clock.

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EXTRACT FROM THE CRITICAL REVIEW, JANUARY, 1791—page 12.
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FRESH Bohea Tea, AND GIN in Pipes,
Now Landing from on board the ship Peggy, John Elliott master, from Amsterdam.
Also Imported by the late Arrivals, Rutha Hemp, first quality
Ditto Sail Duck
Ditto Ravens Duck
Brown Russia Sheeting
Ticklenburgs
Oznaburgs
Brown Flanders Sheeting
Hessians and Brown Rolls
Cotton Stripes and Checks
Flanders Bedticks
Holland Sail Duck
Seine Twine
Dutch Great Coats
Gun in cases
Madder
Window Glass, 8 by 10
Jeets Bark
Quiam
Affatetida
German Steel
Mill and Cross-cut Saws
Hoes and Cutting Knives
Sythes and Skates
Coffee Mills
Black Lead Crucibles
Anchors from 3 cwt. to 15 cwt.
And a General Assortment of
5-4 & 6-4 Boultng Cloth,
FOR SALE BY
Pragers & Co.
Nov. 11
Ticklenburgs, Oznaburgs,
and Glass Ware,
Landing from on board the ship Peggy,
from Amsterdam.
ALSO,
Coffee of prime Quality
In hogheads and tierces,
Mulcovado Sugars
In hogheads,
German Steel,
ASSORTED WOOLLENS,
In small Bales, &c. for sale by
Rundle & Murgatroyd,
No. 11, Walnut street wharf.
Who want to purchase 300 or 400
Casks Good Flaxseed.
Nov. 11. 32awf
Bank of the United States.
January 5th. 1795.
Notice is hereby given, that
there will be paid at the Bank after the
15th instant to the Stockholders or their representatives duly authorized, Sixteen Dollars for each share, being the dividend declared for the last six months.
By order of the President and Directors,
John Kean,
Cashier.
Jan. 5. my R. Fim
Fresh Teas,
OF SUPERIOR QUALITY, viz.
Imperial, or Gunpowder
Hyson Gomee,
1st quality Hyson,
2d. do. do.
Young Hyson,
Hyson Skin, and
Souchong.
A few Boxes of each, for sale a
No. 19, Third street south.
Dec. 10. codt
Inland Navigation.
In the Press and speedily will be published
by
Zachariah Poulson jun.
No. 80, Chestnut street,
AN
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT
OF THE
Rise, progress, and present
state
OF THE
Canal Navigation in Penn-
sylvania.
With an Appendix, containing Abstracts of
the Acts of the Legislature since the year
1795, and their Grants of Money for im-
proving Roads and NAVIGABLE WATERS
throughout the state—to which is an-
nexed,
“An Explanatory Map.”
Published by Direction of the President and
Managers of the Schuylkill and Susque-
hanna, and the Delaware and Schuylkill
Navigation Companies.
“Here smooth CANALS, across th' extend-
ed plain
Stretch their long arms to join the distant
main.
The sons of toil, with many a weary broke
Scalp the hard bosom of the solid rock;
Resistless through the stiff opposing clay,
With steady patience, work their gradual
way.
Compel the Genius of th' unwilling flood
Through the brown horrors of the aged
wood;
Cross the lone waste the silver urn they
pour,
And cheer the barren heath, or fallen moor.
“The traveller, with pleasing wonder
sees
The white fall gleaming through the dusky
trees;
And views the alter'd landscape with sur-
prise
And doubts the magic scenes that round
him rise.
Now like a flock of swans, above his head,
Their woven wings the flying vessels spread
Now meeting streams, in artificial maze, guide
While each, unmingled, pours a separate
tide;
Now, through the hidden veins of earth
they flow
And visit sulphurous mines and caves be-
low.
The ductile streams obey the guiding hand,
And social Plenty crowns the HAPPY LAND!
Jan. 19. 2awtf
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 draw-
ing 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 M.
Connell and Andrew Bayard, of the city of
Philadelphia—His Excellency Richard How-
ell, Esq. Elias Boudinot, General Elias Day-
ton, James Parker, John Bayard, Doctor
Lewis Donham, Samuel W. Stockton, Joshua
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 Prizes 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
20 500 10,000
100 100 10,000
300 50 15,000
1000 20 20,000
2000 15 30,000