Gazette of the United States. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1796-05-20 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States
NUMBER 1154.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING MAY 29, MAY 29, 1796.
[VOLUME IX.]
169
FOR HAMBURG, The Danish Brigantine Den Nye Prøve, PETER HANSEN, Master; A fine stout vessel. Will be ready to take in her cargo on the 1st of May. For freight or passage apply to Ross & Simpson.
April 27. For SALE, or CHARTER, THE SNOW BOSTON, BURTHEN about 2000 Bbls. of flour—she may be sent to sea at a small expence, her sails and rigging being in very good order—apply to James Campbell, or George Latimer.
April 27. For LONDON, The fine new copper-bottomed Ship Mount Vernon, BURTHEN about 412 tons, will be ready to receive her cargo on Monday next, and will sail on or before the 10th of May next, great part of her cargo engaged. For freight or passage apply to the subscribers, No. 21, Penn-street. Willings and Francis.
April 27. Kearney Wharton HAS REMOVED his Counting-House from Mor-ton's wharf, to No. 18 Dock-street. May 12. $66
John Miller, jun & Co. No. 8 Chestnut Street, Have received by the Ship BIRMINGHAM PACKET, From Calcutta, 160 Bales of Bengal Goods, 10,000 Pieces Nankeens, Of a Superior Quality. 350 Bags of SUGAR, Which they will sell on advantageous terms. May 10. $
For Kingston, in Jamaica, The Ship Dominick Terry, Will sail in twelve days, For Freight or Passage, apply to the Captain on board at Cuthbert's wharf, or to Jesse & Robert Waln.
May 12. $120 For LONDON, THE SHIP ATLANTIC, SILAS SWAIN, Commander, WILL sail on or about the 1st of May. For freight or passage apply to the Captain on board at Walnut-street wharf, or to PHILIP NICKLIN & CO.
April 13. FOR SALE, The Copper-bottomed Ship LADY LOUISA, WITH all her materials, as she came from sea. Like-wise to be disposed of A number of CANNON and SMALL ARMS, on board said vessel. For terms apply to Parker & Wharton,
May 2. $ FOR BRISTOL, THE NEW SHIP PHILADELPHIA, THEODORE BLISS, Master, WILL take Goods on Freight on Freight, and be ready to receive them in a few days. For freight or passage apply to Thomas & John Clifford.
Who have for Sale, besides their usual assortment of Ironmongery, Cutlery, Saddlery, &c. Crates of Glass and Earthen Ware; Crates of Vials; Boxes of long and short Pipes; Bristol crown Glass assorted, from 13 by 12 inches, to 9 inches by 7; Copper Sheets and Bottoms; Boxes of Tin Plates; London and Bristol Pewter in Casks assorted; Bristol Grindstones; Garnet & Co's patent Sheaves for Blocks. Also, a bale of BROADCLOTHS and CASSIMERE; and a few Pipes of OLD MADEIRA WINE. April 11. 2aw
Just Arrived, And for sale in the Sloop TWO BROTHERS, Samuel Maréchaux, master, a quantity of Tar, Pitch, and Indigo; Also for Sale, The said Sloop, Burthen about 400 Barrels. She is a good strong vessel, and has been chiefly employed as a Coaster. If not sold in a few days, will take in freight, and proceed direct for Newbury Port. Apply to ISAAC HARVEY, jun. May 5. $1m No. 5, S. Water Street
John Miller, jun. & Co. No. 8 Chestnut Street, Have imported in the late vessels from Europe, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF SPRING GOODS, Amongst which are Striped and clouded NANKEENS, Dimities and Mullinets, HATS, Neatly assorted in packages, IRISH LINENS. ditto, All which they will sell on the most reasonable terms, for Cash or the usual credit. May 11. $
UNITED STATES, Pennsylvania District. IN pursuance of a Writ to me directed from the hon. Richard Peters, Esq., Judge of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania District, Will be exposed to Public Sale, At the Merchants' Coffee-House, in the City of Philadelphia, on Saturday, the 21st day of May, instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, The Schooner called the VIRGINIA, With all her tackle and furniture, at the same time are; the said Schooner having been condemned, to pay Mariners' wages, &c. Marshall's Office, May 17, 1796 (May 185)
On Wednesday, 1st of June, Will be exposed for sale at Russell's wharf, The ship Asia and Cargo, As she arrived from INDIA, Cargo consisting of 25 tons Salt Petre, 40 ditto best Malabar Pepper, 21 ditto best Manilla Sugar, 8 ditto Batavia ditto, 200 Bales Madras Purjums, 3 ditto check'd red and white handkerchiefs, 5 ditto Book Mullins, 1 ditto fine Long Cloths, 15 ditto Check'd and Strip'd Ginghams, 23 Chefts Bandanna Handkerchiefs, 7 Bales Patna Chintz, 23 ditto Jugdeah and Alyabad Baftas, 14 ditto Gurrachs, 17 ditto Guzzecnahs, 15 ditto Chokas, 1 ditto Tindah Coffees, 1 ditto white border'd Muslin Handkerchiefs, 1 ditto Sooty Romals, with A few pieces of Green Taffeties. The above Goods will positively be sold without any reserve, in order to close the concern immediately. Therefore those who are disposed to purchase largely, will find it greatly for their interests to attend. A credit from three to nine months will be given, in proportion to the amount purchased, upon Notes with two approved indorsers. The Asia Is a fine new Ship, Built for the India Trade, 327 Tons burthen; made one voyage only—can be put to sea at a small expence, and will be sold on liberal credit. Boston. May 12. (1853)
Edward Stow, Jun. HAS for sale, at his Store, No. 41, South Water Street, New England Rum, in Hogsheads, Casks & Barrels MADEIRA, SHERRY, and } WINES, PORT Mefs, Prime and Cargo Beef, Spermaceti and Wax Mould Candles, Tallow Mould and Dip ditto, 400 Boxes hard, White Soap, in excellent order for shipping. May 12. $2w
For Sale, A Three story BRICK HOUSE and Lot, in Chestnut street, between Front and Second streets, in which Messrs. James Calbraith & Co. have for many years (and now do) carried on business. Possession will be given in one month, or sooner. For terms apply to WILLIAM BELL, or HECTOR CALBRAITH.
April 21. $ Landing, From on board the Brig Abigail, from Liverpool, EARTHEN WARE, in Crates; and A quantity of COAL; FOR SALE, BY Thomas & John Ketland.
April 20. $ Landing, At Russell's wharf, the CARGO of the Ship Lady Louisa, James Cooper, master, from China, and the Cape of Good Hope, CONSISTING OF SUGAR, in Chefts and Bags; WINES, in Butts and half Butts of superior quality; A small quantity of BRANDY; And a few Red HANDKERCHIEFS. FOR SALE BY Parker & Wharton, No. 109, South Water-street.
April 26. $ FOR SALE By MORDECAI LEWIS, The remains of the Cargo by the Pigou, from Canton, viz. WIDE and narrow Nankeens 70 Quarter Chefts Souchong Tea 20 Tubs Quicksilver, and A quantity of Tea-Table and Dining China. May 7. 3tawm
TO BE SOLD, A Three-story brick House, No. 80, N. Second street. The lot is about 21 feet front, and 288 feet deep, to Bread-street, or Moravian Alley. It has long been one of the best stands for business. 2d. A frame Dwelling-House, No. 260, South Front-street, with a Bake-House, the Lot is about 17 feet front, by 130 feet in depth. 3d. A handsome Lot of 25 feet by 200 feet deep, extending from Third Street to George-street; it is the 3d Lot below South-street; on George-street there is a two story brick tenement, a frame ditto adjoining, with a good bake oven. Likewise a LARGE MEADOW FARM, situate on the River Delaware, at a convenient distance from Philadelphia Market—the Meadow is of the best quality, and in good bank. There are commodious buildings, with a good proportion of arable and woodland, and Cedar Swamp. For terms apply to JOHN LITTLE, No. 40 North Sixth-street. March 29th, 1796. 4tf
Just Arrived, In the Snow Boston, James Kirkpatrick, master from Liverpool, 5000 Bushels SALT; 100 Crates QUEENS WARE; and An Assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY; FOR SALE On board, at Pine-street wharf—Apply to James Campbell, or George Latimer.
April 29. $ Samuel Richardet, RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen Merchants, that he has this day opened the CITY TAVERN and MERCHANTS' COFFEE HOUSE in the City of Philadelphia. The Subscription Room will be furnished with all the daily papers published in Philadelphia, New-York, Boston, Baltimore, together with those of the principal commercial cities of Europe—They will be regularly filed and none permitted to be taken away on any account. Tea, Coffee, Soups, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variety of French Liquors; together with the usual refreshments, will at all times be procured at the bar. Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated with the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the most approved Malt Liquors from London and other breweries. The Larder will be supplied with the prime and earliest productions of the Season. Large and small Parties, or single Gentlemen, may be accommodated with Breakfasts, Dinners, or Suppers, at hours most convenient to themselves—a cold Collation is regularly kept for convenience, the Bill of Fare to be had at the bar. The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnished, and the utmost attention paid to cleanliness, and every other requisite. SAMUEL RICHARDET will be happy to receive, and execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges himself that nothing on his part shall be wanting to preserve that patronage with which he has been so distinguishedly honored. Philadelphia, April 19. $
WANTED, ON Loan, for two or three years—2000 Dollars for which a mortgage on Land will be given as security. The land is clear of every incumbrance. Enquire of the Printer. Jan. 9. d.
George Bringhurst, COACH & HARNESS MAKER, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has removed from Arch-street, to No. 23 in north Fifth-street, adjoining the Episcopal Burial Ground, where he continues the business of Coach making in all its Branches. He makes all kinds of crane neck and perch Carriages, such as Coaches, Chariots, Phaetons, and Coachmen; also, Chairs, Kittereens, Gigs, Sulkeys; and all kinds of Harness, with plated or brass mounting. He hath a good supply of the best materials, and a stock of the best seasoned wood. His long experience in business, his care in the execution of his work, and an unremitted attention to the desires of his employers, he flatters himself will prove sufficient recommendations. He has several second-hand Carriages for sale, viz. a complete Coach, with a coachman's seat and Venetian blinds all round; a Phaeton; a Chair; and a Sulkey with a falling top. All kinds of Carriages sold on Commission, and Carriages taken in to stand by the month or year. Apprentices wanted to the Business. Philadelphia, November 21. t.t.&3m.2awdo
CHINA GOODS. THE Ship ATLANTIC, Silas Swaine, Commander, from Canton, will commence the discharge of her cargo to-morrow morning at Walnut-street wharf, Consisting of Yellow and white Nankeens of excellent quality Persian Taffeties, black and coloured Luttings, do. do. Sattins black of various qualities Sewing silks in assorted colours Vermillion in boxes Cassia in chefts Quicksilver in jars BOHEA, SOUCHONG, HYSON SKIN, YOUNG HYSON, BEST HYSON, IMPERIAL, CHINA WARE, ornamental, with Table and Tea Sets generally assorted. WHITE SUGARS, and a quantity of First quality Bengal SALT PETRE. For Sale by Philip Nicklin & Co.
April 8. t.t.&3m TEN DOLLARS REWARD. ABSCONDED, on the night of Thursday last, the 7th inst. BOSTON MURRAY, a black indented for-warrant lad, 18 or 19 years of age, and about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high; one of his eyes is defective in the corner towards his nose. His apparel consisted of a buff-colored round jacket, with a Manchester vest under it; a pair of fustian trousers, and under them a light mixed cloth pair of breeches. Whoever apprehends the said servant, and returns him, or confines him in any jail in Pennsylvania or Jersey, so that I recover him shall receive the above reward, together with reasonable charges. MOORE WHARTON, No. 109, Spruce-street, dt.
April 11. 30 Pipes Cogniac Brandy, Corks, in bales, and Holland Gin, in pipes, For Sale by Benjamin W. Morris.
December 31. codis Advertisement. WE the subscribers, Commissioners appointed by law to take subscriptions for the Gap, Newport, and Wilmington Turnpike Road, do hereby give notice, that we will attend for that purpose at the house of Samuel Cochran, on the 6th day of June next: JOSHUA PUSEY, JACOB LINDLEY, JOHN McDOWELL, JAMES BOYD. Chester County, 25th April, 1796. [May 7, contm]
Washington Canal Lottery, No. 1.
WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorized the underwritten, to raise twenty-six thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Washington, from the Potomac to the Eastern Branch Harbour. The following is the SCHEME of No. 1. 1 Prize of 10,000 dollars, 10,000 1 ditto 10,000 10,000 7 left drawn 5,000 35,000 Tickets, each 5,000 36,000 6 ditto 1,000 6,000 10 ditto 400 4,000 20 ditto 200 4,000 55 ditto 50 2,750 3750 ditto 12 45,000 To be raised for the Canal, 26,250 3850 Prizes, 175,000 11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, 175,000 The Commissioners have taken the Securities required by the aforesaid act for the punctual payment of the prizes. The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given. Such prizes as are not demanded in six months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. (Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, of D. LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, WM. M. DUNCANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. City of Washington, Feb. 11. $
Knox, Henderson & Co.
No. 46, North Front Street, HAVE imported in the ships Liberty, Concord and Adriana, from London, a fresh supply of Goods suited to the season—consisting of A beautiful assortment of willled, and silk Nankeens, Cottons, Thread, cotton, silk & cotton and silk Hosiery, Calicoes, and Diaper and Damask Table Linens, Lawn, Muslins, Cords and India Dimities, Cambricks and Ginghams, Cambric Mullins, Cotton Counterpanes, Linen, cotton and silk Hks, Plain, striped, clouded, Sewing Silks, &c. &c. &c. Like-wise, A few bales well assorted colors, London best Super fine Cloths, best superfine and second Cashmere &—Also, sundry packages of Calicoes and Chintzes, and other goods goods fit for exportation. Per the Glasgow, Capt. Williams, from Dublin, a few boxes 7-8 and yard wide Irish Linens. May 4. $2w&f2
This Day is published.
At the Author's Book-Store, corner of Front and Walnut streets, Volume I. of a A Description of Spanish St. Domingo, Translated from the French of M. L. E. MOREAU DE ST. MERY, member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, By WILLIAM COBBETT. With a new, correct, and elegant MAP of the whole Island. Price Two Dollars. The Subscribers to this Work, are requested to take up the first volume, as soon as convenient. The second volume (which completes the Work) will be ready for delivery in the course of the present month. The complete work in the French language may likewise be had at the same place. May 9. 6tawm
Imported,
In the ship Birmingham Packet, from Calcutta, and for sale by the Package, by Samuel & Miers Fisher, Tandah Coffees, Batna, and other Baftas, Bahar Hankerchiefs, Persian Taffeties, Humhums, Flower'd and sported Emeruses, Bandanacs. With a variety of other goods from that place, and a general assortment of European SPRING GOODS, as usual. Also, Long and short Pipes, in boxes of 5 gross each, An assortment of Stone Jugs and Pitchers, Queen's Ware, in Crates, assorted, Glas Ware, in Crates and Casks, Sketching Paper, by the Bale, Teneriffe, Malaga, & } WINES Sherry Spermaceti Candles, and A general assortment of Irish Linens, Received per ship Glasgow, from Dublin, by the package, May 12. $1wco3w
Wanted,
For the accommodation of a private Family, A SMALL HOUSE, situated in some airy street, within the limits of the city. Any person having such a one to let, and can give possession before the middle of June next ensuing, will hear of a careful tenant by applying to the Printer of this paper. May 14. cost
TO BE SOLD,
A NEAT three story Brick House, almost new situate on the fourth side of Filbert, midway between Ninth and Tenth Streets. For terms apply at No. 71, North Water Street. May 14. dtf.
New Hat and Hosiery Store,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL, By WILLIAM M'DOUGALL, No. 134 Market-street, 3d door from the corner of Fourth, South side. MENS' Black American and English Hats, of various qualities and prices Ditto Drals and Green-sanders Ladies' ditto, black And a large assortment of fancy ditto Colored Beavers With a great variety of elegant and fashionable trimmings, &c. Youth's black and drab cotton. N. B. The Hats finished in the newest fashion. May 7. d1m

   STOCKS.     Six per Cent. 17 3/4 to 8 3/4   Three per Cent. 10 3/8   Deferred Six per Cent. 13 3/4 to 7   5 1/2 per Cent. 16 3/4   4 1/2 per Cent. 14 3/4   BANK United States, 27 pr. cent.   Pennsylvania, 29   North America, 48   Insurance Comp. North-America, 52 1/2   Pennsylvania, 15 per ct.   EXCHANGE, at 60 days, 160  
This Day published, Price 31 1-2 Cents, Mr. AMES'S SPEECH ON THE BRITISH TREATY. Sold by William Young, corner of Second and Chestnut streets, and by the Booksellers generally. Subscribers are requested to send to this Of- fice for their Books. May 19.
Just Published, By JAMES CAREY, No. 83 North Second Street, [Price half a dollar] The Frugal Housewife; Or, COMPLETE WOMAN COOK. Wherein the art of dressing all sorts of VIANDS, with cleanliness, decency and elegance, is explained in five hundred approved Receipts, in
   Gravies, Pastries,   Sauces, Pies,   Roasting, Tarts,   Boiling, Cakes,   Frying, Puddings,   Broiling, Syllabubs,   Stews, Creams,   Hashes, Flummery,   Soups, Jellies,   Fricassees, Jams and   Ragouts, Custards.   Together with the best methods of   Potting, Drying,   Collaring, Candying,   Preserving, Pickling,   And making DOMESTIC WINES.   To which are added, various Bills of Fare, and a pro- per arrangement of Dinners, two courses, for ev- ery month in the year.   By SUSANNAH CARTER, of Clerkenwell, London. May 18.  
By an Artist resident at Mr. Oelrichs's Hotel, MINIATURE LIKENESSES ARE taken and executed in that elegant and delicate style, which is so necessary to render a Miniature Pic- ture an interesting jewel. He will warrant a strong and indisputable resem- blance; and he takes the liberty to lay before the public of this place his most earnest intention to deserve their pa- tronage by his best endeavors to please. N. B. Specimens are to be seen. May 12.
Mrs. Oldmixon's Night. New Theatre. On FRIDAY EVENING, May 20, Will be presented, (never performed here) A NEW COMEDY, called
SPECULATION. Written by the author of The Dramatist, The Rage, &c. and performed at Covent Garden, London, for fifty nights, with unbounded applause. Sir Frederick Faintly. Mr. Francis. Project. Mr. Bates. Vickery. Mr. Bissett. Alderman Arable, Mr. Whitlock. Jack Arable, Mr. Marshall. Tanjore. Mr. Moreton. Captain Arable, Mr. Green. Promptly. Mr. Morgan. Meanwell. Mr. Beebe. John. Mr. Warrell, jun. Waiter. Mr. Mitchell. Lady Project, Mrs. Shaw. Emmelina, Mrs. Whitlock. Cecilia. Mrs. Marshall. End of the Play, by particular desire, and for that night only, Mrs. Oldmixon will sing the celebrated Cantata of
MAD BESS. In character—The Words by Milton—The Music by Purcell. After which a Pantomimical Ballet, composed by Mr. Francis, called
THE MIRACULOUS MILL; Or, THE OLD GROUND YOUNG. Gaffer Thoughtless, Mr. Francis. Old Rowly Powly, Sig. Doctor. Messrs. the Miller, Mr. Rowton. Bob, his Son, Mr. Warrell, jun. Goody Benton, Mrs. De Marque. Patty, Miss Milbourne. Lucy, Miss Gillaspie. Lads and Lassies, Messrs. Darley, jun. Mitchell and T. War- rell—Miss Williams, Miss Oldfield, Miss Rowton, Mrs. Doctor, Mrs. Bates, and Mrs. Lege. After which will be exhibited Signior Doctor's Performances in Tumbling, Balancing, Postures, &c. &c. To which will be added, (never performed in America) the favorite Comic Opera, called
The Doctor & Apothecary. As performed with universal applause, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Thomas, the Apothecary Mr. Green. Sturmwald, Mr. Bates. Carlos, Mr. Marshall. Joan, Mr. Francis. Gusman, Mr. Darley. Doctor Bilioso, Mr. Morris. Perez, Mr. Bissett. Anna, Mrs. Oldmixon. Isabella, Mrs. Marshall. Thereza, Mrs. Rowton. Tickets to be had at the usual places, and of Mrs. Oldmixon, corner of Seventh and Chestnut streets. On Monday a Comedy never performed here, called FIRST LOVE; with a comedy in two acts, never performed here, called THE MAID of the OAKS, for the benefit of Mrs. WHITLOCK. Mr. MORRIS'S Night will be on Wednesday next. BOX, One Dollar—PIT, Three-Fourths of a Dollar— and GALLERY, Half a Dollar. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. WELLS, at the Front of the Theatre. No money or tickets to be returned; nor any person, on any account whatsoever, admitted behind the scenes. Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their servants to keep places a quarter before five o'clock, and order them as soon as the company is seated, to withdraw as they can- not, on any account, be permitted to remain. VIVAT RESPUBLICA.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Thursday, May 19. Mr. W. Smith, from the committee of ways and means, made a report of a resolution to the following effect: "Resolved, that there be appropriated for the year 1796, for the military establishment, includ- ing the sum already appropriated, dollars; for the naval department, dollars; and for military pensions, dollars, pursuant to the estimate herewith reported." The estimate alluded to was made by the secreta- ry of war, as a substitute for one made last Decem- ber: the sum necessary for the military establish- ment was estimated at 1,441,209 dollars; for mili- tary pensions, 111,259, and for the naval depart- ment 113,025, making in the whole 1,665,493 dollars. This report with the papers accompanying it, were ordered to be referred to a committee of the whole on Friday. On motion of Mr. Harrison, the house went in- to a committee of the whole on the bill regulating weights and measures, when Mr. Coit moved to strike out the first section, and spoke against the proposed plan altogether; Mr. Havens and Mr. Swanwick defended it; the motion for striking out was negatived, and the bill agreed to without a- mendment. It was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
From the Petersburg Gazette. To the inhabitants of the District of Brunswick. Fellow Citizens,
A decision of the important question that has so much agitated your minds, has this day taken place, after many weeks solemn discussion, and a majority of 51 against 48, have agreed to carry the treaty into effect. The resolution passed our house, and a bill is ordered to be brought in to make appropria- tions which will no doubt pass into a law: and deeming it my duty to give you the promptest in- formation, to relieve your minds so long suspended in anxiety; as the most eligible mode, I have re- quested the Printer of Petersburg to give this a place in his paper. While in my native country, and before I left my district, I had reason to believe that ninety-nine hundredths were opposed to carrying the instrument into effect, for reasons too tedious for recital, which in general corresponded with my own opinion; and with those impressions I came to Congress. I have received nothing from you to induce a belief that you had changed the opinion you then entertained. And with your interest at heart, I have set with great patience and attention, to see if any thing could be offered, to prove that my constituents and myself had taken up an erroneous opinion. I tried to divest myself of all prejudices against the instrument. I am sure I have no prejudices a- gainst the President and Senate, by whose agency it was adopted; and if in this I knew my own im- pressions, my mind was susceptible of reason. I took no part in the debates, left having taken a part my- self might be blamed; for I well knew the subject was important in the extreme. But alas, after all my researches after sufficient grounds to justify a compact so dishonorable; a compact fraught, as I conceived, with so much mischief to the true inter- est of my country; instead of sound reasoning to prove its propriety, I am told that, bad as it is, the constitution has vested the power with that branch of the government, to make treaties; that we are bound in good faith to comply, though our very li- berties should be bartered away; that a treaty has been thus constitutionally made; that we have no right even to deliberate; that public faith is pledge- d to carry it into full effect; and that to forbear or refuse, would create wars from abroad, war with the Indians, civil discord, disorganization, and even revolution itself. But these bugbears I did not believe, and as I thought it my duty to do in con- formity to what was the sense of my country in ge- neral, and my district in particular, I have spoken their language and voted against carrying that in- strument into effect. A majority of only three car- ried it, as you will see; and if finally the law shall pass, as we are bound by the majority, I hope in conformity to the President's proclamation, we shall as good citizens, observe and keep the treaty: that we shall lay all heart burnings aside; let the gov- ernment go on smoothly, and wait the final issue. We have opposed it then, as long as we could con- sistently, and farther resistance may now produce all those evil consequences and calamities above men- tioned.
I will conclude by saying, that if I have erred in the head, the motives of my heart have been pure; and that I am, Your devoted, And faithful, Public servant, THOMAS CLAIBORNE. Philadelphia, April 30, 1796.
Extra of a letter from Philadelphia, dated May 2. "The House of Representatives, contrary to their own sense of propriety, but yielding to the clamour of stock-jobbers, speculators, British emi- saries, old Tories and government officers, have as- sented to carrying the British treaty into effect, by a vote of 51 to 48—only one Virginian (Hancock) is numbered in the majority. Thus has Britain obtained by intrigue what her arms could not ac- complish—Hamilton and Jay have done more for her than Gage, Howe, Clinton, Carleton and Cornwallis."
Philadelphia, 7th May, 1796. DEAR SIR, I BEG leave to exhibit to your view a sketch of our deliberations. The resolution, requesting the President to lay before us the documents rela- tive to the British treaty, was passed by a majority of twenty-five, but the request was not granted; and on the message of refusal two reasons were ad- duced: first, That when a treaty was advised by two-thirds of the Senate and ratified by the Presi- dent, that it was the supreme law of the land; and
second, That our request did not indicate that there was an impeachment intended. On which the following resolutions were entered on the journals. Resolved, That it being declared by the second section of the second article in the Constitution, that the President, with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate, shall have power to make treaties, the House of Representatives do not claim any agency in making treaties. But when a trea- ty stipulates regulations on any of the subjects sub- mitted by the constitution to the power of Con- gress, it must depend for its execution, as to such stipulation, on a law or laws to be passed by Con- gress; and it is the constitutional duty and right of the House of Representatives in all such cases, to deliberate on the expediency or inexpediency of carrying such treaty into effect; and to determine and act thereon, as in their judgments may most conduce to the public good.
Also, Resolved, That it is not necessary to the propriety of any application from this House to the Executive for information desired by them; and which may relate to any constitutional functions of the House; that the purposes for which such information may be wanted, or to which the same may be applied, should be stated in the application. The first resolution announced the right of the House to act upon certain treaties. The second went to the other part of the President's answer. Upon these resolutions, had all the members been present, the majority would have been the same as on the call for the papers.
A resolution was laid on the table to carry into effect the British treaty; and after a conflict of two weeks in arduous debate, it is with regret I inform you, that the influence of the executive, with that of the bankers, merchants, and speculators of every kind, has changed the majority of twenty-five into a minority of three. The debates are given in the papers which I will forward. But as I thought this a matter of great concern, more particularly as the Executive and a majority of this House divide in opinion on their constitutional powers, I have engaged a publication of a full copy to each country composing my division, that my constituents may have recourse to them, and judge for themselves. So far as they are published I have directed them to the following persons, to whom I shall send the balance. In Lincoln, Colonel Moore; Wilkes, Co- lonel Herendon; Burke, John H. Stephens, Esq.; Buncombe, Colonel Love; and in Rutherford, D. Dickey, Esq.
The laws to carry into effect the Indian, Alge- rine, Spanish, and British, treaties have passed. The military and naval establishments are reduced to one half of their original extent. The trading house and intercourse bills have passed. The bill for the sale of the lands North West of the Ohio, has pas- sed our house. No lands are to be sold for less than two dollars per acre. This may enable us to form an estimate of the value of our lands. A bill for the protection of American seamen has also passed us; they are both undergoing alterations in the Senate. The bill the better to regulate the militia, the out-lawry and bankrupt bills, I hope will be dispensed with this session. There are a variety of other bills before us, and many others passed, that I shall omit mentioning. I have procured some al- teration in the Post rout; but it is uncertain whe- ther it will pass the senate. The Charlotte extends to Lineolnton. The Morgan to Spartanburgh, by Rutherford, from Rutherford one is to extend to Buncombe; thus all the counties are to be ac- commodated.
We have resolved, after much opposition, that the state of Tennessee shall be admitted into the Union. But the conduct of the senate is doubtful; the southern states are afraid of the balance of power. It would be impossible to give in a letter a satis- factory statement of our revenue and expenditures. It may suffice to say that the former are not equal to the latter, and that the flourishing state of the Union is more owing to extraneous causes, than to the ad- ministration; and that it is essential to our indepen- dence to economize.
I am informed that general Dickson, McDowell, and M c Lane, are candidates at the ensuing election. I could have wished that the struggle had remained as formerly, as general McDowell appeared dissatis- fied. My ambition would not have exceeded one other election, that it might be in my power to give the most explicit and satisfactory evidence of my attachment, affluity, and integrity. Some time elapsed this session, before I had it in my power to take a full share in legislative exertion, and indeed this is incident to all new members. But if my constituents will be so good as to examine my con- duct in debate, silent vote, or otherwise, they will find themselves attached to my interest. I have had recourse to pen and press, to give the fullest infor- mation. But am aware while some have been per- sonally addressed, and others omitted, that I may be charged with partiality. To prevent which I have often wrote, until two in the morning; when action gave place to weakness, and even then hun- dreds crowded into my mind equally intitled to my attention.
If the counties, agreeably to my request, had appointed persons of correspondence, I should have been relieved from this dilemma, and given more com- pleted information.
My dear friend, there is nothing in this service, exclusive of the confidence and gratitude of my con- stituents, worth the sacrifice. The enhanced price of subsistence renders it at present unprofitable, and unworthy of the talents essential to the service; the business is arduous, when alone, on dry books, writ- ing, and study, when in company, in debate, coun- teracted in our best designs, and often on the brink of success disappointed; and far removed from do- mestic happiness, cut off from family and friends. For this no pecuniary equivalent is adequate; no- thing but a consciousness of having discharged my duty, and of having obtained full confidence, could be to me a complete reward. Having secured this, I could freely give place to any fellow citizen, that others too might obtain the consolation due to faith- ful service.
I am happy to tell you, the session is near a close, and anticipate the joy of meeting my family and friends. I am with esteem, your hble servant, JAMES HOLLAND.
To the Hon. the Speaker and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States in Congress as- sembled.
THE PETITION Of the Freeholders and other inhabitants of the County of Westmoreland, in the state of Vir- ginia.
Respectfully sheweth, That your petitioners are penetrated with the deepest sorrow from their apprehensions, that hea- vy national distress must result to the United States from the difference of opinion which exists be- tween the Executive and Representative branches of government, on a great constitutional point, un- less a temperate review of the subject, on the part of your Honorable House, soon restore the wont- ed harmony.
While we applaud the fair and manly examina- tion, by every branch of government, of all mat- ters which affect the people, and are the proper ob- jects of their respective deliberations; while we reckon an accidental difference of sentiment be- tween the constituted authorities, from our know- ledge that free men cannot always think alike, when influenced by pure motives; we never can commend that policy which, by seeking theoretic disputations, goes to plunge the nation in actual misery.
We refrained from giving any opinion on the constitutional question, which has lately engaged the attention of your honorable body, from that delicacy which we hope ever to feel when the con- duct of government becomes the subject of our enquiry, always commanding in our judgment, full deliberation before decision; for which delibera- tion we have not time on the present occasion.— But, we should be criminally inattentive to our dearest interests, if we hesitated on this awful crisis, from declaring in unequivocal language our disapprobation of the selection of the period which seems to have been made for the discussion of a mo- mentous constitutional question, and we conceive too, that the selection of the particular treaty which introduced this discussion, discovers inatten- tion to that purity and fairness which ought ever to mark legislative enquiry.
From a beginning inauspicious, we are led to dread the issue; unless love of country and obedi- ence to duty supplant in the breasts of your Ho- norable House those personal rivalries and foreign predilections which, unfortunately for our fellow ci- tizens, appear to have held for some time past trans- cendant domination.
It is not less strange than true; it is not less true than affliction to our feelings, and derogatory to our honor, that from the whole tenor of con- gressional debates, as published to the world, for- eign nations evidently occupy more of the time of your Honorable House, than do the people of the United States.
While we admire that political conduct which is bottomed on fidelity to our allies, and a desire to preserve friendship with the whole human race; we cannot but express our chagrin at the apparent disregard of the concerns of the people of the U- nited States, through your tender care of those of other nations.
With Europe we have little to do, and ought to have less to do: with our own country we have much to do. To strengthen the bands of the hap- py union which embraces the states, to encourage morality, to diffuse the blessings of literature throughout our republic, and to add to the general convenience by constant attention to the general melioration, seemeth to us the properest objects of legislative meditation; and promise to lead to the confirmation of our signal felicity, with rather more certainty than zealous discussions of the relative claims of foreign nations on our friendship.
Returning from this digression which, respect to our fellow citizens, and solicitude for the perpetua- tion of our present happiness dictated, we beg leave frankly to declare our mind on the particular subject which called us from our ploughs.
We humbly conceive, that inasmuch as treaties heretofore made by the President, with the consent of the Senate, have been deemed complete and binding, a deviation from that usage on the present occasion would be unwise, because pregnant with pernicious consequences.
The proper line of conduct on the part of your Honorable House, in our humble opinion, would be to save our country from those calamities which must flow from contradiction to established prece- dent at this time, and to refer to a proper tribunal at a proper time, the decision of those doubts with which you charge the constitution in respect to the treaty making power. If the people should think proper to explain by amendment their will on the subject, they have the power, and the road to the attainment of the object is plain, because it is con- stitutionally fixed.
The introduction of discord into our land is by no means a necessary prelude to their decision. Should your Honorable House persevere in the course you have taken, the nation must inevitably be exposed, not only to the evils of internal discord, but also to the ravages of foreign war; for nation- al disputes can only be settled either by treaty or by the sword.
The first has been tried with success, unless you counteract its completion; if you do, the sword is the only appeal; a bloody, expensive and tedious war may be the consequence, which at last must be terminated by treaty.
The perils of war are many, and victory does not always accompany justice. We should after much loss of blood and money enter into negotia- tions for peace, with increase of debt, with decrease of resources, and with the addition of new topics of disputation to those already existing.
Humanity shudders at the horrors of a war, the genius of republicanism forbids war; our signal- happy condition commands us, in the most impet- uous language, to avoid even the possibility of war.
Stop, then, we pray you. Small is the bounda- ry between peace and war. One step farther, on your part, and our doom may be irretrievably seal- ed. We therefore conjure you by the sacred ties of duty and common country, not to hazard our unrivaled felicity.

By a victory over your own passions, you save from every chance of misery your friends and fellow-citizens, and at the same time stamp your own character with the glory. Do it, and while you receive the benedictions of a happy people, you will enjoy the exalted satisfaction which flows from a consciousness of having greatly contributed to their felicity by the timely resumption of self command.
Remember too, we entreat you, that the birth of our nation consecrated the principle for which we fought, and for which we shall always firmly contend. The capacity of man to govern himself—murder not this principle in its infancy—the happiness of the human race is staked on its preservation.
If the experiment made by the People of the United States should fail, the dominion of reason must be supplanted by the dominion of force, and nations be again only distinguishable from nations by their superlative misery.
Forget not also we beseech you, that your fellow citizens have trusted their sovereignty to three distinct branches of government, each of which is equally the object of their confidence, and all of which are necessary to their good—derange not the wise distribution, nor listen to the idea some times pressed in support of the authority of your Honorable Houle, that because you spring immediately, and the other branches of government mediately from the people, you therefore possess the superior confidence of your constituents. The admission of a doctrine so hostile to the principles of our constitution gives cause of suspicion, that its annihilation would not be a disagreeable event to those who urge it.
The greatest possible evil which, in our judgment can befall our country, is the dissolution of the union of the United States; next to that is, the destruction of our government; and next to that is, the doleful recital of war—The last (if your choice) will very probably produce the first. On the decision of your honorable body, upon this momentous question rests, our destiny—Regard with affection your fellow citizens—We commend you to the protection of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe—and as in duty bound will ever pray.
The above was signed by all the inhabitants convened, excepting 3, and thro' the county, with the same unanimity.
A N A C T
Authorizing a loan for the use of the City of Washington, in the district of Columbia, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
Sec. 1. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners, under the act intitled "An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the United States," be, and they are hereby authorized, under the direction of the President of the United States, to borrow, from time to time, such sum or sums of money, as the said President shall direct, not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars in the whole, and not exceeding two hundred thousand in any one year, at an interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, and refundable at any time after the year one thousand eight hundred and three, by instalments, not exceeding one fifth of the whole sum borrowed, in any one year; which said loan or loans shall be appropriated and applied by the said commissioners, in carrying into effect the above recited Act, under the controul of the President of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That all the lots, except those now appropriated to public use in the said city, vested in the commissioners aforesaid, or in trustees in any manner, for the use of the United States, now holden and remaining unsold, shall be, and are hereby declared and made chargeable with the re-payment of all and every sum and sums of money, and interest thereupon, which shall be borrowed in pursuance of this act: And to the end that the same may be fully and punctually repaid, the said lots, or so many of them as shall be necessary, shall be sold and conveyed at such times, and in such manner, and on such terms as the President of the United States, for the time being, shall direct: And the monies arising from the said sales shall be applied and appropriated, under his direction, to the discharge of the said loans, after first paying the original proprietors, any balances due to them, respectively, according to their several conveyances, to the said commissioners or trustees. And if the product of the sales of the said lots shall prove inadequate to the payment of the principal and interest of the sums borrowed under this act, then the deficiency shall be paid by the United States, agreeably to the terms of the said loans; for it is expressly hereby declared and provided, that the United States shall be liable only, for the re-payment of the balance of the monies to be borrowed under this act, which shall remain unsatisfied by the sales of all the lots aforesaid, if any such balance shall thereafter happen.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That every purchaser, or purchasers, his or their heirs or assigns, from the said commissioners or trustees, under the direction of the said President, or any of the lots herein before mentioned, after paying the price and fulfilling the terms stipulated and agreed to be paid and fulfilled, shall have, hold and enjoy the said lot or lots so bought, free, clear and exonerated from the charge and incumbrance hereby laid upon the same.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the commissioners aforesaid shall, semi-annually, render to the secretary of the Treasury, a particular account of the receipts and expenditures of all monies intrusted to them, and also, the progress and state of the business, and of the funds under their administration; and that the said Secretary lay the same before Congress, at every session after the receipt thereof.
JONATHAN DAYTON , Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS , Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
Approved—May the sixteenth 1796.
GO: WASHINGTON , President of the United States.
Deposited among the Rolls, in the office of the department of State.
TIMOTHY PICKERING , Secretary of State.
Philadelphia,
FRIDAY EVENING, May 20, 1796.
A few days since we published from a Connecticut paper, an account of American vessels lately captured by the French. The Aurora of this morning introduces the list with the following remarks:
"We have frequently hinted that it could not be expected that France would long remain quiet sufferers under the effects of our partial neutrality. It is undeniable that every invasion of our rights by the British, which remained unredressed, encouraged further injury, and that so far as our trade with France was concerned, she must have suffered from our partiality. Retaliation was consequently to be expected; it is deserved. Some evidences of it begin to be felt, witness the following, extracted from a Connecticut paper.
Effects of the partiality of our Executive, and recoil of British depredations—"
A correspondent handed us the following remarks.
The above observations, in plain English, amount to this. An unarmed traveller is robbed on the road, of one half of his property, by a gang of armed plunderers: in consequence of which, his pretended friends, but in fact another set of armed plunderers, rob him of the other half, in revenge of the loss he had before sustained. Rifum &c.
The enemies of our government have often declared that they do not wish for war, but here we see the seizure of our vessels and property by the French, is justified as a deserved retaliation , because we have preferred neutrality to war.
"Some evidences of it begin to be felt" says the Aurora. Had the least trait of impartiality ever governed the publications of facts respecting depredations on our trade, it would have appeared, that, in proportion to the means possessed by the two powers, to annoy our trade, we have suffered more by the French than by the British.
The memorial lately presented to Congress, by the Merchants of Philadelphia, respecting losses by the French, which has never been noticed by the Aurora, contains a statement, which, taken in all its parts, cannot be equalled. This, according to the Aurora, is "a recoil of British depredations " to the tune of more than two millions of dollars .
It is a species of patriotism new under the sun, that the plundering of the Merchants of America, by any nation whatever, should be justified by her own citizens.
We are assured, that the Message of the President of the United States to the Senate, which contained the nomination of Mr. KING and Mr. HUMPHREYS, published in yesterday's Gazette, stated, that those nominations were made in consequence of the request, respectively, of Mr. PINCKNEY and Mr. SHORT, to be recalled.
DIED, at his house near Tellico block-house, Tennessee, SCOTAUTTA, commonly called Henry Maw , a great, & beloved chief of the Cherokees, aged about 65 years.
A man distinguished for his love of peace, and exertions for its preservation, between his nation and the United States.
In his death Humanity has lost an able supporter.
HUMANITY, celestial name, More glorious than the Hero's fame: What, in luxurious scenes refin'd, Ennobles thus the human mind? Tho' all the polished arts we boast, Were in one general chaos lost, This virtue would their place supply, And keep the founts of sorrow dry.
A N O R A T I O N
Will be delivered for the benefit of the Philadelphia Society, for the information and assistance of persons emigrating from foreign countries, on Sunday Evening, the 22d instant, at 7 o'clock, at the Baptist Meeting House in Second Street.
By MORGAN J. RHEES .
Proper Anthems are expected to be sung on the occasion, by the Urania Society . May 20.
A Stated Meeting of the Philosophical Society will be held at their Hall this Evening. ROBERT PATTERSON , Secretary. May 20.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED. days. Ship John, Turner, Liverpool 50 Schr. Flying Fish, Naddell, from a cruise. Sloop Planters, Hefs, New Providence 13 An inward-bound ship was seen below, name unknown.
Capt. Tinker, of the brig Cruger , from Trinidad, May 5; lat. 27, 52, spoke ship Dauphin , Reed, N. York, from Georgia to Jamaica, out 15 days, all well.
Sale postponed.
ON account of the rainy weather, the sale of the estate (late Mayo's) at Germantown, advertised to be sold the 18th, is postponed till Saturday next, the 21st instant, when it will be sold on the premises at 12 o'clock. May 19]
JOHN CONNELLY,
Auctioneer.
For the GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Mr. FENNO, Mr. Bache in his morning paper, hath, in the most bare faced manner declared, that the French Republic are right, in taking American vessels bound to, or from any port belonging to the English, because of our "partial neutrality" and wonders they had not done it before. Now Citizens, do you doubt the truth of the intelligence from Paris, that certain citizens were bringing on us the evil of war, either with France or England, when you see their very Bache and his Junta admit to the French a right to capture our property?
Can it be a question but the same "needy" and
every "patriot" from the highest down to a printer's devil, are the very citizens intimated in the Paris letter? and if the present crippled state of France should prevent an open declaration of hostilities against us, because we dared to be independent of her and of the whole world, she is however justified in taking our vessels, notwithstanding our neutrality.
Does any man want further proof of the friendship of these patriots to France, and their enmity to America, than such publications? If she does I trust it will not be long before the quantum of dollars allow to each "needy patriot" will be made manifest. In the mean time the lists of the captured vessels and cargoes by our French favorites will must be highly gratifying to the owners, and every independent American. Keep us from such baneful and hateful fraternity, say I.
AMERICANUS.
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
NEW-YORK, May 18.
Mr. Vincent, who is appointed Minister of France to the United States, was formerly an Officer in the Corps of Engineers.
Gen. Courtois, charged with being the author of the French distillers before Mentz, has been sentenced by a Court Martial to 3 months imprisonment.
The Clubs at Nantz and Angers, connected with that of the Pantheon, have been shut up by Gen. Hoche.
The Executive of France now prosecute four Printers of pamphlets and papers, where the Ministry of Great Britain do one. The French papers are infinitely more abusive than any of the English or American; and those prosecutions for libels which, in the opinion of our over-warm patriots, have been so tyrannical in Great Britain, are now more frequent in Paris. A proof of the boasted distinction between a Republican and Monarchical Government is not half so much in favor of freedom as is commonly supposed. A little more opportunity for seditious men to shew themselves, and a little more exasperation of parties in this country, would introduce similar prosecutions in the United States.
It is thus that attempts to push liberty to extremes, has, in every free country, been the direct cause of introducing arbitrary Government. Violent opposition to Government, generates the necessity of more force to keep the public peace. It is thus that Liberty abused , becomes the immediate cause of tyranny.
FRANCE.
The State of France at the date of our last accounts, was as follows: The Legislative Body and Directory busy in restoring some order to the finances. Mandats to the amount of 2400 millions livres had been proposed by the Directory as a substitute for assignats and coin—the proposition was adopted. They are issued on the credit of the national property, and specie and assignats prohibited circulation.
[This expedient resembles in a degree the new emission of bills issued by the American Congress, after the former emissions had sunk to almost nothing.]
The proposal to limit the liberty of the press, on account of the licentiousness of public Gazettes, has not succeeded. The council passed to the order of the day.
Parties equally violent and unforgiving as formerly. This renders necessary all the vigilance of Government, and severe restraints. The terrorists in Paris and the royalists in the South and West, keep the country in perpetual ferment. We however hear of no want of provisions. The expedited facility has brought supplies of corn from all parts of the African coast and the Levant.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The tranquillity of that country has not been disturbed. We hear very little of insurrections or reforms of Parliament. The price of corn in various parts of England had fallen. The Farmers had kept it, till large supplies from abroad had arrived, or were expected, and of course find it necessary to sell or risk a loss.
Insurrections and riots in Ireland frequent as usual. Numerous bands of defenders start up in various places, and make work for the bayonet and halter. Scarcely a paper which does not announce work of this kind.
REMARKS
On HARRINGTON, from the Minerva —published at New York.
This same Harrington has been for several weeks combatting my assertions, except when he has stooped aside to encounter the President's message or some member of Congress. His remarks soon convinced me that he did not know what he was about and that it was idle to take any notice of him. But the foregoing extract is so much to the point; so full and explicit in favor of my first assertion, that I cannot omit thanking the writer for the trouble he has taken to support my opinion. He has selected the strongest proofs of the truths of what I advanced, and indeed he has saved me the trouble of collecting further proof.
Harrington has proved, that the Southern states had not within themselves the means of self defence—that a few thousand British troops, which never amounted to a third of their force in America, laid waste and ravaged those states for two or three years that all the force of those states could not drive them from their territory—in short he has demonstrated that the Southern states did not and could not protect themselves. The Northern and Southern troops and a body of French finally rid the Southern states of the British army. Had one half of the British force which attacked the Northern states in various points, been originally sent to the Southern, and those states had been left to themselves, they must have been conquered and been this moment British provinces. I have heard it a hundred times acknowledged by candid gentlemen in those states, that without the aid of the Northern states, they could not have defended themselves. The very beef which subsisted the troops before York-town was, a great portion of it, sent from Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The British force which acted against the northern states was usually two and three times greater than the force ever employed against the Southern—yet they never, except in the case of Burgoyne, could sleep more than one night out of the reach of their ships guns. Burgoyne, with an army of double the strength of that which laid waste three or four Southern states, for two years, marched several miles into the country, and maintained himself a week or two, after leaving the lake, before he was compelled to surrender, with all his army.
I will venture another assertion, which I believe to be the truth, that the force which ravaged three Southern states, during whole campaigns, could not have remained on the territory of the smallest of the Eastern states beyond the reach of their ships guns, and exposed to the force of that state only, for two weeks.
Far be it from me to derogate from the honor or merits of the Southern troops. They were excellent troops, though their numbers were small—and no better officers ever commanded men, than those states furnished. My assertion goes only to this point, that the principal means of defence were furnished by the northern states—the British bent their force on this account, against the northern states, and a great proportion of the resistance made to that force, was of course made in the Northern states. The meaning of the assertion, "the Northern states fought the battles of the Southern," is that the Northern states made the principal resistance—a fact that the Southern people themselves acknowledge, and which, during the war, was never questioned.
Harrington says, that "trade in the Southern states, and even cultivation was suspended—the northern states were free from the din of arms." True, but this proves what I assert. The enemy never could penetrate into the Northern states—they could and did overrun the Southern. This then is evidence that the northern states protected themselves—the Southern could not.
Had the means of defence existed in the Southern states, the brave officers, mentioned by Harrington, Morgan, Marion, Pickens, Lee, W. Washington, and others, would soon have commanded those means and expelled the enemy. No better officers ever lived; they did all they could do—and Gen. Greene whose ability and activity are every where celebrated, performed wonders. But those states did not furnish the means of defence, and officers could not create them.
With these remarks I quit Harrington—his own writings, if he knew how to apply facts, would establish my assertions in his mind, as they do, in public opinion.
From the Albany Gazette.
Messrs. Printers,
I have read with considerable pleasure the letter of General Smith to his constituents of Baltimore, published in your paper of this day. It is a sensible, severe, but delicate reproof of the weakness and folly of a particular body of men, who presume to instruct and dictate to their representative, to whom for the term of two years, they had entrusted their protection, their public cares, and their political will.
General Smith places the subject on a footing calculated to expose the absurdity of the measure, without alarming certain prejudices which prevail more or less in all parts of the Union, but particularly in some of the southern states, where the warm temper of their politics is still somewhat at variance with knowledge and good sense. He seems to allow the validity of instructions in general, provided they are deliberate, well digested, and calculated to preclude surprise. It was proper, perhaps, in his particular situation, to yield to this misconception—Let us therefore pass it to the account of his prudence and delicacy, and give him credit for a sentiment, which he hesitates to express.
As we advance and improve in political science, I presume that a truth which is already tolerably well received among persons of the best discernment will be better and better understood by the people at large, that is, that instructions to representatives in a legislature are inadmissible in principle and pernicious in practice. It will be found perhaps that they tend to defeat one great object of delegating power, which is to have, in our public affairs, the advantage of a better judgment than we ourselves can form; and to discharge one of the principal securities in republican government—I mean responsibility.
I have found among some old manuscript notes I took when at school, the following answer of Lord Percival, formerly member of Parliament for Westminster, to instructions sent him by his constituents. I like this rather better than the answer of Mr. Smith, as it is an honest and absolute declaration of the principle, on which that gentleman's mind seems to balance. Indeed in my short range I have met with nothing of the kind more nobly conceived or nearly expressed.
AN OBSERVER.
Monday evening.
Answer of Lord Percival.
"Gentlemen,
"You are welcome upon all occasions, and I look upon this application as a fresh instance of your friendship. As I never concealed my principles from you, so I will never depart from them. The only motives that direct my conduct are the preservation of the constitution of my country, the security of the present royal family upon the throne and the common liberty of Europe: These views I shall always think inseparable: In the prosecution of them, my judgment sometimes may—my heart shall never fail me. I remember, on my part, that to your independent voice I owe my seat in parliament—on yours, you will not forget that I ought to be independent there. When I differ from your sentiments, I shall do it with great reluctance, and then only when I am convinced that your true interest must extort it from me. In such a case, the crime is equal to flattery popularity, or to court power—it becomes me to respect both; but it is my duty to follow neither beyond those limits which the circumstances of time, prudence, necessity and the public safety may determine.

Landing, At the Subscribers' wharf, on board the ship Aurora, capt. Suter, 150 Hogsheads Prime Jamaica Sugars, For sale by Willings and Francis, May 17
A Printing-Office for Sale. CONSISTING OF A good assortment of Types, the greater part of which are but little worn, a good mahogany Press, with the different Printing Materials, in complete order for executing any kind of work. The situation is very eligible, either for a newspaper or book-work, being in a pleasant, well populated city, within 30 miles of Philadelphia. There is also a very considerable advantage arising from the numerous applications for blanks and the general influx of advertisements, &c. &c. and a handsome profit derived from the great quantity of Rags which may be collected throughout the year. A complete set of cuts for Dilworth's Spelling-Book. Likewise will be sold with the office, a large book-binders' Press, (used for pressing books in sheets) together with a number of bookbinders' tools, almost new. Any person inclining to purchase the above, may have the refusal of a handsome collection of books, bound and in sheets—They will be sold very low. For the price, and further particulars, enquire at No. 22, north Third-street, where a specimen of the types may be seen. April 26. $2.22w
WHEREAS my wife Eleanor Fitzgerald, has contracted debts on my credit, without my knowledge, and contrary to my orders, and has, in other respects, greatly misconducted herself, the public are hereby warned not to trust her, as I am resolved not to pay any debts of her contracting. Philadelphia, May 16, 1796. JOHN FITZGERALD. May 17
FOR SALE, by the SUBSCRIBERS, IN PENN-STREET, 430 Boxes Chuffs fresh Hyson Tea; 100 ditto do. fresh Souchong Tea; 300 Boxes China, containing small tea sets of 42 pieces; 400 pieces Bandanoes. Willing & Francis. January 30. 3taw.
SHOT, Fall sizes, from 32 lb to Grape, Camboes, Pots, and other castings executed at the shortest notice, Nail rods, from 12d to spike, Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for casks or cutting into nails, from a Brad to 12d nails, Anchors, from 17 Cwt. to 100lb. Bar Iron, A Quantity of James River Tobacco, Carolina Pork, Herring in barrels, Kiln-dried corn meal in Hds. and Bhs. Rye flour &c. to be sold by Levi Hollingsworth & Son. August 4. 22w
LAND for sale. ANY gentleman desirous of purchasing Land, in the vicinity of the city of Washington, may now be accommodated with a situation combining advantages as to health, soil, and prospect, not equalled perhaps in America. The subscriber has for sale from 100 to 380 acres of land. It lies within 1 1-4 of a mile of the city of Washington, 2 1-2 from the President's Square, (from which it bears about N. by E.) and 3 1-4 miles from the Capitol. It bears nearly W. from the westernmost spring of the head waters of the Tiber, distant therefrom about 1-8 of a mile. The situation is remarkably healthy, and every part of the land is well watered—has great abundance of the choicest fruit: about 80 acres are in wood, and there are about 50 acres of meadow-ground, great part thereof can be watered, and the whole laid down in Timothy-grass at a small expense. There are several beautiful eminences on it: one of the heights commanding a most beautiful and extensive prospect—To the south, you have a full view of the city of Washington, the town of Alexandria, and the river Potomac, as far as the eye can reach. To the north, a full view of the Sugar-Loaf Mountain, distant about 35 miles, with the surrounding country—To the West, a very extensive view of the lands in Virginia: the whole forming a grand rural Amphitheatre. Any person inclined to purchase, will find on viewing the situation, that the Landscape is far superior to the sketch given of it in this advertisement. For price, &c. apply to the subscriber, living on the premises, or to George Walker, Esq. now in Philadelphia. District of Columbia, May 6, 1796. JOHN THO: BOUCHER. May 12. *22w5w
Mustard and Chocolate CONTINUE to be manufactured in the best manner, and for sale, as usual—Also shell'd or pearl Barley, Coffee, Pepper, &c. Philadelphia Porter, Beer, Ale, Cyder, English Porter, Taunton and Bath Ale in bottles, &c. &c.—at No. 98, South Front-street, opposite the Custom-house, by JOHN HAWORTH. Philadelphia, May 7, 1796. 22w4w
LOST, IN the city, on the Point Road, the 13th instant, a small GOLD FRENCH WATCH, made at Paris, with a gold chain and two gold seals, one having the initials H. St. G. and a Lion crest—the other a Lion crest only. Whoever finding the same will bring them to No. 111 South Front-street, shall receive a generous reward. If offered for sale to any of the Watch-makers in town, they are requested to stop the same. April 13. $
LAW BOOK STORE, NO. 313, HIGH-STREET, A VERY GENERAL IMPORTATION OF LAW BOOKS JUST OPENED. GEORGE DAVIS'S EXTENSIVE collection of the latest Irish Editions being now arranged, he begs to offer them for Sale, on the same moderate terms, as have for several years past, so particularly distinguished them; and to assure those Gentlemen who may favor him with attention, that their orders from any distance, whether for a single volume, or an entire library, shall be executed with the like promptitude, and acknowledged with thanks. CATALOGUES for the present year are prepared, and will be delivered on application. N. B. A number of Trunks to be disposed of. 26th April. m&tw
FOR SALE. A POUNT of BREVIER, half worn; about four hundred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119 Chesnut-street. December 1. $
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of ROBERT STEVENSON, deceased, or to the late partnership of Robert & Cornelius Stevenson, are requested to make immediate payment, and those having any demands against the same, will bring them in for settlement. CORNELIUS STEVENSON, Administrator, and Surviving Partner, No. 124 Spruce-street. May 11. 32w3w
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, At Benjamin Davies's Book-Store, No. 68 High Street, The Political Censor; Or, MONTHLY REVIEW, FOR APRIL, Of the most interesting Political Occurrences. By PETER PORCUPINE. May 1. 32w2w
FOR SALE, A Few Casks of First Quality INDIGO. Enquire at No. 71, South Water street. May 2. tht & f tf
A very Valuable Estate, CALLED TWITTENHAM , situate in the township of Upper Darby, and county of Delaware, 7 1-2 miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the new Western road: containing 230 acres of excellent land, 45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 of prime wood-land, and the rest arable of the first quality. There are on the premises a good two story brick house, with 4 rooms on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with a pump-well of excellent water in front; a large frame barn, stables, and other convenient buildings; a smoke-house and stone spring-house; two good apple orchards, and one of peaches. The fields are all in clover, except those immediately under tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly convenient for grazing. The situation is pleasant and healthy, and from the high cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and the vicinity to the city, it is very suitable for a gentleman's country seat. The foregoing is part of the estate of Jacob Harman, deceased, and offered for sale by Mordecai Lewis, Surviving Executor. Oct. 9. eo. 7
Notice is hereby Given, THAT in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitled "an Act to enable the Governor of this Commonwealth, to incorporate a Company for making an artificial Road from an intersection of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike road near the Gap Tavern, in Lancaster county, to Newport and Wilmington in the State of Delaware;" the commissioners in said act appointed will procure five books and attend at the respective places directed therein to receive subscriptions for Stock in the company, viz. One book will be opened in the city of Philadelphia. One in the Borough of Lancaster, one at Straburgh in the county of Lancaster, one in the Borough of Wilmington, and one at the house of Samuel Cochran in the county of Chester. The Subscribers, agreeably to their appointment in and by said act, will attend at the City Tavern in Philadelphia, with one of said Books, on Monday, the 6th day of June next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, until 4 in the afternoon, and for the two days following, if necessary, for the purpose aforesaid; on the first of the said days, any person of the age of 21 years shall be at liberty to subscribe in his own or any other name or names by whom he shall be authorised for one share, on the second day for one or two shares, and on the third day for one, two, or three shares, and in any succeeding day, (if the said books shall continue longer open) for any number of shares in the said Stock. Every person previously to subscribing in said books must pay to the attending commissioners twenty five dollars for every share to be subscribed. GEORGE LATIMER, ROBERT WALN, NATHL. LEWIS, ABIAH DAWES. Philadelphia, May 7. 32w1Jun. 7.
FOR SALE, At BENJAMIN DAVIES'S BOOK-STORE, NO. 68, HIGH-STREET, A valuable collection of the newest Publications, Just received from London, via New-York; Among which are the following: THE American Pilot, in two parts—part the 1st containing charts and plans of the coasts of Newfoundland, Labrador, and the gulph and river of St. Lawrence. Part the 2d containing charts of the British channel, and the coast of Ireland to Cape Clear; of the Atlantic Ocean, and the coasts of Europe, Africa, and the Western Islands; of the whole coast of the United States and East Florida; of the gulph of Florida, and Island of Havanna, drawn from actual surveys and the latest discoveries. A Description of the Country 40 miles round Manchester, its geography, productions, river and canal navigation; its towns and villages, their history, population, commerce, and manufactures, by Dr. Aikin; printed on vellum paper, and illustrated with 73 copperplates finely engraved. Hunter's Voyages to New South Wales and the Southern Ocean, illustrated with 17 maps, charts, views and other embellishments, neatly bound in calf. Civil and Commercial History of the British West-Indies, by B. Edwards, Esq. with maps, views, &c. The connection that subsists between Agriculture and Chemistry—by the Earl of Dundonald. The Course of Hannibal over the Alps, ascertained by J. Whittaker. The Life of General Dumourier, in 3 vols. written by himself. Chelmer's Estimate of the comparative strength of Great Britain. History of the Moravian missions among the Indians of North-America, with the manners and customs of the nations. Corporate Brown's History of the Campaigns in 1793, 4 and 5. The Studies of Nature, by Bernardin de St. Pierre. The Political Testament of Maximilian Robespierre, with an account of the secret negotiations carried on under his direction. Wiceman's Commercial Letters in the five principal languages of Europe. A Pocket Vocabulary of six principal languages. Anstruther's Reports in Chancery. The Works of Peter Pindar, with a head of the author. The Sporting Magazine. The British Critick, or new Critical Review of the latest publications. The Works of Edmund Burke, Esq. Defence of the American Constitution, by J. Adams, vice-President of the U.S. April 28. 32w
JOSEPH COOKE, GOLDSMITH & JEWELLER, The corner of Market and Third-streets, Philadelphia; MOST respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has received, per the last arrivals, a complete and general assortment of almost Every Article in his Line; Immediately from the manufactures of London, Birmingham, and Sheffield, all of which are of the newest fashion, and will be sold, wholesale and retail, on the lowest terms, and the Notes of Mr. Robert Morris, and Mr. John Nicholson received in payment at their current value. March 5. rawtf
City of Washington. SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. II, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent } 20,000 dollars, & } 50,000 dwelling-house, } cash 30,000, are } 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 cash prize of 10,000 10,000 2 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000 10 do. 1,000 10,000 20 do. 500 10,000 00 do. 100 10,000 200 do. 50 10,000 400 do. 25 10,000 1,000 do. 10 10,000 15,000 do. 10 150,000 16,739 Prizes. 33,261 Blanks. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the LAST drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the LAST but ONE. And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not less than 50 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington—Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this lottery is sold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the city of Washington. The Drawing will commence as soon as the tickets are sold off.—The money prizes will be payable in thirty days as soon as it is finished; and any prizes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed, are to be considered as given towards the fund for the University; it being determined to settle the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing, and to take up the bonds given as security. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottery. The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commissioners assisted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous task a second time on behalf of the public; a sufficient number of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National University and the other federal objects may continue to favor the design. By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a safe disposal of the tickets, has rendered the mor. suspension indispensable. SAMUEL BLODGET. Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James West & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry.
Urbanna Mill Seats, SITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on the banks of the river Susquehanna, about one mile above tide water, and commanding the water of that important river, the channel conducting the trade of which comes so near the Mill Seats as to make it convenient to speak the boats; and Mills may be so situated as to receive them along their walls, and by water lifts take in their cargoes. There is a power sufficient for many and any kind of useful Water Works, and so much may be justly laid in commendation of this Site as would be inconvenient to insert in a newspaper publication. Those who may desire to be concerned, will probably find it themselves well pleased on viewing the situation. Leases for any term of years may be obtained on application to the subscriber, living on the premises. CLEMENT HOLLYDAY. April 19. 12w3m
Treasury Department; Revenue Office, March 10th, 1796. PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Commissioner of the Revenue, (No. 43, at the corner of Third and Chesnut-streets, Philadelphia) for building in North-Carolina, I. A Light-House upon Cape-Hatteras. II. A Beacon House upon Shell Castle island. Descriptions of each, and all other particulars, may be seen on application at the offices of any of the Superintendents of Light-Houses, or of the Supervisors of the Revenue, or of the Collectors of the Customs in any of the States; as also at this office. 22w3m
This Day published, AND for sale by B. DAVIES, No. 68, High street, H. & P. RICE, No. 50, do. and J. ORMROD, No. 41, Chesnut street. [Price 25 Cents] A LETTER From the Rt. Honorable Edmund Burke, To a Noble Lord, On the attacks made on him and his pension, in the House of Lords by the Duke of Bedford and the Earl of Lauderdale, early in the present session of Parliament. WITH A SUITABLE PREFACE, By Peter Porcupine. May 10. $
COLUMBIA HOUSE Boarding School for Young Ladies. MRS. GROOMBRIDGE having removed from Lodge Alley, to the corner of Eleventh and Spruce-streets, for the advantage of a large, convenient House, in a dry, healthy situation, hopes for the continuance of the encouragement she has hitherto so highly experienced; and for which she returns her sincere acknowledgment. Mrs. GROOMBRIDGE is assisted by Masters of the first ability; and the useful, as well as ornamental branches of education are particularly attended to. February 8. $2w, $3m
GEORGE DOBSON, BEGS leave to inform the Store-Keepers in Town and Country, that he has removed from Market-Street to No. 25, South Third-street, where he is opening a Large and Elegant Assortment of the undermentioned articles, viz. Superior London Cloths and Kerseymeres, Yorkshire second Do. Do. Elatic do. do. Mix'd and Blue Coatings Flannels, &c. Manchester Printed Calicoes, London Chintz ditto, Blue and ditto Furnitures, India ditto, Long Cloths, Coffees, Baftas, Battillas & Conjevrems, 4-4 9-8 5-4 & 6-4 Superfine India Book Mullins, 4-4 and 9-8 India Book Handkerchiefs, 4-4 and 9-8 Scotch ditto, 4-4 & 6-4 plain do. Mullins, 4-4 & 6-4 British Jacconets, 6-4 British Checks and Stripes, 4-4 India do. do. 4-4 ditto Chilloes, Madras Handkerchiefs, &c., A large assortment of figur'd and plain Mullins, Quiltings, Dimities, and Striped Nankeens, Fancy Waistcoats, Gingham of the first Quality, subject to Drawback, India Nankeens, Men's White and coloured Silk flockings. May 9. 12w4w
War-Office of the United States, May 4th, 1796. THE following Rules, explanatory of those published the 15th February, 1793, are to be observed by all persons entitled to Lands, in pursuance of Resolves of Congress. Every certificate of the acknowledgment of a deed or power of attorney, either before a notary public or other magistrate, must, in addition to what is usual, set forth that the person making the acknowledgment is known to the notary or other magistrate; for which purpose two of the following import must be inserted in the certificate. "And I do moreover certify that the said A B making this acknowledgment has been for personally known to me." If the notary or other magistrate has reason to believe that he is the person he represents himself to be, he will also certify it. And if the proof be made by a witness or witnesses, he or they must swear to some general state of their knowledge of him, which matter must be set forth in the certificate; and the notary public, or other magistrate, before whom the acknowledgment is made, must also set forth that the witness or witnesses has or have been for upwards of personally known to him. If a justice of the peace is employed, the clerk of the court of the corporation or county must certify that such person is a justice of the peace of the county or corporation as the case may be, and that full faith is due to his acts as such. JAMES MCHENRY, Secretary of War. May 12.
General Post Office, Philadelphia, March 16, 1796. WHEREAS sundry Letters, transmitted in the Mails of the United States, to and from Norfolk, in the state of Virginia, were opened, and Bank Notes of several denominations fraudulently taken from them at York, in the state aforesaid, in the months of October, November and December last; and whereas a part of said notes and some cash have been recovered and are now in possession of the Post Master General: In order therefore that such Bank Notes as shall be identified may be restored to the owners thereof, and that the remaining notes and cash be equitably distributed among those who are entitled to them. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons who have suffered by such fraudulent practices, within the period, and on the route aforesaid, to exhibit their claims without delay, supported by such reasonable proofs as may be necessary to substantiate them. Such notes as shall be identified will be received by application to the General Post Office, on or before the first day of July next; and the residue of such cash and notes will then be divided among the claimants in proportion to their respective losses, to be ascertained by the necessary proofs, which on or before that day shall be produced to the General Post Office. (sawt July) JOS. HABERSHAM.
To be sold at public sale, On the 18th day of June next, at the City Tavern, in Philadelphia, FOUR Lots of Ground in the town of Lamberton, county of Burlington, and State of New Jersey, adjoining the river Delaware, late the Estate of William Richards, deceased, with all the buildings and improvements, bounded by ground of John Mitchell, Lamberton, Cadwalader and others; a clear incontestable title will be given. The terms will be made known at the time and place of sale. April 23. m&th.
WANTED, Several Apprentices to the Printing-Business. Apply at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119, Chesnut-street. SNOWDEN & MCCORKLE, RESPECTFULLY inform the Public, that they have opened their PRINTING-OFFICE, at No. 47 North Fourth, near Race street; where they execute all kind of PRINTING, with accuracy and dispatch. An Apprentice wanted. May 3. $12w3
NOTICE, AGREEDLY to charter, is hereby given to the Members of the Corporation for the relief of poor and distressed Presbyterian Ministers, and of the poor and distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers, that there will be a Meeting of said Corporation in the Second Presbyterian Church, in the city of Philadelphia, on the 23rd day of May next, at 4 o'clock, p. m. for the dispatch of all such business as may then be brought before the board. ASHBEL GREEN, Secretary of the Corporation. April 22. d
District of Pennsylvania, to wit: BE it remembered, that on the 4th day of April, in the twentieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Benjamin Davies of the said District hath deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "The Political Censor, or monthly Review of the most interesting political occurrences relative to the United States of America—by Peter Porcupine." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intitled "an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk Dist. Court Pennsly. 22w.
PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO, —No. 119— CHESNUT-STREET. [Price Eight Dollars per Annum.]