PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 9. This day the Comptroller-General of the Com monwealth of PennCyivania, having been pre\i oufly notified by the Serjeant at Arms, attend, d in the Hall of the Senate—when the Clerk of that honorable body read to him ihe articles of im peachment preferred against him, by the Houfc of Rcprefcutarivn—the Comptroller requeued a copy of the articles,& time to beallowed to make his reply—a copy was ordeied to be delivered, and Wednesday next ailigoed for him to give 111 his answer. At an elefHon of officers of the Pennsylva nia Population Company, the Bth inft. The following gentlemen were caofen : President—John Nicholfon. Managers—Robert Morris, Aaron Burr, Dr. James Wilson, Walter Stewart, Theophilus Cazenove, Dr. Wm. Smith. Treasurer—Tench Francis. Carpenters Hall, in the Court of the U nited States Bank, Jan. 6, At a meeting of the Society for the Re lief of poor diftrefi'ed Masters of (hips, their widows and children, it being their annual election to chufe Managers and a Treasur er, the following Members were chosen : Managers—William Heyfham, Natha niel Falconer, Sampson Harvey, George Ovd, Robert Bethell, John Woods, Charles Biddle, William Allibone, John Souder, John Lockton, Stephen Gerard, Natha niel Gall. Treasurer—James King, Ext raft of a letter from Albany, dated December 3 " We have been repeatedly alarmed by the cry of fire for these two months past. Thefa perfor.s who caused the late great and diflrcfling fire, are to be tried on the 2d January next: They are two negro wenches, one 12 and the other 14 years eld, and a tiegroe fellow, who has, since his infancy, been a perpetual pest to the city, and who it is expefled will at length meet his deserts—the gallows." The Directors of the manufacturing Society of the State of New-Jerky, have published tile fchemc of a Lottery for raif inj' thcfumof 39,000 dollars on 266,000 dollars, deluding ij per Cent, from the prizes. This Lottery consists of 38,000 Tickets In winch there are 14,539 prizes, and 23,461 blanks—being about one and an half blanks to a prize—Tickets at 7 dollars each—The high prizes are, one of 10,000 —one of 10,000, Two of 5,000 — five of 2,000 —Ten of 1000, and Twenty of joo dollars. EXTRACT, Pirom the simet lean Daily Advertlfer. 1. Is not corruption efientially interwo ven in the dramatic compositions exhibited on the ftagc? 2. Must not the taste of the majority of light and difiipated minds be consulted, in order to afford fnfficient allurementy to fucfa, to frequent the pernicious amuse ment ? , 3. Have the players in general, been considered as models of virtue ? 4. Hive not houses of lewd resort been continually multiplied around Theatres in every city ? 5. If these things be so, is not a public Theatre a public nuisance ? 6. If this be the cafe, have the propri etors of the Theatres here a right to hold them as lawful property ? 7. Did any law authorise the ere&ion of these buildings, or rather is there not a law unrepealed which infli&s a fine of 2001. for such condu& ? 8. Were not the Directors and work men liable to fines for working at the New Theatre on the Lord's day. 9. Has the Corporation of London ever permitted a Theatre within the city i 10. Did the Romans permit a (landing Theatre in the virtuous ages of the Re public ; or was not Pompey the Great,the firft who had influence enough to procure it in the very dotage of Republicanism at Rome ? Whoerer will treat those quefb'ons in a fcient:fic or philosophical manner, will be refpe&fully attended to by the friends to virtue, and the foes to the Theatre in this city or its vicinity. si writer in a morning paper proposes— " opening the Theatre, wiih a benefit for the f t 'orn childern that were deprived of their / arents by the yellow fever ; were this to be done, and thefucner tj>e better Jays he, 'he bouse would not fdtl of a lumper, in defp'ight of the formidable anathemas that have been de nounced by the contracted fpirtis of the evt miet to this elegant as well as edifying fpcc 'ies of entertainment. brum ihe General Advert'ifer. The November packet is arrived at Halifax, and has let fail for England again. One important piece of intelli gence brought by this vessel, which iiears the stamp of probability, and has not yet been communicated to the American public is, that a peace has been proposed by the cabinet of St. James's, who feared a Revolution of the People, a defccnt from France, a National bankruptcy and the effect of the defection of Prussia and the United Netherlands. This peace is to be fettled upon the ba sis of the ancient relations between France and England ; but the United States are to be lelt without countenance from either party, no new advantage is to be granted to her commerce, and her means of ag grandizement are not to be ailifted. To give success to this negociation, the court of London has communicated con fidentially to the Executive Council, an exact account of the tame conduct of the American government towards France, during the war. This communication has not had all the effect the English Mi nistry intended it to produce, to the dis advantage of the American interest and character: France will never forget her elder fitter Republic, the country where Liberty had her birth j but the delusion of People too frank and open to refill the insidious designs of her secret enemies ought to be no more, and it is time they should shrink from the precipice on the brink of which they stand. In the courfc of the Summer the Pub lic were amused with articles of News mar.ufaSztrcd at New-York—the mint is now removed to the Seat of Government —the Coin turned out then, proved base— time will try the qualities of that juit minted. fROM A CORRESPONDENT. It is apparent that we are governed by mere habit in many things that seem to de pend on the fobereit reason. An ast to reg;ilate prices would be deemed a piece of fofly in the extreme. Every man has at his tongue's end, let articles regulate prices for themselves—and he is ready to think he maintains a general principle which good sense and experience have put their seal to. Tell the fame man, that he is in the right, ami J hat by the fame just principle the Bakers oi'ght not to be res ! trifled in the aflize of bread, nor the mo ney lenders in the rate of interest, and that bread and money ought to have the market price, leave them free a.nd they re gulate themselves better and mo.'c justly than you can c'o it by law : It is luck if the advocate for a non-regulat-'on of prices will hear you advance half much as has been suggested in support of Ims own doctrine, when it is to be applied to the articles of bread and money. It is ten to one he will interrupt you to ex claim, Sir, you would overturn society you are for starving the poor by making bread so dear that they cannot procure it; you are fattening usurers, those vipers and drones in society. After listening to this reply, which is certainly unanswerable, I would advise him to walk off as fact as he can, left a mob fhonld gather and pelt him as a monster, who would have the poor bread eaters and money borrowers made into minced pies for the Bakers and Ufu- EXTRACT. " ? ou tell mr, our mutual friend it a warm democrat, this I Jbould have hoped and expected to hear, but as to his being buri ed in I'rench politicks, if French politicls are thefimcin ih: Ur.itcd States, as in France and in the French IJlands by report, I pity him, because they can mean no more nor less than the French Mania ; but this I cannot be lieve has f my oldfriend; he has too much good sense, and discernment, not to fee and feel the difference between rational demo cracy, end wild ungovernable enthujiafm— between virtue and vice—Tou fay our Go vernment is good, aud that our cit'nens are happy, they will continue fa no longer than a virtuous democracy preserves itsjujl weight and influence in the Government. It fems as if there had been endeavours to sap this main pillar of our conjlitution ; may Heaven frujlrate alt fitch sacrilegious attempts ; at the Jjrtu t:.»e r would carefully uiurd a ogainft the 'mjec.iun uj prejent French po.'i tk Is, or French madnfs —Tet lam plecifed that the plundered and ifijirefied of that r.a-- tion ha ve found an afylutn and relief in our country, aud the more, as the habitable globe bejide is Jhut againfl them CONGRESS HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES Thursday Jan. 9th. 1794. A petition of a number of Germans fet tled in the State of Virginia, was read, praying that a fufficient number of the Laws of the United States, maybe prin ted in th; German language—laid on the table, Mr. Dearborn laid a motion on the ta ble, whidh was fecoiided by Mr. Coffin, that a Committee be appointed to report on the expediency of erecting a lighthouse on the island of Seguin in the mouth of Kennebeek river, in thediftrift of Maine. The petition of Thomas Kincaid was read, praying compensation for the military services of a man who had elop ed from his employ ; referred to the sec retary of war. A meflage from the fenatc by Mr. Otis informed the house, that they have ap pointed a committee of enrolment on their part. Mr. P. Muhlenberg of the committee on enrolled bills, reported the bill entitled " an ast making an alteration in the flag of the United States," as truly enrolled. The Speaker fig ned the fame. Mr. Harrifon presented the petition cf Lucy Clark, praying cbmpenfition for ser vices performed by her husband as an offi cer of artificers during the late war, read and referred to a feleft committee. On motion of Mr. Watts, the house. took into confederation the report of the feleft committee to which was referred rhe report of the secretary of the tieafury on the petition of Comfort Sands and others. The report was read by the clerk, and re ferred to the committee of the whole house and made the order of the day for this day fortnight. The house proceeded to consider the amendment agreed to by the committee of the whole, to the bill for compleating better supporting the military efta blilhroent of the United States. This amendment was, the clause pro posed bv Mr. J. Wadfworth, making a provision of half pay, for the widows and orphans of the office: s and soldiers—and was disagreed to, by the house—-this vote left the bill as it was originally brought in. Mr. Beatty, after offering fume remarks on the inadequacy of the present compen sation to the foldicry, and expressing his wish, that it should be made at leait equal to the price of labor; moved the follow ing in fubfiance, That a feftion should be added to the bill—which should provide for a monthly additional allowance, t« be reserved for, and paid to the non-coir.mis sioned officers and privates, who (hall here after enlill and continue in the service du ring the term of their enlistment, to be j. aid to them, or to their legal reprefenta tifces. J. Wadfworth moved to amend the motion by inserting the word, officers, before the word " non commiflioned offi cers."—twnic objections being offered to thr» amendCient, it was witlidrawn. G\i motio.'i it was then voted that the bill with the a/nendments, be referred to a feleft commiti -e to consist of five mem bers. ['to be continued.} Faction and sedition tlifgrace a free no tion, fays the Boston Cent;ael. The In dependent Chronicle takes fire at this unprovoked insult, ;ind exclaims in a rage, disgraceful fenti.nentl According to the vChronicle therefore, the proper and creditable sentiment i;, that Faction and Sedition do not dif gracc a free nation. This day it piilli/,\'d, By MATHEW CAREY, N". iiB.MA»KI T-»T ir»v (Price a quarter dollar) A fliort account of ALGIER'.S, Con-aining a defr nptinti ol the climate of iho t coumry- of ihe manners and cuftomt of thr in hahiiar.lt, and of :hetr r everal wits against S'-ain, France, FnqlanA, Holland, ,Venicr, and ether power* of t'.uiopc, »?om the ti, until the 6 ho! F hruary oca* inettifive, for the supply oi' all Rati->*t w! ich may be in Pennfylvama. At Reading, ) The rations to be furnifhed are (oconfift a! i' r following articles, *17, Otic p<>und nf bread m flour, One jxund of beef, or |of » and of p«ik. v >lf • jill of rum, brandy or whiiky, C.Ni'* quail of fait } I quart* of vinegar f Iw - po-md, o4 soar £ ? cr ,oc On. ; nd 9! mndlea) J." V