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<uroatr.n nf B*r
baroffj and tl»e •nval'mn of the Emperor Ch rle»
V. lo ihe present time; with a view ol
ihcoiigin of the runtu»e between ALGIERS
and ihe UNITED STATES.
J' n - 9-
Important Intelligence.
Extrnfl of a teller front a genlrm.w in
l*o**/on to his friend in ibis City, dated
24th of Odober 1793.
" Citizen and Fkienh,
" The French have retaken that very
important City, Lyons ; which given
them poflVffien of the river Rhone, which
enable* them to transport their armies 300
miles by water. The National Ccmen
tion has since from policy, pafl'ed sundry
decrees refpe fling. Lyons, which arc us ful
luws—Tile town (hall be destroyed, and
the name of Lyons {hall be effaced from
the lifts of the towns of the Republic—
The property of the rich inhabitants fliail
be confifcated for the benefit of the Re
public—And, upon its rnins {hall be rai
sed a column, to a:t;ft to ppfterity, the
crimes and puniftiment of the Royalists
of that City, with this infeription :—
" Ltons viarred againjt LinißTi —
" T.tons—is no more.
" The eighteenth Day of the firji Month,
" Second Tear of the RepuLUc,
" One and Indivifil/le."
" The French in Flanders have obliged
the Combined Annies under the colnmand
of Prince Cobourg and Gen. Clairiait to
raise the siege of Maubeuge, and recrufs
the river Sambre. The army under Co
bourg was about 80,000 men, of winch
it is laid he only loft 3000 men in his re
treat : the number of Clairfait's army is
not exaftlv known, but it is said, between
30 and 40,c00 men, of winch he lofl a
much more confiderablc number tlian Co
bourg—This retreat is thought to be a
greater disadvantage to the combined ar
mies than theirs' from Dunkirk. But the
French in consequence of -withdrawing a
number of their bed men from the at my
against the King of Pi uffia, to allirt Mau
beuge, lave had the lives of WeilTemberg
forced, and loft 30 pieces of cannon; but
the situation of the country is such, that it
is thought the armies must withdraw
thcmfelves in winter.
" The National Convention have puf
fed sundry decrees against England alone,
in consequence it is said of the Engiilh
who took Toulon, putting to death B-au
ras Precieu thereprifentativt o. the;
who was in the town when it furrendercd,
they are about to the following purport ;
All the fnbjefis of the King of Gre:.t
Britain (children excepted) (hall be im
mediately (the Cth init.) arretted, a:.d
seals put upon their papers, and the p:<i«
pertyof those fub;e£ts of Great Britain,
who are absent fliall be seized and CGtirli
cated for the benefit of the Republic.
" It is with regret that 1 have to fay, the
Queen of France is no more, (he futftrcd
under the axe of the Guillotine on Wed
nesday the 16th inlt. after having been
condemned on the preceding day by the
Revolutionary Tribunal, as guilty of hav
ing been acceflary to, and having co ope
rated against the Liberties of France."
(Tj* The observation afciibcd to Afr.
S. Smith, iq the /ke'ch of the Debate « n
the bill making alterations in the flag of
the United States, the 7th inft?.nt—-we.
are informed was not made by that gen
tleman.
Infuranee Company,
Philadelphia, January 6, *.794.
is hereby g ven 10 tie »ne;ulK-ni
1\ of the Infuranee Company of North
America, that the D.rectors have tied-ml a
dividend (for th; last fix month-.) of six per
cent, on the amount ot the firft nr d fecoud
inllalments ; and of one per cenr p?r mont'j
on the sums paid In anticipation of rhe third
iiftalment, calculating from the firft dav "f
the month following that, in wh c i ih fc pay
ments were mad?. The dividend will be paid
to the Stockholders, or their rcprefentat vt-%
at the company's ofHcr, No. 119 foi.tn Fron:-
ftrect, at any time after the 13th inllant
By order of the Dircclois.
EBENEZER HAZARD, Secretary.
J*"- 9 w&fim.
Treasury Department,
NOTICE is hereby (liven, that propofalk %»ii2
be received at the Office of the Sccicury
ni the Treafur>, until the 6 ho! F hruary oca*
inettifive, for the supply oi' all Rati->*t w! ich
may be <rquired duim« the piefem )i*r, *t he
fovrral places of lendrjvoin hereafter mcntiau
ert, lor the Recio»t»ng Service, vit.
At New-Biunfwirk, io Hew-Jet fry ,
Ar Philad lphia, )
At Lancaster, > 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)
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