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EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 52 of Vol. V.]
To the Militia Officers of Pennfylvanta.
$3" r I 'HE Officers of the First Division
-L of the Militia of the State of Penn
sylvania, are requested to meet at the Philo
sophical Hall, on Wednesday Evening, the
12th inftant —To receive and take into con
sideration the Report of their Committee on
the fuhject of the State Law, as it now stands.
Such other Officers of the Mititia of Penn
sylvania, as may be in town, are requested
to attend said Meeting; and fhotild any of
them be at the trouble of committing their
thoughts on this very important fubje£ to
writing, they will be gladly received and
duly considered.
These observations are intended to be laid
before a Committee of the Afiembly, who
appear to disposition to bring for
ward as perfect a System, as the Exiftirig
Law of the United States will poflibly ad
mit.
WALTER STEWART,
Major-General ift Division,
d^t.
Feb. 10.
nnH® Trufteesof an Academy,
JL or any individual wilhing toeimage a
per on to superintend the Education of yoijfh,
in the course of ftuHics usually adopted io
Academies, or any b r anch of business requ:r
ing similar qualification":, may open a com
munication w>th a perf'on willing to be em
ployed a few rear* (for a generou* compensa
tion) hv writing (letters to be post paid) to
Mr. John Fenno, Philadelphia.
Printers to the Southward irovld po/fibly
oblige fame of tk'i> friends, by injertivg the foregoing
& few tints i* their pipers.
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February 8.
Excellent CLARET,
In hogl>cs»ds and in cases of 50 botlic* each.
ALSO,
A few cases Champaigne Wirte ;
MADEIRA,
■111 pipei, hngfht-ads and quarter caflcs,
FOR SALE BY
JOHN VAUGHAN,
No. in, South Front ilreet.
Jan. s, 1794
City Commissioners Office,
January 30, 1794.
IN pursuance of a Kefolve of the Common
Coollcllj dated the aot'n day of January,
1754, tor dividing the C'ty into five Diftii&s,
by Huts drawn Eall and Weft, whereof each ol
the City Commiflioners is to take the fuperin
tendance of one ol the said Dillr-fls, and to be
accountable lor the cleansing, good order and
regularity of the fame.
The Commissioners have accordingly made
the following arrangement for the prelent :
Dijliifl the \JI. Nathan Boys, to have the
chaige of that part ol the ft reel .s, lanes and alleys
from G'dar-ftieet, to the north fide of Spruce
fticet.
Dijliifl the 2d. Hugh Roberts,from the north
fid. ol SOl ucG-ltrett to the north fide »l Walnut
ftre.t.
Dijlrifl the $d. Jofrph ClayooeCr, from the
north fide of Walnut to the louth lide of High
iheet.
Dijliifl the 4M. William Moulder, from the
nonh (ide oi High, to the north fide of Mulberry
flr<~ei
Difrift the sfh. N-cholas Hicks, from the
north lide of Mu-b' rty, to the north lide of Vine
ftrcet.
Ext'aflfrom the Minutes,
JOHN MEASE, Clerk,
N B. The carnage way in Markc Uft feet, is
under t lie charge ol the Coinmifli'>neis generally*
lor the prefrut, the foot-ways 011 the north and
south fides thi ieof, are connc&ed with the ad
joining Diilntis rvfpeftively.
War Department.
January 30th 1794.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all the
military invalids of the United States,that the
luins to which they are entitled for fix months
of their annual pen (ion, from the fourth day of
September 1793, and which will become due
on ine sth day of March 1794, will be paid on
the said day by the Commissioners of the Loans
within the ftatea refpeftivcly, under the usual re
gulations. •
Applications of executors and administrators
mull be accompani(d with legal evidence of
their refpeftive offices, and also of the time the
invalids died, whose peufion they may claim.
By commano of the Prefidenl
of the United S'atr*,
H. KNOX,
Secretary oj War,
(fTT The prinleri in <he refpeftive llatci are
rcqucfted co publish ihc above in ihcirnewfpa
p, is for ihe (pace of iwb mon-hi.
Januaiy 30.
To be Let on Freight or Charter,
or for Sale,
The Ship
HERCULES,
Samuel Chauncy> Master,
to be ready in a frw davs >" receive
a Cargo on board, at Hampton Road, in Virginia ;
is an American bottom, burthen 500 tons, pierccd
tor 20 guns, quite new and well fitted.
Apply to
WHARTON & LEWIS.
Phi lac! el oh 1 ,K" •<nly4. I~q 4.
TO BE SOLD,
A large elegant House,
and Lot of Ground,
IN an el'giMe fituation,—al'o a Country Seat
within 6 miles of the City, with 9 acres of
'and, or 42 acres of land and meadow, the
House is not exceeded by nvrny in the vicinity
the city, in fi?e or convenience.
For terms appy to the printer.
Janua'y 23.
Parry and Mufgrave,
Goldsmiths Jewellers,
No. 42,
SOUTH SECOND-STREET,
HAVE FOR SALE,
jrfn elegant AJfortmcnt of
SILVER & PLATED WARE,
JEWELLERY £3* ftu CUTLERY,
Which they will difpote of on the moil rea
sonable terms. Devices in hair, Miniatures
iVtt, and every thing in the gold and filvei
way, done a< nfual.
December 24
Daily's Hotel.
GIFFORD DALLY,
Formerly Keeper of the City Tavern, and
of the Merchant's Coffee-Houfe of this
City :—
RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends and
the Public in general, that he ha« THIS
DAY opened a HOThL in Shippen-Slreet, be
tween Third and Fourth-Street s, at the House
formerly occupied by Mr. Timmons, which
has lately been greatly improved, and is now
very commod ous ; where he has furniftied him
felf with the bett of LIQUORS, and will fur
nifh a TABLE for Paries, with the best provi
sions the Markets afford, at any hour, on the
Ihortt ft notice. From his long experience in
this line of business, he flatten himfelf he shall
be able to give fat'sfa&mn to all who may ple<ife
to favor him with their company.
Philadelphia, January 29,1794,
JAMES LEACH,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and
the public, That from the encouragement
he has received, Irom several lefpedfable Gentle
men, he is induced once more, to embark in the
PAPER LlNE—and would offer his services to
ail 'hose Gentlemen, who can .place confidence
in him ; and he adores those who employ him,
tha' their confidence shall not be misplaced
but it (hall be his endeavor, to pay the
ftri&eft attention to their best interest, in all ne
gociations whatever. He has taken the Chamber,
in State-Street y over Mr. David Town fend, Watch
Makei's Shop.——Where PUBLIC SECURI
TIES, of all k:nds, are bought and fold ; and
wheie Commiflion Business of all kinds, will be
tranfa&ed on reasonable terms. HOUSES and
VESSELS will be constantly exposed lorfale,on
commiflion.
Cash paid for Salem, Providence, and
Portsmouth BILI S.
N. B. If any Gentleman in Philadelphia, or %
New-York, has any Business to tranjatl at Bojlon,
in Paper Negotiations, he will be happy to be em
ployed on commijion.
Boston, Jan. 24, 1794.
JUST PUBLISHED,
AND FOR SALE BY
M.Carey, No. 118 yHigh-Jlreet^
The PROMPTER;
Commentary on Common Sitings and
Subjects, which are full of Common
Sense, the lejl sense in the world.
THIS little book is written in a ft*lc altogether
novel, and is adapted to all capacities, as
well as 10 ail clafles of people, merchants, me
chanics and farmers. Such a reputation has this
woik acquired, that it has passed th o three im
prcflions \n the caftern states, and many houle
holdet s deem it so ufclul as to purchase a copy
for every adult in theii families. ■ Prick zs.
February 4. dlt
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AND
Tuesday, February ii, 1794.
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BOSTON, February I
From a Correspondent,
Echo re-echoed.—ls it not furprifxng,
that the "zealous Honf.stus is not supported by
bis Brother Senators, when the great objefls
of the lying trade areJo peculiarly advantage
ous to the faction of thisJlate —Unltfs this im
portant branch is supported, the remaining
fadion of this country mufi soon become annihi
lated, and the sons of sedition in particular
fall a facrifice to the infamous policy of the
American nation. "Go on, thou dijinterejled
Pat riot, " and though the voice of our Sena
tors in vindicatin of your want of principles,
is not heard within the walls of the State-
House, and though you never yet was able to
obtain a vote in that assembly, yet be ajfured,
that all men of desperate fortunes and charac
er, will ever 'express their warmejl acknow
ledgemen for your laudable and independent
exertions.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11.
FROM COR RESPONDENTS,
The French Minister fays, the cause of
France is the cai'.fe of America. Then
we Americans make free to tell them,
they use our cause very ill. They dis
grace it by their cruelties—they endanger
it by their extravagant wildnefs. . But
the cause of France is not the cause of
America. It is a filly party flourifh to
make our people favor a war. America
grounded her cause on reafon—{he did not
stain it with the blood of vifiims wantonly
flied, judicially mocking justice with her
own forms.
If is true, the more natious with free
orderly mild governments, the better
i-ven if France ftiould trifle away or drown
her liberty in blood, we know how to
'make a better use of our own.
A man just arrived from the Moon,
thinks the present session of Congress will
be very short, as sundry combinations as
suming the names of Republican, Demo
cratic, the people, &c. &c. render the
Representative body unnecessary—in fact
it would be imperium in imperio.
It has been urged as an abatement of
the salutary effects arising from the opera
tion of the general government, and draw
ing more closely the bands of union be
tween the states, that the natural courfeof
human events in comunftion with the en
terprizing spirit of our citizens, would
have produced the present flourilhing situ
ation of our country —so that too much
is ascribed to the agency of government.
Without recurring to the state of affairs
previous to the adoption of the new con
flitution j it is fufficient to every patriotic
purpose, that those who are not disposed
to credit the adminiltration as the instru
ments of our public prosperity, yet ac
knowledge the fact. Whatever the cause,
such being the cafe, let all unite to pre
serve the blessings we enjoy, and not wan
-Ber into wilds of fancy aud theory, in
search of precarious advantages, left we
let go a " ccrtainty for an uncertpinty" or
by " grasping the Shadow, lose the Sub
stance."
CONGRESS
House of Reprefentat 'tves.
January 24.
In committee of the whole on Mr. MaJifon's
refolutioni.
Mr. Tracy's speech continued.
It is said the British government has
broken the laws of nations, by the inter
ruption of our trade to France : The fa£l
is, Great-Britain has said France is in
liege, oj is blockaded, France has laid the
fame. Upon this statement, what is the
law of nations ? That neutral veflels (hall
not have intercourse with luch blockaded
or besieged place. The facts are, the En
glish have taken the cargoes of our vessels,
Jfefafes
[Whole No. 510.]
under these circumstances, and in every
instance paid the value of the cargo, at
the port of destination ; the French have
taken all our cargoe« bound to any port
of their enemies, and have directed, that
a committee of appraisal Jhall be appoiut
ed, to appraise, and pay for them.
And in all instances of wanton treat
ment, spoliation, or making our veflels
prizes, the Britifli Government have made
the moll ample promises of redress, con
tained in our Miniftcr's official informa
tion. This is a situation, which I ac
knowledge is an evil, but ought not a
neutral nation to expetl some evils of the
kind, especially when we conne& with it,
the almost unavoidable imprudences, and
I may add, cHmcs of our own people, in
violating the stria line of duty, which
must be, and always is marked out, for
neutral nations ? State it in its worst point
of light, and negociation and remonftrancc,
(hould precede any decilive governmental
act.
If our trade is flourifhing, and under
no reftriftions by the English, more than
she imposes on other nations, where is
the ground of revenge, against Great Bri
tain ? And more especially, when the fa£t
is inconteftible, that we have more favor,
in our trade wirh her, than is extended to
any nation,
But fuffer me to alk, why treaty ii
made the basis of difcriminatioft ? I can
hitherto find no man, merchant, or other
can slate any benefits which we (hould
gain by a treaty. In all treaties the
strongest nation will always make its own
conftruftion ; and the weakest nation may
hate the benefit of right, but wanting
strength to enforce that right, its voice
is not heard in explanation of treaty.—
Our commercial situation presents itfelf
to us in so much infancy, the eventi of a
month may produce such surprizing ad
vances, as has been stated by a gentleman
from MafTachufetts, (Mr. Dexter,) that
a treaty of good appearances now, may
speedily be an evil. Betides, a treaty con
nects us with European policy, and I
feel a strong desire to abftraft the United
States fiom all participation with the la
byrinth of European policy. What has
been the advantage of ou« treaties alrea
dy formed ? That with I con
clude will be cited as the best.
Regenerated France, has told us, that
their government when this treaty was
made, had no good intentions to the U
nited States, or at least, no views of re
ciprocating benefits fairly : I suppose the
meaning of this is, that in making the
treaty the government of France confut
ed her own interest, and paid not much
attention to outs, yet this treaty was at
firft highly applauded ; but let it be tested
by the benefits a&ually received. In con
sidering it in point of adtual benefits, I
should be glad to find them and dwell up
on them, without bringing into view,the
harm it has done us : but no benefits ex
ist. Does the treaty protest onr proper
ty in seeking its markets, where neutral
nations have undoubted rights, any more
than the law of nations ? England has vi
olated the latter, and France the former.
I lay out of the question, the group of
evils, which seemed to result from this
treaty the lad summer, the evident dan
ger of a war, prevented only by the con
duit of an unparalelled executive, and
many other disadvantages of this treaty,
becaufethe unexampled tituation of France
may have produced many consequences,
which will not form general ground of ar
gument, and because those fubjecU have
been very fairly stated by a gentleman from
Virginia (Mr. Lee.)
One trait, and that which was consi
dered as the best in this treaty, was this,
all property was to follow the bottom in
which it .was found. Friendly bottoms
made friendly eargo, and an enemy's bot
tom, made prize of the cargo. The law
of nations is, to discriminate always, so ai
to mak prize of enemy's properly, find it
where you may. Regenerated France hat