a rctrofpe&ive effect so as to iutereft the United States in the bant from the com mencement of its operations. He thought it also his duty to Itate to the committee, though not in opposition to the report, that it had been made a question whether the payment of the instalments due to the bank from the United States, {hould be considered as falling due at the time of the commencement of its operations, or at the time of executing the contract. That this queltion had been referred to the Attorney General, who had given an opinion in favor of the latter period. That the Secretary notwithstanding had iiv op position to this opinion, made the firft payment in December, very near the time when the bank commenced its operations, instead of June or July, when the contract was executed. Mr. Giles £ai<f he merely stated these facts, believing the committee {hould be acquainted with them. Mr. S. said the facts mentioned by the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Giles) had appeared during the irtveiKgation of the committee, and were truly stated. That he himfelf (hould have mentioned them, had he supposed they could have any influence in determining the question under confideratkjn. That when this question was decided, he wonld bring for ward a motion by which the huufe (hould be officially possessed of a knowledge of those facts. At present he would only observe to the committee, that it was true the contra£t between the secretary and the bank, in purfuanee of the legal provision, was executed in June or July, that it was by the contract agreed, that it (hould have a retrospective operation to the time of the commencement of the negotiations of the bank. It ought, however, to be no ticed that by this mean the United States were obliged to pay an interest of fir per cent on the amount of their fubfeription for the time preceding the date of the contra ft, but they were for the fame time intereftcd in the profits of the bank, which amounting to co'nfidcrably more than fix per cent, the difference was a clear balance in favor of the public. It was also to be observed, that by paving the instalments in December, instead of June or July, a debt d ie from the government, bearing an interest of fix per cent, was exchanged for one bearing an interest of five per cent, so that in both the instances mentioned by the gentleman, there was a clear and ma nifest fax ing to the United States. The report of the feleft committee was agreed to and adopted by the house, and Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Giles, and Mr. Dear born, were directed to report a bill con formably thereto. Mr. Sedgwick then moved that the Se cretary of the Treafuiy be directed to fur nifh the honfe with a copy of the contrail made in pursuance of the 11 th feftion of the ast for incorporating the subscribers to the Bank of the United States.—Af fo, a copy of any opinion which may have been given by the Attorney-General, re lative to a conftruftion of the contrast, and that he iufornr the House, of any pro visional measures, which may have been taken to discharge the second instalment, due on the laid loan. This motion was agreed to. He next moved, that a committea be appointed to prepare and report a bill pro viding for the feeond instalment, due on a loan made of the Bank of the United This motion was aifo argreed to, and a committee confuting of Mr. Sedg wick, Mr. W. Smith, and Mr. Cadwalla der, accordingly appointed. UNITED STATES, BOSTON, February 13, Extraß of a letter from a Member of Con* greft, to bis friend in this town, Febru ary 3. " I presume you will not expect me to close this letter, without some observati ons on the political manoeuvres in this quarter. My sentiments.-tin genera! prin ciples, you know. The trite tune of anti federal i» going fed out of falhion, it now affords but little music even to the ears of its authors ; though they ought to rever ence its departed (hade, for I believe it has operated as a magic to blind the pub lic mind, whilAneafures were maturing, that may eventually change the original chara&eriftic features of our government. —The bank and funding fyflrems will pro bably give a call to its completion, that the authors of the conllitutiori never con templated. The monied mtereft unless some changes take place, will form an ari ftocratic influence, that will be inevitable. This is the great line between the legislat ive parties, whicn now stand nearly on a poile.— Two important questions will speedily put their strength to the test. I mean the propositions of Madison, and the report of the Algerine committee, which I prefumr you have seen. The debates on the fii ft have wholly occupied the house for the last three weeks; and perhaps Bri tilh interests were never more ardently ad vocated in St. Stephen's Chapel, than they have been in the course of the de bates, within the walls of Congress. Ma dison has commanded the applause even of his enemies. The fuperficial froth of fo norious words and harmonious periods, vanish before the irrefiftable strength of his reasoning." NASSAU, (N. P.) January 10. On Wednesday his majesty's frigate Hufiar, commanded by Captain George, called off her, and yesterday failed for the coast of America. The Hussar sent in two American schooners, viz. the Success, Curry, and Frederickrtnirg Packet, Anderforr, from Philadelphia for Cape Francois, laden with provisions. Both these vessels, we under stand, are at liberty either to dispose of their cargoes here, or to proceed to fbme other Briti(h or neutral port. SAVANNAH, February 1 On the 22d ult. the sloop Ranger of Hudson, from Turk's Island, bound for this port, endeavouring to get into Charles ton, in bad weather, was loft on the bar, and the crew supposed to be all drowned^ PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 4. This day in the House of P.eprefenta tives, Mr. Sedgwick called up the pro posed amendment to the Conftitutioß of the United States, refpefting the Suabi lity of States, which passed the Senate some time since.—Aster some discussion of the fubjefl, the House concurred with the Senate, 81 Ayes, 9 Noes. By a Baltimore paper it appears that Port-au-Prince was summoned to fume ri der to a Britilh squadron the second of January—the answer received was ligrved by M.San t hon ax—the purport of which was, that Republicans never capitulate- There is a report in circulation that the English attacked the place, and were un fuccefcful, being rcpulfed with loss. Lilbon, Dec. 17, 1703. Mr. William Bell, Sit, • WE have just received the inclosed let ter by a Portuguese frigate: It is we presume from Capt. M'Shane, who had the misfortune of being captured near the mouth of the Streights, by an Algerine cruiser, and carried a slave to Algiers.— We feel very much for him (having had the pleasure of knowing him here in the (hip Mary Ann, owned by MefTrs. Stew art and Barr, of Philadelphia) and all the Americans who have fallen victims to the datefted rovers, and it will give us pleasure to alleviate their unfortunate situ- ation, We are sorry to inform you that on the sth of Nov. the date of Capt. M'Shane's letter, there were 120 to 130 poor Ame ricans in slavery ; and this is not the worst, the piratical beings came out again into the Atlantic the 29th ult. in feareh of more plunder, and we fear they will do further mifchief. Their cmiling now it contrary to their old fyltem of retiring from the ocean in November, and coming out in April ; bnt they never did much harm to the PortUgnefe, for lince our re sidence in this city, half a century, they captured but 3 brigs, one (hip, and 3 or 4 fchooners,and carried them into Algiers. We hope the United States wiUfoon efta blilh a force to keep those pirates from e ver entering the Atlantic again. We suppose that you have been inform ed thai this Court and Spain grant con voys to your flag, as well as those of the Hanfe Towns. Our letters from Gibral tar dated the zsth.uk. advise that a Portu guese frigate had taken under her pro tection 6 Americans, to fee them to the wfftward, out of danger. This opportunity of Capt. Stafford, to Baltimore, not allowing us more time to enlarge, We remain, &c. JOHN BULKELEY & SON. Er.trach f.~m Capt. John M'S'„..ne's let ters, dared at Algiers, 2d, 3d, sth, and 13th Nov. 1793, 10 k* O wllcr this citv Dear Sir, I have to inform you that on the jctfr of August, we were boarded by the Gu!- loden, an Engli(h 74, who pressed the chief mate (Andrew TuUock) and three of our men ( Edward Kerr and William Brown, the other's name 1 have forgot) being Englilhmen, and sent in ont man and two boys instead of them. The man's name is Mott, and has a family in Nor folk, Virginia ; the boys' names are Bur gis ?nd Smith, apprentices to Captain Conyngham of fame place, who wi(h their friends to know where they are.—We had light winds and calms with 2 5 days of east erly winds on the ooafl, which was the cause of our long passage. After having run the gauntlet with two frigates, on the iSth October, about 5 leagues from Gi braltar, we were boarded by a zebecque of 20 guns, belonging to this place, who after coming within mulket-fhot, kept up a constant firing with small arms, until they manned our yards frcm theirs, then the firing ccafed, and they came down iword in hand, spared our lives but nothing else, having {tripped us of the clothes we had on, and put us on board the zebecque, which brought us to this place on the 30th ult. when we wire taken before the Dey, from thence to the Banyon where the Haves are kept locked up at night: next day we were all sent to the marine and kept at hard labor from day light to dark, with an iron chain which reaches from our legs to our hips ; about yclb. weight, and treated with great severity by aur afters, who allow us nothing but bread and water for ot'.r fubfiftance. The wheel-barrow men in your city lived a genteel life to what ws do, Our fitutation is truly (hocking—and how long we can exist, God only knows. The caipcnter, John M'FarTane, a Scotch man, was taken out of the marine, by the British Consul—the fail-maker, John Fo gereatix, and two Spaniards, G. Romeo and B. Gazona, were fold at pnblic auc tion. On the evening of the lame day I arrived litre, the following mailers with their crews were brought in—Captains Wallace, Virginia - r Newman, Boflon ; Taylor, Rhode-Island ; Furnace, New- Hamplhire; Calder.Glouccfter; Burnham, New-York - T . Bailey, Newbury j Moss, Ditto; Penrofe, Philadelphia. The whole number ef Americans is be tween izo or 130, they treat the Dutch in the fame manner they do us.—-Captain O'Brlan and Stephens, with their crews are here, 10 of them are living, the reft dead.—lf their fmalf number could not be redeemed we have no hopes of relief, therefore endeavour to make ourselves as happy as poflible : they a(k for my ransom 4000 dollars, firft and second mate, 3000 dollars each, and for each man, 1500 dol lars. If a peace is not made, or our fhlpj protefled, we may expect to encreafe dai ly, as we are all employed in the marine department, fitting out cruizerSi I have not yet learned their force, but as there is no cheek on them, no American veflel will be able to go to Europe in fafety. A courier is arrived from Alicant, informing the Dey that Col. Humphrey's is there with full power from Congress, to make a peace, and waits his permifiion to come, but the Dey I am informed, had refufed him. I remain Your humSfe servant. ■N. B. Names of the crew on board the Ship Miser va. John M'Sliane, Master; Andrew Tnllock, Ift Mate ; Samuel Millburne, 2d ditto ; John M'Farfane, Carpenter ; John Fogereau*, Sail-maker; Abel Willi*, Cork. Seamen —Jofepfi Rogers, William Brown, Thomas Burdon, William Walker, William Grafton, Giani Romeo, Barrotami Gazona r John Sutton, Edward Kerr, Joseph Dekz. Married, last Thursday morning, at the Governor's feat, at the Falis of Schuylkill,, by Bishop White, Joseph HOPFiNSON,Efq. to Miss Emelia Mifflin, daughter of the Governor. In this City, on Wednesday even ing last, by the Rev. Dr. Afhbel Green, Mr. William M'Calla, of Hickory-Town, Merchant, to Miss Jake Mathers, as Mud-Creek. IV A NT ED, A Man Servant, Who is acquainted with the common duties about a house. None need apply but such as can be well reoom mended. Enquire of the Printer. March 4. NEW THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, March 5, Will be performed. A TRAGE DT, (rtever performed licre) called The Carmelite, St. Valori, Mr. Fenr.e!!. Lord Hildtrbrand, Mr. Whitlcck. Lord De Courci Mr. Oreen. Montgomeri, Mr. Cleveland. GyfFord, Mr. Harwood* Fitz Allan, Mr. Francis, Raymond, Mr. Warrell. Matilda, Mrs. Whitlock. End of the Kay, a new Scots Dance, called, the CALEDONIAN FROLIC y By Mr. Francis, Miss WQI ..ms, autj Mrs. De Marque. To which will be added, A FARCE, in two Aifts, called The Spoiled Child. Litt'e Pickle, Mr. MarfhaH. Old Pickle, Mr. Finch. Tag. John, Thoma3, -Miss Pickle, ■ r. Mr. Blitfet. Mr. Darley, Mrs. Shaw. Maria, Mrs. Cleveland. Margerys Mrs. Bates. S;,fan, Miss Wiu'ems. Boxes, one dollar—Pitt, three quarter* of a dollar—and Gallery, half a dollar. *m * A* ir.convenier.cies to the public have ariftn frcm the Box-book being opened, on the days of performance enly, in future attend ance will be given at the office in the Theatre ever)' day from ten tiH one, and on the days of performance from ten till three o'clock in the afternoon. Applications for Boxes, it is refpe&fully requelied, may be addreiTed to Mr. l ranklln, at the Box-Office. The Doors will be opened at 5 o*clock* and the performances Begin at 6 o'clock prA ciftly. Ladies and Gsntfemen are reqaefted to fend their servants to keep places, at half an hour past 4 o'clock, and to order them to withdraw, as soon as the company arc- featcd, as they cannot on account be permitted to remain in the boxes, nor'any placcs L.}pl after tke firft a<ft. No placcs can be let in the fide boxes fci a # less number than eight, nor any places je tained after the firfi a#. N. B- No money or txkets to 6c retmWd* nor any perfbn admitted on airy account v. fratever behind the scenes. The recutft, to prevent coiifn fion, fcrrants n iy be ordered to IS down snd take up with the herfes' heads towards the Schuylkill, and drive off by Seventh-ftreti. Vivat Refpubluu, Exhibition of Artificial Chinese Fire-Works r Without powder, smell, or fmeke. MR. STUVER returns his sincere thanks to the public for the great encourage ment he has met- with, and has the honor to inform them, that his exhibition will be con tinued every evening (Sundays excepted} at 7 o'clock, in Chtrry-Alley, the firft dcor weft of Fourth-street. Tickets for grown pei-foiis rid. and for children 6d. Selctfl parties ccnf:fting of ten cr more per fon® will he admitted from 8 o'clock until 10, notice being given the afternoon previous to the exhibition. Tickets one quarter dr-illr. Marc h 4. Just Imported, 111 the Ship Edward* Capt. CranJm, from St. Peter (burg in Rufiia, And now landing at. South-frcrt Wharf, viz. Hemp, SAR IRON, RUSSIA SHEETING, RAVEN's RUCK', RUSSIA DUCK, MOG'a BRISTLES. AND POX 5.W.F BY Jcbn Donnaldjon, tf March 4,1794. Writing O.V SICX-BO^F.DS, PLATES, &c. Done in the most elegant manner, and after the firft mailers ; like wile, Fire Buckets Painted and finifhed at ttir Ihorteft notice, fcy GEORGE RUTTER, In Norm's Court, back of tie New Library*/ between Chefnut and Walnut, Fourth £id fifth ftretu. March 4. - ® dtf ■j AFAKK'Ef
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers