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