tbt director mentions an inftanec, Ip which out of 56,000 ounces of silver nearly 24,000 ounces were alloy, the coining of the whole cost government jool. and yet the depositor receiv ed the difference in coin withoot charge ! This report was referred to a fel ■ft committee of ihree members and ordered to be printed. Mr. D. Foster, by direction of the committee of claims moved to have that committee discharg ed from the further eonfideration of the petition of William Howe, a Nova-Scotia refugee, and to have a committee appointed on thai fubjeft.—A greed. Mr. Andrew Jackson presented t!y petition of James Orr of the (late of Teaeffee, praying for restitution for the loss of five horses which the Che rokee Indians had taken from him. Referred to the committee of claims. Mr. S. Lyman prefemed the petition of Gilbert' Deneb, praying for relief on account of service performed during the war. Referred to the com mittee of claims. Mr. Dearborn said he thought there were a num ber of claims called liquidated claims which ought not to be affected by the aft of limitation. He begged leave therefore to propose a resolution tot the house on that fubjeft. It was to the following effect : " ltefolved that 0 ttmmittei be appointed to en quire into and report on the expediency or inexpe diency of designating certain claims against the li nked States to be excepted from the power of the »ft of limitation." Mr. W. Smith thought as business refpefting claims was always referred to the committee of claims this enquiry alio might beentrufted to them. He ihould move, therefore, to amend the refoluti. on by striking out the words, « a nomnittee to be appointed," and add in their place " the commit tee of claims be inftrufted." Mr. Dearborn said he had no objection to the enquiry being submitted to the committee of claims. His aim would be anfweredif the enquiry was only made. Agreed. The order of the day was called for on the mili tia bill, when Mr. Williams rose and spoke at considerable length against the present fyttem and t also against the bill before them, and waa decidedly in favour of striking out the firft feflion. His observations, in which he recommends a new military fyftcm, will be given to-morrow. The queflion was put for striking out the firft clause, and carried, there being 49 votes in favour of it. Mr. W. Smith moved that the committee rife, report progress, and alk leave to fit again ; which lie hoped would be denied ihem, in order that the bill might be re committed to a felefil committee. Mr. W. Lyman wished before the committee rose, that what related to exemptions might be de-_ tided upon. Mr. Hartley was in favour of the committee's rising, that the bill might be re committed before it was farther discussed. The plan which had been proposed by the gentleman from New-York had some weight with him, and he had no doubt it would be attended to in a feleft committee. Mr. Dearborn said his colleague ( Mr. W. Ly »«n) seemed to think it would be Iseft to deter mine now on the fubjeft of exemptions. He be lieved there Were few gentlemen who did not con cur on that head. A great complaint against the present system was, that the burden of military ser vice fell only upon \few. He doubted not the bill would be rectified in this refpeft in the feleft com mittee ; but he was not tenacious of his opinion, and had no particular objection to its being done then. — Mr. Kitahell wiihed the bill to be re-commit ted before any further steps were taken. The committee rose and reported, and on leave being asked to fit again, leave was refufed. Mr. W. Smith moved that the bill be recommit ted to a feleft committee. Sixteen, nine and five members were mentioned for a committee. The sense of the house was firft taken upon the gteateft number and loft by a ma jority of one 5 it was then taken en niue aad. tarri- Mr. Coit wiflied to call the the attention of tne house to a fubieft which he thought of fom# im portance ; it was the balances due from feversl dates ot the union to the United States. Three years, he said, had elapsed since a report was made •n that fubjtft. He did not know what order was proper to be taken with that business Some thing however ought to he dona. He thought the firft ftcp fnonld be to ask the debtor staPes for payment. He wished therefote to submit to the >house the following resolution, which he wilhed to lie on the table till to morrow. " Resolved that the' committee of ways and means be directed to report whether any, and if any what measures should be taken relative to the balances which by report of the committee appoint, ed to fettle the accounts, were found due from dif ferent Hates in the union" ' Mr. Ln'iujrft o " fa'd two clauses had been omit ted by some inadverier.cy in the bill for the relief and protection of American feamtn. They were the clauses refpefting certificates on which the two houses had differed in opinion. At the clauses werej essential, the Frefident had supplied them. With a view of removing this difficulty, and with '»view of bringing the fubjeft again before the house, he moved a resolution to the following ef feft. . 5 " Resolved that a committee be appointed to en quire into the alterai ions of the aft for relief and protection of Ameriean seamen, and to report what amendments are necessary to be made there to." . A committee of three members was appointed. Mr. Blount said that Congress passed a resolu tion on the t6th September 1796, granting ceitain bounties and grants of land to the reprefentativcs of officers and soldiers who were (lain in battle, which be thought equally applied to those who died in service. He said both cases had foimerly been onfidered as included, but latterly the secretary at war hadmaiea diftinftion. He should propose a resolution to the haufe, in order t» have • declara tion of their sense upon It. The refutation was to the following-affecj. ?' Itefolvcd that a qpmroittee be appointed to eaquire into, andtcport their opinion, on the equi ty and expediency of extending to the representa tives of officers and soldiers who died in the service, the advantages allowed hy the resolution of Con gress, Sept. 16,1776, to representatives of those officers and soldiers slain by tae enemy." Ordered to lie on the table* Adjourned. Philadelphia,• WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER n, 1796. Rbiurn or Cor Ei ! g 1 =<3 FOR ?? •! I s ; > § PRESIDENT < f -! I, f> AND -i i V" \ . S' ■*( VICE-PftESfDENT s - d Ncw-Hampflure, 6| 6 1 2 Maflachufetts, K>;'J 1 NHode-Ifland, 4! 4 Connecticut, 9I 4 5 Vermont, 4! 4 New-York, u 11 New-Jerfejr, , 7I 7 Pennsylvania, ij *141$, Delaware, 3 I Maryland, f44 3! 1 Virgiaii, 1 no nj 31 Kentucky, T'nnefiee, North-Carolina, 1 11 1 6 1 South-Carolina, I Georgia, | Total, 71 5749 13 i^ 1 a 5 ; 1 2 5 In North-Carolina, on« vots was given tor Charles Pinckncy, and three for Judge Iredell. Maeriid, on Thursday evening (aft, by the Rev. Mr. Turner, Mr. Hsnry Rsynolßs te Mili Peggy N*gle. *•* "Two words of an European"shall appear to morrow. In consequence of three or four attempts on dif ferent nights, to set fire to different parti of this city, by some infernal incendiary, or incendiaries, Meetings of the citizens are called at 1 lie Mer chants' Coffee-houfe, and at the Commissioners' Hall, in Southwarky to devise some efFediual mea sures of security from such atrocious attempts. The Hon. Jonathan Freeman, Efq is eledted by the people the 4th Representative in Congress for the State of New Hampfliire. Daoie! Dtinfcoinb, Esq. is appionted Clerk of the Federal Court for the Diftrift of New-York, vice Hon. Judge Troup. 0" A special meeting of the American Philosophi cal Society will b« held at their Hall this evening at 6 o'clock. The ntov, December 10. j The American citizens have often been aftonilh'd at the f»rprizing Equeflrian abilities of the celebra ted Rickstts. We think the following account of his pedeftrial performance, equals, if not furpaf ies any of his feats of Hoifemmfhip. Oil Saturday lad he ran, on foot, from Princeton, to Shabakunk bridge (two miles and a halt from this city) in 52 minutes, which is nine miles and a half, and at the rate of a mile every five minutes and a half. Mr. Ricketts, some months since, went asgreatadif tance in near as fhortatime, which by some was thought incredible—to fatisfy and convince such, 'he undertook thetafk again on S>«urday, in com pany with theNew-Yerk public llage, from New- York to Philadelphia—the passengers in which tef tify tu the truth of this performance. COMMUNICATIONS. Our American Frenchmen fiy, the victorious re public of France is irrefiftablc ; America is at her feet, and cannot defend herfelf. If this is (which God be thanked it is not) the deplorable and terrible condi tion that the vineries of the IVoiich have brought the United States into, may one make bold to «ik the ci tizen democrats where was the good ftnfe and patri otism of that p.>rty in rejoicing at the fucetffes which have brought this about! Are they such aliens, or rather traitors, in their hearts, as to rejoice full when frefh facceffes are announced I " The French have no commerce," fay our states men, >vho claim to be so much wisir than th« Pre fident —" If we go to war with that republic there will be notking for our privateers to take " Excellent wifdont! X*' these wisest of counlellors but lately advised our merchants anil farmers to depend Wholly on the Freucb trade and manufactures ! Mark the cooCftency of this language. GRATITUDE. It is with this virtue as with raoft others, those who have it molt in their months have it lead in their hearts. Gratitude 11 The French, and the presses devoted to them, have mad* a constant din about this sacred debt. When our peace, our government, and our independence,' were nearly facrifked, these deceivers demanded the facrifice as a token that the fin of in gratitude (hould not lie at the door of our nation. To whom is this obligation due? Not to Wlsl ington, you tell us, bccauf: he did no more than his duty, and it would be dangerous to be grateful ts him. Is it due to the King of France, the very man who did the favor—the man to whom we raised flatues and sung anthems ? O no, wi owe nothing to a King 1 and if we did, the guillotine has paid off the score. Shall we thank the late Queen I O no, 'tis just as bad as to thank a King. It is true {be was the firft mover in the whole affair * but no matter; {he is as cold in her grave as the femimeut of gratitude in Jacobin hearts. ( < Shall we thank the La Fayettes, the Cuflinee, the LaUzuns, and the troops of heroes who fought for us ? No, ne, no: the firft is baniihed i moll of the others have had their throats cut. • Te whom then are we »o owe fealty and homage ? To those who cuy heir throats ? Why ? Because they helped our revolution? No, thtj did not help it.— Because they are good and benevolent ts all men? Read their history for the answer. IJecaufe they are so very just, friendly and refpeftful, to the free go vtrnment which is 'lie i-i|vc and rich fruit of our inde pendence ? No such thing. What then it the blS* of the Jjcobia claith of gra titude > Precisely this: The French emiflaries will help the Jacobins to pull down our government. They i lute as we hate ; and this sympathy »f pafiions, and I community of interests, renders it ufeful to dupe as nuny as we can. The song of gratitude his been a fyrea-fong which in 1793 almost lulled aileephtiic true spirit of independence. SENATE of PENNSYLVANIA, December »i, 1796. On motion of Mr. Barton, seconded by Mr D. Wh*- len ; the fallowing Resolutions were adopted and fer.t to the -Aflembly for concurrence : Whereas the wife, firm and patriotic administration of George Wafiington, Piefid«nt of the United states, has finally conduced to the prosperity and bap pinefs which the people of America enjoy, and the best j reward we can bestow on him, is the expression of our gratitude and approbation. Therefore, Rei'olved unanimonfly, That a committee be appointed to prepare and re port to this house, an adcirefs to the President of the United States, e\pre/five of our fentimentj with regard to his past conduit, and of the sensations of regret | I with which we contemplate his intended retirement j I from office. | Whereas the late address of the President to tha peo- j pie of the United States, is in the opiaien of this Le- ( giflatare, an meflimabk legacy, replete with featirnents 1 highly important to the tnterefls of our country, jnd deserving the most' serious attention of freemen—l ' Therefore, I Resolved, That the said address be printed and pub- I lilhed with the laws us the present fefiion, I Ycfterday a Committee of the Senate of this ] commonwealth waited on the governor, with the < following answer to his Address: 1 To Tiomat Mifflin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Ptnnfylvania. Sir, The encteafing population of the with the general prosperity aad happinefn of its ci tizens, afford a p!eafi»j( evidence of the wisdom of oar political iifiituuons. Imp cSVd with a firm convi&ion, that the law* alone lhould govern, and that by them, the will of the community (hosld be so prescribed as to preclude the neceffiry of exercising individual .'ifcrction, we cannot but be sensible of the propri ety of an attentive review of our laws rcfpeAing elections, and (hall be wanting in duty to our con diments, if we do not use every endeavour to a mend and render them more dear and explicit. The eftabliftiment and regulation of a military force compatible with the freedom, yet adequate to theexigencts of society, without impefing unneces sary burthens on its members,, is an ohjedl that will be the fuh)»£l of our most serious deliberations. Believing knowledge and virtue the best guar dians of public and ptivate happiness, and sensible of the importance of impreffiens received in early life, we (hall not be deterred by the difficulties of the undertaking, or by any past mifcarringes, from attempting to fulfill a conflitutional duty, and place the attainment of tifeful inlUuftion, within the reach of our most indigent fellow citizens. <; VVe finccrcly participate in your regret, th*t in the public tranfa&ions of the ui.ion, we aie about to be deprived of the virtues and talents of ou* beloved Prclident, which have justly inspired ani [ verfal confidence, am. fervently join in your wifties, that his remaining days may be happy as his past life has been glorious. I n the course of our fefGon, the remaining ob jects of you addrefiSvill,' neceflarily, eagage a dire attention, and we (hall rely, with confidence, on your co-operation in every measure adapted to the welfare of the community. By order of the Senate, ROBERT HARE, Speaker of the Senate. BY THIS DAY'S MAILS. BOSTON, December 14. INFORMATION. Prom Lifbtot, via Marbleh'ad. A vessel arrived at Marblehead on Sunday even lag, in 42 days from Lisbon. Accounts from her confirm the intelligence of a public declaration of war between Spain and England and a letter from an eminent merchant in Liibon, gives an opi nion, that a general peace may be expe&ed the present winter. No conSrmation of the capture of admiral Jar vis' squadron, came in her. NEW YORK, December 19. We obfsrve the appointment of agents to protest and procure the releafc of American seamen that I have been impressed, is likely to produce good ef ! fe&s. One good effect which the declaimets against our|| the brig Betsey, failed from the Isle of France, August 29— and left there the fol lowing vessels. Ship Northern Liberties, Geddes, Philadelphia, Ship Ganges, Elkins, Boftondo. - ... Ketch, Br*ther»|Of Salcta, do. S<4ioon?r Sally, Tln'ftle, Beverly, i. ___ djt. OLD THEATRE. To-Morrow Evening, Tliurfday, December *td, » Signior FALCONI Imprefled with the highest sense of the applause which the Ladies and Gentlemen have afforded his lift performance, proposes to give another, consisting of a variety of experiments, never before exhibited, and fliew his gratitude by the greateftfxertions. He has not thought it necessary to enumerate the va rious obje&s with which he means fc entertain the company, as he does not wish to anticipate the pleasure and furpriee h« flatters himfelf to afford them ; and which he hopes he has already fuffisiently proveil by his former exhibitions, presenting always to the fpeda tors new experiments never announced in the bill. However; at the request of a party, he will iatroducc The Mysterious Candle, Which will bring to light the most abstruse queftioa that can be proposed—and again the Battle between the Elephant and the Ourang Outang. "With some improvements to render it still pleafinj —and other new scenery. To conclude with the celebrated Rope Dancer, Who will this time fliew hiralelf in a masterly manner. Just Arrived, In the (hip Dispatch, Captain Morton, from Havre] de-Grace, and for fele by Isaac Snowden, jun. No. 141, SOUTH SECOND STREET, An invoice of Gloves of various kinds, Men't White Silk Hose, Black and White Laces* and a few 1 pieces of Black Silk. December 2. ffxv. | " For Sale, Seven elegant Seites for Buildings, Opposite the State-House"? Garden and Congrefi- Hall; each Lot being 25 feet front on Sixth-street, and 120 feet deep to a 14 'eet Court, agreeable to a plan which may be seen at the Coffee-Houfe or at the > office of Abraham Shoemaker, No. 114, So. Fourth ftreet, where the terms will be made known. December 16 *603