1 -,d palled tfiat house ; but that, as it wtnt to liie Senate without any of tiic fafls upon which J \ ifc claim -was founded, it had been reje&ed., He P!ii doubted not thefe.faftj would again have the fame late influence upon the committee of claims and upon I that house that they had heretofore, and also with mm the Senate, when they (hould be laid before them, had After some conversation on a point of order ing whether the matter (hould he referred to the com- pur mittee of claims to report, or to a feleJt commit 1 tee to bring in a bill, it was disposed of in the for- ler, mer way* ! Jan A message was received from the President of Lc thie United States, informing the house h: had apr. ' ling proved and filmed an aft so. the better pr >mulga- to i< ting 'he taws of the union. the Mr. Madison, from the committee to whom was 1 referred the tnemori ! of the enmmiffioners of the W. federal city, and that part jus the Pre'fideiifs on i fpeerh rela ive to a n tional university, reported,# clai refoluiion to the following effect, whiJi was refer, j per red to a commit'ee of the whole, and made the or- rhe der sb Monday. RefiJlved that it is at present expedient that authority (hould be given to eniol proper peifons to receive, in trull, pecuniary donations, in aid of To the donations ah eady given towards the eflablifh- i roent of an univerfliy within the dillrift of Colum- j bia." Mr. Dearborn called for the order of the day on the report of the committee of claims on the peti- cit; tion of Reuben Colburn for compensation for be( building batteaux and other ferviccs during the oui war, the report was againll the petitioner. am The House accordingly resolved itfclf into a com- eal Biittee of the whole nn the fubjeft, when am Mr. Dearbjrn said the claim had engaged the mi attention of the house last fef3on, and that no cei doubt fecmed to remain with the house on the pro- rel priety ef dif»preeiirg to the report and allowing lib the claim, but whether the papers had been lodged ha at the proper office in Bolton in due time. ( Seve tal letters and papers were read to p ove that the hu petitioner had done ail in his power n get the »c- m: count fettled) Mr. D. hoped, therefore, that this w; would be one o the peculiar eaufes againll which pi the art of limitation would not be permitted to wi operate. 3 r After a few words from M. 3D Fo ler ( chair w man of the committee of claim") in which tie ac ad knowledj'ed the justice of the claim, but that it la was barrtd by the ait of limitation, Mr. Coit f .id, as as some new fads had been mentioned! he wished the repoit a be re-committed. The piimmtttee accordingly rose, and the report was re committed. Mr. Gilnun, from the committee of revifal and mftr.ifned buliuefj, made, a further report, which * was read. Aojuurntd. ' tl Philadelphia, ft THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER it, fa| Return »r Vciki ,g > : | 5 us -3 c Sb- i i rt PRESIDENT ;t C £=iII A# I! AND - » J* ji- • d VICE l' or persons who have lately attempted to Ikc rhe city. By order of the m«etinp; I GIDEON WELLS, Sec'ry. w!) ] To the Senate and House of Reprefentat\v?s of tlx * General AJfembly of the Commonidcdlth of Penn- ,' fyhanik. ' JJ ... amt Gemtlemen, j The Calamity, by which the greater part of the ■ city of Savannah, in the fta'e of Georgia, has • been refcently deflroycd, excites in the bosoms of ' : our conflituents, the purelt sentiments of sympathy and forraw; and, from its magnitude, emphati ■ eally claims an intervention of the public bounty er and benevolenoe. Permit me, therefore, to sub i rait to your conlideration, a letter which 1 have re- > ceived from the mayor of Savannah on this inte - telling fut jdl ; and to recommend a prompt and ' ( ; libeyalcontribu i;>n, for the relief of tile afllitled in- i habitants of that unfortunate city. The plcafure ef indulging those generous and j e humane dispositions, wh eh you have often before | - manifefted, will, in itfclf, yield an abundant re j s ward, for any pecuniary rid, which you (ha'l be j b pleased to beifow, on the present occasion j but, | 0 we may be ro .fidewt, gentlemen, that the-cordial I . approbation of afl the citizen* of Pennsylvania, will, likewise, ;!ve an honorable function to the aft, lince it mull equally serve to display the phi- ~,, x lanthropy of the liate, a-d to cnent the feelings, |. , affections and intcrefls of the Union. d THOMAS MIFFLIN. 1111 Philadelphia, 21H Dec. 1796. 1 E <- SIERRA LEONA. £ " d [Jin calling our eves oyer some late European papers, we saw the following notice of afettleaaent on the coafl of Africa, which was commenced by a fellow-townf- eh man, and brother to very refpedtable citizen of a in B neighbouring town. —To the friends,of humanity and f 0 the civilization of " the children of the fun," the in formation will he pleating-.J (Col. Centinel.) ( ] ) free Port, Rinpongos, Aug. 1. This Colony is at length eflahlifhetl, and with the bed pro pedis. Ccftee thrives remarkably well, aad J we have some cotton „ § We have received accounts from the Foulah country, th 5 that in a rebellion oi'his tne Kitjg has been put I); to death. The troubles in the interior have in some p degree interrupted our traffic w:ih the Foulahs, who — are the mod civilized people on this coall ; they ad j mit an intercourse with our people and profit by it. — They have adopted some of our methods of agricul ture, and other branches of husbandry, efpecialiy l'ucfn as relates to their live flock. We purchase from them Rice, Cotton, Ivory, &c. The trade is yet in its in fancy "and limited, but much may he made of it. When the (lave veff-ls jre from the coast, the na tives apply themfelvi-s to itiduftry, and manufacture coarse clonth, which we purchase and retail again to the getting in return ivory and rice. BAHAMAS. Meflagt- to the Governor. House of AJfembly, November 15, 1796. May it please your honour, — WE are ordered by the House of AfTembly to s return your honor the thanks of the house, for your •les honor's meflage this day, and to inform yout hoiiot that the house having in obedience to your honor's recommendation, proceeded to (he immediate con -IU6 fideration of the fame, came to the fallowing refo- Cll lutiois viz. " Resolved, that it be r-tcomnen ed to his honor the lieutenant-governor to dispatch rivo or more, faft-faiting veflels to f>mf ef the Southern ports of rt, the United States of America, and tolhe British Sa-. ports in St. Domingo, t by lies the roost vile, and by. flandets the tstf moll unprincipled. T - FOR THE CAIETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. Til)-, j- — Frem ] Mr. Fenno, then' IN a pamphlet published on Tu-.fday, under the days title of " a letter to a Bank DireSor," is contained ; th = Wowing paragraph. _ ; raent " I have been lefered- 1 to individuals in Miilber- t [, e y , ry-!lreet,Chefnut-drcet,Seeond-dreet, Third- ftieet, Plact Water-street, and other streets, as known ulurers, off tl or agents ailing for companies of usurers ; and 1 The have been;confidently sffured, that those very j.' le ' r viduals (with flume be it mentioned) can, and do . obtain discounts tegularly at two ef the Banks." m ani 0 The agents alluded to, think it but justice to p rev; : the bank dire&ors in qtisdion, to date, that the fubor whole contents of the above paragraph are utterly ,j and absolutely void of the fraalled shadow of foun , dation. O. P. S. T. U. W. X. Y. Z. &c. For the Gazette of the United States. e, 4 F Si P Mr. Fen no, Dcfei IF the political axiom be-true that every nation BAf> will be free iiv proportion as it is enlightened—(and " whoever pretended to deny it) then it follows that ' f a people cannot be the noil free uulcfs they are at the fame time the,moft.enlightened—the proposed amendment of Mr. Chriltie was, therefore absurd, and the little orater, was for once confident ; what- lC ever may have been his mntives. 'r To have agreed with the ptinciple here %jd down, A the passage fhnuld have Ween reversed, so as to read 7 the mod enlightened and the freed. This is pot '* the only indance in which causes have been milta- ken for confequcvcis. c Extract of a letter fri'm Chatledon, S.'C. dated e - 2d Dec. '96. I " I have been jud reading Adet's lad note ta the secretary of (late. Every mail who is to the happiness and independence of Ms country j ew r 1 mud fee! an indignation against the promoters of wol j that mod scandalous publication. Mod certainly and j neither the French government nor thg minift'er fccc i would have offered fueh an in fuft, if they had not J e 'g' | j J been encouraged to expect a powerful lupport by a ' j wicked pany in this country. What is Peter Por- j | d ' cupine about ? 1 have seen nothing from his hu- morous pen, refpefting the eleflion of President. j The great Jach'tns are the moll prc.prr ohjedU for ° 3 ' his attack ; these are Jharks, and more woitlty of his notice than such a little fpirat as S K." I CHARLESTON, December 10. lie I Extraß of a letter from Columbia, ( South-Caroli fs as) tlulet! December 7. b c£ . a j{ " The eleiSois have ihis moment concluded their cur nf- ele&ion, when JeScrfon and Pi'itjkney were unani- I "a tnr.ufly voted for. The negro business is now be nd fore tne house. of, in " »«Since writing the foregoing, Major Butler, in ar.c the house of representatives, mentioned that a num- thc bcr of gentlemen had requeiled to know if l.e ma would fuffer himfelf to dand as a candidate for wr Cover' or, whi .h he pofitiveiy declined, declaring toi rv, that'nothing would indo i" him to aft in a public J put Hation :— in couhqucr.ee of which, Charles nie Pinckia-y has quit- his inteniion of S.nator ro Con- !ia ' l 0 grefi, and 13 now a candidate for that office. t>v ELECTORS. Ed 'Jefferfon's Ticket. I\u Edward llutledge, fen. 113 th ' em General Pickens, m Ix 2 jj" in- Judge Mathews, 112 p> . Colonel Taylor, no pr na ' Captain Simkins, 110 John Ruiledge, jun. 109 ?■" 1 10 Jokn-Chefnut, 109 at William'l homas, 109 fr Adams't Ticket. A. Vandeihord, 3 1 ai ; • H. W. DefaulTure, 29 General Barnwell, 28 C t0 David Rair.fay, 28 . our Robert Barnwell, 28 Nathaniel RufTell, 28 >. John Bull, 24 ;o „. REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS. c f a . CharleJijn DiJlriß. William Smith, ek£led. )nor Beaufort and Orangehurgh. |Qre John Rulledge, jun. 839 eledled. v 8 0 ' Elnathan Hafitel, 86 ( Georgetown and Cheraw. 0 . Letr.uel Bcr.toii, 777 elided, r , I{ j 3 Tridram Thomas, 300 c . tx ! Joseph Blyih, 1.51 , s Camden Dijlriß. n Thomas Suinpter, 854ele£ted. t , oltß Richard Winn, 831 j) c . Pinckney and IVafhirgton. ~-j . Major W. Sajiih, 947 elected. . hau- Abraham Nott, 830 William Will, 652 j iree Samuel Lowrie, 67 Robert Andcrfon, 63 - Ninety fix Dilri3. „ R. G. Harper, elected." New VbRK, December si. r ARRIVID AT THIS PORT. Days. Ship Rachel, Hacker, Gibraltar — ES. Three Sifters, Wood Qreer.ock — , who Brig Sally, Arnold, Turk's bland 37 j we Schr. Archibald, Macej', Halifax i» ■ricas* S'°°P Sun, Davenport, Hofton 40 then" Captain Leonard, arrived yesterday in 16 days from ve so Martinique, informs, that on leaving there, informati it in on was received from Baibadoes, of the-capture of a I Spariifh fliip of a 8 guns, by a British frigate —after ex of the I change of Several broad-fides. , . Some transports, with invalids from St. Vincents, - C and several American vedels, were to fail from Marti- ! ~y { i l nique in a few days, undfr the convoy of two frigates, ju!t so were to leave them in lat. 12. o. H have On the 18th inft. lat 40. 9. N. long. 71. o. TV. spoke srvtce, the brig Sally captain Earl, from Cape Francois, bound oblli- to Rhode llland. She had 7 feet water, wind south, 0 and heavy rain. FRENCH FLEET. d our Froip Halifax, Nov. 24. ets tne Yesterday arrived here, fchootier William, captain T Hargrave, in s days /roci Breton Harbour, Fortune 1 » ' i Bay, (Newfoundland). The lift accounts from (he French fleet were, that thev failed from St. Pierre's on the n'ight of the loth of Oflober. They li»d, been 3 days at that place, and were employed night and day in watering the fieet. Before their departure they burnt all the buildings which remained of the fettle mcnt. They were seen by some filhing boats the night they failed, fleering S. E. Afterwards, by a boat from Placentia-bay, thev were informed that they were seen off the banks of Newfoundland, far to the north east. The people who have been on board of them, agree in their testimony that these ships art ve y badly fitted— fevera! of them very leaky, particularly the admiral 5 (hip, which they were continually pumping—badly manned, and the principles of I'herty and equality so prevalent in the fleet, as nearly to deltroy all order and subordination among them. f STOCKS. Six per Cent. « - - - - * ifyto to 17 Three per Cent. - -. - - - »■ 10fo 4' per Cent. - -- -- -- -- 14f 51 per Cent. - -- -- - - - 14/4 Deferred Si* per Cent. - 11/8 to ) BANK United States, - 19 to 20 per ct — Punnfylvania, - - - - 43 to 24 do. — North \meiica, - - - - 40 to 45 do. fnfurance Oomp. N. A. shares, - 37 1-2 to 40 per ct. Pennfylv. 2 1-2 to 5 per ct. below par. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. On London, at 30 days, par to 175 at 60 days, \ par to 170 — at 90 days, 162 1-2 to par. Amsterdam, 60 days', per guilder. 40 " 90 days, 41 Clocks and Watches. LESLIE and PRICE, No. 79, M UKET-STUt ET, PriuADßLftirA, HAVE IMPORTED, by the late arrivals from I London, a large afiortment of WARRANTED WAiCHES,|eonfiliing of horizontal, capp'd'and ' jewel'd Gold Watches, with fecostds, of ftpprio* f I workmanfljip and elegance j alio cjpp'd and jewel tt ' and plain Gold Watches ; capp'd & jewell'd, capp d, r i seconds, day of the moHth, and plain Silver Watches ; t ' eight day & chamber Clocks; elegant French Clocks , ! with marble frames; eight day and thirty hour, braU .works, &c. * • Decembet 22, 1796. d2m ! s W A N N'S r Riding School, Horse Jcailem? & Infirmary. f -Jfdioining the Ptiblic Square. Market Street. T. SWANN RETURNS hisfincere thanks to gentlemen by whom he has been employed, during his rtfidM.ce in ihi- CitV, a " d 'flatters himlelf that ihe faccefs ol hit efforts, in the numerous, ofcftinate and dangerous difcafrs in Horses, 111 which he has been consulted, together with his moderate charges, will le r cure their future lav.irs and recommendation i. He now begs leave to inform them and the public a: large that his spacious and commodious premises, ereited ror the ourpofes aboved- scribed are (**" Cor the reccp'ion of p(.Mls of either sex, vAo wilhlo beinflruth d in the Art of Riding, n and the light meihod of governing their horses. fa astt. ad= . them with ease, elegance, and lately— their hotfe» will be ca.efully and expeditiously t.roke, for eve.y purpflie, ;c made obedtrot to the will ol ihe riders ; the natural powers >r wiucn are Ihutupitt ihem', will be unfolded bv art, calbng <7 forth unilormit\ of motion, and giving to that noble animal all thntc beauties of action which providence has so bountt lully bcfto&ld 'hi them. , . es Alio, at his ofpua. every difor crto which the horie ia D> liable will be mated accordn gto the rules of art, confirmed by long 2nd repeated e«pent r:ce n The utility of the above inlii i ion has never been qneliion ed,that it hat long been wanted in tni.n tor i-hat 2 pu r pofe his beeu hinted bv feye al gentleman, : '" LO [O prOmove the mftitt lion- the amount ot each fubfenp jq be returned bv fee vice* in any of the departments he pro eiies, agreeable to the rate of chargct ftat/-d 'in his-'hand bill. fubicriptjpn is now open, and ihe fig natures 01, manyrefp;ct >9 able gentlemen already ob»ined. He there!ore itijorms hit 30 friends and fu- h Ladies and gentlemen 10 whom he has not the honor of being known, tharhc lhall in a few days take the liberty of waiting upon them and folicking their iupport 3 1 and protection. 29 NB. Horses are properly prepared for those Ladies and 28 Gentlemen who with to be inftrutlcd. ' II Nov. 3. " h * r - - 2 l OLD THEATRE. 20 24 Thi« Evening, Thursday, December 22d, 1796, Signior F A L C O N I ed ImpreHed with the highest sense of thi applaofe which the Ladies and Gentlemen have afforded his last performance, proposes to give another, cor.fifting of a 1 variety of experiments, never before exhibited, and Ihew his gratitude by the greatest exertions. He has not thought it nccefTary to enumerate the vi ed. rious objcfls with which he means to entertain the company, 38 he does not wish tonntit-ipate the plealure and surprize he flatters himf lf to ;. already fufficiently proved by his former exhibitions, presenting always t the Ipedta* .cd. tors new experim ntsnevet annonnced in the bill. However, at the r. q iefl of ? party, he will introduce The Mysterious Candle, ' Which will bring to light the most abstruse question that can be proposed—and again the Battle between the Elephant and the Ourang Outang. With some improvements to render it ft ill more pleasing —-and oilier new scenery. I o conclude With the celebrated Rope Dancer, Who will this time ftiew hircdeif in a masterly manner. I. FOR SALE/ A very Valuable Eitate, ~ /CALLED T IVITTRNHAM, fttuate in the 37 Vvl township of Upper Derby, and county of Delaware, 12 _ i-l miles from Phiiad.lphia, and half a mile from the *° new Wester» road 1 containing 230 a«res of excellent land, 45 of which are good \natered meadow, 90 of prime wood from llnd> an d the reft arable of the Hrft quality. There are «ati- on thepretnifesagood two story brickhoufe, with 4 rooms :of a on a floor, and cellos under the whole, with a pump-well r ex- of excellent water in front; a large frame .barn, (tables, and other convenient buildings ; a fmbke-houfe and hone, •ents, fprine-houfe ; two good apple orchards, and one of peach larti- cs. The fields are aßin clover, except those immediately rates under tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage ' of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly con- feoke venient for grazing. . 11 nd The Gtuation is pleasant andhcalthy, and from the high - ,Vi cultivation of the"land, the good and th« vicinity to the city, it is very suitable for a gentleman's country feat. The foregom,; is part of the estate of Jacob Harman, deceased, and offered for sale bv aptain Mordecai Lewis, >rt»ne 1 OA'gi. law Sarviving Executor.