H£A TRR, rHIS EV K NIN G, Tuesday, December 27, Wijl be prefeiited, A TRAGEDY, called George Barnwell. \ Thorowgood, Mr. JVarreH Uncle, Mr. V Eft rang: George BaAwelt, Mr. More ton Trueman, Mr. Fox ®.iilit, Mr. Francis ■ "Gaoler, Mr. Morgan, Maria, Miss L'Eftrnngc Millwood, Mrs. Francis I- Uc y> Mrs. Harvey In a transformations. A Cottage Scene, .which changes to a Wood and Care, in which is discovered the Fairy Groupe. The Magical Bu(h which changes to a Tailor with out a Head. The Transforming CKairs, icc. The whole to conclude with The Downfall of Harlequin in the Realms of Shakefpearc. Tragic Muse, Miss OldMd Comic Muse, -Miss Milbournt t y On Wednesday the favorite Comedy called the Child of Nature ; with (for the (econ'd time) the new billet of the Bouquet, which was received with unbounded applause—To which will be added the Agreeable Surprise—Being intended for the Benefit of the- unh -ppy Sufftrers by the late dreadful Fires at Savannah. Box, One Dollar twenty-five cents. Pit one Dollar. And Gallery, half a dollar. £3* Tickets to be, had at H. & P. Rice's tiook-ftore, No. ea High-fltreet, and it the Office adjoining the Theatre. ™=== Places for the Boxes to be taken at front of the theatre, from to till z o'clock, and fr«rrr lo till 4 on tlie days of performance! The Doors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the Curtain rife precisely at 6 o'clock. Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to fend their fervams to keep places a quarter before 5 o'clock, and to order them, as foo» as the company are seated, to withdraw, as they caHriot on any account he permit led to remain. V~IVAT RESPUBLICA! COLLEGE-HALL. Readings and Recitations, Mural, Critical, and Entertaining. Mr. F E N N E L L Refpe*afuUy informs the Public, that On TUESDAY EVENIKG, December 27, at fever, o'clock, will be delivered An Exvlanatqry Add*mss. After which will be recited an Allegorical Poetry in three parts, called The CAVE or NATURE; Or, A Piflure of the Virtues, Views, and Paffiwis, of the Human Mind. Occafioi.al admilfion tickets to be had of Mr. Ponlfon, Jun. at the Library ; at Mr, M'Elvtc'i looking-glafs-flors. No. 70, South Fourth ilreet; and at Mr. Carey's, Book seller. Market-street. On Wednesday, the 28th inft. At 6 o'clock in the evening, will be fold -at pnblic I au&ion, (if not before disposed of at private file) i at the City-Tavein, All that capital rrunGon-houfc, {tables, out-hoafes, &e. 1 and three contiguous traits of land situate on the Weft-fide of Schuylkill in the toivnOiiji of Blockley and county of Vhiladclphia, gtnerally known by the name #f Lanfdown, -containing 199 acres lel perches more or lefsand a meflii .age plantation and trait ol land in Blockley townlhip a- , jforela d adjoining Lanfdown, containing 64 acres one perch'. V | The premises are so well known as to need no particular •description. Few feats in Amcrica can compare with ■Lanfdown for convenience and elegance ; it commands at variety of rich beautiful profpeiU and is remarkably heal thy. rms »ffale a. ill he made known by PHILIP NICXUN, ~) Attornies in and • > fa 3 to ROBERT E. GRIFFITH, J James Greenleaf. Dec. 12. §talth A C A R 11. If Itlonfeur G H. Sohii, Who left Bordeaux the 20th June lalt, and arrived 1 at Boston ibout the middle of Attguft, in the schooner Jane, is in Philadelphia, he is requeued to c>ill on ji-teph Anthony & Co. No.. 5, Chefniit-ftreet, who •will give him fomr information cf, importance. December 14, 1796- $ FOR'SAL E, be 'fact-failing schooner ORION; Seventy tons burthen ; fifteen raoeths old ; her frame is ot the belt of white Oil.file is a'faithM built vessel, hancjfomely finilhed off and well for.nd in every particular; is ready to receive j . cargo on board, and can be put to sea without any ex- , pei.ee -on her hull, J'ailsor rigging : Ihe flows fix hundred barrels; has a handfomc ca!.in ar.d ftcerage. and a half 1 deck which will low from lVventy-tive to eigluy barrels ; , has been newly caulked, graved and pair: d. For terms, apply to BENJAMIN RHODES, ! 1 At Np. 170, corner of Market a>.d Filth-streets,' Or to the Captain on board said schooner at Meffft. Willis and Yardfiey's wharf, adjoining Chefntit-ftreet wharf; where there is for laie Excellent pickled Salmon in barrels, the bed of American Mcfs JJcef, and Ibme very excellent Boston manufactured Chocolate, December 26 S v LiSt of P&izss and Blanks in the Wafpinglon Lottery, No. 11. 42th Days Drawing, December 17. ' No. Dolu Ao.' JJou. No Ltlt. 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He wished that bttlinefs to be taken up, in order to determine the principle, whether the mili tia fhauld be continuedtipon it* present footing, or whether it ftiauld be divided into two clafTes, viz. a fcleift corps and a reserved corps, as contemplated by the present bill. Until thiiquetlion Mas decided , nothing cyuld be done. For his own part, he said, he was ao military man, but he had made it his bu siness to enquire inte and he found it 1 to be the opinioh of those well verfetj in military matters, that the plan propufed by this bill could not be carried iuto effect with fuccels. He wished, ' i however, the house to come to the deeifion. If it was their wi.li to continue the militia upon the pre sent plan, and »>t adopt tbc plan propofc J by the bill, the fttft clause ®ould be Stuck out. This would eonfiderably Ihortcß the business ; and as the fefiion would be a (hort one, the sooner the house , went into the bufttreftthe better; he therefore ho ped the house would resolve itfelf iuto a committee of the whole on that fubje&. The house accordingly itfelf into a com -1 mittee of the whole, Mahlfnberg in the chair, when the fir ft fe&ioa being read, which is in the following words, 1 Sec. 1. fie it enadled, Itc. That ftiom and sfter ' the p..fling of this aft, the militia of the United States (hall be composed ofr all able bodied white male citizens of the refpeflitve Rates, rcfidcnt there [ in, who (hall, refpeiSively, be of the age of twenty years, and onder the age of forty years. That the said militia (hall be divided into two clafles, the fide class to be denominated the fele& corps of the mili tia of the United States ; the second class to be denominated the reserved corps of the militia of the United States. The feleft corps of the militia of the United States (hall be composed of all able bodied wfiite-male citizens, refpedli«ely, who (hall be of the age of twenty years, and under the a(»e of twenty-five years. The reserved corps (Hall be composed of all able bodied while male citizens, refptftively, who (hall be of the age of twanty fave years, and under the age of_forty years : Pro vided, that, in the choice of officers, either of the felcft corps, or reserved corps, no refpeel shall be - had to the limitations of age aforefaid, she forego i ing regulations to be fahjett, however, to the ex i emptioris hereafter fpecihed." Mr. VV. Smith made a motion to strike cut the firft fe&ioa of the bill. When the fubje& was for ' taerly under difcuflion a number of objections were ' made to this clause, particularly to the great ex pence, to the inconvenience of drawing out a num ber of people from their houses to form companies, and other difficulties which appeared infti. mounta- He hoped,-therefore, some fcher»e of amend ing the present fyllem would be hit upon* and that it might by such means be made a very good ene. c He hoped his motion would therefore be agreed to. 1 fjg Mr. Dearborn fecorded the motion. He did it | with the fame view which the mover had exprefled Cot making it, viz. to (harten the bufinflt, by saving the lime which a discussion of the fcveral pait* of the bill would necefTarily consume, taking it for granted, at he did, that the bill would not pass The objection* brought againlt themeafure when i: was fotmerly before the house, he thought fubftaa tiall Great many parts of the bill before thtm were not ndmiffible into a militia system. The firtt clause held o*t an idea repugnant to that part of the coun try with which he was acquainted. He meant the fe!e6\ corps.—lf the firft clause was agieed te be flruck out, the next motion would be to have the bill re-committed. Mr. Harper believed considerable difficulty would attend the carryiug into effe& the bill proppfed. Bat be believed alio that their choice was j>et'wixt this difficulty and the total want of an effectual mi litary system. He wobU submit it to the coi.fide ration of the committee, which of thele alterna tives should be adopted. It was dated that to or ganize a feledl corps would be attended with great expcnce. He believed that apy effectual fyflem would attended with great expcnce. Whether the military neeeffcry for the defence df our coun try fliauld coubfl of a (landing force {whiclf- none of them wilhed) er of a feledt corp*, »or of any other kind of corps, great etpence would be in curred It had been dated,.that to draw out fd great a number of young people from their homes and labour, to be inftrufitd in military duty, would not only lessen the dock of labour, and consequent ly of national wealth, but would a!lb have a tenden cy to injure their moral*. If gentlemen contera pUteb the period at which these persons would be draws together, he believed the obje r 3 w «ltt in the tall, and the fame length of , time at some other season would be enough for the purpose. And it was well known that there were f«afons of the year when lahoreti might very well ; be (pared for two or three weeks—and if it were only fur »ne week, it would be better tLat none. H With refpedl to morals, little apprehension needed ' to be entertained on that head. It was not con- 1 templatcd he said, to bring them into very large en- ' campments, nor intfi towns, to keep them long so- ' gether, or that they should be free from redraint or ' authority, being, he said, under military order and ' discipline, they would have no time to run into ri- ' ot or disorder. He believed, therefore, that these objections against the proposed bill were r.ot fuffi. j 1 ciently weighty. That the present fydem was very j J defective, they had abundant evidence from military i 1 men, from repeated communicatiot s from the Pre ; ' fident on the fubjeft, and Jiom an event not very < remote U heu necessity ealled out the militia, when j it was seen that they were more indebted to the ia- ; ' dividual patriotic spirit of our citizens than to our ' militia laws. It then the present fyfttm was aot adequate) it C mufl be altered. How was this to be done. ? Could ' it be done as the old fy*em flood? He believed ] not. It, said be, yeu will not arm the people, and funje£t them to military duty, what wnuld be the ' efoft of a militia ? It would prove that inefiVAual J r up tft t iea of a'n eSr&aal mili- 1 i tia, orabindon the prefentdyftem. This brought ' them to bili before the commute#, which proposed ' r a new fydem. Whether the present manner ot mo- 1 { difying the business be the right one ; whether 1 r all persons between 18 and 25 fhali be included, 1 or whether any other regulation would be prefer- 1 . able, it was for the house to decide ; but he said t r fomethiiig of the kind proposed must be adopted, c i or all iaeas of 11* ional defence must be given up. t 1 Gentlemen frnm some parts of the Uniou were not so c i tl.iki.igly impressed with the necessity of this mea- c , furc, as were others. In the Eallern dates he knew c . that the whole body of th« militia sould ealily be t t brought into aSivity ; but when the fame rule was t r applied to a country thinly fettled, a regiment was d | spread over twenty, and in fume inltances, f«,ty . , miles fqiitre, and io such they could not be r t properly trained. Admitting that the picfeiu fyf t tcm is wholly impracticable where tl/e Settlement' is ii : thin, it became a question whether the fyttem pro- v ( poled in its stead would be injurious to the more t : thickly fettled pans of the couqtry. in the a ; cittern ftaies perhaps iiime additional burthen a . would be laid upon the people, and some inconve- r nienccs felt, but wpuld these be so great as were now t felt by other parts of the country ? He believed not, ii aud the system ricommended would have the ad- I , vantage of. being every where practicable. r With those jmpreffions, it was impoffibie he should t agreeto diikr'but tins clause. He hoped it would t ■ be reiained, and thai the bill would be discussed a I thro*ghfcut, as.be was couvinccd n» oiher system ii : could )t>e reducedito practice. P Mr. Sitgreaves said he kad sot the honor of a si feat'ioihat whi'n thig_f>t(»jccf was so --acrly undei t : dituf!ion ;he wn's therefore but partially acquaint- v : ed with it. With ilii (fate of Peniiiyl- I vania, he believed all concursvd iu opioion, that 1 ■ there was an-abfolute necefiity as some new arrange- t : ment to give efficacy and spirit to the military fyf- ti ; tem. No on« v he said, cojsld doubt the braveiy u or patiiotic spirit of our-ctuzc'ns ; but he always underflood that bravery was Dot fufficynt • p if it Veto, they had better tl'fcard o'ur ipiliij. fyf. \ tem altogether. JJut if it wai true that ditciplifle ti was the life and foul of an array, id t»asI<, ed, but by some such plan as the prefeat. He muU li therefore, hear tfionger objr(fti»ii« againtt the' mca- g sure than had vft been urged, befone he cttuld vote -p. for striking out the clause in -^ueftion. The bill before them, Mr. Sitgneaveg said, was oi the system of Baron Steuben. Ke knew this tns f a favorite fyllca with the citizess of this slate. It a < was said there were dates ia the Uaiou in which ihe at militia laws required no amendment ;if so, he wish- tf cd gentlemen from those Hates ivoulj co«m»nicate pi to the cotataittee the means which had bceu used to it attain this >.er/e<3 Rate, iha''tstr militia of themid :d die aad Southern itaiet might be put upon a bet lg ter footing. If not, he (hculd not cowfent to p«t of- with the plan before them. Mr. Henderfon wi&cd to have the militia put ■ J upon a refpednble fouling, at much as any taer&ucr of ttie co»mit!ee, but was of opinion, tint th« lyttern proposed by the bill under con(ideration ,- c wauid not hare that effed—He hoptd the motion ts (tiike o,ut the firß fedion might prevail, as t ] le principles it coataiue Mr. H. obferred, that in a republican govern* . meat, the burtheus of »«vei iimem, (of whichihe Id miiitity are the molt irksome,) ouaht to be diltri i- buted in as equable a degree as poffiblc among the citixenfthis would not be the cafe if the fyftein i- proposed was' carried into effed—He observed, c- that the inequality of the burthen upou the feiect »- coi ps, as contemplated by- the bill now under cohfi. r- deration, must (Irike us forcibly, when we coaiider the class of citizeus that is to b«ar it—This corps, n is to be composed of persons from the of 20, * t» 25 years, perhaps not more than one fifth part i- of the number of citizens able io bear arms, of ie this number, there will be many that will pay a l e . y gal equivalent rather than render perfonai fervtce, >- he supposed, for the fake of calculation, one fourth d part, then fays Mr. Henderfon, there will be left ■ 3 three fourths of one fifth pait of the whole »um d bar of' citizcns able to bear arm*, that must (land - as a bulwark of defence for the Union, making a. 1- bout every sixth man, and those of the most indi - gent part of the community—He was of opinion e that it would not be sale tor government to depend - npon them, detached from the reft of the tailitia, t that they would be unequal to the defencc of our f country ia cafe of emergencies. e e He viewed that part ef the fyftera, which relatea [| to the calling oat of the feled corps, any given c Ipace of time, for the purpose of fcqMiriaff rartvt*- -rydifcipUue, oFTor training of them, as unconfti j tutioaal. Mr. H. observed he had Bot the confti _ tution before him, but he would venture to quote . from memory the words theieof relative to the . fubjed now under confederation—They ate these, r " The Congress Ihali have power to provide for J organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, . reserving to the states, refpedively, the authority e ( of training the militia, according to the discipline . , prcfcribed by Congress." Here the po.etruf con. , grefs is confined to certain objeds, and cannot be . extended to efcibrace the meature proofed by the , bill, vix. that of training the militia. Mr. Her.deifon thought the measure very excep tionable on account of the great cxpcnce that would attend it—Tire feled corps, he obfefcred, would not be put into motion fit for service, :• t contemplated by this bill, under the expence of be j tween two and three million! of dollars, and it j will require the annual expence of between three j and four hundted thouland dollars, to keep up the corps, according to the calculations tie had mi V j which have been founded on the fuppofni the feled cot pi WimlH (-nntai.i tnouiand men, officers included, and to e t out fifteen days yearly) for the puipofe o! ; ing military discipline'—He would not vai. I or the accuracy of his calculations, but would p to fay that, he had not exaggerated. i The measure, Mr. H. said, was obje; . s • upon anothei ground—lt is but a (hart tir - ■. e 1 the general government had by law aboil 1 old militia system and eftablilhed a new » ■ ti«n of the piilitia— By this law tlis offict c » deranged from the major-general, through ; different grades, down to the loweit ran , companies have been formed, and all the 1 . r* aewly eleded—a large proportion v of cavil; v. was takeu into the organization—companies o ;ra 1 diets, infantry and artillejy wefe to be el si ' —How far this law has been operated upco gene rally he could not determine, but with tc.'ard to the Sate he had the ironor to represent he be!ie>ir-'. it had been carried into complete effect, DHt vol without giea: expence to individuals—He thought tlie~mi!itix'ot New-Jersey was upon a very refped able footing, a fpint ejjiuliitioii liad oeeu excited among them to appear well in their military cha ■ rader. And shall we, said Mr. H. difcourarr e thisfpirit? He was of opinion the proposed fyllcivi, if carried into operation, would effcdually do so. Besides, the several Kates have scarcely had tinie to regulate their fy Items agreeably to that organiza. Hon, and the militia time to fettle down under thear regulations, and fiiall we again disorganize, aud dVunge the whole ? He hoped not—lt would »n his opinion add greatly to the agitation of the public mind, whish «Sl already, upon other occa sions, conliderably excited. He observed further, that it would argue such a want of ability ia gol v vcrnmcut, as he wished miglit never be exhibited. Hebeiioved l.is cbnftituents were well fatisfied witb tite ptet'ent fyitem, or with the genjral principles thereof, and that tbe militia »t present was equal to any demand which the government t;ould liavo upou them. * ; HC W u T u r - ha , vißS the <"»"<■ Pxijjry, he mould for his patt prefer,* militia ofth Mr . ttendeifon contended that this argument went agaiult the meafare which the grutlcaian himfejf 1 aCiwrvced. He fliould tberefoie be for iirikiog out J the ledion, and for endeavouring to amend tijc Iprcfciit fyitem. [ Dcia/e tg ire continued. J jK