NEW THEATRE. ,
- n FRIDAY EVE N-IN G, December 30,
Will be printed,
A COMEDY, called
The Wheel of Fortune.
••Written by Richard Cumberland, Esq. author of the
Jew, Weft-ladian, See. and performing at the
Theatre Drury L»ne, London, with unbounded
ap^'.aufe.
Sir David Daw, Mr. Francis
Tempest, Mr. Hartvood
Penruddock, Mr. Cooper
- Woodville, . Mr. IVwren
Sydenham, Mr.
Henry Woodville, Mr. Moreton
Weazle, Mr. Blifett
Woodville'i Servant, Mr. Mitchell
/Officer, Mr. M'arrel!
Jenkins, Mr. Darley, jun.
James, Mr. Worrell, jun.
■Richard, : Mr. A. organ
Harry, Mr. M' Do mid
Thomas, Matter Harrell
Mrs. Woodville, Mrs. Mirris
Emily Temped,. Mrs. Merry
Dame Dunckley, Mrs. DoSor
Maid, Miss Milbourne
After which will be performed by the French Com
pany, a celebrated OPERA, in one a<sl, called
La Melomanie.
•
r There will be no performancf on Saturday next
on account of the preparations for some new pieces for
the ensuing week.
Qr. Monday the Tragedy of RIGHARD 111.
a new Ballet composed by Mr. Byrne, and th* favor
ite farce of ANIMAL MAGNETISM.
Bo*, One Dollar twenty-five cents t Pit ©n« Dollar.
And Gallery, half a dollar.
Tickets to be had at H. & P. Rice's Book-store,
No- s® High-ft#et, and at the Offiae adjoining the
. Theatre.
Piaees for the Boxes to be taken at the Office in the
front of the theatre, from 10 till i o'clock, and from
jo till 4 on'the days of performance.
The Doors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the
Curtain rile precisely at 6 o'clock. *
Ladies and Gentlemen arc requested to fend their
servant* to keep places a quartet- before 5 o'clock, and
to order them, as soon as the company are seated, to
withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permit
ted to remain.
riFAT RES PUBLIC A!
College-Hall.
Readings and Recitations,
Moral, Critical, and Entertaining.
Mr. FENNELL
Refpedlfully informs the Public,, that
On THURSDAY EVENING, December 49, at 7
o'clock, will be repeated
AH ExPLANAitRr ADDRESS.
After which will be recited an Allegorical Poem, m
w three parts, called
The CAVE or NATURE j
Or, A PiAure of the Virtues, Vices, and Paflions,
. ' of the Human Mind. "
Oecalional admifiion tickets to be l]ad of Mr. Pmilfan,
Jun.at the Library ; atmr. M'Elwee's looking-gWs-ftore,
No. 70, South Fourth street ; and at Mr. Carey's, Book
, feilor, MaiJ.ct-flrcet. »
Just Arrived,
Per feboomr Daphne, Captain Morse, fram Abx-
Cayej,
A Cargo of Sugar and Coffee.
Alfa, per brig Betsey, Captain White, from the Isle
of 1' ranee,
7* Hogsheads, 1 puncheon, and 25 caniflers, of
Batavia Sugar
45 Hogsheads Pepper of Malabar
6j,000 lb. Coffee
»3.®00 Cotton
4,000 Indigo——For Sale by
F. Coppinger,
No. tilt South Front-street
December ax §
New-England Rum, Salmon, Beef,
Chocolate, Kice, Bofion mould and dipt Candles, a
, few quarter-calks of Sherry Wine, a few barrels of
Cyder, and a few quintals of excellent T ibie COD
FISH—for sale by
, Ezekiel Hall,
No. 42, North VVater-ftreet.
December 14th, 1796.
Women's Cloaks.
GEO RC E DOBS ON,
No. 2j, South Third-street,
Has just reeeived, per Eagle, Capt. Fofdick, via Lon
don, an assortment of
Scarlet >
Drab (Cloaks trimmed with lur and
P Purple and ( ermin*.
. Pearl J
December 1 J. §
For Sale,
By the Subfcribers—ln BENN-STREET,
, 65 Pipes Excellent Madeira Wine,
/ Imported by the Eairle. v
WILLI NGS & FRANCIS.
Nov. 30 - . w&f
Elegant Brussels & Turkey Carpeting,
For sale by' George Dobfon, JNo. 15, South Third-street.
December Xs. dtf
N sa I t pet re.
A large quantity of Double-Refined Salt Pctre for
sale at No. %'s, South Third-street. v
< November, j.
. Waflnngton Lottery.
* TICfaSTS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or
. exchanged /or prizes* at the Office, No. 147, Chrfnut
f.reet r where a correct Numerical Hook is k<pt for pubiic
isfpc&ion. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for sale ©r cx
changed for prize® di awn in the Waihingtoa Lottery, of
wMch the 50th and 51ft days riturri* are received.
TheJßufinefs of a Broker carried on as usual. x
SHAM in the- NiiW THEATRE to be fold
en feafonabjc terms . ttstf
CONGRESS OF the UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES*
Monday, December 16. '
A letter was received from the secretary at war,
inclosing a report on the petitiou of Hugh Lawfoti
: White, which was againlt the petitioner. It wis
! | read a second time, committed to a committee of
the whole, and made the order for Wednesday.
Mr. Swanwick presented the petition of Tho
mas Lively, and George Lucas ; Uie former for re
compcnce for horftts impressed into the service of
the United States during the war ; the litter for
services during the war. The latter petitioner it
Bated to hive been one of the ferjeants who pre
ven'e3 the desertion of the Pennsylvania line ; he
prnys also for recompence for unt'tie imprifonmeot
in the gaols of Bedford and Philadelphia on fufpi
rion of having opposed the execution of the excise
laws, of which he had been found perfefily inno
cent. Both these petitions were referred to the
committee of claims.
Mr. Jeremiah Smith presented a petition from
Jofliua Whitney, praying for recompence for his
services during the war. Referred to the commit
tee of claims.
Mr. Livingfton presented a petition from John
Jewel, of New-York, merchant, .praying for the
remiflion of certain duties on part of the cargo of
a veflel from Naples, which had been destroyed in
the late fire. Referred to the I "committee of com
merce and manufactures,
Mr. New moved that the petition of Lawrence
Muse, colhdtor of the port of Tappahannock, be
, referred trt the committee on the fubjeft at torn
• per.fation. Agreed.
A bill was received and read from the Senate,
for allowing additional compensation to the clerks
of the Senate.
t Mr. D. Foster, from the committee of claims,
made a report in favour of John Sears, together
with a billj which was twice read, ordered to be
: committed to a committee of the whole, and made
the order for to-morrow.
Mr. Foster also trnde a report in favour of the
petition of William Parsons.
He also made reports on the petitions of Joseph
Hull, John Learned, George Crukfhank, Joseph
M'Cracky, John Minor, and Robert Harris, which
were againlt the petitioners. They were fsverallr
twice read, and the house concurred in all the re
ports, except that on the petition of Robert Har
ris, which, on motion of Mr. Christie, was refer
red to a committee of the whole, and made the or
der for to morrow.
Mr. W. Smith from the committee of ways and
m«»l, to whom was referred the refolntion direc
ting them to enquire whether any, and if any, what
meafurcs were necelfary tq be taken with refpeft
to the balances found by the commiflioners appoin
ted to fettle the fame, due from certain individual
states to the United' States, reported a refolntion to
the following effect.
" ftefolved by the senate and house df rfprefgn.
tatives, that the President of the United States be
required to give information to the feve'ral Rates
1 which were by the commiflioners found indebted to
the United Starrs, of .the sums in which tney Hand
indebted, together with the interest due thereon to
, the pre Tent time, wiih a request that proviflen may
be made for paying the lame as soon as pollible,
which may be made in any of the fix per cents,
three per cents, or deferred stock of the United
States, in the farfie manner as the United States
had paid those "Hates to whom they were reported
to be indebted by the said commiflioners."
This refolntion was referred so a committee of
the whole, and order for Thursday.
Mr. George Jackson presented a petition from
• ,Amos Hales, on the fubjeA of a purchase of land,
of which he had not been able to get poflVflion.
Referred to a committee of five members.
Mr. Madison presented the memorial of Joseph
Nourfe, register of the treasury of the United
States, praying for an increase of salary. Refer
red to the committee on the fubjedl of compensa
tion.
Mr. Freeman presented the petition of Philip
Tabor, a soldier in the last war, for relief. Refer
l red to the committee of claims.
Mr. W. Smith fai'tl he wilhed to lay * refolntion
• on the table. It was well known that the city of
Savannah, in Georgia, had fuffeted in the most
alarming manner, by that greatell of all calamities,
■ fire ; fa that.four-fihhs of the whale tow# was re
duced to alhesr He was desirous that some relief
(hould be afforded to the unhappy fufferert from
the treasury of the United States. He believed
there was no precedent wherein similar relief had
been granted. They had indeed afforded relief to
fufferert from the Weft-Indies. He did not mean
that a large sum (hould be granted ; but he thto't
fi|ch a sum might be given, as, in conjun&ion with
the support which they might receive from other
quarters, might relieve the distress which must be
the confluence of such a calamity. This refolu
tion was in the following words:
" Resolved, That the fun of ought to be
granted towards the relief of the fuffereis by the
late fire at Savannah in Georgia."
It was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed to a committee of the whole to morrbw.
Mr. W. Smith moved that the bill for the more
effeflnal collection of certain internal revenues of
, the United States be committed to a committee of
the whole house. It was made the order for Mon
day.
Mr. Harper moved the order of the day on the
report of the committee to whom was referred the
memorial of the commilfioner»-of the Federal City,
and so much of the President's speech as related to
a national university. The house accordingly form
ed itfelf into a committee of the whole on that fu
jedt, Mr. Coit in the chair, when the report having
. been read,
Mr. Macon wiflied to know what were the ap
' propriations which had been made towards this ob
jefl ?
Mr. Craik said rh?t the President had given be
. tween nineteen and twenty acrft of iand, -for the
pnrpofe of creating an university.
Mr N:cl:sLs fnpj that tltit iliftrifl of cfltiti
try would one day or other, (land in need of a fe
ininary of learning ; but it appeared to him, that
Miey were about to go into a bufwef? which might
carry them farther than ,they apprehended. He
did titjt think the period was arrived for the infti
tution of a national tiniverOty. He had no idea
, of erecting such an university at this place, which
. could only be done by taking money from distant
p difttiftsof country, which would receive no bene
fit from the institution, as he believed the nearer
home youth could be inftrufted, so as to be in fume
degree under the eye of their parents, the better
p it was for them, both as it refpedted their learning
and morals.—lf a national university were to be
( established, funds fhouid be found to support it.—
_ It was true, the President had recommended this
institution ; but this was no proof that he thought
it was a fubjeit to be immediately set about. It
was the last time he would have an opportunity qf
addreSing them, and perhaps he supposed it might,
be considered at some future period. It would be
many years, he said, before that diftrift would
have ocpafion for an university, and he. was of opi
! nion that gentlemen fiom other partsof the union
, would not fay that they wiftied the inftitrttion. In
deed one thing appeared evident to him, that if
the house entered into the business at all, they
! (hould be looked up to for funds to go through with
, the business.
Mr. Harper said, he thought the gentleman last
l up had not attended to the report. There was no-t
thing in that which went to the pledging of the
Uuited States to find funds, nor was it the obje£t
of the report to eftablidi a national university. He
agreed with that gentleman that we were not ar
rived at the period for such an institution. But if
attention were paid to the memorial on whieh the
report was founded, it would appear that the ob}e£t
! of the commiflioners was not the eftahliftimeut of
ail univeifity, nor of funds, but merely an author
ity to enable them to hold such property as had
beeD and might be appropriated for the purpose.
The President had already given about nineteen
acres of land, and had figuified his intention of
giving 50 (hares in the Potowmac canal. The re
port went no farther than to authorize persons to
hold this and any other property which might be
given to the institution in tmft. He hoped it
would be agreed to.
Mr. Baldwin said, he had not. attended much to
the fubjedt, but he saw no objection to agreeing to
the report. The firft qusftion to be determined
was, Was such an institution defitable ? It there,
be afketf, any other place of education near this
diftriit to which this seminary might be hostile ?
He bjjieved not, bat rather that thediftance of this
place from any other cllaLli(hment of the kind made
it a proper lituation for such an inftiturion. If
desirable, could any one, he added, take such a step
but themselves I It must be allowed they could not.
He therefore thought, if the step jwas proper,
though it might be fifty or a hundred years hence
before such an institution ftiould be'wanted, there
could be no harm in taking it now. It might be
(aid that it was improper for them to make a cor
poration of thit business, but he said this would
not be the firft instance of forming a corporation*
and as no pecuniary iid was contemplated, hetruft
ed there could be no solid objection to the measure.
He (hould therefore vote for the report.
Mr. Craik /hould he sorry, after thi eaition the
committee had obfifrved in forming their report, in
order to obviate all objeiflions, that th»fubje<9.fh«uldbe
clogged with those which it did not merit. If the report
had contemplated the raising of a fund for the support
of the University in question, gentlemen woi|ld hive
had some ground for their opposition ; but, as this
had not been contemplated, he did not expefl to have
heard the report objeited to. In particular he did not
expert to hear it affci ted from the quarter whence it
came, that such institution: were not neceflary in that
country; such an aflertion might have come with
greater propriety from any other part of the Union
than from the southern part of it.—lf the fubjefl was
before them, Mr. Craik said, he fliould find no diffi
culty in (hewing that the Legifisrure of the Union
ought to paternize such an inftitutiqn ; but, as fhif
was not the cafe, but they were merely alked to au
thorize persons to receive what might be given to the
Institution, he hoped that house would not (hut, the
door againlt such donatious. The f.tuation of the ci
ty of Wafliington, would induce many, he said, to
to this institution. It would uot interfere
with ai.y other. Its central lituation rendered it a pro
per situation for filth an University, and all that was
■ wanting from them was the power to receive such do
nations as might be given to it.
Mr. VV. Lyman said he understood that part of the
land appropriated for the publie use of the United
States, was to be appropriatrd to this University.
Did not this (hew, he said, that the United States
meant to patroniz# the institution ? If they were to
take this (lep, he (hould be much surprised if they
were not soon called upon for money. He did not tx
pe& the liberality of individuals would do much.
Was it expeifted, he acted, that the people of the
United States (hould fend their children from all parts
to this institution ? He believed there never wouid be
an institution of this fort that would draw youth from
remote parts of the Union ; End, therefore, those who
contribute towards it at a distance, would receive no
it. He thought they were going too far
in this business. If it wi> the authority to receive do
nations only which was wanted, the state of Mary
land couU grant that , but he did not believe the peo
ple of the United States would wish to negledt all the
schools in the Union, to encourage the National Uni
versity. He believed he had as liberal notions with
refpetl to education as other gentlemen ; buthctho't
fmallltademies more ufeful than large national efhb
- lilhmef ts \tfhich were not within the reach of the peo-,
. pie at large—a few only could partake of the benefits
o such an eliablifhment; and he believed, if thev
looked only amongst our own countrymen, it would
be found that these academies had produced many emi
nent charaifters. He supposed it would -be neceflary
to have some place of education within that diftrifl ;
butbe hoped no plan would ever be adopted, which
(hould draw from remote parts of the Union,
which could not derive any benefit from tie itlftitu
tion.
Mr. Dayton ( the Speaker) said, if it should ever
be the polity of the United States to establish a Na
tional University, he was of opinion this was an impro
per time for making the decision. He did not be
lieve the committee who made tha report meant to
do more that had been ftatedj but the elfedt he said,
would be, what had been predicted ; this measure
would be looked upon as an entering wedge, and the;
(houldhereafter be tpld they must i»o through with it.
If gentlemen were prepared to fandtion an iuftttutioii
of (ills kim?, ther would of :ou.-'e doit: he -wis nnj
prepared to vote tor ihe ineai'urc, but ihuuld give i t
his negative.
£To be continued.]
PARIS, (3 VINDEMAIRE,) Sept. 29.
LIBEL
yigainfi the French Government.
In yeßerday's fitting of the council of five hna
dred, a pamphlet was denounced written by the
ci-devant count de Carruel Beauvert, which coa
taint aparall'l between the new and ancient regimen,
and the a&ual expence of the diredlory, and that
of (he ancient court. It leads to th's ncfeffn y
conclufioa, that the royal despotism was infinitely
better than that of the republic. A motion ws»
nude to prosecute the author «f this pamphlet,
which wa» adopted. This fu je& bronchi on a dif.
cuffion, in the course of which, Bom d >n de I'Oif*
complained of the licetitioufnefs with whith certain
reprefentativet ef the people, in their periodial
publications, vomited forth iln nwft infamous ca-
Ismnies against their colleagues. Several *oice*ex»
claimed, "It is Louvet ! It is Poultier." Bout
don proposed that no deputiei should be allawcd t»
published Journals.
Rouhier likewise spoke with much warmth against
those atrocious Ttrrorifts who noW'ithftanding their
crimes, are still proteiled and therefore rcfume all their,
former audaciousness and over-run the fuburlis, preach,
ing up the decemviral code of 1793. They demand
reveng? far the death,of the Brigands of Grenelle,
They repeat the a&sof acculation drawn up l>y Louvet.
against the new third.
BY ,T]tflS DAY's MAILS.
CHARLESTON, December ia.
Extract of a letter from Columbia, dated the Bth
imlam, in the i veiling. '
" This day the following elections took placc fa
the legislature—
" Governor—Charles Pinckney, Esq.
" Lieutenant governor—>Rrbert Anderfon, Esq.
" Senator of the' United States—John Hunter,
Esq.
" Powder-receiver—Mr. John Loveday.
" Ordinary for Georgetown diltriiS—Comeliu*
Dupre, Esq.
" On Wsdnefday a motion waa made that a
committee be appointed to bring in a bill to pievwt
the importation of negroes into this state. Ayes,
| 67. Nays, 36.
I " Mr. liard waa not a candidate forrfhe govern
! ment.
" Henrv Laurens, Esq. had 53 votes for gover
nor ; and John Chefuut, Esq. 66 votes for senator
to Congress. Sixty-nir.e was a m«joritv of the
| honfes.
" The Appian business somes on to-m irrow.**
NORFOLK, December 19.
This morning arrived the sloop Prefirlent, Capt
Whitfield, who inform' that the brig Pence, Capt.
Salter, of Philadelphia, 11 jveeks from the,bay as
Honduras, loaded with mahogany and logwood,
was driven ashore at the mouth of Chin?otigue ri»
ver at eight o'clock on Friday eveuing last {the
17th inft.) at which place Capt. Whi held left
him ; after flood tide the following day captain
Whitfield fnrnifhed him wiih water and other ne
cefTaries. Capt. Salter was in foundings fifteen
days ago, but was driven out to sea, where lie
perienced many heavy squalls, which occaTioned
the brig to make so much water thai the pump*
were kept constantly going. There wns lix nnd a
half feet watei in the hold when Capt. Whitfield
got under way, and no profpe£t of getting her
off.
Commodore Barney, with twro frigates, an
chored in Hampton Roads yeilerdav.
T he SpaNish fquajron at Trinidad are expe&ed
at Gnadalonpc.
The Leogane privateers, it is said, have left off
ciuizirg, as the adminillration took the cargoes of
the prizes, and pocketed the money.
Dirturbancjs continued at Port de-Paix O&o
---bcr 22.
NEW-YORK, December 2j.
1. ■ A
It is a ciicurtiflance we mention with extreme
regret, that there is ground to believe the bold and
audacious villainy now prafiifed in this and other
cities, has been encouraged by the relaxation di
criminal law. It is nbferved by the judges,, that
culprits formerly tried for their lives, never appear
ed at the bar to receive sentence without trembling,
and every nerve agi ated. The cafe is now altered.
Criminals whose punishment is imprison
ment,- when called to the bar to hear their sentence,
approach with levity and even gaiety. This was
so obvious at the late court, that it was hardly pos
sible far a judge to assume a felemn countenance
when he pronounced sentence. This is a iWbjeft
of a feriou3 nature } and tho we arc decided friends
of lenity, it appears doubtful whether in the pre
sent Bate of society, the abolition of death for
certain crimes, will not produce alarming conse
quences.
At the close of every war, the prices of proper
ty, of all kinds, never fail to fall. This cirtum.
(tance alone would always produce much embartafv
ment to men in commerce, manufa&urrs and sgii
rulturc. But the fpeculatioi sin land, in the Urn",
ted States, are among the umft fruitful foiiices of
embarrassment. They have given rife to a fyftern
of credit, which involves inextricable diffi ulties
and misfortunes. The multitude of basks in this
country, destined originally to aid thr merchant;
solely, have contributed much to augment the pre
sent calamities of bufinefs-they have been'too
raudi used to support speculating projefls, by eras
ting enormous credits.
Tothefe foufces »f emharrafiment, m«ft be adi
ded the enormous defalcations from tlie capital of
our merchants, by the seizure and detention of
their property, by th» English and French. An
exact eaimateof the amount of American pioper.
ty thus fetzed, or detained unpaid for, cannot be
known, but the fallowing will be fotmd not hi girt,,
than the truth. * ,