Niw 7 HEATH'S. On MONDAY EVENING, January z, Will be presented, An HISTORICAL TRAGEDY, (Written by Shake speare) called Richard 111, Htnry IV, Prince Edward, ' Duke of York, Duke of Gloftir, Duke of Buckingham Earl as Richmond, Duks of NorfoUc, IRatcliffe, Catefby, TrelTel, Earl ef Oxford, Lieut, of the Tovrer, Ler-d Stanley, Lord Mayor, Tyrvel, Quern Elizabeth, Lady Ann-, Duchess of York, * End of the Tragedy, v A StOtch Pantomimical Ballet, (compoftd by Mr. Byrn) called, The New-Year's Gift; Or, Highland Frolicis. Sandy, Jamie, Ypung Pedlar, Father Gibby, Mather Gibby, Poggie, Annie, Highland Lads and Llffes—ntefirs. Doctor, J. Dar ley, Mitchell, T. Warreil, Mi&iJoiuld, Morgan, M. Poignand, n M. Lavancy—Mrs. Harvev, mrs- Mechtler, mrs. Dodlor, miss Oldfield, miss Anderfon, mile. Sjiphie, and miffL'Eifrange. ' To which will be added a FARCE called Animal Magnetism. / Marquis De Lancey, Mr. Moreton La Fleur, Mr. Harwcod Doiftor, • Mr. Francis Picard, Mr. M'Donald Francois, Mr. fVarre!l t jun Jeffery, Mr. Blifitt Constance, Mrs. Harvey Lifette, Mrs. Francis Box, One Dollar twenty-firs cents. Pit one Dollar. And Gallery, half a dollar. £5" Tickets to be had at H. & P. Rice's tJook-ftore, No. 50 High-street, and at the Office adjoining the Theatre. 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 servants to keep places a quartw before 5 o'clock, and to order them, as fooa as*he comp ny are seated, te withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permit ted to remain. College-Hall. Readings and Recitations, Moral, Critical, and Entertaining. MR. F E-N N ELL Refpeflfully informs the Public, that On TUESDAY EVENING, January 3, at 7 o'clock, Will be delivered, (first part) PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS} Including feleiSlions from Dr. Young—on T,ME, Man, Lite. (second part) THE EFFECTS OF< SORROW, ' Exemplified in The "Diftreflfenjf a Daughter, The Prisoner, Mjiria, ift and 2nd parts, The Beggar's Petition, ' (third part) TBE EFFECTS OF VIRTUE, f xemplified in The Pi<ft»ire of a Good Man, The Country Clergyman, Doraeftic Happiness, With Occafianal Remarks on the Authors. Subferiptions are received by Mr.Zachariah Poulfon, jun. at the Library, where the Ladies and Gentlemen who may be inclined to honor the undertaking with their patronage, are refpetffully requeued *0 fend their names and receive their tickets. Orcafional admission tickets to be had'of Mr, Poulfon, Job. at the Library ; atmr. M'Elwec's looking-glWs-ftore, No. 70, Sonth Fourth-llreet; and at Mr. Carey's, Book ftUer, Market-street. To be Rented, A Large Vault and Cellar, That •vrill eoptain »co pipes, fituatc in Walnut between Fourth and Fifth-ftreets. Also. a COACH HOUSE and"STABLE, with Stalls for five horses* N. B. Goods Stored by the rifonth. Enquire of Benjamin W. Morris. November >30: Danfcing. MR. FRANCIS of the New-Tbeatre, in coajunAion with Mr. BYRN, late Ballet-master, ami principal dan cer of Covent-Garden Theatre, .London, now of the New Theatre in this city, opened their Acadimy at Mr. Oellers Hotel, on Tucfday, December ij, where th«y propose to teach, in the most neW and approved methods, Dancing in its various ufeful and ornamental branches. Mr. Byrn's recent attention to the dances of Londgn and Paris will enable him to complete this branch of educat on in his fchoiars in the raoft finifned style. Faverite Scotch reels will also engage their particular attention. ~ The days of teaching for their young pupils are Thurf days and Satur3ays, from three o'clpck in the afternoon till fix—JJul on Tuelday s & Thurfdays,'from Cx ti!i nine, for thofc of a more advanced age. I For farther particulars enquire of Meffi-s. Francis ! and Bvrn, No. 70, north Eighth-flreet. "** Private tuition as usual. Fhiiaddphia, D*«embcr 16, 1796. Mr. Warren Miss I' Eft range Master L* Eft range Mr. Cooper Mr. IVignell Mr. Moreton Mr. Francis Mr, Morris Mr. Darley, }un. Mr. Fox Mr. Jilijfett Mr. Warftll, jun. Mr. I'Eftrange Mr. WarreH Mr. Morgan Mrs. Morris Mrs. Francis Mn. V EJlrange "Mr. Byrn Mr. W&rrel], jun. Master Bates Mr. Uli/fett Mr. F> audi " M ifs lAilhtufns Mrs. Byrn RESPUBLICA! Sf'Keiwie Sterne Sterne Dr. Percival Goldsmith Thorapibn rawfn •aw SALEM, December 20. COMMUNICATION. " A f?w days since, Mr. James Burnes, a native and inhabitant of this town, returned home from the Weft-Indies, having fortunately escaped from the Englilh. He was 'pressed by the Majestic English ship of war, from on board the (hip Af tfea ; of which he was 2d mate ; and was dragged about from Island to Island, in the English fervicc for more than 7- months. He was forced, by the point of the sword, into several bloody battles, and made to fight agairift the French, and because of his unwillingness to a£l in tht English service, he .fuffered from them the mod Ihock ng cruelties— at one ti-ne he lay 19 days in irons, and would have been ftai ved to death, had it not been lor the assistance of a woman that ws on board the ship. Once before he attempted to escape, in company of another Amcncan, and fvvsm to a veflTel belong ing to the United States; but the mailer would not let them come on board ; and rctnrniig, his companion was loft, he fuppofec! by a (hark. He brings melancholy and most painful accounts of the of the Americans, prefl'ed into the Eng lish service ; and of their perijhittg by the cruelties exercised upon them, by the sickness, and in battles, and by attempting to escape from a bondage and slavery more dreadful lhan the Iron Furnace of E gypt. Mr. Btirnes has a family in this town, and hasrirturntfi with the loss of all his little property, and fiom his appearance, with the loss of a good constitution, and of good health forever." NEW-YORK, December 29 The unanimity of the electors, of Prcfidentand Vice President, eastward of the Delaware, is a striking fact. Notwithftandiog. all the calumny vented against Mr. Adams, not one note cuuW be withdrawn from that old patriot—not one vote could be obtained l for Mr. J.-ffetfon. We finii a division of opinions in the southern states. Seven votes for Mr. Adams in Maryland are a proof of a found attachment to the present adminiiiration. Eves in Virginia and North Carolina, we And by one vote in each, that men dare.to aft with firm nefs in support of gsvernment. The truth has ever been, that in proportion to the prugrefssf knowledge, the people of America have rallied round their government. The ge«d work begins in 'he eaftetn states—there government Jirfl obtains a majority, for there people more eaily ant-', generally read and inform themfekes of fads. A? k;iovvled»e progtefles among the more fcatteied fcttlcmen;s of the middle and southern states, go vernment collcdts strength. This has been uniform ly the progress. The parties in our country differ materially in their opinion of Ae French and Engljlh. The friends of onr present fyflem of administration with to make many facrifices to both nations, rather than become parties in the war. They wish to do justice to both, but dread the power of wither. They the intrigues of the French, more than their resentment. The oppofcrs of administration fee in the Biit i(h, a nation of devils ; in the French, a race of angels. They detest the former, and would em brace any flight occalion ta quarrel with thsm— They lev* the latter, and would bjsr kicking and cuffing by them, for the fake of wearing a aock ade or a red cap. CONGRESS or the UNITED STATES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Yuefday, December 27. [continued.} Mr. Harper acknowledged thaif"it was found policy in government to keep a drift eye over its treasury, but this watehfulnefs he said, ought not to go to the rejection of all claims however just and proper. He thought t::e teaacioufntfs of ap proaching the treasury was carried too far in the prefect iiiftance. He would ask what was the ufs of society, if it were not to lessen the evils offuch calamities as the present, by spreading them over the whole community, instead of fufFcring them jo fall upon she heads ofa few individuals ? He tho't it the duty of government to alleviate such peculiar distress as the present. It was said this would !"prove a dangerous precedent, and prevent neceflai y provifio.ns against fire. If they were about to make good the whele of the 500,0001. deftroved, there | might be some ground for the alarm, but when ] fifteen or twenty thousand dollars only were con. I templated to be given, no great danger could sure ; ly be The fires at New-York, Bal timore ;iid Charleston had been mentioned; but j what were the means of Savannah when compared j with New-York? Nat as one to twenty. New | | York was rich enauah to bear her loss, but this could not be faiq of Savanmh, all the inhabitants of which were reduced to poverty and diftrefj They ceuld not therefore get relief from their fel low-citizens, and to whom could they look for pro tection and relief with so much propriety as to the general government > When compared to Charles tofe, loss of Savannah was *as ten times tbtf magnitude as that experienced by it. The lofspf Charleston was alleviated by a fublription of thirty thousand dollars fjom its own cjtixens, besides the handsome contributions which were made in other parts of the Union ; but thfie was no property left in Geergia to afford relief to its fuffcrers. Suppul'e, said Mr. H.- we were to give 30,000 dollars to wards this loss, what would it be when divided a- I mongftthe whole union i And yet it would be e ! nough to draw down countless blessings upon us j from these objects of diflrefs. He hoped, there | fore, the committee would not be discharged. 'It was a cafe, not only founded in jufticc, he .'said, but. appealed to the fineft feelings of the heart ; and j a deeifion in't heir faveur wfculd be applauded by every man, woman and child in the union. Mr. W. Smith hoped, if the house refufed to b? governed by motives of humanity, those of po licy would have some weight with it; Savannah was city, and if some afliftance war net given to it, all the revenue which had hitherto anion from thence, would be lyft. Mr. Sitgreaves wished to know wlisilier it was in order to move to reconlider the vote which hat 1 just been taken ? The speaker said the present aueftian Biuft firft be difpofej of. The motion was then put for discharging the committee of the whole, and loft, there being on ly 30 in favor of it. Mr. Sitgrcaves observed. that he voted with the majority in thedecifion on the firft question which had been taken ; of which he wi(hed to move a re confederation. Very few qucftious he said, had oc curred since he had been a member of that house »n which he could not determine within hjmfelf how to aift. On the present eccafion, he had however fnffered a conflict between oppdlitc feelings. He had doubts whether thejr had the right of appro priating any money excrpt For the public frrvice of the country ; at the fame time that he was convin ced that if ever there was a claim on the humanity of the public, Savannah at present exhibited that claim ; and he mult own that his feelings had at length, vanquilhed his doubts ; and though he o riginally voted against taking up the measure, he fliould now vote for it. He was not sure whether he fhoulri not commit an error in doing this ; but if it was an error, he hoped it was one which would be forgiven. The question was then Taken for going into a committee of the whole on the ftibjeft, and carried by a coivfiderable majority, there being 45 votes for it. The house accordingly resolved itfelf into a com mittee of the whole, Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair, when, Mr. W. Smith said, he did not propose to fill up the blank at that time. If the refolutiou was agreed to, the sum could be put in when the bill cartje into the house. He himfeif Should not think of propoling to all the b!a:.k with more than fifteen thaufaud dollar*. This, it was true, was but a ftnall fuffl, but it would afford relief to the poorer class of fufferers, and others could not espeft la receive rhe amount of their losses. He should m >ve that the committee might rife and report the reso lution. Mr. Hartley called for the reading of the aft allowing relief to the fufferers by fire at St. Da mingo. (It was read. It allowed 15,000 dollars for their rslief, which film was to be charged to the French republic, and if not allowed in fix months, the relief was to be flopped after that time.) / , Mr. Macon wilhsd the aft alloiviug a sum <jf money to the daughters of count de Graffe to be read also. He did not think either of them in point. The fufferings of the people of Savannah, he said, were doubtless very threat ; no one could help feeling for them. But he wished gentlemen to put their finger upon that part of the constitu tion, which gave that body power to afford them relitf. Many other towns had fuffered very confi. derably by fire. He believed he knew one that had fuffered more than Savannah, in proportion to its fizc : he alluded to Lexington in Virginia, as every house in the place was burnt. If the Unit, ed States were to become underwriters to the whole Ui;ion, where mud the line be drawn, when their adiilaiice might be claimed? Was it when three foiirths or fnur-Bfths of a town was destroyed, or what other portion ? Ir furance-offices, he said, were the proper fecuritieg agairift fire. If the go vernment were ta cpme forward in one instance, it must come forward in all, since every fufferer's claim flood upon the fame footing. The sum which had been given to the fufferers at Sr. Domingo was to be charged to the French republic, and That given to count de Graffc's daughters was in confideratisn of their father's fervicts. '(The aft in favour of count de Grade's daughters was read.J Mr. Rutherford confidei'ed the obje& proposed not merely as an aft of humanity, hut of commun policy. Savannah, he said, was a city of a minor hclpleft state, but being equally under the protec tion of the general government wish the reft, and having fufTered so dite a misfortune, it was entitled to relief, it was the duty of the reprefenutives of a tree people to afford that relief. . They were, he said, a part of the gre<ft family of the and when the individual dates were corning forward to their relief, he trusted the gene>al government would not be backward in affording its aid. Mr. Hartley said, that the gentleman from N. C. (Mr. Macon) had voted againfl both of the bills which had been referred to. He knew no difference between the cooltilulion of the United States and that of Pcnnfylvawia, yet a vote in their hoiife had been carried unanimously. He thought the law for relief of the fufFcreis of St. Domingo perfe&ly in point ; for, notwithstanding what was said about negotiation, the diltrefl'ea of these people had consumed all the money before the fix months were expired., If ever there was a cafe in which they could grant relief, this wis one. Tife loft-i at New-York and Charleilon, he f»id, would bear no comparif»n wi.h that of Savannah ; they were rich and flourifhing places, whilst Savaii- Rah was a small city of a new state, ami the fufFcr ei« generally poor,. He hoped, therefore, the re solution would be agreed to. Mr. Moore said the laws which had been ad dticed as precedents were not in point ; for the one sum we were ta have credit with the French re public, and the other was in consideration of past fervicei. The distress of the people of Savannah was not an obje& of legiflatidn ; every individual citizen could, if he pleased, fhetv his individual humanity by fubferibing to their relief j but it was not cosftitutiqnal for thejp to afford relief from the tre.• fury. If, however, the principle was a dopted, it should be general. Every fufferer had' an equal claim. Lexington in Virginia, contained enly ioo houses, and all except two had been de stroyed by fire. He should therefore move to add Lexington to Savannah in the resolution before them ; though he Would observe, as he did not ap prove of the principle, he should vote againit them both. Mr.W.Saiith wished gentlemen not to endeavour to defeat'tjie proportion before them by an amend ment. He did not think there could be a compa nion made between tfte distress occafioued by. a fire in ft fault town and one ia a popuiow city. The ds-'.lruilioii jf S .vantiah was -a great lofa in a natiori al view, as it would caufca oonfidetable defalcation in the revenue, and probably any muney they might advaacc for the relief of the citizens, would be am ply campenfated, by enabling the city the sooner to rcftime its former impoitauce in the commercial scale. Mr. Venable did not fee the difference betwixt the two cases which was so diltinguifhable to the gentleman lalt up. . Because Savannah was a com mercial eity, its distress, according to that gentle man, was indifcribtble ; but whep a like fccn« was exhibited in a small town, it was n» longer an ob» jeil which touched his feelings. His humanity went no where, but wheie commerce was to be found. He asked, wither the United States might .not as well lose revenue iu the firit instance, as put money into the people's pockets to pay-it with. Humanity was the lame every where, A person who had loft his all in a village, felt the mis fortune as heavily as he w a had a like loss in a city, and perhaps more so, tince the citizen would have a better opportunity, by means of commerce, of retrieving his loss. He was against the general principle, as he believed, if afled upon, u would bring such claims upon the treasury as it vrs>uld not be able to answer. Mr. Murray thought the gentleman from Virgi. nia (Mr. Venable) carried his iAea of relief toa far. He had no idea, that that houfs, or any Le giflatuie, could undertake iu maka individual misfortunes. He was of opiuiwn, tkat the line* which separated individual from national cases, were very obserVable ; the one was happening every day, the other felJom occurred. When a large town, laid he, is burnt down, and that town is an important fouthain frontier town, it is surely a national _a!a tr.ity, and has a tlaim upon the liirsaariity of the ■country. It was not true, the claim was of (ych a na- tore afr to* be brought into a court of justice, but it was a calamity in wich the wiiole natioo fvmpa- thife- It was not only a claim upon the humani y of the nation, but aifo upon its policy, as, b'y reltoring it to its former filuation, it woulJ be able to bear its wonted part in cootiibuting to the rei vetsue ot the coun'ry, and would continue to < <irry population, arts and wealth, to that dillant part a£ the union. In cafe of war, he laid, Savan nab vas a most important place. It was necrflary the union fhou'id have a -town in that lituation, and he coiild consider any money which might now be advanced as given away, but as Unt to that toyvin, which would enable it in a few years, to refiime its former situation, whilst the withholding it, might prevent its ever riling from its present ruins. Mr. Kitchell was opposed to the amendment, and to the refolutiati itfelf. He had doubts if even they were to give the citizens 15,000 dollars, at was proposed by the gentleman from S. Carolina, whether they (hould not, instead of femce, be do ing them an injury ; becaafe, if the general gov ernment were only to give this futn, the Hate legif. laiurei would pioportion their donations accord ingly, and probably give much lefsthari they would otlierwife have done, if they had not had this ex ample before them. He had no doubt with refpeft to the unconttituti»nality of the bufi«efs: he believed they had no right to give money for this ptirpofe, BotwiiliftandiHg what had been laid on the fubjecl —for the con (lit ut ion, he said. was like Sterne'* text ; it was moulded tq any form, as it suited dif ferent vipws. He~(hould therefore vote againft-the two proportions. Mr. Page faidhe was opposed to the amendment though if the fufferers at Lexington had .Herd for relief at the tt.ne, he ihould certainly h;ive" voted for granting it. He was in favour of an applica tion to the general government, in fach calami tous cases, in preference to any pihet application, and particularly 1.. preference to any aid. Mr. Har ley hoped the amendment would not prevail. If-the loss of the people at Lexington had been greater than they could support, they would doubilefs have applied to the legislature of /irgima, but he had not heard of any such appli cation having made. He agreed with the g-entiemati lalt up, that the general government ought to relieve diftrefies of this kind. Mr. Murray enquired when the lire happened at Lexington ? Mr. Moore answered about nine mout!)9 ago- He thought it was the duty of the United State* lirit to pay the claims which were made upon them' by diltiefled foldters aud others, for pa ft services," who were denied justice, because they bad paftd an aft of limitation. If they weretoaft fromge r.erofity, he said that generality ought to be exlen ded univcrfally. It was a new doflrine, he faiu' that because a fufterer by fire did not live in a com mtrcial city, he was not equally entitled to relief v*nh the inhabitants of a city, and that thoagh fnch pcrfons wVre called Upon to contribute to the losses of others, they could have no redr-fs for their own. i his fjerned as if favourite fpotj were to be felecled upon which special favour was to be shewn. He was opposed to all such humanity. Mr. Claiborne spoke in favour of the claims (>f the unfortunate fufferers at Savannah, and if could constitutionally be done, to go farther thdn 15,000 dollai*«.. He spoke ps the importance of the place, and called it the Slaughter pin of the war. • [ Mr. Harper hoped the amendment would ie re. 1 jetted, for the fame reason that he h»jjtd all amend, waits, which were brought forward with the fame view with which it wa» produced, viz. to defeat the original motion, be i eje&ed. He thought every propefition (hould (land or fad upon its own ground. • He wirtied that of his colleague to do so. Mr. H. insisted upon the diffimiiarity of the tw» cases, and that the diftinttion of great and fen all calamity was fufficient to distinguish the two cases, i With refpedi to the. conftitutiooality of affording the relief in quettion, that had already bee'ri deter. • mined by the fevtrzl instances which had been quo. ted, which were also founded'upun humanity. The prefont cafe, he said, jyight jtiftly be includedun der the head of promoting the general welfare ef the country. Gentlemen who the conftU tutionality of the present proceeding, had done ihe f«m« in the instances alluded to : but, ftoce their doufets-had been so frequently overruled, he hoped they fliould hear no rtore of them. With refpett
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