A Quantity of Brandy,
FIRS f & id proof,
Gin, of 4th praof, in pi fin
Jamaica Spiriti, 4th proof, in Hh<l»
Old Hock, in cafci of 40 dozen each
Glifs Tumbler*, in pints and half-pint*
Window Glafi, in boxes, of difftrest sizes
Hazlenurt, in faek*
Whiting "J
■wEKu,. J
Ic fpanffli Brown J
For Salt by —
January 4
List 4>f Prizes and Blanks in the
Wajbington Lottery, No. 11.
50th Days Drawing, December 14.
No. .Dot.r. AO. Dotj. No litis. No. Dots.
JBi 14061 *6197 3*53*
-494 *39 *39 39044
717 10 15167 *7118 10 093
719 10 *15 JO 111 IO *94 TO
(56 10 331 10 326 171 10
1367 IS 413 la 300 474
897 Ho 584 46* in 485
910 10 18151 859 10 Sl9 10
1013 10 189 *8115 40096 50
766 19040 *J0 113
*9 8 1 . *05 850 10 146
99S »o 114 978 391
-4349 10 399 19560 930
701 484 10 671 10 41405 ro
910 i* 554 10 937 496 ic
5»9» 631 30195 i* 887
ton 10 778 347 41688
153 10159 370 7** 10
73* *86 439 43M5
9** *37 95* *® 165
7139 10 94* 31061 306
8191 »lIIZ 116 336
609 **455 * 3*593 5°3
9*77 483 85 8 868 to
445 554 883 10 44481
799 IO 613 33<>5 7 681
*0133 10 995 107 10 45009 *0
388 IB 43194 to 147 439
11139 588 10 770 19 4*7^3
706 I* }470* I* 34018 47690 xo
11061 783 169 J39
«>95 *5H»3 10 3579* 968 10
959 *5* I« 3*169 48073
-13000 to 188 403 10 648
*5* 4*4 417 781
4*3 10 739 *30 10 49*J7 >0
37* *55 J7940 10
#49 *0 *93 10 974
51ft Day• Drawing, December 16.
No. Dots. No. Dolt. No. Dolt. No. Dots.
**5 9*16 * 19603 10 31186
1181 10 tjo (78 so *39l
984 x* 10039 *<» 995 31380 10
*'42 711 IO 10200 34108
*9® *»>55 601 313
J r 4s 495 • *93 94J
314 10 11631 xo 11719 3*9**
4660 10 867 xo *1633 37150
J414 9»* *3* *81
816 1348* xo 67# I*s7* xo
*435 J7i xo 705 3,45*
446 „ <4* 10 1338 X 40916
Jo* 7** 513 »«/ 4*3*B
7i» 10 933 10 15044 41656
*5* 1496« 380 10 43803
*15 15191 413 4438*
Jon 10 446 16460 499
*14» . 633 544 937 to
175 16*01 10 835 45049
**7 *7° *7004 xo 079 10
449 961 *B*Bs <07
' 10 17.188 19649 to 46436 10
568 911 10 J0367 735 10
676 >8*76 10 715 jo 47416
•9077 '9*3* 844 49314
New Theatre.
On WEDNESDAY EVENING, Ja«»«ry 4,
Will be presented,
A COMEDY, called the
Wheel of Fortune.
-Written by Richard Cumberland, Esq. author of th«
Jew, Jcc. —and performing; at Drury
Lane I heatre, Londvn, with urifiounded.applaufe.
Sir David Daw, Mr. Franctt
Temptft, Mr. Huriuood.
Penruddnck, Mr. Cooper
WoodvilU, Mr. PVarre*
Sydenham, Mr. WignM
Henry Woedrille, Mr. Moreton
"Weazle, Mr. Blijfrtt
• Woodrill«'« ferTant,. Mr. Mitchell.
Officer, Mr. Warrell
-Je*kin», Mr. Darlcy, j«n.
James, Mr. Worrell, jvn.
Richard, Mr. Morgan
Harry, Mr. M'Don,tld
•Thwrat, Matter Warrell.
Mri. Mri. Morris.
.'Emily Temptft, Mr». Merry.
®»me Dunckley, Mri. DoSor.
Maid, ' Mis» Milkturnt.
To which will he added ( nerer performed in America)
a Comte'Opera, in two aA> { a» performed at Covent
-'Garden Theatre upwards of 15c nighu) called
The Lock and KfcY.
Biitmmagerir,
Qwerly,
- Captain Vaia,
Ralph, ,
'Laura,
Yanny,
Selina,
Dolly,
. Bo*, Out Dollar twenty-fire ccnti. Pit «ae DoHar.
And Gallery, half a dollar.'
0" TicVftt to b« had at H. & P. Rice'« Aoolc-ftore,
No. s» High-ltreet, an«l ft th« Qffiet adjoining the
Theatre.
The Doors of the Theatre willopen >[ j, and the
Curtain rife precisely at 6 o'clock..
Fir AT KBSPVBLICA!
<S? NOTICE.
'"I"'HE Sales of LANDS of the United States# in the
I North-Wellern Territory, hrrctofore advertised
•n .the several public pr.pers, will commence this even
• ing, at the City Tavern to be continued from day
today, 'till the tenth of February next.
January 4
<r .A flared mmting of the "Philadelphia
-ft>»ihe infof nrutiou and afiifUnct of persons emigrat
ing from. Foreign Countriti", w ill be held at the Col-
ia 4th street, this evening, Jan. 4, at 7o'
N. B. A< partiaular bufineTi will be tranfaAed, the
ztttndar.ee of awmbef» it January 3
WHEREAS it i» necrfTary, that a fufficieat
ftumber of buckets, to be used for extinguishing
(ires, (hould be kept in the city of Philadelphia j
And whereas the legiflaturcof this commonwealth,
by an aft pa(Ted the eighteenth thy of April, in
the year of anr Lord, one thoafand seven hundred
and ninety-five, did authorise this corporation to
make and establish any law, ordinance, or regula
tion, to oblige the owners and occupiers of houses
in the said city, to provide, and keep in repair,
any number of lea l hern buckets, not exceeding fix,
to be used in rxtinguifhing fires.
Se&ion I. Be it therefore enacted, and it is
hereby ordained and cnafted, by the citizens of
Philadelphia, in f»left and common councils assem
bled, That en and after the > day of
which will be each and
•wry house within the city of Philadelphia, as
herein after dtferibed, (hall be provided and furn
ished with the number of strong leathern buckets
as hereafter is appointed and fpecificd, that is to
fay ; Every house used for the malting of grain,
and brewing of malt liquors—every house used for
the dill illation of fpiritous liquors—and every house
ufed<for the baking and refining of sugars, (hall, re
fpeftively, be provided .with fix buckets : and all o
ther houfea, according to the valuation at which
they now are refpeftively affefled in the books of
county rates and levies, (hall be provided with
buckets in the following proportion :
Each house affefled at the Ta-"
lue of five hundred dollar's, . , ,
and not more than fifteen \ wlth butket -
I "hundred dollar*,
Each house assessed at more : j ■
than fifteen hundred dollars . , , ,
and not more rhan twenty- ' w,lh two buekeu
five hundred dollars,
Each house a(Te(Ted at more"
♦ than twenty five hundred ■ with four Buckets,
dollars,
And the said backets so to be provided, (hall be
made of (lout strong leather, well pitched at the
feanrs, and in other refpefts water tight, and (hall
be of a size to contain at lead ten quarts each; and
every bucket (hall be marked with the number of
the house to which it may belong, and with the
name of the street, lane, alley or court wherein
said house is situate : and every house whii h (hall
be built 01 affefled witbiu the city from and as er
the paling of this ordinance, (hall be fnrnifted
with a bucket or buckets in the proportion herein
before prescribed.
Section 11. And it is hereby further ordained
and enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the
refpeftive owner of owners of each and every house
in this city, coming within the dcfcription of this
ordinance, jfhall, within the time, and in the pro
portion herein before fprcified and enumerated,
provide and fulfil, at ; is, her or their own pro
per soft and charge, the said defcrihed buckets ;
and (hall cause them to be placed in some conspi
cuous place near the front door as i 1 each
of his, her or their house or houses refpeftively;
and if any owner or owners of a house or houses,
as aforefaid, (hall not provide and place therein the
number of buckets thereto appertaining, ,within
the time herein before appointed, that then the
person or persons occupying the fame, (hall, with-
PETER BLIGHT.
§
house or houses in his, her or their tenure, (ball be
provided with backets, pursuant to thctrue intent &
meaning of this oniinancc. And whenever an house
or house!, as aforelaid, (hall be occupied by a tenant,
and the ,said tenant, in default of the owner or
owners, shall, as enjoined hereby, provide and fur.
nilh the house or houses in his tenure with the num
ber of buckets required, he or (he may defalk or
dcduA the full colt and charges thereof from aad
out of the rent due or growing due to the owner
or owners of such house or houses,; and tiro owner
or owners shall allow the fame, without abatement
or dedu&iofc.
Section 111. And it is further ordained and enaAed
by the &«thonty aforefaid, That-the tenant or occupi
er of each and every house which (bill b« provided
with buckets in pursuance of this ordtrtsnce, (hall keep
the fame in good order and (hall be responsible to the
owner or owners of the house for each and everjr buck
et so provided for said house during his or her occu
pancy thereof, and (hall upon the alarm and ery of
fire, take or fend the laid buckets to the place where
they maybe wanted for extinguishing the fame, and,
(hill as soon as poflible after the extmdtion thereof, col
lect the f;i id buckets and replace them in the said
house, and every bucket which (hall be loft shall be re
placed by the tenant or occupier of the house to which
it (hall belong, at his or her own proper cod and
charge within after notice given to him or
her in manner herein after mentioned, and in default
thereof (hall forfeit and pay the sum of
Mr. Francis
Mr. Darley, jun.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Harwtod
Mr.. Warrell.
Mn. Oldmixon.
Mrs. Harvey
Miss Milbturrtt
Se<ftion IV. And it is further ordained and enabled
by the authority aforefaid, That the (hall in
the months of and in every year,
by warrint under his hand and fcal, diretfl the cdnfta
blts in the several wards of the clfy rrfpeihvely, to ex
amine the houses which, by this ordnance, ought to
be fornifhed with buckets, and to make to him within
days a true return in wjilng of the state
! and condition of said buckets, and if it appear that
any buckets are not in good order And repair, or are
loft, the Mayor (hall forthwith cause notices to be serv
ed on the tsnants or occupicrs of the houses to whfch
such bucket r>r i uckets belong, to replace or repair the
fame. Provided always nevertheless that this ordi
nace, or anv thing herein contained, (hall ndt be con
strued to oblige those citizens, 1 who are members of
voluntary afibciations or fire companies, to provide the
nusnber of buckets herein directed in addition to those
which they already have provided, pursuant to the
rules of ihofe companies, but wfiere there is a deficien
cy it (hall be fuppiied by the owiier or owners of the
house, so that each hcufc, as deftribed in this erdi-j
The following BILL is now before the Common
Council of this City*
. Am ORDINANCE
To oblige the owners and occupiers of houfei, in
the eity of Philadelphia, to provide, aid keep
in repair, BUCKETS, to be used in cxtin-
guiftling fires.
to be computed from
provide and place therein, in the manner prefenbed
by this ordinance, the number of buckets requir
ed ; and on their neglect so to do, the said oceo
paat or occupants (hall forfeit and pay the sum of
aud for every month afterwards,
the further sum of „ until the
nance, Diall bi provi.led and furnilhed with the num
ber of buckets a is herein bciort fpecified and appor-
tioned.
Seflion V. And be it further ordained and enaited
by the authority aforefaid, That the fines and forfeit
ures which may be incurred for breaches of any part
of this ordinance, (hall be sued for and recovered in
iik< manner as debts under twenty pounds, one half
thereof (hall be for the nfe of him who (hall sue for the
fame, and the other half (hall go towards forming a
fund to be used as an auxiliary aid towards the extin
guilhing fires in thecity «f Philadelphia, in such a man
ner. as hereafter may be devised and direiled by the
Select and Common Councils.
Philadelphia,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1797.
ExtraA of a letter from,an American gentlemen,
dated Cape-Francais, Nor. 29th, 1796, to his
friend in Philadelphia, received by the Medusa
frigate, Commodore Barney
" I would gfv« you a (ketch of politic*, but as
you will soon fee an nddrefa " to the merchants, k
others, whom it may concern, citizeus of thf Uni
ted States," publiftiedin your papers, fctting forth
the embarrassed (late of our commerce—the unjust
captures of our ve£Tels—the bad profpefts of be
ing paid—the conduct of the commiflioners, See.
kc. kc. kc. renders an accountfrem me anneetf
fary. I will, however, observe, that they fcem de
termined to make us take a part with or again ft
them ; they will let us remain neuter no longer.
They are capturing all our vcflVls bound to, and
from Briufh ports, taking all cargoes by force,
where the captain or consignee refufe to fell tu
them.
" They have laid a very heavy duty upon all
goods imported into the island ; the du'y is by
weight, and not on the value, and is curiouHy ar
ranged : all goods are weighed as soon as landed,
oq some articles the duty is equal to firft cost." '
COMMUNICATIONS.
The plundering of Italy has been juftified by those
who, have juftified every thing that the French hive
done from the begintng of the revolution. It is said
that the monuments of th» arts are given by the Ital
ians in lieu of pecuniary contributions, and Yy treaty.
But what kind «f reciprocity pofiibly exilt in the
cafe ? —It is force to weakness—power to impotrnc.
Individuals who pra&ice on this principle, .ire loaded
with obloquy & merited contempt ; but Bunibens pof
fcfling power, may extrcUc it to any extent with the
approbation of oor Jacobins, even to plunder, robbe
ry, and the threatening the Independence of their own
country. —
It is in vain the French partizans attempt to (bel
ter themfelvesfrom the defeat the insolence of their
minifler has produced, by pretending that the Bri
ti(h treaty has wrong'd their nation. The fopkifms
and lies dircft on that fuhjeft, already outnumber
the census of the United States ; they have made
more than out damning fib for every foul. Even
Frenchmen possessed of candor and good sense will
feel, though they may not acknowledge this fact
The public faith of America is at this moment the
purelt and most unspotted of any nation on the
globe. Let our patriots who wi(h to fee a French
army marching through our towns, to collect pic
tures, ire. Jtc. kc. Our patriots who already think
of a place of refuge in Louisiana—our patriots who
have agent* in Paris, and who expect to get the
upper hand by French help, and French threats
yes, let our patriots (but the word smells of filth)
this if they dare. Eyes are opened at last.
" The fyltem of terror'' is out of rogue. War
with France it nut even a bug bear. The jacobin*
while they threaten this event, laugh out and be
tray their artifice. To French can, Modena, Par
ma, Tufcary, Rome, Sardinia, Genoa, and Venice,
are mice ; bu\ America hat claws too—and can
scratch if it cannot flay.
Lately it was argued in company, that Mr.
Bathe served hit employer! very illy. He wins no
body, it wai said. Hi» lies are all infolcut and as
frontivc. The answer wai—he doei cujlom work.
Fer five thousand French erowni a year, a minitier
haa a good right to please hia fancy. 'Tit true the
money it well laid out for America. Every dollar
of the salary buy« an antidote againil our filly at
tachment to guillotine liberty. Every sentence of
Adet's manifefto haj lowered the pulse of credu
lous foily, and raised the Independent spirit of '■)5.
A» Mr. Bache anticipates the gnat advantage
to the Uuited States to have an afyium lor the de
mocrats from at all, in Louisiana,
in cafe the French (hould get that countrv. A cor
rtfpondent observes, that ft would be prudent for
the party to go fooß—for they are down. Aja
cobiu Prefidcnt is ceitaialy not elected. Tfrc peo
ple are n® friends to The Ftench can help
them with nothing but menaces, jargon, and fe
c®H'( hand promtfes 5 and thrfe area worse curren
cy than aftignats. Bt fides, if the party was group
ed together at New Madrid, they would fee the ue
ceflity of some government, and fubrait to it. For
we hear that Barrington, the pick pocket at Bota
ny-Bay, is a great preacher, of morals and good,
order. Why (hould we despair of our democrats !
From the (Bofion) Ckhtinel
A SERIOUS WORD TO SOBER PEOPLE.
Fellow citizens,
More than twenty yeart have elapsed since we
declared ourfclves an independent natien ; furcly it
is not too foot) to a& in a manner correfpondcnt
to that declaration, and to fill (if we are able) the
cbaraAer we have affnmcd .-—But if we mean to
do this it it high time to pnt an end to the cabals
and intrigue* of foreignert among tie, and'to cxtin
guifh at once the hope they entertain of govern
ing our country. Separated a* we are, by a thou
sand leagues of ocean from the people of Europe,
and distinguished ftillmorc by eharafter and condi
tion, it wovld seem to be no diffisult thing to pre.
serve euifelveafree from theii influence; but, alas,
that influence which we had virtue Enough to refill,
when attempted by the force of one nation, haj
been mere fucccfifulljr a: tempted by the fraudt tf
aiiolber. It Humid be always recolle&ed by the
freemen of America, that an influence over the
people (however acquired) is Co a certain degree,
a'power over the government, and in many cases
they must perceive that an ascendency gained over
a few met), will secure the fuffrages »f many.
When I read the Philadelphia Aurora, the New.
York Argus, the Chronicle, and (ome other of
our public newspapers which for a long time'have
been devoted to the service of France, and to the
injury Of the United States mote than the newfp*.
per* of PdHs, i cannot but imagine many of the
writers in luch papers have motives to which the
body of the people are Grangers; yet when 1 fee
that the patronage of such papers is not confined
to foreigners, but ex'ends to many citizens, I con
fefs that I tremble for the fate of my country. For
it is certain, that * people who can habitually cm
brace the follies, and believe the faljhoocis which they
propagate aad approve, tbe crimes and impieties which
they audacioujly jujlify. mujl be so deficient both in
isiifdom end virtue, that they CANNOT long be
fret: —For without knowledge, without morals, -
and without rjligion among the people, I a(k whire
will freedom find a fuppoiC? The fatal experiment
of maintaining liberty in contempt of religion and
morality, has too oaen been tried ; it has always
ilTued as it mud forever iflue in the establishment of
mjtiltice, and tyranny of the wotjl kind—for it
mult always Transfer the powers of society to the
mofl profligate of its members, men who will flat
ter the vices of people to obtain 'heir fuffragei,
and at the fame time unite with foreign enemies
fur the falce of their support. How such men ac>
quire power, and hoiv they makeufe of it, the hi
ftoryof France, from the rife of Marat, to th«
fall of Robespierre, too plairHy {hews—indeed
the spirit of injuliice, intolerance and batbaious
tyranny which they exhibited, drew from Condor*
Cet, at a very early period, the reluctant cuntef.
lion, " that the republic mujl fallwe all fee or
may fee how fully Condorc*t's apprchcnfions are
realized} for, though the fo>ms of a republic; are
preserved, yet of liberty which conftuwes all its en.
cellence, the very embryos f.em to have been dejlroyed.
Many well meaning men until lately,|have doubted
whether France was capable of the Machiavelian
policy with which she has been charged oward
the United States ; but no impartial man, I think,
cSn any longer deny that she intend/to eltablifh a
complete dominion over our country; prefumi>£
on her military fucceff.s in Europe, and encouraged
by her numerous partisans here, she has now pan
ly disclosed herdelign toward us, and if we haveiAwt
penetration enough to fee it, and virtue fufficicnt
lo refilt it, whatever may be the refuit ot the
piefent effort, o«r futuie tr i quillity is hopeless.
CONGRESS or tms UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF K.&PR SS E NTATI V ES«
Thursday, December 29,
A letter wa» received from th« Secretary of tke
Treasury, intloting a report and ftindry ftatcmentt
refpedting the Public Debt, in purfuanceofa r«fo
lution of lall session, and an account of the receipts
and expendituies ot l 795. Referred to the com
mittee of Way» and Mea .».
Mr, Fotier from the committee of claims
made report a on the petitions of Roberts,
George Callces, George Carnel, and James Row
land, which recommended a dilagreemcnt to the
prayer of their fevcral petition*. The honle con
curred in the reports.
Mr. Swan wuk from the committee of commerce
and manufactures, made a report on the petition
of Francis Coppinger, in behalf of Mr. Lilefta,
which recommended a difzlgreemeiu to the prayer
of the petition. The house concurred.
Mr. Muhlenberg presented the petition of Da
vid Hallftioufe, a soldier in the late war, praying
for a full penfien.
Mr. R. Sprigg, jun. presented the petition of
Gaftamy Watkins, praying to li»ve a land warrant
replaced, which had been loft.
B»th the above petition* were referred t® the cqoi>
mittee of claims.
On motion of Mr. Williams, the house resolved
itfeif into a committee of the whole, on the re
ports of committees on the petitions of sundry re
fugees from Canada and Nova Sceti*. This bu
siness underwent some difcuilion, principally upon
the heft method of fatisfying the claims in
Ibe following rcfolution wu at length come to,
and a committee appointed to bring in a bill ac
cordingly.
" Rcfolved, That proviftoit ought to be made
by law for granting donations of (and to Canadian
and Nova Scotia refugees, in conformity to the re
folvcs of Congrefi of the 23d of April, 1781, and
the 13th of April, 1785." ?
Mr. Swanwick called up the order of the day on
a teport of the committee of commerce igd manu
'aftures, made the last fefiion, on a memorial from
the (late of Delaware, refpetiing the kidnapping
of negroes and raulattoes. The house accordingly
resolved itfeif into a cfcmmittee of,the whole on that
fubjsA, when a cunfiderable debate took place,
Postponed. *
Thi» business being disposed txf, Mr. Blount mo«|
*ed that the house (hould go into a committee of
the whole, on the report of the Secretary of War,
on the petition of Hugh Lavvfon While. The
house accordingly into a committee of the
whole on this report, and after the had un
dergone some difcufiion the committee rose, hid
leave to fit again, and the house adjourned.
Bank of Pennsylvania,
At a meeting ox the Directors th'sjday, a dividend of
sixteen dollars on cach share was declared for the lift
6 months, which will be paid to the Stockholders af
ter the 14th inft.
JONATHAN SMITH, Cafhler.
3.
THRASYBULUS.
January 4, 1797.
4tf.