New Theatre.
THIS EVENING, Wednesday, January ig,
Will be presented,
A COMEDY, called
Every one has his Fault.
Lord Norland, Mr. Warren
Sir Robert Ramble, Mr. Whgntll
Mr. Sclus, Mr. Morris
Mr. Harmony, Mr. Bates
Captain Irwin, (ifttime) Mr. Cooper
Mr. Placid, Mr. Mo ret on
Hammond, Mr. Warrell, jun.
Porter, Mr. Warrell
Edward, Miss L l FJI range
Lady-Eleanor Irwin, ift time, Mrs. Merry
Mrs. Placid, (firft time) Mrs. OUmixon
Miss Spiniter, Mrs. Z.'JZftrangc
Miss YVooburn, Mrs. Morris
To which will be added
A Comic Opera, in two afls (as performed at Covent-
Garden Theatre upwards of 150 nights), sailed
The Lock and Key.
Brummagem, Mr. Francis
Chrerly, Mr. Darlev, jun.
Captain Vain, Mr. Fox
"Ralph, Mr. Httrivovd
Florella, . Mrs. Warrell
Fanny, Mrs. Oldmixon
Selina, Mrs. Harvtj
Dolly Miss Milbeurne
£5" The public are refpeflfully informed, that af
ter this evening, the above Opera will neteflarily be
laid aside for a considerable time.
£5" On Friday a celebrated Comedy in three afls,
(net performed this feafan) called
The MOUNTAINEERS—with Entertainments.
Box, One Dollar cents. Pit one Dollar,
And Gallery, half a dollar.
Tickets to be had.at H. &P. Rice's Book-store
No. 58 High-flcoet, and at the Office adjoining the
s Theatre. t .
The Doors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the
Cumin rife precisely at 6 o'clock.
Places for the Boxes to nc taken at the Office in the
front of the theatre, from le till 1 o'clock, and from
•to till 4 on the days of performance.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested t® fend their
Servants to keep places a quarter before 5 o'clock, and
to order them, as scon as the company are seated, to
withdraw, at they cannot on any account be permit
ted to remain. ,
• VIVAT R ESPUBLICA !
College-Hall.
Readings and Recitations,
Moral, Critical, and Entertaining.
Mr. F E N N E L L
RefpeflfuHy informs the that
On THURSDAY EVENING, Jan. 19, at 7 o'clock,
Will be delivered,
(first part)
The Prison Scene in the Vicar of Wake eld, Goldsmith
The equal dealings of Providence demonltvatcd, do.
(second part)
Edwin and Emma, , Mallet.
Lavinia, Thotnfon.
(third Part)
The Hermit, ' Parnell.
*"
&> On SATURDAY,
(first part)
On the Means of Improvement in Oratory, includ
ing fele£lions from Dr. Blair.
(second part)
Satan's Address to the Sun, Milton.
Anthony's Speech on the Body of Julius
Csefar, Shakespeare.
Anthony's Funeral Oration, j, Shakespeare.
% (third part.)
Hamlet's Soliloquy on Death, -Shakespeare.
Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of
the Soul, Addifon.
Ode on the Passions, Collins.
sjjT On MONDAY, January 33d,
Selections from History.
Edwin and Angelina.
Gray's Elegy ; and
Part of the Defertcd Village.
Tickets to be had of Mr. Poulfan, jun. at the Library ;
atmr. M'Elwee's lsoking-glafs-ftore, No. 70, S. Fourth
ftreet j and at Mr. Carey's, Bookfeiltr, Market-dreet —
Half a dollar each.
A Watch Loft.
Loft on Monday last, a Silver Watch, makers' names,
" Hauxhurlt and Dotilt New-York, 8 .>9," on the face,
hour hand in a final! circle ; the rair.ute hand revol
ving in a larger. Whoever has found and will return
the fame, to James Edgfr, corner of Second jud Ca
tnarine Streets, liall receive Ten Dollars reward. If
offered for sale, it is requested it may be Hopped.
January, 18. *.^t
Bank of the United S#ites,
January 2nd, *797'
The Dirc&ors have this day declared a Dividend of
Sixteen Dollars on each Share for the last fix months,
which will be paid to the Stockholders alter the lath
instant, G. SIMPSON, Cashier.
James M'Alpin, Taylor,
No. 3, South FourthJlreet,
RETURNS his grateful acknowledgments to his
Friends and the Public for th*ir liberal encouragement,
and begs leave to folieit a continuance of their favors.
He has on hand an estenfive alTor'ment of the
Mall Fajhionabls GOODS,
And of the beil quality, luitzible for the fcafon.
At this ftiop Gentlemen caa be furaiihed withthe best
and have thtm made up in the ncateft and moil
I r afhionable manner, and ©n the fhorteil notice. He will
thankfully receive any orders, and pay\k prompt and
punilual attention to them.
November 10. wi
Wanted on hire, i
A Cook, male or female—alfo a mail servant to at
tend in a private family and perform the duties be
longing to the dining room. None need apply who
do not unc'eiftand and have not been to the
lefptiSli'x fervivesand who are not well recommended i
lor honeity and good behavior.
Apply at No. lßi, Mulberrj -ftrtct, or to the printer. i
Januaiy s. taw jw i
List of Prizes and Blanks in the
WajhingUn Lottery, No. 11.
54th Days DrAing, January 7.
JV». Doh. No. Dots. No, D»ls. No. Dots.
95 . 10265 1® 21835 38654 10
189 296 10 22147 10 10
455 10 967 10 240 793 io
47 1 11054 564 932 10
612 155 23067 39319
1646 10 378 25 24682 40993
189 644 844 10 108
684 1*383 lo 884 505 10
2829 10 686 « 25778 932
892 _ 13882 37286 41392 10
3148 14025 20 575 326 xo
27i 056 848 842
273 4*9 *8410 873
292 10 ' 452 537 9 g 4
'°3 29030 42250 10
627 10 945 10 292 44^35
4000 10 15017 10 901 lU4 io
17* IO 181 10 30304 546
359 275 557 45*86
882 702 10 802 401
5175 10 16485 gn ( 10
464 512 924 711 10
516 10 709 10 986 46214 10
699 10 966 32564 ia 47675
6069 17357 938 999
100 18136 976 ' 48078 1
359 *89 33807 095
815 646 io 34041 097 10
7427 10 860 699 317
80104 io 944 869 399
IS2 10 19047 35583 50®
(>55 097 6l» 609
663 10 20161 36511 to 617
' 351 10 562 *76
9226 459 - 830 991
288 612 37830 49617
296 21016 38240
' 10076 10 183 10 441
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55th Days Drawing, January 9.
No. Dots. No. Dais. No. Dots No. Vols.
1858 10 15788 26807 36422
3 2 45 16211 10 27724 37009
596 10 527 997 046
6 *S 17578 28*176 55 8 10*
960 13 18060 10 991 613
5 1 3° 19203 20 30038 948
10 5 *33 054 38483.
958 10 *0087 3 1 173 39126 10
6291 io , 406 570 458
502 is 467 572 10 577
523 i24»9 670 668 ia
10005 10 595 32584 io 40596
091 680 679 734 10
386 23302 831 41643
588 770 33127 10 673
933 24183 752 43166 50
11444 447 854 2© 568 10
618 . 674 10 908 865
13177 699 10 970 44458
293 835 10 34483 10 45227
355 25065 535 46543
627 10 605 712 47529
14439 10 818 35243 741
15064 26425 908 823
4'3 10 10 36031 49688
CONGRESS or the UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVF J.
Tuesday, January 3.
The report of the comint;tee of Ways and Means
on the fubjedl of the balances due from indivi
dual States to the United State* being under con
federation.
Mr. Williams moved that the farther confident
tiou of the fubjeft (hould be postponed to that day
three weeks, for the reasons which had been urged
by his eolleague yetterday.
Mi. Coit hoped, except some stronger reasons
than had yet oeen given for the pott.ponemcnt, it
would not take place. The conduct of gentlemen
from the state of New-York, he thought extraor,
dirvary on this occasion. It appeared as if they
wished to give thebufinefs the Ge-ty in silence, by
mean 3at delay. There had already been time e
nough for blinking objc&ions forward, if there had
been, any for the last three years ? but now when
they were about to be called upon to pay, time
waa demanded in whi.ch to bring forward obie&ions.
For his part he thought the refolutio* ought le
pas» at present.
Mr, Li'vingfton was sorry the deputation from
New- 1 ! Oik should befufpedled of disingenuous con
duS. -They had explained thcii reasons for wish
ing the pdliponement, which was that they might
have an opportunity to consult the state which they
represented, a.id not to give the business tht go-by
in liletics, as the geutlemai) from Conne£ticut had
; fappofed. iotne of those members did not confi-
I der thcmfeJvcs as r prefeniatives of New-York, in a
j fepijt'ste independent capacity, but in general as a
state of the Union, ;nd that it was uecedary to
have paiticular i..£liudtious on this point. The re
port, he said, had only been laid a few days on th»
table j and if -Ins motion had yesterday been in -or
der [or a postponement, he bad not a doubt, from
the disposition of the house, it would have pafTed.
The gentleman from Connecticut had said that
three yean had pasTed fincc the settlement of these
accounts, and *0 objection had been made to it on
the part of Ntw-York. He acknowledged three
years had elapftd and no-steps had been taken to
enforce the demand. He believed indeed that
there was a kind of undtrdanding at the time, that
these debts were te be buiied in oblivion. The
creditor states had had their credits fecu-ed, but uo
order had been taken wuh refpeft to the debts.
He mentioned this as a reason for no Heps having
b fc en taken. He spoke of it however only from
information. He hoped the delay «f three years
in the business, would not be brought as an objec
tion against the short postponement now aflced for.
Ii had never been their custom, he said, to press
fubjecfs which were important, when delay was re
quired by any member on rcafosable giound. He
the re fore 1 elied upon it that the postponement would
be granted. J
Mr. N. Smith said, it was never the cuftora of
tbe house to press a fubjeft-wheu there was any rea
fonablc ground for delay. The gentlemen from
Ncw-\ oik laid it waa ucceflary to hear from their
date on the present fubjedt, as they were not autho
rized to act for that date is its individual capacity.
He agreed that they had no nght to appear in he
half of that state individual!)', but he could fee ne
rer;fon for waiting to hear from thencc before the
relolution in quellion was pait. Could they not re
falve to afl; a debtor for payment, without; asking
leave of that debtor i Were they aboui to adopt
coercive measures, it would be reasonable te give
them notice ; but-they Were merely asking for the
money. This, be faifl, was the proper m6de of
doing it, and wouid draw foith their obje&ions, if
they bad any to the payment. These ofbjeflioni
would be given by the slate, and this was the regu
lar way of receiving them ; and therefore he could
fee no poflible realoo to postpone the present quef
lion.
Mr. Gilbert said, it would be recolle£ted when
the subject ®f thelc balances were under coafidera
. tion three years ago, th,tt there was really an un
derstanding in many of the debtor states, that tho'
it was necefiary that provision fliould be made for
funding what waa due to the creditor Itates, that
there the business would (top: and, when the mo
tion far relinqui filing the debt was agitated, it was
said there was no iJccaUon to pass such a resolution,
as there <vas no diipolition in government to en
force the payment. A member then in the house,'
and who was also one of the commiffiottera, made
'he motion for relinquiihing the claim, as improper.
It was observed by the gentleman last up from Con
»e£ticut (Mr. Smith) that the members from N-
Yurk had no business to represent that Itate indivi
dually. He did not undeiftand the meaning o! this
aflertion. Though he eonfidered himfelf as a re-
of the Union, he thought hiraielf par
ticularly so of New-York. In making this claim,
Mr. G. said, the house (hould be aflured it was well
founded. Whether it was so or not, this was the
proper time to shew, a«d it waa therefore necessary
that the reprcfentatives of New-York'fhould have
timet® colleA fafta to shew that the debt was not
a fair 011 c. There was no difpofiiion, he said, in
those members to give this motion he g» by ; but
the fubjedt was of a feiious nature, and requiied
the delay which had been fohcited. Another gen
tleman from Conneflicut (Mr. Coil) had endea
vored on a preceding day to m ike it appear that it
would be the interell of the orher dates t» make
New-York pay the debt in queltion. Upon the
fame plan, he said, it might be the interell of all
the states in the Union to combine and throw a tax
upon an individual state. He hoped the motion
would prevail.
Mr. Cbriftie wished the postponement not to
take place. The gentleman who made the motion,
had already had an opportunity of making a long
speech on the occafioiij and, if the fubjeft was put
off for three weeks, he supposed they would have
the story over again. He did not pofTefs the fear
which his colleague had exprefTed, of imitating the
debtor Hates by a/king for payment. He thought
when they wanted money, they ought to call upon
those who owed it for payrpent. If they gave the
bufiliefs the go by now, they fhsuld never ieceiTc
any thing. He was for bringing 11 to an immedi-,
ate teiminatiou.
Mr. Macon said, he should vote for the poft
pencment. His reason was, that whatever was
determined upon, the debtor Itates Blight not have
it to fay they had been unfairly used. North-Caro
lina could not be interelted in the delay ; but gen
tlemen from New-York had dated that they could,
by means of the proposed delay, obtain certain fa£ta
which would throw light upon the fubjeft. He did
not v know that this would be the cafe 5 but he
thought they ought to be indulged, as very fre
quently delays were granted in business of much
less importance. This very day, he said, a post
ponement had taken place in a decision upon a
report, refpe£ting some land in the back country,
on a plea of gaining information ; and surely, when
this liberty was allowed in matters of compara
lively small moment, it ought to be all«vved on a
fubjeft which perhaps was the most delicate that
ever came before the House. He knew it was the
general sentiment of his state that if the settlement
had been a fair one, they should not have been
debtors but creditors ; the postponement was, how
ever, sot too short a time to benefit them ; but, as
it had been defircd by the gfntlemen from New-
York, he wished it to take place.
Mr. Murray said, as a poltponement for three
weeks would not answer any purpofc to the gentle
men of North-Carolina, he wished it had been
moved to extend it to fix. He would, for his
part, vote for any amendment to a measure which
be conceived to be so radically wrong. He could
wish the measure delayed to another session. Poffl
bly delay might be of great value, not considering
it on the scale of pounds, (hillings, and pence, but
on the feore of public peace artd tranquility. What,
from the present temper sf that and from
the accountjjiven by the gentleman from New-
York, jpf the sentiments of that Itate, could be ex
pe£ted to be gained by the proposed enquiry ?
Nothing, he feared, but and disunion,
compared with which, four million of dollars funk
into nothing. If a delay for three weeks were to
take place, the jtiftice of the claim would not be
lcfTened, and gentlemen who desired it would not
be fatisfied. And besides, he hoped, if a delay of
one Week rnly took place,' the advocates of this
measure, when they came to look cooly into tilt
would be so fatisfied of the mifchiefs which
would attend the pursuing of it, that they would
be ready torelinquifh it altogether. It wae hinted,
Mr Muiray said, that some of the states vv»ulii
refufe to pay ; but if the gentleman's motion suc
ceeded and the demand was made ifiV were refuftd,
it mutt be enforced, or the dignity of the govern
ment mnft be funk. Had the gentleman from
Conne£ticut, imagined this? But, said he, suppose
the resolution takes place, and the governments of
the debtor dates do not chufe to comply, and yoa
do not chufe to enforce the demand, the liw would
deep on your desk, and the, impotence of the go
vernment of the United States would be seen by all '
the world, and, if you did determine to force the
dates into a payment, you might, in fame measure,
throw them out of the union in their individual '
capacity.
Mr. Murray said, he was not one of those who d'eni- '
ed thejuftieeof the demand; but he eonfidered the
matter more as a great political question, than at to !
whit related to the four million of dollars. 1
Whilst la* was up Mr. M. said, he wn'-UI jufl k(i? s
that he did not oelicve the state which lit leprel'entcd
weuldbeone of those which would rc use to comply
with the demand ; bu', as he never could contemplate
thepayment of the whole, debt by the state, he l'uppol'-
ed the state #f Maryland would make payment only
upon the fame conditions with other debtor states.
Mr. Macon said, tUat one reason for his voting for
the postponement was, that th.- legislature of New
■ York was now in session, and might be immediately
- applied to. For his own part he could wifli the busi
ness postponed for a year .; as never having been men -
tioned in Congress since the fettlemeiit, the different
legidaturei had never taken any order upon the f'ufejeA.
Being from a deb'or state, he had not chosen to fay
much upon the business, and believing, from the tem
per of the House, that a motion for a postponement
of the bulinel's till the next year would not have t,eia
carried, he had forborne making it.
Mr. Thatcher said, that when the motion was firft
brought forward, he was inclined to wiih it might not
be ailed upon, from a different motive, than that
which afluated other gentlemeu. He thought the i'ef
fion ftort, and that they had business of greater weight
which demanded their attention j but he thonght the
reafous which had been offered for a poflpmieitfent,
were furh as would convince every man that the ref»-
luti»n ought to be paflid without the delay of a day
or an hour. What was the rtafon he aiked, why
fame gemlemen wilhed for a poftpenement for three,
others for fix weeks, and others for a year ? Ob the
tfeat there wjs a tacit underftaudiug between the
United and individual States, that the balance would
never be called for. What had been the confequente I
The state" of New-York finding the United States had
slept ever the business, believed they (hould not be cal
led upon, and now, whan the call was about to be
tnade it was said they were unprepared. But if ths
call w<rs not peVfifted in, it would give countenance to
the idea of its being abandoned.
This resolution, >ir. T. said, was, not more than a
barenotifica ion to the individual states that they had
certain demands upon diem. When this was done, if
they had any objeilion to make to them, then was the
proper time to eiiufe agents to come forward and de
clare those obje&iont , for, said he, if the different
representatives were to infor.ii their tia:es what was
doing, the information would be irregular; therefore,
j the fame reason offered by'he gentlemen for a post
ponement, convinccd him of the prcpne;yof palling
the refclution. Why, he fiid, were luggeitions made
that these states were unwilling to pay their debt» ?
He thought it extremely wrong to form such a conjec
ture.
The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Murry) had
offered a reason for not pilling this refoluuon, which
would have some weight in it, if it Was w ill founded.
These debts are not to be callcd for, he said, becaufeit
would eaufeconfufion, and thiow the drbtor i.atcs out
of the union. If he thought so, he would not only
postpone the business, but blot out the demand from
their books But he had nefuch idea. They did not
know at present, that the state ef New-York or any
ether state were difincliried to pay, as the reprcfeuta
tives had acknowledged they had no authority to make
a declaration on the fulvjeifl As far as he underitood
the business, the feulement was fair, just, and honora
ble ; and every motive which would induce an indi
vidual to pay his debts, ought to operate on the debt
or states topjj' theirs.
Mr. Gilbert would just observe, that the gentleman
from Massachusetts, and others, took for granted that
the debt in queflion was just, which they disputed.
He also again went into argument to prove the ntceffi
tyof making enquiries into the fubjetS.
Mr. Williams did not mean his motion to have the
effeA of poftpoin'ing the business 'till next lellion,
though if other gentlemen wilhed it he h. t. no objec
tion. Mr. W. recapitulated some of his rcalbns, for
uilhing an inveftigatiofl of the business, and a post
ponement to lake place for that purpose.
Mr. Claiborne was at a loft to know what use could
be made of any information on the fubjeiSl, unless it
was to dispute the settlement, which he believed to be
binding. He thought to adopt the refoiution before
them, would be til? best way of bringing the matter to
issue, and it eould not fairly be objeited to, as it was
, merely a rt#ueft. He hoped therefore, it would be
[ passed without delay.
Mr. Potter was averle to the postponement, be
cause no fwfficient reason had been given tor it. It
had been faie!, that when the commifiiuners repart
was received, the creditm- Hates had had their cre»
dits funded, yet it had been tacitly uuderllood, the
debtor states were never to be tailed upon for their
balances. This, he said, was not a lufficient rea
son for the delay. It had been said, that it was
improper at this time to call upon these states for
their balances. Was there any better time, he ask
ed, for calling for a debt, than when the debtyr
was able to pay, or than when the creditor wanted
the money ? he thought not. If there existed aiyr
obje&ions to the payment of these debts, this was
the best mode of bringing them forwardi
It was said by jhe gentleman from Maryland
( Mr. Murray) that this was a bad time to make
the application, and that it might throw the Unit
ed States into great eonfufion. If this were likely
to be the cafe, it was bell to know it soon. He
had no idea of rclir.quiftiing the claim ; and if tliey
were not to be on friendly tei Ms with the state mi
New-Yoik, or any other state, but by the fame
means which gained them the friendfhip of the clcy
and regency of Algiers, he lliotild not wilhforit.
Mr. Potter said lie could not lee upon what
terms gentlemen ebjefted to this refolutian. It
was a reflection upon the people of New-York, to
do so. Hehimfelf Dad no doubt, but they would
pay tile money when the demand was regularly
made upon them, aj it was their share of the price
of the revolution, and of their ficedom; and
gentlemen (hould suppose that making these de
mandsvwas calculated to -create confuftOn in the
United Stales, was extraordinary. By the report
of the fecictary of the iieafury, they had a c;>lcii
latien on the subject of dirett taxation. Huiy
were these taxes, he asked, to be collected ? VVei e
they not to be demanded from states which were
taxing their own inhabitants ? And would not these
people, if the Hate of New-York and others wei;e
excused from the payment of their debts, have
gaod reason to complain, at thus being callcd upotl
to make good other's deficiencies ? And would not
they also be as likely to £hew a spirit ef lehitance,
when inch demands were made upon them, as the
state of New-Ymk whin she were called upon to
difcharge-her just debts: He believed the one cafe
was hilly as probable as the other.
Had the resolution on the table alone been at*
tended to, the present business would have been '
simp!c r as it wag a mere request for payment,
mull have been with the money, or reafpftt
why it was not ,pajd. But the fubjetf had beta
greatly wandered from. As gentlemen were how
ever extremely anxious for a delay of thus weeks,