IVJ NTS A PLACE. '
AWoman who can be well recGmmcedcd for'noneuy, fo
b>iety,;nu food retnj,*r. She wishes to engage as cham
bermaid, O'- fempllrtfs for low wages or. conc - ion foe may
ictain a vouog child with "her. Eriquiiv at Na. 58 South
Front street. February 16 d
Bcur<3eaux Brandy, in Pipes, r
OLD Ciaret, in casks
Ditto in cases, of an excellent quality
LilbonlVine in pipes
Holland Gin
Nrw-£ngland Rum in hogfheadsand tierces
Rsifins in kegs
Bet 1 . 3ofton Beef and Pork
Halifax Salmon in barrels
Ruflia Sail Duck * .
Raveii* Duck
A few Fea her Beds
c "£i
Speimac*ti Candl-s
Mould and dipt Tallow ditto
A few barrels Tanners Oil, and
A Jbiail invoice of India Goods,
For Sale by
"JOSEPH ANTHONY & Co
ALSO,
Just received from Marfeillej, a foiall invoice of Silks, Silk
Stockings, an aflbrtmcnt of Perfumery, and a few cases of
the belt Olive Oil.
February 15 lot .
New Theatre.
On FRIDAY EVENING, February 17,
WILL be prelfnted, (for the second time) a celebrated
NEW COMEDY, (written by the author of Ctlum-
Ims, The Children int/tt fVn*f t &c.}c<it!ed
The' Way to get Married.
Al performed at Covent-Garden Theatre 39 nights, without
innrrtiiffion, the fuft season ; and fir.ct, upwards of I£o
nights, with unbounded applaufe.j
Tangent, Mr. Moreton Ned, Mr. BlifTett
TobyAtfpice, Mr. Harwood PoftiUion, Mr.T. Warrell
Capt.Faulkner,Mr. Cooper Undertaker, Mr. McDonald
Canftic, Mr. Warren Jailor, Mr. Milcbell
Dick Dafhall, Mr. Wignell Solicitor, |Mr. Morgan
M'Queery, Mr. Prigmore Officer, Mr. Warrell
Landlord, Mr. Darley William, Mr. J. Darley
Shopman, Mr. J. Waricli
Julia Faulkner, Mrs. Merry
Clementina, Mrs. Francis
Lady Sorrel, Mrs. L'lflrarige
Fanny, Mrs. Doaor.
To whicbwill be added, a Comic Opera, called
The Padlock.
Dun Diego, Mr. Darley
Leander, (firfttime) Mr. Darley, jun.
ill Scholar, Mr. Warrell, ju*.
ad Scholar, Mi. Mitchell
Mungo, Mr. Bate.
Leonora, Mrs. Warrell
Ursula, Mrs. Mettht'.er.
tf J On Saturday evening, will be performed, for
the feventhand last time this season, COLUMBUS ;
or a World Discovered ; with Entertainments.
The third night of THE WAY TO GET MAR
RIED will be on Monday next.
Box, One Dollar twenty-five tents. Pit Seven Eighths
of a Dollar, End Giillery, half a dollar.
0- Tickets to be hr.d at H. & P. Rice's Book-store.
No. 5a High-street, and at the Office adjoining the
Theatre.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to fend their
servants to keep, places a quartw before 5 0 clock, and
to order them, as soon as the company are feaftd, to
withdraw, as they sannot on any account be permit
ted to remain.
The Doors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the
Curtain rife precisely at 6 o'clock.
' Places for the Boxes to w taken at the Office in the
front of the theatre, from to till 2 o'clock, and from
10 till 4 on the days of performance.
nrAT RESPUBLICAI
0" Dodtor Prifstle Y intends to deliver a Dif
eourfe for the benefit o'f the Philadelphia Society fer
the relief of diftrefled Emigrants from Foreign coun
tries, oh Sunday morning next, Feb. 19, at the Col
lege Hall, in Fourth street, at half paftten o'clock.
February 16 3*
Wants a Place,
AS WAITER in a gentleman's Houle, a young man
who has lived for a considerable time in some of the
firtl houses in the city, and whose chara&er is sure; or
would engage with a fmgle gentleman to attend on him.
Dire&iom left at the New York and Baltimore ftage
oSice, No. tf), fotith 4th, near Market flfect, for R. H.
will be attended to. February 14
Will be fold,
On Wednesday, the iid day of February, injiant,
At the Merchants Coffre House,
At l« o'clock, noon,
A Lot, or Piece of Ground,
Containing 11 acres and 100 perches, situate near the
Blue Ball Tavern, on the Paffyuiik road, four miles
from the city of Philadelphia. This Lot commands a
view of the rivers Delaware and Schuylkill, is nearly inrlofc
ed with a good cedar post and rail fence, and has a never
failing fprin£ of frefh water rising in it—One acre of
which is good bottom meadow—adjoining 4ands of Willi- '
am Bifigham, Esq. Jacob Sink, and others. The terms
of falc, one fifth part in ten days after the day of sale, ;
when immediate pofTeffion will be given, the.residue in
payments agreeable to the purchaser, on paying legal in*
tereft therefor, and giving security for the fame, if re
quired. An indil'putable title will be givea, upon mak
ing the firft payment m aforefaid.
A Draft of said Lot may be seen at the Merchants'
Coffee-Houfe, and at the office of Alexander Power, No.
145 Chcfnut-ftreet, where further information may be
had. Philadelphia,. February 14 §t22
Sales of Depreciation Land.
TO THE PUBLIC.
WHEREAS a number of trails of land Commonly called
Depreciaiion land, formerly in Weftmoreland, now in Alle
gany county, were fold at Grecnfburg, month of au~ ,
gust last,' by the commiflioueis ot Weftmoreland, for taxes
pretended to be due for Allegany county, in the year 1789 ;
and wheiias the said taxes were not legally afleffed, nor <
the said comnnllioners authorized to aft, nor due notice of
the intended sale given,the commissioners for a pre ended tax !
not exceeding in the whole 231 dollars, having fold 53. 333 1
acres of valuable land. j
The proprietors take this method of cautioning all persons {
againlt making payments to the said commiflioners for any
purchases made of thrm, or of purchasing any part of the I
said lands from any other person, as thev mean to defend their 1
property so illegally fold, as well against the comrniflionera t
aforeiaid, as all other perfous pretending 10 hold under (
them.
For the information of their fellow-citizens they pro- I
pose (hortly to gwo a statement of the combination formed €
for the purchase of this property, and the names of the c
persons concerned therein. £
February r6. e«d4t
A stated Meeting of the Philosophical Society F
will be held at their Hall at 6 o'clock this evening. j t
Fiiday, February 17 ill
■
CONGRESS OF res UNITED STATES.
i
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, January lß>—Continued.
A call for the question aud for the committee to
rife was made.
Mr. W. Smith wished to fay a few words before
the question was taken. He said the discussion bad
turned upon points not before tlie committee, viz.
the quantity of revenue wanted, which would be
determined, if the principle was agreed upon when
the bill (hould be brought in, in filling up the
blank*, as would also the modification of the busi
ness. The only questions before them were, was
revenue wan'ed ? And whether, if wanted, direst
or indireffc fourcet should be applied to for the
money ?
All, except one gentleman who had fpokea up
on the fubjeA, acknowledged revenue t» be want
ed. With refpeft to the mode by which it (hould
be raised, gentlemen opposed to dire£ taxes, had
laid before them a number of fuggeftpns ; but the
resolution of his colleague (Mr. Ha per) was the
' only plan which was regularly bef»re> them ; he
(hould therefore not notice any othet; as gentlemeß
. who were serious in any of their fufgeftions ought
to bring them regularly before th( committee.
With refpeA to the propofitionof his colleague,
it rcight perhaps be pofiible to raise some little
fiom an advance of duty on the articles he had
mentioned ; but the only thing if confeqsence in
his lift was fait, against taxing which the opposi
tion seemed to be pretty geneal. With refpeft
to a duty on stamps, he did notbelieve that would
' be a measure which would mce with the approba
tion of the committee, and the window tax was
I only a land-tax in another forra, vastly more ob
l jeftianable than the prQpofition before them. With
refpeft to imports, he said, thej were at present,
•n an average, 16 per-cent. He believad that
would be thought fufficiently high. Indeed he had
been informed that ihe duty on some artiples was
already to high, that it would be neceffiry to re
duce it, in order to prevent their being fmiggled ;
so that what might be raised by impost oilone ar
ticle, would only go to br.frnce what might be
taken off from another, and therefore to addi
tional revenue could be expedted from that faurce,
Mr. S. said hp (hould mention a cirejmftauce
which he had from good authority, which would
prove that the present duty was not paid With that
facility which they had heard of, viz. that in one
city only of the United States, three hundrtd writs
. had been iffiied againj merchants, for the reeevtry of
; their bmded debts ! 1
If this was a fact, and he could not doukt it, he
- did not think this was a proper time to incrtafe the
duty on imposts. With refpedt to direCk taxes, he
! was a little surprised to hear the opposition which
had been raised to them, ffnee in every state, except
: two, a plan of this kind was adopted; how the
idea of a direst tax being an impracticable njeafare
' came to be thrown o»t, he could not imagine. He
was sorry it had been mentioned, since it might
[ have an effedt to weaken the confidence in govern
ment. With refpeft to what had been saM on the
. fuhjeft of modification, that would be matter for
future consideration. The only queitions were
: (what he had already stated) was revenue wanted ?
1 If it was whether they were ready to adopt the plan
proposed by his colleague, or agree to a direst tax ?
He hoped, therefore, they should then come to
. decifton upon the question.
r The calls for the question, and the committee to
- rife, were again repeated.
Mr. Harper said he felt no apology neceflary for
again troubling the committee with a few remarks;
but he promised they (hould be >s few as possible.
He thoHght it neceflary to make a few in reply
to certain things which had been- advanced agaiait
> the piopofuion which he had laid upon the table.
* It was said that they were not able at present to
make an aecmate judgment upon the fubjc-&. He
. thought they were. Some parts of his plan, he
• said, had been placed in a l'ght by no means con
. sonant with the truth of the cafe. It was neceffa
ry, therefore, to correct some falfe views which had
been given of the fubjeft, and place them in their
1 true light.
A member from Pennsylvania (Mr. Gallatin)
yesterday stated, that all the calculations which he
. had made on the fubjedt of irapofts, were wholly
i impcrfcdt and vain, becaufethey were, made on du
ties receivable, instead of received at the custom.
' house, and that the amount of duties received was
very far below his estimate. But the gentleman
, 9Ug;ht to have recolle&ed that those eftima'es were
not calculated upon any one year, but upon (he
, average produce of several years, tonfrquently
though the amount in one year might be less, the
average would be the fame, and the truth of his po
. fiticnthat the duties were would remain
unafFefted. Whether the amount of the r-reipts
was eight or five millions it made ns difference as
to his petition.
If the drawback, he said, Veere taken for anyone
year, it would be erroneous, as the dedudtiuns for
1795, went to the year 1796, and f 0 o<? ; "but
when the average on several years wai taken, it
would be found right.
He had asserted that his flatem:nts would not
be greatly aftedted by either war or peace ; nor did
he believe they would to any couuderabl! extent.
But the gentleman from Penofylvani» had predict
ed a very great defalcation of the revenue in cafe of
peace. He did not think it would be equal to the
incrcife of population which would he likely to take
place in consequence of such an event. It was
laid, that when a peace (hould take place, a g; eat
part of our cairying trade wonld be withdrawn, and
less capital would be employed ; but he a(ked if
that capita! would remain unemployed ? No ; agri
culture. perhaps manufiautes, roads, internal im
provements m!j<ht employ that capital.' And he
did not know but this would be a more profitable
employment of it, than in foreign commerce. He
believed that commerce had been over done, and
that wealth employed in that way might be more
profitably employed on othtv abjefts. fciftead of
being spread spoil the ocean, if it were spread upon
laed, he behtved it would turn to better account.
4
N.
In of war, an pven? which thev ought _al- v
ways to look upou as poffiblt, it was fa;u the t al
cattop would be great. This, he did not beheve.
He deprecated war as the great eft of evils, and he
hoped and trusted it would be very long before t.:it
country was involved in such a calamity. e_''°P
ed the events predifled by the gentleman from Penn
sylvania (Mr. Gallatin) would soon bless our fight ; ;
but though he believed war to be so great an evil,
yet he did not think our revenues would be greatly (
injured by it. In order to fee this, it might be ob- £
served, if our trade was a foreign trade, like that
carried on by the Dutch or English, it would de- I
pend upon a, state of peace. Those nations, in or-
der to defend their aommerce were obliged to keep
up large navy fcftablifhments (perhaps at a greatei
expence than all the benefits deiived from fueh a
commeree would warrant ;) but our commerce,
said he, depends upon, an exchange of the neccffa
ries of life with which we abound, for the fuperflu
oos labour ot other countiies. It was therefore the
interest of those countries to keep up this com
merce; they dtpended upon it for bread to eat.
Therefore, even in a state of war, they were under
the neceflity of winking at a commerce upon which
their very existence almost depended. In the lail
war, perhaps there was as great an amount 01 duty
paid as at present, in proportion to the population
of the country. Therefore, however great the e
vil us a *ar might be, it would not he said, destroy
our commerce. And with refpett to the plunder
of our property by (hips of war of different coun
tries, it could not be greater than it had been.
It had been said that the objections to a land-tax
were equally strong against a window tax, a tax on
stills, or other t;.xes of that kind, but this \r?s a
mistake. The differeqee was, that, in, one cafe,
they were apportioned by government upan the
people, and in the other the peoplechofe themselves
what part of them they wauld pay. And even ;
.idmitting (which he did not believe) that money
was as plentiful in the country as in cities, (till this 1
objection would lie against diteft taxes.
It had been said thai ttt£ impost duties could not
be raised : but no proof had been brought of this.
His colleague had indeed adduced a fait which lie
meant as proof, that ir one town 300 writs had
been iffucd for duty. Bu: this did not prove that
the duty was too high ; but that the merchants had
all of them over-traded their capitals, of which they
had had proofs enough already. If the duty bad
1 only been one half the present amount, the fame
thir g mi a ht have happened.
Mr. H then adverted to his plan, and defended
r it against the objections which had been uiged a
s gainst it. He observed that much had been said on
the fubjeft of smuggling. They should adveit, he
■ said, to the difference of situation betwixt this and
: foreign countries. What was the situation of Hol
: land, Spain and Great-Britain, in this refprft ?
t They were divided from, each other by rivers, or
narrow fe;>i which might be crossed in an open boat
: which would carry over 30,0001. worth of dutiable
: goods in a few hours. Ou-arhis account smuggling
: was carried to a great extent ; but in this country,,
t he said, the Atlantic mult be crossed, or a
. pan of it, before an article could befmuggled.
; ' r He concluded with fayinjr, that if there were no
r other fourte but a land lax to supply the deficient
; revenue, he would vote for it ; but he believed a
? tax on windows or hearths, with the additions he
i had propoled to the would be far prefera
? ble, he should theieforc be opposed to the present
> question.
The committee rose, and the house adjourned.
) Thurfdav, January 19.
A letter was received from the Secretary of the
r Tieafury, im h.fing the report of the Secretary of
; War on the fuujeft of the naval eftabliftiment, and
. an eftiraate icfpedting the ports and harbours of
i the United States. What related to the naval ef
t tabliftiment was referred to acommittee on that sub
. jea, and what refpeacd the ports and harbours,
> >vas referred to a committee appointed to take the
; state of those into consideration.
; Mr. Venable from ths committee of eleftionj,
. made a report, viz. that Mr. Dana from Connecti
cut was entitled to hisfeat ; and that they had pr»-
1 ceeied to examine the complaints made against the
r undue eleaion of Mr. Varnum, from the second
Middle Diftria of Maffachufctts ; that no one of
| the petitioners, or their agents, had apptared this
feffisn to prosecute tieir complaint*, nor transmit
ted any evidence on the fubjcCt ; that the fitting
member had produced evidence that the eleaion in 1
the town of Dracut, (the unfairnefs of which
had hfen complained of) was conduced with'fair
nefs and propriety ; and though there had been
fame trregulaiities committed in other places, they
were mostly owing to the mifconduft of the petiti
oners ; the committee, therefore, report it as their
opinion, that Joseph Bradley Vamum,is duly elec
ted, and that any attempt to deprive him of his feat,
appeared to be more the effea of malice, than of
any real ground of complaint against the faimefs
of his eleaion. Ordered to lie on the fab!#.
Mr. Dwight Foster, from the committee of
claims, made reports on the petitions of William
Ciaik, Peter Lee, Catliff Ntfier, and John Steven
ion, who prayed to be placed on the pension lift.
I he report was agaipft the petitioners ; and, on
motion of Mr. Livingfton, who hoped some steps
would be taken to rclifve these fufferers, it was or
! dereri to be committed to a committee of the whole
. on Monday next.
T he report, called for the other day, from the
F attorney gene.al, refpefting the chim of Georgia,
■ to certain land in the south western parts of the
Jr.i ed States, tsgether with the documents rela
-1 tive thereto, was received and read.
Mr. Hindman, prcfented v the petition of Jeremi-
I ah Nicholas, a colleaor, for additional salary. Re
-rred to the committee of commerce and manufae
- tures.
Mr - S P"'gg. j"i. laid on the table a resolution
• to the following effea. » Relelved that the com- '
niittee appointed to enquire into the orogrefsmadc
in carrying into effea an a a for the sale of land
north weft of the river Ohio, and above the mouth
! of Kentucky river, and also what alterations are ne. *
cellary in the fume, be turtber inftruaed to enquire
what ju-ogrefs has been made in carrying into effea
« «a for regulating grants of land for military fa
vices. Src. aH »'<o i? any and vifca* a!?er»tion» may
be oecs: :y in thv- fame."
JTP RR aI M C L 7'r KT
CLOCKS WATCHMAKER,
Hath just receiv«d by the Fame; from London,
and Alexander Hamilton, from Livtrpsol, a
large supply of
Gold, Gilt, and Silver Watch's •
Capt and Jewel'd, capt and fec»nds ditto ; spring Clocks
clock movements, eight day and 30 hour bra!*, forjred-'
work, and flit pinions ; clock and witch ; clock
bells and chim« ditto ; gold, gilt and silver ie« iants : a »
well as other to»l», files and materials, too tsdious to
mention.
Ladies' Steel £s* Gilt Chains,
With or without hooks ; seals, keysaud trinkets.
February .Jl uh&fif
For Sale,
A Quantity of Excellent
Turks-Island Salt,
Aud a few hogsheads
3d and 4th proof Rum.
Enquire of
1 Jehu Hollingsworth Es* Co.
1 February 17 (
For Sale,
t 8000 dozrn BRISTOL BOITLEI
r Bar IRON
R ICS
T Ail
CLARET, in hoglheads and cases
i SWIET OIL in cases
i) February 17 £ Apply to F. CSPPINCEk,
a .§7' > N». »si South Front street.
, The Subscriber
INFORMS the Public, that he wiaiufatturcs and hat oa
hand for sale, a very general aflfortment
1 Saddles, Bridles, Harness and Trunks,
V Asufua), life, FIRE BUCKETS an excellent quality
S all which he will dilpofe of oh moderate terms at No* 88
Chefiiut street, I J hiladelphia.k
t tv £IjLIAM JONES.
[ Februaiy 17 fm&wjw
College-Hall.
Readings and Recitations,
Moral, Critical, and Entertaining.
d On SATURDAY E VENING,
C February iSth, at 7 o'clock,
Will be continued,
j Selections from the tragedy of
H A M L E T ,
With a Critical lnveltigation of the Chara&er of Hamlet
n and Observations on Shakespeare.
e
d On 7 EVENING, February »i,
1. Selefliens from the raoft interesting fceues in the
; Tragedy ef
f* Venice Preferv'd.
it
lc Tickets to be had of Mr. Poulfon, jua. at the Library; ;
„ at mr. M'ElWee's looking-glass-store, No. 70, S. Fourth
ftreet; and at Mr. Carey *s, Bookfeiler, Market-ctreet —
r Half a dollar each.
lt
C A UT I O N,,, L_
° "\T/" HEREAS CoL GEORGE JACKSON,
it VV of Harrifon county, Hate of Virginia, has afiign
a ed and transferred to Mr. John Jackson, (through Mr.
|ff Edward Jackson, who as a public servant was emruftei
to execute my business) about threa hundred thousand acre*
of my Land without my knowledge, power or a {Tent—l
therefore notify a'l pcrions nat to purchase aky of the
Lands under such vague affigament, from any of the Jack
son s or their aftigaees, as they must ultimately revert t»
me. Rd. SMYTH?
Philadelphia, February 17 fjw^
>f On Saturday,
The 25th in (taut, at 7 e'oiock in the evening, •
Will be Sold by AuQ 'ton % at the Cojfee-Houfcy
f Three adjoining LOTS of GROUND, in the townfliip
». of Mojamenling, a little to the southward of South-street,
, and adjoining a3O feet wide lane, called the Irish i ract
Lane, and alf© adjoining lands of Samuel Powell, de
ceased.
No. 1. Containing 4 acres and 83 perches
5, No* 2. Containing 4 acres and 83 perches
i- No. 3. Containing 4 acres and 56 perches
Plans of the Lots are the CoffcoHoufe.
Feb. t 7 EDWARD FOX, Au&'r,
e
d Peter Borger,
!' No. 120) Mulberry-Street,
18 I~J AS imposed by the brig Tryal, captain Robert Knox,
ll and the Good Friends, captain Smith, from Hamburg,
7000 Empty French bottles^
® , 200 do. demijohns,
n 846 do. tilled with beans and lentils,
h 100 Hand Engines,
10© Ps. Pianllas,
n 200 White Rolls—-
—-ALSO
Y Several boxes with decanters and tumblers, half pint, pint
i- and quarts—one invoice of Nuremberg toys—containing
j r fnuft-boxes, looking-glasses, See,
100.000 Quills of differen; qualities,
150 Boxes Window Glass, 7-99-11 n-i2»
" QN HAND
)f 10 Qr. Calks Sherry Wine,
f 9 4 do. Bi?ndy, -
aoo Cases best Holland Gin,
200 Boxes Red Wine, contaiaing 12 bottles each,
One bale of Flannels alforted, and
n 30 Ps. Cloth,
j. Fresh Prunes in boxes and barrels.
. February 7. tu & fr
n FOR SAL E,
)8
A. very Valuable Eltate,
/CALLED TWITTENHAM, fituale in th«
townlhip of Upper D ;rby, and county of Dchwars,
e '7 l-i miles from Pliiiad. lphia, and half a ir.iTe from t>)J
, new Western road icontaining 130 a«es of eicellent land,
' 45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 of pri&.e Trooti
1C land, and the red arableof tha Srft quality. There are'
on thepremifesagood two flory btickhoufe, with 4 rooms
on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with a p-jmp-wett
i. of eicellent water-in front; a large fiarr- 'nan:, Rubles'
. and other convenient buildings ; a fmoke-hwife and fton:,
spring-house ; two good apple orchards, and one of peicfj
'* es. are all in clover, e*eept those iirmeiiatiely
underjtillage, and are so laid out as to have tke advantage
n of waterin eachof them, which rendqrs it peculiarly c a
l- " venient for gracing.
e The situation is pleafantandhealthy, and from the high
, cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and th*
vicinity to the city, it is very suitable .for a gentiemtn's
" feat.
:• The foregoing is part of the estate of Jacob Harmaa>
e iectaftd, and for sale !>v
it Mordecai Lewis,
'{• OA. 31. t*w Suvviviog Executor