DOCUMENTS t Accomj?ahyittgthe Secretary at War's Rip aft. 'j {No. xvi.;) „ Fri&' Lieutciiant Pic'rcy Pcpe to Don Matiuel c Gayofo de l.anos, daieH Gamp-, eth Mayt c 1797. <1 I RECEIVED yoiir letter by fciptain Min6r, requelling of me to be informed n \vhefhef I had politive ofdei's for theoobje- t , tions I made in reply to Jour letter .of the tl lirlt fnftS'ntJ I haVe no official information f From the United States of any pending ne- " gociations that refpeds the late Treaty, and eonfeqaently have every reason to suppose that the United States consider the Treaty ,] earned into ef.'eft as far as refpefts the eva- £ cuktidn of the Ports on the east fide of the' a Mississippi, above the 3 lit degree, north n Latitude, and therefore conclude that any' " I'einforcefnentS or additional works will have " a tendency to disturb that harmony which at j ( present happily prevails between the two na- t ] ti<pns, and which I am directed to culti- U vate. o You told me yesterday that yoil had re- f' ceived information from a gentleman, that I c intended to attack the garrison at this place. I now request that you will discover the t] author, that he may have it in his power to p acquit himfelf of this afTertion, or be brought b to ;'nat just tribunal, a crime of so heinous a v nature merits, as the informer has been P guilty" of. '' I am with confidcration, your very humble fefvant, . PIERCY S. POPE, Lieut. Artillery. h Comdg.'U. S. Troops Mississippi- d [No. XVII.] . b From Don Manuel Gayojb de Lemos to Lieutenant Piefcy Pope dated Natchez, 6th £ May*, 1797. j! I RECEIVED your letter dated the sth instant, delivered me by Lieutenant a John IVfCktry, in reply mine of the 3d, tl by which, and by our conferences, I am '' persuaded of your disposition t,o cultivate P that good harmony that is justly dup to ouf nations. On my part I pledge my honour g to you that I shall invariably continue con- a i fidering you not only as Ido every individu- o: al of your nation, but yet more particularly tl under the sacred view of its Representatives, | ™ as jikewife every person under your com r J"' mand, and under the direction of the Hon- ourable Andrew Ellicott. 1, I do afltire you likewise, that my conduft ! tc shall be such, as not to merit the reflection of ( St your nation, nor cxpofe mine to any contest ' n on account thereof; being answerable by j v my duty, and by. my honour, to adl with ' such propriety as will juflify me in my pub- tr lie capacity. With fegard to the person tkat gave the di information, that in my familiar conversation bt I communicated to you, mufl be despised, 01 and other discountenanced both by you, 01 and by me, as our situations are sacred, and J.J only fubjeft to the alterations unammoufly agreed upon by our nations. I have the honour to be, of with the highest consideration P' Your mo ft humble obedient servant, ' n MANUEL GAYOSO DE LEMOS. cr [No. XVI I ] J c It the intercepted letter from Blount to Carey. WAR-OFFICE, June 30th, 1797. E d I HAVE compared the foregoing Do cuments, numbered from 1 to 18 inclusive, be and do certify the fame to be true extra£ts and copies from the records and files of this * !l office. ? JOHN STAGG, Jun. Chief Clerk. ra « th yIDDITION A L REPORT m OF THE SFCRKTARV OF STATF, F To the Prefidfnt of the United States, of the pro- ai ceedir.gs of the offers of his Catholic Majefiy, p< in relation to the po/ls occupied by Us troops fii tusitbin the limits vf the United States, the fii koundarv line, and other matters therewith ai connected. ai ON Thursday last, the 19th rif June, I re- ft; ceived farther dispatches from Andrew El .u tt, g< Esquire, the comroiffioner of the United States at the Natchez, dated the tenth of May last, of n< which an extra& and copies, numbered one, two, cc and three, are subjoined. By thel'e it appears fe that a new motive has been afligned by (Jie com- la mander in chief, the Baron de CarcndeTet, and fe Governor Gayofo, for ftitt retaining the poflefEon of the ports of the Natchez and the Walnut Hills, and for strengthening the fortifications; viz. to guard againjl an attack by the Britijh from Canada. This motive being derived from information communicated to the Baron do Car- „ ondelet by the Chevalier de Yrujo, the minister «f his Catholic Majesty to rhe United States, i' appears neceflary again to bring before the Pre sident my, correspondence with the Spanish and Britilh ministers on that fubjefl. These papers are numbered 4,5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. w Although the minister declared he had just pc reasons for fufpedHng an expedition from Cana- te da, was preparing by the British against the up- U per pofls of Louisiana, yet he never mentioned th a single fail or reason on which his suspicion was to founded. From allexifling circumstances I ever te; believed the suspicion to be groundfefs.-'-Aml the 'e l note of Mr. Lifton, the British miniftert, of the bu 19th of the last month, declares that no such ex- ve pedition has been or is intended, by the Britilh in government. On the 16th of March last, by the President's si* direction. I enquired of the minister of his Ca- in tholic Majesty whether the Spanish troops had been withdrawn, agreeably to the treaty, from P r the territory of the United States ; and if not, pe what orders or measures for withdrawing them of had been taken To this the minister answered, of on the 17th, of April, that not having for some be i»iontbs heard from the fiaron-de Carondelet, fie tic was " deprived of any information touching the fe' Jleps taken for the execution of the treaty." Nevertheless he had previouflv informed the Ba- fr< ron dc Carondelet of his suspicions of a projected tli expedition from Canada ; for on the firft of May it is offered by Governor Gayofo, as a new rta- : so foil for continuing to hold the posts. These two 1 gr letters are numbered 10. 11. [ to On the 14th of June last; the minister of his , Sf Catholic Majesty wrote me the letter number ia, u; in which he undertakes togive the substance of toi t\y" letters from the f iron de Carondelet, and th which about a week before lie had orally tnmf- pi' lated to me from the Spanifti originals These en letters (as appears by the .let Ail of them now gi- to veil by the minister) exhibited divers complaints nu against Mr Ellicott, whose conduct is a&gned a s j 1_ t.ife cauft of an a,ieJge<i be tween him and Governor Gayofo; and fit' the delay in the running of ii»e boun dary line. One article, however, tlie miuifhr has omit ted ili his recital-. The Baron dt Carondelet " complained, among other things, that Mr. lilii- H cott had not given hen notice of his arrival at the Natchez, as the comnJiHionf r on the pari of the United States, for running the boundary line „ between their territories and those of Spam. I , was afton ; fhed at this complaint, as I had then ly ing on my table a copy, of Mr. Eliicott's letter to the Baron, dated the 27th jof February, only ic three days after Mr. Eliicott's arrival at the in Natchez, announcing his arrifal a* the eommil »_ fiwntr of the United States for th* objctSt above () exprtffed, and two copies of the Baron's answer, dated at New-Orleans, the firft of March ? one of the original Spanish, and other a tranfla ) tion in English, acknowledging the receipt of Mr. J -■ Eliicott's letter, and " congrajqjating hiro on hi 9 le arrival in that country in the character otf com h mifiioner on {fie part of the United States." I y- immediately presented these copie.< to the mini ,e " er > in whom the repugnance of fail to assertion excited the natural feufation: but soon rectlledl ing himfclf, he made this apology for the.Baron, ]' 'hat hefuppofedhe did not coilfiderMr. Eliicott's 1- letter as official I This Icttcrand the translation of the Baron's anfw'er, have been already laid be j. fo.e Congress and published : I now subjoin the j copy of the Baron's answer in Spanish. No. 13. The facls I have heTe Hated, relative to the complaint of the Baron de Carondelet, which le the Ppanifh minister has offiitted in his detail, ap -0 peared to me important to be laid before you, to it be ccnfidered together with the other complaints a which the minister has recited. As to the cora n plaint that Mr. Ellicott " attempted to get pos session of the Natchez Yqrt by surprize, and that the Governor Gayofohas in his power documents which evidently prove the intention of that at tempt," I haveexamined the two gentlemen who '• have brought Mr. Eliicott's difpatchts' and they I- declare that they never heard of such an attempt beingmadeer intendedby Mr.Ellicott; and that < 0 fofar from exciting diflatisfa£lion to the Spanish government, in tne minds of the inhabitants at the Natchez, he uniformly recommended pa tience and fubmiflion, until the Spar.ilh jurisdic tion (hould be withdrawn. e Upon a view of the whole correspondence now t and before submitted to the President, it appears I, that the governors of his Catholic Majesty, on n the MifTifipi, have, on various pretences, poft t poned the running of the boundary line, and the withdrawing of his troopt from the posts they occupied within the territory of the United r States: That after repeated overtures, promises - and appearances of commencing the execution - of the treaty between the two nations, in both j those refpedh, their condudl demonflraies, that t I for an indefinite period they mean to avoid doing either: That there i> but too much reason to be lieve Mr. Eliicott's suspicions well founded, that an undue influence has been over the Indians by the officers »f .his Catholic Majesty, t to prepare them for rupture with the United f | States; thofefufpicions cprrefponding with other 1 intelligence recently received by the Seiretary of , i War and by me. Mine is by a private letter from j | Colonel Sargent, the Secretary of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, of which an x ex trait, No. 14, is annexed. Whether this plan of exciting the Jndians to i direct hostilities against the United States, has, 1 been contemplated and promoted by any of our f own citizens, it may be difficult to fay ; but that one or more of those citiiens have proposed and j taker, measures to detach the southern Indians from the interests of the United States, and to destroy the influence of the public agents over those nations, and thus to defeat the great objefls of their appointment, the chief of which is to preftrrve peace, is certain. The evidence of this important faift will be laid before you by the Se cretary of War. That evidence having a refe rence to the Britilh Minister, and his government, I took the liberty of addrefling to him a letter, • dated the ift instant, ( No, IJ,) to which 1 receiv ed ;9e answer, No. 16. At closely connected with this business, I lay , before you the copy of my letter, No. 17, dated s the 27th of April laft,to Charles Jackson, Esquire, . the Diftrill Attorney of Georgia, Reciting a pas sage in a letter from the Spanish Minister, dated the aiftof April, declaring his pofitiveknowledge that the English had made proportions to Gene ral Clarke, of Georgia to obtain his influence in that state, in conjunction with some persons who might make a diversion or serious attack against Florida. By Mr. Jackson's answer, from which - an extrail. No. 18, is herewith presented, it ap , pears, that after diligent enquiry, he could not s find any person that knew any thing of the bu e Gnefs, or that entertained a belief of the kind ; b and that from General Clarke's known violent antipathies to the English, and other circum - fiances, he doubted the truth of the report alto , gether. s On the 30th ult. I received a letter from Ge-, f neral Piuckney, dated the 9th of May, which , contains the latest intelligence from him, and s seems proper to accompany the other papers now - laid before you. His letter, No. 15, therein re -1 ferred to, has not yet eometo hand. 1 All which Is rrfjn-dtfully ftibrntttted. t TIMOTJSY PICKERING. ; Department of State, July 3d, 1797. > . 1 > [No. I.J ExtraS of a letter from Andrew Ellicott, Esq. r commifjioner of the United States, to the Secre tary bf State, dated, Natchez, May 10, 1797. | SIR, 1 SINCE my difpatJies by Mr. Knox, the whole of the Spanish 4fommifison for the pur l pose of running the boundary lines between the . territory of his Catholic Majesty, and tlat of the . United Sta'es has afrived ; but notwithstanding I this circumstance, I fee no appearance of getting 1 to business in any reafouabW time : various pre tences are resorted to by the Baron de Cupnde let, and Governor Gayofo, to juflify the aelay , but the true reason, I am well persuaded, hasne . vet* yet been made known to myfelf, or to the 1 inhabitants ef the diftriil of Natchez, who are generally very uneasy, and many of them con i fider t'hejr situations as desperate if not lupported . in a few months by the United States. 1 As the arrival of the whole Spanish commission 1 produced no effc<£l favorable to our business, I ex , pedled that of Lieut. Pope, with a detachment 1 of about forty troops, which happened the 24th , of last month, would make some change for the ; better—in this I have been disappointed. Addi ; tional labourers werefet to work in the fort, and several more pieces of artillery mounted. ' On the firft of this month I received a letter . from Govtrnor Gayofo, a copy of which, with I the answer, you will find inclosed. On Sunday last, the fort at this place was rein forced by about forty men, and a company of 1 grenadiers are on their way, and hourly expeded to join them. Yesterday Mr. Gillimard, the Spanish surveyor, an engineer, and several other , military officers, with a boat-load of entrenching : tools, left this place sos the Walnut IlilJs, where 1 the works are to be immediately put into a com • plcra state of defence. The la-murers who were • employed by the direflion of Governor Gayofo to go 1 n the line, are now ordered to the Wal nut Kills to assist in repairing the fortifications. : If the court cf Madrid has any design of car -1 ' I r ?'WR the Ltetrclfy witii the tJnitfi States into i effeel, the conduit of the Baron tie Carondelet ; and Governor Gayol'o is to me altogether ine l *- | plicable : AH their nuafurcs have the appearance of apprcaahing hostility ; and from lome infor mation which I have lately received from a source to which I cannotavoid giving a degree ofcredit, but a (hort poriad wid elapse before we fliall be ordered to leave this place', if not the cotintry. I ha ye in a form:;r communicrvon mentioned my fufpic ions, that an undue influence has been ex ercifi-d over the Indians to prepare them for a rupture with the United States, and to awe into a quiet fuumifiion the inhabitants, of this' diftriil, who are at their mercy. lam furry, that no has yet occurred to make me change this Opinion. Immediately upon Mr. Pope's arrival, he was joined by ensign M'Clary, who, commands my escort, which conflfts of about thirty-seven men, and ail with me. We now make a cefpedlable ..ppcaranee—the men are in good health, and well cloathed, and the ftriileft dii'ci pline is cbferyd by the whole camp. Lieut. Pope has hitherto jcondu&ed himfelf in such a manner as to give general fatisfadlion to the neighbouring inhabitants, without incurring the displeasure of the present governor, or his offi cers,'and at the fame time supported the honour of the United States ; but he has unfortunately been indisposed almost ever since his arrival. I am, fir, with great eflam, &c. ' ANDREW ELLICOTT. Secretary of State, United States. [No. ll] . [ls the fame <witb No.Xllt. of the Secretary at War's Refortt published on Saturday.] [No.-:II.j From Andrew Elluott, to his Excellency Manuel Gayofo de Lemos. Natchez, May id, 1797. Sir, YOUR excellency's favour of yesterday is now before me, but as it principally concerns the com manding officer of the troops of the United States in this quarter, who I presume will give you a fa tisfadlory answer, it wiil therefore be unnecefla ry for me to riiake any remarks upon it. In a former communication you were apprized of my determination to remain at this place until we proceed to running oftheline, or are recalled by the executive of the United States. V am, 4cc, &c. ANDREW FLLICOTT. His Excellency Mahucl Gayofo de Lemos. [No. IV.] Sir, THREE days ago I declared to you the just reasons which I had for fufpefling that an expe dition was p.eparmg on the lakes, on the part of the Englilh, the objeft of which is to attack Up per Louisiana, and take by furffrife the ports of St. Louis and New-Madrid. The proofs which I have since been able to obtain, confirm me in my suspicion, that the English troops, who me ditate this coup de main intend to descend the Miffiflippi by Fox river, Oniconfin, or by the Illinois, or other parts of the territory of the United States. I suppose the government of this couatry toojealoui of its rights to fuffer so scan dalous a violation of its territory ; but having al ways in view the interests of the king my matter, and the security of his poflcfiions in this part of the world, in his name I that in Tirtue of the information cited, this government may take the measures neceflary for preventing th.e passage of foreign troops, of what defecti on soever, over its territory.—An undertaking in which are united the dignity of the United States and the security of the poffefiioits of a friendly natioD, allures me beforehand that the adminis tration of this country will take the mealures which (hall he most adapted to this end. With these rrafonsl offer myfelf to your dif- j pofal, and pray Ciod to preserve you many years. Your Most obedient humble servant, CHARLES MARTINEZ de YRUJO. Philadelphia, id of March 1797. [ 7b be concluded in our next. ] CONGRESS. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES, Thursday, July 6.—Continued. Mr. Nicholas declared, he was as rea dy to aft upon the bufineTs as any person in the house, and gave as much credit to the : charge. He wilhed to probe the bulinefs to the bottom. He thought they should en quire whether there was not another person equally culpable with William Blount—he meant the minifter. He suggested the propriety of deferring the whole bufmefs till next session, as he did not fee any advantage that would be derived from determining upon it at present, except it were by making an example of the offend er. He supposed there would be no danger of his escaping ; and if he were to escape, he did not know that it would make any can£dcrable difference as the only punish- ; ment which could be inflifted upon him, would be a difqualification from office. Mr. Gallatin said this fubjeft was al together new to him. He never had turn ed his mind to the constitutional question with relation to impeachment before this morning. Of course, what he should fay, would be more in the shape of queries than of any thing else, as he had not formed any decisive opinion upon it. He was not, therefore, ready to vote upon the fubjeft, but merely wilhed to submit his doubts to the eommittee. It had struck him upon a cursory view of the constitution, that whatever might have been tHe extent to which impeachment was Carried m England, by our constitution, im peachment in this country must be limited to the officers of government alone. He had derived this idea from the two following clauses in the constitution, viz. " The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers of the United States, fliall be removed from office, on impeachment for, and conviftion of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and mifdemeano'rs." 1 " Judgment, in. cases of impeachment, fliall not extend further than to removal from office, and difqualifidation to hold and en joy any office of honor, trust, or profit, un dertime United States. But the party con vifted fliall, nevertheless, be liable and fub jeft to indiftment, trial, judgment, and pun- - ifhment, according to law." It appeared from these clauses, that where ever an officer of government committed an offence upon which a judgment of impeach ment should be had, he wa? also liable to in diftment according to law, as the extent of punifliment from an impeachment was a re moval from office, apd a difqualification to in future any office of honor, trust, or profit, in the United States. He did not think the cafe of Dr. Sacheverell in point. It was his opinion that by the constitution officers of the government only were intend ed to be impeached, and not members of the legislature. • His tolleague had given it as his opinion, that a member of that house might be im peached for his vote, if bribery could be proved, though the constitution expressly declares, that no member shall be question ed Out of the house for any tiling he may do in his charafter as a legislator. He sup posed this clause was meant to prevent any interference of the Executive ; but if a man were to be called in question for a vote, though not for a speech, the privilege which he had always understood that they enjoy ed, would be greatly narrowed. It ap peared to him that the appropriate punilh ment for offences committed within those walls was expulsion ; and that impeachment : could not apply to them. •An argument had been adduced in favor . of impeachment of a S nat j, from that bo dy's having free access to the executive re cords. This assertion was not correft ; as he recollected a cafe iti which the Senate Applied to the President for certain papers, which, if they had had free access to his re cord, they would not have had occasion to have requested. He also recollefted that the request was only granted in part. He be lieved indeed that feme Senators, as that feme members of that house, might, by special favor of the secretary of state, have access to this record ; but he believed it might be refufed to the members of either house. It was said this offence was the feduftion of an officer of the government. He knew nothing of the offence ; but he saw no rea son why the offence should be greater be cause committed by a Senator. He knew not whether this Carey, an Indian inter preter, was an officer nominated by the President, and approved by the Senate. He knew nothing of the faft. It was therefore necessary to have feme further information on the fubjeft. , With relation to the letter itfelf, it was of a very serious nature, so serious, that though he conceived it fearcely ripe for le gislative enquiry, he thought it called for Itrift executive enquiry. He thought they should know something of the faft that the letter was William Blount's. It was nothing less than a conspiracy between a number of men in the United States and the British government. He said a number of men, be cause the letter mentions a captain Chef holm, who held the correspondence with the British minister at Philadelphia last winter, so that at least two officers of government were acquainted with the plan. [He read an extraft from the letter.] It appeared, therefore, that a most serious plan had been laid, in which captain Cjief holm was a partner, and made the instru ment to confer with the British minister ; that a man of feme consequence was gone to England, and that the design was an at tack upon the Spaniards in America ; so' that the plan, if carried into effeft, must involve us in a war with tjiat nation. This plan, Mr. G. said, had been fufpedted by the Spanifli minister at Philadelphia, who has addressed our Executive more than once up on the fubjeft ; and also by thev ministers of France and Spain at Charleston, who, in order to meet the atuck, had purchased all the arms and ammunition they could meet with, and sent them to Augustine. How far the legillature should go into the business, or whether it Ihould be left to the executive, he did not know. At firft, he ! thought the fubjeft wholly of an executive . nature. Mr. G. observed, that what he had de livered were mere curfoiy thoughts. He should with to hear the fubjeft difeuffed, as ,he should attend more to the arguments of gentlemen in that house, than to the ppini ons of legal authority. So far as to the le gality of the question, they were certainly better judges than he ; but as the power of impeachment was committed to that house, they certainly ought to judge for themselves. He mentioned this, because he thought the answer of theie legal gentlemen very curious, " that the letter <was evidence of a crime ; that this crime ivas a misdemeanor ; and that it is liable to impeachment." When the President alked advice what he should do, the answer seemed to be a direftion to that house, what they should do ; and this was advice unasked. Perhaps, however, the answer given to them was only partial. He wished, if it could be done with propriety, that the . business might be postponed till the next session. He ur.derftood that the gentleman supposed to have taken his feat in the Senate this day. As to expelling him from his feat, that might be done now, and when that done, it would prevent him from doing any further harm. s The difqualification might take place at the next session as well as the pre sent. Mr. I}ana said, that the firft impression upon his nu'nd were, that a Senator was not impeachable ; but, upon farther inquiry, he had found reason to doubt his opinion. He asked whether a power could be im peached for any offence, which was not a violation of official duty. He thought this was clear by the constitution. A judge was certainly a civil officer, yet, if he were guil ty of treason against the United States, " by levying war against them, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and com fort," this would be no breach of official duty, and yet he might certainly be impeach ed for the offence. Another enquiry was, whether members of the legislature were officers, in the sense of the constitution. This was an enquiry of great importance. ' The right of impeachment, seemed to be I a right clearly political—it was a right in government to protest itfelf, by displacing from her councils men who were faithlefs and unworthy. Taken in this view, the reason of the thing seemed strongly to apply to the members of the legislature. With refpeft to a k'giflater being a civil officer. He would ale whether, if a man was displaced from a civil office, he would be eligible to be eicfted as a member of the legislature. 1 liis would be an absurd con cluflon, unless.it fhoiild be said that to be elected to such a was neither to be in a place of honor, trust, or nrofit. Another clause of the coflftitution faid— that no title of nobility shall be granted ; and rio person holding any office of profit or trust, shall accept of any present, emolu ment, office, br title of any kind from any king; prince, or foreign state Aiig it was not meant to be said, that our officers were not to be allowed to receive emoluments, &c. the members of the legisla ture were not forbidden to do it. This would be strange doctrine. » He would submit to the committee what he conceived to be their duty. He thought the house should be fully fatisfied of the faftj but if there was any doubt as to the flagran cy of the offence, or the liability of the per son to be thus tried, these doubts should te left to the decision of the Senate, as the pre per constituted authority. As to the enquiry relative to fads. The committees did not conceive that that en quiry ought to extend to a foreign minister. They had nothing to do with him. He did not come within their cognizance. Mr. D. thought there could be no doubt ns to the faft of the letter being' really Mr. Blount's, as several persons in the house could prove his hand writing. It was ne cefTary firft to enter into this general resolu tion. Afterwards fpecific articles of im peachment could be prepared. (To be continued. J Lailson's Circus. On TUESDAY Evening, July II th, FOR THE BENEFIT OF Mr. J A Y,M O N D, Will be performed a variety of New Equeflrian Exercises, by Meffr*. Langley, Her hi an, Sully (the Clown) and Lailfon. The surprising manoevrei of the H O.U L A N, With the carabine and broad sword ; after which the fcenc of the DRCiCK W ART, in the charac ter of MONT-AU-CI&L, by Mr. Lailson. The PEDESTAL, The evening's entertainment to conclude by a firft reprefcßtation of a Heroic Pantomime in three a&s, called Dorothee ; OR, The Strcngh of Love andMaternall endernefs. Which will b» preceded bjf Les Preux Chevaliers. Prologue to Dorothee ; ®r, the reception to tie Brave Officer : -with the majefic ceremony, order, and refpeft, imposed to a reception in that refpe&able corps : Ornamen ted ujith dances, military cvo r utious, grandprocefftons,finm gu ar combats 'with battle axes, swords aud daggers, be tween Dungy and Sacrogorgon, and general combats; new >nuftc, fGentry , and decorations (the paintings executed by AfeJJrs. Perouany and Audin) ; The 'whole at the ex pence and un.hr the immediate diiuSjion of Mr. Jay inondy ivoo mill [pare nothing U and ivhoft only end is, topreferve % tbebenevolence amgencrous fatisfaSlion •which the public have been so kind as to \tfify ftnce open ing of the C'rcus. Tick ft; to be had at the usual placet, and of Mr. Jay man J, corner of Second and South-Greets, opposite the Nciv Market. Philadelphia and Lancajler Turn pike Company. A July ICtb, 1797. T a meeting- of the President and Managers, a dividend of seven and a half dollars per fliare was declared for the last half year, which wiy be retained by the President and Managers for che purposes of paying the debts of the Company, greeable to a resolution of the Stockholders the lath June laO TENCH FRANCIS, Treasurer. Extract from the Minutes of the Stockholders. June 12th, 1797. Resolved, That the fubfeription opened for one hundred additional {hares of ftbek, conformable to a resolu tion o :he nth January, 1796, be now clofei, and that the stock ®f the Company consist of twelve hundred instead of thirteen hundred stares. Wm. GOVETT, Secretary. July 10. m&wiw m&tu3w new theatre!" Mr. Fox's Night. On MONDAY Evening, July 10, Will be presented a celebratefcrßAGED'V, called ROMEO fcf JULIET. Romeo, Mr Cooper Paris, ' Worrell, jtfit. Montague, Morris Caput ft, L'Eflrange Mercutio, Moreton B.rv /. o. Fox Tibalty Worrell, jur. Friar Lawrence, Warren friar John, Worrell Balthazar, Mitch. 11 Apothecary, Francis Peter, Bliffctt P a S e > Mafler L'EJlrange Juliet, Mrs■ Merry Lady Capulet, L'Eflrange Nurse, Harvey In afl I. a Masquerade, ivilh a Dance by the cha racters. In aft V, a Funeralprocejjion and Solemn Birge. The Vocal parts, by Mejfrs. Warrell, Fr inci Warrftt, jun T. Worrell, Mitchell,—Mrs. Oldmixon, Mrs IVarrell, Mrs■ Harvey, Mad. Harwood, Mi/s Millbourne, Miss L' Eflrange, Miss Anderfbn, &c. CsV. To which will be added (never performed here) a FARCE, called THE ANATOMIST 5 OR, THK SHAM DOC-TOR. Mons. Lt Median, Mr. Fox Cri/pin, Bates Old Gerald, Francis Toung Gerald, Worrell, jun. Simon Burley, Warren Martin, Sliffet Doßors Wife, Mrs. L' b.Jltange Beatrice, Mrs Francis Angelica, Miss L'EJlrange Waiting Woman, Mrs. Doßtr. Box, one dollar twenty five cent 1 -; Pit, seven eights of a doHar—and Gallery half a dollar. she doors of the Theatre will be open at Gx o'clock, and the cdrtain rife at seven precisely. gj" On 'Vclnefrfay, not a<Sed these two years, the lavorite Comedy called the RIVALS ; —To which will be added, never performed, a Mu(kal Drama in two ads, called THE SAVOTARDE Or, The Repentant Sei-jt.tr ; for the benefit of Mrs. Fhamcu.
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