North. Carina (Mr. Macon], viz. because he did-not believe- there existed any powr in that house to compel any member to wait upon the President with the address ; there fore it would be improper to grant an in dulgence to a member from doing, what there was no obligation upon him to do. p-}e did net reco'lcft the words of the refaction which had been agreed to. [The Spsaker, repeated them—they were, " that the Speaker, attended by the House of Rep*- fentatives, fhail wait npon~ the President, &c.] This, Mr. O. said, inuft be tinder flood in a qualified sense, as the House of Representative had no existence out of those walk. When the Speaker presented the address, the house wa3 uot present ; they could not debate, nor do any aft as a house ; the address was, therefore, ftriftly fpcaking, presented by the Speaker, followed by mem bers of the House of Representatives ; as he"did not conceive the house had any pow er without the walls of the house. They could, indeed, appoint committees to do business out of doors, but could not call out the members as a body. Upon this ground, he was, therefore, in favour of the previous ; question. Mr. Lyon said, nndrrrtanding the matter j in the light in ivhich it had been placed by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, he would j withdraw his motion. The Speaker fnid the main question was not now under debate, and could not be withdrawn, until the previous question was : difpoled of. He enquired if the mover were '• withdraw it. Mr. Harper hoped not, He should vote | " in favor of it, not for the by ! the gentleman from Pennsylvania, but that ! the house might express its sense of fuel) a motion. Mr. Venable enquired if there were no way of getting rid of the previous question ? The Speaker fti'd, he conceived nof. Mr. Macon alked, whether it would not he in order to commit, or poflpone it to a day certain ? Mr. Thatcher thought he had known in flanco6 where the previous question had been called for, and not taken. The Speaker replied, then it mult have been withdrawn. The previous question wa« then put in ! these words, " Shall the main question now be put r" and it wascarried unanimously, No. Mr. Livingfton from the committee of commerce and manufactures, presented a rc folution to the -following effeft : " Resolved, that all memorials and petitions, which during the second f'fion of the qlh Con gress were referred to the Committee of Com merce and Manufactures, and not reported up on, be and the fame are hereby referred to tie said Committee, for their eonfideration and report,"—Agreed. The Speaker announced the hour to be arrived, which the President of the' United States had appointed to receive the address of the house in answer to his speech, and the Speaker, attended by the members ac cordingly waited upon the President, at his i house, with the address, aijd the answer, (for which fee the Gazette of the United States, of Tutfday and Wednesday.) 1 The address being presented and the an- < fwer received, the Speaker and members re- I turned to the house, the Speaker as usual, i read the answer of the rrefideut from thf| i< ,chair : after wh'ch, Mr. Harper said, it had been usual, where < legislative nieafures were recommended in the fpcech of the President of the United j States, to refer such pai ts to felcft commit- I tees. He therefore moved, that the house refolvc itfelf into a committee of the whole i on the state of the union, in order to take I into eonfideration the speech of the Presi dent. 1 The Speaker said, the fpt£ch had not yet been committed to that committee. < Mr. Harper moved that it be so commit- < ted ; whiph being agreed to, he moved that the house now resolve itfelf into a committee ] of the whob on the state of the union; i which was done accordingly, Mr. Dent in i the chair. Mr. Harper then proposed fix refolutiorfs 1 for adoption, to the following effeft ; which < he pfcipofed to be referred to feleft com- 1 mittee*. ' 1. Refolded, That so much of the speech of the President of the United States as relates to I power being given to the President to poflpone I the meeting of Congress, in certain cases, be re- < ferred to a felt '.CI committee, to report by bill or I other wife." < 2. That so much as relates to the protection of commerce, be referred, Isfc." _ I 3. " That so much as relates to the attempts of foreign agents to alienate the afftdions of the t Indian nations, and to excite them to actual hof- ( tilities agaihjl the UnittdStates,be referred,&£." 1 4. " That so much as relates to a provif.cn for the fulfilment of the 6tb article of the treaty 1 between the United States end Great Britain, t be referred, oc. 1 5. " That fq much as relates, to the reim hurfement of certain advances made by the con- 1 fds of the United States, be referred, &f." . 6. " That so much as relates to the revision, c and amendment, in certain particulars, of the act relative to consuls, be referred, Sec." < The two firft refolutioss were agreed to t without objections. On reading the 3d. 1 Mr. Nicholas said, he did not think they ( were ripe for going into this business. It 1 was usual, when the President alluded to < fa ft 5 in his speech, whSfh he proposed in* 1 the course of the fefiion, to give further in- t formation upon, to wait for that informati- 1 on before they proceeded to aft upon them. 1 He thought thi3 would be bell fn the pre- f feut cafe. ' Mr. Harper did not recolleft that the 1 President referred to any particular dricu- ! f mentis on this fubjeft. If a committee were i t appointed, they would of course enquire t into the fafts, and report accordingly. 1 Mr. Nicholas said, the mover hi.nfelf t feenud to be aware that the committee f would be at a loft for facts,, and that they 1 would have to apply to the President for 2 them. He thought it would be more re- t fpeftful to wait, for the communications r which would of ooiiVfi h ■ mad-to tke House l t.ian to employ d eoraniittee to make the - enquiry. Mr. Harper said the President had told t them, as a faCt, that such attempts had ' been made. [Mr. H. read an extract from 1 toe speech.] 1 o poftpooe the appointment r of a committee, therefore, in order to wait ; lor further communications, would be tofay - they did not believe the fad, Before ; the , President had made the assertion, he would - doubtless be well allured of the truth of it. F But he would observe, that if np such at tempts had been made, they were not un likely to be mad?, and. the law recommend ed 011 that ground, was very dsliruble. It was well known that the ordinary course of law will not go into that territory ; there must be a diltinft and particular legislative ! power for the purpose. Admitting, thera fore that the President has been mifin formed, the law could do no harm, but might prevent the evils complained of, Mr. Sitgreaves observed, t"hat the gentle man from Virginia, (Mr. Nicholas) was "try correCt in faying, that it was usual to j wait for the promifiid communications of the ; Executive Department, before they pro ceeded to act upon any business recomrnend ; cd by the fpeeah ; but it must alio be recol lected, that the stile of this refutation was different from that heretofore used. It was cu'tomary to fay, on these occ.ifions, " Re ■ solved, that it is expedient to do so and so," j which they could not do, until evidence was j before them; but this committee being dif ferently formed, there was not that neceffi . ty, and when the communication was made, ■ i it would of course be referred to the com mute now proposed to b« appointed. Mr. Dayton (;at Speaker) said, that the law recommended by thj: President of the United States to be pr.ffid, was to give bet ter effeCt to th? nieafures already taken to j counteract the attempts of foreign agents i upon the Indian nations. Before a, law j could be passed to give effeft to those mea- ' fures, it was was necessary, therefore, they j should be laid before them; and, if a com mittee were now appointed, they would of) course have to look back to the House for ' information. Mr. Baldwin thought there was Another reafonfordeferringthe business. He thought there was a law intimately connected with this fubjeft which expired in the spring (of which they should have notice from the com jnittee of revifal if it was so") and of which this provifiatt might make a part. He saw no inconvenience which could arise from let ting this fubjeft lie over for a time. Mr. Macon said, if the gentleman from S.,Carelina wouldconfent to let this matter be pasted over, the House might proceed upon thofc objects upon which there feemrd little difference of opinion. Mr. Brookes saw no impropriety in refer ring the business to a feleft committee ; for, if it were referred; it did not follow that they were obliged immediately to aft upon it. crime, ue laid, was identified If the committee were appointed, and the President had communications to make upon the fubjeft, it would have a tendency to pro cure more tarly information than might o therwise be obtained. He thought this re solution a» proper fqr committment as any ,other. The question for agreeing to the rcfoluti -011 was put and carried, 44 to 3;. The remainder of the resolutions were a grced to, the committee reft, and the house took thetn up. The three firft resolutions were agreed to in the House without debate. Oil the 4th being read, Mr. Sitgreaves said that this refolutica ought to go to the committee of Ways and Means, as coming direftly within their pro vince ; but at present, he behVved, no such committee had been appointed. Mr. Harper thought it might with pro- 1 priety be referred to a feleft committee,-as it embraced other objefts besides providing money. 1 Mr. Venable was of opinion it would be best to postpone this business to a d'rtant day. He did not know that any decifiun had yet taken place, and therefore there was no neceflity for the resolution at present. < Mr. Sitgreaves was not willing to agree t» a postponement to a distant day ; but thought it would be best referrtd to the 1 committee of Ways and Means, as it was 1 ntceffary they should have the whole of the ' demands against the country before them. 1 He moved, therefore for a postponement to ] this day two weeks.—Agreed. The two remaining resolution »';eing agreed < to, and the latter rf ferred to the committee 1 of the whole to whom was referred the afts j relative to American seamen. 1 Mr. Sitgreaves observed, there was a < very important matter in the Speech yet un- 1 touched. He therefore, proposed the sol- 1 lowing resolution ; ? " Resolved, that so much of the Speech as 1 relates to Foreign vefjels failing under forged > /fmerican papers, be referred to the Committee t of Commerce and Manufaßures — ■» Mr. Livingfton moved for the order of the i day on the report of the committee appoint- I ed to enquire into the operation of the aft t for the relief and protection of American i feaupn ; whiqh being agreed to, the house/ resolved itfelf into a committee of the whole * and the report having been read, three refo- a lutions were agreed to, viz. one dire&ing f the Secretary of State to lay before the f house an abftraft of all the returns made to t hitji by the Colleftors of the several ports, r and such accounts as Jie may have received i from our agents in foreign ports ; another I for allowing cents per day to every c sick seaman in a foreign porf, and a funi for i their traimportation home ; and another <H- r resting that a cevrain deduction (hall be made from the tvages of the seamen, for c the maintaing of the sick and ditabled, and f for the support of an hoipital. The house 1 having concurred' in theie resolutions, and t appointed a committee for carrying them in- t to effect, . f S Mr. t')3f !I: r3 . f f iFvf itfcir f.i; i ? corr.frrrttet ■ > e «.n the report, o'thii petit .'o;i -.-> r .. : . n "| Vefef —which being nrtr;-'J : ... 3 took the chair, a'-id the buSne/V *a -;o-ce] 1 ed with. i This petition wa* nrefattM ,lnr;ig the t lad,winter session, and thei. •v^r'ed'-upon, t The petitioners (late, that SJte'y wereV.j, nts T for 'he French prjvaten fcbooner Lff>, cap ; Harmand ; tHa us j.'.iti -I'e'T sent into 1 the port of Charlcftou*an Kiglifh prize (hip, . called the At»i?v, wiili a c«*go• confiltijig -of fogar :rid which ivns duly eni'eted -I in the custom house, on feV.enth of April, "i '79j > that rhey proce<?dedy.)on the i2ih of .! the fame month to th'f l "'fSßsJ cf the cqr-rft, : • wh.'n they were prohibiud from fellingby '; a libel ifiued from the court of Admiralty ; ' i that on the 2 l ft of the month, an injunction ■ was granted hy the diftri& court to stop the file altogether, as contrary to the treaty concluded with Great Britain ; that the said fJtip Amity being in a very leaky condi tion, they obtained permii«ioN'from the eol --le6tor to land the cargo ; that by a survey afterwards held on the (hip, (lie was con demned as not sea worthy. In consequence application was made at the custom house, i for leave to re-export the cargo in neutral j bottoms, as French property, which per j million was at firft refufed, but afterwards granted ; but that in the mean time, by the fire which laid waste a greit part of Cnarleftoa, the 13th of June last, J2 hog sheads and 3 tierces of ftigar were totally consumed ; wefeupon, the colledtor order the rum, part of the cargo of the ship Aa -1 ity, to be fold to secure the duties on j the sugar thus consumed by fire. The peti j tioners pray for relief by a restoration 01 th'e j i duties thus collected from them, j The committee of commerce aifd manu j .ft&uveß are of opinion, that this cafe mull i be considered as one for which 110 prohiion i had been made by law, but as analogous to that of wreck; that the cargo was supposed be landed only in coiffequence of the al ! le IgpS disability of th* thip, and that as no . sale of the cargo could be made, within the ; United States, no duties ever could have ! been codcftcdiVofliif ;£u as the deftruftion of the sugar by fire, nothaviiig altered the original ground on whicj) they were fuffered to be landed: to wit, merely in tranfitu, un til the (hip could be repaired or the goods re-exported, the duties ought to be refund ed. Whereupon they recommended to the House to adopt the following resolution; " Resolved, That, a committee be ap pointed to bring in a bill to grant relief to the petitioners, according to the prayer of their petition." The above ref»lntion was agreed to with a trifling alteration. 1 The house took it up, agreed to it, and appointed a committee to bring in a bill. Mr. Dent, on apjflfcation, was cxcuCed from serving on the committee of commerce and ir.anufa&ures (being'already upon two other eommittees) and Mr, S. Smith was appointed in his place. On motion of Mr. Otis, the petition of Wm. White was referred to the committee of commerce and manufaftures. Adjourned. Xfje (frasette. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MjvRMBF.R 10. ' ' •- • ' ' 1 ' " Extrafl from 'the Charge of Chief Juflice Ai'Ktan, to the Grand Jury, Nov. 27. " Before I conclude, I Am sorry to have oCcasion to mention, that there is another crime, that peculiarly concerns the judges of the supreme court to endeavor to correct, it i 3 thafof Libelling. I will describe it at large. Libels or /iScllifviufi, taken in the mo 2 extensive sense, fignify aqy writings, pic tured, or the like, of an immoral or illegal tendency; bbr in the sense we are now to consider them, are malicious defamations of any person, and especially of a magistrate, made public either by writings printing, signs, or pictures, in order to provoke him to wr.tth, or to expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule. The direct tendency of these libels is the breach of the public peace, by stirring up the objvrts of tbem, theirfamiliesand friends to aftsof revenge, and perhaps ofbloodfhed; which it would j»e inipoflible toVellrain by the severest laws, were there no redress from publie justice for injuries of this kind, which, of all others, are mod sensibly felt ; i and which, being entered upon with cool- 1 ness and deliberation receive a greater aj- ; gravation than any other scandal or defa- ! mation, continue longer, and are propagat- 1 ed wider nnd farther. And where libels are 1 printed against persons employed in a pub lic capacity, they receive an aggravation, < as they tend to scandalize the government, 1 by reflecting on those who are entrusted with the admitiiftration of public affairs, and 1 thereby not only endanger the public peace, 1 as all others do, by stirring up the parties* 1 immediately concerned to a6ts of revenge, t but have also adiredt tendency to breed in f the people a Miflike of they- governors, and ' incline them to'fa£ti«n fedition. c Not only charges of a heinous n'atfire, and ; which reflf.d\ a moral turpitude bn the party, '* are libellous, but also such is'fet ISrn in a t fcurrilotis ignominious light : per- 1 son desires to appear agreeable in life, and * mult be highly provoked by such ridiculous < representations of him, as tend to leflen him c in the eftecm of the world, and takeaway 1 his ieputat'oll, which to fame mea is more { dear than life Kfrlf, fer these equally create e ill-bh>od, and provoke the parties to a£U of j revenge, and breaches of the peace. c A defamatory writing exprefiing only one t or two letters of a name, oc-tifing such de- t fcriptions and ciicumlocutions, feigned t names or circumftanees, in such a manner, that from what goes before, and follows as- \ ter, it must needs be understood to fignify f such a perfoa in the plain, obvious and aat- \ liwfc'coa'Truism fthc'w'iol.', wm"j: -oper •!'' a Ms!, aj-ff C-J w!i,;i i •• at brjje : fev it hv'the nfmoft 'tVPt upon the law. to fufftr it's justice eluded by Tuch tr.nirig tvafions; and it irn ri-itcu]->HS a'&furdity to fay, tiiat a e writing, which is, understood hy every the . mean«;ft capacity, cr.vno-t pofflbly be undir s (Isod by the cnijr!s and juries.• It is equally ridiculous and ebuird to fup > pose that if a man speaks (landerous or d-- , famatdf-y words of another, he may be sued, r and ample damages recovered for the injury, 1 | but if the fame wofdov.re put in wrfting r,j , i printed, no pusilhment can be inflicted, f Such a dc»<strine may gratify the wi'hes of > envjous and malicious towards and aiTafiins, ' but must be detelted by allftnlible and good ; men. I _ These offence? are pnniliable either hy ' indictment, ir.Toi rnation or civil action : but there are some instances where they can be punished by -\ erin:r.al prifccution only; as the United States 111 congress aflcm blecT, the legiHature, judges oßthe supreme court, or civil magifirates in general ■ are charged with corruption, moral turpitude, b.ife partiality, and the like, wlien no one in particular is named. 15y the law of the twelve tables at Rome, libels which affeCted the reputatiou of ano ther, were made capital offences but before the reign ..of Augustus, tht punishment be came corporeal only. Under the Emperor V alentinian, it was again made capital, not only to write, but to publish, or even to o mit deftroyiffg them. But by the laws of Penpfylvania, the authors, printers, and pjiblifliers of a I,'bel are punishable by fine, , and also a limitted iinprifonment at hard la j bour and lolitary confinement in ,ga >l, ot> 1 imprisonment or one of them, as to the court in difcretian fliall seem proper, ac cordiug to the heinoufnefs of the crime, and the qualityand circumftanees of the offender. Any libeller, or person even speaking words of contempt against an inferior magis trate, as a justice of the peace or mayor personally, ,'Jju' he be not then in the adual execution of hit office, or of an inferior offiser or Jukice, as a constable and such like, be ing in the attual execution of his office, may be bound to his good behaviour by a Gngle justice of the pejee. By jhis law and these pvinifhmerits, the liberty of the press (a phrase much used but little understood) is by no means infringed or violated. The liberty of the press is in deed essential to the mature of a free state ; but this consists irt laying 110 previoas re- Itraints upon publications, and not in free dom from censure fc;r criminal matter, when publilhed. Every freeman has an undoubt ed right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; t® forbid this, is to de stroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous cr illegal, he must take the tonfequence of his temerity. To punish dangerous or offenfive writings which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a per nicious tendency, is necefTaryforthe peace & g#od order, of government and religion ; the only (olid foundations of civil liberty.— Thus the et>/7/ of individuals is still left fret, the abuse only of that free-will is the objeft of legal punifliment. OurprefTes in Penn fvlvania are thm free. The commou law, wi{h refpeit to this, is confirmed and eftaj)- lifhed by the conflitution itfelf. By the 7th fe£t. of declaration of the principles of a j free government, kc. it is afccrtained, " that the printing prcfTcs (hall be free to every ' person, who undertakes to examine the pro ceedings of tit- Legidature, or any part of government." Men, therefpre, have only to take care in their publications, that they i are decent, enndidend true; that they are for | the purpose of reformation, and not of defa- i mation; and that they have an eyefokly to 1 the public good. .Publications of this kind ' are not snly lawfal but laudable. But if they aie'made tft gratify envy or malice, and j contain personal invedtites, low fcurility, or (landerous charges; they eart aafwer no! good purpafes for tfie community, but on the contrary, must destroy the very ends cf society. Wete these to tfcape with impu n y* youth would not be fafe in its innocence nor venerab/t old age in it's <w'ifdom, gravity, and virtue ? dignity andjlatien would become a reproach; and the faireft and belt charac ters, that this or any other country ever produced, would be vilified and blasted, if not ruined. If anr person, whether in a public or pri vate station, doej injury to an individual, or to the society, ample ndrefs can be had by having recourfc to the laws, and the proper tribunals, where the parties can be heard personally, or by counsel, the truth can be fairly invetligated, and justice fully obtain ed : so that there can be no neccffity nor reason for ixcufing any one of public or pri vate wrongs in pamphlets or newspapers, or of appeals to the people, under feigned names, or by anonymous fcrlbblers. •Every one who has in him the sentiments of either a christian or a gentleman, caanot out be highly offended at the envenomed fcurrihty that has raged in pamphlets and news-papers, printed in Philadelphia for several y« ars past, insomuch, that libelling has become a kind of national crime, and diltiriguifhes us not only from ail the states , around us, but from the whole civilized world. (Stir fatirc has been nothing but ( ribaldry and billingsgate : the conteit has . beer, who coold call n: mes in the greatcft 'j variety of phrases ; who could mangle the t greatcft number of charafters ; or who could; r excel in the magnitude or*virulence of their lies. Hence the honpr of families has been fhined ; the highest polls rendered cheap , and vile in tile fight oT ihe people, and the y great eft fervj-es and virtue blasted. This 4 evil, so fcaiula'oMS to our g;>verrfnient, and [ detcftable in the eyes of all good men, tal s alo id for redress. To cenf'jrt the licennauf nfs is to maintain the liieity of the pref. ( At a time _wbca inifunderftandings fr.'- 1 vail between, the Republics of the United 1 States and France, and when our genera] i government have appointed public minifter s " T " " ;' ■ 4 ' ♦ , 5" ! en<?ea««ir their removal ant! rflore fh» ' " ' " ■""•rr.'.jsy ksm • «»f the jou-nals and : --vs..pr)»er.' i t! .. cii 7 cf Philadelphia hare :e UwK-dwith;;<»e ra4 .irritating involves, if , Coached in the vulgar and opprobrious a langcag , not only agiunft the French tii , t;on and their a!!;e.s, but the very men in i- powei;. v.ith whom th * nuniflers of ©urcoun try arc lent tp negociate. These pubKcati ons have an evident tendency not ,only td fruf *- - trattf a reconcilat ion, but to create a rup ture and provoke a war between the sister > Republics, and seem calculated to vilify, ■» nay to subvert all Republican governments !• ; whatsoever, • fj Imprt-fT d with the dutiji of my jlation, , I have used some endeavours for checking a these evil*, by binding over th; editor and printer of one of them, licentious and "viru 'e!)t beyond all former example, to his good t behaviour ; but he (lill perseveres inhisne c l irious publications ; he has ransacked our ? language for terms of reproach and infrlt, a:;d for the bafeit acejlfStions againlt every ° ruler and distinguished character in France i and Spain, with whom we chance to have > any intercourse, which it is scarce in nature ' to forgive ;in brief,.he braves his recogniz ance and the laws. It is r.ow with you, > geniiemen of the grand jury, to animadvert - on his conduit ; without your aid it cannot be correfted. The government that will - not difconntenance, may be thought to a dopt it, and be deemed jullly chargeable ' with all the confeqjiences. Every nation ought to avoid giving any ; rc,l l offence to another. Some medals and : dull jefb are mentioned and rep'uffented as a. i ground or quarrel between the Englifil and Dutch in 1672, a s;d like wife cajifid Lewis the 14th to make an expedition *;ito the » United Provinces ot t'n? Netherlands in the ■ fame year, and yearly ruined that Common ' wealth. Vv e are sorry to find that our endtavouts , in this way have not been attended with all - the gcod effects that were txpedted from them ; however we are determined to pur sue the prevailing vice of the times with zeal and indignation, that crimes may no longer appear less odious for being fajbionallt, nor the more secure from punifhsnent for being : popular. The criminal law of this state is so preg nant with juflice, so agreeable to reason, so • full of equity and clemency, that even those 1 who itiffer by it cannot charge it with rigor. It is so adapted to the common good as to fuffy no foliy to go unpunished, that re quires to be retrained ; and yet so tender of the infirmities of human nature, and of the wives and children of even the greatell offenders, as to refufe no indulgence which the fafety of the public will permit. It gives the rulers no power but of doing good, and deprives the people of no liberty but of d#ing evil. We are now (tlynik God) ia the peaceable and full enjoyment of ouriaws, of the free admiuiftration ofjuftice, and in complete pofleffion of religious, civil and political liberty. May the Divine Go vernor of the world continue those blessings to iy, and impress it as a duty whieh we owe to ourselves -who enjoy tfrtm ; and to those virtuous men, who, under God, have been inllrumental in procuriru; them ; and to our pollerity who will cljinTat our hands this noblest inheritance, to maintain and de -1 fend them at every liazard of life and for tune. ! Y° u may now, gentlemen, retire to your tiflj deliberate with coolness, judge with impartiality, anv decide with fortitude. And may Godovei-rule and diredl all your . proceedings to the furtherance of juftictt j and happiness of the people." COMMUNICATION, j The high estimation in which our free and enlightened citi'sens hold their political BIRTJ-I RIGHT, the LIBERTV OF THE PR ESS. was yesterday evinced to j the juflice, hsnor and credit of a refpedabk Grand Jury. Died] —Ob Sunday evening last, after* very Ihort illness, fiacerely lamented by a mimhar of very rtfpedable acquaintanco and friends, Mrs. Mary. Humphreys, Wife of Mr. lames Humphreys, lately Shel. kurne," Nova Scotis, ne<w of tids city GAZETTE." MAR INF. LIST. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVtB DAY , Ship Birmingham Packet, Hill, Havre-68 Brig Elizabeth, Fi.llerton, C N Mole 26 CLEARED. Ship Clothier, Gardner, Liverpool t, • £?"S*» ice ' Surinam- Bug Minerva, Long, B;]boa Schr. Sally, Scudder, Norfolk Sloop Charlotte, Price, New-Yo;k Nancy, Clark, Norfolk The South Carolina, Carman, u arrived at Charleston from Philadelphia. Th<? Maria, Sherer, and several other vef fds, arc arrived in the Delaware. CLEARED. New Turk, Ncv. 22. Ship Mohawk, Moore, AmJhrJam 86 P'XZh Atkiafon, Amjerdam Capt. E/i/s oftie brig Bayonne,of this part, from Si. Bartholomews, was Inifght too eofe in with Sandy Hook, on Saturday, lajl, by ajhot from the Englijh letter of marque fchcontr Chance, capt. Thomas, (who hadjujl failed from this port) and after a detention of four ' hours, fiffered to come in. Capt. 1. informed : that he was waiting fir fey era! outward bound vejcls loading with Spani/h property. CJ Tie above schooner arrived here on the ■2-Jth lilt jiom Diminica, and is the fame which ctftured on farpajiige, Capi. Mcrctr, int h schooner Ifahlla, from Surinam to Philidels fhia, on suspicion of having Dutch property on-, board. FOR-SALE, Several fonts of Types—half worn. Including l or.g I'rimei *!: out 400 weight, in good cocdition, snd v ~u'i apfwer the purpose of .1 country printer as well as new. Ensu re cf tl\s Printer, cov . 30. *Op£r-
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