which lie had produced, and fa-id such things
could never be atteWp;:d by the body. It
was true, they d;d not come in a body into
his lodging .to seduce his servant, but indi
viduals did it. But he alktd, do these
men come here in a body ? Because they
believe that their presence will give more
weight to their petition ; so that they ap
peared in bodies, or as individuals, to ati
fwer their purposes. Gentlemen had charg
ed the oppofers of the petition with heat ;
he thought there was as much heat on one
fide as the other.
Mr. Edmund d d not 'believe there wa3
any real ground ofirritation in this queflion;
as no gentleman could suppose, they were
about to do any thing which was either un
cqn?National, or which would affedt their
property. Whether the persons who pre
sented the memorial are virtuous or vicious,
was of no consequence, since judice was due
to both clalTet of men. They had brought
a petition before them, and they ought to
eonfiderit. It was addressed to their hon
eflry or justice ; if the fafts were claims up
on their honesty or justice, they should be
attended to ; and not only attended to, but
if possible, relief granted.—lt was dated,
that there were a number of persons held in
bondage who were justly entitled to liberty.
This faft called for examinatiou ; and a
queflion arose, if it were eflablifhed, wheth
er that house could afford redress. A gen
tleman from N. Carolina (Mr. Blount) had
stated that the faft was not true ; it was
certainly therefore worth while to beetiquir
ed into. Another gentleman had said, if
the faft were as stated, they had no power
to aft ; and a third was of opinion that, by
the constitution, redress might be afforded.
This diversity of opinion (hewed the neces
sity of an invedigation of the fubjeft, in or
der to determine the jurifdiftion of the
house. Ht wilhed it for another reason.
It had been dated, that if this petition were
/attended to, it would open adoor to faftion
and' mifchief. Can'it have this effeft ? These
peop'e bring forward a petition dating a
number of fafts ; they certainly do not
come forward for the mere design of ex
citing disorder in any quarter. If the
house fay they will throw their petition
under the table, would rot such treatment
give the faftious some ground of clam
pur by which to sow difTentioi ? But
if, on the contrary, they coolly looked
into the petition, and reported thereon, (
would it not stop the mouths of these
people ? It certainly would ; fincc they (
■could not then fay common judice 1 was j
refufed to the petitioners. Again, hav
ing once investigated the fubjeft fully, (
if petitions of a similar kind {hould here- ,
after come forward, it could be reafona- .
bly said, " this matter has already been ,
taken up and fully decided upon, and, |
therefore, we will not again go into it." ,
Until this was done, tl|e faftious would
have cause of complaint.
Mr. Blount said, several gentlemen who (
had spoken on this fubjeft seemed to express (
themselves as if they believed there was no
punishment for persons reducing to Slavery (
persons who hod been manumitted. He j
read an extraft from a law passed in 1779, (
in N. Carolina, by which the punifliment of
• death is awarded againd fueh an offence.
Mr. Macon read the proceedings of the
House on the petition refpefting the kid- ,
napping of Negroes, in order to (hew that (
the Gentlemen from New-York (Mr. Liv- ■
ingdon) had mis-stated issue of that business
the lad report on the fubjeft was, that it | f
would be bed to leave the regulation of jht
business to the Legislatures of the several ,
dates. Mr. M. allowed that his refleftion ,
upon the whole body of Quakers was too ',
general, and he had no hesitation in retrain
ing it—but he believed a number of them
jvere guilty of the charges btonght againd
them by the gentlemen from S. Carolina. f
Mr. TuaTcbir said, if, when the motion *ai
firfl made he had tern sgninftit, from what had 11
fallen from gmtlemen on the fubjrft, lie (hould 0
now vote In favor of it-'for, notwithstanding ii
they oppof#d the focond r ailing of the peti-ion, c
they were filing off in fqoad* to read it, and ready 1
to fijlt for a Ct;ht ol it. He believed, therefore, ,
they had some relfons for opposing the fceord
r;ading, which did not appear. He referred to
wait had been said hy the gtntleman from N. Ca
rolina, as to th<: UA stated in the petition, and fai J
that notwithstanding the laws which he had read,
the fait might be true—but that this very doubt
about the fact was an additional reason for going
into the enquiry. Gentlemen had said, however
good and virtuous the petitioners might b», it
ought to have no effect upon the petition—if this
were true, he hoped when they wore reprcfentcd
as the intrjl of men, that representation was not ■
meant to influence their decision on the queflion. n
Mr. T. could not conceive for what purpose thay J
were carried to Europe, to wittiefsthefceneswhich j
had taken plac't there for the Mt ten years. Wai
this, heafked, the stats offociety here ? If hetho't
j' 0 'if i t had the fainted resemblance of what was ai
taking placa there, he would fly from it to the ut- t(
termoft parts of the earth, and there make his ha- c
bitation. Mr. T. wilhilhed an enquiry to take
pl ic< . there was a part of the United States in
which (livery was tolerated —some of the
from those parts thought it not right—there was bt
«'her parts g£ the Union who disclaimed it. These tk
two ompofing principles were like two oppofitc. ft
powers in Mechanifin, which produced reft—but .
the more frequently thd fubjea wi, looked into, .
the more mitigated would be its effefls, tn
Mr. Bayakd went into a judication of what Jt,
'he had before, advanced with refped to its being t j
within the ji.rifdiition of the house to afford a n
rcmrdv with refoeA to the expoft fadto law com
ulaified of, 'and 'infifled that, without fom« such
intsrferenct, perfens might be in a situation in ">
which they could grtno redress. Mr. B. cnnclud- a
ed by faying. thut flints-men knew little qthxunan t[
nature who thought to f.lcnce thrfe pejitipnp by m
contemptoous tteitmAt, and f lulded to -he in-
Attapcc which hod been ftewn thent »tth ou
totak'r<A>f oaths. ,
Mr "suit* wa(h«d fof>n explanation pn the
fubiea of law ' th ° u « h th * con " cj
ftitotion of the United States could lu v ve no pow- f
cr over lawipaffed befote it existed. He was of J
opinien this petition ought to be r-ferred, a» it
was prtfiAted in a jefpeflful form, and by a res- | e%
peel able body of men— \ body of men so refpec- <v,
tab'e that their -wtrd was equal to the eath of oth
er m-n He thought also, that a fair and can.iid
decision would prevent future firflilar applications.
Because f»me few man had att.'».pted to rftlude
the forvotts gentlemen it ovgisi not to !•« she ±>
eround t.f a refleaiwi upon the whi.h feorfv. The ol
centlrtiUM from Fcnrfylvania had fatd thut the.
manumiflien law of that (late had done no harm
to property of this kind—that he denied ;he be- ( v
gs ] jkted it had raiie®airc,'tKj -"...reainthe neigh
it b . onn <t Slates unhappjr m.thHr fi'-u had'
[y &iv-n thsii- mailer. uueilirlc.'fs.
j. Mr. VsNAßti h.ivt rifoii, Tiadit hot
b " ntk " h e wilhed tot miftaken notion
le of difrefpffl that was attached td ordering a peti
ey ton 50 lie up 5 n the table. Wh-n a petition was
re and read, and no matter foan 1 in it upon
which the house could ail, the proper mode of
r disposing of it was to or.icr it to lie on the table
t - where every mcmScr could have rccourfe to it,
?- a "d could call it up whenever hepleafed. This
; was not difrcfpeilful, and it would give members
lie B , bct . ter opportunity of becoming acquaintoi
with it than, a fecoiad reading, which the gentje
nian from Massachusetts (nbtvvithfiandir.g his at
-33 Jcnspt at wit on the fubje.9;) Mew wis merely .1
n; (11 ttcr O. form, the firfl wortis only being re
re jieated.—.',Vith refpeA to ths society from vvh-nte
p et ition came, he rcfpedled tiUj',l as rnu , :. t i a<
j r ' in s o'her society of the United States—
frjfented a petition upon wjirth tlie Konie could
®Ot at£l, he should be for its lyl:i;> *l,lO. > the tajie
s, Mr. Goanov defended what he had before af
le , ferted refpe&ing the law tirganiting the judiciary
it t
j Srifing from a state law, i:i oppofifioa tn th«gen
tleman from Delaware, lie read the law at length.
'• The que/lion was taken fur a fecntid reading of
>- the petitisn, and cairriaj, 53 votes being in the
IC aflirmat«v<
Gallatin moved that it be referred to a
I felea Commit 'ee.
'• Mr. COl r wished it to be referred to the com
n mit'ee of the whole, to vvhom was referred th pe
tition on the fubjea of kidnapping negroes, ike
a Mr Rutledge thought a ftlta eommittee
_ would bed as flage plays, cock-fighting, horfe
racing, and other evils, would, of cayrft, i>e confi
deicd.
d Ihe queOion for reference to a felea committee
s was put »tid carried, 59 members being: ir. the af
firmative.
f five members being jjreed upon to form the
committee, the fptaker named Mc'7rs. £
r Nicholas, Dana, Schureman, and 8. Smith, for the
C purpose. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, DEC. I.
The r embers ol the house were this day affem
_ bled a« uKal, when the clerk informed th. m that
he had heard from a member of the fcrate that
;he fpc.ik"! was ihdifpofed, so much so, that h 1
• avas not able to communists his mdifpolition to
: the house fn writing.
1 Mr. Dent said, thi« heir.c the he (tould
. move that the order for tTiisTTay p,u7-
poned till Monday.
Which ruction being agreed to, the clerk, on
motion, adjourned the house till Monday morning,
• at 11 o'clock.
' 1-^
PORTLAND, (Maine) Nov. 20.
Gorham, Nov. I, 1797.
On the 24th ult. the independent com
. P an 7of cavalry, commanded by capt. Far
ntim, and the company of Foot, comman
| ded by capt. Warren, met at Gorham cor
ner for the purpose of drafting their quota
of men, as direfted by law. The geuerof
ity and patriotism however, of the soldiers,
prevented the necelfity Capt. Farnum's
companyunanimoufly did himandthemfclve«
the honor of turning out voluntarily ; and
a mare than fufficient number of capt. War
ren's company condufted in th« fame latida
ble manner. With such a noble and spirited
militia, what has our couhtry to fear ?
" Died at Freeport, the present week,
three of the four amiable and promising
children of Mr. Jacob White, viz. Polly,
aged 18, Hannah, aged 17, and Jacob, a
ged 1 3 years, of a putrid fore throat. Al
so, SJifs Lydia Small, of the fame fatal dif
. order, aged 24 years."
HJRRISBURGH, Nov. 21
On Saturday loft, capt. Connelly's artillery
company met at their usual place of f arade in
this town. The captain addrejfed the company
in a Jlyle of real patriotism, in which he plainly
evinced the nacejfity and virtue offupporting the
rights end lams of our country in time of dan
ger. In conference, -jue hear, all the members
present, except tne, voluntarily ejfcredUhem
fcives as a part of the quota to be furnilhed by
thisJlate. J J J
C ARLISLE, November 22.
On the 14th injlant, arrived at the Bar
racks, at this place, a Company of Artillery un
der the command of Licutemant Marfchalk—
on Thursday the whole of the troops about ioo
in number marched from the barracks under fthe
command of Lieut. John Steele, for Pittjburgh
from whence it is expeSed they will descend the
Oiio,for Natchez.
Xj)e (gazette. ,
PHILADELPHIA, v
SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1. j
■ T-= 1
This day in the Supreme Court of Oyer I
and Terminer, fentenee of death was pro- i
nounced by the Chief Judice on Owefi O* 1
Hara, convitied of wilful murder of the ;
fird degree. 1
In the cafeolßachc versus Humphreys for
an assault and battery, the defendant wis sen
tenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars and (
co?ts. m t
Thursday a curious bet mas determined, ]
between two Butchers of High Jlreet Market '
the one having undertook to carry the other on c
his back to Chester, a diflance of fifteen miles, (
in thirteen hours and a half At fix 0' clock r
in the morning, the carrier with his bnrthan {
flartedfrom the Court House, accompanied by j
the umpires and a number offpedators, they
flopped at Gray's Ferry a Jhort time, and at r
liarby to brtakfajl which dclaycdihcm twenty ;
minutes and at rived at Kerlin's in Chejler at
a quarter pajl one—having with ease complea- j
ted the journey if! fe-ven hoars and fifteen mi- (
miter.'—Besides the original bet, which was d
but fifty dollars, there were others depend- r
ing to g considerable amount.
The carrier is a man of Jfly two years
of age and weight 126 pounds; the rider t
forty stye and weighed 136. j
They both returned to th: city in th
evening in good health and spirits feeming e ]j
very little fatigued. c
, o
Married, on Tuesday lad,' by the Right g
Revemed Dr. White, Doftor William £
Bache, to Miss Catharine Widar, both n
of this city. jj
General Kofciufko, arrived in town on h
Wednesday from New Brunfwick. ( h
1- To the Printers 'of the Connecticut Courant,
J GENTLEMEN,
)t „ ' on £ cr ago than when the United
States were iti a prosperous fituitiorl rela
i tive to foreign connexions, it was predicted
,s ky the friends to government,' that the pre
nf v al«nce of French liberty and equality'-prin-
Cip! ? in this country, would prove its ruin.
, (This liberty and is better known
is here, by either of the terms, " jacobinism,"
J "democracy," cr "anarchy.") At thr.t
pe*io& < Jl people, but such as were
:• were di'fpofed to
a tW-a'MlwJe'pi-ediaions is chimerical —'or, at
:- the wfei't, if they were ever to be verified,
t it would nut be in their day—but at fume
_ very remote period. The found of liberty
i " rneci 't a for'c : e, th'n,; of the Bafi
lilkj capable duJaifg to admira
tion, and the ear of rational moderation, to
f the extreme of eiithufiafm These
r people having enjoyed so great prosperity
under that liberty which the federal canjlihi
f tioA guarantees to them, and not having at
tended to the wide difference which exiils
between the vaunted French liberty, and
the liberty of the United States, they have
gieedily swallowed thf- found for the reali
. ty, and, perhaps, have entertained a jealou
sy of all those whose view? of tha i'ubjedt
: were not correspondent with their o\+n.
Hence they have listened, with perfect cre
dulity, to the vociferous declamations of am
-5 bitious^deroagogues—have given full faith
to alltieir'pffertiont— have been thus induc
ed to believe that 'they were the only true pa
triots—thal.the federal part of the inhabit
antjofthe United States were British a-
—friends to monarchy—
enenTies of the " people"—and combining
in characters ( very thing which is o
dious in society, and hoflile to a republican
government : while they themselves were im
maculate, 8c but one degree fliort of angelic
perfection. Tin's facility of being imposed
upon by such dtiigning men, has its origin
among tliat class of people of which I am
fpcaking, in their virtuous attachment to
real liberty—in their want of repaion until
others it—in their jraloufy for their
own rights, which is always ready to fol
low any direftion that is given it—and in an
honest zeal for others, that they may enjoy
the fame ble flings which are enjoyed by
themfel/es. For a time this defenption ©f
people will be born away with the ardency
of their feelings. But when their zeal has
had time to cool—-and reflection begins to
rcfume its power, they will discover their
error, and gradually fettle down into the
right way ; regretting their precipitate fol
ly, and rejoicing at their escape—is they are
fortunate enough to escape. They will then
doubly execrate the persons who have given
them the alaim, and their confidence be
comes more firmly riveted in those who were
once the odj'pus obje£t« of their diftraft
They adt just like the people of an honest
neighbourhood, who, when they hear a
falfe alarm of fire, hastily seek for the build
ing which it endangered, that they may aid
their brethren in diltrtfs ; but when they
find that no fire has been kindled, and that
the alarm was a falfe one,.their anxiety to
relieve their diftrtflad neighbour, becomes
inflantly converted into a spirit bf vengeance
toward the person who bad thus imposed
upon their quietude.
The United States contain many people
of t|his d.cfcription, and, unfortunately, they
n!fo contain many designing men, who have
been long imposing upon them. Thoy have
cried fire—and the people have run—but,
thank God, they have at length, found that
no fiie was kindled, except that which was
kindled by those who gave the, alarm. And
since it has become apparent, that these
meu, who called themselves the " men of the
people" republicans—democrats—patri
ots—the friends of liberty and France—
who, on the contrary have been using eve
ry artifice which interest could prompt to,
and ingenuity suggest, to enlist the people's
zeal 011 their fide—to make them jealous
and diftruftful of their choftn rulers—and,
in fair wards, so to blind them, tha L they
themselves may ride them up to the fu.nmit
of what their real objedt is—that it is not,
in truth, any regard for the intereftsof their
fellow-citizens which) has actuated them—
that it is not any real loije ft>r liberty, any ,
further than these objedts may become in
strumental in effecting their own political 1
purposes ; the people, who once placed con- ,
fidence in them, arc beginning to forfake
them—they are dropping from them one
after another, until, eventually jhey. will be 1
left deflitute of any support, but that which 1
arises from an agreement among themselves, ,
" mutually to support each other."
In Connecticut this is already true to a '
great degree. The support lately given to <
democracy, by the freemen, was coinpara- <
tively small ; and, if they continue to exer- 1
cife that wisdom in future, which they late- •
ly evinced, it will shortly bedome extinCt. <
The fame is heginningto bethecafe through- 1
out New-England. Democratic Governors, '
dying - , resigning, or Hegledtld by the free- >
men, are replaced by federal men ; jacobin t
fenatqrs, are omitted for men of opposite
principle?-—and, at the last eleCtion of re
presentatives in Congress, we saw many new
members returned, which threw a majority
iHto the Governmental stale.
Although the counity lifts fuffei"«d much
iu cgnfequencc of the artifice mid intrigues
of the ielf-prociaiißed " patriot? ;" and
although the predi&iqns.Qf ruin whiph were .!
noticed in the beginning of thii paper were
near to being verified ; yet the people have j
got'ten their eyes opened to the danger, and
they wiljytt.fave their government and coun
trJ' -noO fp isyfot£ s
Many. jjfltliculsts stave confpircd to en
lighten the people. They have seen the in
confiftefncy of the profeffions and characters I
of the Freneh in the United
States. They have seen how frde and per
fidious ehe French hav.e bten to our govern* t
ment—how falfe r and perfidious they have
been other governments—that while they
have for liberty, they
have in truth been fighting for conqucft and
i f'under. They have seen the'djipiiciiy of
j Thomas Jefferlon, who is at the head of de
a moeracy in the United States'; a'H'd they
- have obfervjd, how p'crfeCtly the coridudt of
1 the otlrer French partisans has tallied, vyi't'i
- h's. They have seen many of the fame class
- of men enliiled on Jioard of French priva
teer;, to capture and , condemn American
1 vefiVls and property. The people of tKc
United States have had time to fee the con.
t duS of S^nliioriaX—of the Spanish minis.
i 'f —of Vidor Ilucruee and of those per
) £\>ii3 in this country, who have been loud
t in their praise. Judging, for them floes, of
, the merits of fnch people, and finding them
; far removed from honor or integrity, they
1 naturally co u'luded that those who approve
of their cpr.duCt, whether in this country
or in anojher, mud be of a similar character,
alike dtftitute of honour or integrity. The
convention between General To'ufTaint,
and Santhonax, and the Secretary's refuta
tion of the Spanish miaifter's charges against :
our government, will not soon be forgot- I
ten. They are referred to the true source
French perfidy—and this, in the (tile of dur
" patriots," is " difinierefted friendfhip
That friendfhip which should render the
two republics inseparable. But the picture
of France is too horrid to ever, permanently
charm the feelings of any but true democrts
or jacobins; and wherever there is a tho
rough bred jacobin, there, (mark it my fel
low-citizens) there is at heart, a genuine
tyrant. And, generally, this is compara
tively but a small blemish in his character.
The word democrat, in modern phrase, de
notes every thing that is inimical to the go
vernments both of God and men. I submit
jhe quellion to your reader, if this aflertion
does not accord with their own knowledge.
And fiich, gentlemen, are the men, of all |
the men in the world, who have been deem
ed, by many in this country, worthy to be
entrufled with our dearest rights; worthy
of our unlimited confidence! The
only answer which I know is, because they
themselves fay so.
Such men have long strove, and striven
hard, to throw this country into such a fitn
ation svith respeCt to France* at that they
might themselves engage in the hufinefs of
privateering ; either upon the property of
our enemies, provided they could get ut
conneCtcd in the war with France—or upon
our own property, if the French were dis
posed to treat us in an unfriendly manner.
In either cafe, the wishes of the " patriots"
are gratified ; but, unfortunately for my
fellow-citizens, the latter is the cafe ; and
it has been induced, principally, by the in
fluence and falfehoodof our " patriots'." In
stead of patriots we now behold them pica
roons. Instead of honest Americans, they
have become pirates upon American prop
erty. Since the mask is rent asunder, in
stead of that sincere wish to uphold our. own
government, which they have incessantly
proclaimed, we fee them treacherously prac
tising, by every wicked artifice, to destroy
it—to render it subordinate to the promo
tion of felf-interell, and deeming the immo- 1
lalion of their own nation's liberty, profer
ity, and peace, but a small facrifice, when- \
held in competition with personal emolu- <
ment. '
Such, gentlemen, is the real character of -
" democrats"—a cbara&cr which cannot
be too much detested—a charaCter which
the freedom of the United States will shun
as they wnuld shun pestilential contagion, -
if they intend to preserve the blelfings which f
they now enjoy. '
Perhaps a more favorable time thai! the '
present, e.innot be improved to imprefsthis
fentimcnt strongly upon the minds of the <
freemen of Connecticut. fn a short time <
they are to vote for fix new candidates for 1
congress nomination. Perhaps, as the last '
euort of jacobinism in this state, the French
partisans here, will, like antichrist just he-
fore his destruCtion, make a desperate ftrug- t
gie to support their finking interest. What
direCtien that effort will take, it may be dif
ficult to conjeCtore. Perhaps it will con _
fift in supporting characters for the nomina
tion, which will never become popular, or
such as could not go to congress if they
were chosen ; and thus leave the way more f
clear for the speedy promotion of any fufpi- a
cious ptrfon who may at present be a-candi- -
date. But the freemen of ConneCti'sut, I
think, have gotten their eyes so well open
ed with regard to persons of doubtful poli- 1
tics, that they will be very cautious how
they fall in with such a plan. They will
bring forward other men whose known in- c
tcgrity is worthy of trust, and whose unva- it
rying attachment to the federal government 1
isevineed by their aSions, and not solely by p
their o<wu declarations, furnifhes indifputablc ic
evidenee, that they will not desert the flan- v
dard of their country, nor facrifice the in- y|
terefts of their own nation, to foreigners.
Such and such only, ought to be our candi- ri
dates, and fueh, I trust in God, they will be, ° !
if the free eleCtors of Connecticut consult
their own interest. Such men exist among
us, and the sagacity of the freemen will find
them out.
GUSTAVUS. ,
New-London County, Nor.
GAZETTE MARINE LIST. 4
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
CLEARED.
Ship Voltaire, liou-en, Hamburgh
Favourite, Thompson, Ditto
Brig Clarijfa, Brew!an, Amjlerdcrm
Gharlotte, Penrofc, Navanna <,
Betsey, Forreft, Aux Cayes »
Pilgrim, Pease, Cayenne f
Packet, Strong, Charlejlon '
William, Rathbone, R. IJland '
Sch'r Ranger, Shaw, Jacqmt c
Kitty, Green, Ctpe Francois
Fanny Bridget, Dunn, New-Tori
Sloop Mill River, Shockly, N. Providence (
Nancy, Waglam, Ntiv-Tork i
Freedom, Siorer, Woodbridg t
Sally, White, Norfolk
Thr (hip Fair American, capt. Tredwell,
.rllaft from Plymouth (Eng.) for Pii.lajJ.'
" pn, was spoke hit Monday oft Cap.- Her>-
y ry, all well.
>. r The above veflcl fa led from' London
•) oe.ptember 22.
*S ' -► >'' .
NO RFC) L K Ncv. 20.
n Saturday morning arrived herefalp R:h r,
c and Betsey, Capt. Nimo, of RUhmmd ;fl
■ was bound to Philadelphia from Bristol ( Err -
, land{ ■whic!^piaujte left the 26th Sept. and
- put t,l her- through dijlref, of weather.
; Ws—J" th: Britifb channel the
, Asia and B-'tfy was boarded by a French
1 privateer after a chafe pbout 75 hours ; but
f en cm. Nimo's paying eight guineas for the
"J h ji th f bought him to, and giving them fame
' P rov '*<* which, they said, they flood much in
, want of, he was allowed to proceed.
e November 25.
, On IVednefday arrived in town admira.
'j ' '" :d "P nt S andyeflerday. M. R. Lifion, his
t ; Britannic maj fly's minister- to the United
_ states, on a vtiil to col. Hamilton.
P oft lively the LdJI Night.
At O'Ellers's Room,
, On-SvTOKDAV EVENING, .December »,
MdTrs..CHALMERS «r WILLIAMSON,
, Wl " present the citizen* with a new species of
entertainment, called
The Tablet,
■ Or, JUST i sr TIME.
Readings, Recitations, and Songs, in 3 parti
PART 1.
Overture—Grand f ;-ar,o Forte, Mr. Carr.
Audrelp—Mr. Chalmers,
Song—Bailor', Hall, Mr. WiUianfon.
Collin'.''* Ode to Mulic, Mr. Chalmers.
' Sons; —Paddy O'Blarr ly, Mr. Williamfon.
P IRT If.
Sonata— Piano Forte, Mr. Carr.
Spirit of Coctradiiliou, a Comic Tale, Mr. Chal
tl:ers.
Scrg F.licn ; or the Richmond Primrose Girl.
Mr. Williamfon.
Spouting Club,and Dialogue betwten Garrlckand
a London laylor, Mr. Chalmers.
Sang—The Cottage in the drove, Mr. Williamfon.
PART HI.
Pot Pouri—Piajio Forte, Mr. Carr.
The Chace of the Hare, and Advice to jhe La
dies, from SomervilleandThompfon,
Mr, Chaltrierj.
' The Hare Hunt, or Virtue and Merit Mr.
Williamfon.
A paraphrase on Shak-fpcare's Seven Ages, re«i
tation, Mr Chalmers.
Song Nancy ; or, Ihe Sailor's Jouraal, Mr.
Williamfon.
Rom King, or MonfLur Tonfon, a Comic Tale,
Mr. Chahners.
Song—-The Hobbies, Mr. Williamfon.
£X Price of adm liion One Dollar Tickets
to 1)0 hadvat Ihe barof the hotel, at Carr'a MuGcal
Rupoutory, and at Carey's Book-flore, Markat
street
To begin at half pad fu o'clock precisely.
Particular attention will be paid tokecp theroom
"'arm. December 1
lhe City I>ancing Atlembly,
Is unavoidably portioned till the 14th isfl.
Dec. 1.
L 0 S 1, "~
YESTERDAY in Market, Chefnut, South Second,
Third, or Dick (Ireet, a fmill o>a' Red Mo
rocco Pocket Book, containing 2 Bar.k No e of Five
Dollars each, and one of Ten Dollars. As., a pa
per, the content! of whichare not recolle&ed. Who
ever will deliver it, wi h its coutentsto Mr. Jaincs
O'Ellers, at his Hotel, (hall receiv« Five Dollar* Re
ward .
Dg a "it.
Houie and Lots, in hordentown.
BE ROI.D, a handsome two !Wy House.
with the Lot on which it is treated, situated
-hnut the middle of the beautiful and healthy
Village of Bordentown. The heufe is forty two
sett front, and in neat order. The lot contain*
one acre, and is one har.dred feet on the main
street, and extends with the fame brcarfrh toback
ftrtet. Also, a large Lot, containing nearly four
acres, feparatcd from the former by back ilrect
One third only of the purij»afe money will be re .
quired upon executing a deed, and lor the re
niainder, foch credit will be given as the purchaf"
er mayel.ufe. This property will be fold free »-
all incumbrances, and an indisputable title givenf
For farther particulars crqaire either. of Dr.
William Buiiies, residing in Uordintown, near,
the premises, who will (hew the fame, or ol'
PETER THOMSON,
Conveyancer, no. 144, Market-street.
December 7.. jewtf
To he Sold, '
The time of a Negro Boy,
'.bout fifteen years of age, has leven years yet
to servo ; he is an excellent house fcrvant, adlivs
and healthy. Enquire of the Printer.
December i. j lvr
To be Sold at Public Venduej
(If not before disposed of at private sale)
ON Monday the firil day us Jinuary nex , at si*
o'clock in the evening, at tin- Coffee
Hcu'e. in Philadelphia, F Htv Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Tbifty-Ninc acres of LAND in Giecn
county, Commonwealth of Pcnnfylvani.i,on th» Wa
ters of Filh and Wheeling Creek, and tr., Mil; Rj n .
Tbefc lands arc fertile, well timbered and abound 111
coal ; they were Jlold ten years ago for <;s per acre,
patented early in 1787, except 3.700, which were pa
tented in 1792 ; the grea'eft part ot them were lui
vi-y. d -o 1783.
I hit traft isbetwren the Ohio and Mononjiahe'a,
very convenient to water carriage—about 19 miles from
the town ot Wilhington, and Irom 1 1 to 16 Irum tie
villages ofGreepfburgh and Wheeling. One fourth
of the pjrchal'e m mey is >0 be paid at'the time of
file t for 'he relidue a credit of one, t vo, and three
months will be eiven, on interefl and good security.
Dec. 1. ■
NEW THFATRF. • "
THE public arc refpsflfully informed,
that tfee Entertainments will commence for
the season, 011 MONDAY Evening next,
4th December.
Bj" Particulars will be expreded in fut'ire
adyertifemeots.
WIGNELL £s ■ REINAGLE.
December 1.
N O T I C K. :
A I.L p'-rfons concerned are hereby notified,
i V that the fnlfrrihej- intends to apply for a re
r.ewal of the undermentioned loft certificates <,f
StockintKe Bank of the United St.itss—He for
warded them under cover of a loner addrefle d to
fnhn Anfl. r.of London, by the ftrp Bacchus, cpr.
George, which left this port in June Ia it for Lo
don. But that ship having been captured or. hr
pillage and sent to France, the above letter and i;;-
closures have fai'ed in their deftinatiou.
Three rerti!icate«. vii/
Nos. 26325, 46326, 26327, each f r
four stares, dated January ift, 1797, a:
ifftied in the name of Henry Graca, of 1 vt
tenham Highcrofs, Great Britain.
ZACCHEUS COLLINS.
Philadelphia i november 8. 3a „ vv