If it were wiA. 1, Ijcf-Vavfitjk tr.Sy might be
gone through.
The Speaker said, that WO-1H be deter
mined on a motion being made for printing.
Mr. Otis rl-.ovjd that the report and doc
uments he printed.
Mr. Davvfon said"there were two depofi
tiofis of James Carey, one before the cßltt'ift
jndge, and another before the committee ;
as one only bad beec read, they did not
wholly agree, he trusted, that both would be
printed. ,
Mr. Sitgreaveij said, certainly all the pa
pers will be printed.
Mr. Dawfoa observed that Mr. Byers had
given evidence, which, though not on oath
he thought entitled to credit, and ought to
be printed, as it corroborated the evidence
of Carey.
Mr. Sitgreaves said, it had been usual
upon extraordinary and important oecafions
to order printed more copies of papers than
the usual number ; he thought this one of
those occafuns, and moved that 600 copies
might be printed, as he supposed the_ addi
tional expence would be inconsiderable—A
greed.
■!-• The Speaker said a communication had
r been received from the commiflioners of the
finking fund, which was ordered
to be printed.
Mr. Nicholas said, it appeared to him,
that when an important objeft was to be ac
complifhed, and Tuch as the house could
form an opinion upon, it was proper to ex
pnefs their sense upon the fubjedt to the
committee app*L.ted tb consider it, left
they might a£t from their own opinion, up
on a contrary bafia, and afterwards have
what they had done reversed by the House.
He thought this course r.eceffary with re
fpeft to the deferred debt.' He wished the
attention of the house to be now turned to
* thisobjeft, as it would be recol'.e&ed that
this fefiion would probably be the only op
portunity they would have of a fair and full
" difctiOiftd of it,- as the next feflion -will as
neceflity be a fliort one, and the following
one willbs too near the period at which re
sources will be wanted, to have the desired
efFe£>. This was, therefore, the time for
making the proper provision, which was
absolutely necelTary, except they were to
incroach upon funds destined for other ob
jects. He, therefore, proposed to the house
aj-efolution to the following effedl :
" Resolved, That the Coipniittee of
Ways and Mfans be inftrufted to prepare
and report a plan for railing a sum which
(hall be equal to fatisfy the demands which
will be made upon thfc Government in the
year 1801, on account of the Deferred
Debt."
The Speaker was of opinion that it was
necessary, if not to move, at least to have
the proposed refolutian difcufled in commit
tee'of the whole. [He read the rule.]
Mr. Nicholas thought the rule had refer
ence to a fpecific Tax. He could refer to a
precedent vrhere the course recommended
by the Speaker was not taken. It was the
resolution requiring the Secretary of the
Treasury' to prepare and report a plan for
laying a Direst Tax.
Ttfe Speaker was doubtful whether the
resolution's proposing to inllruft the com
mittee of ways and means, took it out of
the rnle.
Mr. Coit hoped the resolution would lie
upon the table till to-morrew —Agreed.
Mr. Coit presented the petition of cer
tain inhabitants of Conne&icut, officers of
the Diftri£i Court of the United States,
praying for an alteration in the time of hold
ing the said courts. Referred to a feleA
committee.
Mr. Williams prefentcd the petitiort of
Azar Bagley, a soldier in the lately war,
prayiflg for reflitution on account of a certi
ficate which had been received by means of a
forged power of Ittorney. Referred to the
committee of claims.
Mr. Harper, from the committee ap
pointed to ptepare and report a bill for the
relief of AntoniaCarmichael, reported a bill
which was twice read and ordered to be
committed to morrow.
Mr. Otis presented a petition from Isaac
Stevens, late a prisoner at Algiers, which
states the hardships the petitioner had expe
rienced ; that during his long absence from
family and home, his property had been
foade away with, his wife had been obliged
to go out to service, "and his children had
been dispersed, his own health impaired, and
that he was now obliged to fublift upon cha
rity ! He prays for some aid which may
soothe the decline of his life. . Referred to
the committee of commerce and manufac
tures.
Mr. W C Claiborne presented the petiti
on of James Grant, of Knoxville, dating,
that in pursuance ps a procefi issued by a
Committee of that House, he and his pa
pers were seized on the 28th of la ft July ;
that he was in custody 65 days, at the ex
piration of which, he was discharged, at the
distance of 700 miles from his own home,
from whence he had been dragged by mili
tary force, to the great negleS ofhisbufi
nef3. He prays to be placed, at least, in as
good a situation as he was found. He
reckons 20 days for his retHrn home, which
added to 65, make 85, and hopes he shall
be allowed »ve dollars a day: for, as he has
"been guilty of no offence, he trusts he (hall
pa unpuftiihed—Referred to the Committee
of Claimsj
' M r . ' Harper tailed for the order of the
day on the* report of the committee of claims
on the petition of Henry Hill, which was
agreed to, and the Heufe according went
into a committee of the whole on the fub
je£V, Mr. Dent ill the chair.
This fubjedt has been frequently before
the House, in different (hapes, and has oc
cupied much of its time. The petitioner,
Henry Hill; is ;the administrator of Mr.
Miller, the administrator of Mr. Banks,
whose name has often been before the
1 lonfe, paiticularly in the settlement of the
tlaim of the widow of General Greene.
It appears, from an investigation ot fafls,
that the United States, in their Recount
with John Ba'ika, Imj ft double credit for
the fame sum of 9768 cfolktrs/ it being cre
dited to them in the quarter-mailer's de
partment, and'allp deferred ouNof the bal
ance due to John Banks, on hi*) contra£t
account; and,-irbeing nn established role
at the Treasury, not to open accounts for a
new settlement, which has once been ad
jured 'by the proper officers, the Treasury
Department have refufed to re-fettle this
account.—Mr. Hill prays for this balance,
—The Committee of Claims are of opinion
that it would be improper for them to deter
mine who are the a&ual of equitable repre
sentatives of John Banks, so far as refpetts
this balance; the right of the claimants, in
cafe of controversy, may receive a judicial
determination. It is fufficient that the bal
ance hi placed to the credit of the perfo'n to
whom it belonged on the 3 1 ft of Decembev
178J, when the* sum wa3 retained out of
Banks's payment; That Committee, there
fore, submit the following resolution to the
consideration of the House :
" Resolved, That the accoanting officers
of the Treasury caufethefumofg,76B,Bl-90
Dollars, charged to the confradt account of
John Banks, on the 31ft Day of December,
1783,10 be credited to the said John Banks;
and* that the sum so credited, to the account
of fucfi other person as, in their opinion,
(hall be ju'ftly chatgeable therewith."
Mr. Harper,' Mr, Foster and Mr. Find
ley urged an agreement to this refolntiou.
Mr. Coit proposed to amend it, by adding
a clause of the following effedl: "And that
they charge the account of the said John
Banks with the money paid by the United
States to the executors of General Greene,
on acuount of the debts of the said John
Banks, or John Banks and Co. bailed and
secured by the said General Greene."
After considerable discussion, Mr. Otis
moved that the committee rife, in order to
have the fubjeft re-committed,- that farther
fa&s may be stated. This motion produ
ced also considerable debattj, a detail of
which we suppose would be uriinterefting to
our readers. At length the iommittec
rose, and being refufed leava to ,fit again, a
motion was made to recommit the report to
the'committee of claims'; when Mr. Otis
moved an inftru£ti<tn to the committee to
the following effefk: " to report a statement
of faft» relative to the demand which the U
nited States may hive upon the balance in
question, on account of indemnifying ths
estate of Gen, Greene, as surety for the
said Banks."
This inftru&ion to the committee, after
some debate, was agreed to.
Adjourned.
* # * No Mails had arrived when this
Paper went to Press.
A stated meeting of the Philadelphia
Society, for the information and afiiftance
of persons emigrating from Foreign coun
tries, will be held To-morrow Evening, 6th
inft. at 6 o'clock at the College in Fourth
Stree —Pundiual attennance is particularly
requested.
THOS. L. BRISTOLL, Sec'ry.
For Sale by the Subscriber,
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40 do. Baftas
11 do. Mamoody •
17 do. Chirtz
7 do. Tookery
a do. Goraht
i S do. Mora<unge«i
3 do. Check Stripes
I do. Guzzic
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7 do. Umbrllas
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e. iaw4w
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A Family may be accommodated with a Draw
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accommodation for servants—at no. 53, north
Fourth ftreel.- Dro. 5 —*tts
The City Dancing Assembly,
Is unavoidably postponed till the 14th
Dec. 4.
Uruh Smith,
1
No. ao, north Third street—has for rAir,
A neat and general aflortraent of
Broad Cloths,Kerfeymeres,Napt
and Drab Coatings. also,
A variety of Gcntlcmens' faihionablc fancy Walft
coatirg, silk Hosiery, &c. ..
December ;■ Vod*-w
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Several fonts of Types—half worn.
Including Long Primer, about 400 weight, in
•;ood condition, and would answer the purpose of
I \ country printer as well as new.
Enquire of the Printer nov 30.
Musical Inftrumetit ManufaElory,
167, Arch-street.
TO THE LOVERS OF HARMONY.
HARPER,
INFORMS his friends and the public", that he has
now ready for sale, a few of his new invented,'
and much admired fide beard Piano Fortes, with
Pedals,patent l'well, fonopahant French harp
(lop, whfch for sensibility of touch, brilliancy of
tone, (implicit) and durability of the
fsperiority of whichjic flatters himfelf, a single tri
al will convince thu unprejudiced juilg-—As they
arc manufaflured under his immediate infpeition,
of the vry befeafoned materials, he can fell on
reasonable terms for Cash. Inflrumonts repaired,
tuned, &c.
N. B. Second hand Piano Fcrtts taken in ex
change for new.
mvrmler 18. lawjmo.
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fale'hy the Subferiber.
Bed ticks, 8 4, 9-4. and 10-4.
A quantity of T'apes, Nn. 13 and 15.
/'rid on Hand,
German black Ribbon, No. 3 and 4.
George Pennock.
novemb»r ai ;,avviw
Wanted, to Hire,
A I arge and convenient HOUSE, in or ne;r
the Tentreof the city—for >vhicn a generous
rent, will brgiven; to be taken for a year, or cn
more for a longer term. Inquire of ths Printer.
C<3. 17. " « otf
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PHII.A DELPHI A,
FVFM-JG, nECRVTSj-R 6.
DONATIONS
Received by thf Corrirr.iffi<iners, appointed
td relieve the dillreFfd citizens of Phila
delphia and SnbuiLs. Continued from
28th. Nov. Dlls. Cts.
From the inhabitants of upper
Dublin Township, Montgomery
County, by the hantls wf Jacob
L likens. G2 34
From the inhabitants of Coneftogo
Towufliip, Lancaster Count), *
manufaftured at' "\Veti
gtr's, and Ehrbach'3 'MtIH, btfs.
Wheat and Rye Flour. if
From Charleston Township, Ches
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braham Haldiman's Mill. 6
Lancaster ToVvnfhip and CoUflty,
by Michael Rine's Waggon. 5
Leacock Township, Lancaster
v Coiinty, forwarded by Ptter
Eckart delivered to John Smith
oveifeer ofthe Poorthrough tnif
' take and by him sent to the
Board 2
EDWARD GARRIGUS, Secy.
Dec. 6. 1797.
On Friday the ijl of December the St. An
drew's Society of Philadelphia, met to celebrate
their Anniversary at Oeller's Motel (St. An- j
drvuis day being a fajl day ly order of the ■
Synod of Ptnrfyl-ania, under yjhofe jurifdill
ion many of the members lived.')
The following gentlemen were eleSed officers
for the enfiing year.
The Rev. IVm. Smith, t). D.— Presi
dent.
'James Craig, Esq. Wm. M' Phtrfori, Efa.
Vice Prcfdints. - ,
Thomas Ewing,
IVilliam P. Tod, Secretary. L t , f
AJJiJiants.
Robt. Smith, Wm. Toung, Robl. CampbcN,
James M' Alpin, Andrew Spence, John- Mc.
cauley.
At four o'clock the Society, with the princi
pal officers of the St. George's, Hibernian &
German Society, fat down elegant dinner
provided for the occasion which the
following toajls were drank, and the Company
spent the evening in perfeS harmony and con
cord.
1. The Immortal memory of St. Andrew.
2. The Land of Cakes.
3. The People, the Conjlitution and conflic
ted authorities of the United States.
4. The Prejident of the United States.
5. George Washington.
6. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
7. The Powers friedly to America, through
out the World.
8. The St. George's Society.
9. The Hibernian Sonify. ,
10. The German Society.
11. All Charitable Socieiies ; May the
means of their bounty keep pace with [the benevo
lence of their intentions.
12. Peace, Freedom and Happintfs to all
mankind. . ,
IJ. Scotchmen and Scotchmen's bairns, and
all who like to lay in Scotchmen's arms.
14. Honefi Lads and Bonny Lqffes.
IJ. The Beggar's benifori.
16. The America Fair—May every Sqn
of St. Andrew pay due tribute to (heir merit.
Married on 7"hurfday evening lajl ly the
right Rev. Br. IVhite Mr. William Mur
dock, Marchant. to Mrs. Mary Ripton, both
of this city.
From the Aurora.
" WJiin rlie well-Upm Duke of Brsintree un!l
t»> again disposed tc. puff himfelf and hi* three vo
lumes of trumpery and dollnrfi, wfc'ch are now
felling from the booV-ftills in l.ondun for waste
paper, it may be a question of decerny wLether
he had not hcrter cause famebody else than him
felf to undertake the 'aflc. Vide hV: letter to the ]
Bifbop of Norwich, re-publithed trom the Boston j
Centiscl in M'l.ean'i paper (of N'wYctk)of
the *.< d ult. and which is ptfitiv/ly hown to have i
proceeded from the modest p<.n of the Duke hitu
felf. OBSKRVATOR. 1
remarks.
There are many article» pultlifhed in the Auro- J
ra which are so monstrously ridiculnuv and so j
palpably falfe and absurd, th«t they rarry their .
own refutation to every ijitelfyjcnt rtfder. '
Theabove article however exceed* in impudence C
the general teaer of the abuse voiiiitted forth by c
the author of " thcHrftory of the United States." c
Injvfticc to the public, the «ditf+ thU Atirora,
or the authcr of rhe p«rag;raphi is therefore bound
to produce proofs of what he therein asserts to be
pofitivety tr.nvn"—lf he noes not, he,will richly
ms tit, if he does not already wsar, the
of a calumniating aflaQin.
The information in the ahoVO paragraph relative
to rbu bonks in queflion is totally falfe. I new c
edition of theDehnceof American Qonltitu- '
tions has lately been published in London—The c
work has been twice translated and published in
France—and the lite elegant edition by Mr. Cob- j
bctt met with a rapid sale. It may be further ad
ded, that the framers of the present eonftiturior.
of France, in their report to the conventi n. paid
the highell compliment to the " DAnce of the t
American Conftitbtion* of government"—and if
that conllitution Ihould 6nally fail, it will be ow-
ing to its departure from the fmple and eternal prin
ciul.'i in Mr. Adams's work. "
V
MR. FENNO, 11
That the old adage " dodors will differ" ''
applies as well in Europe as in America the
following may (hew— P
When DoAor Letforo by dint of indus- c
try had wormed himfelf into a great part of c
the praftice which becaoie vacant en the 1
death of the celebrated Fothe'rgill, one of
his rivals wrote the following couplet in
burlesque of the do&or'i known inattentions P
to orthography, &c. a
u My patience all, I bleeds ana fweU-'eoi,
" And if they dies, why then—l LISTS 'EM." *
r
TO CORRESPONDENTS. H
*#* We havi perused the pi-ce signed t
" AsofiiEß Subscriber," and are ofo- 1
pinion that the controversy so far as it res- I
pests a newspaper publication, had better r
remain in its present filuation. ' 6
I? GAZETTE MARINE LtST
_________ r
FORT OF PHILADELPHIA. f
'Li- !
Arrived. days.
i. Ship F.n'r American, Tread well, London 70
John, M'Neal, A mllerdarn 125
BsrqOic Mars, Fowler, St. Übes 6$ j
■ d Brig Twins, Keeler, St. Croix 30 J
a- Eliza, O'Connor, C. N. Mole 30 !
m Welcome Return, Labbree, Sa- j ,
s. ' [vsnna. 19
Schr. Nancy, Burnet, do. 19
Polly, Willis, Alexandria 19 1
Hannah, Phippen,- Salem 13
;4 Adventure, Sadler, Wiridfor, N.s. 25 ;
Frances, Tupnian, Virginia 33 t
John, Lambert, dc. 24
Bdffey, States, North Carolina 22 .(
CLS Alt ED. (
States fchr. Humdallah, Montgomery, 1
Algiers {
Harmony, Duncan, N. Carolina t
Packet, Bowen, Snowhill t
Sloop Industry, Hall, do. 1
The ship Mary, Patton, arrived at the
Fort, had a paflage of 24 days from the j
Havantiah. Left there the brig Gratitude, \
Clifton,.of and for this port, to fail in 5 r
days. The ship Superb, Boyd of this t
port had failed for Hamburgh. The brig f
Sally of New.York is arrived at the Fort, j
y. from Curacop, put in, in distress, leakyand
short of provisions.
Capt. Keeler, left at St. Cro'x, the 4th I
1- ult. the brig Brandywine Miller, Culver, t
te 1 of and for this part, to fail in 4 days. e
1- J Capt. Willis from Amsterdam, further
he informs, that the day he left the Texel, 3 ]
I- American snips came in, but could not learn
their names. j
rj Capt. M'Neal, of the John, spoke off t
Cape May on the 26th ult. the brig Mary, (
Q- Hutchir.fon, out 12 weeks from Amsterdam, ;
, in distress, having sprung a leak three weeks <
before. ,
The /hips Niger, Thomas, for Port-ati- j
Prince ; Brothers, HendcrfoQ for A m l ;r " <
t'am, and fevnal others, went to f?3 on \
Friday last. I
'/, Capt. Treadwell, as the Fair American, ,
r. failed from Plymouth, the 23d Sept. in :
company with the brig Eliza, Harrington, |
1- of and for this port, from Aoiftertjam, and <
3* parted ttie fame night. The Ganges, Lang- (
•r ford, of New-York ; and Orion, Kinning- j
ic ham, of Boston ; both from Londen for (
1/ Madeira. 0&. 20th, spoke the brig Dref- ]
j- den, out 31 days from Liverpool to Eden- |
ton. Nov. 15th, lat. 29, 35, long. 69, j
>. W. spoke the Alliance of New-York, out 1
48 hours, from New-York to Havre ; all 1
»- well. 16th, spoke in lat. 39, 30, long, j
70, spoke the ship Grand Turk, Magee, <
out 230 days from China, for Boston, all |
well. 25th, Cape Henlopen, N. N. W. 1
i. 25 leagues, spoke tl)e Hoop Betsey, Barn- (
J- et, of Foly Landing, out 2 days, for Phi
ladelphia, in distress, having been blown off
the coast, loft his water off deck, split his j
fails, &c. Captain T. sent his boat on board (
p.nd supplied his wants. : (
he Bcjlon, Nov. 28. ' c
5- Lift of prizes at Halifax, Nov. 14, fur- j
nifhed by Mr. Dungan. Ship Rebecca, of
til Newburyport, condemned ; ship Indian t
Trader, Hovey, from Cayenne, for Ealti- 1
d more, waiting trial ; fehr. Telegraph, Cur- ]
ry, from the Havanna for Philadelphia, do- 1
brig Pomona, Crocket, from do for do.
Arrived at Plymouth, on Sunday,, fchr. )
1 n Gov, Carver, capt. Spooner, 46 days from (
. Bcurdeaux. Sailed in company with fchr. |
Aftrea, Macey, for Gloucester. t
e Spoke, Oft. 13, lat. 45, long. 17, brig j
- Rulhy,Siinonds, 19 days from Amsterdam
b for Boston. Nov, 23, '25 leagues E. of t
Gloucester, brig Zephyr, , 7P days J
from Hamburg.for Boston. Paffengcr.capt. ]
Thomas Seward, m. ftcr of the Ship Fair r
I American, capturcdby the French, after- ; r
wards re-captured by the Englilh, and car- (
* ried into one of their ports. Left Aurora, f
r Woodman, Charleston ; , Theresa, Boyle, c
1- Baltimore i , Beudbridge, Philadel- 1 1
e phia ; Thomas Wilson, do. , Peter- i r
J fon,.do; Huron, Brown, New-York,; j j
Abigail, Rea, do ; Ann, Fifhw, do ; ; ; ;
. Wellington, Graham, do. prize, cargo j f
condemned, vessel acquitted ; Britannia, ! c
Young, N. Yarmouth ; Bernard, .Nantuc- 1 a
ket ; Ober, Beverly ; Samuel, Russell, ' v
Marblebead, to fail in-a few days ;
Prior, Boston ; Wafli i ngtan, ,L'u.nmngham, v
do, for LondoQ ; Aikius, do ; Nan- m
cy, Lebufquet, do ; Ffaji k in, Weft, Wif- j '
caffet ; Hope, Wheelwright, Portsmouth.
FROM A LONDON PAPER.
THE COMET.
(Lalinde —Journal de.Faris, Aug.i6.)
The comet discovered August 14, by
citizen Bouvard is rapidly removing from r>
the earth. It is now in the arm of Her
cules, and in a few days will be hardly vifi- N
ble.
ExtraS of a letter from Mr. Capel Loft, dat- 1
cd Frojlon, in Suffolk, Aug. 26. c
" The comet i 3 still difcernable. At b
eight hours, 53 minutes this night it was a- C
bove a Ophinchi, with 4 deg. greater altitude
than that star ; the comet being 50 deg. 5 ®
min. It had 73 deg. polar distance, and j.
was very near an unnamed star, from which
it was palling S, E. Its right ascension 20 tc
> deg. of Sagitarius. F
. " Though a comet might be fatal, and
perhaps one time will (a cornet may have
caused the deluge, and may cause the final n
r conflagration) there seems reason to believe
that generally they pass too far from us to 1
• have any feniible effeft : and when they
have any, it is probably beneficial. I fuf- r ;
1 ' pe£l (but this is my private apprehenlion, i
and of no authority) that the prefeut com
et has been very near the earth's place in r:
the orbit, and that it is of no inconsiderable if
magnitude. It seems manifeft that comet w
might affeft both our atmofphtre and our
[ tides. c:
■ ! "At present I have no more to add, than "
that it dc»s not seem to be any comet, the ir
return of whijth has been prediAed. Tha
of 1680 had its period computed 5 75 years
I « ' .
that of 1661 had lire eg evidence for a pc
j noj afiljrrteJ from the .iieory and otafcfVa-
I tion of 129 years, and perhaps passed
; iervei, in the loUthera hemiiphere j that ( t
1602 seems to have returned in j rfrtd
I do not find any ct?met, in the talks, tl,---
lements of which appear nitich tocorreipnul't
. with what has bfenhithtfttc aborted
"If it fl.all lie seen to pass the Eslfplic,
or b? re-confpictious after f„,
a .time, s will have a better fiji-i
port Linfty of judging of it. I have <lO cLun
to that title ; but am metely an obferfrer of
nrture.and a revercr of those wonders which
1 fee, and of that infinity of Wonders which
is beyond the fight and imagination of crea- 1
ted beings.
" The path of the comet feerris to lie in
-such a direction, that if it is seen to
tne Ecliptic, go over a portjoi' i
the tn'lly <uiny. There, according to its p,
sent appearance, it tnuft (for a time at It;. ' 1
become invisible. It is with great difficul
ty to be seen now with a telescope which
has much light.
" Allow me to remark, that this iriftatJctf
proves how desirable it would be that those
who have the advantage of the flrft discove
ry could immediately eommimieate it for'
the benefit of the science, and for the gratis
ficat.on of a laudable, and, X hope, increas
ing cyrioilty in the public."
Another letter, dated Augufl 2y (
" Sir, since I wrote to you, there has'
been no opportunity of observing the com-r
et ; Indeed if there hsd, I fear it is no long
er vVithin re ch of telescopes from this planet,
"In looking into Hevelius and Halley,
I think I have found reason for a conjecture,
which I submit with great doubt and de
ference to the judgment of ailronomers—>•
that probably this comet, which at its hi t
obfervatioa was either retrogade or station
ary, with refpeft to the equator (as is the
cafe with comets in returning from' the fun
when the earth lies between then/ and 11> 1
fun), and had ndvanced little in polar di:'
ance, probably came lo its perihelion aboi'
the end of June, wften invisible to to us
this time of the year, being then among »
constellations of the font hern hemifplu . ;
I and that it passed it» afccndiag rrodc, i:i nr."-
th» end of Gemini, Ibme few days before
was observed, and was, when firit difepver.':,
crofling a part of the earth's orbit, nd h "
passed codiderably near the earth' place ■
| during which part of its prog'refs it "v. :
bright, and its apparent diameter confid-. ra.
ble ; that its perihelion probably lies v.
in about 8-tenthi of the earth's diltance from
the fun ; and that perhaps our pofteritv
may again fee it, at an Kra of remoteness,
indeed hopeless to the present race, when .
compared with the duration of human life ;
iince if these suppositions be well founded, it
will be no other than the comet of. 165;,
described and delienated by Hevelius."
The Ladies must beware of mingling in
politics, if they woald retain any pretend
ons to be treated with that politeness which
I Chivalry once inspired,—Take the decifioit
of a gallant Parisian Cafuifl on this import
ant question :
" In the ancient Chivalry the refpedl fur
the fair sex was carried even to adoration,
nor even then was it carried too far. It is
known, however, that when a lady ceafeil
to place herfelf under the protection of war, -
tiers, in order to become a champion her
felf, the brave Knights did not push their
complaisance so far as to allow themselves tfy
be killed by fair hand. They enftred
the lifts and encountered her with all the
grace and civility imaginable.
" Let us follow their example. Let in
not mingle in our*political quarrels thofs
Ladies whose claims belong to all parties.
But why should we refpeit the political vi
ragos, the Orleanift intriguers, if ft hey df>
not refpecl themselves ? Let u« talk of Ma
dame Lillien as a pretty woman; with.this
fhc could not be offended. Let us speak
of Madame de Stael as Marat; if she thicii
; it worth while she will amend; if (he doer,
J not, file will add this feature to the other
| points of resemblance which she bears h:-r
, patron. A v.oman who hascompofed ihn -
j f°dies on the influence of the pafilons, fhqnM
; calculate the passion which malt be inflamed
j against her by a ftranger(Ben. Constant,)
who has come among us to shake the tot
of difpord in a family already too murh di
vided."
JUST RECEIVED, -via
And lIOMT npenuiu . by i,ECRGE DOBSON, No.
2.5, foutii Third street
An extenfivs and general assortment ft?
HABERDASHERY, viz.
Ecft London mixt Pins Galloons and Ferrer*
Li-uimon do. do. Worfled Bindings,afibr-
Mainnzie'sfuptr,patent ted colours
white cbipei N.edles Imperial, diiper, an-1
Nuns Thrmd no. 6 to Thread T»oe6
40, regularly aflorted Vf hire Edging!
Lisle do.no. 1;o to .sco, Black nd coloured CU
regularly alforted mfe Ribbands
Coloured do. Sattin and figured do
Biack fewiug Silks BiackVelvet, i-a to I*4
Coloured do. and Twill Velvet St. pelon Sartins
Silk and cottrn Hires French Cambrick
Do. do. Ribbindi Scutch do.
.'hirt McuHs and Wires F'iain gilt and pir.-'-cl
Black bruft Feathers Buttons
And a affbrtinent of G»ods, fuitj '?
to the pr-lcnt and approaching season, at reducwf
pric< Hec 6. f
HKOPUbI'I 1(J1\.
A hardfeme and ronmy ln:ufe, with a 4vi'.! -
ty of good land, v. i-hin ale w miles of tin-t. ».
A Hcufe in an eligible Cmatioß, and
Lots in the city
A v»bable body of Land cnthe ?ivef Chio.
nlfo, mic-y tr.eis cf fii.e Lands (mitititf
rights) lyi.-sg near the Ohio, en die Miami . 1..1
Sioto Rivers
1 itles ate all clear, and will be made with ml
excrptiotiable feenrity.
A r fident cf this city is desirous of escJ-.rnz
ing tl is property for Goods—Ead ©r Well i ula
would be pce erred.
If the specie va'ueof those Lindaßt a di'U ::...
cannot aftertained fitisfadorily, they f 1 a-.- \ 5
ia ed at such a price as the purchaser r.y i , -
•I: his optiein to reiurn- them at tne fixed pric. v., *h
interest. at th? e>p'ir»tjon c! twelve «r_o;r..'«.
I'ot CJ left witk the tdkar fljall t.e itesi ,c ■_
f