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JUST RECEIVED, W 7fcrn-Tort, j
And now opening, by GEORQIt pOS.vOW, *Na
~*}■' i (path Third flreet
An rxterifive and general aflortment o? j
HABERDASHERY, viz:
£ett London mUt Pins Gaiiaon*.and ferrets •
Common do. do.' AVorflcd.Bindings, a (Tor- '
«iU»-14&\c\fupar ;pistenc ted colours
val.ifje c!-.,idcl N\ed!cs Imperial, ciiper. an 1
JJuns Tl.rj id no. 6to Thrfad Tap3ji
40, regulariy afTortid V: hitc
14f1e.40.n0. 110 to 590, Black rxj coloured Chi
regulaMy a.Torjcd rtf'? i bit ds I
Coloured co Sattin and figured do.
PUck feeing Silks Black Velvet, (-4 to izd
Coloured. and Tttetft. Velvet & pclon Sau.fis
Silk and cotton Wires. French Canjbitwk
Do. do. Ribbands Scotch d.».
Shift MouKU auaWin:* Plain gilt and • plated
Ll-ick bruA Feathers Buttons
And a pomplcat a(Tort;nent of C®ods. fuitab'e j
tdtht and approaching season, at reduced »
■ P'ko tHySITIOiNI.
A hand! me and roomy houfip, with a quanti
fy r,omi iand, wi*hin a few milts of rbi«ciry.
A Heufe, in en eligible (ituaftion, and ievcrai '
-Lcfs in the cry
A valuable body of Land on the river Ohio.
- tfo, m«.ny cf f;tiC Landt (military J
. *vb*o D^ar l^e Ohio", on the Miami and {
Hivr-rs
» irks arc all /clear, and will be made with un- J
yxc*:ption-vblc fe> urity. ,1
A r .ji "ifcjjt of this city is defcrous of exehan*-[
frig; this property lor Goods—Hall or Weft India
v .v'. ' > vte ertcd. *
If the specie value of those Lands at «v dfftance,
eanrtrt b£ nfcejtfained fitiafa&orily, they stall be
rated ar f*idh a [rice as the purchaser may have it
zt hi< option 10 murn them at t! e fixed price with
intctfeft. at tfca expiration of twelve months.
left vath the Editor fhali be attended to.
» cctm -i»r 6. §
Gesntcel Boarding Si Lodging.
\ Family rviy be accommodated with a Draw*
A ii*«j'Roora, two Bed Chambers, and luitabie
• accoma'option for fe*vanta—at .00. 53, north
fourth (*r,et. _ Dfc. s—»tt»5 —»tt»
FOX SALE—by the
An elegant aflartmeni of Madrafs
HANpkERC-}fcUEFS. liy che b»!f.
WILLINGS & FRANCIS,
nVjv. it. N § Penn-fl.reet
for sale 7 '
9 y thi sußscßisens, Np. 21, P^no-flceet',
The Cargo of Ship Ganges,
John Green, commander, from Bengal, ■
CtSj'firg of
Baftas, of various qualities k prices
Coffees Purjura Cloth*
Sanah* <suzz y do.
Humhums Charconna Dorea
Blue Cloth Tanjib9
Chintz ami Calicoes MuJmuls
Mamoodys Checks
Patwa Hhkft.
Ginglrams do.
Guzzffnas Bandannpcs
Gurrahs Siflerfoy
Piniafcocs , Chopp- Romals
Salffatchy*! Sr.oty do.
Gillie PerHausof variouscolours
Mock Puticiits
20c Jons SUGAR -
90,000 ib. PEPPER.
Witlings & Francis.
The Piece Goods
Of the Ganges arc now open and expofedto falett
that conrmailioui tlore the north' well corner of
Market and Fourth street. Nov. xo.
L A N D I N G,
FrOni on board thelhip Cleopatra, Samuel Newell,
commander, frem lx>n<Jon,
60 toss of the best clean Ruflia
HEMP
60 rafks of bottled BROWN STOUT.
Forjale by the fubferibers, No. 21, Fcnn-ftreet.
Willings y Francis.
Q<?>. 31. d
Just arrived.
From Port-au-?iinc«, and for Sale by the fiAfcri
bers, No. ii, Penn-ftreet,
6*2 hogflieadi,"^
jSSS (Prime Coffee
646 bag» J
Witlings iff Francis.
o<a. ig. »
Engliih Grammar,
The fee ond edition, with improvements,
ADAPTED to the different classes of learners;
with an appendix, containing rules and ob
fervatioßs for alt fling the more advanced ftudentt
Co write with perfpiruity and accuracy,
By LINDLEY MURRAY.
" This i» a publication of much merit, and fully
anfweis the profeflions in the Title. The appen
dix contains some of the best rules for writing e
legantly, with propriety, that we recolleS to
have seen."
yitntklf Review, July 1796.
" T -his Grammar is, on many accounts entitled
to comnrendatory li»tice. its materials have been
carefully and judiciously feleiSed ; its arjangement
is diftinil and well adaptsd to the purpose of in
ftru<ftion and its expreffioa is simple, perspicuous
and accurate, &Cl"
' Sec the eharalUr at large in the Analytical
Review, July 1796.
F.nglilh Exercises,
Adapted to the Gramm.ir lately pu'olilhed by
l.iodley Murray, consisting of exemplification of
the parts of speech, iuftaoc'csof fallV' orthography,
violations of the rules of fyiuax, defeats in punc
tuation, and violations of the rules refpeftirg
perspicuity and accuracy, designed f«r the benefit
of private learners, a« well as for theqfe of fchooU.
" W« lta»e been much pleafcd with the perusal
ef these Exercises. They occupy with dirtinguifli
ed excellence a most important place in the fcicncc
of the Englilh language; apd as fucb, we can
Warmly recommend them to the Teachers of
Schools, as well as to all those who are desirous of
attaisi/iir correilDefs and precision in their native
tongue."
Monthly Review, Jnlj 1797.
The above Boohs are forfale at Josirn & J ames
Chuk'hianks book flore, No. 87, Market (Irect.
December 1. 3tawiw.
> N~O~T I C E.
Af,l. persons cor.cerncd are l<»r?by notified,
that the fnlaftfiher intends to apply for {a re
newal of the undermentioned loft certificates of
Stock in the Bank of the Uititsd Stat«s—He for
warded them under cover of a letter aiidreffed to
John Anflcy.of London, by the ship Bacch'.is, c. pr.
George, which left this port in June lail for Ton
don. But that fbip having been captured oc her
pafiage and sent to France, the above letter and in
eiofore6 have failed in their deftinatiou.
Three certificates, viz.
Nos. 26325, 26326, 26327, each for
four {hares, dated January 1 ft, 1797, and
issued in the name of Henry Grace, of Tot
tenham Highcrofs, Great Britain.
ZACCHEUS COLLINS.
PbilaJilpbi*, mvember 8.
PHIL 'A DELP I! IA ,
THURSDAY EVKNIMO, DF.CRMBRR 7.
From late LONDON PJPER S.
7he foil owing is taken frmt an account
Ij an illuflrioUi Envl'yh Traveller in Ger
many and Turkey.
" I have already pafled a large part of
have seen -alj ih it is remarlcabje
in Cologue, Frankfort, Wnrtfburgh, and
Nuremberg. It is ir.'pofTlble not to obforve
the diflertilcc between the free towns, and
tiro Ce under the government ofabfolute Prin
ces, as all the little frfvereigna of Germany
are. tn twie firlt there appears an air of
commerce and"plenty. The streets are well
fcuilt, and full of people, neatly and plain
ly drefTed. The Amps are loaded with m?r
chandife and the commoffalty are clean and
cheerful. In the other, you fee a fort of
(hafcby finery, a number of dirty people of
quality tawdered out ; narrow nasty streets,
out of repair, wretchedly.\h ; n of inhabitants
and above half of the common fort afkiiig 1
alms.—l cannot help fancying one under ;
the figure of a clean Dutch citizen's wife,
and the plher like a poor town lady of pjea
fure, painted and ribboned out in her head
drtfs, with tarni(hed fitver-laced shoes, a
ragged under petticoat, a mifcrable mixture
of vice and poverty.
" The journey we made from Belgrade
to Adrianrple, cannot pofiibly be pasTed by
any out of a public charafter. The desert
woods of Servia are the common refuge of
thieves, who rob-fifty in a company, so that
we had need of all our guards to secure us ;
and the villages are so poor, that only'force
could extort from themnecefTsry provifiont.
Indeed the Janniflaries, had no mercy on
theirpoverty, killing allthepoultry'aiidrheep
they rould-firtd, without asking to ■ whom
they belor.'jre 'wljllo the wretched owners
durst not p«t in tneir claim,' for fear' of b«"'
isg b4? Wi. ! . Lambs just fallen, geese and
kutkie» big with egg, all massacred without
diftin&ion ! I fancied I heard the complaints
of Melibceus for the hope of his Hock. When
General Officers travel, it is yet worse.
These oppressors are not content with eating
all that is to be eaten belonging to the pea
sants ; after they have 1 crammed themselves
and their numerous retinue, they have the
impudence to exaft what they call teeth money
a contribution for the use of their teeth,
worn by doing them the honour „f devour
ing their meat. This in literally and exaft
ly true, however extravagant it may seem;
and such is the natural corruption of milita
ry Government, their religion not allowing
of this barbarity any more than ours does.
" The Government here is entirely in the
hands of the army. The Grand Siegnior,
with all his absolute power, is as much a
flavc as any of his ftibjefts, and trembles at
a Janiflary'i frown. Here is, indeed, a
much greater appearance of fubje&ion than
amongst u»; a Miniiler of State it not spoke
to, but upon the knee; should a refledion
upon his conduft be dropt in a Coffee-houfe
( fpr they have fpieg every where), the house
vvogld be razed to the ground, and perhaps
the whole company put to the torture. No
huzzaing mobs, patriotic pamphlcts,or pub
lie debates about politics; none of our
harmlcfs calling names!—but when a Minify
ter here displeases the people, in three hours
time he is dragged even from his master's
arms. They cut off his hands head and feet
and throw them before the palace gate, with
all the refpeifl in the world; while the Sul
tan (to whom they all profefs an unlimited
adoration) fits trembling in his apartment,
and dare neither defend nor revenge bis fa
vorite. This is the bleficd condition of the
moil absolute Monarch upon earthy who
owns no law but his will.
" I cannot help wishing, in the loyalty of
my heart, that th# parliament would fetid
hither a (hip load of your palfive and obedi
ent men, that they might fee arbitrary go
vernment in its clearest, ftrongeftlight,where
it is hard to judge, whether the Prince,
People or Ministers are mojl mifcrable. I
could make many reflections on this fubjedf;
but T know your own good sense has alrea
dy futoifhed you with better than I am ca
pable of.
" Mudh has been said concerning the in
fidelity of the Turkilh women, belonging to
families of quality. During my stay at Pe
ra, I heard of but one circumstance. A
young Venetian served in the (hop of an A
pothecary at Conftantiuople, whom a Tur
ki(h lady, attended only by her (lave, came
to consult, and was (hewn into ancthtr room
leaving the appientice and the fair CircaiTian
alone. It is said that nothing then pafled
between them. In a few days returning
with!: mistress, and the fame opportunity
recurring, (he opened her heart, proposed
elopement, and promised much treasure.
She kept her word, and they disappeared
without subsequent detedtiiin. Upon disco
very , the punifliment of theft: lovers would
have been horrible: he would have been im
paled alive!l!—and (he drowned in a sack!!!
" Infidelity or licentions women, is a fub
jeS of the fevertft crimination amongst the
Turks, and their punifliment of it is nothin-*-
less than gross barbarity. That branch of
police is under rhe jurifdiftion of the Cap
tain of the Guard, and many inferior officers.
When any of ihefe mifcrable girls are ap
prehended, for the firft time they are put to
hard labour, <and ftridtly confined ; but for
the second they are recommitted, and many
at a time tied up in sacks, and taken in a boat
to the Pier-point, where they are' mercilessly
thrown into thefca ! ! !
" One (hudders to relate how many of
these vi&img are taken out into the sea, at
the dead of night, and committed to the
deep.
" The greater part of the wretched fuf
ferers, as may be well imagined, become
raving mad before reaching this last inhum
an aft of the (hccking •'y ; and such
of them at unhappily have iticfglh and firm
,n-'fs of i:ervC9 to retain fheir (enfej till the
horrible catastrophe, are oiily refcrvcd to
expe- ltnC j jnyj-f acutely, iu tJve mod dread
ful lingering con valfivc the bitternefa
■>f a tpoufand deaths, from the horrors sa
vagely infliftcd on these ill-fated halplefs fe
males, under the faiiftion of this diabolical
gotCtument."
" ' —'
she following cafe of a trial 0:1 the Tole
ration aft, which occured lad sfllzes for
the jVpunty of Sucry, is of fufTicient im-
to juftl/y us in giving it to the
jpublic at some .length.
THE KING i>. Wlt-LIAH YFOMAN.
The indiftment charged the defendant
with "whcioufly and coritemptuoufly coming
into, a Goagrygation of pioteilant dissenters,
lawfully assembled for religious worship, and
»nKjf% difquitting and disturbing them.
Mr. puriicy condufted the
He ft a ted to the jury the act of parliament j
011 wtiic'h die,indidbneut was founded (the
ToT?'ratio;i Aft ) ; that the diflenting con- I
gregatfon, who were the prosecutor, were
under the from the (rtqwent dist
urbances they had experienced, of profecu.-
ing fonie one individual, and they had there
fore brought the defendant befour a jury to
anfwef 'for the offence of which he had been
guilty.
The law prote£lcd dissenters in the ob
servance of that mode of worship which was
agreeable to their confeiences, provided
they complied with all the reqnifitcs of the
law, and that in thjt cafe the congregation
had done so.
That on the foujth of December lad they
were engaged in religious worship, when
the defendant thought fit to diftnrb thtm
in a very grefs and indecent manner, the
particular account of which the jury would
receive from the witnesses, and if they be
lieved'thofe witnesses they could have no
hefitstitiri In pronouncing the defendant
guilty. \
Tkat the congregation were not aftuated
by any motives ; they had no re-
to and therefore when the
jury had taught the defendant by their ver
diift tHst ft* iritift riot perfid in this fort of
comduA; they would be cantcnt with an a
pology froln him, and, unless he fhonld a
gain «iflend, l thcy would not exaft the pun
ishment which tht law had denounced.
T\Vo witnesses graved that a congrega
tion of protestant dissenters were assembled
for religious worship, at a meeting-bouse, at
Ryegate, in Ssrry ; that while the minister
was preaching, the defendant employed
himfelfin muttering, loud enough to dis
turb those who were near him, and after do
ing so for some time, he got up and walked
towards the door, when, turning round, he
said, in a loud voice, to the minister, " damn
your eyes ; go to hell you b , I never
knew a dog go tohell without barking yet."
Upon bung, cross-examined they proved
that no provocation was given by the min
ister to the, defendant.
Mr. Knowles theo addressed the jury for
the defendant, but called no witnesses.
Mr. Justice Buller.—•** oehtlemin of the
jtrry,-tftit ir an indi&ment founded on a
ftatote wbicK passed in the rtign of king
William anil queen Mary, and known by the
name of the Tuleration A£h
" The objeft of this dsftute was what e
very man in his heart mud commend, to
leave every man to worship God in his own
way ; to follow tht diftates of his' own con
ference, and to observe them in such a man
ner as he thinks right, he not doing mifchief
to any other member of the community.—
It is undonbtedly to be wifhedthatgn indul
gence should be granted to all ranks of men.
" The ground of this profecutipn is, that
when this dissenting congregation were met
for the purpose of worship, the defendant,
Yeoman, thought fit to go inta this con
gregation, disturb them in that worship, and,
according to the evidence, to insult and a
buse the minister to a great degree.
" To be fuVe there cannot be more inso
lent or more abusive conduft, than that
proved on the defendant. It is said by his
Counsel he did not mean to diflurb the
congregation- Disturbing the minister, who
was then performing his duty as the minis
ter of thai congregation, is the greatest in
sult lhatlcitjkl be offered to the congrega
tion. TWothers, who were silent, were
nit ef.abufe, the mod likely ob
jeft oFibdfe was 'the minister in the aft of
preaching.
" It is proved tlijtt tlxjre were no words
used on the part of the minister that should
give him any provocation. But it should
be remembered that when people assembled
together in a place of worship for the pur
pose of paying their duty to the Divine Be
ing, a man, who does not agree in opinion
with them, is not at liberty to go into that
assembly and quarrel with the minister bc
caufe he does not happen to utter the doc
trine which is agreeable to his mind. The
objeft aud purpose of theirbeing allowed to
have such a meeting-house is, becau e they
do r.ot agree with the regular church;
they have ideas peculiar to themselves, and
they have as much right to be pleased with
their mode of worship as we have with ours,
and they protected by the law in wor
shiping God in their own way as much as
we are, if they comply with the requisites
of the law. Then these people were doing
no mere by law itey had a right to
do, when;this- man chose to go into this
chapel, infult'tflfc minister,' and didiirb the
mapner, you have heard.
" I ana hound.to tell you the evidence
brings.thist man's offence clearly within the
aft, and if you believe the evidence it is
your daty to find the defendant guily."
The j,u,ry alipoft immediately found the
defendant guilty.
Mr. Guruey then said, that the offer he
had made opening he \Vas now ready
to fulfil ; he believed the defendant was in
court, if Tie would now make an apology for
his conduft the prosecutors would not call
him up for judgment, unless he repeeted the
offence. That the congregation had not
been Jtafty or viindiftive in prosecuting, for
tin's defendant had diduibed tlu?m once be- .
fore, and had been .forgiven. I
Mr. Judice B'jHer fa id the conduct of ■
the congregation did them great honor,
and the defendant was a fool if he did not j
accept the terms they offered him.
Mr Knowles said the defendant was not
in court, but he fhouldtertainiy advifs hiiii
to do so.
For the honour of humanity, may it (land
recorded,- that towards the relief of the
Briltol infirmary, the merchants and trades
men of that city have fubferibed the sum
ofSocol. At the fame time that this dis
plays the wraith of the inhabitants, it shews
that they know how to ufc it; and when |
gold is thus applied to the necessitieS of our
fellow-creatures, we /hall cease to-dig'm'atife
it as " the root of all evil;"
-
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 7.'
Died, on the 29th ult. at Derby, in the
63d year of his age, after a long and'pain
ful illness, Joseph Wright, an ar
tid whose works have already procured him
thehigheft eminence in various branches cf
his profeflion. He was a pupil of Hudson,
who, though an indifferent painter himfelf,
had the honor of indrufting three of the
mod eminent painters of the age, vii. Sir
Joshua Reynolds, Mr. Wright,andMr.Mor
timer. Mr. Wright's early Historical Pic
tures may be considered as the fird valuable
productions of the Englidi School, because
®t the time his Gladiator, Orrery, Air
Pump, Hermit, and Blacksmith's Forge,
were painted, nothing of any conseqUence
had been produced in the historical line.—
His attention was afterwards direfted for
some years to Portrait Painting, and from
the fpccimens he has left, there can be no
doubt that he would have flood in the firft
rank in this branch of. the art, had he eho
fen to pursue it ; but his genius was not to
be circumscribed w;thin such narrow limits,
and therefore at a mature age he visited I- !
taly, t» lludy the precious remain* of art i
which that country possessed :—His fine
drawings after Michael Angeloj (which |
have scarcely been seen except by his psrti
cularfriends) and the enthusiasm with which
he always spoke of the sublime original, e
vinced the edimation in which he held them,
and from their extreme accuracy, they may
be considered as faithful delineations of the
treafuret of the Capella Scftina, and fueh a;
have never yet been exhibited to the public
During his abode in Italy, he had an op
portunity of feeing a very memorable Erup
tion of Vesuvius, which rekindled his in
clination for painting extraordinary effe&s
of light, and his different piftures of this
sublime event, stand decidedly Chief D'o>:u
-vres in that line of painting—for who but
Wright ever succeeded in Fire or Moon
Lights ! His late Pi&ures have been ahiefly
Landscapes, in which we are at a loss, whe
ther mod to admire, the elegance of his
outline, his judicious-management of light
and {hade, or the truth and delicacy of his
cokniriikg, but of these the part
have never been exhibited, "as they were al
ways purchased from the Ealil by amateurs
who kne\r how to appreciate their value ;
a large landscape (his lad work) how at
Derby, being a view of the Head of Ullf-'
water, may be confi4?r*d among if the fined
of his, and defervediy rankednvith the mod
valued-pi oduftionsof Wilson, or even Claude
himfelf. •
In the historical Line* the Dea l Soldier,
which Is now known by Heath's admirable
Print, would alone edablifh his fame, if his
Edwin, (in the pofleffion of L. Milnes, esq.
of Wakefield, who has also his deftruftion
of the lloating Batteries off Gibraltar, and
fame of his bed Landscapes,) the two pic
tures of Hero and Leander, Lady in Co
mus, Indian widow, and other historical
fubjefts, had not already afccrtaioed his ex
cellency. His attachment to his native
town, added to his natural modesty, his
severe application both to the theory and
practice ps painting, prevented his mixing
with promiscuous society, or edablifhing
. his reputation by arte which he would never
de/cend to praftice ; hi 3 friends lftng urged
him to reside in London,, but his family at
tachments and love of retirement and study
were invincible, ,and he fell a victim to his
unwearied attention to his profeflion. His
pictures have been so much in requett, that
there is scarcely an instance of their ever
having come into the hands of dealers, nei
ther have his bell works ever been seen in
Lond9n —a strong proof of their intrinsic
worth, and that no artifices were necessary
to iafure their sale. >
It is with pleasure therefore we record,
that his pecuniary circnmftances were al
ways affluent, and shew that the world had
not been unmindful of his extraordinary
talents ; and also, that, as a man, he en
joyed the frfendfhip and edeem of all who
had the pleasure of his acquaint ince.
IMPORTED
IN the (hip Aurora, from Hambur;h, antl for
ftle hy the Snbfcriber.
Bed ticks, 8 4, 9-4, and 10-4.
A quantity of Tapes. No. 13 aid Is.
si»/! on Handy
Cerman tlack Hihhnn, No. 3 and 4.
George Pennock.
nov embpr it 3aw 2W
Mnftcal Instrument Manufactoryi,
■ 167, Arch-flrtet.
TO THE LOVERS OF HARMONY.
HARPER,
IXFQRMSMi friends and the puMic, that he has
bow ready fgr sale, a few of his new invented,
and much admired Gde beard Piano Fortes, with
PeJals,patent fweil, frnopahant and French harp
flop, which for fcifibjlity of touch, brilliancy of
tone, (implicit} and durability of conftru&ion, the
fcperiority of which .he flatters himfelf, a finale tri
al will convince the (ftiur jtrdiced judge—\s they
are manufa&ured under his immediate ialpe- 1 1 n,
of the vry be* seasoned materials, he can fell on
reasonable terms {or Cash. luftrumsnts repaired,
tuned, See.
N. B. Second hand Piano Foftes taken in ex
change fc.r new;
m-cmlii xS. S4w2Dio.
•pgwewir. gvskwzw - ••
CON G R E 2 ■:.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6.
Mr. Dent presented a memorial from
sundry inhabitants of St. Mary's county,
in the (late of Maryland, Hating that by the
lite regulations made in the eilablifhment of
Polt-Roads, they were deprived of the op
portunity of receiving news-papers as usual,
whith as they have a direst tendency topro
mote'an increase of knowledge, thry consid
er as being deprived of a blefling, and pray
for an exteniion of the road, that the evil
they complain of may be remedied.—Refer
red to a feleft committee.
Mr. Reed presented the petition of Si
meon Dunbar, stating that he pofleflcs con
tinental SectlHties ; that he neVer heard of
the aft of limitation, before the limit was
expired, and prays that they may notwith
standing be funded.
A motion to refer this petition to the
committee of claims, occafioiied some d«-
Imte upon the propriety of reference of a
petition, which acknowledged the claipi to
be barred bylaw. It was,however,at length
agreed to; when 14
Mr. Williams "ford, he believed there
were many jull claims undischarged, owing
entirely to the ignorance of the persons
holding the securities, with refpe£t to the
law of limitation ; for persons living on the
frontierof the country, who were probably
the bell entitled to compensation, had no
meansof becoming acquainted with the laws.
' He therefore proposed the following resolu
tion :
Rc-folved, that a committee be appoint
ed to enquire into the expediency or inex
pediency of defigriatmg certain claims to be
excepted fronv the operation of the aft «f li
mitation, and that they report by bill or o
therwise."
Mr. Dwicht Foster fatd, that amo
tion of this kind had b«en made in the lad
winter feflion, and the committee of claims
on the 24thof February, had made a lengthy
report thereupon, which for want of time'
had not been afted upon, and which was
msntioncd in the report of unfinHhed busi
ness. He supposed, if the gentleman mov
ed this report to be committed to a commit
tee of the whole, his objcdl would be at
tained.
After 3 number of defolt«ry observations,
thii motion was put and carried, and made
the order of the day far Friday.
Mr. Gordon presented a petition from
sundry inhabitants of N«vr-Hauip£hire, com
plaining that there was no direct pod from
Exeter to Concord, and P ra ymg that fetch
a poll may be eftablifhed.—Referred to a fe
left committee. •
Mr. D. Foster said, he was inftrufted
by the committee of claims, to afl< leave of
the house to be discharged from the farther
confederation of the petition of Mr. Maury,
consul of the United SVates at Liverpool,
in order lhat-it might be referred to the
committee appointed to take into confidera
ti«n that part of the President's speech
which rel .ted to the consuls of the United
States.—Agreed ; and the petition referred
in the way proposed.
Mr. Harper then called for the order of
the day on certain rcfolations which he had
offer*d to the confideratiim of the house on
thefubjeftof taking evidence in cases of
.contested elections.
The motion was agreed to, and the house
accordingly resolved itfelf into a commitllee
of the whole on that'fubjeft, Mr. Dent in
the chair. The rcfolutioiis were as follow :
< " Refoliui. that the method of taking evidence
to be adduced, in the trial of contend elefliom,
for house, shall, be as follows :
" ift. The party intending to conteftan election
{ball give notice of fcch intention to the peifon re
•urre 1. {/" it be an rfefiiun in ibt ufuml cenrfe, their
lice fall he five* at lenfl ■ htftre the
time ".vie; the [aUperftn it to take his feat; if not in the
ujaal courfr, hut to Jill a vacancy, then the netice Jball be
given within day after the persons ap
pointed to hold the election (hall ha v « made known
pr.b'icly the state of thi poll. The notice (hall be
delivered in wilting, at the usual residence of the
pcrfon returned ; and if he be absent, (hall be left
thire »pnn.
" idly- That the party intending to take exami
nation, ftallthen apply to some juSice «r judge of
the courts of the United States, or some chancellor,
jullice or judge of a fupcemr, superior or county
■ ourt, or court of common piels, of any state—or
some mayor or chief majjilrate of a town or city,
and frail obtain a notification, under his hand arid
fr-al.Jirciledto the oppofue party, and requiring
hint t * attend by himfif, or his attorney duly a,u
tbori'/id, and crcfs-examinc the witneflVV I hit
notification fliall ilate the time and pjaccbf ex a mi
nium. and the names V the wilHcffos; and Jt
flisllb? fi;rve 1 on tbe opposite party, or his attor
ney duly auth»rifed, as ruber may be nearcil to
such place ;■ provided ti'ht r is within one Kundu.i
miles of it. For attendance r.fttr receiving the
notificr.ticn, one day, exclusive of Sundays, fliall
be allowed foi every twenty mil.s.
" 3dly. In all cases where either party fliall give
notice to the other, of his having appo nted an at
torney, for the pi:rpore aforefaid, it fliall Le'necel'-
fry to Trrvc the abovemeniioned notif.cation on
the attorney
" 4thly. Every pei ion dejiofip », Dial) make oath
or affirmation to teOifytbc whole truth, ami (hall
fublVri 1 e the taflimony by him or her given; whith
(ball be reduced to wi ting only by the magiflrate
taking the dt-pofuion, or fey the deponent, in his
prtfer.ee. Tl e depolition, so taktn together with
a certificate of rhc notices, and proof of . the f.r
vic: of t.V ru, fh.il te f. aled up by the maeiftrate
who took it, and trjnunittcd to the fjioakcr of the
hou'e.
" Refo!ve& 1 hat tht examination of wttntffes, ta
ken ii! this rsantn-r, wi no other,, {hall hereafter
li» admi'ltd 011 11 ia! fJ> contellcd fl^AioflfL
"JVi/vkJ, that, cr.piis of any papers recorded ill
any'office oi rerord, pro-vidrd thefl; copies be a'-
teftcd und-r the hand and fcal of the re«ordingof
ticer, (hull be admitted *t all such trials, in the
fame manner as the originals would be, if produc
ed. In lik* maimer, copiesof any other pasersof
a public nanire, and remaining in thepofleflion of
apuM e officer, fliall be admitted, when attested
un«ierthe hand and seal of that officer.
" KefjM, that copies of these refolutioin
fball be forwarded forthwith to the executive of
cVery state, with a requefl that they will cause thi
managers of every ele&ion in their refpeflivs flatcs
to be lurnifhed with at least one copy."
Mr. Hosmer moved to amend the firft
refolntion, by adding after the word " elec
tion," in the eighth line, " or to canvass
the votes,"—Agreed.