Mr. Hsrprr of -siakinj a motion !•> that c'iTe of the icport ffioiiid be firtt agreed to, relative toTilvercoin ,• ' J t Mr. Gall itin iintlfi-ftood tliat the gontleman I from V.rginia ( Mr. Nicholas's) motion was in order. The Chairman faidh.e had mentioned his in tention of moving a resolution, but had pot handed it to tli« chair. Mr. Nicholas said, that underftandirig his motion was in order, he should make it. He ■would firft state one fafl, wnith would be fuffi cient to answer all the reafor.ing of the gentle- men from South-Carolina and RhoHe-Ifland ( Mr. Harper and Mr. Champlin)—Though in the large cities hank notes were equal to every purpose as a circular medium, ia the country where he lived they paflcd at a depreciation on ( ly This resolution wa>t<> the following effe>fl: " Refol« ed, that so much of the aeat objeift was to have a a coin ot our own This oblervation could not ' apply to foreign silver coin, because the law de- - clared that Spani/h dollars should circulate as usual, which acknowledged that we fUod in need of foreign coin for a circulating medium, and that our mint was inefficient for the pur ; pose. But, in relation to the mint itfelf. It was said, the proposed measure would force the foreign coins into the mint. He wished to know c how this could be effeaed? How could direfling vi the coHediors to receive this coin force it into is the mint ? Was it fuppofsd that the momentthe tl banks or the revenue officers receive crowns, they will carry them to the mint ? How had it hoppened that, in receiving seven millions of , c revenue from the custom-houses, that more of in this coin had not heretofore Been sent to the at mint ? And could it now be fpppofed that they w would be compelled to take rhis coin to.the b< mint ? In relat'on to gold coin, the gentleman j n from South-Carolina had said, that the only way of getting it into the mint, was to fay it should not be a legal tender. But why thus force the people to take this species of coin to the mint j It was-clear it could not be the inter- ca eft of government to have a mint, if it were not the interest of the people j ind if they saw , it to be their interest, they would take their so- j; c reign coin there, without bring forced ro do it. But, said he, if you suppress all foreign coins, r you will do it contrary to the will and interell Wl ofthe people ; (Scif'thiswcre the only meirsby which government could ellabliih their miut, th bethought the infhtutlon would never become a bli very popular one. ' ca Mr. Harper interrupted Mr. G. to fay he did not fay that this was the only way in which the 1 mint could be supported. He said it was ene W efie pear to be neceflYry to take such a step, he ' Crusted they should take such naeafuresas would ' beeffei?lual, without putting any class of peo- P O7 pie to loss. Until the mint were eliabfifhed up- tidt on a footingwhich &ouid render it equal 10 the met supply of a fufficiency of coin for the wfe of fa the country, he hored they should leave the a j foreign coins upon their present footing. On 'motion, the committee rose, reported / progress, and had leave to fit again. " ea men THURSDAY DECEMBER 13. f a^ A coniirunication was received from the fecreta- thet ry of the treasury on the fubjeS of the loan made for the use of the city of Washington, ia thedif trict of Columbia, which wa* read and ordered to. / be printed. A petition was presented from a number of in- " J habitants of Cumberland county, in the ft ate of arm Virginia, praying for an alteration in the poft road passing through that diftriift. Referred to the I committee already appointed relative to post reads Mr. Rutiedg« presented the petition of Johp 1 3 C Le Bar, praying for a pension. Referred to the '' u " commit tee of claims. mar The bill for the relief of the reprefentatiyes of pd ( Williaai Carmichael, deceased, was read the third time and palled. \ mcflage was received from the senate, inform- . forming the house that they had parted the bill for suspending; the Stamp Ait lor a limited time. er C A committee of enrolment was agreed to be ap- Jn£r pointed to act in conjunction with the committee • of the Tcnate. Mr. Harpir called the recolle&ion of the house 1 f to th: hill which was passed la 11 I'efiiun hy that wlii: fcotifj for the relief of major Thomas Lewis, hut which was not afled upon by the senate, owing to rr its beini; sent up the laiV day of the fefTujn, and movsd that a committee h'c appointed to bring in a Sten new bill ; but, on the chairman ot the committee Mot of claim's informirg the house that major l.ewi-'?. a t t petition was at present before them, the motion w v,;. vras withdrawn. Mr. Snv.u: feid,. tl:?re had been an or .'lion in I ,r fP' thr aet regulating the ccmvr'U'ti">p - allov, cd to I qshcers employed .u the colicCuou 0! duties cn I L on !•> ' inifo&aafiflittgtt, pasTed kft f&oi, whiauff. c 5 cn * ?* d a co»|rao* : in the flat > of'Miffachofrttt; he lent, therefore, itiove*! that a cop.iniiffe » the ( * n( | l, ' re whether ary and u hat alterations were ue-i there therein, and that they report Uy bill or oth ; 1m t ervv if-. —,« greed. n* 'to Mr. Allen moved a rcfohriontoth* following gold eff c - A • • ' 3 . atio» " e^°lv "d t #That the feTctary of the treafary and to report to tke hyufr, an account of fame . * l f >an-offi C e certificates, final settlements, and indents of intcreft, not rcgiftered, and now out part J i an ; a "d f'fo matters a$ relatte to the rtivc ° r lncx ?«^»« nc y extending, for a limited time, the 14th fc t ° e £***}"& of foreign coins; when Mr. Nicho- , nit- fcpropoiitiop for altogether rht ope . ration of the act.for checking the circulation off o reign gold and liivur coin under confidera- \ f "on Mr. Sitgreavcs proposed an amendment, to ' 1 } confine the operation of ths a& to gold coin only, t a» After consider .blc debate, in the course o r which , ind the whole.fubjeft was brought into view, the sense f for of tlic hcufe was takcu on this Amendment which in was without a division. Mr. Nicholas's 1 gal proposition then ime ag.iin under confederation ; I fu - but, 011 a fuggc «ii of Mr. Varnum. that there f nt niight some t'oubt arise as to the wording of the 1 at .refdurion, Mr N. k.ovei to fufoend the fect-nd * j t feci ion of the ;i£t, which feemcd more completely 1 life to purpofe,which he had in view, which c it a 5 c o fafpead the whole alva? re-committed f to the feledl committee to report a bill accordingly. \ The debate on this fubje»£l will begiven to tuor*. J row. Adjouraed. | y Friday, December ij. ■ n- After reading the Journal of ye(terday,al- 1 i. so a feport brought in by Mr. Harper, pre- P :n scribing the mode of taking evidence in ca- ° J- fes of disputed tleflions, and refeiing the r ■y fame to a committe of the whole, the house £ adjourned till monday. ' n By this day's Mail. I t NEW-YORK, December 14. j,] e Mr. Boyd, one of the principal English c , v loaners to government, when going on the g visit to Paris, which we formerly mentioned, c } 0 is dated to have taken with him not less si, e ' than a dozen coaches, plainly but elegantly m !| finifhed, arid without any armorial bearings th f |° iufult the republican taste. These were f intended as presents to his particular friends, e amongst whom citizen Carnot,the Direftor, Y w ho favoured him with his paflport, was to e be included. Mr. Boyd retired from Paris 1 in some disgust, and rather in hade, before ' the di'fgrace of his friend the Direftor waa te s generally known. On his return to Eng- G { , laird lie told his friends " the surly republi- j. - cans did not like his carriage." " *- A Canada paper informs us, that the pub- Q lie road, proposed to be laid out from the ' province line, at Miflikeuie-bay to St. John's t W1 " be a continuation of the Great Public r already laid out from New York to he , that place, where a line of stages arc efta- t ; c 1 blifhed, and will run as soon as the road pr can be made prafticable, from New-York quite to St. John's ; and adds that this road a when efTefled, will no doubt be the mod expeditious and convenient one to travel I 7 from this country to the United States, as at , it will be paflible at all seasons of the year, m . and runs thro a fertile and fettled conntry, th, . south of the line 450. j t Extrafl of a letterfrom an officer at Ofwego 9 to the printers of the Albany Gazette, Nov. Prp r 1 79?- (la " A few daysfince, as a batteau, with a ro , number of persons on board, -was coming down thi to this place, they imprudently ventured out in at)l the river, and in attemping to make thefhore J t6 above the falls of Ofivcgo, it was not in the t ) K power of the hands to Jlem the impetuous J at tide—alas it would be painful to dwell on the j-; 0 melancholy cataflrophe—the boats went down ft; t the torrent, and two young ladies(daughters to f y : a Mr. Richardson) a Negro woman and child h| 3 fell viflims to a watery grave. Te who have Q f hearts offympathy, drop a tear of pity to the C( J memory of the two lovely vifiims,let the curtain que fall on the pillow of religious hope, and waft RJj them to the bosom of peace." ers PITTSBURGH, Dec. 9. On Thursday last arrived here, general tC( n WILKINSON, commander in chief of the d ro army of the United States. , A detachment of federal troops of about j s [ 130, arrived here from the eadward, on vy Sunday lad, commanded by major Free- t j, e man. We underdand that they are deftin- ( ] er ed for some of the pods o» the Ohio*. ' q qi On Thursday lad, the Indians charged with the killing of Clark, near Beav. ten( er Creek, were tried. The Jury, after hav- fl ee , ing retired about two hours, brought in a verditt of acquittal, to the entire fa tisfaftion of all who heard the tedimony, w a which was altogether prefumpfive. ur ; t NOTICE. ' bres THE Creditors of the Edate of Walter i and Stewart deceased, are requeded to meet on ; com Monday next at 6 o'clock in the evening adei at the City Tavern—The business upon yeat which they are to deliberate being of great " M importance they are requeded not to fail to ralif give their attendance. j eleps Council of Five Hundred. De- S«ptember 23. ,d. Efchafferianx—" The Republic ycfterday ,b-. celebrated with pomp the anniversary of ns foundation. Jam about to propose to you to honour the memory of its founders, who es, have fallen vi&ims to their glorious zeal in the cause of Liberty. They are no more ; we enjoy the fruits of their labours. Every ie- nation has revered and celebrated their Le 30 giflators and their deliverers ; public, grati de tude consecrated monumentsto their fame ee Harmodius and Ariftogiton had statues' in ■ o- Athens; Lyciirgus in Sparta. Rome in to ftituted games, and raised temples to Romu it Iws and Remus. The name of William Tell n . is still regarded with affeftion by the inhab it Hants of happy Switzerland ; his name is , e engraved upon the rocks from whifh he pre :k cipitated the Austrian ttranny j it is ecle-. brated with enthusiasm upon the theatre »n of " Europe, it is recorded in all the poets ,lf who have sung of Liberty and of great men. a The name of Penn, the firft Legislator "of •d the new world, remains dear to philosophy rt and to humanity. Barnevelt and Sidney ' are remembered with increasing glory, and their memory will live to the latest age. A ' cfcntury of refpeft and of tears has already ' avenged these generous Citizens, who died ' r . for their Country's Liberty. The names of ' ■n, the Tirtuoud men who have founded the ie French Republic, and who have periled in ' n its cause, (hall they be condemned to an in- ' , e gloricns descent to future times? What do g I fay? An inglorious descent? I have ' _ seen them, while alive, perfected by envy ' r and calumny, direaed by malice ; they were ' •- worthy of the immortality of virtue ; their s cotemporaries, by their ingratitude, 'and the , friends of Kings, by their hatred of them, J _ have acquired the immortality of crime. Here the fcaffolds have been stained by the blood of the brave Lcgiflators who levelled i the firft strokes at the Throne, and proclaim- 1 ed the Republic. There, the murderous ' f steel, when courage nerv'd the arm, saved 1 . others from the hands of the assassins. Here a . in savage dens .and frightful solitudes, they hid themselves from the fury of their impla- "■ ■ cable enemies. There, others fell before u ; the swords of Despots. Soon after, those d . who had given liberty to the world could C : not find an afyluni in their own country. A cabal that was conspiring in favour of Kings 9 were nearly on the point of burying the re- - mainder of its firft founders under the ruins of the Republic ; and black calumny was ready at hand, had they failed of success, to * transmit their names, branded and stigma . tized to a deluded posterity. R*prefenta- ~ lives, to you it belosgs to avenge these ac- , , cumulated ou trages, and to change the tables I 1 that were to proscribe Republicans into ta- ol F bles that must immortalize them. Ages 01 ; yet unborn, before whom you are one day to appear, will call yon to an account for what you ought to have done in favour of g those who devoted and facrificed themfeves : for you andyourdefcendants. Obvialetheir Sc reproaches ; be just, be grateful towards I 5 your benefactors. And jndeed what do we fee but cold statues, inanimate monuments, vain allegories, that encumber your palaces, your public squares, your public hal's : C< while the hallowed images of the Condorcets Su the Vergniauds, and of the firft founders of the Republic, objefts so dear to every true Republican, are as yet no where seen to So speak to the eyes and to the hearts ot the Qi people. No monument has yet been raised in honour to those who, like them have de voted themselves to the facrcd cause of Li- m ' berty. Buried in an unjust and ungrateful fcr oblivion, they still await the tardy homao-e to of their cotemporaries. Free Nations, of f' whatever defctiption, teverence your dehV ■ erers, unless you prefer falling under the iTc rod of tyrants. It is at the present moment w ' especially, you ftiould signalize your grati tude towards them ; when the Liberty of M Nations is at issue with the power of Kings, ' it is a gratitude which both justice and poll- Co cy equally combine to inspire. I move that there be ere&ed a monument with the sol- ~ lowing infeription :—" To the Plunders of the prench Republic, who during the courfc of the Revolution, have fallen vtdims of their felf-devotioij to their Country" The principle was adopted by the Coun- 1 cil, and the means of executing it were re- ferred to a Committee. On motiou of Males, organ of a Special Cpmmifiion, it was decreed, that the excep- a " c tion made in favour ofthe Dutch and Danirh Companies by the 13th article of the law of brii the 10th Brumaire, which prohibits the im portation and sale ofEngli(h merchandizes, l'! c (hall be extendedto the Swedish India Com- c ' r( ,' pany, established at Gottenburg. or j Poulain Grandpre.—" You have confe- re crated the republican institution, by decree ing tkat you would repose from your la- bo"u bours on the decadis, and on the republican nor fetes. But of what avail is example on the " el mind olegotijls—on those fouls that are so ~S deeply imbued with the prejudices of the old regime, who flatter themselves with the hopes of the restoration of monarchy, and £) c ' ( who lock 011 rile 18th Friictidbr as a public I calamity ? I', is by laws they ought to be ~ repressed. I move, therefore, that a com- ' i mittee be appointed to examine the ques tion, whether it may be proper te forbid the -jr journals to put any other date at the heads 1 of their journals than that of the republi- )'<* can sera, under pain of being fappreffed, and every citizen to adopt aDy other in their le r " *,• .. .. , \v dir licnj lon ed null and vold j-'—Agreed to. " a~ jPOUNCIL OF. ELDERS.' ch- n» Us !?r m ' a lf'7 Ax-Mumhr 20. L°d rd "'. in 3 re P an the refo!u' ion M or au i h °T'« "Uhe Colonics the re-erurance o' ■ x . ""J pciTon, propofcd I' 1° b WM as making no dif- F l'vu f UVe f :1 those .fnnfported bv the Enghft by the French Commissioners, cr those who abandoned their, comnrv. 4, H f T" T ° rdereJ tu be P rinted > tiie duciuiion ndjourned. .'A • , App . rovcd thr resolution for granting an » .ndemn.ty to the Deputies whose elefL* U were declared void. in ar s C(im ! ,le ">/" l « r y Day— Sept. 21, ■ ■ lit c , rcje ? a decree refpedW the ry i'f?)! ° ft,e ed ' torS °; ,he Republic, and 7 of the cidevant Civil Lift, the fitting ter minated with a fpeesh from the President on t he Republican Festival. a- GAZETTE marine list. II PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. is p , Arr ' med on T»'fd«y at Reedy Ijlcnd, , Sh f Carol,ne. Motley, of Portland, n? (faysfrom Liverpool. , t Schooner Commerce, ArnM, 34 days from . s Jaquemel 7 1. Arnold informs, that the fchoener >f Sally Montacue, _/«//«//row //ji'j p. jr , tht fame y 7: v > and that the fnov, Liberty, Wallace y of y //j " P or! > r -»as then at Aux Caycs. d att ount3 from Reedy JJland it njpeers \ I " :at " J,ne of the outward lound vessels that lift y that place on Saturday cr S::aday lajl, went tofea, they remained ai the i/lands oil Thurf p day morning. e A bright-fded I rig, no head, ar.d light n came into the capes in company Iwith the Com _ merce on luefdey. 0 Th'Jhip Columbia, L far, from Amfhrdam 5 lo p ort > fpoie the sth injlant, out eleven weehs,Jive of -which on the coafl, all J, well. 1 New-Yotif Dee. iaT e \ Arrived. , S/j '> Niagara, Armour, x>if!erdam HuMiib, Havannah e * {fierday arrived the letter of Marque brig j Sir John IVentworth, of 8 guns and 16 men _ Capt. Rumford, in 21 days from Martinico s whofpole on the 29 th Nov. a schooner from I Baltimore, to Cape Nichola Mole, out 10 , days. r Capt. Rumford informs us that in two days after he failed, the Beaver sloop of war ctvjr ■ t0 c °n™y 3 O fail of American veffes lound to . different parts of the U. S. clear of the iflar.ds [ Copt. R, recolleSs the Irtg Polly capt. Lindfay, of Wells, bound to BoJlon, to be one of the number. 1 cy- A stated meeting of the American , Philosophical Society will be held at their 1 Hall at 6 o'clock this evening. " Friday, iyth Dec. ~Mrs. U rattan, * RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies and Grn tlcmer of the city, that h;r firll CONCJP.R r of Vocal Mode wilt be on Thursday nex,t, the 1 j.l of December, inft. at Mr. Richardst'.i ACT I. Quartette, ' p, , Seng—Anjcls ever bnjfhr, Ha-idel Glee—Mcffrs. Carr, Dailey, juli. and Hill, . , „ The Mariners ->ong—Mr Carr Duett—Mrs Gratt*n and Mr. Carr, Pa!Tl;illo Song—Mr Darley, ju», Scotch Glee—Mrs.Grattan, MelTrs, Carr, Darley, Hill. ACT. If. Concerto Piano Forte, (by a young lady) Viotti Song—Mrs. Gr.itun, Sacchmi (Jlee—McflVs Carr, Darhy and Hill, Jactfun Dustt—Mrt Giatian and Mr. Carr, Time i.h-5 uotthh/a Song—Mr. DarUy, jun. Qaarte:!:—Mrs. Grattan, Meffri. Carr, D ai lev and Hill. ' Si* doliarseadi iu': T,liber for one ticket of ad mittane; during thefe;ifon. No fubferi'* s tichet transferable, but any f.jh fcriber on pa>-n:g his l'abftri; tion.willhave a ri'rht to demand tkieti for the jwmjrrhd par- o» his fa mily, wi.icli ticket will admit them every itight during the f-aiein, but are not transferable. " „ The ai half pa.t lix a;:d the mu' ucte *:tend lor. Ihe Hall at eight, til- espence of winch Grattan engages to difcjiarge. * Non-lu'Kribt'is ticket—dollars. Subfyiptii l cctived an J ticKR (MHierai hv Mn. Grattan's cl.rk, at No. 191, High ltreet, Non-fublcribers tickets to be had the day of the Concert at the S*r at Mr. Richardct'*. Dcccnber i s d^ lft Marjhals' Sales. United States, 1 Pennsylvania Diftrid, P Y virtue ot wius ol v.udilioni exponas, ilTued XJ out of the dillrift court of.ihe Uniitd Siatrs. and lo mc will be fold at public Sale at the m r. chant s< oifee-Hrufe, in Second street, on Wednefdiy 2 .7 l da y °' December inft. at 6 o'clock it. the evening, al] (Hat p»cce or parcel of meadow tjroumi iiruatc, lying and being in the township of Paffvunck, a»id c lunty o? Philadelphia, on the road leading to Stiie Iflind Ferry, containing about fifty-four acYcs ?n-i oeichcs, whereon are a twoftory ; brick Mrfiusge, out houtes and a barn ; also one o- ol | piece of meadow giound, fi-uate in tl>c Hill cownfhip and county, and nearly on thr opposite lidcoftbefa-id roadtothc laid ft rry,containingfixrerna- a'foanvfluagecrtcnrmcntand lot or p ece of grou'.ri situate on thr north fide of nrert, between and 6th llrccts, in the cry of Phi ade!phia, conuining in fronton High ftieet, thr ;e feet, anri in length or depth two hundred fee bounced raft bv prapeny of Hannah Pcrhbertov? rorrh by South allc\ , welt by property of William Pell, land l- uth by High rtreet afotelaid. Seized and taken in execution as the property of Henry Scckel, and to be fold by . x William Nichols, Martha!. Marfbal's Office, "> December ic, r '97-J Dccemhrr rc Philadelphia and - pike Company. rriE Stockholders are hereby notified, that fh* annual Klevfti >n for Officers for the bt held at the Company's Office in Phj a •adpliia. on tnc second Monday i« January ik xi a : I© o'clock, a. m. V*'u OOVETi',* dee'ry Decern 1 cr " 2rt?m3c At- j