W&. government might
, tTi.ike their deposits o.\ condition that the
toix-ign coin fliould be sent to the mint
With refpeft inconveniences which
would be felt by the"-peop!e, he did not
think they Would tje so great as had been
reprtlented. And upon whom, he asked,
vfould tliefe difficulties fall > Not upon the
potner daffes of the people ; they had al
ready experienced the inconvenience, for,
if they pufleffed a few crowns wheri the
proclamation was, iflued, they had been o
bliged to part with them, and had fuffered
by their depreciation. It'would then be
lhbfe people who had bought them up, who
would be benefited, provided the 1 , aft were
to be suspended, and the crowns were paya
ble at their full value in fea-pcrts, they ne
ver could be depreciated more than one or
two per cent, in any other par* of the coun
ty He hoped, therefore, the report would
"be agreed to.
Mr. Nicholas said he never yet voted
against the mint, and he did not know why
the gentleman just fat down fliould have
deemed him inimical to the edablifhment,
except from the reason of the thing, and be
' cause He was not, like himfelf, a slave to
whatever had been ettablifhtd. . It was said
his proposition was an attack upon the mint;
if it were, he did not want a greater conces
sion toprovethe eftabliflimentufelefs. When
the law for cftablifhing the mint was passed,
it was expe&ed the coin of the United
States would have infinoated itfelf into cir
culation, and stopped that of foreign coin.
If this had happened it would have been of
small consequence to the people to have had
it put out of circulation ; but, on the con
trary the quantity of our own coin was found
to be small, and that if the circulation of
foreign coin be stopped, the country would
be diltreffed for a circulating medium. He
therefore wished to suspend the law. Was
this to attack the mint ? If the mint could
not exist without impofmg upon the pesple,
they acknowledged it could not exist. And
where, heafked, would be the advantage, if
all the foreign coin in the country were to
be transfcred into the mint ? It had been al
lowed by the gentleman from Massachusetts,
that dollars werean article of export—would
not then, the dollars of our own coining,
equally with "the Spanift dollars, be sent
out of the country ! And, in return, our
merchants would bring foreign coin,fo that
all the coin in the country would become an
article of merchandize. If government
could procure bullion on moderate terms,
aud put fufficient coin into circulation, it
would be a different thing ; but it would
never do to take from the people the coin
they now used, without having others to
supply them with. Mr. N. denied that peo
ple could go to cuftora-houfes, and exchange
their crowns for dollars ; crowns would be
received there for duties only. And he beg
ged gentlemen to consider what would be
the expenee of fending this coin to the mint
to be recoined. There would be the carri
age and infnrance, and it would at least be
fix months irj returning, the interest upon
'which would be a dead loss.
Mr. S. Smith never conceived the esta
blishment of a Mint in the country would
injure the people so much as it appeared it
would do, in the view of this business.
He did not fee how the difficulty was to be 1
removed. If the report of the committee 1
were to be agreed to, crowns would be re
ceived by shopkeepers at a dollar ; they 1
would bring them down to the sea-ports and 1
pay them to the merchants at 110 cents,
and the merchants would pay them at the 1
Custom House. But how were the crowns <
to get from the different colic ft «rs into the j
Mint ' Would the United States undertake 1
to bring theih there ? In most of the cities I
there were banks, and the money was paid 1
by the colle<3or into the bank, and the 1
the treasury drew upon the bank for the a- 1
mount. How then were the crowns to get
into the mint ? If the treasury had a fuffi
ciency of new coin to replace the foreign
coin, the business might be effefted, but not
otherwise, as all commerce must of csurfe j
stop, and the price of produce i mmediate- •
ly fall, if deprived of a circulating medium.
For instance, would the bank of Baltimore 1
be at the expenee of fending their French <
crowns to the mint, and wait till they could t
receive new dollars in exchange ? No man
would believe this. Banks were always 1
pushed for money, and dare not part with i
their circulating medium. With refpedl to t
crowns, it was not of so much importance t
as the gold coin ; if that vjere to be called J
in, he did not know what the banks would
do—they could not wait till it was re-coin- e
ed ; they were rather borrowers than /
lenders of money. He knew of no bank 1
out of the city of Philadelphia which could
fend their foreign coin to the mint to be re- 1
coined, and wait its return. He did not *
know that they could. The Mint, be said, e
was flow in its movements. He knew an t
instance where a bank sent several thqufaud r
dollars worth of bullion to he recoined, and
they lay out of their property for fix or fe- 0
ven months. He supposed it might now be j
more expeditions ; but it would doubtless .
htf too flow for the wants of the banks.—
Suppose, said he, the plan could be carried j
into effeft, and the circulating medium was
wholly our own coin and Spanilh dollars—
■what would be the consequence ? It would
be this—our own dollars, being of equal
finsnefs with the Spanish, would.be export
ed in common with them to the London and c
East India markets ; and.liuce it was known e
that foreign coin was not current here, mer- £
chants would import as little of it as they a
could avoid, so that our circulating medium a
would fooii be exhausted. He fhould,therefore, p
be in favour of the amendment of the gen
tleman from Virginia. t
Mr. Sswall said, the present question t
was not whether the circulation of foreign i:
coins should be prohibited altogether ; but n
whether that circulation should be a partial t
one. Some gentlemen seemed to think no
thing ought to be done with refpeft to gold t
coin ; but all were of opinion it would be e
necessary to allow »t least a partial payment a
It ,of fllvvr coin j and feme of gold coin. For
is j . his own part, h : \vas unwilling to postpone
- j the difficulty which mult be. encountered,
and which had already been felt in a great
t degree, whenever a partial stoppage should
n be pnt to the circulation of foreign coin. If"
, the law were to be suspended f<?r two years,
e as some gentlemen wished, he did not think
we fliould be much better prepared to carry
, it into effeft than at present. He did not
e think it possible to supply the mint of the
United States with bullion in any other way
3 than'by preventing the circulation of foreign
" c "' n \ were not, he said, in poflefiion
) of mines abroad, nor did we import much
: bullion ; but our commerce led us to import
a jCjinfiderable quantity of foreign coin, and
" f° r e'gn coin of greater value in the country
r from whence it was imported, than it was
when it arrived here, which was owing to
I the exportation of coin being forbidden in
those countries, and there was no way of
1 importing it but by concealing it. On this
account, a four pillole piece, which in Bil
boa was worth sixteen dollars, was- here
worth no more than fifteen and a quarter ;
yet a merchant will bring this gold coin at
; this loss, rather than bring dollars, which,
being so much more bulky, would be liable
to be discovered, and risk the loss of (hip and
cargo. If foreign gold coin were out of
circulation altogether, he did not think
much inconvenience would be experienced ;
it was not current by tale, the weighing of
it was attended with much trouble, and he
thought it might very well be dispensed
with. And though it would not be receiv
ed as a legal tender, this would take little
from its value ; for a person would always
be able to pay a pound of gold for. what it
was really worth, and wbilft the mint was
in being, there would always be a ready
market for it. With refpeft to silver it was
different. It passed for more than its real
value. A crown, or dollar, though dimin
ished in weight, and consequently in value,
wou)d,pafi for a crown or a dollar. If the
circulation of foreign silver was altogether
stopped, the loss sustained by individuals
would be great ; but, on the other hand, it
was necessary to supply the mint, and it
was proper to flop the circulation of all fo
reign (ilvcr coin, except dollars and parts
thereof, which would not be attended with
any great inconvenience, as crowns and parts
thereof, bore, but a small proportion of the
foreign silver coin in circulation. Indeed,
the inconvenience had already taken place.
In the part from whence he came, the cir- '
culatLo of crowns had stopped, except is J
dollars, and they were paid without any .
great hesitation by the persons who had
them at that rate. Bat he did not think J
we were wholly prepared to meet this incen- I
venience. He, therefore, thought it would i
be right to agree to the report of the com- '
mitt**, which allowed them to be received
at the custom-house, which would, in a great f
measure, remedy the evil arising from their 1
being declared not to be a legal tender in J
other cases. Gentlemen had observed that f
the country would be more affedted by this c
regulation thau the cities ; but, as it had "
been before dated, if a crown was worth '
no cents in one place, it would not be '
worth much less in any other. The incon
venience would be of fliort duration, as the
crowns wonld all flow to those parts where
they were received current. This observa
tion had been opposed by a faft that bank
bills in the interior of the country pass at a
depreciated rate ; but he thought that the
analogy would not hold. If a person had
five crowns, and was obliged to expend one <
of them, before he had an opportunity of
getting the full value for them, he would j
lose only a few cents, but in a bank note of
five dollars, if he wanted make use of a -
dollar, he would l'uffer a loss upon the whole I
note. He hoped the report would be jgr«ed
to.
- [.Debate to be continue J.]
i
Friday, December 15. '•
Mr. Pp.irg SrK.taut, from Neui-Hamp.
Jhire fin the place of Mr. Jeremiah Smith,
•who rejigned), appeared and <was qualified. J
Mr-, hDMOKDy from the committee of enrol- J
mrnt, reported the bill for suspending theftamp- J
aft ai duly enrolled, the Speaker signed it ac • \
cordingly.
Mr. IV kdswokth, from the committee to J
•whom was referred that part of the President's
Speech which related to the pnjlponing of the 1
meeting of Congreft, in certain cases, reported a
a bill, which was twice read, and committed "
for Monday. J'
Mr. DwiGttr Fostsk, from the committee
of clflims, made an unfavourable report on the
petition of Richard Shott, which was concur
red in ly the House-, £
Mr. Haiper, from the committee to whom 1
was referred certain resolution relative to the
mode of taking evidence in cases of contefled 1
eleSions, made a report recommending a law r
te be pajfed on the fubjeS, which was twice v
read and committed for Monday. 1
The SrtjKf.K having read over the orders
of the day, and no fubjeS being called, Mr. n
Dent moved that the House adjourn.
Adjourned to Monday.
a
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. e
t
House of Representatives. a
December 15. 0
A memorial from the feleiSt and common a
council, of Philadelphia, praying leave to 1
ereft a permanent bridge over the river '
Schuylkill at the weft end of High-street, '
and that the revenue ariiing from sales at
auction may be appropriated towards it, was
presented, read and referred to a -committee. r _
A petition from a number of the inhabi- "
tants of Lycoming dating certain objeftions a
to the feat of Jacob Shoemaker, and pray- j 1
ing that Hugh White, who had the highest I v
number of votes may be permitted to P
take his fiat, was presented and read. , '
A petition from a number of the inhabi- i
tants of Montgomery county contesting the j 11
election of Nathaniel Bellew, was presented 0
and read, and Wsdnefday next was agreed c
«" upon for the appointment of a committee to
|c "try tlie eleftion.
The petition against the ele&ion of Jacob
it Shoemaker was read a second time, andto
d morrow assigned for (he formation of a com
f mittee to fry the eletliors;
! > Dr. Leib on the part of the committer
k reported a bill to declare certain roads with-
Y in this Commonwealth, State roads; which
t was read, and made the order of the day
e for
Y A resolution from the Senate presented by
n the. Clerk, appointing a committee to join a
™ committee of the Houfeof Reprefentarives,
i to prepare cngroffsd-iiills and pr«fcnt them
t to the governor for his approbation, was
1 rend.
' Mr. Warrell on *he£aft-of*the committee
s appointed to arrange the fubjeft matter of
) the Governor's address made report,
i Mr. Warrell on the part of the commit-
F tee to examine the Files and Journals of the
> late House and report the urrfmifhed business
- made further report in part.
' Mr. Evans laid a resolution on the table
; to appoint a committee to bring in a bill to
: perpetuate the a£ extending the powers of
i Jultices of the peace.
Adjourned.
: Sketch of the business in the House of Reprefen
tatrvesof this Statt, on the it to, 1 %tb, jjtb
, and \i,th rnjlants.
• 0" the itth, a committee waj appointed, in con
junction with a fimil»r one named by the Senate, to
: ! rewire rules to iemulate the intercourse between the
twohtftWes; a committee was also appointed to pre
pare ai answer <o t l ie Governor', address, and ano
ther to »rran ß e the lubjeft mailer of the address On
the mtti, the com mi tec of unfinished business, made
a report, the leveral fubj;£ts contained in whicn weic
referred to cframiueei: Mcffra. F. and R. Bailey
were cV'-'en printers ol the Journals : a message was
reteived front the Governor, inefofing several eom
rrunica ion, relative to the fever ivhien lately efflifted
i our city: a resolution wai agreed to for appoin ing
a crirnt nee *1" examine the ic vcj s 1 afta relative to
the improvrm nc of roads and highways. On the
itth pen ions were read from C„ W. P-.ilr, praying
patr'onage to his newly.jhveiited woodqi bridge* ;
from inhabitants of W»(tiing;dn county, praying the
removal of David A?kre<on from his feat, on account
of hisalientfe ; from |am's Kcad, praving for an in
crease of his fees of office : the latter was referred to
a rommitiee An addreft was reported iaanfwer ti
the Governor'! speech. Committees wereappoimed
111 examine the several a£h of assembly relative to the
recording of deeds and mortgages; and to take into
confideraticn the aft eflablifhinj the judicial courts of
thia commonwealth in conformity to the conllitution,
and to report whether any and what alterations ought
to be made therein. On the 14th, the committee to
whom w>i referr d the petition of the truflrca of
GrcrneCounty, reported agaiyft it i and that to whom
was referred the peiiiionof ccrtaininhabitamsofGreene
County, praying Duiker's Creek to be declared a
public highway, reported favorably. The commit
tee appointed to diaft rules for regulating the ioter
courfe between (he two hoijfes, and that appointed 10
prepare rules for the government of the house, both
reported, a bill wat reported to authorize the Go
vernor to incorporate a to erefl a perma
nent bridge over the river Schuylkill. Thecommit
, tee 10 whom waa referred the petition from citizens
; of> Chelfer and Lancafler counties, praying that the
I Governor may be authorized to appoint commifSon
era to fettle a line between the two counties, reported
favorably. Meffra. Curney, Ball, Leib, Linnardand
Preston, were appointed a committee to revise the
health laws. a petition from inhabitants of Walhing
ton againftlhe election of David ACbefoD,waa referred
to a committee. The answer 10 the governor's ad
dress was made the order of the day for Tuesday
next. Meirrs. HarriJ,; Beljewj "Jnider, Ketty, Pow
er, andMarfhall, appeared, and have been qualified.
PH'ILADE LP HI A,
SATURDAY EVENINO, DECEMBER 16.
PRICE Q,r,|,TO C KS.
Philadelphia, J 2th Dec. 1797.
6 per Cent. , iyf.
1 ptr C«nt. ' 1 1 o/6
Deferred 6 per Cent. i Tjf>
BANK United States, 26 per ct. advanco.
fennfylvaniat,; 17 to 18 do.
North America,. 50 do.
Insurance Co. Pennsylvania, fliarea per eent.
——N. A. fharcs 50 d O .
There art now building in this part for the
uft »f the Dey of Algiers, which, it is supposed
are to be paid f»r out of the fubjidy agreed to
be allowed by this Country to the Dey, for
his alliance, a Ship of jb guns, Brig, seventy
Jive feet heel, to mount 22 guns, and a Sch'r
Jixtyfive feet lee', to carry 18 guns. The
Jhip is building by Mr. Bovers, in Kensington
and the brig andfehotoer iy Mr Humphreys.
They are very handfomt vejfelj, and will
fotn be finijhed.
The United States schooner Hamdallah,
which lately failed from hence for Algiers, was
also pttrchafed in Baltimore for the Dey, and
was loaded with -ammunition and military
flores, for his uft.
Mr. Fehno,
Did Ibtlieve that therecognition-by Con-
I grefs, of the right of our merchants to arm ]
their vessels for defence again ft piracy in the
Weft Indies, and on our coast, involved ei
ther a (i open pr implicit declaration of di
rest hostility agaisft any particular nation 1
whatev<r, I should be as much opposed to
the raeafure as any citizen in the United ,
States, " A Friend to Laws and Freedom"
not exceptedr^—but this not being the cafe
I am clearly of opinion that in the present
tituation of affairs the rjght of merchants t* 1
arm their veffds, Ihouldbe no longer restrain
ed. Especially when it is notorious that
the vessels which moflly annoy our commerce
are of so small a size and so conterpptibly
equipped that a few fwrvels or small arms,
on board one of.teuTjnercttantmen, with the
addition of four hands more than
the ordinary complement would save proper
ty to an immense amount from falling into
the hands of those, unparalelled monsters.
It is therefore vefy delirable that Congress
(hould speedily recognize the exercise of a
right, which may produce the belt effedls
i'd restoring our almost languished commeree
and console the merchants, who may be said
to be the principal support of government,
with a hope that the government they sup
port is not altogether indifferent as to their
luecefs. ,
The" FriendtoLawsandFreedom"feems
to think that the inconveniences by spoliati
ons on our trade, fall upon the inhabitants
of the nations at war, inasmuch as the con- 1
a fume* of Our produce pays for if. bt fVch an
enhanced value as to include the e;;t: lordi
-3 'nary charges of, freight, infura . -. 3rc: &£.
- Indeed it .would seem to be our real 'intei cft
- to encourage, rather than oppose the pirates,
whose depredations -according to hrt reason
" iag, tend' to enrich our merchants, under
- writers and (hip carpenters—because as the
1 price of our produce is enhanced to the CUI>-
r Aimer in a greater proportion than the dif
ferences of info ranee—and as the high pre
' miumsour ynderwritersrequire enables them
1 to lose one fourth of the property they in
, sure—and as it encourages our {hip carpen
-1 ter3 to be canftantly building vessels to
i supply the deficiency occafiooed by captures
the advantage is clearly in our favor, and
therefore why attempt to oppose or prevent
what is so admirably calculated to increase
our wealth and prosperity !
Mr. Fen no, the whole statement of a
Friend to Laws and Freedom, is a misrepre
sentation proceeding. I presume, not from
intention to deceive, but from want of cor
real information of the a&ually distressed si
tuation of our Commerce, the effedis of
which, (notwithstanding the encouraging
letters of Merchants in Europe, to induce
our adventurers to speculate on their markets
and put commifliohs in their pockets) are
too strongly proved by the fitnation of our
Prison—the pamphlet of Mr. Swanwiekand
our own knowledge of many, very many
Merchants who have been ruined by the pi
ratical career of French Marauders, to ad
mit of a doubt.
RIGHT and JUSTICE.
ERRATA.
In the piece signed a " friend to laws and
freedom" in Thursday evening'spaper—for
interceptions of our commerce, read in
terruptions, &c. and for -secret mercantile
information, read—recent.
** % The Mail did not arrive 'till about
1 o'clock this day. It brings nothing of
importance.
GAZETTE MARINE LIST.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
Arrived on Wednesday at Reedy-island,
Jhip Roba and Benfty, Nimmo. from Bris
tol, via Norfolk. Brig Cincinnatus, Bayley,
of Wilmington, 13 weeks from Liverpool.
Swift Packet, Oribbtn, II days from
Savannah, arrived at Marcus Hook On 1 hurt
day la/I.
By this day's Mail.
RICHMOND, (Vir.) Dec. 4.
On Thursday last came ok the ele6b'on
for governor or chief magiftraU of this com
monwealth, and the votei flood as follow :
For James Wood, 116
John Page, 38
The Senateofthiscomtßoawealth formed*
quorum nn Thursday the 7th inft. and ap
pointed Ludwell Lee, Esq. speaker ; Mr.
Humphrey Brooke, clerk ; and Mr. Ar
chibald Denham, ferjeant at arms.
GEORGE-TOWN. December «.
The publication of the Drawings of the Lot
tery will bt regularly continued from this
time. ■
WASHINGTON LOTTERY, No. 11.
List or Prizes and Blanks.
1,30 th day's Drawing—Sept. 30.
No. Dels. No. Dais. No. Dots. No. Dels.
546 14»76 »53'* 37773 10
580 479 10 4*4 903
910 1j«54 10 763 38163
1096 16126 16077 121 50
" a 63 TOl 189
73* 3J9 885 39J0X
*99* 394 to 27,509 017
4»3» 57° 795 H.i lo
43* <74 IO 18069 10 648
937 »7°47 *• *56 10 671
986 368 966 90C
539'
59' 'B*73 19*83 165
660 10 175 464 10 138 10
710 10 699 30119 41543 10 1
7368 836 185 10 647 20
1170 19*56 168 43011 1
9°94 35* 453 10 478 10
'59 48« 681 10 583
4*3 546 10 31117 44467 1
533 7U 383 10 4543*
761 919 3*99* 7*3
10355 *oosj 33617 941
71* I4J 50 716 46132
B*s 340 10 34**5 696
s 9* 845 44» 919
11200 »Hsj 10 481 10 47230 1
333 4*7 933 286 10
385 556 35345 1" 3*l
9°3 lo 898 073 525 to !
12164 958 10 614 10 909 10
290 971 10 691 48451
817 12091 to 774 751
I3«i8 381 to 985 985
238 611 36116 10 49371
843 io 13781 884 I 0 977 IO :
880 *s 247°3 37*'4 1
14186 830 318 ;
131 ft day's Drawing—O&ober a. '
9 JI >°797 *4136 36791
21C9 10 1*874 10 446 10 37386 10
174 to 901 10 927 649 10
269 m 13688 15618 926 10
401 10 757 869 10 38234 to
3052 16183 26006 389 10
078 284 446 39403
1 15 840 805 936
*3l 19147 10 #7217 40454
7«6 477 407 25 565
865 10 566 10 557 41152
883 803 is 182;1 J95
40x8 10 876 510 4 , 139 ic
$54 *0035 »o *99*5 44453
Beo ill 926 46010 r
573° 677 31001 083
814 HOl3 178 999 10 j
986 288 849 10 47330 10 1
67:6 761 3*5°3 379
8897 13196 951 48070 10 1
90CX 750 io 35316 935
.199 Jo 866 %s 430 48®44 1
461 14">oo 910 10 431 I
10044 I* 019 999 565 10
310 *4B 34588 le 795
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; , (BY D.SSIRE )
THIS EVENING,
u 1 December 16,
' Will» frifente.l a IRAGE.DY, calfed,'
Venice Preferyed;
Or, App ot Discovered.
I D "kc.'f Venice. Mr ,wai rrll; Priuli, nir. War,
rcn ; Bedamar, ror. Fox ; Pierre, mr. Cooper ;
Jahier mr. Moreton ; Renaault, mr. WmneH :
JJurand, mr. Mktthew ; Eiiiot, mr. 11 Warrcll :
BliiTcvt mr. Wairell, jun.
Belvidera mrs. Merry.
B twecn th:' Play and Farce; -
A DOUBLE HORNRIPE.
By mr. Wa'rell, jun. mi fa Milbourne.
To which will be added, a FARCE, in two ads.
called,
The Lying Valet.
Sharp, (the lying valft) mr. Bernard ; GayUfs,
mr. Warren ; Juilice Guttle, mr Francin v Beau
rnppet, mr. Warrcll, jun. Drunken Cook, mr.
Bhfiett.
Mclifla.mrs. Francis ; nir . Gad.il ouf, mri. Doc
tor ; mrs Trippct, miss Mill•urne ; Kitty Fry.
mrs. Morris.
0" The new Comedy of WIVES AS THEi"
WERE, AND MMDS AS.THEY ARE, which
was received with the utmost approbation—will he
repealed *lll Monday-
Box, one Dollar ; Pit, three quarters of a Dol
lar ; and Gallery, half 3 Dollar.
y- doors of the Th3atre will open at five,
and the curtain rife precisely at fix o'clock.
Places lor the Uoxe* to he taken at the Office in
the front of the Theatre, from 10 till 1 o'clock,'
an ll. om Ic f '" 4 on 'Ue days of performance.
Ticketi to. be had at H. and Rice's book-rtore.
No. 50 Market-flreet, and at the Office adjoining
theTheare. VIVAT REHPUBLICA >
"irxxr:
MP .FRANCIS refpeflfuify in/ormshis fcholarg
ard the public in general, that his firlt Ball
will be on Tuesday, the 19th of December, at the
New Afl.mbly Room in south Fourth street, be
tween Chefnut and Walnut flreet.
Ladies' Ticket, to be had by applying to the
fcholart of Mr, Francis, or at his house. no. 70
north Eighth street.
Gentlemen'a Tickets, at one dollar each, to be
bad at the New AfTembly Room, or »f Ml F at
'" Bhoufe - December 16—$t
Pennsylvania Population Com
pany.
THE Shareholders are hereby notified, that aa
Klj °n ° °™ cerß or ensuing year, will be
held at the Company's office, n0.53, nonh Fourth
street, on Wednesday, the 10th day of Tanuary
next, at l» o'clock.
By order of the Board,
SOL. MARACHE, Sec'ry.
December 16 eodtiothj
Creditors of BlairM'Clenachan,
and of Blair M'C.'enachan and Patrick Moore,
are requested to meet at the Coffee honfe, at fix
o clock, in the evening of th« 19th infl. A full
and pun&ual attendance ii required, at bufinefa
of importance will be brought to light.
December r6.
For Savannah,
(To fail on or before Sunday, the 44th inft. unlefa
prevented by the ice)
The faft failing Ship
Swift Packet,
>atn ' c k Gribben, Mafler.
T-T excellent accommoda*
r&z XJ. tions for paflengers.
Tor Freight or passage, apply to
N. & J. Frazier,
no *9J. south Front street.
IVho have for Sale, received by the fati /bib.
New RICE, in whole and half tierces.
December 16 . ( j lw
Oil THURSDAY next, the 10th inft.
At the Tontine Coffee-Houfe in New-Tor/},
Will be Sold without reserve, the
Ship SWIFT,
'V*- f» Burthen two hundred and nine
ty tons, a remarkable faft sailer,
•*** iw *** built, and well found.
Inventory to be seen on board, at the Old Slip
or at no. 178, Pearl-street, New-York.
December 16 ,j Jt
BY virtue of an order of the Orphan's Court
will be cxpofed to Sale, on the 16th current!
at 9 o'clock, a. m. at the premises, a fmallframe
■ House and Lot, situated on the corner of Spruce
and Eighth streets, ful.j 'S to an annual ground
rent of fifteen pounds, late the property of An
thony Lebeck, deceased.
MARGARET LEBECK, Adminijlratrix.
-December 16.
Alphabetical Lift of Duties~
Payable by law on all Good», Wares, and Me#
chandixe, imported into the United States—latef
edition, to be fold by JOHN ORWROD, no ai
Chefnut-firret. Dec '
WANTS A PLACE, """
As coachman, a black Man, win can produce
the bell recommendations, Enquire of the prin
ter" Dec. 16—dn
WANTED,
A PERSON that can produce unexceptionable
recommendation*, to perform a journey this
winter as far as the Ohio—Such an one will mtet
wi h encouraging terms, by applying at this office.
N. B. Some one acquainted with Hariifon
county, Virginia, and its neighborhood, would bs
Dec. Ij._
NOTICE.
THE Creditors of the Estate of Walter
Steivart deceased, are requested to meet on
Monday next at 6 o'clock in the evening
at the City Tavern—The business upon
which they are to deb'berate being of great
importance they are requested not to fail to
give their attendance.
Dec - qt
FOR S"LE, '
By JOHN MILLER, Just . Co:
No. 8, Chtfinut-ftreet,
One hundred and eighty hales
bengal goods,
Amongst which are,
Gurraht Mamoodies
Eafta9 Sarmas
Gttzz ; nahs Tanda Coffacs
Guzzies Emertics
Blue Cloths Calicoes
Palampoors Romall tfandkerchiefs
ArnongS them are a great proportion of the
manufactures of Patna,
December i.
PhiladelphiaandLancafterl urn
pike Company.
THE Stockholders are hereby notified, that th?
annual Ele&ion for Officers for the ensuing
year,will be held at the Company's Office in Phila
lphia; on the second Monday ia January next, at
I® o'clfck, A. M. Wm. GOVETT, Sec'ry,
Decern! cr 7. a ts m&wt7j