NEW THIiATLiF.» • THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 26, \VJ WW be I'rrfm'eJ, a Comedy. rnll'J, ___ THE CHILD OF NATURE. Qr End of th* play, the Payee of Dumot and Kathlf*n_ ' To which will he added, THE CASTLE OF ANDALUSIA, ful Compressed into anaftei -r>iece. Ba gjT The doors of theThsatre wiil cpen a"t five, j aMfhe rife rr»rif'!y iVr n'ol-rlt. Select Subscription Balls. i a t NEW ASSEMBLY ROOM, ek Fourth (Vrect, between Cbefnut and Walnut ce< . * is firtet». , x MR. FRANCIS refpeafuUj informs the fubferi b«rs tO tfw abovßfttls, that the firft Vvill be ' 4 ort 'T«p£rUy v th£ ad of JaiSiary, 179S A ie.w names to the Subfcription l?alls fui Wilf b® admitted, by application to Mr. Francis, 11b. t 0 yes north Eighth Rrect. J e Tfcrms of Aibfcription—each fubferibet t3 pay Five Dollars, which entitles him to a Gent'em an* 5 ccr< Ticket, and cards of admiHion for two LaHie#, to cen tach of the four Balls—The Balls to be htld «very tri bther Tuesday. ty The number of fubferibers to be limited to forty. SuMcribers' Tickets will be ready for delivery . wn Saturriythe 30th inft. S h Mr. Francis's days of teaching for P pnpils ?re Tknrtdays and Satuidays from 3 o'clock his "iii the alternoon till 6, and from 6 till 9 for those ot a more advanced age. Private tuition either at the AlTcnibly Room, or at his Hcufc No. 70 Korlh Eight Street. N.B. Dae notice will be given of Mr. Ftarcis's inj second Ball. !c< Dec. 16. dtldj an Office of the Infarance Company f« OF THE STATE OF PBNNiYLVANIA- A an IN conftquence of an application from a number of of Proprietors ef Stock, made agreeably to the Q t ait r.4 ineorporatiofi, a pjerteral meeting of the StockhollcTS is particularly requeued on Wcdutf- . 4ay, the 3d January next, at II o'clock, at the 2 OiTice of the Ccmpary S ! SAM. W. FISHER, Sec'ry. December v dt3dj Hyson and Youngv Hyson Tea. J l ' A few chctt" of excellent quality, Fpr Sale, tor- ( * ner ef Second and Pin« ftreetv H December 16 eotf er PrifoTi' Mannfaftory. f a ' FOR SAI.Z, A#thePrlfon o£ the City and County of PhiladeU phia, Cut Nails of all sizes, from 3dy to ao«ly 1' Flooring Brad*, Sprigj*, saddle and card Tacks bi and chipped Logwood In Shoemakfcij and Sailers Threa;l e ] Alfo—Sav/ed Marble, fuitible for currier's tablet, tomb and heai\ Bones, hearths, chimney pieces, a ; latforms, slabs, laeia, window heaJ«, fills, c . JU All which may he had on rcafonahle terms. ti Shies and Wea»ing done at said Prison at p a satx'.n ate price. , j e Orders from a di'ance, direSed to Daniel Tho- j nia', agent for the prison, will teattended to. Pecmber *6' mth6m v" TITO ~T I At Alderman Bedford's office, Ijimbardftreet, q No. 88, about three weeks ajjo, a whole piece of ttrtton, fnppolid to be stolen—any person a having fofl th* lame, Rrovifig propertj- and pay 0 ing charges may have it again. o N December IA. *eo*t, t' ' "TO tET, A Front Room, fnitable for an !l OEte or Counting house, with a large Cellar. 1 Any person who may rpnt the above, may (if re- e quired) be accommodated with Board and Lodg- t ing in the fame house. Enquire 'atjia* 480, South c Front, near Pine street. r December 1 3» W 3 W Uriah Smith, No. ao, north Third ftreet—bas tor s,\lc v f A neat and general affottment ps (1 BtoadCloths,Kerfeyineres,Napt » and Drab Coatings. al«o, t Avmrietyof Oentlemens' falhionabfe fancy Waill- c coating, silk Hosiery, &c. t December 5. " 'eodaw Samuel Pleafants & Sons, c No. 74, South Second-flreel, A HAVE received a supply of SeafonabU GOODS, | which they ar« now opening for sale, on rcafonahle terms. OS 17. —4 W ' a COLUMBIA HOUSE J Boarding School for young Ladies. MRS. GROOMBRIDGE with muc-h t>!eaft ureand rtfpefl, returns her sincere ac- I knowledgemrnt for the liberal encouragement a {he has received during .four years refidente i* t Philadelphia ; and a!TAe» her friends and the v pubiif, so far from intending to. disclipe.brr ( ■ '-hool, the has made a I'upertor arrangement fcr / :he more convenient accommodation of her scholars.—Every branch of ufeful and polite education is particularly attended to by MVs ~J Grdombridge and matters excelling in their ' refpeilive profeflions. Corner of Spruce and Eleventh Streets. t - , tmfrf 1 The fituati«n is perfectly healthy ; aWdmade ..more agreeable by in extenfiye garden and lot of ground adjoining the houle. Yellow Fever and Pestilential | Diseases. i THfS DAY 19 PUBLISHED, in one vol. oflavo. 1 By WiIHAM.VounO, Boolfeller, Vo. i», Secondftreet, the corner of Chefnut street, (Price,in boiirdi ,t X Cents J Neatly printed on fine American, wove medium Paper, A VIEW Of the Science of Life ; On the principles eflabliftied in th» tltments of Meditine, of the late celebrated JOHN BROWN, M.D." With an attempt to correal funic important er rors $f that wo. k, arid cafe»-io illustration, chiet ly from the records of their pwllice, at * the Gen«r?l Hospital at Calcrttta, v Br WiiLi/tt Yates & Cn.is. Maclean. ' To which is subjoined, a Treatise on the action of Mercury upon living bodies, and its applica tion for the cure of diftafes of indireil debility. Andatliflertation ontUe sources of Epidrmicand, Peftiicntialdifwfes; in whichisattemptedtoprove ty a numerous indu*£lion of fa£ls, that they ne ver arise from contagion, but are always produ ced by certain states, or certain vicifiittidas of the atniofpl'.cie, by Chari-HS MaCLIAN, of Caltutta-. Nov. it. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER a?. Character or th• lateGov. WOLCOT'T. MR. FENJJp, W Please to insert thdfolfowinjj in your use- t( ful paper. It is an extraft of the Rev. Mr- f c Backus'* fei-jno?> preached on the jd inft. at Litchfield,, in Connsfticut, at the funeral of j B , that diftingvtiihed patriot and statesman, the t ( late GOVERNOR WOLCOTT- , ti After giving the chara&pr of King Hee- n ekhh in an elegant stile, the preacher pro- ' c < ce-eds— 'g " How far any of these traits in the cha rafter of good Hezekfah corresponded with the'charafter of that venerable man whose ti funeral obfequiej \Ve have this Jay aflembled y to perform, the impartial public will now b decide; sensible that the ei/logy which tx- n ceeds general sentiment is not eulogy' but u censure. I had rsfther fill (hoVt of a man's u true meriti on foch an occasion thart be guil- ti ty of fulfome panegyric. z, Should it be said that oiir late dhirf ma- di giftrate defcrves an application in many res- ti pests of the charatter doW contemplated*, t£ his enemies cannot fay it favors of iervile c , adulation ; it is a charafter of which are unambitious, a charafter disgusting to ni the taste of the age, not formed on the ruV- fc ing principles of this world. A Jereboam a i leading away a nation from ancient habits n; and religious inftiti{tions, or a Jehv driving a i furioufly, is more adapted to modern taste. vi An Arifirides, a Numa Pompiliui, an Alfred h and a Ma'nco Capac are forgotten {n the noise n of a Pericles, a Sylla, a Mar'rns, Cataline or C Cefar of later (Jays. But it is ltill a truth, h that it ii more glorious to moralize and d happify, than to render terrible afidto ag- ti grahdize, a people. t! By his death the slate is called to mourn fc one of the real'friends df and t purity of her ancient conftitutio*s. In the t language of the prophet we may fay, that q " one of the ffrong rods is broken and with- » ered." from ancestors diftin- c! guiftied among the firft settlers of New-Eug- j Wolcott was a real, not a theo- t relic republican. He referenced and era- I braced the religion of his country. i He was educated at Yale-C6ncs?> and ; qualified himfelf for the profeflion of e but being appointed (heriff of this county, < Vie held that office J 4 years, when lie ivas < elefted a member of- the couucil, and made i a chief justice ofthecommon pleas, and judge I <lf probates. In 1786 he was appointed j lieutenant governor, and in May 1796, was ( promoted to the chief magistracy. He fil led all his offices With uncommon dignity,. 1 ■ During the struggle of the American revo- 1 lution that tfied men's fouls hf was the calm • unlhaken friend of his country's catife. He wa3 a member of that ever memorable 1 Congrefa which declared our independence ; and in the. course of' the \rar repeatedly marched at the head of large detachments of the militia, as a general officer t® repel the invasions of the enemy. In .the discharge of these several offices, integrity and firmnefs were the leading fea tures of his charafter.' He was an eminent exemplification of .the virtenax propofiti* of the bard of Venufia. Although'he poflefi"- ed a strong mind, capable of deep and tho rough investigation, his abilities were not of that brilliant cast which have often ruined men in popular governments. He always seemed more desirous to do his duty than to shine, to be ufeful than to dazxle. His nat ural modeily, and, what is more, his un blcmifhed integrity, led him to horrid con ceptions of the arts of political demagogy, the fin that so easily besets men in free go vernments. He never Jlpoped to cayrl the Suffrage of any man ; he blushed at the thp't of being the man »f the people in the modern finfe ; and to the honour of the ftatc it may • be said, the suggestions of malice have nf v er ihaken their confidence in his integrity and patrifctifm. By his death the true in terests of feience have loft a strenuous de fender ; virtue, religion, and good men a sincere friend. He reverenced , and loved public worlhip tnd divine ordinances ; was t a tried, but not an ostentatious friend of i the gospel ministry., He sensibly felt eve s ry attempt to depart from the purity of chriftiart practice and morals ; he set his fket ' lite a flint againfl all the fpeeious fophijlry of r new political theories, and the madness if infidel fanaticrfm. Rather than flatter of licence r the vices of a community, like a popular sycophant, he was willing to put his con tinuance in office at hazard, and his reputa tion in jeopardy, that he might discharge a c good confeience, c For several days before bis death the shat tered remains of a once noble mind and vig -1 gorous body were devoted continually, to God ; his yery breath appeared to be pray er. With all the splendor of Kis station and of his well earn'd fame, he was not ashamed >• to pray in the expressive language of the publican " God be merciful to me a linner;" '• until after many painful struggles he fell a n flef P- O death ! in what a mortifying light doth thy power put the little, little glory of this diminutive world. To what infignificahce do human honors dwindle before the gran deur cf Eternity ! Notwithstanding the death of such a cha r rafter is a grievous loss, especially under f. the present afpeft of divine providence, and L t the perilous fituatiou of this country. j Such tried charafters are " the fait ps the K earth," the pillars of our national existence. The presence, firmnefs, councils, prayers and examples of such fathers should be ef p, teemed " the chariots of our Israel and the i, horfenen thereof." re \ * A man tenacious of his purpose. e-1 11 " Mr. Backus's text for the sermon lie preach ed at the funeral of Gov. Wolcott. 2d Chronicles, 33d chap, and 33d verse. And He%eliah ftrpf with his fathers, and f tin i.irird fjim w the chieffl ofthefepukhres of the fins of David : and all jfudab and Je rufulem did him zt his death- ne ar For the Gazette of the Upited States. pi fr " When Juflice calls, 'tis cruelty to fai'e." tl The lefpitp oftbe execution of O'Hara, re which i 3 probably intended as the prelude el to his pardon, has excited the surprise, and h , for myfelf lam not ashamed to fay, the in- le dignaiion, of many citizens at good, as virtu- tl i ous and a? humane, as those who have exer- a . ted themselves to defeat the laws and jus tice .of their country.—To life the fenti- b ments and I b.clieve the expressions of the w court at t-»ie trial of O'Hara, he has been tl guilty of, a most wanton and unprovoled o murdfcr ; and 'twere is riot a onuhtry on b g«vkrned by latvs, where he would S t)6f fnffetvthe punishment of death. And ytt, in this country of rtforrnation, he is to tl be turned again into society, washed by the ri | magic operation as a pardon, at pure and y unspotted in the eye of the law, as any of b us, »nd entitled to as many privileges and an p equal tank with the most meritorious citi- 6 ztn in the community—This too is to be done, without a pretension that his convic- b tion or sentence has been improper or mis- v taken ; without a suggestion thait any oir- n cumftances of palliation attended his offence o or any discoveries in his favor have been f' made since his trial. I« this juAice, either t by human or divine law ? Is it prudence i> and policy ? Is it even benevoltnce or hu- r manily ? I* it not rather mitdhefs, folly, I and Cruelty to those who may be the future g vitrims of the diabolical revenge of this vil- I laiu ? For a mind more bent upon mifchief, J [ more maliciously wicked and depraved than I O'Hara's difcovtred itfelf in this business, t has ferdom been exhibited—ls not fhis par- g I don particularly dangerous and improper at t I this 'time, when a man can scarcely walk | the flreets without having a pistol placed at t J his head, awd hi? pockets rifled ? What is i I the lesson held outi in broad characters, to *i I tbeffcruflrihs ? Simply this—lf yon rob and « I detedted, it is an heinous crime, sad you t I will be .fewrely puaifhed : bat if you arc 1 j daring and wife enough to murder the man t 1 you have robbed, you not only quiet a ma- < terial witnefe, tut if you should be detedted jby any other means, you will escape with < I impunity, by the food natvred infatuation of 1 la certain class of our citizens—Don't Ileal 1 I a (hilling or the vengeance of the law will I overwhelm you, but add murder to the I crime JUid you* escape is certain. We have, in the abfurtl spirit of reformation, that now seems to prevail, so inverted the order of jfdicc and nature, tlv<t murder is the only offence for which there is-oo punishment in I Pcnnfylv»nia. I attended the trial of O'Hara, and am acquainted with aIL the evidence and circumstances of his cafe, and will ventare to assert if he is an ehjedt de fending of the executive interference, if the course «f juflice and the law is to be arrett ed for his), no cafe can poflibly happen or be fupfofed in which the {punjfhment af i signed bj law for murder should be inflidtcd 1 and confcqilently the law itfelf is' worthy of I derision and contempt, and wijl soon meet j -with it from rogues as well as from honed ■ | men-—Let the governor remember, that it : is duty to adouiiifter the lawijnftly, im- F partially, and firmly—That he should not • fuffcr himfelf to be driven from that duty by ■ clamor and importunity, however improper f and indelicate, nor expose every citizen of I the commonwealth to the unchecked out i rages as a njurderer to gratify enthusiastic > and theoretical opinions in diredl contempt - and oppolition to that law and government ■ he is sworn to,fupport. He has too long - held the ihition he now occupies to be un , | acquainted with *he facility with which pe titioners may be procured for the molt c fhameful and improper requests. He well c knows that if every convidt is to be pardon i ed for whom petitioners, and- refpcdtable t ones too, may be had, the penal c»de may - as well be destroyed at once, and ourcrimi ' nal courts be closed forever—Some men - have an unaccountablefoudnefa for this kind - of officiout interference, and are gratified i with having their names handed about as 1 friendly to the unfortunate. The confe s quences of such lenity they never consider, f and fed no kitid of responsibility for them. -In short, they consider it-as a matter of f course to sign every paper that is handed to / them under the name of a petition—All the f\ mifchief that may result from the compli •/ ance with the petit ion, falls on the govern e or ; all the credit is afliimed to themfelvcs. r It is time the exercise of this pardoning i- I power was,, a little enquired into ; and I i- doubt nqt the refnlt would be, a convidtion a that it is improperly placed in a Angle man, without any reftridtion or modification ; for :- it can scarcely be expedted that any one ;-1 man can resist the kind of arguments and in o fliiencc that are generally used <jn these oc. ca,fi«ns —Where penal laws are mild, they d should b* certain. . d Beccaria. Ie ■■ For the Gazette of the United States. AS there are few political duties more b important than those of ele&ions, and as it is-1 is effentia] to the purity of o«r eledtions, :e j that none but natives qualified agreeably to n- the, Gonftitution of Pennsylvania, or aliens qualified according to the laws of the TJni a- ted and the conflitution and laws of er I Pennsylvania, fhoiild exercise the rights of id an eledlion at our cleft ion, it may not be y. I deemed improper, at a time when our Le ie i giflature are about to pass a law on the fub e. jest, to bring into public view the different rs modes of naturalization, and the otherqua •f- lifications necessary to entitle a person to he vote—lt may at lead serve to aid an inves tigation of the fubjedl ; for which purpofc it will be necessary to divide the inhabitants of this state into three claffes^—to wit : h- I i ft. Natives. 2d. Emigrants, citizens of some other | of the United States or North Weltern id j Territory—and • jd. Emigrants from Foreign Stale.'. It may be proper here to premise as a ge- ,c neral rule equally applicable to all, that there are are five things essential to entitle any - person to vote—anele&ormuft be—ift. a freeman'—2d. of the age of 21 years or Upwards—3d. a citizen—4th. he must have ■ K resided in the state i years next before the eledlion—and sth, he must within that time have paid a ltate or county tax, assessed at least 6 month® before the election—-from this view of the fu'ojeft it appears so ftirid j as follow : a I. A native to be entitled to vote, must be a freerfmn of the age of 21 yuars or up- Q wards—have resided 2 years next preceding £ ( the eledlion vt'ithin the state, and paid a state or couqty tax a ficficd, at least, 6 months c - before his exercifmg the rights of- an elector. See Con. Penn. Art. 3. Sec. f. f 11. Emigrants, citizens of any other of the United States, or North Western Ter- 0 ritory, must be freemen ofj the age of 21 t years or upwards—have resided 2 years next before the eledlion within the state, and have paid a state or county tax, 'assessed, at least, t 6 months before the eledlion—and 111. Emigrauts from foreign slates must be freemen of the age of 21 years or up-; wards—have resided within the state 2 year? next before the eledlion—and paid a state j or county tax assessed, at least 6 months be- | a fore the eledlion—And flill they are not en- j a titled to vote unless they have besn natural- j t ized according to rtme one of the following • regulations: 1 ft. They must have been naturalized a- J y greeably to the conflitution and laws of I ( Peilnfylvania, existing between the 28th j Sept. 1776 and 26th March 1790 —Whicn i ( provisions required 1 years residence within j ( the state, and an oath or affirmation of alle- j giance to the fame—See 42d fee. of thte then frame of government —or 2d. They must be naturalized agreeably | to an adlpf Cougrefs of the 26th March j 1790, which declares—That any "Xljen be ( 'ing a free whits person who shall have r?fid ed within the limits and under the jtfrifdie tion of the United State 3 fbr the term of 2 , years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof on application to any common law court of record, in any one of (he ftatfs wherein he ftydl have resided for the term of one year at least, and making proof to the fatist'adlion of such court that he is a person of good charadlfr, and. taking the oath or affirmation prefentd by law to support the conflitution of the United States —or 3d. They must be naturalized according to an adt of Congress of the 2yth January 1795— Which declares that any alien being a free white person, may be admitted to be come a citizea of the United States, or any of them, on the following conditions and not otherwise : First—He (hall have declared on oath or affirmation, before the supreme, superior, diltrict or circuit court of some one of the ftateo, or of the- territories north-weft or south of the river Ohio> ar a circuit or dif . tridl court of the United States, three years, at least, before his aditiiffion, that it was, ' bona fide, his intention to become a citizen of the United>States, and to renounce for ever all allegiance and fidelity to any fo reign prince, potentate, state or fovtreigrity whatever, and particularly, by name, the ; prince, potentate, state or sovereignty • whereof fuih alien may, at the time, be a qi - tizen or fubjcdl. f Secondly—He shall, at the time of his application to be admitted, declare on oath ; or affirmation, before some one of the courts t aforefaid, that he has refuUd within the U t nited States, 5 years at least, and within the r state or territory, where such court is at the 1 time held, one year at,leaft ; that he will . support the conflitution of the United [ States ; and that he doth absolutely and I entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance . and fidelity to every foreign prince, poten » tate, state or sovereignty whatever, and par r ticularly by name, the prince, potentate, . state or sovereignty whereof he was before ! a citizen ot fubjedl. 1 Thirdly—The court admitting such alien J shall be fatisfied that he is entitled to the be -3 fit of this adt. Fourthly—lneafethe ilien, applying to le admitted to citiaenfliip, ftiall have borne any he ' reditary title, or been ot" any of the ord.-rs <.f * nobility, in the kingdom or lUtc from which he ' came, he shall, in addition to the above nqui- J flies, make an expreft renunciation of hii title ot e exder of nobiiity, in the Court to which his ap . plication (hall be made ; all of which proceeding lhall be recorded in the iaid Court.—-This law alio declares " that aliens within the, " limits and under the jur iCdifllon of the United | ? States, at the tnne of its passing, may be adinit- I ted to become citizens,Cm their declaring on calh n or affirmation, in fonre one of the Courts afore , laid, that they have resided two years at least, ir within and under the jurifdiilion of the fame, e and one year, at least, within the slate or terri tory where such Court is at thej time held ; that they will support th» Conflilution of the United States, and t'nat they doth absolutely and entire y ly renounce and abjure all lllfghtice and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, fla:e or ftfv ereiguty, whereof they were before citizens or fubjeils— shall also renounce any title of nubility which tliev may have held—all of which proceedings (hall be rscorded in the said Court , It is alio provided in each of these laws, That c the children of persons d.tly naturalizci!, dwel it ling within the Uuited S'a es, being uritkr the s, age of 21 years, at the time of such natnralizj -0 tion, lhall also be considered as citizens of the 1S United States—And the chi'dren of citiz na of the United States, that may be born out of the ' limits 0." the United Stales, shall be conC Jered asnaiurjl born citizens—providid that the light J f of c'ltilenfhip (half not defsend to persons whole re fathers haVc never been reSdent within the Unit e. Ed States: Afid provided also, that no person [j. heretofore proi'cribrd by any state, shall be ad ]t mitted a citizen as atorcfai l, except by an ail of the Legifiature in which fu h person waj prof -3" cribed. t0 It will be ohfjpved, that the operation of the f- law6f Congress of the 16th March, 1790, is rc" fe pealed by the law of 25th January, 1791, except t s mit relates to aliens then resident within the United States. From this ftatemeut of the fub je£l, it appfars, that if an emigrant from any fo reign state hath been naturalized agreeably to cr afly one 6f the foregoing rules, he Kind* upon rn the faple fcotitig as a native, and is eniit'ed to vde, en' having resided two years witiii i tiie flat?, *iu! paid'a state ortSmittyrMr* aSe.T:v. « least fix month; fitforf t,he cle <3i«o A 'l^.\':«YLV-VTCIAW. iiwmii ■ pn » i—Mwerxy' '*«WU»ar3 CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. • ■ •¥ - ■ TUESDAY', DECEMBER 26. Mr. Livingfton, agreeably to nqtice, mov ed that a committee be appointed to bring , in a bill in addition to the a& for the relief andproteftionof American seamen—agreed, Mr. Gnfvydld aflced and obtained leave of atfence, for his colleague, Mr. Edmond, for 20 days. Mr. Ivktera obtained- leave also for his colleague, Mr. Gallatin for 6 days. Mr. Sitgreaves obtained leave of absence for 10 days. \ Mr. Dwight Foster, from the committee * of claims to whom was referred the bill from the Senate for the relief of Win. Imlay, made a report: recommending the bill to be palfed, which was twice read and commit ted /or Thursday. Mi. Harper called for the order of the day on the bill prefcrila'ng the mode of tafc ' ing evidence in cases of contested eleftions, " ; which motion being acceded to, the houfer j resolved itfelf into a committee of the whole, j accordingly, Mr. Kitlera in the chair, and I after difcufiing ihe fubjedl far some tim # | the committee rofc and had leave to fit a jgain. _ I Mr. Sewall from the committee to whom was referred that part of the Presidents' | speech which related to the prote&ion of ' commerce and the defence of onr country, made a report in part. -The committee ftat •■d it as their opinion that legifiatiye prqvi fion ought to be made in order to diftin- * gtiilh between cases in which it was lawful for merchants to arm, and in which it woulcf bs.unlawful. They therefore report a bill, ili which it is made the duty of masters or owners of veflels to report their intention of v arming their veflels, and his duty to inlpect them to fee that they are not improperly require bonds for those arms being propetjjr used. The bill was"(Sji motion read a second . time, and ordered be committed to a committee of the whole. On the fpcaker's making the tffual enquiry, " for what day fliall it be made the order ?" Mr. Sewall anfwercd Mondny next. Mr. Nicholas the firft Monday in Februa ry. : According to the rules of the house, the question W33 taken on the raoft distant day, > and carried 40 to 37. Mr. Shepard rose, soon after the quiftion was nvided, <vid said he had been mistaken in his rote; that he understood the day of order to hare been the firft Monday in Jan r nary. He moved, therefore, for a re-con ' fideration of the question. The motion wjis seconded (which is ne r ceflary) by a member, who voted in the af firmative of the queftioo. In consequence ' of this hiotion a vyry warm debate, ofcon ' fidefable length rook place, which is defer -1 red till to morrow. It was supported by MefTrs. Pinckuey, Otis, Rutlcdgc, Brookes, Isaac Parket, Hartley, Sewall, Dana, f Thatcher, J. Williams and Allen. It was : oppoftd by Me firs. M'Duwtll, f Nicholas, Baldwin, N. Smith, S. Smith,' At length, tile question for re-confi deration was taken, and negatived 44 tb yB. Adjourned. 8 PENNSTL VJIN I A LEGISLATURE, ' House of RspRESEn-rVri ves e December 2;. , Wi'.lism Sterfett from Mifflin county t>p- per.ri.il, Was qualified and took hi« feat e Several petitions were preifnted and read. Th« committee on the petition of Frederick LefbtT, praying leave t.o ercil a dam across Bald Eayle creek, asked and obtained leave to ' report a bill conformably to the petition. The committee sppointerf to enquire into and make a {Utement or fa&s relative to David A n hefon, a member from Walhingtcu county, made report. - f Die bill to make vompenfation to certain e members of the late cond time and agreed to. ■ ( Tiie House, agreeably to the order of the .. day, resolved itfelf into a committee of the |. whole, on the bill declaring certain roads with ,r imtbis Commonwealth, to ronds, when, after some time spent, the Committee rofe r r;> >■ (.orted pragrefs, and alked leave to lit again, w which was granted for Wtdsefday next. Adjourned. ,] 1 December 23. t- A petition from a number of the citizens of h Germantown and i?s vicinity,' praying th 4 Go vernor may be autiiorifed to incorporate a eom -1 pany to make an anitcul rrtad scum the city to c> the twelve mile stone, eri the lieading road or j. to Reading, was prvfented, .t ad arid referred to it MefTrs. LeibjAV• M'Clay, Gartner, Hellew'arul :t ) Sterretf. c . "I he Ccir.ittee on unfutilhed b\i(incfs made ■ y further report' in part. The Committee on the petition of fpme of tht sr citizens of Mifflin county, prayii ' the appoint-, nl mora pfaTruflee for tlie ceunty, made a reporij ; h m fav-our of the petit'ufiicfs. t Tht bill to the members of tho late L-gil]ai»i« w!iv. were' prevented from re-, ceivirig t'acir dues by the abrupt riiir.j: • £ti:e le LegiC.ture, W49 reail a third tinu and pa3c^- A petition from I'rancis Job'<Uyn, liece ver-, ie General of tlie lar.d office, fating ih|« he bad of been obliged to d ltju;fe his own monies fur IVitt , c enjplnyn • r:t of cfeiKs 2i the allowance m3,uo .(1 by tke llate wis inco!i.pe - cnt, and praying that hr i'ii«b monies may be - rein "Jed lp him, aod t>iat | e an additional al'uv-'afce. mjy J>« himJc lor the it- employment of a numlicr of clerks to m • tranfii) tb.s public bufmeis, wai prel'cnted, read (J. ' and referred. ;) f 'I he report of the committee o;i the petition if. of a committee'of the Direjlori or the bank of Fennlylvai.i l, was called up for a ltcAnd read he ing, an l thfc llotife agreed thst they fliould have • c » leave to bring in a bill agreeably to. the prayero. pt thi ir petiiicm. u *»>!• H'-oIV artioiiried; ; l! Wedtiefday. Ail lining Duties on Stamped Vcthau to Parch 4 at and. Paper. an A PBNV copiec of tfce abovi aA u.asy he had ; 1 •o he Cljics of thcGuzettVoi tlie Vnited States No iie i'j, v hcfiiKt ilrrct. ' jti-y t-j.
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