hera_t(i whj»t It had fa frequently fan ft ion ti', j and thit the propofcd amendment would not • be 3greed to. ; Mr. Allen said, that bv the bill before ; the committee they were brought to confi- ' der what provision should be made for the Ministers of the United States abroad.— He wifiled the gentleman from Virginia had produced fails to the committee which, by being ccmfidered, might have been ailed u pon ; and when he had propofcd to have ' wimfters plenipotentiary at two courts on- ! ly, it would have been well if he had fliewn , wlty there should be ministers of that des cription there, and not at other courts, or , jvhy we ihoujd minitters abroad at all; but after listening to him with ati tention, he had been able to hear nothing from him but general declamation. What he intended for arguments, he thought illy applied to a government like this. He had strongly warned"the house again ft Executive patronage. He spoke of the different de partments of government as diftinft bodies, .having different interests ; as if the Exe cutive wasformingapatronageagainft which 1 it was important forthemtoguard. He tho't language of this kind very improper. He believed it might hav: a bad effeft out of j doors, when the people heard of the Exe- ' etitive being thus charged Instead of ma- j ' king these charges, he wished the gentle-I ' man had said, " Cvmc noio, vnd let us rea~ j fun togcilnr." This would have been pre- i ferable to calling of hard names, to speak- ' 1 ing of the lust of dominion, and of patron- ' age ; as if one br.«cb of the government t ' was in danger "of being swallowed up by the , other. / The gentleman had declared that ' i republican governments might become more ; burthenfoipe and corrupt than any other, i ' as if the people of the United States were ! ' to i>e informed thisgovernment was progref- | sing towards that - point——towards a point 1 which would Hear it dowh t This language 1 itruck him 'he more, as he doubted not it ' would be faithfully reported. A corhbina- \ tion of all the branches of government was spoken of, against which there was no se curity. but in feeble minorities. Did the ' gentleman mean to insinuate that majorities 1 in republican governments were not to be , trusted, but that all virtue was in minorities < —the enlightened few, who were to be the 1 guides of the people. Mr. A. said, the gentleman from Vir- J ginia had told the house that execative pat- , ronage was exclusively confined to those who i came up to the standard of executive infal libility. This assertion was to spread over ' te United States as a fatt. But were any ' proofs offered to support these charges ? j No. \et these charge* would go out to ■ the world, and would tend to weaken the t confidence of the people in the gQvernment, i and they would of eourfe conclude, that ' such a government ought not to be support- 1 ed, but demolished. Was there any pecu- liar propriety, he asked, in introducing lan- [ guage of this kind, at this juncture, when f they were every moment in expectation of t hearing neivs tKot tfifagreea- < ble," and require an union of every citizen in- f the country i Was this a time to fay govern- 1 ment was not to be trusted? He could have f wished, instead of making these charges, the | gentleman had reasoned upon the fubje£l, that such measures might hrve been taken, t as true wisdom and love of country should 1 have didlated. But when the gentleman !i spoke of government departing from the " principles on which it was instituted, who, " that believed this, could refpe6l it? But he u had himfelf, even heard native Americans, g who had not been poisoned by a«y foreign w influence whatever, declare that such a go- P vernment as ours could not stand, that it 11 must be overthrown. He believedthat these ° opinions were produced by such declarations if as those they had heard to-day, and such as f, "if this law puffed, it -would not be carried in- ol to effect by tl>e courts of the Jlates," which was c( language used on a former occasion. Mr. A. concluded by faying, the com f ' mittee were told that our foreign intercourse ought not to be continued. He eonfeffed tf that this country had reason to with that so- tfi reign inttreourfe,, so far as it related to im- a { porting intriguing foreigners, had long ago ' e ceased. He believed there were persons in -T ---that house, who thought the government ought to be overset, and that it could not, and ought not to be supported, and who be- be lieved that the most effectual way of deftroy it was to destroy the confidence of the peo pie in the individuals who administer it. He ' i£ wished the House to affumt the true Amcri- !j? can character. Mr. Nicholas assured the gentleman im just lat down, that he might fay what he to pleased of him, he was at liberty to proclaim be him ia what charafter he pleased : it would ou not affeft him in the least. With refpeft to Pa the charge he brought against him for infin uatipg without authority, that a preference f U [ was given by the Executive to persons pro- tbi feffing certain opinions, he did not make th< the charge without authority. It was the of avowed declaration of men who considered an themselves as guides of the President that " e this was the cafe. He acknowledged it was p r( to be lamented, that, at a time when it in i might be necessary to join in one common exi cause, that such sentiments should be declar- in 8 ed; but if gentlemen will divide the coun- ver try into'parties, it was a business of their own, and not his. What he said was true. |j er Mr. Gallatin believed that there was a num t borof people ia the United States—people other- J| ar w:!e enlightened, and wl.o upon all commou sub- con polTefled found un aerftandings, who were l ' fully convinced that there wa« a fa.4lon existing * within the United States, and even within the ° n •walls of that house who wilhed to demolish the Wat government; ar.d he further believed that this o ev ll pinion wis supported by such declarationi as had made by from Conne>slicut. tlon Ke ihou! that the executive tniployrd persons of coil- ' r i fouant political opinionstoii s owa, was not to fay i t^ e government did net d> frrve confidence.—But 1 l i if the sommitter tur«ed their attention t-j the a- , i, nil- | mendment propofeJ, it only went to declare tfcat ! the to London and Paris (hould nit have a ' ° , ' filary of :aore than 9.003 dollars a year, and ihat 1 ° minifters to other parts «f fyirope Ihould net have ' more than 4 500, In support of this amendment, by it was f>iid that this was the ground upon which 1 Iu- this gorernmint firfl fixed the business of foreign. '' ave intercourse He believed this statement correal, a on- ! nntil the year I7qS, there was no mmifterpleni- ' 1 potentiaries except at Paris and London ; at other . W " places thire wa; no higher grade then minitters refi ' 1 •el- dert. Hence the committee might be lsd to argue " •K. f h« of bringing back our foreign politi- P ,ad Cli * intercourse to what it was before t7i.it period, h ati foreign felitical intercourse ; because he 1 thought the gfcntluman from South-Carolina (yir. r |"S Hirper) had blendrd two fuSjeifti tngerher, viz. f; hat foreign commercial intercourse a r ;d foreign pohti f. illy cat intercourse. He did. not believe it was the 0- « lad P' n ' on any gent'.er-.an in that house that corn- „ ; re merce ought to he left to fhift for itfelf, unsttend- a , ed to. Het.lieved it was well ttndcr iood that n our commerce in foieign countries was attended to i\ es, by our eonfuls, and not by our mintiiersp'leuipo xe- tentiary ; and consuls would exist. it wt had r.o ich ministers at all. Therefore, all that j;ntleman's arguments whtch tended to thew that the am'snu . ment would affedi our commercial intercoorfe had L * nofounJation whatever, of | Returning to the quelliau of foreign political jce- intercourse, was it proper to brinj it back to what P -13. >t was eighteeti years ago .'—And before he pro- Cl le* ! ceei ' farther, he woul 1 obfervc,' that though the g "vtlfimanfrsom had Ween tolerably }( fa ~ (lorre.a in his statement ef the bufmeftt, he was re- j mifUker. in one point, in which he would fcthitn lk- right He had dated thct the firft additional ap -sn. propriaiion was 20,€00 dollars, but this sum was a ■nt n '"t a !'P r opriated for foreign but tor b 1 defraying the expence of the suits of our mer- w " e j chants in London. On the ift of January, 1796, j lat j there remained .a balance unexpended appropii- 1 Jrc atlon for this objeft of 30,000 doilars. so that fr j day 110 extraordinary appropriation had been inide; P ' | the whole allowance wat 40,000 dollart a year, ti which was found to be more than fufficient. On ef- the 28th ps May, 1796. an cftimatc was sent I y int the Prefid'nt of the United- States, ftatinj the j .gc r " ms -wmfi ssp'iJed lyjfowyii intercourte, rir.A ; t that 23,500 dollars were yet v/anting, in or.er to t; change the eflablifhment which fed till that day a; ia " exilled, by fending ministers plenipotentiary to 'as Madrid and Ltfboa, initcsdo c ministers reiident. ft- This fftimate he j aft stated was received the 28th ~ h e nf May, and the law received the ef the [ eJ President or. the Ift of June, thai it csuld not have received a very nil discussion (being passed just as = the feflion was about to close) and he thought there les was good reason f«r examining the thing again he appropriation was made in the second feflion of the 4th congress. In that feflyjn the additional ap • propriation was pal Ted after full difcuflioo. It was made upon an etlimate stating 17,900 dollars want ed, and during last session, an appropriation was tc ho made for a miuifter to Berlin of 13,500 dollars. te al- The committee had been told that it would e rpr vince greater versatility, if they were all at once to change what had already been done. But it cr must be recollefled, that when the change in the b] system was made, it underwent little discussion ; A to and he would venture to fay that our business a- f u he broad was as well done from the year 1786 to th it, 1796, as it hadjbeen donefince. As thequeTlion v < ia t was whether a larger or smaller sum of meney ce (hould be appropriated,he would call upon gen-j u glemen in favour of the larger sum to shew [ what benefit was derived from Madrid and Lif- J, in " bon by the change ; what necedity there wu m „ en for a minister at Berlin, and what good 'was to M of be derived from giving a larger sum than 4,500 :a- dollars. The gentleman from Connedicut had in why -fend a "minister plenipotentiary to u- London or Paris, any more than the other courts ? This was done at firft, and th« mover, is he fuppoled, wilhed not to innovate upon the of law as originally pafTed. gu But as they were told it was improper, Upon n, this floor, to fay any thing about patronage,and ? s Id thaf all arguments of that kind are well under- ! a ln (tood, and are by no means novel in their na le ture;thatfucheofnplaintsaremadeunderjllfo.rnis *?j' of government by discontented people out of Bu °> office. To fay that these complaints are well chs understood, was the fame as to fay, that the aw s, ground upon which they compUined was atfo '' cl rn well understood- It was to acknowledge, that toc a- persons who were in the favour oftheExecu- "" jj 'ive had some advantages which perj'ons in the pat other party desired or envied. To admit of one position, was to admit df the other. But, Ull , 16 if no particular advantages were to be derived so I is from governmental patronage, then the cause erti 1- of jealousy, according to this doflrine, must wh , s cease. fin But it was fa d it wo'_,!d be weak and foollfh t ' le 5 to change what had already established in res- CXC| r to foreign ministers. But had nothing, he d taken place, the house fautflioned d the principle, which had a tendency to bring >- the effeils which might be produced by patron- Sij 1- a gc> to a closer view Had gentlemen firgot- Phi 0 ten that a member the most a mate out of which hij salary and outfit were to Infu - be paid. He would a,'k when such a fa a g ßinft the power itfelf; it was ne- .he h ct-flary to be placed somewhere. Thecdßßltu- lition tion had fixed it in tne Executive. If the fame and 0 power had been placed in the iegiflature, he be- to th lieved they would have been more corrupt than lottift the executive. He thought, therefore, the trust was wifely piaced in the executive ; and though equal, it was right to grants of moritv within coulJ proper bounds, in order to prevent 'he «bofe of- dtfU< power, yet it was proper to grant ali that was &c. a ceceffrry, ism o; >Jr. < J.concluded by faying, that ifbetbought to Un it was proper that cur political intcrtouife Ihoul I wort! re- .he fßtendcd, he (houltl mt fuppgrf the smmi ?' "] fnr: hat as the con-/*: »iw. was «rrw K ' is fc'tiid, that our fa eijrn pnlitlcaL. ilterco rrfc a- •c*^» T 'een as e*p«)iiye>as u oiisjht to Slat : a g,-ft ; hat it would id. hi -'beft. bv deprtfe^, 1 r« dachrte if'alloKfiher.' Ifi he Ir. relf»e , a , *.v nnjor'iti«"Wiftjg atways nght. He it. said he himfelf wan femctinie* in a and l°mer [pes :n a minority, and at the time he °- *5? fptakinjr. he did not fcno v i in whirl) he ™- might tie; but'it mieht be, thfi'ti -Ij he were'in V * minority, and »iult of course Vi'e bound by the Lit majority, that he might be nstwith to landing that his opinion hid been ro (Debate to bs continued.) i's 1' ~~ * u- FRIDAY JANUARY 19. a e by which accident Mr. William Compton, of 1; i Arch-street, was thrown into thewater, and so a- suddenly carried under the ice, ly the force of to the current, that the attempts of lis fellow tra n vellers to save his life unhappily failed of fuc ■r , cess. a- , * I A society is on foot for the imfortant and lau dable purpafe of invcJHgnting tit ctufet if tbs late IS mortality in Ibit city. The fubfeription book is at to Mr. Ormiod's book-store, Chef.iut-irect, No. 40. )0 , d T.HIATHCAI, COMMUNICATION. 0 MXS. M EKRY'S ISAAJZLLA* tr . THE interfiling and affefting tragedy of Itabella r, is not furpaffcd by any extant, in unity and propriety le of plot and »&ion—inelegance and fuhl irmly of lan guage, it is rivalled only by the produfhoni of Shak. Itl fpeire. The whole weight and tnterell of the piay, (1 as lh? name imports, reltj on the charaftea of Ifabel-' r _ la j end a more arduous and difficult one ij not to be found in the whole range of the drama. The great appliufe with which Mrs. Whitlock had performed '® this pan, led to the general idea that it was her flrtc. 'f But whatever merit may bo allowed to that lady io II chara&ers marked, like Lady Macbeth, &c. by the e awful and 'ublimr, in the tender ard pathetic, as Ju liet, Monimia, Belvidcra, Calilta, and we may add, lt too, Ib.bella, Mrs. Merry yields the palm to no ac« I _ tress living. Her performance of last evening was e I pathetic in thehigheft degie te new tftfcatu ps mis so ithn f. from the fate ot learning in ttjofe coun t: tries which have fallerf tinder the dominitms of the French, may we learn to foftertvur own in k»t flitutioiw *»■ a jealous and unceasing care, is to the formidablesnd effectual "harrier agaiaft to calculated and defighed to root up all ■il- the foundations of focicty. Let this bfrrier be to once broken d"v rr and 111 " I'he hour quick hailrii! when, on equal feet, to Rx.iitCii virtue and low vie" Mio.il meet; nrr When envy, faiSion, indolence, (hall rage jr- • ore wild tetr.jirft thrj' thijttoabied age ; ne -Hitmn dignity fiiall'rnret itrdoowi, ; ;f(J Dew *n pcrilh, reason, worth, n tsmb j ft In ttteirwk wiDt of iunontrttefkaft flft'd" And bi-t equality (ball"cutie mankind. j.[ t Then ffiall no pedant pri 9'h> Sea-Flower, Colmao, Philadel- phia. September 6th, the ship Elizabeth, Hen ry Skinner commander, ofN. York, from Bourdeaux, for Tranquebar, put into the Isle of France for water, repairs, itc. 119 ■ti-1 days from the Cordovan; was boarded off r, j Cape Ortegal, by the British frigate Hebe, . I off Madeira, by the British frigate Romulut. I Oftober Bth, the sea-Flower, John C°l as I man, of Philadelphia, from Pondicherry, I for the Cape of Good Hope and America, put into the Isle of France, having sprung 0 f J a leak on the passage—no material damage, •a-1 O£lober 3d, arrived the French letter of ic-1 marque Hirondelle, Captain Cochon, from I Bourdeax. On the ift September, on La- I gullus Bank, fell in with the American ship lU " 1 Governor Bowdoin, of Boston, Daniel O "z[ liver matter, from Batavia; took out of her o. Mr. Folger, the chief oflker, and 8 seamen; pot on board an officer and 13 men, with I orders-to proceed for the Isle of France, I touching at the Isle of Bourbon, at which 1 * I place the said ship had not arrived on the I 26th Oftober. k- I Capt. Oliver left at Batavia, the 13th of J'. I luly, the following vessels : be I P° ,! y» Delano, Boston a r I 'Olive Branch, Lambert, Salera •d I Four Sifters, Rea, Beverly ■' o I Eliza, Hodges, Salem , c I Concords Thompson, Philadelphia u- Minerva, Loring, Bollon J ' 0&. 9, an embargo was put upon all 3S ships in the Isle of France bound to India, dI to continue unci) the 22d. Same day arri ld I ved the French corvette Brule Geule, from .j I Tranquebar; /poke in lat. 10., 00. S. ship )£ j Betsey of Salein, Orne, from Calcutta, f- I About 8 days ago fell in with a Danilh '' j brig, water logged, with her main'malt gone, ! , I from Barcelona for New-York, loaded with I brandy and nuts—three hours after, spoke ; I the schooner Nancy of Philadelphia, Wil- I son from Georgetown, Savannah, out 62 ' J days and bound for Philadelphia, short of J I water and provision, coafigued to Samuel ' I Allen—Capt. Wilfoa spoke the brig Bet " I fey of Sdlem, N. Phippen, from X,eith for I I New-Vorfe orrt.72 days, fupplfed him with 1 j fbme rice and potatoes, and took from the I Betsey a part of the crew of the (hip Com- merce from Grenada boundforßofton which I capt. Phippen bad taken from the wreck n I of the said ship on the 6th of Decembfr, - lin lat. 35, 4, N. long. 66, 34, W. Al- I so the sloop Rambler of Philadelphia, from I Wafhingtoii, out 21 days, short of provi sions. January 12 took from the wreck of " the Danish brig Sophia from Barcelona for a . j New-York, Michael Sars, mailtr and the ir crew of the said brig,ten in number, which e > on the 1 ith sprung a leak and was obliged to cut away the mammaft. been on the coast 12 weeks. v< The corvette brought in a very valuable prize, j p one "'the company's (hips from Bengal. j fu The American (hips were embargoed several days, in confrquenee of war being reported by !° a Danish velTel. General Bowles, the Cherokee chief, had flop- I" pedat the Isle of France, from Manilla to Spiin, m where he was sent by the Spanifli government, of Several Uhade-lfland vessels were in Mofambi- i" qm channel procuring fljyes. t«; . fl< BOSTON, January Ix. , By a letter dated on Sunday last, from ed Capt. Magee, of the ship Grand Turk, on fotelyftrandedatPortland, welearn that most of her tears, nankeens, and other goods be- i„ iwixt decks, had been discharged, although ' ei in great confufion, and that it was expedlfd P n part of the goods in the lower hold would be got out. The ship lay on her beam ends one fide entirely under water on the rising P? tide ; the sea regularly ebbing ?ud flowing into her; —and that great loss must «cure t „ ( to the concerned, from this unfortunate m; event. w< Hyson and Young Hyson.Tea. tnl A few then- of excellent quality, For Sal , cor ner of Second and Pine llreetv v/. December 'ls. eotf £ . NEW-THEATRE. of ON SATURDAY EVENING; n ' JAN* VARY 2p, * s Will be prefci#vjv of $ The J E W. l. Vn which will he •THE CRITIC; , Or, A Tragedy Rtljcarfcd. Fof Londonderry, William Wliitteu, miller. A ftiansh gooj vessel, has the greater e soon as the navigation permits. If freedy appfics tioo is made, a few calks will b taken on frc:(4.«; for which, and pafTttge, apply ro the Captain, at Cuthbert's wharf, or the fubferibers. yvin Styriu, Lautirt, i rjfr r'» wharf, or Georgt Dob fort, e » No. »? South $d Street, A Gardner wanted. A person well acquainted with gardening, mc! who would occaGona'ly attend market, may hear of a pbee by at the n mile stone, "® oy the Brifiol road, or No. icy, Arch ftret;, Philadelphia. A single man would be prefered, A Jan. io. aawtf Princeton —Neuv-Jcrfhy. To be Sold, THAT neat and convenient House In which the fato Mrs. Ann Witbeffpeon, now Mri,, Ann Walter, lived; together with all the | ppur fenaoces. Ihe house is twt> dories high, 1 ot frame work, anrf painted. Trie re are are four room* °J and an entry on the lo\ycr floor, and five ro«niJ oti the second 2cor> Ihe cellars are c with fojir'ftalls forborfes, and ) i four for nea\ cattle, ihe lot is 6dfeet wide upon a . the •l i' <»i wni i: than j oae half of uhfch is made i»to a kitahen garden ' of an exsel'cßt foil. 5' For terms, which will be made very y> apply to the reverend *• SamUel S. Smith. !i ~ January 19 aaw4\v FOR THE CURE OF " COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS* CON ie SUMPTIONS, ( j And all dtforders of th 9 Breajl and Lungs, ff Church's Cough Drops C, Is a medicine unequalled hy any other in the world. CtR + j "I hereby certify, that I have been cured of a moil levere (pough, Cold, and violent pain in my 'y bread,,by taking only a few dofos of Df. Caoncu's l, Cough Drops. CHARLES BEVANS," g Sail Maker, Spruce street wharf, Philadelphia. From a London Paper. n To Dr. CHURCH. . »!*, Having been recently redored from the brink of P thegrave, by your invaluable medicine, I think it I- my duty to make this public acknowledgment of T the fame, for the benefit of others affli&ed with a similar complaint. I had been afflicted with a mJft dreadful adhma for about twenty-three years. I never for years got any reft, my cough was fa troublesome in the night ;.and used te discharge an [1 almost incredible quantity of glutinous matter e from my lungs ; and my breath was so exceeding short that 1 could not walk across my coom. Pro* r videntially hearing of your Cough Drops, I took them ; and, through taking them. alone, I am now, blessed be God ! restored to perfeiS health. My cafe is will known to the members of the Ebene zer Chapel, in Lincoln's-Inn-Field, of which I am also a member ; andany of them will gladly fa» tiasy any inquiry concerning the truth of what I lay. 1 am, iir, yonr grateful servant, NATHANIEL LANS WORTHY, No. 8, Smith's-court, Great Windmill 1 . Hay-market. W itnefa, ' S. L»»owoiTar, jun.No. 40, Pultney street, Goiden-lquare. > CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS Are prepared and fold (only) by the inventor awj 1 sole -roprietor, i)r. James Church, at his Medi cine 1 South Third-street, next the Mar* ket, Philadelphia; and by appointment, at New. j York, by Melfrs Staples and Co. 169 Pearl-ftrcct, and Miss Wcdman, ill Willijih-ttreet. Dr. Church may biionfulted everyday, at hi» office, 158 South Front-flreet, Philada'phia. 3awiw All I'eri'ons Having any demands agamft the Estate of the late Captain Olorgte lr\»in, are requdted to briinitin therr la counts pifiprHy atteftcd, on or before the firlt day; ot January next ensuing and those who are inde'ited to laid estate are (o . licited to make immediate payment to SAKAII IRWIN, Adminiltratrix. Nov. 29 1797 Salisbury Estate. rHE Subscriber, propafing to his bufi. liefs, offers this Eftite for sale, on moderate terms. On it are one Blast and three Air Furnaces a complete Boreing Machine, and a very gifod grift Mill, with two pair ol ftonet ; also a good Fo'ge, all in perfect repair, as are all the Water Works connect ed with these various branches. The Air Furnacea were lately built for the purpose of calling Cannon for this Sute.—There are »bou* two thousand acrcj of Land, one half of which ijundcj •Wood, the other very fine arable Land, produlfing the bed Hay snij Failure. The Cannon lately manufactured there fully proves the excellency of the metal, which is luperior to any in this country, and probably, equal to any in theworlij ; for not cuie «f futv-nire gur» lately m de, although some of the 24 we re bored in»«32 poundets have Uiltd on proving. T!ie fuu atioil is very eligible, pajticular y foi'this branch of inanufaflure, and a place ot aims lving in the Bate of Connecticut, and only 30 miles from several land iiigs on the Hudson's liver, and having every advan. t4ge that caiiMefutt Irom a plenty of water issuing fiom a large na uial pond, very near ihe Furnace and whi h may be converted into a variety of orher uleful purposes. The purchaser can be accommodat ed wvh all the ftosk and and have pofleffion on or beioi . of June next, and preparation may be made ltfMi-ineivi time for going into Blafiim. mediatcly-thereelWr; for ev«ry pm witl-be delivered in good order, with fotre coal, Ore, &c. See. For terinj, apply tn Mr. Jofflph Anthony, in Philadel phia; David Brooks, E'q one of ihe Keprefentaiivea in Coogrefs (or