mm* w+iUm* . mm**mm* r.. fTllwW PERSONS Indebted to tin] «f Mr. John of Philadelphia, deceaf< d,»re desired to make pay ment, and those hnvmg any demands,to prelcnt them for fettlt raentj to SAMUEL BLODGET, Adm'r. of JOHN WARD FENNO, Agent to the admihiftration. . 3.9 . . . .. .ft.vr The bublcribers Hare received by the late European arrivals, the Following Merchandize, Shipped them principally on eonfignment.whith. they offer by paekag« to Wholesale Store Keeper', or others, on very advantageou* terms, for calh, approved notes, or bills of exchange on London. Medford is* Willis^ No. 78, North Front Straet. IRISH LINENS. Printed calicoes, furnitures, purple and colored Ibiwli Muslins, plain, striped, checked-and fancy Balatoie, jaconet and hook handkerchiefs Pin! and sundry haberdashery Scotch and colored threads Scarlet Sloth cardinals Durants and calamancoes Worfled, cotton and fancy hosiery Felt, castor and beaver hats Yorkfnire plains and broadcloths }-' tin and twilled coatings and dufills C-iTimeres and i'wanfdowns Stripe, point and role blankets \Vlijte colored and Welsh flannels K.:apt Kenriill cottons Worfled and mohair plwfhes Pe*ter, afTorted in fonan calks Spatfes, (hovels, fryintr pans St. ironmongery An invoice of Watches dc too casks nails afTorted. nov ti $ FOR SALE, " By the Subscribers 200 Bolts Russia Duck, 50 pipes London' pai tiemjr bill Madeira Wine I pair nine pound Cannon A few Bales Madrss Handkerchiefs 40C0 bs Fine Flota Indigo > * 13 Barrels Beef. Willing} & Francis: Pennftreer, ) Novrmbtr 18 ? § FOR SALE . . • By the Subscribers, ON VERY LOWTIRMS WAX CANDLES, OF A SUPERIOR QUALITV, Either by the single box of I4lbs. or by the quan tity. Willi tig J & Francis. nov 14 THE fARtNERShIH OF Alexr. J. Miller, £2? Co. BEING dilTolved on the firft instant, by the death of James Davis, all persons indebted to the fame art requefted'to fe I tie with tUe fub fi riber, and those to whom th?y are indebted are rtquefted lo call on him for paymeHt. ALEXR. J. MILLER, * Ni. 64, South Front Jlreet. Who has on hand, TO BE DISPOSED Of ON LOW TEX MS, By the Package or Piece. Fine plain and tamboured Muslins Gi.zzcnnas Bat'tas Coflaesß • Rabobgungies India Callicoei Bonk Muslins Coloured «]itto Real & Mock Madras & pullicat hkfs. Brown Sileftas Tickings, life. (sfc. JUST ARRIVED, AN AfSOXyuZNTOr Irifli Linens Is? Russia Sheetings. nov 18 $ Horse Infirmary and Hospital. N EAU THE PUBLIC SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA. T. Swann, with the greatest rrfpciS and mofl grateful thanks for past favors, in'orms the public that his premises are again open and iu Homplete repair, for the reception ofjfti; lame and dijeafed barfts : and the flatters himfelf the fatisfaflion he has hithirto given in his profeflion, during three years refiVl'euce in this city, will en fur* him their future favors. N. B.—This is the season for breaking, ne*k ing, cropping &c. &c. Nov. to- _ f.« f FOR SALE, The time of a Negro Girl, 12 yea s old, has 16 years to serve.—She is as stout as one of 16 years of age, healthy, indubious and capa ble of doing every houfchold woik. For terms ap ply at no- Z2B, south SecondJlreet. nor, 18 eodtf Joseph Thomas's Creditors ARE requeflcd to meet at the City Tat*™, in Second, near Walnut flrcet, on Toefday evening, the 4th December, nov. ,10 4t Mrs. Beason, Lately from Richmond, Virginia. INFORMS the Public, that she has for fame tttne past praflifed a Cure for the Yellow Jaundice, Dropsy, and tither disorders pecu liar to Women. She likewise offers her services ■ as a Midwife.—Apply at Mr. John Taylor's, Blacksmith, near the Nets-Market. nnt jo <! dlt Notice is hereby Given, '"P'HAT application will b; mada a) the Trea. L fury of the United States, for the renewal of the following cer'ificates of Funded Debt, (land ing in the name of Robert Whitworti, of Chdfea, J < nJon, thefaid Certificates having been forwari cJ by the ship Ellite, Hatvey, from London for New-York, captured by the French, and supposed tp bp ♦>?. N0'114.17, 6 Per Cent. Stock, dated Mtw- Vork, »Btii April, 1796, fsr Dollars. 1481,47. No. 8171, .1 Per Cent, dated New-York, lßlh April 1796, for dollars 400. SAMUEL MILBANK. „ >aycmher'tß d6w WRAPPING PAPER. FOR SALE, n/tr CH£AP, ■\ Quantity of printed Paper, fuitabk for '"-r->c«ri, Tobatcowfls, fcc. Bvooire of the inter, •;ov 10 4< The Subfcritjers v HAVB JUST KKMVID A » INVIIICE OP Choice Ciiefliire b s Douhle Glouceuer CHEESE. [Per the CmesA?eake from Liverpool.] ido Boxes of Window Giafs, Of various sizes, per the Jane, from London. They have also for Sale, 200 Casks of Refined Salt-Petre, AND A QXJ AN TIT Y OF Fine Castor Oil. Jamet C. (S? Samuel IV. fijhtr. November 1 dtf FOR SALE, By FISHBOURN WMARTpN, at Nt. u 8 South Four! b-Jlreet. China Ware, Nankeens Teas Boglipores » Lutestrings, & Silk Shawls. nov t.v odtl To be Sold at Au&ion, TO THE H 1 CHEST BIDDER, On THURSO AT, the ijth December next. At the Bunch of Grapes Uavcrn, in BOSTO_N, precisely at I o'clock, P. VT. Two Notes of Hand, Signed by Kelly and Clark, and indorsed by Martin Kinfley, Thomas Barber and James Green leaf, dated Beccmber 18, 179J» and payable the 111 day of January, 1799, vie. One Note forthree thoul'and fix hundred dollars, and one Note for four thousand eight hundred dollats. Boston, novemher 14 (li) For Sale, 100 Tons of Pig Iron. apply to s. c. cox, No. 5, Soiith Fourth Street, nov. 17 5 NOTICE. " ALL perfors indebted to the estate ofF. Kif felman deeeafed, are requested to make im mediate payment, and those having demands a gainfl thefaid estate, are desired to produce the fame to JACOB V F. KISSELMAN for settle ment, who are empowered by Susannah KifTelman, Adminijlratrix. Ibe Bu/inefs *f F. Kiffelman deceeafed, IS CONTINUZD BY Jacob & Fred. Kisselman, WHO HAVE FOR SACE, Jamaica Spirits Weft India and Country Rum Holland and Country Gin , Sugar Coffee Sherry .":»<) f wines - Malaga J nov- a 6 dtf NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Eflate of doc tor Hugh Hodge, deeeafed, are requested ta make immediate payment —and those having demands against the Estate are desired to authen ticate and present them to. MARIA HODGE, adminijlratrix. SAMUEL HODGDEN, admitiijlrator. nov 20 5 NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Doctor Francis Bowes Sayre, deeeafed, are re queftad to make immediate payment—and those having deirand*againft the fai<4 Estate, are desired to ptoduce the fame, duly authenticated, to Ann Sayre, Administratrix. Robert Heyfham, Administrator. November 15 djw FOR SALE, AT THIS OFFICE, A FEW Copies of an interesting Work, in French, entitled a History of The Admmiftration of the French Finances, DURING THE TEAR 1796. Also, An Hiftoricil and Political View of the Adminiftration'of th« French Republic, during the year 1797,—5f the caife* which produc ed the Revolution of the 4th September— And of the refulti of tb« Revolution. PRICE I DOLLAR EACH. * Theft two political tratfy, are from the pen of the celebrated d'lvernois,and contain a thou sand iuterefting disclosures of the folly, venality and profligacy of the different Usurpers who have reignsd in France during the latter stages of the horrible Revolution mow pending in that miserable and depraved country. Nov. , 3 . £ Jamaica & Poj t-au-Prince Entitled Sugars ' C to draiv Madeira Wines j bock New-England Rum Ground Ginger, and Tnner's Oil, FOR SALE BY Wharton Lewis, no. Xl 5 south Front flreet. n<> *- 1 * djt as iawtf <T> THE OFPICE ? OF the Committee to su perintend the building of the Frigate, i«f again opened at No. 95, South Front Street, where attendance will be given to receive the fubferiptions of those gen tleman who have not yet made payments, november 12 Cf The OFFICE of the" Board of Commissioners, under the 6th Article of the Treaty of Amity, Sec. with Great Britain, is returned to No. 129 Mulberry street. Nov. 12. .*** An Apprentice will be taken at this Office; if immediate applica tion is made. jiije v£aseci;e. PHILADELPHIA , SAT'JUfi.AY EVENING, DECEMBER I. ADDRESS. /It a fall fr eting of the officers of the Guilford regiment of militia, and a large and rtfp eft ti tle number of the inhabitant of the county, convened at the court house in Martin Vide, on Saturday the l September 1798, the following Address was unaaimoufly voted to the President of the United States. President of the United Statis, AN address presented to you at this time on the fubjeft of the relative situation of America wi(h foreign nations, hut more particularly with France, fk>\>ld at "leall poflefs some novelty ot thought to procure with you an apology, or some strong reason urged, why it had been so long Jelayed to merit your reply. We hope you will not anticipate any thing new, for in fa<2, we only mean to adopt and urge the manv and the excellent sentiments which have been already addrefTed to ycu by our fellow citi zens throughout the Union. Loving our country, dctemiried to sup port it, its csnftitution, and the laws ema nating from it—pleased with the adminiltra tions of you fir, and your prcdeceffor, who was and is no less beloved by you than by ourfelves—detelling the parricidical princi ples of France, which not only seems, but really arc subverting every government with in theii vortex, can we be acquainted in our own minds,—.~ould we be in the opini on of our fellow citizens, did we hesitate to made this dsclaration ? We abhor the modern innovations, and that word " Reform," which in the fontl credulity of our imaginations, we believed to be for the amelioration of the situation of man, we now fhu:i as we would a monster ready to engulph all fecial order, annihilate , cijril government and subvert the heretofore ; approved course of things. If France, compelled by that imperious necefiity which is some tinyes an apology I with the historian for a&stending to destroy j a social compaft could even produce that, 1 an imp-oper prejudice of America might j (till furaifh her with apologists—hut when ! wc fee governments never yet obnoxious, even to fanciful writers, a3 well a$ thufe j which imagination had formed tyrannical, and #ur own which has for its balls every principle preservative of the happiness and security ot virtue and industry, attempted to be deftroyed-*-can we resist ths imputfe of declaring that her nominal government is an unheard of tyranny —a compadt with which would as rapidly, and as effe&Ually destroy our rising empire, as an army of their Myrmidons might for the moment af fed our internal order. If we have not exprefled these opinions so early as most of our fellow citizen', re ceive fir, our opology—fo large an appor tionment of the county of the county of Guilford never convened together as on this day, since the dispatches from our envoys to Franc# arrived, and delicacy of fentiinent in those who did, prevented them from ®b truding their opinions as of those who did not. It is netdlefs to tell you that your admi nistration has our warmtft approbation—lt j is needleFs to tell you our determined refo- ' lntion to hipport the measures of that ad miniflration, and 'tis only from your great ' and well known gnodnefs we can hope an ' excuse for not exprefiing tlicfe opinions be fore this day. We believe sincerely with you fir, in a sentiment lately expressed, that much indeed of our fafety depends on the exertions used for the eftablilliing an American Navy, and that a part of our fellow (pitiaen* cannot be more beneficially employed than by endea vouring to perfeA it. May that kind Providence which has watched over the liberty and independence J of the United States,continue its protection t to you, one of their choicelt guardians, and l lonfc preserve a life dear and efTentfal to its . country's happiness. JOHN HAMIL TON, Chairman. ( Refdved Unanimously, That this Address be signed by Major ' John Hamilton, the chairman, in behalf of ' this meeting, and that it be transmitted to ! John Steele, Esq. with a request that he deliver the fame to his excellency the Presi dent. ' Attefl, 1 DUNCAN CAMERON, Sec'ry. \ ANSWER. 1 To the Officer: of the Guilford Regiment of J Militia, and the Inhabitants of the County, ' convened at the Court-house in Marlin-oilie, ' on the 15 th of September, 1798, gentlemen, / THE unanimous address adopted by you has been transmitted to me as you dire&ed, i by Major John Ham.lton to Mr. Steele, , and by Mr. Steele to me. AddrefTes, like yours, so friendly to me 1 and so animated with public spirit, can nev. r 1 (land in »eed of any apology. It is, on the i contrary, very true, that the afFe&ionate 1 addrtfTes of my fellow-citizens have flowed 1 in upon me, from the various parts of the ] union, in such numbers, that it has been ut- , terly impofiible for me to preserve any regu larity in my answers, without negUaing , the indifpenfablc duties of my office. This/ , and a long continued and very dangerous ficknefsin my family, most fenoufly alarm ing to me, will, I hope, be accep;ed by you, and by all others whose favors have not been duly noticed, as an apology for a seeming neglect which has been a very great mortifi cation tojne. There is no language within my command, fuficient to exprefsthe fatis faction I have felt, at the abundant proofs ot harmony And unanimity among the peo ple, efp«cially in the Southern states, and in . rione m it reradrkably; than in North-Ca rolira. Your patriotic address, adopted cn the ground where a memorable battle was fought by freemn, on the 15th of March, 178!, iri defence of their liberties and support of their independence, is peculiarly forcible and affedking. (Signed) JOHN ADAMS. Quincy, oSober 19th, 17 98. From tLe Columbia!! Mir^o*. I Number IV. _ » TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRCINFA. c Fellow Citizens, THE Sedition Law is charged also with r uneonftliuvtSnaiity, because it is supposed to infringe the freedom cf speech and of the : press. Let this objedlio 1 be examined, 1 and let our enquiry bs in what instances the ' freedom of speech or of the press is infring -1 «d. As to speech it is no where embraced j in the law, it being explicitly confined to malicious defamations in print or writing. 1 This is so apparent that I shall content my felf merely with referring the attention of the reader to the words of the law which has ' been literally recited. The fr-edom of the press has been long : understood an 1 completely enjoyed in our ' country. It is secured to us by the funda mental laws of each Hate, and by the go-; vcrnment of the United States. From the means which have been taken to preserve i , we ipay learn how invaluable it is elleemed throughout America. Isy t'le third amend atory article to the conllitution it is provid- ■ 1 ed tbat " Congress shall make no law rc " fpedling an eftablifiiment of religion, ov . " prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or " abridging the freedom of speech, or of the . " press, or the rights ot the people peace- ' " ably to aiTtmblc and to petition the go- ; " vernment for a redress' of grievancts'" j ! If the law of congress whifh is ncv the sub- 1 ; jest of difcullion declares and recognizes the I freedom of theprefs, a3 it was beli«v*d to ex -1 i(t in ill the ilate3 when the conllitution ! wa« adopted, it is cle ir chat it has not a | bridged it, and consequently is conllitution al ; for congress is not restrained from paf -1 sing any law whatsoever concerning the ■ press, but from palling any laws abridging , the freedom of the press. 1 The freedom of the press differs from the licentioufncfs of the press, and tl\e laws which prohibit and restrain th<e latter, will always be found to affirm and preserve the former. Our ideas concerning the liberty of the press having been originally derived from the British law, I beg leave to quote » hat a learned and celebrated English judge . has written on the fubjeft. Sir William Blackftone fays " the liberty of the prefa is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this confifls in laying no previ ous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter •wh npuUifhed{ Every freeman has an un doubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public : To forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publics what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must lake the consequence of his own temerity.—To fubjeft the press to the | reftriftive power of a licenser, as was for : mrrly done bsfore and since the revolution, is to fubjedt all freedom of sentiment to the prejudice of one man, and make him the j arbitrary and infallible judge of all contro. verted points in learning, religion and go vernment t But to punish as the law does at present any dangerous and offenfive writ ings, which, when published, shall, on a fair and impartial trial, be adjudged of a per nicious tendency, is necjfary for the prefer, vation of peace and good order of go'jernmeut and religion, the only solid foundations of civ:' liberty. Thus the will of individuals is ft ill lefc free ; the abuse only" of wi'l is the objedl of legal punifhment.—Neithr: 13 any restraint hereby laid upon freedom of thought or enquiry ; liberty of private sen timent is (till left ; the difieminating, or iflaking public of bad sentiments, de ftrirftive of the ends of society, is the crime which society eorreas." 4 Blackflone's Com. ij>. So just has this view of the fcecJom of ithe press been considered in \rrerica, that in every state we nave conformed to it, and in no state are libellous writings exempt from legal prosecution and punishment. In Pennfylvaria it has been made a part of an article in its constitution—«« that the prini ing prefJes shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legiftature. or any branch of govern ment, and no law shall ever be made to re frain the right thereof. The free communi cation of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every ci tizen may freely speak, writr and print on any fubjed, being refportlSble for the abuse of that liberty" J This provision in the Pennsylvania con stitution, adopted in the year 1790, is so exa&ly like the definition giv*n by Blackftone of the freedom of the press, as to furnifh the strongest proof of tbe appro bation of that state of his sentiments. There it !s conceived perfeftly compatible with the l.berty of the press, to make every man refponfibic to the laws for an abuse of that liberty ; There libels are deemed fit fubie&s of legal punifhmcnt, as they are in every other ovitiaed caunt.v, where any degree ot rational government exists. There it is no abridgement of the freedom of &e press to P u .ni . £vtr y P«fon, wh« shall, by wrrtine printing, uttering orpublifhing any falfe or malicious writing,, defam. the president of the United States, or congress, or the chief mag,Urate of that state. Such to-, is ,1k sense of every other state on this fubied In very corner of the United State,, the freedom of the press is alike underttood, in theory ; and it is every where enjoyed under f . e P rm fP le ' malicious and wicked wifehoods may no; be pri U t{d with inpu. • n ' ty " . Ia : vcr * » mallcio^alfchoo, uttered inivr„ t „.,, amo „» the , J ' ' ntCn . t '° dc [ a . me the pwfidct, or to brinj . h m into public eorre«tpt, is considered a « F f. n ; ffen «' court, ofth* * . r h ". 1h 5. r 1» on 4'Wce itfelf ia 9n _ 1 part,CMt concede., when it declares, Z t the fame time we protest.against unmerited \t *U J gov'einment; £ them be pumftedAtt let them be P u ni fc ed by the proper authority." Hence it a Ppea ,| that the. reedom of the press is not abridged by a law'that declares and limits the Punf(h ment of l.Bels agamft our govern,. j f such a law .s conftrtted to infringe the free don. of the press, then, in no part of the " United Mates do w e enjoy, or have we en joyed a freedom of the press', and we are , now to be taught by the Illumin'ati of At ! ' bemarle what the freedom of the p'refs U If it is 110 of the freedom nf tbe press to pumfti mSir° 11 racy of the United States by taea„s 0 f The dilate courts, I cannot perceive that there will be any abridgement of it to pumfh the fame kind of libels by means'of the federal courts. What is punishable as libels by either tribunal, is admitted to be a public offence, n public offence against the United States, for which reason it would seem nwre properly cogniz ble before the courts and under the laws of the United Sutes The constitution of Femifyloania has al. so provided " that h profecutioa f or the , publication of papers iuvclligating the offi cers or men in a public capacity, or where' tAe matter publiflied is proper for public in formation, the truth thereof may be given in in evidence, and in aH n.diftmetits for ; libels, the jury (hall have rijht to determine ; the law and the fafts under the direction of the court as in other cases " In these res ; pedis the sedition law of o ngrefs alfo altered the oi l law as it was received in A j merica. Ui.der it also, the truth may now : be given in evidence, which before was not admitted ; and the jury may now detrr j mine the law and the sacK though before I thiy could only determine the foas. So careful hascongrefs been to and cher-" " lib the freedom of the press by the regula tions of law, which they have an undoubt-' ed right to d<J, though thdy are restrained from abridging. With this view of the constitution of the United States, a'id of the principles of the law, let us particularly attend to what it has enacled. Ihe sedition law has enafted that any person after conviftion shall be pu nished by a fine not exceeding two thoufarid dollars; and by imprisonment not exceed ing two year , who ihall write, print, utter or publish, any faife, fcandabus and mali cious writing or wtitings, against tire go vernment of the United Slates, or either house of congress, or the President, tuM intent. i ft. To defame or bring them or either of them into contempt. 2dly. Of to excite against them or either of them the hatred of the people ; 3_dly. Or to stir up sedition within the United State# ; 4thly. 0r to excite any unlawful combf nations therein for oppefing or refilling any law of the United States, or any aft of the Prefideut done in pursuance of such law, or of the powers in him vested by the confti* tution ; sthly. Or to refill, oppose, or defeat any such law or aft ; <sthly. Or to aid, encourage, or abet any ... hostile designs of any foreign nation against: the United States, their people or govern ment. Every thing here enumerated is ?riminal in itfelf and ought to be prevented ; and sure» ly to prevent falfe and malicious publiea-, tions, intended to promote the commiffioo of such crimes, was the duty of the legifla- * ture. I repeat it, the law forbids nothing that a good citizen wifhea to do : It impofea norellraint on truth, but endeavours tofuf. press wicksd falfhood.—Can this be deemed an abridgement of the press—or rather, is ic not placing the prefa upon the proper foun dation to render it a permanent blefling to society ? To conclude the point of constitutionality the rights of the (late, and the" jurifdifti< n oftheftate court?, retain their full force; neither are abridged or impaired in their cognisance us the offences fpecified in the law. They remain entire and in their for mer condition—Nor has the freedom of the press been infringed but it has been declared and acknowledged as it has ever been under-' flood to exist in this country. If opinion* were circulated and acquiring credit in the community, that it was not, criminal to libel the the president, or the govern ment of the United States, this law, by gi ving seasonable notice to the people of the •errors of such opinions will not fail to p>o - the moll salutary and beneficial effeft. upon the cause ef good order and rational liberty, wrthout which a state of society raiift be a state of m;fery and oppreffipn. * VIRGINIENSIS. Canal Lottery, No. IT. Will re-commence drawing in the course oJ~ the pre/cut month. PICKETS to be hid Eight Dollars eich, U L WILLIAM JJLACKBUKN's Lottery and Brokers office, No. 64 South Second-llreet, where cheeß books are kept for regHTering ind eximinatirtn of' Tickets in the above, City of Washington and Patterfoii Lotteiies, &c. Stat* of thi WbiU, One prize of 10,000 dollars 10,00 a Five 4,oc® 20,000 Two Two i,oco »,oea Ten sco 5 ,c0 ' Twenty-ieveo 200 S> With a full proportion «f the me hundred ind of the fifty rfwltar prizes—The Lortery more than two thirds drawn and above ij,oco dollars rfcher than at the commencement- Rote, the bufinefi of a Broker daly >t tendfcd-to in .1) Its brawhrt. Nov. r 5u ft -'
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