Delaware & Schuylkill Canal. THR Stockholders are hereby notified, that the Eleilion for Prefidcnt and Managers, for the e lining vear, will be held at the Company's Office, on the firft lscond-day in January nsxt, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. Susquehanna Schuylkill Canal. THE Stockholders are hereby notified, that the Eleition for President and Managers, for the ensu ing year, will be held at the Company's Office, on the firft second-day in January next »t ten o'alock GEO. WORUALL, fec'y to Delaware & Schuylkill Cafyzl Company. dee 19 ** te Bank of Pennsylvania, DZCfMBER 17tb, 1798. NOTICE is hereby given to the Steckholders of the Bank of Pennsylvania, that an of Nineteen DIRECTORS, to serve for one year, will be held at the Bank, on Monday the fourth of February next, at 10 o'clock. JONATHAN SMITH, Calhier. Extract from the fevemh Sedion of the A3 of > Incorporation. " Article id. Not more than fourteen of the Directors ele&ed by the Stockholders, and aflually in oSe-, exclufiv" of tbc Prcfidwt, stall be eligible for the next ftic - eedini» year ;*ut the Dlrsdlor who shall be Pre'idem at the tftne of an eledion, uny always be re-eleSed. * df 4 F "Philadelphia Population Company. THE ffiare-holders are hereby noti'icd, that an elc.slion frr President, Managers fnd o her officers for the ensuing year, wiH be held at the Company's othce, 110. 53, north Fourth 11 reef, on Widmfday the 9th of January nex-. at t2 o'clock. Sol. Maracbe, Scc'rv. dfc. 27. -dtm of North America, "January I, 17*99- AT a meeting of the Directors this day, a divi dend of lix i-er cent was iltdr ro 1 for the la 11 half year, which will be paid to the Stockhold ers or tb#ir reprafentaiives, at a«y time after the lOth inflant- , By order of the Hoard, RICHARD WELLS, Cafliier, * dtiojy. NOTICE. j TIIK rOPAITKTRIHIPOF HUDSON iff YORKE, this flay ililTolved by mutual consent. All per- J (pus indebted to fai-1 firm are requested to make j immediate payment —aud those wh<» have aßy de mands are requested to prcfeat them for settlement to WILLIAM HUDSON, v ho is dufy authorifad 1 to adjust the fame. REMOVAL. WILL AM HUDSON, Has removed from No. 54, north Front *0 No 8, Cheliiut, near the corner of Front, (to ■he (We formerly occupied by Mr. John Mil leu,junr.) Where he has for fate on his usual lotu terms, an extensive assortment of DRY GO O DS. dccember 18 djw 7be Subscribers, Have received by tbcClotliicrfrom Liverpool . A CONSIGN MKN» OFTknCaSES Of Well Assorted Buttons, About 501. sterling eaeh C>fe, which they will (lifpefe of per package, on lib- ral terms. • Medford C5 J Willis. No. 78, North Front near Arch-street- WANTED, ABOUr fil y Caiks ot Flag Annatto or Rocoa, Apply as above, dec 11 FLOUR, FOR SALL, DELIVERABLE at N ev r-Caflle or Port Penn, by LEVI HOLLINGSWOBTH & SON dfc 19 ' d4«- N O fl C E. THE Public are cautioned not to trust any of the people belonging to thefiwedifh Snow Maria, on my account. Ham Olof Rock, tunstf/-. dec 2) § 14 Pipes Madeira Wine, FOR SALE BX Crooke Stevenson, No 4, South Water-ftrcet. dec 11 5 On THURSD.iT, the 3d Jaunary, at 6 o'clock in the evening, At Bekson Sc Yorke's Auftioi. Room, ' No. 19, South Front-street, ' WILL BE SOLD, < * A small, butwell-chofen and ft-left library of 1 Medical Books, &c. together with sundry Surgical InCruments, 1 he property of the late Doctor Francis B. Sayre. BENSON & YORKE. 7. dfs ( Black India Lustrings. } A quantity jult received and of the firft; | fi'. <1 quality, TO DT-. SO'.D I.OW FOR CASH I At No. q5, north Third, flreet by ! . SAMUEL C. COX. | dtc. 28 diw | TO BE RENTED, 1 The dwelling house No. 153, &*mh Water street, together with a flack of iiores .i»id wharf adjoining, enquire ©f* JOSEPH SIMS. Dec. 29 daw NOTICE. ereditiVs of George Johnfton, late of I Queen Ann's county, in the itate of Mary land, depealed, are hereby requested toappeir Vat Church Hill, in the county and ftaje afore laid, 011 Thurl'ilay the 21ft day of January next, w:th their claims against the said deceased, p "perlv aathemkated, at which time a propor atiable division of the aflets in the hands of the t i* ü b!Vriher u ill bj: made among the creditors ac. riling t'> law ; and those who do not appear on the f.iid day, will he forever precluded from ■ i'.irclaims on the said. estate. KEBECCA JOHNSTON, Executrix. CVurCh Hill, Dec, 11. Ephraim Clark, CLOCK y WATCH MAKER, Corner of Front jid Market flrccta, Philadelphia HAS JUST RECEIVED, BY the different arrivals, a large supply of Clf*k and Watch makers and Silver Smiths Tools, files ani materials, CONSISTING OF Rowling Mills, large and ftnail Bench and Hand Vices, Turnbrncbes, Plyers, Sliding Tongs, Bra ces and Bitrs, Grooving tools, S»ws, Scratch brash es, Blow pipes, Screw and Draw plates,large and small Hammers, Cluck dials, cad brass Bells, for ged w»rk and pinions, Emery, Rotten Hone, Pu mice (tone, Borax, Spelter Sorder, Brass, Steel and Iron wire, fhcet Brali, main springs and glalles gold, gilt, and steel chains, seals and keys, &c. &c (£3* Clocks and Watches carefully repaired bov. 2i eodtf - Hats iff Hoiiery. WILLIAM M'D Oil GALL, AT HIS STORE, No. 134, Market Street, HAS JUSI OPENED, in addition to hit for mer stock, a very extensive a (Tort men t of Men's, Women's, and Children's Hats, and all kinda of Stocking*—particularly a quantity of A berd e'en knit Hose, fcitaMe for the pnfcflt fcafon nov, 23 eo f m In addition to the aSove, he has jut received a general aflortment of Fleecy iWi ry, fu.h as ftofkings, *ight-cap% travelling ditto, breeche* pieces, under waiftcoar* scc. THOMAS , VkGA i R()YD % Has entered into pnmirrftip with his two Sons, VND RR THF fIRM Of Thomas Murgatroyd & Sons, WHO HAVE FOR SALE At No. 35, Dock-Street, I ft and 4th proof Brandy in Pipes and Butts Irish Market »edoc in Cases. Latour, and f Lum 1 e j Two Trunks Umbrellas. dec JT drw Old Madeira Wine. 27 pipes of old London particular MADEIRA WINE, 11 strong iron bound Hambro' caflnf, to SAMUEL BLODGET, Adm'r. or JOHN WARD FENNO, Agent to the administration. j nov. 3o i.im | NOTICE. ! \ LL persons indebted to the Estate of Sam ; £\. ut l Wallis, esq. »>f Murcey townlh.p, ] in the county of Lycoming, lately deceafed,ar« hereby required to come forward immediately and pay their refpeiHve debts.—And all persons havipg legal demands against the Estate, are requeftlgj to produce their accounts, properly authenticated, for settlement. JOHN WALLIS, -) WILLIAM ELLIS, rAdminiftra- DANIEL SMITH, C tors. JOHN ADLUM, ) ''rremher I} NOTICE. ALL perlons indebted to. Jame's Gmlen, late of Midd'c own, in the county of Delaware, deccafrd, are requested to make payment to either of the fuhferibers, whom they stall find it most convenient to call on : and all persons having de mands, will he pleased in like manner, to furnifh them, that thfy may be paid. All rents, which fell due on or hefora the fourth day of the 10th month last are payable to the fub kribers and those which accrued after that day wil be payable to the gaardiam of his'children, who will duly notify the tennants whereto pay the fame. MIERSFISHRN, of Philadelphia, \ 'Exec- ABM. PEN NELL, of Middletown, ) nttrs. ' _d*c 18 iaw6w Notice is hereby Given, TH \T application will be made at the Trea sury of the United States for the renewal of the following certificates of Six per Cents, funded debt—standing in the name of Robert Wilfan of Calcutta in Bengal, Surgeon in the service of tht honorable United Compapy of merchants of England trading to the East-In dies, which were loft from on board the Swal low-Packet, capt Kidd, fram Falmouth to New York- Dolls. Cts. No 10,444, Reg. office 14th Dec. 17?.;, one certificate for 33 No 10,478, Keg office 17th Dec. 1703> one certificate for 1959 50 Ellijlon & John Perot. nov 13 eodt that an interfe rence of thi" kind Has take n place ? we can not ; tmd therefore we may expedt that it will be done in future under one plausible pretext or other. It was in this point of view only, that he alluded to the tranfadt ion whiah had recently happened, as the foundation of a law to prevent future a buses. ■ But it had been said by the gentleman from Virginia, that if the interference of individuul was for a good purpose, it ra ther called for our thanks than for our re sentment, and thegenleman from Pennsyl vania had said, that it depended upon the nature 6f the tranfa&ion, whether such a procedure was criminal, or not. Mr. S. said, he would on the contrary, lay it down as a maxim, that no foreign nation will ever en. ter into a correspondence with an individual, for the benefit of the Nation from which he comes ; because, if they meant to do bene fit to that Nation, they could do it through the legal organ. But if, instead of doing a benefit to the couutry, the French wish to aid a faction who are desirous of dividing the people from their government, they will certainly wilh to treat with an individual. The supposition, therefore, that an individ ual may negociate with a foreign govern ment, Tor the benefit of his country, is wholly unfounded; and the very idea r f such a correspondence it a proof of rhs vile 11 of all purpofea ; that of aiding a Is&ion to o verturn the government to which such an individual belongs. But it was sard, the interference of an individual could not be improper, because he could Mt u'urp the Executive Authori ty. If me gentleman from Pennsylvania will give himfelf the trouble of reading the constitution, he will find that the carrying on of all foreign inurcourfe i< placed in the hands of the Executive, as fully as t! e legislature is poffefled of all legislative pow er, or the Judicary, of judicial. When an individual, therefore, sttempts to negotiate with a Foreign Government on national concerns, he is certainly doing the bulinefs of the Executive. And is not t'.iat a strange state of things said Mr. S. when an individ ual, t>r a set of individuals, (hall fay to a government. you are about to make war, but we will prevent it." Ought not such a conduct to be. punifhtd, aed provided a gainst by law ? It certainly ought, and there fore he wiftied the present resolution to pass. Mr. Harper observed, that not having been present when this rei'olution was called up, he did not hear a declaration said to have been made by the mover of it, viz. " that irr bringing it forward he had 110 reference to a particular and recent cafe." If this de claration was made, he could have no doubt of its truth ; but, for his own part, he deemed proper to declare that in giving his vote in favor of the resolution, he did refer to that particular cafe. It was from partic ular cases, he said, that general legislative meafares almost always originated ; and this was neceflarily the case—because, in general it was inipoflibie to forefee the neceflity of, preventing an evil, or pitnifiling an offence, until lomc instance of the evil, or offence, had occurred. Ihe writers on law had informed us, tha't from the oppreJlion of an ebfeure individual in that country, arose the celebrated Habeas Corpus aft ; and sim ilar instance* were numerous in the legifla j tionofaur 'own ,i u d every oil;;,- cOuntif,- Human forelight, said Mr. H. does not iuffice to discern, beforehand,-all the multi plied forms which crime auc', heni* the neceflity of waiting till it a-x-ar, before it can be /struck dowu. It h thus, and thus only, that general hws'have refer ence to the particular r.ales which have de monstrated the neceflity of enacting them. Thole particular cases cannot, every body knows, be included in the pu'iiil'irfents* pro vided by the subsequent laws ; so- that would be to give them a retrofpeclive operation, and to punish adts which, "however ii.vroper in their nature ot- dangerous in th-ir ten-, dencv, were not, when committed, contra ry to any la '.v. The law, therefore, having reference to them as to the neceflity and ex tent of its penalties, provides, against their future perpetration. Tt was in this view, Mr. H. said, that he had reference, i:i the present instance, to a recent t ife. The cafe, he believed, had j happened. He knew of it a; soon ?.s it did happen an 1 then declared his opinion about it :—and what he then laid reloedlin ; the nature and objedtg of the tnniadion, had been since confirmed hy the public prints of the country to which the agent in question was sent ; by the official gazettes of the go vernment to which he was addrelTecL He had confldered this individual, from the mo ment of Ji's embarkation, as anegent employ ed nr.cl sent by a party in this country. This opinion he had formed from tlie transaction itfelf, from the known connexions of that individual, and from the eircumftances under which he went. As to the tranfadtion itfelf, rould.it he Conceive 3 that any person could be so fillv. so vain, so totally void of common sense, as to undertake, on his own account, of his own mere motion, a mfflion of this kind ? Could it be imagined that an obfeure indi vidual, not known in the country ; whefe name was never heard at the distance of twen ty miles from Philadelphia, till this affair brought it into some notice-; having no pretentions to speak the sentiments, or an swer for the conduct, of any man or defcrin tionof men ; could it be conceived, he a&- ed v that .an individual of this description, and thus circumftanted, should have fuppu fed himlelf able, standing merely on his own ground, speaking from hi mil-Is alone, to effect a change in the political system of a great government, and arre ft the comfe of plans which had been fteadilv pursued for five years together, and which 110 remonstrance of our minifteis, no exertion of our force, nor of the combined force df Europe, had been able hitherto to flop ? He could not, he laid, conceive it to be possible. This person indeed, as he had been told, declared that he undertook the million of his own accord ; that no body knew of his de iign, nor even of his departure, till a day or two before it happened; that even this knowledge of his departure was communica ted to but three perl'ons, one of whom holds a high office in the government of the Unit ed States, another fills a diftiiiguilheO port under die state of Pennsylvania, and the third was formerly consul general from the French republic ; and that from these three perl'ons, or any others, he received no ad vile or instructions relative to to his enter prize, the objects of which he did not make known to them, nor any introductions, re commendations or credentials of any kind, except merely a certificate that he was an American citizen, and had been a member of tle Pennsylvania legillkture. But I would atik, Mr. H. said, whether this story is credible ? For my own part, I coiifel's that I m moving hand or loot again ft France. Under theie rircum- Itances, while France entertains and aa S up on tins belief, an envoy goes thither from this country, ami goes, as 'Mr. H. said it £med ev went to him from the rcalon which he had ihted, with credentials from, and in I ® ™ me ot persons here whoexer- C.re the right ps Ipeaking the fcntiments of , thii partv, ..nd its behalf. What .ne mnlt be the objefts o {fuch a million ? " at r DU , ' an guage which the envoy, tuppofiug him or those who lent him, to poflefciomc I,nail portion of common fenfr, must have employed to the French govern' mei.t, in order to attain those ft hie ill > Ikuow, faidMr.H that thegentieman from Virg.nm, (Mr. Nicholas) has told us, that the object of this person i n going to ' France, was to obtain peace for his country. And this objeit, the gentleman from Vir/i ma lays, is to laudable, that the perfon & i« queihor, infteadof cpnfure for this interfer ence with the affairs of the government, de lerves, and no doubt will r. ceive the apulaufe of every sincere friend to his country, every si nee re lover of peace. The gentleman af firms that every person has a right to take such a step, has a right to go. of his own authority, and attempt to make peace with a toreign nation, if he conceives himfclf to possess the means of accomplilhing the obieft. It may, he admits, be a proof of great foil* and preemption in an individual to believe* hinifclf pofielfed ps those maans ; but if he really entertain the belief he ought to exert them: and the gentleman from Virginia has declared, that could he be lip ve himfelf able to succeed in such an v enterprize, hewou'd un dertake it and glory in it. My colleague (Mr. Pmckney) has ihewn most undeniably, that this principle, once admitted, must go to the utter fubverlion of government; the principle being, that whenever an individual, or, by ft ranger reason, a number of indivi duals, conceive themselves wiser than the go vernment, more able to discern, or mere willing to pursue the true interests of the country; they, may aflume its funftioni, counteradl its view, and interfere in its molt important operations. Why may they in terfere to make peace ? because they judge peace defir.ible. But they may also judge war definible ; and upon precilely the fame J principle, they may in that cafe interfere to make war. When tinder pretence of making peace, they have assumed a public chara&er, and by themselves or theirenvoys, addressed themselves, directly and openly, to a foreign government, they may treat with that go vernment about any other matter, and al'lo ther matters. Under this pretence, if this principle be on**eftablifhed, any discontent ed faction, under the name of a club, a pa triotic society,' a revolutionary feciety a whig club, or any other name, may usurp the most elTential fun