OKftsm-
•i
PRATT £? KINTZING,
No. 95, North Water-^reet,
HAVE ON HAND THE FOLLOWING
GOODS,
TfNTITLED to drawback, which they offer for
JLj Tale at moderate priccis for calh, or theufual
credit ; (ir oh a credit of it or 18 months upon
Mortgages o i Real Property, in or near the City |
of Philadelphia, or other fatisfailory fccurity.
50 boxe» and bales Tick- 13 pipes old Port Wire.
lenburghs. 15 boxes Tumblers al
-60 do. do. Hemp- sorted.
cn liners. 100 boxes Hamburgh
SO do. do Ozna Window Glass 8 by
brigi. 10, &c.
Jo do Patterlaornes. t chest afforttd Looking
15 do. lijekjeld Linens. Glades.
II do. Creas and Creas Severallarge elegant do.
alaMorlaix. 1500 Demijohns.
Brown Rolls. 50 kegs Pearl Barley.
Do. HeffiaDS, A few tons Roll Brim.
Polish Rolls. Hone.
Bed Ticks. »o kegs Yellaw Ochra.
Siamois. A few bbli. Rosin.
Arahias. 40 tons Rufiia Hemp.
. Empty Bags. ?0 hhds. Hogs Briftlos.
Oi! Cloths 1 hhds. Dutch Glue.
Shoes and Slippers. 10 calks Nails assorted
Soal and upp. r Leather, j from'd. to lod.
Quills and Staling Wax. a6.calks Ironmjngtry.
A package Gold and Sil— 8 calks Hoes.
vtr VVatch»s. GeimanSteel.
A few cheftsToys. 6 hhd«. Coffee mills.
81ates and Pencils. Blocking Twine, Tapes,
70 hhds Havanna Mo Stone Pickling Pots,
lasses &c &c.
February 15
PETER LOHRA
JAMES HUMPHREYS, Junior,
Notaries Public,
No. 54, South Second Street,
RESPEC TFULLY inform their refpc&ire
friends and the public, that they drarv and
authenticate accordiDc: to the mofi approved forms, and
with the greatest d\[patch; Letters of Procuration, At
torney t and SubfiHutinn of every kind, Setl T,ett*n, an 4
Molls d* Equipage Proof tf Property to be fbipped to Fo
reign Ports. Affi iavitk to obtain Seamen*s Proteflims at
fchr Cnjlom house atyl Affidavits of eve* y other kind and
deferiptiin; Charter Parties t Bottom ret, Refpondent'ia.
and other Mercantile Bends, and Obligations, Align
ments . Bills of f Salo, and all oth-r Inflruments of
Writing Certificates afcd Alterations relative to the
different kinds of Stud, Trade and Commerce, an<l Re
giller Letters of Attorney for the recovery of debts, as
well as all ether documents, usually recorded in the
office of Notaries.—~ 5 hey also draw Deeds, Bonds,
Mortgages* Wills, Uc
Ladies having occzfion to execute Letters of At
tomey for the Sale an"f Transfer of Shock, (or the r*-
ceivir rof Inter efl and Dividend, or for other urpofes,
will, soy fending their ad.ireft to the otHce, wh«re
eon ft ant attendance ii given during the usual of
fice hours, he waitfd on at their refpe&i*e hnufts.
February 8. tu&ftm
Valuable Property for Sale,
h) Ohefust, near Sixth ftrect, cUre&lj ©ppofite
CdNGKftss HALL.
A LOT of ground, about 11 feet front in Chef
,jLV cut street and 73 Teet in depth, whereon it a
good frame houfc, now in the tenure of Semucl
lieiigc fubjed to a ground rent of lit. per annum.
The, advantageous (ituatio* of this property re
quires no comments, for it mud be known, there
are few in this city to equal it, an unectcptionabla
title will be made to the prrrchafcr. Apply to
1 JAMES GIRVAN,
no. Cfcefottt flraet, next deer to the prt-
mifes.
march .?
gENRY BENBRIDGE
BEGS I«»e to-iaform bis frlendsand thi
public, that h< has commenced tke bufinet
'•f ,a BROKER, at lii»' Office No. Si Dock
. firstt, Bear the Bant of the United State*,
where lie buy* aodtftftj on'Ctoumiffion jllVind*
of Public Securitie*»' Stock*, S[Me», &c &e.
and offer* hi* fervxce* in any bnfjrtefs in hia line.
Jin 14. ' ' '^iw^aw6w
THIS is to give' notice that the Subferibtr
hath obtained from the Ovfhan's Court of
Cascil couriiy, in Maryland, letters of adminif
trition on the personal eßate of Zfbulon O.d
hirri, late 01 the eouifty aforefaid, deceased.
All persons having claims against the said de
ce*fed, are hereby warned to exhibit the fame
with the vouchers thereof to the Subfcribcr, on
or bef»re the nineteenth day of Odlober next,
they may oilier »ife by law be excluded from all
benefit ftftn.e l'=id estate.
RICHARD OLDHAM, Admin'ijlrator. \
Jaaujry 30.
Notice is hereby given,
To all persons interested in a Tract of Land \
lying and being in Springfield, Burling
~tan county, State of New Jersey, for
merly belonging to Samuel Bullus, and by
him conveyed to bis six children, That
WE the Subfcribcrs, appointed by James Kin
fey, Kfq Chief Juflice of the Supreme
Court of the State of New Jersey, Commifliencrj
to make partition of the fame Lands, to, and
amongftthe said children and their afligrfs, do in
tend to meet at the house ef Jofefh Hollimjhturl, inn
keeper in Burlington, on the twelfth day of March
next, at eleven of the elo«kia the forenoon of that
Jay, and either by ourfclves or in conjunction with
thef iid Chief Justice proceed to allot and by ballot
fn on the lhares or part of each of the said chil
dren and their assigns pursuant to the a& entitled
** au f»r the more easy partition of Lands held
by Copartners, joint Tenants and Tenants in com
mon," made and passed the eleventh day of Nov.
In jhe year of our Lord, one thousand fevsn hun
«Jred and eighty-nine.
Wimefs our hands this fifth day of February,
One thousand tight hundred.
Abraham Stockton,
Jo!) Lippeneott,
Charles Ellis.
Fab. S.
The Subscriber
r T"'AKES this method of otice more informing
A the Public, that the partnerlhip of Mofe»
Chapline and Robert M'Ciure, which was eqter
ttd iuto for the purpose of retailing Goods in the
town of Weft Liberty and Commonwealth of Vir
ginia, on the tenth day of August, 179 c, expired
on the tenth day of August 1793> agreeable to the
term stipulated in their article of copartner (hip:
MOSJiS CHAPLINE.
law6w.
riwry »i.
Aro&f
tu th f»tf
NOTICE.
taw6w
* 3tawtj»
AUTHENTIC LIFE OF SUWOROW.
JUS 7 PUtiUSHED,
AND
FOK SALE,
AT THI S OFFICE,
A SKETCH OF THE
Hifeana Cijarattct
PRI!fC& ALEX AND F.S SUIVOROIV ETM-
NIKSXI,
Field-Ma. Ihal General in the ferviceof His Imperi
al Majesty, the Emperor of all the Rulfias,
The History of his Campaigns.
WITH
Translated from the German of Frederick
Anihtng.
To which it added,
A coiuise and comprehensive History of i
His Italian Campaign.
By William Cobbett.
With an elegant Print-Portrait of thai re.
Howncd Warrior.
[Price 2 l-i Dollars.]
Portrait of Marshal Suivormu.
Ojitlome* defirou> of possessing a capital lifce
nifii executed in thc firft style, of this illustrious
Christian Chiefta.in, may b« furnifted with parti
cular rroof iruprtffion*, at thji office, price «ne
Dollar.
February la.
iroir IS THE I'RBSS,
And will be ready for sale in Boston, New York
and in many other parts of tht country,
By tit twtniy-fccond day as February,
A POEM,
Sacred to the memory of
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
By Richard Also*.
AMONG the excellent Eulogies on the ch»-
roiSar of thismufti-iou* man, we presume
it will We highly gratifying to the people of the
United States to learn, that the ta<k hat been un
dertaken in verse.by a Poet of such diftmguiftt
ed genius a* Mr. Alfop.
Why «n this day. whenerft in fmilcs afray'd,
Each chearful mien the signs ofljny difplay'd,
Why founds yon pafliHg knell in accent! flow,
AnA'firings each heart in unison of woe,
Why drops yarn veteran foldiei's hoary head,
Hit honefl pride, his ardou» Bed I
These B»ai k - of woe no private loft the cause,
No private gfief the tear from millions drawl;
But all a guardian friend, and fire deplore—
T«t ORIAT TUI lUUaiTil Wa»HIN«TON'» NO
MOIE.
{ IThi above Poetical Eulogy will.be for sale,
| on. Saturday the aid of this month, attheßook
' (lore of Willura Young, corndr of Chefnvlt and
: Second Strettt, Philadelphia.
| Feb.so.
A FEW HOGSHEADS
FIRST QUALITY SUGAR
FOtt SALE,
By ROBINETT and KISSELMAN,
No. 105 South I filter Street.
February 18. <j>t
PLAIS T£ RING.
THE Sulifcriber having urfdert.iken the
phiflering of the President's hoiife in the
city of Wafhingtor, wiflies t'> ei>gag£ twenty
good hinds, to whom lie will give generous
wages. To commence from tke ift of March.
February ao.
SALES
LANDS and SHARES
IN TMK
Population &Asylum Companies.
On Fkiday the ;th day of March next,
At 7 o'clock in the evening will be cxpofed to
Sale bj Public Vendue,
At the Merchants Coffee House in Second
firtet, in the city of Philadelphia,
THf FOLLOWING
LANDS,
5? * *
£ ? I"
Eqaiaunk, Northampton co.
Lehawaxen, ditto do.
Buttermi'k Falls, Luzerne do.
Equinunk, Northampton d«.
ditto ditto do.
1 fu 4>
7 *943
8
% 8.5 3 80
3 ICB3 66
3 1309 61
* 835 23
.1 879 78
H 4714 82
4 1489 j8
4 17.57
6 *603 124
6 4501 97
*3 9 7 3-7 9<»
8 350J 114
19 8061 8
20 8644 100
ij JJ474 Jl3
;63 15493 23
|»3 95 l 6 9'
Lehawaxen, ditto do.
Colhes Creek, ditto do.
Equinunk, ditto do.
Lehawaxen, ditto do.
ditto ditto do.
Equimink, ditto do.
Wyfenkin, Luzerne, do.
Starucii, Northampton do.
Buttirmilk Falls, do.
Ox Bow Creek, ditto do.
Meftappin,
ditts
Tufcarora,
WappaflVig, ditto do.
Melhappin & Tunkannock,
Luaerne do.
Allegheny do.
Equinunk, Northampton do.
Starucia, ditto do
so iooao - o
8 3439 3°
10 345 6 1 3
Brodhead's Creek, do. do.
747 « 00
ditto ditto do.
East branch of Lehawaxen,
5 aißi 61
15 6000 o
Northampton do.
East branch of Lehawaxen,
3 1200 O
Northampton do.
French creek &c Alleghenydo.
Toby's creak, Northamp. do
Schuylkill, Berks do.
Gonocanering, Allegheny do.
ditto ditto do.
Lehawaxen, Northampton do.
Wappufiiijr, Luzerne do.
Northumberland do.
75 30cco o
10 6183 80
37 14879 o
11 3 J 57 59
13 3191 9»
I 1 4400 o
9 33*4 44
6 6193 135
2,09664 17
ALSO,
Six hundred and seventy-three Shares in
the Population Company.
ANB
Three hundred and twenty six Shares in
the Jsylum' Company.
CONNELLY & Co.
Philadelphia, 14th Feb. dtf
f'i*
HUGIi DENSLEY.
Witrt/riualid.
ditto do.
d.tto du.
ditto do.
FOR CAPE FRANCOIS;
<£slz r ~' THB BRIGANTIN*
)£sf GEORGE,
4) WILLIAM BELL, Mahiii
ro fail on Sunday n«t She is a
good veflel, and just out of the Carp«nters
hand«.
ST For freight or paSage apply to
MOORE WHARTON,
No. 107 South IVattr Strut.
dtS
February 14
FOR SALE
Or to be exchanged for a good Vessel,
AN elegant new two story PRAME HOUSF,
twenty i'even feet front by thirty-four in
depth, with a commodious piazza and kitchen, to
gether with a coach house and ftabl*. htuate in
the flourilhifag village of Frankford. The houfc,
which iftay be entered the firft of June nest, will
be Sniffled i» the tictteft stile with mnny conveni
.ancc», and will be well adapted to a large genteel
family who may wish to reside in the country du
ring the funiraer leafort. In exchange, it will be
valued low, if a veffcl offVr that may be suitable.
Further particulars will be made known by ap
plication tv
MOORE WHARTON.
February 44. dtf-
THE PARTNERSHIP OF
JOHN PFELSH & Co.
IS diflolvtd by mutual consent, and the
bufinefi continued by
JOHN WELSH.
February 24.
NICKLIN and GRIFFITH
HAVE. FOX SALE
10 small chests of Ginghams, on board
4 ditto of colored Muflincts, 1 the (hip
4 bales of St. Fernando Serges, ( Nefter, in
4 ditto of Camblets, ' the river
10 ditto of colored and white I from
Caftimeres, J Liverpool
14 trunks of printed Callicoet,
'ike aiuve are in small ajferiedpackage! eahuLted
either for the IVeJI India or Ikmc trade.
30 torn l.e-d, in pigs,
8 ton. of An Whit* Letiifl-hMi.
17 calks of fine drv Yellow Paint,
6 ditto bf Mineral Black,
I ditto of ditto White,
io ditto of Colcothar,
3 ditto of Purple Brown,
lo cafe* English China Ware in setts,
36 cafk l ot Nails aiforted,
300 barrels pi.:tled Salmon,
80 half ditto ditto,
So b arte!* Herrings,
10 ditto ph. d,
10 ditto Markarel,
7 cafk*of Purier in bottles,
ao punchewns Rum,
190 pipe* of Brandy, 4th proof,
15 pipes old Madeira Wine,
if quarter chriis Young HyfonTea,
Ij boxes ol Imperial <litto,
Eng'ifh Gunpowder, HF
Forced Copper Nails aud Bolts,
Sail Clivals,
En.pty Wine Bottle*,
Cork jit fbeets,
Green Coflcc in hhd*.
F bruary 13.
Thirty-nine hogsheads of Sugar
FOR SALE
BY THK SU BSCK.IBF R.
A generous credit will be allowed.
Apply to MOORE WHARTON, No. hi
South Water Street.
Febrva<-v 21
WATER-OFFICE.
Centre Squa.t, Fcbcuaty 5, 1800.
IN compliance with the inftru&ions of the
Committee for watering the city, and with
my own inclinations, every possible admit
tance and information has been given to
those citizens who have viUted the Works
during their progress. The Engines are now
arrived, and are immediately to be put up,
and it is hoped that it will be thought rea
l'onableand just, both to the Public, and to
the Contractor for the Engines, that the
workmen (hould not be interrupted. As a
very few months will fully gratify the cu
rioftly of the citizens, by (hewing them the
Engines in full operation, a temporary ex
clusion bf all vlfitorsfrom the Engine houfs*
cannot appear improper.
B. H. LATROBE, Engineer.
dtf.
February 13.
Untied States, }
Pennsylvania District. $ S "
Notice is hereby Given,
'T'HAT in pursuance of a writ to ime dire&ed
from the hon Richard Peters, Judge of the
Difiriit Court of Pennsylvania, will beexpofed to
lale »t No. 49, Ni tth Third Street, id the City of
Philadelphia, 011 Monday the 24th day of Febru
ary inft. at 11 o'clock at noon,
i Cask, and
3 Hhds. Spirits.
The fame having been condemned in the said
Dlftrid Court as forfeited.
JOHN HALL, Marshal.
Marihal's Office, February 6. 3tawtf.
FOR ALL
DISEASES OF THE EYEb.
Church's celebrated Eye Salve.
For feverai year, uruverfally acknowledged as
a certain and infallible cure for inflammation*,
dimness, drynefs, blights, itchipgs, and films in
the eyes, proceeding from natural weaknels, or
from accidents, such as blows, dull, lime, or any
thing else being thrown into the eyes. It is ad
mirable in natural wcaknefs of fight, in defluiti
ons of rheum, and fur all ailment in the eyes af
ter the small pox, measles and fevers; it is Angu
larly efficacious in carrying off all watery and
grols humout-»; and in lengthening the fight
In fhnrt, there is no disease to which the eye is
fubjeil, but this salve is not a foVcreign remedy;
many hundreds have experienced its efficacy whan
in the greatest danger of losing their fight.
[Price 75 cents.]
Prepared only by the inventor and sole propri
etor, Dr. James Chursh, at his dispensary, 137
Front street. near the Fly market. New York; and
fold bpMs-ffrs. H and P. Ric«, 16 south Second
Arett, Philadelphia. "
Xfje (Sajetre.
PHILADELPHIA,
TUESDAY EVENING,FEBUUAUY 25.
THE United States frigate Ltncafter,
commanded by , has experienced a molt
violent inl'uircdliovi in the wardroom —The
commander and his aids have been at vari
ance l'ometime. It is reported that the com
mander has taken into keeping a vixen of
the name of old Nants, to whom he daily
and hourly refarts tor conl'olation ; the is «t
French extraftion, and her cordiality has
been the difiruclion of thoul'tiV -, ar.d will
he the bane of every one who has too dole «
connexion with her: It appears in this
wardroom, a very considerable difference ex
i(ts among the officers, refpetting the prin
ciples, &c. of the commander ; and dur
ing a debate one of the officers was holding
forth, 011 lobriety and good order, the com
manding party called tor an adjournment ;
one demon of this party accolted the officer
who was lad speaking, and told him that he
was happy the meeting was broken up, being
tired at hearing any thing 011 the fubjeft
of decency. Words ensued. Nota bene :
this demoncrat wa* foine time ago in France
and received lelTons on polieentrfs, kc. from
his ex-friend the bishop ef Autun ;of course
in the levelling democratic fly le of hi* friend,
he told the other ne was a damned liar ; be
fore 1 proceed to the couclufion, this fame
Demon became acquainted in Paris with
X. Y. and Z. and- the lady, and it is pre
sumed with other ladies ; when the lie was
given, he received in exchange a true Ame
rican blow from a fill never enervated by
foreign influence, that broke the bridge of
hit nose ; the nose i» a delicate point, and is
in general the firft affefttd by the French
difcafe, and is often broke without a blow.
Mr. Printer, 1 afTure you our wtrdraom
is in great confuGon, and I am fearful our
frigate will become a disgrace to the United
States, unlets old Nantz, by her cordiality,
should destroy the commander. It is under
stood among the crew, that Talleyrand's
friend, by the influence of Dr. Certificates,
is about {eliciting x patent f*r the art he
has acquired in creating riot and confution
Several black eyes and bloody nofei.happen
ed in the wardroom of the Lancafler.
I conclude, Mr. Printer, with the tranf
pofttion of an old German Bishop's Epitaph.
Eft «{l eft, in drinking t«o much eft
Our cammandcr, I hope, may die like a bctft.
Tit following is an Extract from tin Manu
script copy of Qratien.
" AT the approach of peace an occasion
arose, in which the best faculties as his su
perior mind *ere fummantd ta their utmoll
exertion—and in which the feelings of his
heart were to meet in strong colliiion with
the diftaiei of his judgment, and a para
mount liyif.- of public duty.
That army, by whole unfliaken fidelity
and invincible fortitude, the glory and for
tunes of America had been upheld in all the
riciffitudes of the war, was on the eve of
dilperfion. Those faithful comrades in ho
nor and misfortune were to iVparatc far ever,
under the mofl affliftisg circuaiflances of
individual adversity. To their country they
h*d fecuied the blessings of peace, and the
Soon ot independence ; and to every class of
their fellow-citizens a full participation in
these blessings, enhanced by the enjoyment
of that property, which, in their protested
avocations, they had been enabled to preserve
or to acquire. To the dilbanded veteran,
in the decline of lite, was opened the eheer
lefs profpefl of extreme penury, aggravated
in many instances, by wounds and inability
to labor. His honor and his arms, the in
struments of his glory, were all that he pof
fefled. Maimed, and disfigured by honor
able fears, he was become a stranger in the
: place of bis nativity—and he was no longer
reimmbeied by the eompanions of his early
years. His lojig-k-ft home was in the occu
pancy of another, and his future abode was
only certain to be wretched. While op
prefTed by these sensations, and aflailed by
the angry pafltons, which their fituatioß
i excited, the army were invited, by every
| conlideration, which the most fedudlive per-
I lualion could fugged, to redress their wiongs
j and relent the alle.dged ingratitude of their
country.
tnw WJ
ditv
Argument and eloquence were cxhaufted
to effeft the adoption of this fatal advice.
1 o counteract the dangerous -neafure—to
preftrve inviolate the honor of hi* trogpj,
and the fafcty ot his country, the wifdoni
and finnnefs of the virtuous Wafhinsjten
•were immediately intcrpoiVd.
With his heart wrung by the fufkringj
of the army ; with his mind deeply affected
by the counsel, which had been offered to
remedy their grievances ; conlcious of their
merits, ai;d no leis ienfibli; to the inability
ot the country to fulfill its stipulations, he
convened his officers, and presenting him
l'elf as mediator between the diftreflVs of the
troops, and th« public incapacity, at that
time, to relieve them. He adircifsd him
felf to their judgment, their honor, and
their patriotifin.
His opinions, framed on the irre.liflable
conclusions of truth, and urged with all the
torce of reason and lentiment, were infhnt
ly adopted, and the sublime fpe&acle was
exhibited of an army, viflorious over its
enemy, vi&orious over itfelf.
As Mr. Frothined seems to have a pafGon
for protecting thole truly civic virtues, rob
bery, piracy and murder, it seems incum
bent upon him to take mcafures for appeal
ing ihe manes of some two or three'liun
dred(? lately executed by Commodars Trux-
COMMUNICATION.
!• J- 1
ton. He ought, on hit own print n,l e ,
mediately to impeach that officer ; 'fbr'it i]
no palliation of his uncivic cundutf th
he performed this exploit with a v „lt 'ufew-.
ority of force.
•'Edward proceed ; to gain the mrcd of f amc
One height remains thy patriot grasp to claim'
Applauding murder Ihout; thee for her friend
Let worth and valor to thy hatred bend." '
BULLETIN Of HEALTH.
On the twenty-firftof this month, as was
predided, perished with three successive
(hock, ot Apoplexy, the fouleft harpy th it
ever polluted the earth. This monster h»i
passed 4 different times under various nawj
i'orie'ime* an enfuriatcd, outrageous whig'
—fom'etinies a tory, and again a whig -
now a conUitutionalill „o W tlw partizan of
hereditary right, now a federals, now an
antifederhliit, and l ift of all, a fettled, black
and malicious French Jacobin ; but at all
times, and undrf whatever name di'ftinguifh
ed, uniformly a cool, premeditated, deliber
ate villain.
Some fellows have indeed the impudence
to tell us, contrary to wliat we believe and
know to be not only inconsistent with the
peace, and welfare of society, but to the
raoft politive and infallible predidtion, that
he is (lill alive. I (hall answer these info
lentJ, by defying him or them to prove th«
premifcs.
Legislature of Pennsylvania.
In Senate Friday February 7th.
A inefTigi from the Governor by Mr.
Trimble, the deputy secretary of the Com
monwealth.
Mr. Speaker,
In obedience to the dircftions <Sf the Goj
vet nor, I have the honor to pfefent a jppf.
Cage from biro ta the Senate, together with
the documents mentioned in the mcflare, -
Mr.. Trimble accordingly prtfebfca tht
fame. ■
The incfT.ige from the Governor was read
as follows, to wit.
To tbt Senate and Hmse of Representation
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen,
Tbe attorney-general has informed me that
he his been lerved with a copy of a proceft
in a suit by the Rev. Dr. John Ewiug,
plaintiff, again ft the Commonwealth, defen
dant, in the Supreme Court of this State;
a fiuiilar copy has been left at the house as
the Governor, by th« fheriff ef the county
of Lancaster. As these proceedings haye
occured while the legislature is in full fefliont
I have deemed it advifeable to submit it to
you. whether the attorney-general should ap
pear lor the Commonwealth, and defend the
action,, or except to the jurifiiftion of tke
court.
By the I tth feftion of the 9th article of
our conditutiou, it is declared that " Suits
may be brought againfl the Commonwealth,
in such manner, infuch courts, and iaTbch
cases, as th- Legislature may by law direst."
As 110 provision has yet hien made by the
legislature to enable the citizens to have the
advantage of this part of tilt conftitutioii,
and as it is against the principles of natural
juflice for any body of men to be judges in
their own cause, it appeals to mr highly
necessary and expedient that this fubjeft
(liould be i'pcedily taken into confederation,
and me 1 fores adopted for affording a full,
tair and impartial trial, and determination
of such centrovtriies.
A petition to both Houses, from the
American Philosophical Society, for proms
ting ufeful knowledge, has been inclosed ts
me, copies whereof will be herewith deliver
ed This application from iouHful and
diflinguiftied a corporation, t<in require no
recommendation to the liberality ot the legi
ilature of Pennsylvania.
At the fame time I deem it preper to lay
before you a copy of a petition' from the 1 ruf
fes of Northumberland Academy, directed
to me. A few ;houfand dollan tnneoufly
expended in promoting learning and moral
inflruftion, will be the means of laving
millions in terrors .md in punishments, in
infurreftioni and in wars ; besides conier
ii:ig inestimable advantage! on lociety in
other refpefts. It is education forn;s the
human inind. Although v.e have llegletfed
to profit what we might by the genius and
labors of a Rittrnhoule, yet I trust we (hall
not lose the difmteieflcd services of the le> rl '-
ed and benevolent PritMy, whom a
Providence has placed near this inftitiltitiv
' THOMAS M'KEAN.
Lancaster, February 5, 1800.
On motion, and by fprcial order, the i.iid
message was read the second time.
Whereupon, or. motion ot Mr. MnclaJV
fetonded by Mr. Mewliorter,
XtSolvtd, That the message be
th n committee :o consider and repoittiere
on, and ordered that Mr. Gurnty, r *
Fiiidley, Mr. Smith, Mr. Barton, and Mr.
Maclay be a committee for the laid putp° c -
On Saturday, the i
Reprcießtatives of this ftnte had utroi*, ;
fide ration, the report'of i cop&K ;
Public Reads, contemplating tha,*
hereafter mentioned,
State' R»ids, and Ihculd be plater
care of tlie several eoutitief tbr®
the laid roads may pas*» tobe' %
the joint e;tpence of this Coo*
and of the said counties ; and tl
es of the Courts ot
have power to appoint an infpetto
think it neceffcry, to txamine aP
the in-when the road, or any p ar
'properly made ; and upon report
the fVid Judges flialt h*
draw upou the State Treasury
of the (aid expe.iice of makipj
in repair fucU ro*», sl»e <»rc w
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