Mr. FRANCIS'S
Last Public Ball for the present Season•
Mi. FRANCIS
RBSPECTf ULLV ioformtVis Scholar! and
the Public.in general, that hi> laftPvßi.iC
Sall will be on Tuesday, April i ft, at the
loom in South Frurth Street. In will
le introduced an entire new fct of Cotillions,
ismpofed by Mr. Francis, called
Les Delices D'Amerique.
ift The
id. The Military,
3d. The Bath ( Strathspey
4th. The l(Jfe (Keel
Compnfed entirely of the favourite Scotch
ftepas. Alfa,
Ttui New Country Dances
Tor the present Season, called
The First of April,
AND
7b* Philadelphia Medley.
The of the Medley i* feleAed from the
most admired Country Dances.
" 0 m An additional Band i< engaged to play
the New Dances.
£T Children that are not Pupili cannot be
admitted.
Mr. F. inform* his Pupili that a PraAifing
Will take place on Saturday evening, at which
. he reqjeft? their punctual attendance! in erdtr
' to be perieil in the new dancca for the Ball.
N. B. —Mr F. begs leave to remind Ins
Scholars end the public in general, that after
the of April he will remove his Academy to
Harmony Court where he will attend to give
inftruAion in the art of dancing, at his usual
rate of 5 dollars per month.
March 15
No. 111.
OF TNt
RUSH-LIGHT
Will be published next Wednesday mcrning.
gj* Ah a nr.oft tyrannical a?t«#pt has bees made
to fupprels the»fale and put a !,epto the circula
tion of this w#rk,/« Philadelphia ; and,as it i* ap
prehended that those, in the city, who *' hate the
hght, because their deed's are evil." will succeed in
intimidating the bookfelicrs so far as to prevent
them frcm felling ; this i« to give notice, that any
PhnaJtlphutn, who still wiflies to fee the truth, (hall
be fuppijVd with the RUSH LIGHT regularly by
and that I will pay tie postage.
The money mud be paid in advance; but this
may be very easily managed. Five jzertiemen, for
i.nftance, may join together, and fend on a five
dollar note, upon the receipt of which credit wilt
be to each of them for four Numbers which
will be regularly fant on, the moment they are
puMiJhed.
This puts one in mind of the means formerly
nj :de sfe olro ftesl books lr. m free Hates intodef
pctic ones. What strange things come about in
his world !
Mirch 14
AUTHENTIC LIFE OF SUWOROW.
JVS7 PUBLISHED,
AND
FOR HALS,
AT THIS OFFICE,
A SKETCH OF THE
2Ufe ana character
PRINCE ALEXANDER SUWOROW MTM-
NIKSKI,
Fbld-Ma.Oial General in the service of His fmperi
al Majesty, the Emperor of all the Ruflias,
WITH
The History of hip Campaigns.
Translated from the German of Frederick
Antbmg.
To which is adrffd,
A concise and comprehensive History of
His Italian Campaign.
By William Cobbett.
With an elegant Print-Portrait of thai re-
HQiuned Warrior,
[Price % I-a Doliara.'J
Portrait"of Metrsbtil Suworow,
Gty.tlemen desirous of poffefling a capital like
ne&. executed in the firft fiyle, of this illustrious
'Chriflian Chieftain, may be i'urnifbed with parti
cular proof imbfieilons at this office, price one
Dollar.
February la.
Schuylkill Permanent Bridge.
STONE.
PROPOSALS in writing will be received until
the 1.5 th A»y of April neitv at the office of
th» Xreafurer of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge
Company No. Church alley, for a fspplv of
:eH thousand perch of the b«ft quality Free Stone,
one half of which mud be of large dimensions,
viz 7to I» feet long, to 3 feet wide in the
bed, 9 to 18 inches deep—tha remiiSder to be of
the fuse which is generally called large foundation
Done, to be delivered at the Veil end of High
flreet, in such quantities and at such times as (hall
be required. Price and time of payment to be
expressed.
JOHN DORSEY, Secretary pro tem.
A quantity of for mortar will be
wanted.
March 17;
Will be exposed to Public Sale,
On Monday the 31ft instant, at fix o'clock in the
Evening,
At th« Merchant's Coffee House,
LOTS
No. 21, 22, 23, 24 ;
Part of the Springetfbury Edate,
The two former contain a great body of Excel
lent Building Stene easily Quarried. The plot of
the whole Etlate may be seen at the Bank of North
America, where perfoni desirous of purchasing
other parts may be informed of the conditions.
dt3iil.
March %p.
NOTICE.
ALL p«rfon« indebted to the estate of JOHN
RHOADS, late of this city, deceased, are
requested to male immediate paymentand those
fiaving accounts against the fame, to bring them
in, duly attested, for payment to
RACHEL RHOADS, Admin'tx.
No. 19 North Third ftrcet.
March 24.
NOW LANDING,
(FOR HAL&J
From the (hip George Barclay, at I.arimtf's
From the schooner Fansy, at Latimer'j vrkarf,
ioo hhds. clayed Sugar.
From the brig Betsey, lying at South ftrect wharf,
40,00q foet Bay Mahogany,
17 tons Logwood,
6 tons Fustic.
A 4.59,
White Havanna Sugar,
Brown Sugar,
Old Red Port Wine,
Sherry Wine, .
Claret in cases,
C&jy.rs in barrels,
Madras arid Pulicat Handkerehit-fs.
Apply to PHILIPS, CRAMOND V Co.
March 21. d6t
Just Arrived,
and for sale by the subscribers,
OF THE SHIP PHILADELPHIA,
Theodore Bliss, Commander, from Bengal
CONSISTING OF
An affbrtment of Piece Goods.
Sugars ot the firft quality,
And ioo qr. chests of luperior quality
Hyson Teat.
d6t.
March 17
FOR St. THOMAS'S,
Jr*** the ship
Thomas Chalkley,
Thomas Kenny, Majler.
Saih faft and expe&cd to depart
4*S$R in fix or day*, 3 or 400
barrals will be received on freight, if fpecdy ap
plication be made.
For which or piflfege apply to
March 21
nrltE Creditors of the late houTe of Irwin &
cf Lexington, Kentucky, are
hereby informed, that a dividend of fucfc mot
nieaof that firm, as have been received by the
fubferifeer, will be made on the twentieth day
of April next, among those credrtora who fliatt
have before that time furniftcd their accounts
properly attested to
March 15,
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE SUBSCRIBERS OFFER FOR SALE,
Two very valuable Farms,
IN the townfbip of Springfield, and county
of Burlington, containing about two hun
dred acres tach. The Woodland and Meadow,
of which there is a fi.fficient quantity, it not
inferior to auy in the Stite.
aftraA the notice of. periods residing'
within the county'of Hurlmgton, desirous of
purcbafing good land, 'tis only- neceflVry to
mention that theft faro*# we parts of thatex
cellent trail of iioo acres lately ovuied by
Samuel Bullus.
The term 9 of sale will be mad* convenient
to the purchaser and may be known by apply
ing to the faWcribers. Those who may w;(h to
view the land, wiii please to call on William or
ITrati Shinn, the present occupants.
SAMUEL HOUGH,
JOSEPH McILWAINE,
Attcrnies i:i faR for John Bullus and Ruth BuHut.
Burlington, New Jtr.'ey,
March 12,1800.
Tie Cargo of the ship Molly, .captain Swain,
Jrom Batavit,
CONSISTING OF
SUGAR in whole and half caßnifters,
Ceribon Coffee,
Black Pepper,
Sap an Dye Wood,
-Ebony, and
Thirty two bales of Cotton Yarn,
ALSO, THE SAID
MOLLY,
BURTHEN feur thousand three
GEJWiZZxr hundred barrels of Flour, 3icu«t« it
Hine pourderi, with flint and small arms compleat
and is newly coppered to the bends with patent
copper. Apply to
NICKLIN V GRIFFITH.
March 15.
A VALUABLE TRACT OF
LAND,
LYING on the Potomac River, county of Nor
thumberland, state of Virginia; containing
about r 400 aeres—its fituatien is equal to any other
in the Northern Neck, lemarknble for evory kind
of wild fowl, oyfiers, fifh and crab, and none bet
tor for health. It i« about the fame distance from
Baltimore, Alexandria a»d Norfolk'; and not more
than one days fail from either. Th«re are three
improved plantations with dwelling houses, the
one known by the name of Exeter Lodge, former
ly the rtlidence of col. John Gordon, is an elegant
two (lory brick house, with four rooms on a floor,
and a pafiage sixteen feet wide.
mwfim
The other two are commodious and convenient
iy fitted, wi:h good and suitable out houses, at one
of which John Murphy, fcfq. (now of Weftmore
land county) lived fcveral years;on this farm there
is a good grift mill, with water fufiicient to turn
any number of stones j alfe convenient {lore hou
ses and granaries ou a public road, well situated
for a country store. On eaeh of those places there
are fine apple and peach orchards. The greater 1
proportion of the land is of the firft quality, at.d
near the half ef the whole heavily timbered. The
terais may be known by applying to Wm. P. Tebbs
Baltimore, Fouftee G. Teb'b», esq. of Richmond
county, Virginia, or to Thomas Murgatrojd and
Sons, Philadelphia.
Feb. 5—14.
wharf,
Java Coffee,
Java Sugar.
THE CARGO
Witlings W Francis, and
Thomas isf John Clifford.
MOOKE WHARTON,
No. 11 j South Water street.
dtf
NOTICE,
WILSON HUNT.
Atfting aflignee.
duo
SITVATXO
dim
For Sale,
tu.th&fa.tf.
FOR SALE,
3taw
MISS BROADHURST
RESPECTFULLY informs h*r ir tends and the
public, that Ihe intends having a CONCERT at the
City Tavern on Thuifday evening the 3d April—
Particulars of which will lie mentioned in a luture
advertilement.
Tickets to be had at above, and at Chalk's Cir
culating Library, No. 75 North Third ftrect.
March 14.
PROPOSALS
For publishing in Weekly Numbers,
THE
HISTORY
(CITIL AND COMMERCIAL)
OF THE
Britilh Colonies in the Weft Indies,
In tiuo •volumes.
By Bryan Edwards,' Esq.
Oi the liland of Jamaica*
m. p. f. r. s. a. s.
And Member of' the American Philosophical
Society.
7$ •wbii.b •will It added,
IPubliihed since the foregoing, by the fame author)
TUP DD/\/>Dr>niMro
THE PROCEEDINGS
In regard to tie Maroon Negroes in the
Island of jamaita ;
With Observations (>n the disposition, charat
ter, manners and habits of life of the Maroon»;
and a detail of the origin, progress, and termi
nation of the late war between those people and
the white inhabitants.
ALIO,
An Historical View of St. Domingo, or
Hispaniola ;
Comprehending an account of the former go
vernment of the French part of that island, its
political Date, population, productions, and
exports; a narrative of tile calamities which
defolaisd the island ever since the year 1789;
and a detail of the tianfaflions of the BritiCh
army in that island to the end of the year 1794.
To be illustrated with a large two fteet general
MAP of the WEST INDIES, and ten other
Mips, ill executed in the bed manner, viz.—■
of Jamaica, Barbadoes, Grenada, St. Vincents,
Dominica, St. Chriilopher's, Nevis, Antigua,
the Virgin Iflaods, and 3 Iheet Map of the Island
of Hilpanibla. to be embcllilhed with
SIGHT COPPERPLATE PRINTS,
The ift An Indian Cacique of thelOand of Cu
ba, addrtlF.ng Columbus concerning a future fUts
Note—lt it print, -with the fourth aaajixth, are par
ticularly iUuilrabJ. In tie illujlruticn cf th/r fourth it
given a , try curtoyt description of Gzlumlus't pcrfon and
i- iti which tie print it said accurately t) Mr
refpond.
3u The Br fa J Truit of Qtaheite as produced in
tke Botanical Garden at Jamaica.
3d A Faisily of the fled Charaibes in the IflanJ
of St. Vi.,(eut.
4tk Columbus ani hi? two sons Diego and Fer
dinand, discoursing on tkeir difeoveries and prof
peifls; from a* ancient Spsnifli pi<3ure in the pof
fcflion of Edward Home, Esq. of BcTis Mount,
near Southampton. ♦
Jth The voyage of the fable Venus from An
gola to the W t H Indies.
6th A. Negro 1-cltiTal in the Island ol St. Vin
cents, irom life, from ao original pifiure drawn
by Agofiino Brunyas, in the possession of Sir Ww.
Young, Bart.
7th Plan and elevation of aa improved Sugar
Mill, designed hy Edward Woollary, Esq. of Ja
maica.
Bth Leonard Parkinfon, a Captain of Maroons,
at taken from life.
It is P»cpese4 to print by subscription,
(To be pvblifhtil in weekly numbers)
THE FORESnINO VKRT
Interesting and ufeful Work.
I The fubferiber therefore ofers (htfe prspofals
to (he public, intending as soon ti three hundrsd
have f*bfcribe, J , to publish the firft number, co*n.
meacisg if with the General View of the Ancient
State of the Inhabitants, their origin, manners,
customs, Jtc. as well ol liifpanioia, Cuba. Porto
Rito, ice. as of all the BritiOi Iflaudj; and he will
continue publishing a aumSer weekly, till tile
whole is finifhed—on the following terms, T;2.
ift. It (lull be printed on a handfnme quarto,
on a neat Type, and on the bell Printing Paper.
ad. It lhali be published in Numbers weekly,
and is calculated to be compleated jn Fifty
Numbers: Each Number to contain Twenty
four Pages of Letter Press. The Price for each
Number to be One Quarter of * Dollar, to be
Paid on Delivery Should it exceed Fifty
Numtun, the Romainder will be given gratis.
jd. The Maps and Prints will be delivered
with the Numbers to which they particularly
attach, free of any additional Piice. And a
Dire<slion will be given igair.lt what particular
Page each one is to be plai ed.
The tubferlbers Names, with the Title Pages,
&c, will be given with the last Numbers.
Note. Such Subfcibers as do not incline to
receiva the Numbers as they are publiflied, will
have them carefully reserved for thein on pay
ing F »ur Dollars at the Time of lubferibirg,
and the Remainder when the Work is fimihed.
To prevent Difappnintment or Complaint, it
is HOW premiled, that a: there will be bot a
very few Copies struck off more than may be
fubtribed for, the Price of them will be consi
derably raised after the Publication of the
Numbers which are to compost tbe firft Vo
lume.
JAMES HUMPHREYS.
Philadelfhia, Marth u, 1800.
SuBtCiPTiONs are received by said Hum
phreys, at No 106, the Sofoth Side of Market-
Street, M«flrs. Pritchard and Davidfon, at
Richmond, Virginia. Mr. G Hill, Baltimore,
Maryland. Mtflrs. Thomas and Jimes Swords,
New-York, Mr. Jimei White, Bollon ; and
Mr. T. C. Culhiwg, Salem, Maflachufetts.
March i§, eTb4w
MUNGO PARK'S TRAVELS,
JN THE IHTI.KIOR OF AFRICA,
Is now in the Prcfs of James Humphreys,
PRINTINC Bl" SUBSCRIPTION,
And will be finiflied witiall the expedition poflible;
THt CONDITIONS All F,
IT it in large eSavo, on a beautiful vellum pa
per, a neat type, and will be illustrated with a
Urge elegant MAP of the route of Mr. Park thro'
Africa.
I he prire to fubferibers will be two dollars and
an halt for it neatly bound and lettered.
The Subfcribeis names to be printed iathe be
ginning of the book.
Note.—lt will be necelfary for thofc who wi£h
to be poifeficd of the above celebrated woik on thp
superior paper to fubferibe for it soon, as there will
be but a few copies printed more than what it it
imagined will, be fubferibed for.
Subscriptions are received by said Hu*ipt.iey3,
at No. 106, south fide of market street.
■parch 8,
v Xjje oasf tte.
PHILADELPHIA,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16.
Juftum et ttnacem propofiti viruin,
No» civium ardor pravajubemium,
Non vultus inflamis tyranni,
Mente quatit folida.
Mr. Fenno,
I wifli to know the natne of the patriotic
member of Congrefi who wrote to General
Collot, an agent of the French government,
to the following effeft, viz.
" I intepd being, soon, in Philadelphia,
and as I wilh to have frequent communica
tions witji you, I requcft you will produre
me lodgings as near you as possible, if we
cannot be together under the fame roof.
I ihall immediately an my arrival, want two
thoufa/id dollars, imd hope you will be able
to accommodate me."
I wifli likewise to know the name of the
patriotic member of Congress, who, on firft
hearing of the defenfive measures adopted
by Congress in 1798, declared that he
" tioped in God that France would bring
tbte United States to their senses in fix
monthsand whether the said patriotic
member «f Congress was, at tbe time of
making the said declaration, a Governor,
as has been alledged, of one of the States
in the Union.
If y'cu, Sfry or any of your c.orrefpondents
can give the above information, ynu -ii'Hl
render an important fervite to the public,
and oblige
AN ENQUIRER.
MO2AL REFLECTION.
It is an honorable charafleridi* of our
country to spurn at oppression and p?rfecu
tion. Every body detests the malignant
villain who, too mean and too cowardly to
cope with antagonists oil a footing witli him,
converts the glaaray and empty fabric of
hit garly into a prifon-houfc
for the young, " the amiable," the innocent
and the defetceltft. Such baseness, to the
diftinguifccd credit of our country, is here
overtaken in every instance, with a signal
and just vengeance. The is that
of a thief who robs a child or a ladv, but
feiilks when challenged by men who might
expole him to exertion, and colt him sfcon
teD.
We are told, that an aftion has been
commenced at the suit of Dotlor Binja-
MIN Rush, against young Mr. Dickaw of
this city, for felling some pamphlets ani
madve. ting upan sundry of his opinions, &c.
Senator Pinckney whom, (taking the
word of his friend, the successor of Bache)
people begin pietty generally to call The
Orator of tbe llunarj Race, has, it frems,
waxed wroth, at being put sn a level with
the Hon. Mr. Cocke. It would be an un
toward circumstance if, in his /cat to repel
this farcalm, he should have recourlt to such
exprcffions concerning the Hon. member's
talents, as to lead to a breach. The sword
ol Calligclli would effect an hidous hiatus
in a Senatorian bread.
Mr. Jeflferfnn, in his veracious declara
tion of Independence, tells us that all men
are, by nature, equal ; and all good re
publicans ii* affedl to reteive this as faift.
Yet how strenuously do the most eminent of
republicans deny that Mr. Pinckney it equal
to Mr. Cocke.
It is Vomtivhere said, that " wit is a bur
lot i" and the Democratic and True Amer
ica.) Or«;o/s and writers of the present day,
seem implicitly t« believe the aftrtion.
Certain it is, they do, in this regard, pre
serve a r.ioft inflexible chastity.
OIJ Priestley, We 1 earn, contemplates the
eftabhfhmen l : of an Academy, after the mo
del of that of Lagado ; in this Academy,
the modem doO.rrt'e of Airs will be explod
ed, and that of PMogjfton established. As
a war with Great Britain will be one of the
firft steps «f Mr. J's administration, young
gentlemen will be particulaily inftru<3ed in
the best method of calcining Ice into Gun
powder. X. B. It is not precisely known
whether this be the Academy alluded to by
Governor M'Kean, in his nieffage refpeft
ing " the benevolent Priestley."
" Let not the rustling ®f silks, nor the
creaking of shoes betray thy poor heart to
worfaab." This admonition of a wife man,
was levelled at a danger probably more pre
valent in the present day, than in thole of
old King Lear or good Queen Bess. The
" rustling of silks," the " creaking of shoes,"
the display of bas de soie, cles seirts super
bes, See. &c—all of which are dominant evils
at prelent, do, it is feared, betray many a
" poor heart."
When I heard an obfeurc Attorney, in
pleading again)! a poor village newsmaß,
who had been prosecuted for a libel, aflfcrt
that *• the Five Thouland Dollars verdi&
againfl Porcupine had not met with a fingk
! obje&ion ; I could not forbear remarking
to my triend, " il ment ici comme un arra
cheur de dents. My friend was an Attor
ney, and rejoined, "he fays it cum privile
ge"'
The author of the publication which ap
peared in Fenno's Gaseite of lafl evening,
ana which Mr. Fenno fays was handed to
him by Mary Burgess (.corner of Second and
\lmond ftrec:).;j requeued to leave hit
n.-n;c wit!: the printer.
JOHN RUSH.
J," U. s. Philadelphia.
March ?,£.
For tbe Gazette of tbe United Stales.
Mr. Fenno,
The following appeal to Congress for the
fulfilawnt of u contrail of the U. States,
is, we are told, prefenied and under con.
fideration. If the statements are true, if
it be a fa& that tliefe securities bear ths
endorsement of the United States, as copi
ed in the memorial, it will, we (hould f«p.
pose, appear clearly impossible, to refofe
payment, and preserve the faith of go
vernment.
Ia order that every one Concerned may have
a view of the fubjcdt, Mr. Fenno, you
are requeued to give it a place in your
gazette.
AN AME*ICAN CITIZEN.
To the Senate and tbe House of Represent'
atives in Coxgrtss assembled.
The Memorial of the Subscribers
Jbevjtth,
THA I' your memorialists have long and
greatly fufFered by the non-payment of the
interelf due to them from the United States,
and ensured in the Hallowing words,'»is.
" The United Status en I are tlfc pay
ment of the within Bill, and will draw
bills of exchange for the intt reft (tnr.ualljy
if demanded ; according to a refelutio!] of
Congress of the 18th of March, 178a-."—
As 110 form of words, your rneincrialifta,
conceived, could express a mare fpecinc and
absolute engagement, or more solemnly
pledge the Faith of tbe United Stales, they
placed entire confidence in it; and gave pre
ference to Stole securities. But finding to
their great difappnintment, Tim pro»ifi»u.
wai not made for this debt in the firft law
of the present government, for the payment
of the public debts, your mem jrialilh peti
tion the next Congress; and lodged the ob
ligations in the Treasury for payment, con
formably to the aft limiting claims; and
repeated their petitions from year to year.
In 1794, a committee of Congress, to whom
this fubjeft was referred, reported, " That
the contrail for the interest appears to be
an absolute and original undertaking of tbe
United States."—ln 1795, the Secretary of
the Treasury to whom this fubjeft had been
referred, reported to Congress, " That the
United States absolutely engaged to pay tbe
interest on these bills in sterling bills of ex.
change annually, ufttil the principal Oiould
be paid;" and that ".This engagement hit
never been revoked. 1.
And as sterling i'iiis of exchange were
generally better than money, this engage
ment was pre-eminent to all other notes or
obligations for money. No scale for tte~
predated notes or frills,' ever made by Con
grrfs, extended to theft"fecurities.
Eminent Statcfmtfi allure your memorial,
iffs, that as the Constitution ordains that
'""All debts contracted, and engagements
entered into by the former government, fiiall
be equally binding upon the present,"—this
engagement mull be as obligatory as if it
had been the a£\ of the last br the pre fan t
Congrsfs. And your memoiialifts are as
sured by eminent judges of law, that it is
not poffiole to pledge the faith of govern
ment in a more perfefl manner.
It will He remembered that these securi
ties were iffu<-d upon a complete funding
system, in order at that all-important pe
riod to establish their credit upon a perma
nent basis ; therefore the combined faith of
the United and of the individual States was
pledged for the payment of the intered and
the principal equal to specie. Congiefs re
quired the rtfpe&ive States (before they re
ceived any of the bills) " to establish by law
permanent funds for they payment in gold
and silver, the sums they might receive in
these bills from the United States, by the
31ft day #f December 1786." This was
done toenfure universal confidence in these
feturities, and to ensure repayment to the
Union, such sums of interests, er principal,
as Congiefs might provide for.
By the contra# on the face of these obli
gations, the refpj&iveStates were not bound
to pay the interest until the principal be
came due, but the United State* bound
themselves by the contra ft in the endorse
ment, to " 1 pay the interest annually."
Wherefore the creditors had a prior demand
upon the Union. And the Union alone
has the means te obtain payment from the
delinquent States.
The committee on claims, once suggested
an opinion, that those States would make
provision for those obligation*, and that
therefore it might be unn*ceflary for Con
giefs to do it: but thefaft is, some of your
memorialists before and finc<j that period,
made application to those States, and were
refufed payment.
As the States arc not amenable te !a-j>,
upon the demand of citizens, however legal
and (acred the contraa, your snemorialiftj
have no means to obtain payment from
them.
If the fundamental principle of a free go
vernment, "a government of laws, an!
not of men," was in active existence, your
memorialists might long since have received
payment from the States. Tjie Union
alone poflcffes .the neceijary constitutional
powers to obtain payment from those States.
To the Union, therefore, your memorialing
mud appeal for juflice. It was in the en
gagement of the Union they confided. And
as they fulfil all their obligations to tie go
vernment, and pay all duties and taxes ac
cording to law, they ought not to entertain
the painful idea that Congress may violate
this solemn obligation, and refufc to fulfil
the public engagement to them.
According to the letter of the law, made
by Congress for this purpose, your memori
al ills now have a right " to receive their in
tcreft annually at the refpe&ive loan offices
in sterling bills of exchange."—But when
they apply for the fame they are told that
no provilion it made to fulfil the law. Thus