JEJ& tffasttti. =--- '•stj V IDSFSI'AT; BVENING, AFRIL 2s. ► ■From tbe American Eagle. MR. Printer, Claiming neither to be one of " the fove jtign people," nor an indifferent fpe&ator of public transactions, I Itave taken the liberty of reviewing the conduft of our agenti in the lav State Legi o.' w——North America, . 50 J Wfamwe eomp.' N.A.lhara j per cent, bete* _ ..***■. . ' . Pennsylvania, (hares, 44 per cent. ad*. !ia(Mndia Company of N. A. 6 per cent advance Lar.d Warrants, 3a dolls, per 109 acr«s. COURSE OF EXCHANGE London, 75 at 30 days 70 & 7»J at 60 a9O dayi "• mfterdam, 3,5 340 a-t 00 per florin Uamburgh 3* 24 i-xog per Mark jfuco. CONG RESS. house op representatives. TwfctDAY, April ai; Mr. Bird obtained .leave of absence for 15 days'. . .. 1 he bill to eftab!i(h the diflrift of Keprie bunk, and to annex Lyme.to New-London ; to alter the diftri&of City 'Point and Ber muda Hundred ; aiid thctrin to amend the' adt regulating the colleflion of duties 011 imports .3ud tonnage., was. read a third time, and patted. The bill to incorporate a company, by the name and flileof the Mine and Metal Com pany, was aTfo ieid a third time, Ail 4 upon the quedion shall tie bill pass ? it was resol ved in the negative—ayes 34, —noes 36- On motion of Mr. Rutledgr, the order of the House for meeting at 10 o'clock, was rescinded —ayes 42, —noes 33, and the House will,in future meet at the usual hour, u o'clock. Mr. Hnger prefrnted a petition sf Savage Still well, merchant, tif the city of Philadel phia ; which was read and referred to the Committee of Claims. The amendments of the Senate to the bilT to divide the territory e,f the United States north-weftof the Ohio, into two separate' governments, was referr.-d to a leled com mittee. Mr. Dennis, fiom the committee to whom vyas referred the amendments of the Senate, to the bill making further pravifioh for the removal and accommodation of the Govern vent of the United States, made report that it wonld be proper to accede to all the amend ment* l'he House concurred The bill to provide for the equalization of unseated lands, was agreed to, in Committee of the Whole, and ordered to be engro(T:d for a third reading to-morrow. Mr. D. Foster, from the Committee of Claims, to whoni was referred the fever.it. petitions ot Alexander Koxborongh, Giiffitli Jones, David Jones, Thomas Leiper, Philip Bulh, and sundry r,th«rs ; and a biLI from the Senate, for the relief of. the.iegal Beprr l'entatives of Nathaniel Lapik-y, decealed— all praying for the renewal of 4o(l certifi cates—made report, that it would be inexpe dient to grant the relief prayed far ; and thax the fiid bill from the Senate, ought not to pass. This report Was committed sos-Thursday next. The bill to enlarge the powers of sur veyors of the revenue, was taken up in Com mittee of the Whole, when Mr.'Cooper offered an amendment, to obviate certain* difficulties which exill in the • alTelfuient of patented lands in the State of New-York— which wasojpofed by Messrs. Nicholns and' Harpei;, as introducing'* new and, perhaps, dangerous principle. On motion of Mr. Elinonderf the Com mittee *ofe without coming, to a dtcifion, a*jd. kiw,was .given to fitljgain. . ■v . The Hoti(c irfqlved iti'e'f into * commit tee of the Whole on the repi.ft of the'fc lei\ Gommittee to whom was referred t|ie amend ments of the Senate to bill Supplementary to the ait entituled an ait for an aniicabie fettltnifflPJ j4,limits with the (Ute v{ Geor gia »n. iwtxhibiti n thi« rveninp, M.-i. e" j I u"i, jr°. . n,,ttff » t0 w ' ,orn 15 I brft expedient for eftabliihiug his noble pe- Morris'* Ben#nt n poftp ned until to-morrow referred the bill prtfcribihg the mode of de- digree, would be. to produce some warr* " l)c *««h cidi nj y dilputed i-left ions of Pre CiJent and able attribute thereof ; and none could be mSsJ "f 'c' Ll !!' tC l S: X tes \ V 'f" tl,OL, e h ' eligible than 'a coat of arms. -r ' i ' Goodrich, The limner was immediately sent for ; his iitper, Nichfihs, Dennis and Bayard. Holiness desired him to dispose, ina ju . dicious manner, .an Eagle, some Pill.,rs trading fetyifa wWt. tfa&iq-. mS&I *•#,*}* f *P^' enc y' 9f continuing mi ,*? in l- c F 1 rfeornmen'dujgihe. .•tngpidn'of a rffiitiiti'on Tor soiitimujijr the ttttifcfcx till the jj of March, I?P3. ...'.. , ■ . A BILL For df Admt'ralsfor \hc n the bet ter management. Sec. 2 And be it further crafted, That the pay of the Vice Admiral (hall be dollars per month, and rations per day, or money, as an equivalent therefor. And that the pay of a Rear Admiral (hall be dollars per miTnth, and rations per day, or money therefor at an equivalent. Sec. 3. And be further aoadedk That the' Vice Admiral (hall only receive hts pay and rations whilst actually empl6yed"in the command of a fleet, and a Rear Admiral only whilst employed in 'the command u£ a ftjuadron in actual service. Sec. 4. And tie it further ennfted, That any Admiral, commiflionrd as above, not a finally employed in the command of a fleet or fquidfon lhall only be'erttitled to receive half his monthly pay and rations. Sec. 5. And be it further enaifted. That the Navy fhsll be divided into squadrons, and have luct a variety 10 the flags that each imy be known under the. defcriptiori of White, Blue and Red. L Sec. 6. And be it further ena&ed, That each admiral whilst oa duty (hall be-allowed a captain to aid and assist him ou.board the ftiip on which he (hall boill his flag,, to be taken out »f the ciptains in the navy. -r :mm The iupply voted by the Briti/h Parlia ment for the—yepr eighteen hundred-it £.39,500,000. I By the last accpuh t» from London, Mr. Gore and Mr. Cabot were to embark in about le days, pti board one of the Britifli packets, and mariy be hourly expefted in this country. What brings them home we know not ; probably, the business of the conmiflion in London. A letter fronj a refpeftable gentleman in .London, tohiYfricod tnßofton fayi, " .thq envoys will b« .fsop at Harii will deubtleft make a peace." • 1 . /• ■Misfortunes viflttVen itle righteous. Dr. Plilogi()on : , tlielricompaiabl.e Pbilpftfpherof the Human lately blew up himfelt' and all kirfamilv hy' the-exjdoGon of a quan tity .of. ail-,. vjbiw';he,'was torturing with his c'xpcrimsnt.«, --We have, not'hea'rn whethti his fplentlid maufipn which he t»l.kj so much about in, l4ii r vUiiininatf'd and illuminating letters, jiiais "«r was no: de'phlogkftca.fcd alcng with »ir v thi!' air. HXTKACT. A learned Rabbi of the Jp that lie might speak with the (beriff; who be ng come to him, he said thus—" Mr. Sheriff,. I am now going to leave the world, and am loth to cunceal good ; I rhat the last robbery I committed was on this fpet, and being closely pnrfued, I threw, a large pu.fe of money into this pond.'' The people ing him tell this to the (heriff, notwith-i (landing the poldncfs of the weather, ran* into the pond to search for the money, which tbey did.for a long.time, t-ill they were weary, as was also the (heriff »ith (faying; whereupon became atairi t»fhe fellow, and a fleet! him if ht was not mify taken? " No, (fays he) mv intention was 10 have some mirth and sport before I wa» hanged—l have now had my dclire. in fee ing the people wet and cool themfelverfor nothing—you may now drive on when you plcafe." Anecdote of Pope Pitts the sixth. The late Pope Pius the VI. descended from an obscure family in Romagna, of the name of Brafchi; n«t coutentid with the spiritual and ftculat* fovereigtity, and the tiara which fortune pieced upon his head, was v?«ak, eaoagh to thiukit derogatory of must, beyond controversy, fix the belo«e< nobility of his ancestors back to the remotefl antiquity. The pencil did jultice to the sublime idea of the bright imagination ol the Representative of St. Peter [ and ac cordingly che board was placed over ihe porcli of one of his Holinefs's villas—when, the next day, the following satirical infertp-, tion was found on it : Aquilam Imperio redde, Reddc Columnas C lamnis*, Sideri feddc Cdfclo, Sitlo Ccicna till. Rrftorc the Eagle to the Empire, the Pil lars to the Columna, and the Stars to Hea ven. The chain alone belongs to you, • Columnis avert» to an ancicot Roman family,- Hill txifting, and at prefcni known as FnnceiCo lua\na. x GENERAL ORDERS. MACPHERSON's blues. THE Legion will pyrade op Friday nex* the 25th inft. precisely at 4 o'clock P. M. aj the Mar£ge in Chelnut-Street completely quipped. The cavalry "Will form in the street South of the 'The other troups will form within ; the Artillery with* but weir .Field-pieces. 'I he officers commanding the Companies of Riflemen and Jnfantry in the County, are ordered to multer their refpeftive commands, at any time and place moil convenient, on or before the id day 0 f May, "by which time' corre& rtrfurns of men, Arms'and Acoutre menti riiuft be delivered to the Quarter Matter : asthe commanding officer is anxious to ascertain the t.rue state of the expels the ftri&eft attention will be paid to this order. By order of Brig. Gen, Macpberson, JOHN M'CAULEY Adjutant April 18, dt 25 VOLUNTEER «REENS. THE Troop of Volunteer Greens will parade ea Friday the 25th inft. at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at their usual place of pa rade on the Bid k of Schuylkill, completely equipped. JOHN MORRELL, Caftan. NOTICE THE.First Tr»op of Philadelphia Ca valty will meet on Friday neXt the 25th inft at four o'clock in-the afternoon at the Mauigc in Chefnut ftieet, properly rqu p ped. JOHN DUNEAP, Captain. Port of Philadelphia. Arrived—The (hip Kirarn, Whitney, in 63 divs from Liverpool. The (hip Swanlbi roueh, Vredertburgh, for Baltimore and schooner Betsey, Haf (ie, for' Cape Fj-ancois are cleared. Captain VVhi.tney failed the (ixieenth Fe bruarjr from.: L iverp'.ol, with the (hij> Jcihp Ad?ms. (arrived a few day* since) of and fcr Boiioii ; -Britiftl ftlip'f.ondOn, Roper, of and for Philadelphia parted from them the seventeenth in a 'al#j f wirid. On the the 25th Marsh", in lat. 42, 30, N. to the eastward of the Grand Binks. fpgke the (hip John Adams, the Captain of which'i'ifprmrtl Captain Whitney, that after leaving him an the fevei teeiith j'ebiuary he put into Greenock to repair a leak, in com pany wiih the Loudon, Roper, and {hathe tailed from thence the twentieth February and left there tha London, to repair the damage fuftaincd in a gale of wind. On the twenty-seventh of March, in lattittule 43, 00, N. longitude, 53, W. fell in with several extci five islands of ice, and with some difficulty extricated the (hip from them —March thirty, in lattitude 41, jo, long titude 54, spoke the (hip Portland, from New York to Liverpool, out ten days. April five, spoke the schooner Hannah, Hooper, from Liffeon, bound to Marble head, 'ninth April, in lattitude 40, long itude 65, fp.oke the (hip Commerce. from Portland to St. Martins. IMPORTED In the Ship Canton from China, Richard Dale, Esq. Commander, Yellow -Nankeen*, Mike, . Imperial, ■ "J Yoni»g_Hyfon, f HyfonjSkin, J»TEAS. Green and j jScuc.bor.g " J Apply to the fuhferiber, or at. Mefir», Willing! atid Francis's, Penii-ftreet. R. WILLING. d2w. April tJ, I HAVE a'good, many LOTS in the rity of Wa(bii)gton, : fame ot them. in. dcfirabJe situ&« tiqiis jbr gentlermn to live on ; «thcr* <-n the wa ter of Oreeli, and fronting south on the* to feet leading over the'briflge, c(\«im d che brft ftamii in the city 'of bulinei*. I wish to. fell fume ■ot'them:; th« title is clear. Any j'crion inclined ti? pur?hg(V vequeCt .d -o apply to Mr. Jo&ua johuU/n, Mr. Cta»uh. Mr Dum t, Mr Hobt-fi,or THOMAS JOHNSON. &4W Ajil a On Thursday Evening, April 24, Will be prcfeufei a favorite Comedy, (not a&ed this frtfor.) called EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT To which will bt added a MuficalEntertain ment (nc-vcr performed her*) called THE NAVAL PILLAR. To concede with a grand display of Emblematic Transparent Scanery, and Naval Dtcoratiom, with the APOTHEOSIS of the late illufii ions Lieutenant General Wajhingto H, Dpfignedby Mr -Holland, and cuccutid by Mr. Mi.bourne, 'Mr. Holland, Mr. Hobbins and Mr. Stuar:. A Ctiaraf)cr"ftic J)AACB, c.oibpofecThv Mr. Frkr Cis ' Priocipil DanCers, fr.r. Mitchell, mr. V'arrfll, jun. mils Arnold, mi it Sslomot.s, mailer Hjrns anj mr. Franeu. » £5" Mrs. WaBRELL having Mediae 1 t g a benefit this &as >fl—Tickiif delivered by i\ Wirrtll,* for evening, wi 1 he ad/? itt - Ticket* to he had of Mr. Warreii, No 230 cor *ef of Market and Seventh-ftrirtt. *»• Tickers to be had' of Mrs. Morri«,,at No, Jo, South Fifth llfeet. On Friday, tkv Castle Sp, THE CARGO Of tie Skip Cji/rrotr, Riohurd D*le, Commander, from Canton, CONSISTING OP Bohea - 1 Souchong I ttyfon Skin » Young Hyson • j and Hyl'on. J Xitw ], NANKEENS. Sugar of lit quality. China Wave. Caflia. Fans. ■ ' - ' An affortiTtcfi'f of Sjtks. WILLINGS 55 FRANCIS, i\ T c. n s Finn Strta. TEAS. April 14. 1