e$ reprobate them, and then the 1 irobate the Democratic focie fivs. Wjien you firft cut a man's throat, and thereafter call him aiafcal, do you suppose that your accusation will affect the man's reputation? The j House, by paflii.g this vote of censure, would make a party, artd lose a title to unfufpccietl confidence. Mr. Nicholas declared, that h>r his own part, he any concern with these fvieties, nor ever to his knowledge, had an liour with any person who was a member of them. He rather, if any thing, despised them. He always had thought tliem the very word advocates ft.rthe caitfe which they espoused but he had come two hund'-ed miles to le gislate, and not to reprobate private fo ci L lies. He was not paid by his confli turnis for doing bufmefs of that fort. The President knew the bufmefs of the house h'etti'r than to call for any filch votes of cuMifnre. It was wrong to condemn foeieties for particular a&s. " That there never (houid be a democratical so- ciety in America," said Mr. Nicholas, " I would give my most hearty con- I, iit; but I cannot agree to persecution for the fake of opinions." With refpett either to the propriety or the power of fuoprefli:ig them, Mr. Nicholas was in both cases equally of opinion that it was much better to let them aloue.— They nufl (land or fall by the general sentiments of the people of America. Ii it pofiible that these foeieties can ex ill, for any length of time, when they are of 110 teal life to the country ? No. But this amendment will make the peo ple at large imagine that they are of consequence. M . Davton said that these foeieties had produced the western in furred ion, and therefore the committee were just an well entitled to institute an enqdiiy in this cafe, as formerly, regarding the failure of the exp.ditiou of General St. Clair. Mr. Nicholxt objefled to this infer ence. There was. a general wish that the committee should rifey as it was now a quarter pnft three o'clock. They . rcfo accordingly. The chairman re- J»r; ed •progress, and aflted leave to fit '■gain. For the Gazette of the United States. Mr. Fenno, TI'F. present exorbitant rate qf our mar let,has beer, a fubjtfl j'u/ily reprobated by al tnojl every clafi of cithern. Pajfrivg along market-jireet the other Jay, I objet-ved a waggou laden with a!! kinds of provrfens flop, when it 'was irflantiy fur rotui/Ldby afet ofj eoplc called" Htickflers who,%i a moment made a monopoly of the ivhole i and whtn frveral rtfpedable citi- Kens 'went to purchase, they . The consequence was, that in lef« than 24 hours, it being very hot weather a mortification ensued which was spreading so rap : d|yup herarm.that a very ikill'ul fur. geon found it necessary to amputate the fin ger. N' •twithftanding which the matter has so far itlelf, th.it the u i' i»> fin rrt ae ftil iweiled and inflamed iV">roUably will not suddenly be reilored w a healthy state. UNITED STATES. BALTIMORE, Nov. 10. I On Thursday the 13th inft. a commence ment for conferring degree's in St. John's College was held in the college hall at which attended the hon. the Legislature of the State, and a refpe&able number of ladies and gentlemen. The Vice-Principal opened the bufi uefs of the day with a solemn prayer to the Supreme Being, after which, in con formity to custom, a (hort Latin address ■was delivered by the Principal. The can n the equality of man L'.ad, by Mr. iviohard liai wood of An napolis. 4. An oration on the advantages of the history, by Mr. John Carlisle Herbert of Alexandria. The degree of batchelor of arts was then conferred by the Principal on Heflri. John J* Tfchudy, John Bowie Duckett, Richard Harwood, John C. Herbert and Thomas Chafe. 5. A valedictory oration, by Mr. Thomas Chafe, of Baltimore. The Principal then doled the bufinefsof the commencement with an address to the graduates, rcfpe&ing their future con- •tudt in life, and concluded with a (hort prayer, commending them to the care of Almighty Governor of tke Universe. The lpeakers were honored with the ap plause of the audience, who expreired much fatisfaiflion with the performances of the several graduates. it was to be regretted that Mr. Alex ander Contee Magruder, of Prince- George's county, who hid fmilhed his course of collegiate education with the o ther young gentlemen, was prevented by sickness from attending the examination, and therefore could no be admitted with them to the honors of the college, as ttie law for fo'irding the college exprelTly re quires that the public examination ihould be one month previous to the com mencement. THOMAS SIM LEE, Equire. Sir, The firll Volunteer Company of militia and the company of Artillery of this city, lvails themlelves of the opportunity af forded them, by your departure from of fice, to express the high respect and sincere esteem with which your conduit as a citi zen and as the head of the executive has inspired them. They rtqueft you to he a flu red, that a real sense of your public and private vir tues, and of your unremitted and well di rected exertions for the general profperitv, lias induced them to oiler to your accep tance this testimony of their approbation and regard, and their ardent wishes for yoir future welfare and happiness. Signed on behalf of the said compa nies and by their directions. J. Br-gaJt-PTajor. 'J. Gixinn, Capt. i r ylun.r^rs rrr 1/ /> - - ' Witt. Marimry, Cupt t Artillery, Aaiupoli», Nov. 17, 1794. Major John Caflaway, Capt. John Gwinn of the firft company of Volunteers, and Captain William Marbury, of the Ar tillery Company, of the City of An- napolis. Qentlemtn, 1 have received the very polite and af fectionate addrefr of the firft company of Volunteers, and the company of Artillery, of this city, with -motions, fueh is the applause of worthy c'tizens i m-jft necelTarHy excite ; and 1 receive this tclUmony of their esteem with the more plcafure, as their own merit, evinced un der my immediate observation, enables me, with sincerity, to reciprocate the as surance» of refpeiSt and . probation with which they honored me. The motive afligned for addrefling me on this occasion is peculiarly gratifying, feeling, a» I do, that my intentions at least have entitled me to the declaration and pro feffions they have made. Be pleased, gentlemen, to accept, and to offer to the patriotic compani s under your command, my grateful acknowledg ments for their kind address, and my fer vent withes for your and their happiness, collcflively and individually. 1 With sentiments of great refpefl, and regard, I am, gentlemen, your most obliged, and molt obedient humble servant, THOMAS S. LEE. Annapolis Nov. 18, 179 4- This morninj between the hour" of four and five a very diftrefiing fire broke out in the storehouse' of Mr. Jefle Hollingfworth on the County wharf, supposed to have caught froip a Hove that ftopd in one cor ner of the h »use. The element could not be f'ubdued until it had entirely consumed the house, together with all the books and papers and a very extensive and valuable stock of goods. /By the exertions of the citizens, which on all such occasions are un paralelled, it did no further damage. PITTSBURGH, November rj. Tejlerday arrived iere bis Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN. of this Jlate. i be Pennfyl-vanut volunteers are *oth fafety f.ifwa d in cfcueeof the Jaws 4nd the good oiderofthe eouutry His Excellencv Henry L s of go •ernment will not hefitatea inninent in complying with the'.equifiiion, u b?in* *i folutjy necefTary that his Exce lencyfh iuld know a state of the >11 uds ot tue people b. fore the army is withdrawn. VVg.Tjepeve the intention isuottoililKeEs, butio lelieve tbe deluded part of the union. A. TANNEHILL.?. JOHN WI. KINS. 5 Jn- P ace. A NEW SONG, Written by a Gentleman of Col. M'Pher- fofi's Bluet. Tuae of " Alknomack." SINCE the Eagle of Freedom is tous'd from hernelt L.ct us chace her fell fiends o'er the hills of the weft, n a contest so glorious we'll rife above pain, For the Soldiers of Freedom wil never complain. Ai we march o'er the Mountain* that rift 'mid the clouds, Where the blue mist of Heaven the sun beam enshrouds, Tho' we labour o'er locks and aredelug'd with rain, Yet the Soldiers of Freedom will never complain. Tho' the fair we have left may breathe the ftmd iigfi, And the drops of affection .may tnoiften the eye, Yet we fooi), my brave lads, (hall cm brace them again, And the Daughters of Freedom (hall never complain. While our Federal Banner unfurls to the gale, The serpent of fa&ion (hall never pre vail,. The laws we'll defend, then, again and again, And we'll ne'er give our country a cause to compltiin. PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER »6. Poftfeipt of a letter from Pittfcurg, dated Nov. 17, by yeuerday's exp re '" " I havejuft heard that 77 prisoners are coming over from Walhington—We have here already about eighty. Letters received yesterday from Pittf burg, mentioned that his excellency the governor >vas to have left that place on the 18th, under the escort of the Philadelphia horse. Extrafl of a letter from Brest, to a mer- chant in this city, dated September 19, " The (hip Woodrop Sims, J. B.Hodg fon master, belonging to your port, and bound from thence to Cadiz, is taken by a French frigate, part of her crew is here, but as she is not arrived in port, ihe xiuft have been re-token." /I writer in a late Marylandpaper fays. It is to be wiflied therefore, that the legiflnture would only amend, or so mo del our laws, that every public security may be given to protect property, to encourage and favour credit, to promote industry and ogconomy, and to induce and ei« ice foreigners to fettle in the llatc and bring their wealth among us— These are objifts deserving, and seri ously calling for the deliberations of that body. There are rcafons for it which pofiibly may have escaped tbeir observa tion. The Congress of the United States will in a few years take poflefiion of the diftrift of Columbia, where they have a federate and esclufive jurifdiSion. Can it be doubted, that body will not eftablifhfuch a government, fiich laws, and hold forth such allurements to all descriptions of persons within their dif trift, that unless we meet them, or ra ther anticipate them by similar provisi ons, out (late government, and the state itfelf, in every other part of it, will b ■ materially affe&ed: even your belt ci tizens and all men of property will emi grate to Columbia ; and in proportion as its influence increases, the weight and influence of the reft of the state will fink and become contemptible. But thedi reft reverse will happen, if by a wife and prudent conduct we avail ourselves of the oppurtunity, while it yet remains, of improving the advantages which lo cal and other circumstances may con tribute to render us a flourifhing rich and happy people- By this Day's Mail. ' XtiV-V^K. I *, N-w. Intelligence is received fiom Canada, tbst the Wcit'rrn Potts »e certainly to be abandoned %y tin Britifh.^ We have received >ntormatioa that tle Ticaty with the Six Nations wasconclnd ed about a fortnight past, to the cii'ire fa usfa&ion of cur Commifiioi;f», who is now in his return. Diedon Saturday' lnft, aged 72, John well known for many years as an eminent merchant, and a highly re fpt&od citizen of New York. ARRIVED. Brig Peggy, Laurence 38 days Lisbon Murphy, Bulock St. Euiiatia Margaret, M'Cafkic Londonderry Woolwich, M'Kowln, Limerick Eunice, Rofle'er, 51 davs Brtft Wm- Tell, Cholir St. Kits Rachel, Codman Schr. Betsey, Young, Fortitude, Jones, Curracoa Sloop Industry, Etheridge Jackmd Mary, L'Hommedieu, Philadelphia. The orig Eunice, Capt. Rofleter, arri ved here yesterday n 51 day' from Brefl. She failed from-that port 3d October. It wat reported and believed before Captain Rofleter left Brest, that Bilboa was taken by the French. During his Ihort Hay at Brest, upwards of 40 I nglifll prizes were sent in. Their magazines were immense: full of English goods and provisions of all kinds. Capt. Rofleter loft two of his men overboard in a hard gde—James Hazard, mate, and John Pico, sailor. Capt. Johnfon,of the Ship Adriana, 27 days from Jamaica, five days ago, was boarded by 3 French 64's armed en flute, off the Chefapeak, full of men, who informed him, they were 30 days from Bred; they also informed him that the French army had got pofi'eflion of Rotterdam, and was in every other quarter victorious, and that a feparatc division of the French army had belieg ed Amsterdam. That they informed him they failej from Brest In company with a fleet, who had ac,ooo troops on board for the Well-Indies ; he was detained 12 hours with them, and used politaly. St>me French officers on board the | Adriana, taken pri(oners in the Weftl - Indies, (hipped themselves on board the | French (hips. By the brig Peggy, Capt. Lawrence from Lift) on, we are informed that Bilboa was in poifcflion of the French. Capt. Lawrence, saw 4 days agov a bout 60 leagues from the Hook, the fuow Harmony, of Philadelphia, de fcrted by the crew, and 8 feet water in the hold ; her cables, fails, running rig ging and stores were taken away. PORT Cr PHILADELPHIA Capt. Blunt o'~ the sloop Abigail from Portsmouth, N. H. informs that on the 15th instant, in lat. 41, 30, long. 69, in a heavy ale of wind from E. N. E. he loft all his deck load, confilling of barley &c. together with tiie (loop's boat. Last night he saw a Philadelphia fchooncr from Bermuda coming to at the Fort, name un known —He further informs, that the (hip Amity Campbell of Philadelphia had failed from Portsmouth N. H. on the loth Nov. from Jamaica. The schooner Hannah, of Wifcafiet. and from Liverpool, bound for Philadel phia was spoke with on Sunday last outside of the Capes. ExtraS from the Journal of thefhip Dom nick Terry, Captain lie Hart, from Brif- tel. OBober 15. In lat. 47 31, long. 16, at 6 A. M.saw 12 large ships, which proved to be a French squadron, offev.n fail of the line and five frigates, out four weeks from Brefl, on a cruize. At 8 the office' of a fri gate came on board, examined our papers, and politely bid us a good -voyage. He {aid they had captured two Ppiladelphia built Jhips laden with figars. They were bound to England from the Wefl-lndies, and en deavoured to pajs for American, but were evidently British property, and werefent in to France. November 2. Spoke the brig Mary, of Portland, do!and Jones, mijier, out 15. days from Charlejlon, boundto Londou —lat. 418 -long.ss- . ' The /hip Columbia of Neiu.York Captain Pell, arrived at Bristol ivith a load of to bacco from Virginia, a feu hours before Capt. De Hart failed. The ship Adriana, Captain fohnjlon, failedfrom Kingflon for New-York, in com pany with the schooner prejident, Captain Carhart. . THE SNOW M, Samuel Snow, flutter, 1.-- CHARLESTON, S. C. On Monday next, Freight will be taken on moderate terms, ior which apply to yofeph Anthony iff Son. Nov. 26th 17<;4- 4t HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 26, 1794. The bill granting the privilege of franking and providing compensation to James White, delegate from the South- Western Territory—was read the third time and pa (Feu—A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury was read, enclofmg eltimates of the appropriations necrflary for the support of government for the yeat 179 J. The bill authorizing the President of the United States to embody and (la tum a corps of militia in the four well em counties of Pennsylvania pafled to be tngroffird-—it was afterwards ordered to be engrolfcd, and read the third time this day, The House then took into confedera tion the amendments agreed to by the committee of the whole to.thc address in answer to the President's speech. Mr. Dayton moved that the words " felf-created societies," which were expunged by the committee, should be restored—this motion brought oil a de bate, which continued till after three oVlock—when the Committee rose without taking the qucilion, and the house adjourned. L'archaye St. Thomas PH PHI A, Ncv. 26. The Pigou Capt. Loxley is arrived her from London, which place she left the last of September—The reports in circulation since the arrival are, that there has been an action between th< French, and the army under General Clairfait, in which the lat ter loft ten thousand men—that the duke of York and his anny had fallen back, and eroded another river to a place df security. Thai Maeftricht and the whole pro vince of Zealand are probably in pos session of the French—That in Spain the arms of France continue to triumph, and not only Bilboa, but Barcelona are before this thought to be in their power —in short that viftoi) continues to be the order of the day on their part. 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The advantages ot such a public register areobviuir.. 11 willrefoue from oblivion many uleful hinu, which might ithcrwife have died with their authors. It may (i. cureto inventors ihcir jnft claims, andpie vent others from taking the honor or profit of a difcoverv to which they are not en. titled, and as the Museum ii now visited byperf'ons from altuoft all parts of the world, fuce a,regifter, it is prtfumed, will Toon contain and !w the means of d.iTemi nating a vail tu.i 1 mean to app y atthf Tic alury of the United Stares or the renewal o! the following Continen tal Loan Office Certificate, dsftioyed ami ,01l at my Lodgings 111 the city of Pinta il Iphia, in the yea. 1791. Nll, 1607, tinted April 13, 1779, for 40s D j;)ur: IfTuerl in the Delaware state to the Sub. criber then refi ent at New-C ftle, couu terfigned S*ardei Paterion, C. L. O. where on wcte indorlements for imereft paid up to the last. of December 1782, made by the ! 'ai i Continental Loan Officer. George Read. 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