. 2fw zAeatre. i i —m y Jjg-K* '■*— 1 ■ THIS EVENIXG, February 27. Will be Prrf tntefl A COMEDY, called THE COUNTRY GIRL. Mopdy, Mi". Bate Harcourt, Mr. Mar.h.il Mr. Moretoi Belville, Mr. Clevelam Countryman, Mr. /Bhllet William, Ma"er T. Warrel Thomas, Mr. Darley, jui Miss Feggy. Mrs. Marfhsl Alithea," ' Mrs. Franc! Lucy, Mrs. Shav Between tlie 3d and 4th Acts of th Comedy, Mr. BOULLAY will piay Concerto on the Violin, composed b Giornivi icjei. To ti'lnch iL'ill l: added, A Serious PANTOMIME, under th Direftioin of Mr. Francis, originally pei formed at the Theatre in Paris, called LA FORET NOIRE, O R, The Natural Son. The Overture and Malic compofeby Mr. Reinagle, Geronte, Father of Lucille, Mr. Gree Lanzedan, Lucille's Lover, Mr. Moreto Adoiphie, the Natural Son Mailer T Warre Pi nee, a Finical Abbe, Mr. Franci Lubin, aPeafant, Mailer Warre' Fronte, and Pafquin, (ftrvants to Geronte Meffr's. Warrell and Darley jur Lucille, Daughter ;o Geronte, firlt tim Mrs. Franci Marton, Lucille'.? maid Mis«. Rowfbi BANDITTI. Le Terreur, Captain of the Banditti 1 . Mr. Marshal Sans Quirtier, the Lieut. Mr. Clevelam Le Fourbe. Mr. BliiTet Robbers, Meflr's. Nungent, De Moulin Mitthell Price, tLf To Conclude with A Grand Battle, And A Military Procejfmn, To the Federal March. No mmey or tickets to be returned, noi any person on any account whatfoeveT, ad mitted behind the fceries. Also at Rice's Bonkftore, No. 50, am and Carey's Ko. 118. Markftftreet. The Public are refpeftfully informed, tha; the Doors of the Theatre will open at a quar ter after five, and the curtain rife precisely ai a quarter alter 6 o'clock. Sox one Dollar—l*itr of a Gallery £ a dollar. Ladies and Gentlemen are reqnefted tc fend tlieir servants to keep places by five o'clock, and order them, as soon as the company are seated, to withdraw, as they cannot 011 any account be per-rtiftted to re main. Ticke's and place? fr>r the Boxes to b taken of Mr. Wells, at the Tlieati*, from ten 'Yil' one, an:) on davs of pe form ante from TEN'rill three o'clock Vivat Refpublica!* fresh* Rohea I ea, GIN in Pipes, Now Landing: from on board the ftiip Peggy* John Elliott nwfter, from Amsterdam. Also Imported by { lye late Arrivals* Kuflia Hemp, firlt qualiiy Ditto Kail Duck Pi'to Rave■» Duck Brown Rulfid Sheeting Tickle nbu rgn Oznabnfgs Brown Flanders Skfcet'ngs Hcfliansarrif Bwwn Rolls Cotron St? ipes and Checks Flanders Be*l»»ck* Holland Sail Duck Seine Twine Dutch Great Coats Gin in cases , Madder Window Ginfs, Bby iO Je'uits Baj k Opium, Afia.cetida German Ster? Mill ind Grojs-co* Saw? Hoes and Cutting Knives Sytlies ami Skates C > iffpe Mills Black Lead Crucibles- * Anchors from 3 ewv to 15 cwt. And a General AJJbrttnent of 5-4 & 6-4 Boulting Cloth, FOR SALE BY Pragers Co. Nov. 11 d FOR SALE, At the STORES of je/Te & Robert Wain, POH r WIfJE ill pipes, hlids. and quar ter caflvs LISBON do.in pipes quartyrcafk*; Sfiitchongat.d IEAS, in quarter etafts A quantity of Lilbonand CadissSALT Swt fllelled AtTWONDSin bales Velvet COUKS, it, in. Hnffia MATTS. i»i e V • A CONGRESS. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES. FRIDAY, icth February. The bill for granting a thousand dol- ! lars each to the four daughters ot the lute i Count de Grafle, was brought in, read a [e s. firft and second time, and ordered to he j a ll. I engroiTed for a third reading. on . i The port office hiil was return J with a- | n j. ! meridments from the Senate. The House j c(t . 1 refufed to agree to foroe of them. ' The Senate by meflage, declared their , JiK perGftingin their amendments and the House of Reprefentativei named a cojii ;]] mittee of conference. ris. ! The amt 'n Iments of the Senate to the ivv _ j hill supplementary to an atfl impoiing t ]j e j duties on goods, wares and merchandize , a imported into the United States were read and agreed to. In committee on the bill making fur ther provision for the redemption of the national debt. the Several claufci were pafitd. The e ier- leventh fedlion gave rile to l'ome canver fation. The following is a copy of the feflion. " And be it further ena<Sed, That as well the monies which shall accrue to the said finking fund, by virtue of the provi f fions of this aft, as those which shall have accrued to the fame, bjj virtue of the , en provisions of any former aft or afls, shall t0 „ be under the direction and management r p_ of the commilTioiiers of the finking fund, re ]; or of the officers designated in and by the c ; s second feftion of an aft, entitle'd "An ■ e ll aft making provision for the reduction of te ) the public debt," pasTed the 12th day of un. August, 1790, and their fucceJTors in of jne sice ; and fliall be, and continue appropri cjs ated to the said funds, until the whole of '6n t ' ,e present debts of the United States for eign and domestic, fupded and unfunded, including future loans, which, maybe made for reimburffing or redeeming any a '' inflalments, or parts of principal of the said debt, (hal!*be reimburfedandredeein cU ed ; and Jball be, ayd are hereby declared in ' to be veiled in the Jaid commijjianers, as C " property in trull, to be applied according to the proi'ifions of the aforefaid act of th/ fab of May, 1792, and of this as. to ik, reimburfment and redemption of th.jaid debt, including the loans aforefaid, until the fame shall! be fnlly reimbursed and re deemed, and thefaith 1f the United States . is hereby pledged to the citizens of the IT- ( or nited States, and to all who are or shall be d- holders or proprietors of thefaid debt, ,r , luans,- that the mo/ties or funds aforefaid, rid fball inviolably remain, cSf be appropriat ed and inuejled, as ajorefaid to be applied lat to the said reimburfment and redemption, j ir- in manner etforejaid, until the fame shall . at be fully and completely effected" ) A motion was made for striking out the t nd lines in italicks. This was objected to. Ayes for striking out 41 to Noes 51 j ve The Committee then rose, and the j he Chairman reported progrels, and the house -y adjourned. j e- Mr. New, this day reported the follow- c ing enrolled bills. b An aft authorizing the erection cf a light-house near the entrance of George Town harbour in the state of South Caro lina. »' An aft supplementary to the aft con- t - cerning invalids. e Anaftforthj reimburfment of a loan authorized by art aft of the last feflion of v Congress. F An aft toiftablifh the office of purvey- or of public supplies. b Monday, February 23. 3 Mr. New, from thecommittee of enrol- v mcnt, reported the following bills : '• An aft supplementary to an aft, intitu- " led An aft to provide more efieftually " for the eolleftion of the duties imposed ® " by law on goods, wares and merchan- ® " dize imported into the United States, '' " and on the tonage of ships or vefTels.'' ri An aft enabling George Gibbs to obtain a drawback of duties on certain exported wines. An aft to continue ia foye, the aft " for tl "-ascertaining the fce» in admiralty pro- ai " eetdings in the diftrift courts of ti " the United States, a»d for other pur- w " poses." An aft to amend the aft, entitled, "An tc '■ aft to eflablilh the poll office and port bi " rods Within the United States." in The engrofled bill for the reduction of the public debt was read a third time and th pafled. p ( A mefTigc from the Senate notified w that the President had afTented to the bill A for constituting a pui veyor of public sup- ju plies. "bi Mr. Sedgwick moved that the House or should adjourn fcr half an Jiour, which pt was imm diately agreed to. The design en 01 this motion was that the House might J have an opportunity of waiting upon the fei President to compliment him on his birth of day,- (yeftcrday the 22d of February) lej when he entered into the sixty fourth year B. of his age. ,1, Ihe bill for establishing a' land office was read a firft and second time, and refer- pe red to a committee of the whole House. tie Three hundred copies were ordered to be wl printed. ca ( The House then went into a com r mittee, on the report of the feleft com- ro; mittee, as to the mint of the United States. r The report was read and the follow- ha ing refolutiom were agreed to, viz. wt iff. Rrfcii'ed, T hat provision ought to lat be made by law, for the appointment of a fin refiner and inciter in the mint of the Uni fiii ted States ; whose duty shall be, to take ru charge of all copper, and filvcr and gold to " bullion delivered out by tlie treasurer of the mint, aiter it lias been afljyed, and to reduce it into bars or Ingots fit for the rol ling mills : and then to deliver them to g the coiner or treasurer, as the director (hall judge expedient; and to do and perform all other duties belonging to the eilice of , refiner and melter, or which (hall be order ' j ed by the dire&or of the mint. ■ id. Rj/01-ved, That provision ought to j, be made by law, authorizing the Treafu- Jc i rerofthe mint to retain two cents per ounce, f:om every depofit«of silver bullion j- ' below standard ; and four cents per ounce j from every deposit of gold bullion below ' the standard, unless the fame (hall require the operation of the test ; the§ fix cents, as a coirpenfstiou for refining and melting 111 the fame. , 3d. RfdtitJ, That gross bullion brought 1 e for deposit and coinage to the mint, (hall not I "S be received in smaller quantities than two ; ze hundred ounces of silver, and twenty ounces ac ' of gold. 4th. Refotved, That the fandard for lr " silver coin, as now established by law be . h e altered, aad made to consist of nine equal ; ten parts of pure silver, and one tenth ; e " part of pure copper, being equal to ten , ' r " cunces sixteen penny-weights of pure fil he ver in one pound troy. sth. Refol-ved, That the President of 1 as the United States be authorized to reduce ' the weight of the copper coin, at his ci.f- ' *'" cretion: Provided, such reduction fh.ill ? * e not exceed tvfo penny-weights in each cent ' "1 and in proportion in each half cent : of j J " which, he (hall give notice by proclamati- j on, and repert the fame to the next session , > of Congress. ' Ie 6th. Rejoined, That the treasurer of 1 Ln the United States, be authorized by law, °- to diftribnte, at the public expense, all j 0 cents received from the Treasurer of the t mint, by fending them to some one bank [ in each state, where any are eflablifhed, o: and where not, to the principal colle&or „ of such date (in proportion to the num. "> ber of inhabitants ef the state) to be by ,e them paid out for cash, to any person re- t 'J quelling the fame, in sums not less than t le ten dollars value. v 7th. Refill ed, That provjfion ought to ;cl be made by law, enabling the dire«£lor and u treasurer of the mint to give a preference 1 ' r to bullion brought to the mint, Cl '■' of, or above he standard of the United c; States, so as not to be prevented coining n and iiiuing the fame, although bullion be- a ] ' low the standard and not yet refined, may q e ~ have betn deposited for coinage before it : r " any thing in any law heretof6re pal Ted to Jr ' the contrary notwithstanding. 1 The committee then rose, the chairman tl ■ r reported, and the House agreed to the re- m ' port. A committee were accordingly ap- w pointed to bring in a bill. The report fays that the expence attend- W '* ing the institution has been very great. It W . " amounted, on the thirtieth day of Septem- cI ber last, to the following sums, including e the Handing capital, and copper to be lii '• coined into money. w ' Dols. Cts. e( Lands purshifed, 4 ,»66 66 -y e Buildings, apparatus, ma e chines, &c. 22,72 c 4f; Purchaft ofcopper, ?I Salaries to officers, &c. 15,591 99 e! a ad e 5 5 >394 61 i The exacSt quantity of coppcr coined as into cents, and paid into the Treasury of f c the United States is equal to ten thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars. The future coinage of copper " it is said f will be about two hundred thousand cents cx per month," which is twenty four thou . land dollars per annum. G Mr. W. Smith stated that a bill had |, a been reported from a feledt committee, r and was now before a committee of the U . whole House, for altering the mode of 011 laying an excise on manufactured fnuff. . Ihe aist had been altered agreeable to the he y desire of the? manufacturers. They had fta 1 since changed their minds, and now Mr. be _ Smith wished the committee of the whole r P] , to be discharged, that the bill might be - recommitted to the (elect committee, and 1 be, a second time adapted to the wiftes of the manufacturers. This wa» granted. A bill for additional porrrpenfation to ter r the judges of the diftri<sts of Rhode-Jlhrid fid • and Delaware, was read a firft and second inc time, and referred to a committee of the be whole. The House next went over and agreed I to the amendments of the Senate, to the bill for calling out the militia, in cafe of * infurreiSions. of The report of the L-lea committee, on fuf the expence of the foitifications of the ne: ports and harbours of the United States, was alio read in a committee of the whole, j Also, a "bill relative to the Cession of the jurisdiction in places where light-houses, W: ! buoys, beacons, or public piers, have been, eyv or may be fixed. The bill was then re- ' ported to the House, and ordered to be set engrofled for a third reading. c j fr There was tHen read the report of the n „ r secretary of the treasury, on the petition f, ot the corpo.ation of Uhode-lfland col- J lege. Ihe house, on the motion of Mr. B. Bourne, went into a committee on this fubjecft. Tim Mr. Bourne read a resolution that com- con penfatioa (hould be made to the Corpora- ver tien,.for the damage done to the College when occupied by the French and Ameri can troops, as barracks and for an hospital. " After some conversation the committee rose ; and the chairman reported progress. ' n ! Mr. Helfter piefented a memorial from 1 the sugar refiners of Philadelphia. They due had learned that the fni.ff manufacturer. „f were to obtain an alteration of the law re- f Ut,ye to the fsuff duty. They wanted a - Hmilar amendment in the law for excising C ,' e ' sugar. By this time tkcre was not a quo- e rum in the House. So it was neceffarv to adjourn—At half past 3/o'clock. per T of Tuesday, Feb. 24. 1795. 1 ■ rel- M r - New reported the following en- | rat 0 rolled bills. (hall An aft to provide for calling fortTi orm the mililia to cxccute the laws of the e Union ; fuppiefs infurreftions, and re f!er" pe! invaliom; and to repeal the aft now in force for those :ifu- An ad for the relief of Angos M' per Lean. Ilion Ihe bill relative to the cefiion of ju lnce i" places where light-houlce, low beacons, buoys ai d public piers ti.ay 1 Ulre have betn eredled, was lead a tl.iid 1 time, and pafl'ed- The bill for amending the aft laying ight duties on manufactured fnuff, was ' not bro't in by Mr. W. Smith, read a firft 1 two and lecond time, and referred to a com- ' ncc ° mittee of the whole House. for r ' ' lc or K' v,n g t0 eai 'h of tile e be Judges of the Diftrifts of Delaware ' jiial and Rhode-Island two hundred dollars nth additional fnl&ry, payable quarterly, ' ten wa9 reac ] a third time, and passed. ' 1 " It was moved, that the House should 1 take into consideration the report of 1 uce l ' le committee, to whom had v il.(- been referred a resolution of the House, 11 hall as to the back lands of North Carolina. ' ent The fubftnnce of tlie report was, that 1 it fhonld be recommended to the Pre- r io'll t " K ' ent to entei " '"to treaties witl the Indians to extinguidi their claims to 0 f these lands. F lw, The feleft committee, in their re- ' all port, altered the form of expreffior, n the that if the President thinks fit to enter u ed* ' nto an y uch t!eat y> the sum of '' tor ars a ll be granted to . discharge " m _ such engagement. ' by Mr. Goodhue did not fee that the " re- United States had any concern to in ian terfere in such a purchase. It was pri- w vate property. nd .^ r " Daylpt) explained, that the pe- ol Jce tition of Thomas Person, and others, tJ dy\ comprehended only two millions of a- " ed cres. The resolution contemplcßed 20 p , ng millions. It will, when completed, en- en oe " able the United States to protest the ev Choftaws and Chickefaws, from the ' n t o Creeks and Cherokees, if the latter th should happen to attack tlum ; and an that they will attack the Chickefaws is be re- not improbable, from the afMance be l p- wjiich the latter have given to the w |d _ white people. Besides, the frontier F j t will be capable ot defence, at a much cheaper rate, in this way, than at pre- ' n g sent it can be. It is now an irregular be line. A peculiar circumstance, besides pr will make the lands easy to be purchaf- Ci ed. No Indian tribes reside 011 them, an When the gentleman from Maffachu- au setts considers these things, he will not t " i 51 object, since the United States wttT gain" 99 eighteen millions of acres by tbe tranf- 1S - action. JI . Mr. Goodhue admitted the reasoning pit td as to the eighteen millions, but ftiil 16 scrupled as to the reft. wf , s Mr. Swift recommended that the In- ecl, id ' dian claim (hould in the mean time be 101 ts cxt 'ngui(hed. gj' u- Mr. M'Dowell, in reply to Mr. e ', Goodhue, said that if the gentleman Uti 'd had attended to the reasonings fwrmejly fel e ' used on this fubjeft, and which had oc- t0 3 j- cupied a considerable share of time in FT. the House, during the present session, ie l |e could have been at no loss ftr under- " .d standing the propriety of this purchase sol r. being made by the United States for of k Thomas Person, and the others. 1 'j The House took up the amendment tin; of the Senate, to the bill for bestowing 10 ' four thousand dollars on the four dau'>h- |, p ? 0 ters of the Count de GralTe. It con- ° lt (f fifted only of a (hort preamble, fpecify- ' j d ing the reasons why the mency was to of e be granted, and was immediately a- Un d to. The amendments of the Senate, to wr. £ the aft making compensation to officeis I of government, and others, who were chit n fufferers by the western insurgents, was i , lihl e next taken up. t,ra . Mr. Swift objected to the bill, as he m C] '• doubted whether any money was really I\ wanted. There was, at any rate, 110 ftiti evidente of it before the House. the Mr. Fitzfimons wondered tp hear t gentlemen talk about tlie want of evi- that dence. Do we not all know, that one - person had his house, barns, and every 3 f(| ' thing else burnt down ? Let his circum dances be as good as they will ,he must an( i , be in want of assistance in the mean fugc time, especially as that part of the But ■ country is fcatce of cash. As to reco vering the damages done, Mr. Fitf.fia chai mons very much feared that they never a^ re would be got back, either by the pro " posed law suits, or by fubferiptions, or the in any other way. proj -1 Mr. Sedgwick thought this a debt to cf • due by the rules both of prudence and to t! 1 of justice. then Mr. Kittera also, defended the expe ciiency of the bill. The amendment of ~J. [ the Senate was rejected. « A petition was then read from many I persons who had furnifhed horses and . Smi wagftan* fur the wefteni N e*.J en- ' P et,t,on was referred to i'j k . nnuce ot claim*. ortTi T,te House «"■** refiJved ftfelf , , he a committee, on the iep„ri 0 f t)u f I re- committee, on tl.e petition »{ p '' aft Hopkina, and Miere, of Sav^Wai Georgia Thele men had iL M« f y r,Mtx t!:e lift) of July, in surveying ihe eoafis, See ~si ' J - ' rp, S I»i /: ■ 1 hey implored the aid of i| ie E# e , |icg> ip this arduous and expense lmdm , „ ay >»S- Jhe report of ihe f^K<f t ciwn it " aid tee reco '»™e»dcd that, ot a public nature, and as g u , d r) Ing were much v anted, the sum of was doi ' a, '» fremiti be loaned to them f orfh firft ' ?,tn "/ OUt the T, •im- y"f the Onitec States. Mr Giles thought tllrrc would IW no the end " r f , flu h claiflis, if the putli lc w are " ,K<: 'anly •begun. , ars ,Mr Harper (the new member f„, m rI houtb Carolina] coll Id give iornt i„f (ir . mation to the Honfe on this ful uld ll= had * personal <vpp ol tunity 0 f r Xa " of mining part of the execution of this lad *"<Mie conceived it to be very ife, a "' lua,e - Georgia ft>p p Ji r , fa bt f t na _ timber for fh,p building j„ ,| lf United [uu States, and, in a (ho.i t time, the com rcv merce of that slate will he a very great Jie He '"'M' therefore, t|, at ,) le tQ House would not lighily i.je't the ap . plication. If ,he Conftitiuion of the re- L "" U ' d &,a t« forbade »i;e granting ~f m, m f ol : c y §'' way, there was an end ter "11 ■t jf ever a deviation was to be made trom such a rule, perhaps thi, would be one of the mod proper cale, ,lc lci »- !n « had.hitiieitoTx-r, ied he on at the expcnce of a few individual,. He °" ! y "quelled, that the Hotile r j_ would not lighily refufe the piaverof the petition, fitice the tiling ii[ c 'lf wa, ie- Illuc h coi feqtience. fs Mr. Madison would not hastily under, taketo fay that th, grant of money was im proper to be mace on this occanon, as a !0 pub,ic good. He did nit wilh a< present to n- enter intcrthat. lie conlidered a lean, how. ,e ever, as the worst of all pofiible (bapei, . lc in which the requett should com, before er the house, for it was impolitic to fay , wheie the prafHce ot lending miehtflop. It aflifiance was to be grained in this < jfe, ls he did not iee why the ftrrvey Ihould not :e be ext ended* o other parts of the Union, ie where it was equally necessary. 1 very er undertaker mi - it, in this ay, }] solicit a loan, when the oi jec} oi Ills scheme r . not public advantage tut private emo lument. ir Mr. Murray rejected all idea that the f* propoTal was agamit the Conditution.— f- Cungrefs had lurveyed the Wellern lands, a. and nobody luppol'ect that beyond their j. authority. Why thould there be fueh a )( uiiicrence between !ind and water, c- ■ -* i>ln imki»iiii r als bad ipent all that they were worth ' upon this undertaking, and all which their, : si ends c oitld raise, ai dit would be a great £ pity if itlhoulil fail m the end for w ant of II to trifling a sum as three thouland dollars, which w. s all that was expelled or want ed. He explained the very great nereflity for such a ehart. At preient there was none to be had that was fit for any thing. Ships often lay for montks and wtets to gether on the coast, in the mofl dangerous n lituation, and unable to extricate thtpi y lelves for want of charts. He advtitcd to the growing value of the commercecf (1 Georgia, and to tiie remark of Mi. Mur ray, as to the right of C'-ngrefs to lurvey ' both land and water. If a loan was disa greeable, the, Frifideiit might be dtfircd " to fubferibe for a certain number of copies i" of the charts. Mr. S. Smith approved much of get j ting good charts. Il the AmbaHisoi itnt r I ;o Spain shall succeed in getting the navi ' ! gation of the Miftmippi opened, this coast of Georgia will very loon be of the high est impcrtance. Mr. M<vui son doubted whether the date J of Georgia was not more able than -he . United States to fubferibe. Mr. Fitzfimojis conliderecTtbis as a very i wrong time to bring in such a bulineis ; i wilt n the House are going te rife. Hi' . chief ohie&ion was to the mode, not to the ! lubftance. He wilhed the matter with, ' drawn for the present, as the House had to proceed upon the military ciiablhh ' ment. Mr, Dayton' had no doubt of the Con- I ftitution empowering the Hotif: to lend the three thousand dollars, but did not like the mode of lending it. He wilbed that the whole coast could be furvcyed. Mr. Parker and Mr. Harper each read a separate resolution in place of that re commended by the committee. It was I then agreed to take the queition upon it, and it was negatived. The refoludon ftiggefted by Mr. Harper was then read. But this also being found liable to many obje<s>iors, the comm-ttee rose, and the chairman reported that they had dil agreed to the report of the felefl commit tee, to whom the whole was again l"efcret. The House took up, in a committee ot the whole, the estimates of military ap propriations for the year 1795) c2Trc to certain resolutions which were reported to trie House. The House wer.t Upo" them. Mr. W. Smith moved that there fhnu.a be voted " for defraying (he eaipeßte ot " naval armament, for three mouths, " dollars." ; , If this motion was rejeftud, f-f- Smith said that he fliould take the ye. s
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