Gazette of the United States. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY KVKNING, DECBMBEIt t. THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY, To the Aiifwer of the Senate, to his Speech, as publilhed in Saturday's Gazette. Mr t President, and Gentlemen of the Senate, For this excellent address, to refpe&ful to the memory of my illustrious predecellor, which I receive from the Senate t>fthe U nited States at this time, and in this place, with peculiar fatisfa&ion, I pray you to accept my unfeigned acknowledgements. With you I ardently hope, that permanence land (lability will be communicated as well to the government itlelt, as to its beautiful and commodious feat. ith you I deplore the death of that he r o and iage, who bore lo honourable and efficient a pait in the eftablifhmerit of both. Great indeed would have been my gratification, if his scene of earthly happiness had been corn pleated by feeing the government thus peaceably convened at this place, himlelf at its head. But while we submit to the decisions *«if Heaven, whose councils are infcrstable to us, we cannot but hope, that the members of Congress, the officers ot guverumeut, and all who inhabit the city, or the country, will retain his virtues in lively recolleft:on, and make his morals, and piety, mode; tor imitation. I thank you, gentlemen, for your afTur ance tfcat the feverai subjects for Legisla tive csnlideration, recommended in my communication to both Houses, ftiall re ceive from the Senate, a deliberate and candid attention. WVth you, gentlemen, I sincerely depre cate all fpi it of innovation, which may weaken the f;icie«i bond that connects the different parts of this National Govern ment. and with yon I trurt, that under the protection as Divine providence, the wii'dom and virtue of our citizens, will deliver our nati mal compatt unimpaired, to a free, jirofperoos, happy and grateful posterity To this end it is my te,vent prayer, that in this city, the fountains of wildom may be always open, and the dreams of eloquence for ever Row. Here may the youth ot this ex.ejifive country for everludk up without diUppoint'ment, hat only to the monuments and memorials of the dead, but to the ex amples Congress and officers of Government tor finilhed Models of all thpfe virtues, graces, talents and accomplilhments which ceniti tute the dignity ot human nature, and lay the -nly found-,.tion for the prolperity or du- Yation of Empires. City of Wafhingtijn, / Nov. 26, 1800. $ Of the House If Representatives to tbc President's Speech. JOHN ADAMS, Prelident of the United States. Sib, The House of R.eprefentatives have re ceived, with great refpe£l, the communica tion which you have been pleased to make to the two houles of Congress, kt the com mencement of the prelent feflion. The final eftafelUhmeHt of the feat ef na tional government, which has now taken place, within the diftrkt of Columbia, is an event of no small importance in die politi cal tranfa&ions of our country ; Sc we r ndi ally unite our wiflies with yours, that this territory may be the refiJence »f happinels and virtue. Nor can we, en this occafios, omit to express a hope, that the spirit which anima ted the great founder of this city', may def- Cend to future generations, and that the wil'dom, magnanimity and Headings, which which marked ks events of his public life, may be intitatfed in a!i fuccteding ages. A consideration of those po.vei , which have been veiled in congress over the dii triA of Columbia, will not eicape our at tention, noj'lhall we forget, that in exer cising these powers, a regard must be had to thole events, which will necessarily attend the capital of America. The cheerfulnefs and regularity, with which the officers and soldiers of the tempo rary a-my, have returned to the conditions of private citizens, is a testimony, clear and conclulive, of the purity of those tViotives. which induced thena to engage in .the public service, and will remain a proof on all future oecalions; that an army of soldiers, drawn from the citizens of our country, deserves our confidence and fefpeft. No fubjeft can be more important, than that of the Judiciary, which you have again recommended to our consideration, and it fhsll receive our early and deliberate atten tion. The Conftltution of the United States having confid.d the man gemant of our foreign negociations to the controul of the executive power, we chearfully sub mit to its decilions on this important fubjeft. And in refpe& to the negotia tions now pending with France we fin cerely hope that the final result m y prove as fortunate to our country as the most ardent mind can with- So long as a predatory war is carried on asrainll our commerce, we ftiould facrifice the interests, and disappoint the expe&a tions of our ContVuuents, should we, for a moment, relax that system of Maritime de fence, which has resulted in such beneficial efT-fts. At this.pe-'icd it is confidently be lieved, that few perfonscan be found with thc United St»tss, who do not admit that JOHN ADAMS. a navy, \tfeli organiz tl> mud bonftitute the natural ana cfiitierit defence of til's couiury "agninfl all foreign bollility. The progress v hicU lias been made in the maiiufa&ure of aims, leaves no doubt that the public patronage, has already placed this country beyond all necessary depend ance on foreign markets, for an article so indispensable for defence ; and gives us al furances, that under the encouragement which government will continue to extend ! to this important obje£\, we (hall loon ri val foreign countries,not only in the num ber, but in the auality ot arms, compleated from oyr own nianufsdtories. few events could have been more pleating to our conlHtuentsj than that great and ra pid increase of revenue, which has arifeo from permanent taxes. Whtlft this event explains the great and intrealing lelources of our country, it carries along with it a proof which cannot be refitted, that those measures of maritime defence, wh.cli were calculated to meet our enemy upon the ocean, and which have produced luch ex tenftve pi oteflion to our commerce, were fmnJed in wifdoin and policy. Ihe mind mufl, in our opinion, be inlenlible to the plaineit truths, which cannot discern the elevaied.ground on which this policy has olaced our country. 1 hat national fpirlt, which alone could vindicate our common rights, has been roused, and those latent energies, which had not been fully known, were unfolded and brought into view, and our fellow citizens were prepared to qjeet every even!, which national honour or na tional security could render necessary. Nor have its efFetts been much less im portant in other refpetts ; whillt many of the nations ot the earth, have been impov eri(hed, and depopulated by internal commo tions & nataral contells, our internal peace bas not been materially impaired—our com merce has extended, under the pro'eftion of our infant navyto every pa*t of the globe. Wealth has flawed without intermition in to our leaports, and the labours of the hul bandnien, have been rewarded by a ready maiket for the produftionn of the foil. Be a(Tured, Sir, that the various and im portant fubjetts, recommended to our con fide ration (hall receive our early and deliber ate attention and confident of your co operation, in every mealare which may oe calculated to promote the general interell, we shall endeavour on our part, to teftify by our industry and dispatch, the zeal and sincerity with which we regard the public good. Pennsylvania Legislature House of Representatives. Thursday, Nov. 20. [Debate continued.'] The Bill entitled " An act for effectuating in behalf of this State, the Constitution.il in junction that each state shall uppoint Elec tors of a President and Vice President of the United Stttes,"- being under coniidera tion, Mr. Buckley observed that this .>as the firfl time lince he had the honor of a If at in the Hohfe of lteprefentatives, that he heard it f.tid and indeed recommended that a bill piould be feiit to the Senate with acknow ledged imperfe&ions. The gentleman from the ciiy (Mr. Penrofe) had allowed that this Bill comprised latent views and yet h« was for fending it to the Senate. [Here Mr. Penrofe rose to explain, and remarked, that he had not anknowledged that ''the bill contained latent views" but had said that " if it did contain any, the Senate were appoiftted tocorredl them."] Mr. Buckley proc«eded. He had 4aid that he had underitood the gentleman as giving a tacit acknowledgement that the bill contained those latent views. It was.how -ever, granted that it might containthem. Of this indeed there could be no doubt, if we only .idverted to the arguments of the gen tleman from Philadelphia (Mr. Hlher) and the coiiftruftion he had put on the bill. It appeared clearly the bill was lo conftrufted as that Senate might not have a single man of their n initiation eledted. The gen tleman fnnri the county of Philadelphia (Mr. Penrofe) had told the Houfc that time would no', admit of any being made, and that the Senate could c»r ifeft it if they thought it necessary. Mr. Buckley said he saw r.o reason in the world, to admit the bill to go to the Senate, with any imperfeftion at all. If we had no other reason to vote againlt the bill that was a lufficient one. It was improper to trurt the Senate to prune off thole cruilities which had been acknowledged to be in the bill,and therefore he never would give his vote for it the present shape. The gentleman from Montgomery (Mr. Boileau) had said that the bill in its present form was not such as it ought to be—Had acknowledged that it was impropei. If so, why (hould he be for palling the bill in its present lhape when there was nothing to prevent us from put ting it in proper form. Such conduft gave rife to very serious refleftions. Here Mr. Boileau explained, & remark ed ths\t he had not considered the bill as improper.He had said that tntjirst bill was more agreeable to his withes, but circum stances now made the present one the only alternative. Mr. BucUlty then said he would only re mark, that it was his dejirc to fee a bill containing simple principles, such as could be readily underflood ; and such as would not pass this house with acknowledged errors. Mr. Penrofe observed that he had al ready explained hiwfelf with refpeft to the observations h<- had made. He said he could not believe that the bill contained any latent views. If members would exa mine they would fee this in a proper light. They would not conlider the proposition as tending to give the House of Reprefenta- more than whntthe fpintofthe bill contemplated. It was not to be supposed tluit any opportunity offered by which this House could take advantage of the other, that it would be guilty ot so much dishonour. 'lt was not to be l'uppofedthat this Houfe,on difcovenng any thing of this would hehtate to rejeft it. To be sure it might happen that improper conduct might take place, but it was not to be expefted from this House. Gentlemen therefore could not think therefore could not think there was any real danger in this bill. If however it-contained arhat were conlidered as errors, the. Senate had the power to correft and alter, according to their own minds. He {'aid he Ihould not have risen again on this fubjeft but gentlemen had miflated his remarks. Some gentlemen were noted for doing this. He had made an acknow ledgment of what he had laid. He would repeat this and hoped the House would re ceive his acknowledgment. Mr. Hufton said that he had desired a reconsideration of the question in order to give the House an opportunity of gaining all the information on the fubjeft that could be collefted. The bill had been nega tived without any debate «r argument. It had only been read by the clerk, and no op portunity had been given for dilctiffion. As some gentlemen had since evinced to review the fubjeft, he thought that a motion for reconsideration fliould be made bv one of the majority. Notwith flanding this, he (hould consider it his duty to vote against the bill, because he conlidered it as a departure from the prin ciple of a joint vote. He looked upon the constitutional repre sentation to be the real voice of the people. That voice hi conlidered, in the pre lent inftanee, as ilrongly spoken by the late e leftion. He was confident that many mem bers of the Legislature had been voted for with an exprel's view to the eleftion of a Pretidcnt of fbd Union. Mr. Hufton further observed, that all the petitioners this Houfc on this very important fubjeft had uniformly prayed tor a joint vote. He was.of opinion that thcfe petitions had been too little attended toby the House ; at lead by the bill before it. He considered it' his duty to attend parti cularly to those petitions. 1 hey a r peared to be confillent with the wilhes of his con stituents, whose opinions he fanflioned from principle. Nocwith'tanding what had been said lie could not fee that this bill contained the principles of a joint vote. The proper way he considered that ot vo ting for 15 electors by a joint vote of the two Houses. The present mode would not be joist in manner or effedl. Ihe efleft would be the fame as if the Senate chole 5 and the House of Reprelentatives 10 elec tors. Conceiving it therefore as a depar ture from the principle ef a joint vote, he would give it his negative. On the'que(lion, Ihall this Bill pass. The yeas and nays were called for by M.. Fiflier and Mr. Prellon and are as follows, viz. f , ~.,X&A S Meflri. Weaver Speaker, Alexander, Atlee, Anderfon, Barnet, Beiie, Boolean, Brady, Bratton, Conrad, Coolbaugh, Cui>ni:igham, Davn, Eichel berger, EwaU follmer, Hartz well, Heifter, Hop kioi, Hoftetter, Intjeh; Kefsltt, Kimmel, Lane, Ley, Linnard, Logan, Lyle, M'Elroy, M'Dowell, Montgomery, Moore. Morton, Painter, Henrole, )'oe, Holts, rugh, Itea, Sob«rt», Rote, Shoemaker, Smith, Snyder, tatlu, Udree, Ur'u, Van H»rne, Wetherill, Whitohill, Wilson, (D ) Wiifon (N. St W.) Wilfoa, Witman. 54 NAYS. Meflrs. Bleakley, Brown, Buckley, Bull, Filher, Fox, franklin, Hagaj Hall, Manum, KuHon', Kerr, Keys, Kirk, Miller, Mitchel, Hrefton, Scott, Sla gie, Strickler, Taylor, Tharnburgh, Wayne. 13. A gentleman, who 'arrived lad evening in th e New-York llage, informs, that he left Providence (H> I.) on Monday lift,' and that previous to his departure, he saw a complete return of the Elettion throughout tlie State, which was gensrally admitted to be corredt. Itgavejhe Federal ticket a majority of 270. The following are there fore the names of the Elefters of President and Vice Prefideht for that State. George : Champlin Edward Manton Oliver Davis Wm. Green. From a N. York paper of Saturday morning. By a letter received in town yesterday from Providence, K. I. of date November 24, we lea n that the Federal ticket for eleftors of President and Vice President has t'ue ceeded throughsHt the State, by a majo rity of 240. The frigate Constellation, captain Mur ray, left Marcus Hook yederday morning. Schr Rover, Brown, for Cape Francois, palled New CalUe yeftevday morning. The United States frigate Eflex, Captain Preble, arrived at New York on Friday last, from Batavia. POST OFFICE, , Philadelphia, November 28, 1800. LETTERS fcr th*Britia (hort chapter he narrates his journey to Sinai, and h.s return to Kahira. Ihe ancient canal of Suez, between the Nile and the Red Sea, is examined and dilcufled. At length, in May 1793, he commenced his progress into the interior of Africa, Joining the Soudan caravan, he travelled through El-wah, er the Oasis Magna [a rigion in itfelf almost unknown to Euro pean travellers,] and through vast deierts, where many of the camels perished for want of water, till his expedition terminated in the kingdom of Dar-Fur, unvifited before by any European whatever. Six long and interesting chapters present an ample detail concerning this curious and important re gion ; where Mr. Brown was obliged, by the capricious l'ultan, to remain nearly 3 i years, though he ardently wilhed to extend his difcovertes to the south or weft. In March 1796, he was gracioully permitted to return to Egypt.* The account of Dar—Furis followed by a chapter of medical obftrvations, on disea ses prevalent in Africa and the east, which are replete with new and original intelli gence. In December 1795, Mr. Brown proceed ed from Kahira to Damiatt ; and lie gives a vivid and entertaining account of this part of Egypt. From l)«miatt he lailed to It affe or Joppa ; and afterwards vifitfed the most remarkable places of Palelline and Syria ; which having been often described, he c is contented to offer a few remarks or details of recent tranfaftions. After residing some months in Syria, our 1 traveller, by a new route, pierced through the centre of Anatolia, by isTaitaiia aud Angora, to Conftautinople, whence he ; direfted his course to England, and arrived in London on the the 16th of September, 1798, after an absence of nearly seven years. Such is the outline of this journey, which vies with any land-tour described either in ancient or modern times. The learning, the ability, and the singular opportunities of the Author, have severally contributed so much to enrich his pages with new discoveries, or new observations, that his work will ever bear a high rank among books of travels. L,ong and perilous journeys have often b-'en performed by men incapable of (cientific ob servation ; but in this cafe profound learn ing and undaunted enterprise combine to produce a work, perhaps unique in its kind. * It is a remarkable coincidence that, at this very period, Mr. Park was in the Welt of Africa. He left England, Way 22, 179 i;; set out from Pifania, Dec. 1795 ; and was detained at Benowm, from March to July, 1796. He returned, Sept. 1796, toKima lia ; where he remained till April, 179/'; Sc he arrived at the Gambia in June. 17-97 ; eighteen months having paffcd from the commencement of his inland tour of dilco very. Never performed here. New-Theatre. ON MONDAY EVENING, November 31, Will be prelected, » celebrated new Cemedy, in 5 a&s, called Speed the Plough. Written by Thomas Morton, Efq author of Co lumbus, the Way to get Married, Cure for Heart Ache, Secrets Worth Knowing, Children in the Woods, &c &c.and now yerformitig at the Covent Garden Theatre, with universal applause. With new scenery and decorations: Sir Philip Bland ord, mr Cooper; Morringtori, m Wignell; Sir Abel Handy, mr Warren; Bob Hanky, mr Wood ; Henry, mr. Cain ; Farmer Aftifieid, mr. Bernard; Evergreen, air Moeris; Gerald, rr.r Pri^more; Voftillion, mr Hopkins; YoungHandy's Servant,mr.Durang; Peter, Mr Baily Mils Slandf rd, miss E. Weflray ; Lady Handy, mrs Shaw; Susan Aftifield, miss Wettray; Dame Alhfield, mrs Francis. Country Lasses—miss Arnold, milt Solomons, mrs Do HI V • u «- • V -