q'uaiuted vviih meivaiitile traufaciiiuis mull fee that a less sum would be inadequate. The fu id Mr. Parker had in view, from which.to draw the sum wanted, was the furplas of jnonies granted *from year to year for the War Department. »- -r ior ww Mr. Varnum said lhit he ftiould have been better pleased, if the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Par ker) Ukftead of going into a general defence of the bill, had fpecified the various articles wh'ch would be wanted, and stated the probable colt of each— this would furoifh materials on which to determine what the fom to be. Mr. Hillhoufe was in favor of appropriating the sum moved for—if it should not all be wanted, it will not be expended—but he (hould regret that the faTiitary objects of the bill (hould be defeated for the want of fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Williams wished, if in order, that the fub je£l fhou'.d be poilponed for a few days, f>r the purpose of inquiry into the ftaie of the funds pre paid, also to afccrtai'n more particularly the a rmnnt of the fpcoific articles which would proba bly be wanted. or » j wo Mr. Kitehell eoincidcd with Mr. Williams—and tin- latter moved that hlling this blank bepoftponed till nrxt Tueiday. oi> sco nl f \ to Mr. Gilt's prefei red fii'i-.ig up the blanks at pre fect;, andthu: to let tile biil lie on the table till the cr>ij-a:ttee of \v>ys and means (hoold repert further to [fit Ivoufe Sum? additional taxes will pr^iia L !y he ca'lfd S- • his feifioii. It the blank is now fi:lcd up,« uie amount of the funds :ary{.,r th;*.'. -Vet wjil be had, and maybe •i 1 1»• •i in contemplating the ad- ncce; taken into di'.ional tax Mr. Mi'' i ci'.j iVed to Mr. Gile's idea on the fubjeft. H* i -,n ked-thatif the blanks are now -filled Hi), the liifuii cannot be altered without a re co'mint.trw.r, of the bill a the committee of the whole. »• :i ---tine said 1 El cm, Mr. Sedgwick nbjeftod to filling'up the blanks, he was in favor as a poit ponement for a (hort time. He enhrged on the necessity of being extremely cau.ioins in appropriating the public monies. The funds are already anticipated to a great amount, And further anticipations will be necessary. Bier lak- Mr. Vinable moved to poltpone the bill to the firft Monday in February. Mr. Sedgwick fecord etl this motion. Mr. S Smith was against the poflponement.— He remarked that there was scarcely fufficient time toprocure the goods, so as to have them ready by the tim; the posts (hall be evacuated. With re fpeft to the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, he tho't it too fmali, he was in favor of a higher sum. M. Gallatin entered ir«to a consideration of the state of the finances, from »hence he inferred the necefiity of a (hort delay til! more accurate informa tion was obtained relative to-the amount that might be granted. He said there was at present no ex eefs that could be applied to this object ; furplufTes beyond the appropriations thete certainly were,but then, these are at present on paper only, and it will require time before they can be realised. In the mean time additional funds will be found necef fary to answer the current expencee, and to fatisfv the demands on the public treasury. Mr. Madison after remarking that he had very little confidence in plans in which the government takes the plaee ps individual!, said, in order to mature this plan and jrender it susceptible of the highefl probable success, he thought a Ihort post ponement (flight answer a valuable purpose. Ad verting to the rime necessary to procure the goods prtoper for this trade, he supposed that individuals would be the importers and that a few days delay would not essentially affedt the main object. for «f lift, this ular ties him Mr. S. Smith said that individuals would not be •he importers ; government nrtuft impart the goods, individuals would not import when there was no competition. He urged the importance of attend iiig J m mediately to she bufinfs, (Jelays may defeat tlie-great ebjefts of the bill altogether; and when that'takes place, the friends of the measure will be reproached with an expe»five and ufrirfs projeiS. •inia var, naft IBis- Mr. Swußwiek said there was one argument in fa .?r of an immediate deeilion of the bufihcfs, w nd not been mentioned, and that was the pr.-k■ lute of exchange. If a postponement tas« , «vt>oriiinity which has not occurred fer fcv.;' 1: I.;-, -.of speedily occur agai» may be . i.> i. I .:* /u'rf mjury of the public— A>i«ti!erv.:uU»i tic heeded was, that if we delay thi hu'inds it p.'ili *~t be pofiible to obtain the goods in Mr. Swanwick then remarked ' on the jr.-eat delay? attending the proceedings of the House ; tli- Journal is full of adjournments of -qiteftioiu fro n day to day, to the great'increafe of the public tspentes. firft now India e to and ■ pe~ Mr. Hillhotife, Mr. Venable and Mr. Giles, made fume Further remarks." The motion for a pottponement t« the firft Mon day in February was carried, 4$ to 40. Mr. Claiborne then presented a resolution to the following -purport, That the President berequelled tocaufe to belaid before the House a statement of the number of trading houses that will be necefla , ry, aJfo a Specification of the articles which will he : was with ifcrt- waited ; at>d the. probable jtmoun; of lite cuft of tlje articles. Mr. Ciles objected to the resolution ; he corifi dcred it as ir.proper ; as it cotild not be fsppofctl that the Preftdent was better informed on the fub j:'& than the members. The resolution gaes to the objects of Icgrflatlon which belong excluftvciy to the two Houses. The President- will consider it in that point «f view ; he did f» last feffinn, and accordmgly sent a finiilar"refolatjon to the Secreta ry of War—lt is ttnreafonable to fuppofc that the Preftdent will blend with hit executive responsibili ty, that of t'nc Le?iflature also. ierfee ihnk es of i * i one liars, i the ?ture f i and lies; jpro [ col- M r -Murray supported the general ohjen of Siias Pepoon to be entered on the Journal —this he (nppoied to be the amo»i;t of the prayer of the pe tition. Mr S. Smith wished to know for what purpose this was to be done? Docs the gentleman mean to bring forwatd the depofitioii of Mr. Pepo»n to in validate the tettimo-ny of 9 member of tbis Himfe ! Mr. Smith had no doubt of h's b<;inj; as guilty as Randall, jndSt would have appeared (o bad gentle - To" came forward with all the fa£t« in their pof- I'efiion. Thr Haute hdS refilled to proceed any tur'herin relation to Wiiitni*y—and now it is pro pefed to forward -!epolitton which goes to nothing (hort ofc rimin.it ing a member of thishcufe. Mr. Smith said, he believed such a tranfa&ion w is never before heard of. Mr. M*qon moved that the motion Ihould be al tered to read thus, "that the prayer of the petition fhouid not be granted." Mr. Sedgwick was indifferent as to the mode in which the qudlion was put —He said he Vad n,o doubt of'the truth of the declaration made by the Gentleman frcm Vermont; but ft ill hi con fide red the request as a teafonable one—Whitney wss charged by the House, arrefled and confined ; the House has not seen prdper to try him,but has dif chargcd him He now applies to have entered on the Journal the testimony of a man which he sup poses will be «f service to him.—lf the House think properto grant his requtfl he can make fuel) ufq of the indulgence with his creditors as he may think for his advantage. Mr. Sedgwick was not anxious on the fubjeft, let the determination bit ei ther for or against the petitioner. Mr. W. Smith stated various of the bufmefs to (hew that Whitney's requcft was rea sonable. Mr. W. Lyman opposed the motion ; he ex pressed himfelf with indignation against the adrtiif fion of M r . Pepoon, as a witness in this business who he said was a paity concerned. Mr. Sedgwick Rated several particulars t® (hew that Mr. Lyman jvas not correA in his ideas of legal incompetency as a witness. Mr. Buck (aid if there was no other motive to induce gentlemen to rejedl the prayer of Whitney's petition than a regard to him, on account of the testimony he had given, he hoped it would be gjant <*d— If he i» actuated by the laudable motive futjgefl.- ed by the gentleman from Maflachufetts, he was willing te facrifice his feelings on the occasion ra ther than be considered as the personal enemy of Whitney. He had full confidence that the teflimo ny hehad j;iven on a public account would not be invalidated in the opinion of the house by a vote to admit the reque/t of Whitney, and he again re peated his*ivque[l that personal motives might not influence the vote of any member. Mr, Sedgwick withdrew his motion. 'file adjournment was then callcd for. Previous to the adjournment, the . Speaker re quested that strangers might not be intiodticed by the members into the South Gde ef the Hali.— The consequence ' of. collc&ing round the fires to of the chair was a great interruption of #he business of the house by the private tints, which tpqk place. The Speaker added that featvvvou!d be placcd in hat quarter of the house sot the Senators who m.jy fe« proper t« attend the dedates, l>Ut in future iie t««ped no grangers would be introduced' there as hau hitherto b«eo the cafe. Adjourned. Tlmifday, January 14, The Honfe aflembled this day at the usual hocr ; a letter was received from the Speaker, inform in}; the House that by reason of Indisposition he wai unable to attend his Duty in the House thi» day—and faggefted the propriety of ele&ing a Speaker pra lempore, or an adjournment. The House adjourned Philadelphia, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1796 A letter from Capt. David Dewar» of the Brig Eagle, dated at NalTau New-Providence, Dec. 25th, 1795, " To Mr. George Sibbald, Merchant in this City, mentions, that having full! the brig Eagle, at the Havanna, he took his Daflagc in the brig Tt legtaph, Capt. Mariinei, and failed from ihenee on the 1 Ith do. fer Philadelphia, that three days af ter they were call away on the N. W. end of the gteat B ahaira Keys, and with much difficulty (avt-d their lives, and about two-thirds of the specie on board, 34,000 dollars were got f.fe on shore—and that after fuffering the mod extieme 7 days on a Barren Key, th;y were taken off by the Ranger Pmateer belonging to that place." A letter from a gentleman in Charleston, of the 31ft ult. mentions, "That Chief Juftiec Rutledge, on Sa turday lift, attempted to drown himfelf, but was ta ken out of the water by fonie negroes. It is said, he has discovered symptoms of derangement for some weeks pafl." The People and governments »f France, the United States, and Great-Britain, have denounced, Jacobin Societies, having had woeful experience of their per nicious tendency. In the Aurora of this morning, the American and Britilh Governments have this denunciation retorted r,n them —but France, tho' fully entitled to ihe fame " honorable mention," is oifcitted. Surely such partiality is not equality. At a meeting of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company, on Monday, the nthinfi. the following Officers were ehofep for the present year, viz. Prefident—lfrael Whelen. Managers. Edward Hand, William Sar.frtm, Abraham Witmer, Jacob Downing, Richard Downing, jun. Thomas M. Willing, Richard Thomas, James C. Fifhtr, Elliflon Perot, Joliuh Hewes, John Nicholfon, Godfrey Haga. Trt afurer—Tench Francis. Setretsiy—William Govett. On Sunday la# departed tliis life, and on Tuefd*v was decently interred in this city, Mr. GEORGE SEA RLE, of Newbury-Port, in the ilate of Ma ;,a chuieits—'-s merchant of a fair eharadler, and refpefla- btf connexions there, J kpew. him well, when o'er his youthful days The Sun of Genius shed its kint'lieft rays ! £?• The Letter-Bag of the Ship Pru dence, Capt. Miller, for London, will be talcen from the Poft-Office Friday Evening next, the 15th inft. .13tk 'January, 1796. BY THIS DAY'S MAIL. BOSTON, January j. FROM FR AN C E—*LATEST. On Sunday latt arrived in this harbour fchaanei {ndnftty, Capt. Atkins, in 51 days from St. Ma 'ocs, in Fiancc, He failed From thence about thr 13th of November, but brought no newfpapei'6 His oral intelligence is melancholy ; but neverthe !e(s it isotir duty to detail it. He declarfcs that'affijj nats have so much depreciated in value, as to ex change now at the rate of 37 00 for a guinea. This deprecia'iwn greatly diftrefled and iiritated the com mon peaple; who, •after they had earned and re ceived affignats, found it difficult owinjj to theiv u rift able value, to futfs them to any one even for articles of fubliftencr. They continua !y exclaimed against the new which they conceived the cause of thrir rerert misfortunes; they even remarked, cc mpaiatively, on their fvtuatioii when they had a King, and f.metimes breathed a wish Lr the restoration < f monarchy. They are at the fame time very anxious for a peace, even with Eng land. About a week before failing, news was received of frefh commotions at Paris. Thefc were other disturbances than those early in OAobet, which he also heard of; the patticulars had not been received. The people had not e!*£ed their representatives ; and notwithstanding the prevalent no eruption had taken place. FROM GIBRALTAR—LATE. Capt. Loring, from Gibraltar, in 50 days, ar rived on Sunday, informs, that a fleet was expefl ed tfcere daily from England, with transports, to take on board a number of troops, deltined fer thfi Weft-Indfies, and which were hi a date of prepara tion. Z4OO Troops were to be reserved, to do garrison duty at Gibraltar. Fxtradl of a lettfr from Port au Prince, Nor. 6. " ]Frelh troops anive daily. Six hundred have embarkstl within the last three da_ys. As soon as a number are here, Lcognne will be at tacked. Mirabalait has been several times attacked by the Brigands—but, wiihsuit fueeefs. THEATRICALS. On Sunday airived in this port, in the ?h!p Oiit ram, Capt. Davis, from London, Mrs. Arnold and daughter, fioth the Theatre Royal, Covent tJardcn, and Miss Green, Both engnged by Mr. Powell,- for the Boston Theatre, each of the Ladies are tall and genteel—have an expreflTive countenance—and move vviih a fyrtimctry unequalled. Mrs. Arnold is about iji her four and twentieth year. Miss Green apparently 20. They Will be valuable acquifnions to our Theatre, iddwe anitioufly hope thrywill be engaged. Other pnfTfnger9, by Capt. Davis, Mr. Tubbs, and a Mr. Pratl. Pafftogm in the ZephyK Capt. Cettrge Lane and Mr. Cipely, fan to the cclebrattd pansUr v! that name. ' NEW THEATRE. On FRIDAY EVENING, January if, Will be prefeßted, A celebrated COMEDY, (written by the Author of the Dramatist) called, The RAGE! [As performing at Covent Garden Theatre, with the great fft apphufe.] Mr. Wignel, Mr. Moretan, Gingham, Darnky, Sir George Gauntlet, Mr. Green, Hon. Mr. Savage, fr'r. Hari. ood, Sir Paul Perpetual, Mr. Hales, l r !uili, Mr hrancis, Ueady, Mr. Worrell, Waiter, Mr. DarUy,]\in! Richard, Mr. Biijftt, Thomas, Mr. Mitchell, William, Mr. tVarrell, jun. Croorn, Matter 'Wan ell. La'Ly Sarah Savage, Mrs. Sha=t>, Clara Set!! -y, Mrs. Ma /hall, Mrs. Darnlcy, Mrs. WLttlock. To which will be added, A COMIC OPERA, (written by tlie author of the Poor SoluierJ called I Peeping Tom of Coventry. [With, the original Overture and Accompaniments.] Peeping Tom, with the song of the Little > p Farthing Rulh light, j Mayor of Garret, Mr. Hariuood, Harold, Mr. Darlry, jns. Crazy, Mr. F and:, Earl of Mercia, Mr. G'ren, Count Lewis, Mr. Bltffitt. Maud, Miss Willems, Emma, Mrs. Warrell, • Lilly Godiva, Mist Oldfield, Mayoress, Mrs. Shaw BOX, One Dollar—PlT, Thrte-Foutths of a Dollar— and GALLtKY, Half j Dullar. (£T The public are relpctttully informed, that,the Doors of the Theatre will b- open at FIVE, and the Curtain rife precisely at SIX o'clock. Placcs for the ttoxes to be taken of Mr. Wells, at the Front of the Theatre. TICKETS to be had at H. and P RICE's Bdok-Store. No. £0, Mirkei-St'ect; and at the Office adjoining the The* aue. Ladies and Gentlemen are rebelled to fend their servants to kcrp places a quarter before five o'clock, and order them ai loon as the company i* seated, to wihdra* ; as they cao no: .