the prsbability was, that he would not be able to
return in a week, perhaps a fortnight from this
time, the confequetice will be a farther po!l p-Mic
meqt, or else what becomes of the principle ? He
did not fuppofethat any new light would be thrown
On the fubjeiSt. He was opposed to tiie motion.
4
Mr. Hartley was in favor of the motion, he re
marked that bv one dav'sdelay important and in
terfiling dii'clofures.of fafti may take place.
Mr. Gsli.itin infoimed the HouL- that it was in
vain to expect any fur. her difolofure of fids. The
ftatcment of the Committee contains nothing more
than wai fubltmtially p.ibHl'ned by the Governor
fix months ago.
• Mr. Hartley stated one particular relative to 18
lHtfouud v:>tes given for Mr. Morris, which he
slid had not been mentioned by the Governor.
Mr. S'.vanwick again urged taking up the re
port this day.
Mr. Parker fta'.ej vaiiotjs particulars in favor of
tl pirftponemrnt tintif bespoke oil ge
neral principles, he considered the business as pecu
liarly fit listed* he had no doubt that if the decision
is now made, the House will probably have to go
over the ground again ; for the probability was,
that when this new decision of the Committee of
Elections *ras known to the people of the Diflricl
they would come forward wish a petition to the
House for a new election.
Some further remarks were made and then moti
on for a poftp'inement being put was negatived.
O i motian of Mr. Macon the Honfe voted that
a feat be aflitraed for Mr. Richards within the bar.
Mr. Richards took a fxit accordingly.
Mr. J. Smith slated foine diffic;:i'v relative, to
the mode of exprefit->n adopted by the Committer,
his objection appeared 1 o be againfl: the words " duly
elected " to decide in this way would pre
clude any future enquiry relative to the (übjeiil
(hould any petitions be brought forward.
It was moved to amend the clause vf the report
to read thus—
Rt!olvcd that John Richards is entuled totake
his feat in this Honfe as one of the Representatives
frotti the State of Pennsylvania.
This motion was agreed to rem. eon.—.
Mr. Richards was then qualified and took his
feat as a member of the House.
Mr. S. Smith prefenied a refutation to the sol
lowing purport—that the Secretary of the Treasury
reporttothe Houfea comparative view of the Ton
nage employed between the United States and Fo
reign Countries in the years 1790, '791, 1 752,
1793, and 1794, also a companion between the"
Tonnage of the United States in 1790, and 1704.
Tins resolution was agreed to,
Mr. Bourne pre fen ted a tefjititionto the sol
lowing purport. Tliat the Secretiry of the Trea
sury lay before this rlodfea ftitement of the goods
wares, and merchandize irnpotted annually with
their value into the United States finec the jatli
September 1789, to the y3.11 1794 disci i.ninating
the amount of the ai : icles imported in the veffeltof
the United States from those imported in foreign
veflels.
This refohitlon was agreed to
Mr. W. Smith of the Cwiivr-ittee of ways and
means, reported an apptypriaiion lull for t e year
1796; which was twice rradj and committed for
to-morrow.
A report of the Committee of eleeliofs on the
contested election of Jolw Clopion, one of the
members from Virginia, was read —It Ih.t?s that
Mr. Clopton, is entitled to a feat in the Hotift.
This report is made the order of the day fur
Wednesday.
A petition was presented from Jabcz Bowen,
cotnmiffioner of loans for the (late of Rhode-[flan J ;
read and refered to the Committee on the petition
of Nathaniel Appleton.
Mr. Brent piefentrd the petitions of Charles
Grass and Amos Thompson, which were read and
retrrrd to the Committee of Claims.
Adjourned.
From the Columbian Centinel
Trut ! Accurate ! Official !
" C 3* We reqtiefl the undivided attention of the
Reader to the following : It. is an excellent antidote
to the poifwn contained in Mr. Fauohet's intercept
ed letter ; and a faithful tranflution.
Mr. Russell,
AMONG :he virions motives whxfi have been
urged by <»ur Jacobins, to ertfangle the United
States in the politics of Europe, and render them
subservient to the views of France, none have been
mote fuccefsfully applied than those of gta'itude to
that nation, for the ftippofed difintereltednefs with
r c.n
had
illy
it
ly
;et»-
and
the
which {lie took part in our late revolution
\ The wi felt ilatefmen, and thufe whose means of
! obtaining information entitled them to the confi
dence of America, uniformly declared, that a re
{ ,gard to her own intereil and a gratification of her
j pa Sons folcly dire&ed the fubtte'politics of France,
I in her conduct toward this country. A publica
' tion by the national convention of the manuferipts
| found in the cabinet of Loois XVI. abundantly
! confirms the idea.
mo
-1 for
ictn-
The
mlc
:Kofe
1 fei.d you the translation of a memorial of Mr.
Turgflt, to thi late King of France, taken from
that publication. It {hews that fear and hatred oi
England the only grounds of her conduct.—
Injury to Britain was all (he hopeii for—fafety to
herfelf and Spain the peculiar and sole obje&s of
all he I politics.
and
•ji in
rea
only.
im-
■» .
Xxtratt fro*} a Memorial ps Monf. Tnrgot, inti.
lletl, Reflections occalianedby a memorial com
munic.ited toth? Olotiut <3e Vergennes, upon'the
manner in ..which France - and Spain aught to
rejard the conffqnencea of the quarrel. between
Gi ■cat-Britain and her Colonic*, dated April;
this
le cu-
•eaves
nittee'
fa&s
A. D. 1796.
THE author makes, at the end of tliii long
m?m«irial, an exact recapitulation of his ideas, as
follows—ift. li| tracing with the Count de Ver
(jeancs the different ways in which the quarrel be.
tweeir Great-Britain and her colonies may be ftip.
pofc«l to terminate : It appears to mr, that the
event, the mofl desirable for the interelt of the two
Ifopej
mighj
an hi)
'fc'ft ej
faffs'
crowns (France and Spain) would be, that Eng
land should overcome the refinance of her colonies,
ind fwrcr thern to foomit to her yoke ; because if
the rolonie9 aie subjugated only by iiie ruin of ali
their resources, England will lose all the advanta
ges hitherto derived from them, -in peace, by the
increase of her commerce s in war, by the use (lie
is able to make of their forces, ft", on the con
trary, the vanquished coloaies preserve their wealth,
and their population, they will retain the Courage
and the do lire of independence, anil will compel
England to employ part of her forces to prevent
them from revolting anew.
The supposition of an absolute reparation of the
mother country from her colonies, appears to me
infinitely probable. There will result from it, when
the independence of the colonies is entire, and
acknowledged by the English themfvke-', a c„m
plete revolution in all the political and commercial
relations between Europe and America, and I firm
ly "believe that all countries having colonies, will
be forced to abandon all authority over them ; to
leave them an entire freedom /oi commerce with all
nations, and content tliemfelves in partaking with
others qf this freedom, and in maintaining, with
their colonies the bonds of friendfhip and fraterni
ty. If it is an evil, I believe there 1 t-xiil sno
to prevent it—that the only part left us will be to
submit to absolute necessity, thence to derive our
confutation,
1 have developed some motives «f consolation,
from-an appreciation of the benefits of colonies to
their parent countries, rather lower than is com
monly adopted.—p his is the fnbjedt of another
memorial immediately following the one here tranf
latcd.J
I have aifo ob.'-rved, that in such cafe there
7 ►
would be great dan.gsr to those powers, who ftiould
qbltinatelv refifl the course of events ; that after
being ruined by efforts beyond their means, they
would behold their colonies eatially, escape from
them, and bccome their enemies inltead of remain
ing their allies.
I have dwelr, in particular, upon the impor- '
tance to Spain, that she now fixes her reflexions «
upon the pnfiibility of this event, and familiar ;
izes herfelf beforehand, with the idea of a to- !
tal chancre of hj?r fyfltrri, in the adminittration of j
her commerce, and m her rtlatitins ti> her co|o-1
nirs
A toco' c: ration, ab.ve all tilings, and ar ip.-me- ■
diate reconciliation between England and America, !
appears t<? rr.c the noly event that can threaten the !
two crown*.rv : tll ar.y ftldden danger.
Se?ondly—ln the examination ot t!.i3 I
liave obfrved that it is twofold—that it tr.ay cfmt
from England or from Spain ' ' • -'; s •
On the p»rt of E iglao the Count <!t Vcrjjen- I
m s appeirs to mo to i>e fntiaiied, that the pre- (
font mmi Iter hisno holtile views—l tht.ik with
' a'fo t 1 ■ t;,. • >,r>t a new ni'ni ier wo'do :■ o*. corn j
nsenec a war, '.1: | t » had <-:mp!?ated with
Aiiicm-s. l'iori their inability to c::n-ii.tich a
peace ; 1 beiio- we shall not be difiurhrd in the
course of tl ii ve r.
1 have rcfie.t d oil the doTe'Cr.t fcafur.r. >n w'nuh !
our failoi with hose of England, jrr rsp-ilt-J, I
in t!ieirtu:n. to He iurpriled by tl.e Vival 1
1 have <>'Tei ve•. 1 [ i>at "tli!3 reg-.;l;'.r, nut? Pc-
MO'i would deler:ri:ie the time when Eitgl.iiH "r i
intend 'o < orriV nee hil ilu ICS, and tliit it • <li■ !
furi.iih t« in the means of dif:ovcriivr her vi< w 6 ,
the pi-cautions (he then takes —In relation to Sp 'e .
I have f?.id that there is to be feared, on her part,
too great confidence in her own force's, the T.ilpa
thy ajrai lft the Britidl power, the just relentment
which the Catholic King feels against the proceed
ings of this power toward him, and the obttacles
that these dtfpofniorts - would interpose to a ecun
filiation, if any dilpttte or act of violence hould
happen between the Spanifli a;id Euglift com nto.J.
•eis.
1 have laid, lastly, that it is equally important
not to be furpiized by England, aid not to be hur
ried *way by the ardour of Spain—and I have in
fitted upon the nccefiity of encreafing, and main
taining between our two crowns a confidence, with
out reserve. As to the measures to be taken by
the two crowns, to prevent the danger which may
threaten them, my manner of thinking is precisely
the fame as that of the Count D'Vergen.nes, On the
neceffi'y of reje&ing every plan of aggression on
our part. — '
In the fit ft place, by moral reasons, so conform
able to the manner of thinking, recognized by the
two monarchs,
[n the feeoud place, <'» account of the fiate fti
which the King finds hi} finances, and his lard and
sea forces, the want of time to regenerate all the
branches of his poiv.-r, and the d inger of perpetu-'
ating our weakness, by making a premature use of
our forces,
In the third place, by the decilive reason, that a
war,offenfive on our part, would reconcile the mo
ther country with her Colonies, by giving to the
miniller a pretence for yielding, and to the Colo
nies a motive to bend to hii piopofitions, that they
mMit gain time to consolidate, and to mature their
plan, and multiply their means.
We hear that the Indians have not yet left this
city, as they are to visit Ricketts's Circus this even
ing. It' rauft be highly entertaining to llranjrers,
to feethofe aborigines express their furprjze a; the
different performances exhibited at that place of
amufrment.
A Correfpondtnt.
Extract of a letter to the Editor dated Gharlcjlon,
" I received your favour of the lßtVi De#. with
Mr. Randolph's vinJication, for which I thank
you. The papers brought us great quantities ef
information, foreign and domestic. Our horizon
■seems to be brigUtning, and evecy friend to order,
and to republican jjovi rnment mud rejoice to per
ceivc the vessel of (late getting frMy into port af
ter so many ru2e tempers. If jam not triftaken,
to-morrow.J
Philadelphia,
TUESDAY EVhNING, JANUARY 19, 1796.
fS. C.J January 4
i things are getting Into better train tfian tli»y hsve
been for a lon j time. The honest men of both
parties will perceive the dangen of furcigo inter
I'.ieuce in our country, dud wiii unite to repel f»
dangerous and fruitful a source of calamity.
In this country, Potwilbft-mdnijf appearances
have been unfavorable, there is a growing dffpoii
tion to rely upon the wisdom and integrity of the
government, and to confide in, and fapport its rtiez
!ttres. Mmy of the leading ra-.n who took a large
share in the deliberations of the fiimnjer in rel.it'on
to the treaty, concede that thc-y took, up the fttt>-
je£t too nattily and tinadvikdlv, 2nd altroli every
man in this City avows freely a detertjiinaiion to
flip port the treaty to the lail entrcirwfyv now that
it lias becomc an aft of the £ovrrr:meiit» It this
temper thould extend itfelf and become fixed in the
Amtrican rpirrii, it will demon fi-*t e. to the world,
the poflrflion of a moderation o; character, un
known to other nations—and wirm dif:uilions of
public meaßtres, prevents to final adoption will
produce falutaty truths, in the conduit of miitj,
without furnifhinfr indications of a refra£t~ry spi
rit. Great fatijtaCiion prevails in the probability
that the French nation will he likely to frt down in
quiet under their new Constitution, which contains
principles and anangements prumife (labil
ity."
eoMMumc/iriotr.
Gatty's hydraulic' mrchine fliowing the
circulation of the blood to and from the heart is an
•ingenious thing. He exhibited it in Chtfimt-
Street on Friday in a small crowd, and diltributed
his cards. Mr. Wipnell, the manager of the ele
gant New Theatre, very neatly-exchanged a Ticket
to his Theatre with this itinerant philosopher for
one of his cards of address—Poor Gatty seemed
to think that his ■addrtfi was of more value than
he had imagined—and whether hit cards were ex
haftfted, or that he thought their value beyond giv
ing aw3y—he distributed no asorc. Every enlight
ened effafion of the hear; ought to belong to the
public.—For the public ftoek of generous fenftbi
lity is,certainly augmented in proportion as such
pleasing little incident! are known.
At a qa?rtei]y meeting of the Society for the
inflitution and fripport (>f FirßdaV (or Sunday)
Selwols, in the City of Philadelphia, the diitri&s
of Sußthwark and the Norvhern Liberties, held
ifl month l 2th, t 796, the following Harmed persons
were elefited Officers thereof for tfie en filing year.
Willi:, ir White, PrtficVnt.
Benjnmm Say, Vice-Ptefideat.
Clmles Marshall, Treasurer.
Gourde x Wil!i,iri>s, Secretary.
FO.l THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Mr FENN'O,
1 hat the L.-gifTaturc* of Ne-.v Hampfli're, Vcr.
mon', Counedicut, New-York, New-Jersey, Peftn
fylvauja, Maryland and North Carolina, avl the
Coagicis of the United Stntes are oompoftd i f
tGNi'RAMt;ss; s, st.ucc.4KDs and slates, is de-
ii-.infi'nrni by Scipto in the Aurora of ibis aior.i
! '(_ — [ht tol|->wirw are lils word? :
" Your anfivcr to ilie mcfisjje of the p'tfi !en t
nut lhat lively fenjibility as to uir
pref'-rit (i: nation, w4>kh mitrht j'.iftly
fiotri the nr/an of our confidr-'c". It tvrts too quid)
to «ri-ln»' Lack an aflc • tliat 'lie United States were
in a fruition eminently profperous.—Tliey are so,
in .appearance, to the ignorant, to the sluggard,
or to tl:c slave — But to tlie watchful and tfie
wife, they mu!t appear, in a fituaiion lingulatly
critical*'
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
A R RIV CDi
Ship W.niisrufun, St, Übe>, 42
-Barque Csefar, Spntfwood, Brilloi, 56
Snow loduttiy, Millfr, Bremen, via Ramfgate, 56
Schooner Be!fey. Freeman, Martinique, 21
Sloop Merrimack, Carlton, Portsmouth, N. H. 33
IThe baiqtie Csefar failed from Bristol the I r;h
of November, and left there the (hip Wilmington,
'! Captain Mariner, to foil for this port in two or three
' davs. .
Captain Williamfon, when 8 days out, spoke
the bi iff Maris, Capt. Price, 14 days from St.
Übes, for BaitiV.ore.
Captain Miller, of the fn<uv industry, informs,
that from 20 to 25 friil of American velfels, put ib
to Ramfgatc, (England) in distress, all of which
failed from '.hence previous to his departure, for
different ports in the United States—among them
was the Jay, far New-York, which failed on the
9th November.
Tejlcnl'.'j arrived the Barque Co:fur, Cap!. Spof
wood, from firiflol, in 56 (lays—By the Ccefar
tve have Tbe"\ imes of -the I 2th, from which the
following articles are extraded :
LONDON.
Yefh'rdjy morning arrived Mr. Major, a king's
messenger, from Bade, and Mr. Ballet, from the
Btitifli army on the Continent, lyno Hamburgh
mails reached the Poll-Office soon after. In the
evening two more mails arrived. We are sorry to
fay that the packet having on board the fir ft njait,
is loft about a league from Yarmouth, but the crew
is saved
These mails have brought ns advices of the roofl
important nature 5 no lefs-lhan the complete de
feat of the French armies in thfc differentpofts oc
cupied by them on the right banks of the Rhine.
•The two armies of Clairfayt and . Wurmfer have
liothXycceeded in their plans of attacking to force
the enemy across the If hine } after having experi
enced a greater loss, in 'partial':artacka, than if .they
had been defeated in a pitched battle. .
i It appears, we hav» already remarked, that
the origin of all the disasters experienced by the
French was, in cnnfequencc of General Clairfayt
Slaving, violated the .line of ma iked out
;by the fruffians. On thetithttlt. Gen. Ciairfayt
imadea forced march t»f 18 hours, along the moun»
■tains near Afchaffenbonrg, over a neutral Unita
ry,and fixed his camp on the plains near Franckort.
—The left wing of Cen. Jourdan's atftiy beco-
m!n£ thus ertpofrd, lie onftffcd an Jnfuftt reti'?»f,
'eavuirr liis artillery,, bag.gpge and to
Auiliians.
It js Ir.ipoftble to calculate the loft of th« Frem.-h
jinnies; but* as v\e kno-.v that there were alm''''-
d.iily flcirmilhcs and battles sot ■eigfyrrr irbYn
the U'h to the }Qth ofOdtijficr, a«tl that <>n m>f
occaliun the Fruv-R were routed, it may pajily Lni
supposed their loss is imrtu-rfc.
While Ofneral GfcHrfayt urn* pUrfutpfr
tnans <m the Luwr Khne, Gen. Wuritifrr on the
l Bth ult. attacked the French poils near
and carried the Tort »f the NcekiirJoy aflauju O i
this occasion the French Gvnera! An imot .way
prisoner. £ Furthlt Exiraffs to morrcr.i\]
NEW THEATRE.
On U'EDNESbjr EfSNtNGi January ;o,
Will be [ireKiitfd,
A COMEDY, <n!M,
The RIVALS.
Sir Anthony AbfoSute,
tJaptaiu Aliioluie,
tauiklandi
Acres,
iiir XjutiUs ©'Trigger,
ia^,
David-,
Coaclinian,
Boy,
Mrs. Ma la prop) Mrs ihaiu,
L'ydia Languilh, lilrs. Marjhal!, V
Julia, Mrs. Fronds*
Lucy, (fivfltime) Mrs, Doflvr.
To which will be added, ,
A SPEAKING PANTOMIMiT, (writtenby the lat€
David Garrick) called,
Harlequin's Invasion
OF THE REALMS OF SIIAKESPEAR2.
With the original mufic—*the accompaniments by M/<
Giliingbarn.
With an entire aew Medley OvchurS.by Mt.XcinagU.
Harlequin, Mr. F,ancr,
Mercury, (with Tongs) Mr. hlar/oa/l,
1" orge, Mr. Moretoni
Bounce, Mr. Green,
I'rontin, IV*r. Harvjood,
, Taffy. Mr. Brett,
Bog, Mr. Darirj, jns.
S.mon, Mr. ,'Vgne/l,
Snip, . Mr. Bares,
Abraham* Mr. E i/feit,
Juitice, Mr. H urre 11.
C. icr, Milter Wat re!!,
Padlock, Mr. ii'arrejl, jufl.
Fairy, v, i!i a long, Miss Sai'eattr.,
Coluinbinc, of the irairy group, Mils Gilaffvc,
l>;)Uy Snip, M-s trcncu, /
Mrs. Snip, Mrs.
Sukey Chitterlin, M.f» H'irut/is,
Old Woman, with a forg, Mr. liarley.
In the cc.urfe of liic Pjutt'omime will be a
variety o£' new Sceu<-ry and Machinery.
The C.c---m ry dmijjiK-d itsd'extmudby .Yiri luubturm.
BOX, One Dollar— PIT, Thrcc-Fo'urtba of a Dollar—
»nd GALi.MOV, Halt a Dollar, ,
1 he Pabiic a'e relpcfliu'h' informed that the Deon
ot the Theatre v.'jl! b; open at F. v Vh, and ihc Curtain rite
prrciicly as. SIX o'clock.
Place* for tie Boxes to be iakchicf Mr. We-IIS, at the
Front of 'Uic Theatre..
f ICKE'TS u> be. ha<i at H, P R;CE's Bo'>k-Store.
Vo. Markec-Stiect; and at the Ofiict adjoining the The-
aire.
i.a.ilrs ard,Gentle invn art 1 rcqieflcd'to fend their servants
In keep place* a quarter before o'clock, and older liiem
as footi hs the com;*vny is fftatccL to wi.Hdra'.v ; as they can
not on any account, he o 'rrßatn.
No money or ticke « ro l>c ic UMied ; nor an-,- perfoll, on
arty acrouni whaHoever, admitted brhn-H rhe ftr-irs,
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