NEW THEATRE.
TO-MORROIV EVENING, February 16,
Will be presented,
A TRAGEDY, called
JANE SHORE.
Duke of Glofter, Mr. Green,
'.Lord Mailings, Mr. Wignell,
Catefby, Mr. HarweoJ,
Sir Richard RatclifFe., Mr. Worrell,
Belmoiir, Mr, Beete,
Dumpnt, 'Mr.* Wbitlock,
Jiarlof Derby, Mr. Francis,
Alicia, Mrs. Morris,
' Jane Shoif, Mrs. Wbitlock.
To which will be added, for the firft time,
.Jl Grotejque Pantomime (partly Tien
and pai tly compiled) called
The Witch es of the Rock ;
Or, EVERT WHeAe.
"With a ;.ew overture, Incantation, Airs, and Cho
rufles, eompofed by Mr. Reinagle.
The I antomime compiled by Mr. Milboarne, and under
the direction of mrjfrs* Francis and Milkourne.
Harlequin, Mr. Franc : s,
ill Witch, Mr, Darky,
.ad Witch, Mrs. Worrell,
f mfflrs. J. Darley, Rtl/oinj,
\ Mitchell, Miss Wittems, i'c
Mr. Rarrell,
Mr. Darley, jus.
Mr. Milbourne %
• Mr. Beete,
Sig. Jojdph l!o3or,
Mr. Morgan, •
Mr. Wefrrell, jun.
Mr. Mitchell,.
Mafh-r Wctrrell,
C Mi's Willems, Miss Row/on,
I Miss OUJield, 15ft- -
Fruit Woman, Mrs. Roiu/q^.
Columbine, Miss Milbrurne.
Old Lady, M.fs Salomon.
With new Scenery, Machinery, and 'Decorations.—
Jnterfperfed with a varuty of mechanical changes,
®&*g'cal transitions, and whimt/ital metamorpholes.
7*o cu'iclude tvhh a IjISPLAT of
The Great Falls of Niagara.
The Scenery dejigried ani executed by Mr Milbourne
Attendant Witches,
Pantaloon,
Lawyer,
"Drunken Valet,
Surveyor)
Pero,
Mife'r,
Pompey,
Tinker,
Bricklayer,
Milliners,
Rickeitss New Amphitheatre,
CHESNUr-STREET.
THIS PRESENT EVENING,
Thursday, 15th February,
TTliere will be prefentcd, a general Grand Display of
the moll capital
]lqiieftr 'i&n Iff Stage Performances,
And, in additian to the former Scenerv, tke
BEAUTIFUL PAINTING
By Mr. Perouani, painter and architect from
Italy, which gave such extraordinary fatisfaiftion
last evening, at the celebration of
The PRESIDENT'S BIRTH NIGHT,
Representing the Temple of Minerva, with the Statue
of that Gotfdefs of VVifdcm, in the attitude of con
templating a bust of the President of the United
States of America, placed on ail handforne pedcftal,
and surrounded by Fifteen Figures, emblematic of
the Fifteen States, holding Festoons of Flowers.
The President's Statue is crowned by other Figures, re
presenting Immortality and Liberty, ready to cele
brate the Birth Day as this virtuous hero, whilfl an
Eagle appears, flying fvriftly down, with the label
in his bill,
E PLURIBUS UNUM.
The top of the Temple and the Architrave are orna
mented with emblematical Paintings descriptive of
The Victories gained under the command of
IVajhington,
Who ye'fterday commenced his 64th year, which is
recorded by Hiftorv, fitting by the pedestal
that supports the bust.
The Arms of each State,are painted over each Box, and
4 the arm 3of the U. S. opposite the Stage.
COMMEkCE AND AGKICULTURU
appear on the front of the Stage.
And several Shields for Coats of Arms of the new*
States; togeiher with other Emblems of the Indian
Treaties.
Besides, a variety of other Paintings & Figures,
that compose
A Trite of Scenery extremely intrrejlibg.
The whole Hoafe will be illuminated with variegated
lamps, and the great Girartdole is ornamented
with Festoons of Flowers.
The Evening'j Awufement t§ conclude with
RICKKTT.s's NEW PANTOMIME,
called,
The Triumph of Virtue ;
©R b HARLEQUIN IN PHILADELPHIA
F 0 R S A L E,
A NEAT two story frame building, situate in Fifth
ftrect, continued in Southwark, which Lets at 301.
per annun), fubjeft to aground rent of nos.
An elegant Brown Gelding, 14 1-2 hands high, goes
well in a chair or under the saddle.—An handsome riding
Chair and Coachee; with harness complete.
tract? of Land, situate contiguous to each other,
containing about 773 acres, in Northumberland county,
near the toWn of Northumberland, Surfdry tra&s of
Land in Bedford county, being about 2,200 acrcs, part
near the waters of Conymeaux, and adjoining Lands of
Daniel Tyfon. Alfa, one other tra& in Weftmoreland
county, adjoining lands of William Sitgreaves, on Clear
field creek. For teims apply to
SAMUEL R. FRANKLIN,
No. 81, S. Water-ftrcet. or
No. 72, S. Second-street.
Phi]ade!phia,*Fei>. 15, 1706.
Political Book-Store, No. B,foulh Front-Jlreet.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
By THOMAS BRADFOR D,
A PROSPECT
FROM THE
CONGRESS GAI:L ER Y,
During the Ssjjion btgmning the ft!) December, 1795
CONTAINING
■ Thf Prcfid«nt's Speech, tlie addresses of both Hou
rs*', fonje of the debates i;) the Senate, and all the
principal debates in the Hoiife of Reprefentitives, each
debate being brought under one head, and so digested
af-ld Amplified a* to give the reader the completed view
of tht proceedings with the least poflible fatigue.
With Qccajioincl Rmarit,
Bv PETER PORCUPINE
J lift Publtjhtd,
tVetwsl Paraphrife on our Saviour's Sermon on
tJSMeunt, fey Charles Crsvvford Efg. -
rtjirptr's addrdi to his
. /Goiljotine.
» • Iflartan'.j I,aw of NatinnV.
* Jwyiiier, cn the blood, lft sol.
HOUSE OF COMMONS,
Mr. Fox begfcn a speech of the moll energetic
eloquence, of which a faint sketch can only be gi
ven, wi'.h warm commendations of the former
speaker He said, that highly as he always ad
mired the talents of tike Hon. gentleman, he was
the more pleased with the d'fplay of them on the
present occasion, as there was not a principle laid
down in the speech to which anv man might not
afTent, and yet oppoje the present bill. The inge
nuity of the hon. gentleman had indeed made no
inconfinerable lmpreffioii upon the house, though
his arguments seemed not so much to bear on the
point in difcuflion as on the general policy of legis
lation. He the difficulty of replying to a speech
of this nature in its utmost eiO'eni. He was not in
the leali disposed, nar did he believe any sober po
litician woifld bs inclined to controvert the princi
ples laid down by the honourable'gentleman in the
beginning<>r iis speech. About the degree of con
straint which government was to iaipofe, alone,
couW. any dispute arifc 1 ; that government was in its
application a fyftemof restraint upofi human a&ioti,
was incontrovertible. It was important, however,
to c-mfider well the quantity and the quality of re
straint which circumftarces required, and to prove
clearly the neceffiry upon which an increase of re
(traijit was to be founded.
The hon. gentleman had complained that it was
the temper of the time* to take every general prin
ciple as meant to apply nnrverfaHy, and to fallen
upon the person who employs it, all the absurd con
fequenc'es which might aiife; fiom fu<. h an applica
tion. Of this difpofitioH he was convinced no man
had better leafoii to complain than himfelf. The
hon. gentleman had accused gentlemen on this fide
of the house of wifl'ug to produce this dilemma,
either that the people of this country were animat
ed by an universal spirit of loyalty, or tfiat they
were inflamed with a spirit of difaffedl ion. He had
never said that the people of this csuntry were fa
completely harmonious in their political sentiments
or opinions, or that no difoonlent prevailed. But
it had been often Hated 011 this fide of the lioufc,
and he would call upon the hon gentleman to an
swer, whether he believed the spirit of difotisfae
tion was greater or kfs flow, than it was previous
to the war? He had never llated, bccaule ie had
never brlieved, that the state of public affairs was
wholly without danger. If it was allowed to be
greater, to what cause was the incveafe to b> attri
buted ? He was ffirely enabled to prefujme, that it
was occasioned by the difcontcnts, excited by a war
impolitic and unjnft, by the meafurts of J corrupt
incapable adminillratinn, and to the complicated
miseries aiifipg from the decay of commerce and the
preflure of famine, into which the cfruntry had
been plunged. The war then had produced an ef
fect, dire&ly the rSverfe of that dated by ministers
themselves as the chief rcafon of triumphing in its
success. if, on the other hand, the grouadi of ap
prehension were less, why were the Tacrifices re.
quired for public fecm ity to be increased ? He ask
ed pardon of the house, -for the repetition in which
he indulged, but when the fame arguments are em
ployed, and the fame ohjefh'ons offered to gentle
men on this fidi- of the house, he could not forbear
repeating his material question.
With regard to the point of danger, of which
the hon. gentleman was so anxious to have a fpeci
fic declaration of "his sentiments, he had always
staled that fonse discontent exiited, which might
not be unworthy of attention, bat which would ne
ver juftify the legislative remedies propwfed. The
hon. gentleman had assented to treat as a paradox,
the observation of his hon. fiiend (Mr. Lamoton)
that the danger #>f an attack was often created by
the injudicious mode of defence. If it was one,
however, it was one of t'nofc which frequent expe
rience proves to be true. Many political evils were
tendered desperate by the absurd met'wods pnrfued
to remedy, or so remove them. Was the hon. gen
tleman so much more of a whig than himfelf, as to
impute the whole evileof theeivil wars to Charles I.
to which the nation owed its liberties, in corse
quence of the conduct of that ill-fated monarch :
The hon. gentleman believed all these calamities
were to bCafcribed to the illegality of ship-money,
or of variolic other a£ls of that prince, but he would
a(k, whether there were not a body of persons, pre
viously inimical to the constitution, and that the at
tack upon the monarchy was rendered formidable,
and even tragical in the event, by the rigorous mea
fuies which tendered the breach irreparable.
The hon. gentleman had also mentioned the cafe
of the Americans, when that unfortunate difpnte
firft was agitated, and when he heaid scraps of pam
phle:s read to prove that there was a fettled design
formed, to frtake off the connexion of this coun
try; he had never been so unqualified a supporter
of Ameriaa, as to assert that no such deiigns were
entertained. He was convinced however that there
were very few who had conceived the project of se
parating from the mother country. By injudici
ous attempts to remedy the evils then complained
of, was realized the catadrophe which it was in
tended to prevent. Ihe lion, gentleman had not
r.curred to that fallacy so often answered, i.f which
gentlemen on this fide were accused, that they as
cribed the discontent to the measures of his mnjef
ty's ministers. The hon. gentleman asked, did not
these difcontcnts exist, before the warj to which
much of the difeontents wa6 imputed, had been
commenced ? Here agaisi he would recal the two
examples he had alreidy employed. In the time
of Charles I. there might exist causes of difiatisfac
tion. Nevertheless the conduct and the extrava
gant pretences of that piince, and the impolicy of
his miniftirrs carried them to that height which
proved so fatal to themselves. A similar observa
tion, laid Mr". Fox, is applicable to what happened
in America. Idonot know what are the feuti
ments of the learned gentleman on that fubjeQ,
but 1 put it to him whether he would conlider it an
argument of any weight against that injudicious
condufl of parliament Vvhich occsfioned the sepa
ration of Amcrica from tlif Britilh empire, bec.ufc
a let tci could be produced, written by some diffa
tisfied man in Bolloti in 1764, in which he expref
*d3t
November 25
[_Contmued.*\
red las wish for a feparatioft ? But lie fiys, that
nuch cf tlig pTiferit danger arises from a body of
mvn concentrating all the ill humours and discon
tents vf the country, and applying them to their
own purpof;, to create diffatisfaftion to the go
vernin.nt. Can the hon. gentleman, however,main
tain that this is a danger which arises only from a
particular conjuncture ia the times, and which h:'s
no reference to the character of the government?
on the contrary, has it not its chief source in their
mifconduit ? Is it not from mal-admiiuflvation that
it deiives its Urength and confidence? 11l humours
are more apt to ifxilt in bad than in good govern
ments. They will always be found to prevail in
the greatest degree under the word, such as 1 con
tend the present to be ; 1 need not fay that I mean
the admiuillration, not the confutation. Equally
falfe is the argument, that we by the line of con
dufl which we adopt, give (Irength to the enemies
of the conftitutioii, and afford additional grounds
for those strong measures, which government are
forced to adopt., in order to repel the danger ari
riling from their machinations. The words of a
celebrated writer, on an occalion ta which I have
already alluded, are extremely applicable to the pre
sent icftance'. Mr. Fox here quoted the words of
Mr. Burke, recommending lenient and conciliatory
meafureswith refpeft to America: " I would di
vide," fays he, " not Charlelton from South Caro
lina, not Bolton from New-Yoik, but those who
are adverse to taxation from those whu withed a fe
paration.''—ln the present irlVance coivti.mtsd Mr.
Fox, I wonld adopt some policy : I wo«ld divide
those who merely complain of grievances, and wish
for the reform of abufes,.from those who are un
friendly to the conftittitimi. I would not repress
the few who may he defirons of overthrowing the
cnnlUtution,nor rifle the adoption of if,eafures which
may engender a spirit of general difgult. I should
father endeavor lo conciliate enmity, to redress
grievances, to reform abuses, to unite all under the
banner of the conftitu'ion ; but by no means to
widen the breach, to drive every thing to extremes,
and inflame discontent to defpsir.
CHARLESTON, [S. C.] February 4
Yefteriiay arrived the fchoonert atuxcnt, Campbell
Gonaivcs, 9 days; fclidoner Pe"sjy, Atkius, Penob
fcot, 14 days ; brig Aursia, WardeH, Boftcm, 30 days,
schooner Savannah Packet, Rogers, Savannah, 1 day
! sloop Fancy, Morrifon, Savannah, 1 day; snip Ran
dolph, Greenough, Portsmouth, (N. Hi) 28 day's;
sloop Poily, Finch, Goniives, 12 days; brig Jun®,
Moore, Portsmouth, (N. H.) 26 days.
The snow Henricus, in' 52 days from Nevis, has a
pilot on board ; flie spoke, the day before yeilerdny,
a large (hip from Bremen, bound for this port. The
■ (hip Tafnmany, in 14 days from New-York, was at
! anchor below the fort last evening.
February 5. *
Yesterday arrived the fbip Tammany, Ward, New-
York, 15 d?.ys; schooner Betsey, Waterman, Philadel
phia, 5 days; schooner Avarice, Bound, Aux Cayrs,
25 dayi; faow Sally, Lindfay, Cape-Francois, 20 days;
fchoonar Sally, Leach, Salem, 9 days; brig Deadama,
How, New-Ybik, 7 days; fchooncr Philadelphia,
Butler, Philadelphia, 7 days ; sloop Mary, Savage,
18 days.
diedJ At his plantation,Horfe-Shoe, Philip Smith,
Esq. aged 68 years ( wanting a few days). This vene
rable an.d mod worthy rrnn clcfed his mortil career in
such a manner as bespoke him the real and undiilVm
bled Chi iftian.
Sunday evening last, Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes,
tlie amiable consort of Ifaae Holmes, Esq. Collector 'of
the Cufloms for the port of Charleston.
Last evening, Mr. Philip Hart, a member^of
the Hebrew Congregation, aged 71 years.
NEW-YORK, Bcbruary 23,
The multiplication of people .jn this state ex
ceeds all former ca'ctilations. Theycity andcoun
ty of New-York, in 1784, contained but 23 oco
inhabitants—the present number is 50,000. The
multiplication of pro pie in the whole state fall very
little short of thefrrse ratio.
On the fame principles, this city \vill contain
11» 1805
1816
1826
That i% in 30 years, at the present rate of pro
predion, New York will contain more inhabitants
than any city in Europe, except London, Paris
and Conftaminople. In 7© years the number will
equal that of either of those cities.
This idea is not vilionarv. The two cireum
ftances that make great towns, are commerce ana
snanufadtiires, and this city is to rife on commerce,
The tradi of country, which is now actually sup
plied from New-York, equals in extent and fer
tility, that part of Great which lies to
the Southward of the Tweed. Perhaps half a cen
tury is not fufficient to give this country the fame
(late of high cultivation as that of England. But
this may be expetled in less than a century. The
far»e state of improvement aid population in the
country, will require a correspondent population
of the commercial cities. If tlrerefore, the growth
of our country flinuld not be cheeked bj- wars or
other tinufual calamities, we may expect New-
York in about 70 years to equal the cities of Lon
don and Weftminfler, and Harlaem will be in the
fuburks of the city. The territory trading to this
city will then contain about 7 ot 8 millions of
people.
Similar calculations may be made, with refpedl
to many other parts of our country.
The fpi.it of extendirg inland navigation, is
one mod fivorable to population.
1 will *e iture to piedidt that in one century
from this djy, there will be scarcely a village in the
United S'.aies, at the diilance of 30 miles from
boatable wacr.
The legifliture of Rhode-lfland has taken steps
to open an in,and navigation from Providence river
to Worcester county in Massachusetts. The Hate
of Connefticvt it penetrated by rivers that will
some time or other admit boats from Norwich thro'
Windham to Ihe holders of Massachusetts : and
ftjr the Hoofatonack, a navigation may perhaps be
opened from Stratford and Deiby, to Stockbudge
in Maffachtifctts.
The whole nt-:ior of this Rate, New-Jersey and
Pennsylvania, will be interfered with navigable
\valcr ; and memoir living may fee boats at t.ur
Avharves from Owfbec on one fide and the Lake
of ihe woods on
An aggregate statement of the ftims • btYh will
be requ :ite fat the payment of iuuult, and
certain reimbuifemeirts of the public debt,from
the year 1795 to the year 1824, inolulive.
fi'sft, cents.
In 1795 4,338,972 97
1796 4,424,902 47
1797 - - 4>4 8 5>S'° 2 47
1798 - - • 4,061,302 47
1799 - - 4,138,062 47
1 Poo - - - 4,;'7* j**? 47
1801 - - 5,(503,592. 81
1802 - - 6,509,51.2 81
1803 - - 7,240,084 8f
1804 - - 6,.>60,254 81
1805 - - 6,439,1=64 St
1806 - - - '6 .'44,437 81
1807 - - 5,620,863 81
1808 • - - 4,874,171 Si
1809 - - 4,862,151 81
ißfb - - - 4,607,631 81
1811 , - - 607,631 81
1812 - ' - - 4,607,631 81
1813 - - 4,607,631 81
1814 - 4,007,631 11
815 - 4,607,631 81
1816 - 4,607,631 8-t
1817 - - 4,607,631 61
1815 - - - 4,148,608 iq
1819 * - 2,286,106 5(1
1820 . 2,286,106 5c
1821 - - 2,286,106
1°22 • 2,286,106 56
1823 - - 2,287,106 56
1824 2,063,7 6 9c
Note The amount of principal of which
the different species of the public cicbt iscompof
ed, is as follows. Foreign 12,200,000; 6 per
cent!,. 29,3 10856,86 : deferred 14,561,934. 41.
3 per cents. 19,569,909. 63 j 5-1-2 per cents.
1,848,900: 4-I-2 per ccntj. 176,000 ; unfund
ed eftimiited at 1,382,837. 37 ; domeftie loans
6,2C0,000. Total debt of the United States,
85,250,638 dollars 27 cents.
0:i the principles of the foregoing ftatement.ihe
foreign del>t, how funded here, will be
ed in the year 1810, The 6 per cent ftoclc noir
bearing interest will be all extinjjmfhed in the year
1819 : and the whole deb;, in 18.24.
CONGRESS
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.
By general confynt the committee went back to
the difcuflion of the firll lection.
A motion was made to iirike out the firft fic
tion in order to try the piineiplc, whether the lots
should be abfolu'.el, retted in the United Slates,
or Whether thry should be mortgaged as a fund
on> the credit of which the money should be bor
rowed.
Mr. Hilllu tife propof d a fubllitnte for the fiift
rfeftioo, which contained the hilt principle, viz.
that of ve(H; g the power absolute in the United
States f<> far an refpefts one half xiptiie lots, which
he proposed fhq»ld be at the disposal of the Uni
ted States, to reimbtirfe the loan of one half the
sum proposed to be borrowed viz. 250,cc0.
The firft fe&ion was passed over, and a motion
made to (hike out of (he second fe&ion the words
" on the credit of the said Jots "
Mr. Smith (N. H.) said the motion was im
material to the object as he conceived the lots were
by the bill, in i;s present form, perfiftly at the
disposal of the United Statrs. Hi' ('-[liked t|»;
idea of aflbiiating or blending business in aav
manner whatever with the fifcal concerns ol the U
nited States. He vvi/hed to keep the v. lie's busi
ness independent and dillinft.
Mr. Brent consented to this amendment. He
at the lame time alluded to the observations whick
l>3d bten offered from different'parts of theHoufe,
f'»me of which lie remarked, had a tendency M
(hake the general confidence of the people in t!ic
faith of the Government relative to a final esta
blishment of the feat of government on the Patovv
macfe—that they went to a facrifice of the pub
lic property by counteraitiiig the principles of eco
nomy, and eventually ieffening the value of that
property infuch mnnnei as would render the pre
sent funds entirely inadequate to the completion
of the public buildings. This bring the cafe, he
submitted whether it would not be a (lai'i oh the
faith of the government, to refufe that aid, which
if now afforded will enable the cornmiffioners t<>
com pleat the public edifices at the time appointed
by law for removing the feat of Government.
Mr. Sedgwick said that the idea of the gentle
man lalt up, was not corre<SVin supposing the
faith of the government was pledged to guarantee
this loan, or to-advanceone [hilling for the purpo
rts to which lie had alluded. Mr. Sedgwick re
curred to the law for eflablifning the permanent feat
of government, and to what was tcpeatedly decla
led on that oecafion, the United States was to Le
exonerated from all expence.
But though this was the a&ual situation of things
yet tor the ptirpofes of untoß, accommodation and
mutual good will, he was heartily willing to far.c
tion the loan for half a million of dollars—but as
he was desirous that as little eventual loss as pofTi
ble fhoiild be incurred by the United States on this
principle, though he would vote for the. guarantee
of the loan, he could not consent to flriking out
the words in the second fe6\ion.
100,000
200,000
400,000
Mr. Muriay said lhat he hoped the amepdment
would he agreed to—it would tend to conciliate
the difLtent parts of the House. Recurring lothe
pieat ohjcft of the law, he observed that if at the
time contemplated for removing the feat of govern
ment, the United States (lull be accommodated
with a City and public building suitable and offi
ces, it will be a great and important point pined.
He did not suppose that/a great object wat not in
view, in passing the aft, he fuppoied a great end
wis in vi w, and he hoped that end would be real
-17.» d. He believed that hiltory affo-Vrd no
pie of a government', being in. the
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