V—
CONGR E S S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, April 4.
Mr. Thatcher brought in a report from the
Committee on the Pod Office Law.
A petition was read from Samuel Legare and
Co. of South Carolina, and referred to the Com
mittee of Claims.
The report from the Committee on the Pod-
Office was then read. This report piopofes a num
ber of new routes for the transportation of the
Mails, and the fnppredion of some of the present
routes. An increase of compensations of the De
piry Poft-Maders, and further provilion to fecnre
the tegular transportation of riewfpapers, Read a
fecjnd time and committed for Monday next.—
Interim to be printed.
's MK Smith of New-Jeffey bad leave of absence
for two weeks.
A petition wag read from the inhabitants of
,Geot{Je Towrt, (S. C.) praying that a pod road
mpy be eftablilhed Setween tU'at place and Charles
ton. Referred to the Committee of*the whole to
whom the above report is committed.
Mr. Bfojirit called up a refulution laid on the
table last week, the purport of which is to autho
rize the Secretary of the Treasury to grant relief to
'certain dilhUers in the date of North Carolina by
commuting the duty on the capacity of their iKITs,
for .1 du'v on,the qvvnntity of Spirits a&uilly diftil
lt-J. The wurde " State of Carolina" >vere
ftr.uck out in qrder to making the refutation general.
It was. then referred to the Committee of Ways
r.nd Mean*;
11 committee of the whole on the report of the
CorhsHitee of Ways and Means. Mr. Midden-
b< *h in the Chair. The following retaliations
vure agreed to.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury
iie&ed to preoare and report to the House of
Reprelentafires at the next fe.lion, a plan for laying
and collecting direfl taxes, by apportionment a
*n>n£ the several Hates, agreeably to the rule pre-
ferred by the < Conftitutiou ; adapting the fame
as nearly as may be to filch ol>je<fts of direst tax
ation, and such modes of eolleftion as may appear
by the laws and pradtice of the states refpe&ively,
to be mod eligible in each.
Resolved, That thefumof dollars ought
to be obtained to discharge the debt due to the
Sank of the United St3tes, by creating a (lock
bearing an interest of fix per cent and irredeemable
for years ; the redemption thereof to com
jneo.ce thereafter and to be payable in yearly
iiiftalmeurs.
Thef.- resolutions were taken up by the House
and adopted, and the second referred to the com
mittee of Ways and Means, with inftruftions to
bring in a bill accordingly.
A nK'flsgefrom the Senate by Mr. Oti» inform
ed the house that they hare pasTed the bill authori
zing the building of a light house on Baker's Island
in the ft a; c of Massachusetts.
In committee of the whole on the bill providing
for th? Qhtands inthe Trr n'tTnv nmiK wclLof
-th<
Mr. Muhlehberg in the Chair.
The bill was difcufTed, and progref» reported.
Adjourned.
r THEATRE.
N
JBT DESIRE.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 6,
Will be preiented,
(For the last time this Season} a celebrated COMEDY",
( written bv the author of the Dramatist) called
The RAGE!
performing at CovcntGarden Tbeatrfwiti the applaufe\
Gingham, Mr. iVigmll,
Oarnley, Mr. Moreton,
Sir George Gauntlet, Mr. Green,
Hon. Mr.Savage, Mr. Har-wood,
Sir Mr. Bates,
F rll, Mr. Francit,
] , ly, Mr. IVarrell, '
Waiter, Mr. Darby, jun.
Richard, Mr. BliJJett,
Tlmmas, * Mr. Mitchell,
William, Mr. IVarrel, jun.
Grotm, Mafler IVarrell.
Li.ly Sarah Sarage, • Mrs. Ibi:u,
Clara SHl?y, Miss IVUlems,
Mrs. Darnlty, Mr?. IVbitlock.
End of the Play,
A Serious PantemimKal Ballet, (under ilie direction
of Mr. FVancis) called
Shipwreck'd Mariners Preferveti;
0 R,
I. A BONNE PE TITE F'LLE.
Capt. Hatchway, Monj. Leg?,
Jack Ratling, Mr. Bflflett,
Mr. Worrell,
Ramirez, Sig. Doctor,
Banditti, \ Meffi-,. JFW/.j.in. Morgan, Uiteb
I ell, Settee, &c.
Sailors, Messrs. Darley,]vm.Solomon, &c.
Rofaiie, Miss Milbtume,
Jaqualina, (La bonne petite Fille) Miss Solomon
Leonarda, Mr. Francis.
The Overture and Music rompofcd by R.Taylor.
To which will be added,
An Exhibition of Scenery and Feats of Activity,
CALLED
7'other $irfe of the Gutter.
With a variety of new performances, by Signior
JOSEPH DOCTOR.
In the coiirfe of which he will repeat some of the mod
approved Feats in the ltft Exhibition, which were
received with unbounded applause.
C 5" The Public are refpecSifully informed, that the
Doors of the Theatre will open at a quarter after FIVE
o'clock, and the Curtain rife precisely at a quarter after
SIX —Until further notice.
BOX, One Dollar, — PIT, Three-Fourths of a Dollar—
and GALLERY, Half a Dollar.
Pennsylvania Hospital.
THE Election will be held at the Hospital pursuant to
lalv, at.3 o'clock hi the afternoon on the second
day of the fifth month next, being the fieeond day of tbe
week,. at which time the Contributors are desired to attend
to chooftf out of their number Managers and a
Treasurer to the said Institution for the eni'uinjjyear.
By order of a,Board of Managers,
SAMUEL COAXES, CUrk.
4th mo. sth, 1796. §
< Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, F;b. 6.
Detection of a Spy,
\ cderday by virtue of a warrant from the Secre
tary of dates office, backed by the right hon: the
lord mayor, a person of the name of Gillot was
apprehended at Batfott's Coffee Houfc, in the city
by Mr. Walfli, a mefftnger, 011 suspicion of car
rying on a secret correfpondenee to and from this
country with France. He was immediately secured
and condu&ed by the officer and two of the City
Marfoal's men to the Duks of Portland's office,
where he underwent a private examination ; the
result of which was, that he was detained in cultody
for a further investigation into the enormity of his
offence this day. At the time he was apprehend
ed, he was making enquiries at the Coffec-houfe,
if any leters or papers, had been left for hinvthat
day, and on being answered in the negative, he
kerned much furprfzed, and on g'oing to lit down,
was fc.zed by the officer, to whom he adted in a
very violent manner, and would mod probably
have escaped, if other aflidance had not been pro
cured.
From Nieuwicd it is (aid, that fii>ce th£ truce
the French have removed all the cannon from the
batteries upon the opposite ftiore ; the picquets
had entirely disappeared from the banks, ahd the
French officers frequently came from Coblentz to
dine in the valley of Ehrenbreitftein.
I he accounts ftorn Sardinia by way of Leghorn
fay, that, fom;bf the refra&ory diftrifts having re
filling to pay the late imports, government sent 6oc
men to force obedience. Several of the ringleaders
were made pvifoners, but being afterwards pardon
ed, tranquility was perfedtly reltored.
The trench have again taker) hollages a\va\
from D.-ux Points. At CoblenVz Gen. Klebei
has been inlnltcd, and neatly ill treated by fomc
French foldieis. They have been banished frbn
theaj my, after cuttingofF their hair and eye brows
The exportation of rye, barley,, and oats is pio
hibited at Dantzig until next Aiigult.
By a letter from Como, dated tie 29th Dec cm
her,it is itj.red that an armtllice between the Frencl
and Auftro Sardinian army, had been agreed 01
By a letfer from Madrid, dated December 20,
it appears that the camp of St. Roche already con
tains 20,00»men, besides 8000 men ingar.ifoft, &
12000 more canto»td in the environs. ,
l'he King of Prussia has appointed the la:e mi
nilter of finance, Struenfee, (brirther to the unfor
tunate count Struenfee) to the falt-bffice, hitherto
held by baron de Heciwitz.
Among the immenre fortunes gained by the
Freßeh revolution, it that mnJe by a jew from Al
tona,*who'arrived at Paris about April with
no more than, 200 louii-d'ors in his pockets, a*d
»ow pofMVsa ftiperb .bote!' in the Fanxboiirjr St..
Hartore, for the furni'tire »>f which he paid 300,000
Jivres in hard cash. He has also bought a cpun-,
rtf poflef*. a fortune of *JO millions in aflljiiati.
Iroufibe juonJan 'ieltgraphe of Fib. 19.
FORGERY OF L'ECLAIR
Whereas a French paper, purporting to he of
Feb. 10 was forged, and sent to the office of .the
Telegraphe.
And whereas, by another application, the said
French paper, of the date before mentioned, was
made an inftiument of a conspiracy to defraud.
And whereas, in confequenee of that conspiracy
many perf«ns have been defrauded oflaige funis of
mo«ey in regard to funded property, the property
of this paper and othcrwife.
And whereas, betides the person firlt delivering
the fa id French paper (which person is fufficiently
known) there are pthers partaking in the perpetra
tion of the forgery.
The proprietors of the Telegraphe, in conjunc
tion with the mod refpe£lable committee of the mo.
nied imerefl, do hereby mod earnestly address the
public, (of the fake of public justice, and the tr.an
ifellly necefTary preservation of their property from
cheats and felons, to transmit all poflible information
upon the fubjeel, and touching any of the ac om- (
pices, to Mfffrs. Jones and Co. solicitors for the
prafecution in Chailot'e street, near the mansion
house. Who are empowered to give rewards of
money upon conviAio* of the offenders. The said
rewards to be proportioned to the degree of evi
dence given, from fiveto five hundred pounds.
* # * The name of any person thus communica
ting intelligence to the folicitois, will be kept per
fectly ftcret if desired
N. B. The plaintiffs and prosecutors particularly
require a more ample description, viz. Chri'tian
names, and Sirnanaes, places of abode, &c. of all
the persons concerned in the office where the said
forgery was printed.
| And further intelligence to complete a series of !
proofs, refpefiting a fufpedled Jew and Frenchman,
Telegraphe, office, Feb. 18, 1796.
Admiral Cornwall's is to hnre the Jamaica, and
Admiral Chrittian, the Leeward Island Itation. 'I'he
former being appointed to Jamaica, proves that
Government considers it as a m«ft important com
mand at the prefect jun&ure, probably on account
of the unsettled (late of St. Domingo from the late
ceffiun of the Spanish part of it to the French. We
dill think that our Government will judge it necef
lary to refill this i#ffion, it is in diredl violation of
the Treaty of Utrecht. Times
The five Departments of Belgium are obliged to
furnifh 20C0 heads of black cattle, and jooc sheep,
for the Republican army ; afid the forced loan in
that country njaft be paid in gold and silver, either
in bullion or coin. Affignats, at the hundredth
part of their nomjnal value, ate not received there,
as they are in France. The rflates of several Ab
beys are sequestrated.
The preient fafhionable mode of wearing the hsit
turned up so close behind, is an imitation of the
Republican toeffure ala guillotine. We hope thr
French falhion will go no further. I 1 is, however,
not unworthy of remark, that this fafhion of headt
a la guillotine, has cfcine into vogue in London at
the periodtif its-being unfafliiohahle in Paris. Should
it, however, be.recorded l y future liiftorians, we
hope they will give ihe priority of the fafhicn to
the French, as jt is one we fhoula not wifli to dii
pute with them about.
Tranjlated for the Gazette ef the United Stater from
the Hamburgh Gazette.
' JLxtraß of a Letter.
PARIS, December id, 179J,
1 here fend you a more particular account of our
minilters.
1. Merlin of Douai, (minider of justice) fot
merly, a lawyer, prefideut or the criminal tribunal
for the department ofnhe Norths then member of
the Conftiiu,ent'Affembly, then of the Convention
and lately of the Council of Ancients. He has
been busily employed in the committee of fifety.
Qne of his boldest motions in the Convention was
that in -1795 for the convoking a new Netional Af
fcmbly.
2. Aubert Dnbayet (miniller of war) before
the revolution an officer in the troops of the line,
a member of the firfl National AfTcmbly, com
mander of a battalion in the year 1792 in the army
of the Rhine under Cu'tine : Brigadier General in
'93 ; where he remained in the believed of
Mentz till Angult 1793. After its lurrender he
was sent to the western army against the Vendee
ills ; in the latter end «f 1793, he was broke and
a.relted- After hi# liberation he was appointed a
general of division in 1795 and commanJer of the
army of Cherbourg undei Hoche.
3- Benezeeh (ininiller of the interior) of a pro
test int family in Lnngtiedoc, in public lervice lince
1789, lately head of the department for arms and
.<mmunition. Till now there was but little talking
of him, pel-haps on account of "his modesty, as se
veral Parisian jmirnalills characterize him " the
modclt Benezech being adminiilrator of the
department .of Seine and Oize, lie organized 12
battalions of National guards at the irruptioji of the
Prussians in Champagne He is rich and married.
4. luiguet -(miniiler for the marine) during the
revolution he ivas appointed rear admiral and had a
command in the fquaitroons of admiral La Touche
that appeared before Naples iu 1792.
Our Directory anxionfly waits for dispatches
from Conllantinop'c relative to the coiiclulion of
an offenfive and defcnfive alliance with the grand
Seigniot.
For the Gazette of ths United Statss,
Mr. .Penko,
i HE aQivi.y difpl-iyed by Ware
Company, in coulequence'yf the facc'efl attending
the forced loan has become the fubjedt of muih
speculation. •
It is ia:her unfortunate however, For the con
cerned, the zeal »f the chef Forger to cxcil
in In* bu'iiu-u fh'.iuld. icinj lum to palm new man u
~rrctttTEa3«y;-Hf-«nc public Ml liiki m. - A_ . „
of the kind which has lately occurred is tooglaring
to unnotiicd.
In the■Anittfirwf this morning, a paper devoted
10 the interrtts of tin-company, an article is
far fate, said to ha-.e been fab'icated by a cerair.
A*, Theremin in 1795 —Mow alt ho it has been a
commr.n pr a Slice wiili the said chief Forger to fell
the ma tm.fa it 11 re» of his employers under feigned
nam.'a, yet, that in lift (ling up the article in quel
rion he (hould lease the cloven foot exposed to view,
11 unpardonable. \
This piece of Hollow Ware for example, is Ha
led to have been fabricated in the beginning of
1795— how then does that fact acct rd with the
following fcntsnce ith which and many others of
a similar nature, wetiiid it to be decorated. " Ame
rican nov'gdti n is by no meant njfured by the truce
with Algiers"
The Truce or Tieaty with Algiers was ligned
011 the sth of September 179?, and yet this cir
cumftancc was known to M Theremin in the be
ginning of the fame year ! ! ! ! If I was permitted
to hazard an opinion on the fubjeft, it would be,
that if tin* artkl* was not m'atiufa<ftured by the
Hollow f. are Company, iVis the handy work of
their dignified agent at Paiis, who mull have fabri
cated it towjrda the close and not in the beginning
It dots not rcquiie much penetration to disco
ver, that the object of ilie chic-f Forger and his
agents, is to render the President unpopular ; this
however is what might be naturally expe&ed frsm
tren of their (tamp,— but that they ftiouM be join
ed in the base attempt by the representatives of
freemen, is a circumllance for which all present and
, future hiftoruns will be utteily at a loss to account.
In vain the sons of mifiule whet their fangs and
point their ifV tnives at the Father of his country ;
their empty thread the infallible diagnostics of a
ba' 4 catife, will foielrer terminate in theii own dis
grace, when combated by the invincible arm of
TRUTH.
JUS?' IMPORTED,
In the ship Liberty, from London, a handlome well as-
sorted Invoice of
DRY Goods,
(Oi - ABOUT £1000 STERLING)
Con/i-fling of 3-ItiOl and India Eook MuHills, Chintzes,
Szc. two Bale-os wide Book Mufiins. Also, a fmal T
Parcel ps ,Nu*.mcgs; and for Sale by
James c. a* sam. vv. fisher.
T/j's £)ay is published and So/d
At BENJAMIN DAVIES' BOOK STORE,
No. 68, H;gh-ftreet,
The Political Censor;
Or, HONTHI.r REVIEW
of the moil iiiterefiin? politicial occurrences rclaiive to
The United States,
For A"arch 1796.
By PETER PORCUPINE.
Thu work will be continued monthly, andthf
future numbers will be published ou the lift day oi
April 5.
j Philadelphia,
TUESDAY EVENING, APp.IL 5, ,1796,
The Legislature of this State yeHtrday adjourned
fine die.
IMPORTANT!
Extraß of a-, letter from Samuel Bayard, Efj. agent
ef the United iitules in London, to a gentleman ■ti
iLis city, dated Jan. 17, 1796.
"As soon as Miniliry. learn the line of eonduft
which the House of Reprefrntatives mean to pur-
Ale, I am pe< tlicjr cuiuiuci, as it regards
us, will be less flu&uatfiig. Should the J-ioufe
coincide with the Prefideht and Senate, every thing
here will go well : Should oblfacles, on the other
hand, be thrown in the Vcay by the popular branch
of the government, 1 doubt whether the Wcfterii
Puft. W 'H be furrendcred, or restitution made'of
our captured property. However, f trull that
eveiy man who has any regard to the honour, the
faith, or interest of his country, will fee the ne-
Cefiity of carrying the treaty fully into effect, so
far as regards the United States."
ExtraS of a letter from New Tork, dated dre tJ
slfrit, to a mtrchaul in this city.
" It is with regret 1 inform you, that the Ocean
is taken by one of the Bntifh cruifrrs commanded
by Captain B.resfotd, and sent for Halifax, on
the jilt ultimo. One of your apprentices is juil
brought up by the pilot, and fays all the icft of the
crew, except Captain Vreflenbtirgh and the chief
mate) are on board the frigate now lying at the
Hook. Should you wilh to write to Halifax, there
is a vclTel to fad from hence on Tuesday next, wea
ther permitting."
A letter from dated February 22,
mentions the arrival of the (liip Sally, C.-iptaift
Wicket, in 22 days from Philadelphia. The let
ter was brought by the Packet arrived at N. Yoik.
The writer faj a, that "ail profpett of peace has
vanished."
A gentleman lately frotr Martinique, was re*-
qutflcd to make known in Philadelphia, foi'-the
information of those. concerned, that a complete
collection is made of all documentary papers rela
tive to captures and adjudications 09 the part of
the Britilh government, and that the fanre may be
expected shortly to arrive in the brig Venus, Capt.
15urrows for this port.
Six per Cent . . i-/i 0 ">int.
1 lircc ptr Cent. ... . . i O /6 j off.
Deferred S ; x per Cert. ... 13/15
if per Cent. . . . iCyB
BANK United States, .... 29 pr. cent.
PennfylvarUa, ------ j8 1
— North America, 48
•rifurance Comp. North-America, 1 j dois. or 50 pr. ct-
——— Penufylvania, ... 14 p r . ct*
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
NEW-YORK, April 4.
The following vemaiks were made by Capt. Earle,
who arriveil from St. Thomas's, the night befoti
'all, in fourteen day* pnff«i;e.
Ftbmaiy 161 A laige Enjjhfh (hip arrived this
day at Poipt-Pctre, a prize'to the Decius, a French
sloop of war. Wlien captured, (lie was 011 her paf
tage from England to the Well Indies. She parted
from a fleet in a gale of wind* She hud on boatd
a targe quality of hamrrlocks and tents.
About the tame lime another (hip, taken by the
tame sloop of war, arrived at St. Mai tin's ; (he had
on board a company of Grenadiers. She Had <^fa
paited fiom the fleet in 3 gale of wind.
Ano! her ship of the fame fleet ran into St. Lucia,
the captain taking that island for Martiuicoi he
did not discover his millake till he was under tfae
prevented.
February 29. The (loop Aja*, ef New-York,
Capt. Hoyt, arrived at Poißt Petre. He had been
out 112 days from Portsmouth (England) bound
to New-York. In tat. 40, 20, long. 61, he loft
his mall : he was then compelled to go to the Well-
Indies. -
Capl. Nicholl*, of New York, loft hisfchooner:
going into a l'mall port near the eall end of Guada
loupe, called the Mole, (he struck on a reef.
Capt. l'almtr, also of New-York, loft a schooner
on a reef on the north fide of Guadaloupe. Both
these veiltls were loft about the middle of February.
Arrived at this Pert.
Days.
Packet flountefs Leicester, Dodd, Falmouth 39
Brig John, Webb, Charlel\onß
Oi« 1 Inirfday lail tbe {hip Ocean, Vredenbirg
matter, on her paflage to this port from Harre de
Grace, was taken off Sandy Hook by the British
(loop of war Prevoyantc, commanded by Captain
* 3n& sent to Halifax ; her men are how
confined ort board thatJloop of war lying within
Sandy Hook.
Canal Lottery Office,
Near the Bank of the United States.
Philadelphia, sth Ajril, 1796.
THE Public are informed, that Tickets are Thirty-one
Dollars cach, and will continue to rife a dollar at
least every other day. Ay the Lottery is near five-Cxih»
fini&ed every day's drawing must greatly enhance the va
lue of Tickets on account «f the five stationary on-s of
One Hundred Tbtufund Dollars, befidas the 30,000 dollar,
aud other confidcrr>ble prizes flill in the W*i;el.
Wm. Blackburn, Agent. *
STATE of the WHEEL:
I pi' ze of 30,000 - - 30,000
5 do. 40,000 - - 100, coo
s Jt>, 2,500 - - s>cpo
4 I,o©o - - 4,c00
8 (*o. 500 - - 4,000
do. 100 - - 16,00
With a proportionate number of t z dollar prizes.
A Chcck-book kept at the Office for examiration
regiftcring. j
jawiw.
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