X. NEW THEATRE. The Public are refpaflftilly informed, that the Doors of the Theatre will open at half an hour after FIVE, and the Curtain rife precisely at half pall SIX o'clock, for the remainder of the Season. WEDNESDAr EVENING, April 13, Will'be prefcnted, a TRAGEDY-, called HAMLET, PRINCE, Vf QEHMARK. Hamlet, (firfttime) Mr. More ton, King, Mr. Green, Ghost, Mr. Wbitlock, Horatio, Mr. Marjball, Laertes, Mr. Wignell, Folnnius, Mr. Morris, Rofencrans, Mr. iVarrell,\\in. Guildenftern, Mr. Beele, Francisco, Mr. parley, jun. Marcellus, Mr. Hardwood, Bernardo, Mr. Worrell, Oftric, Mr. Francis, Officer, Mr. BliJJett, v Grave-Diggers, MelT. Bates & Milbburne. Queen, Mrs. Shaw, Ophelia, Mrs. Mar/hall, Player Queen, Mrs. Row/on. To which will be added, A FARCE, in two ails, called The Village Lawyer. Scout, Mr. Hartuood, Snarl, Mr. Francis, Charles, Mr. Darlry, jun. Justice Mittimus, Mr. Warrell, Sheep-face, Mr. Bates. Kate; Mrs. Bates, ' Mrs. Scout, Mrs. Sbaiv. BOX, One Dollar—PlT, Three-Fourths of a Dollar — and GALLERY, Half a Dollar. TICKETS to be had at H. and P. RICE's Book-Store. No. 50, Market-Street; and at the Oflice adjoining the The ttre. Places for the Boxes to betaken of Mr. Wells, at the Front of the Theatre. * No money or tickets to be returned ; nor any person, on any account -whatsoever, admitted behind the scenes. Ladies arid Gentlemen are requeued to fend their servants to keep places a quarter before five o'clock, and order them as soon as the company is seated, to withdraw as they can not, on any account, be permitted to remain. VIVAT RESWBLICA. FOR SALE, THE time of a NEGRO GIRL, about 24 years oi a (re, an excellent disposition remarkably indaftri ous, and can be well recommended for sobriety and ho nesty. For further particulars enquire at No. 14, north April I■?. §9t. To the Public. AT MR. O'ELLER's HOTEL. A French Miniature Painter rcfpe&fully oilers Jiis ser vices to the Public, and hopes that the moderation •f his terras, the very fbort time of his fittings, and the rate of hi 6 abilities, will induce his visitors to become his , Feb. jo. patrens. JUST PUBLISHED, By Thomas Condie, No. 20, Carters Alley, And Sold by all the Booksellers, [Priclr Yhrce-Sixieentbs a Dollar^ THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TE NNES SE E. April n Canal Lottery Oftice, Ktar the Bank of the United States. Philadelphia, Jth April, 1796. THE Publie are informed, that Tickets are Thirty-one Dollars cach, and will continue to rife a dollar at leaf! every other day; As the Lottery is near five-fixths finilhed every day's drawing mud greatly enhance the va lue of Tickets on account «f the five stationary ones of One Hundred Th»ufa*d Dollars, befldes the 30,000 dollar, and other conflderable prizes (lill in the Wh:el. Wm. Blackburn, Agent. JST.ATE of the WHEEL: I prize of 30,000 3 de. ioiooo - 1 dp. 3>500 - 4 do. 1,000 - 8 do. jco - - 4,000 16 do. 100 - - 1,600 With a proportionate number of 12 dollar prizes. A Check-book kept at the Office for examination and rcgiftering. § The annual Election FOR DIRECTORS and a TREASURER of the Libra ry Company of Philadelphia, will be held at the L>- _ brary, in Fifth-ftreet, on Monday,-the fccond of May next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when the Trea surer will attend to receive the annual payments. As there are several shares on which fines are due, the owners of them, or their reprefentatWes, are hereby no tified, that they will be forfeited, agreeably to the laws of the Company, unless the said arrcajs a e paid off on the said second day of May, or within ten days after. By order ef the Directors, BENJAMIN R. MORGAN, Secretary. iril 9 \ United States, ) /T Vctuifyl-oania J)jfri£i y ) JJ * N O TICE is'hcreby given. That in pursuance of a Writ to me dire&ed, from the Hot!. Rjchard Peters, Judge of the Diftridl Court of the United States,.in and ibr the Fennfylvania Dillridt, WILL BE EXPOSED TO PUBLIC SALE, * at the Store® of David Callaghan, on Pine-street wharf, on Saturday, the 16th day of April, instant, at twelY? o'clock at noon, , 28 Pip-S of LISBON WINE ; 8 Hoglheads of Do. 43 Qurfttr Caflts of Do. The fame having been saved from a wreck in the hay of Delaware, libelled agriinft, prosecuted, and condemned, and to be fold for th» benefit of the salvors. William Nichols, Marjhal. Mar(bal*3 Office, yf/ri/ 12, 1796. § Pennsylvania Hospital. THE Elr&ion will be held at.the Hospital pursuant to law, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on the second <?ay of the fifth month next, being the second day of the week, at which time the Contributors are desired to attend to ehoofe out of their number Twelve Managers and a *lreafuTtr to the laid luilitution for the ensuing year. by vrUtr oja Board <>f Alanagcrt, SAMUEL COATES, Clerk. 4th n-o. ;th, 17 FO R $ si LE. A FOUNT of BREVIER, half worn ; about four nn dred weigbt. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119 Chefnut-llreiU Sece<t&er J. § HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednesday, March 16. Debate on Mr. Livingflwn's resolution continued. Mr. Freeman observed that the refutation before the committee had unexpectedly to him involved in its difcuflion a qusftion of a serious and inWrefting nature. It was not his intention to conlider at present the principle advocated by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, that on all treaties embracing ligiflative obje<3, the ultimate fanflioi* of that house was necessary to give them effefl. Many in genious arguments had been adduced for,and against the principle, and had created luch doubts' and diffi culties in his mind, that he coufd not fidw fol»e them to his own fatisfadlion. He regretted that any z?al had been difcovere.l in,difcuffing a delicate constitutional question. He did not thiirk muth zeal had a tendency to difcovrr the tiulh. Men a&uated by it were generally like bodies which are consumed by their own heat without imparting much warmth or light to others. In the course of the debate gentlemen appeared to have (haped the question to the observations they intended to make, instead of adapting their obler vations to the real Hate of the question. A gen tleman from Maflachufetts had dated the real ques tion ta be whether that hbufe (hould by conltruc tion and implication invade the powers veiled in the other departments of, government. He did not think this a fair vi«w of the question. He confid ered the real question to be, how far the treaty ma king powercould be extended without infringing the fpecific powers delegated to Congress. He ftiould fellow the example of other gentleman and take such a view of the fubjeft as appeared to him fufficient on theßiefent resolution—and the ques tion with him was whether the hoiife when called upon to make legislative provifiori for carrying a treaty into effedt had a to discuss the expedi ency or inexpediency ef granting it; Oh this question he contended the house h£d is compare ah d absolute a discretion as they had on other object of legislation. If the granting an appropriation to carry a treaty into effedt, would produce greater e vils to the community than the withholding it, he certainly-Ihould consider the house juftifiable in re futing to make the appropriation. Gentlemen have contended that the representatives wete under a mo ral obligation resulting from -a treaty to' tfarry it into eff?£t. But many circumstances ave*mention ed by writers on the laws of nations. t£hieh render treaties a nullity of themselves—and each individ ual when called upon to give or withhold his assent to an appropriation bill for carrying a treaty into effect wasto examine, for Uimfelf of the extent of that obligation, and of the propriety of giving or withholding his assent. He mutt bi? go verned by his own moral sense, and not by that which relides in the breast of another. The ar gument founded on the moral obligation did not a mount to any thing. For in all cases of legislation where the most ample difcietion, wm admitted, if the fitnefs of a meafurt could be demonstrated, the house were under a moral obligation to adopt it.*— It was true, he contended, that £ treaty a for eign power was a serious thing, and ought not for light eaufes, to be violated. The nature and obli gation of the compact would be taken into view on the question of the expediency of giving it opera tioti ; but gentlemen ought not to confound the freedom of the will or the right of resting accor ding to the judgment and discretion of the agent, with the strong motives which may be offered to influence the deeifion eithef the one way or the o ther. To fay that a man was under a moral obli gation to do a thing without examining the fubjeft and afceraing the moral obligation hy his own mo ral sense wasabfurd. He conceived that even where existing laws ascertained the compenfatipn for cer tain officers, still circumstances might arise tojufti fy thelegiflature in suspending the necessary appro priations for the payment. The whole refourcts of the public might be absorbed of war in providing the means of national defence. It might becomeindifpenfably necessary todelaythe payment of the salaries due even to the Prelident, and judi cial officers whose compensation by the con it it tit ion is not to be increased or diminiftied during their continuance in office. .But causes us.this kind stop upon ftroriger ground, than compenfatiousto other officers, and appropriations for carrying laws or treaties into effedt ; neither did he agree with the gentleman from South Carolina that the President of the United States had the fame right to refufe to fill an office created by a law, er the judges of the supreme court to refufe to decide cautes, as the house had to withhold their assent to an appro priation to carry a treaty into effect. The only discretion in the firft instance wits not to determine whether he thould obey the law, but to feleft a proper character ; in the second. not to determine whether they (hould decide caufcg bat the manner in which they Ihould be decided. And if either of the officers above mentioned were to refufe to obey the laws, they were impeachable ; but that house was amenable to no tribunal on earth, for re futing an appropriation wheneverthey thought pro per so to do. m,th&s. 30,000 100,000 5»ooo 4,000 The {gentleman from MaflachufctU had said that he was advocating an unpopular do&rine. Mr. Freeman did not know why he should think so. The gentleman undoubtedly fuppofet that he has justly. If so why should he conclude that a majority of the people will not reason as cor rectly as he had, and entertain the fame fcjttiments. Mr. Freeman believed that a majority of the people generally reasoned jnftly upon political fnbje&s.— But in debate he did not like allusions of that kind. A gentleman from New-York had laid that re venue officers might folio*? the example of that house and fay that their will was neceflary, and refufe to execute a law until it .had their approbation But did it follow from the do£lrine that the eonr.unence ot the House of Reprefentativet was neceflary in palling a law, that the concurrence of Revenue of fleets was also necessary i—The f§me gentleman farther observed that the people might fay their confentwas ncceffary to feodtion a law. In the lat CONGRESS. ter cafe the gentlemat Aood on better ground. The consent of the people was r.eceffary anu by u eir cuuAituti,on the legiHptlite are the orgay to exp-efs the puUic will. Imperious nvetfli:y might induce the people to demand a new organization of the go vernment, but he presumed the enlightened people of America would never seek an alteration in the form of their government, in any other than rhe conilituiiowal inydc, until all hopes of fucccis in that way Aiould fail. The gentleman from Maffhehufetts has said that the house had no right to call for th« papers in ques tion because they were ihe joint property of Gieat Britain and the United States. They may contain secrets wrßch would not be divulged without a breach of faith—ln support of the do&iine the gentleman alluded to some principles in Paley's Mo ral Philosophy and Vattel's Law of nations. Mr. Freeman'denied the application of'the principle to the cafe before the committee—V. here two natiohs were in alliance and carrying on joint operations a gain A a common enemy there njr'ight be fc.-rets which neither paity c«uid divulge without a breach of faith. But the United Suites are nut in alliance with Great Butain. They are concerned in no operations againA a common enemy. What feciets could potfibly exill betwixt them. Were the Prefi dest and Senate the depotitory of the fecrets'of the Britilh court? He did not conceive thjt they were upon so intimate a footing. liideed he Aiould con ceive it to be the vileA calumny were any man to luggeA that any other connections fubfiAed between them than what was publicly known. A treaty of ami;y commerce and navigation was a raeic bar gain—And the negociatols would represent the lituation of their refpedive . countries rn the molt favorable point of view. Would Mr. Grenville be tray the secrets of his government ? Would he re present it to be exhausted with public debt, and crumbling to pieces, or exhibit its lituation in the moA splendid Colours ? On the other hand would Mr. Jay communicate any thing to the Britilh mi niAer refpefting the fituationof this country which would be improper to be laid before the House of Reprefe'ntatives ? Surely not. A gentleman from New-York made fume fi;r thfi observations which he fliould not notice. He iai4 comruoH sense revolted at the conltrudtion put Upon the conlHtution, which lie said had been well understood from the school boy to the Senator. Mr. F. did net know how well the gentleman understood it, but for his own part he had his doubts. The Judges of the Supreme Coiiit and other gentle men of abilities had held different opinions 011 fe vttral parts of the Conftitutibn. Was it wonderful then that members in that lioufe (hould entertain different sentiments with refpedt to the extent of the tryty-making powir. The fame gentleman said it was no matter whether the treaty was good or bad—it was all ftuff—That many people were determined not to like it before it was promulgated. Mr. F. observed that he should be extremely un happy that'the people (hould suppose that their re prefentativej assembled to support a fide, not to in vestigate truth, that they voted one way or the other, j\i(t as party spirit or prejudice led them. Though he believed that gentleman had made up his mind on the fubjed, his mind, and he believed the minds of many others Were open to receive such impreflions as the arguments which might yet be adduced ought to produce. The fame gentleman bad said that some persons were opposed to the treai y, because it compelled them to pay their debts. Every one knew that the remark was pointed to a particular state ; but he would ask whatdaufe in the.treaty placed an individual debtor of the Uni. ted States in a worse situation as to the payment of his debts than he was before ? He could discover none. He could not, he said, place his eye Upon a tingle member in that house, and fay that he be lieved he wished to subvert the government, or to destroy the peace and hapf>inefs of the United States. The fame member had said that the gen tleman from Virginia ought to be bold, and that he might expedl to be called, jacobin, revolution ill, diforganizer, &c. as of ancient land marks were always ill spoken of. Mr. F. held it to be criminal, not only to remove ancient land marks, but to fiiffer them to moulder away through inattention. The present question was not intended to remove land marks but to a£ certain and eftablilli them ; not to invade the pow ers of any department of government, but to afcer r tain the true boundaries, and the appropriate powers of each. The gentleman had said he fliould vote in the negative, because he had sworn to support the constitution. Mr. F. said that he fliould contend for the right of the house, not only because he had sworn to support the constitution, but from a more generous piinciple, because he was attached to it. He could not give an impreflive effect to his obser vations by appealing lo the blood which hehad shed, or to a frame mutilated in acquiring the indepen dence of his country, but if occasion required, he 'was willing to mmilate the one, and to shed the other in its defence ; but the man wjio means in these times honeltly to discharge his<duty, mud pre pare for a fevererdeftiny ; to have his reputation af filed by unfounded calumnies ; to be branded with epithets which he does not deserve ; to have senti ments ascribed to him which he never felt to be charged with bale, dark, malignant designs agaiuit the government, which the human heart is hardly capable of conceiving. With refpeii to the refolutirtn before the house, when it was firlt laid on the table he viewed it with regret ; but as the discussion had involved a'diflferent question, if the amendment formerly moved by a gentleman from Virginia, ihould be renewed, and obtair, he should vote for the refolutfon. Gentlemen asked what benefit would refu't from adopting the resolution ? In the .firlt place it would be concilitory. Many members wished to fee the papers, and he was willing they should be gratified. In the second, they might explain any doubtful parts of the treaty. If the present resolution was co nude red by him an encroachment upon the exe cutive, he certainly should be against it. On what principle was it that the representative we.e placed at fuqh an immense diilance from the executive that they could not approach him with decency and respect, to ask for information on a fubied bi/orc them ? J J"££>?•.•?<* W*-V Wrf.vt them be compelled to u 0 im«, rl, k 1 **• tefyof ihecleik for jn* riMtioo J.. '. cW wcil be obtained in a more dirrcf hm ""u'" 3 ' improper to have that formation b.fere'the h •' which might be obtained in a murt " ner. <«aiftct man. The nr<rofi?ti>r has puhli. lv o,fh,,j „ correfponden* e, r.r.d pehap. if ihe v ho/"" ti"* seen bythehoaf, A i * genera] friendly d,Tp-fi,ioo of Cr ca t B,i, ai „ ' this country. w a■ s Mr -Freeman did not co cei* himfelf commit,*, *s he-claimed the iiir'n us . I '""nned SKE* ; wfoM •S-Jfsi;: [Debate to be continued.} , r MoHda y. April ii. Ihe house went mt u a committee of thr «,V 1 on the b.ll for imerccurfc w„|, liie f,,' dian tribes, wh.ch after making f„ me ft w ' •mentsto it, was g o „e thrrugh. The rose and reported, and the hoijfr took Up - Odrntion of ,t, when coming t0 , lle cu P ufc " mgthat a forfeiture gfaHt.tletn Uieir ei»,l and. fltould take place,',n cate ofbeing found with" „,u „ ftbt ; nd b„ Tl ib,;r; b d " pose of marking out lands, & c . thcrcou • M Blount again moved to ft,ike out vhat clause', S Mr Holland moving that thOyea, and nay, foju lows —- °" que "' on ; tbf y vvere taken as sol- YEA S. Meffis. Bailey, Baird, Baldwin, Benton, Blount Brent Bryan, Burgels, Cabell, Claibomoe, Coles' Frankltn, Gallatin, GiHifpie, Creep- p,„ ' Hampton, Karnfon, Havens, Heifter, HolUnd' Jackson, Locke, W. Lyman, Maclay, Macon' Milledge, Moore, Muhleoburgh, New, Orr, Page' Parker, Patton, Tatom, ' , * nays. ' ; • Ames, Bourne, Bradbury, Ruck, Clirif tie, Coit, Cooper, Crabb, Dearbotn, Dent Far/ A. Poller D Foster, Gilbert, Gilman, & mn [ Goodbye Goodnch, Grifwold, Harper, Hathorn, rl.ath, Hewdetfon, HiHhoute, Hindman, S. Lr man, Malbone, Murray, Read, Rutherford, Se~e wick, Sherbournc, Jer. Smith, W- Smith, N Smith, Isaac Smith, israel Smith, Sprigg, Swift, I hatcher, Thomas.Thompson, Tracey, Van AI. let), Van CortTandt, WadfwOith, Williams.— 47. Tuesday, April 1 r. Mr. Sherbourne, of the Committee to whom was.referred the btifmefs of the revenue cutters, brought in a billon the fubjetl, which was twice read and ordered to be commuted to a committee of the whole to morrow. Mr. Hanifoii of the committee to whom was referred the bufioets of regulating the weights and measures of the United btatcs, made a report, which was twice read and. rcferje/Tto a committee of Hie wholq on Monday. Mr. Trace y, of the committee of claims, made a report on the petition of John Gibbons, trcafn rer of the slate of Georgia, refpe&ing the renewal of some certificates, which was'againl: the petition er ; the report was read twice and ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole on Monday next. ' Mr. Dearborn, of the committee to whom was referred tie President's mefiage relative to the ter ritory fcuth weft of the fiver Ohio, reported that the territory, now bearing the name of the date ofTcnncflce, was entitled toali the privileges enjoy ed by the other States of the-Union, and that it should be one of the sixteen Hates of America Thereport was twice read and committed to a ctm mittee of the whole on Tuesday sext. The order of the day bsing called for, the house formed itfelf into a committee of the whoie, on the bill for making provision in part for the pay ment of the debt due to the Bank of the United ; States ; when the motion made by Mr. Gallatin yeilero'ay to strike oot five millionr and insert 1,200,000 dollars, heing under confutation, Mr. ' Sedgwick, Mr. Dayton (thd Speakw) and Mr. Hillhoufc opposed the motion, and Mr. Gallatin supported it. The cpmmittec rose and. had leave to fit again. The debate which was of confidcr able length (Mr. "Gallatin liavlng spoken nearly 2 hours), will be given in a future paper. Adjourned. Bar-Iron • Manufactory T 0 B E SOL D, On reasonable terms and convenient payments, a new FOUR FIRE FORG.E, A Dvantageoufly situated on the river Walkill, in the il county of Suflex, andftate of New-JerJey, anddil tant one nule and a half from Sharp's Furnace; the forge lot contains twenty-eight acres of land, on which are four good houses foi; the workmen, with lots adjoining for gar dens, two large coal-houses, a black-smith's and carpen ter's (hop, and also a commodious dwc»iling-houfe, with a good cellar and garden, for a \ anager, and a Store adjoin ing of twenty feet square. The buildings are new, and the works in good repair, and now in full business, and fully supplied with (lock and the necc;Tary workmen; wood land for coaling, fufiicient to afford a never failing supply and lying cohyenient, will be fold with the Forg:, o^ wood supplied on contract by the cord, as> Aiay belt suit the purchaser. If desired, a FARM adjoining the Forge, of 150 or 200 arable a*idmeadow lafld, witha«good orch- / ard, and convenient buildings, will be fold to accommo date the Forge : And also, a four horse team, coal ando ther waggons, and implements of every kind toxwry on the works. If not before disposed of by pmvt-contract (which may be known by the continuance of this adver tisement) the Forge, Forge-let and buildings thereon, to- - gether with 1500 cords ot wood, will be exposed to faie at PVBLiC VENDUE, on the premises, on Toeiday, thd 3d day of May next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place the conditions will be made kaewn, und attendance jriven, by thL' proprietors. ROBERT OGDEN, ELI AS OGDEN. Sparta, April 9, 1"96. *eodt3«iM. N. B. The partnerlhip of Robert and Elias Ogdea, will then be dilTolved, l os r, A TICKET in the Wufhwgton Lottery, No. 17901.— Any person having found thc faine is requeited to lckvr ;t with the Printer hereof. * f . I , "*3t.
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