T OCA S.
Six per Cent. - - - - - i;j/8to?7
—.. Three per Cent. -- - - 16/6 '/
, Deferred Six per Cent. - - - - 13/6 to y
per Cent. - - l6 y ß
per Cent. - - - - 14/8 *
BANK United States, - • - v »7 pr. cent.
1 PennfylTiriia, - - - - 49
' North America, - - 48
Insurance Comp. North-America, }2 |
Pennf) Ivania, 15 per et.
Exchange, at 60 days, ... 160
This Day publijhed,
Priee 31 1-2 Cents,
Mr. AMES's SPEECH
ON THE BRITISH TREATY.
Sold by William Yo jng, corner of Second and
Chefnut streets, and by the Booksellers generally.
%• Subscribers are requelled to fend to this Of
fice for their Books.
May 1-9. * £
Just Published,
By JAMES CAREY,
No. 83 North Second Street,
[Price half a dollar]
The Frugal Houfewife; '
Or, COMPLETE WOMAN COOK.
Wherein the art of drefling all forts of Viands, with
cleanliness, decency and elegancy,
Is explained in five hundred approved Receipts, in
Gravies, Pastries,
Sauces, • Pies,
Roafling, Tarts,
Boiling, Cakes,
Frying, Puddings,
Broiling, Syllabubs,
Stews, Creams,
Hashes, Flummery, 1
Soups. Jellies, i
Fricaflees, Jams and <
Ragouts, I Custards.
Together -with the best methods of
Potting, - . Drying,
Collaring, Candying, a
Preserving, Pickling, c
And making DOMESTIC WINES. f
To which are added, various Bills of Fare, andapro- j
per arrangement of Dinners, two courses, for e
very month in the year.
By Susannah Carter, of Clerkenwelli London. "
■May iK.
By an Artiii rclident at Mr. Oeiier&'s liotel,
MINI ATURE LIKENESSES h
ARE taken and executed'm that elegant and delicate in
stile, which is so necessary to render a Miniature Pk- w
ture an jewel.
He will warrant a ftrcng and refcm- re
blance; and he takes the liberty to fey before the 7<
of this place his molt earnest intention to deserve their pa- A
tronage by his best endeavors to please. Pl
N. B. Specimens are tc befeen. "
May 12. cc
Mrs. OldmixonV Night. m
— th
v New Theatre. g*
Ob FRIDAY EVENING, Mav io, il
W ill be preiented, (never performed her») P'
A NEW COMEDY, m
s*-Ued ■ •--'•j
SPECULATION. "
Written by the author of The Drardatift, m
The Rage, &c. and performed at Covent Garden, cc
London, for fifty .nights, with unbounded applause.
Sir Frederick Faintly. Mr. Francis. efl
Mr. Bates. nr
Vickery, Mr. Bliffett, V
Alderman Arable, Mr. Whit lock/ cc
•Jack Arable, Mr. Martha 11. of
Tanjore, Mr. Moreton; be
Captain Aarable, Mr. Green.
Promptly, Mr. Morgan. ,
Mesnwell, Mr. Beete. ® c
J°, hn ' Mr. Warrell, iun. rii
Waiter > Mr. Mitchell. e A
Lady Project, Mrs. Shaw.
Emmeline, Mrs. Whitlock. 01
Cecilia, Mrs. Marlhall. th
End of the Play, by particular desire, and fer that en
night only, Mrs. Oldmixon willfing the celebrated he
Cantata of "
M A D B E S S.
In chara<slet.—The Words by Mikon—The Music bv th
Purcell. „
After which a Pantomimical Ballet, composed bv Mr '
/ Francis, called ru
THE MIRACULOUS MILL - pa
Or, THE OLD GROUND .YOUNG.' co
GSffer Thoughtless, Mr. Francis. as
Old RAwly Powly, Sig. Doctor. wi
Mealy, the Miller, Mr. Rowfon. er
Bob, his Son, Mr. Warrell, jun. u
Gnodyßenfon, Mrs. De Marque.
Pa "y- Miss Milbourne fit
Lacy, Miss Gillafpie. th
lads andLaffes, Mess. Darley, ju„. Mitchell and T. War-
W ''! ems ' M / s O'dfield. Mils Rowfon, Mrs.
Doctor, Mrs. Bates, and Mrs. Lege
After which will be exhibited in
Signior Dodor's Performances in P«
Tumbling, Balancing, Pcjiures, &c &c.
To which will be added,
(never performed in America) the favorite Comic '
Opera, called
The Dodlor & Apothecary.
As performed with universal applause, at the Theatre £
Royal, Drury Lane, London.
Thomafo, ibe Apothecary Mr. Green
Sturmwald, Mr- Bates.' th
V nr!oS * Mr- Marthall, cli
> a . n > Mr. Francis. s al
. r Mr. Darley, r
5 r Bihofo, Mr . Morrn. ' ei
Mr Bl.lTett. a •
Mr,> Oldmixon. is
llabtlla, Mrs, Mar (hall. . l
Theresa, Mr t . Rowfon.
-Tickets to be had at the nfual places, and of Mrs f°
C Idnuxon, corner of Seventh and Chefnut llreets. lle
Cc ™f dy never P er f jr med here, called Ct
ril<bl LOVE; witha comedy in two adls, never
performed here, called The MAJD of the OAK? for
tee benefit of Mrs. WHITLOCK. - '
Mr MOHRIS's Night will be on Wedne.kay next.
Three-Fourthi of a Dollar
anaGALLERY, Haifa Dollar.
Place, for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Willi, at th, f k
Troo; of thr Theatre. th<
No money or ticket, to be leturned j nor any perfoh on tIV
any account vvhsttoe.er, admitted behiml the scenes of
and Gentlemen are requelied to fend their servantS am
to keep places a quarter before five o'clock, and order them ,i„
M soon u the company is seated, to withdraw as thev can.
1101, on any account, be permitted to remain. t w
VIVXI RESPUiLICA '1 dei
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
07 Thursday, May j<j.
/ Mr. W. Smith, from the committee of ways
* 4nd means, made a report of a resolution to the
following effect : '
" Resolved, that there be appropriated for the
year 1796, for the military establishment, includ
ing the sum already appropriated, dollars ; for
the naval department, dollars ; and for milita
ry pen Sons, dollars, pursuant to thfi ellimate
(herewith reported."
The eltimate alluded to was made by the secreta
ry of war, as a substitute for one made lalt Decem
ber : the sum neceflary for the military cftablilh
mer.t was ettimated at 1,441,209 dollars ; for mili
• tary pensions, 111,259, and for the naval depart
-1 ment -113,025, making in the whole 1,665,49?
f Hollars.
This repott with the papers accorrpanying it,
were ordered to be referred to a committee of the
whole on Friday.
On motion of Mr. Harrifon, the honfe went in.
to a committee of the whole on the bill regulating
weights and measures, when Mr. Coit moved to
strike out the firft fedtion, and spoke agajtrft the
j'propefed plan altogether ; Mr. Havens and Mr.
[Swan«vick defended it ; the motion for (tricing out
h f was negatived, and the bill agreed to without a
gHieudment. It was ordered to be engulfed for a
rtliird reading to-morrow.
From the Petrrjburg Gazette.
To the inhabitants of the Dijlrid of Brunfwici,
Fellow Citizens,
A decision of the important question that has so
much agitated your minds, has this day taken ;
after many weeks solemn dtfcufllon, and a majority 1
of 51 against 48, have agreed to carry the treaty 1
into effect. The resolution passed our house, and 1
a bill is ordered to be btought in to make appro-pri- i
ations which will no doubt pass into a law : and c
deeming it my duty to give you the promptelt in- <
formation, to relieve your minds so long suspended 1
in anxiety ; as the mod eligible mode, I have re- i
quelled thx. Printer of Petcrfburg to give this a place t
in his paper. j.
While in my native country, and before I left my 1.
I had reason to believe that ninety-Hine I
hundredths were opposed to carrying the instrument I
into effect, for reasons too tedious for recital, which
in general corresponded with my own opinion; and i
with those impreflions I came to Congress. I have n
received nothing from you to induce, a belief that h
you had changed the opinion you then entertained, a
And with your interest at heart, I have set wiHi fj
great patience and attention, to fee if any thing f<
could be offered, to prove that my constituents and ti
my ft If had taken up an erroneous opinion. ai
I tried todiveft myfelf of all prejudices against tl
the instrument. lam iure I have no prejudices a- u
gainst the President and Senate, by whole agency S
it was adopted : and if in this I knew my own im- tl
prefii.ms, my mind wasfufceptibie of r«af 3 n. I took di
no part in the debates, left having taken a port my o]
trtrbtaWcd , fbr i welrknew thelußjrtt I
was important in the extreme. But alas, after all te
my researches after fufficient grounds to juftify a th
compact so diftisnorable ; a compaift fraught,, as I tc
conceived, with so much mifchief to the true inter- b<
eft of my country ; instead of found reasoning to tc
prove its propriety, lam told that, bad as it is, the cc
constitution has veiled the power with that branch
of the government, to make treaties; that we are H
bound in good faith to comply, though our very li- U
berties (hould be bartered away ; that a treaty has th
been thus conllitutionally made ; that we have no
right even to deliberaie ; that public faith is pledg- fa
ed to carry it into full effect,; and that to forbear It
or refufe, would create wars from abroad, war with th
the Indians, civil discord, disorganization, and ev- is
en revolution itfelf. But these bugbears I did not mi
believe, and as I thought it my duty to do in con- de
formity to what was the sense of my country in ge
neral, and my diftrift in particular, I have spoken, an
their language and voted against carrying that in- I
ftrument into effect. A majority of only three car- as
ned it, as you will fee ; and if finally the law shall fie
pass, as we are bound by the majority, I hope in ot
conformity tn the President's proclamation, we shall th
as good citizens, obferveand keep the treaty : that ati
we shall lay all heart burnings aside ; let the gov- j eh
ernment go on smoothly, and wait the final issue. ta
We haveoppofed it then, as long as we could con- th
intently, and farther refiflance may now produce all co
those evil consequences and calamities above men- du
i Honed, s
1 will conclude by faying, that if I have erred re"
in the head, the motives of my heart have been m;
pure ; and that I am, s o]
Your devoted, be
And faithful, ha
Public servant, aci
pu-i j1 u- J HOMAS CLAIBORNE. dr,
Philadelphia, April 30, 1796. att
Ex i:%: f¥ j eti 7 dated May 2. ap
■ lhe . H ° use sosf of Representatives, contrary to be.
their own sense of propriety, but yielding to the net
clamour of flock-jobbers, speculators, British emi
lanes, old tones and government officers, have as- ex.
lented to carrying the British treaty into effe<a, bv Hit
• 9 V ° ] C ? 51 to 48—°n!y one Virginian (Hancock) of
majority. Thus has Britain u,v
H nt T wl '' thcr arms could not ac- bu
"'t 3nd have done for ing
Cornwallis? B '' ' Carleton ter
°c
* me
Dear 7<< M '* *9*. *
1 BEG leave to exhibit to your view a fl<etch
of our deliberauons. The resolution, requeS be
he President to lay before us the documents 1 c
live to the Bruifh treaty, was passed by a majority ° th
of twenty-five but the vequcfl was not granted ™
t ,* f -fil wl,tn » treaty was advised bv
two-thirds of the Senate and ratified by the Pre/ f««
that 11 waa «>" law of the land -and
=== second, That our requefl: did not indicate that there
was an impeachment intended.
On which the following refolntions were entered
S, on the journals.
Resolved, That it beinig. declared by the second
ays feftion of the second article in the Conftit-ution,
the that the President, with the advice and consent of
two-thirds of the Senate, (hall have power to make
the treaties, the House of Representatives do nat elaim
nd- any agency in making treaties. But when a trea
for ty stipulates regulations on any of the fubjefts fub
ita- mitted by the constitution to the power of Con
ate grefs, it must depend for its execution, as to such
Stipulation, on a law or laws to he palled by Con
ta- grefs; and it is the constitutional doty and- right
m- of the House of Representatives in all such cases,
fh- to deliberate on the expediency or inexpediency of
iii- carrying such treaty into effect ; and to determine
rt- and aft thereon, as in their judgments may most
33 conduce to the public good.
Also, Resolved, That it is not necessary to the
it, propriety of any application from this House to
he the Executive for information deiired by them ;
and which may relate to any constitutional functions
n- of the House ; that the purposes far which such J
ig information may be wanted, or to which the fame 1
to may be applied, (hoilld be ftatdd in the application, j
le The firlt resolution announped the right of the i
r. House to aft upon certain treaties. The second'
.it went to the other part of the President's answer.
a- Upon these resolutions, had all the members been
a piefent, the majority would have been the fame as
on the call for the papers.
A resolution was laid on the table to carry into
effect the. Britilh treaty ; and after a conflict of
two weeks in arduous debate, it is with regret I
inform you, that the influence of the executive, -with |
that of the bankers, merchants, and /peculators .of
0 every kind, has changed the majority of twenty Jive (
■, into a minority of three. The debates are given in
y the papers which I will forward. But as I thought (
v this a matter of great concert), more particularly as j
1 the Executive and a majority of this House divide
• in opinion on their eonllitution al powers, I have t
1 engaged a publication of a full copy to each county
- composing my divilion, that my constituents may t
1 hare recourse to them, and judge for themselves.
- So far as they are published I have directed them
: to the following persons, to whom I (hall fend the
balance. In Lincoki, Colonel Moore: Wilkes, Co
lonel Herendon : *urke, John H. Stephens, Efq:
Buncombe, Colonel Love ; and in Rutherford, D.
Dickey, Esq. f
The laws to carry into effect the Indian, Alge- '
ine, Spanish, and Britilh, treaties have passed. 1 he
military and naval establishments are reduced to ope
half of their original extent. The trading house
and intercourse bills have passed. The bill for-tbe
sale of the lands North Weft of the Ohio, has pas- if
fe- our house. No lands are to be fold for lefe than C
two dollars per acre. This may enable us to form j
an estimate of the value of our lands. A bill for
the protection of American seamen has ajfo passed .
us; they are both undergoing alterations in the
Senate. The biil the better to regulate the militia, P
the out-lawry and bankrupt bills, I hope will be j
difpepfed with this feflion. There are a varietv of 1
other otners~palTec!, thirr ~
I shall omit mentioning. 1 have procured some al- °
teration in the Post rout j but it is uncertain whe- .
ther it will pass the senate. The Charlotte extends
to Lineolnton. The Morgan to Spartanbargh, m
by Rutherford, from Rutherford one is to extend P '
to Buncombe ; thus all the counties are to be ac- ' l
commodated.
We have resolved, after much opposition, that "
the date of Tennessee shall be admitted into the j ll
Union. But the conduftof the senate is doubtful; '
the tmjlern Jlates are afraid of the balance of power. C °
It would be impoflible to give in a letter a satis- °f
fa&ory statement of our revenue and expenditures. C '
It may fujjice to fay that the former are mt equal to
tlx latter, and that the flourifhing date of the Union ° U
is more owing to extraneous causes, than to the ad- ?*'
minijlration ; and that it is essential ao our indepen- r\
dence to economise. ' u
I am informed that general Dickfon, M'Dowell,
and M'Lane, are candidates at the ensuing election. J
I could have wilhed that the struggle had remained ?.
as formerly, as general M'Dowell appeared diffatis-
My ambition would not have exceeded one ° C
other election, that it might be in my power to give pC
the most explicit and fatisfaftory evidence of my „
j assiduity, and integrity. Some time
: el^P fed th,s feflion, before I had it in my power to
take a full (hare in legislative exertion, and indeed ? l
this is incident to all new members. But if my dei
constituents will be so goad as to examine mv con- 3t ,
dust in debate, silent vote, or otherwise, they will W ''
find themselves attached to my interest. I have had trE
recourse to pen and press, to give the fulleft infor- P™
mation. But am aware while'fome have been per
sonally addressed, and others omitted, that I mav * n "
be charged w.th partiality. To prevent which i fl "
have often wrote, until two ia the morning ; when
action gave place , 0 wea in efs, and even then hun- " d
dreds crowded tnto my mind equally intitled to mv
attention. - 1 'cot
If the counties, agreeably to my requefl, had
appointed persons of correspondence, I should have b , UI
My dear friend, there is nothing in this service
exclusive of the confidence and gratitude of my con'
ftituen.s worth the facrifice. The enhanced price the
of fnbfiftance renders it at present unprofitable, Wa '
ZT P- .> tale " tS &" tial 10 the f «vice ; the
W a^ I ft a^ UoU l' aLne ' on dr y Writ
mg, and study, when in company, in debate, coun- " 0t
terafteo in our best designs, and often on the brink
of success disappointed ; and far removed from do- T
Fo . C h, s aPP ' 0 ?* CUt ° ff fr ° m fami 'y a " d friends. ° '
lor this no pecuniary equivalent is adequate • no- '
dur? H a r C ? Uf ' lefS ° f discharged my 1
be to Zf T 8 obtai " ed full could f"
be to me a complete reward. Having secured this P
1 could freely give place to any follow citizen that' "° U
ful service!" 18 ° bUm C °" foIatl0 " d «e to kith
lam happy to tell y ou , ,h e f f flion is near a close ry b
o f m „ ti 7
I 90. w.th esteem, your hble servant, e J'
JAMES HOLLAND. unri
;red T V h ' f th ? S P eaker a "d House of R ft) .„
Ond
io". Of ill r l T, HE PE TITION
tof ° f r the " ndoth " '"habitants of the
ake ° yot Weftm <"-d3nd, in the (late of Vir
ginia. 1 v ir-
Refpe£tfully fheweth,
ub- , J h ,f f your P" ;tior, r rß a « penetrated with ,U
on _ deepeil sorrow from the.r opprehenfions, that hea
Jch fJ " atl t ° h na L ff esS mU ? result to the United States
«"• , \|, difference of op,nion which exist s £
tween the Execute anH Reprefent.tive bSU„
£ scir*"*
° ,JX zxSk 0/
•w. which affe£t ,h, p«, pl ,, ,„j
n ; jea , B ° f the,r deliberations ; while w e
)n ; reckon an accidental difference of sentiment be !
ch | " , 7 nft,tU,ed au 1 horities, from our feno^
me i le f' ! t .' ,a fl t free ™'' «°»°* always think alike
| when mSueneed by pure motives ; we never can
he | "~ d that P ollc y which, by seeking theoretic
nd goes to plunge the natiot f
enYY e refr2 r d { n om ap y opfniN on the
conftttutional quest.on, which has lately ene»-2
the attention of your honorable body, from
to j el ' c "7 Whlch ho P e «« to feel when the co„.
of dud of government becomes the fubjetf of our
enquiry, always cemmanding in our judgment full
j before for which Scr'!
of r 0 " we h r rr c ° n thc p ,efßnt °«»Hon.-
/ But we should be criminally inattentive to our
in dea r reft r ,nter ; ft J' •/ w * hef.ta.ed on this awful
crilis, from declaring ,n unequivocal language cur
33 dira PP rob «t'onof the feledion of the period which
le fecms t0 have been ma de for the ditcuffion of amo
mentous conftttutional question, and we conceive
too, that the feledtion of the particular t.eaty
' which introduced this difaiffion, discovers inatten
' ttonto that purity and fain?efs which ought ever
to mark legislative enquiry.
" From a bcginningfo inauspicious, we are led-to
dread ttie nTue ; unless love of country and obedi
. cnce to du 'y supplant in the breads of your Ho-
I nor ®! ) . le n Ho " fe 'hose perianal rivalries anu foreign
• predilections which, unfortunately for our fellow ci
,lzens > appear to have held for feme time pad tranf
cendant domination.
e II ! 8 " 0t J ess . ftl ' an f? e than 'rue ;it is not less
true than afflidting to our feelings, and derogatory
to; our honor, that from the whole tenor of c<?n-
f gre-fiiona 1 debates, as published to the world, for- *
n ;eign nations evidently occupy more of the time of
_ your Honorable House, than do the people of the
United States.
j , While we admire that political condtidt which is
; bottomed on fidelity to o>u> allies, and a deliie to
prelerve friendlhip with the whole human race ;
' we cannot but express our chagrine at the apparent
" disregard of the concerns of the people of the U
r .nJtcd_Sui£S. carcfltlkcf. of
other nations.
■ l W ', th r Eur °P e w «>ave little to do, and oiight to
s "ave less to do : with our own country we have
much to do. _ To strengthen the bands of the h.ip
! py union which embraces the dates, to encourage
moral,ty, to diffufe the blessings of lite.aturc
throughout our republic, and to add to the genual
. convenience by constant attention to the general
melioration, i"eemet.h to us thc propereft objects of
meditation ; and promise to lead to thc
confirmation of ourfignal felicity, with rather more
certainty than zealous discussions of the relative
claims of foreign nations on cur friendfhip.
Returning from this digression whigh, refpedl to
our fellow citizens, and solicitude for the perpetu
ation of our present happiness dictated, we beg
leave frankly to declare our mind on the particular
luhjeft which called Os from our plough s.
We humbly conceive, that inasmuch as treaties
heretofore made by the Prcfident, with the contest
of the Senate, have been deemed complete and
binding, a deviation from that ufageonthe ptefent
occasion would be unwise, becau'fe pregnant with
pernicious consequences.
i he pi'optr line of condudl on the part of your
Honorable House, in our humble opinion, would
be to save otir country from those calamities which
mult flow from contradiction to established prece.
dent at this time, and to refer to a proper tribunal
at a proper time, the decilion of those doubts with
which y«u charge the constitution ill refpedt to the
treaty making power. If the people should think
proper to explain by amendment their will on the
lubjeft, they have the power, and the road to the
attainment of the object is plain, because it iscon
flitutionally -fixed.
1 he introdu&ioH ef discord into onr land is by
nd means a necessary preludo to their decilion.
Should your Honorable House persevere in the
couife you lu\>e taken, the nation mud inevitably
beexpolcd, not onfy to the evils of internal discord,
but also to the ravages of foreign war ; for" nation
al disputes can only be fettled either by treaty or by
the sword.
The firft has been tried with success, unkfs you
counteract itti completion ;if you do,the sword i»
the only appeal ; a bloody, expensive and tedious?
war may 6e the consequence, which at lalt mud be,
terminated by treaty.
The perils of war are many, and victory does
not always accompany jultice. We should after
much loss of blood and money enter into negocia
tions for peace, with increase of debt, with decrease'
of resources, and with the addition of ne»v topics
of disputation to those already exiiting.
Humanity shudders at of a war, the
genius of republicanism forbids war ; our signally
happy condition commands us, in the molt impel*
uous language, to avoid even the possibility of
war.
Stop, then, we pray you. Small is the bounda
ry between peace and war. One step farther, on
your part, and our doom may be irretrievably fell
ed. We therefore conjure you by the sacred tiet
of duty and common country, not to hazard our
unrivaled felicity,