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Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 2

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4 fortign intelligence ND Nl'TSeptzy HOLLAND Hill continue to be jhe vqlcano pf polbict of Europe approaimstiag nearer and nearerto it grand explafimor eropiion and dangerous it wiHb for the reft of Europe unkfe ftatefmen arile in England or elfwiin than" we are at prefent tfleffed with The Stidtl ql derian party ran expeflbuflittle fiipport or protec 'tion from Pruffia who has enough to to watch the mdtiom of the emperor and take care of him feif September aS Whatever (and the hit "eft calculation not immoderate) the plan ffi nI ing the convidls tnaycoft government (bmething innfl be done in the alarming ft ate of imi nality in this country A ma" ignorant of the fad is (hocked to hear that io London prifon only there are always above a thonfand priforiersfor different crimes 'no focner are fifty or an hundred' dif" pofed of than there are as many ready taric com mitted in their room The frequency of gomtnit 'menu is affonifhing Oifti RxtraB of a liitlrfrom Conjlantiiiofk Aug io trie fib a are nqt yr etejl in prwq es The new ophet Shlcck ivlaiifeur continues h's tfa vels with bis troops 'and hai daily' arceflinps uf ftrength arid giymg'oiJt that ije is iei(: pipages iftrbys ravag't and'et rrnmatesthe Ruffians in tjie neighbourhood of the Caspian Tbwards the crufts of Syriatle rejel Ki'chuik Aly antwithftanJing his late dJcat hab made jhis appearance with a newlv railed army anti ii ssfcr iaidahfe ever In1 Natulia" in: the envli ons1 nf Smynl the pfchaa are making war agMnft eich then and mifehirf by tj ciii' fretjuhiit' and render the trade yeryrinrer tliq and hazardous Wahchi on the tithe) jhi'iid groans under the oppreffiopLof the reiyiiitfg'hofp'd deiu fo tha'tconfuGon andanarchyariegertijaf all our province? We have however i he confo'a tion that the pacha of Seutarp entertai'is friem'ry intercourTe with the Porte He agriii a ktaowi ledged thegrand fijniorfor his Ibvereign there is any ground of complaint now npainft him it iifdr his condutfl towardsthe republic of Venice He hat informed the fenite that he will' ut an end co all hoft ilitfes bn copdit fob of their paying him the Turn of aotnillioht of fequins The divan fent ontdaft June a Beet offriir (hip which were foOn after Accompanied by mor and which arc to foil td the Black Sea Under pretence of cruiflng but it is well known that thejrue lotijn' tion was to procure atnmuniiionrnd provifiors for the Tartar td affiRi them AgiinfLany ehtiftilities that may beplfcrcd oh the part of the Ruffians This may be fnppofed very probable from the high language ufed hy the prefoht grand and whieft intimates left than a declaration of war both againft the Ruffians and the Venetians Eve ry preparation at Conllahtinople as well A the reft of the empire '(hdws'the fame (defign The grand admiral Haffan Patha who commanded' a fleet 1 to eruife in the Arch pelago is hot yet retuhted It is well known thyt'he took oh bdan great number I of failorsfromthe Greek Iflands and that he has already made good ufe of them in fubjtdlingsthi rebel pachas of Egypt and obliging them to pay tribute to the grand lignior' letter from Southampton fays that laft Saturday arriveJ here from Jerfey rhe Adlive captain Le maitre difmafted had received othcr efamage in a violent gale of wind and Vain the night before and that morning in which (he had too of her hands walhed over boar The captain fays that he faw feveral pieties of wrecks floating on the fee aid be lie res a great deal of damage was done Extras of ak tterfrom Edtnbiirgbi OS a I We are informed 'from Maucultne that on Monday mati was going from that' place to Ayre was fuddenly Called by another froth a wood on the fide entreating him th Come and aflift'him: iti 'taking out man that had allen into the water ef'Ayre aqdiWas The man readily epnfentirig immediate iyweut in to the wood but had' gone far wiien another fel low darted up and with a knife in Lia jaand threat eaed him with death if he dld not deliver all that be bad upon which they took from hint Upwards ofiyl and afteririrda tied his bands to the bnnehes bf a tree and bis feet to the frunkpnd then left him Thepoor man continued In that ftalte upwards of an hour before any camfe affiftance A ifw fpecies of robbery? A letter from Norwich fayl It is fomething Angular that the charter of this city is held by the annual delivery ofaa herring pics to Kia table and we hve naw two gentfemed bf the dame' of Herring (Mr William Herring and Mr John He ring) to ferve the office of Oierit no ways relat ed to each A morning paper fays Mr Marta anqfficiroftbc trtafury who failed with capt Cook had an oppor tunity of vifiting Botany Bay) is 'the gentleman who fuggefted the plan to 'idsernmftnt'of tynfpoiting convidls to that ifland JVbetber it mays not ul timately prove of benefi to Great Britain time and experimesrt mutt determine Mr Philips is the officer appointed to fuperlntend the propofed fettkment at' BouoyBay This gen tlemsn captain in the taavy poffeffinga fpirit of enterprife' and an underflanding which qualify him for atty adventerous undertaking He is to be fta tioned at tEefettlemrm for three years at an annual falary of three hundred' pounds His cftabl'dhed fores is to cunlift of veffel mounting fisteen guns and a party of The number of at firft to be conveyed wi'l amount tq about feven hun i dred The rftaWilhmeht of Sundry Schools goes on ve ry fapMIy in the North of Ireland and mce wh the great ft encouragements 1 1 there are few towns of any note that ba not one of more pf'thef'e hu mane ard and fubfcripliors beta pour in from every feriptiqn pittellan's flentrrs a nd for the purpofeiif forward ing this benevolent tlefln to inftrvA tbe gnorant and make the poor and needy ufelul members of the community Lafi eek 1 ri the army waHcl from Leeds to Walieliel'i and back attain (18 inlr a confidrrable wager in the tours and iw tymi nutes He was allp wed fp'ir hours perform it in DUBLIN Sept at The cmvu'1'td (late of thr huthern parts ih kingdom renders it abfelutely ndifp i 'e tha gentlemen of influence and the freelol ter at large fhould fpeak out and declare their ntimeats Thefe wretches complain of grievances and furely it is but juft to examine whether ey exifl or not The 'county of Kilkenny hive takm ths lead in this burmtf a ndudt nolcfsfpitcd Lilfe aiiu wijuit 4iuw UUJ vuu a reel wew ui'puk'e ye" cv 1 other jhat it is a ptbperty the exchifiye right of the i I A ANDRI A Dec JR The brigantine Agnes 'cat tain Allen frem GlaL gow is arrived in tht river are brought by her that the herring filhrry hasiheen much greater thah has been known for many years pad On Monday ilaftis a man belonging to Mr Loft was allillirig to i paflaye for the ferry boat thrmlgll the ite he unfortunately tell in andnotwith (ldfling he Wat foon taken out hewasfo benumbed that he died immediately EHiladelphia Jan' 2 It is mtfch to he regretted that the iniculou cuf torn of firing out the old 'year (rs it is called) cannot be prev luted by this mifcheTous jpfaftie'e bait) belonging to Mr: William Morris bn trankford road containing teutons of bay was fet 'cq fire and entirely coirfiimed ph Sunday night laft 'and the dwelling houfe efcaped (liaring the fame is a dlfgrace toTmariftracy tofufferthis prafticctocoiiii npe any longer if they are negligent of their dutf( not tb fiipptefs' fnch a nmfance the ihbahi tants ought' to uoite to patrole ths aod roads hear the ctiyahd'revcrclycfisftife afrf bnewho riiay be caught dill urhiog the reft and endangering the ty of their neighbour Proceedings of the GtnerdUjembly Tuesday Deccmbtr 6 A M' 1 'The': Houfe met pUrfuarit to Adjournment A BILL was prefented for amending and ex JtY' plainiag the aft for the encouragement of dp medic itianiifadlures A lettef from John Coxe efquire the geptlemau who was appointed? law officer in the early part of ft his feffion encloflng his refigrigtion of that office ai he found by thc eXperirnent it would oblige him to give jip his (private buflnefs' which be could not i think of doing He alfo requeftrd that no compeji I fafjqn might fle thought of (in the letter to Mr i limotw): asit would probably occafton debate 'and take up much time Ordered to lie oo the table Thr Kit! In John cafe was read a fc I cbtid Htre Ordered tq be tranfetibed and printed Mr Morris' called for the fecond reading of the report of the Committee bf ways and means Mr: Morrig obferyed that the cpmptrollei general by his ftatement had (heWn the mgans of difehargmg this proper tioh 7f 'the'fedetal and the fi'ntls for the interelt therefore the committee of ways and meads had hot' turned their thoughts to any other means jButthe retjuifltion from Ccugref of Oiloher laft for 39000 and upwards of dollars being for the immediate fupportjof the federal go vernment required to be railed in fpecie this pot by fet off in the manner the other requifitions were therefore it was propofed Io lay a duty of if per blifhel on Though this iaoool ought to be paid by June next it was hardly poffible to raife it yet as Congrefe propofed borrowing the fum this fund muft be mortga the intend ed purpofe He: therefore hoped the houfe would adopt the report Mr itzlintons thought this fund would not he productive enough to anfwer the end from the ftatement Attained from the cobeflion he was pretty fure it would not This was fuppoling the whole to be collected but that would hardly he ths cafe 1 Every one was not obliged to huy at Phi ladclphia manjr found it more convenient to pw 1 cember f' It is a qndtion kt pfeleht (ubfilifiig with qir politlca I coiiniiiffcurf whetherthe weflern territory belonging td this flate dnght to he fold ftate and cqhtjnental feciti itics indifcrfndha'tely of for'eath one in psftii iaVlf hatfracbifonone fidrit is allured) injuf tlce jr'iidw'due' ciitnot On tfii appropriation of ral I 'at leaft pi'aflfee'Uri private' points toftch an objrflefpbciillf vtheb it'is' afafl that what remains is more than fufficierif'td lafisfy Ou quo fabf the hdle continental 'debt Atill the qocftiajr re turns whether both debts (coiiGtlered in afclative fehll for theyare tht to he conihlered) fought not to: propbrtlohably paid However dqe' thing is certain that vinch Is tn fait a political query is often decided moftevidcut marks ot' dearnef and de mouftrarioit EW YQK Ki Dec 28 Iaft Monday week Mr Benjamin Williams of Eli zabethtown was bit by a mad dog and while we de plore the unhappy cataflrophe feel a plealitfe in inf forming him and the public that there is a perfon now living i ir Phila delph ia who cures the malady even after its arrival to the hydrophobia Ijis vepyuncomnson fays a eorrcfpondent to here of mad dogs in Deri nber but it feen prodigies Will never ceaie for the human as well fpecies feem Infected with a degree df infinity at this ira CHRISTMAS Ttii feafon pet haps affords aS great vanny in this city asany fome good people religiously obi (erving itas a tinie fet apait for a mod facrcd piflpofe' others revelling in profufibn and paying their fin cere devotions to mtrrj'BacMt decently fealling with thrir friends and relatives ftoreilhut tn fere ral churches divine fervice the temples dedicatee! to the fervice'of mtrrmcjit dififatiomnd flih much croyded where the runs of gluttony and drunk ends (atratc their refpeflive appetites The Irene With thefe getitry generally concludes about midnight when they tally forth into the It reels and by their inimeanhzr wild extravagant noifejldifturb thofe cis ns who would rather (icty than $ct The rerulid will acknowledge this to be a juft though cur Cry yirev of the ioys in NewYork Pray flow do you like them Dee ay On riday laft was held the quarterly ex in'inarion of the grammar lebool in Columbia college when the young gentlemen acquitterl jthemfelves in ruth 'a manner fic nwnce life vilitors that the achers in thatfemihary hai t'pared no pains toin (hull youth committed to their charge in thb fol lowing ulefnl branches vix language geography and oratory In fevers! daffes thecontett was (0 equal a to render it in a great meatitre impoffible to deter mine wbtf had the preference but after mature delation rhe premiums were decided tn fvor of tie following young gentlrmrn viz Meff Walter Coch ran Janies Wood Mofes Mofcsfand Veter Anderfen 1 and the feparate premium for eloquence was a ufual' a judged to Mr John Muiigan The third quarterly exaninaliun of the 'ftudents of Columbia college will begin spun Tncfdayf thc i J'qj than humane they have frdtaed a petition ta 'the houfe of commons praying for an inveftigationcfthe complaints which mmk than any fler circuniftauce 'whatever will tend ib acef fat'onrof difturbanSif 1 the Kng'f couny WJ jfliortly be bdd for the above laudablepurpofej and tie doubt can remain bitt the ample''wilbeifo'lowelby all the fvutherncoqntiea elt is not otj'y phe buflnefs of the fpmhern coin ties to peti ioh the fluurefor an inveftigatinn of the complaints pealshiry butr the duty of every county iq the kinzdom'the fpirit of difeon Srnt fpreatis like an infeqiori rifles in feveral coun ties have taken place which were quiet and forcible oath? have beck impofed ven prt theborders of Leiuffer pbcfides fruin'the pecubaf Ctua tihn of our peafahtry it is neceffarysto take tlpthe buflnefs as any coming frbm them i wouhl be treated as the effervefeence ipf rabble and it is ditly through the collefolive bbdy of frec holders they can have anyconimunicatfon with the lagifliture i j'j' fe 1 IT A ffJ September ij i A general affi rnbly has been held in the city of Leyden of Alt the free cor of the'proymce ef Hl and when it was vcfolved to iuccqqr the city of Ut recht men ahtl tand tb''write a letter to the dates of Hol and in 'wttibh they qflev to put an army rf iopp meq attbeirdifpofa1 Sept 28 The Rbyngrave jpfi fiiljm with his whole legion which is in the particular pay of the province tf He hand have tsken theoatlis to tfi deputies of the dates of that provlnceMt is laid that corps will be affitmentrd to aqbo rherf '1 he ho'c gtyr fen otthispl we'have by' ord of the Holland renounced the provincial 01th they took (6 the captain genefal except the gui'r's Jeept fliq 'or fevyn among wl om is tiieir commandant de Heer Capcllen) have ifuied it u3Tne above brave officer baa given them a fewdays to re mnflder the matter Befidesithe mihta of the i fome burghers corps well remain in garnfon at Wderdert who have alreidy hakbh the a battalion of troops is marched into the ToreatNieuwerfluys add a line of troops Adil he formed to the frontiers of Htiihnd tbwards Utrenbi and Guelderiand under command ol Geitejal Van RyfirJ Several detachments of free corps of riefhnd are united Ten where (hey form a corps of 1 loco men teariy to march upon ghedirft Cgnal': i Ninety fix patriots of are gone to Wo erdten jiand Ihefolfowingds the adf they figtfed with their they marched via We the inenilwrs of the patriotic corps of Aik maer' do'1 fdleihrly bind' obrfelvci' to obferve 'he following f' VTe will mutually affiil each other td the ut moft of our power as brmhcr'pafriots in all that it right and juft Thofe membere of this fpciety who cannot quit tht town for the defence of the common caufe Oiall takecare of the of thofe who are engaged it that honorable fervice We prcmtfe 1 to fulfil that engagement upon the (imple tequeft of the wives' children or tela ion of th ahfentees and td do it with 'as intich care as if it was Moat oW' intereft without ever afking' for any recompcqce Done atAikmaer tbeth of September 1786 (S'gned) By all the members To give theparticulars of the diflurbsnees aid tu mults prevailing1 io this tepub'ic' wiiold occupy' more roomthan the limiitof our paper can afford fuffice it therefore to fay that alarm and conifer nation univ rfiliy prevail and that there is ffeong reafon to that a revolution 1 not very diflant 1 Tattrtry when the feiemls and patrons nf literature ATHjjdckWi willcxa I mined in ihcrceigand CiHn languaief Gcpgiapvr Algebra EudiiVs Element Trignoome tryJand in Mofal Natural Philofephy'jn thpr ffeeml 'parts examfomion will be amtinmd on Wednefday andThurfflay abftffll each day at io zo 'clock Ini tfce ftjnnoon aod i the afternoon Upon Thrtfilayat yonng grntteiren will 'deliver oretions unon' feited to theoeqa frob lorers of eloquence i XaexpsegMi they have dore I on former fUowter that tbs audience may be wish more the txamiua tion he ljcidtn tlie eoftegelibrary 1 Dcc i8 Jtii fays eornfpqn dent 'tfiat making known to bc'woild circnmftanfea of riot Jnferrclftiqns or any thing that may (lamp upqn the afpeft of tbreatnii qliti impolitictid Avpurs of lalle hbii when sve examine into ihejqrfot'S tonftqiienrei that a filenee upon thefe dilagreeabte filbjefls might be produfHve of Viz that the bodies of jhforgents knfowhig that the neighbouring fla'rt not privy tii their Wtriiiioni would be doubly Bulbed with ideasof conqtieft and aft with tirice th Vigor "tint fearing an augmentation from without the limits of their (fate1 Ac1 fee it mull he admitted that to withold fuch intelligence from the world is altoge ther wrong Of twaevils to choofc the leaft is a univerfal maxim? that the evil of communicating fuch IhSelligence to foreign 'natiiinS is of left toniequence than the evil that might ehlue as abort fiirmifed! notforioua i Major general Titcom( of the ad divifion of th 'Maflachufctts militia ha ifliied his general nnferk fbr the fefeftmeti of to afl thble the train band and alard lift" oq due notice 'for the pnrpqfe bf elec I ting their officers according to llaiS'dRjr' theft refers the people are in their winter eafure hours to praftlce Lthe pi'fent unhap py con vni lions are the inducement and the prefcrtaiL on pf their ekcellcht'conftitution is the objeft' patriotic terms inwhich Tide order! aie codched re flc'ft the: higlieft honSr upon: the oldier who ifflieil thcra i mziti 1 i wJkiOW Journalrof the'l4th in'ft ihe public were pnfenfed with a report of one William Taylor a fear ma belonging as he faid to the (hip Apollo from Urdi 'bio Mew was made tn foun a gentleman of diltinftion in this city by fatd Taylbrrtbutffoni a sfarfety ofcircunillapces (ueh as having been made either of the bodietnor weariiidiiced to fufpeift that the whole narrative was without founddflbn and fa bricatfd either for the'amXcmgnr oi from hidden fi nifterjviews of theJaid reporter who hotline' been heard pf 1 Arhiica correfpoadent his doubllcCs pinJL enemies ia the different partsof Europe It is notori' ous that the greater part of tbcle Chernies hare become lb by yielding too implicit a faith toaltiliefalfe re prefcutauons that have been in Juftrioufly circulated for the purpofe of ruining bur credit as a nation whjib in effcft i (lamping wqVfch fqr a mtiolt who treat upon whatever fubjrft with difhonorable intentions is an infamous nation1 It afforded no in cdnfiilertble fatisfaftion 'to read in New vening Poft of the 16th of Oftober' tbpfe refolves bf th American Congiefs makfrig prbviffotTftr thepay 3 ment of the inweft of our natienal debt with tbeap P7ft ioniiient btthe ftateahd( a reqipfitiqn couched jt 10 terms that exprefs higlieft 'Veneration for 'the' credit 1 aisd hoAor of the country fee paid in feafon' Wefe 'the realfitnation'and fihartces': and the honpra hie intention of the American government miiverfally knows 'ilouhtfefs the American credit WonliJ be mbre perminent her enemies fewer and the general idea left defpicable i chafe at XDgtnn htiTsnp3y miking it one (hilling peir bu(hel'whi it jopr'ctut on itin value you make it an ojeft for people tn evade the duty therefor your revenue will be Now I thlfrk half the fum would be equal p'rodyftivK for it would no longer be an objeift The addition! carriage would ly isjymi drpod ijpod it you (fill be difappomted in (ollcifting it jq Mr Morris faid lithe gentleman wqulij prmfe1 iny other in lieu of the 6d he wiflied to tyhich ftouldbe at goodj he bad no objection fbe nioyed'tp ftrike blit onelhilfing and leave1 ft a blank(whtch was 'agreed to) 1a' Mr Eijzlimon hoped tHe'dutjnwobld extend tn That on a he underflood a (peculation had taken place incopfequeacc ofthe intended duty He alfo move I thai afl additional duty of perib on coffee belaid') 1 tThe report was adopted to the rettlerdili4djitfth'n he Indian purchafe df 1768 was read a Ordered oe' tRlnfcribed and puMiftted i As wat alfo tbt ii exdtferating 0 Cloyd! treafurer of CJjefter cpudt'J Mr! Brackenridge' moved (aS shell Is tyas'eompre heridedj thifthi'nght of qnqijiry'qn'titieso Itmd nowexereifel and yfted in the board' p'f property be' remittea'tb'theVourif'ani! tiifhe proper 4 counties'' wBefe any conteft may arife 7 Thie motion was' by ab tliegeitleineit nsmely (MertrsBrackenridgeg' Morris Pitzfinions fdTq'fithe higirftjjmporK inegapd 'greafeft magnitude and ft was'fin') ceroly wifheo that lhe gentleman to whoin it the ntmoft'cautio'n and on jhy bell infqrmition was refrrred'ro Me firs' Clymer Eyans'aql The bill pt'redpeing the experCfs of governmtpii was read'a (ccphil'time arid theclauferelpeftingthd expenccs of (hejudges whilft on the circulfwae re new'ed byi Mr Ktzfimqni fecopded by Mr Rofs whereupon it wat agreed that tbey (poyld be allow ed ft s'perday jvhilft bfi the circuitj'to out of the treafuty of jheprfopw'cpanfy KJ' It wasthcn moved by JMfe fUhfcler tafiljpp'iidi1) blank with fotlr dollars Alfo by Mr Lqwiyfo (Hljt With And Mr Morri moved that they allowed flt dollars er diem i 7 The quell ion' eras firft put ofr Gif dollars) and loft by a majority of 10 A agreed jtm wadi' blank qrasjl up ttierewlth7 Mr(pfrjftpored that tht Jiicfqobtpllotitri 1 fte attorney gepfeal 7 Mr itzfimoq jthongbtit tjeffertn'torth: johJtkenfpmJu (jilary' it efMibn nolawi' i1': othetwifeT' 7' Mr Clymef fdid it wouldbe faying of the got for bcfidejhriKIary his eipepres had always been borne they wiimthoferef ike Judges'j 'whri kept ahjpen table far tfsefe officers Mr D' Clymff'alfo fupported rte fijotioB the houfe igreta 'tO'iK1 i 01 a sifeslft'yc Mr'Brackerfridg'e moved Ihat fclrf lifednltf'ifimtM btn JWiniJtidri' wahoft "The bill wffs then Xgreed to1 and urderclTto Ww tranfcribed 7 tVeimfiftf Daqnbtr ay AeM'n Th Koufe mepnrfuant to 'adjourrimenf? A frosri John Had was rcad nd tn the committee of claim" 'j? The report pf the committee ii and after efiumeratirfg the cafe ef ehc feviral pC tf tinners which had ro them they can? generally that the petitioners Jigve leave to 7' withdraw their feveral petitions' (The fecond read mg df the bilfyoZreyiVhitlie Charter of theBynkas gode tfjrntigfi' qiieftiqn Will the houfe confideqthe feme by mt graphs It nioved and feci'nded'Jb pbftppnc it1? Mr indley dec Jared himfelf unprepared cfd i Mr Gray wass siot only for pnApontng but dif 'g miffing it a fogether as the prefidenn dirqftors and ftockholder had ajjpty'fofi charter' He ih'oucht this favoured of hanghticefe or and would never cbnfentto grant '1 one undrr fuch a di(pfitidii' ftlr Whitebill wilhed it tp be poftpwiednd mjtfo 7 the order of the day' that members might be pre pared a Mr Morris was againft the pottponement Thi Vhufinefs had been made the order of he day for laft'7 Wednefday but on account of the indifpofitiori offt (he Speaker had heen deferred till noy If gentle" men were 'prepared week agri' furefy they were fd ndw As fo the' gdntlemanVfobfervaffotr that no application was made from the was wrong Application had been made frptn a part many of thi fe JvHb (igneii th petition were flock" 1 holders: but if the gentlcjpan'jnieant 'jjll tif muft own they bad niir was iupoffibl they 'j fc6uld being foextendedThebbjeiftof the mo tion for poffpor ament he conGdcred Iras to worry tire out the country members as they were earnift to feturn home but he hoped it wOuld not' beef fefted $: yi Mr indley faid he had affigned iufficietit'regfoB for the poflpotnient and no man of'honoif wcuiu ij endeavour to hurry on thif fiufiriefs when othet were unprwired' Hehad been prepared this day week but' had not now his notes ot authorities with him and muft therefore proteft going oa7 with tha To morrow he would be pre pared and have no objedlion I Mr Logan was Jur the pollponrment as it' would 7 give the direftors time to eome forward with their petition for this charter Mr Morris wanted tu know how atiy honor was concerned The buflnefs had been long befere the houfe wis IL iindcrftoodf and the prefent bill lying on the table feveral Would the gentleman tellbim that he could not retain reafon a few days I No he had a better opinion of hi power and thought them fufficiently reten" i tive did riot wifla to pref the tncafure 7 After feme further converfationj in which Mr indley denied any refleflion and only wilhed for fair play it was agreed to poftpone and make it the order of the day tomorrow The bill lor liberating certain infclvent debtor was read a third time and ordered tube engrof fed for the purpofe of being enadled The fupplement'to the bill for regulating bank ruptcy was read a fecond time as was the report of the committee to whom had been referred the report of a committee of the laft honfe on'the fubjed of the delegation to this flate from the Coa' grefs of the United States This report was adopted 'j But Mr itzfimons much wilhed that the Ian guage might have been foftenedfo as to hold out.

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