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I FEDERAL LEGISLATURE For tic Clnmal Aovlrtisir TOTHS THE GENERAL ADVERTISER 6 1 WANTS a PLACE as CLERK thing It is a hQ worthy of remark that while the opponents of the Theatre enumerate the entertainments of the- ftage among the heinous offences which brought on the Tate calamity thofe who are the ruoft ftrenuous and unanimous in their oppofition to the drama were the greateft fufferers by the yellow fever I am not one of thofe who confider that dileafc as a particular difpenfation of divine providence for the punifh-ment of the crimes of this city But furely Sir thofe do hold this opinion thofe who prefume to throw the bolts of the Almighty and to deal out his judgments according to thetr whims fhould confider wdth how much force this remark might be applied to tneir A YOUNG FRENCHMAN V- can be wel recommended he writti 1 and underftanis the keeping of 'French AC count As improvement rather than emouxent is thg of the advertifer he i ready to engage on the mod moderae terms For particulars app at 137 No Front-ttreet December 20 it Four Dollars RUNAWAY A NEGRO MAN belonging to Madam Lavaud called AVID about iLirty-lw year oMge 5 feet 6 or 7 itches high his doathing unerrtain is he took feveral changes of light French drefte with him Hefpeaks the Erglifh and French an excellent cook a yellowilh complexion fmall legs and a mark on one tcit like the cut of a fword wore a ftraw hat with black ribbon took away a fmall red cheft with white nen clothes therein Whoever takes up faid n-gro and fecureshimin any jail fo that his mhtrefs may get him again Ihall have the above reward and reafonable charges paid by his miftrefs or Thomas tc Adam Undcrfhail Anti-Bigot Dec 26 SALES BY AUCTION -HOUSE OP KtriSSENTATIirES t6 Sundry petition! were read Sc referred others were laid the Mr YatiAfcn after obfrrving that tho the Houfc had decided on the legality of bir yet as the allegations contained in the petition of Mr VandtanlLlaer conveyed forne on bis (Mf Van and being now in pofleflion of feveral affidavit which would he fa ppofed remove every injurious impreffiou if any cxifted from the minds of the members rc-f pc (fling his eondaft he idled they might be read for their information The clerk then read one of the affidavits and was proceeding when Mr Fitzfimons Rated Fore objections to the reading as he did nor Tee that the boufe take any order on them The-rtading of the affidavits was waved A memorial from the iofpeClors of he election for the town of Stepbentownwas then read complaining of a mifreprefrntation of their conduft by the petition of Mr Van this being read on motion of Mr Lee it was voted that leave be given to withdraw the petition and the having been obferved by Mr Lee that th objeft of Mr Van Alien was fully anfwr-cd by the communications which bad been read A petition was read from Abiaham Trigg complaining of illegal and unwarrantable proceedings in the eleClion of Francis Pre'foB one of the fitting members of the State of This petition was referred to the Committee of elections On a motion that thehoufe fhould refole itfelf into a Committee of the whole on the communications from-the Prefident of the United States Mr Boudinot moved that the galleries ihould be (hut during the difcuiHon of this this motion was agreed to and the Jioufe refolving itfelf into a commitec of the whole the gallurics were elofed 4 Gourdes de recompence THIS AFTERNOON AT three at Mr wharf will be fold by Public Auftiun A quantity of left high flavoured HOLLAND CIN in hog (Leads SUGAR in hogiheads and tierces and a quantity of RED and YELLOW OCHRE EDWARD FOX December 7 SUGAR TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION N(i ioj South Watcr-ftrect THE lemaindtr of the SUGARS belonging to the eftate of the late Mr Jobn Duncan will be fold at uuftion fir approved nates at 60 days at two THIS afternoon evade un Negre APPARTENANT a Madame Lavaud nctnme DAVID trente-deux ans cinq pieds fix ou fept pouces On nr pent ctre ceitain dcs habit porte tomme il a em porte avec lui plulicurshabit Fraoyai legers 11 parle Anglois et Francois eft bon ccilinier II pas des plus neirs fes jambes minces a un cicatrice an piel qui relemble a un coujf de fibre II portoit un chipqau de pa lie intoure ruband noir II a emportc one petite toete rouge contenant des habits de linge II aura la fuf-te recompence et on paiera les traix a quitoiqtie arretrra I negre de maniere que (a maitreffe puill'e le ravoir a Madame Lavaud ou a Thomas et Adam Min-DtNHALL Jf'Jmngtcn Mr Bacai There arc fo ftrangc and unaccountable taking place in our Government that I fometmics am bewildered in my endeavours to account for them whether to aferibe them to weaknefs to accident or io attribute them to of this ftrange group is the vcorrcfcon-dencc between the Attorney General of the United States and Mr From this it would appear that WC bad no fyjttm of jurifpru-dcncc but alias every thing of ibis nature was to be fubrnitted to-the infallible mind of the Attorney If the injured party is to be without a remedy bccaufe a profecution does not compv rt with their inclinations or the opinion! of the Attorney General or becaufe the aggreffior hat a high official fusion we had better at once declare war againft juftite and leave Our reputations and our fortunes to the chequered goddefs of caprice and the amphibious of an Attorney Shall the Minifter of an ally whofc fuccefsful negotiation depends upon the opinion which freemen have of him (halt he bede famed Sc grosily traduced tc becaufe the defamers arc high Ration among us be without redrefs? We are told that in America citizen arc all equal that wc have a Government of laws 1 but from the prefenr complexion of things this is rendered extremely doubtful for if a chief Juf-ticc and Senator of the United States can trcfpafs upon laws without being amenable to them there is neither equal laws nor equal freedom in our It a citizen who had not been a judge or a Senator had committed an equal tranf-greffion would the Attorney General have had rhe Umz qualms of confcicnce about a profecution? There feems to be a combination of fome of the officers of Government againlL Mr Genet and for what realon unief he is too democratic for them I cannot divine In the cafe of Mr Genet it is tjotrhc man but the Minifter who has been injured it is not Mr Genet but our laws tbar have been infulted and abufed and if our laws arc unequal or our officers unwilling to proted the character of the Minifter of a faithful ally we have contended for freedom to little I do not judge of this bufinefs -s a Lawyer but as a man and as a citizen who is initrcftej in the faithful Sc impartial admimftraiion of juftice 3c the due execution of our Common fenfe and common probiry arc fufficicnt to determine upon a plain queftion of wrong a man has been injured it docs not require that folios (hould be ranfacked to know if he ought to be rcdreflcd or that a multitude of precedents (hculd be adduced to fub-ftantiatc the offence Truth requires no precedent injury docs not require to be refined in a crucible to afeertain whether it has a remedy The Minifter has been libelled we have laws to punifh the libellers and to withhold their operation for a Judge ora Senator is to deftroy them Should this be permitted by freemen well may the Minifter cover hitnfelf with the mantle of mourning and fay America is no longer freed' AN OLD SOLDIER December 16 1795 EDWARD FOX December 27 PENNS A NIA LEGISLATURE House op Representatives ON SATURDAY EVENING AT 7 Will be fold at Audion at the Coffee Houfc 80 hares in the 1 nfu ranee Ccompany of North America a Shares in the Bank of Ptnnfylvauia 1 do in the Bank of North America 2 do in the Lancafterand Philadelphia Turnpike Company being part othe eftate of Mr John Chaloner deccali EDWARD FOX December 27 it NOTICE ALL perfons indebted to the eftate of Samuel Withiiby late of Philadelphia Wocd-Corder arc earneitly requefled to make immediate payment as 'he dif-refs of the family require it And thofe who have demands againft fid eftate are deftred to render their accounts properly authenticated to MARY WETHERBY Adrriniftratri And all perfons indebted to the eftate of Thomas With irby dcceafed are likewile defired to make immediate payment And thofe who hate demands to render their accounts to Mary Wethrrby ibovementioned A Flat for (ale apply a above December 17 jrq CHESTLRTOWN BALTIMORE STAGES TO THE PUBLIC VINCENT DUCOMB an affortment of the following articles for at No 41 Jf'alnui-Street VIZ Pomatum in boxes of a Double diftiiled feent wate dozen and half a dozen in vials as follows in glafs pots Role Do in gallipots a'l aflorted Jafmine in the fallowing feents Suave Rofe Miel Jsfmine CEillet Marftiall Bouquet Fieur Liotrop Franchipane Mille Fleurs Bouquet Orange Pink Mufk Pot Pourrl French and Engliih Laves- Mille Fleurs der water Liotrop Cologne water Almond Pafte So much admired fair whitening and smoothing tie fen Ladies japanned dreffin Bed drefting tortoiftieil cafes of different fizes combs Gentlemen do Horn do Mohogany travelling writ- Rack-do ing delks Ladies cufh ton do Morrocco purfes with and Small Tooth do without apparatus Pen and Powder knives A handfome affortment of Silk and down puffs Morocco pocket -books Powder malks and bags Curling craping pinch Windfor foap tc wa(h balls ing Irons Hair pins and rollers of dif- Tooth and cloth krufhts ferenefu rs Shsvirg boxes and cafes Tooth pom er Bed Ladies feiffars Razors wai ran ted French lhoe liquid blacking Razor (traps do Engliih blacking in cakes Elaltic do 6co pair of Silk ftockings French a id English of different colours at a reasonable price Said DUCOMB (till carries on his manufactory of HAIR POWDER Mailers of Veffels and Country (hop-keepers at the fhorteft notice may be fupplied with Powder by the quantity FEDERAL LOTTERY TICKETS AT No ij SPRUCE Between Fourth and Fifth Street WARRANTED UNDRAWN The wheel in drawing has gained 31205 dollars which makes it very rich HOPE December 5 DORFEUILLE Respectfully informs the public that his BOARDING SCHOOL is now open for the recep-tin of Scholars who will be carefully and expeditioufly in-ftiudted ina il the moft ufeful and ornamental branches of edu'arion HE will alfo open a WRJI1NG SCHOOL fur Engliih and Ge1 man to be held every day from ten to one and a fchool for the French every evening fram five to eight No North Fourth flreet oppefite the German Lutheran Church 1 November 25 law 3t THE Eaftrrn Shore ftages by way of Cheflertown to Baltimore ftart regularly from James Indian Qoeen Fourth-lli eet every Monday Wednefday end Friday morning precifdy at 7 and on th- lame mornings from Mr at 4 in Baltimore The cultivation of the countiy and the gooJ-nefs of th roads and together with the attention that (hall be paid by the proprietors will it is hoped be a fufheient inducement lor a preference being given to their ute JAMES THOMPSON ROBERT HODGSON Light Waggons far hire by James Thonrpfon Indian Qieen DecemOer 18 dtf DECEMBER 1) Sundry memorial? and petitions of a private nature were read and ordered to lie others were read and referred A memorial was prefented from the Prefident and Direftors of the Bank of Pcnnfylvania praying that lefs than ij may be enabled to tranfa3 bufinefs of difeoant Ordered to lie on the tabic The commerce appointed reportedtbe following refolutions i That a committee be appointed to bring is a bilj to amend our penal laws by fubftitutirgin the place of fanguinary punifhments impriion-ment and labour in all cafes excepting only thofe pf murder attended with circumftanccs of extraordinary malice and depravity a That a committee be appointed to bring in a bill to abolifh impnfonment far debt and to fabftituts in the place of fuch modes of proceeding againfl the perfons of debtors as ate now in ulcfuch procefs in rem in the nature of a foreign attachment or otherwif and with fuch exceptions as they may deem expedient The confederation of the report on the petition of A Grew was on motion poftpontd till the 31 inft A committee was appointed ro enquire whether any additional laws arc necefiaty to be pafled to enforce the letter colletftion the revenue arifing from tavern licences The committee appointed reported a bill to continue theboard of Property It was made the order of the day for Thurfday next Adjourned DECEMBER 14 Sundry petitions prefented and read The committee appointed reported a bill repealing fo much of an cxifting act as lays a tax on writs It was made the order of the day for Friday next On motion refolvcd that the maoagers in the trial of the Comptroller General be authorized to fend for perfons and papers and to examine witnefTes on oath or affirmation The bill for promoting the cultivation of vines was amended in-committcc of the whole The committee appointed to report the bufiacf made an additional report in part of a number of petitions remainiog oo the ales of the boufe Adjourned 1 A BANK OF NORTH AMERICA DECEMBER io 1793 IE STOCKHOLDERS of the BANK NORTH AMERICA are hereby notfied that an e'eilicn for DIRECTORS for the enfuing year will be held at the Bank on Monday the 13th ot January next at ten in the forenoon December 10 BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA BECEMBER 1795 THE Stockholders of the Bank Pennfylvania are hereby notified That ag'ecally an ordinance enabled the 12th day of Auguft lift a general meeting of the ftockho'ders will be held at the Bank on Friday (he 31ft day ef January next at ten in the morn'ng Drctmber 20 'J- THE undernamed Committee appointed by SOCIETY for thi INSTITUTION tc SUPPORT or FIRST-DAY SUNDAY SCHOOLS in the city of PIi laJelphia and the ftrL2i of Seuthwark and the Northern to folicit further fubfeript ons for the fupp 'it of the Schools which the faid fociety have eftablilhed take the liberty to reprefent to their That althouth the fchooliwere fufpended during the period ut the late xwtul calamity wi which our city and fuburba have been afflidt-d tlwy aie now again opened for the free adm riion and education poor children 'I hat the neceflity ard reaf-ns for the eftabliflunent of thefe bo ilsare incieafed from the cirtumftance of the la'e diftrefs having left a number of orfhan deftitute of all the means of education fave what the hand of Benevol nee may sJtoioifter This mer experience ha mift pleafingly verified the fonieil h-prs if the friends rf this in'litution with regar to the pint refs and advancement of the cmldrtn who have here t'fjte teen under its care in the ufeful branenes of education which it has afforded Refzring tj this faft and to the addrefs to the Public on this lubjeft pubiilhed in the nrwfpapers if this city in the third month laft when a-bout eight hurdred and twenty chiloren of both fexes had partaken of the berefits aftotded by the fociety ard about three hundred and twenty more were thin adtually receiving i fil'd ion their fihnols it now only remains to be ob-ferved that the funds of the frcicty are greatly infufficicnt to carry on their benevolent dtfig's and that the Committee formerly appointed to lelieit fuolcriptions conceived it necei-fary to decline the'r applications to their fellow-citiaeni for their affilfattce in favor of thefe fchoola in omer that thrre n' ght be no interruption from them to the foliiitati na then made in behatt of their unfortunate brethren from I ape-Francois The p'tbiie a'd i now therefore earnefily folicited fup-port a ibati calculated upon the inci-pk-s public and private goed The annual fubfciiption foramembrr ia but uni nottAR and it prelumci that fo fmall a fum per annum cannot be better difpofed of by thofe who can afford it than by bellowing it as the price of the diffuSon of ufeful kocwie Ige amung the poor and friend- itf Subfcriptions and donations wil be atefully received by the uniernamrd Commitce on behalf of toe fociety BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA DECEMBER idth 1793 THE Stockholders of the Bank of PcnnfyKrfnia are hereby notfied that agreeably to feftion 4th of tne att incorporating the fubfevibersto the Bankcf Pennfylvania ai etrdlion for nineteen Dredlots for the year enluing will be held at the Bank on Monday the 3d day of February next at ten in the forenoon Seel 4th And be it farther enafled by the authority a-ferefoid that for the well ordering of the aftairs of the faid corporation there (haT be twemy -five Diredlors citizens of this commonwealth elefted yearly and every year fix of whom fhal' be elrfted by the frgiflature of this common-weal-h that is to fay three by the Senate and three by the Houfe of Representatives which eieflion fhall be hi during the firlt K-ftion of each General Ailembly in the re-fpedtivc hnu es of the legiflature on fuch days as thev (had refpedtively appoint and the remaining nineteen Direftors (ha-1 be elefted by the St ckholders at a general meeting to be annually held at Philadelphia on the firft Monday in February for that purpoie and the Direftors their firft m-eting after each eledlion (hall choofc one of their number as PrefiJ-nt Dicembr-r 20 dt3F Since the laft accounts from South-Carolina 4f a Military force there under the authority of a Ferrja Minifter we hear with great concern from feveral channels as refpeBalle xbat ao thoufand Carmagnoles under the command of Citizen Ca ira and I thoofand Sant culottes under the orders of adjutant general Bonnet rouge are under the fane authority the fir ft in the Stase of New-York and tbs others ja the Stares Their fiift exploit Will be a fudden irruption into- Canada as foon as the ice of the Lakes will bear them For the purpofe of greater expedition the army are to be cxercifrd and difciplined on Skates Doflor SERVEL A native of Vuntpcllier (In France) LATELY cometo this city lives at Mr 166 Saudi Second-ftrcet ieP'- a3- d6t SERVEL BOCTEOR EM MEDECINE (ntif DERNIEREMENT arrive dans eette villedemeure chf Mr RELAN dans la Scconde rue 166 au fud THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED and to be fold by CHILDS and SWAINE 209 Market-ftreet and by the principal Bookfeilers in town A JOURNAL duiing A uuidinci rw FRANCE from the beginning of Auguft to the middle of Decern-ber 1792 to which is added an account of the snoft re markable events that happened at Pails from that lime to the death ol the late King of France 1 Benjamin Say John Prot Nathaniel Falconer John Francis Bai ey Robert Kafton JefTe Shardlefs Thomas Arm at Samuel Scot ten George Williams Petti Eatker Peter Tfcomfbn Lbrnezer Large Thomas Cope scib Cauffman ofeph Prce Jamas Todd tdward Pole Jofeph James James Hardie Jonathan Penrofe William Inn's George Meade December 7 ANATOLIS DECEMBER If Br JOHN MOORE Arrived ax New-Ycri Ship Induftry Barnes Charlefton Thoraas Skinner Tcneriffe Brig Jane Bochannan Martha Brea Schooner Sally Patterfon Shelburne Thomas Shallow Norfolk Sloop Sally Turner fjeda! oupe Farmer Arnold Kwgfton Philadelphia Sept I I793 THE Houfe of Trade Ir rely carried on under the firm 0 th fubfciibeis having expired this day by its own Ti-m cation all perfons having any demandt on that houfe ate sequefted to call upon Mr John Swanwlck and thofe who are indbted to pay him their balances as he remains charged with the general adjuftment and liquidation of all Concerns Willing Morris and Swanwick Sept 15- dtf On Thurfday week laftRosiNA and the Lying Valet were performed by Meflicurs Wic-nbll and company of comedians at the Theatre in this city to an audi-nce who great fatisfaflfioa at their cmertaioment this evening will be performed the tragedy of Venice P'biservid with the comic opera of Rosina The author of the above work is fo univerfally known la the literary wrld that it may be deemed its beft recommendation to fay that it is no way inferior to hi former writing the time ws eventful and the feee which he de feribe att rafted univtifal attention His remarks are judi tiou and the ftile ii eafy ct afte elegant and fijcerefting December 7 w4 jt JL.