The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-03-25 00:00:00, page 1

Pubfiihed by ELIJAH RUSSELL, at his OFFICE, neat the Meeting House, in CON _
READ a third Time and passed,
the Bill for extending the Time
for receiving Subscriptions to the Lorn
of the United States—according to this
Bill the Subscriptions are to be continu
ed to June 30, 1794— The House re
ceived a Message from the Senate, no
tifying their agreement to an Amend
ment to the Amendments of the House
to the fupplementory Aft for Collec
tion of duties on foreign Goods, and
on the Tonnage of Vessels. The A
mendmenc of the Senate is to strike
out, and insert an allowance of three
eights of one per cent, to the Collectors
of Newyor& and Philadelphia, and to
the Collectors of Boston, Baltimore, and
Charleston, three fourths of one per
cent. This was agreed to —The Bill
for encreafing the Salary of the Com
missioner of the Revenue, and that of
the Auditor of Account was twice read,
and laid over for to Morrow—Read a
third Time and passed, the Bill provid
ing an Allowance of 400 Dollars per
annum for the Education of H. Mer
cer, till he attains the Age of 21
Years. The appropriation Bill, being
read and amended, was ordered to be
engrossed for a third reading—Several
Bills were reported as duly enrolled-
A Message from the Senate, that they
have passed the Aft for extending the
Time for receiving Subfcriptjons to the
Loan of the United States— & Message
from the President, that he has approv
ed and signed two Atta, one for ascer
taining the Fees demandable in Cases
of admiralty Proceedings, the other an
Aft to regulate Trade and taercourfe
with the Indian Tribes — Mr. Moore
reported three Bills as duly enrolled—
the Aft for establishing judicial Courts
—for changing the places arid Times
of holding circuit Courts and the ap
propriation Afi— The House then, in
Committee of the Whole, topic up
Mr. Giles's Resolutions, relative to
the official Conduct of the Secretary of
the Treasury—The Debate continued
till 5 o'clock, when the House ad
journed, to meet at seven, this evening,
on the fame Subjeft.—The House
having met again, a long Debate took
place, till near midnight, when the
question being taken separately on the
seven lift of Mr. Giles's Resolutions
(the two firft having been previously
struck out) the House divided thereon
—the 3d Resolution was negatived,
14 for, and 38 against it—the 4th was
also negatived, 16 for, and 35 against
it—the sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth were
negatived without a Division. The
Commiuee then rose and reported,^nd
the Question being put, whether the
house will agree to the Report of the
Committee, which is to difagrecip the
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CONGRESS— Fifth Session.
Friday, March 1.
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CONCO RD, MONDAY, March 2si79fr
The Mirrour.
A Report was presented by
the Committee on the Letter of
the Secretary of the Treasury re
lative to the Errours in his print
ed Reports. The Committee ex
onerate the Comptroller, Clerk,
and Printer from Blame ; and
recommend that 300 Copies of
the Reports of the Secretary dur
ing thc present Session be printed
under his Direaion for the Use
of the House. The Report was
adopted.
The House were then notified
that the President had signed the
Bill providing for the Expenses
of holding a Treaty with the hof
tiie Indians. The Bill to increase
the Salaries of certain Officers
was taken up and agreed to : the
Blanks were filled up as follows—
Additional Salary to the Auditor,
500 Dollars—ditto, Commission
er of the Revenue, 500-^ ditto,
Register 250 —ditto, Comptrol
ler, 250-—several Bills were pre
sented as duly enrolled, viz. The
Bill extending the Time of re
ceiving Subferiptions to the Loan
of the United States ; the Bill to
pay the Bank the Inftalment due ;
the Bill to support light Houses
not ceded; that in Favour of E
lijah Bostwick ; that provid
ing an annual Allowance for
Hugh Mercer, and the Bill
more effectually to colled cer
tain Duties.
The Committee of Confer
ence on the Subjea of the Time
of the next Meetinglof Congress,
could not come to an Agreement
with the Committee of the Senate
---The House were notified that
the Senate had passed the additi.
onal appiopriation Bill---A Ref
^M ' bmj/7 ^ id;rffl''CT^tW
Resolutions—the Yeas and Nays were
as follow :—Ayes 39 —Noes 12.
The next Question was put, on dis
agreeing to the third Resolution, which
was negatived, Yeas 39 —Noes 12=
the fourth Resolution was negatived,
32 to 15—The 5h alfoi The 6th
by 30 to 8, and the Bth receding the
Indecorum charged to the Secretary of
the Treasury, was negatived 34 to 7.
At this late Hour, about midnight,
it was observed, that several Members
had left the House, being so much to
tigued, that they were not able to flay
for the 'Yeas and Nays: the House
then adjourned, 'till 11 o'Clock to
Morrow.
Saturday, March 2.
Evening Seffon.
A Report was read from the
Secretary of the Treasury on the
Subjea of the Excise ; and or
dered to be printed-—The Sen
ate notified the House, that they
have nonconcurred the Bill for
granting fifty thousand Acres of
Land (0 she Inhabitants of Gal
litfolis- —The Committee's Re
port on the Memorial of W.
Crowe, relative to his Discove
ry of encreafing the Effe& of a
given quantity of Gunpowder,
was taken up and referred to the
next Congress ;, The Bill for se
curing the Colle&ion of Duties
on distilled Spirits, &c, was taken
up, but the Time limited for Ad
jourment, not allowing of a Dis
cussion, the Committee thereon
were difeharged : Several A&s
were reported as duly enrolled,
and were signed by the Prefix
dent during the fitting —-The
House then Appointed a Commit
tee, to inform the President that
they are ready to adjourn, previ
ous Notice to the fame Effe& hav
ing been received from the Sen^
ate. The President having no
further Communications to make
the House adjourned fine die [To
meet again, by the Constitution
on the Hrft Monday in Decem
ber next.] On Motion of Mr.
Murray, thanks being voted to
the Speaker, he replied as fol
lows:
Gentlemen,
You have made me very hap
py Sy this Testimony of your
Approbation of my Conduct in
the Chair.
At the fame Time, I feel an
additional Pleafute in this opjpor->
tunity of rendering to you my
sincere Acknowledgments for
the kind Candor and Indulgence,
as well as the constant Aid and
Support which I have experienc
ed from you, in the Performance
of the Duty which you were
pleased to assign to me.
Be assured, Gentlemen, that
I shall ever retain a greatful Senfc
°f your goodness, and you will
olution was agreed to, requiring
the Secretary of the Treasury to
communicate some particulars re
lative to the Excise, by Monday
the firft of January 1794. •
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