Gazette of the United-States. — New-York [N.Y.], 1792-01-25 00:00:00, page 3

The House then took into confederation the amendments a
greed to by the committee of the whole, to the bill to ascertain
and regulate the claims to invalid pensions, &c.
These amendments were agreed to with amendments—additi
onal amendments were proposed, and agreed to. —The Houle ad
journed without finifhing the bill.
servant
" I arrived at this place after a disagreeable
and fatiguing journey of fix days. Immediately
after my arrival we received very alarming news
from the Cornplanter, that the western Indians
were coming to cut off both him and us—the e
vent of this God only knows.—By accounts from
Indians we hear that 800 Canadians were in thq
adlion against our people the 4th of November
last, and that 100 Indians were killed, and 400
wounded at that.timc.
I have the j>leal"ure to make for you, agreeably
;o your the following extract from gene
ral orders, and am, your molt obedient bumble
Head-Quarters, Fort-Wujhington, Nov. 27, 1791.
Officers for the day, &c.
At the General Court Martial, whereof Major
. Clark, is President.
A report from the Secretary of the Treasury
was read, purfuanc to the order of the house of
the 19th instant—accompanied with sundry esti
mates —which were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Ficzfimons moved that the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury 011 the subjeCt of Manu
faftures.flifuld be referred to a fele'dt committee.
Mr. Giles ("aid he fiiould prefer a reference to
the committee of the whole house—He oblerved
that if the gentleman had read it with as much
attention as he had, he would consider it as con
taining propofitjons which merited the attention
of the committee of the whole.
Extract of a letter jrom a gentleman at Fort-Frank
lin, to his correfpondait in this place, dated Decem
ber 29, 179 1
Major Hamtramck, commandaitt of the. fir#
United States Regiment, was tried upon the fol
lowing charges exhibited against him by. Lieut.*
Colonel Darke, of the levies.
The motion for a select committee was nega
tived, 24 to 31. It was then voted that the re
port be referred to a committee ot the whole, and
made the order of the day for Monday next.
The report of the feleilt committee on a letter
from the Attorney-General, communicated to the
house by the President of the United States, was
taken into consideration, and agreed to—and a
committee appointed to report a bill accordingly.
The meflage of the President of this day, re
fpecfting the bounty lands to the officers and sol
diers of the Virginia line, it was voted ihould be
referred to a committee formerly appointed on
the fame fubjeift. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 24.
A petition of Louis Gualanjcau, for himfelf and brother, was
read, and referred to a feleft committee, confiding of Mr. Daytoa,
Mr. Williamfon, and Mr. W. Smith.
A petition of Henry Walton, in behalf of himfelf and lifters,
was read, praying compensation forloffes sustained in the late war-
Referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Lawrance, of ihe committee appointed for the purpose, re
ported a " bill concerning the office of the Attorney-General of
the United States," which was read a firft and second time, and
referr* d to a committee of the whole house.
On motion of Mr. Benfon, the houfc rcfolved itfclf iqto a com
mittee of the vhole, and tcok into consideration sundry propor
tions refpefting the apportionment of representatives among the
people of the several (lates.
The proportions were as follow :
That it is the opinion of this committee that a bill ought to be
prepared, apportioning representatives among the several (laics,
according to the fiift enumeration—and for making provision for
a second enumeration—and for an apportionment of reprelenta
tion thereon, to compose the House of Representatives after the
3d day of March,l797.
Qn motion of Mr. Gerry, and by consent of Mr. Benfon, (the
original mover of the proportions) the following claufc was added
And that the committee do not report a greater ratio than
30,000 inhabitants, to every reprefentanve.
A motion to strike out the last clause occasioned some debate,
and was finally negatived. The foregoing proportions being
agreed to by the committee, were reported by the Chairman to the
houfc '-who took the fame into consideration.
Unufficet and unfoldierly behavior in ihatne
fully retreating from or for fear of the enemy
on the 4th initant : Also, for scandalous behavi
or in endeavouring to prevent a guard from go
ing wfth proviiions to relieve Fort-Jefferfon.
The Court are of opinion the charges exhibit
ed against Major Hamtratnck are not fupportjed,
and do acquit him with honor, which the Gene
ral approves, and diredis th*t he may be imme
diately released froin arraft, and hold himfelf
in readiness for command to Vincennes.
A committee was thrn appointed to report a bill, confiding of
Mr. Benfon, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Gerry.
Mr. Dayton moved that the report Ihould beamended, by link
ing out the whole after the words " firfl enumeration," in the firft
propofuion. This motion, after some debate, was divided—and
the ayes and noes being called on ihe propofuion providing for a
second enumeration, the motion for ftrikmg out was negatived,
36 to 23. The motion to (Irike out the last clause, designating the
ratio ot representation, was carried in the affirmative—Ayes 33,
Noes e6.
Major Ha mtr am c k
Fort-lVajhington, Nov. 21, 1791
My dear Sir,
PITTSBURGH, January 7.
The Court Martial is diflolved
WLNTHROP SARGENT.
Adjutant General
W. Sargent
Our government is young—this idea does not efcapc the notice
of its enemies. For, aftonifliing as it may appear, there are not
wanting those, even among persons of ability, who conceive tha
either their own advantage, or the pnblic happiness, is connected
with prostrating every barrier that defends the lives, the propertv,
the peace, liberty and fafety of the people ; hence they consider
the present as the favorable moment to attack the government—
This is done in various ways ; principally bv lies and misrepre
sentations—Truth they are sensible is not of their party; thev
therefore have never paid any court to its influence—they entrench
themselves in falfhood, and from thence they discharge their ar
rows tipped in gall ai>d venom. But the people fee and judge
for themselves ; and (hielded in an impenetrable confidence in
the men whom they have chosen to administer their governmrr t,
the efforts of anarchy prove abortive. But as every good thing in
this world must pay a tax, so the prosperity of our country
the general success of public measures, appear to have llirred up
the mod latent feeds of chagrin and vexation ; and hence we may
expect more last words from the dying struggles of an expiring
antipathy to the tranquility ot the United States.
AN ACT to extend the Time limited for fettling
the Accounts of the United States with the in
dividual States.
Extrafl of a lettekfront Bofion, dated January 15.
"■ A gentleman, who amoved in town last evening, from Port
land, informed me, that ju\&ef£>re he fat out from that place, a
vessel arrived there from the Weft-Indies—ihe Caplain of ..which
spoke within a few days fail of Hifpaniola, a French squadron,
a ftiip of the line, and 3 frigates, which had 011 board Count
Di L lon, and seven thouUnd troops, destined for Cape-Francois,
to quell the infurreftion of the negroes."
It is worthy of cor.fideration, how far the public good can be
supposed to be the obje& of those who censure public mcafures af
ter the event of them is known.—ln a free country, every citizen
is supposed to enjov the right of being fully informed of the rea
sons on which drafts on his pocket are founded—the motives of
< very public enterprize, and the condutt of every agent of public
ffairs.
How far these fubje&s have been disclosed, let the numerous
publications on each of them teftify—So fully are our civil rulers
imprefled with this idea, that the government is suspended on the
public confidence, that no parallel! in the history of society can be
produced,of so scrupulous and universal an attention to inform the
public mind. ,
BE it enacted by the Senate and Honfe of Reorefentatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the
powers of the Board of Commiflioners, which, by an ast passed in
the fccond session of the firft Congress, was eftablithed to fettle the
accounts between the United States and individual States, (hall
continue until the fiift day of July, 1793> un l e^s the business fliall
be sooner accomplilhed.
And be it further enacted, That the aforefaid ast ihall extend to
the settlement of the accounts between the United States and the
State of Vermont; and that until the fuft day of December next,
shall be allowed for the said State to exhibit its clairrts.
The committee appointed bytbeHoufe ofße
prefentatives on the petition of Thomas Leiper
and John M'llvaine, and others, beg leave to re
port that they have heard the parties concerned
for and against the opening a canal on the wa
ters of Crum Creek, and although your commit
tee feel a strong attachment to the improvement
of inland navigation by means of canals, yet they
at the fame time are sensibly impreflefl with the
nKeflity of preserving private rights, which they
ctmceive, ought never to be invaded, unless fonie
great public good is to be thereby obtained which
cannot be other wife required that the peace and
welfare of focifety depend so much upon the in
violability of individual property, that the legis
lature ihould at all times touch it with a sparing
and trembling hand. That the present cafe is
not one of those which will juftify the interfe
rence of this house—your committee therefore
offer the following resolution—
Saturday last arrived in town from FortWafh
ington, Major-General St. Clair, Governor of
the Western Territory.
Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Penn-
A letter from L'leut. Jeffers, dated Jan. 4, at
Fort Franklin, mentions that all was quiet there
at the date of his dispatches.
The adt providing for the defence of the Fron
tiers, and the a<ft to prevent the sale of Lottery
Tickets, have both received the Governor's aflent.
And be it further enacted, That from and after the parting of
this ast, the pay of the principal Clerk of the said Board, shall be
the fame as the pay of the principal Clerk in the Auditor's office.
Resolved, That the prayer of Thomas Leiper's
petition cannot be granted.
SECOND CONGRESS OF THF,UNITED STATES.
APPROVED, JANUARY TWENTY-THIRD, 179 2
Philadelphia, January 25.
fylvania, Monday the twenty-fourth of October, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS,
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker
of the Huuje of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prcfident oj the United States,
and Prejident oj the Senate.
* V f
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
President of the United States.
311
Post-Office, Philadelphia, Jan. 24,179 1 .
(t3T LETTERS for the British Packet, the Queen, Capt. Rat
cliff, for Falmouth, will be received at this office until Tuesday
morning N the 3 1 ft inft. at 8 o'clock.
Public credit depends principally on the view of sure, unmort
gaged, substantial revenues. If the 5 per cent, impolt had been
put into the hands of the old Congress, public credit would im
mediately hdve been reftoied. They never were accused of facri
ficing the public revenues to their own interest, or to the indul
gence of pulHons. There was always a fufficient confidence in
Married, on Thursday evening last, Joseph Stretch, Efq„
to Miss Si by l Matlack, daughter of Timothy Matlack, Esq.
their wifdomand difmtereftcdnefs ; and their want of credit arote
entirely from their want of revenues.
The price of continental money, and of the other circulating
paper emitted by the old Congress, as it now fells in the London
market, does not (hew the (fate of the public creait of thiscoun
try, but only the operation of a particular law. I f any of the pa
per of the United States is now felling there from 120 to 150 per
cent, it only proves that we have allowed a high intcretl. A hito
dred dollars of the old continental bills now fell tor one dollar in
specie; but should Congress pass a law that they (houtd be re
deemed according to the original promise, and allow back interest
upon them from the time at which they ought to have been re
deemed, one dollar bill would then probably fell in the London
market for two dollars in specie ; but it would not be full proof
that the public ercdit oi this country was two hundred times bet
ter than it now is.
In Europe, manufacturers and artizans are said to be but a de
gree removed from slaves, In the United States this can never be
the cafe, so lopg as our millions of unlocated territory remain to
be fettled ; nor does it follow of course, that because the Euro
pean artificer receives but a mere pittance for his labor—the Ame
rican manufacturers should be a meagre, pale, starveling crew of
cmaciated wretches ; the heavy chaiges of importation which
will be saved, will enable us to give an enhanced price to our
workmen ; and the cheapness of our raw materials is another
great advantage.
How far Lu x u R y is or is not beneficial or pernicious to a state,
has been a qurition of much fanciful and ingenious dilcuffion—-
which remains, and will remain, unfcttled. In relation to very
rich countries, much may be fa id in its favor. Perhaps it is in
such countries necefTary to diffufe the wealth among the commu
nity, which might otherwise stagnate in a few hands, and to give
support to a great number of industrious individuals, who might
otherwise want it. But in a country which is not rich, or, like
the United States, in a state of mediocrity, as to wealth, which does
not abound with a variety of elegant manufactures for the lupport
of" its luxury,butis obliged to derivea supply of them fron? abroad,
in exchange for the fimpAe produ&ions of the foil, or some tem
porary and adventitious resource, there can be no danger of
mistake in pronouncing that luxury, or expenjive living, is the moth
of public happiness. It cannot require the gift of prophecy to
foretell that the degree of it, whieh at present exists, will prepare
the way for public distress at a period not far diilant. It is then
a clear dut) of patriotism to discountenance it, and to clieiifh, by
example and precept, frugality and moderation.
" In causes of defence, 'tis belt to weigh
The enemy more mighty than he seems ;
So the proportions of defence arc fill'd,
Which of a weak and niggardly projection,
Doth like a miser spoil his coat with scanting
Of a little clolh."
To effect any object the means muftbe proportioned to the end'
and fomcthing should be added tor contingencies.
What prudent Captain bound on a month's voyage, would re*
drift his ships Itbres to thirty days allowance ?
What the plan of our future military operations will be, time
will disclose—but we may jullly expect, that, guided by experi
ence, government will adopt the mod economical plan, by making
thctnoft ample provision for the effective defence of the frontiers.
There are always existing in every country, and under the best
governments, real or imaginary causes of complaint—these are
occasionally made nfe of to answer the purposes of individuals;
experience shews us in the hiftotyof free countries particularly,
that the public good is not contemplated by the majority of pub
lic complainants.
In Great-Britain this obferviti m has been verified in the most
striking manner, a thousand times. Stockjobbing is the spring
that gives motion to the pen of (lander, defamation, and falfe re
ports; if the credit or ftabilitv of the miniiler, or his plans can
thereby be affected, the object of such perfonsis gained—for the
decline of the ftoeks is the buying season—and innumerable arc
the arts employed on such occasions.
Whatever motives of patriotism may have influenced the au
thors of some late ftri&urcs on the conduct of the Secretary of the
Treasury, it is highly presumable, that those publications are
the work of, or instigated by, ihe buyers q[ the public debt, par
ticularly some foreign ones.
America has a debt—fpeculaiions in this debt have become a
gteat object to monied men, both natives and foreigners. lit
great rife of late, it is said, has been contrary to the expectations
of many ; thole who have waited for a Jail —and those who have
recently fold out, are interested in a rcduftion of the current
price.
It has been obfei ved that every measure of government which
has been in the remotell degree calculated to promote manufac
tures in this countrfy has received some opposition. But, fays a
correspondent, it is undoubtedly a criterion ot patriotism to af
ford them due encouragement ; nor is it easy to conceive, how
any man, even from the Southern States, can be inimical to the
cftablifhment of those branches of them, which experience shews,
we need not be any longer dependant on Europe tor.
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