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Sundry memorials pd petitions
were presented and read.—The a
mendments of the Senate to the ap
propriation bill were taken into con
sideration—the firft was agreed to.
The sum allowed by the house to
Gifford Dally, Esq. for fevices per
formed during the recess, it was pro
posed by the Senate should be divided
between him and Mr. Mathers ^he
door keeper of the Senate, this amend
ment was objeded to ; after some con
versation, the amendment was concur
led in with an amendment.
The committee to whom was refer
red the petition of Richard Voells and
John Hart, brought in the following
report.
Resolved, That the possessors of
the continental bills of credit, emitted
bythe authorityof Congress, before the
18th day of March, 1780, on bringing
the fame into the Treasury of the U.
States,(hall receive certificates for the
fame, at the rate of one dollar specie
Value for one hundred dollars of the
said bills ; and the fame (hall be
funded on interest in the fame manner
as the other debts of the U. States.
The interest to commence on the day
the said bills (hall be lodged in said
treasury—and all such bills in the
treasury of any state exceeding its quo.
ta required by the ads of Congress of
the A day of Oaober, 1779 ; and the
18th day of March 1780, on being
brought into the treasury of the U.
States (hall be credited to the account
of such State at the rate aforefaid, on
Interest cf fix per cent, per annum—
from the time it was received into the
Treasury of the refpe&ive States $ laid
on the table.
It was then moved that the house
Should take up the report of the com
mittee of the whole on the memorials
of the people called Quakers.— This
motion was opposed by Mr. Jackson,
Mr. Smith, Mr. Burke. & Mr. Bland
—they severally observed that the dis-
Cuffion of the fubjeft has already ex
cited a spirit of diffention among the
members of the house, and that every
principle of policy and concern for the
dignity of the house, and the peace
and tranquility of the U. S. concur
to (hew the propriety of dropping the
fubjed, and letting it sleep where it is
—On the other hand Mr. Vinntug,
Mr. Hartley, and Mr. Page observed,
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A message was received front the
Senate, with the bill making appro
priations for the support of govern
ment for the year 1790, concurred in
with amendments.
Cuffed.
Mr. Scott commenced the debate
this da, in advocating the prayer of
the memorialifts,he was replied to by
several of the Southern gentlemen.
It was moved that the claufebe struck
Out. This motion being put, it passed
in the negative.
The committee then agreed to the
proposition.
The seventh article was struck out
of the report
The committee then rose, and the
report, as amended and agreed to,
Was laid on the table.
Monday, march 22.
The amendments proposed by the
Senate to the bill for establishing an
uniform role of naturalization, ahd
to the bill to provide for the mitiga
tion or remission of fines, forfeitures
and penalties in certain cases were ta
ken into consideration. To the firft
bill one amendment only was propo
fed,which was agreed to by the house.
The amendment to the other, it was
said, involved an alteration of the
principle on which the bill was found
ed ; other objections were made and
on motion it was voted that the a
mendment should lie on the table.
In committe of the whole ; the re
port of the feled committee on the
memorials on the slave trade under
consideration.
The sixth article was further dis-
TUESDAY, MARCH Ifo
Members of the house of Reprefen.
tativs of the United States, elected
for the state of North Carolina, are
Hon. Hugh Williamson, Hon. John
B. Athe, Hon. Timothy Bloodworth,
and Hon. John Steele,
Extras of a letter f rem Boflon March 14.
'' We are all fatigued out with the
slowness of congressional proceedings.
Too much time is walled in long
speeches upon points, to fay the least
not of the greatest importance ; at
this rate of progression, it will con
sume the life of Congress to decide
on the Secretary's report. Not a-day
Ihould be loft, as the year will be too
(hort for the arrangements neceflary
in the Treasury department—and it
gives a trifling air to the measures of
government to spend so much time in
debating and re-debating incontiftent
propositions.— The foregoing are my
own feutiments— b but I forbear to re/
peat the observations of feme charad
ers,who take pleafare in finding fault,
and <wifo to sow the feeds of difaffec.
tion among the people."
Accounts from the country, inform
us, that the interiour parts of the
State are full of grain, and as soon as
the travelling bacomes good, it will
be sent to the capital in abundance.
A correspondent observes that as
revenue is the nerve of government,
so the support of Public Credit is the
only solid basis of revenues for the
attainment of this objed, our exerti
ons were concentered to a point, in
bringing about the adoption of the
new government —should procrastina
tion or any other fatal circumstance
prevent the funding system's being
completed this session, the consequen
ces are most ferioufty to be depreca
ted.
On Monday moring, the 25th inst.
as Mr Van Ranffellaer, son of Gen.
Henry K. Van Ranffellear, and his
sister, were accompanying their cous
ins, two of the daughters of Col. J.
Viffcher, of Greenbufh, to their fa
ther's, in a sleigh, the ice of the river
broke in, within a few yards of the
end of their journey, nearly opposite
the house of Volkert P. Duow. Esq.
Their cries were soon, providentially,
. AltUr Duaw's family aad hit
On Friday the 12th inst. died at
Dumfries (Virginia) on his way to
Congress, the Hon. Col. William
Grayfon,Senator of the United States.
His remains were on the Sunday fob
lowing, attended by a numerous cir
cle of his acquaintance, deposited, in
the family vault at the Rev. Mr.
Spence Grayson's.
By the death of this Gentleman
the public, as well as his own family,
have sustained an irreparable loss.
taking up the fubjeft at the prefect
moment, and bringing it to a conclu
sion as there was for firft taking it up
—that it has been so fully difeuffed,
that it cannot be supposed gentlemen
will go over the fame ground again ;
it may soon be determined, to pass it
over will be unprecedented, and will
leave the public mind in the fame
State of uncertainty from which so
much danger is apprehended.
The motion for taking up the re
port was warmly concerted,in a lengthy
debate, and finally palled in the af
firmative, by a majority of one. This
was followed by a motion for entering
the report of the feled committee,and
the report of the committee of the
whole on the journals of the house.—
This motion called up the speakers
from all sides of the house. and was at
last determined by Ayes 29. Nays 25.
The amendment proposed by the
House to the Appropriation Bill, wu;
non-concurred by the Senate. Adj.
His abilities were equalled by few.
His integrity surpassed by none.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
NBWYORK, MARCH 24.
ALBANY, MARCH 18.
The following curious Advertisement is
taken from a Cbarlefaaun (S. C.)
paper of Feb. 25. —
" JUST arrived, Motif# De la
Volatile; he has brought over
with him Bosoms of the most lovely
conftrudions, with other inviting pro
minences after nature, by which ad
ditions elderly ladies may pass for
belles of five and twenty. His arti
ficial eyes are of a very beautiful as.
fortment, ^brilliant black, languish
ing blue, and every other descripti
on, with or without eye brows He
has a few sets of the right African
ivory teeth, planted in rose coloured
enamel, of so curious a make that
Ladies of the firft rank may eat,drink,
swear, lie and talk scandal without
the least inconvenience. His white
paste and rouge for cheeks and ena
mel for lips, are confeffedly superior
to the rose and lilly of nature. A
few setts of finger and toe nails, ei
ther by the parcel or feparatcly."
The fame night the dwelling house
of Mr. Andrews, at Long Reach, on
Kenebeck River, was consumed by
fire.
BOSTON, MARCH 2fr
On Wednesday morning the t,th
inst. a melancholy catastrophe took
place at Norton.——The house of
Mr. William Newcomb of that place
was discovered by some of the family
about 2 o'clock, to be on fire, on
which they were immediately roused,
and endeavored to make their escape,
some at a window, and others at a
door, which was happily effected by
all, except Mr. Newcomb, who was
a man about 70 years of age, and who
by the violence of the flames, which
pressed vehemently upon him, was
made an easy prey to the merciless
Element—the remainder, who had all
fled almost naked to a neighbour's
house, beheld with heart rending dis
tress, their habitation with all their
furniture, clothing, &c. and to add to
its poignancy, a kind husband and
tender parent, crumbling to their
primitive dull. — Thus we fee, in a
moment we may be deprived ofFriends
and Property——as the Wife Disposer
of all events, has determined the
bounds of man, that he cannot pass.
On Saturday following, his remains
were decently interred, at which time
a pertinent, and well adapted Sermon,
was dilivered by the Rev. Mr. Nelson,
from Job, 9. 12—
We learn from Wifcaffet,Sheepfcut,
that in the night of the 2§ch ult. the
dwelling house of Capt.jofeph Decker
was entirely consumed by fire, to
gether with all his furniture—The
family narrowly escaping with their
lives.
negroes ran to give ififenee. When
they arrived at the place, the sleigh
and the hair of Mr. Ranffelaer's head
were alone to be seen ; a board, that
one of the negroes had brought, was
then put under Mr. R. and he was
snatched from deftrudion. M fs.Ranf.
felaer immediately emerged, near her
brother, and was also saved. ■■■
The eldest Miss Viffcher, was next
drawn upon the ice, but sisterly af
fedion checked every rising fear for
felf preservation, and as the was ex
tending the hand of afliftance to her
expiring filter, the ice again broke,
and they were both instantly absorbed
by the eddy, out of every reach. -
The eldest Miss Viffcher was 21 years
of age, and was to have been married
in a fews days ; the younger was in
her 16th year.
Every exertion has been made to find
the bodies, but that of the eldest only
has been found. The horses had
fallen into the river with so great ve„
locity, that they broke the traces,
plunged under the ice, and were not
to be seen after the negroes arrived—
This fatal spot has been open the
whole winter, until within two days
of the accident ; the ice in it Was only
three inches thick, but within a few
feet round it was eighteen.
A LL persons having ac
counts landing open with the
Subferiber, are desired to close them
immediately, as his reasons for the
request are obvious.
JOSEPH TILTON.
Exeter, Jan. 11, 1790.
TO BE SOLD, A
LikelyStorePig
—Enquire at this office. April to.
To be Sold, cheap for CaJh,
A few (warranted)
M^n's Saddles.
Apply to the Printer hereof.
• Take Notice.
tyE the fubferibers being
apppoinied Commillioners by
the Hon. Judge of Probate of
Wills, &c. for said county, to receive
and examine the claims of the several
creditors to the estate JOHN NEL
SON, late of Gilmantown, in said
county, Goldsmith, deceased, repre.
fented insolvent, give notice that we
will attend upon that business on the
hft Tuefday of this and the five fol.
lowing months, from two to fix of the
clock in the afteernoon of said days,
at the house of Capt. Noah Dow in •
said Gilmantown.
Ebenezer Smith,
Joseph Badger, jun.
Gi/manfown, iyb Marcb, 1790.
however, in the mean time talk with
the excise man, and endeavour to pre.
vail upon him to give you some re.
lief. In this Situation he left him;
and the infpe&or must have perilhed;
had not an extraordinary effort of hit
qwn preserved him.
THE TANNER AND INSPECTOR.
A TANNER near the city of Lon.
don, not long since invited one
of the infpeaors of the vats to dine
with him. The infpedor having ra
ther drank too freely,in palling home
ward through the tanyard, fell head
and ears over into one of the vats.
His cries soon brought the tanner to
his affilldnce, but all aid was abfo.
lately refufed to the infpedor, for fear
of incurring the penalty of the law,
which enacts, " that no hides fhali
be drawn out of any vats without the
tanner's giving twelve hours notice."
—I fhali be ruined, said the tanner,
if I draw you out, you must flay here
till the 12 hours are elapsed, I will, -
COMING through Ripely, from
London, I was favoured with the fol.
lowing extraordinary lift cf persons,
who spent the evening together, and
danced at the Talbot Inn, on Shrove-
Tuefday,
Mr. Geo. Randal, aged 98 yearly
Widow Ayres, 93
George Stout, 91
Widow Whapfhot, 84.
Widow Gavel, 82
William Faulker, 80
Nicolas Ayling, 94
Widow Spalden, 86
Robert Stephens, £2
Mary Gavel, 8:
Richard Janaway, 80
Sarah Scarlet, 83
State of NewhampsHiri,
Strafford—ff.
Total. 1035
Henry Knight, an old blind man,
was fiddler.
NIWIVRTPORT, MARCH 1„
MR. PRINTER,
From a late London Pa,er.