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tho^^P^Gte that fuel perfans
^^^e appointed as have a charafter
613 form or support. A magnanimous
'policy, it is expected will be adopted
by the new government ; such a po
licy as will inspire a veneration and
confidence in the minds of the In
dian tribes ; and if, agreeable to
this idea, a refpe&able commission
is appointed in due feafon b much
expense in future, and a cruel war
may be prevented. It wasfaid, that
the Confutation has assigned to the
several parts of administration its
refpeaive powers. The power of
forming treaties is not in the house ;
and if they usurp this power, they
may upon the fame pinciple aflame
all the powers of the con ftitution ; if
we restrain the President. as to the
number of commissioners, it may be
necessary for him to exceed the limit
ation, and it would in that case cer
tainly be his duty to do it, which
would render the reftri&ion nuga
tory.
A motion was then made, that the
committee should rife and report the
bill—upon which—
Mr. Jackson rose, and described
the wretched fituotian of Georgia—
and the want of fidelity in the Indi
ans, in several Judicious observati
ons; and concluded by reading a
clause, which he moved should be ad
ded to the bill, providing for the rais
ing a fufficient military force for the
proteaion of the inhabitants of the
State of Georgia, in case the Creeks
refufe to enter into a treaty.
This motion was seconded, but af
ter some debate it was withdrawn—
and rhe committee rose.
The Message received from The
Prelident yetterday was read, and re
ferred to the committee of the whole
House on the fate of the Union. Mr,
,ackfon then brought forward his
clause in the form of a resolution,
which was referred to the fame com
mittee.
Mr. Wadsworth, of the joint
committee appointed to contder and
report when it will be convenient for
Congress to adjourn—also to report
what business, now before Congress,
must be necessarily attended to previ
ous to a recess, brought in a report
to this effed :— That it will be pro
per and convenient for congress to ad
journ on the 12th of September next:
and that postponing other business un
til the next session, it will be necessary
to attend to the following, previous
$0 the adjournment, viz.
For eftablilhiag the treasury and
judicial departments :
To regulate the coasting trade :
For allowing compensations to the
President and Vice-President.
For allowing compensations to the
members and officers of both Houfe#
of Congress :,
For providing for the expenses of
megociations and treating with the In.
dians.
Also the reports of the committee
on the memorial of Andrew Ellicot.
And on the fubje& of amendments-
The bills to regulate the punilh
ment of crimes :
To regulate processes in the feQt&l
Courts, and fees in the fame:
The salaries of the judges :
The lalaries of the executive offi
cers.
And the bill for the fafe-keeping
of the ads, records, and great seal of
the United States.
This report being read, the house
adjourned.
The bill for defraying the expenses of
Indian treaties was brought in en
grossed, and son the question for ap
propriating 40,000 dollars for this
purpose, and the ayes and nays were
called, and were, ayes zB, nayes 23 :
Whereupon the bill was agreed to.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12.
THE BILLS.
" All the propositions for peace,
renewed under the present reign by
the ministers of the two courts of Boor,
bon, have been rejected, the Sultan
having declared that he has taken an
oath to reconquer the Crimea,fo that
without the preliminary restitution
of that peninsula all proposals are
vain.
The logwood trade at Honduros is
increased prodigiously within the last
twelve months ; near fix hundred fa
milies were become fettled residents
when the last accounts came away:
The schemes of spinning woor by
means.of machinery, bid fair at length
to succeed ; a machine is compleated,
which spins both long and (hort wool
in great perfection; and a building is'
ereaed in Lambeth, which will con
tain i§oo spindles. The firft motion
is by means of a (team-engine, with a
power equal to that of twenty hor
ses.
Advices were received from Ham.
burgh yesterday morning confirming
the intelligence, that Admiral Wran
gell had put to sea from Carifcroone,
with thirty men of war, great part of
which are line of battle (hips, from
56 to io6 guns. The Admiral was'
proceeding up the Baltic, towards the
coast of Finland, in order to make a
cruize in such a situation as to block
up the port qf Revel, and to prevent
the squadron from Cron ftadt form,
ing a junction with the Ruffian fleet
in the harbor of Copenhagen ; in such
case, one engagement may fettle the
fate of this year's campaign by sea.
It was confidently reported at Vi
enna, on the morning of the zoth of
May, that Prince Potemptkin, who
has succeeded Field Marshall Roman
zow in the command of the Ruffian
army,had marched to invest Belgrade,
that he discovered some mines, that
had been run to a great distance from
the town, & was fortunate enough to
spring them,that afterwards one of his
bombs was so well directed, that it
set fire to a large magazine in the
"The Hon. W. EdE N, commercial
negociator from London having fin
ifhed the system of commerce which
is about to take place between Spain
and England, left this city last week,i
and is gone from hence to Pairs, then
to London. All reftridions on the
commerce between the two nations
will be removed, and a plan of trade
fettled. No articles have yet appear
ed, but they are expeded to be nearly
similar to those with France,"
Extraa of a letter from Dublin, June 9.
" The Dublin Packet, Capt, Al
corn,which,upwards of twelve months
ago, failed from Philadelphia for this
port, it was generally thought had
foundered at sea—yesterday morning,
however, it was said Ilie was captured
on her passage, by the Moors and car
ried into Sallee, and the crew imme
diately sent into slavery, where every
communication' was precluded.—At
length three of the Sailors (who are
those who brought the account) have
escaped to the sea fide, seized a boat,
and got fafe to the coast of Spain, from
which country they are just arrived—
A day or two will ascertain the truth
of this account.
Extraa of a letter from Conflantinople,
Mr. Whaley arrived in town on
Saturday lase from the Holy Land,
considerably within the allotted time
of twelve months. He has however
to reach Dublin before the business
will be completed ; and as this is a
talk of no great difficulty, there can
be little doubt of his touching the
twentythoufand pounds.
Extraa of a letter from Madr:d, June I.
European Intelligence:
England.
LONDON, JUNE 9.
APRIL 20.
towri ; and that he hoped hefhould be
able to make himfelf master of Bender
in a fortnight at fartheft.
The Have trade is but a very small
proportion of the Liverpool com
merce, and notwithstanding the peti
tions, the majority of the inhabitants
of that town are strenuously against
it ; so that the assertion of their inten
tion to retire to Oftend,is a wretched
and salacious threat fubitituted for ar-
The Dutch are our oldest friends,
our most antient allies. They have
been allied to this country,for many
years, more than a century, and are
bound to it by ties of principle, as
well as interett. Declaring them ene
mies was the most impolitic aft of
Lord North's administration, the re
gaining them as friends is the most
popular of Mr. Pitt's, and meets the
full approbation of Mr, Fox and his
connections ; but why have not mea
.fares been taken to eftablilh a treaty
with Rullia ? a country, -the produce
of which is essentially necessary to our
navy.
Mr. Burke having declared in the
House of commons, that he never had
nor never would, read any of Major
Scott's literary productions, the
Major has turned his artillery against
Mr. Fox ; but Mr. Fox is also deter
mined not to read. The last discharge
from the Major is so extremely weak
jt mutt have come from some piece
like. Major Sinclair's cannon. A
leathe n head is as apt to burst, when
loaded with combustibles, as a leather
gun.
ON Friday last the dwelling house
of John Macqueen, E(q. on
Butcher's island, was by a violent gust
of wind, thrown from off the blocks
(about fix feevhigh)on which it was
placed, ten or twelve feet. Mrs, Mac
queen, her son, and Mr. Gibson, and
the servants who were in & the rme
escaped unhurt. Several negroes who
had taken Ihelter under it, at the com
mencement of the storm, affo escaped
with litle or no injury. The fills,
plates and other parts of the frame,
from the violence of the fall, weie
broke in several places, and the build
ing entirely defrayed.
~ Yesterday a man was committed to
prison, for running a small sword
through the under jaw of Mr. Harri
gan, a constable. The case was—
Harrigan had a warrant against the
assailant, who bid him keep off, and
not approach on peril of danger, re
treating at the fame time, and being
still pressed by the constable, he push
ed the sword through his under jaw.
"The constable had bis wound dressed,
and attended the man to goal. Should
a grand jury find a bill of indictment,
this case will probably decide a point
of some consequence, which is, how
far a person is juftified in resisting an
officer who has a writ, but has not
touched the party.
Southcarolina.
CARLISLE, JULY 29.
SATURDAY last, a child about
five or fix years old, being in a mea
dow in Newton townflrip, was bit by
a copper - headed viper snake, betwixt
the greatiand next toe ; before the
child could be got to the house it
fainted away, though but a small dis
tance, and .in three hours after expir
ed. There war but very little fwel-
Pennsylvania.
American Occurrences.
CHARLESTOWN, JULY 22.
ts.
SAVANNAH, JULY 16,
Georgia.
Ihg to be seen ; nothing but a black
speck appearing where bitten.
NEWYORK, AUGUST ig.
Ata late sporting match, at Camp,
bell's, Capt. M'Pherfon challenged
all the company present, and in Ame
rica, to fire with him, a tingle bullet,
at a mark for liquor, declaring he
Would not fire for money, as he was
fare he could fire better than any man
on earth. This extravagant language
caused a'hearty laugh, (as M'Pherfon
had but one arm) and Capt. Steakes
of the Light- Horse, took him up. Af
ter the gentlemen who were to (hoot
had fired their eighth (hot, Capt, M'
Pherfon stepped sixty yards further
back; joking the former combatants,
telling them that when the Americans
went to war each of the Soldiers
should carry two chairs with them,
one to set upon, and the other to rest
the muzzle of his gun upon, but he,
would very soon teach them how to
(hoot their enemy.
Capt. Steakes fired firft at the dis
tance Capt. M'Pherfon fixed, which
was one hundred and sixty yards, but
miffed the door which the target was
marked upon.—M'Pherfon then de
clared that he would lay his life that
he Would hit the door, and he did not
believe he would be far from the mark,
but if he did not no man in Newyork
should ever fee his face again, as he
could not think of looking a man in
the face, after the declarations he had
made, if he failed to execute what he
said was in his power,
fife then took hold of the mofquet,
and pretending he had not strength
in his arm to hold it Heady, by mov.,
ing it backwards and forwards until
he knocked off his own hat ; but
the instant after he knocked off his
hat he held it very steady, for he in
stantly fired,and his ball went through
the door within three quarters of an
inch of the mark. This indeed
astonished all that were present, for
he had made a much better (hot with
out a rest, at sixty yards greater dis?
ance than any of the gentlemen that
had fired from a red eight times. He
then declared, that he came to that
place to meet that refundable compa
ny—that if properly encouraged, he
could teach the Americans to fire bet
ter than any other men on earth.
The number of patients admited
into the Philadelphia Dispensary, since
PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST Ifo
A gentleman walking in the vici
nity of this city, had his attention ate
traded by the fluttering of a bird in
a neighbouring bush ; upon his near
er approach he was much aftonilhed
to fee a large bird, of the yellow fpef
cies, suspended in the air, at leafta
foot's distance from any adjoining
twig, and a menftrevs large f,ider A of
a beautiful variagated hue, unremit
tingly engaged in completing its en
tanglement in his myftiek net. —The
bird was full grown and exerted all
its little strength to disengage itfelf,
but all in vain ; and it must fdon have
fell a victim to its too powerful adver
sary, as he had already twilled his
threads so tightly round the little
creature's neck, that it was very near
fu^focation at the time the gentleman
arrived to its faccour,which he effea
ed, and made prize of theJpider like
wise ; both which he presented to Mr.
C. W. Peale, in whole very valua
ble Museum the, are dill preserved for
the gratification of the curious.
The State of S, uth-Carolina have
determined to ca 1 a Convention, for
the purpose of revising their State
Conftitutior, in order to render the
fame conformably to the Federal Con
dilution.
By lafl Evening's Mail.
Newyork.