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FRIDAY, FEB. 24.
A petition from A; M'Call;' and
others, merchants praying to be in-,
dulged in a longer term for the pay
meat of the duties on aqaantfty of
teas, by them imported from China,
—was referred to the fame special
committee, who have already under
configuration a similar petition from
New-York.'
a memorial was presen ted, from
the merchants of Philadelphia, who
trade to India, China, and other
parts' of Asia, praying the interposi
tion ofCongrefs to protest their trade,
by making a greater diferimination
in the duties imposed on Asiatic
commodities, diredly imported from
Asia, and on articles of the fame
kind imported from Europ&fßefer
red to a committee of -the whole on
the Rate of the Union. ^ ? '
The house proceeded to confider
the amendments proposed by the Se
nate, to the frontier bill ;—where
upon the galleries were cleared, and
the doors continued for some time
tiiiow I—lt wu farther hid that it
was utterly impossible for the officers
of the treasury to raate,out the State
ment in question during the" present
frfion. ' m ' *
In support of the resolution it was
said that it did not imply either di
redly or indirectly- any imputation
against the Comptroller—the House
has undoubtedly a right' to call on
any of its officers for information —
it is an opinion abroad,,th!ft there are
large fams due from individuals, and
the public has a right to be fatisfied
thAt the prdpir heps have,seen taken
to recover those fain! I—those1 —thofe steps
may have beed pursued, but it is
not kri&wn that they have—further it
was said- that this information was
neceffary~in order to beiig.able to
form a competent judgment of the
state of the public •actecritf, that-the
information ip question, the Houle
had a molt' undoubted right to re
ceive ; and that it was a very Strange
idea indeed to suppose that it con
tained any refleftio^ on the Compt
roller, or any o:herofficer bf the
Treafafy ;]t was further said, that
no difficulties ought to deter the
Houle from going into the investiga
tion ; it was immaterial wkofe names
were brought forward iq conference
— the balances due to the public
ought to IX known—That Similar ob
jedions to those now offered, will al
ways lay against going into this in
vestigation, and in proportion to the
urgency of the enquiry, will be the
frengfh and ingenuity of those ob
jeaio°ris—with fefpcato the difelo:
fore of names, it Was observed that
the truth once known, wooldiet eve
ry man's character in ajuft polnt of
light —the inquiry, To far from pro
ving injurious tb fr.'ch charaftera, ap
pears to be the molt difcd method to
do away the prejud ices and fufpiei
ons that have been circulated against
them'. It is laid to be problematical
whether there are any balances due ;
but if it Should appear that there are;
they may be obtained; and a much
greater f%m realized than is now
thought of, and new burdens on the
people to that amount may be pre
vented.
fllUt.'''
After the opening of the doors,-
The House resolved itielf into ^
eonimittee of the whole—(Mr. Muh
Jenbarg in the chair)—and resumed
the confideratiori of the resolution,
propofed^by Mr. Livermore, refped
fng the indemnification of General
Greene's estate..
After some debate, the resolution
(amended as follows) was agreed to;
—yeas, „ I nays, 21
^Whereas the late Major - General
N Greene, on the Bth dayof April,
1783, the more effeaually to procure
rations and Applies for the southern
army of the United States, became
bound ab surety for John Banks and
Co. to Messrs. Newcomen ondCollet,
merchants- in Cberiefto^n, for the
payment of 8 7 43, %.% fterhog
fooy, being the reedition of the
said bond ; and whereas/ on the firft^
day of My, 1786, the balance of
of principal and interest of the said
bond ; being then 8688 L 6s> Sterling,
was paid by the said General Greene :
—Therefore,
< Refolded, That the UwedStates
Shall indemnify the eftate.of the said
General Greene for the said sum lafl
mentioned, and the interest thereof,
" or for such sum as (upon due invef-,
tigation, by the officers of the treasu
ry, of the traafa&ion between John
Banks and Q. and Meffr; Newco
men ahd Collet, in which General
Greene was Security for said Banks
arid Co.) it Shall appear, that neither
General Greene, nor his executors,
Shall have received any payment or
totapehfation for :=-Provided, the
executors ot the said General Greene
Shall account for a sum, being about
2,0061. (be the fame more or left)
recovered of John Ferrie, one of the
partners of the said Banks and Co.
to be in part of the indemnification
aforefaid to be hied for in the name
of the said executors, for the nfaof
the United States." ,„
LONDON, DEC. I,
THE following Singular and me
lancholy case occurred about 3
weeks Since in the neighbourhood of
Drumcondra in Ireland——Miss E.
Sandwich, the only daughter of an
opulent farmer, was bitten by a mad
Cat. The animal was killed, and
long time elapsed without any appre^
henlions being entertained of the con
feqaehces.' At length,however,Symp
toms of the hydrophobia appeared,and
in about a week after, She died. Du
ring her illness, the feene was truely
melancholy ; at times, She appeared
in full exercise of her senses ; at others
the mewed like a cat,and seemed with
the poison, to have imbibed the pro
pensities of that animal. During a
paroxifm of her diforder,lhe seized the
hand of her mother, and bit i; in fj
Shocking a manner, that immediate
amputation was deemed necessary.
HALIFAX, JAN. 19. [
On Saturday last failed, with a-fa
vourable wind, the Sierra Leone Fleer,
confiding of fifteen fail, under the
charge of Lieut. John Clarkfon, of
the Royal Navy, having on board
1100 free Blacks,-that, have chosen to
emigrate from this country to Africa,
in the hope of its being more conge?
nial.to their habits and constitutions,
unde the protection of the company,-
lately incorporated by Charter, of
Great-Britain for the establish meat in
a free Colony there.
We cannot help remarking, on this
occasion, the favourable circumstances
that have concurred to enable the Go
vernment here to carry into effed, so
expeditioafly, the orders from home
refpeaing this buhnefs, which did not
arrive until the the 7th ofO&ober
laft^ Since then,one thoufand*of those
people have been apprized of the be
nevolent intentions of Government,
to set them down, free of expense, at
Sierra Leone; they have been colled
ed and brought,coaftways, from New-
Branfwick and the out-ports of this
Saturday, feb. 25.^ ~
The, House proceeded to the con
sideration of the amendments, pro
pofed'by the Senate, to the bill ma
king farther and more effectual pro
vision for the defenfive protection of
<he frontiers of the United States—
whereupon the galleries were cleaf<a.
The committee having risen. and
reported the resolution, as amended
—the House adjourned.]
A curious composition has been in
vented by Mr. Acken, a Swedish ehy,.
mift,which instantaneously extinguish
es tire. Two experiments have been
made at Drotingholm,upon two houses
covered with tar and tallow,and filled
with combustibles. A small quantity
of Mr. Acken's composition being put
in the water thrown on the houfes,the
fire was extinguished in 8 minutes.
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 29.
ACCOUNTSare received in town
from Fort Washington, which
mentions that a ferjeant and four
men had lately been to the place
where the bloody battle of the 4th of
November last was fought, near
;the Miamia villages, where they
'counted 538 dead bodies. —One
1 piece of artillery only was to be seen
'but the carriages of seven others re
'mained on the ground: the guns, it
'was supposed, were either buried or
Ithrown into the water.
;The party left Fort Jefferfon at
dusk in the evening, arrived at the
place about day-break, and flaying
long enough to make the above obfer
vatioris, left the melancholy scene.
Col. Wilkiafon with a party of
about 400 men left Fort Washington
the 25th of Jan. with intent to go to
the place of adion &bury the dead,
Jud it was thought would visit the
Mimai villages before they re
turned.
Fort Jefferfon hid a fufficient gar
rison, and fix months provision.
Legislature of the United States.
' SENATE..
THURSDAY, MA^CH I.
The Senate assembled —
Mr. Sherman, from the joint com
mittee appointed to confider and re
port what bognefs is necessary to be
done by Congref, in the present fef
;fion, and what part of the business
now depending may be without great
inconvenience postponed to the next
(session ofCongrefs that the proceed
ings may be so regulated as to close
this session, by the firft Tuefday of
April next. — Reported and the re
port.was read, and ordered to lie for
confideratjon. u. '- '-^ v.
The report is as. follows ; e .
1. a bill for regulating processes
in the Courts of the United States.,
2. A bill on the report of the fe
erctary of th^reMiry, pn the fubjed
oftheFiblfcdebt., ;<. ~
fc. Amendments to the excise ad.
4, The tai for the proteaion of
the frontiers., j
j.fr An aft for the apportionment of
rep efentatives.
6. A bill providing for the settle
ment of claims of-pcrfons under par
Province, for embarkation, without
meeting any accident or extraordina
ry delay. The arrangements made
for transporting them ip a comforta
ble manner, and the constant -atten
tion paid to their Situation and cir
cumiances, from their arrival until
their departure, reflets the highest
honor upon the President and Council,
and the Gentlemen who have aded
asAgents in this benevolent andertak-
ing. ^
We had the curiosity to go through
the fleet, the day previous to their
failing, with the A gent, of Govern
ment, who we learned was going for
the porpofe of enquiring, whether any
of theßlacks had changed their minds,
and were inclined to remain in the
country .and kikewife to know whether
they were fa risfied with their accom
modations and the treatment they re
ceived on-board the transports Since
their embarkation ; and we were both
pleased and surprised to find, that a
perfea confiflency and uniformity jn
their conduct prevailed throughout the
whole : Not one among them disco
vered any other inclination, than a
desire of proceeding, as fcon as the
wind Should permit ; at the famojime
erpreffing, in the warmest manner,
their gratitude to Government and the
Agents cf the Sierra Leone Company,
with three cheers from each vessel.
~ Notwithstanding the ^conveniences
that mug unavoidably attend a remo
val from their habitations, on Ship
board, at this. Season of the year, and
the number ,of aged people among
{he free&acks that hive rendezvoused
here for Embarkation, only 18 have
died, chiefly from Colds, and two
thirds of those have been upward of 50
years old.
ticular circumstances, barred by the
resolves of limitation.
7. A bill for the relief of certain
widows, orphans, invalids, and other
petfons.
8. A bill to regulate the claims to
half pay and invalid pensions.
9. A bill to compensate the offi
cers of the customs.
10. A bill for coroptefating the
loan officers;
11. A bill for registering vtffels;
12. A bill for regulating the coam
ing trade.
13. A bill for regulating the mili
tia.
14. A bill for establishing a mint.
15. A bill to provide the monies
neceffahy for protecting the frontiers.
16. A bill for making alterations
in the treasury and war department.
The Committee further report that
in their opinion, it will be expedi
ent to attend to the following bull--
nefs during the present feffon, if it
can be done before the firrt Tuefday
of April next, at which time the two
Houses have proposed to adjourn.
1. A bill refpcfting fugitives from
justice.
2. A'bill concerning the office of
Attorney. General.
~ A bill to reimburse the ,expen
ces of the late commissioners for tra
ding with the Creek Indians.
4. A bill granting further com
pensations to certain receivers of con
tinental taxes.
5. A bill for giving efficacy to
certain alls of Georgia, Maryland,
and Rhcde-lfland.
6. A bill concerning consuls and
vice consuls.
,7. The report of the secretary of
the Treasury on the Subject of manu-'
failures.
£ A bill to direlft the Unifying a
lighphoufe on Bald Head, in North-
Carolina. .
The , Committee are further of opi
nion, that the confederation of the.
following fubjeds may without incon
venience, be postponed until the next:
session.
1. A bill + to regulate itade and'
intercourse with tire Indian tribes,
2. A bill to establish a land officer
for the sale of the Western Lands."'
3. A bill respecting bankruptcy.
4. Attorney-General's Report on
the judicial system.
5. Proportions of amendment 16
the constitution.
NEW-YORK, FEB. 27.
The wooden bridge lately finished
at Derry, by Mr. Cox, is exceeded
in length by one of Swiss architecture
acrtfs the lake of Zuric, fix hundred
and eightyewo feet, being one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty feet ; the
width however, is twelve feet only ;
that constructed by the American,forty.
The former piece cf mechanism owes
its origin to the -Count Hamburg, by
whose order it was erected 135^,
Over the Rhine there is a covered
wooden bridge, of one arch, three
hundred and forty feet long, the
work of a common carpenter at Ap
penzel, which indicates a surprising
knowledge of the principles of me
chanics-im a peasant. A pier was
however placed in the .middle of the
river, at the particular desire of the
Magistrates of Scaffbaufen, who were
aftbnifhed and affrightened at the
boldness of the undertaking. . Every
time a carriage travels over this last
bridge it yields 'to the preffare,
swings from one fide to the other/
and seems ready to give way ; it is,
however remarkable fafe, and has re
mained in the fame Situation for many
years. . : t —,
NORWICH, MARCH I,
We hear from Hebron, that a rape
wa! committed a few~days since in
that place, on the body-of a young
girl about 14 years of age. The
awful perpetrator of this horrid deed,
who is a married man,- having a
wife and family of children,has fined
been committed to Tolland goal, se
cured in irons, and there waits an