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MONDAY, MAY 24.
The Bill for giving effed to an ^a for the eftab
liJhment of the 'Judiciary of North-Carolina ; and the
Bill for releiving Thomas Jenkins ; were read a third
time, and passed. After fume private petitions,&c°
were aded on, the house went into a
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE—O# the
FUNDING BILL.
The 9th, ibth and nth fedions passed without
amendment. In nel2th fedion, the clause which
refpeds the Clerks to the Commissioners, was
struck outs
Mr, SedcwicK moved that the report of the
feled committee on the memorials of J. HART and
R. Wells, refpeding the old paper money ,should
be taken into consideration by the committee of
the whole, while on the bill for funding the debt
of the United States. This motion was objected to,
but after a Short debate, was carried in the affir
mative.
The report was read—Mr. Sedgwick then re
newed his motion for annexing to the several de
nominations of certificates proposed by the} bill
to be funded, the bills of credit issued by the au
thority of the United States in Congress assembled.
The motion occasioned a lengthy debate—it was
finally agreed to, after being amended on Motion
of Mr. Madison, to read thus :—'" Those (mean
ing certificates) which /hall he issued for the bills of
credit issued by the authority of the United\Stgtes in
.Congress assembled, at the rate of dollars in those
bills for one dollar in fpecie.''
It was then moved to fill up the blank" ■Mr.
Hartley proposed 100 — Mr. Scott 500 —Mr^ Par
tridge 40 —further debate ensued on the motion,
and the committee rose without deciding.
In committee of the whole—The Blank, rtfpec
ting paper money, in the clause added on motion
of Mr. Sedgwick yesterday, was filled with " One
Hundred" —the committee thereby agreeing, to
fund the Continental Money so called, at one him.
dred dollars for one dollar specie.
In the clause refpeaing “Indents? the following
proviso was agreed to, viz.=-“That the interest paid
by^an, of the States on Certificates of either of the
above description, & endorsed on the fame,foall not be
funded aforefaid —but in such case, indents of IntereJi
/ball be issued from the Treafur, of the United States
in favour of such States."
The price of land in the 4th fe&ion, was put at
< c Thirty" cents, instead of Twenty.
After discussing the Bill as .far as the 9th fe&ion,
the committee rose and reported progress.
THURSDAY, MAY 20.
The Bill for adapting the Judiciary Laws of the
United States to North-Carolina, was taken up —
and the House not agreeing to the amendment of
the Senate, the Bill was loft, and a new Bill or
dered to be brought in d
Mr. Steele (of N. G.) moved that ^ Commit
tee be appointed to take into corifideration the a
mendments proposed to the Federal Confiitution,
by the several States.
The Rhode-Ifand Bill was read a second time,
2nd made the order of the day for Monday week.
fican vessels are not admitted, was, on motion of
Mr. Lee, expundged. The committee then re
ported the Refolation to the House. The House
being resumed took up the Resolution, which was
further amended by this proviso—
Provided, That this Resolution Jhall not extend to
prohibit wefels of any nation <which permits the im
portation of fife,and other failed provifons, grain and
lumber in vefeh belonging to the citizens of the United
States. This Refoliation was adopted by the Mouse,
and a committee of three appoirited to bring in a
Bill pursuant thereto.
PRESIDENT, &e.
AMERICAN PRISONERS AT ALGIERS. _
The Speaker laid before the House a petition
from Richard O'BRIEN, and twenty other A
kpfCANSt now in slavery at Algiers, praying
relief; which was referred to the Secretary of
State. foli
A message was received from the Senate, infor
ming the House that they have adopted the report
of the joint committee, appointed to confider and
report their opinion, when, according to the Con
ftitdtiori, the terms for which the President, Vice
President, &c. have been refpeaively chosen, and
requeued a concurrence.
LITERATURE.
The Senate have passed a Bill for the encourage
ment of literature, by securing to authors, &c. the
copy-wright of their works, with amendments.
FRIDAY, MAY 21.
The Bill relpeding North-Carolina, as ordered
yesterday, was brought in, and had a firft and se
cond reading.
FUNDING BILL.
OLD CONTINENTAL MONEY.
It is not at all my with, however, (continued
Mr. Gerry) that the Committee should decide has
tily on my proportion—it shall be moved and then
lay on the table to afford gentlemen an opportu
nity of examining it and making up their minds
thereupon; Mr. Gerry then read the following
as his motion.
'' AND whereas a provision for the debts of the
rejpeaive States, by the United States, would be great
ly conducive to an orderly economical and efficient ar
rangement of the publick finances ; would tend to an
equal de/lribut^on oj burthens among the citizens oj
the federal States ; would promote more general jufice
to the different classes of pblick creditors , and would
serve to give additional /lability to public credit :
And whereas the said debts having been essentially con
traaed in the profecutio:, of the late war, it is just that
juch provisions should be made."
[Here follows the Enabling Clause for the As
sumption of the State Debts, which room will not
permit us to insert this day]
To this motion of Mr. Gerry's a strong oppo
sition was made—and the fubjed ldebated with
much spirit and intelligence : But no decision was
had on it this day.
Mr. Gerry's proposition for the assumption of
the State Debts was read. This proposition
was advocated by Messrs. Sherman, Boudiriot, and
Arnes —who seve r ally entered into a full difeuffion
of the fubjed of affum ption,and replied particular
ly to the observations of Mr. Madison.
No member riling immediately after Mr. Ames,
and the Chairman being about to put the qu^fti
on, Mr. Sedgwick, after premising a few obser
vations refpedting the probability that some other
gentlemen would wish to express their minds on
the fubjedt—in-order to allow them an opportunity
to do it, moved that the committee should rile,
Mr. Gale moved an amendment to this morion,
by adding that the Chairman should report, " That
the committee lave gone through the difeufion of
the 12 firft Teutons of the Bill, and that they be
difeharged from any further consideration thereof.'
This amendment occasioned considerable debate ;
an appeal was made to the chair whether it was in
order ; the chairman gave it as his opinion that it
was ; an appeal from the Judgment of the Chair
man was made to the committee, who confirmed
the declaration— 32 members rising in fovour of
the affirmative. Some further debate ensued on the
idea which had been suggested of taking up the
business of Assumption in 9 separate bill ; Mr.
Smith (S. C.) moved an amendment to the a
mendment proposed by Mr. Gale, which was to
strike out what relates to difeharging the com
mittee ; this motion the Chairman declared was
not in order. The que^ion being put on Mr.
Gale's amendment it was carried in the affirma
tive. The committee then rose and reported as
above. The question, whether the cbmmittee
mould be difeharged, was prevented from being
taken, by an adjournment's being called for.
' , Adjourned,
,Mr. Gerry role, he said, to make a motion,
which was to ir.fert a clause for the Assumption
of the State Debts. Sir, (said he) when this ques
tion was before under consideration, a gentleman
from Virginia urged a variety of arguments a
gainst it, but as he did not' come forward with
his arguments until near the time of adjourn
ment, there wits no opportunity of replying to
them. Sir, his arguments appeared t 6 a number
of gentlemen to be unfounded and to require not
only inveffigation but contradiction. Since that
time the House have called for documents from
the Secretary of the Treasury, from the Secreta
ry at War, and the Commissioners for fettling the
publick accounts for assumption would derive new
force from those papers if any additional force
was wanting. As far as concerns myfelf, howe
ver, I wish not to enter into a difeuffion of the in
dividual exertions of the States, if it can possibly
be avoided. In my view every State has obtain
ed an ample (bate of honor in the public cause,
with which they ought to be fatisfied ! nor is it
my with to jelled more honour on one State than
on another. This, however, he thought might
probably be the effe& of an investigation of the
papers, although he hoped the necessity of such
an investigation would be prevented by an acqui
efeence of the Committee in a motion which he
would make, and which was founded upon prin
ciples of reconciliation. Should it be attended
with facto consequences as these, it would indeed
be a happy circunfftance ; and in that expectation
he begged leave to submit it to the consideration
of the Committee.
BLANKS, of various kinds, printed
agreeably to the new form, j&rfale at this office.
ASSUMPTION OF STATE DEBTS.
TUESDAY, MAY 2§.
Lately aied, at Righton. in Yorkffiire, Joseph
Holmes, alias joe Rogue, a labouring man, who
notwithstanding, begged so, his livelihood ; he
was heard to lay, a few hou\rs before his death,
that it never cost him a penny for meat, drink or
apparel; after his disease, money and property
were found in his possession to the amount of 501.
and he has left notes of hanld, for money lent, to
the amount of 5001. An.attempt was made to rob
him some years ago, when he nearly bit off the
thumb of the offender—he was )^ear 70.
LONDON, MARCH 27.
WITHIN the ihort period of twelve months;
no less than four mighty Sovereigns—three
Emperors and a King—heve bid adieu to this
world, and all its pteafures.—A warning to all, that
all human grandeur is ihort and precarious.
The importation of tallow from America is rap
idly increasing, to the consequent decrease of the
importation of the fame article from Raffia. The
change is particularly advantageous to this country,
as the American tallow ought therefore to be en
couraged in preference to Ruffian, though every
measure ought in policy to be taken by the Legis
lature to decrease the importation of tallow, by in
creasing the conlumption of oil, and thereby af
fording the greatest possible encouragement to the
British whale hlhery.
1 elteruay a decent looking man, apparently a
maniack, took an opportunity tb seize and take
down the Royal standard from the ftaff in the
Court-yard at St. James's, but he had only pro
ceeded as far as the whale bone, before he was
secured by one of the centinels, and delivered to
the cultody of two Marlhalmen, who conveyed
him to the Publick Office, Bow-street, where he
underwent a ihort examination before Sir Samp
son Wright, who committed him to Convent
Garden watch-house for re-examination this day :
The following are the principal particulars of
bis examination yesterday. He said his name
was 'Thedas Cannon ; that he was a native of the
llle 01 Mann, and that he came to London to
take part with the dissenters ; that he went yeG
terday morning to fee the King pais to Windsor,
and on his return to town he had gained his
point, which" he had long had in agitation, which
was to throw down the Royal standard of Eng
land, the completion of which Ihewed what at
tentive officers and centintL his Majesty had got ;
in ihort, he said he might rave had the crown, but
that he despised it.l
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE —•MARCH 7.
A NUN RESTORED TO 7EE WORLD.
Miss Jouet, late of the Convent in the St.
Maude at Vincennes, appeared at the bar to return
thanks for the liberty ihe enjoyed urader a decree
of the Assembly, of returning from tie cloyfter tor
the world. With her order Ihe had renounced her
habit, and appeared in the ordinary dress of her
sex. She addressed the Assembly in the, following
terms:
" MT. PRESIDENT,
'' A sentiment no less pleasing to those to whom
it is texpreffed, than to those who feel it, has
brought me before you this day. It is the senti
ment of heartfelt gratitude.
" You behold in me one of those unfortunate
beings, whom injustice or violence, or avarice, or
an indifereet and blind zeal, had thrown into bond
age, I had almost said the Grave.
" Their pitiable lot, long forgotten by the wo rid,
has at length found in you, kind proteaion .and
intrepid defenders.
" 1 am one of those who have felt, in the mt«
lively manner, the sweet effedfr of your humanity ,
and therefore am I one of those who most cordially
bless this august Assembly.
'<When once 1 am seen, it cannot be imputed
to me that, in availing myfelf of your decree, I
only followed the impulse of an inconstant and
fickle charader, and was influenced by worldly
motives. A body broken by constant solicitude,
grief, fear, and above all by the dreadful ills which
a heart feels that has been robbed of its liberty :
Such are the fad remains of a languishing life
which 1 give back to society ; such is the vidirtl
which your wisdom has snatched from bondage,
and restored to life. It shall be found that 1 em
ploy it in the pradice of social virtues, and in
proving that I feel the most inviolable refped for
he Constitution, for the nation, the law and th&
King : And here I swear that I will be faithful
to them all. What a pleasure do 1 fell in being
able to take this oath in the Sanctuary of Patriot,
ism, of Law and of Liberty I
^^^te^rtite-mt I
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
AMREICAN TALLOW.