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Account of the Gaol of Philadelphia and of the
Laws of Pennsylvania, with respect to the Pun
ishment of Crimes ;from Weld's Travels through
the States of North America and the Provinces
of Uftfier and Lower Canaday during 18, 1796,
and 1797.
THE gaol is a spacious building of common
stone, one hundred feet in front. It is fitted up
with solitary cells, on the new plan, and the apart
meats are all arched, to prevent the communica
tion of fire. Behind the building are extensive
yards, which are secured by lofty walls, This gaol
is better regulated, perhaps, than any other on the
fate of the globe. By the new penal laws' of Penn
sylvania, lately enacted, no crime is punishable
Yitli death, excepting murder of the first degree,
by which is meant, murder that is perpetrated by
wilful premiditated intention, or in attempts to com
mit rape, robbery, or the like. Every other of
\ fence, according to its enormity, is punished by sol
itary imprisonment of a determined duration. Ob
jections may be made to this mode of punishment,
as not being sufficiently severe on the individual to
atone for an atrocious crime ; nor capable, because
not inflicted in public, of deterring evil-minded per
sons, in the community, from the commission of of
fences which incur in the rigour of the law f but,
on a close examination, it will be found to be very
severe ; &, as far asan opinion can be formed from
the trial that has been hitherto made by the state
of Pennsylvania, it seems better calculated to re
strain the excesses of the people than any other.
If any public punishment could strike terror into the
lawless part of the multitude, it is as likely thatthe
infliction of death would ,do it as any whatsoever ;
but death 1s divested of many of his terrors, after
being often presented to our view ; so that we find
in countries, for instance in England, where it oc
curs often as a punishment, the salutary effects that
might be expected from it are, in a great measure,
^ W unfortunate wretch, who is doomed to
forfeit ms life in expiation of the crimes he has com
mitted in numberless instances, looks forward with
apparent unconcern to the moment in which he is to
be launched into eternity ; his companions around
him only condole him, because his career of iniqui
ty has so suddenly been impeded by the course of
justice : or, if he is not too much hardened in the
paths of vice, but falls a prey to remorse and sees
all the horrors of his impending fate, they endea
vour to rally his broken spirits by ' the consoling
membrance, that the pangs he has to endure are but
the pangs of a moment, which they illustrate by the
speedy exit of one whose death was, perhaps,
\himrelf witness to but a few weeks before. A
month does not pass over, in England, without re
peated executions ; and there Is scarcely a vaga
bond to be met with, in the country, who has not
seen a fellow creature suspended from the gallows.
; We all know What little good effect such spectacles
fajm^-ffi'-*^
IteA^—^' ' - ^
"tr the sake of my innocent wife and family that I
.all not have to suffer too long an imprisonment or
the in any other way too Severely punished for it.
Since I wrote the above, I have seen the Citizen
of this day wherein Cheetham says I am a federal
ist, and offered to vote for Mr. Burr at the last e
lection, and was challenged by a republican & re
jected by the inspectors. This is not one word true.
I am ,not a federalist ; I am as good a republi-
Mn as he is, and did not offer to vote for Mr. Burr
but offered to vote for Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Schuy
ler Livingston went with me up to the poll and tri
ed to get my vote admitted, but Mr. Scott Smith
objected to it and'it was refused because I would
take the oath. This is the exact truth and I de ire
ft may appear. I have always been for Governor
Clinton, and so has all my family, whatever Cheet
ham may say, and by calling me ruffian and fede
ralist try to prejudice the court against me. I could
say more but this may suffice, if you will have the
goodness to publish it, you will oblige,
Vour's to serve,
HENRY C, WILLIAMSON.
N. B. Chatham says, in his first paper, that I
"threatened Col. Morton : this is a falsehood ; I
never did.
Peirce Butler's letters.—One readers will pe
ruse with some little surprise, perhaps, the letters of
Mr, BUTLER to the Governor of South Carolina, on
the proposed amendment to the Constitution. We
confess we have not the most exalted opinion of the
political stability of Mr. Peirce Butler, nor are we
disposed to entertain any very great respect for his
sentiments, but here he may be regarded in the light
of a witness testifying against himself, or what is the
same thing, against his party, in which point of view
What he says will be entitled to our serious attention^
We do jot think that the most important and in
teresting passages in Mr. Butler's letter, Ire either
that which contains his reasons for opposing the pro
posed amendment, or that correcting a mistake in
Syntax, .by substituting is for are; in odr judgment,
that is of a,thousand times more moment to the peo^
pie of the United States than either, in which he says
ne had not been long in the Senate, befor^he perceiv
ed a combination among the members of that honora
ble body, unfair in itself, and dangerous in its conse
quences ; that they hold evening meetings to decide
what shall or shall not take place in the Senate ; so
that nothing is suffered to come fairly before them,
unless it has been previously agreed upon and sanc
tioned in these midnight caucusses.
After this disclosure, by one of the ministerial par
ty, for such is Mr. Butler, notwithstanding all he has
said, we submit to the public what chance a federal
Judge who is obnoxious, has for retaining his office ?
All is first decided on in their evening meetings, and
then, and not till then, after it is ultimately decided
what is to be his fate, is the curtain drawn up and
the farce opens for ihe amusement of the gaping
spectators. After this disclosure none,f our read
ers will any longer feel the least surprize that a mah
has been tried and found guilty who has for years
been deprived of his reason, and^ho of course has
been rendered utterly incapable, by the visitation of
Providence, of committing any crime cognizable by
the human laws.-—After this it surely can occasion
no surprize, when a judge shall be convicted, as con
victed he will be, of "high crimes and misdemean*
ors," for exercising, to the best of his ability, such a
portion of intellect as the Almighty has given him.—
After this admission behind the scenes, the Ameri^
can public can never again feel at a less to account
for whatever may happen. Mr. Butler, to be sure,
affects to have been disappointed “ at finding those
men, who, before a revolution in the public mind took
place, possessed a jealous regard for .equal rights
(ah ! egjm! rightafnow in power, the first to mib
vert the principles which they wished to be thought
the advocates of." This is certainly very well said
by Mr. Butler, and seems to give us a very favoura
ble idea of the author of it; all we can say in turn,
is, that though he is, we are not at all surprized. On
the contrary it would contradict all history and all
Experience, if tho& who were the most clamorous for
the “ equal rights of man" were not the first to sub-
Vert them the moment they had the power to do so.
However, we hope our readers will not forget to al
low Mr, SUTLER dud credit for his information, we
•hall often have occasion to remind theill of it.
X F. E. Post.
[ petite But, immured m &rkne« inholitude,
I the prisoner suffers pangs worse than death a hun
: dred times in a day ; he is left to his own bitter re-.
iflections ; there is no one thing to divert his atten
-Ition, and he endeavours, in vain, to escape from the
I horrors which contiiiually haunt Kis imagination. °
' In such a situation the most hardened offender is
"soon reduced to a state of repentance. at
But punishment by imprisonment, according to
the laws of Pennsylvania, is imposed, not only as an
expiation of past offences, and an example to the
guilty part of Society, but for another purpose, re
garded.by few penal codes in the world, the reform
ofthe criminal. The regulations of the gaol are
calculated to promote this effect as soon as possible,
so that the building; indeed, deserves the name of a
penetentiary house more than that of a gaol. As
soon as a criminal is committed to the prison he is
made to wash,; his hattris shorn, and ifnot decent
ly clothed, ht is furnished with clean apparel ; then
he is thrown into a solitary cell, about nine feet
Ilong and four wide, where he remains debarred
I from the sight of every living being, excepting his
I gaoler, whose duty it is to attend th the bare neces
• sities of his nature, but who is forbidden, on any ac
-Icount, to speak to him^ without there is absolute oc
casion. If a prisoner is at all refractory, or if the
I offence for which he is imprisoned is of a very a-
I trocious nature, he is then confined in a cell seclud
ed even from the light of heaven. This is tin worst
I that can be inflicted upon him.
I The gaol is inspected twice every week by 12
I persons appointed for that purpose, who are chosen
annually from amongst the citizens of Phil^tfiai
Nor is it a difficult matter to procure thJTnen,
! who readily and voluntarily take it upon them to go
through the troublesome functions of the office with
out any fee or emolument whatever. They divide
; themselves into committees ; each of these takes it
, in turn, for a stated period, to visit every part of the
; prison ; and a report is made to the inspectors at
; Urge, who meet together at times regularly ap
pointed. From the report of the committee an o
plniof iis formed by the inspectors, who, with the
consent of the judges, regulate the treatment of each
•individual prisoner during his confinement. This
lis varied according to his crime, and according to
his subsequent repentance. Solitary confinement in
a dark cell is looked upon as the severest usage ;
; next, solitary confinement in a cell with the admis
sion of light ; next, confinement in a cell where the
prisoner is allowed to do some sort of work ; lastly,
labour in company with others. The prisoners are
obliged to bathe twice every week, proper conve
niences for th#t purposWbeing provided within the °
£Walls of the prison, and also to change their linen,
,with which they are regularly provided; Those in
solitary confinement are kept upon bread and wa
ter ; but those who labour are allowed broth, por
ridge, puddings, and the like : meat is dispensed
only in small quantities, twice in the week. Their
drink is water ; on no pretence is any other bever
age suffered to be brought into the prison. This
diet, is found, by experience, to afford the prisoners
strength sufficient to perform the labour that is im
posed upon them ; whereas a more generous one
would only serve to render their minds less humble
and submissive. Those who labour, are employed
in the particular trade to which they have been ac
customed, provided it can be carried on in the pri
son ; if not acquainted with any, something is soon
found that they can do. One room is set apart for
shoemakers, another for tailors, a third for carpen
ters, and so on ; and in the yards are stone-cutters,
smiths, tailors, &c.
Excepting the cells, which are at a remote part
of the building, the prison has the appearance of a
large manufactory. Good order and decency pre
vail throughout, and the eye of a spectator is never *
assailed by the sight of shell ghastly and squalid fig
ures as are continually to be met with in our pris
ons, so far, also, is a visitor from being insulted, that
he is scarcely noticed as he passes through the dif
ferent wards. The prisoners are forbidden to speak
to each other Without there is necessity ; they are
also forbidden to laugh and to sing, or to make the
smallest disturbance. An overseer attends contin
ually to see that every one performs his work dili
gently ; and in case of the smallest resistance to any
-of the regulations, the offender is immediately cast
into a solitary cell, to subsist on bread and water till
he returns to a prober sense of his behaviour ; but
the dread all those nave of this treatment, who have
once experienced it, is such, that it is seldom found
necessary to repeat it. The women are kept tatafy
apart from the men, and are employed in a manner
suitable to their sex. The labourers all teat together
in one large apartment ;, and regularly, every Sun
day, there is divine service, at which all attend. It
is the duty of the chaplain to converse at times with
the prisoners, and endeavour to reform their minds
and principles. The inspectors, when they visit the
prison, also do the same ; so that when a prisoner
is liberated, he goe§ out, as it were, a new man ;
he has been habituated to employment, and has re
ceived good instructions. The greatest care is also
taken to find him employment the moment he quits
the place of his confinement. According to the re
gulations, no person is allowed to visit the prison
without permission of the inspectors. The greatest
care is also taken to preserve the health of the pris
oners, and for those who are sick, there are proper
apartments and good advice provided. The long
est period of confinement is for a rape, which is not
to be less than ten years, but not to exceed twenty- ,
one; For high treason, the length of confinement
is not to be less than six nor more than twelve
years. There are prisons in every county through
out Pennsylvania, but none as yet are established on
the same plan as that which has been described.
Criminals are frequently sent from other parts of;
the state to receive punishment to @e prisonefPhi-I
ladelphia.
So well is this gaol conducted, that instead ofbe- ,
Ing an expense, itnow annually produces a consider-;
able revenue to the state.;
, SUOFNAM SURRENDERED?
. Capt. Meagher, from Surrinam, brings papers &'
letters containing the particulars of the Sutfender
ofthe Colony of Surrinam to the British on the 4th
May-—The articles of surrender are signed by Gen. ;
Green and Com. Hood ;on the part of the English, I
and Col. Batenburg, on the part ofthe Dutch.—The
Dutch garrisons were permitted to march from the
forts with the honors of war ; the officers to re
tain their arms, the soldiers to ground theirs, apd
to be sent to Europe as soon as good vessels could
be procured, but not to carry arms against his Brit
tannic Majesty. Article 5, proposed that no Dutch
soldier should be employed in the British service—
the answer was, that no Dutch soldier should be en
listed unless he Was willing. The inhabitants were
to be protected In their lives and property.
In a Proclamation, dated May 8, Gen. Green de
clared, that the laws, customs and Usages, as they
existed at the periodofthe colony being given up to ,
the Batavian Government are to remain in force
until His Brittannic Majesty's farther pleasure sh&
be known.,
The Jane and sevdafr other American vessels,
were ready for sea when the British appeared before
Surrinam and were detained 18 days until the capi
tulation of the place was .completed. We understand
thataome opposition was made to the English forces
^terete
LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
TUESDAY TU^E 5, 1804.
AGREEABLE to assignment, the Senators and
' Representatives assembled together : when His Ex
cellency the Governor came in, and delivered the
following
Speech :,
Gentlemen of the Senate,
and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
THE obligation which we have taken upon
ourselves, to perform the public duties incumbent on
us agreeably to the rules and regulations of the Con
stitution, requires us, to protect otr fellow citizens in
the enjoyment of their lives, liberty and property ;
and demands of us an exact observance of the prin
ciples of the Constisution, and a constant adherence
to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance,
industry and frugality, in the formation and execution
of the Laws necessary for the good administration of
the Commonwealth.
An impartial distribution of justice to all the peo
ple, is of the highest importance to preserve an e
quality among them ; and enable their to enjoy that"
liberty, which under the protection of law secures
their lives and property ; and to unite them more
closely together, and attach them more firmly to the
State.
A people enjoy the most perfect civil liberty when
the government under which they are placed, is of
their own choice ; when they conform to laws which
are enacted by themselves or their Representatives:
and when no duties are enjoined, and no restrictions
imposed by those laws, which are not conducive to
<the general happiness.„
It is obvious then, that nothing is more opposite to
liberty than licentiousness. Wherever there is lib
erty, the people are subjects not of men, but of the
Constitution and Laws ; for liberty consists in doing
only what these permit. It forbids us to allow our
selves in any pursuits which are injurious to others,
for if such permission was given to us it would also be
indulged to them. It implies, that within the limits
of law and justice we may act according to our own
choice, and take such measures, as we believe are
conducive to our own happiness. The people there
fore are free, so long as they are under the restraint
of equal and just laws : But their freedom is losr,
when the passions of men are unrestrained, and the
laws are violated with impunity. The reign of jus
tice is then over, and there is an end of manners, lib
erty and virtue. To escape from this state of licen
tiousness, the People in some countries, submit to
the controul of a single tyrant, because they think it
more tolerable to have one tyrant than a thousand.
In a free State, therefore, the citizens ought to be
guarded against the attempts both of indiscreet men,
who from a mistaken zeal for liberty, would intro
duce anarchy and confusion ; and of amb tious men,
who assume the garb of patriotism, and employ their
talents to inflame the passions of the people and ex
cite their contempt of decency and order.
Upon order, the public happiness is founded ;
without it ? society is a state of violence.; and to
maintain it, is to restrain injustice and oppression ;
to guard the life and property of one man, against
outrage from another ; —to protect the simple and
innocent from the attempts of artifice and fraud, and
to produce such a state of tranquility, that the most
defenceless among the people may be safe, under the
protection of government.
The principle of equality among the citizens, is re
cognized and established by the Constitution. It is
an equality of rights which ensures* the same pro
tection to each individual, and requires that all men
of every description shall be amenable to justice. It
results from equal government, and impartial laws,
when tl)c way to honor and preferment is open to ev
ery one ; and the pretensions of no citizen are lim
ited, except by the distinction of merit and capacity.
But an equality of property never can exist, until all
men have the same faculties and are equal in pru
dence and industry ; and even if tlrey were perfectly
similar in these respects, still their property would
be unequal, unless Providence should smile alike up.
on the labours of all, and grant to every man an e
qUal share of prosperity.. The inequality, of pro
perty therefore arises from the nature of things, and
not from any defect in the form or administration of
government. Ail.Xhat the best government can do,
16 to prevent that inequality which fraud, oppression
or violence would produce :—To encourage frugali^
ty, and as far as justice and the constitution will per
mit, to restrain luxury and profusion ; and to 'protect
the lawful possessions of every man,so that each Inay
enjoy the fruits of his labor in perfect security. '
But though a spirit of equality i, favourable to
public happiness, an hxtrteme degree of it is some
times injurious and disgraceful. This happens,
when manners are exceedingly depraved, when up#
right magistrates are ho longer respected, and par
ents and public instructors art treated with rudehess
and insolence, when the child behaves himself proud
ly agaihstthe ancient, and the base against the hon
ourable, und the natural and necessary distinctions
in society are disregarded;
. The terms Liberty arid Equality, in theit true &
just import describe essential Rights in a Republic
which ought tp be assiduously preserved and cher
ished ; but they are so liable to misconstruction, &
have been understood in such different senses, that
I presume you, Gentlemen, will not think it unwor
thy of yod, to assist otir fellow citizens in forming .
correct opinions concerning them. For if on these
points they should entertain mistaken ideas, they
might be in danger of loosing substantial benefits by
aiming at those which arc imaginary.
In some nations, the genius and habits of the
people seem not to admit of a free Government , —
I they appeat to ts incapable of that.just and reason
fable obedience to the laws which is necessary in a
I free st^te. Few indeed have been wise enough to
;.enjoy perfect liberty with moderation. How far
} the people of the United States are posessed of this
I wisdom must appear from the experiment, they are
now linking, upon 'the issue of which, every thing
valuable to us depends?—You, Gentlemen, I have
no doubt, will be solicitous to contribute to its suc
cess, by a faithful discharge of you, duty. But all
; the efforts of legislative wisdom will not be sufficient
' without the aid of those institutions,which form the
manners and morals of the people ; and wluQ
tend to inspire them with veneration for the Su
preme being, with reverence for just authority, &
respect forrthemselwes. .
I have received a letter from the Justices of the
Supreme Judicial Court, representing, that the late
act of the Legislature makingfarther provision in
the Judicial department, is highly interesting to them
personally, and as it affects their official responsi
bility. That these considerations have induced on
their part a critical examination of the arrangement
of the terms of the Court proposed by the act, and a
consultation together upon the probable effects of the
•system in other views of it ; the-result of which is,
a conviction, that the arrangement is in a great de
gree impracticable,^ that the operation of the sys
tem Will not, in any degree proportionable<a the in
conveniences of it, promote the goodintentions of tire
Legislature for the more effectual administration of
justice. They have also stated the system which
Upon consideration they believe most conducive to
The following extract of a letter furnishes some
biographical information respecting Judge Bow
% i^ho lately acted such c madpartat Savannah.
''This gentlemans is descended from a very re
spectable family on Rhode-Island. At an early
age he left the college of ^ , and applied him
s^lf to the study of law; and immediately after he
had completed his studies, he embarked for the isle
of France, where, in a very short time, he rendered
himself obnoxious to the government, by his sedi
tious principles, in an attempt to raise an insurrec
tion among the people of colour ; he was arrested,
tried, and condemned to the gallows; but by the ad
vice of his lawyer, he feigned insanity, and therefore
evaded the execution of the law : he was not finally
exempt from punishment, for he was thrown into
irons and re-transported to the United States. Soon
after his re-appearance in his native country, he
' married a poor French girl, decidedly in opposition
to the will of his friends; which circumstance, to
gether, with his shameful conduct in the isle of
France; so ©uch exasperated his father that he
discarded him. He then cctamtneed practising law,
mid some few years since was appointed to the im
portant office, of Judge of the Superior Court, for
the eastern district of this state, at a salary of 1400
dollars per annum.
“Heis J iman of very handsome talents—his lan
guage is beautiful—l have not yet seen a copy of the
charge which has caused his confinement, but am
told that it is the most eluant composition that was
erer heard from the bgnCT in this place.
“ The legislature of this state were not totally un
acquainted with Judge. Bowen's principles, nor his
conduct in the Isle of France ; but as he was the on
ly person who would accept the paltry salary which
was voted, rather than make a more liberal allow
ance, Which should induce men of undoubted princi
ples to accept the appointment, they preferred him.
“ He exhibits every mark of a madman in his'
confinement, and has menaced the citizens with a
,spe&lv destruction. He says he has several thou
sand friends up in the country, who will, as soon as
they learn his confinement, release him by force.
It is indeed a fact that he is very popular in the up
per county, and whether there is any apprehension
of such an attempt being mad/ or not, the public
mind appears to be but Jittlc at ease. The city guard
is reinforced, and searches are daily making upon
eveiy plantation for arms.?
——_*«rf
TO D^IR Y TTCMP.V.
To prevent your Cliche having a rancid, nause
ous flavour,put about cne table spoonful cf salt to each
Gallon of milk when taken from the Cows in the
evening, for the Cheese to be made the ext day *
put the salt at the bottom of the vessel that is to
receive the milks ; it will increase the curd,and pre
vent the milk from growing,sour or putrid the to
test nights m summer.
——let — —
The following letter said to be from a diplo
matic agent in Paris to a gentleman in London, was
written the day after the execution of the Duke ts
Enghein.
" Yesterday the minister of the Elector of Baden
received a courier from his Soveieigh. He immed*
lately went to Talleyrand's. Hotel, requesting an
audience, and protested, in the name of the Elector
against the violation of his territory. He demanded
that the French Government should 'disavow the
conduct of General CaulincoUrt and send back the
prisoners whom he had made to the other side of
the Rhine. Talleyrand' answered, that by the
Treaty of Luneville, the States of Germany are
bound to give up all persons conspiring or plotting
agihst France ; and that by the Thw of nations every
state has a tight to inforce such stipulations where
the contracting party is not strong enough to cause
them to be observed, or its infidelity is suspected
that Caulincourt had only obeyed the orders of the
First Consul ; that all the prisoners were to be tri
ed immediately, arid that the principal of them was
at that moment before the tribunal. The Minister
of Baden, in the evening, sent back a courier with
this answer. The diplomatic corps, and all the
people of Paris, except those immediately connects
ed with Government, were igir . rant of the arrest
of the Duke D'Enghein until a late hour last night
when his sentence was posted up in the Palais
Royal, and on the corners of the streets. The pat
roles, which were doubled,and the numerous Felice
spies, prevented the surprize and indignation of the
people from shewing themselves in any act of
violence ; but the imprudent declamations of a few
added new victims to those who already croud - cur
prisons. The Minister of Badeh, this mornirgw ent
to Count Cobentzel, the Imperial Ambassador, and
communicated to h im the particulars of Tallevrand's
answer ; The latter had not until then heard of
this affair at least such was his declaration. The
Imperial Ambassador did net hesitate to wait tq < n
Talley rahd, & requested hat the execution of the
sentence might te deferred until he had informed
his Sovereign of the affair. He requested this de
lay "more as a personal favour, the emperor 'ring
related to the Luke of Enghien. then in the name
of the Emperor, as Chief of the 'Empire, the neu
trality of which had been violated ;" The example
of the Imperial Ambassador was followed by tire
Ambassadors of Spain, Naples, and Etruria whose
Sovereigns, all Bourbons, are more nearly reh ted
then the Emperor to the Duke of Enghitn. They
all received the same answer from Talleyard. viz
that he " would report their request to the First
Consul," In the mean time these ambassadors dis
patched couriers, to their respective Courts and
many persons think that Bonaparte's pride will be
gratified by pardoning a Bourbon and publishing to
the world as an act of generosity, a deed command
ed by policy, justice, and humanity."
the security of the citizens ; And in order to com
municate their Ideas with most precision and accu
raoy, they have transmitted to'me two bills, which
"comprise the particulars of that system. The letter
and the bills will belaid before you by the Secretary
and, I presume, ydd will consider the subject with
that degree of attention, which is due to the impor
tance of it, and to.the opinions of the .magistrates
by Whom tne alterations are proposed.
In the course of this yep there will be an election•
of President and Vice-President of the United
States, dud it will be incumbteht upon the Legisla^
ture at the present session, to direct the manner in
which ffid'electors on the jfart of this state shall be
appointed. But, gentlemen, it is unnecessary to
mention th? particular subjects Which now require
your notice. They will occur to yhur reflection, &
T am persuaded, that you.will attend ,to them with
the fidelity and zeal, which an enlightened love of
your Country inspires. For myself, I shall be soli
citous' to deserve the confidence, with which the
people have repeatedly honored the, by co-operating
with you in such measures, as shall tend to render
the state respectable, to promote justice apicng our
feljoW citizens, arid to secure to them a line of quiet
ant tranquility.
L , June s.
speech ras committed tp Messrs Upham,
Morton, Jackson, Tucker, (of P ) and Montague
to report a suitable address in answer thereto.
Caleb Strong.