The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-03-26 00:00:00, page 2

Another report from the fame officer
was read, refpeaing the loans of three
million of florins, made in Holland,
Bating the terms on which that loan has
— been eTeae'' : The report „^afed ?<?.
explanation of a clause in he Aa, mak
ing provision for the reduction of the
publick debt: And was referred to a
fele& cdmmi tee to report a bill or bills
pursuant thereto.
A message from the Senate by Mr.
Secretary Otis, informed the House
that The President of the United States,
has given his assent to the Ad for incor
porating the fubferibers to the Bank of
the United State:—a!fo to the A& regu
lating the number of Representatives for
the States of Kentucky and Vermont.
Mr. Boudinot, of the committee of
Conference on the fubjed of disagreement
between the House and Senate, refpe&ing
the 6ift feftion of the Revenue-Bill;
brought in a special report, which had
been agreed to by one of the committee
of the House, and by all the members of
the committee on the part of the Senate.
This report was fuperceded by a vote
to confider the original fubjeft of dis
agreement.
Mr. Jackson moved that the House
Should adhere to their disagreement :—-
This being seconded, a question of order
rose. The Speaker gave it as his opin
ion, that the question to be in order should
be, whether the House would recede from
their disagreement? An appeal was
made from the chair to the house—and
the question being taken; the House de
cided in favour of the Speaker's Opinion.
The motion was then made to recede,
in order to agree to the amendment
,topofed by the special report —which
was,to limit the whole sum to be received
by the officers to 45,000 dollars,
A debate ensued—The question was
finally determined by Ayes and Noes,
as fallow :=
Messrs. Ames, Afoe, Baldwin, Benyon,
Bond' Q, Bourne, Brown,Burke, Cadwal
lader, Clymer, Contee, Fit%fimons, Floyd,
Foster, Gale, Gilman, Goodhue, Griffin,
Grout, Giles, Jackson, Huntington, Law
rence, Lee, Leonard, Livermore; Madison,
Mathews, Moore, Muhlenberg, Parker,
Patridge, Pan Ranjellaer, Schureman,
Sedgwick, Seney, Sherman, Sylvester, Sin
nickfon, Smith (M., Smith, ^.C.)Steel,
* Stone. Sturges, Sumpter, Thatcher, Trum
bull, Tucker, Pining; VPadfa^rtb, White,
Wynkoop, Williamson. ,
NAYS.
Messrs. Gerry, and Scott,
Messrs. Asa, Baldwin, Blood<wortb,
• Broun, Burke; Carroll, Contee, Floyd,
Griffin, Grout, Giles, Jackson, Lee, Ller
more, Madison, Mathrun, Moore, Muhlen
berg, Parker, Ranfellaer,,<nej, S,liefer;
thy following resolution, moved by Mr.
Sedgwick, was agreed to —53 to 2,
Rejoined, That it would be inexpedient
to alter the system for the funding the
public debt, eflablifhed the last session of
Congress ; and that the prayer of the
petition of Thomas McKean and others,
styling themselves a committee of the
publick creditors; of the Commonwealth
of Penfylvania, and also of other petiti
ons on that fubjed, cannot be granted.
The Yeas and Nays being called for,
were as follow :—
YEAS.
FRIDAY, FEB. 2ff
The engrossed Bill, supplemental io
the Aft for eltablifning the Treasury
Department, was read the third time ;
the blank filled up, and the Bill passed.
The petition of Jacob Ijaacs, Bating
that he had difeovered a sure, cheap,
and simple method of procuring freh
from salt water, and praying the pa
tronage df Congress—Read, and refer
red to the Secretary of State.
A memorial of the agent to the owrier
of two French Packets, praying an ex
emption from the duty of tonnage on
those Packets, incurred it the month of
January last, for reasons therein Bated,
was read, and referred to the Secretary
of the Treasury.
Messrs; Ames, Benson, BoUdinot, Bourne,
Cadwalladtir, Clymer, Fitzfonons, Foster,
Gale, Gerry, Gilman, Goodhue, Hartley,
Huntington, Lawrence, Leonard, Patridge,
Schureman,Scott, Sedgwick,Sevier, Sherman
Sinnickfon.Smith (S.C.) Sturges,Thatcher,
Trumbull,Vining,lVadfworth,lVynkoop,3o.
A report from the Secretary of the
Treasury,concerning certain certificates,
issued in some of the States, subsequent
to the firft of January, T 790, which was
in favour of funding those certificates;
under certain regulations, was read and
laid on the table.
NOES.
AYES.
A message was delivered byMr.Secre
tary Ot'is, informing the House, that
the Senate had passed the Bill Supplemen
tary to the a& incorporating the fubferibers
to the bank of the United States-
The committee appointed reported a
bill in addition to the aft for establishing
the salaries of the executive officers of
government, with their assistants and
'clerks ; which after a firft and second
reading, was referred to a committee of
the whole House on Monday.
Mr. Speaker laid before the House
an invitation from the American Philoso
phical society, requesting the attendance
of Congress at the German Church,in Fourth
street where an eulogium, on Dr. Fran
klin, will be pronounced on 7 uefday
next at half pad :nirie in the morning.
The House pursuant to the order of
the day proceeded to the confederation
of fandry reports df committees, and
heads of departments) on petitions refer
red to them ; and having agreed to some
and disagreed to others of the said reports,
A feled committee was appointed to pre
pare a bill pursuant to the tenor of those
which were agreed to.
An engrossed bill to repeal so much of
the impost law, as rates the Danilh rix
dollar at 100 cents, was lead a third
time and passed.
The petition of Elias Haskell Darby,
praying relief in the payment of duties
on goods imported from Indiaand China,
was read and referred to the Secretary
of the Treasury. ~,
The gallery' was then ordered to be
cleared. ,
Sundry petitions were presented, and
referred to the Secretaries of the Trea
fury,and of rhe Department of War.
Mr. Floyd, from the joint committee
"on enrolled bills, presented, and the
Speaker, signed the following enrolled
bill, ;—A bill supplemental to the ad
incorporating Subscribers to the Bank
of the United States; a bill giving effe&
to the laws of the United States within
the state of Vermont; a bill to explain
and amend an a& making further pro
vision for the debt of the United States ;
and an aft fixing the time of the next
annual meeting of Congress:
Oh motion of Mr. BoUdlnot, resolv
ed that the clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives of the United States shall be
deemed to continue in office until another
be appointed.
An engrolTed bill, providing compensa
tions for the officers of the judicial courts
of the United States, and for jurors and
witnesses, and for other purposes, was
read, and the blanks therein being filled
up, was passed; Yeas 30. Na,s 73.
An engrossed bill, to amend the aft for
eftablilhing the temporary and permanent
feat of the governmerit of the U. States,
was read, and passed. Yeas 39. Nays 18.
An engrossed bill, for making compfen
fationi to the commissioners of loans for ex.
traordinary expenfes,was read and passed.
The House, then proceeded to confider
the amendments proposed by the Senate
to the Bill lupplementary to the aft
eftablilhing the. Treasury Department;
arid concurred in the fabric;
Several reports were received and aded
upon.
in committee of the whole, the Bill
for compensating Judicial officers was
considered and rep^^^A—after wVv
the Bill was ordered to be engrossed.
The Petition of Joli* Tucker, was re
ferred to a fele& committee.
In committee of the whole, the Bill
granting compensations to Loan officers,
for extra expences and services was con
sidered—which was reported to theHoufe,
and passed to be engrossed.
A bill for the temporary regulation of
the Pott-Office, was reported.
The new REVENUE BILL, was sign
ed by the Speaker,
Sundry Bills, granting compensation
and relief to several persons, were re
ported, and read a firft time.
Smith (M, Steele, Stone, Sumpter,Tucker,
White, Wilhamfon. 2'9.
The committee on the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury—brought in a
Bill supplemental to the Ad providing
for the reduction of the publick debt —
which was read the firft and second time,
and referred to the committee of the
whole on Monday next.
On motion of Mr. Smith, (S.C.) the
committee of the whole House was dis
charged from any further confideratiori
of the poft-office bill.
TUESDAY, MARCH I.
SATURDAY FEB. 26;
MONDAY, FEB. 28.
MT. RANLEfr,
THERE is no man however great bis
1 genius, or exte nf.ve his learning, but
at particular seasons may be fubjeft to
error. Solomon of old, we read, though
famed above all men for wisdom. had his
foibles, and perhaps like our modern Sa
lomon would Sometimes "fleaf a freJhmeat
bone," as the poet will have it, to satiate
a longing appetite, tho' we are led to
conjecture that, the art of borrowing is
purely mo ern, and firft invented by the
ingenuous SELF-DEFENCE, thrit he
might be intitled to a rank among the
literati. and I think his expehce and la
bor, as well as his ingenuity, deserves from
those who are weV.-wilhefs to the learning
and arts of our country, '' ate honor ana
efleem."
I should be wanting in refpe& to dur
artist; while I am delineating his merits,
was I to pass unnoticed another ingeni
ous inversion of his, whereby preaching
in private families may at all primes be
rendered convenient and easy; for if
fame is not too partial in his favour, he
has adopted thd lucky talent of copying
old sermons, and carrying them home to
pass on his friends as his own producti
on, which he will mount the refl rum and
with all the power of incomparable elo
quence deliver them to their edification.
But as I have before observed, all men
however great and learned, will be some
times goiltv of errors. There is that
naughty SAILOR, that in some measure
sullies the ingenuity of his invention,
for the true wa, to gain a great name is
to deserve it with filerice—and 1 arti sor
ry the great, good, wife man's prudence
will not keep pace with his genius ; for
notwithstanding an ungrateful public are
sometimes backward iri giving merit its
due, yet he might have been content
with whispering his happy acquirements
abroad, without endangering his fame
by inserting the Sailor, which he really
did—though there is nothing impossible
for men of such unbounded genius; which
is manifeft in the piece signed the Sailor
in your laft,where he has prevailed with
some of his friends to deny his writing
the piece alluded to, although a person
who saw him write it, assured me of it—
and I doubt not but your readers who
are acquainted with the matter are con
vinced e did.
The House in committee of th, whole.
(Mr. Boudinot in the chair) took
into consideration a bill fapplementary
to the ad making provjfion for the re
dudion of the publick debt , and having
reported the fame without amendment,
it was ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading.
A Bill to continue in force, for a li
mited time, an ad passed at the firft ses
sion of Congress, for the temporary es
tablishment of the Poft-office, was, after
a second reading, taken up in committee
of the whole house. The committee
having reported the fame with amend
ments, and those being adopted by the
House, the bill was ordered to be en
grossed for a third reading.
The House again rcfolved itfelf into a
committee of the whole, on the bill, for
making compensations to the widows
and orphan children of certain officers,
who were killed, or who died, while in
the service of the United States, dur
ing the late war, and for the relief of
certain invalid, and other persons there
in mentioned; and having reported the
fame without amendment, it was order
ed to be engrossed for a third reading.
An engrossed Bill supplementary to
the aft making provision for the reduc
tion of the public debt, was read a third
time and passed.
Mr. Benson laid on the table a pro
position of amendment to the constituti
on of the United States, to be proposed
by Congress to the legislatures of the
federal Bates relative to judges and
courts of laws. Adjourned.
I must again repeat the wisest of men
are fometi mes guilty of mistakes, so is
oar genius in declaring he did not carry
papers to N--.--y, for a refpe&able cha
ra&er in this town allured me he was in
formed of it there — Thus it is evident
a knowledge of the gentleman's abili
ties is not confined to this town only.
But as his mind is much taken up in in
vention, it is not a matter of surprise if
his memory in this instance Should prove
treacherous ; for amid many instances
of the kind perhaps he did not wish to
realize this in particular^ or as he has
been teell polic'd with the Haft-kettle,
he might make rife of this jfJ, that he
FOR THE GAZETTEER.
Should pluck the beam from their own eye.
SUCH is the nature and conffitution
of mankind, that they very frequent
ly censure those things in others which
in themselves would appear very plaufi
b! n and jaff ; and seldom do we meet a
person who pays a ftri& obfervahce to
that excellent precept, to treat others as,
he ^ould wife to be treated by them. It
this had been the case with the celebrat
ed FAIR PLAY, I presume he would
not have used me with quite so much se
verity.—He taxes me with having 'a
great itch for Scribbling,' and has coop'd
his meaning under this allegorical ex
pression, ' like a snake in the grass lies
in wait to bite the unwary traveller,'&c.
—and I should commend him tor his sa
tirical franknefs, if he had been less free
i n giving his opinion after centring me
for offering my mind to the jublic, I
appeal to an impartial public, if he mud
not have laboured under a very gross
mistake, in supposing I had by my writ
ing the leak inclination to attack either
of the writers referr'd to ; but allowing
that I had, I never recommended myfelf
to the public, as 'tis mapifeft this con
ceited FAIR PLAY has done, by insinu
ating that he would be the most capable
person to engage 'fo judicious a fcrib,
bler,' &t. But since he is so forward to
offer himfelf a champion, tho' I confefs
myfelf wholly inadequate to such an ar
duous undertaking, yet I will at least
endeavor to ward off the fhafts which he
shall diredlat me.
could the better Bick to his text
What the gentleman would intimate
by my handling dirt I am at a loss to
conjecture—unless he means that I have
engaged with a dirty antagonist in a dir
ty cause, if so I perfectly coincide with
him in opinion ; but if he has reference
to my uling dirty expreilions, 1 believe
the term may be belt applied to himfelf
as he appears to be an adept in the ac
complishments of Billinfgate.
He fays he has taken his leave of me
unless I come from behind the curtain. I
would inform him I have no curtains in
my cock-loft,but if he wishes to know me,
he may fee me by casing there (if he
can find it,) where I will treat him as
I would any man of learning and genius
witn decency and rel'ped, provided he
does not come armed ca^ a pee, for I ab
hor the fight of martial men. That he
has taken his leave of me 1 am hearti
ly glad, for having accomplished my
purpose in feeing " the Jackdaw Band
con feffed in Peacock's plumes," I have
done, unless 1 fhdald be again provoked
to administer the rod of correction.—
The Roman tepubl'c when they honored
their great men with a triumph wo^d
likewise honor them with an additional
title lignifying the meritorious deed#
they accomplished, such as, for a con
quell ever the Germans they would add
Germanicus and the like, would it be im
proper before I conclude to gne my an
tagonist the title of Abflradius, by which
appellation, fh:u'd he agin induce me
to take my pen, I (hall finalize him.
And nov to brrow the gentleman s ex
pression, " I leave hm to be herded with
those creatures be most rejembtci ' which
are they, who Sy the help of a fatby ex
ternal appearance, with Healing the li
terary labour of others, would palm
themselves on the public as men oflearn
ing and abilities while theirfa/L like
the purse of a fpendthrift is always emp
ty. ' DETECTOR.
Button-Hill, March 1791.
, PHILANTHROPE.
Marche 23d, 1791.
Mr. RANLET,
IN perusing your paper of the 19th
March, I perceive I am attacked on
All sides ; FAIR PLAY began the onset
and The SAILOR closed it —who, after
advising me' to keep my tongue within
my teeth,' he proceeds to quote several
passages from Holy Writ ;—Bet I would
have you inform him that I am as able to
quote and apply as he :—Firft—So/ow#
fays, ' answer not a fool according to his
folly left thou be also like unto him" —
and indeed his advice is exceeding good,
for when a person makes much ado about
nothing at all,'tis beff to take but lit le
notice bf him. He seems highly to re
sent my calling him the aggressor ; but
I fappofe it is generally understood id
that light, for DETECTOR being a
confciencious man could not fuffer fu^h c
indignity to pal' sunnoticed. That th#
MR. RANLET,
Men, ere they others' motes decry
FOR THE GAZETTEER.