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After a considerable debate on this
proportion, Mr. Clark moved that it
Should be divided. This motion being
-fecohded.
ing, viz.
Refoived, as the opinion of this
committee,' That the prayer of the
mcmorialifts is reasonable, 2nd that
provision ought to be made for the
payment of such fams to the original
^holders of the proper debt of the U.
nited States, as may have been saved
by the terms of the loan made under
the act to provide for the debt of the
United States, calculating 6 per cent,
at 20/. in the pound, and other fpe
cits of paper at a proportionate va
lue : Provided that where any original
creditor shall have subs cribed to the
loan proposed by the aft to provide for
the debt of the United States, a sum
not lets than a sum originally stipulat
ed, such creditor shall not be entitled
to the benefit of this provision — And
that when a let's sum shall have been
so subscribed, there shall be a propor
tional reduction of his claim to such
benefit.
THE order of the day on the me
morials of the officers of the late
continental army being called for, the
House went into a committee of the
whole on the fame—Mr. B. Bourn in
the chair. The proportion offered
ve^erday by Mr. Gerry, and amended
by Mr. Clark, was read by the chair
man ; after a lengthy speech by Mr.
Boudinot, in opposition to the propor
tion, the qaedion being put, it was
negatived.
Mr. Giles then offered the follow-
On motion of Mr. Fitzfimons, the
r^folution laid ori the table, a few days
free, by Mr. Hartley, was referred
to a committee of the whole for Wed
nefcay next. viz. Resolved, that a
committee be appointed to prepare
and bring in a bill, providing half pay
The question was taken on the firfl
clause of the proposition, ending with
the word reasonable. This was nega.
lived, nine members only rising in
the affirmative.
It was then moved, that it be re
solved, as the opinion of this commit
tee, That the prayers of the memorials
from officers of several of the lines of
the late continental army, cannot be
granted.
This motion was agreed to.
The committee then rose, and re
ported the last resolution to the House.
On rhe motion to adopt this refolu
ticu, the ayes and noes being demard
cd, were Ayes. 43, Noes 10.
An amendment proposed by Mr.
Greenup ; the object of which is to
permit perfcvs travelling through the
Indian territory to purchase or ex
change such articles as maybe necessary
for their subsistence, was then difeuff
ed, and agreed to. The duration of
the bill was limited to two years, and
then ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading,
In committee of the Whole, Mr^ key in
A bill to continue in force for a
limited time, and to amend the aft
providing for the means of intercourse
between the United States and foreign
nations, was taken into confidera
ticn.
The bill was read through and then
considered by paragraphs. No amend
ment being proposed.
The committee rose and reported
the bill, which was ordered to be en
grossed for a,bird reading.
The house then took into considera
tion, the bill to regulate trade and
intercourse with the Indian tribes.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
CONGRES S.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16.
THURSDAY, J AN. 1,.
FRIDAY, JAN. 18.
the Chair.
A bill for the relief of sick and in
firm teamen was read twice and com
mitted for next Monday week. Or
dered, that 100 copies be printed.
In committee of the whole or the
bill to authorize a loan in the notes or
certificates of the individual States, to
the amount of the balances whichoa a
final settlement of accounts ihaA be
due to them from the United States.
for 7 years to the widows and or,anfr
of fich officers of the army of he U
nited States, as have been killed since
the 3d day of jane 1784, or which
may hereafter be killed in the Service
of the United States.
The bill was read by the clerk,
and then difeuffed in paragraphs. A
motion for the committee to rife and
report progrefs.was, after some debate,
agreed to ; the object was to amend
the proviso of the second fediem which
Varied from the proviso in the resolu
tions on which the bill was founded.
The committee rose and was dfcharg
ed. The bill was recommitted to the
leled committee which reported it ;
who having made a neceffar, amend
ment, reported the bill to the House,
which was twice read, and taken up in
committee of the whole immediately.
Mr. Steele again in the cha,. The
bill was read by the clerk as amended.
Mr. Mercer moved the following pro
viso to the firft fedion, viz. Provided
that no such note or certificate shall
be subscribed by any person oher than
the original owner thereof, or his legal
representatives or guardian, qther than
an assignee, unless it shall be proved
by the oath or affirmation of ;he party
presenting the fame to the loan offi
cer to be subscribed, that such note or
certificate was not transferred to the
person in whose name the fubferip
tion is made, at any time between
the day of and the
day of and unless it shall
appear on oath or affirmation, that the
person in whose name the notes cr
certificates may be subscribed, is the
real bona fide owner thereof.
A bill received from the Senate on
Friday, refpeding fugitives fron jus
tice, and persons escaping from the
service of masters, was read twice,and
committed for Monday next—interim
100 copies to be printed.
The second Tedion being read, Mr.
Sturges moved an addition, which au
thorizes the Stares refpe&iyely to
prescribe the several species ofthe notes
or certificates which shall be fubferibed
to the loan—This was agreed to.
A proviso was moved by Mr. Wil
liamion to the following parport—
That no certificate of any State fliall
be considered as the debts o' the State
which shall not be recognized as such
by the legislature thereof, within iz
months a f ter the fa me shall have been
fubferibed. Without deciding on this,
the commigee rose and reported pro
gress—and the House adjourned.
Mr. Williamson reported a bill to
promote commerce by the increase of
American feainen, which was twice
read, and committed for Taefday fort
night.
In committee of the whole, on the
bill to auihorife a loan in the notes or
certificates of the individual States,
&c. Mr. Steele in the Chair.
Mr. Mercer's proviso was again
under consideration ; some objeftion
being made—Mr. Mercer offered the
proposition in a new form, fill pre
serving the original obje& ref^e&ing
transfers or files of certificates. The
debate was renewed on this motion.
The question being at length taken,
the proposition teas negatived, 32 to
28.
After a lengthy debate, which con
tinued till after 3 o'clock, the com
mittee rose, and reported progress.
Adjourned.
Mr. Steele in the Chair.
THURSDAY, JAN. 22.
MONDAY, JAN. 21.
Dec. 29.
ON Tuefday last the Hanging
Maw, and twelve other Chero
kees. arrived here under an efedrt from
the frontier, with peace talks from
John Watts, which has afforded great
.plcafare to all descriptions of people :
But most be particularly pleating to
the unhappy frontier inhabitants.
On Saturday the zzd inst. a party
of Indians went to the hoofe of Mr'.
Richardfnn, in Jefferfon county, on
Little Pigeon, 25 miles from this
place, and killed Mrs. Richardson,
Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Scull and two chil
dren with Tomahawks and a war club :
The letter of which they left in the
house ; robbed the hoofe, and went
off. It appears that they had laid in
wait upon a hill which over looked
Richardson's door, many hours, and
took the opportunity of his abfcnce,
of only h£lf an hour, to massacre his
family.
"DURING the late sessions of the
Legislature of this state, a bill was
brought before the House of Repre
sentatives for prohibiting the further
importation of Haves from Africa, the
Weft-Indies, and elsewhere, for the
term of two years.—A queffion of
such importance was entitled to the
molt argumentative discussion, and in
no instance has the energy of language
been more powerfully displayed. But,
in taking the sense of the House, there
appeared a decided majority of votes
in support of the bill.—ln this Situa
tion it went up to the Senate, where
it was canvassed with an obstinacy
still more pointed ; and after exhaust
ing every trope of argument, pro and
con, the vote was at length called for,
when there appeared Jeventeen votes
for the prohibitory bill, and seventeen
against it. What an interesting crisis
was this to the President of the Senate,
on whom'it had devolved,to preponde
rate the scale !—Happily for the op
pressed of mankind, the chair was fil
led upon this occasion by the illustri
ous Dr, Ramsay, who, soaring above
the prejudices of his country men, pro
nounced the following elegant, mo
mentous, and feeling difeifion.
Capt. Henly, who was supposed to
be killed, at the time his party was
attacked and defeated on the Cum
berland path, is now a prifouer at
Will's-town, in the Cherokee nation.
On the next day, Sunday, John
Barkim, in the fame neighbourhood,
in search of his horfes,faw two Indians
attempting to catch them ; on which
he fired upon one who dropped his
arms, but it is feared he did not kill
him.
We learn that a Mrs. Crocket and
# children were lately killed on the
frontiers of Georgia, by the Chero
kees ; but are unable to give the par
ticulars of the tranfaftiob.
KNOXVILLE, (South of the Ohio)
' " lam now called upon to discharge
an official duty, which renders the
present moment the most important of
my life. Impressed with a coriviaion
of the magnitude of the fubjeft before
us, I have violated my own feelings,
and the most tender attachments, that
I might be here this day, to support
the bill.—A recent, melancholy, do
mestic event,'(alluding to the death of
his father-in-law, the Hori. Mr. Lau
rens) called for my presence, with an
affixed family, far distant from 'this
place . -But the fubjed, on which 1
am now to decide, has absorbed all
private considerations ; and as my
vote turns out, to be of such deciding
cbhfeqderice, I shall ever rejoice that
Extras of a letter from a gentleman in
Columbia (S. C.) to bis friend here,
Americanlntelligence.
dated Dec. 18.
PROVIDENCE, JAN. 19.
Indian News.
LA FAYETTE.
T: is highly pleating to every grate
ful American, to witness the refpea
prtd to the gallant and amiable La
Fayette, in all the toasts given in the
^celebrations of the successes of the
French. Foremost in the cause of
American liberty— attached to a peo
ple struggling for their rights, and
greatly beloved by them, they cannot
fee him condemned to poverty and
chains, without feeling all the emo
tions of pain and regret: And when
they refled that Bellfarius was forc
ed to " beg bitter bread thro' realm#
his volour faved"—That Hannibal,
was forced to fly an ungrateful coun
try —and that to a patriot army it has
emphatically been said, " Go, farve,
and be forgotten" —they may anticipate
his innocence, and fay to him :
I facrifice private feelings to public
duty. Firmly believing,as I most seri
ously do, that ^'e further importation
of slaves is contrary to the true inter
est of Carolina, I not only give my vote
for the Bill, but if necessary would Jeal
it with my blood."
" Courage ! Child of Washlngton,
Tho' thy fate disastrous fame.
We have seen the fating fan
Rife and burn with brighter beams—
Thy country soon /ball brake thy chain,
And take thee to her arms again."
Sunday last arrived here Hoop
Sally, Captain Hurlbert, from
Portauprince. Capt. Hurlbert
left that port on the ift instant,
at which time, he informs, a
compromise had taken place
between the Whites and Blacks
of that quarter; by which the
servitude of those unfortunate
and miserable Africans is rend
ered more tolerable. They had
all returned to the plantations,
and the people were again look
ing forward with a profped of
The inhabitants of Boston will nev
er forget, that it was La Fayette, who
after having fought the battles of liber
ty & relied to his own country,ftretch
ed forth his liberal hand for their re
lief, when fuffering under a severe ca
lamity.
The houses, &c. in the town of Bal*
timore have lately been enumerated,
—the number is 2296 houses, 91 ware
houses, and 73 ftores.'
Under the London date of ^ov. $
appeared the following paragraphs :
" A soldier was lately flogged for
reading Paine's Rights of Man. This
had an effe& nearly similar with the
proclamation, it rendered all his Com
rades anxious to fee the book, and may
inspire some of them with the errone
ous idea that they have a common
Cause with the oppressed peasantry of
the country.
Who, that contemplates the cruel
destiny of La Fayette, observes a
correspondent, can refufe the tribute
due to an illustrious fufferer : Too gen
erous to abandon the king, and to
facrifice the supposed interests of the
country, to the headstrong zeal of the
prevailing fadibn, he falls the victim
of unfubmitting integrity ; and alike
detested by the friends and enemies of
the revolution—at once a fugitive and
The ports of Great-Britaio are open,
by law, for the admission of Wheat,
Flour, &c, and will continue so until
May next.
happy times.
NEWLONDON, JAN. JJ.
BOSTON, Feb. 3.