The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1791-01-01 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &amp;c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful and entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
LAWS of the UNITED STATES.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES: AT THE SECOND SESSION.
Begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday the 4th of January, 1790.
An ACT to provide more effectually for the COLLECTION of the DUTIES imposed by Law on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported into the United States, and on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels.
(Continued.)
AND be it further enacted, That if any ship or vessel from any foreign port or place, compelled by distress of weather or other necessity, shall put into any port or place of the United States, not being destined for the same; and if the master or person having charge or command of such ship or vessel, together with the mate or person next in command, shall within twenty-four hours after her arrival, make protest in the usual form upon oath before a notary public, or any person duly authorized, or before the collector of the district where the said ship or vessel shall so arrive, who is hereby empowered to administer the same, setting forth the cause and circumstances of such distress or necessity, and shall within forty-eight hours after such arrival, make report to the said collector, of the said ship or vessel and her cargo as in other cases. And if it shall be made appear to the said collector, by the certificate of the wardens of the port, or other officers usually charged with, and accustomed to ascertaining the condition of ships and vessels arriving in distress, if any such there be, or by the certificate of any two reputable merchants, to be named for that purpose by the said collector, if no such wardens or other officers there be, that there is a necessity for unlading the said ship or vessel, the said collector shall grant a permit for that purpose, and shall appoint an inspector or inspectors to oversee such unlading. And all goods so unladed shall be stored under the direction of the said collector; who upon request of the master or other person having charge or command of such ship or vessel, or of the owner thereof, shall grant a licence to dispose of such part of the said cargo as may be of a perishable nature (if any there be) or as may be necessary to defray the expenses attending such ship or vessel, and her cargo: Provided , That the duties thereupon be first paid. And the said goods, or the remainder thereof, may afterwards be reladen on board the said ship or vessel, and the said ship or vessel may proceed with the same to the place of her destination, free from any other charge than for the storing and safe keeping of the said goods.
And be it further enacted, That the ad valorem rates of duty upon goods, wares and merchandize at the place of importation, shall be estimated by adding twenty per cent to the actual cost thereof, if imported from the Cape of Good Hope, or from any place beyond the same; and ten per cent, on the actual cost thereof if imported from any other place or country, exclusive of charges.
And be it further enacted, That all foreign coins and currencies shall be estimated according to the following rates: Each pound sterling of Great-Britain, at four dollars and forty-four cents; each livre tournois of France, at eighteen cents and an half; each florin or guilder of the United Netherlands, at thirty-nine cents; each mark banco of Hamburg, at thirty-three cents and one third; each rix dollar of Denmark, at one hundred cents; each rial of plate of Spain, at ten cents;
each milree of Portugal, at one dollar and twenty-four cents; each pound sterling of Ireland, at four dollars ten cents; each tale of China, at one dollar forty-eight cents; each pagoda of India, at one dollar ninety-four cents; each rupee of Bengal, at fifty-five cents and an half; and all other denominations of money in value as near as may be to the said rates.
And be it further enacted, That all duties on goods, wares and merchandize imported, shall be paid or secured to be paid, before a permit shall be granted for landing the same. And where the amount thereof on goods imported in any ship or vessel, on account of one person only, or of several persons jointly interested, shall not exceed fifty dollars, the same shall be immediately paid; but where the said amount shall exceed fifty dollars, the same may, at the option of the proprietor or proprietors, consignee or consignees, be immediately paid or secured by bond, with condition for the payment thereof if accruing upon articles of the produce of the West-Indies, in four months; if accruing upon Madeira wines, in twelve months; if accruing upon any other goods, wares or merchandize, other than teas imported from China, in six months; which bond at the like option of the said proprietor or proprietors, consignee or consignees, shall either include one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector of the district where the said duties shall accrue, or shall be accompanied with a deposit, in the custody of the said collector, of so much of the said goods, as shall in his judgment be a sufficient security for the amount of the duties for which such bond shall have been given, and the charge of the safe keeping and sale of the goods so deposited; which deposit shall and may be accepted in lieu of the said surety or sureties, and shall be kept by the said collector, with due and reasonable care, at the expense and risk of the party or parties on whose account the same shall have been made until the sum specified in such bond shall have become due, at which time, if such sum shall not be paid, so much of the said deposited goods as may be necessary, shall be sold at public sale, and the proceeds thereof, after deducting the charges of keeping and sale, shall be applied to the payment of such sum, rendering the overplus, and the residue of the said goods, if any there be, to the person or persons by whom such deposit shall have been made, or to his, her or their representatives. Provided , That no person, whose bond for the payment of duties is due and unsatisfied, shall be allowed a future credit for duties, until such bond shall be fully paid or discharged.
Provided always, and be it further enacted, That all teas imported from China, may, at the option of the proprietor or consignee thereof, be deposited in the custody of the collector, with whom the same shall be entered, or the duties thereon secured by bond, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, with condition for the payment of such duties, within twelve months, and in case of depositing such teas, they shall be kept at the charge of the person or persons depositing the same. And the collectors shall deliver such teas, or part thereof, from time to time, to the person or persons depositing the same, or to his or their order on payment of the duties for such part as may be so delivered, and not otherwise; and in case the whole of the duties shall not be paid within eighteen months from the time of the entry made, it shall be the duty of the said collector to sell at public auction
so much of the said teas as shall be sufficient to pay the duties then due, together with the charges of sale and safe keeping, and to return the overplus to the person or persons who shall have deposited such teas, or his, her or their representatives; and for such teas as have been imported from China in the present year, the owner or consignee thereof shall be entitled to deposit the same, or to give bond, payable in like manner, and under like regulations, as herein before directed for teas which shall hereafter be imported; notwithstanding the duties on such teas may have been already secured to be paid.
And be it further enacted, That the duties imposed by law on the tonnage of any ship or vessel, shall be paid to the collector by the master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, within ten days after his report to the said collector; and before such ship or vessel shall be permitted to clear out; the register of which ship or vessel shall at the time of entry be lodged in the office of the collector, and there remain until such clearance. And if any ship or vessel shall leave or attempt to leave any district of the United States, without paying the said duties, the master or person having the charge or command of the same shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor or such other person as shall be appointed by the collector of the district to measure the same, shall, if the said ship or vessel be double decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and shall then deduct from the length three fifths of the breadth, multiply the remainder by the breadth, and the product by the depth, and shall divide this last product by ninety-five, the quotient whereof shall be deemed the true contents or tonnage of such ship or vessel. And if such ship or vessel be single decked, the said surveyor or other person shall take the length and breadth as above directed, in respect to a double decked ship or vessel, shall deduct from the said length three fifths of the breadth, and taking the depth from the under side of the deck plank to the ceiling in the hold, shall multiply and divide as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage of such ship or vessel.
And be it further enacted, That where any bond for the payment of duties shall not be satisfied on the day it became due, the collector shall forthwith cause a prosecution to be commenced, for the recovery of the money thereon, by action or suit at law, in the proper court having cognizance thereof; and in all cases of insolvency, or where any estate in the hands of executors or administrators shall be insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased, the debt due to the United States, on any such bond, shall be first satisfied.
And be it further enacted, That if any goods, wares or merchandize, of which entry shall have been made in the office of a collector, shall not be invoiced according to the actual cost thereof at the place of exportation, with design to evade the duties thereupon, or any part thereof, all such goods, wares or merchandize, or the value thereof, to be recovered of the person making entry, shall be forfeited. And in every case in which the said collector shall suspect that any such goods, wares or merchandize are not invoiced at a sum
equal to that for which they have usually been sold in the place or country from whence they were imported, it shall be the duty of such collector to take the said goods, wares or merchandize into his possession, and retain the same, with reasonable care, at the risk and expense of the owner or owners, consignee or consignees thereof, until their value at the time and place of importation shall be ascertained by two reputable merchants, to be chosen and appointed as in the case of damaged goods, or goods not accompanied with an invoice; and until the duties arising according to such valuation shall be first paid, or secured to be paid, as required by this act in other cases of importation: Provided , That in case of a prosecution for the forfeiture aforesaid, such appraisement shall not be construed to exclude other proof upon the trial of the actual and real cost of the said goods, at the said place of exportation.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the collector or other officer of the customs, after entry made of any goods, wares or merchandize, on suspicion of fraud, to open and examine in the presence of two or more reputable merchants, any package or packages thereof; and if upon examination they shall be found to agree with the entries, the officer making such seizure shall cause the same to be repacked, and delivered to the owner or claimant forthwith; and the expense of such examination shall be paid by the said collector or other officer, and allowed in the settlement of his accounts; but if any of the packages so examined shall be found to differ in their contents from the entry, then the goods, wares or merchandize contained in such package or packages shall be forfeited: Provided , That the said forfeiture shall not be incurred, if it shall be made appear to the satisfaction of the collector & naval officer of the district where the same shall happen, if there be a naval officer, and if there be no naval officer, to the satisfaction of the said collector, or of the court in which a prosecution for the forfeiture shall be had, that such difference proceeded from accident or mistake, and not from an intention to defraud the revenue.
And be it further enacted, That every collector, naval-officer and surveyor, or other person specially appointed by either of them for that purpose, shall have full power and authority to enter any ship or vessel in which they have reason to suspect any goods, wares or merchandize subject to duty shall be concealed; and therein to search for, seize and secure any such goods, wares or merchandize. And if they shall have cause to suspect a concealment thereof in any particular dwelling-house, store, building or other place, they or either of them shall, upon application on oath to any justice of the peace, be entitled to a warrant to enter such house, store or other place (in the day time only) and there to search for such goods, and if any shall be found, to seize and secure the same for trial; and all such goods, wares and merchandize, on which the duties shall not have been paid or secured, shall be forfeited.
And be it further enacted, That all goods, wares or merchandize which shall be seized by virtue of this act, shall be put into and remain in the custody of the collector or such other person as he shall appoint for that purpose, until such proceedings shall be had as by this act required, to ascertain whether the same have been forfeited or not; and if it shall be adjudged that they are not forfeited they shall be forthwith restor-

ed to the owner or owners, claimant or claimants thereof. And if any person or persons shall conceal or buy any goods, wares or merchandise, knowing them to be liable to seizure by this act, such person or persons shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a sum double the value of the goods so concealed or purchased.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the several officers of the customs to make seizure of, and secure any ship or vessel, goods, wares or merchandise, which shall be liable to seizure by virtue of this act, as well without as within their respective districts.
And be it further enacted, That if any officer or other person, executing or aiding and assisting in the seizure of goods, shall be sued or molested for any thing done in virtue of the powers given by this act, or by virtue of a warrant granted by any judge or justice, pursuant to law, such officer or other person may plead the general issue, and give this act, and the special matter in evidence; and if in such suit the plaintiff be non suited, or judgment pass against him, the defendant shall recover double cost; and in actions, suits or information to be brought, where any seizure shall be made pursuant to this act, if the property be claimed by any person, in every such case the onus probandi shall be upon such claimant. And if any person shall forcibly resist, prevent or impede any officer of the customs or their deputies, or any person assisting them in the execution of their duty, such person so offending, shall for every offence be fined in a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That every collector, naval-officer and surveyor shall within three months after he enters upon the execution of his office, give bond with one or more sufficient sureties, to be approved of by the comptroller of the treasury of the United States, and payable to the said United States, with condition for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office according to law; that is to say: The collector of Philadelphia, in the sum of sixty thousand dollars: The collector of New-York, fifty thousand dollars: The Collector of Boston and Charlestown forty thousand dollars: The collectors of Baltimore, and Charleston, thirty thousand dollars, each: The collector of Norfolk and Portsmouth, fifteen thousand dollars: The collectors of Portsmouth in New-Hampshire, of Salem and Beverly, Wilmington in the state of Delaware, Annapolis, Georgetown, in Maryland, Bermuda - Hundred and City-point, Alexandria, Wilmington, Newbern and Edenton in the state of North-Carolina, Newport and Providence in the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, ten thousand dollars each: The collectors of Newbury-Port, Gloucester, Marblehead, Plymouth, Nantucket, Portland and Falmouth, New-London, New-Haven, Fairfield, Perth-Amboy, Yorktown, Dumfries, Washington and Cambden, George-town in South-Carolina, Beaufort and Savannah, each five thousand dollars: And all the other collectors in the sum of two thousand dollars each. The naval-officers for the ports of Boston and Charlestown, New-York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Charleston, ten thousand dollars each; and all the other naval-officers in the sum of two thousand dollars each. The surveyors of the ports of Boston and Charlestown, New-York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Charleston, five thousand dollars each; and all other surveyors one thousand dollars each. Which bonds shall be filed in the office of the said comptroller, and be by him severally put in suit for the benefit of the United States, upon any breach of the condition thereof. And as no provision has been heretofore specially made concerning the officers of the customs who may have been heretofore appointed in and for the states of North-Carolina and Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations; the said officers respectively shall, within four months after the passing of this act, give bond
with proper surety or sureties, in conformity to the provision aforesaid.
(For more see last page.)
ANSWERS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 14. YESTERDAY, at 12 o'clock the Senate of the United States, at- tended the President at his own house, and delivered the following
ADDRESS, To the PRESIDENT of the United States of America.
WE receive, sir, with particular satisfaction, the communications contained in your speech, which confirm to us the progressive state of the public credit, and afford at the same time, a new proof of the solidity of the foundation, on which it rests; and we cheerfully join in the acknowledgment which is due to the probity and patriotism of the mercantile and maritime part of our fellow citizens, whose enlightened attachment to the principles of government is not less conspicuous in this, than it has been in other important respects.
In confidence, that every constitutional preliminary has been observed, we assure you of our disposition to concur in giving the requisite sanction to the admission of Kentucky, as a distinct member of the Union; in doing which we shall anticipate the happy effects, to be expected from the sentiments of attachment towards the Union and its present government, which have been expressed by the patriotic inhabitants of that district.
While we regret that the continuance and encrease of the hostilities and depredations which have distressed our north western frontiers, should have rendered offensive measures necessary, we feel an entire confidence in the sufficiency of the motives which have produced them, and in the wisdom of the depositions which have been concerted, in pursuance of the powers vested in you; and whatever may have been the event, we shall cheerfully concur in the provisions, which the expedition that has been undertaken, may require on the part of the legislature, and in any other which the future peace and safety of our frontier settlements may call for.
The critical situation of the European powers will engage a due portion of our attention; and we shall be ready to adopt any measures which a prudent circumspection may suggest for the preservation of the blessings of peace. The navigation and the fisheries of the United States, are objects too interesting, not to inspire a disposition to promote them, by all the means which shall appear to us consistent with their natural progress and permanent prosperity.
Impressed with the importance of a free intercourse with the Mediterranean, we shall not think any deliberation misemployed, which may conduce to the adoption of proper measures, for removing the impediments that obstruct it.
The improvement of the judiciary system, and the other important objects, to which you have pointed our attention, will not fail to engage the consideration they respectively merit.
In the course of our deliberations, upon every subject, we shall rely upon that co-operation, which an undiminished zeal and incessant anxiety for the public welfare, on your part, so thoroughly ensue; and as it is our anxious desire, so it shall be our constant endeavour, to render the established government more and more the instrumental in promoting the good of our fellow-citizens, and more and more the object of their attachment and confidence.
To this Address, the President was pleased to reply, as follows:
GENTLEMEN, THESE assurances of favorable attention to the subjects I have recommended, and of entire confidence in my views, make the impression on me, which I ought to feel. I thank you for them both, and shall continue to rely much, for the success of all our measures for the public good, on the aid they will receive from the wisdom and integrity of your councils.
George Washington.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the following Address of the House of Representatives was delivered to the President of the United States, at his house:
SIR, THE Representatives of the people of the United States have taken into consideration your address to the two houses at the opening of the present session of Congress.
We share in the satisfaction inspired by the prospects which continue to be so auspicious to our public affairs. The blessings resulting from the smiles of Heaven on our agriculture, the rise of public credit, with the further advantages promised by it and the fertility of resources which are found so little burdensome to the community, fully authorise our mutual congratulations on the present occasion. Nor can we learn without an additional gratification, that the energy of the laws for providing adequate revenues have been so honorably seconded by those classes of citizens whose patriotism and probity were more immediately concerned.
The success of the loan opened in Holland, under the disadvantages of the present moment, is the more important, as it not only denotes the confidence already placed in the United States, but as the effect of a judicious application of that aid, will still further illustrate the solidity of the foundation on which the public credit rests.
The preparatory steps taken by the State of Virginia in concert with the district of Kentucky towards the erection of the latter into a distinct member of the Union, exhibit a liberality mutually honorable to the parties. We shall bestow on this important subject the favorable consideration which it merits: And with the national policy which ought to govern our decision, shall not fail to mingle the affectionate sentiments, which are awakened by those expressed in behalf of our fellow-citizens of Kentucky.
Whilst we regret the necessity which has produced offensive hostilities against some of the Indian tribes north west of the Ohio, we sympathize too much with our western brethren not to behold with approbation the watchfulness and vigor which have been exerted by the executive authority, for their protection; and which, we trust, will make the aggressors sensible that it is their interest to merit by a peaceable behaviour the friendship and humanity which the United States are always ready to extend to them.
The encouragement of our own navigation, has, at all times, appeared to us highly important. The point of view under which you recommended it to us is strongly enforced by the actual state of things in Europe. It will be incumbent on us to consider in what mode our commerce and agriculture can be best relieved from an injurious dependence on the navigation of other nations, which the frequency of their wars renders a too precarious resource for conveying the productions of our country to market.
The present state of our trade to the Mediterranean, seems not less to demand, and will accordingly receive the attention which you have recommended.
Having already concurred in establishing a judiciary system, which opens the door of justice to all, without distinction of persons, it will be our disposition to incorporate every improvement which experience may suggest: And we shall consider in particular, how
far the uniformity which in other cases is found convenient in the administration of the general government through all the states, may be introduced into the forms and rules of executing sentences issuing from the federal courts.
The proper regulation of the jurisdiction and functions which may be exercised by Consuls of the United States in foreign countries, with the provisions stipulated to those of his Most Christian Majesty established here, are subjects of too much consequence to the public interest and honor, not to partake of our deliberations.
We shall renew our attention to the establishment of the militia and the other subjects unfinished at the last session, and shall proceed in them with all the dispatch, which the magnitude of all, and the difficulty of some of them, will allow.
Nothing has given us more satisfaction than to find that the revenues heretofore established have proved adequate to the purposes to which they were allotted. In extending the provision to the residuary objects, it will be equally our care to secure sufficiency and punctuality in the payments due from the Treasury of the United States. We shall also never lose sight of the policy of diminishing the public debt, as fast as the increase of the public resources will permit; and are particularly sensible of the many considerations which press a resort to the auxiliary resource furnished by the public lands.
In pursuing every branch of the weighty business of the present session, it will be our constant study to direct our deliberations to the public welfare. Whatever our success may be, we can at least answer for the fervent love of our country, which ought to animate our endeavours. In your co-operation we are sure of a resource, which fortifies our hopes, that the fruits of the established government will justify the confidence which has been placed in it, and recommend it more and more to the affection and attachment of our fellow-citizens.
To this Address the President was pleased to reply as follows:
GENTLEMEN, THE sentiments expressed in your Address, are entitled to my particular acknowledgment—Having no object but the good of our country, this testimony of approbation and confidence, from its immediate Representatives, must be amongst my best rewards, as the support of your enlightened patriotism has been among my greatest encouragements. Being persuaded that you will continue to be actuated by the same auspicious principle, I look forward to the happiest consequences from your deliberations, during the present session.
George Washington.
[A translation of a letter addressed to THE PRESIDENT and CONGRESS of the United States of America, was sent down on Friday last by the Senate to the House of Representatives, with the Abbe FAUCET'S Eulogy, was read as follows:
MR. PRESIDENT, GENTLEMEN, THE news has reached our ears.—FRANKLIN is no more! FRANKLIN, the Citizen of the world!—All nations are indebted to him for instruction in every branch of science; they are all bound to participate in the grief occasioned by this common loss. But the Assembly of the Representatives of the Commonality of our Capital, thinking it their duty, in addition to the general mourning, to pay to his memory a further tribute of honour, have ordered, by a public decree, that the virtues and talents of this great Philosopher should be perpetuated to distant ages, in a public and solemn Eulogy—the first of the kind ever bestowed by our nation on civil worth.
By order of the Assembly, I transmit it to your hands, and with the most lively sensations of pleasure, embrace the opportunity of paying due homage

to a body of men, who not only possess, but are justly entitled to enjoy the sweets of Liberty.
May the approbation of your Assembly attend as well the present itself, as the fraternal and respectful sentiments, with which I am,
Mr. President, Gentlemen, Your most obedient, humble servant, BENIERE,
Doctor of the Sorbonne, Vice-President of the National Assembly, and President of the Commonalty of Paris. To THE PRESIDENT and CONGRESS of the United States.
[Gallant Allies—Americans receive with gratitude your good wishes, and pray they may be redoubled on your heads.]
CONGRESS.
THIRD SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. FRIDAY, DEC. 10.
MR. Sinnickson, Mr. Partridge, Mr. Smith, (M.) Mr. Trumbull, and Mr. Wadsworth, took their seats this day.
The order of the day being called for the House proceeded to ballot for a Chaplain. The ballots being collected, there appeared for Mr. Blair 25; for Mr. Green 16. The Speaker accordingly declared the former chosen.
Mr. Benjon, agreeable to notice, introduced a motion to the following purport. That a committee be appointed to bring in a bill or bills, for determining, agreeable to the Constitution, the time of choosing electors of President and Vice-President, after the expiration of the 3d of March, 1793.
Likewise to determine who or what officer shall exercise the office of President in case of vacancy; also to provide for the opening an office at the seat of government, to receive the votes of the electors of President and Vice-President.
Mr. Lee moved that this motion lie on the table for further consideration, previous to its being committed. This motion being put, was lost; and Messrs. Benjon, Heister, Huntington, Moore, and Partridge were appointed the committee.
The reading of the papers communicated by the Secretary at War, relative to the expedition against the Indians, being called for, the Clerk attended that business.
These papers contained particulars of the depredations, committed by the INDIANS on the frontiers—for almost a year past, communicated in a series of accounts from private persons, public characters, and bodies, in letters, memorials and representations to The President of the United States, the Secretary at War, &c.
The clerk then read an estimate of the expenses attending the expedition against the Wabash nation, and the banditti of Indians; 1500 militia, and about 400 Federal Troops, are employed on this occasion. The amount of the expense is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars.
The instructions of the President of the United States to Gov. St. CLAIR, and the letters from the Secretary at War, to Gen. HARMAR, were then read.
On motion of Mr. Sherman, a committee was appointed to bring in a bill, more effectually to provide for the national defence, by establishing a uniform militia throughout the United States.—And Messrs. Gilman, Grout, Wadsworth, Floyd, P. Muhlenburg, Boudinot, Smith, (M.) Bloodworth, Smith, (S. C.) and Jackson, were appointed the committee.
A message was received from the Senate informing the House that the President of the United States having received a communication from The President and Commonalty of the city of Paris, had thought proper to lay the same before the Senate, who had directed their Secretary to bring them to the House. The letter from the President and Commonalty of Paris, was accompanied with 26 printed copies of an eulogium on Dr. FRANKLIN.
Mr. Madison of the committee appointed to prepare an address, in answer to the Speech of The President of the United States, brought in a report which was read. (For which see 2d page.)
Mr. Williamson moved, that this address be referred to a committee of the whole House, and made the order of the day for to-morrow, which motion was adopted.
Mr. Lawrance moved that a number of copies be printed for the use of the House; this motion was seconded by Mr. Jackson; Mr. Williamson objected, he said that inconveniences had resulted from printing reports of committees in times past; in their immature state they had found the way into the newspapers, and been mistaken for the decision of the House.
Mr. Jackson observed, that the address contained matters of very great importance, which rendered it necessary that every member should have a copy before him; he could see no inconvenience that would arise, even if it should be published in the papers; it might give rise to observations without doors, which might not be unworthy the attention of the House.
He saw no danger of any mistake's arising from publishing reports of their committees—they were easily distinguished from the act of the Legislature. But in the present instance, he saw no necessity for its being inserted in the newspapers, because it happened to be printed for the use of the House; nor did he second the motion with such a design.
It being observed by Mr. Boudinot, that it had not been customary to print the report of the committee on similar occasions, the motion was withdrawn. (To be continued.)
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15.
It is with great pleasure we inform the public, that the President of the United States, declines receiving visits on Sundays—an example worthy of the imitation of all men, more especially of those gentlemen who fill public stations.
Extract from Lindsay's Hotel Diary, NORFOLK, NOV. 22.
This day arrived the ship Britania, George Whytock, master, in 34 days from Antigua. In lat. 37, 17, about 70 leagues east of Cape Henry, fell in with the wreck of the brig Ellis, of Shelburne, water logged, both masts were gone, six feet above the deck; they were still along side hanging by the rigging, and mast, as the sails were cut loose, which induces us to think she had upset in a squall, and righted again by the masts giving way. Capt. Whytock went on board and found that every thing was washed from the deck; he sounded the hold, and found it contained casks and lumber, the vessel was still so buoyant that Captain Whytock is convinced she could have been towed into port, had the weather been moderate.
Nov. 25. Arrived the schooner Catharine, Capt. Newill, from Port-au-Prince, in 15 days, she informs us, that a vessel from Baltimore had been seized for a breach of the law: He further informs, that the internal commotions of the French islands is carried on with cruelty by both parties, and a report was prevalent there, that between 7 and 800 people of colour were embodied and in arms.
Head Quarters, Fort Washington, Nov. 4. SIR,
"I have the honor to inform you, that on the 30th of Sept. I marched with 320 federal troops, & 1133 militia, total 1453. After encountering a few difficulties, we gained the Miami village. It was abandoned before we entered it, which I was very sorry for. The villainous traders would have been a principal object of attention. I beg leave to refer you to my orders which are inclosed. The substance of the work is this, our loss was heavy, but the head quarters of iniquity were broken up. At a moderate computation not less than 100 or 120 warriors were slain, and 300 log houses and wigwams
burned. Our loss about 180. The remainder of the Indians will be ill off for sustenance. Twenty thousand barrels of Indian corn in the ears, were destroyed by the army, with vegetables in abundance. The loss of Major Wylls, and Lieutenant Frothingham, of the federal troops, and a number of valuable militia officers, I sincerely lament.
The bearer, Lieut. Denny, is my Adjutant. It will afford me great satisfaction to know that some mark of honor will be shewn to him. His long and faithful services merit it. There is a vast deal of business in this western world. If there is no impropriety in giving me an Aid-de-Camp, I wish him to be the person.
In my next dispatches I shall enter into the minutes of business, and give you a particular description of each day's march, with all the occurrences and observations, &c. &c.
I have the honor to be, Sir, With perfect esteem, Your most humble, and obedient servant, (Signed) J. HARMAR, Lt. Col. Com. 1st. United States regiment.
N. B. My Adjutant is really and truly an officer.
To the Hon. Maj. Gen. KNOX, Sec'y (at War).
Return of the killed and wounded upon the expedition against the Miami towns, under the command of Brigadier General Harmar.
Head Quarters, Fort Washington, Nov. 4.
Killed of the Federal Troops. 1 Major, 1 Lieutenant, 73 rank and file, total 75. Wounded, 3 rank and file.
Killed of the Militia. 1 Major, 3 Captains, 2 Lieutenants, 4 Ensigns, 98 rank and file, total 108. Wounded, 2 Lieutenants, 1 Ensign, 25 rank and file, total 28.
Total killed 183. Wounded 31. Killed of the Federal Troops. Major Wylls, & Lieut. Frothingham. Killed of the Militia.
Major Fontain—Captains Tharp, Scott, and M'Mutrey.—Lieutenants Clark and Rogers.—Ensigns, Sweet, Bridges, Higgins, Thresheld. Wounded, Lieutenants Sanders, and Worley. Ensign Arnold. (Signed) JOS. HARMAR, Brig. Gen.
BOSTON, December 29. FROM PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 20.
THE purchase made by the Secretary of the Treasury, on Tuesday the 14th inst. of the public debt, was at fifteen shillings and ten pence on the pound, for funded 6 per cents. Since then they have got up to 16/8, and are still rising.
FROM NEW-YORK—DEC. 20. Capt. WILKIE, has arrived here in 22 days from Barbadoes—he informs, that two days previous to his sailing, there arrived from England at Barbadoes, three forty-four gun ships, and a number of victuallers, with four thousand troops, who were actually landed on that island the day before Capt. Wilkie left it.—He also informs, that a reinforcement of 4000 soldiers more, was daily expected, with men of war and frigates. This looks much like WAR, as Capt. W. is said to be a man of veracity.
The great disproportion between the wounded and the killed in the actions at the westward, is unparalleled in the history of warfare. It evinces a great degree of persevering bravery in our troops, and obstinacy in the savages.
The style of Gen. HARMAR's letters and orders has been commented on.—Those who recollect that he is of a German family, apologize for it. Like Othello he can fight better than he can write.
New-Castle Bridge Lottery. The Managers have fixed on MONDAY, the thirty-first this instant, JANUARY, for drawing the third Class.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 1. Late accounts from the Mississippi positively mention—That the Spaniards have erected a Fort at the Walnut-Hills, and garrisoned it with a considerable number of troops, and that they are determined to oppose the settlement intended to be made there by Col. Holder, and a number of Kentuckians, under the auspices of the Georgians—That, in consequence of this, many of the Kentuckians are embodying, and intend marching down, shortly, to dispossess them of that valuable situation; and, that this being the case, it was the general opinion, that war with our neighbors must inevitably be the consequence.
Extract of a letter from London, Oct. 13. "From every appearance, there is a grand and most powerful confederacy forming, if not already formed, against Great-Britain, among the great maritime powers of Europe. Heaven only knows what will be the event of the present alarming crisis: Our pilot is a young man, who has every qualification (but that of long experience) to steer us through this ocean of difficulties in which we are now engaged. Stocks have fallen as low as 73. Great efforts have been made to put off the meeting of Parliament to the latter end of January, and even to the latter end of December but it will not do—the nation is clamorous for the earliest adjournment (Nov. 25) and they will be obeyed. You may rest assured Parliament will meet on that day."
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district. C L E A R E D For Brig Sally, Chauncy, Tobago. Ship Count Dillon, Le'Due, Ditto. Schooner Mary, Tredick, St. Lucia. E N T E R E D FROM Brig George, Sherburne, Plymouth. Brig Polly, Rice, St. Bartholomew.
ALL Persons indebted to the estate of Capt. EDMUND ROBERTS, late of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased, are once more requested to pay the same to the subscriber (and save expense) as all who neglect must expect to have their notes and accounts sued without further notice. MOSES WOODWARD. Portsmouth, Dec. 27, 1790,
TO be sold at public vendue, at the house of John Atwill, in Hollis, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire, on the 18th day of January next, at one o'clock, P. M. the following lots or parcels of land in the township of Cockermouth, in the county of Grafton and State aforesaid, or so much of each lot as will be sufficient to pay the taxes due thereon with incidental charges.
   No. R. D. s. d     Benj. Abbott, 1772, 1775 7 2 1 13 2   Ben. Wentworth, 1771, 1772, 1773 & 1775, 16 3 2 11.3 4   Joseph Lesley, 1775, 17 3 2 4 2   A. Eastman, 1772, int'le, 39 9 0   Ditto for 1772 & 1775, 2 3 1 13 2   Ditto for 1772 & 1775, 6 1 2 13 2   A. Eastman, jr. 1772, int'le 9 9 0   Ditto, 1772, 9 3 1 9 0   Ditto, 1772, 6 6 2 9 0   Ditto, 1772, 3 14 3 18 0   Ditto, 1772, 4 14 3 18 0   S. Hart, jr. 1772, intervale, 12 9 0   Ditto, 1772, 10 2 1 9 0   A. Fisk, 1772, 1773 & 1775, 8 1 1 18 2   Step. Ames, 1775, int'le, 43 4 2   Ditto, 1775, 11 4 1 4 2   Ditto, 1775, 16 2 2 4 2   Ditto, 1775, 11 1 3 8 3   Ditto, 1775, 14 14 3 3 8 3   Jonas Lasley, 1772 & 1773, 14 3 2 14 0   S. Powers, 1772, 1773 & 1775, 6 11.0 4   Ditto, 1772, 1773 & 1775, 4 1 2 18 2   Daniel Lovejoy, 1775, 2 3 2 4 2   Amos Phillips, 1775, 3 7 3 8 3   John Briard, 1775, 12 1 1 4 2   Jacob Foffer, 1775, 1 vend. lot 6 1   J. Green, No. 2, R. 6 D. 1 } 8 4 }   do. No. 2, Range 6. Div. 1   1769 and 1771,  
JOHN ATWILL, Collector. Hollis, Dec. 10, 1790.

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And be it further enacted , That there shall be allowed and paid to the collectors, naval officers and surveyors to be appointed pursuant to this act, the fees and per centage following, that is to say: To each collector for every entrance of any ship or vessel of one hundred tons burthen or upwards, two dollars and an half; for every clearance of any ship or vessel of one hundred tons burthen and upwards, two dollars and an half, for every entrance of any ship or vessel under the burthen of one hundred tons, one dollar and an half; for every clearance of any ship or vessel under one hundred tons burthen, one dollar and an half; for every permit to land goods, twenty cents; for every bond taken officially, forty cents; and for every permit to load goods for exportation which are entitled to a drawback, thirty cents; for every official certificate, twenty cents; for every other official document (registers excepted) required by the owner or master of any vessel not before enumerated twenty cents; and where a naval officer is appointed to the same port, the said fees shall be equally divided between the collector and the said naval officer, the latter paying one third of the expence of necessary stationary, and of the rent of an office to be provided by the collector, at the place assigned for his residence, and as conveniently as may be for the trade of the district; and all fees shall, at the option of the collector, be either received by him or by the naval officer, the party receiving to account monthly with the other for his proportion or share thereof. To each surveyor for the admeasurement of every ship or vessel of one hundred tons and under, one cent per ton; for the admeasurement of every ship or vessel above one hundred tons, and not exceeding two hundred tons, one hundred and fifty cents; for the admeasurement of every ship or vessel above two hundred tons, two hundred cents; for all other services by this act to be performed by such surveyor, on board any ship or vessel of one hundred tons and upwards, and having on board goods, wares and merchandise subject to duty, three dollars; for the like services on board any ship or vessel of less than one hundred tons burthen, having on board goods, wares and merchandise subject to duty, one and an half dollar; on all vessels not having on board goods, wares and merchandise subject to duty, two thirds of a dollar; all which fees shall be paid by the master or owner of the ship or vessel in which the said services shall be performed, to the surveyor by whom they shall be performed, if performed by one only for his sole benefit, if performed by more than one, to him who shall have the first agency, to be divided in equal parts between him and the other or others by whom the said services shall be performed. To each inspector there shall be allowed for every day he shall be actually employed in aid of the customs, a sum not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents, to be paid by the collector out of the revenue, and charged to the United States. To the measurers, weighers and guagers respectively, to be paid by the collector out of the revenue for the measurement of every one hundred bushels of grain, thirty cents; for the measurement of every one hundred bushels of salt, forty cents; for the measurement of every one hundred bushels of coal, fifty cents; for the weighing of every one hundred and twelve pounds, two cents; for the guaging and marking of every cask (to be marked in durable characters with his own name and the quantity) eight cents; for computing the contents of, and (if requested by the party) marking casks containing distilled spirits and wines, three cents per cask; for counting the number of bottles of cyder, beer, ale or porter, one cent per dozen; and in proportion for any greater or less quantity. There shall moreover be allowed to the collectors of the districts of New-York and
Philadelphia, three fourths of one per cent. on the amount of all monies by them respectively received on account of duties; and to the collector of each of the other districts by this act established, one per centum on the amount of all monies by them respectively received on the said account of duties.
And whereas the allowances aforesaid will not afford an adequate compensation to the officers herein after mentioned, by reason of the small proportion of business done at the ports to which they respectively belong, although the said officers are necessary to the accommodation of their inhabitants, the facility of commerce, and the security of the revenue. Therefore,
Be it further enacted , That in addition to the fees and emoluments which shall accrue to the said officers from the provisions aforesaid, they shall severally have and be intitled to the respective allowances following, to wit: The collector of the districts of Saint Mary's in the state of Georgia, Brunswick, Beaufort, South Quay, Cherrystone, Folly Landing, Annapolis, Yeocomico, Saint Mary's, Oxford, Sagg-Harbor, Passamaquoddy, the yearly sum of one hundred dollars each. The collectors of the districts of Sunbury and Penobscot, in Massachusetts, the yearly sum of sixty dollars each. The collectors of the districts of Hampton, Snowhill, Bridgetown, Burlington, Frenchman's Bay, and Edgartown, the yearly sum of fifty dollars each. The surveyors of the ports of Fredericksburg, Smithfield, Port-Royal, Suffolk, West-Point, Richmond, Peterburg and Little-Egg-Harbour, the yearly sum of eighty dollars each. The surveyors of the ports of Swansborough, Urbanna, Town-Creek, Albany, Hudson, Stonington, East Greenwich, and Gloucester, fifty dollars each.
And be it further enacted , That every collector, naval-officer, and surveyor, shall cause to be affixed and constantly kept in some public and conspicuous place of his office, a fair table of the rates of fees and duties demandable by law, and shall give a receipt for the fees he shall receive specifying the particulars; and in case of failure therein, shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars to be recovered with costs, in any court having cognizance thereof, to the use of the informer; and if any officer of the customs shall demand or receive any greater or other fee, compensation or reward, for executing any duty or service required of him by law, he shall forfeit and pay two hundred dollars for each offence, recoverable in manner aforesaid for the use of the party grieved.
And be it further enacted , That the duties and fees to be collected by virtue of this act, shall be payable in gold or silver coin, at the following rates, that is to say: The gold coins of France, England, Spain and Portugal, and all other gold coins of equal fineness, at eighty nine cents for every penny weight: The Mexican dollar at one hundred cents; the crown of France at one dollar and eleven cents; the crown of England at one dollar and eleven cents; all silver coin of equal fineness, at one dollar and eleven cents per ounce; and cut silver of equal fineness, at one dollar and six cents per ounce.
And be it further enacted , That all the drawbacks allowed by law on the exportation of goods wares and merchandise imported, shall be paid or allowed by the collector at whose office the said goods, wares and merchandise were originally entered, and not otherwise, retaining one per centum for the benefit of the United States. And that the allowances on dried and pickled fish of the fisheries of the United States, and on salted provisions of the United States shall be paid by the collector of the district from which the same shall be exported, without any deduction or abatement.
Provided always, and be it further enacted , That in order to entitle the exporter or exporters of any goods, wares
or merchandise, to the benefit of the said drawbacks or allowances, he or she shall, previous to putting or lading the same on board of any ship or vessel for exportation, give twenty-four hours notice at least to the collector of the district from which the same are about to be exported, of his, her or their intention to export the same, and of the particulars thereof, and of the casks, cases, chests, boxes and other packages or parcels containing the same, or of which the same consist, and of their respective marks, numbers and contents, and if imported articles, of the ship or ships, vessel or vessels in which the person or persons for or by whom, and the place or places from which they were imported. And in respect to the said imported articles, proof shall be made to the satisfaction of the said collector, by the oaths of the person or persons (including the said reporter or reporters) through whose hands the said articles shall have passed, according to the best of their knowledge and belief, respecting the due importation of the said articles according to law, and in conformity to such notice of their identity, and of the payment or securing the payment of the duties thereupon. And in respect to the said dried and pickled fish and salted provisions, proof shall be made to the satisfaction of the said collector, according to the the circumstances of the case, that the same, if fish, are of the fisheries of the United States; if salted provisions, were salted within the United States. And the said collector shall inspect or cause to be inspected, the goods, wares or merchandise so notified for exportation; and if they shall be found to correspond with the notice and proof concerning the same, the said collector shall grant a permit for lading the same on board the ship or vessel named in such notice, which lading shall be performed under the superintendence of the officer by whom the same shall have been so inspected. And the said exporter or exporters shall also make oath that the said goods so noticed for exportation, and laden on board the said ship or vessel, are truly intended to be exported to the place whereof notice shall have been given, and are not intended to be relanded within the United States; and shall give bond, with one or more sureties to the satisfaction of the said collector, in a sum equal to the amount of the drawbacks or allowances on such goods, with condition that the said goods, or any part thereof, shall not be relanded in any port or place within the limits of the United States as settled by the late treaty of peace.
And provided further , That the said drawbacks or allowances shall not be paid until at least six months after the exportation of the said goods, and until the said exporter or exporters shall produce to the collector with whom such outward entry is made, a certificate in writing of two reputable merchants at the foreign port or place in which the same were landed, together with the oath of the master and mate of the vessel in which they were exported, certifying the delivery thereof. But in case any vessel shall be cast away or meet with such unavoidable accident as to prevent the landing such goods, a protest in due form of law, made by the master and mate, or some of the seamen, or in case no such protest can be had, then the oath of the exporter or exporters, or one of them, shall be received in lieu of the other proofs herein directed, unless there shall be good reason to suspect the truth of such oath, in which case it shall and may be lawful for the collector to require such farther proof as the nature of the case may demand.
Provided lastly , That no goods, wares or merchandise imported, shall be entitled to a drawback of the duties paid or secured to be paid thereon, unless such duties shall amount to twenty dollars at least; nor unless they shall be exported in the same casks, cases, chests, boxes or other packages, and from the the district or port into which they were originally imported.
And be it further enacted , That the sums allowed to be paid by law on the exportation of dried or pickled fish, and of salted provisions, shall not be paid unless the same shall amount to three dollars at least upon one entry.
And be it further enacted , That if any goods, wares or merchandise, entered for exportation, with intent to draw back the duties, or to obtain any allowance given by law on the exportation thereof, shall be landed in any port or place within the limits of the United States as aforesaid, all such goods, wares and merchandise, shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture, together with the ship or vessel from which such goods shall be landed, and the vessels or boats used in landing the same; and all persons concerned therein, shall on indictment and conviction thereof, suffer imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. And for discovery of frauds, and seizure of goods, wares and merchandise, relanded contrary to law, the several officers established by this act, shall have the same powers, and in case of seizure the same proceedings shall be had, as in the case of goods, wares and merchandise imported contrary to law: And for measuring, weighing or guaging goods for exportation, the same fees shall be allowed as in like cases upon the importation thereof.
And be it further enacted , That if any goods, the duties upon which shall have been secured by bond, shall be re-exported by the importer or importers thereof, and if the said bond shall become due before the expiration of the time herein before limited for payment of the draw-back upon such goods, it shall be lawful for the collector of the district from which the said goods shall have been exported, to give further credit for so much of the sum due upon such bond, as shall be equal to the amount of the said draw-back, until the expiration of the said time limited for payment thereof.
And the better to secure the collection of the said duties,
Be it further enacted , That the President of the United States be empowered to cause to be built and equipped, so many boats or cutters, not exceeding ten, as may be necessary to be employed for the protection of the revenue, the expense whereof shall not exceed ten thousand dollars, which shall be paid out of the product of the duties on goods, wares and merchandise, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels.
And be it further enacted , That there shall be to each of the said boats or cutters, one master, and not more than three mates, first, second and third, four mariners and two boys; and that the compensations and allowances to the said officers, mariners and boys respectively, shall be, to the master thirty dollars per month, and the subsistence of a captain in the army of the United States; to a first mate twenty dollars per month, to a second mate sixteen dollars per month, to a third mate fourteen dollars per month, and to every mate the subsistence of a lieutenant in the said army; to each mariner eight dollars per month, to each boy four dollars per month; and to each mariner and boy the same ration of provisions which is or shall be allowed to a soldier in the said army. The said allowances for subsistence to be paid in provisions or money at the contract prices, at the option of the Secretary of the Treasury.
(To be concluded in our next.)
At Auction,
BY License from the Judge of Probate, will be sold at Mr. Benjamin Dearborn's Auction-Room, on Thursday the 20th January, at 3 o'clock, P. M. —Four acres good Land, about one mile from town, adjoining Land of John Penhallow and Nathaniel Adams, Esquires, being the property of the late ELIZABETH BUTTLER, deceased. THOMAS SHEAFE, Administrator Portsmouth, Dec. 24, 1790.