Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1792-04-04 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 98, of Vol. III.]
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1792.
[Whole No. 306.]
SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AT THE FIRST SESSION, Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, Monday the twenty-fourth of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.
AN ACT providing for the settlement of the Claims of Persons under particular circumstances barred by the limitations heretofore established.
SECTION 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the operation of the resolutions of the late Congress of the United States, passed on the second day of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and the twenty-third day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, so far as they have barred, or may be construed to bar the claims of any officer, soldier, artificer, sailor or marine of the late army or navy of the United States, for personal services rendered to the United States, in the military or naval department, shall from and after the passing of this act, be suspended, for and during the term of two years. And that every such officer, soldier, artificer, sailor and marine having claims for services rendered to the United States, in the military or naval departments, who shall exhibit the same, for liquidation, at the Treasury of the United States, at any time during the said term of two years, shall be entitled to an adjustment, and allowance thereof on the same principles, as if the same had been exhibited, within the term prescribed by the aforesaid resolutions of Congress: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to extend to claims for rations or subsistence money.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no balances hereafter to be certified, as due from the United States, shall be registered in any other name, than that of the original claimant, or of his heirs, executors or administrators; and such balances shall be transferable only at the Treasury, by virtue of powers actually executed after such registry, expressing the sum to be transferred, and in pursuance of such general rules, as have been, or shall be prescribed for that purpose.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED, MARCH THE TWENTY-SEVENTH, 1792.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
PHILADELPHIA.
ON Monday last week, the Chiefs and Warriors of the Five Nations assembled at the State-House, and were welcomed to the city of Philadelphia, in an Address delivered by the Governor. Three of the Chiefs made a general acknowledgment for the cordial reception which they had experienced, but postponed their formal answer until another opportunity. The room in which they assembled, was mentioned as the ancient Council Chamber, in which their Ancestors, and ours, often met to brighten the Chain of Friendship; and this circumstance, together with the presence of a great part of the Beauty of the city, had an evident effect upon the feelings of the Indians, and seemed, particularly, to embarrass the elocution of the Farmer's Brother.—The following is a copy of the
GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS:
Chiefs and Warriors of the Five Nations!
Brothers!
I AM happy in receiving your visit; and, as Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, in giving you a cordial welcome to this city.
Brothers!
Nothing contributes more to strengthen and preserve the friendship of nations, as well as of individuals, than a free and constant intercourse; and I hope that the good understanding which has hitherto subsisted between your Nations and Pennsylvania, will, by such means, be rendered as beneficial, and as lasting, as the Sun.
Brothers!
My pleasure in seeing you here is greatly increased, by comparing the confidence and attachment, which are shewn in your visit, with the unhappy spirit of discord, by which some of the Western Indians are agitated.
Brothers!
In this very House your Fathers and the Governors of Pennsylvania have often assembled, to express their regard for each other, and to brighten the Chain of Friendship.
Brothers!
It must be pleasing to us to imitate so good an example: while, as inhabitants of the same country, it will always be our interest to preserve inviolate those bonds of faith and honor, by which our ancestors were united.
Brothers!
You know that the people of Pennsylvania consider war as an enemy to the happiness of the human race, and peace as a source of various blessings. You will therefore believe, that we sincerely deplore the calamities which are felt by both the parties engaged in the present conflict; and are desirous to behold every cause of hostility and resentment done away.
Brothers!
You are come to listen to the Councils of the great Father of the Union; let the truths which he will unfold make a deep impression on your minds, and induce you to believe that the citizens of the United States are strongly disposed to promote the happiness of all their Indian brethren.
Brothers!
Once more I bid you welcome: The President, whose province it is to negotiate and conclude treaties, has directed his offi-
cers to provide for your accommodation, comfort, and support, while you remain among us; but I shall, likewise, be happy to testify my esteem for your Nations, by every mark of attention, which it is in my power to bestow.
Brothers!
I know the kindness with which you treat the strangers that visit your country; and it is my sincere wish, that, when you return to your families, you may be able to assure them, that the virtues of friendship and hospitality are also practised by the citizens of Pennsylvania.
PARIS, December 23. NEW DIPLOMATIC ARRANGEMENTS.
THE King has recalled M. de Vergennes, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Elector of Treves; M. de Montezan, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Munich; M. Berenger, Minister at the Diet of Ratisbon.
M. de Talleyrand, Ambassador at Naples; M. Dofmond, Minister Plenipotentiary in Russia; and M. O'Kelly, Minister Plenipotentiary with the Elector of Mayence have given their dismission.
M. Delahouse, Minister Plenipotentiary in Denmark, enjoys such a bad state of health as disables him from continuing his functions any longer.
The King has appointed M. de Choiseul Gouffier to the embassy in England, which was vacant.
M. Barthelemy, Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of St. James has been appointed Ambassador of France in Switzerland; a courier has been sent him with orders immediately to repair to the place of his destination.
M. Hirtinger, Secretary of the Embassy at Constantinople, is set out for London, in quality of Charge d'Affaires ad interim .
M. de Moustier, Minister Plenipotentiary with the King of Prussia, has been appointed to the Embassy at Constantinople.
M. de Segur, Ambassador at Rome, has orders from the King to go to the court of Berlin, in order to treat and negotiate the affairs of France there.
M. Abbe Louis is named Minister Plenipotentiary in Denmark.
M. Bigot de Sainte Croix, Minister Plenipotentiary with the Elector of Treves.
M. de Affry, Minister Plenipotentiary with the Elector Palatine.
M. de Montteil, President of the Department of Jura, has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary with the Elector of Mayence.
M. de Marbois is named Minister at Ratisbon.
M. de Mackow, Minister Plenipotentiary at Florence. And
M. de Maisonneuve, Minister Plenipotentiary with the Duke Wirtemberg.
Feb. 3. Almost all the accounts from Germany agree in representing the Emperor as preparing to form a numerous army on the frontiers of France and as secure of being supported by the King of Prussia, not in favor of the French emigrants, but the claims of the German Princes.
Monsieur's forfeiture of the regency was formally proclaimed at the Hotel de Ville on Sunday last.
The rumours of the Kings intended flight, are still kept up, but they begin to lose their effect by repetition.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE, JAN. 18.
M. Brissot, in a long speech, endeavored to prove the necessity for going to war. He represented most of the Princes of Europe, as "prostrated at the feet of the National Assembly of France;" the Emperor, however, appeared to him, to have adopted an attitude less humble. He therefore proposed that vigorous war should be carried on against the Emperor; that it was the part of the Assembly, " Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos. "
The speech of M. Brissot was ordered to be printed.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs informed the assembly that the French envoys were received in a becoming manner at the court of Madrid; that an assurance was received from Count Florida Blanca, that Spain would never make war on France, but in case of a positive attack; and that the removal of certain French citizens from Tournay, which had been the subject of a complaint, was on account of their refusal to comply with certain regulations which the law required—Referred to the Diplomatic Committee.
VIENNA, January 21. Great preparations are going on in the arsenals, and all the German regiments have orders to prepare themselves to march.
LONDON, February 4.
M. Bonille has not succeeded in his negotiations for 10,000 Hessians for the emigrant Princes, but the Landgrave is said to have agreed to let them have all the malefactors at a Louis d'or a head. This is certainly much more economical than Mr. Pitt's plan of transportation to Botany Bay.
Major Houghton, when he wrote to the committee of the African Association, informed them that he had penetrated 1000 miles up the river Senegambia. He has transmitted an accurate diary of distances and latitudes.
Russia having now no competitor for the throne in Prince Potemkin, the Great Duke will certainly rightfully and peaceably succeed to the crown of that mighty empire. His own good qualities merit, and his talents for making those happy over whom he may rule, render him a worthy successor to the immortal Catharine. There is no one who knows the magnanimity and munificence of the last mentioned Princess, that would wish her days to be shortened one moment. But come the time when it may, it will not be the worse for Old England. The Great Duke bears the British much good will; and his ministers will not be wanting to uphold him in it.
We are well informed that the spirit of his Majesty's speech will soon take effect, as we understand that the minister has signified to the admiralty his Majesty's intention; the same to the Secretary at war. The guard-ships, we hear, will be reduced to seven—three at Portsmouth, three at Plymouth, and one at Chatham.
The regiments are to be reduced to their establishment, the same as before the armament of 1787, in favor of the Stadholder, which will be equal to the reduction of six or seven regiments.
Wherever the French emigrants have assembled in any number, the people have been very naturally led to inquire into the cause of leaving their own country, and from inquiry to forming a judgment of their motives and principles. This judgment has been so generally against them, that the people of Srasburgh, affirm, they have executed orders for more than twenty thousand national cockades, for the inhabitants of the adjacent German States.
These circumstances, perhaps, as much as the finances of France, have made the Princes who at first received them, glad of a pretext to get rid of such dangerous guests. What rendered the conduct of the Princes the more obnoxious, was their folly and extravagance, which raised the price of provisions wherever they resided.
The state of the emigrants forces, since compelled to quit the dominions of the Elector of Treves, is become still more desperate than ever; they are now greatly dispersed, and have sustained a considerable diminution of numbers; and thus, probably, ends the enterprize of a counter revolution, which has for two years employed so many various reports.
EDINBURGH, January 30.
We have frequently taken notice of the pernicious effects of spirits on the lower ranks of the people. When gin was sold in England at the same rate whisky now is in Scotland, the manufacturers were ruined; the poor-houses were so crowded with emaciated and useless objects, and the poor rates were so much increased, that the landed gentlemen, and overseers of the poor, petitioned the Legislature for heavy duties on spirituous liquors, which were imposed accordingly, and happily since that period the people have drank wholesome malt liquors. We have seen that the American Congress have introduced an Excise Law, to put a stop to so destructive an evil; we have also seen that the Legislature of Ireland has taken the most vigorous plans for the same purpose; and it is with the greatest pleasure we now see the Courts of Law in Scotland adopting similar measures. It appears from several late trials that many of the crimes that have been lately committed, have taken their origin from this destructive vice, and Sir John Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland, too evidently shows that it is the cause of the ruin of the morals, and the increase of the poor rates, in the parishes in Scotland. It would certainly be of great utility to get a higher duty imposed on distilled spirituous liquors in Scotland, and to give more encouragement to the brewers of malt liquors, as is now the case in Ireland.

CONGRESS.
PHILADELPHIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1792.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
On the Militia Bill.
[CONCLUDED.]
A MOTION by Mr. Fitzsimons, to exempt persons who are not able to arm and equip themselves, from any penalty on that account, while that disability continues, occasioned some debate.
Mr. Sumpter entered into a general consideration of the subject—He denied that Congress had any right to interfere with the regulations of the several states in respect to the militia—their whole power respects only the calling the militia into actual service, in cases of invasion, insurrection or rebellion—and when thus called into service, they may provide for the organizing and arranging them in companies, corps and battalions—and it is the duty of the general government then to provide them with the means of defence—but they have no right to say that the militia previous to being thus called out, shall be at the expence of arming themselves. He hoped the bill would take a different direction, and that Congress would not so far interfere in this business as to designate the persons who shall bear arms, and to say how they shall be armed.—It seems to be the opinion of some gentlemen, according to the observations which have fallen from them, that the militia service shall be imposed on a comparatively small part of the citizens; and this inequality is to be encreased by obliging those persons to be at the expence of arming themselves.—He hoped that such injustice would not take place.
Mr. Niles adverting to the constitution, observed that it appeared to him, that a provision for arming the militia was reserved to the states, so far as it respects the common defence—He considered the requisition in the bill as operating like a capitation tax; and this species of tax he observed, was to be assessed only in a certain way, agreeable to a particular clause in the constitution.—He concluded by moving that the clause in the bill which contained this provision for arming, should be struck out.
This motion was negatived.
Mr. Fitzsimons withdrew his motion, which provided for a certificate from two justices of the peace—to admit a substitute, which provides that they shall be excused if in the judgment of the commissioned officers to whose company they belong, they are not able to furnish themselves.
This substitute was adopted.
Mr. Kitchell moved that the clause should be struck out, which provides that the calibers of the guns should be of one bore. He observed that this provision was unnecessary, and in fact impossible to be complied with.
Mr. Sumpter asked what was to be done with the arms which the militia now have in their hands, are they to be thrown away?—Besides, he thought the provision inconsistent with the actual state of the military force of the country, the laws for the regulation of which, contemplates the enrolment of rifle-men among the regular forces of the country—Adverting to the expence which would attend this provision, he observed it was almost totally impracticable to carry it into execution.—He hoped it would not be agreed to, as it would involve an enormous and unnecessary expense.
Mr. Murray offered some similar remarks—he did not conceive that the excellency of the militia of the United States consisted in their being armed all with muskets of the same bore. He did not consider the bill in the light that some gentlemen appeared to—it was in his opinion merely a provision to keep alive a military germ, that shall when occasion calls spring up and diffuse its influence among the people in such manner as to furnish the most competent means of defence.
Mr. Wadsworth objected to the motion—he said this was one of the very few good regulations left in the bill, and to strike out this would render the militia a fallacious resource of defence, and effectually destroy every idea of uniformity.
Mr. Kitchell's motion was negatived.
The motion to expunge the exemptions was seconded by Mr. Dayton.
Mr. Boudinot opposed it—he urged in brief the several reasons which were offered on a former occasion in support of the exemptions.
Mr. Dayton said it appeared to him unreasonable to exempt persons from militia duty, and from paying an equivalent too who from their station in life are best qualified to pay those equivalents; it appeared to him to be unjust and impolitic.
Mr. J. Smith opposed the motion—he observed that the experience of the eastern States where the militia is on at least as respectable a footing as in any part of the union, was against the spirit of the motion—there various exemptions are
made—and the prejudices of the people were in favor of the practice—many exemptions are necessary and many characters in society cannot and ought not to be compelled to bear arms—ministers of the gospel, &c. To combat these prejudices, he said, would be little better than attacking a windmill.
Several other gentlemen spoke on the subject. The motion was finally negatived.
The third section being read,
Mr. J. Smith moved that these words, after the word "companies"— In such manner as the President of the United States shall see proper to direct , should be struck out. He observed, that as the President of the United States has (by the Constitution) no command over the militia till they are called into actual service, he cannot with any propriety be invested with this power—it lays with the legislatures of the several states, said he, to make the provision requisite in this case—The executives of the several states must be more competent to determine the number of regiments, &c. into which their respective militia's should be divided.
Mr. Lawrance said the constitution, by investing Congress with the power of organizing the militia, appears necessarily to have included the power in question.
Mr. Livermore said he was in favor of striking out the words, on two accounts—He did not know how the power could be exercised—and he was opposed to retaining phrases which, however sounding and pompous they may be, contained no meaning—this he conceived to be the case in respect to the words in question—For they propose to invest a power in the President, which, said he, I do not see how he can exercise; or if he can, certainly not with so much propriety as the legislatures of the several states.
Mr. Hillhouse was opposed to striking out the words—He said he could conceive of no disadvantage which would result from giving the President the power of making a uniform arrangement of the militia—It appeared to be necessary, in order to his being able to determine how to call them into service, should public exigencies require it, in such proportions and draughts as shall be most equal to the people, and most conducive to the public service.
Mr. Page observed, that it appeared necessary to retain the clause, in order to effecting the object of uniformity—for if the power is invested in fifteen different bodies, or individuals, it cannot be expected that they will ever agree in one uniform plan.—Nor did he conceive that this regulation would in the least interfere with the essential powers of the several states—He was as much averse as any man from abridging any of the powers of the several states, but this regulation would not interfere with those powers, in any manner whatever.
Mr. Seney was in favor of striking out—He thought it was a sufficient reason to reject the clause, that the President could not be supposed so competent to the business, as the authority of the several states.
Mr. Sumpter was in favor of striking out—The scope of his observations was, that the United States have power only to say how the militia shall be organized, but it must be left to the several states to carry the plan into execution.
Mr. Lawrance stated the difficulties which would result from want of uniformity, in case of the militia's being called into actual service.
Mr. Niles, observed that the relative boundaries of towns, states and districts, rendered the uniformity contended for, impracticable; and therefore the clause is nugatory—a great variety as to numbers, in the companies and regiments of the continental army, actually existed during the late war, and yet no difficulty occurred from that circumstance.
The motion for striking out was carried.
It was then moved to insert " in such manner as the legislatures of the respective states shall direct "—this was agreed to.
Mr. Gilman moved, that the clause in the 4th section, which provides that the Aids shall be taken from the line, and the words " with the rank of major ," should be struck out.—He observed, that in the regular service, on the principles of economy this arrangement takes place—but he conceived this would be unnecessary in the militia, if not injurious to the service.
This amendment was agreed to.
The 6th section, which specifies the times of mustering and training the militia, says that the artillery, light infantry, troops of horse, &c. shall rendezvous four times a year, and the rest of the militia twice a year.
Mr. J. Smith rose to enquire the reason of the distinction between the companies.
Mr. Barnwell moved to add a proviso, authorizing the states to pass laws enjoining musters as often as they may see proper.
Mr. Boudinot answered Mr. J. Smith's enquiry—He said the object was to form a nursery of officers for the militia, whenever detachments shall be suddenly called into actual service.
Mr. J. Smith objected to Mr. Barnwell's proviso—He conceived that the states already fully possessed this power.
The proviso, after further debate, was negatived.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31.
A bill, in addition to the act providing for the government of the territory North-West of the river Ohio, was twice read, and made the order of the day for Wednesday next.
A resolution for indemnifying the state of Maryland for a certain sum of money advanced to discharge a contract made by N. R. Moore, for the purchase of a number of horses for the service of the United States during the late war, was referred to a select committee.
A bill was reported by the committee to whom the petitions from the trustees of sundry academies had been referred, and read the first time.
A memorial and instructions from the legislature of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, respecting the assumption of the residue of the state debts, were read, and laid on the table.
Mr. W. Smith laid on the table a resolution of the two houses of the legislature of the state of South-Carolina, on the same subject.
The amendments of the Senate to the militia bill, were read—and on motion, ordered, that one hundred copies of the bill and the amendments, be printed for the use of the House.
In committee of the whole, on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the public debt.
The fifth resolution, in the following words, leaving out September , was agreed to, after considerable debate—33 to 25—viz.
That a subscription for a further loan in the debts of the individual states, be opened and continued to the first day of September next, not to exceed in the whole millions of dollars, in the proportions following, that is to say: In the debt of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New York, New-Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, Georgia.—Provided, That the interest on such loan shall not be payable before the day of : And provided, that when the sum to be assumed by any state, shall not be subscribed by the holders of any of the evidences in which the same is made receivable, the state shall not be entitled to receive interest on the residue.
The sixth and seventh resolutions were agreed to without a division.
The eighth resolution is in the following words —That the interest on so much of the domestic debt as has been or may be purchased for the United States, or as shall be paid into the Treasury, and so much of the sum appropriated for the payment of the interest on the foreign and domestic debt as shall be over and above what may be sufficient for the payment of such interest, shall be appropriated in the first place, to the purchase of that part of the public debt, which bears an interest of three per cent. per annum. And the part of the said debt, the interest whereof is deferred, until the said fund, with such additions as may be made to it, shall amount to two per centum of the public debt, bearing a present interest of six per cent. per ann. until the whole shall be redeemed. And thenceforth to be applied to the purchase or redemption of whatever part of the public debt may remain undischarged, until the whole shall be extinguished. The said funds to be applied to the purposes aforesaid, by the commissioners hereafter mentioned, under the approbation of the President of the United States.
This resolution being read, occasioned a debate till after 3 o'clock, when the committee rose without taking the final question, and the House adjourned.
MONDAY, APRIL 2.
The report of the committee on the Secretary of the Treasury's report, containing an account of the amount of the duties on imports and tonnage, also the amount of the exports from the United States, which proposes that the abstracts of the amounts of the duties, and of the exports should be published—also, that the Secretary should be directed to report to the House, the quantities and value of the exports of the respective states, any thing in a former resolution to the contrary, notwithstanding, was taken into consideration, and agreed to.
A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Secretary Lear, informed the House that the President has approved and signed An act for finishing the light house on Bald-Head, at the mouth of Cape Fear river.
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Secretary Otis, informed the House that the President of the United States has approved and signed the bill, entitled, an act to establish a Mint, and to regulate the coins of the United States.
In committee of the whole, on the Secretary of the Treasury's report on the public debt.—The 8th resolution was read, and taken into consideration.
Mr. Madison moved an alteration in this resolution, by striking out the words which designate

the 3 per cents and the deferred debt, and to substitute the words public debt —This amendment was agreed to, and the resolution adopted, as thus amended.
The ninth resolution was also agreed to.—The resolutions being gone through with, the committee rose and reported the same with the amendments.
The House took the report of the committee into consideration.
The first resolution being read, Mr. Giles renewed his motion to add the following clause, as an amendment, viz.
Except that condition in the act, which renders the debt, so far subscribed, subject to redemption by payments not exceeding, in one year, on account of both principal and interest, a proportion of eight dollars upon the hundred, on any certificates which shall be issued according to the terms therein specified: which condition, so far as it relates to any part of the debt, which may hereafter be subscribed, shall be abolished.
This motion occasioned a very lengthy debate. Mr. Mercer, Mr. Giles, Mr. Murray, and Mr. Findley supported the motion—Mr. Boudinot, Mr. Hillhouse, Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Benfon, Mr. Lawrance, and Mr. Hartley opposed the motion, which was finally negatived.—The ayes and noes being demanded, are as follows—
A Y E S.
Messrs. Ashe, Baldwin, Brown, Clark, Findley, Giles, Gregg, Griffin, Grove, Heister, Jacobs, Kitchell, Kittera, Lee, Madison, Mercer, Moore, Murray, Page, Parker, Seney, J. Smith, Sumpner, Treadwell, Venable, White, Willis.—27.
N O E S.
Messrs. Ames, Barnwell, Benfon, S. Bourne, B. Bourne, Boudinot, Fitzsimons, Gerry, Gilman, Goodhue, Gordon, Hartley, Huger, Key, Lawrance, Learned, Livermore, Macon, Muhlenberg, Niles, Sedgwick, W. Smith, Steele, Sterrett, Sturges, Sylvester, Thatcher, Tucker, Wadsworth, Ward.—30.
The question then being put on the first resolution as reported, it was agreed to.
The second resolution was agreed to.
The third resolution being read, which provides for filling up the subscriptions in the state debts, of the sum wanting to compleat the first assumption. Mr. Madison moved as an amendment to adopt the clause moved by Mr. Giles, to be added to the third resolution.—This motion, after some debate, was withdrawn, and then the question on the resolution was put and carried.
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, APRIL 3.
Mr. Livermore, of the committee to whom was referred the memorial of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies, brought in a report, which was read, and laid on the table.
A letter was read from the Secretary of War, enclosing sundry petitions which had been referred to him, returned, pursuant to the orders of the House.
The House resumed the consideration of the report of the committee of the whole on the public debt.
The fifth resolution [See preceding column, under Saturday's head] was read.
Mr. Key said he should vote for the resolution, but should consider himself at liberty to withhold his final assent in case the subsequent arrangements of the business should not appear compatible with the interest of his constituents.
Mr. Sheredine moved an amendment in these words, "whether discharged by said states respectively, or undischarged"—this motion was not seconded.
Mr. Sturges moved that the blanks should be filled up—this motion being seconded, occasioned some debate, and was negatived, 32 to 26.
Mr. Mercer then renewed the motion offered by Mr. Sheredine. This motion gave rise to a long debate; in the course of which Mr. Madison moved an amendment, by adding after "respectively," these words, "since the treaty of peace." The motion, as amended, was further debated, and at length negatived—ayes 22, noes 30.
The question on the original proposition being then put, it was also negatived—29 to 26. Adjourned.
NEW-LONDON, March 15.
Extract of a letter from Aux-Cayes, dated Feb. 14.
"Since my last there has been several plantations wholly burned, and a number that have had part of their buildings and part of their canes destroyed; we are not able to say the exact number, as the Mulattoes have the entire possession of the plain, except the white encampment which is about two miles out of town. Saturday last arrived from France, via the Cape, a transport ship and schooner with three hundred infantry and about thirty artillery men; who with about three hundred militia of this place, we expect will march to-morrow or next day to the plains, in order to attack the Mulattoes. There was an attack on Tiberoon the 24th of last month, wherein the Mulattoes were defeated—they came on very determined, in two divisions, till they were within pistol shot, when the first volley of small arms was fired from the Fort, which threw them into disorder, and they retreated with great precipitation, leaving 25 dead near the Fort. This is the only place on this side of the island which they have not attacked. More troops are daily expected, but the few they have now, together with the inhabitants, makes the town perfectly safe—as they have two French and one English Frigate in the harbor, and the town well fortified."
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO.
Please to insert the following lines in your next Gazette, which were occasioned by reading an extract of a letter in your last, and you will oblige your humble servant, A. R.
HIGH pay—long speeches—and long sessions, Provoke complaints, with harsh expressions!
Should Congress serve for smaller pay, Who would compose that body, pray?
Would they be men of real merit, Of talents prov'd—of manly spirit?
Or poor and cringing tools for Kings? Or rich, and lord-like fruiting things?
Could men, whose talents at the bar Exceed the pay of Congress, far;
Doctors and merchants leave their trade, As delegates to make parade?
Can honor keep a man from starving? Must he not now and then be carving ?
Will he so honest be, and nice, As not to cut a single slice?
From Government not take a sop? When thirsting, not receive a drop?
Britain pays not a single shilling— Her members are forever swilling.
Royal sops her boroughs swallow, And ministerial taxes follow!
The labourer is worth his hire, To due rewards let each aspire!
And let freemen pay their friends As well as Kings—on this depends
Whether the freedom they have got, Shall last to endless time, or not:
Or starved, look out for royal bounty, And be forgotten in each county!
Long speeches may long sessions yield; But 'gainst great errors they may shield.
Long sessions may much money cost— In short on's, freedom may be lost!
Whoever values free debate, 'Gainst long speeches should not prate:
Whoever views with real glee, Cash coming from the treasury,
Which, circulating round the land, Returns into that very hand
Which paid it there, for the excise, Or impost duty, is not wise;
If with great pleasure he don't view The sums which thence the Congress drew—
But why should he shew discontent, Who never paid one single cent;
Yet oft, for any trifling trash, Receiv'd a share of this same cash?
Cease to complain without a reason, I'll tell you when to cry out—Treason!!!
A REPUBLICAN.
PITTSBURGH, March 24.
Capt. Cals, of the 2d United States regiment, marched from this place on Tuesday last, with a detachment of men for Fort Franklin: this detachment will augment that garrison to 120 men, and of which Capt. Cals is to take the command.
Capt. Hughes, with a fine company of men, arrived here on Saturday last from the Eastward.
Philadelphia, April 4.
By the ship William Penn, from London, European accounts are received to the 9th of February. They state that a fire has consumed nearly one third of the city of Brussels. The business of M. Talleyrand de Perigord, the new Minister to the Court of London, it is said, is to confer with the British Ministry on the subject of a standard for weights and measures. The people of England and Scotland are taking measures in the several towns to procure petitions to Parliament against the slave trade.
The Emperor is come to a resolution to bring the states of Brabant to reason. The monument of Mr. Howard, the benevolent, is to be a full length figure of the man—to be placed along-side of Doctor Johnston's, and is to cost thirteen hundred guineas. The subject of the trial of Mr. Hastings was mentioned in Parliament the 6th February—some difficulty having occurred, a bill for softening the rigour of several acts, particularly of 11 and 28 of George III. and for regulating the mode of deciding contested elections, was brought in by Mr. Burke, and read the first and second time.
Mr. Fox moved for leave to bring in a bill for removing any doubts respecting the functions of juries in cases of libels—this motion was carried nem. con.
The Protestants of Ireland appear to be alarmed at the steps pursuing by the Catholics to recover the rights of men, of which they conceive themselves to have been long deprived in that country. Meetings have been held in various places to prepare and sign addresses to the King, the prayer of which that he would "maintain unimpaired the Protestant ascendancy in Ireland." Other meetings are held, in which unanimous resolutions are adopted to instruct their representatives in Parliament to support the repeal of such laws as militate against the interest and freedom of the Roman Catholics. The new Constitution of France is publicly sold in Vienna. By the latest returns it appears that France contains 150,000,000 acres of land, and 27,190,000 inhabitants. The Spanish troops are said to desert in great numbers. Paris is under no apprehensions from a want of grain; and tho' money is scarce, the manufacturers of that city are full of employ. The Emperor of Germany is making timely alterations for the better in the condition of his subjects, particularly that of the lower classes: he fees that the empire of superstition is decaying and going to ruin—and that the surest way of preventing dangerous innovations is a timely reform of ancient and obvious abuses.
The whole sum of assignats cancelled amounts to 398 millions. The British army is to be reduced 2,000 men; 50 men from each regiment; the number of the regiments is to continue the same.
Negotiations for peace between Spain and Morocco, are said to be renewed. The Duchess of York is to be naturalized; in order to which, she must swear that she will never be a member of Parliament. In a message from the King of the French to the National Assembly, on the 28th January, he informs them that he has demanded an explanation of the Emperor within 15 days.
Marshal Rochambeau, in an address to the Assembly, informed them that the French army would be ready to take the field before their enemies—that the troops of the line are completely restored to order and discipline—that the National Guards possess the greatest ardor, but are not so well disciplined as the former, owing to their recent arrival on the Frontiers—that he was of opinion that the command in the field ought to be given to officers of the line—and that the soldiers should be paid in money. His speech contained the warmest professions of attachment to the Constitution, and was received with applause.—Jan. 31. A report from the military committee, relative to the with expressed by M. Rochambeau, that Messrs. d'Aubeterre, d'Averhoul, and Dumas, might serve under him—it was resolved in the negative. Of the French emigrants, those of them who are embodied are stationed at Cappel, Reuchen, Oberkirch, Oppenau; these amount
to 3,000; in the town of Oberkirch are 300 soldiers of the regiment of Berwick. M. Conde is lodged in the Abbey, from which he has expelled the Monks; he has with him about 200 English horses. Two Imperial regiments, commanded by M. de Cobourg, are arrived, and four more are expected. With respect to the war in India, it is probable that the orders sent from England to make peace, will arrive in season to prevent much more fighting in that country.
British papers, by the last vessels, mention the refusal of the queen of Portugal to interfere in the affairs of France, in consequence of overtures of that nature from the Court of Russia—and that the King of Sweden has at last accepted the notification from Louis the XVIth that he had accepted the constitution.
It is extremely difficult to form definite ideas on European affairs, from the accounts presented in the papers—particularly respecting the disposition of foreign powers in regard to France. The French nation appear determined to prepare for the worst; indeed they can, having nothing to fear from external attack—and, united among themselves, they will be equally secure internally.
On Saturday last it was determined in the house of Representatives of the State Legislature, by a majority of two only, that the members to represent this State in the Lower house of Congress, should be chosen, not in districts, but by the State at large.
A letter from Knoxville, in Cumberland county (territory south of the Ohio) mentions the completion of a Carding-Machine in that place, which will card an hundred weight of cotton per day, with only the attendance of one hand. Six hundred weight of clean cotton had been produced on half an acre of land, in that country, but upon a moderate calculation, an acre would produce one thousand weight.
Some accounts are mentioned in London papers of the celebrated French circumnavigator Peyrouse being still alive with some of his crew on a desert Island in the Indian ocean.
The King of Prussia (says a London paper) has declared that Louis the XVIth having accepted the constitution, prevents his acting in favor of the emigrants.
The African society in England (or association for promoting discoveries in the interior parts of Africa) have at present in their employ, Major Houghton , successor to the celebrated Ledyard , in exploring those inhospitable climes. This gentleman, in a letter to the society, informs them that he has penetrated one thousand miles up the river Senegambia. He has also transmitted an accurate account of the distances, bearings, latitudes, and longitudes of the several places he has visited.
SHIP NEWS.
ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
  Ship William Penn, Josiah, London,   Harmony, Olman, do.   Sally, King, Bourdeaux,   Barque Prudence, Miller, St. Andero,   Tobias, Welch, Cadiz,   Minerva, Hare, Shelburne,   Brig Muntion, Parker, St. Vincents,   Little Sarah, Lowry, Jamaica,   Schooner Polly, Davis, N. Carolina,   Priscilla, Smith, Virginia,   Nancy, Wallace, do.   Sloop Clara, M c Williams, do.   Maria, Johnston, Aux-Cayes,   Richmond, Block, Virginia,   New-York Packet, Bayley, New-York, 
SENEX is received, and shall appear as soon as possible.
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
FUNDED DEBT.
  6 pr. Cents 21/ pr. £. 105 pr. cent.   3 pr. Cents 12/ 60 do.   Deferred 6 pr. Cents 12/6 62 1/2 do. 
UNFUNDED DEBT.
  Final Sett. and other Certificates 19/ 95 do.   Indents 12/ 60 do.   Half shares Bank Stock—50 per cent. premium. 
Bank of the United States.
AT A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 30, 1792.
RESOLVED, That the Offices of Discount and Deposit be authorised to receive of Stockholders the 3d and 4th Specie Payments on their Shares in the Capital Stock of the Bank, and that the Cashiers of the said offices give duplicate receipts for such payments, one of which receipts, accompanied with evidence of a transfer of public debt sufficient to complete said shares, upon being produced at the Bank, shall entitle such Stockholders to certificates for full shares, and to all the benefits of the Resolutions of the Board of Directors passed the 21st instant, relative to completing shares by payment at any time before the periods required by the law of incorporation.
By order of the President and Directors. JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
MARCH 31, 1792.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the interest for the quarter, ending this day, on the FUNDED DEBT of the United States, standing on the books of the Treasury, and of the Commissioner of Loans for this State, will be paid at the Bank of the United States. (ep.11)
JUST PUBLISHED,
AND TO BE SOLD BY
THOMAS DOBSON, Bookseller,
At the Stone House in Second-Street,
The First Volume of
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS:
Consisting of STATE PAPERS, and other authentic documents, intended as materials for an History of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
By EBENEZER HAZARD, A. M.
Member of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge; and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The design of this compilation being to preserve and exhibit a regular series of the most important, and authentic documents relating to the history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to the present time, it must be peculiarly interesting to all who wish to acquire a thorough knowledge of this subject.
April 4. (cp.viii)
INFORMATION.
A NEGRO MAN by the name of CATO VERNON, enlisted in Col. Greene's Regiment of Blacks, early in the late War. He survived the War, and settled as supposed, in or near Philadelphia.—If he will apply to the Editor hereof, he will be informed of something considerably to his advantage.
April 4. (cp.41)

PRICE CURRENT.—PHILADELPHIA.
PER QUANTITY.
APRIL 3.—DOLLARS 100 Cents each.
Table listing various goods and their prices, including Anchors, Allum, Ashes, Brandy, Boards, Beef, Butter, Candles, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Cloves, Coal, Cocoa, Coffee, Cordage, Cotton, Currants, Duck, Feathers, Flax, Flour, Hides, Hops, Indigo, Irons, Lead, Lignum vitae, Logwood, Mace, Mackerel, Madder, Marble, Malt, Molasses, Mustard, Nails, Nutmegs, Oil, and Pepper.
IMPERIAL HYSON, SOUCHONG, and BOHEA TEAS, REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, & SPICES, &c. &c. Of the first quality—by retail, No. 19, Third-Street, between Chestnut and Market Streets.
Bank of the United States.
MARCH 21, 1792. RESOLVED, That the Stockholders be, and hereby are, authorized to complete their Shares by payment at any time before the periods required by the law of incorporation. Resolved, That each Share so completed, shall be entitled to draw a dividend of the profits of the Bank, from and after the first day of the month next succeeding the day of completing such Shares. Resolved, That so much of the quarter's interest upon the Public Debt transferred to complete any Share as aforesaid, as shall have accrued before the first day of the month next succeeding the completion of such Share, shall be received by the Bank, and paid to the persons who shall have transferred the same. By order of the President and Directors, JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
STOLEN.
WITHIN a few days last past, from the Subscriber, the following NOTES, issued by the Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:—No. 18721, Dec. 1, 1783, £. 72 15, payable to PHINEAS LYMAN; No. 18379, Nov. 1, 1783, £. 36 4, payable to WILLIAM LYON; No. 1301, Dec. 1, 1781, £. 80 9, payable to NATHANIEL WRIGHT; No. 16239, Aug. 1, 1783, £. 28 16—No. 71, Oct. 1, 1781, £. 48 1, payable to Doctor SAMUEL WARE. Whoever will apprehend and secure the Thief or Thieves, so that he or they may be brought to justice, shall receive a reward of TWENTY DOLLARS; and whoever will produce the above Notes, and return them to the subscriber, shall receive a reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, and all necessary charges. Precaution having been taken to prevent their ever being paid to the Thief or Thieves by the Treasurer abovementioned: All persons therefore are cautioned not to purchase the above Notes, of any one offering them for sale. Northampton, Feb. 29, 1792. NATH. WRIGHT.
Dismal Swamp Canal Company.
PROPOSALS for cutting a Canal from the waters of Elizabeth River in Virginia, to those of Pasquotank in North-Carolina, or for conducting the work, will be received until the ninth day of April next, by Robert Andrews, of Williamsburg; Thomas Newton, jun. and Daniel Bedinger, of Norfolk, in Virginia; by John Cowper, of Gates County; and Benjamin Jones, of Camden County, in North-Carolina. The length of the Canal will be about sixteen miles; the country through which it will pass, is swampy, free from stones, and covered with heavy wood. The Canal is to be thirty-two feet in width, and eight feet at least in depth, below the surface of the earth, and capable of being navigated in dry seasons, by vessels drawing three feet water. Good security will be required of contractors; and persons making application to be employed as managers, must produce certificates (from characters of respectability) of their qualifications for a business of this kind. By order of the President and Directors, WILLIAM A. BAYLEY, Clerk. Norfolk, January 21, 1792.
American Lead Manufactory.
STEPHEN AUSTIN, & Co. HAVE just now opened their LEAD-WAREHOUSE, two doors south of Walnut-Street Wharf, adjoining their New Factory—where they have now made, and ready for sale, a general assortment of SHOT of all sizes, with SHEET and BAR LEAD, the production of the Mines in Virginia. As they have employed a number of experienced English workmen, they warrant it to be equal in quality to any manufactured in Europe, and at a reduced price from the cost of imported. They also continue to manufacture all the above articles at Richmond, in Virginia. All orders addressed to either of the above Factories, will be thankfully received, and executed on the shortest notice. N. B. Wanted, industrious, sober, Labouring Men, at the said Mines, where constant employ, good wages, and other encouragements will be given, means of conveyance being provided, and houses for their reception. For further particulars enquire of Messrs. MOSES AUSTIN & Co. at their Factory in Richmond, or as above. Philadelphia, December 3, 1791.
A LOTTERY.
TO raise the sum of £. 750 for the purpose of repairing the Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of New-Brunswick, agreeable to an act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, passed November 1791. S C H E M E. 1 Prize of 2000 Dollars is 2000, 1 1000 1000, 2 500 1000, 5 200 1000, 10 100 1000, 30 50 1500, 90 20 1800, 1675 4 6700, 1814 Prizes, 3520 Blanks, 5334 Tickets, at 3 Dollars each, is 16000 Dolls. This Lottery is composed of 5334 Tickets, not two Blanks to one Prize, and subject to a deduction of twelve and an half per cent. which is more favorable to adventurers than any Lottery yet offered to the public—and it being of such evident utility, that it cannot be doubted but the undertaking will meet with the most liberal support. The drawing will commence on the second Monday in April, or sooner if the Tickets are disposed of, in the city of New-Brunswick, under the inspection of Col. John Bayard, President of said city; James Parker, Esq. Mayor of the city of Amboy; and Archibald Mercer, Esq. Deputy Governor of the Manufacturing Society of New-Jersey. Tickets to be had of the following persons, who are duly appointed Managers, are under oath, and have given security for the faithful performance of their duty. A list of the fortunate numbers will be published, and the prizes paid immediately after the drawing of the Lottery. JOHN PARKER, PETER KEENON, ANTHONY W. WHITE, Managers. N. B. Those prizes which are not demanded within six months after the drawing of the Lottery, will be considered as a generous donation to the Church. Adventurers in the above Lottery have a chance of more than 3 per cent. per month for their money. To accommodate all those who may be disposed to purchase Tickets, letters directed to P. KEENON, Manager, and Post-Master, at New-Brunswick, and enclosing good bills will be attended to—and Tickets forwarded on receipt of such letters. New-Brunswick, January 20, 1792.
TO BE SOLD BY THE EDITOR, A TABLE for receiving and paying Gold at the Bank of the United States, showing the Value of Gold in Dollars and Cents, from One to a Thousand Pennyweights—according to the Act of Congress, ascertaining the Standard and Value of Gold.
FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
On WEDNESDAY the 11th day of April next, at the House of JOHN THOMPSON, in the City of Perth-Amboy, or at private Sale before,
A FARM, containing about four hundred acres of upland and salt meadow, lying within three quarters of a mile of said city; is a great part bounded on the sound, and on a navigable creek, on which is a good mill seat. There are on the farm five excellent situations for building, with delightful prospects, excellent brooks and springs; a large apple orchard, and some fruit trees of other kinds, and a sufficient quantity of fire-wood. The soil is good for grass and most kinds of grain, and may at small expence, from the convenience of the salt meadow, and other advantages of manure, be made equal to any farm in New-Jersey. It will be sold all together, or in two or three divisions, as shall appear best to suit those inclined to purchase. For further particulars, previous to or at the time of sale, apply to the subscribers. JOHN HALSTED, and MATTHIAS HALSTED.
FOR SALE, BLOOMSBURY,
THAT elegant SEAT at the Falls of Delaware, in the vicinity of Trenton, in New-Jersey, occupied for many years past by the subscriber; containing upwards of 200 acres of land, besides a tract of wood-land of about 185 acres, at the distance of two miles. The farm is divided by the main street leading from Trenton to Lambertville, and Philadelphia, into two parts, nearly equal in quantity; the eastwardly part being arable land, is laid off in convenient fields, and in good farming order. The other part, bounded by the said street on the east, and by the river on the west, forms a square; which, from the combined effect of situation and improvement, is generally allowed to be one of the most beautiful and desirable seats in the state. The mansion-house is a handsome, well-finished brick building, 50 by 40, containing four rooms on each floor, with excellent cellars, and a two story brick kitchen; and commanding a very extensive and pleasing view of the river, both above and below, as well as including the falls, and also of Trenton and the neighbouring seats and improvements on both sides of the river. Among the out-buildings are a new stone coach-house and stables, sufficient to contain six carriages and ten horses, accommodated with a cutting and feeding room, and a capacious loft for hay; adjoining these is a very complete granary, rat proof, and a stone cow-house, upwards of 100 feet in length, containing thirty-one paved stalls, over which is a roomy loft for hay, &c. Adjoining the court-yard of the mansion-house, is a garden of about two acres, extending towards the river, in the highest state of culture, and abounding with a rich collection of the choicest fruits of almost every kind, and several large asparagus beds, highly manured. At a convenient distance from the mansion-house, and nearly in the centre of the square, is a new, well-built, stone farm-house, accommodated with a large cheese-room, spring-house, garden, &c. a complete stone smoke-house, corncribs, waggon-house, a capacious ice-house, and every other necessary out-building. The ground is properly divided into small fields, all well watered, highly improved, and chiefly under the most approved grass. This square has produced annually, for several years past, upwards of sixty tons of the best hay, besides supporting through the summer season twenty to thirty horned cattle, and eight or ten horses. It contains also two bearing orchards of good fruit. The river abounds, in the proper seasons, with great plenty of all kinds of fish usually found in fresh water in this climate, and with a variety of wild-fowl; both of which may afford a pleasing amusement to the sportsman, as well as a convenient addition to the elegance and variety of his table. The whole of the land, except the wood-land, is inclosed and divided by good fences, great part of which is formed of red cedar posts, and rails of chestnut and white cedar. The purchaser may have the improved square separately, or the whole together, as may best suit him. There is an inexhaustible quantity of good building stone on the river shore. The purchase money, if well secured, and the interest punctually paid, will not be demanded for many years. Any person desirous of viewing the premises, may be gratified on application to SAMUEL W. STOCKTON, Esq. of Trenton, or Mr. INALLMAN, who at present occupies the farm-house and part of the land—and may know the price on application to the subscriber, at No. 213, South Second-Street, opposite to the New-Market, in Philadelphia. JOHN COX. Philadelphia, March 7, 1792.
WASHINGTON, in the Territory of COLUMBIA.
A PREMIUM
OF A LOT in this City, to be designated by impartial judges, and FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS; or a MEDAL of that value, at the option of the party; will be given by the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, to the person who, before the fifteenth day of July, 1792, shall produce to them the most approved PLAN, if adopted by them, for a CAPITOL, to be erected in this City; and TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, or a MEDAL, for the Plan deemed next in merit to the one they shall adopt. The building to be of brick, and to contain the following apartments, to wit: A Conference Room, A Room for the Representatives, A Lobby or Antichamber to the latter, A Senate Room of 1200 square feet area, An Antichamber or Lobby to the last, 12 Rooms of 600 square feet area each, for Committee Rooms and Clerks' Offices, to be of half the elevation of the former. Drawings will be expected of the ground plans, elevations of each front, and sections through the building in such directions as may be necessary to explain the internal structure; and an estimate of the cubic feet of brick-work composing the whole mass of the walls. March 14, 1792. THE COMMISSIONERS.
WASHINGTON, in the Territory of COLUMBIA.
A PREMIUM
OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, or a MEDAL of that value, at the option of the party, will be given by the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, to the person who, before the fifteenth day of July next, shall produce to them the most approved PLAN, if adopted by them, for a PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, to be erected in this City. The site of the building, if the artist will attend to it, will of course influence the aspect and outline of his plan; and it's destination will point out to him the number, size, and distribution of the apartments. It will be a recommendation of any plan, if the central part of it may be detached and erected for the present, with the appearance of a complete whole, and be capable of admitting the additional parts, in future, if they shall be wanting. Drawings will be expected of the ground plans, elevations of each front, and sections through the building, in such directions as may be necessary to explain the internal structure; and an estimate of the cubic feet of brick-work composing the whole mass of the walls. March 14, 1792. THE COMMISSIONERS.
PUBLIC SECURITIES,
BOUGHT AND SOLD, on COMMISSION, by SAMUEL ANDERSON, Chestnut-Street, next door to the Bank, No. 97.