house accepted the repnrt unanimoufl/, and appointed a commit
tee to wait on the President, to enquire at what time and place he
W nuld receive the address.
The committee having waited on the Prefidenr, returned and
informed the house, that to-morrow, at 12 the President
would receive the address at his own house.
FRIDAY, October 28,
Sundry petitions for compeiifttions and pensions F6r services
perforin'-'d and difabiiities incurred during the late war, wereprc
f'ented by MefTrs. S'erret, Gerr/, and Ward ; —read, and referred
to the Secretary at War.
The petition of Benjamin Warren, presented to the late House
of Rcprcfentativcs, on motion of Mr. Bourne (M.) was taken iuto
consideration, read, and referred to the Secretary at War.
The motion laid on the table by Mr.Lawrance, for the appoint
ment of a ro.iimittee to bring in a bill or bills to provide tor the
regiflering fhtps 01 veflcls, to regulate thofc employed in thecoaft
iny trade and the fifherics, and tor oiher purposes, was taken into
consideration. agreed to, and a committee appointed accordingly,
confiding of MeilYs. Goodhue, Fitzfimons, and Ivawrance.
At 12 o'clock, the Speaker, attended by the Members and the
Clerk, and preceded by the Serjeant at Arms, waited on the Pre
fidentof the United States, at his house, where the Speaker deli
vered the following Addrrfs,in answer to his Speech to both Houses
at the opening of the Seifion : —
Si R,
I\ T receiving your addrefsat the opening of the present feflion.
the House of Rcprefentatives'have taken an ample share in the feel
ings infpireJ by the a&ual prosperity, and flattering profpe&s of
our country : And whiltt, with becoming gratitude to heaven, we
ascribe this happtnefs to the true Iburce from which it flows, we
behold with an animating pleasure, the degree in whtch the con-
Jlitution and laws of the United States have been instrumental in
dispensing it.
It yields us particular fatisfaftion to learn the success with which
the different important measures of the government have proceed
ed; as well those specially provided for at the last feflion, as those
of preceding date. The fafcty of our Western Frontiers, in
which the lives and repose of so many of our fellow citizens are
involved, being peculiarly interesting, your co nmunications on
that fubjeft arc proportionally grateful to us. The gallantry and
good conduit of the Militia, whole feivices were called for, arc an
honorable confirmation of the efficacy of that precious icfource of
a free State. And we anxiously wish that the confluences of their
fuccefsiul enterprizes, and of the other proceedings to which you
have referred, may leave the United States free to pursue the mo if
benevolent policy towards the unhappy and deluded race of peo
ple in our neighborhood.
The ampunt of the population of the United States, determined
by ihe returns of the tenfus, is a source of the mod pleasing re
flexions, whether it be viewed in relation to our national fafcty
and refpe&ability, or as a proof of that felicity in the situation of
our country which favors so unexampled a rapidity in our growth.
Nor ought any to be infcnfible to the additional motive suggested
by this important fact, to perpetuate the tree government establish,-
cd, with a wife adminiftiation of it, to a portion of the earth
which promises such an increase of the number which is to enjoy
these bleflings within the limits of the United States.
We (hall proceed with all the rclpeft due to your patriotic re
commendations, and with a deep sense of the trust committed to
ils by our fellow citizens, to take into confideratioti the various
and important niaiteis falling within the present session—and in
difcufling and deciding each, we shall feel every disposition, whilst
we are pursuing the public welfare, which must be the supreme
objett with all our constituents, to accommodate as far as pofliblf,
the means of attainining it to the sentiments and wishes of cveiy
part of them.
Signed by order, and in behalf of the House of Reprefentahves,
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker.
Attefl. John Beckley, Clerk.
To which the President was pleased to make the following
Reply.
Gentlemen,
THE pleasure I derive from an aflurance of your attention to
the obje&s I have recommended to you, is doubled by your con
currence in the testimony I have borne to the prosperous condi
tion of our public affairs.
Relying on the (an&ions of your enlightened judgments and cn
your patriotic aid, I (hall be the more encouraged in all my en
deavors for the public weal; and particularly in those which may
be required on my part for executing the salutary measures I an
ticipate from your present deliberations.
G. WASHINGTON.
The Members then returned to their Hall, where the Prefidcnt's
icply was read.
A rneflage was received from the President of the United States
by Mr. Secretary Lear, communicating a copy of the enumeration
of the Inhabitants of the United States, agreeable to the Census
taken pursuant to a law of the Union.—Also, sundry papers from
the Governor of Pcnnfylvania, relpefting fevcral persons who have
fled from jullice from this State, to the State of Virginia. The pa
pers were read, and a motion laid on the table by Mr. Sedgwick,
that a committee should be appointed to whom the papers ,re
fpe&ing the persons fleeing from justice, should be referred ; with
inftrufiions to report a bill or bills, making a general provision in
cases of persons charged with felony, treason or other crimes, who
IDay flee from a State having cognizance thereof, See.
The schedule of the census was referred to a committee of the
whole House, and made the order of the rfay sot Monday next.
The other papers ictVrred to in the mefTdge of the President re
ceived yeilcrday, were then read, viz. An ast of the State of North-
Carolina, ceding a tra£l of land for the use of the United States,
for the creftion of Light Houses —and the Reports of the Com
manders on the expeditions against the Indians.
On motion of Mr. Sedgwick a committee was appointed to
bring in a bill to provide for the regulation of the Poft-Office and
Post Roads, consisting of MelTrs. Livermore, Clark, Steele, Bouruc
(R. I.] Thatcher.
Mr. Williamfon's motion, for a committee to bring in a bill
to amend the a£t for promoting the progress of the ufeful arts, was
adopted, and the following gentlemen appointed, Messrs. Willi-
Bmfon, Hillhoufe, and Sedgwick.
Adjourned to Monday 11 o'clock.
PITTSBURGH, October i 5,
By gentlemen from Galliopolis, we are informed that four men,
within a fliort distance of Marietta, and one at Bell Pre, 15 miles
lower down the Ohio, have been killed by the Indians, within
these twelve days past. They also inlorm, that the settlement at
Galliopolis is in a very thriving way, and that they have not been
piolefltd by the savages.
BALTIMORE, Oflober 45.
Jixtraft of a letter from a re[be ft able gentleman in Baltimore County, to
his fii.-nd in this tovin, dated the 19th inji.
44 I have a remarkable breed of (beep, which haih been pro
cured bv adding to my flock a Persian ram.
44 Theotherday I (epaiated from the reft twelve wethers; these
I intend to kill this Winter: They appeared so oncommoalv fat
and large, that I was induced to weigh them alive; the particular
*vri<»ht o f each fhetp was as follows :—154. i77> 1 ® l » *68, 157,
'68, 188, 174, 174, i 52l 169—Total, sci^lb."
Bennington oa. 17.
By a gentleman from Dover in the State of
New-York, we are informed, t»ac a merchant of
that place, a few days since, ent his clerk to
receive a sum of money : the ilerk, on his re
turn, was observed by loine nun in a field to meet
a traveller, the men in the fiell soon heard tlie
cry of murder, and at the fain< inltant observed
one of the men to fall ; they iumediately ran to
his ;ifli(tance : on their arriva they found the
clerk (tabbed, of which wound he expired in a
few hours : he was robbed of his watch, money,
arid hnt, and rhe perpetrator ied to art adjacent
wood : they immediately raised a number of
men, fiirroutided the wood, and secured the vil
lain. He owned he had robbed the person kill
ed, and notwithstanding a dagger was found in
his pofleHion, he denied he had ever itabbed him.
—He is lodged in Poughkeepfie gaol to await his j
trial.
Adjourned.
LITCHFIELD, October 19.
We learn from Albany, that a few days iince,
a Negro servant was wantonly fliot through the
neck, and killed, by direction of his inhuman
matter, at Jhe glass works near Albany. Our
informant affirms, that the Negro had been late
ly purchased by a proprietor in the works, and
was represented as ijifane : His diSorder was,
however, imputed to a vicious difpoficion ; and
having given Specimens of his obstinacy and fulk
inefi to his new matter, one of the workmen was
directed to shoot him : who inadvertently com
plied, the (hot patting through his neck ; which
riot proving fatal, and the Negro becoming out
rageous in consequence of the wound, a Second
shot was discharged, which penetrated the neck,
and finifhed his existence. An .inquett was im
mediately Summoned, whose verdilt was wi/Jui
murdet. The deluded parfbn having consulted
an Attorney relative to the tranSa<tions, was ad
viSed to eScape from justice ; and he departed
accordingly.
On Wednelday Se'n#ight, the regiment ol
militia, commanded by Col. David Judfon wai
reviewed at Wafliington. A considerable pari
of the regiment appeared in uniform, blue facec
with red. Gentlemen experienced in the Ar
Military, speak very highly of the orderly anc
soldier like ,condu& of officers and men, whi
went through the various exercises of the day
very much to the honor and reputation of th<
whole.—The 19th Company of Cavalry, annexec
to the sth regiment, commanded by Capt. Taylor
muttered at this review ; whose martial appear
ance added much to the Splendor of the day
This new company, under the direction of thi
enterprising and vigilant yonngofficers who con
duct it, bids fair to equal; if not rival, any com
pany in the regiment.
John F. Mercer, Esq. offers himfelf as a candi
date to Congress to supply the vacancy occasion
ed by the resignation of William Pinckney, Esq.
RICHMOND, Oaober jp.
On Monday last, being the day appointed for
the meeting of the General Aflembly of this Com
monwealth, a quorum of the House of Delegates
being convened at the Capitol in this city, they
proceeded to appoint a Clerk, and made choice
of Mr. Charles Hay ; after which they proceeded
to choose a Speaker, when the Hon. Thomas
Matthews, Esq. was unanimously elected ; and
being conducted to tlie chair, he made his ac
knowledgments to the House for the honor con
ferred on him.
Last Monday night, about 11 o'clock, a build
ing in Broad-street, occupied by Mr. Nitchie,
manufacturer of itarch and hair-powder, took
fire, and was very soon reduced to allies. Consi
derable damage was done to an adjoining house.
We hear from Philadelphia, that the Hon.
Thomas JefFerfon, Esq. Secretary of Stare for
the United States, has appointed Capt. Philip
Freneau, Interpreter of the French Language
for the Department of State.
By order of Sir John Temple, Baronet, his Bri
tannic Majesty's Consul Genera), throughout
the United States of America :
INFORMATION is hereby given for the go
vernment of all mailers or commanders of Britilh
veflels, who may arrive at the ports of the said
United States, that an ast of Parliament of the
eleventh and twelfth of William the third [made
perpetual by the atft of the 9th of George the
firlt] enaifts, " that if any mailer of a merchant
(hip, fliall, during his being abroad, force any
man 011 fliore, or wilfully leave him behind, in
anv of his Majesty's plantations, or e/fevihere,
(hall, being thereof legally convitfted, fuffer
three months imprifonmcnr, without bail or
mainprife."
DUMFRIES, Otftober 20.
WE, ihe Grand Jury for the Diftritf of Dum
fries, do present as a grievance, the existing
laws of this Commonwealth ; whereby landed
Property is protected from sale by execution for
of debts.
We fee with regret, many inftanceg of injus
tice, and we apprehend much immorality is
thereby encouraged.
E A S T O N, (M.) Oft. 18
N E W-Y O R K, Otftober 26
Philadelphia, October 29.
MEMBERS OF the SECOND CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
New- Ham pftiire.
Hon. John Langdou
Paine Wingate
Majfachufetts.
Caleb Strong
George Cabot
Rkode-IJland.
Theodore JKoftjjr
Joseph Stanton, jun,
ConneSlicut.
Roger Sherman
Oliver Ellfworth
New-York.
Rufus King
Aaron Burr
New-Jer sey.
Philemon Dickinfon
John Rutherfurd
Pennsylvania.
Robert Morris
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
New-Hamp/hirc.
Hon. Samuel Livermore
Nicholas Gilman
Jeremiah Smith*
Majfachufetts.
FiQier Ames
Elbridge Gerry
Benjamin Goodhue
Theodore Sedgwick
George Thatcher
Artemas Ward*
ShearjaQiub Bourne*
Rhode- JJland.
Benjamin Bourne
Conneflicut.
Jonathan Trumbull
Jeremiah Wadfwoith
James A. Hillhoufe.*
Jonathan Sturges
Amafa Learned*
New-York.
John Lawrance
Egbert Benfon
Peter Syivefter
James Gordon*
Thomas Tredwel!*
Cornel iusC.Schoonmaker*
New-Jersey.fey.
Abraham Clark*
Jonathan Dayton*
Elias Boudinot
Aaron Kitchcll*
P r.nnfylvania.
F. A. Muhlenberg
Thomas Fitzfimona
Daniel Heiiler
Israel Jacobs*
Jonathan Wilkes Kitteia*
Thomas Hart'ey
William Findley*
Thoje with this * mark were not members ef the JirJl Congress.
The grand Constitutional Chart being finifhed, was on Saturdays
S c P. t ' 3> presented to the King of the French—who observed to the
committee, on its being put into his hands—
" I now receive the Conftitutinn presented to me by the Na
tional Assembly. 1 shall inform them of my rsfolution, after the
fhortefl poflible delay which the examination of such an impor
tant object demands.—l am resolved to remain in Paris—l ihall
give the necessary orders to the Commandant-General of the Na
tional Parisian troops rel'pefting my Guards."
The Thuilleries were opened, and the ceotinels ported to pre
vent the entrance of strangers removed.
The repeated instances of fire's breaking oat in various parts of
the city, have excited strong suspicions- of a treacherous and infer
nal design to make a general conflagration—that, in the confufion,
the property ot the citizens may be plundered.
Says a Coirefpondent—Public opinion governs every thing—*
and therefore every thing Ihould be done to enlighten it. The
Newfpapets have been flopped or have palled with confiderablc
difficulty through the Poft-Offices. This ought not to be so.
Transmitting the Newspapers from one end of the Continent to
the other, need not cost the public a farthing. A light charge
upon the carriage would defray the expence, and insure the deli,
very. They ought to pass under the protedion of law at fafely as
letters.
Arrived intown since our laftthe Hon. Mr.HAMMOND,deputed
from the Court of London to the United States of America.
Copy of a letter from the Consul of the United States
in London, to the Secretary of State.
London, Aiigufl. 10, 1791.
Sir,
I BEG that you will be pleated to make it pub
lickly known to the citizens of the United States,
that all American /hipping carrying tobaccoes,&c.
to the ports of Guernsey and Jersey, are fubjec'l
to seizure, under an a& of parliament, in the
reign of Charles the second, that they may go
vern theinfclves accordingly.
I have the honor to be, &c.
From PELOSI's MARINE LIST.
ARRIVALS tt the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
Ship Jamaica, Sparki, London
Sloop Ann, Gardner, Nantucket
Nancy, Moffet, Virginia
Brothers, Grof>. Ditto
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
FUNDED DEBT.
22/ pr. / .
.2/6
»3/4
6 pr. Cents :
3 pr. Cents
Defercd 6 pr. Cents
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Final Settl. and other Certificates 16/8 17J 85 do.
Indents 10/6 52J do.
Bank Subfctiptions, Dollars.
SENATE.
Delaware.
Richard BalFet
George Read
Maryland.
John Henry
Charles Carroll
Virginia.
Richard Henry Lee
James Munroe
North-Carolina.
Samuel J oh 11 ft on
Benjamin Hawkins
Suuth-Ca?olina.
Pierce Butler
Ralph Izard
Georgia*
William Few
James Gunn.
VermonL
Delaware,
Hon. John Vining
Maryland.
Jofliua Seney
Samuel Sterret*
Upton Sheredine*
Philip Key*
William Vans Murray*
Virginia.
John Brown
William B. Giles
Samuel Griffin
Richard Bland Lee
James Madison
Andrew Moore
John Page
Alexander White
Jofiah Parker
Abraham Venable*
Not th-Carolina.
John Baptist Alhe
John Steele
Hugh Williamfon
William Barry Groves*
Nathaniel Macon*
South-Carolina.
Daniel Huger
William Smith
Thomas Sampler
"1 homas Tudor Tucker
Robert Barnewell*
Georgia.
Abraham Baldwin
Fiancis Willis*
Anthony Wavnc
Vtrmon't.
Kentucky, comes into the
Union in June, 1792.
110 pr. ceat.
62$ do.
66§ do.