SAVANNAH, October 6
The Auguita Chronicle of the 24U1 ult. menti
ons, that Ins excellency the governor has been
pleased to appoint the lion, Brownlon,
,h.lq. and gt-nt 1 als 1 wigs and Clarke, comniilhon
ers to attend the running of tiie temporary line
between this ltute and ttie Creek nation.
Mr. Ellicot (lately arrived from the Northward)
and the commiilioncrs, wc are informed, have
gone from Auguita to perform the above menti
oned bulinefs.
GEORGETOWN, Oft. 8
We are informed, that the Hon. liaac Holmes,
Esq. lieut. governor of this state, has been ap
pjinted collector of the culloms for the diil riift
of South-Carolina, in the room of George Abbot
Hall, Kfq. deceased.
NEWBEfiN, Otflober Ij.
Last week a Sloop was call away on the coafl:
of this State, between Occacock y.nd Beaufort.
There were on board of her but one man, < who
fays his name is Nathan Round, and a lad named
Maxwell. The Cargo confiited of twenty-three
hoglheads of l'ugar, about twenty cases of gin,
a chest of tea, and a quantity of ca<h. The inha
bitants were very alert in saving the cargo, which
is now in the care of the custom-house officers at
Beaufort.
The condudt of Round has given canfe of sus
picion that he had nor a(fteil honeltly (his story
and that of the lad difagrceing in many relpeifts)
and as he had left the veflel, fails, rigging, &c.
and hired horl'es under pretence of coming to
this town, the infpeiftor of Beaufort came last
night in pursuit of him. He was this morning
apprehended and carried beforejudge Sitgreaves,
who, after examining him thought proper to com
mit him to gaol. Among his baggage were found
twelve hundred dollars and forne cloathes, which
he laid belonged to the captain.
He fays the schooner is called the Polly, be
longs to Brown, Francis, & Co. and was command
ed by Capt. Richard Low ; that they failed to
the Well-Indies, loaded with horses, mules, beef,
fifti, nankeens and thirty-two chests of tea —that
while they were lying in Euftatia road, he sup
poses the cablc was cut by a Spanifli drogger who
was near him, the captain being then alhore ;
that lie sent the boy and all the hands, but this
lad, alhore for the captain ; but the wind begin
ning to blow frefh he was not able to keep the
veflel near that island, or making any of the
neighbouring ones, and that he then fleered for
the continent and came to anchor near where
the veflel was afterwards loft.
On his way from Beaufort, it is said, he inquir
ed the way to the Ohio, and when he was in this
town wanted to get to Norfolk. There was no
log-book or other paper found on board the ves
sel.
The money is lodged at the cuftoni-lioufe in
Newbern, and the veflel is ordered to be fold for
the benefit of the owners.
PROVIDENCE, Oc r t. 22.
Ac the Supreme Judicial Court of the Com
monwealth of Maflachufetts, holden at Taunton,
was tried last Thursday the Cause, William Gor
don, of New-Bedford, against Caleb Gardner and
John Stanton, of Newport.—This was a popular
aiflion, grounded on the law of that Common
wealth, for preventing the Slave-Trade. The
plaintiff in his writ demanded 50C0I. forfeited
for the exportation of 100 Afi icaiis to the Weft
Indies as slaves, and 2001. forfeited for the velfel
employed in the voyage. The former demand,
in pursuance of the advice of the Abolition Soci
ety in this town, was relinquished, and on the
latter a verdiift was obtained by the plaintiff.
This mild and humane procedure 011 the part of
the Society mnll evince, that their objeiii was
more to give fandiion and efficacy to the law,than
to mul«fi the violators thereof.—The charges from
the court to the jury i.i this cause deserve to have
been written in letters of gold. Such Judges are
a terror to evil-doers, and a glory to a Coirnnon-
wealth
BOSTON, October 24,
The limited number of ihares in the Boston
Tontine, (amounting to 100,000) having been
fubferibed, the fubfeription books were closed on
Friday.
Friday arrived from France, Burril Carnes,
Esq. Consul ot the United States, for the port of
Nantz. This gentleman left Nantz the 16th of
September, at which time the King had not as
sented to the Constitution.
Extract of a letter from Cape-Francois, of Sept. \~jth,
r;Ci'!v:J by a lat: arrival in this town
" The profpetft of pence amonglt us does not
yet make its appearance. A long time, perhaps
some months, will elapse before this happy event
will be accom plifhed : and years will roll over
before the colony will be restored to the hap
py and prosperous state in which it wns five weeks
ago. Delirucftion has gone through the greatest
part of this quarter of the colony, and threatens
daily to complete the iuin ot the whole, ihe
efforts of the government to Hop the ravages ot
the negroes have not been effectual, and they
every night commit foni.e depredations and mur
ders upon thole plantations which are not yet
destroyed."
POUGHKEEPSI £, October 20.
Died at Fifhki'll, about the 2d instant, Frede
rick Harpel, a German, who feryed in the capa
city of a dragoon at the coinmenceuient of Queen
Ann's war ; and was, from the calculations he
made, about 120 years of age when he departed
this life—through the whole conrfe of which, he
enjoyed a perfect state of health, and was remark
able for his frugality and industry, till a few
months before his death.
CONGRESS.
PHILADE L P H I A.
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MONDAY, October 31, 1 79 1 •
THIS day, at 12 o'clock, the Senate proceeded from their
Chamber of Cougrefs to the Houle ot the President ot the
United States, where the following Address, in answer to his
Speech to both Houses of Congref»> was delivered by the Vicc-
President:—
To the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES.
Sir,
THE Senate of the United States have received with the highest
faiisfa6lion, the aflurancesof public prosperity contained in your
lpeech to both houles : the multiplied blcflings of Providence have
not escaped our notice, or failed to excite our gratitude.
The benefits which flow from the restoration of public and pri
vate confidence are conspicuous and important, and the pleasure
with which we contemplate them, is heightened by youralTurance
of thufe further communications which ihall confirm their exig
ence, and indicate their source.
Whilil we rejoice in the fuccefe of those military operations
which have been dire&ed against the hoilile Indians, we lament
with you the necellity that has produced them, and we participate
the hope that the present profpeft of a general peace, on terms of
moderation and justice, may be wrought into complete and pei
mancnt effect, and that the meafur:s of government may equally
embrace the ftcunty of our frontiers, and the general interefh ot
humanity; oilr f.jlicitude to obtain, willenlure our zealous atten
tion, to an obj cl to. warmly efpouftd by the principles of benevo
lence, and so highly imerefting to, the honor and weJUrc of the
natiun,
Tne fcvcral fubje&s which you have particularly recommended,
and those which remain of former.feflious, will engage our early
tonftderation ; we are encouraged to prosecute them with alacrity
and steadiness, by the belief, that they will interest no paflion, but
that tor the general welfare, by the afiurance of concert, and by a
view of thole aiduous and important arrangements which have
been already accompiithed.
Weoblcrve, Sir, the'conltancy and a£livity of your zeal tor the
public good. The example will animate our efforts to promote
the happiness ot our country.
JOklN ADAMS, Vice-President of the Uivited States,
and Prcfidentof the Senate*
To which the President made the following Reply
Gentlemen',
THIS manifeftation of your zeal for the honour and the happi
nefi of our country, derms its full value from the (hare which
your deliberations have already had in promoting both.
I thank you tor the favorable sentiments with which you view
the part I have borne in the arduous ti uft committed to the govern
ment'ol the United States; and defirc you to be allured that ali my
will continue to second tliofe further rffoits for the public
good, which aic ensured by the spirit in which you are entering on
the present fcflini. G. WASHINGTON.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr. Smith and Mr. Niles, Members from Ver
mont, Mr. Barnewell, from South-Carolina. Mr.
Groves, from North Carolina, and Mr. Shere
dine, from Maryland, totfk their feats this day.
Sundry petitions from persons praying com
penCations, pen (lons, &c. for Cervices and disabi
lities, were prcCented by Ceveral members—read
and referred to the Secretary of War.
A memorial of JoCeph Seraki, a Roman artill,
was read, praying the patronage of Congress in
a design for executing a monument commemora
tive ot the American Revolution—this memorial
was accompanied by a description of the proposed
monument—laid on the table.
The petition of Richard Blacklege, piefented
by Mr. Willianifon, on motion of that gentle
man, was referred to the Secretary of the Trea
sury.
ORDER OF THE DAY
In committee of the whole, on the schedule of
the whole number of persons in the United States.
Mr. Muhlenberg in the Chair.
Mr. Lawrance observed, that there were two
objects which piefented for the attention of the
committee 011 this occasion ; thefiril, the apporti
onment of the ratio of reprefemation—the other,
t he situation of the census as it refpecfls the State
of South Carolina—both of tlieni important.
,lr. Lawrance proposed arefolution in regard to
ihe fir It—l hat till the time of the next enume
ration, the number of Representatives fliall be one
to every thirty thonfand inhabitants. He further
obierved, that the census of South-Carolina not
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being compleated, and returns made within the
time limited by law, it remains that some provj.
lion on that fubjeift fliould be made but as he
supposed the gentlemen from that State would
make a propoiition to the house, he fliould wave
any further remarks for the present. He con
cluded by repeating his motion, that the ratio of
l cprefcntation ihouid be one for every thirty
thousand.
Mr. Li verm ore Paid he was npprehcnfive the
motion would be premature, till the fate of an
amendment to the conitirution proposed to iit
people, was known ; th;it amendment fays that
the ratio of repi elentation (hall be one to every
30,000 persons, till the number of- lleprefenta
tives amounts to 100 —after which the ratio is to
be one to 40,000 —If this amendment is agreed to
the resolution on the table will contravene its
operation ; if that amendment: is not adopted
(and said he, 1 heartily wish it never may be)
we (hould 011 the proposition now moved, have a
larger houl'e than that amendment contemplated ;
he was opposed to lb large a number of repre
sentatives as would be confcquent on the plan
proposed, and concluded by enquiring whether
the above amendment had been adopted by the
requisite number of the Legillatures.
On examination it did not appear that a fuf
ficietn number of tlie States had made return*
refpe<fting the amendments to determine thr
question.
Mr. Sedgwick said the Constitution bad pro
vided that the number of Representatives /hould
not exceed one for every 30,000, but Congress may
encreafe the number of constituents of each mem
ber ; he read the l-efult of a calculation of the
number of Representatives which would be re
turned on a supposition of there being one to
3°> 33> 34 al] d 4° thousand persons—according
to the prel'ent ceiifus, fuppofiug South-Carolina
to contain 240,000 perfons—3o thoul'and would
give 110 —33, 104, 34, 100, and 40 thousand, 82
members.
Judging from the sense of the peoj)le, so far
as it could be collected from whac had been done
refpedting the proposed amendment on this fub
jecft, he was of opinion that the ratio which
would meet the general approbation was that
which would give about 100 members in the
House of Representatives.
Mr. Livermore was in favor of a ratio which
would give the smallest number that was men
tioned by the gentleman last fpcaking;
Mr. White said, that the general sentiment of
the people was perhaps more fully known on the
lubjetfc before the committee, than on any other
thac can come before thein. Among the objec
tions to the Conltitution, the finallnefs of thcre
prefentation was very generally objected to. An
eucrcafe of the number of this iioufe isexpet r ced—
it has been said by the enemies of the Constitu
tion that Congress will never consent that there
lhall be a Representative for every 30,000 per.
sons. The time is now come when the que/tion
is to be determined—and I hope, said Mr.White,
that Congress will a<ft with the utmost liberality
on the occalion—and that they will not diminifli
the number of Representatives.
Mr. Dayton Caul he considered the fubjedl in a
different light from the gentleman laftfpeaking.
He supposed the sense of the people at the pre
sent day was opposed to a great increase of the
number of Reprei'encaiives—he thought that one
to 40,000 pei Coiis would give the most eligible
number, but was willing to meet the gentleman
half way, and moved to insert the word fivt be
tween " thirty and thousand,"in the resolution.
Mr. White explained himfelf as referring par
ticularly to the time when the Constitution was
adopted
Mr. Seney observed, that the ful>je<ft was too
important, in It is opinion, to come to a fucklen
decision npon, especially as many of the mem
bers of the lioufe had not arrived.
He moved therefore that the committee fliould
rife, report, and ;iik leave to lit again. The com*
inittee accordingly role.
Mr. Smith, (SC.) laid on the table a refolutiom
for extending the time allowed for making a re
turn of the census of South-Carolina.
JVlr. Sedgwick's motion refpeiftingpe'rfons who
flee from jultice, &e. laid on the table laftfri
day, was comin itted to Mcllis. Sedgwick, Bourne
(M.) and White.
riielfVs. Ames, Dayton, Brown, Fitzfimonsand
Tucker, were appointed a committee to report a
regular and uniform mode of proceeding in ca
ses of comelted electionsof membersof the house.
On motion of Mr. Sedgwick, a committee, con
fiding of Messrs. Wadfworth, Smith (S. C.) and
Svlvefter, was appointed to report a bill for the
relief of widows and orphans ill certain cases.
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, November i.
Mr. Wayne, member from Georgia, and Mr. Parker, troro
Virginia, took their feats this day. .
A meifage wa; received iiorn the President ol the United Mates
by Mr. Secretary I,ear, communicating the arrangement ma em
rcfpc£t to the division of the United States into an ur
vc\s, appointnnni of infpeftors, and compensations to o
puiluant to the law, laying duties on distilled spirits, &c. ' 110