0 f all the money passing through their hands. The people depended on their Representatives for a scrutiny into the expenditure of the public nioncv. He wifried at preieut that a committee fuould he appointed to examine into the expen diture of all former appropriations, and that a rule should be eftablifned to apply for the future and procure regular accounts from every branch of the executive department. The effect of this in the end would be, to en creafe the confidence of the people in those offi C ers, by bringing the rectitude of their official conduct to foil' evidence, and would be the belt Ijuard againlt embezzlement of public money, (hould we be less fortunate in future, in the ehoice of executive officers. If some fucli plan as this he proposed was not adopted, the Repreleiua tives would have no more idea of the money ex pended than the people themselves, and the peo ple no more than if their officers were in the moon. He moved that the committee rife. Mr. Bo'/dinot hoped the committee would not rife until some more notice had been taken of the objections of the gentleman from Virginia. His charges were to the bill in general, and wete founded upon the difference between the sum to tal of the appropriation contemplated in the bill, and that of former appropriations, a difference of about 400,000 dollars. To account for this difference he wished the gentleman would turn his attention to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury ; in which he would find a number of extraordinary calls for considerable appropri ations. A considerable sum to the King of France a large sum, the balance of an old accouutdue Oliver Pollock—l2o,ooo dollars, a deficiency in ]ast year's appropriation —considerable expences jn consequence of an encreafe of our army, for the defence of the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontiers. — He mentioned that if the funis called for to provide for these objects and a few more he enumerated, were added together, they would be found to make up nearly the difference com plained of. This explanation he considered as necefliiry, left it should be imagined that our re gular annual expences had increased ill the sum of 400,000 dollars. These extraordinary expen ces were peculiar to the en filing year, and could not be reckoned as an encreafe to the annual ex pences of the government of the United States. Mr. Sreele wished the members of the feleit committee would declare whether they had exa mined the items of the particular estimates laid before them. He was willing to rely on their opinion of them to make up his own mind. Mr. Baldwin said, the committee were only appointed to bring in a bill in conformity to the eifimares laid before the House. He conceived that as every member had a right to examine the documents on which those eftiinates were found ed, that they would take the necessary iteps to acquire information. For his own part he had been induced for this purpose to call at the re gister's office. He had procured from the Regis ter such papers (making himfelf perfbnally re fponlible for their fafety) as threw fufficient light upon it to fatisfv his mind ; — those papers were 011 the table and open to the inflection of every member Ctobscontihusd.) MONDAY, December 5 Mr. Bourne presented a memorial from the dis tillers of the town of Newport, praying certain modifications of the excise law. Referred to the Secretary of the Treasury. The Speaker laid before the lioufe an account, furnifhed by Mr. Beckley,the clerk of thehoufe, of the diiburfements of the money appropriated for the contingent expences <5f the House of Re presentatives during three feffions—from which it appears that ther* is a balance due to him. Mr. Benfon laid on the table a resolution for the appointment of a committee to join a com mittee of the Senate, to consider and report the most eligible manner of carrying into effec't a former resolution of Congrels refpecfting the erec tion of an equeflrian ftai.ue, in honor of General Wafliington. The ho life then, pursuant to the order of the day, resolved itfelf into a committee of the whole, and resumed the consideration of the appropria tion bill—Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair. In proceeding through the bill, the several items were feparateiy considered, agreed to. Seme occasional remarks were made ; but 110 ma terial debate took place. One amendment was proposed, by which the bill is made to express the several purpol'es for which the monies are appropriated, inliead of appropriating funis in gross, with a reference to the Secretary's e(ti mate, for particulars. The committee having reported the bill and the amendment, rhe house adopted the fame, and recommitted the bill to the felec!t committee, who had originally framed it, with instructions to new-model it pursuant to the sense of the houte. The Speaker laid before the honfe<a letter from the Treafmer of the United Stares, accompanied with a (latement of his fpccie accounts of receipts and dilburfemenrs, from July i to September 30, which was ordered to lie on the tabic;—andnlfo a letter from the Secretary of the Tie,miry, ac companied with a report on thcfubjeOt of manu factures, which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Gerry presented a resolution in lieu of one which he laid oil the table on Friday lair, mak ing it the doty of the* Secretary of the Treasury to i eporr to the hotife, on the third Monday of every felfion, an account of the receipts and ex pendirures of the public money appropriated du ring the preceding fefiion, so far as he ihall then have it in his power to ft&te particulars—and if he be unable to give an accurate ftatenienc of the whole, at the time appointed, he is to complete ic as foou afterwards as may be. Adjourned. TUESDAY, December 6. A petition of John Wilson, praying the renewal of a loft certi ficate, was presented by Mr. Hartley—read and referred to the Secretary of the Treasury. Sundry petitions from invalid officers were read, and referred to the Secretary of War. The motion of Mr. Benfon laid on the table yesterday, for ap pointing a committee of the House to confer with a committee of the Senate, refpe&ing the carrying into eftcdl a rcfolution of Con gress under the Confederation, for eretting an equestrian statue of General Washington—was taken into consideration, and adopted and MefTrs. Benfon, Gerry, and Smith (S.C.) appointed the committee on the part of the House. The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Gerry, for dire&ing the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the House on the third Monday of every annual leffion of Congress, an accurate ftate mcnt of the receipts and expenditures of public monies, See. was taken into consideration, and after some debate was, with two other resolutions, moved by Mr. Fitzfimons, and Mr. Barnwell refpe&ively, on the fame fubjett, referred to a fele£l committee, consisting of MefiYs. Gerry, Dayton and Barnwell. In committee of the whole, on the bill for eftabliftiing the po(l-®ffice and post-roads in the United States. Mr. Smith (S. C.) in the chair. The bill was read in paragraphs* A motion made by Mr, Niles, to extend the post-road in Ver mont to Windsor and Rutland, was fuperccded by a motion made by Mr. Sedgwick, to ftrikc out the clause which designates all the particular roads in the United States, in order to insert a clause vesting the power of designating them in the supreme executive. This motion occasioned a debate, in which its constitutionality, and the reverse idea, were alternately advanced and denied—the committee rose without coming to a decision, and then the Houfc adjourned. S A L EM, November 22 A gentleman from Cape-Francois, where he has resided for some time part, in intimacy with some of the rnoft refpedlable characters there, considers their situation hazardous, &the pickets, and fortifications, with the fniall number of troops within, as a defence very unequal to any forcible attack from without : the inhabitants were however, lulled into an imaginary feenrity, by the long continuance of the infurretftion. Lait Friday about 12 ton HOPS were brought into this town far exportation to the southern breweries. N E W-Y O R K, December 5, BRITISH MAIL PACKETS. Admiral Hughes, Naval-Commander on the Halifax station, has ordered,that the Britifli arm ed Schooners shall fail from thenceto New-York, monthly, during the winter, to carry the Mails to and from those places. The firft was made up at Halifax, the 31ft ult. Extract ej a letter jrom a gentleman in Jamaica, to his friend in New-York, dated Nov. 20. " The Countei's of Eftingham died on board the Diana Frigate within three days fail of New- York ; the Frigate has returnad with her corpse to this Island. The alTembly of which have or dered thefum of four thousand five hundred dol lars to be paid towards defraying the expences of her funeral, which is to take piace the firft of next Month." FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, " As Sol's blejl beams make Vinegar more four" — MR. FENNO, I HAVE read with attention the Reflotrftnt in your last Gazette, and would recommend to him a difpaflionate re-perusal of the paragraph of the 2d November, which has so much excited his indignation—this will convince him, if he poflefle.-. any candor, that the Meffings derived to the people from the new Conflitutim of Go vernment, which if the favor of Heaven is now ejlabhjhea ; (lad the fuc ccfsfut and highly pleajtng and popular adminijiration thereof -so far from producing in the minds of some men a generous acknow ledgment of past errors and mifcalcuiations, appear to stir up such remains of gall and chagrin, as it was hardly thought poflible could be latent in the human mind. C. Philadelphia, December 7. THE eligibility of this Gazette asamedium for Adver tisements will appear, when it is considered thai it is twice a week lent to One Hundred and Twenty Postmasters and Printers in the United States—and to One Thousand Subscribers ia dif- ferent parts of the Union, The Legislature of this Commonwealth afiembled at the State- House of this city yesterday. The Convention of the State of Delaware, now in feffioii at Dover, has clcfted John Dickenson, Esq. thjir Prafident. Among the various specimens of art and ingenuity exhibited by the mechanics and. artiils of this city, a correspondent observes that ft rangers and others are peculiarly pleased with the painted Wafs in the windows of fcveral (hopkeepers. This mode of painting is original, the effect is fine—and the execut;on such an happy imitation of nature, that it is not possible to avow] a tem poiarv deception. The ingefiiout artist who executed the above, is on his palfage lor London, where, in this line only, he will pro bably be highly fuccefslul, as it it fatd nothing fimibr has yet ap pcared there. 255 Of all animals, man is the most improved by being tJitight. The just mfeience is, that raoft pains should I*<* befrowed where the b lllruits will be produced by it ; we are delighted to Ice dogs and bears dance, to hear parrors chatter, and how a hog can fpcJl. We throng, caih in hand, to fee lions, wild cats, and all ilrange fights. It would be very little honorable to human nature, it' there was any great town, in our enlightened country, where l shows of the for: alluded to, are gainful, where rope dancing colts thousands yearly, and not a single free school is provided lor the child rcn oi the poor. If our duty cost as much as our folly, there would be a better excuse tor our not dilcharging it. But the truth is, we are taxed ten times more by our love of wondei and of vice than would be fufficient to hire wisdom and virtue to keep school for our children. Nothing is cheaper, in proportion to its value, than-cducatiou —and yet it is the charge that frightens us. The chlidrcn, if well taught, will make ample retribution to the society for what their teaching has cost. It is fcarely poifibleto calculate by what means, or in how many ways, this will be done. Men, well taught, will earn more than ignorant men ; skill will be a* gainful as hard work. Such men too will be more enterprizing. The mind, expanded by knowledge, will trust more to its own powers : though at firft, it cannot creeD. it will learn to fly ; the higher it mounts, the wider its profpeih ; till, at last, the world, and all its means of happiness, are brought within its reach. Politically speaking, the lallen ftatc of man is ignorance. The world is yet to l,e regained by him. Of all the countries on earth, America is in the belt condition to regenerate man by education : We have the most to do with, and the lcaft yet to do. " If a consolidation of the states into one government be an event justly to be avoided, it is not less to be desired that a coo To. lidation Ihould prevail in their interests and affedtions; and this too, as it fortunately happens, for the very reasons, among others, wh:ch lie against a governmental consolidation. For, in the firft place, in proportion as uniformity is found to prevail in the inte rests and fentimentsof the several states, will be the pra&icability of accommodeting Lcgiflativc regulations to them, and thereby of withholding new and dangerous prerogatives from the executive. Ag.iin, the greater the mutual confidence and affection of all parts of the Union, the more likely they will be to concur amicably, or to differ with moderation, in the ele£live designation of the chief magiftratc; and by such examples, to guard and adorn the vital principle of our republican conftitiition. Lastly, the less the sup posed difference of interests, and the greater the concord and con fidence throughout tbr great bod)' of the people, the more readily must they sympathize with each other, the more fcafonably can they interpose a common manifeftation of their sentiments, the more certainly will they take the alarm at usurpation or opprcllion, and the more effectually will they confolidatc their dcfencc ot the public liberty. " Here then is a proper object prcfented, both to those who are moll jealously attached to the separate authority refcrved to the states, and to those who may be more inclined to contemplate the people of America in the light of one nation. Let the former con tinue to watch against every encroachment, which might lead to a gradual consolidation of the states into one government. Let the latter employ their utmost zeal, by eradicating local prejudices and mistaken to consolidate the affairs of the states into one harmonious interest ; and let it be the patriotic study of all, to maintaia the vaiious authoritieseftabliftied by our complicated, system, each in its rcfpe&ive conftituiional sphere ; and to erect over the whole, one paramount Empire of reason, benevolence and brotheily affe&ion." Nat. Gaz. Yesterday aftcrnodti a fire broke out in a barn in Pear-llrect, which consumed the fame—by the timely and spirited exertions of the fire companies and other citizens, the flames were prevent ed from extending fuither. From PELOSI's MARINE LIST. ARRIVALS tt the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Brig Swallow, Snowden, Boftoa Monton, Parker, Antigut Joseph, Prance, Havre-de-Grace Sloop Lark, Burrows, St. Martins Rebecca, Tingle, Maryland PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. Cents 3 pr. Cents Defered 6 pr. Cents 13/3 UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl. and other Certificates 20/4 lOif do. Indents 12f 5 60 Bank Subscriptions, 141 Dollars. Bank of the United States. December 3, 1791. NOTICE is hereby given that the Bank of the United States will be opened on Monday the sth instant. Transfers of the fubferiptions to the stock of said Bank may then be made. On Monday the 12th instant, deposits will be received, and oa Tuelday the 20th instant, discounts maybe made. By order of the President and Dire&ors, JOHN KEAN, Cajhicr. All Bills or Notes offered for Discount shall be delivered into the Bank on Mondays or Wcdnefdays, the Discount (hall be fet tled on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and (hall be made known the next fuccceding days. At a MEETING of the DIRECTORS of the BANK of the UNITED STATES,, December 5, 1791, RESOLVED, THAT the payment of the portion of the Capital Stock, of the Bank of the United Slates, confiding of Specie which will be due on the several Shares on the firft Monday of January next, may be made at the refpe&ive Banksof Majfachufetts and Ncio~York. Provided, That any Stockholder claiming the benefit of such payment, shall, on or before the firft Monday in January next, exhibit to the Cashier of the Bank of the United States, a Certifi cate signed by the Cashier of the Bank into which such payment (hall have been made—any thing in the regulations heretofore established to the contrary notwithstanding By order of the President and Dire&ors, JOHN KE A X, Cajfiier. BOULTING CLOTHS. An extensive AfTo'tment, of very superior texture, suitable foe every branch of the business, just imported from Aroflerdam, and for Sale by DANIEL TYSON, No. 114, South Front-Str ekt ; Where Millers and others may always be fupolied with the befl Cloths, and large allowance made to those who purphafe in quan tities to fell again. Also for Sale, a Quantity of Particular MADEIRA WINE, Of (he firft Quality, fit for immediate ofe, in Pipes. PhUidt/phia, Uccew.btT 6, 1791. r lawiml pr. £ . in pr. ccnt. 64 do. 66 dq* 22fi 12/10
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