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.
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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.
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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
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