> CONGRESS. HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. Saturday, January 5. The petition of William Seymour was read, Hating that he had been severely wounded in the attack of Fort Grifvvold; praying the benefit of a pension. Referred co a feledt committee, con fining of Mr. Wadfworth, Mr. Key, and Mr. Griffin. The petition of sundry persons, merchants of the city of Hudson, was read ; praying that the port of said city may be made a port of entry, as well as of delivery. Referred to the Secreta ry of the Treafbry. The petition of Gabriel Allen, was read; pray ing the renewal of two loft certificates spo dol lars each. Referred to the committee of the •whole House, on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on that fubjed. The petition of Nicholas Vrigl . nd, was read ; praying the renewal of a loft certificate. Re ferred as above. The petition of Jonas Stevens, was read; pray ing compensation for services, and losses during the late war. Referred to the Secretary of War. A report of the Secretary of theTrealury, on the memorial of Timothy De Mombrun, was read; which was against the prayer of th* peti tion. It was then voted, that the petitioner have leave to withdraw his petition and papers. A bill to provide for the widows and orphans of certain persons who were killed by the Indi ans under the fanition of flags of truce, was brought in engrossed, read the third time and pal Ted. In committee of the whole, on the resolution for reducing the military eftablilhment of the United State . A long debate ensued, which ended in a mo tion to amend the original resolution, so as to read thus— RgTolved, That a committee be appointed to bring in a bill to reduee the military establish ment of the United States, to regi ments, to consist of the men who are now in service, or which may be recruited before the day of next, &c. This being put, was negatived— 32 to 24. — The question then was on the original resolu tion, as moved by Mr. Steele; which being put, «t was negatived, 21 members only riling in fa vor of it. The committee then rose, and the chairman repqrted accordingly. The report was laid on the table, and the House adjourned. M'O VDA Y, January 7 Mr. Livermore of the committee appoint ed fo>* the purpose, reported a bill to repeal pant of a resolution of Congress of Airlift, 1788, refpe&ing the inhabitants of Pod St. Vincennes—read twice, and committed for to-morrow. A new appropriation hill, making provision for the support "of government for the year *793» reported, bp the Tele# committee, to w ioin the former bill was recommitted.— It was twice read, taken up in committee of the whole—Mr. Sedpwick in the chair-—re ported without amendment, and laid on the table tili to-morrow. In committee of the whole, on the bill to regulate claim l ; to invalid pensions.—Mr. Dayton in the Chair.—The motion of Vena hie for invaldating the p oceedings of the judge*;, pir fnant to the law parted last feifion, was difcufled. Mr. Giles called for the read ing of all the representations relative to the Jaw, received from the judges the last winter. A lengthy debate ensued on this motion, in which the conftrudtion put on the above law by the judges, wai critically di cuffed till af ter three o'clock. The committee aroe without taking a vote, and the chairman re ported progress.—Adjourned. Erratum—in our lafl, w\ Air. Steele's Speech, id to!. Bt</ hnefrom the bottom, for il Jormed , \ read farmed. Phi adelphia, Jan. 9. This dav, woarhrr permitting, M. Blancharrl takrs his flight ; The balloon we are allured will rife precisely at 10 o'clock. « > The accounts from London by the Packet further ft^te—That the hopes of harmony between tbeftates of Brabant nrrdthe Auftvian government, ftera to have vaniftied.—On the S7tb October the King of Pruflia arrived at Luxemburg!) on his way to Berlin.—Great tumult*'it is said prevail in Holland.—The frepsjj government lately contracted with Mr. Atkjnfoo ofYorkfliire for 100,0001. worth of coatfc woollens for the use of the French array {which sum was artuallv paid previous to the Mivery of'the goods.—lt appears that the French tronps'met with a check at Hanau, fiom a body of- 4000 Hessians. Gen. Cuftine, informed of tliis reverse, Tent to' Frankfort on the'Jpili Oftober,foT a reinforcement to make a fecood attack. • A Britiih Admiral in the port of Genoa, fired feyeial broad fides into a French Ihip for not fainting the Britiih fqtiadron on the cele bration of the Britiih King's acceflion. It appears that General Cofiine has taken Frankfort on the Main, and irapofed a con tribution on of two millions of flo r,ns—he has alio taken the crown, jceptre, »nd regalia, tiled at the coronation of the Etfiperors of Germany. A report from a committee on the trial of the Kipg of France, concludes with a number of articles, among other*—That Louis XVI. can he tric<*—That he shall 4e tried by the National Convention—A dettil of his crimes to be made out, printed and publilhed The day for the trial n not fixed. As to Maria Antonietta, the committee fay, the Queens of France have always been liable to trial for t*«i» crimes.—General Montefquiou has beeit Mcnfed of peculation— one art'de of the ac fetion is, (bat he charged the nation 13 liv. for flioss, for which he paid only four and an Cuftine has denounced Gen. Kel lerman to the National Aiibmbly.—Admiral 1 ragngf," commander of a French fleet, has taken, plundered and burnt Onaglia—this is a sea-port on the Mediterranean, about 70 inifes from Genoa. This severity was bro't on the place b/ the treachery of some pea sants. M. Dumourier has ftgnified a wish to the Na tional Convention to retire ; Ghent, Namur and 3ru»Tels are in poficfiion of ibe French—• General Dumourier entered t'he lalt a: the head of a-numerous army. M. Nectar has published a long pleading in favor of Louis XVJ. A battalion has set out from Dunkirk to lake poifeflion of Oitend,agree able to ari invitation of the magilirates of that city—The Regent of Sweden has acknowledged the Republic of France.--300,000 livres of the contribution levied on Spins had been received by the Nat ional Convention. — Gen. IXumonrier has urged the giving general Valence the title of Commander in chief of the Ardennes. Yesterday the following gentlemen were chosen, by the Stockholders, Dire&ors of the Bank of the United States: Thomas Willing, "Samuel Breck, Thomas Fitzfimons, William Smith, Tristram Dal ton, Samuel Johnfton, Henry Nichols, James Watson, James M'Clurg, Joseph Ball, John Watts, I'aac Wharton, Nicholas Low, James C. Fiflier, y Andrew Craigie, William Bingham, j Herman Leßoy, Joseph Anthony, ' J James Davenport, Archibald M'Galt, ' : George Cabot, Ifi ael Whelen, Rufus Kin?, Robert Smith,' John Lawrance, At a general meeting of the Members of ' the German Society, on the i6thult. ?.t theJ Lutheran 'Vheol hunfe ill thKcitv, tile tinnuaf election of their officers was and the sos- | lowing gentlemen were duly chosen : id Prelident—Freder'ck A. Muhlenberg. Vice-President—Lewis Farmer. Treasurer—John Steinmetz. Secretaries—Andrew Geyer and Leonard Keehm ie. Solicitor—Henry Kammerer Overseers —'Conrad Haas, William Leeh man, Christopher Kucher, John Stock, Frede rick Fravly, Peter Ozeas. General WM Moultrie U eledied Governor of the {late of South-Carolina. The names of the Wabafli Indians latelv arrived in this city, on a viilt to thePrefident of the United States, are as follow: Great Joseph—Baptist du Quon, and his squaw Ala nonfoqua Thomas—-Nancopeta, or red Trowfers—Swecana, or Three Legs^—Gomoo —A soldier and his squaw Wapetfonequa—Le Petit Cafto, or Little Beaver-—Wapeteia, or Little A—e—Wilkeohn, or painted face— Wawwecefeto, or circle—Le,Petit Beaflie, or Little Elk—Hawpautapeaugh, or llifing, Man—£)uoquouquerfeaa,or the Chafer—Mcu ecoueyod, or Aquiline Nofe—Monekarav, a squaw, unmarried—with 3 interpreters. COMMUNICATIONS. We have men who go round and round like mill-horse? in the drudgery of defaming the officers of government. They repeat over and over again the fame humdrum tales of vice and folly, which they tax every body with but their own angelic fa&ion. It is in vain to read to this party the precept— 44 Thou fhalt not bear falfe witness against thy neighbor," because the old book which records this honest and gotod-natured advice is out of crsdit with thetfe profane faints, these men of new inspiration, who set about reforming us out of oui old principles. There are certain things often tranfifted by collaftive bodies, which no individual of them will juftify or defend. We may very fafely confer honor on imagi. vary heroes, because among such there is 110 comparison of merits. To praise a man, because we suppose he thinks as we do, is nothing less than an indi rect compliment to ouifelves. To clog our attachment to the governmeat which we have ourselves eftablithed, with conditions founded on arbitrary conftruftions, is, to fay the least, cold-hearted patriotism. To be governed by- principles abftracied from men, is an idea tooevanelcent for com mon use—To be governed by men, without regard to principles, is passive obedience. It is a very pleaflet thing to feel superior to all the reft of mankind. Every class of citizens, in supporting the community, support themselves. If by their utmost exertions in their various vocations,a bare competency only can be obtained, what would be their fate, (hould they employ one half theii time in political (übje^ts. Suspicion is the virtue of bale minds—those who have no honesty themselves, are <;om monlv the firft to cry out riT uc—iltaking kriijf the old proverb. The principles suited to one period, will not he found adapted to another—if they will apply on all octafions, the work ot'deftruftion will never be fnilhed. The public liberty is to be guarded by the vigilance of the people—but an ignorant peo ple will ne\ er be active from principle—their vigilance therefore will always be directed by individuals who may have an infereft in be traying the liberties and the government of a country. The truth is the people asfiuh, cannot always watch ; but afford to every in dividual the means of inftruflion, and they will invariably chufe their be ft friends for their rulers and watchmen. 255 Our faftlon have'bson four years inventing toul names and foul suspicions against the constitution. They have (elected thefweeteft nowers of Grub-street to adoin their ejfavs and paragraphs. The plan ot our government >" a Icheme of defpotiifn. Too much power ■s given, and that is unchecked and arbitrar- ■ and when they speak of the officers of the go vernment, they are to he fufpei'ted and hated.' The bufmefs is bad, and the agents areworic Yet these pure and ftnbbornly virtuous men in the worst of times, tlieie tyranny haters finding that open attacks on the government avail nothing, condescend to ate a little Inpo. crify. They tell us they are federal. Hatred is turned into love and "admiration. Nay, they love the conftitufion so wo]],, they fufpeit ■its old fiends—they would not trust its mo ther to iuckle it. In ITiort, no-body wilt do but thole who lought its life, to rock and guard its cradle. But the people too well remem ber their enmity to the child of our nation's hopes, to be deluded by their arts. The hy pocrisy of pnetending to be federal, is labor loff—for they threaten while they would coax, and their former hatred is fti.l mingled witli their new fondnefs. Our government has been moulded into or der with great care, and still more good for tune. The people have all the fruits of a revolution in favor of liberty, without having shed any blood. That very order is now al ledged as an offence of our government—all the good it has done, is niade a cause of jea- Imi.'y, and a rcr.fon for treading backward. are magnified, little prejudices are WJdrefled as if they were firft principles, and every exertion is made to degrade the autho rity of the laws and the reputation of tfee IMiblic officers. Good men,, the natural fiip f.Tportiers of virtue, liberty and government, j iloeK-on carelefslv, and fay it is not two-pence how these petty quaJ iels may eqd. '■■!'i'tiey are ■worthief's fellows-who make them, »*nd nobody minds what they fay.—Granted. . But they Ihould mark well that our mobbo crat* infill upon the faying A, becaule thev ' fewefee 6, mud: be said afterward — Z and & come next—for when government begins to * slide down, its firft motion is scarcely to be perceived. iMen are not alarmed till the mo tion is too rapid to be refilled. Let any ob serving man notice the extreme zeal and .in dustry with Which the meereft fluff is feriov.fly held up as republicanrfm in onr Gazettes, he will be Convinced that these incendiaries have great points in view, which they tnean to carry by making a hue and cry about little ones. Ignorance of the law is no excuse for break ing it. But it is beyond que ft ion a cause of its being broken. Seveu-eighths of the wretches who fuffer punishment for crimes, are destitute of learning. A tyrant is fr.id to have hung up his Jaws in fmail letters, and on a high poll-, so that the people could not read them. He is justly execrated for thus catch ing innocent tranfgreiiors in a trap. But what shall be laid of the neglect of those legis lators who Puffer the citizens to remain so un provided of comrrton school advantages, that if the laws were written in large letters, and not hung on a high post, but on a level with their eyes, they would not be able to read them. At least this is the cafe in regard to thousands of our citizens. Is it not a fiiame in a free country ! With refpeft to Tuch vic tims of ignorance, it may be truly said, our criminal flatutes are firft made known at the wbipping-poft, and the knowledge they get of I their nature is written on their backs. There can be no true liberty without good laws ; i\o good laws without firm government ; no firm go vernment without public conjidence : no public confi dence without difmtercftediiHs in tfroje ivho ; no security jor this virtue but in the watchiuliiefs °! thoje who are governed. The true friend• there fore of a free a t well as [firm government will'neper attempt to brand a scrutiny into abuses with the names oj faflion or anarch v. ro lard the proceedings of the government with indifctimina?e and exaggeratedpraifc is not the way to serve the government. Doubts and fujpicionx are bred by the over-eager ne ft to prevent them. Conhdering the difficulty in all governments of pre venting the / rust es oj the public interefls from carv ing out fepatute late nt interefti for themselves, a pu,hhc dtbt and such an inflitution as the Bank of the United States, which facilitate the prattice, are \f° J (lr ■ S rf,,t public evils.— And as the evil in the cafe of the Bank is vaflly increased by the members thereof, being in the government —/o, quere in the other taje whether the secrecy of the Book of tranf fersis vot a greater evil than good, by concealing who are a-nd whe are not flockkolders. The people ought to know the particular inter efts of theft they trufl, in order to fee that they enough harmonize with their own, and to judge better of the covdutt of the trujlecs. According to the nrcfent rules of of fice, d member of Congrrf ?,ia \ hold millions of paper and his confiituents /übpofe, when he is in fatt voting {or himlc'f./WAc is voting accord ng to his judgment Jot the inter eft oj the farmers, mcicnanu or manu facturers. Although the public judgment has fully condemned t}te dotirine that public debts are pi.biic blessings, the preachers of itfhew theyJ ill Adhere to it by ajcibing a'! the blessings u e enjoy to the funding fflem. — 7 hey rnuji think very contempt'uoujly of American difcernv.ent, to Juppofe it ur/perceived that this is the fame creed turned irto different language. If the three'million of dollars ~p:,t irto the pockets of the lax-gatherers and credit' rs (the laflpartly jo feigners) were to remain in the hands of our «ar-% me?s, merchants and mechanics, people of com ■men ferfe, iviit not be eafly persuaded that the coun try would be less rich and flour ifiling. The men therefor/ who evj«y the rmmenfe wraith so cheaply gained cut of the public fytiems fl.ould give over tvfuUmg the under fundings of tho/e who bear the burden. 'Jhey fl.ould be content with faxing, we agree that public debts and funding fferns are Puttie evih, e,fye:ian\ in Rej/u'-Ha a',;,-.'.i c» ! 't it watch on alljid-s agtinjl the avenue* ojmjuUion ; but it would be a greater evil not to puy put> iU . uc t, or )\ut to execute laus in fc rce jor thai purprfc. It ;s vcfily imprudent in the g rent we'ihhs cert'ft cdlc twtiUrs to war Mum t'a a fubi'u d.hi H £ Mtfjixg. urid that the }'iv>i v g f\fl rni , , of o*r pTiJj>erit\ ; buavfr it niu, tenfl Pzviie / > count for U ohuittiatn idea. Av /'"/•/,, y conjc,u^ el s c; :U ,• " 7 "'- rceulth tmhr.n t/,n-, it,,, //W< /<> the mot. ix of , / n£Ji?J MeTrE **' ■> v'm v. I Wfcfrequentmjfrej. .-feni-ation. nitbe ;>., - . ce<ftl .'"".* Congrfc'-i, art. more I! :.n (uffi cient to iour the minih of t'e brfr "rf-tpolbd .»-tte-, ovW-i an, Id to the obftrvari",, at tfcistlme, bv a publication hi Mr. Frcpe.m , ?pap:.T ..f laf> Saturday, ,e ---lative to numbers of U.nprefs, bei„ ; . also members of the <b ink j»f the United S'aten , , w " ter «ay be an I, one ft republican, but I'e has deipotfttrated him-eifa very Kio-i-.t or inattentive one—lt i, fijficient to ffate r, r facr, as a full and fatisfafioly anhver to every noneft mind—The public Owe to t c bank two million of doifcrs, for which they pay 11* per cent imere.'t—Bv accident there are 530,°0::> dollars in the treasury, which cannot >e immediately diipoifcd of as appropriated, and therefore is lodged for fafe keeping in the ban*, who Rave the use of if, as they have of all other deposits, till drawn out in the ulual manner—The purport of the bill was to nay this money, with orhers to the bank, and t lerebv ftoti iji inte/eft of 6 per cent, and save to n,i,oh to the public treasury. For thi s bill tjiegentVihen v<-ted-, who arc r.Ow chavr. Ed with partiality f.j - tfe!r rvrn p ivate in terei}. Had thev voted in the negative,what would this honest republican have Paid, whs ,i the bank wa, receiving 6 per cent f; om G.n- Kiefs. stnd 6 per cent more from uifcoanti, msde on the credit of it.—A .new loan, to re p.ace these monies, is propo'ed to be iradr, not exceeding 5 per cent, bv which means, one per cent at lead will be Paved, (belidei the o per cent till the lean is made) amount ing to 20,000 dollars per annum,but this seems to ne n matter of fniall concern to this honclt repuohcan. FAIR FLAY. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. •__ P? 11 A, Jttgfiry f t sjgg. XJOI ICE is hereby givro,- thai there will be IK paid at the Bank, alter the 17th iiilkm, to the Stockholders or iberr Reprefentnivrs duly authorized, the following Turns, being the Divi dend deplartd for the last fix months; viz. For each share hrarir.jr dividend from the jft of July, Sixteen. Dollar's. For each (hare bearing dividend from the Ift ofAuguft, Fifteen Doil.-irs. ag Cem». For each share bearing dividend from, the id of September, FourieeiiiDofljin, fijCetiij. Foreach share the xft of-Odober,- the jft of November, Thirteen Oollai*, 33 Ojttj. For each fhare,bearing dividert£ bftin rtft Ift of December, Twelve 67 Cftu. . Far each jhfee-qwmer fli.re,-Twelrf; ©ajfeir,. By order of ihe Prcfident and Dirtftna 3" JOHV KEAts, Cashier. Federal City. THE Subscriber will convey forever, by good and fiuTieient deed, Thirty Lots in the City of WaJhinßtoji, situated on South Capitol Street, to any man or company of mer—provided they will apree to ertft there on good and fufficient brick houses, within three years from the date hereof. DANIEL CARROLL, ofDudding'ton, City of WajkrngtOn, Dec. 31,1792. ' 6t Philadelphia, January 9, 1793. Mathew Carey RefpoAfuliy informs the Citizens of the United States, ihat the Maps lor his intended edition of Guthrie's Geography IMPRO V £ D, Are now engraving—and as soon -as a fufficient number of them are finifhed, to secure a re gular supply during; the publication, which will probably be early nc*t Spring, the woik. will be put to picis He returns his acknowledgments to the very refpedtable number of Subfcnbers, who l^v C come iorwat d thus t arly to pattornze this a> <iu ous undertaking. He azures them and the pub lic in general, that ne pains or cxpenfe fiiail be spared in the execution of the work. Term of the Work : i. IT (hall be put/liihcd in 48 weekly numbers, each containing thiee (heels, or twemy.four pages, of letter prefi, in quarto, stinted with new types on fine paper. • 11. In the con r fie of the work will be deliver, ed about thirty large maps "f the fame size cs thofein the Europe an editions, viz. mod of than (licet maps on post paper. Besides the maps in the Britijk editions, this work will contain nine or ten American State M.ips. ' 111. The price of ra< b number will be a quarter dollar, to be paid on delivery. A *> advance required. IV. Subicribets v.ho disapprove of the work, 011 the publication of the three firft numbcis, are to be at liberty to return them, and shall have tbe»r money repaid. V. The fubferbers' names (hall be prefixed as patrons of the undertaking. jMjf#* Subfciiptions received in Philadelphia by ■ intended publisher ; in New-York, by all TW book fellers; in New-Haven, by Mr. Brris; in Hartford, by Mr. Patten; in Bofton,by Meif. Thomas & Andiews, and by Mr. Wet; in B.il t mnie, by Mr. Rice; in Richmond, by Mr. J. Carey; in Charlrfton, by Mr. W. P. Young, and by sundry other ptiCons throughout ibe United States. (tawti) „ ' til :/>?
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