bufinefg rests tlie commiffioaers, whole de cision by a4aw of the government is to be final; but this he conceived, had nothing to do with the present proposition. He noticed fevcral other objections offered by Mr. Mercer, which he thought appeared to be brought forward merely to embarrass the business. He observed that the present proposition was totally different from that agitated last feflion; that now offered is rea sonable, is founded on equal principles, and its «ffe& will not be to encreafe the creditors of the union, nor induce a necessity for one farthing of taxation, which will not be wanted after the ac counts are adjusted, and the balances known. He hoped therefore, that the proposition would be agreed to. Mr. B. Bourn supported the resolution, as b«- ing free from theobje&ionsurged to thofeoffered the lad session. He noticed the remarks which had been made on the resources in lands of the states to whom the balances are supposed to be due; Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and South Carolina are the states the mod interested in the business; those states have no lands. With ref ped co exertions in the common cause, it will not be pretended that those states have not made as great as any in the union. The present pro position involves this simple enquiry, whether the United States ihall pay the states as states, or whether they will pay the individual creditors— justice required, in his opinion, that the latter oughtto be paid; for their demandsare recogniz ed by a law of the union, and they are to all in tents and purposes creditors of the union,as fully as any description of creditors whatever. (Debate to be continued.) Mr. Fenno, The following appeared in the National Gazette of the qth irijlant—uhicky uith tht irclofed, you are rcqucjlei to insert in your Ga rsrr *. ■To Mr. James BxAKchard. 5IR ' • ! IT AFTER having served your country with dif tinguilhed honor and integrity, during the late arduous contest for freedom and indepen dence, you have now nobly and intrepidly pep ped forth, to vindicate your own rights and those of your fellow soldiers, by calling on your coun try for that justice to which they have so righte ous aclaim, and which has so long been denied — yob Have attacked speculation in its strong hold, no dt>uirt the nest you have disturbed will fend f"orii),a luwlirtg tribe about your ears, but perse vere hi the good cause—be not deterred bv the open thteai* or secret fiownsof men in office— we have long been amused with hints and infinu 3tions. refpettwag the dark intrigues of CongrefS *nen. It wat icferved for you, Sir, to point out .the culpr its. Neither narpes nor Rations (hould screen public plunderers from public execrati ons j go,on, Sir, in the noble work you have be gun—(late f«£b. produce your vouchers, name your men, lav open the whole scene of iniquity and let. vengeance fall on the guilty—-strip off the mask that conceals the speculator under the - u guise of the patriot-drag forth to day-light the inen, let them be who they will; whether they be pfefidenis, Vide-Prefidents,Judges, Senators, Representatives, Secretaries, Comptrollers, Au ditors, Commiflioners, Registers, Clerks, Col leftois, Supervisors, Inipc&ors, Agents, Con tractors, Quarter- m afters, Generals, Colonels, Governors, State Comptrollers, Treasurers, Ac countants, or whatever else may be named.— Let the Augean stable be cleansed, iho* the world be turned inside out or topsyturvy—order will fprir>g out of confufion, light will fhfh out of chaos, rogues will be expoled, justice lhall ap pearand the war-worn soldier, the pennylefs officer, and the long cheated real public creditor ftiall blcfs the name of Blanchard. Having en tered on the arduous undertaking, having col lected materials in your late southern toui, hav ing an able friend, adviser and counsellor in that independent and truly disinterested friend of the foor soldier, the author of " the poor soldiers* plea"—you must be armed at all points, your enemies cannot afTiil you with advantage; they shall retire from your attack, and the whole herd of speculators, from the firft nun in the govern ment, to the despicable wretch who prowling throlthe country for prey, has bought the sol dier's or widow's mite for a song, (hall crouch and refund their ill-gotien gains—cloath'd with the impenetrable armour of honor, faith, a good confcicnce and an nnfpotted character, you will effect your object, tho' Appollyon and all his hod of trealury blood-Cueke's should fta'nd in your way. A FELLOW LABORER. Til Mr. J— *- B SIR, SUCH is the uncertainty in all human affairs, that however good the cause, however emi nent the abilities that are engaged in its support, every wife and refl. £king mind will constantly hold itfetf in a Hate prepared fordifappointment. I doubt nor, Sir, your contemplations have inspired some ideas. congenial to the above, on a recent event—the failure of our application to Congress. For iho* it hat been insinuated that it is (joflible Jome perjons may have been a&natcd by improper motives on the occasion—yet I can bear witnrfs to the honor, confijlcncy and public spirit of Mr. | B — nofinifter mo tive! have influenced your exertion. You, Sir, early engaged in the service of your country from patriotic principles, and pcrfevered without the JmalltJt deviation Irom ihcjfrift line of duty to the end of-the contest. Some have aflerted that you began the bufyiefs of speculation while in the army—that you descended to every artifice to poffrfs your felt of the claims of the soldiers— but others prettnd to think this cannot be true— for they fay it is well known, that at the close of the war, you were not possessed of property fuf ficient to countenance such a suggestion—besides, it is said by some who know you well, that tho* you werecurfed with the itch of speculation, yet poffefling too much of a projecting spirit, like those ol other eminent personages, your schemes and fpeculaiions have terminated in difappoint inriu, loss and poverty. I cannot help, Sir, cxpreffing my sympathy with youoo the unfortunate issue of some of your truly benevolent and virtuouscnterprizes of <> more recent date. Inflamed by the fire of philan thropy, you took your late tour to the foutheni states, to kindle a flame in the bosom of some persons there. With what plealure did all your fellow laborers behold your name a- the southern gazettes. It is to be la mented that your fuccels was so partial in this business ; and that you entirely Jailed, for want of the Rhtnd in your land war rant and cer tificate speculation. You had no cash, anil alas, they would not trust you. We have to la ment, my dear fellow laborer, that all our trou ble and expence in piocuring the Ion? lift of names from the public offices of those we in tended to cheat, were thrown away. Here let me caution you to be on your guard against wolves in flieep-fk'ns. But, dear, Sir, the best intentions are often fruftTated. I (hall never fdhr get the unmerited abuse you received in New- York on a certain occasion, when the Poftrnafter was so uncomplaifant as to prevent you from'-; prescribing rules in his offiee. Your object was doubtless laudable; but he could not fee thro* the justice of fending your letters at half price. There are many other matters and things on which I could condole with you—but the time fails me at present—and you have in our old friend and counsellor, the author of 44 the poor soldiers* plea," so f\mpathizing, kind and generous an aUy % that I need not enlarge at this time. I fhali conclude therefore at present with proposing that you fhculd go on with the good work ; should you succeed, our fortunes are made—we know w'ho will be entitled to the benefit of de preciation, from North-Carolina toNew-Hamp fhire. You know there are the letters of a certain head of a department, which you have said are in your pofTeflion—thefc you rnujl bring for ward, or I a flu re you, there is danger of your being obliged to acknowledge that you are a liar; and it would be a horrid thing for you ytwftlf to pub!ipi such a fa£L There is one thing more, my dear james, 1 and I have done-r-a jnoft formidable majority in the. governrpent is agafnft us—and, I believe, among the people. You have abused individuals—men whom oeither you nor I were ever acquainted with, and never will be ; but take care, my dear fellow—do not damn the whole majority of Congress as a set of scoundrels, left your tongue should become too long for your mouth, Your's, in much amity, A FELLOW LA3ORER For the GAZETTE oj the UNITED STATES. THE army memorial lays stress on their being paid certificates worth 3/. in the pound, instead of 2of. in money. It is neces sary to be correal in our ideas of this opera tion. The army had an unliquidated demand. It was liquidated, and the final settlements ifiued in consequence. It would be absurd to imagine that the unliquidated demand re mained in force as well as the new certificate given in lieu of it; for in that cafe the Uni ted States will be charged twice for the fame debt. Common sense and common pra&ice teach every person that the new certificate created a new demand, instead of the old «ne;~ as a bond puts an end to a running account.— In this sense, and-in this sense only, the certi ficate operated as payment. But it carried the evidence of their whole demand at 20f. in the pound in specie. The army memo rialists seem to have erected averyfolid work on a fictitious bafts- Had the old demand of the army been liquidated and fettled by the delivery of counterfeit certificates, the old debt would have remained in force, becaule the new demand could not have any force at all. Every man who has served on a jury or even seen a court of juftiee, will perceive that the do&rine of the certificates being worth and discharging only 3J. instead of 20/, is wholly unfounded ; whatever their market value might be, they certainly carried on the faee the evidence of the whole fnm of 2of. the certificates being made transferable was no accommodation to the public—as it is plain whoever might keep them, the public would be charged to pay the full amount.— They were made transferable it is said on the request of the army—whether this be true or falfe is not very material; for it is inconceivable that the final rettferhentslhonld carry to every poffefTor a right to 2of. against the public, and yet (hould discharge the public of only 3/ of the debt due the officers. In stead therefore of faying that the certificates were given the officers in payment, which is not true, we fliould fay, they were given on a final settlement of their claims, and were (not the payment, but) the evidence of their whole demand. The question of their me rits, their fufferings and lofTes, is not intended to be included in these remarks—which are made to shew that the principle on which they reft their claims, as of right, is unsound. A FRIEND TO THE LATE ARMY. No. t. Philadelphia, Jan. igj We hear from Georgia, that the legiflaturc of that State, , f their last ielTion, have pro moted the Hon. Brig. General James Jack son, to the rank of a Major Gen. and the Hon. Col. James Gunn, to the rank of a JJtig. General. SANK OF NORTH-AMERICA. AT a meeting of the Stockholders held this day, for the election of twelve Directors for the eflfuing year, the following persons were elected : John Nixon, John Morton, Robert Wain, Mordecai Lewis, George Latimer, Jofiah Heaves, 267- Whereas, in consequence of an arrange ment just adopted by the Government of the -United States, at the request of the Minister of France, the subscriber is to be fuccelfively provided with Funds for the discharge of the drafts of the adminftration of the French Co lony of Hifpaniola, from No. 173, of the loth of September, to No. 379, of the nth of De cember last inclusively. He informs the Holders »f said Drafts that they will be paid by him as they become due. .The Public is once more requested to at tend to the Caution given by the Subscriber in his Advertiferaents of the 9'* l August, and 2ift of November last, as no other Bills from the aforefaid Administration will be ac cepted or paid here in future. Antoine R. C. M. Delaforest, ■ Consul General oj France. Philadelphia, Jan. 17th, 1793. ExtraS oj a letter from a gentleman at Clifton, near Arijiol, (EnglandJ to his jriend in Baltimore, dated Oftoter to, 1792. " With refpeift to politics, the Englilh newspapers will (hew you to what outrageous lengths the Jacobins and Republicans of France have carried on matters. We are in daily expectation of hearing of their having facrificed the poor King and Queen. —The Auftrians and Prussians seem to have been grossly niifled by the Emigrants, in represent ing a larger body of malcontents in the king dom of France, than there appears to be. They advanced rapidly under the idea of sup port, tut finding the body of the people against them, they have retreated, and, I suppose, it will end in the rascals' establishing their own wild incoherent system of government. If they would only content themselves with bringing on their own deftruftion, no person would care whether they had any government or not, or be interested in it; but when they threaten every country in Europe with fend ing emilTaries abroad, to poison the minds of the common people, to subvert every thing that is decent and refpeftable in each coun try, it then becomes a matter of moment to each to endeavor to counteract their schemes. , At prcjent, I am very sure, the good sense of I the great body of the people in this country 1 /, is against any such innovation ; and, I be-j lieve, Mr. Thomas Paine, at length, begins to think so. He embarked at Dover for France ' the other day, amidjl the hijfcstrd execrations oj the populace•" It is without doubt one of the greatest of fences that can be committed, in the view of certain charaflers, so much as to doubt the goodness of those motives, which lead modern reformers to beat down every barrier between that virtue on which republics can alone ex ist, and that Infidelity which recognizes no thing as a crime that may conduce to facili tating the ambitious views of its disciples. Married,Mr-Lrwir Hallam to Miss Eliza Tuitt. THE art of speaking is a pretty thing, Provided you can touch oldSten tor's firing; For he in vain his rcas'ning-pow'rs employs, Who does not teach his tongue to make a noise; A noise—Ye gods! you wkii'per Xvhen you thunder, Compar'd with founds that make the gall'ry wonder. p6 per Certs, .3 per Cents, Deferred, " I full (harps Bank.U. S. 34 . per crnt.prem. The exiraft from a Cape-Francois paper— and many other articles are neccflarily postpon ed (ill o-ir next. City of Washington. \ Ext raft of an A& of the General AflfemMy of Maryland, concerning the Territory of Co lumbia, and the City ot Wafliington. \ 44 Be it enacted, That any foreigner may by feed or will, hereafter to be made, take a*d hold lands within that part of the jaid Territory which lies with in this State, in the fame manner as if he was a citi zen of this State ; and the fine lands may be con veyed by him, and transmitted to and be inherited by his heirs or relations, as if he and they were citizens j of thii State: Provided, That no foreigner JhaU y in virtue hereof, be entitled to any further or othct privilege of a citizen, H J4O. 19. tf Jan. 14, 1792 William Smith, Benjamin Fuller, Thomas Fitzfimons, Miers Filher, Jn'eph Swift, Richard Rund'.e. FUN-DING SYSTEM. T ORD \yhat a pother some folks make, l~rJ According to the fide they take ; Ap'irty in,lll when firft you lift him, Inveighs against the funding system; Jt is a guiph that swallows up The public interest at a sup.— Not Newton's mind in calculation, Could count the loflcsof the nation ; But—ah how short our mem'ries are, Those who such things alTert and (wear, When the old story is grown ftaie, Don't blulll to tell a diff'rent tale ; Hence by the dint of fccond fight, What millions fared, are bro't to light. O R AT OR Y. " PRICE OF STOCKS, TO CORRESPONDENTS. January 7th, 1793. ANUM BER of Lots in this City will be of fered tor sale at auction, by the Commis sioners, on the 17th day of September next.— One fourth p»<t of the purchase money is to be paid down, the residue at three equal annual pay ments wtth yearly interest on the whole princi* pal unpaid. JOHN M. GANTT, Clerk to tip Com'rs. By the SubJcrihcVy at Walnut-Street Wharf\ BILL OP EXCHANGE Madeira Wine, Fit for immediate use, in pipes & quarter c&[k;« TENKRJFFE WINE, in pipes, SHERRY WINE, in quarter cafics, WEST-INDIA RUM, 2, 3 and 4 proof, OLD BRANDY, OLD SPIRI'I, COPPERAS, BRIMSTONE, ALLL'M, Two Bales 10-4' BLANKETS, and A Bale of MUSLINS. A new 13-4 Inch CABLE, 120 fa-bonis long. GEORGE MEADE Philadelphia, Jan, 19, >793- tp2m TO be SOLD, OR LEASED FOR SEVEN OR TF.N YEARS, THE FOLLOWING HOUSES. ONE on Walnut-street, near Fourth-ftrccf, 23 feet front, has two parlours below, the ftorn one 21 £by feet, the back parlour >s 18 by 14 feet. The front room up stairs is 265 by feet. There are five good chambers in this house, belides the garret is divided into three rooms, in two of them there are fire placrs. The other House is 27 feet upon Walnut* ireet, and 52 feet upon 4th street; there are tw« good parlours below, one of th«tn 25 by 20 1-2 feet, the other 25 by 18 1-2 feet, and seven com plete bed-chambers; bcfides the garret is di vided into 4 rooms, 3 of which rooms have fire places. The kitchens are good ones, and are under the houses ; the largest house has also a houfe-keepcr's room. It is intended there shall be a communication from boih of tbefe houses to a neighbouring ice-houfe,,fufficiently large to supply 3 houses. Within 50 yards of ihefe houses, there will be ccmpleat ftanles and coach houses, for both houses ; they will- be finilhed in the moll complrat manner, ana the keys ready to be delivered early in the Cummer. On paying half the money down (if fold) the other half may be paid by inftalmenis, or the whole may remain fbr <5 years, paying interest and giving security on the premises. For terms of sale or lease, apply to the Sub scriber, Who has jor SALE, Sundry Ground Rents, In this city, amounting to twenty-five pounds fixtecn (hillings and (ix-pcnce, per annum. Also, a quantity of BAGS, that will contain two and a half and three and a half bufirels. Philadelphia, fart. 19, 1792. ep9m T) Y the Commiflioncfs appointed to prepare X) the Public Buildings, See. within the City of Washington, for the reception of CongTefs and for their permanent residence after the year 1800— A LOTTERY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT Or THE Federal City. 50,000 Tickets at 7 dollars, is 350,000 dollars. LIST OF PRIZES, viz. l Superb Hotel, with baths,) out houses, &c.&c. to cost ) 1 Cash Prize l ditto 1 ditto 1 ditto 2 ditto 10 ditto 20 ditto 100 ditto sod' ditto 400 ditto 1,000 ditto 15,000 ditto 16,737 Prizei 39,263 Blink* 50,000 The sole aefign of this Lottery being to facili tate other improvements together with the Public Buildings—it is the particulardcfire of the Com* miflioners that these may be effefled with a$ few dedu&ions from'the Prize* as poflible—how far their endeavors may be answered, the Scheme of the Lottery will dcrr.onftrate. The keys of the Hotel, when compleat, will he delivered to the fortunate poiTeffor of the ticket drawn a gaioft its number—it the necessary expenses of the Lottery should be taken from the principal prize, a quantity of excellent Free Stone will be given, fumcient to compleat the whole building, as an indemnification. tofi 11J10 All the other prizes will be paid, without deduflion t in one month after the drawing, by the City Treasurer at Waftiington, or at such Bank or Banks as may be hereafter announced. The drawing will commence on Monday the 9th of Septembei next, at the City of Walking* ton. Tickets may be had of Col. Wm. Dickens, City Treasurer of Washington ; ofMcffrs. JamcsWcJl £3 Co. Baltimore ; of Mr. Peter Gilman, and at such other places as will be hereafter published. N. B. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be given for the best Plan of an elegant and con venient HOTEL or INN, with hot and-cold Baths, Stables, and other out houses, if presented on or btjote the toth oj April next; ana a pre ference will be givrn to the Artist for a Con* tract, provided he be duly qualified to compleat his plan. The ground on which the Hotel and out houses are to be ere&ed, wiH be a corner lot of about go by «oo feet, w-irh a l back avenue to the ilables, See. Seniors acd eftimatcs of the expense will be cxpe£tc4 with the elevations, &c. coniplcat ; and 50,000 dollars mud be regarded by the Architect as the uunoft limit in the exprtife intended for thu purpofc. S. BLODGET, for lb« affairs of the City January 19. FOR SAL K, GEORGE MEADE. $, t*x> i» i,aoV it gQO i« 100 i« {O. II t$ i» to u »0 ,i» Dollars 350,000 6Q/c>9» '4l o<Jei ' j t/nyaem"' >W>«» :■' «o,9P(>, . .. tojoitf , ' 10,000' '• 10,000! iftfiOO • 10,000 : l'p.doo to,OCA' jjn.soo •
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