WHertUpbti,
It wa» agTeed to divide the motioii so
amendment, and the firft clause was adop
ted, to wit.
" That the consideration of the origi
nal motion be postponed" and the latter
clause of the motion for postponement be
ing amended, it was
Resolved, That the Senate will on the
13th instant, take into consideration the
fubjeft of amendments to the canftitution.
After the consideration of the execu
tive bulmefs—Adjourned.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 4.
Lxtra£t of a letter from a gentle
man in Nova-Scotia, to his
friend in this city, dated No
vember 27.
" We flatter ourselves that
iomething important will take
place in the Weft-Indies. Twenty
regiments and a strong fleet are,
on their pafiage there. NO
MORE English Packets go to
New-York. The October Packet
arriveda few days past at Halifax,
and will return direct from
thence."
Extract of a letter from Newbu
ry-Port, to a gentleman in this
city, dated Dec. 23d.
" By an arrival yesterday at
Salem, we are informed, that 3
of our eastern vessels, bound to
some of the English Weft-India
Islands have been captured by a
French Privateer—carried into
St. Lucia, and condemned—ves
sels and cargo confifcated ; and
one of the Captains has come
passenger in the above vessel.—
We are very much alarmed here
in consequence of this and other
like news."
CHARLESTON, Dec. 12
Capt Newton, from the Havanna, in
forms us, that a French fleet, coniiftirg
of two 74's and 9 frigates, were lately
seen cruizing off Tobago, by the British
sloop of war Rattlesnake, which was cha
fed by them. This is supposed to be the
fleet which failed from New-York in Oc
tober last, under the command of Admi
ral Sercy.
Captain Newton left at the Havanna,
the brig five Sifters, Capt. Peck, of New-
Haven, and the brig , capt, Mitch
ell, of Virginia. Three other American
veflels were also in that port, which had
put in there from Jamaica, in distress.—
The American veflels were not fuffered to
fell any part of their cargo at the Havan
na, not even as mueh as would pay for
their repairs.
SOUTH-CAROLINA
ExtraS. from l/ie Proceedings of the Hovfe
of Reprefentat'rves,
Thnrfday, December 5, 1793.
COL. Anderfon, as chairman of the
committee to whom was referred
the business of examining and ascertain
ing the truth of a report, that an armed
force is now levying within this (late, by
persons under foreign authority, without
the pcrmifiion and authority, contrary to
the exprels prohibition of the govern
ment of the United Statee, and of this
state, informed the honfe that the com
mittee were ready to report, but prior to
which moved that the house might be
cleared of (hangers. The houle being
accordingly cleared.
On motion, ordeied.that the drifted
and mod inviolate secrecy be, and isfrere
by imposed on each and every of the
members of this house, on the fubjeft nf
the report now about 10 be made. The
members present having pledged them
selves accordingly, col. Anderfon report
ed from the committee, which he read in
his place, and afterwards delivered it in
at the clerk's table, where it was again
read for information.
Ordered, that it be taken into conside
ration to morrow.
Friday, Decembei 6.
Agreeable to the order of the day, the
house took i«to consideration the report
of the committee' to whom was referred
the bulinefs of examining into and ascer
taining the truth of a report, that an arm
edfotfe is how levying within this (late
by persons under a foreign authority,
without the pevmifiion and contrary to
the exprefj prohibition of the govern
ment of the United States, and of this
(late, which being read through, was
Hnanimoufiy agreed to. It would be here
infeited, but it i» of a private natuic,
On motion, ordered, that a meflage be
prepaied and sent to the frnate, to in
form that this house have fouie coinmuni
cationsof great importance to make them;
and as they are at piffcnt of a private na
ture, the house requilt thatthcv would
appoint a committee to receive such com
xunications immediately. A mefiage
was accordingly prepared and sent to the
lenate.
The State of South Carolina,
By biscxctlleny William Moultrie,
govtrnor and commander in chits in
and over the state aforefaid.
APROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS information hath
been given to me, that an armed
force is now levying within this, (late by
persons under a foreign authority, with
out the permilfion, and contrary to the
express prohibition, of the goverment,
of the United States, and of this (late ;
and whereas measures of this fort, if
permitted by government, mud tend
to disturb the internal tranquility
of the United States, and involve them
in hostilities with nations with whom they
are now at peace, which found policy re
quires (hoiild be preserved ; and as many
of the citizens of this state may be induc
ed, by the insidious arts of the persons act
ing under the foreign authority as afore
faid, in violation of every law, as well of
the United States, as that of nations to
enlist themselves, and engage in a scheme
so replete with injury to this country ; I
do therefore, inorder to put an immediate
(lop to such unlawful and pernicious prac
tices, ifTue this my proclamation, hereby
(Irifily forbidding any person to enrol
any of the citizens of this state, and pio
hibiting the citizens thereof from. emitt
ing tinder any officer, or other person, for
any purpose not previously fan&ioned by
the government of the United States, 'or
of this (late. And I do positively forbid
all aflemblages of troops, nnauthorifed by
government, under pain of fnffering the
penalties declared by law for such offen
ces.
Given under my hand, and the seal
of the (late, in the town of Co
lumbia, this 9th day of Decem
ber, in the year of our Lord one
thotifand seven hundred and nine
ty-three, & of the Independence
of the United States of America
the eighteenth.
WILLIAM MOULTRIE,
By the governor's command.
Peter Freneau, Secretary.
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PHILADELPHIA,
JANUARY 6.
A letter from Baltimore informs that
the gallant Capt. Barney, on his paflage
from Port-au-Prince with a very valuable
cargo has been captured by a British fri
gate. Particulars in our next.
This morning about 8 o'clock, a fire
brok« out in lome back buildings on the
South fide of Saflafras, near Second-street.
By the usual, alert and spirited exertions
of the Citizens, the progress of the flames
was arretted, but not till some confidcrable
damage was sustained.
From the General Advertiser of this
morning—lt is not to be wondered at, a
correspondent observes ; that Mr. Jeffer
fon Ihould resign. The nature of the of
fice he filled required of him to lend his
name to mcafurei which militated against
his well known principles. As Secretary
of State he was chargcd with certain ccr
refpondences founded oh principles firft
fettled in the Executive's council, where
his influence was but trifling. To a man
of his way of thinking and turn of mind
it must have been a disagreeable taflc to
give the fan&ion of his name to fentimcnts
which his heart must difapprovc.
In moil of the European countries
there are certain focicties who stroll about"
from town to town, and wherever they can
pick up a dray child they educate him to
their own principle?, and add him to the
company. A similar institution we hear
has lately been attempted to be formed in
America.—The lad place where these
American Gjrjjfiei were feefl, was Cliatle'
town.:—Rut luckily for the worthy inha
bitants of that town, we uuderiianj that
none Of their children were kidnapped by
the wandering crew : & we recommend to
the inhabitants of the other towns to be
upon their guard, and to keep their chil
dren out of the way of the American
Strolling Gypsies.
Boston Mercury
From the Courier Politique, of Jan. 4.
Ihe paflengers who gave us the news
of the capture of the Cape, being neither
engineers nor mariners, are not able to in
form us particularly of the manoeuvres
which the Spaniacds made to effect their
conquest. But they report that the be
figed made but a feeble refiltancc—that
the American veiTels which went out be
fore the squadron entered the harbor, are
returned thither since, excepting that
which has brought the news. Without
doubt the firft arrivals from St. Domingo
will bring the details more circumstantial
ly
SHIP NEWS.
ARRIVED at NEW-YORK
Brig American Hero, Seton, Kingston
Schr. Polly, Meech, Cape Nichole Mole
Tfie brig Glasgow, Hand, from New-
Providence to New-York, is put into
Gardner's Bay.
Captain Seton, of the brig American
Hero,who arrived here yeftcrday,informs,
that on the 2 ill December he fell in with
the brig Sophia, Capt. Price, belonging
to Philadelphia, who hailed Capt. Seton,
and informed him that the Sophia was
then finking. Capt. Seton immediately
hove too, and not without difficulty laved
the crew and passengers—it then blowing 1
a gale : the Sophia went down (hortly af
ter. He further adds, that when he left
Ivingfton, the town was in a very sickly
dale, a fever something similar to that
which lately raged in Philadelphia, carry
ing off numbers, and supposed to have
been brought there by some veiTel from
Philadelphia, during the sickness.
Yelterday arrived here from Cape-Ni
chola-Mole, Captain Meech in the schoo
ner Polly, which place he left the ioth of
Dec. who informs, that all the French
Well-India Islands, except Cape-Francois,
and Aux-Caycs, were in jpoffeffion of the
English. He likewise informs, that some
time before he failed, a report prevailed at
Cape-Nichola-Mole, that Aux-Cayes had
been laid in ashes.
PRICE of STOCKS.
Philadelphia, January 6, 1794
6 per cents, 18/
3 ditto, icf to lofi.
Deferred, 1 if
U. S. Bank, 11 per cent, advance.
N. A. ditto, 20 ditto ditto.
Pennsylvania do. 7 ditto ditto.
George Bringhurft,
COACH-MAKER,
In Mulberry (Arch) between Fomtb and Fifth
Streets, adjoining the Ejjifcopal
ground,
TAKES thU opportunity of returning tiU
graceful thanks to his former employers,
and requ.-ftiiig their future favors, as well as
thole of the puhiic 111 general.
He. com in ties to niak- and repair at the
(Horteft not;ce, all kinds of pleasure carriages,
Inch as coaches, chariots, pi. actons with and
without ci ane necks, cuaclleej, chuifes, kittc
reens, windsor fulkeys and chau s, and harness
of every defcriprion, in the nc-ateft and nev. eft
fafhion now prevailing in the United States.
And as he lias a quantity of" the bell seasoned
wood by him, ai»d capital workmen, he has
not the fcaft doubt but he will be able to give
fatisfaclion to thole who please to employ him
He has for fa!e, several carriages alinoft
finifhed, such as Coachee?, an Italian windsor
chair, hung on steel a ligl t phaeton for
one or two horfer, and a fulkey with a falling
top.
Carriages fold on Commiflion.
Philadelphia, Jan. 6,1794. m&tgm
Bank of the United States.
J inuaiy 6th, 1794.
NOTICE i« hereby g ven, that the e will
be paid at the Bank, offer she fixteenfh
inftarit, to the Srockho'ders or their represen
tatives, duly authorized fifteen dollars and
fifty cents for each (hare, b.*ing the d vidend
declared for the last fix month?-.
JOHN KEA}I,
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES,
Monday, Jan. 6,
Mr. Gifiefpie, a member from North Ca
rolina appeared and took hie feat this day.
After reading fcveral petitions, the
hou'.c: refolded itfelf into a committee of
the whole, Mr. Trumbull, chairman, and
took into cnnfideration the bill for com
pleating and better supporting themilitarr
eftablifliment of the United States. Thi»
bill provides for the addition of one dollar
per month to the pay of the folders from
the time of the puffing the a£l.
Mr. Irvine observed that he had heard
it laid that thepropofed addition of one
dollar nras intended to raise the wages of
the fuidiers to beai some proportion to the
price of labor—
I*le said the addition of one dollar would
not anfrtrer that ptirpofc, it would not
raise the soldiers' wages fd as to induce
good men to enter into the ferrice he
moved therefore to ftrikeoutone dollar
for the purpose of inserting two—This
motion alter some debate, was negatived
—Mr. Clark then moved that there fliould
be an addition of four ounces of bread or
flour and four ounces of meat to each ra
tion.—This motion occasioned further de
bate and was at length withdrawn by the
mover 'Mr. Irvine then m oved the
following amendment to the bill, in fub
llance, that there [hall be allowed one
hundred acres of land to each folder at the
end of three years, or when discharged
and a preemption for one hundred acres,
provided they reside one year in the vicini
ty of some one of the military posts efta
bhihed, or which may be established.
This motion after some debate was ne-i
gatived, 47 to 35-/
Mr. J. Wadfworth moved in amend
ment providing for years half pay
to the widows and orphans of such officers
and soldiers as ihall die in the service, be
longing to the present eftablilhment ; this
amendment was agreed to without debate
39 to 34.
The committee having gone thro' with
the difcuftion of ths bill, rose and report
ed it with one amendment.
The bill with the amendment was then
laid on the table.
A motion was then made by Mr. Wadf
woith, that a committee be appointed to
enquire and report whether any and what
alterations ought to fee made in the rations
allowed to the troops in the service of thi
United States. This was agreed to, an(i
a committee appointed accordingly.-
, r - Parker hid a motion on the table,
in substance as- follows: that the commit
tee on the Algerine business, should bo
mftrufted to report an eflimate of the pro
bable expence of fortify ing the harbors and
sea ports of the United States; and also
what addition ought to be made to supply
the arsenals and magazines with arms and
military flolcs.
On motion of Mr. S. Sitiith, the house
took into eonfideration the Report of the
Select Committee on the memorial of An
di evv G. Frauncis—the report was read by
the Clerk. It was thbn observed, that as
feme confidential papers had been men
tioned ss neceltary to be read, to enable
the bouse tojndge of the propriety of the
report, it was proper to clear the galle
ries—these papers being read it may be
determined whether the report fhoulj le
publickly diicuffed or not.
The gallciies Were then cleared,.
BALTIMORE, Jan. i;
On Sunday last, arrived in Patapfeo-ri
teri the Brig Henrietta, Capt. Hunt, in
73 days from Havre-de-Grace, and 6$
from Torbay* Capt; Hunt informs that
at the time of his arrival at Havre, afiig
nats were at discOunt of from eight to ten
for one ; but that, before he failed, they
had risen to three i and that the people
there enjoyed uninterrupted tranquility
that previous to his leaving Torbay, the
Biittih grand fleet had failed, with 16,000
land forees on boardj among which were
lo regiments of dragoons ; deftinatioit
unknown.
To the Stockholders of the Bank
of the United States*
G«*nflrm« n,
FN DING it inconvenient to continue any
longer to the Direction, I irqueft you 10
l.'V.or liimr other pcrfon with your choice »t
tie i niiimg Klrfiion, i*ihc room of
Yui'f most obed'tnt Sctvinf
„ r WILLIAM SMITH.
Chtfnu'-flfect, Jan. 4th. 1794.
By o'd^ r ,
Caflver.
Congress