CONGRESSDF the UNITED STATES. HOUSE or REPRBSF.NTATIVKS. Monday, January 9. Mr. Dearborn, from the committee to whom it was referred to enquire whether any and what altera tions ought to b<- made by law in the cornpenfation of the officers of the United States, reported it as their Opinion, that the fahries of the secretary of war and attorney-general Ihyuld be augmented 500 dollars, and that tile faianes of the feeretaty of ftste, secretary of the treasury, fecretiry of war, attorney general, poft m> er-jtneral, treasurer, comptroller of the treasury, commiliioner of the revenue, auditor, regiller, affift «nt poit-mafter, and keeper of military stores ihoul 1 be increaled 1 j per cent They also recommend that the ail for regulating the compensations allowed to clerks in public offices, pafiitd latt session, Ihould be continued for ,he year 1/97, and no longer ; and also that an additional compenfatio should be allowed to the loan officers of iVlalfachufeets and New-York, of 35T dollars, and joadollars to be diftributtd amongst the clerks in each office; and that the Turn of 120 dollars be allowed amongst the clerks in the loan-office nf Pennsylvania for the pr. sent year. This report was twice readj order d to be committed to a' committee of the whole, and made the order for Thurfda,y. Mr. Dearborn, from the committee to whom was recommitted the bill for eftablilhing an uniform miliiia system thioughout the United States, reported a new bill, which was twice read, committed to a committee of the whole, and made the order for Friday Mr. Swanwick, f-om the committee of commerce and manufa&ures, reported a Bill for licerifiiig pilots in the states of Virginia and Maryland, witaun the waters of those states It was read a second time, committed to a committee of the whole, and made the order for Friday- A nieflage in writing was received from the Presi dent of the United States, which the lpeaker having opened, he declared to be ol a confidential nature, and that, therefore, the house and galleries mutt be cleared of all but the members and the clerk. It was cleared accordingly. After the doors had been closed little more than half an hour, they were again thrown open, and Mr. Dwight ivdter, from the committee of claim , made a report on the petition of William Alexander, appointed a surveyor of army lands, in pursuance of an order Die July 9, 1788, which was in favor of the petitioner. It was referred to a committee of the Vhole,' and made the order for to morrow. Mr. Swanwick, from the committee of commerce and manufailures, made a report on the petitions of Richard R. Saltouftall, J;ieob Broom, Robert Dawfon, William Crawley Jordan, John Nieholfon, and the proprietors ol the glass irAnufcidlory of Boston, and lundry hat manufacturers in the United States. idr.Saaonllall had formerly obtained a patent for fecunng to him an improved use of Sumac ; and com plained that he had been disturbed in his right by o thers who pietended that his discovery had been made in other countries before he obtained his patent: he prayed lor l'eeuriiy in the enjoyment of his patent, or cornpenfation lor his expencet. the committee re ported that a court ot law was the proper tribunal for anappeal, and refolvtd that the prayer of the petition er could not be granted. Jacob Broom is the proprietor of a cotton mill on Brandy wine cieek. He prays that the duty on raw •otton may be repealed, and that an additional duty may be laid on cotton goods imported.—The commit tee report, that to repeal the duty on raw cotton im ported, wsnld be to damp the growth of cotton in our own country, and that imported cotton goods al ready paying a duty of ii i-i per cent. *he tax was fufficiently high to allow ample roo d for competition. The petition was therefore not g'auted. Robert Dawfon is a manufacturer of bolting cloths at Wilmington' He prays for a repeal ot the duty on raw (ilk, in or. to aid his manufa<sfory, the pro duce of which he lays is superior to any imported. The committee report, that the superior quality of thele boultmg cloths lufficient to recommend them —Without embarrassing the revenue, by a repeal of the present duty. The petitioaer had leave to with draw his petition. William Crawley Jordan is a silk manufacturer, who is delirous of eliablifhing a (ilk manufatflory in this country, and prays Congress to alffiil him with some addition to his capital. Ihe committee reported, that if our finances were in a ltate to encoarage a scheme of this fort, they (hould very much doubt of its suc cess from the high price of labor. This petition was also d'figreed So. John Nieholfon, of this ci'.y, and the proprietors of the glass manufactory at Boston, pray their manufac tories may be encouraged by an additional duty on glass i piported. The committee report it as their opi- high price of labor, which time only coultrcure, was a greater obftaele to their manufactory than the duty, and that there (ore the prayer petitioners paght not to be granted. Sundry manufacturers of hats, in the United States, prjy for an encreafe /it duty on hats, for the encou ragement of their manufactory. The committees opi n on upon this petition was the fame as upon the lalt, and it wis of o.urfe difagieed to The reports were twice read, and the house concur red in them. Mr. W. Smith called for the order of the day on the report of the committee of ways and means, to whom it was referred to take into confederation the fubjeCf cis- further revenue*, and the provitons requi site for improving and more effectually fceuring the internal revenues, which being agreed to, the house resolved itfelf into a committee ot the whole, and the following resolution was brought under consideration : •' Resolved, that it mill be expedient to abolilb the tax laid on spirits distilled from materials of the growth .or produ.c of the United State*, at any other place than a city, town or village, at which there shall be one «r more Kills, which, fiugly, it only one, or to gether, if more than one, (hall be of less tapaaity than four hundred gallons ; and to colleCt this branch of the revenue from a tax on t.he capacity of the flills." Mr. Macon said, it appeared to him that this pro- Yifion would havs the effeCt to destroy all the small stills in the country, ond to establish large distilleries. In the country, where fruit was generally distilled, this would be a great inconvenience, as it was neces sary to be dene immediately. He believed the system was going on pretty well at present, and he thought it unneccfiary to make any change in it. Mr. Hcndcrfon hoped the resolution before them would not be agreed to. He believed it would operate < against many o( the small stills. Perhaps, indeed, this was the meaning of it; for, if he remembered r.ghtly, a gentleman from South-Carolina ( Mr. Har per) on a former ocCalion, had expreded a wi(h that (mall stills might be annihilated, and large distilleries erected. With respeCt to New-Jersey, Mr H. said, the article i>f cyder was mostly distilled. ~Jt was diffi cult to carsy this to a distance, and therefore the nnm bet- of small stills was very confidei able ; but, should this refoiutioa be carried, it would fabjeCt them to great difficulties, and, in many instanceS, amount to a prohibition from distilling at all. He believed the fyftitn at present was pretty generally fatiifaCtory. NV. Calbiin (aid both .the gentleman from North-fSroll na and from N w-J>*rfey. seemed to be certain that the plan prop >fed would have the ess & to destroy final! Hills, and from thence derived therr objections to it. He wtfhed they Ibew how this ould b? done. He believed the law might lo be carried into eftefi, but he also believat that it might be so artanged as to avoid it Gintlrmeu had laid that the present fyilem wis very well. He would fay it was not so. ft was unproductive. Theex penfe of collection upon that part of the Revenue which was drawn from Ipiuts distilled in the country on domeltic ma terials et.ft from 32 to 33 percent colle&i g. What the net amount ot the duty was, he did not recollect ; he beiiev d it was from to 209,030 dollars per annum* It was clear, he said, that the moment a direct tax was laid upon the Itil: inttead of the foirits, two thirds of the expense of col lection would be got.nd of; all that was neceflary being, to meaiurethe ltill, instead of having an officer to watch the o peratioris oh the diltiller. H re, he (aid, fraitd* could not be ' afily commftcd. Nothing was ueceflarv to be known hut whether a matKdiftil led or not ; if h, distilled without a licence, he would he liab e to a penalty, and this was all the , fraud which could he pra&ifed Another great obje£tion to the present fyltem, Mr.G. said, was. that it gave g'ea advantages (o the unfair trader over him who traded fairly, Some wste advantaged through ig norance, and some through deflgu ; an oath, he said, would bind fomemen, but not all. This wouH be altogether pre vented by the.plan proposed.—Every (nan would stand upon the fame gt und li was true, and it was the only objection that could be made to it, that it an equal tax was laid upon the capacities ol all stills, there would be an advantage in favor of large (tills: beeaufe upon larre stills, large capitals would be em ployed, and they womld be wo>lced throughout the whole year ; but. in order toremme this objection, he thought a certain scale (hould be formed, in order to proportion the duty according to the lire of .the (till He was of opinion, that this single provision would remove all objections. If the resolution was agrred to it would of course be referred back, to bring in a biil, and then it would be fren whether this evil could riot" be remedied in the wav mentioned. All the revenue officers, Mr. G. said, were agreed as to the pro- of thismeafure Mr. Dayton lard at (liftthe repyrt appeared to him in an unfav table light. He fe/red it would have the effeCt nor was the fear an unreafon'b<e me, to tpjure small stills; but he now saw it pnflible to prevent their injury, and even to prot-eft :hem. He tliought there was a regulation of grea'er importance than the <>ne mentioned by the gentleman last up ; he thought unail Hills (hou'd have the privilege of taking ont licfenfea for a shorter time than a year. Foreseeing that the House wou d have an entire controul over the bufiueli, when it cami before tnem in the form of a bill, he did not mean to oivpale it 111 this ttage. he Resolution was agreed to ; the Committee rose ; the House concurred in it. and it was referred to the compiittee of ways and means, to bring in »>bl!l. BOS 1 ON, January 2.3. £The following corHmeruel communications are important ; we tender our thanks to the gentle men whd were ki;id enough to fend them to our prefi. ( Bojlan Price Current.) Ext raft of a fetterft em a refpeSlalle Mercantile Bouse in Cadiz, to thur ij.arrejpondent here, of Septem ber 28, 1796. " Our late harvest of Wheat, has proved very scanty, much less than last yearj and in corife quirnce, I am of opinion, we shall tequire a good deal of foreign supplies this winter and next fpting, when of course the price null rife in proportion to our wants. This event must also enhance the value of si ur ere long. At present, American Wheat would fetch here from 62 to 64 is per fa neg, en board, and Flour from that qu rter if. felling itvthis Bay, at (8 to 19 current dollars pet barrel, and hut little on hand. " Rice has become very scarce of late, and been fold these few d ys pall at the fine price of 9 I 2to 10 dollatsper quintal; but .owards the evd of the year, and lent time, I think it will be worth even more. Notwithltanding the many cargoes of staves arri ved here within these few months hack, the entire have been bought up at 140 to 150 dollars per long houfand on board, as in quality, for the the hogshead and barrel staves in proportion, even so • igh as 70 dollars have been paid for the latter, the exportation of our win* in qr. caflcs being vctycon fiderable, and said prices all likely te be supported the demand being very great throughout the kiug dom. " Your whit# beans are worth here at present from 8 to 9 dollars per fa k of 200lbs. on btiard, and 'he black eye'd fiom 4 to J dollars ; but aj we expect little er no supplies his year from Holland, ; the price will certainly rife as we approach !c;nt, when the consumption of these pronlion articles, and Roe is greatest. " As to Indian Corn.l can't positively fay how it may answer here, towarlo Chrillmas, when it was formerly much demanded foi the fatting of Swine in this place, but these two years pall we have had but very little at Niaiket. " Bees wax, of the tine yellow fort, is a choice article here, and meets a quick vent, at 7® to 71 dollars per quintal on (hore. " The war will put a total stop to our usual supplies of Cod Fish from Newfoundland, which consequently would favor much t|ie sale of New. England Fish, at this market j it will also contri bute to enhance the pi ice of Wheat, Fit ur, Rice, &c. here ; this event max also cause a demand for Salt Beef and Pol k, but these in general are moll precarious at tides here, and seldom turn to advan tagf- | P. S. Our White Salt might now be had here for 6 dollars per last of two tons, put on board. . Holland proof Brandy, at 114 to 116 dollars j per pipe. Oil-proof, at 148 to 140 dolls, f. pipe. PRICES CADIZ, Sept. 14, 1796. AMHK.It AN Pro»VCE. Dolls. CtS. Beef, bbl. - - 20 50 Beans, white kidney, 20«lb. (5 25 Butter, lb. 29 Cod Fish, - - 6 75 Flour, super. v . IO 50 Grain, wheat, fan, - 2 5° 1 , barley, do. - 2 -, corn, do. . 2 Hams, lb. . "35 Hogs Lard, - -45 Pilch, ... 6 Rise, io2lb. - 6 Rosin, - g Staves, pipe, . t 90 75 , -fifed. _ . 60 . bbl. , . 49 75* Tar, . . 4 30 BeesWax, quint.'' . 45 Whali Bone, - "9? Pork, ' 26 50 Spanish Pkoduci. Almonds, without (hell, quid. 18 Anchoives, ke_g, - j Brandy, Hall, proof. - 50 jj ' Oil, do. . - llj Figs, quins. ... 3 Lemois, box, • ' - . 2 40 Olives, jar, . 50 Raisins, keg, - • r 7 . j >"» - 2 •, box, . 3 Salt, last. - . 4 52 Saffron, lb. - 7 Castile Soap, quint. - Ij 16 S'arch, lb. - » 10 Vinegar Wine, 4 1-2 galls. I Vermicali, lb. - - 10 Wine, Sherry, Am. mark.7 qr. cask. } 11 ——, Malaga, I 5 , Catalooa, red, pipe, 37 66 Dimeofions of lumber fit for this market : Pine boards, from 24 to 36 feet long, and 2, 3, 3 1-2, 4, 5, 6 inches thick, and to wide ; do. 12 fee long, 12 inches wide, 1, i-j thick; malls, spars, See. &c. for building ships ; beams of all kinds ; Itcanijliiig from 4 by j, to 6 by 8. Couk.se »f Exchange. London 30 Amsterdam 78 Genoa 154 Hamburg 68 Paris 13 10 The following articles, viz. Indigo, Cochinel- U, Coffee, Cottoo, Cinnamon, Elephant' 6 Teeth, Nutmegs, Pepper, Pale Batk, Red, do. Sugars are extremely high at present, withuut,. buyers or fellers, on account of our political Hate with England. 4, By this day's Mail. BALTIMORE, January 27. LjUteJi Foreign Intelligence. Trantlatedfor the Maryland Journal. From German papers, received yelter Jay by the ship Anthony Mangin, Capt. Sanford, from Bre men, and which were kindly handed to us by a gentleman of this City. TURIN, OftoHer 20. The death of the King of Sardinia, occasioned a quite different fyllem in our states ; it was hardly Known to the nation, when the peasantry in Pied mont, opposed by force of arms, the paflage of a French body of troops, and the government has hitherto done nothing in this cafc. LONDON, November 11. Sir Sidney Smith continues a prrfoner in the Abbay at Paris. ,It is said our ambiffsdor has or ders to negociate his release. A very considerable fleet, it is said, will fai ftiortly to Gibraltar, wtth a of troops and provilion. Lord Howe it is said will have the command. An aim"y of men 50,000 are to march immedi ately to the sea eoaft of the counties of Cork and Derry, to protect the south coalt of Ireland. The mofl prcffirig orders have been lent to-Portf mouth and Plymouth to'get all the ftiips in those ports ready as soon as pofliblc. SfRASBURG, November 4. The general head quarters are (till at Schiltig heim. General Defaix is It ill on the Ifiauc! *>f Rhine : his bead-qu triers are at RuprechfUu. I i Kehl nothing has place yet. It is uncertain when the hard battle, for whiih both parties pre pare tbemfelvss by this fortref*, will take place ; the mod formidable meaftjres for a-fortunate issue have been taken on both fides : the whole viilzge of Kehl is getting demolished by the tcpuWicans ; and a builJit.g at some diltasce is bnrnt down to clear the front. The Auftnins have on their fide, demol ifiied Neumuhl aad Kork, or turned them into barracks. Otlr truops have inverted Specierback and the city of Speier. K A RLSRUHE, November 7. Aliriott every day Imperial troops,' as well caval ry as infantiy, rtjsrcb through our city and neigh bourhood, with much artillery, partly down the Rkine, and parly to Kehl ;"the formal invellment of which is (horily to commence, while the fiifl parallel is ready ; and the trenches will be opened this day. A large ttanfport of heavy aitillcry fat off from hence for that purpose. Lait Friday after j noon, we hea rd here from thence, a very heavy but thort cannonade ; afterwards we heard, that the French had made a sortie with a fupeiior force, chiefly of cavalry, upon the weakest advanced pnfts of the Auftrians, near Neumuhl, and had drove them back at feme distance, whereby some lives were loft on both fides, whereupon the French bad returned, and the again entered in their former position. MANHEIM, November 8. Yesterday the French approached with some thousands strong, ur.der favour of a thick mill, the | environs of Mutterfladt and Rheingenheim. It came to a cannonade and skirmishes that lasted till midday. At Mutterlladt the enemy had taken poil, but in the evening withdrew themselves. Agreeably to information from Offenburg, where his royii highness the archduke ftili remains, tue bombard naent of Kehl was to have begun this day or to-morrow. The printers of the Federal Gazette were yefterdiy favored with a nurpber of Hamburg papers to the 18th November, brought by th; Anthony Mangin. The following, from an hafly perusal, appear to be the mofl prominent articles: That the imperialists were making the most vigorous preparations to bombard Huningen, and to demolish all the fortifications at that place That the Auftrians had approached so near to Kehl withthsir batteries as not only to-fire into the town, but alfointo the fortifications of the bridge and on the bridge itfelf j and that the inhabitants of Kehl had received orders to remove with their effects t» Stmftjurg, as that place would be demol i!hed—That the head-quarers of the arch-duke Charles were at Offenberg—That it was reported a cejfation ef arms was about to take place between •the imperialists and French, on the' Rhine, that during the armistice a treaty of peace would be set on foot, and that a nimber of couriers were going backwards and forwards between Paris and Vienna. On the 16th infta it, off Cape-Henry, the An thony Mangin, captain Stanford, was brpright to by the British frigate 1 hetis, captain Cochran, who very; politely made an offer to captain S. of provisions, water and every other article he mfnVt (land in need of. When captain Stanford left Bremen, the result of lord Malmeftmry's embafly was not kn«wn, but the general opinion was, that no peace between England and France would take place thi* year. Extract of a lettei from the captain of a veflel now at Cape Ni'chola Mole, to his owner in this city, dared December 11. " I artived here the 17th instant, and finding no established convoy from hence, either to St. Mark's, -L'Archaye <:r Port-au Prince, I engaged a private convoy, by paying 100 dollars, which 1 thought it molt tot your interclt to give, and wai to have failed the evening of the 2«th, but on the evening of the fame day, 1 had two of my men prefTed on board a man of war lying in this port, by which means have loft my convoy. I have been Hfing every means to have my mm libetated, but all to no effeit. I now watt (like many otheis of my American brethre ) for a cpnvoy, as it feemi there is no paffibility of getting into ;he bite with out one. " The above veflel was navigated with five hands." The brig Maria Willmans is arrived at Annapolis PROVIDENCE, January 12. Extract of a letter frorrfCupenhayenj to a gentle man in this town, dated October 5.' " Onr government have lately palled a refutation, permitting American veflrls to bring India good* to this mark t, direst fmm any port in the Eatt- Indies, China excepteH, on tlic fame footing in all refpe&s as Darifh ships. We expeift this measure will give ouj' friends in Ameiica a good opgortu pity of exterdirg tleir India trade." The fl.ip Liberty, captain John Arnold, from Copenhagen, in arrived at Newport. NORFOLK, January 21. On Thurfdiy arrived thef«.h»o»er Citizen, cap tain Gilbert, in 17 days from Guadaloupe. This vefTel was captured en her pafTage from Norfolk to Martinique with an aflorted cargo, and cariicd into Point Petre, Guadaloupe, where the cargo was ta ken (at their own prices) for the use of the French republic, and a bill given on the at Paris, at 6 months fight, for the amonnt. Ca'pt. Gilbert informs, that the executive Jireftory have ordered the capture of all Americans hound to or from Bri tilh p.iris. Capt. G. also infoffoisthat Vi£t t>r Ha. goes hid otdered the cap'ure of all Americans bound to a neutral port, found within 3 leagues of an English iflai d There were ten vrflels captur ed and condemned under the above orders ; among whom were the copper bottomed, schooner Argu* of Baltimore, a'nd the brig , of Alexandria, r c rmeily of Salem. The reason of the fchr Citi zen being cleared was, becamfe (he was captured previous to ifTuirg the otdtrs of the directory. NEW-YORK, J» nuiry 30. We learn that Gen. Schuyler is chosen with (rreat u animity i» both houses, a Senator in the place of Col. Burr. yi rrivals at New Tori, Days. Ship Joseph, Felt, Dublin 69 Fame, Abner, Port-au Prime 23 Brig Mercury, Davidfon, Cbailetton 10 Schr. Polly, Wilson, Noah-Carolina io Sloop Fortitude, Ballard, Norfolk 3 The brig Wcftmoreland, Troup matter, of this port, was captured off the Havannah, by a French privateer, and sent for New-o'!eans. Arrived at Newbury pit, brig Betsey, Captain Jenkins, 66 days from Newdieppe. mouth of the Texel. Dec. 23, lit. 40, 43, long 63, 42, Tpoke brig Someriet, Nicholfon, fr m this port foi Ham burgh, 7 days out, had a feverc gale, loft his wa ter, and every thing off deck but his boat. The Three Friendp, Leeds Packe , and Minerva, oft.iis port, lay at Newdieppe, when capt. Jenkibs failed. Captain White of the brig Betsey, on the 13th ult. was spoke by capt. Millei of the f]«op Nancy, who said his vellel had fptung a leak, and wished h;'m to take himfelf and crew on board the Bet sey, which capt. White did ; and concluding that the (loop would fhorily go down, they proceeded on their voyage. Two hours after the (loop's be ing abandoned, she appeared lively. Capt. White doubted her being pall saving ; captain Miller said she would soon fink. Notwithstanding, capt. White encouraged thiee of his men, viz. Wm. Ventin, John Goodwin, and Matthew Logan, to go on board, they did so, accompanied by Capt. Miller. In 1J minutes after boarding her, they freed her, gut under fail, and kept company with the brig 5 or 6 days, and arrived fafe at Norfolk The sloop is left in charge of Mr. Dow, late mate of the Betsey. The above was handed us by a gentleman of this city. We have not been fa particular\n the detail, as our correspondent, the fads onlyare (imply stated The Lyceum, for free Debate, ON WEDNESDAY, February 1, Will be debated, 14 Ought a Representative in a Republican "Government to act on important measures " FROM THE RESULT OF Hit OWN JUDGMENT OR FROsts 14 THE WrtL OF HIS CONSTITUENTS LECALLY EXPRESS -11 ED ? FOR SALM AT WILLIAM PRIEST MAN* s"~ No. 15 south Fifth street, Between Market and Chefnu A Quantity of Plain Gold Watch-s ; Gold enamtl'd ft ornamented with pearls ; Silver and metal ditto, by the firfl makers in London and Paris ; a I ime-Piece by Arnold; plain gold by Mudge fct* Dutton ; several diamond and diamond Us pea'l locket , ring«, ear-rings, &c; about io lb. of Scotch thread; double-barrel'd guns, in cafe, by Manton ; quantity of plated table, tea, and night plated candlcfticks, branches, &c. 46 volumes of Law-Books, in one lot, mnfrly reports, folia, force and valuable books j books of Prints ; —amomrft which are Martyn on Shells, Statue da Roifi, Calmet's Dieronnaire de Bible, Jchnfun's Poets, 75 vol*. Balke; ville's Addifon, 4. vols. Biographia Britannica, Op. re de Machiavelli, Ruins of Balbee, Blair's Chronology Plinii Hiftonca Na turalis, Montfaucon's Antiquities, State Trials; Evelyn's Silva, Pottlewayte's Dictionary, Rittrattii duonjini illuf. triTofcani, Ouevres de Bayle, Carscci. January 31 5
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