«'•« whether the only mo3s :n \vnich he c vdd Jc prosecuted was by impeachment. He wished to know this that he might re gulate his proceedings accordingly. Hi* \vil!u\i the business to be gone -into as fully «'T poflible ; and he truiicd that this mode of httpeacLmertt was not thrown upon them in «ir<Vr to prevent the bringing of the subject Before a court of juflice, and by means funprefs the inquiry which- he wished to j.roTeciite. He thought an inzeftigatio'ti of the plot was of far greater consequence than the impeachment and of an individual. If the profeeution and the in-, quiry were to go on together, it would be well ; but Ke wished to know whether, if they entered upon the impeachment, it was the design to drop every other mode of pro ceeding. Mr. M'Dowell hoped' the committee would not rife for the purpose of proving the hand-writing of Mr. Blount. He was acquainted with his writing, and believed it to be his. As he had this belief, he wished to come to a determination as soon as pofli ble. He thought the design a very criminal one, as it went not only to dellroy the peace and happiness of this country, but also of others. He trusted, therefore, that they fliould take such iteps as should prevent fo reign mimfters in future from engaging per ibns to carry into effeft views of this kind. Mr. Harper wished the committee to rife'. If the gentleman from Pennsylvania had known any thing of the. law, he mud have known, that the courts of justice were wholly inadequate to the inquiries he had mentioned. He did not believe this offence was punifhabte in any other way than by impeachment. Mr. H. faife it was at pre sent unnecessary to fay any thing about any other persons being implicated in this bufi refs ; he believed gentlemen might as well j fpait their infinuatfons until they were bet- j ter acquainted with the fubjecl. He be- JieVenf flrfan th.>y Vnd rsnd.rhr papers, gen tlemen A«.ould be convinced the charges brought against the British minifler were unfounded. V ' Mr. Brookes wished to know <vhether they could proceed to impeach a man if he prefent. Mr. 1)A vA said, when this fubjeft was under debate with closed doors, the secreta ry of slate was present, and when it was doubted whether the publication of these papers might impede the profeeution of ah inquiry into the business, they were informed by him that such Reps were taken as that" the publication of the papers could not have a bad effeft. The committee rose, and obtained leave to fit again. It was proposed that the Speaker should proceed to take evidence as to the hand writing of the letter of William Blount. The Speaker suggested tTie propriety of I calling in a magistrate, as he had no power to administer an oath, except in the cafq of , qualifying the members of that house. Mr. Lyon moved that the Speaker be authorised to administer an oath On this oc casion. The question wa3 put and negatived 53 to 29. Judge Keene, in the mean time coming into the house, a motion was made and car ried, that he be requested to admipifter the oath to Messrs. Macon, M'Dowell, .Grove, and Baldwin, which was accordinoly done, and they gave their teftimoney as to the re* ality of the hand-writing as stated yesterday. FRIDAY, JULY 7. Mr. D. Foster moved a resolution for" an adjournment on Monday. Mr. Havens moved to amend the reso lution by infecting Saturday. ' This amendment, after some cqnverfation, was negatived jo to 23, and the original rpo'tion was carried without a division. The order of the day was moved on the bill for the relief of major Thomas Lewis. The house went into a committee on the fubjeft, and reported the bill without a mendment. It was ordered to be engrofTed for a third reading, yhich it afterwards re ceived and paiTed. Mr. Sitcreaves moved to go into a committee of the whole on the report of the committee on the confidential communica tion of the Prefiden't of the United States on Monday last. The Speaker said, before the house went into a committee of the whole on this fub jetl, he would read a letter which he had just received. He read a letter from Tho mas Blount, requesting to be excused from voting on the question which so nearly con cerned his brother. He was excused. The house then went into a committee of the whole on the resolution yesterday re ported, proposing an impeachment of Wil liam Blount, when it was agreed to without debate or division. The house took up the resolution, and also agreed to it in fame way. Mr. Sitcreaves moved, " that a mem ber go to the Senate, and at the bar of that house impeach William Blount, in the name of this houfej and of all the people of the United States, and to inform them that they will, in due time, exhibit articles of impeach ment against him, and make good the fame." Mr. Gallati v said, he was not well ac quainted with the business ; but he; did not think it would be right to on and im peach at once;, before they saw what articles of impeachment were to be preferred. He thought it would be best firft to appoint a committee to prepare the articles of im peachment, and present them to the Senate, at the fame time that they sent them their determination to impeach. Mr. Sitgkeates said, that, the mode which he proposed, was the fame which was ] praftifed in the cafe of Mr. Hailings. Mr. 1 Burke went up to the house of Lords and ; impeached him in words similar to those now 1 proposed to be used. Some time afterwards 1 the articles of impeachment having been 1 drawn, Mr. Burke went up to the 1 house of Lords and exhibited them. Mr. ■ 3. spoke itflb of a work lately publifheci, ill , continuation or judge Blackftone's Com mentaries, which had a chapter on parlia mentary impeachment, and pointed out this as the proper mode of proceedure. He had also looked into the proceedings on the i trial of the earl of Macclesfield, and found : the fame course was taken. It was true, 1 that in the cafe of a public officer of the 1 state of Pennfylvar.ia, which perhaps his colleague might have in his eye, the articles of impeachment were exhibited at the fame 1 time that the impeachment was made. Mr. S. thought, however, that there was : a good reason for not doing more at this time. If a Committee were to be appoint i ed to prepare the fpecific charges against • Mr. Blount, it would create considerable delay, and it wCmld be proper that rmmedi : ate measures should be taken, in order to ; secure the person of Mr. Blount. Besides, i at present, the only evidence of this myfte : ; rious business, was the letter of Mr. Blount. 1 Measures were taken to procure further evi • dence ; but it could not be got till some time hence. When this was got, it might | considerably develope the plot. At present, every thing, was conjecture. In every point of view, therefore, he thought it would be best to observe the usual mode of proceed ing in similar cases. Mr. Gal latin said, if his memory was right, all the fpecific charges brought a gainst Warren Hafttngs, were firft agreed to by the House of Commons, before impeach ment was made. There was one thing, however, fell from his colleague, which would seem to make the mode proposed desirable. Mr. G. said he had considered the question which had been agreed to as a mere question of form, and that thev fhou'/l have, gone on to exhi | bit articles of impeachment; but it appear j ed from what had fallen from his colleague, that the articles of impeachment were not intended to be exhibited till next feflion.— If this were the cafe, he thought it was per fectly righ* in wifliing to present the im peachment in general terms. Till now he thought it had been the intention to have gone further. Mr. Harper believed it would not be proper for the House to stop in the present stage of their proceeding. He thought the proper mode of* doing the business was that recommended by Mr. Sitgreaves.— Having come to a resolution to impeach, the Senate should be immediately .informed thereof, as they could then take measures accordingly. It was not necessary at the fame time to exhibit the particular charges. They might afterwards determine whether they would exhibit the fpecific articles of charge during this feflion, or at the next.— He thought the charge might now be made ;j and if any additional fa&s appeared before the next feflion, which might make addi tional charges necessary, they might then be made. Mr. Sitcreaves believed his colleague might be right with respect to what took place on the trial of Mr. Hastings. He had not the particulars of the parliamentary proceedings on that business before him.— He had those in the cafe of the Earl of Macclesfield, which were as he had stated. All that he contended for was, that having taken the resolution to impeach, it becartie necessary, of course, that the resolution should be communicated to the Senate. In no instance had the articles of impeachment attended the oral communication. After it had been made, the House could deter mine whether th*. fpecific articles should be drawn now, or at the next feflion. Mr. Go.idok said, there might be differ ent modes adopted in cases where the per sons accused were not members of the Le gislature. In the cafe of lord Strafford»he recolle&ed, that in half an hour after the vote pafftd resolving to impeach him, he was taken into execution. The question was put and carried with out a division. Mr. Sitcreaves proposed also the fol lowing : " That the said member do demand that the said William Blount be sequestered from his feat in the Senate, and they take order for his appearance to answer to the charges which be exhibited against him." Mr. Venable thought they had gone far enough, and .that they should leave it to the Senate to take such measures as they should think proper with respect to displa cing their member from his feat. If the re solution were, however, adopted, he wished the word suspended might be used rather than fcqiuliercd. Mr. Sitgreaves thought the word fy nonimous. He had used fcqucjlercd, because he found the word used in the books. Mr. Harper thought the motion right in substance ; for though the Senate had the power of displacing their member from his feat ; yet the talcing order for his ap pearance to answer the charges brought against him, should be done from the appli cation of the prosecutor, as in ordinary ca ses. Mr. Sew all thought that each House was the best judge of the condutt of. its own members, and to require the sequestra tion of Mr. Blount from his feat was not necessary. He believed the Senate were at that moment taking measures for expelling him from-his feat, any interference of theirs on that fubie£t was therefore wholly unne eeffary. Mr. Nicholas was of opinion that in following tpo closely the practice of Great Britain with refpeft to impeachment, they should be lead astray, as the punishment con sequent upon the eonvi&iou of an offender was very different in the two countries. In Britain, an offence might reach the life of a person, whereas in this country, the extent of the punishment, was removal from office, a,nd difqualification for the future. For his own part, therefore, lie did not fee any oc casion for confinement of the person, ex cept it were necessary to examine him by in terrogatory. Mr. Harper said it was certainly nreef. . fary tf) fecurc th-- of the' cS'or.der, otherwise he coult? n.ot.W b.oxigiit to trial • since it was a maxim jh \.t to be d"p/irte.d from that a pcrfon cou'd not be tried.in his absence. " Mr. Sitgreates was of rhe fame opi nion. Mr. Venable agreed with Mr. Nicholas, that the difference of punilhment cor.fcquent upi.-n trials by impeachment was pot fuffi ciently attended to. He did not think that the doftrine was founded, that a man could | not be tried in his absence. It would be an unfortunate conclnlion, that effectual Iprocefs could not be had a man bc caufe he was absent. Mr. Kittera said the gentleman last up was certainly mistaken in faying that a man might be tried in his absence. it would be belt to purftle the usual mode on similar occaiions. Mr. Gordon infifled upon the right which that houte had to require the Senate to sequestrate Mr. Blount from his feat, and that they should hold him to answer the char ges to» be exhibited again ft him. If this were not the cafe an offender might go on so execute his purposes to the great injury of the country, before, he was expelled from his feat or held to bail. Mr. Sewall had no idea that it was ne cessary to fequefler Mr. Blount from his feat in order to hold him to appear to the char ges to be exhibited against him ; though he conceived it necessary to hfrld him to bail, as no trial could take place except he was present. This proposition was put and carried 41 to 30. Mr, Sitgreaves was appointed to >vait upon the Senate, to carry into effect the a bove proposition. t The Speaker read a note which he had re ceived from a member of the Senate inform ing him that feats were prepared sos- the reception of the members of that hcufe, in cafe they chose to atteni} the business then before the Senate [which war the question for expelling Mr. Blount from his feat, op posed by the cou'nfel of Mr. Blount, viz. Messrs. Dallas and Ingerfol. J Mr. Dent moved that when the house adjourn, it adjourn till two o'clock. A greed, and the house adjourned about 12 o'clock, and attended the Senate. At two o'clock the house re-rffumed its fitting ; and after Mr. Sitgreaves had made a report of his cojnmiffion to the Senate, the house resolved itfelf into a committee of the whole 011 Algerine.bufinefs, and the galle ries were closed for the remainder of the fitting. Saturday, Jnly 8. A message was received from the Senate, informing the house that they had agreed to their amendment to the appropriation bill; and that they had in confequehce of their im peachment of William Blount, a Senator of United States, proceeded to hold him to bail to appear to the charges to be exhi bited against Kim, himfelf in 20,000 dollars, and two sureties each in 15,000 dollars. By mefTages from the President of the United States to the two houses it appears that he has approved and sighed thfc aft for laying a stamp duty on parchment, vellum and paper : also the aft allowing full mileage to the members of the two houses ; the aft concerning consuls and vice-consuls ; and the aft to continue in force an aft authori sing the transfer of the flock Handing to the credit of certain dates. On motion of Mr. Macon, the commit tee of the whole to whom was referred the bill authorising the President of the United Statesduring the recess of Congress, to pro vide armed gallies, was discharged. Mr. Harper said it would be recolleft ed that he had laid two rcfolMions on the table relative to the securing of live oak timr ber, &c» From the press of business, which had been continually before the house, he had not had an opportunity of calling them up ; and the session being now too far ad vanced, he gave notice that he should bring forward the fubjeft early in the next session. Mr. Holmes fajd that he thought it ne cefTary, in order to enforce a general com pliance with the Jaws of the United States, that they should be printed in the German language, a« wejl a? in the £nglifh, since there were very many of the inhabitants of this country who could read no other. He therefore proppfed a resolution to the fol lowing effeft: Resolved by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States, that a number of copies of the laws of this session, not exceeding 8,000 copies, shall be printed in the German language, and distributed by the Secretary of State among the Executives of the several states, for the information of the German inhabitants of each state ref peftively.'' Mr. Lyon thought it would be proper to pass a resolution of this kind. He did not know what number might be necessary. He also thought that some meal'ures should be taken for a general publication of their laws in the English language ; at present, it was mewly. by chance if the people in his diilrift came to a knowledge of them. He thought.all laws of general import should be inserted in every newspaper throughout the Union. Mr. Coit said, if they were to promulge their laws in the Geimaji language/-, it would be necessary that they should all become cri tically acquainted with",it, for; if they were to autliorife any tranflativd, great mifchiefs would arise from its not being correft. Mr. Gallatin said, that the weight of the objeftions urged by the gentlemen last • up had always been thought fufficient in the r Legislature of Pennsylvania, in which state there was a greater proportion of Germans < than in any other. There was also another objeftion to the measure. If it were to be passed, it must be accompanied with an ap propriation law which the advanced state of the session would not admit. The resolution was put and negatived. Mr. Sitgreaves proposed the follow ing resolution to the house : ! " Resolved, thlt a Committee be appoint ! to prepare and report articlesof impeach ment against IVilliam Blount, a Senator of the United States impeached by this house of High Crimes and Misdemeanors, and that the fame Committee have power to fit du ring the-recefs of Congress, and to fend for persons, papers and records." \ Mr. Gal latin wished a division of the resolution at the word ml/demeanors. The firft part was then put and carried. Mr. Gallatin defiredthe determination on the second pirt to be postponed till Mon day. It was a new fubjeft, and he wished a little time to colder of it. The com mittee he supposed could in the mean time be appointed. Mr. Brookes enquired whether the lat ter part of the resolution for fending for " persons, papers and records," should not be connected with the fxrfl part of the reso lution. Mr. Venable said the gentleman last up might be accommodated by adding the words in question ; and if, before they ad journed, it was found necessary that thecom hiittee should have power to fit during the recess, that power could be given to them. Mr. 3itgreaves did not think it would be proper to pass one part of the resolution without the other. The house had resolved to adjourn 011 Monday, and there was little doubt that the other branch of the legisla ture would agree to it. If the committee should be appointed to report articles of Im peachment at this session, it wouljJ be found that it would require more time than he be lieved Congress would be inclined to give to it : for if prepared, they must also be exhi bited ; and if exhibited the Senate. wc«ild think it necessary to proceed to aft upon them. In this View of the fubjeft, great ad vantage might arise from the committees having" leisure to pursue enquiry into the plan, so as to devclope the mifchkf during the recess of Congress. Mr. Venable said the objeft of gentle- JTien feeined to be mistaken- They wished merely to jiave a little time to consider of the fubjeft. He had doubts whether it was in the power of the house to authorize a committee to fit during the recess. Mr. Siegreaves did not wish to hurry the business. Mr. Rutledge had no objeftion to de ferring the vote till Monday ; but he tho't it absolutely neceflary to empower the com mittee to fit during the recess. This was according to British precedent. It was the plan also upon which two different impeach ments had been condufted in the State of South Carolina. He thought the reason in this cafe very ltrong ; the objeft was not on ly to bring the charge home to the person impeached, but to bring forward all the persons concerned in this plot. Indeed the articles of impeachment must be founded, in a great measure, on information which was to be difcovcred by this inveftigati»n. He trusted, therefore that this power wonld be given. ' Mr. Gallatin said he was in no want of precedent on this occaiion. He was a member of a committee of impeachment in the state of Pennsylvania, where fimihir mea sures were adopted ; but he was of opinion that thishufinefs had bean already too much hurried, and that some of the lleps taken would have been better taken, if they had had more time. He wiihed, therefore, to consider upon this propolition till Monday. Gentlemen who brought forward the mea sure were doubtless ready to vote for it ; but he trusted they would allow others a little time. j Mr. M'Dowell wished a committee to be immediately appointed, and the charges made, because there might be at present persons in the city, wbo could not be exa mined during the recess of Congress. The words " to fend for persons, papers and records," were to be added to the form er part of the resolution, and the latter .part : was postponed till Monday. Meffrs.Sitgreaves,Baldwin,Dawlon,Dana and Harper were appointed a committee for preparing the articles of impeachment. Mr. Harper said, that though he did ; not intend to bring forward the fubjeft of purchasing timber, andproviding naval yards thi» felfion, he wished the house to enter in to a resolution which he thought would be proper in the mean time. He offered one to the following effeft : " Resolved that the President of the U nited States be requested to profecute«and cause to be laid before this house, early in the next session, information refpeftiug such land furnifhed with live oak timber, as may bepurchafed for the use ofthe United States, and also of such timber as may be purchased. Without the land, and also refpefting proper fcites for naval yards, a~J to state the pro bable expence of such land and timber, and of -proper fcites for naval yards." \ This resolution was supported by the mo ver and Mr. Swanwick, and opposed by Messrs. Macon, J. Williams, and M'Dow ell; and without taking aquellion, the house being very thin, a motion was made and carried about one o'clock to adjourn. Monday, July 10, 1797. A meflage wis received from the Senate in formiug the house what had been done with re fpe<s> to governor Blount j that they, had agreed to their resolution for an adjournment of the two Houses this day ; and that they had post poned the conllderatiipn of rtie bill'for the relief of Major Lewis till next fefiivn. On motion cf Mr. Dent, a committee was appointed to wait upon the President ofthe United States, in conjunction with a like com mittee from the Senate, to inform him the two houses were about to adjourn. The committee waited upon the President accordingly, and re ported his acquiescence, and his good wishes for the fafe. arrival of the members at their several homes. On motion of Mr. Sitgreaves, the resolution entered into some time ag6, calling upon the. President tor an account ef the quantity of arm in the pofiefEon of the United States, and at what places they were lodged, was l'ufpended. M'. Sitgreaves said he wished to make a re port upon a fubjeft which would require the galleries to be cleared; theycontihufrdfhuttill the House adjourned to the feccnd Monday in No vember. P HIL ADELPHIA, MONDAY EVENING; July to: appointments by Authority• V Smith of S.Carolina, niinifter p!e nipoteniia.y tr, P o; tugal, vice John Adams removed to tterhn Ihcrfji} Bulla I jr. cotiful in Pcrtuejl. k>cbaid o«a.-ic», conful-gsiieral with the devand and regency of Algiers. Charles ilal'of agent f or t!.e United States initTer the UW of the prefe.it fef. hon o. Mongrels, relative to the 6th article of the treaty with G. Britain. Jeremiah Smith, of Newhamplhirc, to be attorney of the United States for that diftria, m the rccm of £dw2rd St. Loe LivermoYe re ngned. William Willis, a njiiv- citizen df the Uni red States, to be thtir consul for the republic of Venice. ' fiVfi er ', t ' r U ; mercantile honfe efiabliihcd at G«n»a to be consul of the United. States tor th»»t republic. James Leaniitr c£thrart, a citizen of\he U. btates and many years a priforier In Algiers to be cor.tul of the United States for tie city and kingdom ot Tripoli. William Eaton, a native citizen ef the Uni tt-c. States (a captain in their a«rny in which he •. has terved about eight years) .to be consul oi the United States far the city and Ifitfgdom of Tu nis. ' William ffort to be naval officer for the itif truft of Cbarleiton m South Carolina. PROMOTIONS and APPOINTMENTS. Dragon. Stephen G. Simm.ns, Lieu enant, rice Slou h reiigued. - lcS Cornet, vice Ball, promoted, William Tharp. do. vice St.rling, do. p>'ft Regiment of Infantry. V\il iam H. lfarrilon, C.ptair, v.ceKingfbury, promo ed /.Jtli May, 1797. Nicholas Kofcn rantz, Lieutenant, vice Harri fon, promoted. J or, >- Alexander Davidfoc, Ensign, vice Nicho las, deccalcd. Lemuel Lane, Ensign, vise Rofertcrantx, promo ted. Sennet Regiment of Irrfar.try. Jacob Kingfbury, Major, vice ShaV lor, refigneJ Istn March, x 797. benjamin Rand, lieutenant, vice Lee, resigned leth March. Peter P.Schuyler.Enfign, vice Faulkner, declined. John Whipple, do. vice Martin promoted. John Vifcher Glen, do. vice Rand, do. Third Regiment of Infantry. V* illiam R. Booce,fcnfign-, vice Bodley, r;figned. Samuel Pnrmele, do. vice Sterling, do. Fourth Ragimcnt cf Infantry. Benjamin Lockwood, Captain, vice Eaton. John Wallington, iieutenant, vice Strother, re- Cgned xft June, 1797. Francis Johnson, lieutenant, vice Lockwood, promoted. Samuel Crtitchfield, Ensign, vice Dold, reSgned. | John Campbell, do. vice VValliogton, promoted. Richard Campbell, do. vLeJohafton, do. 1 Captain Yard late Commander of the /hip Asia, came to town last evening. The pri vateer by whom he was taken is called the Vvngcancc, the fame that captured the ship Golden Age. Capt. Yard thinks the ha* left the coall. F*OM A COB RESPONDENT. THEATRICAL. An Afterpice from the pen of Mr. Harwood is advertised for the benefit of Mrs. Francis. From our opinion of the versatility of Mr. Haruood's genius, we deubt not but his talents for writing are equal to his abilities as a performer ; and the Savotarde being the firft child of his theatrical muse, will consequently attract a crowd of Guar dians, the exercise of whose taste and liberality" will We a source of applause to the author, and of gratification te themselves. For Amlterdam. Four Friends, «■*»' * Joseph Glenn, Mailer ; lail with all coDveniefitfpecd,thegrea- VV terpart of .her cargo being ready. For freight or p&ilage apply to the captain oft board,or JeJJe & Rob. Wain. J"'y"- dtf Injur ante Company of North A~ merica. THE Dividend for the last half year, declared by the Directors this day, is one dollar on each (h?re of the Stock of this Company ; which will be paid to the Stockholders, or their rcprcfen tatives duly aothorifed co receive it, at any time af ter the 29th inft. EBEN HAZARD, Sec'ry. July ro. w&l'tiith The Subferiber GIVES notice to all to whom he may be indebt e i, that he intends to embark for Europe in a few days; and that he will not pay any demands which ftiall not be presented ro hin prior to his departure. Wm. SMI IH, of South-Carolina. ** No. 104, Spruce-street. Ph'ladelphia, nth fu'y. Lailson's Circus. On TUESDAY Evening, July nth, FOR THE BENEFIT OF Mr. RAYMOND, Will be performed a variety of New Equestrian Exercises, by Messrs. Langley, Herman, Sully (the Clown) and Lailfon. The surprising manoevres of the H O U L A N, With the carabine and broad sword ; after which the fcenc of the DROCK.W ART, in the charac ter of MQNT-AL-CIEL, by Mr. Lailscn. The PEDESTAL. T»He evening's entertainment to conclude by a firft reprefeatatifin of a HeroicTantomitue in three aSs, called Dorothee; OH, The Strengh of Love and Maternal 7 enderneft. Which will bs preceded by Les Preux Chevaliers. NEW THEATRE. 1 Lajl Night but one' / v* Mrs FRANGLS's Night. On WEDNESDAY Evening, July 12, Will be presented (|not ailed these two yearsi'a COMEDY, called ' THE RIVALS. 1 o will b« added, a Muflcai Farce (never performed) cailcd, THFSAVOYARD; Or, The Repentant Seducer.
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