POST-OFFICE, I Philadelphia, 4th Dec. T797. t Letters for the IVttifh Packet L.avterct» i Capt. Taylor, for Falmouth, will be receiv- | ed at this office until Tuesday the-sth intt. j at 12 o'clock noon. f _ -N.4i. The inland postage to New-York j F hr.ift he paid. j in the brig Eliza, j Cip:. Wast\v., from Bnurdcaux ; t Ila -cf in > '«£» of a very superior qttality, j V* hiss Siytcrnc Wi'»c in Caf.s, r • Oi vc Oil in baSkcts of 11 ho'tlei. etch, | ll \V litre and coloured SCid Gloves, ° ! ,!o. do. Silk has also for Sale, *j A 'ifw qr. Calks Old Sherry Wine. tl Dee. arboursflit him, or employing him, flu?. \n vrof; cited \St\ii' utbcfr rijjnur of c!>e hw ; 17 all naffer* of vc'fol* arc csmro ed not *o tkt Kim r; away at thtif peril; anv pcrfon spprehercdin* hin and lodging hurl in jn! fi> th;.t !ii» Miafter nviy get y hivn again, frail I'&civit the above reward and no charges paid ly c John Harper, . No, 67, Arch Street, * Dec. 4. -V- ® To be fold at the Merchant's Cos- c see-House, J On wedftefday the 15th of December at 7 o' clock in the evening, one pertain bond.or 1 alligation noted Jti'y 16, L've of Alexandria for biifiielt- Jofiah WatP'H \ an 1 Jhrbwel Love for £6llO Virginia currency, l parable on the 3 1 ft of Oflober lafl pall,tit Stock- T le ■ Dntielfoii or his assign Bond the j fa d HonellYin atTigned to J-.m?s Oram, under witfe po ver'of altoi tliis file vviii be made. Fjr further psrtici'.ars app!) to the fubfcr.berj. ' FOOTftIAN and Co. Au | Nor. 28. ' trjtlid- < so he Sold at Public Vendue, | (If not otforc difjxjftd of at private sale) j O'N Mondaythe nift day of January next, it fix o'clock in the: evening, ?ctbe Mercbanij 1 Cos* «ce Houfc. in Philadelphia, lAvenn-Six T*toufand i Sevei Huid'td ;pd Eighty actes of LAND, in the ; S.atr of Ncw-Yotk, between ihc noilbrrn bounds of Pernfvlvania and the Su'quc'Mnna, now, or late in the t;iwn(hios nf llamdwi and VA'arrcn, and coun- ' tT of Montgomery. 0"C lour'h of the purckafe mon-y to he p»id at tt.e liaie of sale ; for tbcrefidue | credit of one, arnd three mon'.hs, will be given, on irth-rit 2nd good feturity. 1) r 4. 1 To he Sold at Public Vendue, ; (If not before, dlfpofed of at private sale) ON Monday the !ir,t doy of January next.iit fix o'clock m the evening, at the Merchants' Coffee House in Po ladelphiai Forty Kine Hun dred and Tluriy-Ni'tc sens of LAND in Green countv, Commi.nwealth t,( PtmtfylvanU.'Mi jhs ,V%. te,s oi Ftfti »nrl Wtie.-.luif! Creek, ar-t t' l.Mi - Hun. These bilds ate fertile, well apouad in coal; thev eic i'l'.t t:r. yet ';v for per paien ed - in'v in 1787. . xcept 3.700. which iere oa- Mined the greveft ol them' w.-rf far veyed in (l3j. Vhit tr« the Ohm wd Mono; mot.a, veryfcpnveiiiftit to ».-atri t2rr:a^- — 19 0 :leii; vtn th»'towri (K'M < Hingtoa. and frntn 14.W t6 tr->m the Tillag'j oIG-c-e. fourth and Whe'e! Ore fo-.Kth of the p-irchaie money ii to oe pai'l at the tiine o. file • tar the mfidtie a credit of one, (wo, a.id ihe? -jov'k" will be I'ivcn, on iotircli and go-d fecutity. Dec... _ __ J- The City Dancing Afiembly, Is üßav«idal»iy pcftponed till the 14th infl. I Dec. 2. 1 ~ L 0 S 7, YESTERD AY in Market, Ch: tnu*, Souih Second, Third, or Dock fltcet, a fmali Oval Red M .- roeeo Pocket Book, confiinina a Oar.k Notet of Five Doil»r« each, and one»f Tin Dollars. 'Also, a pa ntr the contents of which are not recoUeaed. Who ever willdeliver it, with its courciUs to Mr. James ; z O'EHtrs, at his Hotel, shall iccfwa Five Dollars Re- W"d. Dec. 2. N OTICE, A I.L perfrins concerted are hereby notified, j\ that ty f-Wcriher intends to apply for a re nev.al of the undermentioned loft certificates of Stock in the Bank of the United States—He for warded them under cover of a letter a.ldrefTeJ to John Ati(ley.of London, by the fh.p Bacchus, capt. George, which left this port in June lift for Lon don But that (hip having been capturtd on her padage and I'ert to France, the above letter and in clofures have failed in their deftinatiou. Three eertiScates, viz. N'o3. 26325, 26326, 26327, each for four fharea,"dated January ill, 1797, and Jffued in the name of Henry Grace, of Tot tenham Hiehcrofs, Great britain. ZACCHEUS COLLINS. PhilaJdpU", novenlt.-r 8. law6w ~ ' To le Sold, The time of a Negro Boy, About fifteen years of age, has {even years yet to fetve.; he i< an excellent house ttrvant, ailiT3 andll ral'iiy. F.nijuire of the Printer. z. " LAW BOOKS^ Latest London and Dublin Editions. iju & ,P, RICE, Boekfellers, No x 6, South Second, and No. so, Market tlreet, V a"AVE juft,received by the 1 lie arriva s Irom XI London and Duhlili, theii fpritg importa tion, conliftingof a vhricty of the latest and most aporovedl aw Books, whk.h, added to t'nofe alrea dy'on hand, fPi'nrtthe. ntoftexreb.Cve coUectionev er offered for fVein this epuntry. They thei efore leave to nofice, that from tjis r.attre of their eormeetic nsin Dullliu, they arc enabled to fell IriCb editions (as they have hitherto iWf) at tli - very lVv.'efl pricw 'The following arc among the latest publications. Vefey, jun'rs Reports in < hnncery. i t.,.5. Pto-ite's Cases at Nift Ppa? i Ref ortt in the time of l er l U.-.rd* .eke ; b'joyer> Proclers pMiSice in the Courts ; Bartch's Trentife on a Suit ill Equity ; Tidd's Practice of the Court of King's Bcnsh in Perfoual Adlions, i rts co. nplete , Ward's Law of Nations ; Cruise on Ules ; modern Reports, It vois. London edi -11 li. and P.Rice ctpefl Ji receive .by tie frO ar rival from Mevr-Voilt the fib voji ctmipletc of liur.iford and EaA'l Seoovis, the ad pan of Gil bert's I.av/ of Evidence by Luit, ami a number of new puMkatiffw. tnne 26. t ],3 j %'i)C otlsotte» p j PIIIIA DELP HI A, th i I TtJESPAY FVENI-'G, •■F.CrMBER -. he > L - —! hin 1 For the Gazette of the United States. • tn ' cat ;To Mejfrs. Frp. KF. Al/ ef'P.M v., printers of , th; the Daily Advtrtifer in Ckarltjfon. c(li ' I have seen, gentlemen, in th" public ! prints of this city a piece finned " A S.ificr- l ar I ing Merchant," and talten from your par.ei* ne , of Nov. 6th. I know nothing about the olijeft of this, pulilicfltion ; l>nt its obvious co tendency being to induce a belief in the.po pie of this country, that the captures of their property by the French, proceed not ; n from the injustice of that nation, but from m; the negligence of our own go.vernmefit, I l e t have thought it proper to udtl.-t.fs a few re- ra j - marks to you on the fubjeft j and I reqticft j' the favour ,of you to republish them in your V e I Gazette. ' «< This writer Rates that the English part re , of the fea-letter,given to our vessels pursuant (",< ■ to the 25th and 27th articles of our com : mercial tj-eaty with France, is not a jnfl ' translation of the French part; and this is on the negligence on the part of ®ur govern- w j ment, which he supposes may have given ; n II rife to the depredations of the French. efi 1 But it is to be remembered that the jp C ( French part is also inserted in the sea-letter, iti 1 0 which ismade cutin four languages, French, tii Spaniili, English and Dutch. This French j n part is precisely c»uforinable to the model th annext to the treaty ; and as that is the te part particularly addrelTed to the French - crnifers and ships of war, whose command- e x ers are not luppofed to underltand Englifli, 0 j surely the variations in the other part ean- of „ not be material as it refpefts France. F n To put this matter in a clearer light, I aj n woold a/k whether a fca-letttr, in which the in '• French part (hould agree with the fcJrm an- (J, ne contr&fliug parties." In order to accom- ] | 4 ] pi ifh tl»i« mhjed, the, article flipulates, " that 1 in cafe either cf the parties should be en a, gaged in war, the vefi'cls belonging to the I m fubjedfs or people of the other ally, fliall be j , n furniilied wiih sea-letters or paflports, which 2 of shall express the name, the property, and the i "i lurthe.-i of the vefiel, as well as the name and t lv ' rtfidence of th* matter." And this pafTport 1 - it adds, (hall be made out according to the : form annext. Here it is obvious that the ,i use of the patTport is to ascertain the prop- i erty, and that the material parts of it are the < name, property and burthen of the Jhip, and the i \d, name andrefidcmc of the matter. Not a word 1 l is said about a lift of the crew, or a role ?i _ (Evquipage, which was in no degree neceflary ao- to this obje£t ; and the annext form was re ncs i ferred to not as a precedent, which mud be ic " | cxadtly copied, but as a model, a diredtion to point out the manner in which this pass - port should be drawn up. This was evidently the light in which e< *> Mr. Jefferfon viewed the matter ; for in the "j originul eopy, annext to the treaty, there or are several alterations in his own hand-writ to ing made by him while Secretary of State, ipt. in order to accommodste the model to the on- fty] e Q f ol]r govetnment. ,lfr Now it will be found, by referring to the Englith part of the patTport as slated by your correspondent, that, although nat an for exa£t copy of the French part, it neverthe tnd less contains all the above mentioned mate ot- rial points, the name, property and burthen of the veffcl, ar.d the name and residence of the S. matter. Consequently it complies fubftan v tially with the treaty* to the benefit of _ which, even (landing alone, without the French part, it would be fufficient to enti tle our vetTels. T ct The part omitted relates to the lift of the s crew, and fecurityto observe the marine or v dinances, without which formalities no French vet Tel, according to the laws of France, could obtain a clearance in the ports of that country. These cireumtlances, therefore, were naturally mentioned in the , ee . French part of the sea-letter, because with rom' out them the sole obje£t of the paper, viz. >rta- the proof of the vet Tel being French proper 110ft ty, could !iOt be accomplitlied, nor any patf iri:a' port given. But it would have been idle to 'fore in^'CTt 'hem into our part of the fe?.-letter ; | lc i r because our laws required no such iarmali- IriCi ties. In order to obtain a clearance or vrl 7 patTport among 11s, no lift of the crew, nor »telfc 2n y ftcurity to observe the marine laws, • were neceflary ; and theiefore it would have V.r's been fool: ill to talk of them iri tU< sea-letter. ;Icrs In (hort the tea-letters and pafTports of :e-n's each natiun date the circumftaoces refpedt :c of ively necessary, by its laws, for proving the rulfe p ro P- rt y vetTels ; but through great cnu edi. tion, and the mote completely to avo.d dis putes, our sea-letters conta'n both forms, J ar - our own and the French : if the firft be de c,.?' ficienr, surely it may be supplied by the fe .J.'„r cond. » As to the role d'equi''age, which your f correspondent tpeaks o.', I would obterve, that no such thing is required, or even men- sot < tioned, by the treaty. The form of the this sea-letter Hates that the captain " (hull enter ( lives in The proper officei," a lift of, his crew ; but Mop this entry is to be made in the office where infu he obtains his pnffport, and notcarried with den' hirrv to sea ; and if this regulation referred! fed to our vt-dcls, which evidently is not the whe cafe, still the passport itfelf would be proof din j that all the V'quifite formalities had been Atr complied with before it was granted. vide The marine ordnance, of France, particu- the larly those of 1704 and 1744, require that adn: neutral vefTels in time of war shall be furnilh- peo ed with a lift of the crew and pafiengers, tho containing their names, place ofrefider.ee. con Sea. This lift they call a rolf d'equipage, fori But their commercial treaty with us, made the in Febeuarv 1778, dispenses with this for- ed 1 nudity by.cxprefsly declaring that the sea- trai letter and paiTport lha'l be fufiicient, and o- diai to make any mention of the role fha d'equipage. In July 1778, the French go- the vernment pnblifhed a regulation refpefting poi " neutral vefTels in time of war and this wh regulation repeats and/.nforccs the provi- pat lions made by former ordinances concerning . the role d'equipage. yoi But this regulation, which was the a£l of ha] one party alone, coul 1 not alter the treaty, be witout the consent of the other: nor was it wil intended by the French to produce any such coi cfFe£l ; for it is expressly confined, in its o- to 1 peration, to "neutral vefTels navigating in, wil j time of war." The United States, at that vig i time, were not neutral : they Were engaged an! in the war, on the fide of France ; and I therefore this regulation could not have eon- thi templated them. Tl This fubjeel, of the role d'equipage, is afli extremely well explained in a decision of one fat of the French admiralty courts on the cafe wil of the brig John,' which was captured by a IN French privateer for want of a role d'equip- Bu age. This ground of capture was declared of infnffii;te,!!t, and the brig wasacquittrd. The To decifidn m,»y be found at length in the Phi- th< ladflplii i daily advertiser ef Nov. 17th, ®r bri abo'ut that time, to which I refer such of wi your readers as have not fefen it. He CAROLINIENSIS. vi< From tie Columbian Centinil. Tl Ms. RUSSELL, The spirit of jacobinism is secret, influ ential, and penetrating. Dark and uncon fined in its operations it tends to a complete overthrow of every moral and political prin- E: ciple.—lt gathers new strength from every defeat, and like the hydra of old adds one head more to the number it originally pos sessed. It changes repeatedly its manners ab and means, but the objefts arc universally lie the fame—death and ambition. Its effefts tri have almost exceeded belief. The wisest fu politicians of Europe and America have been wi baffled in their calculations. It was thought uc lo be a meteor which would frighten only for a moment, and then dwindle into thin air. D .But it has converted Europe into one vast n e scene of blood. Under the fscred namr» of T liberty and the rights of man it has either humbled or fubjugatcd Holland, Auftna, he Italy and Sfain. England has felt its tr dreadful eS'efts, and even the crescent of 'h: Turkey bows as it approaches. Without a di shadow of pretence or declaration of princi- w : pies, it has overturned conflitutions, whofc ta 1 antiquity and excellency entitled them to re* m fpeft, it has violated all obligation, destroy- f I ed the social feelings and the numerous re- E t lations which fubfilt between man and man, (J, : and threatens to convert the whole world /) : /into a scene of bloodshed, wickedncfs and w - unirerfal disorganization. Where these tl e dreadful scenes nil ft end is beyond the re- C( ; searches of (hort figbted reason. We had a 1 lately cause to hope that the war was ad- c -1 vancing to a condufion. The negociatious J ( f at Liflc and Udina, though covered with f - mystery and secrecy, it was thought would tl e have a favourable termination. But in 0 n France things fuffercda total revcrfion.While - peace and order were the unanimous wi(he3 a of the French People ; while Pujloret was tl h pleading the cause of insulted America, and / e Boiffy d'Anglos amusing himfelf with ideal c e hopes, three of the Dire&ory with the true n :- spirit of 'Jacobinism, proscribed two of their tl own body, sixty of the councils of Five 1 e Hundred and of Elders, and thus has fled e all hopes of present tranquility. c e The views of Jacobinism have been direst- n y ed towards this country ever finc« the close 2 n of the late war. Under a policy peculiar to c its charadler, it has affumcd various appear :- ances. Sometimes engaging, subtle and nn- ] ; jf afliiming, it wiflied to charm us into a fatal q ie security, that we might become an easy prey f 1- to its infernal intentions. At other times j sf threatening, bold and decisive, it wished to b ie frighten us in'o a man compliance with it 3 e i- views. But the guardian angel of freedom has hitherto protected us from danger. Men * ie and measures have been weighed in the ba- c r- lance, and have not been found wanting.— r 10 WASHINGTON, HAMILTON, A- f of DAMS and PICKERING, have guided r ts our councils, have ftctnmed the the torrent t s, of fadlion, aadglorioufly diredled us through 1 he the whirlwind of war. ( h- The late revolution in France mull have < z. a decided efftil on American measures. Our i ;r- envoys will either be received and matters j If, arpicably adjusted, or they will be treated i to with contempt, and wa# betthc iiltemative. { r; If (he so rmcr flioiild happen, we then will ; li- carry on our own matters in peace and fecu- 1 or rity, free from the detentions ar.d adjudica- ' or tions of the Britli 1 ), and the unjuftifiabk j IS, vexatidns of the French eorfairs. If the 1 ve : latter be the laG re Tort, Americans arc vea ,*r. dy for the cor.test. of j Though in the beginning we had wiflied 1 fl- j to live secluded from the bullies of the world he and had hoped to view the distant troubles ;ii- I of Europe, like the traveller, who from if- , some uniiiaken piomontory surveys the fury as, 1 and efiefts of a sea storm, yet if we are Je- ■ dragged into the contest, we will never be fe- | wanting to ourselves and our country. A ] mtricatis know what are the rights of free »ur ■ rnt-r. k and thofevrights they will maintain ve, ti:::rapuir-.dcr die in maintaining. They do') m>t wifli the fcenii of Francs renewed in m tli is country. TU;y will never hold their w< lives as gifts from any nat'on, especially from ca b'opd-thirfty Frenchmen ; from men who so insulted aud spit upon our venerable Profi cient ; who infringed or.r neutrality and rai sed an alarming rebellion in our country, C who have nt'vef ceased persecuting, degi'a- w ding and reviling the American name, and ar American meafivres ; told lis we were a di- ns vided nation, and threatened to appeal from cc the adminillration tel the people, as if the lo adminiflration was not thefree choice of the ec people. Yes, Americana) Frenchmen are ™ those who now capture and condemn Vour commerce and fellow citizens without the formalities of trial ; who tlonbtlefs are at £ the bottom of Blount's confpirucy, inllru£t ed the Spaniards to withhold the po!ls con trary to the Treaty ; tampered with the In dians on the frontiers, and advised them to D ; sharpen their tomahawks and make ready their arrows for war, who have poured u- j pon you the viletl torrents of. ahufe, and g whose crimes, villainies and perfidies are un- g paralleled in the hillory of nations. S Such, citizens, are the men with whom v j you have to deal. Oft your condudi, your t( happiness or misery depend. If you viifhto be ftp'ckzn with poverty and overwhelmed t," with taxation, then like the Hollanders, be cow rdly, fertile and mean. If you with t | to secure tranquility to your country, or die a! with glorious expeditions, then be sober, \ V vigilant and independent, like the inhabit- g ants of Switzerland. I trust you are men. I hope you will prove yourselves wor- u thy the cause in which you are engaged.— ]y Then your altars will not be violated, the C( allies and mouldering bones of your fore- :'] fathers will not be thrown into the air, nor will the grey hairs of your beloved WASH- 0 INGTON, wave on a pike to the wind, p But, calm and colledled, the descendants a of the heroes of Bunlers-Hill, Trenton, and u York-town, will move to the field, and like the old Sword of WASHINGTON, 0 brightened in the blood nf your enemies, h will gleam in the air, and like the plume of p Henry the fourth, guide you to glory and g vidlory. CLARENDON. ji — d The following publications which appeared t in the Aurora of January 10, I 794, bear a remarkable resemblance to some which t have appeared in 1797. t ExtraS of a letter from Nantz, dated Ofloler j 16tkf 1 794, to captain Molinary, Philadtl- t pbia. c I cannot fend you any news more agree able or more glorieus, than that the repub lic is saved notwithftar.ding the infamous t treasons that daily come to light. Cuftine > fuffered last month and many generals, who 1 ' were of his plot, have Ihared his fate, but i uo matter, all is well, ca ira. 1 England has loft ten thonfand men before t Dunkirk, and Spain hasloft ber threecamps < near Perpignan. We are in Catalonia. ] [" The king of Savoy has loft alibis dominions, < except Piedmont, where he is so closely 1 > hemmed in, that he cannot escape ; his I • treasure, cannon provisions and ammunition E 'have all fallen into our hands. Lyons is re- 1 1 duced to allies: ten thousand emigrants 1 - were there put to the fwnrd afterhaving fuf <•' tained a siege of two month's. AH that re » mains to be fubdued«is the devoted town of - Toulon, which has been betrayed to the - English and which we are now closely be > sieging with an arrjiv of 72 thousand men. 1 As for the lawless banditti of this country 1 who were so infignificant when you left this e they are become an objedl of serious con - cern. In June l'aft two hundred thousand d of them attacked us at all the points in the - city, but were repulsed with couGderable s lofa : they have fiace repafled the Loire, n For these two months 180 thousand men of d the republican troops have been in pursuit n of these insurgents. ■ e Not a day pafies but they attack them, ■ s and it is probable that hefore the end of lS this month they will be utterly destroyed. d All the navy and all the merchantmen are *1 called into aftual fcrvice. Preparations are e making for a descent on England, and it is ir thought that the troops here confiding of 'e 180 thousand mra, are intended for that d expedition. Naples and the Duke of Tuf cany ha«ejnft declared waragainft us. No t- matter ;'we are driving all before us. The Ie Auftrians, Piuflians, Heflians aud Dutch o can holdout no longer, r- A frefh levy cf 450 thousand men has 1- lately been completed, all well armed and e al quipped ; a part of them are already on the 'y frontiers, and the reft are form to follow ss Another levy is now raifingof the like niim to ber, 40 thousand cavalry are already enroll t3 ed and on their march for the frontiers, in The firftlevy was composed of men of e -n very rank without cliftindtion from the age a- of 18 to 25, and the other levy which is al most completed is to be composed of men from the age of 25 to 45. Every young rd man and widower without children is oblig nt ed to march. All utensils as iron and all jh bells are carried to the national founderies. Our calendar is reformed. Men of improv ve «d uuderftadings have introduced more order ur into it and made it more worthy of a free .'rs people. We have expelled from it all the cd faints, all the monuments of ignorance and 'e. fanaticifm which have done so much mifchief ill and which arc the causes of our present fnf* "J- ferings. liiftead of-thofe vile miscreants :a- who owe their cannonization to their 'lug >le gifh l'fe and their imbecility we have fuWU he tuted the names of tliofe heroes who have ra- done honour to human nature in ancient times, and who are now our models. The ed month;, # ars of 3:5 day/, the weeks of r'd 10 and at the end of each weekauay is con ies fecrated to renofe" and to the celebration of nn the epocha of our immortal revolution. Four ry hundred merchants and stockjobbers have >re been executed at MSrfJiles. Thi3 exam be ply has made that town and v ßourdeaux re ft- turn to the principles of our revolution, fe- Commercial aristocracy attempted to fuc iin ceed the aristocracy of the nobles and the do pj'e.lhcod, but this, the interior depart mentis did not, relifl:. Wc fin 11 be free r:rd we (hall leave to posterity eithira dieadful catastrophe to bewail, or grand examples for their imitation, " Eighty more deputies to the National Convention have been lately arrested, of which numbe are Faure and Badleul! They are accused of wilhing the restoration of mo narchy in the person of Louis XVII. Those concerned in the diiWbances of Lyons,Tov lon and Vendee Are immediately to be tri ed." »m rwiimr ■m m -| iiimihiiimi ■ mi C 0 N G R ~E~ $ S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.. MONDAY DECEMBER 4. Mr. Josb p hH e I ster, from Pennfylva pia (in the place of Mr. Ege) appeared and | took his oath and feat. Mr. Gregg, from Pennfylvani'a, Mr. Skinner, from Maffiichufetts, Messrs. Bur gess and Eryan, from North-Carolina, Mr. Sampler, from South-Carolina, and Mr. Da vis, from Kentucky, made their appcaranee to-day. Mr. Coit, from the committee of Elec tions, reported on the memorial of Robert Rutherford, complaining of the undue elec tion of General Morgan, that they had ex amined the proofs adduced, and that they were wholly inefficient to support the alle gations contained in his memorial. Mr. Coit moved that the house concur with the report ; but upon the wishes of MeiTrs. J. Parker and T. Claiborne, it was committed to a committee of the whole for j Thursday. j Mr. Liviscston, from the committee of Commerce and Manufactures, made re ports on the petitions of John C. Normand and Henry Sherriot, who prnyed for the re mission of duties on wine destroyed by fire. The report Hated that there was no doubt of the fact being as set forth ; but that the house had frf late years rejefted all such ap plications,not only as inequitable, but on the ground'of its beingimpoffibleto guard againfl imposition, and therefore referring t/> former deeifions, determine the prayer of the pe titioner could not be granted. Mr. L. also made a report on the peti tion of Frederick Cyru3, praying to have the management of a mining scheme, ftatinjr that, as the committee knew of' no such plan, and the house had no power to make the appointment, the prayer of the petition could not be granted. The house concurred in these reports. Mr. Dwight Foster presented the pe tition of Thomat Carpenter, dating that he was editor of the American Senator, pub lilhed during the last session of Congress end ing in March last ; that at the commeitce raent of that session he presented a memorial to the house, praying its support of his work ; that the house had declined sup porting it as a body, but jeceiving individu al aflarances of support frorrt many of the members, he had been induced to engage in the work ; but tTie event had proved unfa vourable to him ; he hoped now, therefore, that he (hould be recompenced by the house engaging to take three copies for each mem ber of the work he proposed to publish this session (provided he met with the support he prayed f >r) which, computing the session at eighteen weeks, he supposed would not amount to more than 2 2jo dollars. Mt. D. F.Mier'moved that this petftion be referred to a ieleft committee. Mr. i Coit objefted to a reference. The house, he faidj had so often determined to have 1 nothing to do with the publication of the : debates, that he thought it time to have : done with the ftibjeft. He hoped, there fore, the petition might Be upon the table, f Mr. Foster and Mr. Thatcher spoke in fa t vour of the committal ; and the motion was put and carried, and a committee of three , members appointed to report thereon, f Mr. Goodrich presented a petition from . the Deputy Postmaster of Hartford, pray : ing for additional compensation. Referred ; to a feleft committee. 5 Mr. W. Claiborne prefer.ted n petition f from sundry citizens of the state of Virginia, t complaining of being aggrieved by the aft - laying duty upon ftiils, and praying relief, j Mr. Claiborne was doubtful as to what : committee this petition ought to go ; he 1 thought it best to go to the committee of wayS and menns ; but on bring informed no ; such committee was at present in exigence, - and Mr. Harrifon wilhing the fubjeft to go : to a feleft committee, he consented. Mr. New thought it waald be best to appoint a - committee to enquire what amendments - were neceflary to the aft. Mr. J. Parker was in favour of a committee of ways and - means; and Mr. Nicholas moved that a e committee of ways and means be appointed. A Committee of Ways and Means was n accordingly, appointed, and confided of the I following members, viz. MefT. Harper, - Gallatin, Grifwold, Blount, Hofmer, Craik, il Brent, A. Folter, Sewall, Morris, Davis, Sinnickfon, W.C.Claiborne, Bayard, Cham ■- plin, and Baldwin. x M:\ Sitgreayes presented the petition e of Abraham Jokes, a brevet captain in the e war, praying for the pay of a captain, tor d which he ftatcs h;mfe! c entitled. Referred ;f to the core mitres of Claims, f* Mr. Dwig ht Foster moved tint the :s committee of claims be discharged from the j- further confideraVon of the petition of i- John Liyman, which had already been more re than once reported and decided upon. A it ' greed, and that he have leave to withdraw ic his petition. >f Mr. W. C. Claiborne presented the > remonstrance and petition of the Legislature if of the date of TenefTee, complaining of the iiv cxtenfion of the boundary of the United ve States into the Cherokee country; of the 11- proclamation of col Butler, requiring all e- persons fettled upon the land included in the u. boundary, within a verylhort space, and at c- an inclement season, to remove therefrom, he by which nearly 3000 persons, had been t- greatly diilrefi'ed ; of the conduit of Mr.