.. a ui aNLt y TtK r,-AV n. | [ i«t nT Prizes and Blanks. 157 th Day's Drawing—January I. < A'o. j,.a. Au. Dels. A'«. Dots. No. Ms. Hi IT >. 367 , T -r x .? » * 816 »•' ;t , . x*o 95* 3 8, si x -«37 * Jl>lx 6c6 7?0 X T,lfS i" X I 4o 7 Uioi * X , ... 4.1* ! 3 4 U l I rifi hiOO 38; - 899 bei il'L tc 1 9 1 * Sii * fer ~, x 191 x 687 16 64» we 695 >75C5 8 9J * * IAS I in n )\ 840 x 17748 x 4,346 x th| 4.9 ,8 9<59 * »»7*» x < 6 3 - ' 8 i a , 568 »9°59 »9 11 9 x 300 x ' jß 779 J T no 437 X 3-97 47^97 7 x 38s x 404 743 CO J0143 *°i 10 15 tic al*. 7 384 3»6»8 387 ge 1049' 590 337«8 496-* «xA;.» 1T173 33 ? 3" 9 3 th TO theTublic. THE Eoitoxs o' iht N°X TBl V' fi Stai >rd Hailt Adv»*ti»e*, r^P«a |ull y / 1 form tKcir pm' ni and ihe p"hl t c, ,he P u^ I 'l ST Uich P pronniffd .hi. day, .. un»v o ,dab,y ca poftpontd .nd Co. ch a PROPOSALS fai Jot p. blifcins > D,i! V in the No'.hern Liberties of Phit.r elph.a, to beledy l P NORTHERN LIBERTY SfJR, AND DAILY ADVERTISER. of cr COUDITrONS. , a a- The Nor'bern Liberty Star .nd Daily Adverti (r>r shall be prin'cd oa a good paper of a demy w vvi h . ha..df.metyt-e, a '" i of delivered to fubfcribcr. in the N.>«fc*»n Libemei, City »nd Cermaniow-n, the hour, of four "< »nd fix o'cl°elc ihe price to fubferibers, will be sia noLLAts a? i fr annum, one «nd an half to be P"d •< The time of fubfenbing or at the end of every ih.ee ~>* Tl T n c Sar (hall contain the Arriv.U. d'arwefs it Piicrs Cuirent, Stocks and all Bine' Pubhe 811 _ nrfi wi ieh may rend-r it ulef Jto ihe übfcnbn» .Ih •,'dvertifements will be received every-day umi. two o'clock, and i ifemd she fame evening, in » 3 neat and c "'fpicuou» manner, an the moll model- n ' v.r rr ,p.ior.s, aiiic'.es of iiitelli'enee, »dverii-fe ,, i, Will bt thanktultv received until Monday t -.ext. 'a' .'><• Prinims-Orfice, comer o( St. John, and J C. T aß ,a ,-flren., betw.en Seeoi.d and I hir(l- { r.-, ». . n • * Ihe P inter, of ifce Unlifd S|« e«, who may V ifh 10 e*c.han«e (-a er«, i t lequeftcd to Jind on t'niV p»pe.»a. fo.n 3. pollulr. e f'-h n»rv 14. - r Ths managers of the City Dane ff, mbiy give notice that tire anmverfary Ball to roxm-rnUe th, birth of 6.0.01 W ASa.NO t Twii' v,r held a Mr Ri.ket?. Circus, tke t ' Feb. IV I For Bremen, 1 Th'e Dani/h Brigantine j J0 H ANN A y . John Andrew Thieff.n, Mtfer. 1 EXPECTtI) to foil on the 18th indatit. For ( i /V,V only, apply to the captain on board, , at Hamiltoa'. wharf, er to - EDWARD DUNANT, 2%' a. 149. -South Front-firea, 1 •Vho rcquedi aH those hiving accounu against 1 tiid veflel, -.0 exhibit the fme for payment, pre- ; viou. to the 18th 111 ft. as no demands will be pui , after dwarture from hente. _, , 1 He P>.i pit on bar.i, cf ih Ccrga 0] fati vfjftl, from 80 kegs freSi Raisins 116 jars "? (- jne y oorT v ditto Jc 5 c ases j 90 boxes Mufcate. ditto 10 kejrs Jigs 8 P?P C ' \ fupcrior Catalonia W ino tj hluls. J r ... Malaga and Mountain Wire in hhds. qr. ealics fnd a'i qr. calks fine old Colemanar Wine. Tebruary 13. ' U , notice TS hwebv eiven, that the SubfcTiher, an infol- j 1 vent debtor, confincl in the common pnal of | the Court-/ of Cape May in the -state of New- Jerrer, hath prtfentM his petition to the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common I leas, in and fer the said county, pra\ ing that they wou.d attend ta hear what can be aPcdged mr ora- I cainfl his liberarion, purfuan; to an ail ol the I egiflature of this State, entitled '«! in' a« for th - rel«f of insolvent debtors," pal Ted th; xOth <!ay of Ja Uiry 1798 — And , lhe f ./f"! «id appoint Monday tie a6th djy of , lar h next for the prrnofe aforefsid ; Jo meet at the Court House in tne Middle Piecing, at e. eve 11 o'clock, in the forenoon of the said day, ol which t>is creditors are requeflid to take no '"-''- » CHARLIiS ALLEN. (Jape May, Feb. S, 1798- ' Feb '4 —ia>tw . Flax Seed for sale. # aipp'y to GEO. DOBSON, No. 15, «o«th Third-IWfet. Jannary ty OVAL BOTTLES. Quart and half gallon in crates—and a quanti tv of Claret Bottles of a right size i'or sale at No. f3 . Church Alley. JOHN DORrEY. Jinßary rt jtaw6w. A House in Burlington for Sale. <~t HE fubfirriber has a convenient two \ story brick House, with Stablesv Carriage keufe, and a well improved Garde*, in the City of Burlington, New-Jersey, which he wifhesto sill. » ? or termsapply at No. 5, *outh Fourth ftrcet, to GF.OUGE WALKER, Who has also for Sale, Ldts in Washington City, Contiguoufto (he Cjpitol and to the principal , harht.ur. r)e* ember 10 •. Lost—rYefterday in the Market, AN ORt>F.ll drawn by ca| t- R chard O'Brien, favor of Join I arknm, ou Mr. TencK Francis, Purveyor of l'.M.e Suppli -s. Whoevtr ha. fo«.d •he fame. i> r.qntftcrl to leave it at 1 komas l ar " Vnm's, aRo fcuth Front-ftrect, «r at this t-Ifice Vayment being flopped, it can be oi no ufeto any but the owner '7-3' - FOR SjILF., i 1 * Several fonts of Types —half worn. lneluding Long Primer, a' out 4*o weight, in food condition, and would ai fwer th« furpe fc o. > country Printer as well at new. hit june oI the Printer. i CONGRESS. a _ fix ' HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES i-v 1 DIBATI ON TUI ILIfOUT Of THE COHHIIIH or niviLto*!. ▼ , __ aft MONDAY —FEBRUARY 11. (Concludedfrom yejleriays Gazette J Mr. Gallatiw said he ftould not hare gi. ! risen tgain on this fubjeft, if it had not cu been to explain some things which he had drj ! before said, and which had been misrepre sented. After explaining these Mr. G. an went oh to (late that no aft of disorder done : in the house ought to be noticed farther than the decorum of the house required, as the A , laws were ready to take cognizance of in- mi juries committed on members as well as on those who are not members. He quoted the , „ constitution to ftiew that this was the inten- \el tion of it. Indeed,. he did not believe any °° gentleman on that floor would lay he want- ( J" ed prote&ion; they could generally pruteft rrs themselves ; and if not, the law would pro- Kit test them, as it protested others. But it was said offences vvhicji had a tendency to if- wi turb their proceedings ought to be puuifhcsl. This he allowed, but he would puni/h them on in a less degree. Mr. G. referred to the cafe which has already been mentioned of a challenge f*nt by a member of the Senate to fei a member of that house. That bulinefs he said was referred ti a committee, but the parties having written,letters of apology, ex- a £i attly in the tenor with.that of Mr. Lyon, »> they were deemed fufficient, yet the letter : | of Mr. Lyon is spoken of as aggravating his (lc crime. Mr. G. did not think that a vote of ctnfure and a reprimand by the Speaker ai was a flight punishment. It was said no a£t of offence had ever been committed like this nor did he think any punishment had ever w been inflifled by this government so severe f c as a vote of censure by the house. Because m the member from Vermont had not received d' so polite an education as other gentlemen, it was supposed this punithment would not h greatly affedl him ; but he supposed he was r< not wholly dead to every kind of feeling, , i and nnlefs he was compiled of different a , materials from other men, such a punish- n ment mult be considered as a very serious one. j| z He should, therefore vote forthe amendment f ! Mr. G. added that what Mr. Lyon had p " said respecting the representatives of Con- J ? nefticut was fpeken of as if it made part of f, a the charge against him ; as this was not the ease, he thought any obfervatiens on that v - head would be better omitted. e Mr. Dan a condemned the wish that had j il been expressed for pafling a silent rote upon a this fubjeft, and particularly the conduft of j 1 theg«ntleman from Maryland(Mr.S.Smith) c - for having exprcfled such a wish. He said ( x it appeared as if gentlemen had determined a to vote against the txpulfion of the member j from Vermont, and were afraid of hearing , any thing which might convince thera they , r- had done wrong in so determining ; or were , the gentleman from Virginia, and others, ; J ' who were so ready to speak to the public on j other occasions, afraid to do so on this, | from a conviftion of the weakntfs of their ( ft cause? Mr. Dana took notice of the cases ( e - stated by the gentleman frotu Pennsylvania, . to whose manners he paid a compliment at 1 the expence of his logic. Spoke of the ne- ( cefiity of pteferving decency and dignity of manners in all public bodie*. The member from Vermont, he said, had been very free in his remarks upon Connefticwt ; but to have merited the hatred of the gentleman from Vermont,tyas by no means difgraceful. He should wrong the Rate of his nativity, Ik,*' he should wrong his colleagues and-himfelf, k. were he to undertake a formal refutation of this calumny. The citizens of Connefticut will disdain the idea of being enlightened by that memb§r's knowledge, or of being re : volutionized by his power, as they will re of pel with indignation any imputation against their representatives in Congress—represen tatives who were born and educated amongst i!d ' them, and «vhom, in consequence of their j- good opinion of them, they have appoint ee ed by their unsolicited fuffrages, to do their or national business. Hadthe aflertion no other ,th currency than the member from Vermont's 'j| word, he should not. have noticed it; but as he it appeared upon thf journals, and had go«e cu out to the world, he thought it necefTary ch to fay what he had said on this fubjeft. But for these calumnies, it was probable, he said that the outrage on Mr. Grifwold would not have been committed? but what could - be a more serious charge against another, than to be told "you have betrayed your trufi f" This was what gave all the keenness to the epithet of co-ward, when applied to au offi cer. Mr. D. said he did not mean to cast any blame upon gentlemen who differed from him in opinion; noj would he envy a ny gentlemen the plcafure they would have in the company of the gentleman from Ver- Y. Mont ; if they chufe to afTociate with such a Kctmeil of Filth, let them do so ; let them prtfs him to their heart, and salute him as e ' their brother—they may do it without envy. ro ' Let them be delignated as the companions F f ' of Mr. Lyon, by being pointed at, by " There gtet the number of Congress, <who r , h voted to have Matthew Lyon as a companion !'' , If they felt themselves invulnerable to such a reproach, lie acknowledged he had not at tained to their degree of infenfibilfty. He ■ himfelf would put him away, as citizens re '" moved impurities and filth from their docks t -and wharves. et, Mr. S. Smith thought, as he had deter ien, mined to fay nothing upon this fubjeft, that icis, he should not have received the censure of ®* <l any cne. He had conversed with several ir " gentlemen on both fides the quettion, and an y he t&ought, in order to avoid a lengthy dif- H cufTion, which could have no effeft but pro- duce heat, it would be belt to take a silent vote on tlx question. % The gentleman just rn ' down had called upon him as a military man. '• He did not come here as a military man, °' but as a IrgilLtor. It frerrid as if gentle men were determined l* Bake him fpcrkoa tki» fiibjeft ; if he Isnd '.vifhed t« do so they J aft would u«t have been able to have kept hiAi me silent. He thought the gentleman last up me had made a speech to little purpose. If co military opinions were wanted t two milita- ioj ry genthmeo had already given their opin ions. If twenty years ago, lie had been bil asked an opinion, he fnppofed he should ad have givenfnch a one as the gentleman from re; •onnefticut/ would not have liked to hear. Mr. Dana did not <wijh the gentleman to be give his opinion, and hoped he would ex- tei cufe him for having given his, though he ta drftred him not to do it. The queftioH on the amendment was put cc and negatived, 5* to 44. til mis sorry to detain the" Committer th one mnm«ni; btntfrom hi* peculiar si nation, he con cciwifi 11 prope^to exprc'fs the motives of his ctip»du£V. Ai the co.league of ttte member Irom VcnwtU, it "t! might be e*pccled from the community ot interells m between the two diftritl* thhey reprcfiented. that he (bould endeavor to support Ihn member. But, fir, I l:«\e attended with much pain and patience to tuc i»»- t> \elhgation this fubji& has undergone, and, fir, not a ft doubt remains on my mind that the member from j-j VeriroHt haabcen guilty of grpfs indecency arid infuit aj . to this hf.u'c, 1 hav# not a doubt, fir. that tin; pow ers veftcd in the House of Representatives b\ the Con- Hitution are amply fuHicieni to punish such indecency tfl «ud such tr.fuit ; and that the resolution now on the Jp table prescribe* ihe oxily puhiiViir.ent commtnfura t wi h the < ffence. * It become* me, Sir, to*!make this publie dechrati- tr on of my lentitnenis, as a dut\ which I owe to this q| —aduylovte my constituents —the conft<tu- enti of the < ffenoing mcntbe and myfelf. For lam . peiluaded, fir, that tiieciuxena ol Vermont wou d re sent any conduft ot iheir Representative so derogatory tc to tac honor and dignity of Congress, and their own charader. j. The member from Vermont has violated the char- ' aftei and «onfidence vefisd in bun by b,s conttutfenu; tr and the re o'unon to paf»-—tliat they may ex- w heir diiapprobatinn ot his fc'ond»-61, by w ing another psnon to^firi• thai Uat. JFiom their con- i - fidtra'ions, he (hould resolution his-fupj»on, * L j The question on the resolution was put p and carried, 51 to 43, The committee then rofc, and reported P I the amendment to the resolution, together ci with the evidence which had been taken be- b I fore them. The house took up the amend- n ment (relative to the offenlive words iu the t( I defence) and agreed tu it, 49 to 46. n Mr. R. Williams then renewed his a- tl mendment, for confining the punifhtnent to c I reprimand. I • Mr. Brooks hoped if the house did not H I agree to the bigheft punifhnient, they would 11 I not agree to the lowcft which they could f j I inflict. He did sot fuppsfe the member v from-Vermont would look upon this as a 1 I punishment ; and if no other was to be or- t I dered, the house wouldlget >id of his of- 1 fences. 1 Mr. Macon said it was observable there 1 I were two opinions in the house ; one for l I expulsion, the other for a reprimand. He ( I did not think the offence was such as would ( I authorise an expulfian. He said there had * I been as many illiberal expreffiont in the 1 I course of this dehate as he had ever heard-. I Gentlemen had talked of party doing this, ! I and party doing the other,whilft they them- | I felvet are the firft to mention it. He bop- I e<Hhey would have kept these things out of ' I the fight of the world. If gentlemen of ' I one description voted one way ; those of 1 ' I another, voted a contrary way. As for the 1 I punishment of being reprimanded in the 1 1 I face of the house, which would be entered I onthe journals, hethought it a very serious ' ' I one, and he would almost as soon be hanged ' 1 j at once. He hoped, therefore, the punish ' I ment would be thought at least equal to ' I the offence. 1 I The question wu now taken, at heretofbie ftaied. WEDNESDAY—FEBRUARY 14. : I Mr. Otis, from the committee to whom 5 I was referred that part of the speech of the 1 I President of the United States, which relates * I to the re-imburfement of certain advances > I made by Consuls in foreign countries, made » I a report, stating that it was supposed 30,000 f I dollars would be fufficient for this objeft, 1 and recommended the adoption of a refolu- Y tion for effefti»g the measure, which was - I committed for Fiiday. Mr. Harper, from the of ways * I and means, who had been inflrufted to en - quire whether any and what alterations are I I necessary in the law refpefting the entry of r j Stills, was direfted to make a report on the * I fubjeft. The report was accompanied by a r I bill making an alteration in the manner of r making the entry of Stilli, by doing away 8 the annual entry after the firft of July next, 8 I and requiring that after a Still has been once e I entered, it shall be again entered only in cafe Y I of removal.—This report and bill were com -1 I mitted for Monday. I The fame gentleman, from the fame com- J I mittee, to whom it had been referred to en d I quire whether any and what alterations at)e '• I necessary in the aft laying a duty on stamped I vellum, parchment and paper, was direfted , e I to make a further report, recommending I thae a deduftion of 7$ per cent, should b« I allowed to all pMrchafes of stamps (except d J colleftors of revenue) above the value of l " I twenty dollars, and that a certain deduftion c I should be retained by the colleftors of the r * I impost duty, from drawbacks on goods ex h I ported, instead of the stamp duty proposed n I to be laid, which it was dated would fall Ve ls I ry unequally, according to the feale propo '• fed in the law. A bill was reported at the 1S fame time making these alterations in the y law.—The report and bill were committed I for Monday. Mr. Sitgreaves presented the application h of John Parker, for printing the Jeurnals t_ of the Old Congress, stating the terms up on which he meant to undertake the work. ! c " Referred to the committee to whom hasbeen II referred a reftJution on this fubjeft. Mr. D. Foster from the committee of r- claims to whoft was re-committed the report at on the petition of Henry Hill, made a long »f report on this fubjeft, which was commit ■al ted for Monday. id The bill making appropriations for the if- support of Government for the year 1798, 0- and for ®ther. purposes, was read the third nt time and passed. aft Mr. Harper proposed to add the follow. in. ing regulation to the Standing Rule* and in, Orders of the House, viz. le- " Resolved that the Standing rules and oa Order! of the house be amended by ioferting after rules refpefting motions for adjourn ment, provided that nd motion for adjourn- tl Vient (hall be received, except by Unanimous bi consent, whillt any other mouion i» pend ing." Ordered to lie on the table, The amendments of the Senate to the r« hill for the relief of the Refugees from Can- si ada and Nova-Scotia, were taken up and a referred to a Seleft Committee. P The bill from the Senate for sale of land e< between the Great and Little Miami in the ri north weft of the Ohio, was also o taken up and committed for Monday. Vl Mr. Nicholas wished, as in some degree coanefted with the fubjeft, to present ape- b tition from a number ot persons fettled near w the mouth of the Kentucky river, who ft wiflied to purchase the fame, which would • be proper to fce referred to the fame com- ° mittee. He wished also to move an instruct: tien to the committee, to enquire what pro- o grefs has been made in carrying the ail into effeft for the sale of land north weft of the y river Ohio, and whether any amendments J arc necessary in the said aft, particularly as to the price of the land. Mr. N. believed 11 there was little probability of the land fell- F ing at the price which had been fixed, and f persons who might become purchasers, if a the price was reasonable, were now moving r off to the Spanish Territory. He thought * ft would be well to prevent this, and there- _ fore moved this inltruftion.—lt was agreed to. Mr. Sitgreaves moved the order of the day on the report of a feleft committee on the memorial of the people called quakers; which motion being agreed to, the house went into a committee of the whole on the fubjeftj. Mr. Dent in the chair. The re port having been read, Mr. Thatcher could not fay that he was f perfeftly fatisfied with the report of the ' committee in all its parts. He wiflied the j 1 business dffpofed of, without coming to a- j ny deo'five resolution upon it, so as either j to approve or disapprove of it. He W3S , not ready to fay that the fafts disclosed in that memorial were exclufively'of judicial cognizance, and that the legislature of the < Union wa3 incompetent to do any thing iir • it. It might, however be true, but it was ( not clear to him. He would rather that the fubjeft "should not now be a&ed upon : he , would, therefore, propose an amendment to the report, which might conclude the j business, without coming to any resolution upon it, which had been the course hereto fore taken with similar applications. He moved, therefore, to strike out the resolu tion giving the petitioners leave to withdraw their petition ; and if his motion was agreed to, he should wiftr the committee to rife, and that the house would not aft further upon it at present. Mr." Rutledgc said, he, as well as the gentleman from Massachusetts, was diffatis fied with the report of the feleft committee. He thought the report ought to have ftat r ed that the peace of certain states in the U p nicn had been much disturbed by applies f tions of jhis kind. He had prepared a re . solution to this effeft, which he would read , in hit place : It was as follows : i " Resolved, that part of the material of 5 the people called Shaken, has a tendency to d'if j turb the tranquility of some of the slates of the Union ; that thit house is not eompetent to aO } upon, and therefore they have leave to with draw their memorial." There could be little difference of opin ion on the assertion that the internal tran j quility of several states had been disturbed e by these applications ; and he believed there , would be no difficulty in obtaining a major -3 ity, of the house to declare it-j as if the re e prefentatives of three or four states were to 3 rife and declare the faft it must have fuffi t cient weight to carry a declaration of this - kind. He had, however, mentioned the s natter to some of his friends, and found it was not very agreeable to them, as they swished to get rid of the business without - debate. But if the present motion were to e obtain he should afterwards bring forward ,f this resolution. e [The Chairman declared the motion of a the gentleman from Maffachnfetts to b« out ,f of older.] y The question on the resolution as report y ed was put and carried, there being 74 votes c in the affirmative. The committee then rose, " e and the house concurred in the report. On motion of Mr. Gregg, the unfinifc ed business of yesterday (the bill for the re -- lief of O. Pollock) was postponed till Mon ye Mr. Coit called for the reading of the d petition of Anna Welfli; which having been d read, he proposed the following resolution g for adoption: l 8 " Resolved on the petition of AnnaWelfh >t that a committee be appointed to bring in >f a bill for allowing the legal reprefentativea in of George Hurlburt, deceased, late a cap ie tain in the fervic* of the United States, the k- commutation of half pay which was due to :d him." e- After a few observations, this motion was 0- negatived, 50 to 31, the question having *e been decided iu an abftraft manner, when ic the business was before thfc hoafc some time :d ag°i the period of war was at tempted to be fixed earlier than it had been in heretofore considered to have been, in order lis to take in the of persons who died be p. fore the latter period. It was determined k. also that the prayer of this petition could en not be granted. Mr. Livingfton called up the report of the committee of commerce and manufac ,rt tures on the petitions of William Dixon, n S John Bagl'ey, and others, which was con ll* curred in, so far as it related to William Dixon and John Bagley. On motion ef Mr. Thatcher, the house went into a committee of the whole on the bill granting the right of franking to the w Attorney General. nd Mr. Harper moved to amend the bill by adding "and the officer commanding the nd troops of the United States which was a ng greed to. The committee rose, the house agreed t» the and the bill was ordered t» be eugroffed ror a third reading. On motion of Mr. Gregg, the house went into a committee of the whole on the report of the committee of claims on the fubje&of making prevision for thp widow* and or phan children of the officers of the army of the United States, who were kill ed in an adlion with the Indians, in the ter ritory north-weft of the Ohio, on the of November, 1791. The report was fa vorable. Mr. Davis moved to amend the report, by adding Jlfilitia Officers. He thought it was only reasonable, that an allowance fhonld be made to the widows and orphans •f militia officer*, as well as to those of the officers of the army. The Kentucky mili tia were out on that expedition, JKid federal officers were killed. Mr. D. Foster proposed to make the pro vision general, ami to go back to the 4th of M«rch 1789. Some objeftioßs were urged to thisamend ment, as it was apprehended, from its cam prehenfivenefs, it might endanger the pas» sage of the bill, as the Senate had rejefted a former bill of this kind. The committee rose, without coming to any decision, anj had leave to fit agjiiii. Adjourned. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15; For the Gazette of the United States. MX. FINNS, t . As it is said the elaia of certain creditors for payment of bills which were endorfcd by the United Stater, and lodged id the Treasury agree ably ro the aifl for limiting claim* will soon come before congress, you are requested to publish the following report of the Secretary ot the Trea sury upon the fubjeift—which has never been adled upon. " The certiScates or bills of credit called new emission money were emitted pursuant to a refe-* lution of congress of the 18th March 1780, which dircfts ihem to be emitted upon the funds of individuals states, to bear an interest of five per «entum per annum, payable in the redemption of thebills, or at the e'eflion of the holder, annually at the continental lean offices, in Jierl.ng bills drawn by the United Stares upon their commissioners in Europe, and pledges the faith of the United States lor the payment of the said bills, in ease any Jtate tn whafe funds theyjkould be emitted Jhould by the events of rjsar be rendered incapable to redeem them ; directing also aa endorsement to be made on each till in tbefe words " The United States insure the pay ment of she within bill and will draw bills of exchange for the interest annually if demanded, according to a resolution of congress of the 18th of March 1 fto." These resolutions and the endorsement upon the bills engage the promife of the U nitrd States for the payment of the interest in definitely, and their eventual guarantee of the principal, in cafe any fla'es on whnfe funds the bills should be emitted (hould by the' •verts of war be rendered incapable to redeem them<; —which is in tftd, though not in form> an abfolnte guarantee of the principal ; for the United Statts are bound t'.- ppy the intertft ptr r pet Haltj nil that is discharged. Good faith demasda that the United States , fliould supply the omiiTions of the Rates which I iflued the bills, by providing themfelves,atleaft for th* interest upon them. _ But it is not as eaiy to pronounce on whtt terms they outfit to be provided for. On their face, and according to the unrevoke ed resolutions of congress, they are of specie [ value equal to their nominal amount and bear ing five-per cent interest. But it is kcown, thaj they were ifued by dif ferent states at different inferior values fixed by previous laws' 1 The true nature of the contrail therefore, in ■ faS, and the true equity of the cafe, are from 1 these circumstances involved iti fonne question, A compromise by a new agreement seems the best road out of the difficulty. This i» the aim «f the propofition.-f' which it r is hoped will in the main reasonably consult all ' intereils ) There have been fpeeial references of this 1 fubjedl to the Secretary ; but he purposely de clined a report till the expiration of the tern £ limited by the ail entitled' "An a& relative to claims against ihe United States not barred by\ any a&aflimitation & which hav® not been alrea dy adjufled" gaffed the 11th of February 1793, bad obviated a danger to which the business was s txpeled :—lt is now ascertained that the amount , for which the United States shall be in future liable is ninety thousand five hundred andfeven ty-four dollars. The sums fubferibed to the loan, will of course be a charge against the states which refpeAivelyifiucd the biils." * This appears to be a ntijlake, as upon enqui rj it cannot be found that any eft he fates did pass * such previous laws : It may be presumed they did n not ; to put such bills of credit, and upon inter -1 eft, into circulation, and at the fame time or pre vioufiy to pass a lam to impair the obligation to pay them, would have been -viewed by atl men as an nfl of perfidy and fraud—Th refore, it Q ' will not be fuppefed that any of the fates ever 1 puffed any fueh previous aas ; or that if such - afli had been passed, the United States mould bt e influenced by them, or tfny other fubterfugs, to de -0 viate from a national engagement. + The proposition of the Secretary was topro -3 Itide for the principal only.— lie seems to have been drawn into this er roby the rr\ifriforma £ tion refpedingtbtfates pajfing "previous laws," n _____ MR. FENNO, „ I Some time ago observed in your Ga ,r xette an intercepted letterfrom citizen Mo'n .. rOc at Paris, but to whom diredted, I did d not learn. I have some curiosity to know j who this Democrat could be that was f» kind as to offer to cross the for the exprefs purpose of fumiihing Citizens Beck ley and Bachewith intelligence ready cook ed and fcafoned to their abominable palates, ' tfhd feat over in such form as to be depends ed an. From the following cireuraftantial evi j. dence I conclude that it certainly mfuft be Do&or L n from the name of his lady ,c being mentioned in the letter—from the at le tention ciuzen Monroe received from him immediately on hiitipival. It is well known >y that the Ddttor bragged ot the honnr he ie had in the company of citizens Monroe, 8- Jefferfon, 4cc. See.' He however forgot to , mention that citizen Blcunt had the honor
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