exertions of every faculty. It is the great principle the vigoro - must chiet]y depend. It is cvident f'Sor Safer to place a fing.e man at the head of thi, ( nd indeed, of every other department) than to place it in the :he possibility of veiling in obfeurity the cratlon"and true state of the trcafury, I would suggest an 0,- °P , tloo somewhat on the following plan. 6 a !r the fuperintendantof Finance ihould have no agency what ' i„ the business of receipts and expenditures Th a t there be a treasurer-general, in the nature fimp.y of a cafli itr vAlofe business Ihould be confined solely to receipts and cxpen- A That ail receipts at the treasury be regillered in the luditor's ffi , ■ from which office also (hould issue all warrants for money. That the auditor open diftina accountsfor receipts and expen on the refpt&ive funds, which may have been appropriated by Congress to diffeicnt purposes. These accounts to be polled "'/""obvious that by a system of organization, on a plan similar the'ibove Congress would, at all times, be poifetfed of an exact knowledge of the real state of the trtalury The fuperintendant of finance, and indeed, the heads of all the mat departments, should be admitted to a feat in the house of rc- Lfentatives, and in the senate ; and to the privilege of delivering Lr sentiments freely on all matters in debate relative to their fe „ .departments. A'™-J ark, May a 3. SKETCH of PROCEEDINGS of COACH ESS. In the HOUSE of REPRESEN I'ATIVES oj the UNITED ST A 1 ES. Monday, May 2J, 1789. This being the day assigned to take up the fubjetft of Amendments —Mr. Madison observed, that various realons induced him to pvopofe a distant. day, when he gave notice that on the fourth Monday of May he should move for the House to go into a committee of the whole 011 this business—and as some of the reasons still existed, he would propose that the of Amendments, agreeably to the fifth article of the Constitution, be entered upon this day fort jiight. Mr. Goodhue, agreeably to notice given on Wedn.'fday last, introduced a resolution upon the I'ubjeCt of compensation proper to be made to the refpecftive branches of the Legislature—in which The President,TheVice-Pkesident, the Senate and House of Representatives, were I'everally mentioned. Mr. White proposed The Speaker's name fliould be inserted. Mr. Page proposed that the rtfolution fliould be referred to the consideration of the committee of the whole House. The House accordingly voted itfelf into a com mittee of the whole, 011 the state of the Union. Mr. Trumbdu in the chair. Mr. Goodhue's resolution was then read;— the firft article, vefpec'ting the compensation to the President, Mr. Lawrance proposed should be compleated by filling the blank with 1 wenty- Five Thousand Dollars. This would make the article read thus:—Resolved, That Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars per annum, be the compensation allowed The President, during the time for which he ij cletted. Mr. Lawrance observed, that this futn was not mentioned as the result of any accurate cal culations, but merely for the conlideration of the committee, A variety of observations were made upon this motion, which turned principally upon this point—whether the sum to be voted 011 account of the Prelident, ihould include the allowance for his Houfhold, Secretaries, &c.—or whether special provision should be made for the latter purposes independent of the former.—No deci sion was made upon tlie subject—when the com mitte rose. Mr. Clymer then moved, that a special com mittee fliould now be appointed by the House, to take this important bulinefs into considera tion—which was voted in the affirmative—and a committee appointed accordingly. The report of the committee on the Jersey elections, was then read, and acceded to. Mr. Wadsworth presented the bill on ton nage—which was read for the firft time- Mr. F itzsimons introduced a petition from the shipwrights of Philadelphia. Adjourned. Tuesday, May 26. The bill laying duties on tonnage was reail the ictond time. On motion of Mr. White, voted, That this bill be referred to the committee of the whole— and made the order of the day for to-morrow. Mr. Scott gavenotice, that on to morrow he inould move for leave to bring in a bill, for the eftablilhing a land office, for the falc of lands in the western territory. Mr. Page after some introductory observati ons, on the ineligibility of- electing committees Y ballot—moved, that so much of the rule o the House whichprefcribed that mode, should be repealed. Mr. White proposed, that all committees ftould be appointed by the Speaker, except when the House might order otherwise. Mr. Lawrance moved, that a committee fliould e JJPPointed to determine on a mode. Mr. Lef. obje&edto the appointment of acom ji iUec, as there was at that moment no special > U I ? c^ s b e forethem, he thought the prefenttime 1 m e "- tota ke tlie sense of the House. J Lawrance withdrew bis motion. Mr. Smith proposed an amendment to Mr. White's motion by adding, unlefsfive members call for a ballot. Mr. Page was oppofedto all balloting for com mittees—lie thought the mode highly exception able, as it might be rendered subservient to the purposes of intrigue—he hoped (he said) never to fee another committee chosen in that Houfeby ballot. Mr. Burke moved for a postponement of the motion, which being put, was carried in the af firmative. Mr. Smith of South-Carolina, gave notice, that on to-morrow he should move for a commit tee to bring in a billon the fubje