FROM A VIRGINIA PAPER. To his EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR of VIR GINIA. NEW-YORK, SETT. 28, I7So. SIR, ' J WE have long waited in anxious expectations, of having it in our power to transmit effec tual Amendments to the Constitution of the Uni ted Stares, and it is with grief that we now fend forward proportions inadequate to the purpose of real and substantial Amendments, and so far short of the wishes of our country. By perusing the Journal of the Senate, your Excellency will fee, that we did, in vain, bringto view the Amend ments proposed by our Convention, and approv ed by the Legislature. We shall transmit a com plete set of the Journals of both Iloufes of Con grefsto youraddrefs, which with a letter accom panying them, we entreat your Excellency wil'. have the geodnefs to lay before the Honorable Legillature of the ensuing meeting. We have the honor, of every sentiment of re fpetft, to be, Sir, your Excellency's most obedie and very humble servants, RICHARD HENRY LEE WILLIAM GRAYSON. The HONORABLE the SPEAKER of the h SE of REPRESENTATIVES in VIRGINI, '. NEW-YORK, SEPT. 28, I /So. SIR, WK have now the honor of enclofiitg thr> pro portion of Amendments to the Constitu tion of the United States that has been fin illy a greed upon by Congress. We can allure iu, Sir, that nothing on our part has been on .ned, to procure the luccefs of those radical am laments proposed by the Convention, and appro\ dby the Legillature of our Country, which as o consti tuent we shall always deem it our duty with re fpetl and reverence to obey. The Joui ial of the Senate herewith transmitted, will at ,-,ce shew exact and how unfortunate we have b< en in this business. It is impollible for us not tc "ee the ne ceflary tendency co conl'olidated en Ire in the natural operation of the Conftitutio . if no fur ther amended than as now propof ; and it is equally impollible for us not to be pprehenfive for civil liberty, when we know o no instance in the records of hiitory, that fhe\ i people ru led in freedom when fubje& to one ndivided go vernment, and inhabiting aterrito y so extenlive as that of the United States, and ,vhen it feeins to us, the nature of man, and c things join to prevent it. The impra<fticabil : yin s uc h cafe, of carrying representation 011, ufficiently near to the people for procuring the r confidence and consequent obedience, compel a resort to fear, resulting front great force ai . excessive power in government. Confederate republics, where the federal Hand is not pos iTed of absorbing power, may permic the ex ence of freedom, whillt it preserves union, ' ength, and fafety. Such amendments therefore mayfeenreagainft the annihilation of the State governments we devoutly wHh to fee adopted. If a persevering application to Congress from the States that have desired such amendments, fliouldlail of itsobjed:, we tire difpofedto think, reasoning frqm causes to effe<£ts, that unless a v dangerous apathy should invade the public mind, it will not be many years before a constitutional number of Legislatures will be found to demand a Convention for the purpose. We have sent a complete let of the Journals of each House of Congress, and through the ap pointed channel will be transmitted the Atfts that have palled this feilion ; in these will be seen the nature and extent of thejudiciary, the estimated expences of the government, and the means so far adopted for defraying the latter. We beg, Sir, to be presented with all duty to the Honorable House of Representatives, and to allure you that we are with every sentiment of refpetft and elteem, Sir, your most obedient, and very humble servants, RICHARD HENRY LEE. WILLIAM GRAYSON. In the HOUSE of DELEGATES, Monday the-]th of December, 1 789. RESOLVED, That a committee be appointed to congratulate Thomas Jefjrfon, Esq. late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, to the Court of Versailles, 011 his return to his native country, and to allure him of the esteem which the House of Delegates bear for his cha racter and public services. Anda committee was appointed, of Mr. Henry Mr. Lee, Mr. Zane, Mr. Ldmund Randolph, Mr. Hopkins, Mr.iCorbin, Mr. Dawfon, Mr. Edward Carringron, Mi'-King, Mr Johnson, Mr. Strother, Mr. William £abel, jun. and Mr. Nicholas. Exxrsuft from the Journal, Telle, CHARLES HAY, C. H. D. hi the DELEGATES, W sdnefdaj, the <)(/' of December, 1 789. 7V/T*R. HENRY LEE reported from the com mittee appointed to congratulate Thomas Jifferfon, Efq; late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, tothe Courtof Versailles, that the committee had accordingly waited upon that Gentleman, with the congratulations of the Houfc, on his return to his native country ; to which he had beenpleafed to return the follow ing answer: I RECEIVE, with humble gratitude, Gentle nt.Mi, the congratulations of the Honorable the House of Delegates on my return ; and I beg leave, through you, to present them my thanks nd dutiful refpedts. Could any circumstance leighten my affection to my native country, it .vould be the indulgence with which they view my feeble efforts to serve it, and the esteem with which they are pleased to honor me. I shall '.ope to merit a continuance of their goodness, i>y obeying the impulse of a zeal of which pub lic good is the iirft objecft, and public esteem the liigheft reward. Permit me, Gentlemen, for a moment, to iepa rate from my general thanks, the special ones I owe to you, the organs of so flattering a commu nication. Extrad: from the Journal, Tefte, CHARLES HAY, C. H. D. FROM THE POUC HKE EPS IE JOURNAL. Found on the narrow road to Happiness, a White Leather Pocket Book, with a gold clasp in the shape of a heart, neatly bound with the ldve of mankind—containing the form of the new Conftiturion, a proclamation for Tliankf giving, a short Prayer for the restoration of peace to our Allies, Mrs. W—h—n's portrait, the miniature of America, with many ufeful observa tions on economy and induftry.—lt also contain ed some prudent invetftives against the mutability of fafliion, the vice of intemperance, and the absurdity of unmeaning compliments. It is sup posed said pocket book wasdropt for the benefit of the thoughtless croud by the consort of the amiable lady above mentioned. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. ABSTRACT of JOURNAL of the first SESSION of the SENATE oj the UNITED STATES. TUESDAY, August 1 8. PROCEEDED in a second reading of the bill, entitled," Ar| ft providing for the expenles which may attend negotiations or treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the appointment of Commis sioners for managing the fame"— On motion, to flrike out" eight dollars," from the clause pro viding tor the compensation to the Commiflioners, and insert, " five dollars," in line Bth, it passed in the negative. On motion, to insert after, " eight dollars per day," "at the discretion of the Prefiderft," it passed in the negative. Onmolion, upon tbe compensation tqthe Commiflioners, to flrike out " eight dollars," and Insert " fix dollars," It passed in the negative. Ordered, that the rules of the House be fofardifpenfed with, as that the said bill (hail have a third reading at this time. On motion, to strike out in line 3d, " forty;" and insert "twen ty," in ordertheieby to limit thefumto be expended in negoti ating a treaty with the Indian tribes, to twenty thousand dollars inllcad of forty thousand, The yeas and nays being required by one fifth of the Senators present, were as follows: YEAS. Mr. Carroll, Mr. Dalton, Mr. Ellfworth, Mr. Elmer, Mr. Henry, Mr. Johnson, Mr. King, Langdon, Mr. Read, Mr. Schuyler, Mr. Strong, Mr. Wingate. 12. NAYS. Mr. Butler, Mr. Few, Mr. Gunn, Mr. Lee Mr. Mac lay, Mr. Morris. 7. So it passed in the Affirmative. On motion, that it be resolved, That Congress will make pro vision for the discharging of any expenses that may be incurred by such military arrangements, as the President of the United States may think proper to make, for the purpose of protesting the citizens of Georgia from the depredations of the Creek Indi ans, ftiould peace not take place with them, or Ihould they, hav ing agreed to a peacc, violate the fame, —And on motion for the pietious question, to wit: lt Shall the main question now be put ?" It passed in the negative! And on the queltion upon the bill, as it was, resolved to concur therein with the amendment. The Senate proceeded in a third reading of the bill entitled, " An ast for the punifbment of certain crimes againftthe United States end after progrels, Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, August 19. Agreeably to the order of the day, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of a resolve oi the House of ReprefentativeSj of the 10th of August, providing, " Tiiatthe Survey directed by Con gress, in their ast of June the 6th, 1788, be made and returned to the Secretary of the Treasury without dtlay; and that the Pre sident of the United States be requested to appoint a fit person to complete the fame, who /Hall be allowed five dollars per day whilst aftuallv employed in the said service, with the expenses nel ceffai ilv attending the execution thereof"—And on motion, " That the consideration of the resolution be poftponcd to such time in the nextScffion of Congress, as that the Legislature of the State o! New-York may be afforded an opportunity of interpofinu then objections," it passed inthe negative. And on the main question, Resolved, The Senate do concur inthefaid resolution A message Irom the Iloul'e of Reprefentatrves, info, nnng the Se nate, that the Houfo had concurred in their amendment proposed to the bill, entitled, " An ast providing for the expenses which may attend negotiations 01 treaties with the Indian tribes, and the appointment of Commiflioners for managingthe fame." Adjourned. SATURDAY, August 25. The memorial of John Cox, and others, citizens of the State of Nrw-Jerfey and of the State of Pennsylvania, praying that the fu ture Scat of Government might be eftablilhed on the banks of the Delaware,and proposing a cession of a traftof land ten miles square, was read, and together with a draught of the said trait, was laid on the table for consideration. MONDAY, August 24. Proceeded in the executive business before the Senate. Adjourned. TUESDAY, August 25. Mr. Maclay. preferHed a draughtof ten miles square, including the borough of Lancaster, with a letter containing adefciiptioh ot the Line, fiom Eilu aid Hand, directed to the Hon. Robert Mor ris and the Hon. William Maclay ; Mr. Maclay likewise nomi nated Wright's fecrv, on the Sufquehailnah; Y«rk-Town, weft of the Sufquehannah ; Carlisle, weft of the Sufquehannah; Harrif burgh. on the Sufquehannah ; Reading, on the Schuylkill, and Germantownin the neighborhood of Philadelphia, as different places in Pennsylvania, which had been proposed tor the perma nent feat of government of the United States. I he letter being read, was, together with the draught, ordered to lie lor consideration (To be continued.) PROPOSAL, FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, memoirs BLOOMSGROVE FAMILY. In a SERIES of LETTERS from a gentleman in New-Enohnd to a refpe&able citizen ot Philadelphia. CONTAINING, Sentiments on a MODE of DOMESTIC EDUCATION, Wed to the present state ot Society, Government and Manners in the United States, and on the Importance and Dignity of the Female Character. INTERSPERSED WITH A VARIETY of interesting ANECDOTES. CONDITIONS. They will be printed on a gopd paper and type—neatlv bound andJcttered, in two volumes, 111110. and delivered to fubferibers at three quarters ol a dollar per volume. {f3* These Momoirs are dedicated to Mrs. Washington, by kerptrmiffivn. Having seen the manuscripts, and approved the plan, She heartily wishes that ev.ery laudable effort to improve the " mode of education in this country may be attended with merit. " ed fucCefs." _ (P3" FROM the lUi-rary chara&er of the reputed author o/ the above work, and a tahleof contents lett with the printer here of, being eighty-three letteis on the moil interfiling fubje&s of education, lile and manners, it is cxpe&ed thele Memoirs will prove a very valuable and intereflin'g performance. Subjcripttcns received by the Editor, at his office, \nd letters (M paid) duly all niedto. ADVERTISEMENT. EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE OHIO COMPANY. WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Agents, it is very much for the mtereft of the proprietors at large, that ail the lands of the purchase (hould be divided and allotted as immedi ately as may be—And in order to accommodate them generally by the option of claflingas they may think, proper, and drawing their rights or (hares (where they may polTefs more than one) either together in contiguity, or by detaching and annexing them to diitinftchflcsor divisions (at their own election) to give them the greater chance for variety in foil and fituation—lt is unani moudy resolved.That as foonas the exploring committee (hall have appropriated the lands for donation fettlements,in quantity fuffici cnt for all the proprietors,Wi nth rop Sarcent,Joseph Gi ll man, and Return J. Meigs, Esquires, whoare herebyappoint ed a committee for that purpose.shall immeciately make out,upon a large scale.a complete map or plan of the whole purchase from the bell information,which they may be then able to obtain,expreflinu all the lands of the eight acre, three acre, city lots and commons? one hundred and sixty acre, and donation lots, the reserved lots ol Congress, school lots, and lots appropriated for religious pur poles—alfo, the two townlhips given by Congress for an universi ty.and the towns or situations hn towns to be reserved by the com pany for a future allotment.—That, all the residuary lands ihall be, by them, the said committee of three, divided and numbered upon paper, into forty equal grand divisions of twenty-five (hares each, as like in quality as may be: That each grand divifiun be divided into five sub-divisions of five shares each, and each sub division into feftions of Tingle [hares That as soon as the map or plan is completed, the agents will form 01 class their fubferib ers (who Ihall not previously class themfelvcs) by feftions or finele Oiares, into sub-divisions of five, and grand divisions of twenty five, arid immediately proceed to drawing Toy lot soT said lands by grand divisions, sub-divisions and feftions : That in all draughts of sub-divisions (into feftions) which may be madeup of proprietors,holding four,three, or two and single (liares.it Ihall be the usage for the greatest"proprietor, or holder of the greatest number of (hares, to take his lands in contiguity, by lot, either in the southern or northern part of th, sub-division, where thev (hall be numbered from north to south, and in the western or eastern (by lot also) where they may be numbered from weft to east ; and where sub-divisions maybe made up of two proprietors of'two shares each, and one of one (hare, the two greatest proprie tors (hall receive their feftions, by lot, either in the southern or western part of the sub-division. Rcfolved, That the before na med committee, t>e direded to prepare the names and numbers, and make all the neceflary arrangements for the intended draught: That previous to the drawing for this ultimate grand division of lands, there (hall be returns of the proprietors, as they may be classed by the agents (or otherwise) lodged in the Secretary's office, and it is recommended in all cases to consult the inclinations and interests of the proprietors in the order of classing. Rcfolved, That the agents will give public notice of the time and place of drawing, and that there be twoperfonsno ways interelt ed in the draughts, who (hall be fwornto the faithfully drawing out the names and (lumbers from the boxes, and who alone (hall be employed in this business for the draught of grand divisions, sub-divisions, and fe&ions. ■Resolved, That the Secretary cause thfe foregoing resolutions to be published in the newspapers of K'ew-York, and the New England States ; to the end that the proprietors at large may have the option of classing themfelvcs as they may think proper : And they are hereby requested so to do, and to express themfel' s upon this fubjelf, either to their refpeftive agents, or by inforn - tion in writing addressed to, and to be lodged with the Secretary , at his office in the city of Marietta,previous to the firftMui\day of March, 1790 —Upon which day it is expefled the division will take place. W I NTHROP SARGENT, * Secretary to the Ohio Company. Marietta, 3d November, 1789. ADVERTISEMENT. THE Gazette of the United States circulates in every part of the Union—being honored by fuhferibers in Georqiq, South and North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New-Jcrfev t New-York, Connecticut, Rhode-lfland, Majfachufetts, New-Hampshire, and Dijlrifl of Maine, Canada, Europe, and the Wefi Indies. This ex ten five circulation renders it a proper vehicle for Advertisements of a general, commercial and governmental import:—By the particular desire and advice, therefore, of a number of its patrons, this paper will be open for the reception of aivertifements of the above description ; which as they will convey intelligence of an interejling nature, the Edi tor hopes their mfcrtion will meet the'approbation of his friends in general. Should the number at any time amount to more than a page in the : Gazette, they will be given in a Supplement. JOHN FENNO. New-York, Nov. 28. 1789. 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