[-w. a], ac- Mr. Ames moved that the bill to regulate the Poft-Officc of the United States (hould be taken up : which being agreed to, the house went into a committee ot the whole. Mr. Livermore in the chair. The firft clause of the bill was read tea i* Mr. Wi lli a MSQK oblerved that according to the heft calcul tion he could make, the income of the poll-office upon the fyften in the bill, so far from producing the revenue which had been contemplated, would not yield fufficient to support itfcjf; he therefore moved that the bill ftiould be recommitted to a fcle6l committee ; that the information >• ceived since the bill had been reported, might be unproved to render it Jess defective ; Mr- Boudinot and Mr. Fitzfimons were in favor of the committee's ri sing, in order to recommitting the bill; the motion however be ing obje£ted to, was withdrawn. The clause which empowers the President of the United States to establish poft-offices and poll roads, it was moved Ihould bt ilruck out. The motion was supported by faying that this is a power veiled in Congress by an express clause in the Conllitution and therefore cannot be delegated to any pcrfon whatever; the objrflj that are connected with this power are of great weight in themselves and are properly cognizable by the Lrg.flatureof the Urn on only The words after lome debate were llruck out. The prmciple of farming the Cross-Roads wasobiefted to bv Mr. Smith, (S. C.) the dea of farming fa.d he is new ii this coun try ;it is indicative of weaktiefe in the government. If the ro wnmeK make a fate of the income of an office which fall, below the vaUie, there is so much loft to the public ; if ,he lale i, abo« the valuf—the farmer must indemnity himfclf by exto tion • he moved that the whole clause resetting farming should be struck ;ion, • ,r-» B .>T NO I ° br " Vtd , " lat V ht idca farming as contained inthe bill, has reference only to thecrofs roads-,n general Port Offices in those roads cannot be supported by the United States, but at a loss : Still for the accomodation of ihe inhabitants in D ar ..c ar places, the Poft-Maltc,-.General Ihould be empowered tn fftablifh such Port-Offices as may conduce to their convenient provided the comment was put to no expence—the mhabitan s cdVJhP nnm g n"°T fd thc poftagc ot the l «tei*, e ftablifli'. cd such Pofl-Omces. But there appears to be a propriety thai thr- Poft-Mafter-Gener»l should farm out those cross road'! which may be prndufhve. ' Mr. Am es advocated the claufc-he observed that Great-Bri lain in consequence of farming thc Poft-Office, had made the come prod,giouOy produft.ve The general objeft.ons to farming he admitted were well founded, but the present objea was per- Aaps the least exceptionable of any that c an be mentioned. The motion for striking out this clause was negatived and made The committee then rofc,'and the house adjourned. ranee your eft, I difin- 1 fer i your vhich ■ may t, bt. 'ithin The Aflembly came to the following resolution, the ground of the qualification of a citizen to vote forreprefentatives, and to enjoy all the ad vantages of an active citizen. " The National AHembly cohfidering tliat they are obliged to establish Tome conditions by which a citizen is to exercise his rights, have thought it their duty to make thele conditions as easy to fulfil as polfible ; that it is not by the price of work in art. naturaUy Jubjedt to much Tarianon, but on that of the tillage of the earth, lhat the price ought to be fixed ; and, therefore they declare prov.fionally, that in fixing thedai' v P rlce ot labour, necellary to become an attive citizen, they mull not exceed the sum of twenty sols, without pretending on this account to chancre the superior prices now laid on, which maybe paid for such labour in different provinces " When they finiflied their labours, M. Rabaud de Sr. Etienne made a splendid speech. " All Frenchmen have already perceived, " :lieve thher )f the iot be :d for >poses t, can e ob- Ifcr Ctl fakl he, " the utility of the diVision of the king dam, and nothing can be a greater eulogy on the nation and the age—nothing can more demon ftrably prove the ascendancy of reason in the Winds of a people filled with patriotism and in telligence, than the uniyerftl adhesion of all parts of the empire to this great and general re form. It is in consequence of that quick dif cernmenr, of that profound sagacity which feeins to take the place of inftinft, and which has late 1} characterized the trench people, that in the space of one month, all the provinces, all the cities, all the citizens, have applauded the rege nerative decrees which have substituted the poli tical equality of all parts of the kingdom in the room of a inonftrous and contradictory inafs of inequalities, of which antiquity, chance, abuse, pnviledge, favour, and despotism, were the chaotic materials. That which Lewis XIV. "would not dare to undertake, that which he would not have been able to atchieve, the Nation could conceive, approve, and accomplish in the course of a few months;—it is the interest of all to feel and recognize this great truth—that despotism commands, bat it is reason only that persuades." January 21. <Jn Monday last a letter from Conflantinople read at rhe Nationly Aflembly, full of enthu la.'c ex preffioiis in praise of liberty : it seemed as if eloquence had dictated every line. The Se nators were filled with aftonifhnient, and the il n.on was really such, that they thought they hearing a citizen of Sparta, or Athens, pea mg from the Dardanels. And in faift the etter was written from a gentleman who had °!.' uen 'he voluptuous lifeofthe French metro po is or the purposes of visiting the ruins of those ancient Republics—it was M. de Choifeuil-Gouf r, tiie trench Ambaflador to the Porte, who nt a thousand Louis (500 for himfelf, and 500 name of some Turkey Merchants) to the Pre cnt of the National Aflembly, with compli es, and congratulations to his free country. s not ; fettle- e dan tis bt> preot trd and mft in necef at that ,e State ift oft 'urther house. red to of the enable itionsl a bill* Lte i n ' ; r pro ion or in ctr Aristides" came too late for this paper. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Paris "January ij, PROVIDENCE, April 3.. Last week Mr. Abner Merrifield, ofMedway n the •■State of.Maflaehufetts, havin e purchased p°»teC"h Ch ' ll "a""' wa £on w 1 S , hor,,eSVard Wlth tbe g«ods in a wag gon, when Ins property was seized by a revenue ofheer, and lent to Bolton—By act of Coiizrefs feked ?i!if T g&>a and team * re on 1 Mr m 0 OUr out ofthe uni- ei '7 field ® dealt « this town, and expei-ded much money therein. Laws ofthe United States CONGRESS OF THE UXJZZO STATES : ft j » 1 . AT THE SE ° N » sess+on. Begun ,nd held at ,V C,«> N, w-York, on Monday the fourth Of > uary, one thouttid seven hundred and ninety! An AC r to p- omoce the Progress of ufeful Arts Si-ESP--—•sSftss i fcov r 'T g r I ' 'or 'hey, hath or have invented or ..(covered any ufeful art, manufacture, eng.ne, machine orde Vice, Or any improvement therein not before known or us d and praying tnat a patent may be erant'-d ihriL-foi ir rK,tt j be ~w t» | t0 an p d f llc > fald Secreta!-y of Sute, R Department of Wn, and the Attorm y-Ccneral or anviwn rfefuiTnd y """ d "' m r'" ' nvc " ,inn " r discovery fufficLtly na're ofthe'if " lc " Cr^P atl ' nt to ™de °»<the nHed Sta ~V, I u° Prrnd "" «*'■" U ution rd Vf k" R J" al! . c p" ons ' ind luggethous of the said pe. L f'l i i S 'hefc'd invention or d.fcovery,clearly, truly and fully, and thereupon anting to fuchpetitioner or petitioners or , th,:lr ht rs ' •>dm,ni(lrators or assign, forany term no! exceeding fourteen years, the 10l • and exdufive right and liberty the^id' nS ' con "K' "fins =nd vending to others to be used' ,' n , V k n a°" ' Jr d,fcove, y • whlch letters-patent lhall be de edk A,to L rn "- Gcn «>l °f the United States to be exainin " dayS neXt aftcr thc delivery to him 'f he (hall find thc fame conformable to th.s ast, certify,! to be so the p e r°T u nt 'n! nd pref!:nt thc le »«-"-P"ent, so certified to the Prefidcnt, who (hall caule the (eal of the United States to he thereto affixed, and the fame lhall be good and available to the PurDof °h gralUC " by f °: CC °[ thls ast ' to a " and --very intent and and (ha " bf record «> in a book to be Kept tor that purpose in the officc of the Secretary of State, and £ i P V Cnt " his a ß cn t» and the delivery thereof (hall entered on the record and indorsed on the patent by the (aid Secretary at the time of granting the fame. X oatem P" 3 ' 4 ! Th ' l ' th ° S rantc< " or grantees of each patent (hall, at the time of granting the fame, deliver to the Secre tary of State, fpecification in writing, containing a description accompained with drafts or model,,** explanations *I , tbc " st " re of the invention or difcoverv will admit of a model.) o. the; thing pr tliuigf, by him of them invented or dif rifi", " "«ref» ] dii» thofaid patent*; which fpc onlv '°!1 ft and said /nodrls so exact, a, not only to d.fting.ulh the invention or difcovcry, from other things before known and used, but also to enable a workman or otlir person, (killed in the art or manufacture, whereof it is a branch or wherewith it may be nearest connected, to make, conftruft or use thc fame to ;he end that the public may have the full benefit thereof, after thc expiration of thc patent-term ; which fpecifica tion (hall be filed IP the office of the said-Secretary, and certified copies i hereof, lha 11 be competent evidence in all Courts and be fore all Jurifdifttons, where any matter or thing, touchingor con cerning furh patent, right, or privilege, (hall come in question. And be it further enar'ted, That upon the application ofanvper ■ <>n to the Secretary ofSiate, for a copy of any of such fpecificati on, and lor pcrnvffion to have fimibr m">del or models made, it (bail be the duty of the Secretary to give such copy, and to permit t e person so applying for a similar model or models, to take, or make, orcaufe thefametobe taken or mlide, at thccxpcnceof luch applicant. And be, tfurther enatlcd, That if any person or persons (hall de vtle, make, conftruft, use, tmpioy, or vend within these United V aies, any art, manufacture, engine, machine, or device, or any invention or improvement upon, or in any art, manufacture en gine machine or device, thefole and ex'clufive right of which, I,c so as aforcfaid granted by patent to iiny person or persons by virtue and -n purfuancc of this ast, without the consent ot the patentee or patentees, their exccutors, administrators or affiqns hrlf liad *nd obta:ncd in writing, every person so offending, (hall a "d P a y 'he said patentee or patentees, his, her or their "" ut , or '- ariminilirators or assigns, such damages as (hall be (red by a jury, and moreover (hall forfeit to the person aggriev ed, the thing or things so devifcd, made, aonfirufted, used, em ployed, orvend.d, contraiy to Ihe true inient of this ast, which ma> be recoveied in an action on thc cafe, founded on this act. * And be it further ena&ed, That upon oath or affirmation made before the Judge of the Diftrift Court, where the defendant re (idts, that any patent which (hall be iiTued tn purfuanceof this ast, was obtained furr- ptttioufly by, or upon falfe suggestion, and mo tion made to the said Court, within one year aftcr i(Tuing the said patent, but not afterwards, it (hall and may be lawful to and for thc Judge of the Diitrift Court, if matter alledgcd (ball appear to him to he futh' ient, to grant a rule that the patented ot patentees, his, her, or their executors, adminiftraiors, or assigns, (hew cause why process (hould not issue against hibi, her, or them, to repeal such patents; and if fufficient cause ffiall not be (hewn to the contrary, the rule (hall be made and there upon the said Judge (hall order process to be ilfued as aforefaid, against such patentee or patentees, his, her, or their executors, ad minilirators, or assigns. And in cale no fufficient cause lhall be (hewn to the contrary, or if it (hall appear thathhe patentee was not thc firft and true inventor or difcovcrcr, judgment lhall be rendered by such Court for the repeal of such patent or patents; and if the party, at whose complaint the proccls issued, (hall have' judgment given againfl him. he (hall pay all such costs as the de fendant shall be put to in defending the suit, to be taxed by the Court, and recovered in luchmanner as costs expended by defend ants, shall be recovered in due conrfe of law. And be itfuithcr enacted, That in all actions to be brought by such patentee or patentees, his, her. or their executors, admini flrators, or afligns, for any penalty incurred by virtue of this ast, the said patents or fpecifications shall b t prima facie evidence, that the said patentee or patentees, was or were tiie firft and true in ventoFor inventors, discoVerer or difcoverersof the thing so fpeci fied, and that the fame is truly fpecifitd ; but that nevertheless, the defendant or defendants may plead the general issue, and give this ast, and any special matter whereof notice in writing (hall have been given to the plaintiff, or his attorney, thirty davs before the trial, in evidence, tending to prove that the fpecificauou filed by she plaintiff dors not contain the whole of the truth concerning his invention or difcovcry \ of that it contains mote than is nc- 419 published M^ dr , > ' r t^ Prod M C - l ' 1C ef r ea ck ' frr!i > Ed ; and if .the concealment of P® . the addition of more than is lic-eflhrv, Uiall ; ,i,n eartn fpc'c fi ( vl r n ', C3,,not bC i'V the ,be a S&i" "" Verd,£t a " d JUdgmtm wfmih"^ U " , "' r \" 7,121 such P 3,cn!f e »» afrtrefaid, dial', IT:: pd , ,cm ' pa >" ' ~C f«» W the fevcral FW en, P'°y^'» waking out arid prrf«ti:r T uk f aß , r , . catin r n CC ' Vmg i' ng thc P elitlon > ! lf; V c ™.s ) for hit:,,; Ipecif. canons, per ctyy-iheet coii-*i,iin s (me hundred. word*. t'r-n crtii, dZhr ,"* P a ' em -, ,w " dDll^; ; for atfix.ng great feat, one tcntee 'in T d *i " f de,lvmn S !he •"« to the pa tentee, including all intermediate services, twenty cents FREDERICK -AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, , „ Speaker Of the Ihuje of Reprefntatwr*. JOHN ADAMS, I'tcr-Prcfient aj the Unittd Slxtr'. ami. Pnpdcnt of t(ie HenuU,. Approver, Aprm. the tenth. 1700 , 'WASHINGTON, Prejident of the United Stales { 1 it i/E Copyy THOMAS JEFJXRSON, Sccrctary of Stair. New-york, april 14. F-xtrnCls fromjurjry letters to a gentleman in this city. Ma * ch 2j. but there are many wife men among thfcm. who are good state pilots ; it is however hard labor for them to get the ship along agamft such an undertow, and the/ir/runnlnj at the fame time : We may give them a hinf when wc conceive theV are o»t or the way, or move tooJlotufy in the right way. April i. The flow progrels in public business, excites very general concern. The Anties laugh : The friends to the National Crovernmept mourn. Why does not rife up and fay « Everv man has madeup his mind, therefore let us talk lefi and vote more." It appears to me that Congress are like some physicians, who have long attended a paticot, that they have moll perUQW allured will be well ; but the cure not being performed, the fufferer and his friends are much rtiore fenfihle of the lapse of time and th<- consequent loss, than the honest doctors are. Whether this fimilc properly expresses the idea or not, the plain truth is, that by a del lay ot the capital concern of the nation, public credit the umverfal expettation has been difapp jinted, and the public'coji ndence conliderablv abated—while local state politicians are fur" nifhed with pretexts for keeping up the cry of » state fovereien fy." 6 Ar>t it 4. The members ought to bear in mind that their con ititucnts in general think their pay is high, and was established without much loss of tme.. I conlefs myfelt mortified with the m decifion of that assembly, which ou s ht to strike the world with Its wisdom, energy and d.fpjtch—Men of fentimen: are aftomfli ed and extremely disappointed; " - .a , r .... i n> . F.xlrad oj<l Yrttt, from Phiiidrlphia, April -- L - •' * 1 - L..r.. r • lamSt a lofj to know why th£ tiii,din ;; business has lain ovei Report fays fomthing about a coropromife' icfarfling the affump iion : Time is passing and I begin to in nk they will fay bye and hye U is too lato in the fe(Ti.,rt to go thro with such important bu nnefsas funding the debt, Ac " ExtraS of a Letter 'from GnrgeTotun, Aftiiz, t 7 g o . I cjn with pleafurc inlorm vou tint within three weeks past wt hove had arrivals of at least 30 boats, at the mouth of Watt's Branch, 14 miles from this, load d with flour, wheat and tobac co-many of them from the head waters of Potowmac. I have seen several of the Boatmen, and they are much pfeafed with the navigation The Powtomac company's hands are now at work •in the rocks at the great talis. I hope they will get through that work this prefeflt year," then the boats may pal's to the little fall? fLTic" hrncc; " the lower pan df which as ot Mill Stones might run, as would manufacture ,00 bar! els of flour per day, where ships could go up to the spot. " There is no fcrfcßion in this -jjorlJ" the lov ers of discord and confuiion, derive all their con sequence from the universality of this idea.—ln a tree State it unfortunately happens that there are always more persons disposed to condemn than to applaud—but the misfortune to the pub | lie is, that censure is generally more grateful than approbation —ft is apparent from the tenor of certain recent ftrictureson public affairs, that the objeift is men, and not measures ; in this mode of pursuing their objetft, the disappointed fhe\r their wifdom—for the universal acquiescence of the people in the measures of adminijtration, pre cludes them from all hope of fuccels in attempts in that line ; but if a stigma can be affixed on charattcrs, and the public confidence fhqken a> itl destroyed, the mifchievousdefigns of an antifede ral junto may be effetfled. The Hon. Mr. Lie. nd the Hon. Mr. Gu nn, Senators of the United Sidles, arrived in this city on Sunday evening last. Yea. rday was married by the Reverend Buiki, offici ating Rtttor of the Parish of St. Peter, in this city, the hon Lewis William Otto, Charg* des Affaires of his most Christian Majelty, to Miss Fanny de Crevecoeur, daughter of the hon. St« John de Crevecoeur, his Mod Christian Majesty's Consul for the Stales of Connecticut, New-York, and New-Jerfcy. TO fund—-or not to fund, that is the question ! Whether 'tis better toafTume the debts By States contrafled for the gen'ral weal, And by a lib'ral scheme of finance, prove No little, local motivesguide our sages. In Congiels met, to plan a nation's fate, And fix the credit ol the States forever ; Or—by opposing—end both Credit And the Debts together—■ A consummation devoutly wifli'd By tbofe who sicken at our growing greatness ; For in that vote what ills may lurk, Deftruflive of our concofd—peace, and honor ! When the long patient Creditor!, Whofc puifes fay'd us in the trying hour, See faith and justice flee the land, And hope, no more support their honed expefbtios, Say, Ihall we not combine a host, 'Gainst Revenue— Congress, and the Union ? ARRIVALS SINCE OUR LAST. NEW.YORK, Packet Rorbuck, Cowfe, Fakn uth, 42 days. Brig Carolina, Mead, WilmnKMn, 6 days, Brig Betfev, Motley, 9 days. Sloop Jennv, 'Schermehotn, Sfwnna, 16 d»y». Sloop Leah, Fowler, Dirty, Nova Scotia, 14 day«. Sloop Phfcnix, Bartlett, Wilmington, 7 days. —Slpop Venus, Belknap, St. Myth's, 17 days.
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