an acft for Incorporating the fubfcribcrs to the Bank of the United States; which was read the fir ft time. A report was received from the Secretary of State, on the memorial of the merchants trading to China ; which was read and laid on the table. After which the galleries were cleared. YR I D A V, Feb. n. Pa(fsd, the bill empowering the President of the United States to caufc the deoc due to foreign of ficers to be discharged— The bill to continue in force for a limited time the art, regulating procelles in the federal courts, And, the bill to alter the time of the next meet ing of Congress—The blank, in the 1 ast, was till ed with the FIRST Mo N DA Y IN No V EMB ER N EXT. Read the second time the bill, fupplemeiuary to the acl for incorporating the fubferibers to the Bank of the United States, and referred the fame to a committee of the whole house to-morrow. This bill is to prolong the time of receiving fubfcriptioiiS, and provides that they ftioul J not exceed five millions of dollars 011 the fii ft of Ja nuary 1792. Sundry petitions were read, and referred to the Secretary at War A mefl'age from the Prefiient of the United >taies informed the house, that the Appropria ion-Bill for the year 1791, has received his ap jrobation and signature. Read the firft and second time a bill, providing .-ompenfacion for Marshals, Clerks, and Jurors — and referred to a committee of the vvnole on ruefday next. Mr. Gerry presented a memorial from sundry persons, holders of bills of credit, commonly cal led new emiifion—which was read and laid on the table. In committee of the whole on the land office bill—the difcullion was finifhed ; and the bill with sundry amendments reported to the houle. The report it was ordered (lionld lie 011 the table. The petition of the matters ot vefl'els in the' portof Charleston, (S. C.) was referred to the committee of thirteen 011 the trade and navigation of the United States. Business of a private nature occuring—the doors of the gallery werelhut. EXTRACTS from Gov. HANCOCK'S SPEECH to the Legislature of Maflachufetts. " TN addition to the other favors we enjoy as a go- A vernment, we have the blessings of peace and tranquility : Induflry and economy prevail, and the people appear to be fatisfiedand contented. The happiness of the people, that sole objeEl of all good government, is every where acknowledged : The field has in the year past yielded its incriafe in great abundance : Our fijhery and commerce have been prospered, and there appears to be laudable exertions to introduce theufeful arts into the country. A num ber of gentlemen have in the toivn of Bojlon, and other towns, carried the manujaßary of Duck to a great degree of perfection ; they deserve great applause Jor their spirited exertions. And from the attempts of other worthy citizens, we have reason to hope, that there will be as great fuaefs in the manuj aCI ory of glass in the fame town. " The Congress of the United States having affu medfour millions of dollars of the deotof thisCo?u>non wealth, the residue remains as the object offinance for this particular government. Perhaps upon the final adjuflment of our accounts withCCongres s it may ap pear that this also is chargeable upon the United States, but the creditors flill are to look to this Hate for pay ment. The original holders of securities iffaed by this government have received great injury, atld greater jUll veil! accrue to the?n, unless from your proceedings it fiyall be made evident to the world, that the interest tj the residue of our debt will be provided for in a manner fully equal in point oj advantage to that pro posed by Congress ; and that a puntlual annual pay ment may be relied upon: Unless this is done, the citi zens who have parted with their property to save their country from impending ruin, wilt be obliged to conti nue to dispose of their securities at discount, and mufl be finally taxed to redetm them at par,.from those who Jhall be holders of them. 1 have 1:0 doubt-,gentlemen, but that you are fully ijnprejfed with this importantfub jeil ; but Ijeel it to be my duty to urge upon you a speedy progress in rejlormg credit to the Common wealth. " By the at 7 of Congress for assuming a part of the dtbt of this ft ate it it agreed, that ij the whole of the sum allowed to be subscribed by the holders oj our pub lic fecvrities shall not be subscribed within the present year, that this (late Jhall receive from the United States interest according to the provifon oj the afi upon so mvch of the sum proposed to be loaned as Jhall not be so subscribed. Which interest so received by the]!ate, is to be received in trust for the non-fubj'cribing cre ditors oj this Commonwealth, until there Jhall be a set tlement oj accounts between this and the United States. If measures could be adopted to raise the credit of the go vernment so far as that the holders of our public fecuritics would place such a confidence in them, as they would in the proposal of the United States, it would afford great ease tothof creditors who have a right to subscribe to wards the four millions, to apply to our own Treafary for their interest. 1 propose thii idea for your atten tion, but Jhall not enlarge upon it. BOSTON, Jan. 29, Lx trad of a letter from London. " Mi. El l iot, late resident at the Court of Sweden, from this country, is named Ambaifador to the United States ot America. He is a gentleman of the firlt family in this country, and is much attached to yours. In this appointment Miniitry have adopted a principle of regard forihe piomoiion of the intercourse and a li beral trade between the two nanons. The American credit is ra pidly appreciating in this country—and the refpeft tor the stars and stripes is iucreafing throughout all Europe." NEW-YORK, Feb. 8 At a Stated Meeting of the GENERAL SO CIE TYofMEC HANicsandTRADESMEN of the Ci ty of New-York, on the evening of the 2d. instant, a circular letter signed by Joseph Snowden and otheis, a committee of the mechanics, tradefinein and others, citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia, together with a memorial of the said committee to the legislature of the United States, praying an exemption for apprentices and minors Irom militia dury were laid before the iociety The said papers having been read, and duly considered, the following resolutions were adopt ed. Resolved, firft, that a committee of fix be ap pointed to make a reply to the representation of Joseph Snowden and others, a committee of the mechanics and tradesmen of the city of Philadel phia, on *the fubjeift of their memorial to Con gress, refpecfiing an exemption of apprentices and minors from militia duty. Secondly, that Francis Cliilds, William W. Gilbert, Anthony Poll, John Campbell, James Tylee, and John Stagg, be a committee for the purpose above mentioned. Thirdly, that in the opinion of this society it is, neither neceflkry nor expedient for them at the present jundiure, to make any representation to Congress, concerning the organization of the militia Fourthly, that it is the opinion of this society, should the operation of the militia law prove in jurious to the morals or subordination of appren tices and minors, or fubje<ftthem or their mailers to any unreasonable inconvenience, the national legislature will in such cafe take the matter into cenlideration, and afford a remedy to the evil as soon as it is found to exist. Fifthly, that as in the opinion of this society the good or bad operation of militia Jaw, cannot well be determined but by an experiment, we should be left too much to conjecture,in making any interference at this stage of the business ; considering at the fame time, that the molt pro per season to make any representation ill this matter will be, when facts resulting from their own experience, or happening within their own observation, can be adduced to corroborate the points set forth in a memorial. By order of the Society, JGTHAM POST, Chairman. 11l obedience to the resolutions aforementioned the following letter inclosing the said resoluti ons has been tranlmitted to Philadelphia, direct ed to Mr. Joseph Snowden, chairman of a com mittee, appointed at a refpedlable meeting of the tradefinen, mechanics, and other citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia SIR, WE do ourselves the honor toinclofe you some refoliitions palled at a slated meeting of" the me chanics and tradesmen of the city of New-York. These resolutions may be considered as a reply to the memorial which thie tradesmen, mechanics and other citizens of Philadelphia, have lately presented to Congress relative to an exemption for apprentices and minors from militia duty. We fball at all times be happy toco-operate with you, in such measures as we deem benefici- al to our refpeiflive avocations, or conducive to the publicintereft ; but in the present instance, we do not imagine those objetfts will be promoted in concurring the memorial above mentioned. FRANCIS CHILDS, WILLIAM W. GILBERT, ANTHONY POST, JOHN CAMPBELL, JAMES TYLEE, JOHN STAGG. To Mr. J. SNOWDEN, Chairman, &c On tlie 28th ult. the following question was agitated inthe Mafliichufetts Iloufe of Aflembly " Whether the Hon. David Sewall, Esq. return ed a member from York, holding the office of dillrict judge of the United States, has a right to a feat 111 this house ?" After a long and "argu mentative discussion, it was determined by yeas and nays, as follows: Yeas 5, Nays 113. The inagidrates of New-London have hit upon an excellent method of pimiihing petty crimi nals, and at the fame time making them ufeful to the public. Great numbers who have been confined one, two, or three years in the prison called Newgate, have, at the expiration of their rime, been turned out complete mailers of the nailing bi-finefs, who, when they were put in, were acquainted with no other arc than ihop lifling aad house-breaking. 739 New-York, Feb. 3. 179 1 CHARLES i ON > Jan. 14. Presentment of the Grand Juky for the Dif- triet ot Cheraws WE the Grand Jurors of and for the diftrkt of Cheraws, do present the inefficacy of the pre sent punishment for killing negroe«, as a great defec r t in the legal fyllein of this Itate, ami we do earnestly recommend to the attention of the legislature, that clause of the negro aift which confines the penalty of killing llav e s to fine and imprisonment only ; in full confidence that tliey will provide some other more effectual ineafures to prevent the freijuencyof crimes of this nature, and that they will make the condition of this class of people as happy and comfortable as a Itate of slavery will admit of. Philadelphia, Feb. 12. Forty-one fail of American vcflels were in the port of Charier ton, South-Carolina, the 19th ult. of these, twenty-ieven were from New-England, two from New-York, one from Hudson, two from Philadelphia, fix from Charlefton,and three from Maryland— A correspondent observes This does not look like flittering the produce of the Southern States to rot, for want of velTels to carry it to market; if they cannot get freight owing to a partiali ty in favor of foreigners, does it not indicate a deficiency in the laws for encouraging our own navigation, or " that theie is some thing rotten in the State of Denmark ?" It is now fully demonstrated, that the/hipping of the United States, if not at this moment com petent to transporting the whole produce of the southern Hates to marker, would be made so, un der due encouragement in a few months.—An unnecellary preference therefore in favor of fo reigners would be commercial futcids. A correspondent obferves—lf the opinion of all the inhabitants of the United States could be collected, 1 am fully perluaded there would be two to one in favor of the excise on spirituous * liquors—mothers, wives and lifters, would chear fully afl'ent to it ; fathers would join in senti ment. When I behold reason the boalled pre eminence of man over the beast—expunged as it were by the exceflive draughts of this poisonous flu id ; and when I refledt upon the melancholy con sequences of intoxication, I am ready to wish (if it could be collected) that 100 per cent, duty was laid upon it. But perhaps lam wrong, it is doubtless a republican drink, and all from the highest to the lowest, when they have copiously drank, are reduced to one level ; no odious dil tinctions any longer exist ; indeed it is fliorten ing being's chain by uniting the links of hu man and brute, so as to make them but one. A correspondent observes, that the act foi in corporating the fubferibers to the Bank of the United States, is a measure of such universal uti lity, in refpett to the revenue, and the commer cial intercourse, and accommodation of the inha bitants of every part of the union, that its pas sage through Congress is really a fubje<t of con gratulation to every citizen of the United States. It was to be expected the subject would receive the fantfiion of the legillature, with a great de gree of harmony, and finally pass both lioufesby a very large majority—this expectation has been realized, and thereby the fyltem of finance and revenue is rendered compleat. A correspondent observes, that the copious allusions to the federal government, contained in the speech of his Excellency Governor Hancock, futficiently indicate the interest which the legis lature of rlie commonwealth of Maflachufeits feels in the government of the union ; this is patriotism and policy—for the refpett fliewn to Congress by the individual governments, is re flected with encreafed lustre on tliemfelves; may we never forget that we are one. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Elegy on Mrs. though it may he interesting to the friends of the deceased, we think would not be so to a majority of our readers. Cv ktius came too late for this day's Gazette ; but shall 2ppear on Wednelctay ; Other favors neccffarily postponed. PRICE CURRENT. PUiSEIC SECURITIES, FUNDED DEBT., 6 pr. Cents 1 7 /6. i-J8 pr . £ 88} pr. cent. 3 pr. Cents q/ 2 . . <] 0 Defered 6 pr. Cents 9/2. 4 6 d Q . UNFUNDED DEBT. final Settl.and oilier Certificates 16/3. Indents ' N. and S. Carolina, debts, 12/. ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Sloop Friendihip, Reeves, Tdppahannock. Clary, M'Williams, do. Tryal, Welsh, Wilmington, Schooner Polly, Hodge, Edenton. Fredericktburg Packet, Stevens, Cadiz. The seat ok the late governor L 1 V 1 N G S T 0 N, situate about a mile from Elizabeth-Town, on the public road to Morris Town. The farm contains between 90 and 100 acres of land, 15 or 20 acres of which are wood land ; there is also apper taining to the said farm about 19 acres of fait meadow. Particular attention having been paid to the cultivation of fruit ; there is on the farm a very large collection of various kinds of the choicest fruit trees, &c. in full bearing; the houfc is large, convenient, well built and in veiy good repair. Enquire of the Printer, for further particulars. New-York, Jan. 1791. Signed by twenty Jurors, 81J do. 46 do. 60 do. TO BE SOLD, to ym
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