he concluded with observing, that we had felt the
disadvantages of the confederation—we adopted
the coitftitution expe&ing to place the national
affairs under a federal head : This is a powe.
which Congress only canexercife : We mayrea
foil away the whole constitution : All nations
have their times of adverlity and danger : The
negledl of providing tvgainft them !n i'eafon, may
be the cause of ruining the country.
IN SENATE, Feb. 22. 1791. ,
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress aflerhbled, That the
President of ttje United States be requested to cause to be commu
nicated to the National AfTembly of France, the peculiar fcnfibili
ty of Congress to the tribute paid to the memory of Benjamin
franklin, by the enlightened and free representatives of a great na->
ti.on, in their decree of the 11th of June 1790.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
THE cngrofled bill, fuppleinentary to the a&,
incorporating the subscribers to the bank of the
United States, was read a third time, and (the
blanks being filled up) was pafled.
The house concurred in a resolution sent yester
day from the Senate, vequefting that the Frefi
dent will communicate to the National Afleinbly
of France, the sense which Congress entertain of
the honor paid by that body to the memory of
Benjamin Franklin.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury,
relative to the grant of fuither compensation to
the commissioners of the loan office, for extraor
dinary expences, ■ incurred in the execution of
the at!t, making provision for the public debt,
was read, and referred to a feledt committee,
confiding of Mefirs Williamfon, Partridge, and
White.
A meflage was delivered by Mr. Secretary
Otis, informing the house, that the Senate had
paft'ed, with an amendment, the bill giving effecft
to the laws of the United States, within the state
of Vermont ; and tcquefted the concurrence of
the house in the said amendment. Mr. Otis far
ther informed the house, that the Senace had re
solved, that the bill, authorizing the President
to cause the debt, due to fot«jgn officers, to be
discharged, should not pass to aitjird reading.
Another meflage was delivered bx Mr, Secre
tary Otis, informing the house, that Senate
insisted on their amendment to the revert*ebill,
and had appointed a committee to confer wYilj a
committee of this house. Meflrs
and Livermore were appointed on the part of the
house.
On motion, it was resolved, that the report of
the fele<ft committee, on the President's ineff'age
of the 14th i 11ft. be referred to the Secretary of
State, and that he be to report to Con
gress, the nature and extent of the privileges and
reflrictions ofthe commercial intercourse of the
United States with foreign nations, and such mea
sures, as he shall think proper to be adopted for
the improvement ofthe commerce and navigation
of the United States.
Mr. Smith, (S.C.) reported a bill, to determine
the day of the next meeting of Congress ; which
after a firft and second reading, was ordered to
be engrofled. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, Feb. 24.
/"Sundry memorials and petitions being prefemed, read, and fe
derally referred to the heads of departments—Saturday next was
assigned for taking into confederation the reports of committees,
and of the Secretaries of the Treasury, and of War, on petitions re
ferred to them.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in favor of the pe
tition of William Simmon*, was read, and the house having agreed
to the fame, appointed Messrs. Trumbull, Bourne, and Foster, a
committee, to prepare and bring in a bill in conformity thereto.
Mr. Sherman reported a bill, providing compcnfatioris for the
•fficers »f the several courts of law, and for jurors, and witnefles ;
■which, after a firft and second reading, was referred to*a commit
tee of the whole house to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.
The amendment *proposed by the Senate to the bill giving effect
to the laws of the United Stales within.the state of Vermont, was
agieed to.
Mr. Bourne, reported a bill, to repeal so much of the impost
law, as rates the Danish rin-dollar at 100 cents. Read a firft
time.
The report of the committee, to whom was referred the report
ef the Secretary of the Treasury on the fubjeft of the exports of the
United States, was twice read, the house, having agreed to the
fame, ordered that 300 cooies of the committee's report,|toinclud;
that of the Secretary of the Treasury be primed.
Mr. Floyd from the joint committee on enrolled bills, reported
lhat the committee had this day presented to the President, for his
approbation, the enrolltd billj regulating the number ot Repre
fentarives to be chosen bv the Hates of Kentucky and Vermont ;
also that they bad examined, and found to be duly enrolled, the
Tefolution of both houses requiftingthe President to communi
cate to the National Aflembly of France, the sense which Congress
entertain of the honor paid by that body to the memory ot Dr.
Franklin.
Mr. Williamfou reported a bill making compensations to the
©omm-frionei s of loans, for their extra expcnces and fervices,which
after a firft and second leading, was referred to a committee of the
"whole house to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. l.awrance, resolved, that the Secretary of
(•he Treasury be dire&ed to report, whether any, and what, addi
tions are to be made to his return ot the export* of the United
I States.
I The bill, fixing the time for the next annual meeting
J«f Congress, was read a third time and pasTed ; the blank, being
I felled up with " theJourth Monday in Oftobcr next."
In committee of the whole, on the bill supplementary to the
I eft, cltablifhing the Trcafurv Department ; the committee made
some amendments.which being agreed to by the houfe,the bill wz«
ordered to be enfeoffed, for a third reading.
I On motion of Mr. Sedgwick, the memorial of Thomas M'Kean
I and others, public creditors, was taken up for a second reading ;
I and after fomc debate, the following resolution, moved by Mr.
j Sedgwick, was agreed to—s3 to 2.
That it would be inexpedient to ;..ter the system For)
funding the public debt, cftabiiihed the la(l feUioa of Congreis ;
nd that the prayer of the petition ot Thomas M'Kean, and others,
ftyling-themfelvcs a rommittee of the public creditors of the com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, and also of other petitions on that
ft, cannot be granted. , tlHf
The Yeas and Nays beiKg called/or, were as follow :
\ vtf/s.
MefTrs Ames, Afhe, Boudmot.Bourne,Brown,
Burke, Cadwalladcr, ClymcVContee, Fitzfimons, Floyd, Foster.
Gale, Oilman, Goodhue, Grout, Giles.Jackson, Hunting
ton, Lawrance, Lee, Livermore, Madison, Mathews.
Moore, Muhlenberg, Parice/, Partridge, Van Schure
man, Srdgwick, Sylvester, Sinnickfon, Smith (M
Smith (S. C.) Vs.'Sutnolcr, Thatcher, Trumbull.
Tucker, Vining, wKite, Wynkdop. Willi am foil*
/ [ NAYS.
Messrs Scotr.
The house again resolved itfelfinto a committee of the
oiuhe bill toel\ablith the pott-office and post-roads within the
United States : The committee debated the fubjeft, and rose
without any decision.
A meflagefrom the Senate was delivered by Mr. Secretary Otis,
informing that the Senate had passed the b 11, Tent to them, by the
House of Reprefentat ves, entitled, " An ast to explain and amend
an ast, entitled, an ast, making *ur her provision for the public
debt."
IN SENATE, Feb. 24, 179 1 -
The bill, entitled, " an ast, supplementary to the ast, entitled
an ast, to incorporate the fubJcribers totheßmk of the United
States,'* was read the -second time—and on the question, (Kail this
bill pass to the third rcadivg, the Yeas and Nays were as follow :
MefTrs BafTet, Butler, Dalton, Dickinfon, -EUlworth. Elmer,
Few, Hawkins, Henry, Johnson, Johnfton. Izard, King, Langdon.
Lee, Maclay, Morns, Read, Schuvler, Stanton, Strong, Wingate.
NAYS.
Messrs Carrol, Gunn, Monroe.
F R I'D A Y, Feb. 25.
HOUSE of RE.PRESENT AT IVES.
The engroflcd bill, supplemental to the ast lor cflablifhing th<
Trcafury Department, was read the third time; the blank fillcc
up, and the bill paffi-d.
The petition of Jacob Ilaacs, dating that he had discovered a
sure, cheap, and simple method of procuring frefh from fait wa
ter, and praying the patronage of Congress : Read, and referred
to the Secretary of Slate. ■<
An abftraft of sundry petitions laying on the table, was read J
and the petitions referred to the heads of departments. 1
A memoriat-of the agent to the owner of two French Packets!
prayinf an exemption trom the duty of tonnage on those Packets!
incurr d in the month of January lall, for reasons therein ftatcd,|
was read, and referred to the Secretary of the Trealury.
Sundry reports were read ; one from the Secretary of State on
the petition ot Ferdinand We Ufa' . Laid on the table.. J
A report (rom the Secretary of the Treafui y, concerning certaitj
certificates, iffiied in some of the States, lubfequent to the firft ol
January 1790, which was in favor of funding those certificates,]
under certain regulations, was read and laid on'he table.
Another report from the fame officer was read, refpefting the
loan obthree millions of florins, made in Holland, stating the
terms on winch that loan has been effected ; Ihe repoit propo
■aofed an explanation of a clause in the ast, making provision for
ty leduftion of the public debt : And was referred to a feleft
committee, to report a bill or bills pursuant thereto.
A report was alio received from the Secretary of the Trealury.
on the petition of MelTrs C. and J. Sands and Co. R.ad ar.cl re
ferred t.. df. wa tonliilSxg Motn Sedgwick, WU
liamfon and Benfon.
A message from the Senale by Mr. Secretary Otis, informed
the house that the President of the United States has given his al
fent to the ast for incorporating the fubfcribcrs to the Bank of the
United States, also to the ast regulating the number of Represent
atives for the States ot Kentucky and Vermont.
Mr. Boudinot, of the committee of conference on the fubjeft o(
difagretment between the houlc and senate, refpefting the 61ft
feftion of the Revenue-Bill, brought in a special report, which
had been agreed to by one of the committee of the house, and by
all the members of the committee on the part of the senate. This
report w s fupcrceded by a vote to consider the original fubjeft of
difagreemerr. I
Mr. Jackson moved that the house ffiould adhere to their difa
grecment: This being seconded, a question of order rose. The
Speaker gave it as his opinion, that ihe question to be in order!
should be, whether the house would recede from thei; disagree
ment ? An appeal was made from the chair to the house—and the!
question being taken, the house dccided in favor of the Speakcr'sl
opinion.
The motion was then made to recede, in order to agree to the
amendment proposed by the special report—-which was, to limit
the whole sum to be received by the officers to 45.000 dollars. \
A debate ensued—The question was finally determined by
and noesfi%|srfr2*wv. :
\AYES.
Meftrs. Ames, Benfon, Boudinot, Bourne, Cadwallader, Clv
mer, Fitzfimons, Foftcr, Gale, Gerry, Goodhtie, Hait
ley, Huntington, Lawrance, Leonard, Partridge, Schureman, Scot,
Sedgwick, Sevier, Sherman, S nuickfon, Smith, (S. C.) Sturges,
Thatcher, Trumbull, Vining, Wadfworth, Wynkoop.-te.
Cnoes.
Messrs. Affie, Baldwin, B.oodworth, Brown, Burke, Carrol,
Contee, Floyd, Griffin, Grout, Giles, JatJt.fon'Lee, Livermorc,
Madison, Matthews, Moore, Muhlenberg, Parker, Ranfellaer,
Seney, Sylvester, .Smith, (M.J Steele,' Stone, Sumpter, Tucker,
White, Williamfon.—(29. '
The bill repealing so much ofthecolleflion law as rates tbe Rix
Dollar of Denmark at ioo' cents y/»s read the second time, and
ordered to be cngrofTed. -
The committee on the report of the Secretary of the Trealury—
brought in a bill supplemental to the ast providing lor the re
duction of the public debt—which was read the firft and second
:ime, and relerred to the committee of the whole on Monday
nexf.
On motion of Mr. Smith (5. Q.) tbf committee of the wholel
house was discharged from any iurther consideration of the poft
olfice bill. Adjourned.
Philadelphia,, Feb. 26.
Some persons have supposed that the Bank Bill has been so long
m dubio, on account of difficulties refpc&'.ng iis constitutionality.
Whether this was the cafe or not, u is immaterial to enquire. One
idea is however obtruded on the mind by tbe c ircumftance, which
is truly drfw-native of that judgment and prudence which mark
the conduit <-f our Chief Magistrate on all occasion that is,
that so much attention at leali was due to the fentiment# of a re-
fpc liable minority who supposed the bill to be unconstitutional,
as to give the fubjeft as full a confederation as the time limitted by
the constitution would allow.
/ All the votes taken at the cle&ion for repTefentatives to Con
gress in the state ot New-Jersey have been received, by which it
appears that Abraham Jonathan Dayton % Eiias Boudinot aod
Aaron KitchcH, Efqts. arc duly ele&ed.
The number of white inhabitants within the ftatc ofSouth-Caroli
na, as reported to the Jcgiflaturc, is 126,131.
763
Adjourned.
YEAS.
Philadelphia, February 44th, 1791'
PROPOSALS
FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A
COLLECTION of STATE PAPERS
INTENDED /> S MATERIALS FOR
AN HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
By EBENEZER HAZARD, A. M.
Pr this e.olleftion will be contained the Charters of the
feveialftatcs -which now compose the Union ; —the Records
of the United Colonies of New-England ;—Royal Inflec
tions to Colonial Governors ; —Extracts from Public
Records ; —and other aut'.cntic Documents tending to elucidate
our History.
The design of this compilation was intimated to' Congress, and.
honored with their approbation.— On the 20th July, 1778, their
Committee, to whom his memorial was referred, reported it as
their " Opinion, that Mr. Hazard's undertaking is laudable and
deserves the public patronage and encouragement, as being pro
ductive of public utility;" Whereupon they " Resolved, That
it be recommended to the Governors, Presidents, and Executive
Powers of the several ftatcs in the union, to ailift Mr. Hazard,and
give facility to his labors ; and that for this purpose he be admit
ted to an infpeftion of public records, and be furniftied without
expence with copies of such papers as he may judge will conduce
to the valuable end he hath in view.
He was, of consequence, admitted to the infpe&ion and ufc both
of public records, and the colle&ions made by individuals, from
whence this compilation (much the largest he has ever met with
on the fubjeft, and,.he flatters himfelf, the largest ever made in
America) was formed. It has since met the approbation of many
eminent chara6ters,and even in its manuscript state, has facilitated
the fettleroent of some important controversies.
The compiler cannot suppress the following letter from the honor
able the Secretary of State, to whose infpeftion part of the com
pilation was submitted, as it contains foflattering refpetta- I
ble a tcftimony in favor of the importance of the work.
" Philadelphia, February 18, 1791. 1
SIR, [
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of our country. I learn with great [alisfa&ion that you are about com
mitting to the Press the valuable Hifterical and State Papers you have
been so long collecting. Time and accident are committing daily havoc
on the originals deposited in our public offices : the late war has done the
work oj centuries in this business : the loft cannot be recovered; but let
ui save what remains ; not by vaults and locks, which fence them from,
the public eye and use in consigning them to the wajle of time, but by fuck
• « multiplication of copies as [hall place them beyond the reach of accident;
this being the tendency of your undertaking, beajfured there is no one who
wifhcs itmore complete success than
S I R.,
Your mofl obedient and mofl humble Servant,
•' THOMAS JEFFERSON,"
Mr. Hazard,
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A Negro Man eloped.
RAN away from his owner about the 25th Jan. last, CAESAR,
a negro man, country born, noted as a preacher among the
blacks, 30 years of age, about 5 feet 7 inches high—thick, well
set ; had on a brown cloth coat, light cloth jacket, leather breeches,
and coarse wilton (lockings.—He also had a tow linen frock with
him ; and wore a small round hat* He is supposed to be gone to
Vuginia, as his father lives on Dr. Vandcveer's plantation, in that
State. Whoever will fake up said negro, and secure him in the
gaol of Philadelphia, or of Trenton, and give notice thereof to the
fubferiber living in Ncw-Jerfey, (hall reccive
Twelve Dollars reward, and all neceflary charges.
HUGH ROWAN.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Somerjet Countv, (T.
BY virtue of a writ of fieri facias tome dire&ed, again ft the
goods and chattels, lands and tenements ot Christopher
HeikmXn, I have levied on, and seized that valuable house and
lot of land, situate on the north fide of the Main Street, in Prince
ton, now in polTeflion of Adam Shaw, and known by sign of the
College ; it is an excellent Hand for a public house, and has been
occupicd in that way for many years. All the above mentioned
premises will be exposed to sale, on Thursday the tenth day of
March next, between the hours of twelve and five in the afternoon
of said day, ot which all persons concerned will please take no
tice. WILLIAM WALLACE, ShcriJ.
W'ejlcrn Prccintt, \%th February, 1791
PRICE CURRENT. PUBLIC SECURITIES.
FUNDED DEBT.
6 pr. Centi 17/3 pr- i
3 pr. Cents 9/ " 9/2
Defered 6 pr. Ccnti g/i.
86J pr. cent.
46 do.
46 da.
Final Sett!, and otlier Certificates 15/9 16/ 80 do.
Indents qj 9ft do.
X. and S. Carolina debts, nji »'i *•■
r
62 J 4.