Senate have pafled the bill, supplemental to the acft for establishing the Treasury department, with amendments. The report of the committee on the petition of C. Sands, and others—was read the fecoiul time, and after some debate, it was voted, that itfhould lie on the table. Mr. Boudinot laid the following motion on the table—that the Secretary of the Senate, and the clerk of the house, who ihall be in office the third of March next, (hall continue till a new appoint ment takes place—this regulation to extend to the intervals which may succeed the dillblution of every subsequent Congress. Amotion to take into consideration the consu lar bill was negatived. In committee of the whole, the bill making compensation to the several officers of the courts of law was agreed to without alteration—and re ported to the house, in which sundry amend ments were made—and the bill ordered to be en grofled for a third reading to-morrow. The committee of the whole being discharged from any further consideration of the petition of John Tucker, Clerk of the supreme court, the lame was referred to afeleiS: committee. In'committee of the whole, on the bill grant ing compensation to the several loan officers, for extra expences and services—one amendment was agreed to-—which was, to ftrilteout an exception in the bill, by the allowance of one clerk was to be deduced" from the coinpenfations to be allowed the loan-officers of Maflhchufetts, Isiew-York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia—The bill •with this amendment was reported to the house ; after some debate the house disagreed tt» the fame —Ayes 23, Noes "27 —the bill was then pafled to be engrofled. Mr. Smith, (S. C.) of the committee appointed for the purpose, reported a bill, for the tempor ary regulation of the Poft-Office. Mr. Floyd of the committee of enrolment re ported the bill repealing after the last day of June heretofore laid oil distilled spirits—and laying others in their Head, as duly enrolled—the speaker then signed the fame. The report of the Secretary at war, on the pe tition of the children of John Harris, late lieute nant in the army of the United States, and of brigadier-general John Philip De Haas, were a- to, and referred to a committee to bring in bills conformable to raid reports. The report of the Secretary of State, on the pe tition of Ferdinand Weltfall, was taken up and > agreed to, with this amendment, that no interest be allowed on thefum granted—a committee was appointed to bring in a bill conformable to said report. The committee to whom furidry reports were 'eferred on Saturday last, repoited bills, making compensation to the several petitioners agreea ble to said reports, which were severally read a firfttime. Adjourned. TUESDAY, March i Mr. Benfon laid on the clerk's table a proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, with intent that it ffiould be considered by the succeeding House of Representatives : The objetfl was, to empower Congress to insti tute a for the Union, on prin ciples varying from tliofe of the fyltem now in existence. This proposition we expeifl to lay be fore the public. Sundry petitions were read, and referred to the heads of departments. Mr. White, of the committee to which was re ferred the bill for granting lands to the inhabi tants of Post Vincennes, reported sundry amend ments, which were read. Mr. Floyd, pLthe committee of enrolment, re ported tile following bills as duly enrolled, viz. The bill supplementary to the a<ft for incorpo rating the Subscribers to the Bank of the United States—The bill for giving effed: to the Laws of the United States, within the State of Vermont— The bill to explain a clause in. the acfi making further provision for the Debts of the United States—And the bill fixing the time for the next annual meeting of Congress:—And the Speaker signed the lame. Mr. Boudiiiot's motion for arefolution to con tinue the Clerk of the House in office till a new appointment takes place, was agreed to. ■ Pafled, the bill providing compensations to the several officers of the judicial courts, to witnelles and jurors, and for other purposes. The ayes and noes being demanded, were Ayes 30 — Noes 2T,. A ineffage from the Senate, by Mr. Secretary Otis, informed the lioufe that they have palled the bill for eltablifhing Land-Offices in the Uni ted States, for the purpose of disposing of the unappropriated lands, with amendments. The bill to amend the a<fl for eltablifhing the temporary and permanent feat of government, was read the third time and palled. Ayes 18, Noes 39 Pafl'ecl the bill making coinpenfations to the refpetftivc Coinmiifioners of Loans fur their extra cxpences The amendments of the Senateto the bill, fuo plemental to the a# for eftabliffiing the Treasury Department were read, and agreed to by the house. The bill supplemental to the act, making pro vision for the reduction of the public debt, was taken up 111 committee of the whole, and report ed to the house without amendment. Icwasthei: ordered to be engrofled for a third reading. Palled, after fun dry amendments, the bill pro viding for the temporary regulation of the Polt- Office. The bill making provision for the orphan chil dren of some, and the widows of other officers, who were killed, or tlied in the lervice of the United States, during the late war, was consider ed in committee of the whole, and afterwards re ported to the house without amendments, and pafTed. The bill supplemental to the ast, making pro viliou for the reduftiun of the public debt, was brought in engrolled, r£&l the third time and pafled. The Report of the Secretary of the Treasury concerning certain certificates iflued in some of the Statesfubfequent to the fir'ft of Jaij. 1790, was again read, and referred to a feleft committee. After which, private business occuring, the gal leries were cleared. > Philadelphia, March 2. /Letters from Welt Liberty, Ohio county, tfennfylvania, of Feb. 19 —Inform that the In dians had killed and wounded some hunters and (other persons in that quarter. ** The Anniversary of the Birth Day of the I're fident of the United States has been celebrated in all parts of the union, from which accounts have been received, with the highelt testimonials of veneiation and affedtion ;.no trait in the Ame rican character is more conspicuous than that of respect to their civil rulers—and while the peo ple enjoy " Peace, Liberty and Safety," under the administration of an excellent system of go vernment—they can scarcely exceed the limits of propriety 111 exprefling their attachment to tliofe diitinguilhed characters, who having saved their country in war—are uow conducing it to the summit of human glory, in peace. A correspondent observes, that the propofcd discrimination in navigation, between foreigners in treaty with the United States— and those with whom no treaty exists ; —cannot be considered in any other light, thap that of an experiment : the result of which, it is difficult to conceive, would be favorable to the intcrcfts of this country. We (hould mod alTuredly, risk. losing a certainty, for an uncertainty. Extrafi of a letter from a gentleman in Rhode-ljland dated t'ebritary 4, 179 J. " OUR tidings from the WelVern Frontier ire difhefling.—lt is to be hoped the inoit deci ive ineafures, whatever the expence may be, w ill >e taken, to put an end to the Indian ravages in future.—The conduct of the late expedition gives great uneasiness : Perhaps the public mind ought, by l'oine enquiry into it, to be fatisfied." Extratf of another letter from another gentleman, da- ted February 7, 1791 " The plan of the W eflern Expedition was nioft certainly good.—Whether the operations of the army were good also, I arti unable to judge Thus much certainly appears very extraordinary, that the commanding officer should detach 360 men, with orders to find and fight the savages, and remain inatftive with the remainder of the troops. Was ever a judicious attack made on an enemy deliberately, without being prepared to furnilh succour in cafe 6f need ? Might not the army as well have been in the city of Phila delphia, as to have been without supporting dis tance, so as not to fuftfiin the troops detached from the combat in cafe of misfortune ? 011 thai inauspicious day, fell two of my dear friends, Wyllys and Frothingham. With these two brave soldiers, I have, more than twice, faced su perior numbers of veteran troops.— lam flung to the foul, that so many brave officers and men should thus have been facrificed. Can we give two for one ? Infamous idea ! and for sa vages too ? The President, who can discern the lead error in military operations, will, I ac knowlege,be the eye of the public, on this, as well as on other occasions.—Certain it is that at pre sent, the commanding officer's conduct appears to ill advantage." Appointments —State of South-Carolina His Excellency Charles PiNCKNEr,Governor. Hon. Isaac Holmes, Lieutenant-Governor. John RurLEDGE, Esq. Chief Justice. Salary of tlie Governor, £.900 —and of the Chief Justice £.800 sterling per annum. APPOINTMENTS. By Authority THE President of the United States has ap pointed, by and with the advice and con fen t of the Senate, Thomas Auldjo, to be Vice-Consul for the United States at the port of Poole, in Great-Britain ; and Jaines Yard, of Pennsylvania to be consul for the United States in the Island of ianta-Cruz. Also. Joseph Anderson, of the State of Delaware, one of the Judges in the territory South-Weft of 767 the Ohio—via Willi am Perry, resigned, and William Murray, of Kentucky, Attorney for United States, in the laid dirtrid.—vie: James Brown, declined. Yesterday, puiiuant to a vote of the American Philosophic. Society—an eulogium to the memory of Do&or HenjaMii Franklin, was delivered in the German Lutheran Church, ii Fourth-Ilreet, by the Rev. Do&or William Sm ith, one ot tbei Vlce-Prefidems and provost of the university ot Pennfyivania. v A crouded and truly refpettable audience attended on this occasion, conftfting of the Members of the Society—The President and Vice-President of the United States, and th>ir Ladies; the S:nators, Representatives of theUnton—and the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of this Commonwealth. y A SUMMARY of the Value and Dedication of the EXPORTSofthe United States. To the dominions of France, 4 698,735. 48 To the dominions of Great-Britain, 9,363,416. 47 1 o the dominions of Spain, 2,005,907. 16 To the dominions of Portugal, *,283,462 To the dominions of the United Netherlands, To the dominions of Denmark, To the dominions of Sweden, To Flanders, ... To Germany, To the Mediterranean, To the African Islands and Coast of Africa, To the East Indies, To the north-well Coast of America, 10,362 IN addition to the foregoing, a cotifiderablc Number of Packages have been exported from the United States, the Value of which, being omitted in the Beturns from the Custom-Houses, could not .be introduced into this Abftradh Treasury Depasl-ment, Feb, 15^,1791. TENCH COXE, Secretary. Died on Sunday lafl, Mr. JOHN HALL, Shop keeper. of this city, in the 74th year of his age : Of Mr. Hall it may be J 'aid, that he was an inflex ible patriot in " the times that tried men's fouls" — andfo long as those virtues, which adorn the Chr'tf tian, the Husband, Parent, Friend, Neighbor, #nd good Citizen, are held in eflimation, so long will.Mr.. Hall's memory be precious to all who were acquainted •with his char after. fldr" Mr. Sedgwick's observations on the fubjett of the Bank of the United States, prepatedfor this day's Gazettee, are unavoidably pojlpun* ed till The current prices of Public Securities as in our lajl. ftflr A fated m< cling of the HIBERNIAN SOCIETY, for the relief of Emigrants from Ireland, will be held at Mr. Patrick Byrne's tavern, on Monday next, the -jth inf. at 6 o'clock in the evening. March 3, 1791. MATHEW CAREY, Sec'ry. PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS, Partly original, and partly already publijhed, Written by Mathew Carey. CONDITIONS. I. r T I HE Work (hall contain 200 pages ; be printed on the X fineft Witing paper ; and be elegantly bound, edge rolled and lettered. 11. Price to fubferibers two thirds of a dollar, to be paid on the delivery of the book. 111. The work shall be put to the press as soon as 250 copies are fubferibed for. IV. The fubferibers names (hall be prefixed ({df*SUBSCRIPTIONS are received by Carey, Stewart, and Co. and all the other Booksellers in Philadelphia; also, by the different gentlemen throughout the United States, who supply fub feribers with t,he AmericanMufeum. Philadelphia, Feb. 23, 1791. Virginia, Culpeper County, 25th Jan. 1791. To be SOLD by the Subscriber, THE PLANTATION, where on he resides, laying on both fides the Carolina road, in the great fork of Rappahanock river, 36 miles from the town of Dumfries, 30 from Frederickfburg, and 28 from Falmouth ; in a most healthy part of the country :—Confiding of 2,000 acres—half clear ed, and in good fe nee, well adapted for farming and grazing—the foil is good, lays well, abounding with many excellent springs and streams of water, so dispersed as to afford great opportunity of making watered meadow of the firft quality,perhaps more than 300 acres—of which 120, in one body, is already in grass, and all wa tered and drained at pleasure by a number of ditches, for that pur pose, patting through the whole. Orchards of about 2000 bear ing apple trees—near as many peach trees, and a variety of most other kinds of fruit, natural to the climate. A good dwelling house, the situation whereof is remarkably beautiful and pleasant ; and many other valuable improvements of divers kinds. And one other Plantation about 5 miles nearer said towns, con lifting of about 1500 acres, on which is good merchant, grift, and /aw mills, where nature, labour and art, have fully conspired to render them complete; a large constant stream, on which they stand, affords them water in gieat abundance; convenient thereto is a kiln end house, for drying corn, a bake house, a dwelling house and several other improvements mostly new ; abcut 300 acres of the lands are in cultivation, very goodii* quality ; the other part thin foil, but abounding with timber, is an inexhauftable source for the saw-mill. Aifo fcvcral detached tra&s within said county, of about 2,3, and 400 acres each } and though not offo feri ilea foil,their*lcinily to the towns render them valuable, on some of them there-ate small improvements, and the lands so situated, that they can ealily be made convenient little farms. The whole or any part of the abovemeotioned pcfTeflions will be disposed of, 011 very reasonable terms—a fm3ll proportion in ready money, for the balance, the paymer.ts will be made entirely to accommodate the conveniency of the purchasers, who may be supplied on the fame terms, with all kinds of flock, work hor fei, ®xcn, &c. &c. &c. by JOHN STRODE, [t. f-] 1,963,88 a. 9 » 224,415. jo 47,240 14,298 487,787. 14 41,2y8 159,984 Dollars, 20,415,966.84
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