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