Indians, or of any other aflaiiant, would have an
eoual vigilt to claim a compeiil'iuisa, at the na
tional expence, and that tlie multitude of such
claims would drain the public coffers ; tnat Con
„,. e f s was not infallible; and if the lace Congrefi
had committed an error in granting a petition
■where it was not justly due, the prei'ent Congreii
have a right, and are, in duty to their conititu
ents, bound to rediify the miltake, by revoking
the grant. On the other hand, it was said. that
although Mr. Yonnglove was nor, under the thet
gifting lavrs, entitled to a pension, yet, as thi
late Congress thought him defervingof one, am
conferred it on him, it would ill become the pre
lent Congress to revoke the grant. They ough
ro suppose that tlieir anceitors had fufficient re a
I'ons to influence thein in making it; at all events
the grant being once made, and the public faitl
plighted for the continuance of the petition, thei
could not now withdraw it, without deltroyinj
the public confidence in the promiles of g->vern
went.
The question being taker, on tlie motion, it
carried in the affirmative. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, November 10.
I UL/iiJi/n i j \j.
Sundry petitions from officers and faldiers of
the late anny, praying compenfatioras and pen
sions for services and disabilities, were read, and
referred ro rhe Secretary of War.
The bill providing a mode in which the evi
dences of the debt of the United States, which
have been loft: or destroyed, fliall be renewed,
was read the second time, and on motion of Mr.
Dayton, referred to the committee of the whole
house, to be the order of the day to-morrow.—Or
dered, that too copies of the above bill be printed.
A melfage was received from the President of
the United States by Mr. Secretary Lear, com
municating a report from the Secretary of State,
refpeifting the quantity and situation of the un
claimed lands in the North and South Western
Territories of the United States. This report
being read, it was ordered that 200 copies of it
iliould be printed.
Mr. Williamfon laid the following motion on
the table—"That a committee be appointed to
bring in a bill to prevent the invalid penfioncrs
of the United States from felling their pensions
before the fame fliall have become due."
On motion of Mr. Lawrance, the meflage from
the Prelident of the United States, and the report
. from the Secretary of State, which accompanied
the fame, were referred to the committee ap
pointed to bring in a bill providing for the sale
of the vacant lands in the YVeltern Territories of
the United Stares,
On morion of Mr. Parker, the house came to
the following resolution, "That the Secretary
of the Treafiiry be directed to lay before the
house, a statement of the amount of the exports
from the several diftricls of the United States
refpedtively—alfo the amount of the duties on
imports and ronnage, from 29th Sept. I 790, to the
50th Sept. 1791."
ORDER OF THE DAY —THE CENSUS
Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair.
The proposed amendment to Mr. Lawrance's
motion, by (hiking out thirty before the word
tboufand, under consideration.
Mr. Gerry oppcfed the amendment, and in a
speech of foijie length, advocated the original
motion of one representative to every thirty thou
sand persons. He was replied to by Mr. Boudi
not, Mr. Steele, Mr. Clark, Mr. Barnewell and
Mr. Goodhue. Mr. Baldwin coincided with Mr.
Gerry. The committee rose without comiijg to
a vote, and had leave to fit again.
[Our limits will not admit of giving a llcetch
of the debate this day—it fhnll appear in our next.]
Mr. White's motion for a committee to report
a bill for fettling unliquidated claims against the
United States, was taken into consideration—
wany difficulties, were suggested in opposition to
it—and on motion of Mr. Fitzfimons, being va
ried to read in the following manner, viz. " A
till to provide for the settlement of the claims
of persons under particular circumstances, barred
by the limitations heretofore eltabliflied," was
agreed to—and Mefl'rs. White, Fitzfimons and
Niles, appointed the committee accordingly.
Adjourned.
FRIDAY, November it, 1791-
The House met pursuant to adjournment—but
is a great proportion of the members were on
committees who were not ready to reportj Mr.
S'.eele moved that, in order to afford tbofe com
mittees time to prepare and bring in their re
fpe&ive reports, the House should adjourn until
Monday next—which motion was unanimously
■greed to.
WINDHAM, (Con.) October 29.
last Wednesday, four men, Paid 10 be concern
ed in a late riot in Columbia county, state of New-
York, whereby the fheriiFof the county was un
fortunately killed, were apprehended by their
pnrfaeis, in Canterbury, in this state, and the
ame evening lodged in the goal in this town —
° m whence they were taken yesterday to be
c ondadted back to the state of New-York for trial.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
AT THE FIRST SESSION Or THE SECON» CONGRESS.
/,n AC I cri anting further rime for making return
ot the Enumeration of the Inhabitants in the
Diltricft of South-Carolina.
.■DR it enaftH by the Senate and Honfe of Representatives of the
JLJ United States of America, in Co.ißrefs assembled, That it
hall oe lawful lor the Marshal of the Dillrifl of South-Carolina,
to compleat and make return of the Enumeration ofthe Inhabitant,
of the said diftrift to the Prefidcnt of the United States, in the
torm and manner prescribed by the ast, entitled, >• An att provid
inK lor the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States "
at any time on or before the firft day of March next, ar.v thin* in
the laid ait to t-he contrary notwithllanding.
JONATHAN TRUMBULI.. Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vicc-Prcfidcvt of the ,United States,
and Prefidcnt of the Senate.
APPR OV ED,
SONNET.
BY DR. AI KIN.
To his Excellency Georce Washington,
President ofthe United States of Amerka.
A OINT of that Pyramid, whose solid base
Rcfts firmly founded on a Nation's trust,
Which, while the gorgeous Palace finks in dust,
Shall stand sublime, and fill its ample space :
Elefled Chief of Freemen; greater far
Than Kings, whose glitt'ring parts are fixM by birth.
Nam'd by thy country's voice, for long tried worth,
Her crown in peace, as once her shield in war :
Deijrn, Washington ! to hear a British lyre,
That ardent greets thee with applauhve lays,
And to the Patriot Hero homage pays !
O would the Muse immortal drains inlpire,
That high beyond all Greek and Roman fame,
Might soar to times unborn thy purer, nobler name f
Philadelphia, November 12.
We are allured, that General St. Clair, with 'the main army,
must probably have arrived at the utmost point of his destination
by the jioth of the]aft mojith. will -be to esta
blish strong polls in the Indian country, to cbrb and overawe
such of the neighboring tribes as may be inclined to hostility.
His force and talents are so refpeflable, th»t it may be justly ex
pected, he will effeflually answer the public expectations: It is
rather improbable, the hostile Indians will meet in such numbers,
as to occasion any serious contest. On the contrary, it is probable,
as he carries the olive-branch in one hand, and the sword in the
other, that the campaign *rill cftablifh a ftrm peat? with the un
fortunate natives of America.
Thursday laftarrived here from Cape-Francois,
Sylvanus Bourne, Esq. Consul of the United
States for St. Domingo—ln the fame vefiel came
also two French Gentlemen, Agents from the Co
lonial Aflembly.
TheLegiflature of New-Jersey is now in session,
and we hear that there is every reason to believe
a most liberal plan of incorporation will be
granted to the aliociation for promoting manu
factures in the United States.
By the latest accounts from Cape.-Francois, it
does not appear that tranquility is in any good
degree restored to St. Domingo.
The salutary effects of the treaty made by the
United States with the Creek Indians, are now
apparent ; the settlements on St. Mary's River,
in the State of Georgia, it is said are in a molt
flourifhing condition.
Some accounts from Cape-Francois fay, that the
blacks have put some of their white prisoners to
death, by breaking them 011 the wheel, and by
other cruel and infernal modes.
Besides the civilities which flrangers, on visits
among us, have a right to expert, on the princi
ples of hospitality, the Countess of Effingham,
just arrived at New-York from Jamaica for her
health, has claims to the diftinguifhfed attention
of our citizens. Earl Efki ngha m, in the begin
ning of the late contest with Great-Britain, alone
opposed, in the House of Peers, an attempt to re
duce these States vi ct arviis. Finding his oppo
sition of no weight, he resigned a commiilion of
Lieutenant-General, rather than ac't against: us.
Last Wednesday evening, at a meeting of the
Directors of the National Bank, it was determin
ed that four branches (liould be eftablifiied, one
in Boston, a I'ccond in New-York, a third in Bal
timore, and a fourth in Charlefton—tocommence
operation in January next. These brandies are
to have the benefit of a part of the specie capital.
Some of the papers have mentioned that the
salary of the President of the National Bank is
fixed at 3000 dollars. This is a miitake—tbe sa
lary of the President is not fixed, and cannot be
fixed by the Dirertoi s ; but mufl be fettled at a
General meeting of Stockholders. C". Adv.
227
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Prefidevt of the United Stales.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Those perfor.s are greatly deceived, whotliiiiK
tha: government derives advantage from flatter-
C f S f • overnn,ent > :lr > individual, hns need
oi friends—iuit it is injured by deception. \\ hen
any tiling £ () es wrong in public affairs, it is do
]ng government a favor to point one the error.
"I here is no channel for conveying this kind of
advice fi> ufeful as the newspapers. Ky
mg the Poft-Offiee in a manner to con\ey infor
mation to every part of the country, the rulers
are placed in a condition to receive advice fron
all their wel!-wi(hers. And if ever ill humor's
are engendered in the body-politic, it is mofl sa
lutary that they fliould have some pores to per
spire thro. The I'oll-OfHce fliould be a kind of
chimney to the federal edifice. If it was not for
a vent, the house would be 011 fire, or would llifie
its inhabitants with fmoak. The Po!t-Office
should be, in matters of opinion, a kind of Hank
the common centre of circulation, the iuflru
ment and the measure of improvement—Know
ledge is cheaper than luxury—yet it is worth
more—l lie Poll-Office affords a means of obtain
ing it, which pays its own way.
The people of America have tun thotifind rights ; any onr of
them would be fufficicntto change ihe political condition, and ,|„-
order of thinking in almofl any other country. Hut what air thev
all worth unless the people are taught, and taught too in the
school house to understand and to climate the value of them.
Ages would pass away before a people could be brought intofuch
nabits of thinking as we in America have adopted ; we have done
lo much it isfcavcely pofflble we should Hop where we are we
,™ ake P r "grefs—our political Rate is good—let us mend'our
moral Hate—let our knowledge be made commcnfuraie with our
liberties.
There are two ways of governing ir.en—either to make them
govern themselves, or to govern them by force. The latter is
the European and Asiatic method ; it is governing by main ftrongt'h
—the former is the American, which is governing by flight of
hand For what have you to govern ? Mens' passions—surely
and if you make their reason do it for you, which it always will
when enlightened, your work is done to vour hand.
But as governing the youth in the way of education is a flow af
fair, which we have not patience to wait to fee the effefls of let
us tell the grown gentlemen their rights and duties. Why (hould
not the p oft.Office be madeufe of to tell the people what is done
and why it is done ? Fame fays that the people in the back part*
of North-Carolina do not get dispatches from the feat of govern
ment in lefj than two months. What an hazardous interval is
jeftforartto dupe credulity, or credulity to dupe itfelf! Men
have a right to know how their affairs are managed ; it is doing
the public business behind their backs to neglect or to conccal
from Ihrm ihe facts and reasons which are necessary to the form,
ing a found judgment upon men and measures. The people do
not know and can scarcely overrate their own impoitance, as it
refpefls public men and measures. The public is a court, which
tries both ; they bring vice and error to the test, and expose them
to lhame.
Died, at Trenton, New-jfrfey, the ift I.ifT. much iafricntrd,
Mrs. Joa nN A sren cE *, relist ot the late Rev. Dr. Elihu Spencer,
in the 63d year of her age.
Her illnrfs, which was longapd severe, she bore with uncom
mon fortitude and christian resignation.
On the Thursday following, her remains were interred in the
Prefbvterian Church-yard of said place; when a well adapted
discourse was delivered by the Rev. James F. Armstrong, Irora
Revelations 14 —13. '
From PELOSI's MARINE LIST.
ARRIVALS it the PORT of PHJLADELrHIA.
Ship Four Friends, Volans, Madeira
M »T. Curry, Grenada
Brig Theodofia, Lake, Cape-Francois
Georgia Packet, Carson, Savannah
Sloop Three Sifters, Thompson, Pnrt-au-Prince
Schooner Industry, Shackford, Porlfmouth (N.C.)
Ifahella. AnHrrfpn. St. Fuftatius
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FUNDED DEBT.
6 pr. Cents 21/10 22_/* pr. £ .
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Defered 6 pr. Cents I$J 13/2
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ADVERTISEMENT.
WHEREAS it appears by the proceedings in a certain eaufe
now depending in the High Court of Chancery in Eng
land, wherrin William Webb is the plaintiff, and John Parker, (exe
cutor of Thomai Bradly, deceased) is the defendant, thai Henry
Webb was put out an apprentice to the sea trade by the Greenwich
school. in or about the vear 1775, was then of the age of
14 vears, or thereabouts.ana failed from England in the year 1776
to some part of N6rth-America, in the ship or veHel ArlemiJ(a 9
Capt. Lezvellyn, formerly a Spanish trader, and at that time a navy
vi&ualler 01 tranfpoit in hi< Majesty's service—and whereas it ap
pears that the said Hevry Webb deserted and ran away from said ship
or vcflfel, and entered on boarS a certain privateer called the Re
venge, or Vengeance Primteer, of which one John Dean was mailer
or commandrr, then lying at New'-York, North-America; and
that the said Vengeance Privateer, on or about the sth of November,
1779, failed from New-York alorefaid to Savannah, and arrived at
such last mentioned port in or about the month of March, 1780,
and on the month of April following, to some port or place in
America, but to what port or place is not known; and in the
month of May, 1780, the said fliipor vefTel was f<-en at Barbadoes
in the Weft-Indies, but the said Henry Webb has not since been heard
of, and is supposed to be dead ; it having been reported that the
tender belonging to the said (hip or veflcl callcd the Vengeance,
which ship wai then commanded by Capt. Knozvles t with a num
ber of her rreß, so the amount of 90, or thereabouts, (and among
whom the said Henry Webb is supposed to have been one) were ta
ken by the enemy, and carried into Philadelphia. Now, in
purOianeeof an order made in the said cause, bearing date the 3d
of December, 1790, any perlon o r persons who can give any ac-
count or information touching the said Henr\ Webby or of the said
(hip Vengeance, or whether the said Henry Webb be living or dead,
and if dead, when or wherefocver he died, are requeued to give
such information to William Welter Pep\s, K'q. on of the MaPers
of said Court, at his Chambers in Symonds'-Inn, Chaneerv-Lane,
London ; and such prrfon or persons will be rewarded for thnr
trouble hv applying to Samuel Naylor, Esq. the Solicitor in said
cause. No. 4, Great Newporf-ftreet, London; or to ihe Rev. John
Starjord. N«. 33, John-fhecl, New-Yoik; or to John Prettyjohn 9
fcfq. Bridgetown, Sarbadocs. W. W. PE P Y S.
JlO pr. cent,
do.
66 do.
9j do.
do.
Dollars,