the ncccffity, in many instances, of increasing it, by devolving much of the legillative power upon the executive department", arising from the difficulty of making particular provisions and de tails ni our laws, and accommodating them to the various intercfls of so extensive a country. The other branch of the legislature has many traits of a perpe tual, at least of a very solid ionftituent part of the government. He did not mention these at linperteftions in the government they are perfedfions if the other parts can be in due proportion; but it is lurely a fountf reafoti against taking pbfitive mcafuies at this time to diminish the rcprefentative branch ; lor his own pa, t he was not well fatisfied as to the intention. If there is any rea son to apprehend that the government will depart from the point on which it was iirlt placed, he could scarcely fuppufc that any one could be boneftly alarmed vviin the fear that the departure would b« towards demociicy. He concluded by ex'pieflimr his hopes/hat the representation to the next Congress would be fixed atone for thirty thoul'and, as it had hitherto been, and that the motion for fti iking out would not prevail. MONDAY, November 14. The Speaker laid before the house a memorial from General Moses Hazen,which was read and laid 011 the table- ' , Mr. Baldwin presented the petition of General JamesJackfon, (taring that an improper and undue return has been made to the house of the election for the lower diflricl of ihe Rate of Georgia and praying that the house would pollpone any de termination on the election of General Anthony Wayne, for such reasonable period as may enable the petitioner to come forward with such proofs as the cafe may require.* Mr. Lawranee presented a p3tition of fqndry inhabitants of the state of New-York, holders of the continental paper called new emiUion, or for ty for one money—laid on the table. A meflage was received from the' Frefident of the United States by Mr. Secretary Lear, with a copy of a resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, 'nia, ratifying the firft article in the amendments proposed by Congress to the Conliitution of the United States—also sundry papers relative to a purchase of land on the Great Miami, by John C. Symmes. Mr. Seney presented a memorial from the dif-' tillers of Baltimore, praying a modification and 1 a reduction of the duty on spirits of domeflic nia nufadure read, pud referred to the Secretary of the Treasury. ' Sundry petitions were read, praying for pen fious and compensations—-these were committed to the Secretary of War, to report thereon. The petition of Stephen Zachary, merchant, of Baltimore, was read, stating that in confe quenceofan unintentional error in a bill of sale of a veflel purchased at Port-au-Prince, he had been obliged to pay extra tonnage duties, and played relief. On motion, this petition was re ferred to :A feletft committee, consisting of Messrs. Fitzfimons, Huger and Gilman. Mr. Baldwin moved that the petition of Gen. Jackson (hould be referred to the committee of elections. Jie offered several observations to fnew the propriety of giving early attention to the bpfinefs, particularly as [he conteiled election took place in the remotest part of the remote Hate in the Union It was observed rhat a reference to the com . mittee appointed to bring in a bill for eltablifh ing an uniform mode of proceeding in cases of concerted elections, appeared to be the molt eli gible. A reference to the committee of elec- tions was objected to, as the fubjeift not conic within their cognizance, as that committee can only determine vefpetfting the certificate, &c. *nich are required from the executive of the tate to entitle to a feat in the house. A refer- ence to the committee appointed to report a bill, was. also objected to, as that committee was not authorized to take notice of part tranfadtion's, or '° report a rerrofpedive regulation. seleCt committee was mentioned, agreeable ot e mode adopted in the two contested elec lons which occurred in the firft Congress—but it eing observed that the petition was-unaccompa •'^e ,ei l"'fite documents mentioned in ' . /' Baldwin withdrew his motion, and the petition was laid on the table. The liieflage from the President of the United tates being read, the papers refpeciing the pur s Western Territory, werere- C tO . l'. 16 co ' nn 'ittee appointed to bring.in a piovnlitig for the sale of vacant lands. T . re P, ort > put fuant to orders of the house, was «in> e,<eo a 1 e:lc '' f | oni the Board of Commi/Ii tcH o* a PP o,nte d to fettle the accounts of theUni ' „ ates w ' lh the individual States. Th, re th. c * '' lat l ' ,o ' e accounts may be fettled by refnlit-• 3r * a before the house sundry papers re<S»H , ' 8 al * ne Hospital which had been e- Leirifl l ' lC tate Virginia ; also an acft of the thc"r» UrC .°*" t ' lat late > authorizing the sale oninnt-' 0 '. e n ' tec ' States—Thele being read, the S* ,0 " r ' ar ' ter » they were referred to of the Treasury. '"ions' r^P orts roin the Secretary of State on pe ofWiir 6 er J t0 m 7 were read—one on that Colvin ' am J? owe ' . t * le °'her, on that of Charles How e j. 1 . n, °t'on of Mr. Madison, William othtrf- ea * e to withdraw bis petition—the T er report was laid on the taMe. late r r' ort £ ' ,e Secretary of War, made 10 ongrefs, on the petition of Rufus Ha- mil ton, which wag againtt the prayer of Pml t-e •'"on was, on motion of Mr. WarT taken into con fid era: ion. A subsequent petition from the wa p t also •» granted 0t petition ca,)l,ot be called 6 fm-' e ri° f , rhe r !ay ' °". the C^"fuS bei »g I ~ > ou^e went into a committee of the whole Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair. Heifter moved that the Clerk should in the'am l'° 3f the of the ratifications of the amendments to the Conftitmion proposed by Congi ess, to the several States.—lt appealed that The debate was then renewed on the amend mem proposed to the motion of Mr. Lawiance, toi ltnkmg out thirty before thousand. * r. Findley and Mr. Giles spake largely against iolied" 0 Th°'" llrikin £ °ut and Mr. Boudinot replied. rhe committee . ofe without taking a vo.e, and had leave to fit again. t ,. TUESDAY, November 15 Mr. Wayne presented the petition of J. Davis, a surgeon in the Sssifs 5?* su '" 1 L Sed f wi r ck "ported a bill refpefting fugitives from mftice and from the f crv ; C col Masters . whuh si » J»»«. whole'H eS 'r a " d " d " ed 10 b ° COmm,,tcd <° a committee of the on r F , r,da y next—too copiesto be printed for the ac conimodation of the members. In committee °f the whole, on the Schedule of the Ccnfus. Air. Muhlenberg in the chair. n„W C h B t""f 0r ftr ' king ° Ut thirty ' from "'c resolution pro poled by Mr. Lawrance was further discussed ; Mr. Pace Mr findlty, „lr. Gerry, Mr. K'tchcll and Mr. He.lter oppoled the motion for (Inking out. Mr. Steele, Mr. Clatk, Mr. Hillhoufe Mr. Vining and Mr. Sedgwick, were in favor of the motion ■ the' debate was continued till 3 o'clock, when the quellion being ge nerally railed tor it was put and negatived-and the original mo tion, I hat until the next enumeration, the number o» Represen tatives 'hall oe one to every thirty thousand persons was agreed to. i he committee then rose and reported the rcfolution to the Houfc and on the motion to agrffe to the fame, the ayes and noes beir, J demanded aie as follow : b ayes B 3ldw i n . Beaton .Brown, Findley, Fitzfimonj, Gerry, G IT, Gordon, Gregg, Griffin, Heifter, Huger, Jacobs, Kitchell K-ittera, Lawrancr, Learned, Lee-, Muhlenberg, Madifoo, Mpore, Page,Parker, Scney.Sheredine, Sumpter, Sylvester, Tfead wcll, Tucker, Venablc, Wadfworth, Wayne, Wfiite, Wiili«_3 s , MffTrs. Ames, A (he, Barnewell, Bondinor, S. Bourne, B. Bourne vr i c j Goodhuc > Grovf . Hlllhoufe, Livermore, Macon' Ni.es Scdgv.'.ck, j. Smith, I.Smith, W. Smith, Steele, Sturzes' Thatchrr, Vining, Ward—l.3 .surges, A committee confiding, of Messrs. Page, Murray and Macon, was appointed to report a bill pursuant to the above resolution. [OR THE GAZETTE OF THE U\'ITE~D STATES ~ ' Number of Representatives in Congress. \A/"^ EN ' hc P' efcm Constitution of the United Slates was firft VV formed, the Senate confided of twenty-fix members, and the House of Representatives of fixty-five. The proportion was as two to five. By the accefliori of Vermont and Kentucky, the number ol Senators will be encreafed to thirty. To preserve the original proportion, the uumber of Representatives should be en creafed to feventy-fivc, and apportioned to the several States agree ably to the Constitution, according to the late census. Would it not be best to amend the Constitution, so that for the future the number of Representatives may be always in the fame proportion to the nnmbcrvof Senators as at firft ?—That rule would afcertaiji the number, without the interference of Congress, which will no; be done by the amendment that has been already proposed ; but as that is not yet become a part of the Constitution, Congress can fix the number at the rate aforefaid for the next cleftion, and te commend the amendment here proposed in lieu of the former. The objects of legifiation in a federal government are fcW. com pared with those in a national or state government, and therefore will not require so great a number of Representatives. Those gen tlemen who are acquainted with doing business in a Icgiflative as sembly, can judge better by experience than argumentation, what number will be most convenient to tranlaft the public business. Any gieater number would add nothing to the power ot thai branch of the legiflaturc, but would renderthe exercifeof its.pow ers more inconvenient, and lessen the weight and tefponfibility of each individual member. An tncreafe o( members would also enhance the public expence, If feventy-five members can tranf aEl the public bufmefs as well as one hundred, the saving the ex pence of twenty-five members (which in a ftllion of fix months would aVnount to 26,000 dollars) would be an object worthy of attention. A CITIZEN. FROM THE GEORGIA GAZETTfe, OF OCTOBER 13. THE Light-House on Tybee I Hand will hereafter be regularly lighted, and the following directions are given for failing in over the bar : Bring the Light-House to bear Weft, or not more than W. i S. or W. J N. and calculate the tide, at J pall 7, at full and change of the moon, to be full sea. If little wind, in ftanding'iii, allow for the tide. The ebb setting to the fouihward, over the fopth breakers, you must ftcer W. N. W. as loon as you shoal your wa- ter, haul up more to the northward ; but be sure not to vary from the course above mentioned. Obfervt the flood tide fcts to th northward ; then you must steer W. S. W. with light winds. When you get the Light-House to bear from S. £. to S. you may bring up from 3j to 5 fathnfns, at low water, muddy bottom, being within 1 i cable's length of the Ihore. There you may lie fafc with anv but an easterly wind. When you get on the bar, you will have 18 feet at low water, with a hard bottom; at high wa ter, from to 4 fathoms. After pr.fling the bar you wiil have a foft bottom. Tire diftancc from 3 fathoms water, coming over the bar, until the water is half a mile. The width of the -channel, from breaker-head to breaker-head, is half a mile. Ob serve when you find you 'get either to the southward or to the northward of the foregoing Jdireftions, and have no wind, let go your anchor. PRICE CURRENT— PUBLIC SECURITIES, FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. Cents 21/10 22/ ?'■£• 3 pr. Cents ie/6 Defered 6 pr. Cents 13\J 13/s UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl. and othei Certificates igj Indents 11/6 Bank. Subfciiptions, 231 Adjourned NOES. Adjourned 110 pr. cent. 625 do. 66 do. 95 d o. do. 143 IJ&lhrs. Philadelphia, November 16. Sem LC °On'!| f i orn tf' 0 'f d >, n ' VM ltc ' m,lda > arc received to the igrh ' , P n . l, 'e »4'hof that month dud at Weymouth, the JVi,, quis de la Luzerne, Ambaffado, from the Court of We A treaty of peace ,s figncd between Rullk and th Tu.ks ■ the Em press retaining Oczakow and its dependencies The' Kitie of France has accepted the new condition, and had been put ~ pofTeffion of the crown ;-a general st y hjs bcea pub ( favor of all who assisted the iiing in makin , c fca J 1 " i rhoTe who have refilled the decrees of th," N,„ lu nal Wmbly" passports and momentary reftri£t,ons in regard to entering into or depart.ngoutofth.k'ngdomHte done away; the gaols® of tL v- 3re t0 thrown °P en on the occasion. of Spain has declared war again If the Em peror of LordCo'' A f, COUntS from India tolh = =3d March, inform that r Cornwallis was carrying every thing before him ; the Kuf 'JWI f . r ?.™ the best information from Cape-Francois that the ,fl, nd H .rp,mola mu st be loft for fcrn/timc : ,h e 'forc' the rev ok en B 5 meanS to d ' eooquH a oer/to ,1 I . A ™ rlcan Properly at the island which i«.of arrwW must be m " rd y loft :no k "' d °f provifionj are want, ng , it 13 uncertain whether the Capi is not at themercv of the revolters when they choose to make a small facrifice AM gree that the island can never be recovered but by a irreat and eany exertion of France. g U-f J c i Hammond was introduced to the Prefidfflt cr,H« I u StateS ' by thc Secreur y "f State, and- presented hL as his Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary. ' gi fUtc." G ° V ""°' ° f Vir S inia b V Le.' Mr- Bourne, Consul of the United States for St. Domini'o wt.o arrived here on Thursday last ,n the brig Theodof.a from theemh anC °r' " ,f °, rmS thatthe Coloni'l'Mlembly had laken off fro,nTh b : r i g fla„ f r 1 he Ship Sampson, Capt. Howell, arrived at the Isle of Franc on the 24th April last, an d was to fail for Canton the firft of June • The Ship Piehdem Washington, Capt. Nicolfon, was also at ihe' above place on the 27th May. The Ship Neptune, Capt £ai 1 had failed from thcncc lor Madras. Much has been fald about making the Pod-Office the medium of news and information to the people ; and it Teems to be the general sentiment that, if it is pradicable, this medium (hould be adopted (or this truly patriotic purpose. It is however said, that Fnr, rC y e J ery gr T obfta^ iesm the wa y the expence is the moll formidable—another is, that it will interfere with that dispatch f,. neceliary to give fatisfa&ion to the mercantile interrft, which is confidercd as the great support of the Poft-Office depaitment ■ and' whose convenience and accommodation ought therefore to be or manly consulted. With refpeft to the expencc, it may be pre uined, that if newlpapers were particularly fpecified in the con trails lor traufporung the mails, those contrails might be made on nearly ihe prefer,t ; and it is univcrfally supposed, that ounftuahty in receiving ihe papers, would induce every uerfon chcarfully to pay (uch a sum over and above the fubferi-.tuni as won d ampl/ compensate the deputy Post-masters for the fmaJl ■ ddilion to their bufmefs, which a more particular attention -has is now paid would occasion. A separate portmanteau, and feoa raje arcounts, would prevent an interference with the lelteis - which ought always to receive the firft attention. At prch nt it is a mere.matter of courtesy, according to the exiftmg refoluuonj ot Congrcfs, that newspapers, even exchange papers between P,in ters, are permitted to be sent by the mail—this is so e, ner.-Hv known, that the idea of property is scarcely ever affixed to the n at lean after they or.ce leave ihe Poll-Offices, It fee in sas if t wa l proper that the Printer* (hould know oil what ground thev ftaurj • or their prelent indulgence in regaid to diilant fubfcribeis, is ill lufory and deftrufhve to them, and proves a vexatious deception and dilcouragetnent to their patrons. I Exiraß of a Utter from Edinburgh, Augufl 22. Yesterday, a gentleman ndingbythefeacoaft betwixt Liniekills and North ob- Terved three whales playing in the water.' He l ode directly to the ferry and gave the informa tion to the fifhermen there, who immediately launched their boats, and set off in pursuit of them. In a /hort time they overtook them, and the moment they struck them with their harp'oons all three run afliore. In theafternoon they were brought inco the North £)ue£nsferry. One of them measures (ixteen feet in length, another twenty feet, and the third twenty-two feet. At Davis's Straits, forty-fix flnps have caught ISi fifh, which are computed to yield 1812 long of oil, and 120 tons of whalebone. Fourteen Amsterdam veflels caught 1 7 fi/h. George Meade Has for SALE,at his Stores on Walnut-Street Wharf A FEW pipes of 3 and 4 years old bills of exchange Madeira WINE, which he will d.fpofe of by the pipe, hoXad or quarter calk. ° London matket Madeira WINE, 5 and 6 years old Old Sherry WINE of the firft quality, by the I,'ogfhead or quarter calk. 0 Three and 4 years old LilW, WINE, of a superior quality to what is generally imported, by the pipe, quarter calk or quantity. • Choice old Coniac BRANDY, by the pipe, tierce, or lar er quantity. » A few quarter cherts of firft quality Hyson TEA He hasjuft received by the Pigou, Loxlev, maftcr/from London a few quarter calks of old Madeira WINK—And By the bri s Mercury, Capt. Steven., from Dublin, a few bo*,. of Irish LINENS, low priced and well alTorted ; a few bal°"l red and white FLANNELS, and some GLUE. A few boxes of Spermaceti CANDLES of the firft quality a „J Burlmgton PORK of prime quality. y>and STAVES aH ° l ° d ' rP ° re ° f ' 3 qUa " tity ° f drcffcd White Oak He means to krep a constant supply of First Onallt« ■ and who^ r^%l e,red t o^vo; y h^t;t " Lheir cultom, may be afluicd of being well served. Winter and S P rm <?' buy undreflcd HAND ■11 11 P ,Kch ' ,r " , K FLAX-SEED and BEES-W \a anJ will give the htgheft price f'.r them. N.B. A few hamper- of excellent London PORTER , n J Taunton ALE, just received, and to bed.fpofed of. Philadelphia, November 16, 1791 (<p 6w.J
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