WEDNESDAY, November 23 The Speaker laid before the lioui'e a report from the Secretary of the department of war, 011 tiie petitions of the widows, children and execu tors of fun dry commissioned officers, who perill ed during the late war. Referred to the com mittee appointed to prepare a hill making com pensation to the widows, orphans and reprefen latives of deceased officers of the late army. Mr. Madison presented a memorial from the Quakers of the irate of Virginia, praying immu nity from militia duty. Referred to tiie com mittee of the whole on the militia bill. Thehoufe then-proceeded to the consideration of the amendments proposed by tlie committee of the whole house to the " bill apportioning the representation of the people of the United States according to the fir It enumeration." Mr. Sedgwick moved an amendment, for fet t]j,)crthe ratio at thirty four thousand; and cal led for the yeas and nays. Theqneftion wastaken on this motion, and 1011. The yeas and nays were as follow : Yea!. Meflrs. Ames, Aflie, liarnewell, Botidi not B. Bourne, S. Bourne, Dayton, Gilman, Goodluie, Hillhoufe, Kitchell, Livermore, Niles, Sedgwick, J. Smith, I. Smith, W. Smith, Steele, Sturges, Thatcher, Ward—2l. J^ass. —Messrs. Baldwin, Brown, Benfon, Find ley, Gerry, Giles, Gordon, Gregg, Gi iffin, Grove, Hartley, Heifter, Huger, Jacobs, Kittera, Law ranee, Learned, Lee, Macon, Madison, Moore, Muhlenberg, Murray, Page, Parker, Schoonma ker, Seney.Sheredine, Suinpter, Sylvester, Tread well, Tucker, Venable, Wadfworth, Wayne, White, Williamfon, Willis— 38. The house having gone through the amend ments, and further amended the bill, it was or dered to be engrolled for a third reading. The house then resolved itfelf into a commit tee of the whole (Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair) and proceeded to the further con/ideration of the report of the committee of elections on the elec tion of Mr. J. F. Mercer, as representative for the state of Maryland, in the room of Mr. Pinckney, who had religned his appointment. After a debate of some length, the committee rose, having agreed to the report of the Handing committee of elections, with amendments ; which being adopted by the houle, Mr. Mercer is recog nized as entitled to lit in the house, to reprefem the ltate of Maryland. Adjourned. THURSDAY, Novembkr. 24, A bill apportioning the reprefemation of the people of the United States according to the fir ft enumeration, was brought in, engrofied, and read the third time—and 011 the queiHon fliall the bill pass ? Mr. Bonnie, of Rhode-Island, suggested some ohje<ftions to ail immediate deciiion—and wished at lead that it might be pottponed till there was a fuller house—laid on the table by agreement. Mr. Bourne (R. I.) prdfcnted the petition of William Arnold, praying the renewal of a loft certificate of public debt ; read and referred to the Secretary of the T-reafury. Sundry peti tions praying conipenfations, pcnfions, &c. were read and referred to the Secretary of war. The petition of Joseph Hawkins and Beverly Window, presented by Mr. Madison, was read, and referred to the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. White presented a biil to regulate trade and intercourle with the Indian tribes, which was read the firlt and second time, ajid made the order of the day for Monday next—to be printed in the interim. _ Mr. Dayton reported a bill for extending the time limit ted for fettling the accounts of the United States with the individual States—read a firft and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole house on Tuesday next. Mr. Schoonmaker presented the petition and memorial of Hendrick Doyer, a distiller of gin i" the city of New-York—read and referred to the Secretary'of the Treasury. The question on passing the representation bill was determined by ayes and noes, as follow : Ayes.—.Me(lrs. Ames, Afhe, Baldwin, Barne well, Benfon, S. Bourne, Findley, Giies, Gordon, t'egg, Griffin, Grove, Hartley, Hei'ter, Hill houfe, Huger, Jacobs, Kitchell, Kitteru, Law ranee, Learned. Lee, Macon, Madison, Moore, Muhlenberg,Murray, Parker,Schoonmaker, Sedg wick, Seney, W. Smith, Sumpter,Sylve(tei,Tread. w ell, Tucker, Ven able, Wad fwor th, Ward, Wayne, Vvhite, Williamfon, Willis— 43. Noes—Mpdis. Boudinot, Bourne, Dayton, Gil man, Goodhue, Livermore, Niles, Sheredine, J. Smith, 1. Smith, Sturgcs, Thatcher—l2. i he title of the bill, on motion of Mr. Tucker, w 'as altered to read thus—" An a<ft apportioning Representatives of the several States, according to the si' ft enumeration." The report of the committee on the petition of James Jackson was taken into consideration by the committee of the whole house. Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair. The report being read by the Clerk, Mr. Wayue rose and obfefved, that about eleven months were now elapsed (irrfce the election, which is at pre Pent called in question, liad taken place— i iat the hotife \v;.s already upwards of four weeks 111 ieliion—that tlie petitioner mult finely have had time fufiicient 10 come forward, at the (hit "leering of the house, to support the charwes con tamed in his petition—that it could hardly be imagined tlie want ot time prevented him from advancing—No !—it was rather to be supposed, that he was kept back by the want of evidence, to fubdantiate thole charges; and perhaps by the expectation of procuring a majority intheLegif latuie ot Georgia, to countenance his claims": tliele wcie taths, which, he believed, were not unknown to feme gentlemen in the houle : the fame arts, the fame practices, the fame manoeu vres, which had procured a presentment from the grand jury, against the election in question, and even againlt fume of ihe aiits of the general go vernment, might perhaps be expetiteci to prevail at length with the legislative body. The newfpapeis (he observed) have teemed 011 this occalion, with telliinonies and affidavits' procured during several months pall; as to the manner in which they had been obtained that he said, was a fubjeift of inveftigatfon forafuture day—lonie of them were under the signatures of persons who had never read, nor were capable of reading tiiem—he felt for tlie iituation of feme of thole individuals, as they w ere already pi e fented for perjury oil that occalion. lie declared that he entertained not the tnoft <liii.auc delire to proci altinate an enquiry into the merits of the election — but he mult observe, that it could not but be obvious to every gentleman on che-floor,that no other country in the world would countenance tiie mode in which Mr. Jackson had proceeded, by the publication of ex-purle evidence on a fubjetft that was to come under the invelli gation of the house. He concluocd by declaringliis un willingness to treipafs on tbe time of the committee—he would therefore only beg leave to recapitulate, that ele ven months were elapf'ed since the election took place; and that the petioner had, ever since, been indultrioufiy employed in procuring evidence : — if the committee should be disposed to indulge the gentleman with further time for that pur pose, he would not, for his part, make the smallest objection to granting him that indulgence: should they think proper to adopt the report now under conlideration, which seemed to contem plate and even to invite the advances of that gen tleman, he would have no objecton to meet hi in upon that ground, or upon any other, provided it were honorable ground. The committee then proceeded to confiderthe resolutions Unfiling a time for the trial, and re gulating the mode in which it is to be conducted ; and after having made sundry amendments there to, vofe; reported progiefs, and alked leave to fit again. Adjourned. FRIDAY, November 14,1791 Mr. Key, member from the state of Maryland, appeared, was qualified, and took his feat tiiis day. Mr. Wadfworth reported a bill for making compensation to widows, orphans and invalids in certain cases—read the fir(t and second times, and made the order of the day for Monday nex — interim to be printed. A bill for the relief of David Cook was read the firft time. _ The HoufeSwfolved'itfelf into a committee of the whole, report of the select conimitiee to which was referred the petition of James Jack son. The committee agreed to sundry amendments, which were reported to the Houfc. The House further amended the report, and then accepted the fame—The debates, both in the committee and the House were lengthy and ineenious— the original report was materially altered ; the clauses which provided for the in tervention of a committee to inveitigate the facfts, were struck out—and the whole business is, ac cording to the report,to he primarily difcufled in the House. Adjourned till Monday. PARIS, Scpieinber 14, The manner in which Louis XVI, has Ggnified his acceptancc of the Conditional AS, has had a irajdgilnl theft on the minds of thal'eople. . . In a few days the jails will be thrown oWf and it is hoped thai a general Amaefty and Oblivion will Be followed by the hdpp'inefs of a People, who, by their perleverance and exertions, seem worthy of that Liberty which they are about tocojoy. Four o'clock, in the Afternoon The King this day went to the National AfTembly at twelve o'clock, and public'lv avowed his acceptance of the Conftltuuon. in ine prcfence of an immense multitude of fpeflators : thecere mony which was grand and awful, was accompanied by a gene ral discharge of the artillery belonging to the National H.s Majesty did not appear in the Cordon Bleu, no,w "£- standing the Decree of the AfTembly : and very graciously ob (civcd, n that "he wilbed not to be distinguished by any external mark ol dignity, from the reft of the citizens. A. soon as the expreffirns ot joy and content which broke out at the corclufion of the reading the Kings letter were subsided, M de la Fayette fnoke as follows :_Gentlen.en, 1 fhou.d wrong the Sentiments of the National AfTembly, if 1 did not confine my lelf io a simple motion upon the wilb which the kinj has just now exptcfled with to oblivion ot injuries. 243 Philadelphia, November 26. The President of the United States lias been plcafed to issue let ters patent rccognzing the appointment of Francis James VtR. Cnocke, Elq. of Charleston (S. C.) as Vice-Consul of her Molt Faiths ul Majesty the Queen ol Portugal, for the State of South- Carolina. An ad for incorporating the Subscribers to the plan for pro moting Manufa&ures in the United Slates, having palled the Le gislature of the State of New-Jcrfey, we hear that a meeting of the Subscribers is to be held at Trenton on Monday next, lor the purnofe of chufing Dirc&ors. There has been a confiderahle hurricane in the Welt-Indies great damage is sustained at St. Euftatius, St. Thomas, St. Martins and St. Kitts, and many velfcls were loft. A veliel has arrived at Cape-Francois, in a short paflage from Bourde.mx, which brought an account of the appointment of Count Dillon to the Government of Hifpaniola, and that he was to have embarked for his Government the 12th of O&ober, with 4000 troops. By accounts from St. Domingo, to the 3d of November, it ap pears that the situation of the whites is truly diltreHin<j, that the blacks had loft no ground, but in every engagement a tied with astonishing intrepidity. An Almanac, for 1792, is publifhcd at Baltimore by Benjamin Banneker, a free Negro, born in Baltimore. The calculations of this Almanac are so accurate, that the publication is said to docre dit to the Editors, Meflrs. Goddard and Angel. A man by the name of Belong, was on the 19th inft. committed to jail at Eafton, Pcnnfylvania, charged with the murder of his wife. A Loudon paper of 19th Sept. mentions, that an American schooner, commanded by Capt. Metcalf, which made a fuccefstul voyage 10 China, called at the Sandwich I {lands in November last, on her return home—the crew were surprized by the Natives, and every one murdered. A lover of ufeful knowledge, in London, hath, some time ago, offered, as a donation to the American Philolophical Society tor promoting ufeful knowledge, held at Philadelphia, the Yum of Two Hundred Guineas, to be by them vested in a fccure and per manent fund, to the end that the interest anfing therefrom Ihould be annually disposed of, in premiums, to be adjudged, by the so ciety, to the author of the best discovery, or moll dfeful invention, relating to navigation, astronomy, or natural philosophy, mefe na tural hiflory only excepted. ' ( The American Apol 10, to be publiflicd BolTon, will contain 16 large demy pages each number, ftitchcn in a cover ; from four to eight pages will be generally appropriated to thf pub- ' lications which (hall be made by the Hiltorieal Society lately established in Boston—the remaining pages will be filled with e(Tays, moral, political and poetical, daily occurrences, See. See. The cover to be reserved for advertisements. A title page and in dex at the end of the year. Price Two Dollars per annum, exclu sive of postage—The fubferibers to be always one half dollar in ad vance. The above will doubtlcfs be an interesting and enter taining publication. SAYS A CORRESPONDENT, Some time since the public was informed that the law of Droit d'Aubaint was in force in the French Islands ; fhortlv after, an ex tratt was published from the proceedings of the National Afftm bly, purporting a total repeal of that law. A late letter from Tape-Francois informs, that on a petition ftom the American Merchants, "the odious Droit d*Aubaine was unanimously abo liflied"—but the letter from the Genera! Assembly to Congrt 1% latelv read in the House of Representatives, fays that the Droit d'Aubaine is (only) set afidc in favor of such (Americans) as migh: fall vi&ims to their zeal and courage fin fighting the blacksj— the exemption is not extended to Americans in general. The bencficial effe&sof the funding system have been so gene rally acknowledged, that every measure. which can compleat it must be agreeable to the citizens of the United States. It muib however continue defe&ive, as long as there remain unfunded debts, whether they be continental or state debts. Indeed, since* Congress have aflumed the state debts, they have become conti nental; and anv provision which made for the unfubferib cd part of one species of debt, must of course be extended to the other. If anv preference be given, it Hioulcl rather be to those who were willing to fubferibe, but from the limitation of the as sumption have been unable, than to those who were able to fub feribe, but fiom an avaricious spirit have been unwilling. More favor should be shewn to those who had confidence in the govern ment, and accepted the terms offered, than to those who either wanted confidence, or have spurned at those terms. In every point of view, justice, policy and consistency, diflate a compleat aflumption of, and provision for those debts which were avowedly contracted for the general defence and common welfare. When people complain of the burden of the Excise, it is natural to underftarid that they mean its tendency to impoverifli the com munity, by draining the wealth of individuals into the public cof fers. Without beating our brains out against the pofL of (pecula tion. let a plain man, who knows how he earns his moneyj and. how other folks spend theirs, ask this plain question—How much richer would he become in cafe the excise was suspended for se ven years? If his sons and his laborers ftiould drink fix juleps each of a morning, tax free, would it put more grain into his corn ftack ? So long as taxes are confined to articles which it is no discredit for people to deny themselves, who can complain of op preflion ? AMENDMENT. A correspondent would enquire, whether in pursuance of the prevailing idea, that the general interest will be promoted by a more full representation of the people in Cor.grefs, it would not be an improvement on the proposed plan of representation, if the? people through the Union were divided into diftritts of thirty thousand each, without any regard to states—beginning eithrr at New-Hampshire or Georgia ? Two obvious advantages would re sult from this mode; there would be few, or no fra&ions—and local or state attachments would be loft,in the general idea of Con tinental Representation. If a 11 friend and Cujlomer" will call on the Editor, he will convince him that he labors under a miflake. From PELOSI's MARINE LIST. ARRIVALS dt the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Brig Commerce, Jones, Cape-Francoi» Schooner Adonis, Goddard, Jamaica Newbern Packet, Ridgwav, Virginia Salem Packet, Smith, Ditto. PRICE CURRENT.—PUBT.JC SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT. 21/1 J \- x ■ L 12/4 1 3 j i?y 2 6 pr. Cents 3 pr. Cents Defered 6 pr. Cents UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl. and other Certificates 19J6 20f par. Indents 11/6 575^0. Bank Subscriptions, 140 to 143 Dollars. icg pr. cetU. 6if do. 66 do.
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