peccability of the members of the hanfe, ar.d of the popular confidence which refuked therefrom. No man, said lie, had a more ref'peiftable opin ion of the re preprefentatives of the people than liimfelf ; he need not, however obleiveto them, that they were men, fubjetfl to the like pa£«riTs and imperfections as their fellow-citizens : It could not have escaped clie reflecftiou-tif the com mittee, that the gentlemen who c«rnpoled it, had a very important interest in eftablithing the di rections of the poli—that on the declarations of men thus inie.efted, we mult: rely for the justness of our ultiuKfre conclusions ; on evi dence of interelied individuals—individuals who are by their relation to the fubjedt of enquiry, excluded 011 principles of law, from all credit, mult we rely for a knowledge of those facts which are to direct our judgment ? Mr. Bondinot and Mr. Gerry made foine fur ther remarks, and then the question being taken, ]\]r. Sedgwick's motion was negatived. WEDNESDAY, December 14, Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee to whom was referred sundry propositions as amendments to the Conftituiion of the United Stares ; made report to this effeift—Tiiat it will be moll expe dient, that the fame be taken up in the Hotife, or in committee of the whole, and that the feleiit committee be discharged from further proceed ing ; ordered 10 lie on the table. Mr. Kittera presented the petition ofSufatniah Taylor, relict of William Houston, late a Lieu tenant in the ferviceof the United States, pray ing compensation, &c. which was read and re ferred to the Secretary at War. The amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled, a« act for the relief of David Cook and Thomas Campbell, were sgresil to ; the Jubilance of which faiii officers re turn into the treafui-y a sum equivalent to the half pay due tf> each. The House then proceeded to cotilider the re port of the committee of the whole, on the a m end merits proposed by the Senate, to the repre feritation bill—lt was moved, that the amend ments proposed by the Senate, with the report of the committee of the whole thereon.be recom mitted to a committee of the whole Koufc ; and on the tjueftioti to agree to this motion, it was carried in the affirmative. IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Mr. Viuing moved this amendment, to flrike out thirty-three thousand, and to insert, that Representatives be apportioned among the seve ral dates as follow, that is to lay, Mew Hamp ihirelhall choose 5, Maflachufetts 16, Couneifti cut 8, Rhode-Island 2, Vermont 3, New-York 11, New-Jersey 6, Pennsylvania 14, Delaware 2, Ma ryland 9, Virginia 21, Kentucky 2, N. Carolina 12, Georgia 2. On the queflion to agree 10 this amendment it pafl'ed in the negative ; the cjm mittee then rose, and the chairman reported. Mr. Vining renewed liis motion in the House ; where it was agaiu negatived, ayes 23, noes 37 ; and on the queition to agree to the fii ft amend ment*of the Senate, the yeas and nays being de manded, it pafled in ;he negative ; the yeas and nays were as follow : YEAS. Messrs. Awes, Barnwell, Benfon, Boudinot, S. Bourne, B. Bourne, Clark, Dayton, Fitzfimotis, G'tlman, Goodhue, Cordon, Hillhoufc, Hartley, Ja cobs, Kitchell, Ktttera, Livermore, Titles, Sedgwick, J. Smith, J. Smith, W. Smith, Sturges, Sylvejler, Thatcher, Vining, Wadjworth, Ward—29. Meffis. dftis, Baldwin, Brown, Findley, Gerry, Giles, Griffin, Grove, Huger, Key, Lee, Macon, Ma dison, Moore, Muhlenberg, Murray, Page, Parker, Schoonmaker, Seney, Sheredine, Steele, Sterrett, Sumpter, Trsadviell, Tucker, Venable, IV ay ne,White, W'tlliamjori, Willis—3l The second amendment,after rlie word South- Carolina, to strike out Hate, and insert district, was agreed to. Adjourned. THURSDAY, December i* A numberof petitions from invalids and others, praying for peniions, compensations, &c. were read and referred to the Secretary of War. In committee of the whole, on the Pod-Office Bill Mr. Smith (S.C.) in the chaiK Mr. Vining's motion for linking out the fe cund fecftion, which empowers the Postmaster- General to establish additional polt-roads, for the purpose of substituting a clause making it his duty to report to Congiels, from time to time, such cross polt-roads as may appear neceflary, with information refpectir.g the amount of the income of the department, and the expence of such additional past roads, was taken into confe deration—after some debate, the second fecftion was struck out—and the Itibftitute being with drawn, a clause proposed by Mr. Fitifimotis in lien thereof, empowering the Postmaster-General, under certain reftricflions, to form contracts for extending the line of potts, was adopted—The committee then rose and reported progress. A meflage was received from the Senate by Mr. Secretary Otis, informing the House, thai they NAYS, bad taken into coufideration their fir ft amend- } wentto the P«.ep'.-efemation Bill, which was difa- I greed to by the Ilouil-, and do infill thereon. iJ}' 1 '- u l ue > tiie committee on enrolled | wills, itifowjiei fte House, thaf the coumiitee | had this day pre fen led 10 she President of the f United J.tates, the bill entitled, " An adt for the \ relief of David Cook and Thomas Campbell," for i his approbation. Adjourned. FRIDAY, December 16 A melTagefrom the President of the United States, by his Secretary Mr. Lear, informed the tloufe that lie had this day approved and signed an act ior the relief ot David Cook and Thomas Campbell* Several petitions from invalids praying for pennons and compenlations, were read and re ferred. In committee of the whole, Mr. Muhlenberg la the chair, the poll offifce biil was further dif cufled, (undry amendments were proposed, some ot them adopted and others disagreed to the committee proceeded to the igih fe&ion—they then rose and reported progress, and the Houie adjourned till Monday. BOSTON, December 5 A subscription is on foot for building a Bridge from Barton's Point, in this town, to Lechtnere's Point in Cambridge. There not being a choice 1 of a Federal ilepre fentative for the Diitrii!t of Brijlol, precepts are ilfoed for a seventh trial, on the'26th in?h i lie Government of Halifa-x have advertised for 1000 tons of (hipping, to convey the Blacks fl'OHVt hence to the Coalt of Africa, FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. SONNET. c , — OERENELY moves along the bending sky, The queen of solemn night, whole Giver beam Delights young fancy V ever gazing eye; The while it plays on yonder chryftal ftrcam, The airy fay*- to spheric music beat Their mystic dances with their feathery feet. So peerless moves my Anna o'er the earth, So far outfliines each other female light ; Divinely made Pne fcems—<>f heavenly birth— And beams with fadclefs lustre on the fight. Within her eyes the liitle fays of mirth Appear to dance and frolic with delight; Her words in trembling cadence touch rny ears, Soft as the melting muiic ot the spheres. Philadelphia, December 17. By an arrival at Kew-York, European accounts are received to the 21ft of O&ober.—They inform, that the Ele&or Palatine has la d a duty of 30 per cent, on all merchandize coming from France —That the rehili of the conferences between the Emperor, the German Princes and the Kingol Pruflia, was to form a joint attack on France; but the King's acceptation of the Constitution had changed the face of affairs—the Emperor has since that event gi ven public orders to recognize the national flag, and declared that the means are now restored of treating with France as heretofore— That notwithstanding this, great emigrations from France had ta ken place, since the law lor preventing persons from leaving the kingdom had been repealed—That the exiled Piinces keep their court at Coblentz, and that the Empress of Ruflia had sent Count Romanzoff to allure them of her favorable regards—That not withstanding the peace between Ruflia and the Turks, the land armaments of the former are still kept up—this circumstance, with the zeal of the King ot Sweden in favor of the exiles, and the ha tred of some of the German Princes to the revolution, have in duced an appiehenfion of an invasion of France. That the kingdom has very little, however, to fear from its ene mies ; the Minister oi War being called upon by the National As sembly for accounts refpe&ing the defcnfive mealures of the king dom, repotted, that the regular troops amounted to 105,000 in fantry, 27,000 c«valry, and 12,000 artillery—two-thirds of which are on the frontiers, as are also 44 battalions of national guards ; to these means of defence may be added 45 fortified places, in a state fit for a long resistance. That 248 millions of Aflignats have been burnt—That the office of Commandant General of the National Guard of Paris being a bolilhed, M. de la Fayette had fcnt in his resignation, accompa nied with a most patriotic and public-spirited addrels. The Emperor of Morocco has made peace with the of Spain the brother of the Emperor having raised an infurreftign in the empire. The Queen ot France has begun her Sunday card parties lor the winter —jn evidence of her resolution to make the most of the new order of things. M. de la Fayette retires 10 his estate. Late accounts from Venie* fay, that a man was lately hung there for being a Free-Mason—and that the people of that repub lic are prohibited from talking of the affairs of France. The se cond National Affembl;- of France is constituted, and have pro ceeded to business. The meeting of Parliament is postponed to the 25th January. There is some talk of a change in the Brmfh Ministry—the D ike of Portland to be firft Lord of the Treasury, &c. Their High Mightinesses the States General, irt answer to the letter ot the King of France, notifying his acceptance of the Couftitution, assure his Majesty that nothing shall be wanting on their pail to promote a good under Handing between the two countries. The Diet of Warsaw (Poland) have agreed to ere& a ilatue to the Kinj. The Elector of Saxony has determined to accept of the fuccefiion to the crow 11 of that kingdom. The Kir.g and the Members of the Af fem'bly have declared that they will defend the new Constitution with their blood, if necefTary. Lord Cornwallis, in a letter to the Secretary of State, informs, that it is his determination to attack Sc.-. igapitam, Tippo Safe's capital. 267 CHAMONT. On the 9th inft. the Dire&ors of the National Manufacturing Society met at Brunfwick, in New-Jersey, when William Duer, JE.fq. of New-York, was chofui Governor, and Archi p.ald Mercer, Eiq. of New-Jersey, Deputy Governor. The Dire&ors have voted that the fiiik payment (hall be made on or before the 131'b January next, and that to accommodate the fub fcribeis, the payment may be made either at the Bauk of New- T iOik. the Bank at Philadelphia, or to Mr. Ntifon, or to Colonel Bayaro, -,t Brunfwick. in New-Jeifey. No place was fixed upon at which the buildings ihould be ere£led for the manufa£lory. 1 he are to meet again on the 17th of January. -xtraft of a I tit' > fu ■> a gentleman of -icc in London, to a gen tleman m t/iii city, dated Ociober 8, i 791. " C-c,r I 'i js ii-Hvc liceu pure ha fed in :. :s city, and con fidence is daily increasing ; yellt-rday iix per cents were fold at 120]. per cent, which is 245. beiides paying about is. more in al lowing 4s. 6d. Ucrling lor the nominal dollar." Extratt of a letter from liojlon, Dec. 4. " We wish here that the Reprefeniatiou to the next Congrcfs might be only one for 40,000. We a;e not so jealous of our li berties as some of our southern friends appear to be. We know that the bufmefs of the Union, as it refpe&s legislation, can be done better by 80 or xoo members, than by 200.—The only point is to have an equal representation, and to be careful to choose good men—and to enable us to do it in future, we ought to be particu larly careful to girc all our children a good public education." There are two descriptions of bad watchmen, those who deep upon their polls, and those who found falfe aiarms.—The queition is, which is moll dangerous in a community ?—Undoubtedly the Jat'er—in the fame proportion as bad principles are worse than none ; besides, falfe alarms have a tendency to lull the people into a fatal insensibility in a time of real danger, whereas a surprize will ever afterwards induce a proportionate degree of vigilance 111 an enlightened people. Ignorance is the proper basis of a blind zeal—when united to credulity, it forms the materials of which the unprincipled kind'e the flames of discord and anarchy. Knowledge alone extinguishes the fire. The patriot who devifrs a feafible plan of enlightening the people in rcfpe£l to their civil rights, and social duties, dc ferves the confidcnce of his countrymen; and he whom Provi dence hath furnifhed with the means of carrying such a plan into execution, and whose purse-strings d t fate on such an ocxafion, gives more substantial evidence ot his philanthropy arid attachment to the rights of man, than is comprized in all the harangues and ad drefies to the pa {lions which have been uttered since the creation. How numerous arc the pretended friends to the rights of the people!—how few have come forward with any fpecific propor tions to fcatier the rays of knowledge among them, in such man net as to make their attachrnc. Nt to liberty the result of sentiment! A correspondent remarks, chat we sometimes hear of a restive turbulent spirit among the people in particular parts of the Union. This will forever be the cafe where the people fee things through a medium presented by a tew*, in whom they have an implicit confidence—but from those pans of the country where compe teni schools and other means of inftru&ion are provided, we do not hear the -■ oice of complaint—the inference is piain. (jUERE.— Is a debate like matter, infinitely divifible?—Every great question consists of little ones—and every little one of less. Now what is wanting, but a haii fplittirig genius to open every question, like a ncft of boxes or baskets, one within another, iu infinitum ?—And as that faculty appears not to be wanting, what is there to hinder our enjoying the pkafure of one debate to all eternity ? THE CONSTITUTION. OUR Conftiluiion's like a fpring-leg'd boot, Which legs with calvcs, or those without, will suit, AMENDMENTS A QJJIBBLE. THAT must grow gtod which every day we mend, That mull be bad whose failings have 110 end. 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