Sketch cj a fyPan of Colonial t>'.i a n-.ner.t, pr-.-f:ut:d to the National J§;mblj by M. Bai i:av;, Seyt. 24. Article The National Aflembly (hall liave the exclnfive right of" making laws for the Colo nies, with the fancTtton of the King, as fjr as re spects their external government. I'hat is to fay ; the aflembly ihall make laws to regulate the com mercial connexions of the colonies with the mo ther country, and to support the fame in provid ing for the security of the trade by having the decisive right of punishing all infringements thereupon ; also, to guarantee the execution of the engagements betwixt the merchants and the inhabitants of the colonies ; and secondly, the National Aflembly is to enaift such laws as may be thought neceliary to the defencc of the Colo jiics ; such as relate to the military ; the decla ration of war ; the adminiflra-tion of the gene ral government, and the marine. Art. 2. The colonial aliemblies shall have the right to petition and 1 emonih ate 011 all thole sub jeCts : but these shall only be considered as fir.l ple petitions, and not provifionary regulations— excepting only upon extraordinary and tempo rary occasions relative to the importation ofpro ■vifions, and other supplies, when laws enacted by the colonial aflemblies and approved by the governor, shall be allowed to operate as the dic tates of necessity. Art. 3. Such laws as relate to the situation of persons not actually free, and the political con dition of Mulattoes and free Negroes, a& well as the regulations for the execution of those laws, fliall be made by the Co'lonial aflemblies, and fliall be executed provilionally, with the fantftion of the governors of the Colonies, to be approved by the King, without any previous decree operating as an obttacle to the full exercile of the right conferred by the present article upon the Colo nial aiTemblies. Art. 4. In regard to the formalities of the ex ecution of such laws as relate to the internal go vernment of the Colonies, and which have 110 re lation to the condition of the persons designated in the preceding article, they lhall be determin ed by the supreme legislature, as well as other matters relative to the organization of the colo nies, so soon as the Colonial aflemblies fliall be properly authorised to explain upon their parti cular conftitutiou. M. de Valory, one of Louis XVlth's Gardes du Corpes, at the time of his flight riding as a pos tillion, when he was liberated from the prisons de l'Abbaye, went immediately to throw himfelf at the feet of his Royal matter. The monarch raifea and tenderly embraced him. At this touching moment 011 c of the attendants appear ing,. M. de Valory exclaimed, ' Sire, feme one approaches.' The answer was worthy of the Sovereign—' It is no matter who*—he continued to caress his faithful and valiant attendant. SALEM, December 13. Happy is that people, whose commerce flou rilhes in ledgers, while it is bewailed in orati ons ; and remains untouched in calculation, while it expires in the pictures of eloquence ! BEVERLY MANUFACTURE The goods firft sent out from the cotton ma nufactory at Beverly, were made when the ma chinery was new and not fufficiently proved,and the work people inexpert—their quality proved them to be the firft eflays.—Great improvements have since been made in the manufactures,which »re said to be quite equal to the European. A number of pieces of Thicksets were lately carri ed to Philadelphia, where they were much ad mired, compared with English thicksets, and pro nounced superior. BOSTON, Dec. 14. The Kon. Thomas Russell, Esq. we hear, has presented to the Humane Society, upwards of 3001. in public securities, and a Seal for the Society's nfe. The following advertifemenfc copied from a la|e Halifax paper, may pleafeThe Anti-Theatri calills—who will consider it as a reformation ! " Notice—That the METHODIST SOCIETY are in poflTeflion of the PLAY-HOUSE ; wherein they will hold public worship. from this dare.— Hali fax, Nov. 18." PROVIDENCE, Dec. r 5 . The great improvement made during the pre sent year in what is called the post-road from Providence to* Norwich, deserves notice—and those who effected it are entitled to public thanks. This road a few years since was not pad'able. with any degree of fafety, even on horseback, it is now a good and convenient road for any car riage. We *vifh the fame laudable spirit would in duce a thorough repair of all the roads in iheState. ALBANY, Dec. 12. A subscription being opened in this city in the course of the la ft week, for the purpose of iorming an extensive library, we arc happy the lift of f'ubferibers is already very refp eft able, and it is probable the establishment of this ufe iul institution Will be tarried into immediate efiteift. FRANCE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. AT THE FIRST SESSION, Begun and held at the city ol Philadelphia, in the State of Penn fylvama, Monday the tw> nty-fourth of O&ober, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. An ACT making appropriations for the fnpport of Government for the year one thousand se ven hundred and ninety-two. BE it ena&ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress afTcmbled, that for the service of the year 1792, and the support of the civil lift of the U nitcd States, including the incidental and contingent expences of the levcral departments and offices thereof, there (hall be appro priated a sum of money, not exceeding three hundred and twenty, nine thousand fix hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifty-fix cents, that is to fay, For the compenlation granted by law,to the President of the li nked States, thcVice-Prefidcnt.Chief-Juftice.AiTociate Judges and Attorney General, fifty-three thousand dollars. For the like compensation 10 the Diftrift Judges, nineteen thou sand eight hundred dollars. For the like compensations to the members of the Senate and House of Reprelentatives, and the officers and attendants of the two Houses, estimated on a session of fix months continuance, and including the travelling expenses of the members, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars. For the like compensations to the secretary and officers of the fevera! departments of the treafurv of the United States, including clerks and attendants, and the falarits of the refpe&ive loan-offi cers, sixty thousand three hundred dollars. For ihe like compensations to the secretary and officers of the department of state, fix thousand three hundred dollar>. For the like compensations to the secretary and officers of the department of war, nine thousand fix hundred dollars. For the like compensations to the members of the board of com missioners, for the settlement of the accounts between the United States and the individual states, including the clerks and attend ants, thirteen thousand one hundred dollars. For the like compensations to the governors, judges, and other officers of the Weftet n Territory of the United States, including contingencies, eleven thousand dollars/ For the payment of the annual grant to Baron Steuben, pursu ant to an ast of Congress, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the payment of sundry pensions granted by the late govern ment, two thousand seven hundred and fixly-feven dollars and se venty-three cents. For defraying all other incidental and contingent expenses of the civil lift establishments, including firewood, stationary, toge ther with the printing work, and all other contingent expenses of the two Houses of Congress, rent and office expenses of the three several departments, namely, treasury, Hate, war, and of the gene ral board of comrftifiioners, twenty-one thousand five hundred and fifty-five dollars, and eighty-three cents. And be it further ena&ed, That the compensation to the door keepers of the two Houses, for services which have been hereto fore Tendered, or may be rendered in the recess of Congress for the year 1792, and certified by the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Rcprefentatives, in manner required by law for like ferviccs during sessions, shall be discharged out of the money herein before appropriated for the contingent expenses of the two Houses of Congress. And be it further ena&ed, That for discharging certain liqui dated claims upon the United States, for making good deficien cies in former appropriations, for the support of the civil lift esta blishment, and for aiding the fund appropriated for the payment of certain officers of the courts, jurors and witnefTes, and for the establishment ©f ten cutters, there (hall be appropriated a sum of money not exceeding one hundred and ninety-seven' thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars and forty-nine cents : that is to fay, For discharging a balance due on a liquidated claim ofhisMoft Christian Majesty, against the United States, for fuppiies during the late war, nine thousand and twenty dollars and cents. 0 For payment of the principal and intercft on a liquidated claim of Oliver Pollock, late commeicial agent of the United States, at New-Orleans, for supplies of clothing, arms, and military (lores, during the late war, one hundred and eight thousand fix hundred and five dollars and two cents : Provided, That the laid monies be not paid to the laid Oliver Pollock without the consent of the agents of the court of Spain. For making good deficiencies in the last appropriations, for the compenlations to sundry officers of the civil lift establishments, five thousand four hundred and seventy-one dollars. For defraying sundry authorised cxpenfes to the commiflioners of loans in ihefeveral dates, twenty-one thousand dollars. For defraying a balance of certain liquidated and contingent expenses in the treasury department, two thousand eight hundred dollars. For defraying the additional expenfeofthe enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, nineteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-two dollars and seventy-nine cents. l or making good a deficiency in former appropriations, to dis charge the expenses to clerKs, jurors and witnesses in the courts of the United States, five thouland dollars. tor the maintenance and repair of light-houses, beacons, piers, flakes and buoys, fixteeti thousand dollars. For the expense of keeping prisoners committed under the au thority of the United States, four thousand dollars. For the expense of clerks and books in arranging the public se curities, two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. tor the purchase of hydrometers for the use of the officers in the execution of the laws of revenue, one thousand dollars. *or the farther expense of building and equipping ten cutters, two thousand dollars. nlr d n. be " fui ' hcr ena&ed, That for the support of the military eltablilhment of ihe United States, in the year one thousand seven hundred and r.iiiety-two, the payment of theannual allowances to the invalid penfkmeis of the United States, for defraying all ex penses incident to the Indian department, and for defrayiuethe expenses incurred in the defenfive proteflion of the frontiers asrainft the Indians, during the years one thousand seven hundred and ninety, and one thousand seven hundied and ninety-one, by virtue of the authority veiled in the Preftdent of the United States, by the acts relative to the military eftablilhment, patted the twenty-ninth tie' i" P ' Cn 'i Cr ? °. uc , t ' lou ' a "d seven hundred and eighty-nine, and t le thirtieth of April, one thousand seven hundied and ninety, and tor wh.cn no appropriations have been made, there (hall be ap propriated a sum of money not exceeding five hundred and thirty 278 two thousand four hundred and forlv-ninc dollais rcv Cn tv- r iv and two-thirds of a cent; thai n to Uy, j) a[s Q For the pay of troops, 102 ; 686 For fubfiftance, i <0,68807 lor clothing, a y For forage, 4 8 ;° 0 ° For the hoipital department, 6 oc-o For the quarter-mailer's department, 50,000 For the ordnance department, 7,204 6 For the contingent expenses of the war depart- ' * ment, including maps, hiieof exprelfcs, al lowances to officers for extra expenses, print ing, loss ol (lores of all kinds, advertifwg and apprehending dcfertera, 20 o»o For the dilcharge of certain sums due for pay and fubfillence of sundry officers of the late army, and for pay of the late Maryland line, for which no appropiiations have been made, For the payment of the annual allowances to in valid penlioners. .g For defraying al! expenses incident to the Indian department, authorised by law, For defraying the expenses incurred in the defen ce prote&ion ot the frontiers, as before re- cited, 37»330 48 And be it further enacted, That the fevera] appropriations here in before made, (hall be paid and discharged out of the fundsfol" lowing, to wit: Fii ft, out of the fnm of fix hundred thousand dos lars, which, by the ast entitled, " An ast making provision for the debt of the United States," is reserved yearly for the fupporc of the government of the United States and their common defence- And secondly, out of fu h surplus as (hall have accrued 10 the end of the present year, upon the revenues heretofore efhblifhed over and above the sums neccifarv for the payment of .interest on the public debt during the fame year, and for fatisfying other prior appropriations. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. APPROVED, DECEMBER TWENTY-THIRD, 1791. G.EORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. CONGRESS. PHILADELPHIA. HOUSE OF R E P R FSE NTATIVE S, FRIDAY, December 16. In committee of the whole, on the Poft-Offics Bill. TV/TR. VVADSVVORTH moved an amendment, to withdraw the privilege oi Franking from the members of both houses of Congress. In fupportof this motion, ic was said, That the grand fecnrity which the people of the United States have in their representatives, is, that those representatives are fubjeift to the lame regulations, as their constituents : in the article of postage, this was not the cafe : Congress in this cafe as sume to themselves a privilege, which they re fute co the people : they took money from their constituents, and paid none theinfelves : the people viewed this privilege with a jealous eye; and could not be pleased to fee it enjoyed by Congress, whlllt neither the members of the Stare aflemblies, nor even the Governors were indulged in ic : Congress enjoys only chartered rights ; and all rights not expressly mentioned in the charter, are of course excluded : the consti tution is their charter : the Convention, who framed it, had, no doubt, well considered the whole fubje