of the state of Vermont, ratifying, in behalf of that ltate, all the articles of amendment, propol eti to the Conliitution of the United States. A report from the committee to whom was re ferred the Prelideut's melfage, relative to a let ter from the Attorney .General, was read and laid on the table. The houl'e relolveil itfelf into a committee of ihe whole, on ihe communications trjm the l'ie fident,ieljieCting tile Western frontiers —where- upon the doors weic ordered to be Ihut. THURSDAY, January 19. On motion, a committee was appointed to en quire and report whether any, and what alteia ttons it maybe expedient to 111.ike, in the ot util ization of the Treasury and War departments. The house took up the report of the committee of the whole, 011 the inelTage from the Prelident of the United States, relative to the lituation of the western frontiers ;» 0:1 which the doors were 111 111 The honfe being opened, Mr. Fitziimons mo ved a resolution to this effect, tiiat the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to lay before the house such information with refpetft to the finan ces of the United States,-as will enable the le gislature to judge whether anv additional reve nue will be necessary in consequence of the pro posed increase of the military establishment, which was agreed to by the house. The petition of Robert Byers was presented to the house praying compensation for a four horse team loft in the service of the United States, which was read and referred to the Secretary at War. Adjourned. FRIDAY, January 20. Sundry petitions wereread, praying.severally, for fettleiuent ot accounts, payment ol" balances, allowance of petitions, cor!ipenl'ations,&c. —these were referred to the heads us departments. Mr. Parker then moved that the conGderation of the report of the Secretary of the Trealui'y on the petition of Carherine Greene, lliould be re sumed, by the committee of the whole—which motion was agreed to—and Mr. Livcrmore took the chair. The resolutions offered a few days fiiice, by Mr. Wayne, were read, and it being moved that they ftiould be adopted, tlie fubjeci was further difcufled.—The debate continued through the day. The committee role without taking a vote, and had leave to fit again. The House then adjourned till Monday aext. N E W-V O R K Extract of a Utter front ft mceton, A'ew-jftifey, January 9, 1792 44 Ainidft ihe variety ot topics which every day bnngs into conversation, none: has engaged the political circles in this town more than the late unfortunate defeat of ouf western forccs under General St. Clair. The event of this expedition was predicted by many r fpe&able chara&ers, whole habits of life h ;ve given them opportunities of forming correct opinions on military mat ters. However eagerly the extirpation of the lavages was antici pated by the utuefle&ing and inexperienced, theie initiated vete rans saw things in a different light, and their apprehensions, from the raw state of our new-iaifcd troops, as well as their total ig noianceof the Indian method of warfare, have been but too lite rally verified. This f,cond misfortune has (hewn lis that all at tempts to reduce the savages must inevitably fail. We are gene rally of opinion that the money expended in otfenfive operations —In carrying hostilities to the villages of th/it fugitive race of people, who < migrate from place to place as convenience diieCts, ■would be\much more eligibly applied towards the extinction of the heavy load of debt incurred by a jitjl and necefiary war—a war to emancipate us from tiie (hackles of that power whose claims of dependency and vaflalage were not moie inequitable than ours with refpeft to the Indians of the western territory. 44 This contest appears unwarrantable as well on the principle of justice as of policy—The. fit ft mav be instantly decided by re curring to the toea of pi poffeflion, by which the fir It occu pantsare confnlered as legit mate proprietors of the foil, and all attempts to difpofL is them must be pronounced ir.delenfible. As to the policy of this territorial war, a variety of unanfwerahle jeafons prcfent themlelvcs. A young empire, just emerging into existence, embarrall''d with debts, a federal government, scarcely eftsblifhed, susp» nded 011 the flcnder thread of opinion—shew us the evident necrffny of an undivided attention to the arts of However pacific the alpett of the political expanle may now ap pear, it is not impiobable that a pei fevtraifce in the present system of public mea'ures with regard 10 the weft, may oocafion a con siderable ferment, if wot difaffe£bon. 4 * The ready, the virtuous, the magnanimous acquiescence of our citizens in (;he pre lent impofuions on commerce, orig'nated in an idea that the monies so raife-d would be expended frugally and with care. 41 Tfie Indian war—a war thought unneceflfary, ineciuitable and impolitic, is therefore objectionable, and hence it is inferred that the enormous sums annually expended on so unjjftifijble a business, is mere prodigality. 44 To fatisfy the public mind, and to retrieve the declining re putation of our council*, i.t appears to be indifpenfibly rcquifite jthat the military system (hould be totally reversed ; all idea of fconaueft or expulsion should be rejected as fallacious, and such measures pursued, as may give tranquility to the frontiers, and reftote the public confidence. Themoneyfnow wafted in one year, for raising troops to be hutchercd in the western forefts, would be more than fuflicient to quiet the Indian tribes for twenty.' You mav perhaps think my solicitude too great, and my apprchen fions bordering on the chimerical, but I afi'ure you I feel the full force of an honest conviction. I unequivocally aftert the neces sity of some fpecdy change in public measures—and do not hesitate to avow it as my decided opinion, that unless an alteration of the present system soon takes place, a pauial revolution of a certain office wi II be the confiquence. Jan. 18. At a Meeting of the Stockholders of the MILLION BANK of New-\ ork, agreeably to the adjournment of yeftcrday, the following relolutions wereagreed to ; Robert Troup, Esq. in the ehair. After producing to the Stockholders the fubferiptions made, and the ratio or apportionment to each agreeable to the number of lhares fnbfcribed, it was resolved that for every 30 (hares subscribed the ratio Ihould be fixed at three. for every 20 fyares subscribed ihc ratio fhuuld be fixed at two, rry (hare fu'ofcribed undsr 20, the ratio should be fixed For ei ai m A motion was made and carried, that a committee of five (hould be appointed to draw up a conllitution, and the following gentlemen nominated and appointed : Melancton Smith, Urockholst Livingston, Robert Lenox, Robert Troup and Cornelius I BboART, Who are to pref. n' the fame on Monday evening next. A root ton was made and carried, to oo ft pone the script pay meins of ftiaros and the ele&ion of D rettors, till after the Report maoe by the Committee of the Confbtntion. Resolved, that the Stockholders adjourn, to meet again on Monday next, the 3d. instant, at Corre's Hotel, at 5 o'clock f\ M. Yesterday morning a Hind-bill, was diflributed through the City, containing Proposals for a Bank of Two Millions, In confequcnce of which a number of Citizens attended at the time appointed, and we hear, that upwards of One Thousand Shares were fubferibed tor. The trade and buf'nefs of the Nation, Exceeds all human computation ; One hank no longer can fuffice, And fee in cJufters how they rife ! To-day, the wealth that ne'er Jha.ll be*—• To-morrow rolls in like a sea ! For millions are as quickly made As you can call a spade—a spade— Ho ! you that fan* all toil and trouble, } Would make a fortune—or would double— > Read these Direthons for a—bubble— ) D'aw all your ft attered wits together, And then in ink-pot dip a feather, Dafti off a banking plan—so pretty— And circulate it round the city : Then ope your books at Corre's Hotel,. And in a moment what.a total ! A greedy, grasping group, surround vou, And eager to fubferibe confound you! This done behold the balloon caper, Transfcrr'd to twenty reams of paper; Cut into handsome handy itrips, And dubb'd the million banking scrips ; These, ere rhe press can give them vent Sir, Shall jell for more than, cent, percent. Sir. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. FROM A WORK NOT VET PUBLISHED, LETTER I Madam, I AM not at all concerned to think that this letter may he les s entertaining than fomeothers I intend to fend you—l know you will think a kind letter from a friend as good as a diverting one : He that gives you his mirth makes a much less prefentthm he who gives you his -heart; and true friends would rathci fee such thoughts as they communicate only to one another, than what they offer promiscuously to the world. They who can set a right value upon any thing, will prize one tender, well meant word, above all that evci ma<le them laugh in their lives ; if I did not think (o of you 1 fhouTd never bave taken much pains to endeavor to please you by writing or any thing else ; wit I am sure I want— at least in the degree I fee others have it, for not content with fuuffing the candle with their own fingers* they are willing to fingeothets with th« fnuff— but I would be thought to have iome qualities that mav be (asoccafion may require) of more comfort to myfelf, and ot more service to my friends. I would cut off my own head if it had nothing bur wit in it, and tear out my own heart, if it had no better dispositions than to love only my felf, and ridicule and deceive my neighbors in sport. I know you'll think it an agreeable thing to hear that I have written three whole Cantos of my Persian Tale, the Medead, and that it will appear in a couple or three months 111 a neat pamphlet.— If it be tolerable, the world may thank you for it, for if I could have seen you eve ry day, and imagined my company could have pleased you as well, I should scarce have thought it worth my while to please the world. How many verses, and telltale letters (though not like the Bilhop'sot *****) could 1 gladly have left unfinifhed, had I been permuted to pals those hours more pleajingly. Whatever some may think, fame is a thing I am much less covetous of, than your friendfhip, (or that I hope will last all my life, the other I cannot anfwerfor; —What it they both should grow greater al ter my death ? Alas! like the fame of old Davy the ballad finger, my papers would have few correspondents, fewer readers, and no female friends at all, they would both be of no advantage to me. Think therefore ferioully on this, and love me as well as ever you can while 1 live, and continue in good dispositions. Your'.s as ulual. [paidJor~\ Philadelphia, January 21. Further Intelligence by the lat?Jl arrivals from Europe. The Dey of Algiers has declared war againil the King of Swe den—The plague (till rages in Conftabtinople— and in Egypt it has deilroyed 200,000 people. Two rebel Beys have made themselves mailers of the Capital of Egypt, and have entirely seized on the government. The Inhabitants ot Aleppo have 3lfo revolted againil the Turk ifli government, and obliged the commandant and the troops to evacuate the City. In conlequence of the peace established between Spain and Al giers, the former is to be allowed the privilege of eftablilhing a Company of Spanish Merchants at Oran and at Mafalquivir. The want of Union only, among the difatfedted in the Low Countries, or Aulbian Netherlands is faia to pievent the flames of civil war from breaking out afrefh. On the 16th Oft. the Royal Pnfon at Madrid was .reduced to ashes—the prisoners to the number of 210 were saved from the flames. Morton Eden, Efq ; is appointed British Minister Plenipoten tiary to the Court of Berlin. Charles Mjcc, is appointed Britiih Agent and Consul at Algieis. American EmifTaries are said to be traversing the Highlands o! Scotland for the purpose of seducing the Inhabitants to emigrate to America—which accoiding the Enghfh paragraphias always terminates in Mifeiy, and ends often in the Slavery oi the deluded emigrant- ! ! PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH CO UNTER•RE vO LUT Ic N The Marquis de BouiUe galloping with a drawn sword in his hand, and a very long pair ot spurs at his heels, from capital to capital of the the northern kingdoms of the continent, vowing vengeance, and putting much cayen into his soup wherever he Hops to d> ne. Monf. Calonne, not galloping, but creeping from court to court in five-hund red difguifes,and talking to every body he meets by nods and winks. An hundred thousand men, with large whi(kers,from no boc'v kx.o*s where, quartered at a little village on the fiontiers (f France The army following the Piinces, an cxccllent army—in ijfiurs, if it had but men ! 307 Heigh ho! The Marquis c!e Bouille uiili a iar,, e speaking trumprr, np o q the borders ol the kingdom, calling the Ndtioual Aftembiy names. All the kings of Europe met ; n Congress some where or other drelfed in the dilgyjte ot the wiiches »n Macbeth, boiling up to/l and trouble for Monf. de !a Fayette. Bouiile as Hecate.— one (hall {hare of the gains !" The five £x Princes writings protefTagainfi the new Oonfti tution upon a very inflammatory paper, moiiu on pui pofe, with which they mean to ileal (lily by nigiit, and fee tiie to Paris M Vive le Roi !" Finis. Extrafl of a letter from hojlon, dated Jan 7, 17 q?. " The season has bcoh remarkably moderate h.erc, and to this day we have not fufHcient fuow to make fleying. It is also a healthful season, and there is lei's complaint among the people, and less poverty, than we have known for many years. These aie great blelfings, and demand the highct* gratitude to our divine benefa&or." Extratt of a letter from the Pafl-Majler at Hartford, to the Editor, dated January 16, x - " Am sorry to inform you, that since my last of the 4th ult. frc more bundles of your papers have failed. Our people are quite difcouraged ; all that I now hold them by, is a promise oV pan. - tuality, as soon as the Poft-Office Att gets through. Be ple^fcd to stop immediately Mr. , and Doctor also General , and Colonel—i—, unless you are furc your files will pro duce all their miffing numbers, which are about each." The numerous complaints which the Editor has recently received from the Eastward, ot the failure of his Gazette, at th s interesting season, are occasioned by their being flopped at th£ Poft-Office in New-York.—The Editor having been told that the Post-Master of that city, has informed the Gene ral that he has not been able to fend on any newspapers for several week? ! Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Frederick-Town, to his Friend in Baltimore, dated the iflinjlant. " An Officer, just arrived here, who was in the late dreadful conflifl in the western country, speaks of the late EnfignGEOnce Chase in the most exalted terms —His bravery (amidlt many ex traordinary instances of hcroifm) was furpafled by none ; He (til frnne diftauce in front of his men, the firft charge that was made, and, when he could no longer lead, encouraged them to goon, obfcrvin-T that he was wounded hut (lightly, and would follow immediately—ln 10 or 15 minutes lie expired, with a serene smiling countenance. Thus fell this gallant promising young gen tleman—much loved, admited, and lamented ! " General Butler, that great and good man was (hot through the breast. He soon after became so feeble as to faint several times—When he was put on horseback, he was focolle&ed as to have the flint of his pistol cocked, and as he fit, lupported by some bags of flour, told those who parted with him, that he never r xpe£ted to go off that ground, but that he would fell binifrffas dear as he could—He lived dearly beloved by his men, and died as lincerely lamented by those arid all others who knew him--- His bravery and conduct in the battle has so rivetted the affettions of his followers, that his memory will be revered by them as long as they shall possess the power of recollection." The following is an authentic lift of arrivals at the port of New- York from January Ift i 791, to January tft j 792, viz. 1 <20 (hips and barques, 280 fnowsand brigs, 1 galliott, 1 polacre, :58fchoon ers, 158 Hoops—toial from foreign ports 718—and 1101 coasters. By comparing the preceding lift with that in the Philadelphia pa pers during the fame period, it appears that there is a balance of 151 veffcls, from foreign ports, in favor of Ncw-Yoik, and 407 coasters. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. It would be candid in those who mention the great duties which they lay are laid by Congress, to let it appear, (hat some of the highest of them are not expelled to produce any revenue, but are calculated to prevent the home demand for raw articles we can raise and procure by our own industry from being taken away by rival articles, sent hither by foreigners so the injury of our farmers, filhermen, Sec. The following duties, whieh are among the highdt, aic direst bounties on agriculture, viz. On cheese four cents, malt ten cents, indigo twenty-five cents, hemp fifty-lour cents. Sec. Sec. The following articles are so easily manufaftuied from native materials, that the duties on them are indirect bounties on agriculture, and the landed lntereft, viz. Tallow candles two cents, soap two cents, wax candles fix cents, malt liquors five cents, cordage 100 to 150 cents, manufa&ured tobacco, tanned leather, eaithen nnd ware, milliard, & ten per centum. The duties on coal, iron, lead, See. are boun ties to the landholders, and will yield little revenue. .Several other duties are mere protections to manufactures, and do not produce anything of confequenee to the federal chest, fnch as the duties on shoes and boots, manufactures of coppcr, spikes, wool cards, paper, gold and silver wares, carriages, wooden fur niture, tin wares, See. Sec. We are told that <c the whole country" is laid under a heavy excise. To be sure, if one state or one county pays the excise, " the whole" mull, because by our fair and equal constitution no gart of the union can be called upon to pay a public contribution but by a law which applies to the whole. As to the " heaviness" of the excise, it will puzzle the molt knowing man to mention in what country so light an excise exists, though it will be easy to find an example of one twelve tunes as heavy abroad. The United States never sent forth so great a value of produce in any two years, as in 1790 and 1791, nor did the merchants in this country ever in any two years order out and import so great a value of goods as in those two yeais, nor did they ever own so many tons of (hipping, nor were the veflels ever more generally good and handsome ; yet it isfuggefted that " trade is daggering under the impost." Jt is the opinion of many judicious persons in d fferent parts of this country, (hat lands improved and unimproved have advanced in price from 20 to 30 per cent, since the year 1789. City pro peity is every where more advanced. Old branches of bufincfs are extended, none have fallen off, new branches are daily ap pearing in different quarters. These things will yield to men of ibber thought fatisfa&orv proof that the general fvftcm of Con gress is beneficial to the general ihtercfts. If the paflions of children arc not controuled and regulated by their parents when young, the !a ws multcpntroul them when ! h y come to be men — there is no other alternative. F>r that indul gence which too many children are the unhappy fubje&s of, nur tures vices, which, in riper years, without the reftramt of the civil magiftra.e, would render them the pests of society. In a free country, wh. re the law is fuprerne, the above remark applies to rich and poor—lo the former oerhaps with the greatcft force. An Epithalamium' poll PRICE CURRENT.— PUBLIC SECURITIES FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. Cents £4/8 pr. £ . 1 ,?J P T » cent 3 pr. Cents 15/ 75 do. Defer ed 6 pr. Cent.« 15/2 77 do. UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Sett], and othei Certificates 21/6 107£ do. Indents 14/6 7 2 i_^ Q ' Bank Stocjc— half ftTares JO9 per cent premium. — whoie (hares 60 per ccnt. fiDlej tn our next.'
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