A report from the Secretary of the Treasury was read, purfuanc to the order of the house of the 19th instant—accompanied with sundry esti mates —which were ordered to be printed. Mr. Ficzfimons moved that the report of the Secretary of the Treasury 011 the subjeCt of Manu faftures.flifuld be referred to a fele'dt committee. Mr. Giles ("aid he fiiould prefer a reference to the committee of the whole house—He oblerved that if the gentleman had read it with as much attention as he had, he would consider it as con taining propofitjons which merited the attention of the committee of the whole. The motion for a select committee was nega tived, 24 to 31. It was then voted that the re port be referred to a committee ot the whole, and made the order of the day for Monday next. The report of the feleilt committee on a letter from the Attorney-General, communicated to the house by the President of the United States, was taken into consideration, and agreed to—and a committee appointed to report a bill accordingly. The meflage of the President of this day, re fpecfting the bounty lands to the officers and sol diers of the Virginia line, it was voted ihould be referred to a committee formerly appointed on the fame fubjeift. Adjourned. TUESDAY, January 24. A petition of Louis Gualanjcau, for himfelf and brother, was read, and referred to a feleft committee, confiding of Mr. Daytoa, Mr. Williamfon, and Mr. W. Smith. A petition of Henry Walton, in behalf of himfelf and lifters, was read, praying compensation forloffes sustained in the late war- Referred to the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Lawrance, of ihe committee appointed for the purpose, re ported a " bill concerning the office of the Attorney-General of the United States," which was read a firft and second time, and referr* d to a committee of the whole house. On motion of Mr. Benfon, the houfc rcfolved itfclf iqto a com mittee of the vhole, and tcok into consideration sundry propor tions refpefting the apportionment of representatives among the people of the several (lates. The proportions were as follow : That it is the opinion of this committee that a bill ought to be prepared, apportioning representatives among the several (laics, according to the fiift enumeration—and for making provision for a second enumeration—and for an apportionment of reprelenta tion thereon, to compose the House of Representatives after the 3d day of March,l797. Qn motion of Mr. Gerry, and by consent of Mr. Benfon, (the original mover of the proportions) the following claufc was added And that the committee do not report a greater ratio than 30,000 inhabitants, to every reprefentanve. A motion to strike out the last clause occasioned some debate, and was finally negatived. The foregoing proportions being agreed to by the committee, were reported by the Chairman to the houfc '-who took the fame into consideration. Mr. Dayton moved that the report Ihould beamended, by link ing out the whole after the words " firfl enumeration," in the firft propofuion. This motion, after some debate, was divided—and the ayes and noes being called on ihe propofuion providing for a second enumeration, the motion for ftrikmg out was negatived, 36 to 23. The motion to (Irike out the last clause, designating the ratio ot representation, was carried in the affirmative—Ayes 33, Noes e6. A committee was thrn appointed to report a bill, confiding of Mr. Benfon, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Gerry. The House then took into confederation the amendments a greed to by the committee of the whole, to the bill to ascertain and regulate the claims to invalid pensions, &c. These amendments were agreed to with amendments—additi onal amendments were proposed, and agreed to. —The Houle ad journed without finifhing the bill. PITTSBURGH, January 7. Extract of a letter jrom a gentleman at Fort-Frank lin, to his correfpondait in this place, dated Decem ber 29, 179 1 " I arrived at this place after a disagreeable and fatiguing journey of fix days. Immediately after my arrival we received very alarming news from the Cornplanter, that the western Indians were coming to cut off both him and us—the e vent of this God only knows.—By accounts from Indians we hear that 800 Canadians were in thq adlion against our people the 4th of November last, and that 100 Indians were killed, and 400 wounded at that.timc. Fort-lVajhington, Nov. 21, 1791 My dear Sir, I have the j>leal"ure to make for you, agreeably ;o your the following extract from gene ral orders, and am, your molt obedient bumble servant Major Ha mtr am c k Head-Quarters, Fort-Wujhington, Nov. 27, 1791. Officers for the day, &c. At the General Court Martial, whereof Major . Clark, is President. Major Hamtramck, commandaitt of the. fir# United States Regiment, was tried upon the fol lowing charges exhibited against him by. Lieut.* Colonel Darke, of the levies. Unufficet and unfoldierly behavior in ihatne fully retreating from or for fear of the enemy on the 4th initant : Also, for scandalous behavi or in endeavouring to prevent a guard from go ing wfth proviiions to relieve Fort-Jefferfon. The Court are of opinion the charges exhibit ed against Major Hamtratnck are not fupportjed, and do acquit him with honor, which the Gene ral approves, and diredis th*t he may be imme diately released froin arraft, and hold himfelf in readiness for command to Vincennes. The Court Martial is diflolved W. Sargent WLNTHROP SARGENT. Adjutant General * V f SECOND CONGRESS OF THF,UNITED STATES. AT THE FIRST SESSION, Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Penn- fylvania, Monday the twenty-fourth of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. AN ACT to extend the Time limited for fettling the Accounts of the United States with the in dividual States. BE it enacted by the Senate and Honfe of Reorefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the powers of the Board of Commiflioners, which, by an ast passed in the fccond session of the firft Congress, was eftablithed to fettle the accounts between the United States and individual States, (hall continue until the fiift day of July, 1793> un l e^s the business fliall be sooner accomplilhed. And be it further enacted, That the aforefaid ast ihall extend to the settlement of the accounts between the United States and the State of Vermont; and that until the fuft day of December next, shall be allowed for the said State to exhibit its clairrts. And be it further enacted, That from and after the parting of this ast, the pay of the principal Clerk of the said Board, shall be the fame as the pay of the principal Clerk in the Auditor's office. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the Huuje of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prcfident oj the United States, and Prejident oj the Senate. APPROVED, JANUARY TWENTY-THIRD, 179 2 Philadelphia, January 25. Extrafl of a lettekfront Bofion, dated January 15. "■ A gentleman, who amoved in town last evening, from Port land, informed me, that ju\&ef£>re he fat out from that place, a vessel arrived there from the Weft-Indies—ihe Caplain of ..which spoke within a few days fail of Hifpaniola, a French squadron, a ftiip of the line, and 3 frigates, which had 011 board Count Di L lon, and seven thouUnd troops, destined for Cape-Francois, to quell the infurreftion of the negroes." The adt providing for the defence of the Fron tiers, and the a<ft to prevent the sale of Lottery Tickets, have both received the Governor's aflent. The committee appointed bytbeHoufe ofße prefentatives on the petition of Thomas Leiper and John M'llvaine, and others, beg leave to re port that they have heard the parties concerned for and against the opening a canal on the wa ters of Crum Creek, and although your commit tee feel a strong attachment to the improvement of inland navigation by means of canals, yet they at the fame time are sensibly impreflefl with the nKeflity of preserving private rights, which they ctmceive, ought never to be invaded, unless fonie great public good is to be thereby obtained which cannot be other wife required that the peace and welfare of focifety depend so much upon the in violability of individual property, that the legis lature ihould at all times touch it with a sparing and trembling hand. That the present cafe is not one of those which will juftify the interfe rence of this house—your committee therefore offer the following resolution— Resolved, That the prayer of Thomas Leiper's petition cannot be granted. Saturday last arrived in town from FortWafh ington, Major-General St. Clair, Governor of the Western Territory. A letter from L'leut. Jeffers, dated Jan. 4, at Fort Franklin, mentions that all was quiet there at the date of his dispatches. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS, It is worthy of cor.fideration, how far the public good can be supposed to be the obje& of those who censure public mcafures af ter the event of them is known.—ln a free country, every citizen is supposed to enjov the right of being fully informed of the rea sons on which drafts on his pocket are founded—the motives of < very public enterprize, and the condutt of every agent of public ffairs. How far these fubje&s have been disclosed, let the numerous publications on each of them teftify—So fully are our civil rulers imprefled with this idea, that the government is suspended on the public confidence, that no parallel! in the history of society can be produced,of so scrupulous and universal an attention to inform the public mind. , Our government is young—this idea does not efcapc the notice of its enemies. For, aftonifliing as it may appear, there are not wanting those, even among persons of ability, who conceive tha either their own advantage, or the pnblic happiness, is connected with prostrating every barrier that defends the lives, the propertv, the peace, liberty and fafety of the people ; hence they consider the present as the favorable moment to attack the government— This is done in various ways ; principally bv lies and misrepre sentations—Truth they are sensible is not of their party; thev therefore have never paid any court to its influence—they entrench themselves in falfhood, and from thence they discharge their ar rows tipped in gall ai>d venom. But the people fee and judge for themselves ; and (hielded in an impenetrable confidence in the men whom they have chosen to administer their governmrr t, the efforts of anarchy prove abortive. But as every good thing in this world must pay a tax, so the prosperity of our country the general success of public measures, appear to have llirred up the mod latent feeds of chagrin and vexation ; and hence we may expect more last words from the dying struggles of an expiring antipathy to the tranquility ot the United States. 311 GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. Public credit depends principally on the view of sure, unmort gaged, substantial revenues. If the 5 per cent, impolt had been put into the hands of the old Congress, public credit would im mediately hdve been reftoied. They never were accused of facri ficing the public revenues to their own interest, or to the indul gence of pulHons. There was always a fufficient confidence in their wifdomand difmtereftcdnefs ; and their want of credit arote entirely from their want of revenues. The price of continental money, and of the other circulating paper emitted by the old Congress, as it now fells in the London market, does not (hew the (fate of the public creait of thiscoun try, but only the operation of a particular law. I f any of the pa per of the United States is now felling there from 120 to 150 per cent, it only proves that we have allowed a high intcretl. A hito dred dollars of the old continental bills now fell tor one dollar in specie; but should Congress pass a law that they (houtd be re deemed according to the original promise, and allow back interest upon them from the time at which they ought to have been re deemed, one dollar bill would then probably fell in the London market for two dollars in specie ; but it would not be full proof that the public ercdit oi this country was two hundred times bet ter than it now is. " In causes of defence, 'tis belt to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems ; So the proportions of defence arc fill'd, Which of a weak and niggardly projection, Doth like a miser spoil his coat with scanting Of a little clolh." To effect any object the means muftbe proportioned to the end' and fomcthing should be added tor contingencies. What prudent Captain bound on a month's voyage, would re* drift his ships Itbres to thirty days allowance ? What the plan of our future military operations will be, time will disclose—but we may jullly expect, that, guided by experi ence, government will adopt the mod economical plan, by making thctnoft ample provision for the effective defence of the frontiers. There are always existing in every country, and under the best governments, real or imaginary causes of complaint—these are occasionally made nfe of to answer the purposes of individuals; experience shews us in the hiftotyof free countries particularly, that the public good is not contemplated by the majority of pub lic complainants. In Great-Britain this obferviti m has been verified in the most striking manner, a thousand times. Stockjobbing is the spring that gives motion to the pen of (lander, defamation, and falfe re ports; if the credit or ftabilitv of the miniiler, or his plans can thereby be affected, the object of such perfonsis gained—for the decline of the ftoeks is the buying season—and innumerable arc the arts employed on such occasions. America has a debt—fpeculaiions in this debt have become a gteat object to monied men, both natives and foreigners. lit great rife of late, it is said, has been contrary to the expectations of many ; thole who have waited for a Jail —and those who have recently fold out, are interested in a rcduftion of the current price. Whatever motives of patriotism may have influenced the au thors of some late ftri&urcs on the conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury, it is highly presumable, that those publications are the work of, or instigated by, ihe buyers q[ the public debt, par ticularly some foreign ones. It has been obfei ved that every measure of government which has been in the remotell degree calculated to promote manufac tures in this countrfy has received some opposition. But, fays a correspondent, it is undoubtedly a criterion ot patriotism to af ford them due encouragement ; nor is it easy to conceive, how any man, even from the Southern States, can be inimical to the cftablifhment of those branches of them, which experience shews, we need not be any longer dependant on Europe tor. In Europe, manufacturers and artizans are said to be but a de gree removed from slaves, In the United States this can never be the cafe, so lopg as our millions of unlocated territory remain to be fettled ; nor does it follow of course, that because the Euro pean artificer receives but a mere pittance for his labor—the Ame rican manufacturers should be a meagre, pale, starveling crew of cmaciated wretches ; the heavy chaiges of importation which will be saved, will enable us to give an enhanced price to our workmen ; and the cheapness of our raw materials is another great advantage. How far Lu x u R y is or is not beneficial or pernicious to a state, has been a qurition of much fanciful and ingenious dilcuffion—- which remains, and will remain, unfcttled. In relation to very rich countries, much may be fa id in its favor. Perhaps it is in such countries necefTary to diffufe the wealth among the commu nity, which might otherwise stagnate in a few hands, and to give support to a great number of industrious individuals, who might otherwise want it. But in a country which is not rich, or, like the United States, in a state of mediocrity, as to wealth, which does not abound with a variety of elegant manufactures for the lupport of" its luxury,butis obliged to derivea supply of them fron? abroad, in exchange for the fimpAe produ&ions of the foil, or some tem porary and adventitious resource, there can be no danger of mistake in pronouncing that luxury, or expenjive living, is the moth of public happiness. It cannot require the gift of prophecy to foretell that the degree of it, whieh at present exists, will prepare the way for public distress at a period not far diilant. It is then a clear dut) of patriotism to discountenance it, and to clieiifh, by example and precept, frugality and moderation. TICKETS. OUR politics have got the rickets, Hencc they forbid the |j|le of tickets; But laws that run againit the grain, Will (hew their obje£l is in vain— The world, whate'er Tome people fay, Like hogs will run the contra way— Since fortune evermore advises, That tickets bo't by stealth are prizes. Married, on Thursday evening last, Joseph Stretch, Efq„ to Miss Si by l Matlack, daughter of Timothy Matlack, Esq. PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. Cents 25/9 pr. £ 3 pr. Cents 15/4 Defered 6 pr.Cent.« 15(8 UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl. and other Certificates 22f 110 do. Indents 15/ 75 do. Bank Stock—half shares 112 per cent premium. —whole shares 60 per cent. Post-Office, Philadelphia, Jan. 24,179 1 . (t3T LETTERS for the British Packet, the Queen, Capt. Rat cliff, for Falmouth, will be received at this office until Tuesday morning N the 3 1 ft inft. at 8 o'clock. American Apollo. SUBSCRIPTIONS tor THE AMERICAN APOLLO, A new Publication, just commenced in Boston, ARE RECEIVED BY THE EDITOR. HEREOF. LUXURY. 128J pr. cent. 7 6f do. 7 8i do.
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