ly Of improper behavior (tiall happen 'in the galleries, it be a
/landing rule of this H.ufe, that the Speaker or Chairman do or
der the galleries to be immediately cleared without taking the
opinion of the House or committee.
An enrolled bill entitled an ast declaring the assent of Con Orel's
10 a certain ast of the State of Maryland, &c. was brought in'and
ligned by the Speaker.
The House proceeded in the trial oF the Georgia eleaion ■ after
a few introduftoiy remarks, Mr. W. Smith moved the followitw
refolution,viz. That Anthony Wayne was not duly elected a
member of this House.— This relolution was unauimoufly agreed
to, Ayes fifty-eight. °
Mr. Smith then moved another resolution, viz. That a cerii
fied copy of .he vote just patted (hould be Iranfmitted by the
Speaker to tbe Supreme Executive of the State of Georgia
This motion, alter confutable debate, was by general consent,
Jaid on the tabic,nil Monday.
The Houll- took into conlideration the report of the committee
of conference on the bill to regulate the claims to half pav and in
valid pensions, and agreed to fa.d report, in confluence ol
V'hich the bill is palled.
The amendments of the S;nate to the Representation bill were
read, and laid on the table. The principal amendments are an
encreale ot the Representation to 120 members ; and afllgning ad
duional members to those States which have th • larked fractional
numbers on the apportionment of one Reprcfentative to ever,
3 o thousand persons, and expunging the fidl ion which provides
ior a lecond enumeration.
The report of the feleft committee, to whom was referred the
report of the Secretary of the Treafurv, on the pet itiou of Comfort
Sands and others, was taken into cdnfideration ; after confidcrable
debate, the House, without taking a vote, adjourned till to-mor
row.
BOSTON, February 22.
LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Feb. 24.
A lingular letter was presented by Amos Butterick, a Shaker
praying that government would receive bark the fecunties &c'
■which had been granted him, as a pension for the loss of an eye in
the iervice; declaring, at the fame time, that he could not confei
entioirfly keep it, nor receive any gratuity ; which was read and
committed to the hon. Mr. Hofmer, Dr. Euftis.and Mr.Johiifon—
who reported, that the applicant have leave to depofif.tie money
&c. in the treasury, and that it be fafely kept for him.
• There is 2 seasoning in wit, frequently to be found in the most
simple expreflion. On Wedncfday, a young pirl asked, what
ihe firing and ringing were for ? For Gen. Washington's Birth
"Day, was the reply.—" What again," faj s she, " /thought they
kept if a Jortmght ago but recollecting herfclf, " Ifibbok
fay« the, " He is so great a man, that he was horn twice."
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
TPHE attemp(|jof the persons in the gallery on
■A TlNirfday last, to manifeft their approba
tion of what was doing in the House of Repre
sentatives of the United Stares, by clapping their
hands, was too suddenly checked by the marks
of severe displeasure which appeared on the part
of the House. It :night be said, with more truth,
by a part of the Houfe—for proper exceptions
are always to be made. But why fliould not the
House fuffer the people to express their sense ?
They represent the people it is true—that, how
ever, is in the quality of substitutes for those who
cannot attend in pofon. Those of the people
who are prefeijt in the gallery, represent them
selves 5 and with the members, atSing as attor
nies to those who are absent, the whole is repre
sented. And so things go as merrily as at an
horse-race, by Ihoating and clapping of hands.
Who will not prefer this mode of doing business
u C j C ou '' s t " le gallery in conjunction, to
the dull nutcracking, apple-pairing, drowsy hum
of their ordinary proceedings ?—We talk oftlie
ienfe of the people. But this, on the old plan,
Js mere t,alk : by the addition of the gallery, the
advantage is doubled—we have two senses—at
lead we have added besides the sense.
The sense of the people exprefled at a distance,
gets cold before it reaches Congress. But if
ongrefi can be made to do as the gallery woi)ld*
have them, it seems clear that they will be made
to obey the sense of the people. This, it is true,
would throw a burden on the flioulders of the
people of this city. But, fSr the fake of their
diltairt fellow-eitizens, they ought not to refute,
especially as it would give those whom they t>b-
Jg e great pleafnre and fatisfa*fiion,'and increase I
the confidence reposed in Copgrefs. Nay, if the
1 rant iVates fhdiild happen to negle<ft chufing
members, or they fhpuld negle<si to attend, things
Would gdon iwitnhlingly notwithstanding. The
gallery would fep to them. The Senate keeps
its doors ftiut,,„ and seems to believe that a dell
eiative aflembly may deliberate without a gal
y* It seems easy to prove the very contrary.
- Sal'ery may goyerri very well without an af
lembly. They did so at Athens ; and if a fellow
*»as n °«y» or too tall to size with his townfnien,
'ey flurtfened bim by the head, or sent liini to
1 In oanifhrnent by the ostracism,
The Oppofuion to clearing the galleries was
very fit and Ojtoper. no doubt it could be
ihewn tjiat was unconstitutional. If
not from the conftituuon, at lead ther<? is a di
>ect precept from another b6ok, which is—" O
clap your hands together all ye people.
"o the Memory of JOHN HALL, Eftj. late of liurkc Courtv, State
of Georgia.
t her. my Hall, I drop a tear—well known
A- io genuine Kiendflup, and to her alone :
tor thee iball laftmg rctrofpe&ion mourn,
Weep o'er thy grave, and bathe thy peaceful urn.
I' e er ;i tribute was to virtue due,
• Honor 3,1(1 truth confirn the claim to you •
Your hfc, unfulheri, «, bv worth approv'd ■
\uudicd lunented, honor'd, and beluv'J
f
.1 r, t °I the hench 3S in aftate of rannvii
:sssis=H;r:
lefti ua, y>' ,e does not put a (lop, within his States, to all col
t ° , r ? S ' a " d a " tortile difpofuion. on the'par, f the
the r e Uke " ™ fu ß c in '" c stall ""fider him as
' " France and that he had made the mod proper mill
r° rCndCr h ' S declara[i °" s refpefted The
P , CeCh wi,h alTu """* of attachment to the
t-onll tution, and declaring that he " feels profoundly how
OLORtouS IT IS TO BE THE K 1 N G OF A FREE PEOPLE."
speech was received with (bouts of applause.
.he T ,-'il^ C " tof ' h; A s T * cmb 'y replied to thisaddrefs ; in which
n! ! k nC " l a J reßl,CI ' of cvrr y fopport necessary i„ de
whof h thc V'ona: Id'gnity, the Conftitmion, and of the King,
thronc stands ° n 'he ui:(haken basis of the Conßitution
The Minifferof War, after the King had retired, gave an ac
hid'h l ° 'C A r )ly of the measures and arrangements which
tad been made pursuant to orders from the King—by which he
laid 150,000 men would be on the frontiers in the course of a
month—that he was going to the frontiers to mlpeft in person the
fortifications and the army—that three armies were thought ne
celiary and were to be under the command of Generals Rocham
beau l uckner and La Fayette ; three officers In whose patriotism
and abilities ihe nation has the mofl unbounded confidence.
An encreafe of the public expenditure, he observed, would be
a ncceifary consequence of the measures already taken, but France
would not (land higgling when its liberty was at flake
The (ignal for war, be said, would be the signal for the return
or public order.
The manileflo of the Etnperor againfl France is dated the 21ft
of December, and was publilhed by the French Miniftcr Dc Lcf
iait, in Pans, the 2d of January, 1792.
A very confiderabie earthquake was felt in Lisbon the 27th of
November la(l— no accounts are received of any lives being lofl
tho the people weie in the grcarefl conflernation.
Articles of a supposed treaty between Russia and Sweden
published in the jEnglifh papers.
Further European int,r lligence, by the lateanival at New-York
informs—That the treaiy between Russia and Sweden is ratified •
that the communication between Russia and France is broken off-'
That M. Dnportail, the French Miniftcr of War, has refiened.
M. L. de Nar'oonne is talked ot as his successor— Four hundred
officers of the French navy have emigrated—That at Hanau a
town in the Landgraviate of HefTe-CalTl, great preparations are
making on the part of the emigrants—That the King of the French
will not, in ill piobabili'.y, affix his figuature to the decree againfl
•ic Clergy—That the King of Prussia is making great militaiv
preparations—That parties run high in Peterfbu'rgh, since the
Qeath of Prince Potemkin. refpecfing the late war—That the no
bility of Russia are opposed to entering into a French var— That
the spirit of toleration has penetrated even into Turkey, where the
grand Seignior has forbidden any insults being offered to the
Chiillians by the MulTulmen—-That the emigrant French Princes
have their public offieesat Coblentz, such as war-office, secretary'
ot dates'' office, &c. at which business is tranfafted with national
regularity— -I hat confiderabie sums of money have been remitted
to Coblentz, 'but the Count d'Artois, considering it as intended
for his own use, and that of some others of the roval hdufhold
had d.flipated the greatest part of it. M. de Choifeul Gouffier is
named Arobaffador to the Court of London ; and M. de Mouftier
to Constantinople.
M. la Fayette is arrived at Metz (a city of Germany, abouß 180
railes cast of Paris, fubjeft to France) where he was received with
every mark of patriotick diftin&ion.
On Wednesday last Forty-five Indians of diftinftion, from the
Northern Tribes of the Six Nations, arrived in this city ; and were
most cordially received by his Excellency the Governor.
Accounts from Georgia state, that the Creek Indians, finding
Bow L'E5 deficient in fulfilling his promises, had drove him away?
and that Gen. M'Gillivr av intended {hortly to attend to run
ning the boundary line agreeable to treaty.
A fnm of money has lately been fubferibed in the city of Al
bany, to be disposed of in premiums, for the purpose of promot
ing the progress and improvement of maple sugar—particularly
the graining of it. '
ExtraH of a letter from a gentleman, dated PojlVincer.nes. January 4 th,
1792, to his friend in Montgomery county, Pennfyivania.
" When we entered the Ouabaclie river it was lull of floating
ice, Major Hamtramck with whom I came, had about 5 o men
: we had 170 miles to ascend the river in this situation, and we had
but ten days provision. About 200 Pyankefhaw Indians, who
had beard of the defeat of the army, and that their prisoners were
hanged at Fort-Waftiington, fell in with us; wfc happened fortu
nately to have two Indians with us who had been up to Fort-
Walhington' to fee their friends, who were taken by Gen. Scott
and Gen. Wilkinfon ; these two informed their brethren, that
their prisoners had not been hanged, as had been told them', but
were well treated—this pleased them. But still we apprehended
they might wilh to take some prisoners which they could offer in
exchange for their wives and childrcq, and there were three or jour
of them for one of us. To account for it, I cannot, but the fa a
is, they were very kind to us, gave us plenty of frefh meat, and
all the afliftance they could in coining up. God grant they may
always continue in this difpofuion."
" The bill for erecting another Bridge over Charles'-River has
paflVd both Houses, and is become a law.
" The Uhiverfity of Cambridge is to receive 3001. annually
from the income.
" Three new Bridges will be building in thi? slate this year, of
great magnitude— two of them over Mfcrtimack River.
ENCODE.
" The fubjeft of the separation of Maine has been warmly de
bated in the House of Reprefemativs—the Sachem was very
pointed in his (IriQures on the Boston feat his remarks were
properly noticed—an adjournment prevented further perfonali
tles, which began to wear a serious afpeft. The sense of the peo
ple in the diflrift is to be taken on the fubjefi.
" We have had a great coitteft about the old bufincfs of incor
porating the town—a«d were out-voted. I have no doubt, how
ever, that there are mote than three quarters of the legal voters in
favor of the reform ; and measures are taking to ascertain tails.
" Henry Jackson, Esq. is chosen by the Ixrgiflature Major-
Geneial of the First Division of the Militia of the Commouwealih."
BSe&ej
■Ty~gtT»-
Philadelphia, March 17.
Extruft of a letter from Bojion.
371
"t Ma? BK
OR.IGINAL COMMUNICATIONS,
Wl, cn ,ncn , r , f, n in fmaM triKts or
'•V '"C a very unperlefi Hale or animation As t? f, I
fpm improves, hey w „, (!cfifc a more cxtc - ed
ma„ JK lr ? pOVV, ' ,S a " fl f!rr "" 1 toother, .he capacity t
formed ,mo a great nation. J, wool,! he cr.ous n.H r, ally
ful fpcculatloi, to stew the moral eault, wb ,ch produce , h1 ,7,W,
a great nation the mind of the individual feernj rnifed 'a JMu ,j.
WO. and the virtues and talents of men leein exalted °
Ame ri , ~n )fccpicmj r i;) w ,„ confirm thKthem j t^ h «
n wi lit, ufelt the feeds of it's own improvement: It wit) rail
forth all the energy of,he human chavader. A nation so nume
wiHVvP^ d,n i" VCr J Ch a rpact "' and so wonderfully prosperous
w,M excite and reward the highest efforis of gen.us'aod virtue
the H dn , f pol to bc iangume will no: so much doubt
i eg re eto which our national imptoVcmenr ishaJtening as the
£!r y ? OUr ™ n "" uin e inour P r «f='«courfe. He will admic
that Macedonia in all its power,-and Alhens with all its tall,
America™ "n le '' """ and ho P e il3r «!>»«
America He will fay it is yet too early to write the history of
A"' u u " <ecn ° nl >' ln hls cradlc - In this wh "'e horizon
of light, however, there is only one cloud—and that is charged
with temped and darkness and deflation. The reparation of the
Mates would blast all our hopes.—lt is the only riflt. we run as a
nation. Ihe world has admired the reflefling charafler of Ame
rica. It has done us the credit to suppose that the mind has given
us our prelent national pre-eminence ; we are thought to be the
molt completely civilized of any nation, and therefore the molt
'^ C ?, ', n '° a great and '"divisible society. But if we divide
we ihall (hew how much we have been over>ated—and if we con
lider what we (hall lose and what we (hall fuffer from each other
wc (hall be the mod miserable and moll degraded people on
The aSifc/ flatt of our country, intheview of everv impaitial
patriotic observer, is a flat contradiflion to the rcvilers of that go
vernment, which with so much joy the people so recently adopted.
Perhaps it is not in the power of language to convev to the hu
man underflanding more ingenious arguments againfl the measures
of Congress, than those which were offered in the House of Rc
prefentatives, and which have been publifficd, and circulated .n
ail parts of the United States ; but it is to be presumed, that the
answers to these argument were couched in terms equally for. ible
at least—these answers are likewise before the public that public
which has awarded its approbation to the measures of government
by re-ele£ling their molt diftinguithed advocates.
Say, can ought foo'.he the restless mind,
To all, but its awn merits blind ?
Not George himfelf escapes the spleen,
Of canktr'd malice and chagiine—
Tho' Heav'n. all-wife, with gracious hand
Created him to save this land.
The Prefiaent of the United States, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, has appointed the following gentlemen Offi
cers of the squadron of Cavalry, to be laifed agreeable to an
ast palled the sth inft. for the more effe&ual defence of the Fron
tiers :
MAJOR. 1
Michael Rudulph, at present Captain in the'l ft Reg.
fohn Watts, Virginia
fohn Craig, Pennsylvania
Robert Mis Campbell, S.Carolina William Aylett Lee, Virginia
William Winfton, Virginia William Davidfon, Maryland
CORNETS.
Leonard Covington, Maryland Solomon Van Ren(Telaer,#. York
Tarleton Fleming, Virginia James Taylor, Pennsylvania.
Married, on Sunday evening lad, by the Rev. Dr. Helmuth,
Mr. I s aac Neale, Printer, of Burlington, (N. J.) to Mils Peg
gy Kammeker, daughter of Mr. Henry Kammerer, ot this
city.
Died, in Charleflon.fS. C.) Capt. M'Al lister "
of the. late Maryland line of the Continental Army. This gentle
man fejrved with distinguished reputation in-tfte late war—he led
the forlorn hope in the brilliant coup-de-main of ftoiming Stony-
Point. '
In New-York, He nry Remsem, Esq. Merchant, of that
city.
SHIP NEWS.
From PELOSI's MARINE LIST.
ARRIVALS at the POkT of PHILADELPHIA.
Brig Maiy Ann, Thoimpfon, St. Euftatia.
Lce ' AuxCayes,
Sch. P. Mann, Virginia
Samuel, Kirby, ditto!
Pol, V». Andaule, PotMu-Priuoe.
Two Sifters, Lownfbury, HifpinioU,
|CP Price of Stocks as in our laj}.
I FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
On Wednesday the nth day of April next, at the House of
John Thompso'n, in the City of Perth-Amboy, or at private
Sale before,
A FARM, containing about four hundred acres of upland and
fait meadow, lying within three quarters of a mile of (aid
city; is a great part bounded on the found, and on a navigable
CI ek, on which is a good mill leat. There are on the farm seve
ral eligible situations for building, with delightful profpe&s, ex
cellent brooks and springs ; a large apple oichard, and some fruit
trees of other kinds, and a fuffieient quantity ol fire-wood. The
foil is good for grass and mott kinds of grain, and may at small
expence, from the conveniency of tiie fait meadow, and other ad
vantages of manure, be made equal to any larm in New-Jersey.—
It will be fold all together, or in two or three divifior.s, as lhali
appear bell to suit those inclined to purchase.
For further particulars, previous to or at the time of sale, apply
to the fublcribers. JOHN' HALSTED, and
(40 . MATTHIAS HALSTED.
ADVERTISEMENT.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of John Craige,
Johnßild-erback,Samuel Barber, AboilaHotch!
ens. William Richardson, Gabriel West lonq and
Hugh Gunning, insolvent debtors, confined in the gaol of the
County of Salem, in the Siate of New-Jcrfcy, that the Judgeslfif
the inferior Court ofCommon Pleas, for the said County on ap
plication to them mado,have appointed the sixth day of April
next for the said Creditors to appear before any two ar more of
the laid Judges, at the town of Salem, to (hew cause, if any tney
have, why an aflignment of the said debtors ellate, rcfpeftivelv,
should not be made, and rhey be dif'harged from confinement,
puifuant to an a# of Assembly, 'palTcd 24th of November lad, lor
the reliefof insolvent debtors then confined. ■.}
c APT A 1 n s,
Lawrence Manning, S. Carolina
John Stake, New-York
LIEUTENANTS,
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