the 3 per cents and the deferred debt, and to
lubftirute the words public debt—This amendment
was agreed to, and the reflation adopted, as
thus amended.
The ninth resolution was alio agreed to.
The resolutions being gone through with, the
committee rose and reported the fame with the
amendments
The House took the report of the Committee
into consideration.
The firft resolution being read, Mr. Giles re
newed his motion to add the following ciaufe, as
an amendment, viz.
Except that condition in the act, which ren
ders the debt, so far subscribed, fubje<st to re
demption by payments not exceeding, in one
year, on account of both principal and iuterefl,
a proportion of eight dollars upon the hundred,
on any certificates which shall beifl'ued according
to the terms therein fpecified : whichcondition,
so far as it relates to any part of the debt, which
may hereafter be subscribed, shall be abolished.
This motion occasioned a very lengthy debate.
Mr. Mercer, Mr. Giles, Mr. Murray, and Mr.
Findley supported the motion—Mr. Boudinot,
Mr. Hillhoufe, Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Benfon, Mr.
Lawrance, and Mr. Hartley oppnfed the motion,
which was finally negatived.—The ayes and noes
being demanded, are as follow—
AYES.
Meflis. A (he, Baldwin, Brown, Clark, Findley,
Giles, Gregg, Griffin, Grove, Heifter, Jacobs,
Kitchell, Kictera, Lee, Madison, Mercer, Moore,
Murray, Page, Parker, Seney, J. Smith, Sumpter,
Tread well, Veaabie, White, Willis.— 27.
N O E
Messrs. Ames, Barnwell, Benfon, S. Bourne,
B. Bourne, Boudinot, FitzHmons,Gerry, Gilman,
Goodhue, Gordon, Hartley, Huger, Key, Law
rance, Learned, Livermore, Macon, Muhlenberg,
Niles, Sedgwick, W. Smith, Steele, Sterrett,
Sturges, Sylvester, Thatcher, Tucker, Wadf
worth, Ward.— 30.
The question thep being put on the firft ref
lation as reported, it was agreed to.
The second resolution was agreed to.
The third resolution being read, which pro
vides for filling up the fiibfcriptions in the ttate
debt*, of the sum wanting to cotripleat the firft
afluroption. Mr. Madison moved as an amend
ment to adopt the clause moved by Mr. Giles, to
be added to the third resolution.—This motion,
after some debate, was withdrawn, and then the
$ueitju>i! on the resolution was put and carried.
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, April 3.
Mr. T.ivermrre, of the committee to whom was referred the
memorial of the Illinois and Wabafh Land Companies, brought
in a report, which was read, and laid on the table.
A letter was read from the Secretary of War, enclosing sundry
petitions which had been referred to him, returned, pursuant to
the orders of the House.
The House resumed the consideration of the report of the com
mittee of the whole on the public debt.
The fifth rcfolution prececding cdlumn, under Saturday's
head] was read.
Mr. Key said he should vote for the resolution, but should con
sider himfelf at liberty to withhold his final alfent in cafe the sub
sequent arrangements of the buiinefa should not appear compati
ble with the interest of his conllituents.
Mr. Sheredirre moved an amendment in thrfe words, " whether
d'ifcharged by said states refpe&wely, or undifcharged"-'-thts mo
tion was not seconded.
Mr. Siurges moved that the blanks should be filled up—this
motion being seconded, occasioned some debate, and was nega
tived, 32 to 26.
Mr. Mercer then renewed the motion offered by Mr. Sheredine.
This mo ion gave rife to a long debate ; in the course of wh:ch
Mr. Madison moved an amendment, by adding after " respec
tively," thrfe words, f< since the treaty of peace." The motion,
as amended, was further debated, and at length negatived—ayes
22. noes 30.
The question on the original propofuion being then put, that
was also negatived—29 to 26. Adjourned.
NEW-LONDON, March 15
ExtraQ of a letter from Aux-Cayts, dated Feb. 14,
" Since my last there has been several planta
tion!) wholly burned, and a number that have
had part of their buildings and part of their
canes destroyed ; we are not able to fay the ex
adi number, as the Mulattoes have the entire
possession of the plain, except the white encamp
ment which is about two miles out of town. Sa
turday last arri-ved from France, via the Cape, a
transport (hip and schooner' with three hundred
• infantry and about thirty artillery men ; who
■with about three hundred militia of this place,
we expedl will march to-morrow or next day to
the plains, in order to attack the Mulartoes.
There was an attack on Tiberoon the 24th of
'lift nioiy h, wherein the Mulattoes were defeated
-—they c;ime on very determined, in two divifi
. ons, till they were within pistol (hot, when the
■firft volley offmall arms was fired from the Fort,
• which threw them into d'iforder, and they re
treated with gre3t precipitation, leaving 25dead
near the Fort. This is the only place on this
• fide of the island which they-have not attacked.
More troop* are daily but the few they
ba*e now, together with tfie inhabitants, makes
the town perfectly fafe—as they have two French
ami one English Frigate in the harbor, and the
town Well fortified." ,
tOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. FEN NO,
Please to injert theJoVotoing fines in your next Gazette, rohich zoere
ocoafioned by reading qn extraEi of a letter in your laji, and you will
oblige your humblefervanty A. R.
HIGH pay —long speeches—and long feflions,
Provoke complaints, with harsh expreflions !
Should Congress serve for smaller pay,
Who would compose that body, ptay ?
Would the y be men of real merit,
Of talents prov'ri—of manly spirit ?
Or poor and cringing tools for Kings ?
Or rich, and lord-like strutting things ?
Could men, whose talents at the bar
Exceed the pay of Congress, far;
Do&ors and merchants leave their
As delegates to make parack: ?
Can honor keep a man from starving ?
Must he not now and then be carving ?
Will he so honest be, and nice,
As not to cut a single slice ?
From Government not take a fop ?
When thirsting, not receive a drop ?
Britain pays not a firtgle (Killing—
Her menders are forever swilling.
Royal fops her boroughs swallow,
And minifteria) taxes follow !
The labourer is worth his hire,
To due rewaids let each aspire !
And let freemen pay their friends
As well as Kings—on this depends
Whether the freedom they have got,
Shall last to endless time, or not :
Or starved, look out for royal bounty,
And be forgotten in each county !
Long speeches may long feflions yield ;
But 'gainst great errors they may shield.
Long feflions may much money coil—
In short on s, freedom may be loft!
Whoever values free debate,
'Gainst long speeches fbould not prate :
Whoever views with real glee,
Cash coming from the treasury,
Which, circulating round the land,
Returns into that very hand
Which paid it there, for the excise,
Or impost duty, is not wife;
If with great pleasure he don't view
The (urns which thence the Congress drew—
But why should he (hew discontent,
Who never paid one (ingle cent ;
Yet oft, for any trifling trafli,
Receiv'd a (hare of this fame cash ?
Cease to complain without a reason,
I'll tell you when to cry out-4-Trcafon! ! !
PITTSBURGH, March 24.
Capt. Cafs, of the 2d United States regiment, marched f'om
this place on Tuesday last, with a detachment of men for Fort
Ft nk.lin : this detachment will augment that garrison to 120 men,
and of which Capt. Cafs is to take the command.
Capt. Hughes, with a fine company of men, arrived here on Sa
turday last from the Eastward.
Philadelphia, April 4.
By the sHip William Penn, from London, European accounts
are received to the 9th of February. They state that a fire has
consumed nearly one third of the city of BrufTcls. The business
if M. Talleyrand de Perigoid, the new Minister to the Court of
London, it is said, is to confer with the Bnttlh Ministry on the
fubjeft of a standard foi weights and measures. The people ol
England and Scotland are taking measures in the fev.ral towns to
piocure petitions to Parliament against the slave trade.
The Emperor is come to a resolution to bring the dates of Bra
bant to reason. The monument ot Mr. Howard, the benevolent,
i« t» be a fuU length figure of the man—lo be placed along-side of
Dofior johiifton's, and is to colt thirteen hundred guineas. The
fubjeft of the trial of Mr. Hastings was mentioned in Parliament
the 6th February—lome difficulty having occurred, a bill for
foftening the rigour of several acts, particularly of a and 28 of
George 111. and for regulating the mode of deciding contested
rleflions, wss brought in by Mr. Burke, and read the firft and se
cond time.
Mr. Fox moved for leave to bring in a bill for removing any
doubts refpe£ling the fun&ions of juries in cases ot libels—this
motion was carried vcm. con.
The Protellants of Ireland appear to be alarmed at the ftcps
nurfuing by the Catholics to recover the rights of men, of which
they conceive thcmfelvcs to have been long deprived in that coun
try. Meetings have been held in various places to prepare and
(ign addiefli s ro the King, the prayer of which that he would
" maintain unimpaired ihe Pioieltant ascendancy in Ireland."
Oilier meetings are held, in which unanimous resolutions are
adopted to infttuft their representatives in Parliament to support
the repeal of fnch laws as militate againit the interrft and freedom
of the Roman Catholics. The new Conllitution ol France is pub
licly fold in V enna. By the latest returns it appears that France
cmtains 150,000,000 acres of land, and 27,190,000 inhabitants.
The Spamlh troops are said to desert in great numbers. Paiis is
under no apprehensions from a want ot grain ; and tho' money is
fcatce, the manufacturers of that city are lull of employ. The
Emperor of Germany is making timely alterations for the better
in the condition of his fubje&s, particularly that of the lower
clafTes : he fees that the empiie ol lupcrftiuon is decaying and
going to ruin—and that the surest way ol preventing dangerous
innovations is a timely reform of aucient and obvious abuses.
The whole sum of aflignats cancelled amounts to 398 millions.
The Britilh army is to be reduced 2,0c0 men j 50 men from each
regiment; the number of the regiments is to continue the fame.
Negociations lor peace bitween Spain and Morocco, are said
to be renewed. The Dutchefs of Yoik is to be naturalized ; in
order to which, (he mull /wear that (he will never be a member oj
Parliament. In a message from the King of the French to the Na
tional Affemblv, on the 28.h January, he informs them that he
has demanded an explanation of the Emperor within 15 days.
Marlhal Rochambtau. in an addiclsto the Alfcmbly, infoi med
them that the French army would be riady to take the fieid be
fore their enemies—that ihe troops of the line are completely re
flored to order and discipline — that the National Guards poflefs
the greatest ardor, but are not so well difciphned as llic former,
owing to their recent arrival on the Frontiers—that he was of opi
nion that the command in the field to be given to otfccers
of the line—and that the fo|dicis (hould he paid in money. His
speech contained the waimeft piofeffions ot attachment to ihe
Conllitution, and was received with applause. Jan. 31. A re
port from the military committee, relative 10 the w;(h cxprcded
by M. Roch«mbeau, that Mellrs. d'Aubcterre, d'Averhoult, and
Dumas, might serve under him—it was rclolved in the negative.
Of ihe French emigrants, those of them who arc embodied are
llatiored at Cappel, Reochen, Obeikircti, Oppenan ; tlufcaiiKMUt
391
A REPUBLICAN.
3,000 ; in Hie town of Ofcerkirch are 300 foMlers of the regi
me"t.o{ Berwick. M. Conde is lodged in the Abbey, from which
he lias expelled the Monks; he has with him abou. 200
horses. Two Imperial regiments, commanded by M. xic Co
hourg, are arrived, and four more are exptfcted. With relpett to
the war in India, it ispiobablc '.h it the orders sent horn fcugland
to make peace, will arrive in fcafou to prevent much more flout
ing in that country.
■Bntifh papers, by the last vcflels, mention the refufal of the
queen ot Portugal to interfere 111 the i.ffaus of France, in conle-
quence of overtures of that nature from the Court ol Ruili..—
that the King of Sweden has at last accepted the uot.fiv a .ion IroiA
Louis the XVlth that he had accepted the conliitutiou.
It is extremely difficult to form definite ideas on European af
fairs. from the accounts presented in the papers —particular ly re
fpe&ing the difpolition.of foreign powers in regard to France.
The French nation appear determined to piepare ior tlie woift ;
indeed they can, having nothing to fear from external attack —
and, united among themfeives, they will be equally kcure inter
nally.
On Saturday lad it was determined in the bouse of Repiefenta
tives of the State Legiftature, by a majority of two only, that the
members to represent this St Ate in the Lower lioufe ot Congrcli,
should be chosen, not in diftri&s, but by the State at large.
A letter from Knoxville, in Cumberland county (territory south
of the Ohio) mentious the completion o? a Carding-Machine in that
place, which will card an hundred weight of cotton per day, with
only the attendance of one hand. Six hundred weight ot clean
cotton had been produced on half an acre of land, in that country,
but upon a moderate calculation, an acre would produce one thou
sand weight.
Some accounts are mentioned in London papers of the celebn."
ted French circumnavigator Peyroufe being still alive with lome ot
his crew on a defart Island in the Indian occan.
The King of Pruflia (fays a London has declared that
Loins the XVlth having accepted the conftituiion, prevents his
adfcing in favor of the emig» ants.
The African society in England (or aftaciatiori for promoting
discoveries in the interior parts of Africa) have at present 111 their
employ, Major Houghton, successor to the celebrated LedyarJ, in
exploring those inhospitable climes. This gentleman, in a letter
to rhe focietv, informs them that he h*s penetrated one thousand
mi'es up the river Senrgambia. He has also tranlmitted an accu
rate account of the dtftances, bearings, latitude's, and iongiludcs
of the fevera] places he has visited.
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Earque Prudence,
Tobias,
Minerva,
Brig Munton,
LitileSarah,
Schooner Polly,
Prifcilla,
Nancy,
Sloop Clara,
Maiia,
Richmond,
New-York Packet,
(£3H Sen ex is rcceivcd, ami fnall appear as loon as pofliMe.
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INFORMATION.
A NEGRO MAN by the name ot CATO VERNON, en-
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War. He fui vivetl the War, and fettled as fuppoled, in or near
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