Mr. Secretary Otis delivered a mefiage, noti
fvinc the House, that the Senate had concurred
in passing the bill to indemnify tlie Truitees or
Wilmington Academy.
Mr. Fitzlimons reported a bill for rai ling a tui -
ther Cum of money for the prorecftioii of the tron
tjers vvhicli was twice read, and referred to a
committee of the whole, on Fric'-cy next -
An cngrofled bill to indemnify the ertate ot
the late Major-General Greene, was read a third
time, and, after a debate of foine length, palled—
ayes 33, nocv 24 —as follow :
; AYES.
Mettrs. Ames, Baldwin, Barnwell, Benfon, S.
Bourne, B. Bourne, Fi.ndley, Fitzlimons, Gerry,
Giles, Gregg, (Jriffin, Hartley, He.fter, Key,
Kittera, Lawrance, Learned, Lee, Livermore,
Madison, Mercer, Muhlenberg, Murray Page,
Parker, W. Smith, Stenett, Thatcher, Venable,
Vinins, Wadfwortli, Willis—33.
6 NOES.
MeflTrs. Afhe, Boudinot, Brown, dark Good
hue, Gordon, Grove, Hillboufe, Jacobs, Kitchell,
Macon, Moore, Niles, Schoonmaker, Seney, J.
Smith, I. Smith, Steele, Sturges, Sumpter, 1 read
well, Ward, White, Williamlon—24.
The House proceeded to the further confideia
tion of the two additional fedlions proposed by
the Senate to the Militia Bill.
The power proposed to be delegated to the
President, of calling out the Militia to quell in
furredtions, &c. occasioned a warm debate, winch
wasfupported to a late hour, when the House,
without taking the question, adjourned.
THURSDAY, April 12.
After rejding petitions, the House proceeded
in the conideration of the two fe«ftions proposed
by the Senate to be added to the mil.t.a bill viz.
" And \e it further enaCled, That the Presi
dent of the United States is hereby authonfed
to call out the militia, or such part thereof, as
the exigence may in his opinion require, to exe
cute the laws of the Union, fupprels infurrerti
ons and repel invasions. And when Militia are
employed in the service of the United States.they
lhall receive the fame pay and allowances as are
now made to the troops in service.
« And be it further enadted, That if any oiti
«er or prirate soldier of the militia, being order
ed into the service of the United States, pursu
ant to the power herein given, shall relufe obe
dience to such orders, he (hall forfeit to the life
of the United States, a funi not exceeding the a
mount of one year's pay of such officer or soldier
refpecfiively, as herein eftablilhed. And the Mi
litia, while in the service of the United States,
shall be fubje<ft to the rules and articles of war :
Provided, that the courts martial, by whom they
shall be fubjec r t to be tried, shall be composed en
tirely of militia officers of the fame state with the
offenders."
Several amendments were proposed to the hilt
fedion, and disagreed to.
An amendment, proposed by Mr. Fitzfimons,
limiting the President's power of calling out the
militia to the end of the next fellion of Congress,
was agreed to—ayes 37, "°es 20—as follow :
AYES.
Meflrs. Ames, Barnwell, Benfon, Boudinot, S.
Bourne, B. Bourne, Clark, Fitzfimons, Gilinan,
Goodhue, Gregg;, Griffin, Hartley, Heilter, Hill
lioufe, Huger, Kitchell, Kittera,Lawrance, Leai li
ed, Lee, Madison, Moore, Muhlenberg, Murray,
Niles, Sen'ey, Sheredine, J. Smith, Sterret, Syl
vester, Thatcher, Treadwell, Wadl'worth, Ward,
Tucker, Vining—37.
NOES.
Messrs. A Ihe, Baldwin, Gerry, Giles, Grove,
Key, Livermore, Macon, Mercer, Page, Parker,
Schoonmaker, I. Smith, W. Smith, Steele, Stur
ges, Sumpter, Venable, White, Withs—2o. v
On the qneftipn to ag ee to the nrft section or
the Senate, with this amendment, the ayes and
• noes being demanded, are—ayes 24, noes 37
as follow :
Meflrs. Ames, Barnwell, Benfon, S. 3ourne,
B. Bobrne, Fitzfimons, Findley, Oilman, Good
line, Gordon, Gregg, Hartley, Hillhoufe, fcittera,
Lawrance, Learned, W. Smith, J- Smith,_ Ster
rett, Sybefter, Thatcher, Wadlworth, Ward,
Vining— 24.
noes.
MeflTrs. Afhe,Baldwin, Boudinot, Brown, C ark,
Gerry, Giles, Griffin, Grove, Heifter, Hiwjer,
Key, Kitchell, Lee, Livermore, Macon, Madion,
Mercer, Moore, Muhlenberg, Murray, Nifes,
Page, Parker, Sheredine, Seney, Schoonniaktr,
I. Smith, Steele, Sturges, Sumpter,Treadwel!,
Tucker,Venable, White, Willis,Wilhamfon— y,.
Mr. Bourne, of the committee of enrolment
reported, that the committee had examined the
Confnlnr Bill, and the Wilmington Academy Bill,
and fouud the fame duly enrolled.
A ineflage was received from the Preudent of
the United States by Mr. Secretary Lear, notify
ing the Honfe that an ast for ascertaining the
bounds of a tract of land purchaied by John
Cleves Symmes, has reccWed his approbation and
signature.
AYES
The acl regulating procefles in the courts of
the United States, &c. with certain amendments
reported by a select committee, was referred to
a committee of the whole to morrow.
A motion by Mr. Gerry was agreed to:—That
a committee be appointed to report a bill for
calling forth the militia, to sup
press i nfurrei'tions, &c.
Mr. J. Smith informed the House that the com
mittee of enrolment had this day laid before
the President of the United States, for his appi o
bation, the Wilmington Academy Bill—the Re
presentation, and the Consular Bill.
In committee of the whole on the bill to direifl
the settlement of a certain claim of the Hate of
Maryland. —Mr. B. Bourne in the chair.
This claim was for a sum of money paid by the
{late of Maryland in discharge of a bond given
by an officer of the late army of the United
States, for a purchase made on account of the
United States.—This bill being opposed, the com
mittee came to no decision, but rose and reported
progress. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, April 13.
A meflage from the Senate, by Mr. Secretary Otis, informed
the House, that the President of the United States had notified the
Senate that he had approved and signed the following Acts :
An ast supplemental to the ast for the eftabliihment and support
of light-houses, beacons and buoys—An ast for fixing the com
pensations of the door-keepers of both Houses of Congress—And
an ast for building a light-house on Montuk Point, in the state of
New-Yoik.
In committee of the whole on the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury refpefting alterations in the excise law. Mr. Seney in
the Chair.
Mr. Fitzfimons laid on the table sundry resolutions for modify
ing the law—these resolutions were read by the chairman—a mo
tion for the committee to rife in erder to releiing them to a fele£l
committee for the purpose of reporting a bill, occasioned some
debate, and was at length negatived—the committee then proceed
ed in the difcuflion of the resolutions, and agreed to the fame with
sundry amendments—whii.h were reported to the House—A mo
tion was then made and carried, that these resolutions Ihould be
printed for the ufc of the members.
A mefTage was received from the President of the United States
by Mr. Secretary Lear, transmitting to the House the copy of a
communication from the Miniflcr Plenipotentiary of Great-Bri
tain to the Secretary of State, relative to the commerce of the
two countries.
Several letters that pal Ted between the Secretary of State and the
3riti(h Minister, refpe&ing a determination on the part of the
Briiifti Government, to carry their navigation a£t into execution,
were read—the result was an explanation on the pan of the British
Minister, by which it appears that the prohibition of American
veflels from entering the ports of Guernsey and Jersey, is alone
contemplated by his Government!
The Secretary also informed the House, that the bill to com
penfatc the Trvjftees of the public grammar school, and academy
of Wilmington; for damages sustained during the late war, had
received the President's approbation and signature.
A petition of William Heyburn, an invalid, was read—Rating
that an application made by him to the Circuit Court of the Unit
ed States, agreeable to a late law, had been rejeftcd by the court;
and praying relief.
Mr. Boudinot informed the House that the Court conhdered
the law lately palled for the relief of invalid pensioners, so far as
it refpeOs the judges, as unconstitutional—and therefore refufed
to execute it.
On motion of Mr. W. Smith, after conliderable debate.a com
mittee of five was appointed to enquire into the state of fa&s set
forth in the petition of William Heyburn, and to leport to the
House. Adjourned till Monday.
Philadelphia, April 14.
Lad Tuesday the Afferably of this Sute adjourned Jlnc die, hav.
in§ paffcd 46 A£ls during the feflion, v
Measures are pursuing by the English East-India Company, to
.nport fugarsfrom the Ealf-Indies-from which country plenty
may be obtained without any previous notice. In the empire of
Cochin China, immense quantities are raised by the hands of free
men, and fold, according to an account in the traveh of a French
philosopher, at a cheaper late than that cultivated by slaves.
A high handed robbery was committed last month in thehoufe
of Judge Carle, Morris-County (N. J.) by three villains ; two of
which have been since taken.
According to a late decree of the National Ailembly ot France,
there is no travelling for dangers in that country without a pass
port.
Some opinions having been circulated in France, that attempts
would be made to new model the Conllitution, a fpiritcd decree
has been parted to counteract such a design.
In the Dutch Colony of Surinam, according to an account pub
lished in the American Apollo—there are about 3,10 c whites and
43,000 slaves, the plantations contain from 500 to 2000 acres each
— and are 550 in number ; they produce annually about 16,000
hhds of iugar—i2,ooo,ooolbs. coffee, 700,0001b5. cocoa—and
850, ooolb?. cotton. The number of regular troops in this colony
is 1600—and a corps of 250 free negroes.
A London paper fays, " We rejoice in the information of the
promptitude of the Americans toaffiftthe inhabitants of St. Do
mingo ; like their brethren of England, they have exhibited to
the world a noble generosity, and a determination to promote the
peace and prosperity of mankind.
Some curious persons in'th# North of England, have just stated
the probability of making Sugar from the Birch tree ; the juice ol
which is so much more copious and sweeter than that of the Mapje
tree of America, that it has afforded a pleasant wine for many
years.
Extraß of a letter from a gentleman in India, to his father in Neto.
York, dated Canton, December 9, 1791, received by the .Vafhington,
dpt. Hodghinfon. .
" In my lad I omitted to give you an account of the war in
India, between the English and T.ppoo Saib, the son and succes
sor of the late Hyder Ally, and one of the mod powerful Prin
ces in it. The commencement of it was in March, 1790, tn con
sequence of an attack on a Prince in alliance with the Englilh.
General Meadows, who is Governor ot Madras, took the com
mand of the army from that quarter, and in April, moved to at
tack the enemy in their own country, which is separated from
the Carnatick by a chain of mountains called the Ghauts, which
have but lew narrow passes, deemed impafTable, without it is ac
quired by stratagem.—Aster a number of mifcarnages on our part,
coufequence of a treasonable correspondence being earned on
during .he whole campaign, by a native Check >n our ferv.ee, tn
orming the enemy of every movement to be made. Meadows
vas obliged to return to Madras. Lord fiom Bengal,
403
immediately took tlie command. The above correfpondm e
coming to light, proved fuccefsful to Lord Cornwalhs, wno avail
ed himfelf of it, by sparing the author's life to carry on the cor
refpondcnce as before, and direst the enemy to guard a dilierent
pals, which was pretended would be entered on a certain day ;
by which means our army, when w-:s in the enemy's
country, and soon joined by molt of the neighbouring princes.
Lord Cnrnwallis, fecondcd by Meadows, soon loiind tliey were at
the head of nearly one hundred thousand, horse and foot, includ
ing ten thousand Europeans, and the native troops employed by
the Lnclilh, little interior to them. Their movements soon com
menced towards the enemy's capital, which lies nearly in the cen
tre of the country ; in their way towards it, every thing ft ll—the
second city among the number; and alter an oblfuute action in
last May, Tippoo was obliged to (hut himfelt up in it. The pe
riodical rains then setting in very levere, put a Hop to further pro
ceedings oil our part *, fiiice that, I have not acquired further in
formal ion.
" When the campaign again opens, Gen. Abercrombie, Go
vernor of Bombay, will be ready with about 10,000effc&iye men,
to join the grand army. And by the time I reacn India, it is my
opinion a decisive stroke mull be struck, or it never will. It is
reduced to a certainty that the views of the English is to extirpate
Tippoo, and rid themfelvesof a troublesome enemy, as well as to
acquire more territory, besides the riddance ot a tyrant to man
kind in general—such is his character.
41 Although I freely venture my opinion in juflice to 1 ippoo,
I think he will not be an easy conquest. He is at the head ot an
immense army,a great general and politician, who hath been bred
in the field and cabinet, from his infancy, and pertedly acquaint
ed with all the arts of war, conformable to the European mode,
and what is more, fighting for life and empiie ; The toi mcr mult
ensue firft, as he never will submit to the latter, while it remains,
is the opinion of people in general, either by the hand of his ene
my or his own. If opportunity will permit when I arrive at
Bombay, I will write you all particulars.
Eye trad of a Utter from a gentleman in Caciicounty, State of Maryland,
J / " ' rt \
so a gentleman in Wilmington (D.)
« A great deal of bulintfs was doneatthe March Term—the
docket, grown to an immense size, by the irregularity of fotmer
proceedings, is now reduced to a few actions. Another court
will clear it of the rubbish—the good effects of our new judiciary.
Two causes of great importance io the intercfts of humanity, wete
tried : Mrs, and her son—were found guilty of, and tor
their cruelty to negroes. The firft was charged with unneceffai y
whipping, Malting and burning her negro woman. The burns
were infli&ed with a red hot (hovel, on parts which modelty foi
bids mentioning. The son was indided for inhumanely beating
a negro woman with a targe stick. The Lady was fined £ 50—
and the Young Gentleman £ 5. —The r.ofts will be very heavy.
« Another cause of no less consequence to the community, was
tried and decided ; I mean the indictment against Squire •
for extortion.—The charge was fully proved ; and notwithiland
ing the number and ability of his counsel, the jury had no difficul
ty in finding him guilty. He has moved an arrest of judgment
the argument is poftponcd to next court Our friend —— fays
the indictment will hold good."
T ere 35 ca fy jo find competent financiers, as it is fault-finder?,
no country would perhaps be in a more eligible fnuation than
ours-—but dear-bought experience has (hewn, that tho in a multi
tude of counsellors there may be fafety,yet in a multitudeof finan
ciers there is confufion, certain loss, and grievous opprefTion.
The funding system is faulted, becaule it has produced a rapid
appreciation of the public securities, by which great fortunes were
made for A. and Z. while it left P. and Q. inJlatu quo; but (incc
the speculations of the former have gone olf in sumo, the funding
system is, on that account, a bone for the fault-finders.
The funding system, it is acknowledged by its enemies, has
advanced our crcdit ; but still they fay it has soured the public
mind. If it has advanced our credit, it is more than the joint or
separate exertions of tnc old Congress* its Committees, Boards, or
all the State Legislatures in the Union could effett, in a long course
of years and yet this system has soured the public mindi
Nett amount of "Duties arising on Goods, Wares and Merchandize im
ported into the United States, commencing on the \JI October, 1790,
and ending the '30/ A Sept. 1791.
states. Dolls. Cts.
New-Hamplhire, - - 27>000 29
MaflTachufetts, - - 4 2 °»7°7 17 5 12
Rhode-Island, - - 107,102 35 1-4
Conne&icut, - 106,351 <53 1-4
New-York, - - 619,534 16 1-2
New-Jersey, - 6,508 68 1-2
Pennsylvania, - - 7°7»955 2 9
Delaware, - - - 18,283 86
Maryland, - - - 3 22 9 2 *-2
Virginia, - 334*995 8 3 2-16
North-Carolina, - - 58,861 42 1-2
South-Carolina, - - 234,082 23
Georgia, - - 4 2 > 28 5 9 1 " 2
Total, 3,006,722 85 7-12
A summary oj the value and dejhwtion of the Exports of the United.
States,from Ottober j, 1790, .'5 September 30, 1791, agreeable to
an abjlrad certified by the Regijler of the Treasury.
To Ruflia, -
To Sweden, - -
To Denmark, - ~
To the United Netherlands,
To G' eat-Britain,
To the imperial ports of the Austrian Nether-
lands and Germany,
To Hamburg, Bremen, and other Hanfe towns,
To France, -
To Spain, -
To Portugal, -
To the Italian ports,
To Morrocco, -
To the East-Indies, generally,
To Africa, generally,
To the Weft-Indies, generally,
To the N. Weft coast of America,
To Europe and the W. Indies, for a market,
Treasury Department,
March 28, 1792.
(J3T The length of the Mint AB, and of the highly inter ejltng cor
respondence between the President tf the United States and Generat
St. Clair, exclude from this day's Gazette the continuance of the Debate
in our UJl —it will be reftmed in next Wednejday's paper.
PRICE CURRENT.— PUBLIC SECURITIES.
6 pr. Cents
3 pr. Cents
Defered 6 pr. Cents
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Final Settl. and other Certificates 19/ 9,1; do.
Indents 11/3 do.
Hall si.arcs Bank Stock— 25 to 30 per cent, premium
Total dollars.
>7.57>.55» 45
TENCH COXE, AJJtJlant Sec'ry.
FUNDED DEBT.
V'-i
20 f
11[6
isj
par
.574 p f - cent -.
bo* do.
Dolls. Cts.
3.57°
21,866 2
277.273 53
1,634,825 66
7>953>4<8 21
362,010 21
6 4.259 25
4,298,76?. 26
1,301,286 95
1,039,696 47
J1,726 90
3.660 $0
318,628 46
168,477 gi
59.434 3®
3.380
29.274 75