tion for an Academy destroyed in the late war, was read. This report was made on general principles, nnd in favor of tiie petition. A meflage was received from the Pre-fident of the United States, communicating a letter from the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, dated at New-York the sth init. Itating their opinion and agreement relative to the " Ait to provide for the claims of widows and orphans, barred by the limitations heretofore elfabliflied, and to regulate the claims to invalid petitions." Read and laid 011 the table. This letter contains certain objertions to the above law, as blending the brandies of the go vernment, and improperly fubje<fting the judici ary to thecontroul of the legiflativc and execu tive powers—the judges however agreed to exe cute the law as couimiflioners. A meflage was received from the Senate by Mr. Secretary Otis, informing the House thatthe President of the United States has notified the Senate that the acl for altering the times of hold ing the circuit court in certain dittricfts of the United States—and the art: concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls, have received his approbation and signature. A second meflage from the President of the United States, by Mr. Secretary Lear, informed the House that the adl apportioning reprefenta tjves according to the fir It enumeration, has re ceived the President's approbation and lignature. In committee of the whole on the bill entitled, " An acft to regulate procefles in the courts of the "United States, and providing compensations for the officers, jurors and witnelles. Mr. B. Bourne an the chair. The committee proceeded through the difcnf fion of the bill, and agreed to fun dry amend ments, which were reported, and laid on the table. Adjourned. TUESDAY, April 17. A bill to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws, fupprels infurretflions, and repel invasions, was read twice, and committed for Thursday next. The committeeon the memorial of J. Ceracchi, brought in a report, in which, after reciting a xefolution of the Congress under the late confe deration, for erecting an Equestrian Statue to the memory of General Washington—the report fays, That the honor and dignity of government re quire a speedy execution of the above resolution —and nominates the Secretary of State, the Se cretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War, to superintend the business—laid on the table. Two reports from the Secretary of the Trea sury were read—the firft Hating the exports of the several slates—the other refpetfting additi onal appropriations for the services of the cur rent year : the lad report was refered to a feledl committee, with inftrudtions to report a bill— report to be printed in the interim. A third report was read from the Secretary on the memorial of the marine society of Boston, xefpe&ing a marine hospital—also on a memorial on the fame fubjetft from Virginia, referred to a feledl committee confilting of Mr. Ames, Mr. Sterrett and Mr. Parker—loo copies to be printed. A report from the Secretary on a number of petitions was also read, and xoo copies ordered to be printed. A petition from W. and J. Symtnes, owners of the/hip Brothers, cast away on her voyage from .New-York to Philadelphia, praying to be dis charged from a bond given to the colleiffor of New York for the duties on the cargo of faiu ship—read and referred to a select committee. A petition from in behalf of himfelf snd other French emigrants, settlers at Gallio polii—praying a right of exemption ro a traifi of l*nd on the Miflilfippi, near the French fettle Went of Illinois, on paying conipenfation for the fiune ; read & referred to acoinmittee of five. _ In (jftminittee of the whole on the bill for rais ing a farther futn of money for the protetfion «f the Frontiers.—Mr. B. Bourne in the ehair. The committee proceeded in the difculfion as fat as the 6th feftion—and made foine amend ments—they then rose and reported progress. A meflage by Mr. Secretary Otis, informed the Honfe that the Senate Have pafled an a<ft, authorizing the grant and conveyance of a certain tra<fl of land to the Ohio Company of Aflociates, with an amendment. Adjourned. SHIP NEWS. AR-RIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Brig Trimmer, Murphy, Virginia, De May, , Neptune, Appiebcan, Nancy, Strofbury, Schooner Sans Souci, Crozier, Lawrence, Perry, .Merrick, Noop John, Thatcher, Two Brothers, Mjrlin, ' Cleopatra, Bacon, .P. W. Henry, "While, ' „ JL,, ATTHE FIKST SESSION, Begun and held at the city o( Philadelphia, in the State of Penn lylvania, Monday the twcnty.fouhh of oaober, one thouland (even hundred and ninety-one. AN ACT for fining the Light-House on Bald . Lead, at the mouth of Cape Fear River, in the State of North-Carolina. T>Eit enacted by the Senate and Houfeof Representatives of the JJ United States of America, in Congress assembled, That th, fhe C Uni?-fV, , e T y K U "r er ' he dircft,ra ° f ,he P'efident of r K '' ' autho ' ,fed '" foo" « ™ay be, tocaufe to be nniihed m such manner as (hall appear advilable, the I.ight-Houfe heretofore begun under the authority ot the state of North-Caro lina, on Baldhead, at the mouth of Cape-Fear river in the said tate : And that a sum, not exceeding four thousand dollars, be appropriated tor the lame, out of any monies heretofore appropri ated, which may remain unexpended,after fatisfying the purposes for which they were appropriated, or out of any other monies which maybe in the Treasury, not fubjea to any prior appro- A PARAGRAPHIST in the Gazette of the -tk United States, whose remarks have been copied into some of the public prints, would gravely persuade us that those who write against the measures of government, are no more than ' a dozen persons!' It is well he is candid enough to allow there are even twelve honeil men in America, who still preach up found dodtrine But it is alked, whether the apoltles of the con trary dotSrine amount to half that number ? From the dull famenef3 of the style, it may be presumed, that small indeed is the number of those worthy gentlemen,who employ their leaden pens in eking out those drowsy fulfome panegy rics upon government, which every body now begins to smoke, and the high-fliers themfelvcs can hardly read without a sneer. " A man's foes jhall be those of his own hou/hold. By the Ship Manchejler, Capt. Clay, arrived in this port, European accounts are received to the 2Jth February. A letter from the Minister of the interior de partment of Paris, Feb. 14th, states, that reports are abroad which fill with anxiety and terror the minds of well disposed citizens; and that the enemies of the constitution are employed in spreading alarms among the people. Proper measures are pursuing to prevent the public tran quility from being disturbed. Jealousies appear to be entertained of the new Minister of War by the National Afletnbly. The officers of the regiment de Soiflonnois, excepting five, have deserted, and quitted the kingdom. Rumors of a counter-revolution continue—and the accounts add, that the Emperor has declared that he takes the French emigrants under his protection ; and has transmitted to them the sum of two millions, &c.—lt may be observed here, that similar reports have been in circulation for two years pad !—The populace of Dunkirk have wrecked their vengeance on the monopolizers of corn, and have destroyed nine houses—as usual in such cases, foine innocent persons fuffered in their property with the guilty—the military put a (top to their depredations, and dispersed the rioters. Eight millions two hundred thousand pounds of the capital of the British debt, is stated to have been paid off since the peace. in 1783, their Imports w,£ t _ ./vete valued at £. 13,825,000—111 1790, £. 19,130,000 Exports, £. 14,741,000 —in 1790, £. 20,120,000 111783 —Ships entered, 7690 —ini79o, 12,292 Ships cleared, 7329 —in 1790, 12,760 Imports in 1782, were in value 9,714,000]. — they had been gradually riling, and amounted in the year 1790, which was the latest account made up of the imports, to 19,130,0001. Thevalueof the exports of British Manufactures in the year 1783, was 9,109,0001. —in the following year, 10,409,0001. —in the year 1 790, 14,921,000k —and in 1791, the accounts of which were jult made up, 16,420,000!. C. Francois Malaga Liverpool Surinam Virginia Shelburnc Nantucket In the year 1791, the revenue proves to be above the expenditure on the peace eftabli/hment, one million nine hundred thoufaud pounds ! Boston St. Kitts N. Carolina The bill for the relief of the Roman Catholics 11 Ireland, has been thrown out by a great ma ority. Bermuda Ifcwburyport SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of RepreJ'entatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prejident of the United States, and President of the Senate. APPROVED APRIL THE SECOND, 1792. GEORGE WASfiINGTON, President of the United States. FROM THE NATIONAL GAZETTE. Philadelphia, April iB. 407 The National Assembly has decreed thar all o diers composing the King's body guard, ihould take an oath—to be faithful to the nation, tht law and the king—to maintain tht Conjtitutiori of tin kingdom— to watch over the f-curity of th? Kin?' j psrfon, and to obey no order or rtquifithh foreiyf la thf pll rpofe jor which th c y were embodied. ™. g ".rC is not to follow the King, if he eltablilhes his residence more than twenty lei t UC .s from the place of the Afletnbly's meeting, "land on no account whatever are they to attend him out of the kingdom. 1 he spirit of freedom has eroded the Pyrenees. The eagerness to procure information rei'pe&ino the French Revolution, and the difcufiions which" in consequence of that event, took place in Spain' have given the alarm to Government. All French books are prohibited, even the Medical Journal of Paris: They seem as if they would wiih toin» terdid: the language itfelf, fuice it has become the vehicle of the sentiments of freedom. A loan, on account of the United States, has been recently ne gotiated at Amsterdam, of Six Millions Florins, at five per cent, and another in Antwerp of Thr'ee Millions, at four and an half per cent. By accounts from Georgia, it appears that the Indian line, agreeable to the treaty with the Creeks, will be (hortly run—and that there is a fair profpeft of a continuance of peace with that na tion. Mr. M'Gillivray was expetled at the Rock-Landing the 141 h March. An article under the Paris head, fays the King has several timrj rode through the different quaiteis ot the city, accompanied only by one officer, the commandant of the guard—he has perforially infpefted all the markets and (lores. In thete excursions he every where met the mod affe&ionate demonstrations of loyalty. Dr. Piieftley loft thirteen manuscripts when his house was de stroyed by the rioters of Birmingham—some of them tranferibed and ready for the press. Some murders have been recently committed by the Indians a\ a small station between Bellpix and Bellville, on the weft fide of the Ohio. The wife and three children of one Deliverance Brown, were, it is said, the unfortunate vi&ims on this occasion. The Cornplanter has given fre(h afl'urances of his own and people's attachment to the United Stales. Major Butlsr, who was badly wounded in the engagement on the 4th November, has arrived at his farm near Carlille, and we have the pleasure to hear, is in a fair way ot recovery. The dealers in the public funds have come to a rcfolution not to attend any public falcs of (locks in this city, until by a general meeting it (hail be thought proper to determine otherwifc. Capt. Belcher, ot the (loop commerce, arrived at Philadelphia from Cape-Francois, failed the 24th ult. informs that three days previous to his departure, the National troops had an engagement with the Blacks, killed about 600 of them, amongll which were two white men commanders; that two thousand.troops were ar rived the day before he failed, and more daily expe&ed. At an Election tor managers for the Humane Society for the present year, held on Wednesday lad at the Dii'penfary, the fol lowing petfons were chosen : Doctor Benjamin Rush, Caspar Wiftar, Benjamin Say, Peter S. Glentwortb, William Clarkfon, John Hopkins, John Crukfhank, , Samuel Pancoaft, jun. Robert Paridi, Caleb Lownes, Charles Martha]], Joseph Lownes, ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. " In the day of prosperity rejoice—in the day of adversity consider"—is a divine injunction : when peace succeeded and crowncd the glorious contest for liberty and independence, the people of the United States gave an unbounded scope to their im agination ; and from anticipating an uninterrupted series of pros perity they plunged into scenes of luxury and extravagance but the triumph of folly was (hort—debts public and piivate soon brought us to sober reflection ; the result was the adoption of the new fyflem of government—(ince the creation, a greater cfiange for the belter, was never known in the circumstances of any peo ple ; and so far from being an imputation on the government, or itsadminiftration, are the few clouds at the present moment flitting in the Iky of our political horizon, that when the fun of reason shall have dissipated them, our public prosperity will through their intervention be more permanently established. The present however is considered by the enemies of our fede ral union as a favorable opportunity to promote their views and if the people can be brought to believe that their senses deceive them, and that those who build up and preserve are their enemies, and that those whose talents extend no further than to full down and destroy are the only patriots of the country —our profpetU will be evanescent indeed. When it shall become criminal to support the government which the people establish—when those who traduce and ma lign that government (hall be considered as friends to the people —when those who diileminate principles subversive of public honor and private faith—and by anticipating the public judgment, preclude a fair investigation of truth, palm themselves on the peo ple as patriots—when the foundations of virtue are attacked by reprefeniations which tend to deltroy all refpeft for character pro feffions and abilities, by blending in one undiftinguilhed mas» knaves, rogues and honed men—when such is the state of things in any community, the harvest of the sons of anarchy and rapine If foreign nations had not an higher opinion of the Government of the United States than certain persons among ourselves, whoaf fume to themselves (with what propriety, time will fliew) the name of patriots, we might solicit loans to eternity without effect. The demon of slander broke loose last summer—but being frowned upon by a discerning public, he retreated to his den; where, for the honour of our country, and human nature, it w.is to be hoped he would have reposed in silence and oblivion—buc some restless, envious spirit, has disturbed his repofc; and the fiend having broken his chain, has commenced his woik of lie» and detraction in an attack on certain personages, with (it is lhrewdly fufpefted) the laudable defignof fubveiting the attach ment of the people to the Union and government of the Hates, by fowir.g divisions among those who adminider our affairs, and thereby rendenng them odious to the people. May the nefari ous dcfigns be blalted. There are some men who pretend to love their country better than themselves; but they hate every thing done to promote its happinels that is not of their own proje&ing. " It is easier to find faults than to mend This is an old, but just remark ; we eveiy day fee it verified in the conduit, of thole who with the greateil eal'e can fpeediiy dctnoiifti what :c coil the labor of years to ere&.
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