CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WEDNESDAY, January 2. Mr. Ames of the committee to whom the re port of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the pe tition of Joseph Henderfon was referred, brought in a report, which was read i this was partially in favour of the petitioner. Laid on the table. The petition of John Roland was read, pray ing compensation for services performed, and disabilities incurred during the late war. Laid on the table. The committee on the petition of Ebenezer CowelL brought in a report, which wasagainfl the prayer of the petition. This report was accepted. The following engrossed bills were read the third time, and passed, viz. A bill to authorize the settlement of the ac counts of Lewis Garanger,for military services, during the late war. A bill to amend the a£t eftablilhing a mint, so far as refpefts the coinage of copper. And A bill to allow the payment of interest, on a claim of the persons therein mentioned. Mr. Sedgwick, of the committee appointed, reported a biH to compensate John Tucker.— Read twice, and committed for to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Gerry, the several petiti ons of the officers of the late army, were refer ed to a committee of the whole House on Mon day next. A letter was read from the Secretary of State, containing a lift of the Clerk s employed in his department, and the salaries received by each, communicated pursuant to a resolution of the house of Monday lafl:. In committee of the whole, on Mr. Steele s motion for reducing the military eftabliflimest of the United States, &c. Mr. White in the chair. The motion was read by the Chairman, and debated till near three o'clock. They then rose, reported progress, and had leave to fit again. In committee of the whole, on the bill mak ing compensation to the widows and orphans of persons killed while afling under the fanition of flags of truce. Air. Dayton in the chair. The committee difcuflcd the bill. They then rofc, reported progress—and the House ad journed. THURSDAY, January 3. The petition of Charles King, praying to be placed on the pension lift, was read and laid on the table. Mr. W. Smith, of the committee appointed for the purpose, reported a bill to regulate claims to invalid pensions, which was twice read, and committed for to-morrow. A letter was read from the Secretary of War enclosing a lift of the several persons employed in the Department of War. with the salaries al lowed to each. Laid on the table. The report of a fele6t committee on the peti tion of Joseph Henderfon, was referred to a committee of the whole house to-morrow. In committee of the whole, on the bill mak ing compensation to the widows and orphans of persons killed, bearing flags of truce t® the In dians. Mr. Dayton in the chair. The committee filled up the blanks and made several amendments to the bill, which were re ported to the house, and laid on the table. The House then, in committee of the whole, Mr. White in the chair, relumed theconfidera tion of Mr. Steele's motion, for reducing the mi litary eilablifhment of the United States, The motion was again read, and debated, Mr. Steele and Mr. Clark supported the motion ; Mr. Milledge and Mr. Findley opposed it. A motion for the committee's rising and report ing progress, after some opposition, was carried. Mr. W. Smith moved, that when the House adjourn, they should adjourn to meet at Ten o'clock. After some remarks from Mr. Liver more, on the want of pun&uality in attending at Eleven o'clock, the usual hour of adjourn ment, —he fuggefted,asan expedient, the call ing over the names of the members at Eleven o'clock. Mr. Smith withdrew his motion to substitute the idea of Mr. Livermere, and made a motion accordingly, in the following words ; 1 hat there be a call of the members at the usual hour of adjournment, and that the names of those then absent, be entered on the journal. This motion was laid on the table. Adjourned. FRIDAY, Jan. 4. Mr. Slerrcit Member from Maryland, took hit f at ihii d.iy. The bill providing compensations for the wi dows and orphans of thr persons who were kill ed, while airiu* under the fan£tion of flags of truce to (he Indians, was further discussed in committee of the whole ; additional amend ments weie made, which the committee report ed in the Houle—the Hnufe took ihe fame into confideratioii ; ihey made ftirlhei amendments, ana then the bill was ordered to be engrofLd for a third reading. A letter was read from the Secretary of the Trrai'iwy eticlaßng lifts of the persons employed 111 the Treasury Department with the salaries al lowed to each j-.alfo > llatemrnt of the several Loans made by the executive of the United States, ptirfuant to law, with the appropriations of Ihe fame; ordered that soo copies of thi> communication be prin'ed. In committee of the whole, on the bill to regulate claims to invalid penlions Mr.D.ty too in the chair—The bill was read by the cMairraan. A motion by Mr. Livermore, to strike out a cl: ul'e whichprovides that applicatioosfrom persons who * cases have heretofore been de cided upon, .u-.d their claims rejected, should not be again received and allowed—'was after iome opposition negatived Mr. Venable moved an amendment, the >bje& of which was to invalidate the doings of the judges, atting as commiifioners in the cases of applications for pensions, pursuant .to the law palled t>.e last session—and to place those pensioners on the fame footing with such as are the fubjefts of the bill now under consideration—this motion occasioned a de bate which continued till the time of adjourn ment —the committee rose and reported pro gress, and the iioule adjourned till to-n orrow. RICHMOND, Dcc. 26. Wopaie concerned to be under the neccflity of following up oui accounts fiomthe western ter ritory, with more disagreeable intelligence from ihene*' Some time in the last month, Captain Hand ley with his co mpany ot (drafted} militia, and an escort under their care, marched from Knox vilie for Cumberland ; on their route they were surprised on the Cumberland trg'.e, between Knoxville and NaHivilJe, by a party of confiftmg of about 200 ;— on their fit ft fire, Ca.pt. Handley and eleven of his men fell, and the re mainder of the company and the escort instantly dispersed of which twenty-four are ltill mif fing, supposed to be killed or taken prisoners. The militia had no suspicion of being ncjr an enemy, until they received ihe fatal fire, which brought their commander and so many of their fellow soldiers to the ground. It is barely justice to the memory of Capt. Handley, to mention, that he had served his country, in a military capacity, five cam paigns with distinguished reputation and ap plause ; and that equally in public and private life he lived beloved and refpedled, and has died univerfaJJy lamented. NEWBUHYPORT, Dec. 19. Last week a piece of timber, designed for mast of a large India (hip, was drawn over the us* Bridge, by upwards of twenty a&M), without so much as causing the least crack to be heard in the Bridge, notwithstanding the enormous weight of the load. Philadelphia, Jan. 5. The Directors of the Bank of North-Ame rica have declared a dividend of seven and an half per cent, for the fix months ending Ja nuary 1 ft. Tuesday afternoon, a number of friends of equality and of rhe French revolution, Ame ricans and French, partook of a splendid en tertainment at Mr. Oeller's hotel, in comme moration of the intelligence lately received of the success of the Gallic arms against those of despotism. Tickets of admiflion to the seroftatic expe riment by the celebrated Mr. Blanchard, will continue to be fold till Wednesday next, at Oeller's Hotel. Tickets for the firft places, five dollars—recond places, two dollars. Since the celebration of the fucce£e<t cf France on the Ift inft. at Oeller's Hotel, a correspondent has observed, that a number of persons have been decoated with the tri coloured ribbon at their button-holes. The blue ribbons talked of, have not yet appeared. Extratt of a letter from Columbia, (S.C.) Dec. 9. u The Eleftofs of Prefidenkand Vice-Pre fident have voted for the present gentlemen in office. Major Butler is re-elected to the Senate of the United States. The gentlemen in nomination were Gov. Pinckney and Maj. Butler ; the former had eight votes, the lat ter one hundred and eighteen ; —a pretty strong evidence of the sentiments of this coun try in favor of Major Butler's public conduct. —There is no man poffefTes the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens more highly than Major Butler." AbJiraß of Foreign Intelligence. In the attack of Spires, the Auftrians loft Bod men, besides a great number mortally wounded—and though they fought bravely, yet the French had only 20 killed and thirty wounded. Spain has openly declared its disposition to co-operate with Austria and Prussia against France. The Porte has refufed permission for eight (hips of the line, and the fame number of fri gates of the Ruffian navy, to pass the Darda nelles, in order to a<st against the French. A grand civic feaft, on account of the suc cess of the French armies, was to be celebrat ed in Paris in O&ober. A serious rupture has taken place among the Jacobins, and it is said they have expelled BrilTot, and ordered his name to be erased from their minute-book. M. Peion is re-elected Mayor of Paris— and M. Garat has accepted the office ef Mi nister of justice. Tranquility reigns generally in Paris; a general opinion prevails, that neither Louis nor the Queen will be punished with death The majority of the Convention appear to be difpofcd to conciliate parties, rather than en courage anitnofity j little doubt however ex ists but that repiiblicaniCm will remain the French form of government, till future expe rience fcall point out its inefficacy. M. Danton demanded in the Convention, that the country be declared out of dsvgcv, this proposition was combated and deferred. By a letter of the CommilGoners to the Convention, dated the 10th Ottober, it ap pears, that the enemy had 30,000 men en camped without Verdun ; and were in pof feflion of the Heighths which command that town, in which they have a great number of sick. Kcllerman was making his arrange ments to attack this army when it retreated. Died, in South-Carolina, Hon. Hekry Lai'- *ens, formerly President of Congress, &rc. 251 Extract of a letter from Mr. VandcrhorJt x Consul oj the United State* at Brijlol, to ch\ Seuttary oj State, dated Otiober 10. u A very uncommon wet harvest-time here, has done much injury to the crops of* grain, which were before very proi\iifing.— Corn, in consequence, has considerably ad vanced in price, and it is expected, will still be higher-r-fo that there is at present no doubt among our merchants in this place, but the ports of this kingdom will, in the course of next month, be opened for the admiflion of foreign grain of all forts—indeed, so confident are they of this, that many of them have al ready sent large orders abroad for the pur chasing of corn." kxtrflft of a letter from Mr. Fenzoick, Consul oj the brated -Stater xtt Bordeaux, to the Secretary of Stale, dated Sept. 28. u The crops of grain have, proved much less than was expected; in all thelbuthern de partments of France, considerable foreign supplies will be wanting. Mr. Cathalan, Vice Consul of Marseilles, is now here—encouraged by the citizens of that place, and the profpeft of the scarcity of grain, to come as far as this, and go even to America, in order to buy and procure supplies of wheat and flour; but the uncertainty of the times has deterred him from going on to America. We shall also want much in this and the neighboring depart ments, and I presume the prices will be high." DECREE OF THE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE, 1 • THE importation of every kind of to bacco in the leaf is to be permitted, from and after the firft day of O&ober next, on paying 10 livres the quintal for the tobaccos which are fubjedl to the duty of 18 livres 15 sous; 12 4i*res 10 sous for those which pay 25 livres ; & 15 livres for all othe rs,except those in fegars, which shall pay 25 livres. The duties of ten livres & 12 livres 10 sous, shall be levied as well on the tobacco which shall be imported, reck oning from the above date, as on those which Ihall then be in entrepot. The tobaccos of the Levant shall be admitted in bales; those of Amersfort, in hampers; and those of the Colonics, in bundles. 2. Leaf tobacco imported by sea, shall have the right of entrepot eighteen months. They may even pass, by a continuation of entrepot from one port to another. They fliall pay the duty on the actual weight, and only at the expiration of the time of entrepot, or when they shall be taken from thance for national consumption. The whole on condition that the warehouses shall only be in the ports fur jiifhed by the merchants at their own expenfc, and of which the Directors of the Regie ihall have a key. 3- Manufactured tobacco, which (hall be fold in tonfequence of seizure, shall be fubjedt ■to a duty of 15 livres per quintal. 4- Tobaccos seized from persons unknown, and not reclaimed, may be fold three days as ter notice, to the Solicitor of the Corporation, and advertising the decree of confiscation : the net proceeds of the sales shall be paid im mediately to the persons seizing, and divided according to the reles eftabiifhed, or to be eftabiifhed. 5- When several seizures of tobacco shall be separately made from persons unknown within the jurifdi&ion of the fame diftrift tribuna), and the value of each parcel seized (hall not exceed 50 livres, the Regie may de mand confifcation by a petition which shall contain the estimate of each parcel of the tobacco, and a decision shall be iflued on the said petition by one and the fame judg ment. 6. The resolutions in the two preceding articles shall be executed, in refpeft to all sei zures made from persons unknown, of things which shall not have been reclaimed. We are sorry !o fee (fays a correspondent) the spirit of discord is so predominant in the choice of a Vice-Prejident of the Ull ited States :—When ojir country is blefTed with faithful difmterefted lervants, whose chief study is the good of man kind, change them not, left you change for the worse ; and monarchy and all its dreadful con cimiiams be again fcen stalking among us. If the gentleman, who has the honor of filling that oflicc, has not performed with ft rift justice and equity, the function allotted to him—why not made known ? If on the contrary he has, why a change ?—Americans be not duped by the ex clamations of the Anties, who wish to plant the buter weeds of discord in this land of liberty : Let it be engraven on your hearts, that " An honett man's the noblest work of God." Virginia Gazette. The votes whkh have been given in the re spective slates for Vice-President (fays a cor respondent) will decide the state of the Nati onal pnlfe as to federal principles. The two candidates are represented at extreme points —the one a full-blooded anti-federaliii, the other a reputed arillocrat, at the fame time an honest man, the noblelt work of GOD. The oleftors being chosen by the immediate representatives of the people, doubtless carri ed with them their fentiinents in the aggre gate hence a very important point uil/be decided. We have the pleasure to annoi ce to every ■well-wiftier to our excellent Constitution, that the firm Patriot and Friend to the true interest of the Union JOHN ADAMS, is re elected Vice-Prefideiit by a handsome Ma jority. Tho e who vindicate the federal fide of the question, take it for a fact that the people are intelligent and enlightened. Therefore they offer reasons to the underliandings of the peo ple, supposing them fully capable of perceiv ing their force. And this has been constantly attempted against the current of prejudice and ignorance, which carries away li.e ieaft informed part of our citizens in certain dif trifts of the union. Til:; is treating tie people refpeftfully, and as experience Las happily proved, according to their real cha racter. It is a fact in corroboration of the remark just made, that the most enlightened part of the United States, is the liidft federal- The /action, on the other hand, has treated the people as if it. wert e.ify to dupe them. They have made a property of a ftw wolds, fycli as monarchy, aristocracy, &c. a? d it is half the employment of their hireling prel's to ring the changes upon them. Bur we are happy to lee that these frequent appeals to the supposed ignorance of the country, are as ineffectual as they are infultiug. Whoverfees the conduct of another with the eyes of an enemy will find matter of blame. No man will come off clear when his enemiesaft as his judges. It is on the other hand no less true } thathe to whom every action of a man appears wrong, is that man's ene my—For as there is some defects in the best man's character, there is some good in the worst, and he who condemns all the words thoughts and actions of the latter, is more>the foe of the man than of his faults. Apply this remark to our party fcriblers and the fadtion that supports them. The government of the United States has, with them, no bright fpor. It has done nothing praise-worthy. °Its best arts, or what its admirers call its best, the re storation of public credit, an adherence to system an d or der, are termed a curie a scourge, an oppression. The intention, they fay too, is worse than the deed.—The very change of our affairs from adverse to pros perous and happy, they pretend, does no cre dit to government, and that prosperity was intended and is made the engine of deceiving and corrupting the people in order tl.e mole certainly to bind in chains. SEPT. 5, 1792, Yet theft icribblers have lately, it i.< but hie ly, dared to fay they are federalrfts, friends of the republican constitution we enjoy, it'tbe government is half as bad they pretend they oaght not to be its -friends. No man is the friend of what he abhors, and no man will try to make others abhor what he admires. Therefore, Hvpocrify, lay ufide your tnaik; it serves no longerio hide the mark of tiie beast. It is devoutly to be wijhed thrt Franc# may finally lucceed in her form of govein ment without a King. A great republic, wifelv constituted and administered so as to fepuieJifeJibertxwUrPH&ity»M.tanlj { iiom^ violation but from the fear of it, will make the cause of liberty refpe&able, and in the - , end triumphant throughout the civilized part ' of the world. One reflection occim—lt i» highly interesting to the happiuefsof the bu man race that great rather than small por tions of the earth fliould be fubjeft to one go vernment—provided the many millionsform ing one nation enjoy a perfectly free eonftir tntion. There are many obstacles which small and feeble independent nations oppose to the diffufion of that principle of the fra ternity of mankind, so earnestly inculcated by the Fienph National Aflembly. A great ria tion is a great family— But fear, jealousy, rivalfiiip, and the spirit of commercial mono poly which has afflifled and disgraced thij age of improvement more than any other rem nant of barbarjfm build up Alps and Pyrenees ' to separate the fittle independeut States of the old world. ' The means they adopt to guard againftevil are the worftofevils. They arm, and their security against each other re-; quires taxes and oppreflion.—But a great na tion not having cause to fear the lofi of . independent governmeat is left prone to quar- ; rel with its neighbors.—For surely a free na tion will not seek conquefts—therefore it i* '. happy for pofterit/ that America and France" being great nations will have nothing to fear —being free will have nothing to wifh—tboir power and their example will do much to, wards diffufing over the earth that system of peace, that fraternity among nations which will give the greatest poflible scope for the improvements of.fcience and the happiness of the people—He therefore that would break the union of America would blast the hope*, of mankind. ARRIVED at the PORT o/THII.A DELPHI A, IN THE VIA! 1792. From Foreign Ports. Ships 136 Barques I Polacres Snows Brigs Schooners Sloops Albany Paper. 6 per Cents, 3 per Cents, Deferred, Full Jhares Bank U. S. 37 per cent, prem. (r3T Advertiftiunti, &?c. omitted, in conf.q*tnct of the lengthy Debate in this day's Gazette, Jhallbc attended to in our next. Niwptrt Paper. COMMUNICATIONS. SHIP NEWS. From Ports in tkt V. S. Ships 23 Barques i Snows i I 11 263 107 Brigs 56 Schooners a§6 Sloops 477 Total 843 Total 652 PRICE OF STOCKS. so/to >2/4 lijll
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