».»as taken for granted Mr. Tucker had sp oiled for the appointment, but no evidenee ot fhis is adduced—fevera! circumstances were mentioned to Ihew that the contrary was the fact and that he was called to discharge the dutVes of the office. The question is, whe ther he ought not to have his necelfary cx pences incurred in attending the courts re- 509 dollars was fuperceded by a motion for 309 dollars, which was agreed to. The committee role and reported the bill with this amendment, which was adopt ed by the house, and the bill ordered to be en rolled for a third reading. . ° In committee of the whole, Mr. Steele m the chair. The report of a feleft Committee on the petition of loleph Henderfon, was ta ken into cinfideration. This rcporf proposes -a resolution, that a yearly salary of dol lars should be allowed to the petitioner from August 1778, to August fB2, as pay-master to the navy board for the Eastern Depart ment : the question on agreeing to this refo lutionwas put and negatived—the committee rose and the chairman reported, that Ihe committee do not agree to the resolution.— After fame observations this report was dila greed to by the house—the report of the feleft committee then came under confide ration ; *he blank in the resolution was filled with 100 dollars, and a bill ordered tP be brought in. , A mcflage was received from the Senate by ' Mr Otis, their fecretar*, informing the house that they have paifed a bill refpeaingt'ugitives from justice, and perlbns whoefcape from the service of masters, and request the concur > trite of the house. Adjourned till Mondny. I, January XI, The Bill to compensate John Tucker was re committed to the committee which reported it. The hill received from the Senate on Friday, refpeding fugitives from justice, and persons eli.api»g from the service of matters, was read twice, £ committed for Monday next —interim lOQ.copies to be printed. , , a bill for the relief of sick and infirm seamen was read twice and committed for next Monday week. Ordered, that 100 copies be printed. In committee of the whole, on the bill to au thorize a loan in the notes or certificates of the individual llates, to the amount of the balances •which on a final settlement of accounts shall be due to them from the U. States. Mr. Steele in the Chair. Thebi 1 was read by the clerk, and then dif 'en fled in paragraphs. A motion for the com mittee to rife and report progress, was after some deb te agree to j the object was to amend the Ijirovifo of the second fetHon which varied from the pip«ifo in the resolutions on which the bill was founded. The committee rose and was dif tharged. The bill was recommitted to the fe ltft whiclr reported rtr; ivho Jwvinp made the neccflbry amendment, reported the bill to the House, which was twice read, and ta ken up in committee of the whole immediately. Mr Steele again in the chair. The bill was read by the clerk as amended. Mr. Mercer mov ved the following proviso to the firft fe&. viz. Provided that no such note or certificate fhallbe fubferibed by any person other than the original owner thereof, or his legal representative or guardian, other than an assignee, unless it lhall be proved by the oath or affirmation of the party presenting the lame to the loan officer to be fub feribed, that such note or certificate was not transferred to the person in whole name the fublcription is made, at anytime between the day of and the day cf and unless it shall appear on oath or affirmation, that the person in whose name the notes or certificates may be fubfcrib .d, is the realboni fide owner thereof. After a lengthy debate, which continued till after 3 o'clock, thecomraittcerofe, and report ed progress. Adjourned. TULSDA Y, Jan. 22. Mr. B. Bourn pre&nted the petition of Jo seph Lawrence, which was read and referred to the Secretary of war. A repot t was read from the Secretary of v/aron the petition of Thomas Wifhart—laid on the table. Mr. Grove called up the report of a fe!e& committee on the petition of H E. Lutterloh, made at the last fpflT;on, which being lead, was on motion of Mr. Grove referred to a fe- Ject committee, to report a bill puriuant thereto. Mr, B. Bourn pre r ented a petition from {he manufacturers of cordage in the town of Providence—Hating the injurious operation of the revenue law in respect to that article— particularly in regard to the drawback of the duties on foreign manufactured cordage—and praying that said drawback may be allowed on imported hemp, when manufactured into cordage and exported ; or lucb other relief as Congress may fee proper ; referred to a feleft committee- Mr. Wil'jamfon reported a bill to promote co;nmeice by t'oc incjeafe of American fea inen, which was twice read, and committed for Tuesday fortnight. In committee of the whole on the biH to au thorize a loan in the notes or certificates of the individual States, &:c. Mr. Steele in the Chair. Mr. ASercer's proviso was under con sideration —Come oljeftiop being made—Mr. Mercer otTered the proportion in a new foi in, still prefer vinjj tt>e original object rerpefting transfer* or fain of debate was renewed on tbi> mctioo. The qucftion being at length taken, the propofittbn was p«j;atived, 32 to 38. The second feftion b*inf, read, Mr. Sturgcs moved an addition, which authorizes the states refpeiHvely to prescribe tht (cverallpecict 9f the notes or certificates which 4!ialJ be fab fcribed to the loan*—This was agreed to. A proviso was moved by Mr. William .on to the following purport—That no certificate of any state shall be conlidered as the debts of the state which fliall not be recognized as inch by the Icgiflature thereof, within 12 months after the'fame (hall have been subscribed.— Without deciding on this, the committee role and reported progrels —and the lioufe ad journed. For the GAZETI f. of the UUI'l ED STATES, To J •—s B d. GREAT Sir, I much admire your daring ' spirit, ■[ Founded no doubt upon a world of vie) it: For what like merit makes a man audacious ? ( Your hands so pure—your heart Jo very fimfliy Would (bame the {antimony ot a temyle, And make a Anch'rite appear ungracious. You cut no f peculating capers, You fte.-» from offices no papers, You bribe no clcrk to break his trust, You rob no war-worn soldier of his bounty, Butxiding post thio' state and county, Write on your modesl j ront B d the jujl! The Democratic Lords of Negroes, Who I ate in patriotic league rose, Observing your high geniuswonder jl&jhing, Have shaped an office to a tradbon — In which they alk your fierceft a&ion, As jumper to give Hamilton a thra thing ; Nor mean their Mightmefies to stop at that, But more to dignity your cat, Qf W— n's bioad (boulders take your mea sure, And when the blood and fritters fly, The great D~ -n men will cry, Gods ! what a pleasure ! Philadelphia, Jan. 25.. The British ports are opened for the ad mission of grain, and will continue open till May next. From North-Carolina we learn, that »he le gislature of that ttate has lately determined, that the F.lc&ion for Riprefeniativefi in Congress shall be held on the second Thursday and Friday in February next. We also learn, that Mr. Williamfon has re queued of his conftiuicnis in the diftrift of E denton, that he may not he confiden d as a can didate ar the next ele&ion, as the arrangement of his privateafFairs requires more of his time than he has lately been able to command, conli dering the ftotc of his health, during the Jum mer's recess. ExtraO from a Cape-franch Paper (the Genera' H - — 1 ./•11. - ,i 11 I Monitor) ojthe 14tk Deccmbtr, 1792. 4< 111 consequence of the advices received concerning the delay still attending the accep tation of the draughts drawn by the adminis tration of this colony upon Mr. Laforefl:, Consul-General of France at Philadelphia, Mr. Sonthtmax, Natwrttil-Grvil-Conrimflronef, has made the following; requisition to "Mi. Tern an, Minister of France to the United States, and has added the molt pressing inltan ces to induce him to take effectual measures to prevent a further delay of the acceptation and payment of these draughts. The Direc tor-General of St.Domingo has written at the fame time to Mr. La fore ft, to let him know the real situation of the colony, and to do away any doubts that might be entertained of the legality of the draughts. Consequently it may be presumed, that 111 future, the pay ment of the draughts already drawn, or thole that may be drawn hereafter to complete the four millions of French livres, granted by the Nat onal Alfembly the 26th of June lafr, upon the debt due from the United States to the French Nation, will meet with no kind ofob ftacle. In the Name of the Nation. National CiviUCommiffion. We, Leger —Felicite Sonthonax, Nationaltivil (owmijjioner, delegated to the French Leuard IJlands, there to re-cjlabhjk public order and tranquility. Coufidermg that the colony of St. D - mingo y exhausted by a calamitous war, is in ablolute necessity of the fund*, which Lb© Na tional AlTembly has confided to the difyofition of the Marine Department, upon the Ameri can government, by the decrce of the 26th of Ju'ie last. That this decree is well understood in the I(lands and on the Continent: That if, to put it in execution, and to confer its beneficent effe&s on the colony of St. Domingo, it be ne cessary to wait for an official notification from the Agents of France to the American Go vernment, the colony, in the interval, may be precipitated into the gulph that is daily preparing for it by the negligence,or perhaps, by the perfidy of the Ministers. That it is the duty of the National Civil Commiflioners, invested, by the law of the 22d of June, and by that of the 17th August last, with the Colonial Di&atorftiip, to remedy in virtue of their powers, the evils caused by the culpable silence of the former agents of the executive power of France, and, above all, to use their utmost endeavors to prevent the people committed to their jurifdiftion, front fufferinft the dreadful scourge with which they are threatened feom the want of provisions and money. Require Mr. Ternan, Minister of France to the United States of America, in the name of the French Nation, in the name of the Co lony of St. Domingo, ready to fink under its. own ruins, to press with efficacy his negocia tions with the Government of the United State*, to obtain from the said Government, in virtue of the decree of the 26th June last, font to him by us in the mouth of Ottober, the completion of the four millions of French livres, and to apply that sum to the discharge of tl»e neceifary expences incurred in furnifh ing provisions to the Colony of St. Domingo, and particularly to the payment of the 271 drmghts already drawn by the administration of the Colony for that purpole. Making thefaid- Mr. Ternan responsible for all the evils that may lefult from his not extcuting this our requisition j protesting evfn, in that cafe, to accuse him to the Na tional Convention and to the Minister for foreign affairs. Given at the Cape, this 9th day of De cember, 1791. By the National Civil Commiflion. Signed, SO N 1"HON AX. O. F. DEt-PECH, Secretary to the Gonimiffion. Richmond, Jan. 16. yie are informed, that on Friday night last, teftore-houre of Mefl'rs. Divers and Lind'ey in Charlottefville, was burnt down, together with'fix or seven other houlfesj thelofsftlf tained has been estimated at about 60001. The causes offpewing out of wheat, are— Firjl—Too much moisture in the foil—and, Secondly, Frost. The remedies are, to avoid sowing either wet or four, or springy foils; and to ditch, trench, or water furrow fuf ficiently those fields the fanner fufpefts in either of these particulars. Manuring well, is also an important, arti*- cle ; but when the evil has taken place, let him not forget to roll his wheat as early in the spring as convenient, after his fields are dry enough to admit of Ht: This, and a good top drefiing of ripe manure will revive and strengthen the roots which wpuld otherwise peri fli. I do not enter into the reasons wherefore the fie are the caui'es and remedies ; but give them (imply as mv experience. An attentive farmer will ibon perceive their iorce ; the ig , uorant will cavil; your Gaiette could not contain all that might be written on this fub jeft, highly Vol thy the investigation of the ibientific gentleman Farmer. Nat.Gai. At a stated meeting of " the Pennsylvania Society J'or promoting the Abolition of Sla very—the relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage—and the improvement of the condition of the African race"—held on the 7th inft. the following Officers and Commit tees were elected and appointed to serve for the present year, viz. Preiident— James Pemberton. Vice-Prefidents—'Wiiliam Rogers, William Bingham. Treasurer —John Evans. Secretaries—John M'Cree, Jo'eph Sanfom. Counsellors—William Lewis, JohnD. Coxc, John Todd, jun. Miers Filher, Joseph Tho mas, Thomas Rofs- Electing Committee—Thomas Harrifon, John Warner, Joseph Budd, Joleph Shoemaker, John Todd, Caleb Attmore, Joleph Moore, IfaacPearfon, John Oldden, John LetcMvorth, Benjamin Kite, James Whiteall. ' Committee of C.onefpondence.—-James Pemberton, William Rogers, Samuel M. Fox, Samuel P. Griffitts, John Kaighn,Jofeph San iom, Caleb Lowiies. At a meeting oj' the Direiiois of the Society for ejla bl if line Vjeful Manufatlure j, held at the town of Paterjon, on Tuesday the if of January, 1793. Resolved, THAT if any stockholder ihall pay the third payment of the original subscription, with the lawful interest thereof, from the 13th of January inft. on or before the 13th day of next May, that no forfeiture lhaHbe exacted from iuch perfoti or persons making such payments. Rcfolved, That the Governor, Mr. Watson and Mr. Leroy, be a committee to form a plan for a lottery to raise a pait or the whole of the monies authorised by the Charter for the lociety, and report the fame to this Board at their next meeting. Extra&Yrom the minutes. James Griffiths, Clerk. COMMUNICATION. Liberty is order. It is to society the law of its nature, and ought to afford to this ge nerated the fr.me certainty that the next will be fre?, that we now have in the win ter, that the spring will cloathe the earth with green. Instead of this order, this per*- fiction of reason, our high-flying scribblers who care as .little as they know about the principles of liberty, make it consist Dot in order, but innovation, change, anarchy—not in calm reason, but pafiioti, emotion, and ex travagance. They applaud a wild ranting fury, and call it the tiiie spirit ot freedom.— It is well this is not true. For excess cannot last long, and liberty, initead of being fafe and durable, would be the most uncertain thing in the world. What paflion gives to-day, it may deitiolilh to-morrow.—Our anti-federal scrib blers condemn permanent laws and fvftems, to secure liberty, property, and order for ages. They had rather lee the government of the people, and its most r.ccefTary infhtutions, adapted to the pailions of the day. A wife nation will prefer such regulations as secure permanency. It is worthy of the cauie of freedom, and it is expe&cd f. om this coun try, whose example is already precedent and authority, to Jhcw that monarchy is not more stable, more orderly, nor more efficient, than the Freeflt government in the world. Liberty, by indicating health and vigor, promises long life. • Our fcribbiers would fedtice her into excess and debauchery, which would produce diseases and death. The world has been too long governed by opinions which owe their influence to their antiquity, more than to l heir intrinf.c justice —That government is neceflary to the en joyment of freedom, and all its concomitant bielfings, must be conceded on all hand.—but that the true interest of the governed and tlie governors is infcparable, is a truth that man kind have been flow to learn— though hifloij confirms and expcrieuce is inculcating it eve ry day. t) Eh AT L DEBATE is but a long fucceftort Of*ideas riling in digression* 'Tis not ex petted that your text Should indicate What may come next; For inftauce* is your text abtjes y No word in language more -amules, y Nor fcrves for move fetceniHc uses; j It i& a catch-\f-ord that impofcs, ()i> those who're jvoverred hy their liofe^— It is a word of rfrongeft fcenfc^ That strikes Out meanings never sneam— It is a Word of conjuration, Eletterilmg all the nation— It is a word importing mere* Than all that lias beenfaiti before * •And though you never state oneiativ To (hew the rogues in thought You need not seats to inifs your aim And steel a patriot's hbnor'd Namet PRICE OF STOCKS. 6 per Cfr.Uj so/i. 3 per Cents, ■ . itjia ■ Inferred, 12^4 Full shares Bank U. 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AT a general meeting (by adjournment) of the lnfurance Company of North-America, on Wednefdav the i6ih inibnt, It was Resolved, THAT the Instalments which, according to the Constitution, will bccome due on the (econd Monday of July and January next, or cither of them, may be paid by any Stockholder at an earlier period ; and any Stockholder so paying iuch inllalment, or instalments, (hall receive a proportionate lhare of the Dividends thereafter to be made, calculating such share from the firft day of the month fuctceding luch payments re fju&ively. Extract, from the Minutes, EBEN. HAZARD, Scc'ry. Philadelphia, Jan. 23. THE Officers of the late Ncw-Je*fey line a»e rcqucited to meet at the houl ol Jamcs Dkake, in Ntw-Biunfwick, on Thurlday the ftvcjiih day ol Fcbruaiy next, at the huurot 1 t*n in the moroipg, to take into conliderction the application of different lir.es of the laic arm-), now bifoic the Congref> of the United States. JOHN CUM M INC, JONATHAN RHEA. January tfrh, 17^3,
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