SATURDAY, Jan. 26.
Alette was read from the Trealurei" of
the Unit d States, encloling his account
of receipts and expenditures for. the War
department for the quarter, ending the 31ft
December, a* fettled by the officers of the
treasury. Ordered that 100 copies be
printed.
Several petitions were read, praying cora
penfation for property used, loft or destroyed
during the war. On motion, the report of
the Secretary of the Treasury on loft or de
stroyed property was read, and 100 copies or
dered to be printed.
Two other petitions were read, and refer
red to the Secretary of War.
A bill to authorize a loan in the notes or
Certificates o4'ftich ftatej, as,on a-finaj fettle
metit of accounts lhall have a balince due to
them from the United States,was brought in,
engrossed, and read the third time. The
Speaker oblerved that there were several
-blanks to be filled previous to the parting the
Mr. Fitzfimons informed the House, that
the members of the committee on the enquiry
into the causes of the failure of the expedition
under General St. Clair, were then attending
to the examination ot several witneiies whose
evidence was conlidered importaut; it the
•queltioii on the passage of the bill Ihould now
be taken, it would be proper to notify the
committee to attend ; and it any further de
bate should ensue, the time would be so taken
up that the witiieffes mud be dilmiffed, and
their attendance required on Monday. Some
members observing, that it was very probable
several of the House would offer remarks on
the bill before the question was taken.
A motion was made to adjourn ; which be
ing put, was carried in the affirmative, and
the House adjourned till Monday.
MONDAY, January *3.
- Mr."'Xmesprelentea"the
"Wheeler, which was read and referred to the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Baldwin presented the petition of Ed
ward Telfair and John Wereat, praying com
pensation for supplies furnifhed the American
army during the invasion of Georgia by the
Britiih. Read and referred as above.
Mr. Mercer presented the petition of John
A.Titon, an officer of the late Pennsylvania line
•t' .he army. Read and referred to the Secreta
ry r War.
JV) •. Milledge presented the petition ofWilli
an- \iathew9, v*hich was read and referred as
above.
A nation was made and carried, That the
con: 'e of the whole be discharged from the
further fideration of a bill received from the
Senate ens itled, wAn a<st in addition to the a<ft
for r 1 " ig the Judicial Courts.'* The fame
b il -eferred to a fele& committee.
the bill to authorize a loan in
ificates of the individual states,
'c. d . The question then wa son
bill. On this Page mov
ueftion. The ayes and noes
-uta oa this, the previous question was
put in the following words :—Shall the main
question on the bill be now put ? This was de
termined in the affirmative as follows:
E S.
MclT. Lawrance,
Learned,
Livermore,
Muhlenberg,
Sedgwick,
W. Smith,
Sterrett,
a r
MefT. Ames,
Barnwell,
Benfun,
Boudinot,
B. Bourne,
S Bourne,
Dayton,
Fitzftmons,
Gerry,
Gilman,
Goodhue,
Gordon,
Hartley,
Hillhoufe,
Huger,
Key,
Kittera,
N 0
Med. yifhe,
Baldwin,
Mess. Murray,
Clark,
Findley,
Giles,
Gre<?£,
Griffin,
GroVe,
Heiftcr,
Jacobs,
Kitchell,
Lee
Macon,
Madison,
Mercer,
Mo#re,
The main queftioH was then put, Shall the bill
paf-s ? The jiyes and noes on this question were
as above, excepting Mr. Key, who voting in
the negative, the House was equally divided.—
The Speaker gave his calling vote in saver of
falling the bill.
A message was received from the Prefidcnt of
the United States by Mr. Lear, his Secretary,
communicating to the House a fUtement of the
expenditures, to the end of the year 179 2, from
the sum of 10,000 dollars appropriated for con
tingent expences. Also, a supplementary ar
rangement rcfpe&ing the <!iftri& of the state of
North-Carolina, inflation to the a& laying
duties on difti led spirits.
In committee of the whole on the resolution
for granting hall* pay for 7 years to the widows
and orphans of such officers of the army as have
been killed in the service of the United States
since the 3d day of June, 1784, or which may
hercai'ter be killed in the public service.
Mr. Key in the chair.
Mr. Hartley, who brought forward the mo
tion, moved to strike out June 3, 1784, and in
fer: 4th day of March, 1729.
Mr. Livermore said he should be in favor of
the- motion if it went as far back as the year
1775, and comprehended the widows and or
phans of the officers of the army killed within
two years from the commencement of the war.
Mr. Williamfon said he (hould consider it his
duty to move for an amendment to the proposi
tion, in the progress of its discussion, hy insert
ing a clause to provide for the widows and or
phans of the afficers of the militia.
Mr. Wadfworth dated the reasons on which
he supposed provision had not been made for
the widows and orphans of those officers which
were killed during the period alluded to by the
gentleman from New-Hampffiire : one princi
pal one was, that the new government wa* nt»
authorized by the conflitution to create a*v dc
maml* agjrinft the United States ;—the govern
ment was bound to take up the debts as ftiev
found them. The old government had rot re
cognized the claims of those widows and orphans
alluded to. With refpe& to the present refolto
tion, he was opposed to the amendment; —he
thought it ought to go back to June 1784, the
commencement of the present Indian war. He
should move for other amendments to the reso
lution, that it ftiould provide not only for those
who may fall by the sword, but for such as die
in the public service. He should also be for ex
tending the provision to the widows and orphans
of the officers of the militia. He conlidered it
as a mofl difgraceful thing to a government not
to make provision for the families of those who
/acrificed their lives in the cause of their coun
try.
The motion for striking out June 3, 1784,
was put and carried. The other part of the mo
tion, to insert 4th day of March, 1789, was not
put, being fuperceded by a motion for the com
mittee's rising—The committee rose, reported
progreis, and the House adjourned.
The Ayes artd Noes on engnfiiag (he
bilL referred tn in oiy were divided
ly, as on its palling.
Sturges,
Sumpter,
Sylvester,
Thatcher,
Tucker,
Ward.
White,
Wadfworth,
Leonard,
£ S.
Niles,
Page,
Parker,
Schoonmaker,
J. Smith,
I. Smith,
Steele,
Tread well,
Venable.
Williamfon,
Willis.
Greenup,
Mill edge,
Orr,
The " toaflcd" steele has certainly mipd
Jire, notwithlianding the intelligent puff of the
Lkrtmidc correspondent.
TUESDAY, Jan. 29.
On motion of Mr. Parker, the reptm of a fe
left committee, to whom the report of the Se
cretary of War, on the petition of Thomas Wifli
atthad been referred, was taken into confedera
tion— After again reading the report of the Se
cretary of war, and hearing an explanation of
the business from Mr. Parker—the House agreed
to the repoit of the felc6l committee, and order
ed that the fame committee should bring in a
bill put fuant to the report.
A report on the petition ol Robert Eden was
read, which was in favor of the prayer of the
petition—laid on the table.
The bill received from the Senate, for regu
lating foreign coins, and for other purposes, was
taken up in committee of the whole, Mr. Sedg
wick in the chair—Some small amendments
were agreed to—and then the bill as amended
was reported to the House—the House adopted
the amendments—and on motion, the bill was
read the third time—On the question, (hall the
hill pass ? Some opposition was mad**—lt was
said it would have a retrofpr&ivc effect, and in
terfere-wirh cxifting conrradls— it was promoted
to add a proviso to remedy this incotiveniepcy—
A motion was made to re-commit the bill for
the purpofeof adding this amendment—this mo
tion was negatived, and the bill was then palfed
by a great majority.
A mefTage from the Senate by Mr. Otis,
their Secretary, informed the House, that the
Senate have considered the bill sent from the
House, entitled an ast to regulate claims to
invalid pensions, and have agreed to the fame
with Amendments—in which they retjueft the
concurrence of the House.
In' committee of the whole on the bill to
amend the ast to promote the progress of ufe
ful arts. Mr Steele in the Chair.
The committee made forne progreft in'dif
cuffing the bill—they then role, and the cfcftii -
man reported accordingly—and the House
adjourned. f
Philadelphia, Jan. 50.
The Mail from the Southward due yeffer
day, was rpbbed soon after it Jest Baltifflota.
A fubfeription was in circulation last week
in Providence, R. I. for celebrating the glo
rious fuccefles of the French nation
Great preparations have been made in Bos
ton for the fame purpose—a grand Civic Feast
was to be celebrated there the 24th instant, in
Fane uil-Hall.
The new Theatre ii to be opened with a
Grand Concert of Vocal and Instrumental
Music, on Saturday evening next. '
Wc hear that Jonh Vining, Esq. is ele&ed
Senator of the United States for the State of
Delaware, in the place of Richard Baflett, Esq.
whose time expires in March next.
u A correspondent (in the Bolton ladepen.
dent Chronicle) congratulates his countrymen
that the Congreflional Iword of inveftigption,
i 5 tempered with pnre American fteele—He
adds, God grant it success, and let all the
people fay Amen—and that the toast ef the
day is Citizen StetU, the independent inreili
gatoroi'tbe War Department."
The patriotic toad, is, the rpirited WaOt
wori h, Dayton, Fikdley, and the others rtf
the honest thirty-fix, who detested irupofitirtn,
and puti'ued the best intereik of their coniti
tuents. Cent!net-
In rePpe# to fame recent a
correspondent remarks, that taking tlie whi.le
bufinef"-. into view—it may be laid of the
the heath of certain departments—" Satan
hatli desired to have you, that he may
as wheat.—
Taking it for granted that the body pol!«
tic ls diiVafcd, v. bat a lamentable confidsra
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t'on it is, thit the phyHcisns employed on the
oc 'Cafion should be intereited against the
patient.
It is to be observed, in refpedfc tp theoppo
fition to the mealures of government, that the
appeal is more frequently made to the sense
of the people, than to the merits of tiie fub
je&—This may be politic as it relates to
constituents of thoi'e who may thus facrifi.ce
their independence at the flirine of partial lo
cal popularity; but the great enquiry is 5 what
is tight and bcjl—and this the nnbiallsd unpie
j udiced voice of the people will always ulti
mately approve.
Boston, Jan. 19.
A liberal writer in a Philadelphia paper, ear
nestly exhorf-, ttint cli do
not square exa&ly with certain principles,
whi<?lr he deems orthodox, fhoujd be burned
by the common hangman But he does not ap
pear to know, that the United States is a free
Republic; that its Citizens are Freemen, and
that they willj whenever they please, speak
and pnbliih their political sentiments, be they
what they may ! Did he know this, his fol.y
would be conspicuous even to himfelf.
A Baltimore paper of the 24th inft. con
tains the following summary of Foreign In
telligence.
That J, 003 of"Clairfayt's array have de
fertedj and that the General was alfaffinated
That Bruxelles and Oftend are in the pof
felfion of the French.—Another report was
current, but not believed, that Gen- Duinou
rier, rl allied with his successes, had advanced
to the town of Halle, near Bruxelles, where
he was fifirounded by the Austrian armv.
That an infurreftion'has broke out at Bru
ges, in Brabant—the popular party, on hear,
ing of the fuecefs of the French arms at Moils,
rose against the Court party ; several were
maUHcrcd; the 3»tes are .fiiut, end IW *»ie
permitted to depart,—That the fate of Louis
XVI. may now be very clearly augured—firft
by the Convenntion taking upon them the au
thority of trying him ; and next, by the pro
posal of Manuel, " thak those who might (peak
in his favor (hould be under the protection of
the law," being received with murmurs and
hifles.—That a Dutch fliip put into Dover
harbour on the Isth of November, which on
the day before was blown into Calais by ftrels
oi weather; lhe had on board several French
emigrant noblemen, who cou d not conceal
themselves from the municipality. They ap
prehended and conducted them to prison ; and
several chests of money belonging to them,
were seized for the service of the state.—
That the report of Mr. Pitt's resignation was
premature—That thirty thouiand manufac
turers are at this moment out of employ in
the city of Lyons only, and the poor are abso
lutely starving—That the Sovereign Pontiff
has publicly announced from the Papal chair
the pofiibility of the French soon coming there
to pillage the churches, carry oft' the sacred
vases, and renew in thatclty the depredations
which the barbarians committed there in the
firth century, uuder the eommand of Attila
The Pope observes, that his age and his cha
racter do not admit of his putting liimfclf at
the head of troops to repulie the enemy; that
the avowed intention of the French to extin
guilh the lacerdotal race, prevented him from
going in his pontifical robes, in imitation of
St. Leon, to meet the destructive scourge
whiclithreatens the city. That the people
inuft u.'e jthe steps they have to take
On this declaration being made, Prince Bor
ghefe and other diftinguiihed persons protested
that they would defend their country to the
last drop oi their blood. The people cried out
tlieir intentions to do thefam?, and measures
are already taken for their defence. A good
army well polled in the midfl: of the niarflies
which cover the road from Civita Vecchia to
Rome, would embarrass the enemy.
Died—On Friday last, in the 3oth year of
his age, Mr. Thomas one of the Prin
ters to the Houfir of Representatives of this
State. He b*s left a wife and four small chil
dren, to lament the loft of a husband and fa
ther. Though his illness was tedious and se
vere, he bore it without complaining, and died
without a figh.—lt may be truly said of him,
u That the end oj this man was peace.*'
Died, at Wilmington, North-Carolin, Bri
gadier-General Thomas Clark of the late con
tinental arruy—lt is but justice to the me
mory of this Patriot to fay, he pofiefled in an
eminent degree every qualification that cha
racterizes the great and the good citizen ; as
a fo'dier he was brave, noble, generous and
polite ; as a friend he was sincere, obliging
and immutable. The diftinguiftieci part this
officer acted in the late war, will make his re
membrance grateful to every American.
" Died, q« the 30th day ol December, >792,
in the town of Brookfield, (Maif.) Sarah No
blc,in the toad year of her age. She was de
fqended from the family ol Drake, 111 Eall-Chcf
ter, slate of New-York.
" Until the space of three yean before her
decease, she attended todomclfic concerns with
great judgment, and her conversation wa* enter
taining and improving. She even retained fcer
rcafon to the hour of her departme. The itue
grity of h*rch»ra£lrr, dining lite, had beenfuch,
as met and received that kind treatment from
her connexions, which ierved-to alleviate the
infvmitic* of old age.
" She remembered the lime when the firfl
sermon was delivered in Eall-Chcller, by an
Kpifcopal clergyman ; who ii supposed to have
been the firll miflionaty of that order in the
ttate of N'rw-Yoik. She was able to recoiledl
whm knives and foik» weie firfl used in the city
of New-York. She was the firlt peifon who
brought tea-cups, lea,and potatoes into the town
ot Kew-Milfotd, She rememheted the rife and
prngrefsof tliofe wars, in which a great part of
Kiirope was involved, under thtrriin ot Queen
AUEC."
At a ftate'd meeting"of tie Ahieticaii Philo.
fophical Society, on the ißr.h >ni>. the follow
ing new members were duly elected
5/1 r. Coupigny, of the Society of Arts and
Sciences at Cape-Francois.
Mr. Valentin, of da.
John Adams, 1.1.d. Vicc-Prcfident of the
United States.
Dr. Da\T£» Nassy, of Philadelphia.
Dr. George Logan, Philadelphia county.
John \V. Kittbra* of the Home ot llepi
ientativcS of the United State...
Extratt from the mi nines,
Jonathan \\ illiaa \s f jun. Sec.
MAKIUAGE A LA MODE, IK BOSTON.
Marritiij. Thurfcluy Evening last,
Citizen Lathrop, Citizen Jonathan Wild, W
Cit£ls Ma*v, daughter to Citizen Sami'fi.
llidgway. toijkn <>az.
PARIS, November i
The Parilians are now all confidence in the
success of the new fyUem—'-thus writes a po
pular Journal*!# :
" The old French monarchy was a veflM
that leaked at every feau:—at length, to fcom
plete its cataitroplie, it has taken fire and
burnt down to the water's edge, while all
who adhered to the wreck have perished. It
now remains to confrruft a firip, that may re
list every attack of the elements. The poli
tical horizon is cleared of the clouds which
have hitherto darkened it-*—the fun of liberty
has purified it—conspiracy is annihilated.
In a lhort fpafce of time—in a month—we
lliall have all the materials in readiness re
quisite for the conftruftion of that august mo
nument, which is to replace the Gothic edi
fice of Feudality. A new declaration of
rights should be presented to tiie Convention,
and then let t,hem forget all ther private quar*
rels, and employ themselves solely on the bu
fmefs they went called upo* by their consti
tuents to tranfatfh" With all our hearts
we agree with this writer ; but will fa6l ion
thus expire before the wish oV pntriotifi.i ?
Extra ft Jrom tie Ley den Gazette, to November id>.
I, The sudden change of affairs, with le
tgard to the combined invaders of France, i<
to many a perfect mystery. How is it to be
accounted lor, fay they, that after fnch a fuc
cefsful progress the Duke of Brunlwicjc' sud
denly halted in his career, between St. Matey
houid and Cha/ons—and how was it poflible,
that after such a variety cf movements, no
one of which materially injured his plans, he
fliould all at once abandon the cause he had
undertaken, and make an inglorious retreat,
worse in its conferences to him than the ab
solute loss of a battle? We need no longer
'wonder, however, at this event when we con
lider that the fore ft of Argonne is the Tftci
mcpy/iz of France ; and that their new repub
lic is chiefly indebted to the discernment of
General Kellerman in timely poi&fling tliis
invincible pojft, Thi?, aiuLkivfuftaining with
so nuch firmnefs the cannonade of the aoth of
September, compleatly deranged all the plans
of the Dukfe of Brunfwick.
2. As to the army of the French Emigrants,
it is broken up and difmilled. These wretcl -
ed men have received a letter of litenfe from
Marshal Broglio, bv which they are permitted
to go whereever they fee fit, with an ex
ception, however, to rejorr the main attry at the
earlicfi requisition : a clause that leems to have
been added merely to aggravate defpoit. In
fact, in this permit, neither their names nor
places of abode are mentioned ; but they are
advised to recommend themselves in the belt
manner they can to such powers as (hall be
disposed to receive them. They are, indeed,
real ohjefts of pity, and especially thole a
mong them who quitted their country and
property from disinterested motives. Great
numbers have determined to return into
France at all events; and are daily falling,
for almost nothing, their coaches, horfei, &e.
&c. Such of these mifetable people as are at>
folutely without means, and know not where
to go, ar* to be quartered at Malmedy.
3- The recent events of this campaign have
wholly difappoitited the projected plan ofhold
ing a pacific Congress at Luxembourg; at
least, there is no probability of such an event
taking place this year. The French, in the
career of their success, seem determined to
carry the most unqualified liberty through
Europe, and, extravagant as it m?.y seem,
talk of nothing but exterminating tyrants
from every corner of the civilized world.
4- Much has been said of Spain joining the
belligerent league against France • It is true
they are putting their frontier into a state of
defence, but that is all, and merely meant by
way of precaution, and not of offenfive war
fare. The rejection of royal government in
France has occasioned a prodigious shock in
the minds of the Spaniards, but the prime mi
nister seems fully convinced that war with
France cannot be otherwise than ruinous to
Spain ; there i», therefore, every reason to
think that he will persist in his pacific system,
notwithstanding remonstrances from every
part of the kingdom, urging to a contrary
measure. Add to this, that the.influence of
the clergy ii in a declining way in Spain, who
in any other age than the prei'ent might have
influenced, the crown in the liipport of
potifm.
J. The Englilh seem not to have viewed
wiili a complainant eve the French maritime
expedition to the Mediterranean. Letters
from Antiba mention, that admiral Truguet
has taken a large English (hip going into Nice
with a load ot" Muflcets, and other military
store;. She was conducted to a fafe port.
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