Convention. The Proficient endeavored to restore eider, and was obliged twice to put on his hat- This confufion continued lor two hours, dfjring the whole of which time hardly a word could be beard. It was at last propolird to except Egality from the Decree, and so adjourn the quelti ob, so far as it related to him, for three days. This motion was adopted. Some original Iclteu ot Mr. I.apniie, were tjaiifmiltfd to the Convention by Madame Olympii Degouges. who oJfcied at the fame time to undertake the defenee ol Lmiis XVI. On this offer the Convention proceeded lothe order of ihc day. Some fufptcions having beep excited irom certain passages in the papers, n> be employed as prootM.ga.nft Lojj* XVI. that Bailly, for. rnerly Mayor of Paris, attempted to lavor the flight of the ex-monarch. Bailly wiote to the Convention, declanng, that during the whole time of his magistracy, be alwa)i atted upon the fame principles—the lupport of ihe law ; and that he never favored any party or tadion what ever. December 2a- A debate took place refpe&ing the existing Committees ; Tome Members haying insisted on the execution ot the law, which ordains, that one half of* the Members of each ftiall, at the end of every two be removed, and their places be filled by new Members. The Convention at length decreed, that this law should be put in execution, and that all the Committees, that of the Conllitution excepted, ihould be one half renewed. Couthon vemonftrated against the Decree which ena&s, that in all countries occupied by ths armies of the Republic, the functions Of provisional administrators cannot be per formed by any ci-devant Nobleman, Priest, or Agent, of the Austrian Government. He said the above was unjust and implicit; that it infringed the Sovereignty of the People, so lemnly acknowledged by the Convention; and that it was unworthy of the reprefenta. tives of a free nation to enchain the con sciences of those whom they had delivered from tyrants. He concluded by moving, that these reftriftions might be annulled. After some debate the motion was decreed with an amendment—that nobility and cler gy, before they could be elected, must have renounced all their prerogatives and privi leges. Young Equality came to Paris the other day to visit his lifter—He exclaimed, 4 1 know they meditate our baniftiment : If the sen tence find me here, I will instantly depart and give an example without a murmur,ot fidelity and fubmiflion : If it reaches me in time of attion, I will plunge into the enemy's battal ions, and in dying receive the consolation of .falling for my country.' This young man has been in seventeen anions. • Domestic Articles. NORFOLK, February 16. %CJ~* NOTICE. The Consul of the French Republic informs the descendants of French families in this coun try, that or. the 2111 September, 1792, the Nati onal Aflembly enisled, on the propolal of citi zen La Grevole, " that the Executive Ppwer mall, without delay, enroll the names of the French families, which were prosecuted on ac count of religion by Louis XVI. in that they may recover their property so unjustly connlcat- ed." The Conlul will fend to France, with the ut most pkafure, the claim and gritvances of his brethren. The Citiztn-Conful, M. A. B. Mancourit. January S4> >793' and firft of the French Republic. WINCHESTER (Vir.) February 18. On Monday evening last a Ball was given in commemoration of the President's Bi kth, at Mr. Daugherty's tavern in this town. — The occasion gave peculiar happiness to the company, by having another opportunity of demonstrating their fove and veneration for that great and good citizen. The evening was spent with great hilarity, and, among ma ny oofcers, the following patriotic toasts were given : Our be'oved President, may he long be ena bled to render his important services to a grateful country—The Majority in Congrels; may they continue to deserve the confidence of their constituents—The Federal Constitu tion ; may its basis of wisdom be invulner able to the fhafts of revilers, or the frends of anarchy—May unanimityand attention banish local diftinclions in United America—May our National Laws remove every obstacle to the payment of honest debts—The \ ice-Pre sident ; may his exertions in his country's cause be still remembered —Our unfortunate friend the Marquis de la Fayette. EAST ON (Maryland) Feb. 19. Monday the nth instant, being the Anni verfary of the Birth of our beloved PreGdent r the fame was celebrated here by the Ladies and Gentlemen of this town and its neigh borhood. The Ball-room was filled with La dies, whose smiles teftified the joy with which they embrace every opportunity of expressing their gratitude to, and veneration for, their protestor and benefactor. At the upper end of the Ball-room was hungahandfome picture of the Piefident, ornamented with a crown of laurel and wreaths of flowers, which the La dies had previously prepared. The Ball was opened with the favorite dance of " The President's Birth-Night"—and the evening was spent with the otmoft hilarity and refined pleafure —On no occasion have we fcen a more bi illiant or a more happy company. BOSTON, Feb. 16. Ittiafl of d Utter Jrom Philadelphia. CONGRESS are drawing to a close—there are some important matters vet pend ing ; but though the men who have hitherto duuc the bulinels, are ful.citous still to do as much as poffibk ; tliey have to encounter vet ry extraordinary exertions made to procral tinate almost every thing to. the next, Con g,ef not with a with or expiation that business will then be done better ; but, that it will be undone. This is not ay uncharitable luppofition —for when opposition finds its ar guments against the principles trt nieaXures refuted, it constantly brings forward the next Congrel's ; and this is the concluding idea of every declamation against doing any prclent felfion. I Ihould mod sincerely lament the cirtunp ftauce, if by eletfting an anti-feileral Malfachufetts should encreafe the junto a gainst hcrfelf: That this would be the cafe, should some names be brought forward, which have so deeply pledged theiufelyes against the public mealures already adopted, is so evi dent, that I am aftotiiflied to fee how your votes have run. If thole who never t,d any thing for their country—if those whd bellow the loudest against the Constitution, and the laws of the union—if those who have no per sonal honor, or private reputation are the pa triots of our country, then will the people of Massachusetts ast a wile and confident part in committing the public interest to .be care and guidance of men, who will coincide wtth persons of the above description. You fee what has been the result of the at tack on the War-Department, m the Houle The Committee on St. Clair's expeditioiyvill probablv make a new report this week . I think they will be puzzled—Knox will llliid acquitted, juftified and honored, ifftr.a jus- done, or lam much miftaken—*nd so will Hodgdon t The Secretary of t e Tr.afu rv comes next—He will come forth hie gold —His friends are mistaken in the man, if his reputation is not of more value in his own el timation, than all she produce of Mexico fi.ee avarice firft opened a mine. These mvefti gations will do good, if the people art wife and just in appreciating the merits of thfir faithful servants —and in fliewing a proper contempt for the (ham patriots, who raise a smoke as a cover to facilitate their access to public appointments —There is, howevtr,ano ther object in these in veftigations; it is pro crastination. We have much talk here of resignations in the executive departments—even of the chief —but this I do not believe ; Mr. Jefferson certainly oj men interejledto keep those divided and opposed in their views oj things who have one and theJame interifi, cause, andJtnti ment, that ought to Unite and harmonize their minds and meafurts. It is a pleafmg and comforting tef tmony which the jriends of true liberty and public virtue now fee, in the fmpathetic and joyful demon- 1 fli ations going forward, that notwithjiavding all the manoeuvres cj a de/igring epbal agvnfl liberty, to sow theJeedi of arijlocr&cy in tire rank foil oj ava rice, and to manure their growth by t\eJliintflalirig mixture of political and monied operations ; And at the fame junflure, to sap the public confidence and affeflion towards republican g&vr nvient, by calum rf\ii Again (I republicans in France, and at the principles of equality and the rights oj man among our/elves, that notwithjlanding these things, truth is every where lifting up her awful voice, and [peaking I Joith the fame puie patriotic jtntiments, which) liberty ever breathes into generous and manly hearts ; nor can the time be far ojf' when the fame*folemn voice of the people will proclaim their indignant Jeelings againjl all fuck as have endeavored to turn them from the plain path of honefl republicanijm. which leads to the u\iverfalgood of all, and to involve them in the msfleries oj a crooked and cunningly devised policy, tending in the end to blind and fetter the many 9 and to make them hewers of wood and drawers oj water to the jew, who unftisfied with fucking up the wealth of the community, vifibiy ajpire and aim at vaulting into dignities, emoluments) and power independent oj the piople. COLUMBIA. 314 CONGRESS. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES, TUESDAY, Feb. 26. A report on thr petition of Lewis Pintard „.s read, which proposes an exienfion of the time limited for receiving drawbacks—icfeired to the committee of the whole to-morrow. In committee of the whole on the bill to au thorize the grant of land to the French inhabt tants of Gallipolis. . Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair. The difcitflion of the bill engaged the com mittee till near the time of adjournment. Va rious verbal and other amendments were agreed to, and reported to the house ;-thofe were •adopted by the house, and the b.ll ordered to be eng r ofTed for a third reading to-morrow. The French inhabitants ot Gjllipolis purchas ed from petfons calling themfclves Agents of the Scioto Company, a largetraft of land, for which thty paid a high pr.ee, on condition that the Company would give them certain fl.pulated afliflancc in making their fettlemcnt. They re moved to this country from France and found that the title of the land on which they were featcd by the Scioto Company, is dilputed by the Ohio Company. From motives of benevo lence, humanity and policy, and in consequence of their voluntary military fcrvices, a grant of land is by the bill directed to be conveyed to them, independent of their disputed claim to their present fettlemcnt. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Oils, in formed the House that they have concurred, with amendments, in the amendments of the House, to the bill in addition to the att toy e.- tablifhing the judicial courts of the United States. ~ , Mr Heifter, of the committee on enrolled bills, reported four bills as truly enrolled, viz. " An a£t making appropriations lor the lup port of government for the year 1793 "An att to regulate claims to invalid ptnfions. — " An ast to repeal the leveral lmpoll laws, lo far as thev -impose a duty on ufeful beasts im ported for breed." And "An ast for fettling the claims of certain pcrfons therein mention ed." The Speaker signed these acts. A committee, consisting of Mess. F.tzfimons, Griffin and Treadwell, was appotnted to bring in a bill to provide for the support of light houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers, not ceded to the United States. A bill making an appropriation to defray the expense of holding a treaty with the hoftilc In dian tribes, north- *eft of the river Ohio, was taken into consideration. An amendment re ported yesterday by the committee oT the whole, was agreed to, and the bill ordered to be en grofled. • . A message from the Senate by Mr. Otis, in formed the House, that the Senate have co.cur red with amendments, in two bills lent from the House, viz. A bill to regulate trade and m tcrcourfe with the Indian tnbes-and a bill tor fixing the time of the next annual meeting of Congress. Mr. Hartley moved, that the Honfe (hould go into a committee of the whole on the report of the committee appointed to enquire into the causes of the failure of the expedition under Gen. St. Clair. This motion was not agreed to. Mr. Livermore then moved, thtt the com mittee of the whole (hould be difchargcd from the consideration of said report. This motion was made on a supposition that the time remain ing of the feflion will not admit of finiffiing the discussion of the ruhjeft. This motion was car ried in the affirmative. Mr. Madison then moved the following in substance, viz. Resolved, That the report of the committee on the causes of ihe failure of the expedition under Gen. St. Clair, ought to be printed, toge ther with the observations of the Secretary of War, the commanding General, and the Quar ter-matter General, relative thereto. Resolved, That each member of Congress be furniflied with two copies of the fame, and that such measures as may be eligible, be taken to circulate them thro' the United States. These resolutions were debated for some time; i but without deciding, the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, February 27. The bill to authorise a grant of land to the French inhabitants of Gallipolis—and the bill making an appropriation to defray the expences of holding a treaty with thehoftile indian tribes north weft of the river Ohio, were severally read the third time and passed. A bill supplementary to the a& providing for the eftabliftiment and maintenance of Light Houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers was twice read and referred to the committee of the whole this day. The bill for extending the time limited for receiving subscriptions to the loan of the United States was twee read and committed for to morrow. Mr. Fitzfimona laid the following motion on the table viz. " Resolved, that a committee be appointed to bring in a bill to make further pro vision for securing the collection of the duties on foreign and domestic distilled spirits, (bills, wines* and teas; this motion was agreed to, and refer red to a fcled committee. The amendments of the Senate to the amend ments of thV houle to the bill ftipplementary to the a& for establishing the Judicial Courts of the United States were read ; also their amend ments to the bill to regulate trade and inter course with the Indian tribes. A letter was read from the Secretary of the Treasury, complaining of some inaccuracies in the printing of the Reports which he had made to the house during the present session : this let ter was referred to a fele«sl committee, confift ingof Mess. FitzGrtionfi, Sedgwick and Dayton. In committee of the whole Mr. Dayton in the chair, on the bill for altering the places of hold ing the Circuit Courts of the U. States, in the states of North Carolina and Vermont, and for other purposes. The committee made some a mendments, which being reported to the house, a mot ion made agreed to recmnm„- the bill to a leleil committee. A meffaje from the Prrfident of the U. foimed the house that he has this day approved and iigned two ads, which originated in xht house, viz. one an a<3 repealing the federal Im port law* of the U. States l'o far at the feme may be deemed to impose duties on ufeful bead* ported for breed; the other, "an a3 making provision for the persons therein mentioned. The amendment, of the Senate to the bill in titled, an a • that before the time came round, when ted States might be obliged to dift ar £ whole of this debt, money may be obtainM more advantageous terms than at pre cn , fliould be found necessary to borrow- The fe&ion was ftruckout nem cot,. Several amendments were made to t e fe&ion ; the committee then rose and r