f ass to the credit of J ohn Banks the sum of 97 6 S dollars and 90 cents, heretofore charged to him man account fettled at the Treasury. The Committee made one verbal amendment which wa , reported to and adopted by the House. The bill was then ordered to be engrossed. A bill, supplementary to the ait providing for the establishment and maintenance of light houses, beacons, buoys and public piers, was dif cuffedin committee of the whole. Mr. Key moved to add a fe&ion, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to direct a floating beacon or buoy to be placed on Smitk's point •shoal, in the Chefapealc Bay this was agreed to. Mr. Williamfon moved to add, " and a bea con or floating buoy near Ocracocklnlet, North Carolina —agreed to. A Jfcition was added, on motion of Mr. Fitz finvoßSi devolving the duty refpe&ing light houfes,beacons and buoys, on the commissioner of the revenue. Another motion wa9 offered by the fame the objcd of which was, to aug ment the salary of the commissioner of the reve nue —this motion was agreed to. The committee then rose and reported the amendments. The amendment devolving the duty of superintending the light-houses, &c. on ' the commissioner of the revenue, and that re fering to an augmentation of his salary, were disagreed to, the others were adopted; and then it was ordered that the bill be engrossed. Mr. Fitziimons then moved, that a commit ter, he appointed to bring in a bill, to encreafe the salaries of the commissioner of the revenue, and the auditor of the Treasury—laid on the table. Mr. W. Smith read a motion to the follow ing purport, Resolved, That the President of the United States be authorized, in cafe the state of Penn sylvania, or the city of Philadelphia, lhall not, make proviuonfor the accommo dation oi Congress, to caufc_fuch accommodation to be provided, &c. laid on the table. Adjourned. THURSDAY, February 18. A bill providing for the payment of tbe fir ft instalment of a loan made of the Bank of the United States. A bill, supplementary to the a&, providing for the eflablifliment and maintenance of light house's, beacons, buoys, and public piers and A bill, dire&ing the officers of the treaiury to pass to the credit of John Banks, the sum of 9 768 dollars and 90 cents —were read the third time, and puffed. Mr. Livermore, of the committee to whom was re-committed the bill for altering the time and places for holdng the circuit courts in the Eastern Diftridls, and in North-Carolina, and for other purposes, brought in a report which proposes sundry amendments to the bill; these were agreed to with. juncndmeirts- and the bill read time, and palled. A meifage from the Senate by Mr. Otis, fti formed the House that they adiiere to their amend-. : ment to the bill, for fixing the time of the next annual meeting of Congress; and that the Se nate concur in the amendment of the House, to th a amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill supplementary to the atf, for eftablilhing he Judicial Courts of the United States. The House took this message into considera tion, and voted to insist on their disagreement to the amendment of the Senate to the bill tor fixing the time of the annual meeting of Congress—and choie a committee of conference. Mr, Fitzfimons reported a bill, making cer tain appropriations therein mentioned Read twice, and referred to a committee of the whole. A bill to authorize Ephraim Kimberly to lo cate a land-warrant, iflued to him for services during the late war—Read twice, and referred to a committee of the whole. Mr. Heitter, of the committee on enrolled bills, reported as truly enrolled, An a& to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes—and an a<St to ascertain the fees demandable in cases of Admiralty pr cced ings in the courts of the United Stares, and for other purposes- The Speaker signed the fame. A committee was appointed to bring :n a bill, to increase the salaries of the commifiioner of the revenue and the auditor of accounts. Commit tee Messrs. Fitzfimons, B. Bourn,and Murray. A bill making further provision for securing the colle&ion of the duties on foreign and do mestic distilled spirits, still*, wines, and teas, was read the time. Mr. Madison, after stating several reasons arising from the importance of the provifiens contained in the bill, and the im pofiibility from the Ihortnefs ol the time remain ing of the prefsnt Scllion, to go into a proper investigation of its principles, moved, that the second reading ftiould be pwftponed till the next feflion. The question on the second reading was put, and agreed to; it was accordingly read, and committed for to-morrow. One hundred copies of the bill to be printed in the interipi. The resolutions brought forward yesterday by Mr. Giles, were called for by that Gentleman previous to the reading of the lait bill. I behead ing being finifhed, Mr. Ames moved that the resolutions should be taken up. Mr. Murray fuggeftedthe necessity of giving a preference to the judiciary bill reported by him some days Cnce.—He was seconded by Mr. Key. The motion for taking up the resolutions was Carried, 40 members rising in favor of it. Ihe resolutions were accordingly read by the clerk, and are as follow, viz. ift. Rrfolvrd, That h is fffrntial in the due 1 KlDiiAiiruion of the government ot the L'niicd $t*rrr, laws making fpecific appropriations tof money, (hnuld be ft'icUy observed by tbead ■niariftraior of the finances (hereof. 1. Resolved, That a violation of a law mak ing appropriation* of money, is a violation ot thai fetiicn of the Conftiuuton of tire United States which requires that no monev fttttt be drawn from-the Treasury but in confluence of appropriations made by law 3d. Refolded, That the Secretary of the Trealury has omitted to difchargc an essential duty of his office, in failing to give Congress of ficial information in due time, of the monies drawn by him from Europe into the United States—which drawing commenced Dec. 1790, and continued till Jan. 1793 —and of the caulcs of making such drafts. 4th. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury has violated the law palled the 4th of Augu'ft, 1790, making appropriations of certain monies authorised to be borrowed bv the fame law, in the following particulars, viz. lft, by ap plying a certain portion ot the principal bor rowed to the payment of interest falling due upon that principal, which was not authorized by that, or any other law—2dly» By drawing part of the fame monies into the United States, without inftruftions ot the President of the United States. sth. Resolved, That the Secretary of. the Treasury has deviated from the inftruftions given by the President of the United States, in exceed ing the authorities for making loans under the acts of the 4th and 12th August, 179°' 6th. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury has, without the inftruftions of the President ot the United States, drawn mo nies borrowed in Holland into-the United States, than the Piefident ot the United States was au thorized to draw under the ast of the 12th of August, 1790 : which ast appropriated two mil lions of dollars only, when borrowed, to the purchase of the public debt; and that lie has omitted to discharge an effcntial duty of his of fice, in failing to give official information to the Commiflioners for purchasing the public debt, of the various (bms drawn from time to time, suggested by him to have been intended lor the I purchase of the public debt. fth. Resolved, That the Secretary of tht Treasury did not consult the public interest in negociating a loan with the Bank of the United States, and drawing therefrom 400,000 dollars, at 5 per cent, per annum, when a greater sum ot public money was deposited in various banks at the refpeftive periods of making the refpe&ive drafts. Bth. Resolved, •That the Secretary of the Treasury has been guilty of an indecorum to this lioufe, in undei taking to judge of its mo tives in calling for information which was de mandable of him, from the constitution of his office i and in failing to give all the neceflary in formation within his knowledge, relatively to the fubjefts of the reference made to him of the 19th January, 1792, and of the 22d November, 1792, during the present feflion. qth. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing refolutioni be transmitted to the Piefideut of the United Slates. Mr. Giles then moved that they fhnuld be referred to a committee of the whole houle. So lie debate took place on a motion to divide the question, so as that the sense of the house in regard to the reference to the committee of the whole, (hould be taken on the resolutions sepa rately. The question for referring the firft,fecond and ninthjxfolutions being put, was negatived. .. lu favor ot"committing the 9th resolution, 13 membeis only rose. The residue were then referred to a committee of the whole, Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair Thefirfl resolution before the committee was then read. The debate continued till after three o'clock; the committee then rose and reported progress, and had leave to fit again. A message from the President of the United States informed the house, that he had this day approved and signed two aifts which originated in the house—one, an ail making appropriati ons for the support of government for the year 1793: The other, an ail to regulate claims to invalid pensions. A message from the Senate informed the house that they have appointed a committee of confer - rence, on the bill for fixing the time of the next annual meeting of Congress; also, that they have passed the bill making an appropriation for de fraying the expence of holding a treaty with the hollile Indian tribes north weft of the river Ohio. Adjourned till 6 o'clock in the Evening. Thursday Evening, Feb. 28. In committee of the whole—Mr. Sedgwick in the chair—On the bill for extending the time for receiving on loan that part of the domestic debt of the United States, which may not be fub fciibed prior to the firft day of March, 1793 — The bill was reported without amendments,and ordered to be engrolTed for a third reading. In committee of the whole, on the bill mak ing certain appropriations therein mentioned— Mr. Boudinot in thechair. Several amendments were agreed to by the committee, which were reported, and laid on the table. Adjourned. Philadelphia, March 2. Abjlrafi oj further European intelligence iy the January Packet. The galleries of the Hall of the National Convention were occupied on tbe 23th Dec. by people who had fat there ail the night pre vious to the day on which the King's defence was made. —A negociation is on foot between Spain and France —this appears, on the part of the French government to have for its ob ieift a definitive declaration of neutrality on the part of Spait'-r-a neutrality is itnequi vocallv declared by the latter, but the de claration is accompanied with some general refle6lions on thefituation of Louis XVI. in which it is said—" It is impoflible that tie whole world should not behold, with horror, the violences 'committed against a prince op prefied by the loiferes of a long and vigorous captivity, and by tbe iufults of ionic, who think to aggrandize tlwmfelves by treading under foot grc- tnefs now fallen the de claration farther fays that a majority of tbe French nation, though they have not spoken out, seems to be favorable to Louis.—lt con 315 clutfes by fugi?efting thn't a magnanimous con duct tow arch Lour., by\ft\oerrng bim to chufe an afylun> f>r himfeif and family would be a testimony of the generality of the French na tion— Murmurs frequently interrupted the reading of this paper, and the alfembly de- creed, 44 That the executive Council ba in- formed in what quality BuRGoiNG, Minister of the republic to the Court of Spain, is ac knowledged by that Court, in order -that he may be recalled, if not acknowledged, as Mi nijler of the French Republic The Englilli papers fay that their govern ment has refufed to bold any conference with M. Chauvfxin, the Minister of France, or to hear theaffurances whichheisinftiufted to give of their good dispositions towards Holland and England—if this be true, war between the fi&tin tries appears inevitable—an article in the fame papers fays that the Butch are re foiVed to relinquilh their right to the naviga tion of the Scheldt. Monsieur the elder bro ther of the King of France is expe&ed in London, on his way to Lisbon and Madrid. Coulit de Stackelberg, Ambassador of the Emjlrefs of Russia, at Stockholm, has taken the French emigrants under his particular proUjfUort. His Excellency has even assigned an in the hotel which he occupies, to M. de S i t. Priest, the most diftinguiftied a mong these unfortunate exiles. The minister from the court of Vienna having dematided the quota which the king of Denriiarlt in quality of duke of Holftein is "to furniih the army of the empire, it has been re'olved, that his majesty will conform to the 'conclufiotT of this Germanic diet. It is be lieved, however, that the quota will be fur nifhed in money 1 . TheEniperor,hafi taken the command in chief from the duke de Saxe Tefchen, and conferred it on tfce marflial De Saxe Cobourg. Had this lofig wished for change taken place before the battle'of Jenneppe, the papers fay, the low countries probably would have been saved On the.l4th"Dec. at five in the mornibg, ' tie King of Prussia set out from Frankfort at t.bfc head of the greatest part of the garrison, and all the Prullian troops quartered in the !»eighborhood. A very smart cannonade has li?en heard (ince their departure. There is areDort that the French were driven back tp Caftel, in the suburbs of Mayence, on the right of the Rhine ; that they Uift several pie ces of cannon, and abandoned the post oi lockheim, which the king carried in person, and where he palled the night. Letters ot liter date fay, that the PrufTians are in pof fcffion of Oppenheim, an important post on ihe Rhine, four leagues above Mayence.— This will intercept the convoys which Gene ral Cultine received by this rivei from Lan dau. The last advices mention, that general Boui'nonville. who received orders to go and extricate general Cuftine, has been obliged to 'fall back, 011 account of the severity of the (eafon, the want of forage, desertion, and sick ness, which have made a fad havock in his ar my. It appears, then, that Cnftinejs at this moment in the molt perilous situation. " There reigns at Paris (lays Gorfas) a perfect calm the sure forerunner of a storm ! ! !" The majority of the Convention speak de cidedly, out of the house, in favor of the King; and were it not for the more sanguinary fac tion, there would scarcely remain a doubt refpefting his fafety. As Louis proceeded to the Convention, and as he returned, though the crowd which col lected was very confiderahle, not a murmur of indignation was heard—whether to ac commodate each other's fight, or out of some refpeft to their late King, cannot be exactly known, but the greater part of the 'populace appeared uncovered as the procefTion pafled ; the carriage was guarded by a picked body of 630 men. Louis appeared altogether in dilh abille, his hair was undrefled, and his beard rough. The calm that now reigns at Paris, fay some of the Papers, betokens an app r oaching storm ; within this last week it ftiould appear jiiat near 1 5,000 persons have quitted that capital. General Anfelm is recalled from the com mand of the army in Nice, 011 account of the disorder among the troops, and General Bi ron is appointed tofucceed him. Three patriotic clubs have been formed at Stockholm ; one of them is held in the En gl. Hi tavern. The Duke Regent has express ed his diflikeof these alTociations. The Constitutional Societies in Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby, &c. are railing a fund to oppose all prosecutions which may be designed to destroy the liberty of tbe'prefs. The preparations of war making by the EngHlh are principally directed to the pro tection of their trade. On this account an unufnal number of frigates has been put in commiflion, some of which are to be com manded by Admirals. It is the general opinion, fay theEnglilh pa pers, of every well informed man in thiscoun try, that the present violence of the two par ties in France cannot abate, without some new and general mafTacre. Already arc lifts of proscription handed about in Paris. The debater on Mr. Giles' Resolutions con tinued yesterday till 5 o'clock—the commit tee then rose, and the House adjourned till 7 o'clock P.M. Mr. Giles yesterday ppopofed to withdraw all the resolutions before the committee—ob serving that the remaining time of the House would net admit of a full difcuflion of the fub jeft. Amon.!; the d'ifcoveiies of this enlightened age, an ingenious mechanic in Connecticut, has invented the art of making paper, that the hottest fire cannot consume. ,1. TimrfcUv t'.ie Senators and It-prefeiMati <rc"> of this State, convened in the Senate chamber, agreeably to the refolutioci palled by both Houl'es, tor the pu'pofe of choosing a repre sentative in the Sedate of the United States tor the State of Pennsylvania—The votes were taken v<x jiotc, and Ai.bf.ri* Galt.aiinr, El'qutre, was elected by a majority nf to. gentlemen tire eietfted mem bers of the third Oongreis rtf'the United States for the State of New-York—Thomas Treadwell, John Watts, Theodore Bailey, Peter Gaalbeck, Philip Van Coitlandt, Ezekiel Gilbert, John A. Van Alen, Henry Glenn, and James Gordon, Efqnires. Shearjufhub Boiirr.e and Henry Dear born, Efqrs. are elected for Maffacnufetts. No one c/tn read tlie report of tlie Secretary 6j the TicafuT\y to tlie Hou& of Jvqprelenta tivCs of the Ibiited States, ot the but with fatisfacftion. The marly, uneqoivo. ca! fentinients—the fair and accurate state ments, and the judicious arrangement of the {everal particulars which relate to the finan ces of the Union, must fix his charaftsr as 4 Patriot, a Statejman, and an honest and able Fi nancier; and if a blush can be raised on the cheeks of bis calumniators, they must be con sumed by the fuftufion. CcL Cevlinel. " The French, (fays a Boston paper) are not entitled to the credit of inventors of the appel- lation of " Citizen," it is, as Liberty is, of Ame rican birth.— Four years finee the Piefident of the United States, addrefled Congress by the en dearing name of " Fellow-Citizens ot the Senate and House of Reprefentativcs." There was a propriety in the President's ad dreffiivg this body as he did*—thfry were legally his felloW-citizens. But this does not faultion an indiscriminate application of the word " ci tizen," as he never intended to '* Pvt the fame mark upon the hip , 41 OJboth the found and rotten flap." Col. Mirror. Copy oft] letter from a in London, to hi* friend in Phi lad» Iplua, dated Dec rn ber 24, 1792. Drar Sir, " On Friday evening last. died, Mr. Rumfcv, .of Maryland. On the evening before, while fitting with some members offthe Society for en couraging Britifli arts, fcienccs and manufac tures, (who, from the high opinion they enter tained of his genius, had frequently cenfulted liim'at their meetings) he complained of a sud den pain in his head, and retting it on his hand on the table, in an instant became apparently lifelefs Medical aid being immediately had, a vein was opened, and symptoms of life return ed : he was put into a waun bed, under the care of a good nuife, who adminiitered the re medies which were prescribed by the mod emi nent of the faculty. But his disorder baffled their {kill; and though nothing was left unat tempted, that could be devised to rcftore him, he expired in a few hours, without struggle, and without having recovered the free u(e of his speech or faculties. " As the feat of his malady was in his head, after his death it was opened. What 1 had be fore conjeflured, now became confirmed—that, ovetplicd with energies and thinking, lome of the veflels of the brain wire fairly worn our. Accordingly, there had happened a rupture of one of them, which was mantfeftly the immedi ate cause of his death. This day he is to be de cently inferred near Wcflminfter Abbey. " In Mr. Rumfey we have loft a citizen, the vigor and extent of wbofe intellect has fcldom been furpafTcri ; and according to many of the best judges here, very seldom equalled. I have the honor to be &c." COMMUNICATIONS. When those who only write and declaim against public measures fliall be considered as the patriots of our country, the bell title to public confidence will arise from a knafck at Disorganizing the Government. • It is so very easy to find fault, and there is so much merit to be derived from filching that of our neighbor, that it is really surpriz ing the group of Diforganizei s is not more numerous than it is. Parties are not very amiable in any coun try. Their virulence in England hag long been lamented by the most virtuous men of that nation. It is however but justice to their factions to remark, that they do not attack their conftitution r nor even whisper the divi sion of the iiland into two governments—Our American faction is really scrambling for of* sice and power, but the means they chufe ar© deadly. In these two particulars they dis tance all rivals. They set out declared ene-> mies of the constitution itfelf, and they attack the characters of the servants of the public with a malignity that is unexampled. THE MACE. THE mace transmuted into coin, In fact a profitable design! No matter what the fymbo) cost, For Abr'am gains bv what is loss, Thus popularity is bo't Norcofts the pr.rchafer a groat. Current Prices oj American Produce, at B'Jlol. December 24, 179 a. Pot-Afhes,frJl, 29/ a gof. Pearl-A/hes, frft, 34fa 36f. Rice, long price, 26/ Jhort price, 18/7 Jndigo. 2/6 a $f& Pilch, 7/a jJ6 Tar. 13/ Tur pentine, 8/15 Bees-Wax, 8/. a 9/. l.rer skins 11 the hair, found, iyd per lb. Deer Skins half dre/s'd, 20d a 22d. Pine Boards and Plank, from 10f a 1 2/6 per »oo feet, inch thick. Oak ditto, 14J a 1 cj' per 100 feet, inch thick. States, per M. pipe SI. Bj. a 13/ 3 s.— hhd. j/. a g/. — barrel 4/. 4J. a 61.— flour, 16/ a lifter C. Wheat, 6/4 a 6Jqpr. busk. Pig Jron. 61. a 7/. Tobacco, *d\ a $dfc. (Signed) Ki. iasVakdsr Horst. TO CORRESPONDENTS*- We regret that the length of Congrejiona/proceed ings in this dav'j Gazette did not Admit of publishing the Critiques—they will appear on Werinefd'»), *.htn Lycurgui willafo he refined, if pojjibte. fj" Price oj Stccks as in *ur Itjl.
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