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.
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