l'V f° r the collection of the duties impsfed bvtow on goods,., wares, and merchandize, and on the tonnage of (hips and veliels. This amendment was taken into conhder ation T' ,,e amendment of the Houfii pro vides that when the emoluments of a Collec tor amount to upwards Oj dollars per annum, the futplus fliall be paid into the trea sury of the United States. The amendment of the Senate is, to flrrike out this amend ment and to insert a elanle which limits the allowance of the Collectors of Philadelphia and New-York to 3*Bths of one per cent ; and to the collectors of Boston, Baltimore and Charleston to 3-4ths of one per cent. This amendment of the Senate was agreed to. The bill for encreafing the salaries of the commiHioner of the revenue and the auditor of account? was twice read, and committed for to-morrow. In committee of the whole on the bill pro ?iding ail annual allowance for the education of Hugh Mercer; Mr. Muhlenburg in the this bill provide 1 ; for an allowance of four hundred dollars per annum from the <late of the last payment till the education of Mr. Mercer (hall be compleated, or till he at tain to the age of 21 years. No amendments were made bv the committee ; and the bill bein" reported to the Houle, was read the third time, and palfed. Mr. Fitzfimons brought in a report on she petition of Arthur £:■* Clair, refpefting the Settlement of an old account ; read and laid on the table. The amendments of the committee of the whole to the bill making appropi iations there in mentioned, were taken up by the House ; some of these amendments were adopted, others disagreed to. The bill was then or dered to be engrofled for a third reading. A motion mads by Mr. Boudinot for taking up the bill reported by the feleft committee on the petition of Lewis Pintard, was put, and negatived, as was also a motion made by Mr. Clark to take up the' bill for eftabliftiing fees to be paid on the transfer of public Secu rities. A mefTage from the Senate by Mr. Otis in formed the House, that in the ablence of the Vice-President, the Senate have chosen Mr. Langdon Prudent pro tem. as the conftituti -011 of the United States directs. Also that the Senate have pal Ted an ast Sup plementary to the ast for eftabliftiing and maintaining light-houses, beacons, &rc. An ast for the relief of Elijah Boftwick ; and an ast providing for the payment of the tirft in stalment of a loan made at the Bank of the United States. Mr. Moore of the committee on enrolled bills, reported four bills as truly enrolled,viz. tl An ast making appropriations to defray the expense of holding a treaty with the hostile Indian tribes north-weft of the river Ohio. An ast for altering the times and places of holding the Circuit Courts in the Eastern dill trift, and in North-Carolina, and for pther purposes. An in a44»tion to «ft for eftabliftiing the judicial courts of the Unit ed States ; and anaft*?hakmg certain appro priations therein mentioned. Another nieiTage from the Senate informed the House that they have pafled the ast for extending the time of receiving subscriptions to the loan x>f the United Scates, and for com pensating Ebcnezer Storer, in which they re quest the concurrence of the House. A melfage from the President of the United States, by Mr. Lear, informed the House that he has approved and Signed two acts—one, an ast to ascertain the fees demandable in cases of Admiralty proceedings in the Courts of the United States; the other an ast to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes. The House went into a committee of the whole on Mr. Giles' reiolutions relative to the official condurt of the Secretary of the Treasury. The debate continued till five o'clock ; the committee then rose and report ed progress, and the Hrnfe adjourned to 7 o'clock P. M. The coikmttec to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary oj tie Treasury of the 25th February, refpefting the errors in his printed, reports, Report, That they have examined into the circumstan ces dated in the letter, and find, That the (lauding order of the clerk of this houle to the printer is, to fend the proof facets of all reports and ftateinents to the department from whcnce they were made, and that this pra&ice has been generally followed. That it has been difcominued during the pre sent feflion (so far as Tefpe&s the Secretary of the Treasury) from an ppinion of the printer, that the delay which the examination would oc casion, might interfere with the intention of the boufc, of having the bufioefs speedily -accom •plifhed. It did not appear to the committee that any unnecetTary delay had taken place at the office of K the compttoller, by reason of the examination of the proof fhceis, nor in the primer in the execu tion of his business Ihe committee are of opinion that it is not necefTdry for them to recommend any new re gulation for the future execution of this business ; but, in order to re&ify the errors which have taken place in the printed reports and statements, the committee recommeud the following rcfo lution. R£ROL V ED, That there be printed under riie dire&ion of Secretary of the TVeafury, 300 copies of the re P9rtsand ftatcments made by him during the prcferit feflion, and that the fame be delivered to the clerk of this house. Lift of Ads pajfed at the Second SeJJion of the Second L'ongrcfy. '•AN a & concerning the registering and recording of thips or veffrls. *• An act to amend an a ft, intituled, 44 An ast eftabi"tilling a Mint, and regulating the coin j of the United States," respects tiw coinage of copper. ■ *5.. An a& to provide for the allowance of inteieft 011 the Aim ordered to be paid bv the re'olveofCongrefs of the 28th of September, one thousand (even hundred and eighty-five, as an indemnity to the persons therein nahitd. 4- An ast to continue in forte for a limit ted time, and to amend t!ie ast, intituled, *' An ast providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nati ons." J. A» ast regulating foreign coins, and for other purpoles. 6. An ast relative to claims' against the United States, nor barred by-any ast of limi tation, and which have not been already ad j lifted. 7. An ast refpefting fugitives from juflice, and persons eicaping from the lisiyjce of thejr matters. 8. An ast for enrolling and licensing (hips or veflels to be employed in the coasting trade and fiflieries, and for regulating the lame. 9. An ast providing compensation to the President and Vice-President of the U. States. 10. An ast to repeal part of a resolution of Congress, of the 29th of August, one thoul'and seven hundred and eighty-eight, refpefting the inhabitants%f Post Saint Vincents. 11. All to promote the progress of ufe :'ul arts, and to repeal the ast heretofore made for that parpofe. 12. An ast to aiithorife the Comptroller of the Treasury to fettle the accounts of Tho mas Wifliart, late a lieutenant in the army of the United States. 13. An ast to authorize the adjustment of a claim of Joseph Henderlon against the United States. 14- An act making provision for theperfons therein mentioned. 15. An ast for repealing the Several impost laws of the United States, So far as they may be deemed to impoie a duty on ufeful beasts imported for breed. 16. An ast in addition to and alteration of an ast, intituled, 44 An ast to extend the time limitted for fettling the accounts of the Unit- States with the individual States." 17. An ast to regulate the claims to inva lid, pensions. 18. An ast making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thou fa-nd seven hundred and ninety three. 19. An ast to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes. 2D. An ast to ascertain the fees in admi ralty proceedings in rhe diltrift courts of the United States, and for other purposes. 21. An ast making an appropriation to de fray the expence of a treaty with the Indians north-weft of the Ohio. 22. An ast in addition to the ast, intituled, u An ast to establish the judicial courts of the United States." 23. An ast to alter the times and places of holding the circuit courts in the Eaftein Dif trift, and in North-Carolina, and for other purposes. 2.4- An fapplementary to the ast, inti tuled, 44 An art to provide more effertually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandize, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of Ihips or veflels." 25. An ast providing for the payment of the firft installment due on a loan made of the 'Bank of the United States. 26. An art for extending the time for re ceiving on loan that part of the domestic debt of the United States which may not be sub scribed, prior to the fiHVday of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three. 27. An art supplementary to the art for the establishment and support of light-houses, bea cons, buoys and public piers. 28. An art providing an annual allowance for the education of Hugh Mercer. 29. An art for the relief of Elijah Boftwick. 30. An art making certain appropriations therein mentioned. 3 1. All art making addition to the compen sation of certain public officers. 32. An art for the relief of Simeon Thayer. BALTIMORE, March 5. ExtraEl of a Letter Jrom a .Gentleman in Philadel- phia, dated 23 d n/t. " The late call upon the Secretary of the .Treasury, has served, in my opinion, to raise his character ttill higher. How he has been able to go over so large a Geld, in so Ihort a space of time, to detail so many intricate ope rations of finance ; to exhibit their depen dence on each other ; to lhew the means by which the credit of our country has been re stored, and its specie increased ; and to Ihed over the whole monied tranfaftions of four years, at home and abroad, a light which dis pels ambiguity, and discovers suspicion in blulhes, is truly surprising, especially as the call was as luddenas unexpected. I can re collect nothing from any British Minister, iiv all the conflicts of party, equal to it. Even Necket*s boasted account of the finances of Fiance, rendered to his King, is inferior ; al though that was the result of long fludy and elaborate preparation, and Hamilton's the work of the moment. Poor Fellow, if he has (1.-pt much for thele three weeks palt, I con gratulate him upon it. I fincerelv wish that the whole of his information could be publilh ed in a cheap form, lo that it might be read by every citizen of the United State, instead of the minced pieces that mav occasionally be served up to them by party writers. A man of such information, exactitude, firmnefs, iu dultrv, strength of judgment, fertility of re source. and comprehensive views, ought to be thoroughly known to all whom it concerns, and may well be coniidered, by the most en lightened, as an uncommon production ; and yet a more unctmnui thin% would be, to fee a sett of ambitious and difappo'iDted men, ac quicfcing in his fqperior t-ilents and utility, instead of laboring to drive him from a station which the/ may polfibly covet; or moving in 323 Congress a refalution of thanks, in Head of calumniating him in Gazettes. But has any country given a ipecimen of such kind of am bition*? If not, why Ihou'd the United States let tive example ? Dutch Republicans mur dered Wit and ate his heart. Republicans baniflwd Arijlidcs thejuft, put Phocion to death, and condemn-, d Socrates to As yet we hp.ve confiiied the punilhnent of eminent fervicesand ability to attempts to degrade them trom office, inuendoes, ele&ioneerints - and newspaper detra&ion : This, however, may be only the pre ude to eating and banishing. Let us be thankful, my friend, that Nature has not lubje&ed you and I to such a fate." Philadelphia, March y. APPOINTMENTS--BY AUTHORITY. Attorvies for the United States. Zebulon Hollingfworth, Maryland. Thomas Patter, Soutk-laro/ina, Gcoige Nicholas, Kentucky. CotUflort, C Port of Edenton, and < Infpe6to»-of Surve\, ( No. 2, North-Carolina. , a , t rxr ir D Itntt of Champlain Mclantlhon L. Woolfcy, j Hew-York. Port of Harawick (Geo.) Samuel Treadwell, William Thompson, Surveyors. Port of Smithfiefd (Vir.) Plymouth (N.C,) Copland Parker, Tohn Armftead. Thomas Moffat, William Munfon, Edward Weyman, Jnfpeftors of the Revenue. James Gibbon, Survey No. 4. Virginia. Wth. Richardson, No. 3, Maryland. Thomas Overton, No. 1, North-Carolina. Thomas Benbury, No. 2, ditto. Daniel M'KifTack, No. 5, ditto. Ccmm.if[ioner of Loans. Benjamin Harwood, State of Maryland. Chief Coiner of the Mint oj the United Statts. Henry Voight, of PennJ'ylvania. Con s u ls of the United States. Benjamin Joy—oi Majjachufetts Calcutta, and other ports and places on the Coast of India in Asia. Nathaniel Cutting—ditto, Havre-de-Grace. Jame> Greenleat— ditto, Amflerdam. Samuel Cooper Johonnot, do. Demarara. Henry Cooper, of Pennsylvania, St. Croix. Benj. Hammell Phillips, do. ,Curracoa. David Matihew Clarkfou, do. St. Enfiatius. Edward Fox, Falmouth (G. B.) lofeph Yznardi, Cadiz,(Spain) Robert Montgomery, > /Meant, do. John Parrifti, Hamburgh. Commijfioners for holding a Treaty with the hojlile Indians. Tscrtjimiri Ltncoln, ot Majjachufetts. Beverly Randolph, Virginia. Timothy Pickering, Pennflvania. AJfociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States— William Paterfon—of New-Jersey vice— Thomas Johnson, of Mar\land, lefigned. MefT. Hare, Morgan, Latimer, Swanwick, Woods, and Gibbons, members of the House of Representatives of the (late legislature, have entered, on the journals of the House, their reasons for difTenting from the vote of a majority, in favor of a bill, extending the power of justices of the peace to cases of twen ty pounds. The resignation of Mr. Jefferson wasfome time since talked of, as about to take place soon ; we have lately heard, through a very refpeftable channel, and communicate it with pleasure, that he is not to relign. Gen. Adv. A few days since Mr. Lazarus Beach pre sented to the Museum in New-York a quire of paper, made at his Paper Mill in this town, which the hottefl fire would not consume. In a 1 ite Speech of Mr. Burke in the Bri tifli House of Commons, he denounced a M. Dupont, a member of the French National Convention for declaring himfelf an Atheifl — but by the Speech of M- Dupont Jince publjibed, it appears he only said u /am a Deijl Return of Grain brought into the Port of Philadelphia,' for the year 1792. Bulbels. 463,2461 U,193J 380,°5>4 17,i84t 49,972 5,59' Wheat Rye Indian Corn Oats Barley, Peas and Beans Total Address of the President of the United States previous to his taking the Oath le quired by the Conflitution, on Monday last. f'tliow-Citizevi, I AM again called upon by the voice of my fco*intry,,to execute the functions of its C.hiif Magistrate. When the occasion proper for it (hall arrive, I (hall endeavor to express the high sense I entertain of this diftinguiftied honor, 2nd of the confidence which has been repofcd in me, by the people of United Ame rica! Previous to the execution of any official act of tlie President, the constitution requires an oath of office. Tnis oath lam now about to take ; and in your pretence—that if it (hall be found, during my administration of the government, I have in any instance vio lated willingly, or knowingly, the injunction thereof, I may (besides incurring cor.ftitution al punilhment) be fubjeft to the upuraidings of all, who are now witneffej of the present l'olemn ceremony. At the celebration of the lVefidfiit's Birth dav in Salem M<jifachusi;is, h fulvienpnon Wd» for the ielicf of iinpnfciiir.d dehtocj ; bill o'i enquiry it was found »h it there was not £in tiic County of Kflcx. That County con tains neatly fi'*(.y ihouFutd inhabitant*. Fredeiickfburg. < Surveyor & Infpe&tor ( Port of New- London. ( Surveyor & Infpeltor < of the Revenue, ( Charlejlon (S.C.) Danbury Paper. 927,236 COMMUNiCATIO It niu'ft afford genuine fatisfacTion to tie public 6t' the' United States to learn, that af ter the 'everest fcrutlify by the Repre&i ta tives of the people into the official <otu!u£t of the Secretary of theTreafniy—it has appeal ed uublemiHied and honorable. There was a mistake in faying that the Se cretary had been acquitted * because acqfi|traf implies trial, anxJ trial prefu >poles theaccufed party bei rig heard in his defence, which was not the cafe in this inftante ; The chart s brought against the Secretary were fubiv.it ted to the House when crowded with hufinefs and but three days before an unavoidable adjourn ment ; and though their object and tendency involved his removal ftom office, his ruin a id hisdifgrace, he had no opportunity of answer ing them or vindicating his conduct arid cha racter. But even under this dfiadvantage, he has been cempleatly exculpated—and his proceedings fulfy juftified by the Reprefenta; tives of the nation, and fan&ioned by the ap proving voice of many hundreds of refpesta ble .citizens who attended the debates. Inquiries into the conduct of public officers are in general attended with very salutary ef fects, and when they originate in motive 1 ; truly patriotic and in aconvittion of* mifcoi - du6t, they reflect credit on those who insti tute them—at the fame time every candid mind will allow that charges of a high nature again ft a public officer, vested with the exe cution of an important and delicate truit, charges which excite alarm and diftruflr, and threaten the national tranquility, ought to "be preferred with caution and temperance. Any previous fymtoms of personal diflikc or alter cation—any long continued evidence of a rooted disgust, or any avowed reprobation of systems connected with the officer's stability and reputation must in the eyes of a judicious, •public, essentially detract from that merit, which is alone due to the virtuous and dis interested patriot, prompted only by pure re publican principles. * See Federal Gazette of Saturday lajl. It is the firft principle with our government to pay off the public debt ?s fact as the circum ftanc.es of the people will permit. —Those who fee the mo ft evil in a public debt, will conlefs that it is not capable of ham when the operation ot finking it is kept in regular p/o« grefs—Th y al'ow that much good comes out of th's evil. One remarkable efF: £fc of the in crease of our a&ive capital, is the increased price of land — New manuf;i£lures and new eriterprizes are increasing every where. It would beagainit reason and experience to affirm that the public debt produces'no benefit# to the citizens at a distance from the fear of government, and who may not be poUcfled of the certificates. The man who has occasion to ask credit—who wants to borrow or to fell, is sure to find his terms hard when money \s scarce. On the contrary, the increase of capital is sure in a great degree to equalize its benefits to part ef the foci cty —Thus it is that in almost every operation of traffic and induftty, each dtftritt of country •urns to account the addition made 10 the wealth of tiie whole. Our party men are extremely afraid of the government becoming corrupt. These cham pions of virtue seem to be willing to put their own purjty in the way of all manner of con tamination. They consider the Frehch revo lution as the inoft noble triumph of republican virtue—and O ! Shame, where is thy blush— they dare to tell us that the ill success ot the attempt to censure Governor Clinton's canvaifers is an event of no less merit and importance. The inoft audacious ast of a party to place their favorite in the chair of state in open contempt of their State consti tution, is made the fubjeft of praise and ex ultation. Such an outrage on the rights of freemen has never happened in our country before, and we hope it will never happen a gain—and such an outrage on common sense and decency as the paragraph alluded to i« hitherto equally without a fellow. ANOTHER BANK. THE State, in cash 'tis said abounds, To th' amount of many thousand pounds; Snug in the banks the treasure lies— A sure defence should dangers rife ; For while 'tis hid from public view, It mocks the grafting, fchemiiig crew; But cunning now exerts us fpiings, To give the dormant eagles wings ; Hence a new banking plan is form'd, And soon the bolted vaults are ftorm'd, On paper plumes they mount the air, And fly—the Lord alone knows where; Meantime the (harks of Speculation, Laugh at the faqes of the Nation ! SHIP NEWS. ARRIVED a/ the PORT#/PHILADELPHIA. Brig Felicity, Young, New-York Milden, Burchen, Rachel, John, Grailbury, Gavafo, We hear the (hip Columbia from Arnfter dam, and the ihip Grange from Liverpool are arrived in the river. 03* Pricc of Stocks as in our lajl. ADVERT ISEMtNT. Thojt pcrfons who have received Subjcrip tion-Money Jor the Gazette, and thoje who are in arrears Jor the 'Jan ne t are moji earneJUy requeued to make payment to the Editor as Joon as pojjible. 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