->
Efiimatcd chnrga upon the Revewe., for the year 1794.
Dollars. Centi.
Appropriation* for tfce fervicc of the ye&c y fjQ/' t , viz.
By the aft of 1 FOl the support of
March 14, 1794. j government 5 31 '447 2 4-
20. — For expsnfes of intcrcourfe
with foreign nations, un
der the tirft feftion of
frhi* aft, paynMe out of
any unappropriated mo
nies : The whole sum ap
propriated is 1,000,000
dollars, of which the do
mestic revenue will proba
bly be adequate to the re
imbursement of 200,0ca
dollars borrowed in the
United States under this
aft, and which sum is
therefore- dated as an ap
propriation - 200,000
For expenses of intercourse
with foreign nations, in
virtue of the aft of July
t, 1790, further continu
ed by this aft 40,000
Jl, — For the military eftablifh
merit - - 1,629,936 01
*7» — or pay & emoluments
of major-generai La Fay
ette - - 24,424
Aprfi 2, — For erecting and repairing
arsenals, See. - 421,865
5, — For placing buoys off the
harbour of New-London,
' r : 2.500
May 19, — For e-efting a light-house
on the island of Sequin,
- - 5>300
'jhrne 5, — For certain expenses of
Commifiioners of Loans 15,000
9' — For various purposes 1,292,137 38
4,152,609 63
■Augvjt 4, 1790, Interest on the domestic
and a Turned debts for
the ycai , inclu
ding an estimate for
outstanding balances,
\ not entitled to a di
vidend - 2,480,328 78
Interest on the foreign
debt for 1794, as es
timated . . 683,733 50
T 3,164,062 28
Interest on temporary domestic loans, for the year 1794,
• payable out a/ the revenues, viz.
On sums remaining -due at different periods of 400,000
dollars, received on account of the loans of 523,500
dollars, authoiifed by the aft of May 2, 1792:
On 400,ooodollars,to June 30,1794,20,000
— 300,000 from July 1, to
Dec. 3:, 1794, 7,500
: . ... *7>500
On Turns remaining due at different periods
of 800,000 dollars, received on the loao of
that amount, auihorifed by the ad of Fe
bruary 28, 1795 ;
On 800, coo, dollars, to Dec. 31, 1793,
i8 »333 33
Jan. 3i, 1794,
— 200,000.. from Feb. I, t<
June 13,1794,
when tlie loan was dilcharged.
On funis due at different periods, of the loan
cf i,0c0,000 dollars, authorife4 by the
, *
On 800,000 dollars, to June 30, 1794,
7 »s°°
— i >ooo,ooo from July i, to Oft. i,
12,500
— 600,000 from Oft. 1, to Dec. 31,
7,500
27,5°°
On the loan of 2,000,000 dollars, for flock
of the bank of the United States, which
by the aft of June 4, 1794, is payable
out of the dividends credited as revenue
per contra ; computed to June 30,1794,
the time of the last dividend 247,973
On t,ooo,xxjD dollars, received on a loan ©£
that amount, authorised by the aft of the
9th of June, 1794 :
On 200,000 dollars, from Sept. j, to Sept.
30, 1794, 833 33
— 1,000,000 from Oft. 1, to Dcc. 31,
J 794> 12,500
Eflimate to cover the interest which may
accrue in the year 1794, in ea se the sum
<>f dollars (hould be borrow
ed for the expenses of intercourse with
foreign nations, under the authority
given by the aft of March 20, 1794,
for that parpofc; which interest is
charged upon the domestic revenue by
the aft of June 9, 1794 fay
Balance—being eilimated surplus of revenue to the close of '
the year 1 794., above the appropriations charg
ed thcicon
Eflirratrd Rffrnve of the year 1794.
Ba ance ..attd on December 31, 1793. as surplus #f revenue
5»3<51 I\
23,694 44
1 3»333 33
20,000
(-A-)
Dullars. Cts.
beyonaiie appropriations charged at the Treasury to said
period, 1 2,487,181 07
t. Proceeds ("duties on imports and tonnage,during the year 1794,
exclufivof drawbacks paid and.payable therefrom, 5,250,000
Pioceeds c duties on diftilfcd spirits, on-fntifF, sugar, carriages,
goods fed at au&ion, licences, &c. estimated at 450,000
Receifs to the 30th of September 1794, v 'z-
On acount of balances anting on accounts
under the late government 693 50
Portage 18,978 49
Cents and half cents 8,383
Patents 390
—-— Dividends on bank (lock of
the United States, June
30th, 1794 3°3»47Z
—■ 331,916 99
<-B_)
EJiimated charges upon the Res-knvk for the year 179 J.
Dollars. Cts.
Appropiations for the service of the year x 795, made and to
memade, viz.
By ad of March 20, 1794' f° r expenses of intercourse with
forign nation*, in virtue of the adt of July 1, 1790, fur
the continued by this a& 40,000
For tie civil lift, as stated by the Register of the Treasury 43 5,249 5 3
For mfcellaneous purposes, Ditto. 32,004 13
For ex)enfes of Commissioners of Loans for clerk hire and
ftatiinary, in cafe the fame shall be authorised by law 15,000
For intreft on the domestic and aflumed debts, and on cre
dits b several states 2,395,741 74
For inta-eft on the foreign debt, during the year 1795 702,861
For inte-eft on temporary domestic loans during the year
i7?sieftimated at 2,000,000 dollars, at 5 per cent, per
ani UP 100,000
For the v-.y establishment during the year 1795, includ
ing fix .onths pay and fubfirtence of the navy ; and ex
pe . ailitia expedition in 1794 2,940,655 7A
6,661,582 14
ti/.tANC*—!« irplt t «:* r.- tJofe <jf
the year 17.95 510,91324
Note iffes of certain appropriations after fa* 7 * 7 ' 4 5 3 ~
tisfymg the obje&s for which they were made,
may be considered as an additional fund: the
amount cannot be ascertained at present, but
may be fafely calculated at two hundred thou
i'and dollars.
——————
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EJiimated Riritros for the year 1795.
Estimated surplus of revenue to the close of the year 1794, C ' s
above the appropriations charged thereon 842,425 38
Intimated produdt of the duties on imports and tonnage for
the year 1795 • on a supposition that the additional duties
imposed during the last session of Congress will produce
500,000 dollars „ 0
Estimated ptodtidl of inland duties for the year 1795, viz.
On diftillcd spirits and on stills, which considering
the impediments attending the importation of
molafles and coarse sugars, and the high price »f
grain at present, are calculated at 400,000
On carriages 150,000
On laics at auction 40,000
On refined sugars and on fnufF 90^000
On licences for retailing foreign spirits and wines too',ooo
Estimated surplus of the bank dividend on stock held by the 7 ° o ' ooo
United States, above the sum which will be due for interest
on the loan for said stock 00Q
7,'72.425 3 s
From the Philadelphia Gaictte.
Mr. Brown,
I SHOULD hare submitted, in si
lence to the decisions of the House of
•Cwigrefs, to m/ wifti
es, and to the report of the Secretary
of State, had thtfy proceeded upor
facts, bearing the test of examination
for under such circumstances, I could
have loft nothing but my .expectations
—now I lose, not only the sums of mo
ney allowed by the Secretary, on legal
ground—confirmed by a committee, who
neither are, or can befuppofed partial
to my claims—but I (hall lose reputation
with the disappointment, unless, I air
permitted to controvert the leading
points, on which the House pro
ceeded.
Mr. Boudinot seems to have taken
the mod active part, and to have beer
the leading countel, in the cause against
mc —he has found my friend* uupiepa
red—and like many other honest men,
I have been nonsuited,
359.999 77
Mr, Boudinot's fmt, and strong oh
jeftion is'" that Mr. Sayre had brought
forward his claims, at so late a date
when proper evidence might have been
obtained while Mr. Franklin and Mr
Lee were alive,
842,425 3 8
8,519.098 o6
The force of this objeftisn falls to
the ground, on reading the report of
the Secretary of State, on my petition
to the House of Congress the 15th of
February, 17 —at this time all tht
Commissioners were alive. Mr- Let
was thcD, in this coar.tr)-, and daily ex
petted at New-York, where Congress
were fitting. I ask the reprefetjta ives
of the people, if I deserve he dishonour
.onveyed to the public, by the above
insinuation, when this report is on re
<>rd, and before their eyes? I might have
had too much reason to expefl opposi
tion, from Mr. Lee, but this did not
prevent my coming fcrwnrd to meet
t. I had gteat cause of complaint
igainft him, while, alive, which would
iow be indelicate to explain. Nor
honld I have given up the most aident
i pursuit of my claim*, at that period,
I but upon the known inability of COll
- to repay me.*
The next objection ought to have
no more wrtght than the firlt. " In.
fteid of this, Mr. B. Giys, the Houle
were presented with an atteiiation, from
Silas Deane, a man inimical to the inte
rest» of the United States, &c "
I will alk Mr. B. what had 1 to do
01 why should my claims depend
■ >n, the apoftacy of Mr. Done ? When
he united with the other Commiffioneis
in fending m C to Beilin, he enjoyed
.he good opinion, and coTifideute, of
:his country.—His authority, his name
ind testimony, were equally good with
i hole of his colleagues. By the if«forc
ing of Mr. B. the officers of our army
under the command of Arnold, have
* It if ivell known that my private rf
fairs compelled me to emlark for Europe
n 1785, ti recover my property f,izcd
'>y the Britijh government—cj.djt., bid my
*eturn till lafl year.
K° tLW^ 7 ' " i: ° ns ' 0r '
bccaufc he betrayed his country.
■ io the third objection, " that I
claim £.1,000 sterling per au . while u
lala ry was only£.- 0 0, " I anf« c ,- tt .
hree Co mm ifiionere allured meat P-,j
---in April, .777, that .the laUry f fr '
ecretary oflegation there, was ca
-llerhng—the Secretary of Stats%, ,1-
lame thing, in his repoit—the con mii
tee confirm .t—and as lam nut in pc f.
feffton of the resolutions of Coti G , T f« f
leave Mr. 13. ■ ,0 fettle the fii „i h
them, whether £. , ;oo> or V. .
I conceive myfeli entitled to that faiary'
for seven months, on legal gr<, mia !
with interest till paid—and qn the fair
principles of equity and gocd iguh, I
claim it,'with interest, fr>r two yea 5 and
fix months—having, during that pe
riod expended three times that sum in
the most adive and fuccefsfu) ferrici*.
If, as Mr. B observes, our Miniiieis,
at that time being nnacknowleoged, had*
less occasion for large salaries, why have
they been always paid thtni ? Why do
not Congress call upon the'heirs of
Franklin for accounts, cutting domi
payment upon that principle, and icim
burfements from the family of the Lees
—if it is a good sue againtt rc-e, it is a
great one againll him, and otitis, who
received large sums of the public money
—at a time too, when our army fuugLt
our battles, naked and barefoot.
It now becomes the honor and digni
ty of tlie house to examine, how ia r
they have milled, or how far they
are aurhorifed to have proceeded, as
they have done, upon fuppoled bets.
1 contend that the Secretary of State
and the committe have done me no more
than common justice.— Let the tefolmi
ons of Ccugrefs be read"—tiiey will de
cide.
I am compelled, by felf-defenc«, to
request the representatives of ;he p«- A
pie, to recollect, that men who have
long accudomed thcitilelres to the prac
tice of the law, are by degrees, aceul
t "med to plead for victory—not iolid
and fubltantial jufiice. The fee ot the
oppreifor fhaipens the tongue, and ta
lents, as well m that of the innocent —
and though men of this prttfefliot; may
have tha fame feelings as the mais of
lheir fellow-citizens, tor a time, the
heart by habit grows inferifiblc to the
lines of realjuitice, as the eye when
callous grows dim to vilible objects, it
requires stern virtues, auj a manly tirm- ♦
ness, to guard the heart from corrupti
on, in the habitual conteit, between the ' , f
insatiable lust of the palm, and the. fair
dictates of conscience, 1 his clala of
men only, seem to have opposed iuy
claims fyftcmarically, and iuTidioWiy.
1 appeal thcielore to thoie ii.enitsEis .>1
the house, who concave that, the wilfi
fs of the people aie equally abhor u-ut
to the denial of compenfatioi), where it
is due, as they are to the positive crime
of extravagance, it is no indignity or
diihonor—you may have been ltd to
error—but it is ilot yet too iate to do
justice.
STEPHEN SAY RE.
17th Dec. 1794.
P. S. Mr. Sayre prefci ts his com
pliments to the other Printers in this
city—rcquefts they will do him lh- :,t
---vor to let this short fiat , of tacts r.-ilow
theii insertion of thevotssof Ibe house
on this queftiuii.
Frcni the Virginia Gazette.
" Si %bls carmen
" teniiidijjii, quad '
udj/iiat ejh. *' " „0. * " £ ''
This sentence is tranfcribfd from the
law of the twelve tables at Home, by
which the calumniators or the aucnors of a
libel were doomed to the puniihiftent oi'
death. Is breathes the purs Spirit ot re
publican morality, and ag; eta entirely with
14th precept of the new French creea,
which enjoins us "To hold I'caniial u
iyjrror, and to remember .rota alura?iii
tor is the greatest or criniisais.' 'i he
gresuT 01 criminals in a ICepuolk, be
cause there evci y mar. deper.ns upon i.i»
! good name, i;jr the good opni 011 or h;s
lellow-citiztur-; and lie, who.bv llawdir
c.us alperficns, lhaiibringanother ill 10 Uil
repute, not only does an- injury to the in
dividual, but to the wnole coi..mtiuity,
by depriving it of the lervii.es oi, perhaps
a virtuous aud enligliUiied,iiatelrn<i.i. in
monarchies it is otherwile. Ttfere the
fubjedl care* for noting but the U or ot his
Prince, and the pul.Uc abu : is a tax whi> h
he cheerfully pays tot his eminence, arid
disregards. iSeiidc* 1110 the way by w.iich
the ebullitions of the peop.e afai:... i;i ■*
adminiftraticn or oJ>priftMon are fLEcred
.0 pais off and evapOfu.it. —TV aivent
as well as our modem JtepuUiic* u.'.n con
cur in this —That calur. r.y is, amofcg R--
publicans a high and heinous crime.
what unaccountable perverlicii ot fjru.-
ments, cf pnr, ;;pie3 and of met ;s, due*
it happen that there (houlu be ic. ere ■[»
propeuC v to it in this f.ace, and the iu >
lout h of us, aEiottgjfliofe chiafty who si
leel to he .be fiaunchoft Republican* of o*
all I If the Ps elicit and Romans nave f<; m
med a j uit e-ftimate jpou this iubji&jthea