* S.' ( c O N GRtS S. HOJSE ok ftEPRESENTATIVE3. tui-LlizaLioj4.biH, Mr. Ccbb in the chair.! t :c importance of the fubjetf before the Committee ; and exprefiing bis disap probation of the facility by which, under the exiftiijg laW, aliens may acquire citi zenitiip moved that the term of two years iu the bill referring to the prev'ci* re!i dence should be firuck out and a blank left, tioii—this motion was agreed to —ancJiet ainenUinent was proposed by that gcntle foreigners who may wish to acquire citi ztaCup—but tliis after some debate was withdrawal; Mr-Gilec then proposed an amenuinent tjie object of which w<*» to impede a re tiirti to citizenship if thole who should ex patriate tliemfelves—he proposed tfiat a lpecial law of the ft&te from which such persons should detach themselves, should be reqjifitc ill order to their beiris? re-in flated. Mr. Tracy—after obfervjng, that altho' he was not in favor of a perpetual allegi ance as under flood by the British Govern - rum of perfoin who should expatriate ler impediments than fnnpiy a law of a particular ftate—lf the amendment is a • oubts, he would suggest to the gentleman an addition, by making a law of the ge ner.il government also neceiiary in the cafe. Mr. Giles observed that the object of his motion was not by any means to lefleil the impediments in the way of to return to c!tizenfhip,fcut the reverse; he.flioi.tld there fore agree to the amendmefit of the gen tleman from Coi\ne£licut—'The motion was afterwards considered in feverj! points of view, usbli-ndi»g state and continental legislation, as interierring with the legifla operating in the fame manner in respect to the right rtl'erved by the constitution to the general government, which is authorized pals uniform la ws 0f naturalizationby othei s. Mr. Sedgwick having stated that his colleague had prepared a motion with re gard to the kind of evidence, that an ness of his moral chatafter and of his attachment to the Government: He re quelled Mr. Giles to withdraw his moti which he did, and thereupon, Mr. Dex ter moved that no alien should be admit ted to ti.e rights of citizenfliip, but on the oath of two credible witnefles, that in their opinion bt was of good moral character and attached to the welfare of this country, which motion was seconded by Mr. Sedgwick who added the following observations. He said, that the fubjeft undei consideration was certainly of great im. port a nee, and opened an extensive fielc ofdifcuflion. The present motion, taker facility, with which aliens may be ad mitted to the tights of citizenship. H< would fuhmit to the conlideration <> the committee, fopie of the leading ideas, which had occuied to his mine on this fubjedt. America, he said, if her political in ftitutions, should on experience be fount to be wifely adjuftcd, and (lie shall im prove her natuial advantages, had o pened to her view, a more rich and glo lious profpeff, than ever was prefentet to man : She had chosen for herfelf 1 government, which left to the citizen a.-- great a portion of freedom, as wa believed the preservation of this govern :nent, in its purity, indifpeniablc to thi continuance of our happiness. Thi rrrnl intelligence and public virtue ; L ot her words," wif3om to discern, Juld patriotism to pursue the general good. He had pride, and he gloried in it, in believing his countrymen more wife and virtuous than any other people on earth; hence he believed them better qualified to admiiijfter and support a republican govtrmneiit. This chaia&er of Ame- ricans was the rcfult of early education, aided indeed by the difciplineof the re volution. In that part of the country with which he was best acquainted, the education, manners, habits and institu tions, religious anfl civil, were republi can. The community was divided in- Jtot corpoi-ations, in many refpeds re- R-mbUfg independent republics,of which slthoit «vny man, the qualifications were so small, «as a member. They had many important and iaterefting concerns to traofaft.. They ■appointed their executive officers, enacted bye h"vs, raif*d money for many purpofts of use and ornament. Here, the*, the < citizens early acquired the habits of trmpeiate difcuflion, patient rcafouing, and a capacity of endurrng contradic tion : Here the means of education and inftruftion aie inllitutcd and maintain- I cii ; public lihrnriis pnrcltaied and read' " . htrft- arc," said he, " the propei fcnuoU for the education of republican citizens; thus are to be planted th-. feeds of republicamfm—-If you will cul t:v3tc the plants which are to be reared from thdfe feeds, you will gather an abundant harvest of long continued n?.- ional profperitv." B Much information, he said, might be obtained by the experience of others, ned to be guided only by a vifionarv theory. " The ancient republics of what jealousy they guarded \the rights of citizenship against adulteration by fo-eign mixture"—The Swiss nation, he said, in modem times, had not beeu less jealous on the fame fubjedt. Indeed no example could be found, in the his tory of man, to authoiife the experi ted States..,. It teemed to have been adopted by universal practice as a max no way to be formed but by early edu cation. In fume ii. (lances, to form this character, thofc propenhties which are generally considered as almoil irrefifta ble, were opposed and subdued. And fhali we, he afield, alone adopt the rash theory, that the fubjedls of all govern ments despotic, monarchical, and arifto cratical, are, as soon as they set foot on American ground, qualified to partici pate, in administering the sovereignty of our country ? Shall we hold the be nefits of American citizenship so cheap, contented, the ambitious and the avari cious of every country to accept them ? only example but warning—" Will gen: tlemen," said he " recclledt the tage of ages, which exifled in the country from which we c;,me, between the Saxon, natives of the country ? The cruelties, the opprefiions, the afiaffinatians, in a word the miseries to which thin gave birth ? Perhaps it might be said that in this inltance the emigrants were hos tile invaders—but the lame events took place, in the decline of the Roman em pire, between the emigrants who wert invited to occupy the vacant frontiers and the ancient inhabitants; altho the the latter by every principle of affec tion, and gratitude. By these and al would not be rash to conclude, that by the undevjating principles of human na ture, whenever the inhabitants of on< country, should be permitted to fettlt in atiother, by national affe&ions, ar union would be formed, unfriendly not only to the ancient inhabitants, but at ence was not, he believed, in oppolitior to the general observation. Altho this against a general and indifcriminatead million of aliens to the rights of citi zenship; yet he did not wish it ihoulc go to a cortipleat exclusion. It was said in support of what wai termed our liberal policy, that oui country wanted commercial capital territory ; and that we ought not, wit! the avarice of a miser, to engrufs tc our political treasures. Mr. Sedgwick said he had never beer convinced, that we ought to make fc great a facrifice of principle, for th< tapid accumulation of commercial capi. tal—He had never been convinced, that by an improvement of our own resour ce«, it would not accumulate as fall as might be for the public benefit. Wt heard much of equality. Property was in feme sense power ; and the poffeffior of immense property, generated daring paflions which scorned equality, and with impatience endured the reflraints of equal laws. Property was undoubted ly to be protected, as the only sure en couragement of industry, without which we should degenerate into savages. But snxietv with which we wished ar ; ac cumulation of capital, in the hands o! individuals, was founded on corredt re publican reflection. The ardent ambi tion inspired by the pofTefiion of greal wealth, and the power of gratifying it R'hich it confered, had in many inftan :es diftuibed thepublic peace, and in no » few destroyed liberty. The vacant lands which some with ft Jiuch avidity wished to fee in the occu nation of foreigners, he considered a he best capital (lock of the future en oyroent of Americans; as an antidoti igainft tl>c poison of luxury ; as the nur cry of 'obuft and manly virtue, and as; preventative of a numerous ciafs of ci tizens becoming indigent, and therefor dependent. Whenever the time fhoult arrive, and might that period be ver difUnt, when there should no longer b Jrefented to the poor adccent competence ind independence, as the effect of iuduf ry and economy, which would general - y bet lie cafe, when lands were no lon ger to be obtained, on their prefenr ea y and reasonable terms, then, that de cryption of men, now perhaps the most iappy and virtuous, would become mi ierable to themselves and a burden to rntered on the Itage of life, without property, had a realonable a {finance, that a few years of induflry and econo my, won d giv» him independence, com- He planted himfelf on the frontiers, and sure and it was a glorious one. Mr. Sedgwick said he considered A • m erica as in poffellion of a greater flock of enjoyment thasi any other people on earth. That it was our duty to hulband ther exclude fu<;h virtuous individuals, as might fly here, as to an atfylum a lie would not diflipate our treasures with nor would he, on the hoard them, as in the unfeeling grasp of a mifei. " Our glorious fabric," said he, " has been cemented by the richett blood of our country, and may it long continue to ftelter us again* the blasts }f poverty, of anarchy, and of tyranny." The present, Mr. Sedgwick, said, hi * •' n • r • relieved the most inauspicious time for %>* (lr on failed for Martinique or Guat :he indifcri.7 inate admission of aliens to lou P e - It was reported at Barbadoes, thi the rights of citizenflnp. A war, the "'T 0 ,^ 1 } t J mo P s were dail y <*»«<»« moll cruel and dreadful whieh had been SZfcZF*, was '.'°T ra^ing in BALTITORE, December 22. ail thole countries ttomwhichcmigrants were t l . hreW ° ff . Au(l ' n . ' nto the water, hang, teded and individuals fccured by a eo- ' lng his foot tl>e ftirrll P- A Ne vernment with departments, and with- F-° fcilov T P re . sent attempted to save, out checks; neitherembiacing theprin- b " 1 ln va,H - He wa! afterwards ciples established here, where without pri- carrleJ to the House where he lodged vileged orders diftinft portions of power i a '! d thc assistance of a PhyCcian, were to be deposited ii different hands, I , fo T d b ' m P ast It it in such manner that it was almost im- i !?. / A "" ,n has heen a ,on g and possible for the mind even to conceive i fait " hll Bryant of our beloved President that the different depaitments (hould j attended ,llm through all the various form an union for any mifchie/ous pnr- ; . nes tbe Revolution, and no doubt pose ; and altogether impcffible to be- I j*! 8 uncx P efted death will be deplored bi lieve that without such concurrence ei- J uTI ' ther alone should be capable of execu | ting any wicked design. | Could, he asked, any reasonable ma: | believe, that men who a&uated by such palfions, had fought on grounds so op | pofite, almost equally distant, from the happy mean we had chosen, would here mingle in social affedions with each o ther, or with us ? That their passion: and prejudices would Aiblide as soon ai they {hould set foot in America ? o that poffefling those paflions and preju dices they were qualified to make or t< be made the governors of Americans ? He believed that the amendment now proposed by his colleague, in conjunc tion with that which had already suc ceeded, would on the one hand check the admiflion of foreigners in such num bers as might be dangerous to our poli tical institutions; and on the other, that it would not exclude such merito rious individual* an might be willing to serve the which might qualify them to afliime the character and discharge the duties of American citizens. He concluded by faying, that he had always been opposed to the policy of the government on this fubjeft— that his opposition had not been abated by reflection, but encreafed by the exit ing state of things in Europe. Tuesday, Dec. 23. ( Concluded.) The bill to regulate the pay of the mi litia when called into the a&tial service of the United States having Keen returned with an amendment from the Senate, the fame was taken into consideration, and the house agreed with an amendment to the amendment of the Senate. The house in committee of the whole took into consideration the reported plan for the redu&ion of the public debt. Mr. William Smith one of the ««■ n " l . tee brought in the report, enter ed into a detail of the present and proba ble state of the finances, and the princi ples on which the report was founded. iMr. Nicholas offered loiur remarks, the objefl of which was to (hew that a much ■arger surplus than that contemplated by the report, may be applied to the reduc tion of the debt. The committee, without taking 1 any vterofcand reported progress, and the heufe adjourned. r! 1 *>rCign InteJiigencc i- Q PARIS, Septl 10. LITERATURE. fterday died at Seaux (near Paris)ih \ ci-devant count St. Florian, celebrated so _ his many literary productions in profeain yerfe which breathe fenfiblity, riifplay » temper, and announce a refined judc J ment. 1 Enough this diftiaguifbed author before the revolution proteficd thetrueprin ciples of republicanism, particularly in hi) Numa Pcmpilius, he fell neverthelels a prey to the jealousy, iJlimited fear a u cruelty of Robespierre, and was arretted by order of that tyrant; but after the dicta tors death he was set free His health however was confiderab-y impaired by the • hardfliipg hfe fuflered during his long deten tion at Port Libre, (Port Louis) and the most cruel of the three lifters, cut the fa tal thread and deprived the Republic of an estimable citizen, when he had hardly at i tained the age of 30 years | He left among his papers fomenew and . complete works, which will perhaps foou be published. UNITED STATES. PORTLAND, Dec. 15, A brig arrived at this port last Saturday belonging to Scarborough, having had 21 days oaiTage from Barbadocs ; the Capt. of which informs, that a British Admiral (vhofe name he does not recoiled) had arrived at that island about the 17th Nov. with four 74 gun (hips, in 24 days from j England ; and that two days a.'ter the I r 1 r -i 1 r •« • • . ' Extratfl of a letter from a gentleman at Hamburgh, to his friend in this town. In the course of 36 hours, about iro fail of veflels, loaded chiefly with We ft. India produce, have arrived at this place from Amsterdam, which has given us reason to expt&, that a few days will put the French in pofftflion of that city. Arrived yesterday, in 17 days from Rjr fcadoes. the ftiip Nancy, Captain Ander fon, who informs that a tranl'port had ar rived there, full ot troops ; and reported that the relt of the fleet (which it appears had failed for that place) might be daily expedled. Captain Anderlon left there the brig E liza, of Philadelphia, and two brigs from Alexandria, the names of which lie dees not recolledl. He spoke the brig Nancy of N. York, bound from Jeremie to that port, all well. He confirms the account under the Bar badoes head, of the arrival on the 26th of twf> 74 s with the prize ship of war La Ja cobin, of if guns. We were yeferday favored, by a friend, with the Barbadoet Mercury cf the 22th of November, from which the following intelligence is extr. tied. BRIDGE-TOWN, Nov. 29. Wednesday last arrived in Carlisle bay his Majesty's {hips of war Mon tague, captain I'ookes, and Ganges, captain Trefcott, of 74. guns each, in thirty-two days from Cork ; and bro't with them the French national (loop of war La Jafobin, of 22 twelve pound ers, and 220 men, commanded by citi zen Dandy Colle. This vefTel fell in with the above men of war off Cape Clear, four days after their departure from Cork, and taking them for two Spanish regilter ships, run along fide the Ganges and fired into her, but immediately perceiving their miftp.ke itrurk her colours ; notwithstanding which, however, the Montague coming up at the time, they also fiitd into her *nd killed three men ; in conlcqnence of which, when her command-r deli vered up his ftrord to captain Fookcs, he threw it overboard as a mark of his displeasure at their infamous con injury of tile w ea tl»e r (jr , . billed wit!, „, u< . r> _ ai|d | , I .«** e a greater q u,v„> y &c "' d than any firit rate ft ,*£ S ; rfM i « BVe(i, , llfl •. % - * Jaft, #nd C( ; •- «« w.rh great expedition'i 6n ha ' > n,C , "P l,,rt;d fevcnteen fail o/ - ■**»*« on »hi ß h;r second. ' t short time previous to her „ pture Wtl computed , a , ue is at L\ 7 ooc . and (he cannot but prove a . quifition to our navy, i n theJV Teas „ , ban)- a well adapted to ,W • the trade of the iil,,; ds. P ® By the arrival of the Mon, 2Rut and Cj.uiges, we lean,, that a vefTei had ar imed at, Cork tuo days previous to | their departure from thtpce from Gi i braltar, the captai . of which inf.,™ e d • on an examination before admral Ki -jf mill, that he saw eight ship, •Bntifh flair over the National tolvu.s •»'« th «; e-t »f c.ih,:,it:, r , f, )U ; ot which he took for line of battle fi,i ps and the others frigates ; fupp J C J to vJ captured by Lord Hood, ,ho, in tLe Victory ot no K „ la . with the Bvittri* run or ico, admiral H»th.• ra meinnon of_ 64, captain N*!,;»* ■ a lqua iron of frigates, failed f r ', m I „ horn on the ,9th ,f Scjterhh,,, quelt of tome French men ofwarwhk-t they had an account of having , ot oli , of Toulon. From Martinique we learn, list Zebra (Toop i f wnrhas captured a bri" called the Saris Culotie, mounting 10- fix panders, and cairyino f 0 >y"men principally A merit ns, fittitl out , t Boston, and failed from thence in com pany with a flap- of iff gu! .< and ICo men, on a cruize aniQ It appears that this {hip wag formerly tiie Lovely Lass, biig belonging to this port, which was feme time palt il'e gaily in Americi, a. d h face been altered for the piiip.k of privateer ing. In eoi fe ;eence or thiVinVli...-! ce admiral Caldwell has dilpatcl ■d'a fri gate to windward of this iflandin q- c ft ot her, and for the protection of unr trade. Admiral fir John Jervis and general fn Charles Grey, failed in the B..yne, from I'ort-Koyal, the 2 ill initam. fs>r Entrla'd. d Yesterday evening failed for Martfii'r it cd, the Montague, Gangts, and is Jacobin. it. y H ALLOWFLLrMaine Dec. 9. IMPORT AST NEWS, t A gentleman from Wifeafllt ; fcrms in, —that a vefitl had nirived iheie after a short paflage, fn m .Liver pi.o] (Ei 0 land) which brings the tr.'.i 1,- gence, that the French had t£,v.\v ts GOT POSSESSION of AMST F.R. < U DAM (the Capital of Holland) That J>ine tenths of the inhabitants were tlad to receive them—and thai at their zp proach the gates weie opened, and the ] and the place given up without rctiil j ancc. ' NEW-YORK, Dec. 23. T he following determinations of the Commiltee of Public Safety are ex | tremely difficult to be obtained in print, there being only a f<_w copii; p.inttd ( for the use of the Generals. Tir?y re . fpe£l the general security of the con quered countries, and enjoin tlie-dif chargecf all the native military orTice.s, and that the armed force {hail be ccu ftituted from the armies of the Repub lic exchifivelv. C vil office's are to re tain their fitnatTori, provided their ci vifm is not fufpetfltd. To p event vex atious imprifonmerts, See. criir.iraJ a(- fails are to be fubjeft to lhe decisions of the Generals, and the represent tivegof the French nation. All ih?" inhabi tants must bring their arms to the ma gazines. The second part of these res lations treats of the difpohtl ot ammunitii v., ar tillery, forage, and other effi£ts, not cepriug accotilitme : s, cmnp efliripage, &c. which mnft also be delivered up, and, if there is more than necefTaiy for the army, be sent to F:a> ce. Thcfe tequifitions extend to horses, amn".t;ih tion-waggons, and the like. The third part treats of the public revenue cherts, eatables and merchan dize ; the fourth of materials ttfat may be manufaituied,; the fifth ofhoife* and other cattle in general; the fiutk of corn, meal, and foiage; and the se venth contains mftni&ions for agents of every clasp. It is also rndertlood that 1 the best commodities aie to he puulia fed by aflignats, paitly fcrthe use 'i Friir.ce, I Si. 24 ■ On Sunday arrived the fcboonei Gepettl Heath, Captain Hi.con, iu jx