/ Gazette o£ the United States. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY f .TNING, li Kf.K MII Kl* 12. WAS H I N.G T0 N C I XT. CONG RESS OF THE UNITED STATES. House of Representatives; Concluded. ] Mr. H. Lee spoke for several inihutes without our being able to hear in connecti on a (ingle sentence. The amount- of his remarks appeared to be, that during the last session the house, after lorig debate, had decldred ttfelf in favour ot a Maufolevim, and that as lio reaforis had been assigned for a change of opinion, he. hoped they wond persevere in the result of their judgment. Mr. Otis was ready to acknowledge him- j fictf unacquainted with many of the circum flances e/nbaced by the fubjeft. He, there fore wiftied additional information to that which he had received. His present opini on was that a jl/aufoleum w*s preferable to a monument. He acknowledged that in forming this opinion he had felt great de ference for the judgment of the committee ■which had recdmmendfed it* It was un doubtedly » fubjett S.but little understood. The formation of a proper deeilion depend fcd upon a cpncurrence of several citcuin ftnn■■ ;:'ii a comparison of the expence | pliftied He fide this it bad many peculiar | features not comprehended by every gentk inan. He thought thele considerations fufficient tcr induce the house to decline vo ting for the amendment whereby the plan of the committee, who had maturely conli dered the fubjeft in all its relations, would be fruilrated, unlets stronger reasons were assigned than he had yet heard. Mr, MtfiHla-. 9bferved, r '' "i ifcertain the e x P e ' le^ 0 ' whiiu »« cA-inaie r had Ween made. > But that estimate was Mot latisfa&ory. /naJr without information. Ihe sum rt expended was not'fixed. It might vatk y exceed any sum nf>* contemplated. Ilu Mausoleum v,« t* consist of a huge ugh mass of Hones heaped one upon another, to | raise which ahe apd utelets expence, would b- incurred- And what was the ob- Vft ? It was to perpetuate the memory of Oeorpe Waftm &° n ' W " the > nt f °" >' I of that preat man be pe'«ti»to{ 1 »y » heap of large in -"mate ob,efts f Ihe belt • ' wV* hi* ' -vvc could be prclcrveu vuuni -•» w.«-vry. i s iii„ .».••* • ' ■ ■ pi tee tfiey now lay, by depolitin 6 them in the capitol at the will of the na tion, interring them in such a manner as ha' never heretofore been done, in placirig over Vhem a plain tablet, on which every man could write what hU heart diftated. 1 his, ant! tliis only, was the basis of his fame. It was ftot to be blazoned by figures or re pictentations of any other fort. It coniiit ed in the wndecaying recollection ot his vi>- tues. It mull live on the national feeling and this called not tor ufelcls expence. - Twenty thoutaßd dollars was as competent to its expreflion, as two hundred ihv-uland. tfe hoped, therefore, the amendment would be adopted, and that she serins which .ela ted to military and poli'iciil achievements would be omittted. He hoped a plaiH mo nument would be erefted. His preference of a monument to a mau soleum arose not fr-m any indisposition to helebrate the memory of our American hero. He could fay as much in his praise as any man. Neither a committee of Con gress not the four fecretaiies, on wh- tm the "Kill devolved the ! :it U'° lc oi al fa# ctfifra&ei ox vw»i g re *fc in^l lit aid. Mr. Nott did not rife to consume the 'time-of the committee by going at large into an examination of the subject ; but to explain the reasons for the vote he meant to give. He had lad feflion co-operated fcofWlie&i fully in all those measures which had'been pursued to express the national sensibility at the !ofs of that great and im mortal charafter. In the feelings ot grati tude which his fei vices excited, no man ( could out do him. Among other mealure« he had been frifudly to the erection of a inaufoloum. -But on more reflexion he had charged his opinion. He did r.ot believe that a huge mass of stones would add to the j reputation of Washington. or be mere ex pveflive of national affeftion than a marble monument. This being the cafe he preter ed the latter, because it was the leaftexpen- Mr. Gr'.fwould hoped the amendment would-not prevail. It was the objett of'the bill to raise a monument which Ihould latt for ages, and which fliould be a perpetual memorial of tfoe gratitude of America. Such would not be the cafe, it the propoh -tion made by the gentleman from North Carolina should be adopted. Ihe monu ment pro pa fed by hira might be broken and destroyed- by a lawless mob or by a let ot fcfcoftt bays. For his pait, he would not content to rife fuel) a monument to the memory of a m*n who had deserved so well of his country. The bill proposed the ereflio" of a monu ment that would Hand unimpaired for ages. It is true, that it will not prepetuate the fame of Wa3iington;his tame eqiiurd no tiling wVich he would detogiveit prepetui-ty, but it will preoetuate the gratitude of tht country. It will be a tlruaure that wil commanded refpeft ;it will be pointed tc our children ; they/will «nter it Witt reve- V ' I rfiice, as the spot in which the assies of this j great uiMi are deposed. It was amloubtedly a fuhje£l of fentr vfrent ; and fubjedls of lsch a kind mult be guided bv feeling. Various opinions, there fore, may naturally be exp'cVcl. His opinion was that the national feitfimen. called fur the erection of a ftruiture correi pond. »t in size to the tharafter of the man to whom it was rai fed. The general outlines of the bilH might How be adopted ; and it there exilted a va riance of opinion the fubordin.te members of it wight be Mr. H- Lee laid, if it were the with of gentlemen to avoid the adoption ot mea— sureS commemorative of the talents of the gre.it man.we have loft, it woild We candid in them to tell us lo at once. For his oart he saw little difference between the adop tion of the amendment and the rejeftioti of every plan proposed that was adequate to the ovcation. Sir, laid General Lee, there is not a rich man in Europe who lotes his miftref* that does not raise a trophy to her momory ; and ihall it be laid that we, who j have fullfiitied the molt irreparable lot's in the death ot our chief, shall it be said that we refufe to pay him those lvonors which are lavished so liberally upon such inferior objefts ? If you do not mean to come for ! ward 011 the occasion. fay so—Then we ihall underlland the real'ons of oppofiuon ' to the ground taken l»y this house last let fion. As yet no real'ons had been atfigned f;t. abandoning it—We then declared that we would art. \Vc exhibited a tpiiit worthy of the immorcal Wafhingtsn, wor thy of the dignified charafler of this Jiotile. But Ihsuld this honorable spirit, kindled by an enthuliafm in the virtue! and talents of our departed benrfattor, lublide, and be chilled by the adoption of the proposed amendment, he would condole with the hoiife ; and would rather they would be si lent forever than disgrace themfelvrs and ! their country by lo lubordinate an act. It is true, Sir, that the celebrity and the glory of Walhington hang not on our plau j dits History will tranfinit to poftrrity the luflre of his fame glittering with un tarnillied purity. It is not in our power either to increase or diminifli it. But, fir, we ma) imitate his virtues and his great example. We are deeply interefUd in holding them forth as illuflrious models to our sons. Is there, then, I aflc, you, any | other mode for perpetuating the memory : of such tranfeendent virtues, lo (liong, lo im pre (live, as that which we propose. Ihe . grandeur of the pile, we wilii tJ raile, will irnprefs a sublime awe on all who behold it. It ivllU'ucviVe the present generation. It tc .,ve h : of >BJ children's ehil dien, aud they will leaui that true It way to gain honor amidst • tree.people is to be ufrful, to be virtuous, This will not be the aft It iscertainly true that if you erec* a maufo i leaui, you must expend some public,money. < Hut are you not the guardians of tf-.« pub lic treafute ? Does not the lele£Vi*n of the \ best objects to wbiih to appropria - it, de- j volve on you ? and can there 1.-; a o 'irater, a more patriotic purpose ? Is it not your great duty to proniate the public '• j good ; and can that be rv'ire completely r I promoted in any other way ? Ihe turn at- a ked is seventy th««fand lobars. Who can c lliew mc in ( Wbftt I manner the . line , good can be eiVefted b; t# tmall a sum ? ( BUt it %■ laid, tha: the bill velts a dtfere- j tion P the Seer*taries, and they may ex- ( cee.d iheetlimate. But, Sir, are the Secre j i taries unworthy of confidence? Do not , w know that we may fafely rely upon them i fidei, if thought expedient, the ex;'rdi I] • .ure may be limited. Thus furrly, w.thout . | - } prodigality on the one hand, or partiniony , , on the other, you may do honor to youi- • . selves and your country. Mr. Macon did not pretend to know vnurti about that-kind of things proposed by | the bill; but he believed, trom the liule he did know, tb&t such a thing had not been attempted fer a thousand years. Ihe ex pence, attending the propoled hjd ! been treated lightly. Forliimlelf. he wa« n.t difpoled to consider leventy thousand dollars a trifling sum. He thought it a «at sum; and belriv.d every man. n .lie ! country thought as he did. In torming his idea of any particular sum he was not carried away by the vifiona.y notions «t speculation ; he looted at the labour it re . quired to produce it: and he well knew how hardly earned was the money from which . this enormous sum mult proceed. He further beleived that no mafl couW " tell how much tie Mar.folcn would coll The feienry thousand dollars was probaly only a beginning ; and when the objett was ones expenesce tells us that, we must finifh it at all events, let it colt what it '.night. Tlie hale was fixed at a hundred feet. Why not decide ';« ; proportions ; Did not the Ulencc ol the bill , on this point (hew tlie ignorance ot gen tlemen ! All was doubt. bat ftrength -1 med his opinion of the total w ant of inlor mation, was the exhibition last feffipn of t two ellimates : one of which pie , dicated on a bale •of sixty fret, andl requi. ii ed iTxtv-leven thousand dollars ; the otbei was predicated on abate ot one hundred feet, making the Structure nearly o time* I as large, and required onl> seventy thou i land dollars. Could this be " rieA ■ ; Both estimates -certainly could not be mie. , The probability was that neither could be : tlepen ded upon. For what purpose was this great mats to be raised ? saw ns good purpole like ly -t. _ . c While there are such rattoiv.il modes ot j t diftinguifliing the me mory of Washington. - can Congrel's so far forget'the intereit of ( s the nation ; can they so far forget t heir | ( own duty, as to expend millions in acts j ( f of useless and pernicious ostentation 1 Since ! ( _ the invention of types, monuments are ; e j goodfof nothing. The records of hiflory will i ' remain long after their decay or detli u c\iou. j We are told that the bell mode of perpe- j tuating the merao.y of Wa(hingt»n is to j cieft a Mausoleum. I have beard, laid Mr.; Macon, of Ariftides I have lwftid of Ham. . den i but I have never heard ot monu- j inents raited to their memories. Yet their j virtues fliine as bright now, as they did while they lived. I have heard of a place called Weihninifter Abbey, full of the mo numents of kings ; yet. notwithstanding these grand memorials, 1 have heard very little of them after they left this world, and I quettion very much whether any man, let him have heard what he may, if he were to go there could tell one of them trom the other. But, it is fait), that the monument proposed by the amendment, may be thrown down and destroyed by mobs of school boys. God forbid that this should ever be the cafe. I do not believe, said Mr. Macon, this to be pollible, If it Were made of gla : s, frail as is it is> it would , be fafe all would revere all would refped it. The house is told by one gentleman, 1 who advocates the Mausoleum, that a rich man in Europe cannot lose his mis tress without railing a monument to her ■ memory. Was the gentleman serious ' when he made this remark ? would he ' place tiie memnry of Walhington on a ) r footing with that of a rich mans mistress t t Better, Sir, said Macon, far better 1 would it be, more honorable to the Gov- ■ j ernment, and more conformable to the j swish of our deceased friend to devote f the seventy thousand dollars,defigned for | 0 a Mausoleum, to the education of the i e poor. Then indeed we might flatter j , oarfelves with having extended the Em- j pire of his virtues, by making those un derlttnd and imitate them who unin- Itru&ed, could not comprehend thein. If he thought that by raising a mug- , nificent monument to Walhington he . could give duration to his fame or carry ; his name into a sing e country which it j had not yet reached, he would give the ■ acv)ue his fuppOi t. jjyj ua lueji. r ff ; '* ; would bC* produce J. It n gl adorn tms City ; and that was the only plaufi'ole argument in favor of it. Before gentleman aft in this business let them lock to Egypt; thtrc they will behold price lent? in profufion •, men j - made gods and statutes and monuments and maufolea covering the whole face of i the country ; but where will they find J the virtuous or the talents of the men | ' they meant no commemorate ? Now is the time to make a stand against this ■ monument mania. Walhington is j - admired anal beloved by all. No one j 1 can be charged with ■ ilefire to dimi- ; nifh his fame by oppolinga useless expen- ] diture of money —The precedent we : now cftablith will be auspicious to 1) our future measures. If we decline rai- • I sing a Mausoleum to Walhington, no | man who succeeds him, can expe£t one j reared to his memory, On the other j hand, if we now, raise one to Wathing- ; ] ton every pretender to greatness will aim j . at the fame diltinction. Mr Macon concluded by declaring i himfelf hostile to the bill, and friendly to the amendment, bacaufe it pxopofed a plan that was more rational, more econ omical, and more conformable to the resolve of the old Congress, than that contained in the bill. _ | The Committee then rose without coming to any decisions reported progress and obtaiued leave to lit again. jujl Received by A. Dickens ; Opposite Christ Church, i Deluhory Reflections, ON THI Political Aspect of PUBLIC AFFAIRS i In the United States of America. , Part 11. t •' And I I«cked, and beheld a p»1« horse i and a " hi« same that fat on him was Death, and r " Hell follow«d with hira " II u ( Frice a 5 Cent«.) ALSO ; CARMEN SECULARE } f For the year 1800. c ' By Heary James Page P.L.' , ' Superbly printed in 4 to er (Price 75 Cent..) ,j IWember 10. " The Partnerftiip OF C.RESSON AND EMLEN, WAS JJefo'.ved the 3d instant, by mutual content, and James Creflbn n duly au thorized to little the concerns of laid firm. TAMES CRESSON. WARDER EMLEN. December 9. Foreign Intelligence. LONDON, Oft. 15. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held for the par pole of petitioning the King to aflemble Parliament, in order to co 11 fider of some effectual means for leduc ing the pre lent high price of piovifions. Previous to this bulienfs being tntr red upon, the Lord Major deli*errd in a paper on the fubjeft of the apprehended tumults in the metropolis op. Monday night, ot wrich the following is the fubltance* *• Gentlemen of the Common Council. After the tlillurbances which cxift-d within this City a mouth ago, it is very natural for every one to be alarmed by the appear ance of the least symptom of their re-turn. 1 have the faisfa&ion to ft ate to this Court, that, from the time I had the honour to fit here'lart, to the pre font moment, I have not received the flighted information of that -endency, boV has any one person expressed to me an apprehetifion on that head. I should not have tho't it necessary to have made this declaration, had it no' been that consi der agitation prevailed in the City yel terdaiy, because the Peace Officers round the City >h»d ordered out various Military Al fociauou ~o affiftthe Qivil Power, in con sequence o? information received from the ; Secretary yi' State that riots were expetted —no suci information was given to hi." Therre port. r t of the, provilion committee was then i troduced and read, wherein it wa* slated, as their opinion, " that the ore fent pra&.ce of contrasting with the seve ral farmers, for the whole produce of their dairies, inHe-ad of beir»g brought periodical ly to market. was the cause of the present high price df butter, cheese, &c. iuafmuch as the markets were supplied in what pro portions wrve mod advantageous to the deal er, and perjfejit had not the opportunity of making the^ r pitccha&t as. formerly, which called for | e .dative interference for the cure of the ev.l so justly complained of."— After t. long deba'e, the report was agreed to, and referred birk to the said committee to proceed furti. - in their enquiry. The immediate business of the Meetings w.s tl en" proc ed»d in, and it was unani mously agreed \ 0 present a dutiful Address and Petition to his Majrfty ; which was forthwith prepared by a Comniittee ap pointed for th*t purpose, and oadered to be presented to t'foe King upon the throne, by the whole c n urt of common council. The fheriff* .. le ordered, to wait upon his majefly, to know his pleasure when he would receive tht; said petition ; and th:n the -meeting » ,-oke up. Wanted to charter, FOR EUROPE, ( fJlps* A- Vessel, | 0 f ijo or 280 tons burthen, j Apply to James, Clilbcrn, ts" Englljh. i ti mo. 9th. $ I The Cargo OF THI SHIP JOHN BULKELY, Capt. Stocklty, from Baiavia, CONSISTING OF Coffee sugar & pepper Of the beji quality, FOR SALE 'BY William Wain. December 9. _ Lorain St Son, No. 5, NaRtH Third-Sweet, HAVE JUST RECEIVED A HANDSOMK ASSORTMENT OF Chintzes Sc Calicoes, Irilh Hum, sewing (ilk and best rich fcasJ: twist'- Scotch threads, with a variety of other seasonable Dry Goods , And a large supply of Carpets and C-arpeting, Of the Uteit and mo ft f jfhionable figures. To be sold or bartered, For Dry Goods, a handtome three-story BRICK-HOUSE, With piazza anft kitchen adjoining, fitoate In Vine ueaf Fourth street, built in modern flile, with excellent materials, and well calculated tp accommodate a large family drcomSer 10 French School, FOR YOUNG LADIES. N. GOUIN D'JFIKF, profctfor of the F "" ch j language, will open on Tuetday, the 9 1 , * cember, at Mrs. Beck's Academy, in Fifth Oreet, opposite the State House garden, a marmnglchool or young ladies,from eleven till one o cock (every °' guardians are deGr.d to make early application, that the fckolars may kave the mutuai advantagti of beginning at OOCC. N. G. Dufiif, has the honor to inform tn cm that he is the auther of a course of pradicil lee tures and conferences on tbe effetuu. P arts ° the French language, by means of wnic. » t e ear- i ner is foot..initiated in the mod approved pradl.ee | of this polite and falhionable language. I An analyfi, of.M» P aß of tu:ti ° n ' . v." work having neen given at length in th Cleveland, mrs Shaw j, Julia Cleveland, miss E eftray ; Gan gica, mrs Francis. To which will Be added, (for the 4 TEAS. Buhea ) Muscovado sugar in hhds. Brjndy Ift proof Lifbun wine in quarter casks Madeira wine in pipes China, aflorted, and a few bales white and 7 yellow nanke«ns i A few boxes chocolate and dipt candles Spermaceti oil and candles December 11. NEW BOOKS, RECEIVED BY A. DICKINS, opposite Chril Church. ' Millars Gardner's Didti»a&ry, new editien, folio oo Weld's Travels, a vols 7 00 R ochefaucault's Travels, 4 09 Anti-Jacobin Examiner, a vols. 6 SO Buonaparte's Intercepted Letters 3 71 Crutwell's Gazeteer, 3 vols, and atlas I'd 00 New Biographical Dictionary, It vols 37 JO D'lvernois's Survey of the LofUs of the French Nation • S° Parson's British Chflics, 36 vols 4« °<> New Syftemof Natural Hiflory,3 vols l» Payne's Epitome of History, » vols 6 OO Chefterfield's Works, 4 vols II 00 Bishop Wilfor.'s works, 8 vols I» °° Goldlmith's works, 7 vols 9 °* Walpole's royal and noble authors Peron's new geography,, 4 ™ Pirkt,onlnfuianct,newi.on. ed. »f 1100 500 Dr Currie'. edit, of Burns's works, 4 vols «a 00 Fenno's edition of Gifford's works, a vols a»i pamphlets. Duieenan'a reply to Grattan, . , Report of the fccret committee of the houre of commons on the Info rebellion X C» Rofc's examination of ths increase oF th« revenae, commerce, &c, of O. Britain Oifford', letter to the Earl of Laaderda.e Kernel's narrative of the Deportation to ! 09 Cayenne Ame s ao n .. . A variety of Pamphlets on American Politico december II ■ —— PRINTING, Neatly executed at the Office of the Gazette of the United Stages * 3ta<®3 w 61 £ 7 i