■; - * S . ' «•. ••••,.. v ' . f ■ • V*" - • "-?r' " t . - " r 'i- . /' Jljiate 995.] MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1795. JTwc/J/£ VIII. For Charter, THE brio JlP® MARY, * John Fleming, master, 2000 barrela of Flour, is now in compleat ordiir to take in a cargo. For ternyi app'y to Gurney if? Smith, cd Who havt for Sale, , w - Eowrdcawt and Cogniac Bcandjr; And a few French Burr Stones. NOV1 14. § T For Jeremie, ("To fail in all this month) The beautiful new brig Richard & James, -1 -Thomas Adams, master, BUILT of live oak and cadar, and is her firft voyage. She i, intended for a constant trader, and is particularly well calculated for carrying passengers having raoft cxcel lent accommodations, and conftruSed for a rtmarkable fa a fai'.er. For terms apply to the Captain on board at Race ' ftm RICHARD & JAMES POTTER. Who have on Han J, A large and elegant assortment of Callicoes, Muslins, Ribbons, Shawls, Linens, See. Stc. Nov. 13. d . FOR SAL E, BT H JOHN CRAIG, No. 12, Dock Street, XO Pipes of *Ihe ~ 160 Qu.'irter Gkefts Hy»on U ea, iao Quarter Chests Sowchong Tea, 4®o Boxes China, containing Tea Setts, Nankeens. Will 1 tigs y Francis. - September 14. 3ta\v^ rhe highest price in Cash, will be given for EMPTY BOTTLES, A. preference will be given to Claret Bottles.— Apply to No. 187, south Third-street. lt Atrli IS. d Hare's Patent Floor Cloth, V/ITHOUT SEAM. THE manufast. 9th. § au Jaraes Tiffin, h d • WHOLESALE & RETAIL HATTER, y ci No. 70, south Sccond street. near the City Tavern, ? HAS just received by the lste arrivals from London and Bristol, a large and elegant assortment of Ladies and Gentleaiens fafliionable HATS.—AIfo, a variety of ■ Qhitdrcns rfATS of different colours, which will be fold an on the lowed terms for cash. rc N. B. Ladies Hats trim'tt in the newefl falhion from ou London. Oft. 12. § of ' FOR SAL E, ««' Imported in the faip Arethufa, from Calcutta and Madrafs, a variety of IO BENGAL GOODS; ar Guarrahs, Baftas, it Coffies, fu Humhuma, a Handkerchiefit tfc Persians, Calicoes. " To be Sold by the Package, for approved notes at V fkrec and four months, by *' WILLIAM MACLURE & Co. No. 42 Dock Street, or a, JOHN MILLER, Jun. - German P a (fengers m Just arrived in the (hip Holland, Captain Franklin, from Harabnrgh, now at anchor opposite Vine-street, , t wbofe time is to Ire agreed for by applying on board, f, or to PRAGEftfi & Co. v September ie. n of the monthly pay as the officers and soldiers and other items of expenditure. so likewil'e advances have been nsadfi fortheufeof the President and of the members of bothhou f« of Coagrefs in anticipation of their refpeitive compenfa— — Ir 1 without difficulty be comprehended that this practice of the Trevlury gn In iimwlu been tffential to the uue course of the public service. tm Every good judge will be lenfiblc, thar from the infufnei* ency of individual Capitals to such largeadvances as the fup piies of an army require, it was indif|>enfable to the obtain* tngthcln, that auticipatioas from the Treasury (hould enable the Contractor, to do what otherwise they would have been unable to do j and that these anticipations mull also have had theeffefl of procuring the supplies on cheaper terms to the United -tates. When it is eonitlered too that the army has operat t. Ed for several yearn past at the diftanse of five or fix — hundred mile* from the feat of Government, and a , • considerable part of the year, from the rudeness of the D. country and obftru&ions of wxters, it is iwpradicabls to trsnfmit monies to the fienes of payment —it will be perceived that without advances from the Treasury in anticipation »f their pay, not only a compliance, l " with the engagements of. he Oavernment would have be«n impossible, but the troops must have been always ' left unreasonably in arrear. Injuns 1794, Congress paflied a law declaring that the army ftould in future be paid in such tnanner as that the arrears fhauld not exceed two months—Compliance with this regulation fenders anticipations at certain seasons, matter of Phy fual necessity j yet that law gave no special authority tr ' for the purpose. A particular cafe, by way of example, in whichj diftmit from general rules, advances or anticipations r.u in the War Department are neceflary, refpetfls the re cruiting service, the Officers detached on this service, who are for a long time diliant from thtir c rps require § the accommodation of an advance o pay to be able ta difeharge their duty. Towards the possibility of en lilting men. it is iiidifpenfable they ihonld carry with them the bounty money, and this upon conjecture of what may be done, and with the possibility that from not being able to obtain the men, the ultimate expen diture may not take place. This initance will suggest to reflexion an infinite number of cases, in the course of the public service, in which a diiburfement from the Treasury rrtujl precede the execution of the abjetl and may exceed the sum finally requiCt* for it. ual These cases indicate the expediency, and even nt > ceffity of the conitruiftian which has regulated the prance of the Treasury—And it might be (hewn, if neceQary, that it is analogous to the practice under the former government of the United States and under other governments; and this too where the theory of expenditure is, as expressed in our Constitution, that no money (ball be expended, bnt in eonfequence of an ap» >dk propriation by law. ;iu It remains to fee whether this rule of conduct, fa indispensable in the praitice of the Department, be t j, e permitted by a fair interpretation of the conftituitioa lt ;J and the laws. er, The general lnjuntflion of the Ccnftitution (Article - u t I. § IX.) is that •' no money (kail be drawn from the ds. Treasury but in eonfequence of appropriations made by law." at The qneftion upon the elaufe is whether when an ; et. appropriation has been made for a particular service or fupply,tbe atflual difcurfement from the Treasury — must follow the service or supply, in the nature of payment, or may precede it in the nature ef an ad ~vauci f I hold the last conftru&ion which is that j- or adopted by the Treasury to be the true one. The elaufe jest eited appears to me to be exaft lntj ly equivilent to this ather elaufe— "No money Aall _, be drawn from the Treasury but for which there is an appropriation made by law," is other words, before ot- money can legally issue from the Treafnry for any so s purpose, there must be ft law authorifmg an expendi ture and deGgnating the objetft and the fnnd. This be being done, the diiburfement may be made consist » aut!y with the constitution, either by way of aduaner