CONGRtJib.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, March 14.
Deoate on Mr. Livingften's resolution continued.
Mr. Bourne's Speech—concluded.
It appeared clearly, (Mr. Bouri'e l *c<yitended)
from the debates he had read, that th ere was only
one opinion in the convention of North Carolina in
relation to the treaty making power being vetted in
the President and Senate, and that treaties made
by them were the supreme law of the land* fubjeft
to ho check or controul frora the *House of Repre
sentatives. If such an idea had been entertained,
would not those who in that convention were in fa
vor of adopting the Constitution, and who almost
despaired of its being adopted, have said in reply to
those who objected against the investiture of this
power in the President and Senate, " your rights
are fafe, the House of Rcprefentatives mult ratify
commercial treaties before they can be carried into
effeit ?" But this was not said ; on the contrary, 1
it was said that the power of making treaties was
•exclusively vetted in the President and Senate, that
it was right and proper it Ihould be so vetted, and
that the fntall dates in the Convention which form
ed the Constitution wft>uld not agree to give any
part of the treaty making power to the House of
Representatives. That the nature of the treaty
power Shewed the propriety of placing it where it
■was placed : the numbers of the Senate were small,
and mod fit for this business, more so than a nome-
T*us body where fa&ion and party might prevail.
That the power of making tieaties was vetted in
the Senate, becanfe it were a branch of the sove
reign power, These obfer.ations had been made
in the Convention of Norlh-Garelina, Now, he
asked, if this was the eonftruftion of the Confti u
tion when it was adopted into the several states,
would it not be a trick on the small states now to
eonftrue it differently, and fay that no treaty was
the law of the land until ratified by the House of
Representatives? He considered that the (late
which he had the honor to leprefent would be of
that opinion ; he said it would be a gross violation
efthe constitution to maintain, that the President
and Sinate could no" make tieaties without the as
font of the Hoafe. But he did not consider this
principle as involved in the motion before the com
mitlee : it was a qjeftion of expediency : the Pre
fident wasalked by it for the inflrudtion to his mi
nifters and all other documents refpe<stwg the trea
ty' except only such as related to any emitting nego
tiation ; he thought the alteration in the original
motion which was made by introducing the excep
tion, had made it more objettioual ; it was faying,
*' fend us all the papers this oegociation,
excepting one particular description of them winch
•We think you ought not to fend." Nothing was
left to the discretion of the President. Did any
gentleman ever before hear of an executive being
called on for the confidential inftrpftioiu which he
had given his minister in relation to a foreign nego
tiation, for the correspondence between himfelf and
his minister, and for that which passed between the
tsvaminifters reprefeming the neg6ciating parties ?
Was it not natural for gentlemen to consider that
muck Cnnfirl*»ntird nartimiinlonti'un—*trkTS ptßCc 7UTV
these occasions, which ought not to be disclosed but
to the immediate parties concerned ? The agcncy
of private individuals might have been used in ef
fe&ing the treaty, and was it proper that their
names Ihould be published ? with the fa&s he was
perfedlly unacquainted. The committee would rea
dily suppose he knew nothing of the secrets of the
negociation, jf such there were: but he thought
there might be many, and they ought not to be
divulged. Mr. Bourne added, that he believed the
call f or such papers to be wholly unpreceJented.—
Just before the adoption of the prefeut government
in France, a treaty had been negotiated through
the agency of the committee of fafety with Spain.
It is well known that strong obje&ions were raised
in the Convention, who then had the power of ra
tifying treaties, against giving their consent to that ;
and though it was the fubjeAof much debate, the
inttruftions and correspondence of the negcciitor
were not called for. Suppose the President fjiould
be disposed to communicate the papers ip question,
it would probably be under an Injun<Stion of fecre
cy. Did the Heufe mean to debate on the treaty
with closed doors ? he conceived not. But if the
papers were not to be disclosed to the public, they
would not conduce to allay the publicrfonfibility in
refpeft. to treaty, which had been assigned as
one motive for calling for therfi, though.he did not
think it real, so; he thought the addresses which
had been made to the pafiions in the debate were
calculated to increase instead of allaying any ftfifi.
bility which may have existed : a gentleman had
said that be difapprored of the treaty, insomuch
that the minister who negotiated it, ought to be
sent again as minister plenipotentiary to repeal it,
if that waT the only proper mode to get rid of it.
The lame gentleman who said this, also said, if
he adored any thing in this world, it was the voice
of the people, and that their voice was against the
treaty.
Mr. Bourne said, he refpefted the voice of-the;
people, but where were they to find the voice of
the people? That- gentleman had referred to the
petitions on the table. How many had petitioned
against the treaty ? Were there as many as were ne.
"ceflary to choose one RepresentatiVe in that house :
No, not half so many. \Vas this then the voice of j
the people ? He thought the voice of the people
was to be collected from the diminutive appearance
of the petitions themfclve?. The inference was
strongly in favour of the voice of the people being ,
with the treaty, when it was considered what pains
had been taken to gain petitioners ; he thought al
so the voii:e of the people was to he collected from
the proceedings of the (late legiflaturts, in relation
to the conduit of the Prefnlent and Senate in rati
fying the treaty. He stated that the several branch
es of the Legislature of New Hamplhlre had been
unanimous in their ixpreflions of approbation. In
Massachusetts a similar spirit had been Shewn. The
General. Assembly of Rhcde-lfland bad been una
nimous and explicit in their approbation of the con
oid! »f the PreliJent and Senate. The unanimity
>f Conna&icut on this fuftjeft was well'known.
The address at the meeting of the legislature of
New-York had breathed a similar spirit, those ot
Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maiyland also; the
latter had been unanimous in their resolutions of
approbation and confidence. He Would not travel
a.iy further, some fen iments of a contrary complex
ion had been expretfed to the South. The gentle
man had referred to the sensibility which had been
exhibited in the town meetings. Mr. Bourne ac
knowledged that much diflatisfaflion with the trea
ty had been (hewn in most of the populous towns, he
believed however from recent appearances it was
much abated. The people had been deceived - iti
their expectations in refpeft to the treaty hy several
publications before the treaty arrived; having ex
aggerated its advantages, and -dated that every
thing was obtained which had been asked for. Mr.
Bourne said he should not give his ideas of the
treaty at present, they would be reserved for a metre
proper time ; he believed that in obeying the Con
ftitutioiij they should obey the voice of the people j
■f a doubt cxifled as to what was the $rue conduc
tion at the Conilitution he believed it ought to be
conformed to the opinion which prevailed when the
Conflitution was adopted, and he had (hewn that
the moil eminent men had then but one opinion in
relation to it ; they all agreed that the power ef
making treaties was veiled exclusively in the Prefi
deot and Senate. Mr. Bourne concluded by ob
fs-rving that he had not intended to have carried
h»« obfei vations to so great a length, but as the
(late which he represented was particularly interest
ed in the consequences of the principles which had
been advanced, he had be»n the more lengthy. lo
dged he did not confid?r these principles as necefTa
rily involved in the question now before the com
mittee, but he confided, that whate/ei migiu be the
fate of this quedion, from the knowledge he had of
the members of the committee, that when they
should l Otnt to decide on the question of parrying
the treaty into effedJ, they would duly refpeft the
faered obligations they were under to fuppart the
Conftitutiou.
debates of the north-Carolina convention
Referred to by Mr. BoUrni.
Mr. Leko r. I have a greater objeflion on this (round
than that which has jutt been mentioned. I mean, fir, the
legislative power framed to the President himfclf Umay
be ad mired by Tome but not by me. He, fir, is to make
treaties which are to bethe lupremc law of the land. This
is a legiflaive power given to the President, and implies a
contraifi&ion to that part which fays that all legislative power
is vested in the tw,o houles
Mr. Spaicht (a membtr of the Cntmiitn which firmed the
Conjiitution) answered that it was though: better to put that
p >wer into the hands oi the Senators as Repiefentatives df the
Hates, that thereby the imereit of every itate was equally at
tended to in the formation oi treaties, but that it was aot
ctinfHered as a Logtflauve at alt.
Mr. Maclaine—l h i treaties were the supreme law of
the land in all countries for the in., it obvious leafiins. That
laws or leg fla. ive aQs operated upon Individuals but thai
treaties a&t-d upon Hates, That unless they were the su
preme law of tae land thev could have no validity at all.
That the President did not afl in tilts Cafe as a legislator but
rather in his executivecapaeity.
Mi 1 . La -oi r.—He still thought the President was pofieft
ed of legillative powers while he could make treaties joined
with the Senate,
Mr. I RtDELti When T rcauet are made tiey become ai
valid as cgiflauve a6ls. 7 apprehend that eve*y a£l ot the go
vernment, legiflatite, executive or judicial, it in pui iuancc
of a conflituttonal power is the law of the land.
Mr f" ■ i r. Thtix i A «pwwet v c lied in he President
and Senate to make Treaties which ihdll the lupremc law
of the land. Which ffmong us can call them to account ?
| always thought there could be no proper cxcrcife of power
witho.it the fuffrage of the people. Yet the House of Repre
fen a lves has no power to intermeddle with ireatiei. The
Prrlidentand.feven >enators as nearly at i can remember can
make a treaty which will be of great advantage to the North*
ern ftatesand equal injury to the Southern states. They might
give up the rivers and territory of the Southern states yet in
the preamble of the Conltitu ion they fay all the people have
done it. I fhouid be glad to isuow what- power there it of
calling the President .vid Senate to account.
Mr. Spaigh r anlwcred that under the Confederation two
thirds of the states might make treaties. That if the Senat.
on from all the llates attended when a treaty wasabout to be
made,, two thiids of the llatct would have a voice in itt for
mation He added, he would be glad to ask the gentleman
what modethere was of calling the present Con iels to ac
count.
Mr. Porte r repeated hit objection. He hoped that gen
tlemen would not impose on the house. That the President
could make ,rca ies with two thirds ot the Senate. Tnat the
President in ihat cafe voted rather in a legiflativc than an exe
cutive capacity, which he tnought impolitic.
Gov. JoHNtTON. lu my opinion if there be any differ
ence bttween the nnftuulion and the Confederation with
refpefit to treat <t the Conftitutioo it more fafe than the Con
ledira.ton. We know that two members from each state
have a right by the Confederation to give ihp vote of that Bate,
and two thirds of the states have a right alfoto make,tre*Ucs.
fly this Conftitntiw two thirds of the Senators cannot makt
Treaties without the concurrence of the President.
Mr. Port t R. — l'hat at treaties were the supreme law of
the land, the House of Representatives ought to have; m rote
in making them at well as in patting them.
Mr. Davie. On a due confederation of thit claafe, itap
pers that this power could not have been lodged as fafcly any
where else as where it is. The honorable gentleman {Mr. M-
Diwall) has ipoken of a consolidation in this government.
This it a very strange inconsistency, when he pointtout.at the
(ainc time the necessity of lodging the power of making trea
ties with the Reprefttntatives, where the iada of a consolida
tion can alone exist; and when heobjrfts to placing it in the
Senate, where the federal principle is completely preserved.
As the Senate represents the sovereignty of the llates, what
ever might afftft the states in their political capacity, ought to
be left to them. T his is the certain means of preventing a
consolidation. How extremely abfu'd it itto call thai dilpp
fuion at power a consolidation of the ltatet which mult (trail
eternity preveDt it. I have only to add the principle upon
which the general convention went —That the power of mak
ing treaties cotild 110 where be so fafely lodged at in the Pre
sident and Senate; and the extreme jealousy fubfiftmg between
lomtof the states would not admit of it ellewhere. If any
mart will examine the opera! ion of that jealousy, in bit own
bieaft asa citizen of Nortel Carolina, he will (oon feel the.in
flexibility that results from it, and perhaps be induced to ac
knowledge the propriety of this arrangement, -.
Mr M Dowall declared thai he was of tbe fame opini
on as before, and that he believed the observations which the
gentleman had made on tne apparent inconiiltericy ol his re
marks, would have very iittje weight with the Committee
Tiiai giving fueh extensive powers to so tew men in the Senate
was extitmely dangerous ; and that he was not the more re
conciled to it trom nsbeing brought about by
o the Imall, pitiful Itates to the north. He supposed, that
eight membets in the Senate from those states, with the Piefi
dt hi, might do he molt importanl-a&s.
Mr. laiDiii. It this power be improperly veiled, it is
incumbent on grntlemcn to itil us iu what body it tou tl be
more fafely and properly lodged. I believe, on a serious
cnufiUeralion, it will be found that it ,was nfceiTaty, (or the
realons mentioned by the gentleman flora Halifax, to velt tnc
power in theSena e, or in lome other hady reprefentin > e
<jualiy ihe lovcreigoty of the (la let, and that the power, at
given in the Constitution, is not likely to b attended wltH the
evil* which some gentlemen apprehend. The only real fctur
ity of liberty in any country, la the jealoufv and circumspec
tion of the peopl# themfelyet. Lei iliem be water,ful over
their rulers. Should the) find a combination againti their li
berties, and all other methods appear lalufficient to preietve
them, they have, think. god, an okimate remrdy. Tint
power which create*! the governiitent, can dcltro/ it. Should
:be government, on trial, betound to want amendments. thof<;
amendments Can be mad * in a regular m 'hod, in a mo ale prc
fcribed by the Conltumion itielf Mdlfjchuleus, Sou h Ca
rolina, New Hampshire, and Virginia, ha.-e ai! a
mcudrncn's; but they all concuired in the neceflhyot an tin
media e adoption, .-i con&uutional mode et altering tn
Conltiiution itfelf, is, perhaps, what ha. never been *
among mankind before. We have ilus security, >» auditioi
to the natural watchfulnefs of the pcojje, which. I hope wi|
never be found wanting The obj' tiioru I fiavc anfwere<
deserve all pollible at en ion, and. tor ray *Jar« I fball alway
refpe& that jealousy which aries rrom a pub ic liberty
Mr. Spcncty. I think thai no aigfanc/ii can be ufpd t<
shew that this power is proper. ff cue wnole legislative bo.
dy—if the House ps Representative* do not interfere in mak
tng treaties, I think theyought at leait to have the fan&ion o
wholr Senate
The XXIII. Amendment ptft*>o/"ci hy the Convention to b<
i f r- /
be made m ifcie Conttittotw.
That no Treaties which lhall be direfttv opposed to the
exifling laws ot the United States in Congress aflembied, fhill
be valid ur.tij such laws fh-ill be repealed, or made conforma
ble to such treaty ; nor (bail any treaty be valid which is cou
tradi&ory to the Constitution of the United States*
Mr. Bloodwoath dfued to be informed wheiher trea
ties were not to he fubtnitted to th> Parliament it) Great Bri
tain belore they were valid. ,
Mr. Ikeqell. A gentleman from New Hanover has asked
whether it is not the praihee in Gteat Bn'ain tofubmit treaties
to Parliament belore tlieyare eltcemed valid, Ihe king has
the lolc authority, by.the laws of tha country, to make trea.
ties. After treaties are made, they are fiequently difcufTcd
n the two houfrs of parliament; wherr,'of late years, the
mod important tneafures ol government have been narrowly
examimd It isufuai to move lor an addrefsot approbation;
and such has Wen the complaifarice of Parliament for a long
time, that this seldom hath been withheld. Sometimes they
pals an a£l in conformity 10 the treaty made : but this I be
lieve is not for the mtte piftp ;f. of confirmation, but to make
alterations in a oarucular ljfLm, whico the change of cir
cnmltances requires. The coi>fti:utional powt. ot making
treaties is veiled m the crown ; and the power with whom a
treaty is made, conhders it as binding without any aft of par
liament, unlcfs an alteration b> such is provided for in the
treatvitlel', which I believe is sometimes the cafe. When
the treaty of peace was made in 17631 it contained flipula.
tions lor the surrender of some islands to the Ftench. The
iflaqds were given up, 1 believe, without any a£t of Parlia
ment The power of making treaties is very important, and
mullbevefledfjmewheic, in order to couuteradi the designs
of other countries, and to be able tu term inate a war whenit
is begun. Were it known that our government was weak,
two or more European powers might, combine against us.
Would it not be politic to have fomepower in this country,
to obviate this difficulty by a treaty? If this power was inju
dtcioufly limited., the uatioos where the power was poltdsed
without reftriftion, would have greatly the advantage of us
111 ntgociation ; and every one mult know, according to m )-
dern policy, of what moment an advantage innegociation is.
The honorable member from Anfon said, that the accumula
tion of all the different branches of power in the Senate,
would be dangerous. The experience of other countries
(hews that this tear is without foundation. What is the Se
nate of Great Biitaio, o,;po!'ed to the House of Commons,
although it be compoltd of an hereditary nobility, ot vast
fortunes, and eutiiely independent ol the people ? Their
weight is far inferior to that of the Commons. Here is a
strong inffance of the accumulation of (lowers of the different
branches of government without producing any inconvenience,
that-Senate, fir, is a separate branch of the legislature, is the
great cenftnutional council of the crown, and decides on
livesayd fortunes in impeachments, belides being the ultimate
tribunal for trying controversies refpeQing private rights.
Would t not appear that all thi fe things should render them
moretorm.daole than the other Yet the Commons
have generally bein able to carry every thing belore them.
/ -
NEW THEATRE.
EVENING, Monday, April 4,
„ Will be presented,
A celebrated COMEDY", (never performed here)
written by Mr. Murphy, called
All in the Wrong.
Sir John ReAleij, Mr. Wbitlock,
Beverley, Mr. Moreton,
Sir William Bellmont, Mr. kartell,
Young Bellmont, Mr. Green,
Mr. Blandford, Mr. Francis,
Robert, Mr. Beete,
Biuih, Mr. BiiJ/ett,
Richard, Mr. Mitchell,
James, Mr. Warrel, jup.
John, Mr. Darley. jun.
Lady Reft left, Mrs. Wbitlock,
Belinda, Mrs. Morris,
Clariila,
Tattle,
Tippet,
Marmaitt,
To which will be added,
A COMIC OPE RA, called
No Song no Supper.
Frederick, Mr. Marjhall
'uileft
El. Mr. Har<wood,
Thoma>, Mr. Bliffett,
Robin, Mr. Bates,
William, Mr. Darley, jun.
Sailors £ Meflri. !Varrell,)\ia. Morgan, Mitch
' ( ell, Beetee, &c.
Dorothy,
Leuifa,
Margaretta,
Nelly,
gT The Public are refpacflfwlly informed, that the
Doors of the Theatre will open at a quarter after. FIVE
o'clock, and the Curtain rife precisely at a quarter after
SIX —until further notice.
BOX, One Dollar—Pl r, Three-Fourths of a Dollar—
and GALLERY, Halt a Dollar.
Plain for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Wells, at the
Front of the Theatre: .
TICKETS to be had at H. aud P. RICE's Book-Store.
No. 50, Market-Street; and at the Office adjoining the The
ttre.
No money or ticket! to be returned ; nor any person, on
aßy account whMfoever, admitted behind (he fc.nea.
Ladisj and Gentlemen are requelled to fend their servants
to keep places a quarter before five o'clock, and order them
at loon as the company is seated, to withdraw; as they can
not, on auy accouut, be permitted to remain.
THE UNDERSIGNEDj
INTENDING to leave Philadelphia in a few days, in
forms the Public that his business will be carried on as
usual at his Office, at Mr. Kids, Higb-ftreet, from nine
o'clock till two every day, where those having demands
against him, are requeftcd to apply.
Philadelphia, April a
To the Public.
AT MR. O'ELLER', HOTEL,
A French Miniature Painter refp.c&fnlly offers his ser
vice« to the Public, and hopes that the moderation
of his term*, the very frwrt time of his fittings, and the
rate of bis abilities, will induce hi» visitors to heroine his
patrsDs.
Mr*. Francis,
Mrs. Ro-iu/on,
Miss Oldjield,
Mrs. Har-vey.
Mr*. Shaw,
Mist Raw/on,
Mrt. Oldmixan,
Miss miUnu.
VIVAT RESFUBUCA.
fjAMES SWAN.
•»t.
Feb. ae,
< if
i 'foreign Iat > Mugeace.
Feb. 6.
! havy (hewn a »erjr i^.
ancc of theii itfpcc\ ! v»r.tLc .Vucrican
Printed intti ufiions have beei- fe»t t<. all p.,,
Admiralt, intormtng them, ttiat P. Bond, Esq.
C l >arjrt d'Affaires at Philadelphia, had granted cer
ti6<rale«to American ship« carrying goods to
land, to pay,lhe American loan* there jaud deiir
ifig them nottodctain a»y ihjpsTuint/hed with .fiich
certificated
Tq the Editor of tie Morning Chronicle.
Sir,
The Epitaph on Dr. Johnfen, is not minr
Some years ft nee a similar audacity, concersiug that
epitaph, obliged me to mdkethe fame public dif.
avowal. I fiiould be glad to have been the Author
of lines at once so beautiful and just ; but they
proceeded from a more eminent ptn. The tran
fcrtption you received and printed was not accurate.
If I may triiil my memory i; ought to have ilood
thus:—
The groans o" Learning tell that Johnson dies
Adieu, rough Critic, of Coloflal size !
Grateful, ye Virtues, rriund his grave attend,
And boldly guard your energetic Friend.
Ye Vices, keep aloof! a for to you ;
Yet one, the subtlest of your tribe, he knew ;
In silence, Envy, to his fame bejuft,
And tho' yoy ftain'd his spirit, ("pare his dust !
ANNA SEWARD,
THE PRESENT HOLT 'VS.R.U!
[from mx. Morgan's excellent issat.]
Debt incur *d by the prefint War, from the year
'795 '® 1796, inclusive.
Principal. An. Int.
Stock in the 3 per centj. in 1793 £6.250,000 >87,500
Ditto * _ in 179$ *11,000,000 330,000
Ditto in Feb 1795 18,000,000 j, 0,000
Di'to in Dec. 1735 26,100,000- 783,000
Stock in the 4 per cents, io 1794 2,730,000 iioooo
'^ lU ° in Feb. 1795 £in o®s
Navy Debt funded in the 5 pr. cts.
in 1791, - - . 1949,330
l> ''to ditto in 1795, 3,012,040
An annuity 0f61,79i1. for66year»
-
An annuity 0f85,j 001. for 65 year»
in Feb. 1795,
Anannuity of 58,500!.f0r64year»
in Dec. 1795,
Whole Ann. 106,7911. worth 41.
13s. 6d. per
„ , , . , 78.350,270 2,595,36°
hmperor sloan in the 3 per cents • -
m 179,5, - . 3,833,333 115,000
Ditto, an Ann. of 230,0001. in 1795
worth ... 3,310,441
Funded debt and itsintereft.exclu
five of management, - £35,501,044 £2,940,360
UNFUNDED DEBT. Principal.
Navy Debt, £. ,000,000
Vote of credit for the Extraordina
niriiis of the army any navy, 4,000,000
A debt not paid by the E. I. Com.
pany, but taken as part of the
Supplies, in 1794 and 1795
Exchequer Bills
Unfunded debt and interest at S
. pe . r fl*: * " J 6,000,000 800,000
Funded debt and interest - 3.5,504,044 *,940,^
Total of the debt, and the ann al
expence attending it, cxclufive
of management, - £-101,504,0 4 4 <C3.740^6.
In consequence of the forced loan, the follow
ing Letter has been received from the famous Ge
neral Miranda, by the Adminiftratorg of 'the De
partmcnt of the Seine :
citizens,
I this day leceived a noties of the forced loan,
decreed on the 19th Frimaire, the 4th year of the
Republic, slating, that, <• Citizen Miianda, Gen
u eral, /hall pay the sum of 1100 livres in specie."
It appears that this is in my capacity, as French
" Citisten and General," that this tax is imposed
upon me, it being clear that otherwifc the law
could not attach. But 1 mull remark to you, Ci
tizens, that, so little focurity have 1 for poffeffionof
those precjous titles, that a short time ago an Arret
of the Executive Power disputed my right to them
by lubliituting the description of " Foreigner."
It is likewise true, that, in consequence of my ap
peal, the Dirediory seem to have abandoned their
decision, and in some degree to have acknowled
ged their error with refpeft to me : but it is bo
less certain, that, while there exists a doubt, e
quity, and even juttice, demand the provifjonal
lulpenfion of the payment ofthe tax.
Under whatever description they may finally re,
cognise me (confeious that they cannot, without a
violation of justice, treat me as a Foreigner) I has
ten to acquiesce in the requisition, and hereby put
into your hands documents for the above f«m, that
you may make good the payment. lam but too
happy in being still able to afford the Republic this
proof of my sincere attachment to its happiness and
stability, even under the circumltancee of ertibar
raf»ment which I at present experience in my pri
vate affairs.
In coafequence, by the present letter, I autho
rise the National Treasury to remit into your hands
the sum of 2100 hvres in specie, on account-os
funis ittll more coniulerablc belonging to me, the
payment of which has been ordered by a mandate
of the united Committees of Public Safety and Fi
nances, dated 10th 1 hermidor, 3d year, of which
I here subjoin the copy, as well as the Certificates
of the nation, frrving as a ground for themandate.
From Mefnil, lßih NivolV, 4th year 'of the
Republic.
(Signed.)
CITY OF WASHINGTON, March »6.
A correfpttndent, at Philadelphia informs, us
" that Corigrefs will not rife until the second
week in June." He also mentions that "in the
civil and military departments, the different officers
are conitantly and actively employed in making the
nereflary arrangements for taking pofleffion of the
Wettern posts, which the British are to relinqmlh
gtenable to treaty, on the lft of Jane next."
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