i CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, May g. Petitions in favor of the British treaty were pre sented by MefTrs Dwight Fofler, Ames, S. Lyman Biadbury and Thatcher. Leave of absence was obtained by Mr. I. Smith for a week, and by Mr. Goodhue and Mr. Paiker, f.tr the remainder of thefelfion. Mr. W. Lyman, from the committee appointed to take into conti«jeration the fituetion of the for tifications and harbours, &c. of the United States, made a report, which was twice read and referred to a committee of the whole. Mr. Murray presented a memorial from Harrifon and Sterett, of Philadelphia, in behalf of James Swan of Boston, rtfpe&ing a bill of exchange for I ?0,000 dollars, drawn on JDellard, Swan and Co. of Paris, which had been tianfmittea by the fecre taiy of the treafnry at Philadelphia to Mr. Mon roe Ihe American minister at Paris, who was to transmit the amount when received to the banker of the United Sutes at Amsterdam, which sum had been duly paid by Mr. Monroe but which the secretary of the treasury here reftifed to pay, until he of the amount being received at Amsterdam i the relief therefore of Congress. The petition was referred to the committee of claim's. The bill for laying certain duties on carrjages, and for repealing the former aft for that purpjfe, was read a third time, the blanks filled up and pas sed. Coaches which before paiJ ten dollars a year, are advenced to fifteen ; chariots, from sight to twelve ; coaches with pamiels, from fix to nine dollars; coaches without pannels (a dcfcription not in the former law) fix dollars ; curricles, chairs,&c advanced from two to three dollars ; two wheelec carriages of an inferior kind advanced from on tc doll; iwo . hilars a year. Mr. Bourne reported a bill for altering the cir euit courts in Vermont and Rhode-Island, which was twice read, and ordered to to be engrossed for a third reading. Mr. Goodhue made a report refpe&ing an in crease in the salary of the Accountant General, which was laid upon the table. Mr. Samuel Smith called up the resolution laid upon the table some days ago, relative to officers salaries, which, after undergoing considerable de bate and some amendments, passed in the following form, by the yeat and nays being taken upon it, and a committee was appointed to bring in a bill. " Resolved, that there be allowed and paid for the year 1796, to the fccretaries of state, treasury aud war departments, treasurer, comptroller, audi tor, register, commissioner as revenue, purveyot,at torney general and post maiter general, in addition to their refpeftive salaries-" Mcff. Ames, Baldwin, Bourne, Bradbury, Cbriftic, Coit, Cooper, Crabb, Dent, Findley, A. Foster, D. Foftcr, Gilbert, Giles, Gilman, Glea, Goodhue, Goodrich, Grifwold, Grove, Harrifon, Hartley, Heath, Hillhoufe, Hindman, Kittera, Mliff. Bailey, Benton, Blount, Bryan, Burgess, Cabell, Claiborne, Clopton, Locke, Coles, W. Lyman, Eaile, Maclay, * Franklin, Macon, Gallatin, New, Gillefpie, Nicholas, Greenup, Preston, Gregg, I. Smith, Hampton, R. Sprigg.jun. Hancock, Tatem— 34. A communication from the treasury department was received, inclosing the treasurer's account* of roceipts and expenditures in the war department for the quarter ending in March latl, which was read and ordered to be printed. Ir. W. Smith said, as it was near the hour of adjournment he (hould move that the house resolve itfelf into a committee of the whole on a secret communication from the President relative to the treaty with Algiers ; which had before been part ly considered, and the galleries were accordingly cleared. , To be fold on Wednesday the 18th Instant, by Public Vendue, at the City Tavern, ALL that capital Estate, lately belonging to John Mayo, at Germantown, confiilisg of a good and conmo- Mantion-Houfe, out-houfes, Stables, Garden, Or chards, &c. together with about 73 acres of good Land, *whole in the best order, and fit for the permanent re sidence of a large Family. Poffeflion to be given imme diately, free frorp rvcry incumbrance. Terms of payment, one half in three months, and the lither half infix months, in approved notes. John Connelly, AuQioncer. May 9 YEAS. Mess. Leonard, S. Lyman, Madison, Malbone, Milledge, Moore, Murray, Orr, Page. Read, Rutherford Sitgreaves, Jer. Smith, N. Smith, Isaac Smith, S. Smith, W. Smiih, T. Sprigg, Swanwick, Thatcher, Traey, Van Alen, Venable, Wadfworth, Williams—sl. * V NAYS. Mess. Hathorn, Havens, Heifter, Henderfon, Holland, Jackson, KitcheU, Estate for Tale. Foreign Intelligence. , LONDON, March iR£PAQE, By Peter Porcupine., May 10 Landing this Day, AT Hamilton's wharf, from on board the brig Liberty, from Port dc Paix, 104 Hog (heads} — 24 Barrels v Green Cottee. 15 Bags J 12" Ban , eis' ldS | MUSCOVADO SUGAR, I box, 2 barrels and i bag INDIGO, And a Quantity of Lignum Yitce, For Sale by EDWARD DUNANT, No- 149, South Front street. Alfi, LIBERTY, **3!r- A S fee now lies at Hamilton's wharf, A ltiong, fact failing, double deck'd Brig, burthen 130 tons, and supposed to carry 14G0 barrels. Apply as abave. May 9. *§3t Miniature Painting. \ Foreign Art id refpecbfully informs the Public, that ix -lie paints Likenesses, and warrants them. A few Specimens of his abilities may be seen at his Room No. 10, up one pair of Stairs in Mr. O'Ellers' Hotel, Chef nut-ftreet,nextßicketts' Amphitheatre. Aprilis. § NOTICE. THE President and Managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal, having "determined to fnpply the city of Philadelphia with water, early in the year 1797, Proposals will be receive-1 in writing until the firft day of June next, from any perfori or persons disposed to contrail for the carting and delivery of Iron Pipes neceffary'ior the above purpose. , By the Board, WILLIAM MOORE SMITH, Sn'ry. aawtj. March 3 i For sale by the subscribers, IN PENN STREET, 130 quarter Chests frclh Hyion Tea ; 100 ditto do. freth Souchong Tea; 300 Boxes China, containing fniali tea setts of 41 pieces; 400 pieces Bandanoes. Tanut is. - - - - - 17/4 to 6") int 10/4 _) off. - 13/6 to y - . I 6,8 - - 14/5 Ij dollars 12 per ct. • - - 160 Willing* & Francis. HHhBHRwamSSMKKUk NEW-YORK, May 7. State of Contwfticut, ft. BE IT KNOWN, That at the port of New- Haven, on this thirtieth day of April, one thou sand seven hundred and niaety-fix, before me Enz ur Goodrich, Esq. Notary Public by lawful autho rity admitted arid sworn, residing in fnidpoit, per for.ally came and appeared Francis Brown of said port, and William Stewart, of Bedford', in said State, and were sworn according to law, and do on oath depose and fay, That he the said Brown was matter, and he the said Stewart mate of the (loop Dove, of said port, on a voyage from said port to the Weft Indies, and disposed of his cargp in the island of Antigua, and been to no other place, or iflind in the Weft Indies, on his home ward bound pafTnge, on the third day of April inft. at I o'clock PM, in Ist. 29, 27, and long. 66, they were brought to by the British (hip of war, the Narciirus, of twenty guns, whereof one Fra zier wag commander —that a boat's crew came from the Narciflus, on board the Dove, and took the papers and letters of the Dove, and carried them ©n board the (hip, that some time after an officer returned with the papers and letters, three of the letters having beenopewed—that the officer inform ed the deponents, that the commander of the (hip had ordered him to bring with him one of the sea men, by the nanje of Samuel Tharpe; and accord ingly compelled said Tharpe into the boat, and conveyed him on board the (hip—that the captain of the (hip soon after returned Tharpe, and reqtiir 'ed a younger man by the name of Benjamin East* man,one oftheDove's mariners,who was accoiding ly compelled on board the (hip, tho' the deponents remonstrated, and reprefentcd that lie was an Ame rican born, and his affillance neceflary for navigat ing the Dove—that immediately after this tr'anfac tion, the ("hip hoisted in her boat, and in hoisting in the fame, parted her bow .tackle, and tbeieby hove three of her men into the sea—that the de ponents used their endeavors to save them, and by calling a rope, had the good fortune tofive the life of one of them, and take him 011 board the Dove, while the other two drowned—that while the de ponents were endeavouring to save said men, the Dove fell afoul the (hip's weather quarters, and re ceived much damage, and tore the mainsail very much ; —that after this misfortupe, the man saved by the deponents was taken on board the (hip, and the deponents reqiiefted the liberation of Ealtman, but the captain of the (hip refufed to dismiss him, and detained him—the deponents fay that they learnt the name of the (hip am} of the captain from the man they took from the water, who said that the, beats had orders not to give the real name of the (hip or commander—The deponents further fay, that they had a proteftian from the Collector's of fice, port of New Haven, wherein Eallman was certified to be an American, and that the fame was sent on board the (hip—and the depohents fur ther tettify that said Eaftman was a native and citi zen of the United States of America, that the voyage with the deponents was his second, and that his residence frern his youth has been in the town of North-Haven, adjoining said port. FRANCIS BROWN, WILLIAM STEWART, In testimony whereef, the deponent! having firft subscribed, I have hereto set my hand and seal no tarial, the day and year firlt written. ELIZUR GOODRICH, Notarius Publicus. WALPOLE, (N. H.) April 26. Lad Wednesday, pafled through this town, on his return from Philadelphia, the hon. Elijah Paine Esq. one of the Senators of Vermont in the Con* grefsnf the United States. The known fcderal ifm of this enlightened legislator rendered his pre sence highly agreeable to the good citizen* in this vicinity, and ferured him a degree of refpett, which a popular demagogue might expect in vain. Some uninformed citizens talk loudly »f the pa triotilm of the ptefent majority in the House of! Representatives of the United States. Let me fay a word on that fubjeft. These patriotic legifla torshave, in the present session originated an eco nomical bill for th» lcflening the pay of Co.ngrcfs. In thia bill with great generality, they have allowed their former pay to themfeNes and reduced the sa lary of the Senate one dollar per day. Look out fellow citizens, mark those who seek after filthy lu cre. The Senate, the fame virtuous body who saved us from the charge of an expensive war with Great-Britain, concurred bill immediately on its being presented. Federal fellow citizens on Connecticut ri»er, beware of those whose patrio tifmisin their speeches, who talk big words, and cram their purses with oiir property. Look rather to the disinterested fcnarors, who in time of trouble, lower their pay. Look to the illiiftrious Walhiojf ton who served you a seven years war, without a farthing. PORTLAND, April 25. Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, from a mem ber" of Congress. " On the present occasion I have difcoverejl n° want of papers, nor have I seen any reason fy the houle in calling for them—yet if the Prefi dent had sent them, it is not imagined in the present inttance any inconvenience would have sprung out of them—they have been read by all the members who thought it worth their trouble to go into the office of the secretary of the senate and fee them* Their being withheld does not keep from the house a single circumftance,as toany information we could get out of them, that may be necelfary in pafiing the laws to carry the treaty into execution. From the time of the repeal of the stamp aft, and in some indances before that period, to fevrnty five, many individuals in America, by opposing the Bri tish government which was altogether independent of the people here, gained just applause from all Americans, and secured lading fame. It was then an aft of true courage and magnanimity to come out boldly in support of the rights of the people, against the unjust claims of a government over which w? had no controul, But this path to pe JOHN SERGEANTS. litical glory was in a great measure cloftd, when government became a creature of our own manu failure when every man in the political machine meet# certain death at short inteivals; as it the cafe, by the constitutions of the several ftatcs.as well as the general government. By not adverting to this moll aftonifhiiig difference, our political heroes go fotth to battle now with the fame views and ex pe&ations of meeting giants and tyrants, as the knights errant did in the days of chivalry—and the miftalfe of don Qmxot's esquire in attacking thfe barber's bason for Bambino's helmet, was not more ridiculous, than that of modern political knfghti in their attack upon the President and Senate, be cause of their supposed analogy to the king and houfeof lords in the English fot mer being at ihort periods eletflive ; the latter he reditary." FROM THE SALEM GAZETTE. ~ Mr. Carlton, Please to ptiblilh the following account of J (land. It may induce the members of our Ma rine Society, who are numerous, and many of them men of leisure, and ability so' thebufinefs, to proceed, and obtain the exact foundings, npon the whole ground, within the islands. This has long been talked of. Captains Gibaut, and Bowditch proceeded as far as the object of their Survey would juftify, and the result will belaid before the public in a fcparate communication. A DESCRIPTION OF BAKER'SISLANND ON WHICH A LIGHT-HOUSE IS TO BE RAISED. BAKER'S ISLAND, was so called, as early as 1630, and lays on the south fide of the princi pal entrance into Salem Harbor in MafTachufetts Bay, bearing east from Fori VVilliam, on Winter- Island, about 4 miles from the Fort, which is a mjle below'the town. It contaies 55 acres of laud, and once had a good house and convenient out-houfes upon it, with a good well of water. The buildings were greatly injured in 1776, when Bolton was in the possession o; the British troops, and were dif fered afterwards to be destroyed., There is a, di visional wall aerofs the island, made by the former proprietors, and an excellent spring of water upon the south east fide,, not far from the range of the wall. A beacon was raised upon the Iflaifd by the Mah'ne Society of Salem, on the northern height of Land on the 26th July, and completely fiitiilied in August 1791. It is 57 feet to tke top of the Ball, and 19 feet in diameter within at bottom, forming a convenient room for water parlies, or jjjpr (belter. There is deep water near }h« iilauci> but no convenient landing place. The outward, or eailern fide is high and rocky, the northern fide highest, but more (helving. Upon the western fide is a beach upon which there is a eonllant swell, and from which (tones for pavements have been taken iq great quantities. This Mland, with all the 1 Hands near the Chore, belong to Sa lem. The trees have been destroyed, but the foil is good, and will admit an easy cultivation. greatelt length of the foil is from north to south, above three eighths of a mile,and the rocks extend at each end beyond the foil. It is wid?!l on the northern part, high and projecting 011 the eailern fide, bat entering on the western iide. Towards the southwestern fide might be formed the best landing place. There is a channel between the southern rocks of the Island, and the Breakers, near the Idand. but it is not deep, and can be fafe only at high water, and only to those who arc acquainted with it. The following are the Bearings and D'tjlances from the Monument to the ftveral Points, Rocks and I/lands, (sfc. BEJRINGS GF ' The eaflern point of Cape Ann Gale's Ledge N. 59 E. Western part of House-Island N .17 E. Eastern part of W bale's Back N. rj E. Eastern part of Great Mifcry N. 14 W, Southern part of Little Miftry N. 41 W. Tennapoo, or Bowditch's Ledge, N. 68 W. Northern part of Hardy's Rocks N. 81 W. Northern part of the Hade, in range with the middle of 2d Hardy's rock N. 82 W. Southern part of Coney Island W. 2 S. Naugus's Head , W. 5 S. Northern part of Black Rock > ' W. 16 S. Northern part ef Eagle Island W. 18 S. Southern part of Marblehcad Neck W. 31 S. Northern part of Cat Island W. 33 S. Middle of Goofberry Rock V/. 35 S. Middle of Eastern Rock of Cat Island, over N, part of Ti ker's lfland W. 35 S. Northern part of Wefterti Gooseberry W. 49 S. Middle of Satan, W. 58 S« Middle of Eastern Gooseberry W. 64 S. Halfway Rock southern Breaker of Baker's lfland E. 62 S. Saftern Breaker E. 55 S. DISTANCES. Gale'B Ledge from the Monument, nearly 2 miles. Little Milery atoovc 3-4 of a mile. Bowditch's Ledge I mile and 1-4. Hardy's Rocks nearly 3-4 of a mile. Eagle Island almost a mile. Cat Island above 2 miles. Coney lfland Haste ' Gooseberry Rock S*tan Southerti Breaker Halfway Ruck Urbanna Mill Seats, - SITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on the banks of the river Sufquehanna, about one mile above ride wa ter, and commanding the water of that important river, the channel conducing the trade of which comes so near the Mill Seats as to make it convenient to speak the boatfc, and Mills may be so situated as to receive them al«ng t eir walls, and by water lifts take in their cargoes. - There i 3 a power fufficient for many and any kin o ufeful Water Works, and so much may be juflly s al in commendatioH of this Scite as would b« inconvenient to insert in a newspaper publication. .. Those who may desire to be c®ncerned, will pro a J find ttemfelves well pleased on viewing the (ituation. Leases for any term of years may be obtained on app 1 cation to the fubi&riber a living on the premises. CLEMENTHOLLTD AY. iaw;m April I c) •r 1 N. 74 E. above 2 miles.and 1,2 above 2 miles and 3-4 3-4 of a mile, above a'mile and 3.4 1 & 1-2 mile, above 2 miles and 3-4