CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Wednesday May *5.
Mcffrs. D. Foster, Read and S. Lyman pre*
fented petitions in favor ofthe Britifli treaty.
On motion, the report of the committee- appoint
ed to confer with the Senate on the fubjeft oftheir
disagreement wi'h refpeft to the amendments pro
posed to the bill for the relief of persons imprisoned
for debt, was taken up and agreed :o. Asthebill
now Hands, the plan of accommodating-the laws of ,
the United States to the state in which an adtion ,
(hould be brought, is done away, and an uniform |
plan is adopted. throughoßt the.uttion, which 'allows
no man to be imprisoned for debt, who furrendcrs ,
Ju's property, and swears or affirms that he, is not |
worth more than 30 dollars. By leaving thip sum, 1
it fs meant that a man (hpuld not be deprived of his |
. tools, &c. fo,as him unable to earn his fu- t
ture living. t
The houfc went into, 3 committee of the whole s
on thr bill t» indemnify the estate of the late major- (
general Greene from the payment of ar certain bond j
for 1 1,297!. (terling, which was said to be given , J
on account of government. After a few obfetya- c
tions, it was agreed to, and ordered to be read a
third ume to-iVay. It was afterwards read a third c
time and puffed by the yeas and .nays being taken. t
As they were nearly th# fame as upon agreeing p
to the report of the committee of claims on Mon- h
day, we (hall only date the difference. Id the yeas t
add the names of Messrs. Findley, Gregg, Madi- f
son, Preston, and Richards, and e-rafe .t!u>ft- of Mefl/s I:
Ames, Heath, Muhlenberg, New, R. Sprjgg, jun. 1
and-VanCortlandt. In the nays, add the name of t
Mr. Baily, and erase those of MwTrs. Grifwwd, N. d
Smith and Winn. r
The order of the day was next »ntered upon,
which was the amendments agreed to in the cqm- r
mittee ofthe wholeonthe bill,with the amendments r
, from the Senate,.making provision for the payment f
of certain debts of the United States. When jh« a
boui'e came to the amendment of the Senate, which f
had teen agreed to in a committee of the whole, p
authorising the of the .finking fund |
to fell such (hares of the (lock ps the Bank of the
United States, belonging to the United States, as
they may think proper. Mr. W. Smith moved an i
amendment, viz. " that it (hould not be lawful for 1
the said cemmiflioners to fell any (hare or (hares for a
a lefi rate or price than 33 I 3 per cent, advance li
thereon.' This motion occasioned.very coniidera-* p
ble debate. It was predicated on this ground ; that
as the stock to be created at 6 p,er cent, was not 1
to be fold for less than par, neither ought the bank
stock, which produced 8 per cent*-to be fold for
less than 133 1-3 per cent.
On the other hand, it was said that, since the
Bank muift have paid forthwith two millions of
dollars at lead, the commiflioners of the finking
fund ought to be left at libewy to fell the Bank
ftpek at the bed price tbey could get, provided the .
new (tock created would not fell at par, otherwise j
the bank would not be paid at all, since the present
price was not more than j 27per cent. This qio- "
ti6n w?s loft 47 to 33. tyfl? W. Smith then mo-
ved to insert,- " provided -it be not fold under 125 ■,
per cent." The queflion was taken upon this a- f
mendment by the yeas and nays, as folW- : ,
yeas. ;
MefTrs. Ames, Bpurne, Bradbury, Cooper, r
Crabb, A. Foster, D. Foster, Gilbert, GilnUn, )
Glenn, Goodrich, Hancock, Heifter, Henderfon, .
Hindjuan, Itinera,- S. Lyman, Malhojje, Murray ,■
Read, Sir greaves, Jer. Smith, I&ac Smith, Sam. '[
Smith, Wm. Smith, Swift, Thatcher, Thomas, f
Thompson, Tracy, V*j Aler, Wadfworth, Wil
liams.—33.
J>> r
AYS
Mtffrs. Bailey, Baldwin', Bai"rd, BentMvßW, I
Bryan, Bur C cfs, .Cabell, Omftie, Claibourne,
pf.it, Dent, Earle, Findley, Franklin, Gal-
Utin, Gik*s, GWefpie, Greenup, Gregg, Grifwold, •
Grove, Hamptan, /Harrifon, Harper, Hathorn,
Havens, Holland, Jackson, JKitcheU, Locke, W
Lyman, Maclay, Macon, Milledgt. Madison, f
Moore, Nicholas Preston, Richards. Rutherford, b
N. Smith, israel Sifcith, R. Sprigs, inn. T
Spngg, Swanwick, Tatom, yenable—4s C
The oucilton was then taken on the amendment P
of the benate, as amended in the committee ef the
•whole (as hated" ■» yesterday's paper) and the veas °
and nays weve-taken upon it. Those gentlemen !!
who voted in the affirmative of the I,ft qu ?fti on , vo- •
ted in the oegatiye of this, with this variation. In '!
the pays (which will be the yeas on this f
add the name of Mr. Hancock, and erase The names
of Meffra. Cent, Grifwold, Harper, Kitcbell, and |
' , J hefe last five "anaes must. be added v
yeas of the last question, (which will be t. e
Mr. VV. Smith moved that a eommKtee (bouli "
be appomted to.confer with the Senate on their a- r
mendments. fhn, motlo „ w , s ne d fl
ofT J"'SSS '
W, • been agreed to, and U,c '
Senate might agree to the additional amendments V
;
received from the President of \
w,,h ,ht <***i
Gentlemen of the Senate, and ofthe e
«Tk r °( R'prefentati-ues.
- Ihe measures now operation for u&W DO s-
and .
ex end, P rw P'' r » that provision (hould be made for b
extending to thai-place, am) any o(Uers aUke cir- ,
cumltanced, the cv.l authority of the North Wef
em Territory To r o %his will reqtt.re an expence 1
no,'. 7 1 hp ordinary fal a ri« of the Gover- "
nor and „f ,h at territory appear to be in
competent. The foiming of /, le T c„
«° and the appcintment of the various offi- «
r^^wV^ Jl, V XfrCife '
vin r"r >?r gowrnor and secretary ; ,
. "fit those places, and to spend copfideraWe time in f
nr-akmg the arrangements neceflarv for intm.wJ
t:Q cltabl,,hln S ofthe United States,
Ccngrpfs will conuder what iu this cafe -wijl be !
proper." 1
Go. WASHINGTON.
United States, May 25. '
The amendments of the Senate to the bid alter- |
ing the time »f holding the dilirift courts ofvYety <
• mont and 'Rhade-Ifland, wrre agteed to.
The committee to wh»m was referred the mefTage v
• of the President /efpeiling an allowance to dlllriit
r attorneys, reported, <md recopvmended sums Worn f
- 3jo to 150 dollars a year to be allowed to th ;m in r
1 addition to their fees.. The report, after fume ob- r
I jetlion on. the ground,of putting the confiderjtion 3
f off till next feflion, was read a t-eond time, and or- a
1 dered to-be referred to a committee of ;he. who!e: c
' to-®arrow. e
i The.hoyfe -went jn\o a committee .of the whole t
5 nn.the bill making additional cotnpenfatioi> to Mar- f]
t <hals ; Jurors, witneftes, See. In the.trials of persons a
, concerned in the late irtfprrfftioo. After,fome ob
i fervations en-the-fubjed, in which it was allowed s
• the pay now giveo to such petfuns was far too low),
but that there coald be no «ood reason given for -<
extending tfie provision to the la"e trials on account "
of tha infiirreSipjl-mere than otheii, the "
pie was at length agreed to, and a ium 0f>30,000 <(
dollars (according to the eftifliate of the secretary
of the tresvfuryj appropriated. „
Mr. W. Smith read a letter which he f)*d re 1(
ceived from the secretary of the treasury, dating "
that, for want of a di(tri<?f attorney in Kentucky, "
no duties could be colle£Ved ; that the governor "
himfelf refufed to pay, and that the piople fnettered
themselves under his exatr.ple. He proppfed, there- r<
fore, that a clause (hould be added to this ei
he doubted whether the report,which hadjuft been it
read refpecling the diitridi attorneys would be got ft
through this feffionallowing the attorney for that c(
diftritft a compensation wljich (hould induce bitji to i;
ptofeciitc the business. e<
After a little debate on the fubjetS in which Mr. <j
Thatcher fai(i it was in vain to pay any afto?ney to ic
recover duties in that state, since there was not an te
honest man amongfl them, in refped) to their duties, hi
and Mr. Greenup (from that (latej had replied to in
him, defending the candtift of the goverrwr and pi
people of that state, and blading the revenue of. li;
ficers, the additional feci ion was agreed to 37 to z'7-
The committee rose and reported. lil
A mefiage was received from the Senate, inform-
ing the house, that they had disagreed to the reso
lution to adjourn the two'houfes on the .25th inft. di
and,that they had resolved that the bill for the re- h;
lief of the deputy jjoli-mafter of Boston do net in
■ pass, * Adjourned. hi
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The following criticism appeared in " The Obfer-' H
ver" a London (Sunday) paper of the gd ef Ar ct
pril*—.the lalt paper that has cotne lo fund*
PRURY LANE. of
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VORTIGERN. -r
Thi» eaufej with learned litigation fraught, *
Last night, for trial 'Core tke towjn bas brought. E
And-the jury, the tnoft candid, the most h'berally
discriminating, and the mod numerous we eyer wit
nessed, unanimously found .a serdift of. Comlemija- ar
tion. a<
Dramatis Persona. '8i
Vortigern "Mr. Kemble. b;;
Conftantius Mr. Brnfley. ri
Vortimcrut T Sons of ("Mr. Whitfield. rn
Catagrimus > v - < Mr. Trbeman. hf
Pafcentiu, j Vottigern | c
Aurelius 1 Sons ef fMr. Barrymore.
Uter -j Conftant:;:ns I Mr. Cauficld. U
-Fool Mr. King. W
Hen ?ift Mr. Benfon. th
Horfus for, as we apprehend bel ' ' Cl
(hould be called Horfa.] j Mr - Ph,kwor<! - ft>
Rowena [daughter of Hengift.] Miss Millar. le
Flavia [daughter of Vortigern.] Mrs. Jordan so
Edmuiida (wife of Vortigern.) Mis. Powell. th
Barons, attendants, Stc. , ril
Ihe ftoty of the piece, as far as we could coll eft pa
is founded on that, part of the Eiiglifh history.when an
the Biitons, enervated by the long tranquillity they f lc
enjoyed under the Roman government, were una- xe
ble to contend with their mote hardy and warlike fl'
neighbours the Pifts and Scots, who, upon the re- na
cal of the Roman forces, invaded ti>c southern
provinces. to
Ibe business of the play opens with a proposal la'
on the part of the old king.. Conftantius, who is bo
ucary of, and unequal, from his advanced, age, to
the oF the government, that Vortigern, of
in reward for his services, fhonld dure with him his gr
diadem. Vortigern, with feigned reluftanse,yields th
to his commands ; but is no sooner induced into so
power, thao giving loose to his ambition, he refotves «1
on the death of Conllantius, and employs two th
wretches to effect his pHrpofe. Imputing the mur- M
er to some Scots, then at Court, he caufea tbem to so
be apprehended, and difpirtches meflengers to Au- all
rchus, and his brother, then at Rome, urging their to
return, to ease him of the anxious tact of riding - ft a
fending, however, a trusty servant to assassinate pr
them. Efcapiug intended dan-er, they fly to th
Scotland, and readily raise afo.midahlearmy, with w<
w,.uch they invade Ejigland. Vortigern, to refill in
the impending calls in the aid of St
the Saxon, and, in order t« ftrengthern their union
by a marriage with his daughter Rower,,, divorces Li
his wife Edmundat this afl disgust, many of hi s us
courtieis they fly to Aurelius, who, after some
engagements, 's triumphant; he, however, spares w<
ad V r ,,gCrn ' and " )arrieS FUvi >> whom "ha
lie liao been lonjr enamoured. a ,
Of the language as far as our remembrance will he
bear us out, the following arc fpeeimens: tif
In the h.rII leene Voitigern, in assembly with the th
their",ears ' ° f t,,C dry be
" A dea?h- k h ° W ft3n<iS tH ' llCOUnt ' twi « and | h
ends turn on tott'nng to Sis raother earth " pr
• F'avia, in her orufon reipea.nfr her'morh ""
f«y«, " and (hotjld die W et let >f,. V"' ° r
of Pi, v ,-j Ch ", . , KarS bf thofc >'Q
tears, 1 may ram comfort sn her th ;
»c : sorrow," Voitigern. '•Time/like*; viol,
pow wears a dreary afpeft." In ci foeoc oefween
Flavia a«d Pafcentius, .a meflenger enters to tell
them it is five-o'eloek, and fftmmens them to/tip-'
r- per, that they may immediately retire to reft. Wc
n. did not underlland the Ancients'kept fuel) early
hours ; if so, William's cruelty, indblingthem to
rc to bed by the curfew, has been exaggerated. -
fct Then follows * It range figure of the fan giving a
»; blufbing kiss to the sea. Pafcentiiis* progref* ul
n.j morality, puts Jaques's seven ages out of count?;
>• ■ nance : " firft, the infant ; the man in his pride at
n 23 • w, '" e 3* 49 » crabbed at 50 —what he ifcas
v at 60 and 70, the laughter was so rjeefitvfc, we
e could not diftinguflh. Edmunds, in her mad fceoe,
exclaims, "brain, brain, thou wond'rous compofi
e lion, break not thy cage ?" and Pafcentius, when
•- fpeakvng of her fays, " I fear her brain hath gone
5 a pilgrimage, and wandered from the point,"
1- The following i» in the lall, where Vortigern,
J moralizing on-the dead bodies he has fsen, soy*,
» Oh, fjvereign death !
1 " That haft for thy domiin this world iffirr.enfe ;
t " Church vards and channel haufes are thy haunts,[
" Arid htifpitals i-hy fumptnous' palaces ;
3 " And when thou wouldft be merry, thou dost chale ,
" The gaudy chamt/er ofa tfyitig king :
f Oh! then thou dost ope wide'thy bony jaws,
" And with rude laughter, and f'anU-ilic tricks
" Thou clap'ft thy rattling fingers to thy fides, ]
J " Wit-h icy. hand thou tak ft hire by &e feet, 1
, " And -upward go 'tHI thou dost reach his heart, 1
r " And wrap him in the eto?(.k pf. lasting night." j
t Whatever might-Aa^e-been theprevioiis. opinion ;
- refptfiiing 'he author of tide play, we are perfuad- :
i ed, that all those who witnessed its pciforrpjiKt Wft i
1 night, will exonerate the memojjr ps !
t from the obloquy .which the imputation of this I
t cpmUinalion. «f absurdity and bombalt would tail 1
> ijpion it. Throughout the p.ieee,, we . could jiot dis
cover a single thought or expreition which might '
. denote the rß'ghty>fnaller's-mind ; for the euerget
> icdignity conspicuous i'i his writing, was fubjlitu- !
1 ted the most incoherent rhapsodies. Edmunda and t
, her attendants are the queen Catherine and Patience i
> in Henry VIII. The Fool was -a wretched «opy 1
I ps Touqhitone, and Flavia and. hgr, brother the Ct- . 1
- lia, &c. of "As you like it." 1
" Baltny .deep," " Sooty fable night," and the i
like, were redundant ; and in fhojtf, there was eve
■ jy thing that there should nqt have been. t
Towards the .end of the fourth a£), Kemble ad
dressed t!ve audience, reminding them, that the piece i
had very creditable claim to and that .1
: in order to judge, it was iiece£fe»y that they Ihould I
hear. A short silence enfjied ; but the laughter t
provoking deaths ef FJorlus and fiengiil foou in
• volved tbehoulein a general roar ;t,he performers j
■ could not refrain from joining in it. 1
An attempt w?i» made so announce a repetition <
of this play on Monday, but refined with general ]
indignation, ;
r ' r •> (
s PHILADELPHIA, May 26.
E*tr#ft.,of a.letter fiom Columbia, N. W. Terri j
ti;iy, February .27 I
" As to the Indians, from every information 1 •
am poffefTed of, they.appear to wifti to improve the <
advantages of peace and.friendfhip j tlie-confequonce <
is, that new settlements are forming 4® or 50 miles t
back from the Ohio; boats are floating down the *
river in thick fuceefllon, and our numbers areaug-' 1
menling with amazing tapiiJiyr; the influx of in- t
habitants from the Atlantic dates is Jo great, that
a few months will increase our numbers to 60,000 J
fouls, the number ftipnlated by the Congress ofJhe 1
United States with the adveptmers of the North- «
Weftein Territory, on the completion of which <
the faith of the United States is pledged in a so- t
lemn a»d unalterable compact, that another link I
ftvall be added tpthe glorious chain of Union, and 2
let all the people fay Amen. If you will spend a '
few minutes in reading the ordinance ofCongrefs.for a
the temporary government ofthe NorthWefternTer- a
ritory, you willed in the fifth article of the com i
pad*, that the Territory is divided into three'ftates, c
and that the eastern slate, in which 1 at present re
side, begins at the mouth of the Great Miami ri- c
yer, from thence running a due north cotirle till it r
flrikes the line between the United States and Ca- c
nada, thence down said line to the line of Pennfyl- g
.vania, thewce to the river Ohio, and d«wn river '
to the place of beginnning. By referring to the f
latefl and mod approved maps, <you will fee our *
boundary lines, as fixed by Congress, which cannot <
be altered without a violation of the national faith, b
of which we have 110 apprehension i It is true Con- a
grefs, by the fifth article of thecompaft, have, if c
they (hould find it expedient, jeferved authority to ''
form one orlwo slates in the part offaid Territory d
which lies north of an eafl and welt line drawn b
through the foutheily bend or extreme of Lake a
Michigan; but as iucii Hates have not yet been a
formed, it unavoidably happens that I>ctroit, and 1
all the inhabitants south of the Northern waters v
to the hue of Pennsylvania, fall into the eastern f
f the Territory, whofc numbers it is highly
pro&able will amount t» upwards of an hemdted C
thousand, who, on the back pests being given up, f
would glory in haring an opportunity to participate d
in tbe blelUngs of the government of the United *
otates. a
" It is highly probable that fame of the Dnft- t
dickers about the national court, will prtriicate of «
us, as the enemies to. the rights of mankind former- f«
ly did of the Americans in general, to wit : That o
we not fit to govern ourselves ; they will per
haps, with a swelling consequence, tell you we are '
a d fel, that, in the-choice of magistrates, tim
ber was so fcarcethat there was a neceflity to make «
l 'v, C °j S unmc n, riflemen— mete woodfinen ; that w
they do ,ot doubt but the belt possible choice has a
een mnt.e ; but God knows, fay they, baa is the n
oeit. As to our gunmen, riflemen, woodfrnon, a
there are many among them of good connection, I<
reputable edueation, of conifiderable reading, and c
who j,e afeful furveyos, who would fill the ofH.es n
° government with reputation, and with as much
pra.ace as is ntceffary to make men ufe.'ul ; the,, '
with hundreds of others, would be both, uftfirl ~d
ornamental. Are we not from among yo.irfeives
■Our kindred ? If |r wa, once that
he cft izens of the Atla-.ti, Ha e,, i„ ftoati-.g <!,-
,nts ° hl0 ' WCI C > good old Jamaima tut,.
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