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Some confidence debate took place, rela tive to the erection of alight-house at the mouth of Chel'ipeske Biy, at the expence of the United Sta;es. The bill was, at length, gone through with amendments, and the com mittee rose and reported the fame; after which, the -House adjourned till Mouday, >1 o’clock. Monday, July 20. The bill for eftabliihing the Department of Foreign Affairs was brought down from the Senate, concurred with amendments. A message was received from the President of the Umted States, accompanying the ton nage bill, approved arid signed by him. The engrofled bill for eftabliihing light "h nifes, was read a third time, and pafled the House. The House thkn l todk up for a firft reading the hill communicated by the Senate, to or ganize the judiciary department —The fubjeft of this bill was ordered to bfc taken uf> on Monday next. The House went into a committee on the bill refpeding the weftern territory and hav ing gone through the consideration of the fame, it palled the House. Mr. Sinnickfon had leave of-abferice foir three weeks. * Adjourned.'' , Tuefday, July 2 T. The bill to provide for the government of the territory north-weft of the Ohio, was read a third time,, and pafled the House. Mr. Madison then moved, that the House resolve itfelf intoa committee, in order to take < into consideration the subject of amendments, to the Conflitutiou. Several Members ftiggefted that it' wduld be more proper to refer the fubjeft to a spe cial committee, a motion Was'made in form,' that a committee of one'Member from each state be appointed to take into consideration the motion of the fifth of Julie, [Mr. Madison’s motion, offering certain amendments] toge ther with the amendments proposed by the conventions of the different ftateS, and to re port thereon. Upo.i this motion a diffulive debate ehfued,' which turned altogether upon the point of ex pediency as to the m>de; it being agreed' that it would be pn.pjr for the House to take’ the fubjetl into consideration The principal argument in favor of the motion was drawn fronvahe infinite embarraflinents which would' take £iicev if the fubjeft in its present irregu lar' and disorderly state fliould come firft be fore the whole House, and the great delay which it would occasion. - O;. the other hand it was chiefly contended, that the method proposed would not give fa tistaftion to the people ; and that it would not facilitate the business, finco the whole fub je& would, on the report of the committee, lie open to theHoufa. The motion was however carried by a large majority, and the House proceeded to ballot for the committee, which,'■’’on counting the ballots, was found to consist of Mr. Gilman, Mr. Goodhue, Mri Sherman, Mr. Benson, Mr. Boudinot, Mr. Clymer, Mr. Vining, Mr. Gale, Mr. Madison, Mr. Burke, Mr. Bald wiri. Adjourned. (To be continued.) V I*' E 1 N N* A, 1 ’ Jave 10. WE learn from Croatia, that the Turks ? have been repuU'ed in a second irrup ttoii’ which they had attempted to make into the Licca, in the Austrian territory ; and that, after thisr defeat, the Austrians had taken a redoubt with four iron cannons. In the even ing of the aft.h ultimo, the Turks retreated towards Vakup. The la It accounts from Moldavia, ftafe, that the Prince of Saxe Coburg, with the array under his command, ’had reached Bakun; that the Ruffians were "ported in the environs of Gallacz; that a considerable number of Turks weie atfembled neat'Fiockfrhm, and that the Grand Vizier bad arrived on the Wa iks of the Danube opposite to Ifmaei* PARIS. July 6. The mesfures adopted by the National As. fantbly <0 obtain the pardon of the fotdiera re* leafed by thy peon)# from prifott, have hid tiivit rffe/t, T ot King w»mt I 'hair r#|ueit, #«t J vu tU'MitM »atiiß known it tub, avaly thing returned into its natural course, order is restored, and all tolerably quiet. * The Assembly, confiding generally of about 900 Members of the different orders, conti nues its proceedings. Mr. Neckar laid before the States Genera! a mdft admirable account of all the steps taken by government to alleviate the distress occa sioned by the fcafcity'of corn throughout all the with the quantities pnrehafed in foreign countries, 82 c. from which it ap pears, that, notwithstanding considerably more than a million fterliug has been advanced for the purpose, and great sums facrificed by the King to keep down the'markers, the situ ation is still exceedingly precarious; the ne ceflity of generally recurring to the use of rye bread is mentioned as probable, and the K ing’s intention of setting the example, of tiling it at his own table- At this moment the capital is supplied from dav to day with corn and ffour brought post by frellt relays of horses from the"fea ports, and in such quanti ties, and of such a quality as can be got. Va rious modes of relief have been proposed to the committee, but none adopted. NASSAU, (New Providence) AuguJl I. By a vessel arrived this day front Havanna, we haVe intelligence of an order from the King being received there,' that in future no NegfoSs running away from fo reign settlements, an‘d going to the Spanifii colonies, will receive any countenance or pro tection ; and directing that such runaway Ne groes as are thfere, notwithstanding they may have received the pfoteftrOn of the Church, (hall be forthwith returned to the owners who may claim them. This order wiS brought , out in a packet from Corunna, which arrived, after a pali’age of 47 days, on the lift of last month. t . * ■ \ ■ \ r. . Mr. Printer , • ' > AS the Legislature which are to meet next month, will have a great deal of im portant business on hand ; and as the forma tion of the Judiciary will be the firft and greateA objeff, I beg lekve to represent to the PEOPLE, for their confideratiori, through the channel" of your paper, the following out lines of a plait,'which, in my’humble opini on,' will be found in its operation very aptly to apply to our prefCnt condition. Iu public bodies there are few men who meet prepared on great points : This plan is delivered' out to iuduce our Representatives to think 6n theTubjeft, and to bring together their feVeraL opinions,' maturely formed, fo’ that the fyfiem may be made a.v pet fed, and as compleat as poilible.—lt is with pleasure that I view the lift of the Representatives from the several counties : There are among them men of reftedion, and “great good’ fehfe, who, no doubt, wilt take up a due confederation of this interesting lubjed; one charader parti- * cularly whom the people of Richmond have cholen, and whose talent for legdlation I have long admired and refpeded, iris hoped will turn his attention pointedly to this important department of our Government. GAL B A. The' P L A N. '■ THERE lhall be three Judges of the Su- V perior Court for the State of Georgia.* The State (hall be divided into two DiftritTS-—one to be called the tipper, the other the Lower. There lhall be two Superior Courts held in each count/every year, and one of the Judges lhait prelide thereat, who lhall, in rotation, ‘ride the circuit, one of the Judge* remaining always at the feat of Government.’ The Superior Courts (hall have original ju rifdidion in all causes where the title of land , is dtfputedj and where damages are to be af fefled, and in all criminal caf-js where the off oce amounts to a felony ; and (hall have appellate jurtfdidion in all cases referred to them by the Supreme Court of Error and Appeals, hereby eftibliihed>-A Supreme Court shall be cftabtilhed to he called the Court of Error* and Appeals, to conftft of the three Superior judges, or any two of them, who ate to fit at the (cat of Government im« mediately after the circuit, to whom applica tion (halt be made to coned any errors that 1 may have happened ou the timm, audio ' whom also application (hall be made for a new trial, who, after due consideration, IhouM they thitm it proper, are to order the fame to be tried the next term in the county where it originated.—On all appeals the Superior Court '(hall have Chancery powers granted them, to try all matters in law and equity, and to compel the parties, on oath, to difeo ver such fifts as may lead to a fair inveftiga tionof the truth, which, when obtained, lhall -h be referred to a Jury, whose verditft or de cree (hall be final.—The fury to be formed for the trial of such causes, (hall be drawn in the following manner:—The Sheriff in each county lhall keep a foil of the Jurors within the county in which he arts, from which forty eight men lhall be named by the Clerk of the Court, who (hall take them indiferiminately from the different parts of the lift. As they are pointed out by the Clerk, the plaintiff and the defendant', or the appellant and the refpondant, (hSll the privilege of objeCl ing to twelve each * the remaining number twenty-four (hall be ptit into afrox, and the firft twelve who are drawn lhall try the cause, , The Inferior Courts (hill be' held in each county tour times a year, and fball be com posed of four to be called County Judges, any three of whom lhall form a quo rum, who lhall have, original jurifdiftion of all civil matters where the debt, or case be fore the Court is afeertained as. t<s the sum» but not where damages are to be assessed, and exclulive jurifdidiou in all petty criminal cases, ( AUGUSTA, o ßober 17. • * ' \ * 'I- Colonel Irwin, of Walhingtou county, has informed Government that Mr. Jaffold had removed from his place near the Long Bluff on the 30th ultimo, when it was found that the treaty had failed. That the Indians had - returned, aud eroded over on this fide the Oconee, and, on the sth instant, burnt his house, and carried off some corn. The peo ple at Capt. Kemp’s fort being alaimed at this, and there appearing much lign in the - neighbourhood,-they evacuated it on the pth, and the Indians burnt jt on the 10th. The Colonel farther reprints that the people are in much perplexity, between the danger to which their families ateexpofed, and the im portance' of Paving their little crops, what Heps to take. Government has no advice of the Spanifir Ambaffadqr leaving New-York abruptly ; and it is taken for granted that the report is with out foundation. It is well known that Don Gardoqui had permifiion of the King to return ,• . to Spain near a year, ago, which he fignified to the United States, » f On the 15th ult. in the; Pennfyhania As - fembly, in Committee of the whole, on the - fubjeft of calling a convention to alter and amend the Conflituiion of that a Refo . lution in favor of a Convention was, adopted— Yeas 39 —Nays 17. —The Convention is to meet in the city of Philadelphia on the fourth Tuefday of November next. ; Agriculture, commerce and population in .creafe in America with much rapidity. Ver mont, which, a few yfcars since (fay sc) was a Vvilderneis, now coutains 200,000 inhabi tants —Kentuckey 50,00a. Accounts from Virginia 2nd Maryland mention the extreme heat of the weather on the firft and second weeks in August, and many sudden deaths which took place in con sequence. • *y . * jt : (r The lh:p Granvillej DiXori, from London, is arrived at Charleston. WESTERN POSTS. We have it from good authority, that the PRESIDENT of the United States has lately difpatchedCapt. Guion, formerly of the Ame ncdii artillery, to Canada, to inquire of Lord Dorchester, Whether he lias orders to furren dcr to the United States, the Polls within the territory thereof, noWgarrifoned by Britilh so rces; & if he has not, that be write to Europe, that he be immediately furniihed therewith* This'intelligence,. if authentic, of which we hav*? not a doubt,'tnuft jjjive great fati*faftion 10 the people of the 1 United Siates, who hive too long lamented that the weakness of their govcrnment'Tubjelfed them not only to a na* tioual indignity, ’ but to a gteat lofi in ibeirfar and other trades. Jn the potent arm 1 j the EateutNe'tHtv their hopes.