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CONGRESS* ; House of Representatives. Wednesday, March l. from our lalhj In the 6th page the commifsiorvers have charged the U. States with the ment of dollars 4,065,738 a; cents, for die interest which during the year 1802, accrued on the whole of the public debt, including doir.eftic loans. I have an apprehension (which how eve may not be just) that this charge for in terest is not correct. For I find in the annua] * report of the fecretiry of the treasury, made on the 16th day of December, he Rates thar ( on Oe 30th September laft— ‘s The payi**ais on account of tbs principal and intcrtfl of ihe debt; have be n . 4,622,105 39 “ F ‘om which deducing one year’s in ereft or the fame, 3,470,259 75 44 a fu~n appl’Vd to the reim bursement ( >t ft.c principal of the 6 per Cent, and deferred stock of i 1 57,845 64 Rv this ac< mint it would fem that the ferretary ftatd the interest on the domefiic debt to he 3A*J°i 2 59 75 If the ftsteißMit be cor re ft-, he ought to have tridit ,r > (h-U amount. The imercPc due on the foreign debt ft ift.ted by the fccretary ir a report ui-uethe (all y-c.r, in table i\ at 4-76,93*’ 3947i , 9° 75 The fc t *vo ft ms, one would fappofe, coifftirateu . t‘. ; v le sum due for in ereft on tlie domestic and o:rc-. u debt added toge her, and they amount only to C 3947*9° 75 The ctjnwiifltoners charge 4,065.738 47 Making a diftlrence of 1:8,547 72 Which h v.Tuld seem has been charged by hem beyond ihe actual interest paid. It is poflible, and for aught I know probable, that the accounts ate not correct, and that there arc other sums which do not appear. Ii does appear that some thing is wanting fatisfafforily to explain the ac counts. fcvtn the accounts refpe&ing the Dutch debt do not agree. For in the report of the lafi year, in the table P. interest on Dutch debt, is dated at 476,931 dollars, whereas in the fame, according to the table R. b is made 1,145,250 guilders, which are equal to 458,100 dollars j making a difference of 18,831 dollars. I was at firft apprehensive that the lormer sum included a premium ; but that is stated in table R. to be 59,577 guilders, which is equal co 23,83° dollars, and which added to the amount of interest, as ftaud in table R. would make the total exceed that ftaied in D. tier. K.n ic an inaccuracy which I cannot ac count for. In both ioffances rhe accounts are calcu lated as arising in the year 1802. 1 also endeavored 10 a coutir for (he firft inaccu racy by fupprfing it did not embrace the the iirereft on the debt due to the bank, as in page 6 of thC re port it is fluted that theahovementioned difourfements were trade during the fuppefuion 1 tot Id not find a fatitfadiory explanation Ail these cireumftai.ces may be tight, and the money m*y have been all properly applied ; but the accounts aic incorrect, they tught to Le inves tigated. In the general fta’crr.ent of the accounts, there is fotre hing wanting explanation, In the 6 h page we find that ‘be commiflion rs of the finking fund teceived from the treasury, 9 37 7 >75- 28. In addition to this it will appear hat there was in 1801, remitted to Fin land, beyond the lum required for pay ments in that year, 2,313,846 guilders, whi*h is in the bands of the comnfiffi cmers, and vvi h which they are charge able, amounting to — 9 2 60 For these two sums they are ac countable, making together, 1b,298,290 80 New let us fee how they have accounted Mr this sum in their bands. In he firft place, the commiftioners fay they have paid the interest for iSc2, cn the whore or the public debt, amounting to 4. 47 To *he Bank, 1,257,600 From the proceeds of the duties, scc. 2,400 In Raiments of Du'cn debt, 1,344,000 Reimbursement < f the bhh ir.ft.il *rent of the 6 per cent stock, and the $d inftalment of the deferred 6 per cent stock becoming payable the iff of January, 1803, est 1 mated at 1,117,869 37’ Thus the whole amount of sums which hy the cotumiffioners have been paid, is, 7,817,607 04 Leaving a balance unaccounted for of 2-480,683 04 Further, when i compare the statement made in Ihe report of the conuniffioners cf the finking fund of the amount if the inftalments o’ the Dutch debt due in 1802, with the statement cf the fee re (ary of the treasury made the iait year, I find they do not agree. Accordirg to the report cf (he secretary cf the treaiury [table R.J the it. Raiments amour.: :c guii- i CltrS, j. By the report of the ccmtni Sorters the/ are ftaud at 3,360,000 Making a difference cf ico,oco The commifiicners fay u besides the aboverren tioned reimburfement* and payments, there remai ed at the ckffe of the year iSea, exclufivcly- of the amount of fitndrv protefftd bills (Fill outstanding and cf unexpended balances in the hands cf agems, an unapplied ha ance, estimated at guilders 5,914,606 : applicable to the payment of ihe principal ?.i.u to eteft jfie Du r ch debt fin tie year 1803, and toofifting t f remittances purchased and paid for before the firft day of January, 1803, beyond the sums wan ed to nicer the clemaiids in Holland during ihe year ibc2. ,, j 1 vrH a&tke Houic, w!*ethcr this is a account rendered for ibe dilnulement of neat ly two and a half million of dollars —Tl ey ft ate 44 *m unap plied balance estimated, —Where then wes the ( iieceffity of an cftiuutef Did rot the crmmifliortcis ‘ know to a (liver the amount remitted? Did they not ‘ know the arr.et'nt of bills purchased, and the extent of i their coutracl w.th mr. Baring ? I hey know all this. Whence then the rcctfSty ot fending us an est 1 mate ? For my part I do not understand this mode of ftaung the accounts tnat reia e to the disbursements of so large a sum of money. The (urn is very large, and was it not p Cpzc to ffate the particular tiisburf rrients ? The ccir.rciffioners were ac-quanited with every bill bought, a d wfih every comracf n* ile.— Was it ncx then proper to have stated every i eni ? To enable us to aider(ftin in v.'ha: manner they had made their remit; av.ee s ; whether hi theiuoft pr-odent manner ; whither they had not advanced money on conrrafl* which extended tor niCn;h or years. It is very easy in the management cf so iarge a firm to plare monies in the hands ot individnals, ; nd replace bote nicies in Hollst.d in ten, twelve, or fifteen months. In rhe courfi* of an-tigemcnt, the indi vidual may be greatly in; e6rte.l, aind the country nnufi injured. For ti rir own honor ar.a clmrcifter rhe cortMitifiioners ou-.iit to have fiitwn bv clrar, fpe Mfic vouchers, tliey had shewn no favor, jmcTbeeij guilty of no partiality—This wne iircutnWent uppnJ rhem. I certaiul-v do not know that any improper t ranfaftian Iras taken pla.ee , nor do I state tbde-thit-ps as a charge age. just the comnrffioners. But such tranfarti; ns m<*\ take place ; and the accounts ought to he in ftaicd as to cn..b]e us to alecrtaiu the tor>- reiftnefs and propriety of i! cir proceedings ftut allowing me c-wmoiffiouers credit, according *0 their own (latement, lliil on the general account there remains n balance oi dollars, I 14 44 cents eniirrly unaccounted for. I arn ftnlible, fiom t'uc general cxprtlfion of tb-e report, that this be lan re mar be in t!i2 l>ands ol agents, or that it may arift hrrv. prowiled bii is. Bui if rhis is the caf-, why is it not dated ? lam inclined to think there cannot be much of if in protested c.s the secretary in his annual report, has cUducicd a coisficl **''able font for the return or p oteiied bills ; though iv is possible their • mount may be fulftcient to cover the balance. But ’ rh ■ question again recurs, if so, why did not the coni t. ifiioneis futic if, rfiat we might fee from what it a*ofe ? ibis would have been fa: isfadtory. For the -purpole of fniving theft, facts invefUgatcd 1 move this rcfulu'ior- Ii i.* possible ior me or any I other member, to detevntine whether all the money may rot be fairly brought nto account. ‘l'he ac counts are so ft a red that it is impossible to tell whe ther this will, or will not, he the vcfjlt. We have’ effimafes, where thee oug’nt to be documents ; and general statements wltere there ought to be details • t is, for these reasons, impcilible to fry what the re lult will be— (his 1 want to know ; and for this purpole I vvifh to institute an inveiligation thioughj committee oi Tit;s ftoufe, who shall report to us whe her tiie monies lodged with the con: mini oner*; of the finking fund havejietui faithfully applied. 1 there fore, offer rhe following r-fujution : 4 ‘ Resolved,, that the committee of ways and means be directed to erquire wheth r the cntnmifiioners of the finking fund have, agreeably to the directions of the act, entitled 4 ‘ An S making provision for the redemption of the whole of the the public ciebt of the United Stales,” applied the sum ot seven million, three hundred thoufa.nd dollars, provided by the fame so tlie payment >r if-.e principal and interest of the public debt ; and to enquire generally, into the ac-S Counts and proceedings of the commifiioners oi the linking fund—'-and lo report to the haufe.*’ [ To be continued ] AUCTION. ini! be fold on ‘Tuefdav the nth in ft ant before my hutlion Store Market J yuare, I\ evv - r ngi an and K uni, Pipes Brandy, sugar in Barrels, Flour in do. salmon, Br x-es snap, Kegs Butter uard v. are, wind for chairs, cotton Digging irifh Linens, ofnaburgs, neffians, printed Muslins, Tarnhor’d do. lioiicry, Mens nais, Writing: Parer, with a veriety of other articles. Sale to commence at i o a dock , v Conditions Cash. a •’ • “• LfVY ABRAHAMS AtuV ThN DOLLARS REWARD, “ - Absconded from the plantation of the the fubfieri'e?\ on tie ytb of March faft, a negyo fellow named Summer ; had on when he went away a pair of dark brown ■ t loth frowfers, a w’ ite coat cr plains, and a red fin fed waifi:o-i: tie is about 25 years 0} ape* and of a /lender make. Who ever nviU deliver fiaia fellow at fird plan tation. Aven miles from ll’d\ne[heron* b s ■J o 7 un the Quaker Ready or \oac.e him in any goal in the Jiaie , fit ail receive the above reward . It is hppofed he is fomewhem in tie neighboi booa oj Bloody Point. J. BOWEN, jyn. April 11. Vr 55/ W~ w • 1- UK bii EE, THE tVii’d part of a l et, a Hocle r.nd EEch'n iUereon, it a ple.fant cf the town, tear r Prelbyician For wUUi good t: ics w:’S fix ved. A pply to J s }tL C 6 trlrJN GFR. Apr ! 11. Junr. CRAZY JANE. STOP traveller, fee wretched Janr— Her visage wears the marks of trouble i Hard disappointment turn’d her brain, And has bent her aimoft double. She views with prying eye about, The rubbifn swept from every door, Picks little feraps of paper ou r , And fee ms to read them o’er and o’er. OBferve, observe, that little drip, Os dean white paper meets her eye : Observe the motion of her lip, She seems to read, you hear her fi&h. Now every idi(v brain like her’s, Is governed (till by certain laws, In every moment still recurs, I o its hrtl great'Parental cause. N.ow frrarger tell how this can be : Why Rje that paper drip should take, Look over it wi/h so much glee, Then sigh as if her heart would break. | Poor Jhnny was not always so, The time mv gran’num knows full well, When Jenny to the bal l would go. Amongst the foremoU belies, a belle. Her favourite lover, when at sea, Wrote tender ie;ters to his Jane. That it was -Ihe, and only Ihe, That fooih’d the horrors of the main. A ftormcamc on—And new he Steps, On the celd billows of the Main, And wretched Jenny laughs and weeps j But laughs, and weeps with crazy main. And (till in every paper ferap, Scribbled or nor, \-is (till the Fame, She looks attentively— Mayhap. She Hill may find her lover’s name. Singular irfiance of prefervaticn , prevkus to the exploding of bis majefifs Jbip } Boyne , at pithead . When vhe rapid and dreadful conflagration happen ed o.i board bis majiftv’s Boyne, ar marine was peaceably fitting in his birth with his wife and son a boy about twenty months old, just beneath the place where the inisioitune began,, and, finding every effort to eftcape the flames in the ordinary way ineffectual. ;he man, with the greatcll couapofure ot mind, took rom ti e pens a sheep of the captain’s live lfoci, and bracing ivis bey on the annmrafts fleecy back, dropoeci them into the sea : “ tiiere/’ laid he, “ turn to tlte and, and Cod go with you - ’ —Encouraged by her iiu(band’s refoluiion, his wife leaped into ihe brine, arid the man followed after, sup porting his companion . above wafer till the beats got io their af&ftance.* when iliey were taken up little worse for the venture.— Ihe sheep wish the greatest ffeadiuefs, was seen to make towards the shore, with )ou;tg Ben Bowline riding on bis back like an infant river God to the vaff delight of the fpeffators on shore, who from the tendeie-ft motives, finding themfelvcs interested in the boy’s ft.fety, ruffed in the watery element to meet the youg navigator, whom they presently uufbeeped and fuccoured with tenderness, till he again fell into I the arms of his adventurous parents. The (insularity of r! is event attached the patron-’ a m °fi liberal lady, near Fairy Hill, in‘the Hie ■ { Wight, who having prevailed on the mother of the child to leave his fn'ttre fortune io l*er guidai.re, de dared m the meft friendly manner, “ that as ike boy had begun his naval career cn a lamb, {he would never leave him till he was able to end it like a hen.’’ Who knows our little hero’s fate, Som*’ noble 1 lawke may conquer for the Rare, May wield for Briton’s good the chaft’ning rod. Notice. A L w- pf . rfonS - ‘ iav:,n S d*n!inffs ag-jinft tbe effate of i i. A ilkam late of Liberty oountv, tleceal cd, are reqaefted to render ihem properly attested, na those indebted, lonitice jintnediate payment to jobn Jones, Admr. Liberty county, Bth April, 1803. Public sale, W.LL bs fold at the town of Riceboroucb, on the 2.}th hay of May next, between the hours or ten and ikree o’clock, bv public oatcrv; all the *crf n:ti property of W iSil m Shepard, late of Liber ty cQ.in-y, tlecfak-d, co:.fitting of four prime hJFLD >LAV E , a I!.('R'E, WA 1 CH, double GUN and ionic Louie i L R\l i L 11E. ( . riitions, casir. John Jones, Admr. Liberty county, Sib April, 1803- ( < <9 1 he Subfcribcrs, dp ILL take a Young A Lit: of good character, tc theJltidy cf Medicine. EWEL L & COCKE. A/ ‘ll 55. W A N T E D, AT this Office, one or two Apprenties, to learn the art cf printing. Bills of Lading : for sale at this Office. Blank Books, for file at this Office. FOR SALE, A Child’s Hndfome COACHES, ipply t o. j. ARNOLD. Cos., merce-P ow. J April St. (54H ) FOR THE REPUBLICAN. ;v<r 11. The local policy of states & nations is an interesting and ufeful study. It inftrudts us where to imitate their be neficiai regulations, and where to avoid those which are detrimental to the public weal. Various have been the dlfcuflions and opinions with which the public have been entertained on the fubjedt of New-England politics; few who have attempted to explain them, appear to have poffefled a competent knowledge of the lubjett. Conne&icut is my native With its customs and laws, I have a pretty intimate acquaintance. s’ome of its regulations vary from its fitters, but no material alteration is necellary to adapt the general outlines to the Aew- England ttates. A ttrong ttmilarity evidently exitts. It is well known that the Plymouth colony, the firft fettiers of Maflachfetts, emigrated from religious motives.— Persecuted in their native country, and like the human race generally, not finding reason in blows, they resolved to forego fame or the luxuries of life, to enjoy it in fafety and their opinions without reilraint. Happily for man kind, they outlived their fufferings, and succeeded in forming an ettablilhment. But though fleeing from religious persecution, and under circumstances wiiich awakened the attention and the hope of the philofophjr ; they had not learnt that law and religion had different , objefts ; that one was intended for the ( security of thu life, tlie other for the next. Hence originated die religious laws of that part of the union, which have prostrated the minds cf thousands of its inhabitants, and rendered them ‘ the mere engines of the clergy. With ‘what malevolent zeal our fore fathers • persecuted those who differed from them | let their history determine. They for - got entirely, the basis of all religion, the divine rule cf Jesus, “do unto oth- I ers as ye would they fliould do unto ; you.” , No society was ever designed by the creator to cxitt without a disparity ‘of fcTitiment. When, by new emigra • tions, tlie colony became more ex -1 tended, and its population increased, • difficulties on this subject arose, which . added to feme other confederations, . induced an emigration from the colony. These emigrants fettled at or near Hartford, and from the Indian name of tiie river on whole banks they took up their abode, their infant feitlement, was called Connecticut. ‘ A feperate colony, immediately from England, but agreeing in religious ientiments -with the Connecticut puri tans, fettled about the fame time at Qu nipiak, or New-Havep. Diftind grants were held from the crown for both colonies, and for fome time they were different governments. They were at length united under the name of Connecticut, and a charter obtained from the Britifii King. This charter at the present time is the basis of their government. A. YANKEE. Notice. BENJAMIN STORY, (Jet. ARK enp .were j to Iran Uct the bufmefs of liEiN’RY KNEELAND, & Cos. during the abfeiice cf Henry Kneeiand. March 10,1803. 2aw.tf. l\ouce ts Hereby Given. THAT the lubfcribers have been duly ap pointed Affignets of the estate and effeffs of Rtcbard Wzyn*, jrn ibi\ and B njamln Sit;;s, of Savannah and in the and ftri<ff of Georgia—Bankrupts. All persons indebted to the said Wayne and Sims, arc therefore requested to make immediate payment, and all those who have any of their efFetft Sj are required tc deliver the fame to David Reid, J of Shigus horn as Gardner , j ta, or William Boy a, of Charleston . February 14th, 1803. (40.) - - - _ Blank Checks, FOR SA LE the Office of the George Republican*