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SATURDAY. July i 3, i 7 B ? .] THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND gazette of the state. \ ■ v * it FREE D ° M 0f •* PR ESS, and TRIAL b r JURV, ,o remain inviola,, forever. ft***. ./ Gnrria. AUGUSTA: Printed bj JOHN E. SMITH, Winter to the State • £/fov* Article: A Intelligence, Adveriifements, &c. will be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing performed. PROCEEDINGS of CONGRESS , In the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES. (Continued from our lajt,) Monday y May 4, I 789. Mil. Smith presented a petition from the lhip wrights of Baltimore, praying the attention of the House to the interest of lhip building and navigation, which was referred to the committee on the state of the union. * A petition from Alexander Lewis, of Lan eanfier county, date of Pennsylvania, was wad, praying a patent for the foie vending and tifing a new invented boat, propelled by setting poles; also some improvements in applying water to mills. The House went into a Oonfideration of the article of tonnage, which had been poftpon , ed. A long debate took place on making dis crimination between powers or nations-, who have commercial treaties with the United States, and those that have none. Mr. Lawrlhce opposed the diferimination as impolitic, led? it fliould engage us'in a cora * mercial war with Britain. Mr. Maddifon advocated the diferimina tion, and was not afraid of the confeqdences. Mr* Maddifon fpokc with animation. Mr. Page took the fame fide of the question, and was all’o Rtpported by .Mr. Fitzfimons. Mr. Sherman fuppofted Mr. Lawrence's motion for avoiding diferimination, bccaufe it was not aimed particularly at the object which gentlemen had in view; it affefted equally the Portuguefd, and our friends the Spaniards, as it did Great-Britain. At length the question warfput, on making a diferimination, which was agreed to, ten members being only in die negative. Vue/day, May f. Mr. Bsnjen , from the coihmittet appoint ed to confider the report, whether any and what stile or titles fliould be given to the Pre sident and Vice-President, reported that it would be improper to give any other than those mentioned in the Constitution; this re port the House accepted. Mr. Maddijon from the committee appoint ed to prepare an address on the part of the Houfc of Representatives to the President, in anfw6r to his speech, reported a draught, which was read.—The House then resolved itfelf into a committee of the whole ou this report, which being again read, and consi dered by paragraphs, was unanimously ap proved. The committee rose, aud the House resolved, that the Speaker, attended by the House, fliould prclent thi6 addrefa to the Trefident. A committee was then appointed to wait on the President, to know at what time it would be convenient for him to re ceive the fame. Mr. Clitner from the committee appointed to bring in a bill on the fubjeft of impost, 1 made a' report, which being read, was laid 00 the table. Mr. Bland presented to the House an ap plication 6t the state of Virginia, requeftiug Cong ref* to calla convention for the purpose of refifing end emending theCouftituriop. Mr. Maddijon (aid he would eoufeut to enter the paper on the journal, and to have the original on tbt diet of the Cletk'e odist. GEORGIA. He therefore moved that the application be entered on the journal, and the original c!e pofited in the office of the Clerk. Mr. IVhite fecoiided this motion, and the question being put, it was agreed to. The House relumed the consideration of the report of the committee refpeffiug the duties on tonnage. —A motion was made by t Mr. Jackson to reduce the duties on foreign tonnage. This motion he supported by an animated speech, in which he deferibed the disadvantages and diftreifes which would be fuffered by South-Carolina and Georgia, if such high duties were imposed. He was sup ported by Mr. bmith, (S. Carolina) Mr. Tucker, and Mr. Burke, and aufwered by Mr. Ames, Mr. Maddifou, Mr. Goodhue, and Mr. Boudinot. Thid difeuftion, though a lengthy one, was in its main argument, lit tle more than what was formerly advanced. The public will therefore perhaps excuse our not attempting a detail of it. IVed .tjday, May 6* The House being met, they proceeded to read the Bill for laying certain duties ou goods, wares aud merchandize, imported into the United States—Referred to a committee of the whole. Mr. Htijler presented a petition from Ar thur Grier, of feunlylvania; stating that by certain calculations he had afceriained the mode of obtaining the longitude at sea—pray ing the countenance if Congress; and that they pafs a law, securing to him the whole right of vending and using his rcfpcc ttativc improvements. Mr. Lawrence presented the application of the Legislature of New-York, dated sth of February last, for calling a cohvention to eonfider amendments, which after being read over, was difpoled of in the fame manner which the application from Virginia was. The House then resumed the fuithet consi deration of the tonnage duty, and resolved, that foreign vellels belonging to nations iu alliance, fliould pay $0 cents per ton, as had formerly been agreed to in the committee of the whole. 7 bur [day, May 7. The House resumed the coufidofation of She impost on tonnage. Which was fully debated, and eventually the report of the committee of the whole on the article, agreed to, with an additional clause to secure the coaftiug trade from being carried on by foreigners. A motion was made by Mr. Gerry to except fiihiug vefiels front euteiiug, clearing and paying a duty of fix cents per ton iq common with all other American (hipping, but after some debate, the motion w*# with drawn. Friday , May 8. Upon the report of a committee in favor ■ of appointing a Serjeant at Arms, aud uomu nations being called tor, Mr. Aides aud Mr. Thachcr nude some observations in oppoli tion to the measure, contending that the of fice was fuperuumerary, and the pod a mere fuiccure. Mr. Gerry from the committee appointed to prepare a bill proscribing die mode of col lecting the revenue, introduced a temporary law, which was read, and a hundred copies , ordered to be primed for the Hoofr. Mr. Smith t of South Carolina, at this mo* ment cauie in, and informed the House, chat the President w»s ready to receive their ad drct's. The Houle immediately arose, and following the Speaker, atteuded the President in the room adjoining, where the Addrefs* was prefeuted by the Speaker, in the nam« of the House. After this, the President retiring, the Members of the House returned to their feats* A motion which was laid on the tabie the 4th inll. rclpetting a requell of the Prefidenr, that he would procure an eltimatc of exports and imports, entries and clearances from the several states in the Union, for twelve months previous to the 4th of March last, wasr*ken up, and after sundry amendments, one of which was, appointing a committee to attend • to the bulinefs, the motion was adop ed. After this, the appointment of a Serjeant at Arms was taken into confederation again, and a vote for affigniug a time to come to a choice obtained—Tunfday next being ap pointed. * The order of the day was then called for, and the House went into a committee of the whole, when the feCond reading of the Bill, afcercainiug the rates of import, was attend ed to. Dr. Tucker proposed, that the duty on di- Hilled spirits, Jamaica proof, (hoitid be re** duced to 6 cents per gallon; this brought on a debate which Jailed till the House adjourn ed. (To ht continued.) * See our piper of the xeth June. CONSTANTINOPLE, J aH . 6. M BOULOG MI, ininiHer from his Ca • tholic Alajefty, having lately received lomc dtfpatchcs from hls Court, demanded an audience of the miniltcrs, with whom he had a long conference. Tlicfc diipatches were re lative to the ptefenc fnuation of ibe Porte, who, however, does not fee ra disposed to mane any facnlice to procure peice ; and ac cording to all appearance M. Boilogni was U m fatuified w.rh the a ufv.ee. of the mmifles, " bo > w ‘f ul P<«limiaar y , infilled on ,hs fame term. a» wee made t 0 M 8u( kow tbe .6th of Augufl, , 7 8-, of wf. ch .he -e. ft.tution of the Crimea iva» he fir ft a-ticle ; ' f wb ‘, ch « ,ruv “* t * lat the Gland Via er are not l “ ™ ‘!“ y w<!re fa id tj be. They h,vo ca tne ite ucy of tbe people, who have been' tong .. to 1 tew the mod ardent deli re for the continuation of the war, by publidting the plan of operations f„ r campaign. Ac cot ding to line plat. Turkey will have 500,00a in arms, who w*ll be divided into three prill- e t>, at tire head of one of which tne Sultan himielf win «„„ r Hangar-, and immediately tegi„ the liege of bud, ( .be lecoua commanded by Prince Selim, will pe netraie m 0 the Bannat, anJ besiege Temef* waec j the third wiil p.nfs through the Ulc* ra:ue, and join the army of 103,000 men which the Poles will have, and, with their unite J l irees they will ealily leach ftteriburgit aud dedroy the Ruffian empire. The people of Cooftsmiuople fetm to be d zzled with this ides, an J will continue fn till s freils re* veiie ct fortune, (which will lurely happen aj ths Ugiuauig us the campaign; CVot- 111. No. CXLVI.I