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SATURDAY, ORober 24, 1789.] THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE A -N D ' GAZETTE of the STATE. M of the PRES S, and TRIAL bj JURY, shall remain inviolate. - New Conjlitution of Georgia AVGUS IIi : FrtnU / r J ° HNE ‘ SMI T H, Ph inter to the State- Ellays Article of intelligence, Advertisements, (g t , w ill be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing performed. Proceedings of congress . In the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES. (Ca-itinuedfrom our laji.j ' Wtednejda , July 29. IN committee of the whole—the discussion o f the bill for registering and clearing veifeis, and to regulate the coasting trade was resumed —farther progress was made—many alterations and amendments introduced—but the business was not completed when the com mittee rose. Mr. lit zfimons moved, that leave might be given to b ing in a bill to suspend the ope ration of the import aud tonnage bills—but this anot.on was not adopted. , Adjourned. Thurjday , July 30. » Mr. Livermore introduced a resolution that each Member ihould be furnirtied at the pifb lic expence with two newspapers of this city, such as he should choose, and no more. This was laid on the table. In committee of the whole—the difeuflion of the bill before them yesterday wasfinifhed, the committee then rose, aud.the Chairman reported the fame,to the House, with various amendments proposed. •' ' * Friday, July 31 • -Mr. Scotty of the committee appointed for the purpose, brought in a bill for ertablirtiing a laud-office for- the wertcru territory, which was read and laid on the table. Upon motion it was voted, that a standing committee be appointed to examine, the eu-\ rolled bills, and to present the fame to the Pieudent for his approbation' and rtgnature, and Mr. White and Mr. Partridge were ac cordingly appointed. Mr. White, of the committee appointed to examine into the measures taken by Congress, and the state of Virginia, refpefting the lands reserved for the usu of the officers and soldiers of said state, &c. brought in a report, which was read and laid cn the table. The HoOfe then proceeded in the conside ration of the amendments agteed upon in committee, to the bill for registering and clear ing veifeis, &c. which being finifhed, it was voted that the bill rtiould be eugroifed for a third reading on Monday next. A meifage was received from tl*-e Senate Vy their Secretary, informing, that they had passed the bill for eftabliihing the Treasury de partment, with amendments. : \- J Also, that the Senate had appointed Mr. Wingate as a (landing committee, to join the committee appointed by the Hon. House, to examine the enrolled bills, &c. Mr. Sedgwick, of the committee for the purpose, brought in a bill to provide for the fafe keeping of the .aids, records and great seal of the United States, for the publication, preservation, and authentication of the afts of Congress, iic. which was read, and laid on the table. Mr. Huntington, of the committee on the memorial of Nathaniel Gorham, hi ought m # report, which was ttfo read, aud laid on the table. Adjourned till Monday morning, 1 Monday, Angujl J. The till foe regulating CM GEORGIA. &c. was brought in, engrofled, and read a third time. *• Mr. Fitzfmons moved to re-commit it in order to correft certain errors which had escaped the Houses ; the bill was accordingly re-committed, and the Houle agreed to take it up this day.' ■’ Mr. Fuzjimons then moved for leave to bring in a bill to supply the defect in the im port law. By that aft, he said, a drawback had been allowed on all (alt used on filh, and other salted provirtons exported. As thv law flood, exporters (liquid receive a drawback on fait which had been imported previously to the operation of the import, and consequently had paid no duties at all. He wished therefore to have it provided, that the drawback rtiould not take effeft for a limited time. This motion w~s opposed on the ground that it was improper to pass an aft to correft an error in a law which the Congress had so lately parted.—lt was proposed to add a claule to the bill which had heen lad read and re committed, providing for this defeft. To this Mr. Fitzfimons consented. The bill for ertablirtiing a land-office was read a fecund time, and made the order of the day for Thursday. The bill providing for the cuflody of the great fcal and papers of the iaie Lougrcfs, and for (he publication, &c. <»{ the afts of Congress, was read a second time, and made the order of the day for Triday. The amendments of the Senate to the bill to ertablilli the department of Treasury wete taken up, aud postponed till this day. Ttiefiay, Augujl 4. Mr. Heifer preferred a petition from the inhabitants of Cumberland county, (bte of Pennsylvania, praying that the Seflions of the .Federal Courts may not be rest rifted to the city of Philadelphia—laid on the table. Mr. Ames presented a petition from Dudly Tyler, an officer in the late Continental army, praying for an allowance for fer . ices, which Ltl yot been compeu laid 011 the table. Mr. Huntington presented a memorial from Christopher - Collins, dating that he had in vented a perambulator upon more linijde and adequate principles; than has hitherto been dtfeovered ; and praying for an extlulive right to use aud improve the fame —lard on the table. The House then refuraed the consideration of the amendments to the Treasury hill pro posed by the Senate, on which a decifinn was portpohed yeft&rday .—a lengthy debate enftied upon the fubjeft, in which the fubtlance ol the arguments upon the Prefrdent’s power of re movability was repeated, and which termi nated in not acceding to the amendments of the Senate. The tloufc adjourned at half after three. IFednejlay, Auguf The House-met purfuaut to adjournment, and pofled the bill for eftabliihing the depart ment of war, with the amendment proposed by the Senate. Also, parted the bill, with amendments, as returned by the Senate, lor regulating the government of the wertetn ten not y. The bill for regulating the coasting trade was read the third time, parted the llo"(#, aud ordered tube iriofniitecl to h« beuatv fur their cwcuritutt, The report of the committee refpe&ingtho donation lands in the weftern territories, granted by Virginia, to the Virginia troops late in the fetvice of the United States, was read a second time : ordered, that a hundred copies thereof be printed for the use of the Members. Mr. White laid a motion on the table for refunding a refolnnon of the late Congress, refpefting the location of lands for the Virgi nia troops. The House went into a committee of the whole, on the bill for compensating the fer* vice of the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and their officers. A motion was made to strike out fiftdollars per diem as a compensation for each Member. Mr. Carrol called in question the propriety of the motion, supposing the committee not at liberty to alter principles fettled in tho House. Mr. Page went Into an argument to (hew that the sum ought not to be dimiflied j ho thought fix dollars a day not more than fuffi cient to compeufate gentlemen for their trou* ble and expences ; he was afraid of the con feqtience which would result from a parti* amnions provision for the legiflarure of the ge neral government. , Mr. Sedgwick advocated a reduflion of the allowance, becaijfe he thought the tempei of the people wpuld be difobltged by the latge- 1 nefs of the sum : He did not think~ it mote than a compensation for the facriiices which gentlemen made, in dedicating their une and abilities to the public fervite ; but be judged it to Le more than the abilities of the people were able to iupport. Mr. Pining joined the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Carrol) in fuppolhtg the mo* tion out of order ; aod called upon the Chair man, Mr. Boudiirot, to decide upon the point of order, which Mr. Boudinot did, by fay.* ing, that when a bill was committed to a cotii* mittee of the whole, every part of it was open to debate and alteiation. Mr. Vining then preceded to cppofe a teduffion of the compenfation:' He thought that gentlemen could not live, and tcciptocaie those civilities ' which common politeness and their tituation required, for a less sum than that propwfed in the bill. He prefutned it was not the inten tion of the Honfe to embarrals the tituation of gentlemen, who were at considerable expence in temoving their faniilies to the feat of go vernment, in order to be n\ore at liberty to employ their attention to public butinef6, and not have their minds divided between their dometiic and public affairs. He thought that Cougteft might contemplate a reduction of the compensation, when they tlionld be removed to a place less expensive than the capital of one of the moll considerable tiates in the Union. When that event took place—and he would join the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr, White) who had dropped a fentiinent yefler* day of the kind, in giving his content that it fijmjld eatly take place -he thought tha» the ck| L'ii<c*of the civil lid might then he pin* peily reduced; but at piefcut he ton'd not think a less fun, than that propnfed in the • hill, w.ts moie than was ahfolotely uectliaty * for the iupport of the Members of Congtefai t It wnt the averaged fun of wh «t was given 14 the Mcmbfiiof the la n Cougrefl. • Mr. I jt/f, Minus tfum.'lit e*c.y Ww in fvtiH an opiniviii i’ l v*# IV [VoL.fifTNo. CLX •»