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About The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1789-1806 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1789)
wind, from the fa-fls, within his knowledge, of what would be a proper compenfatiou »or ius fcrvicei> and expenses. Mr. Sedgwick reprobate A these sentiments, as tending to prechide debate » for they would apply upon every other f'lhjeft as well as *his. Mr: Page again opposed the reduction, and joined in fentimeut with the gentleman from Peotvfylvania, (Mr: Fiiztimons) tiiat much argument was unneceflary. The question for fixiking out fix dollars was pm, and determined in the negative, 31 to 16. A motion made to reduce the cumpeu. fation to the Speaker, wliicii met wiar a simi lar fate. The committee, not having time 16* go through the bill, rose and reported progrels. Adjourned till i f o’clock ro-morrowi duguft 6- The order of the day for taking up thebWl relative to copy rights of authors and inven tors, was postponed till Thursday nett. Mr.' White ootained leave of absence for thfe remainder of the Sefliwn- Mr. Gerry moved a refolution’ that a corn* mi ice he appointed to report a catalogue of hooks necelTary for the use of Congreft, aad an eftimatc of the amount thereof, and the bed mode of procuring them. The refo-' luciory was read, and laid on the table. TheHoufe. went into a committeehn the bill for eftablidjing the cqmpeufation to‘ be allow ed the Members of Congress, and their otfi cers, and having made foine amendments to the bill, rose and reported the,fame; the bill was agreed to, and ordered to be engrolfed— it now Hands as follows : The wages of the Speaker twelve dollars per day, the other Members fix dollars pef day, and two days pay for every twenty miles ciiflance from home. The friary of the Chaplains was fixed atthe rate of dollars per annum, during tire fcefiion Os Congrcfs. The salary of the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the Hdufe, at the rate of 1500 dollars per annum, and two' dollars per diy during the Setlioirof Congress. ,Tbe firft cletks under toe Secretary and Clerk of the Honfcp, at three dollars per day, and the other clerks at two dollars per day each. The ferjeant at arms four dollars per day* during the Seflions. The door-keepers 730 dollars per annum/ and their afliftants two dollars per day during t.he Seflivms. A ineifage-wal received from the Senate, that they infixed on their amendments to the Treas ity bill, refpeftiug the removability of the Secretary by the Prefidcut. That they hail agreeed to the resolution of the Houfr for appointing a committee to re port what business ought to be finitlred previ ous tO the adjournment. * Friday, duguji 7. The engrbflTed bill for allowing compenfi tmns to the Members and officers of the two Houses, was read—a motion was then made bf Mr. Sedgwick, that the fame should be re-committed—*this motion was seconded by several Members, which brought on a debate. The question for the re commitment was determined in the affirmative { and the Iloufe immediately went into a committee of the whole. 7' he several clauses of the bill were then difeu-Ted, and the following amendments agreed to, viz 'inftead of two days pay as an allowance for every twenty mdCs didance from the feat of government, fix dollars for every twenty*five mils* was adopted; by which the Speaker is in thi*‘Tefpeft put on an equality wiili the other Members. The allowance as 730 dollars to the door keeper was ftrtiek out, and three dollars a day, dftring the Seffioti, for himfelf, and fucli la bourers as he m»y find it ncceflary to employ, was voted. The other articles Hand as agreed to yrtlerday; The difcudWu being finiflied, the committee rose, and the Chairman re ported the amendment*, which were acceded to bv the Houle, nod the hill wii again or dered to be eugrotfo! I for a third reading on Monday next. The Hottfe then adjourned till ttMiiorrow morning, teu o'clock. -{ylull 9. Tfr Houfr itfoivfd itit'f into 1 commit* tM 00 tits date vt the Unid,*. The meflage of the President, and the pa ' pers accompanying the lame, having been taken into confideratiou, it was Revived, That it te the opinion of this committee, that an a# ought to pal's provid ing for the necessary expeuccs attending any negotiations or tieaties which may be held with the Indian tribes, or attending the ap pointment of Com mi fiio tiers for thole purposes. Mr. Ciymer, Mr. Ames, and Mr. Moore, were appointed a committee to bring in a bill fur that purpole. " Rejolved, i hat it is the opinion of this committee that an aft ought to pass providing a proper fyflem of regulations for the militia of t' ft United States. , Mr. Sumpter, Mr. Heifte-, and Mr. Ma thews, were appointed to bring in a bill for that purpose. ~ The leloluftons were approved by the houle. ' Adjourned till Monday morning i i o’clock. (lo be continued.) An ACT to regulate Processes in the Courts of the Uni'ed States. BE it enabled by the Senate and Ploufe of Representatives of the United States of America in Congreis afembled , That all writs and procell’es hiding fiom a supreme or a cir cuit court, lhall bear teftrof the chief justice of the supreme court, and if from a diftrift court, lhall bear test; of the judge of such court, and lhall be unde* the seal of the court from whence they ilTue, and signed by the clerk thereof. The seals of the supreme and circuit courts, to be provided by the supreme court, and of the diftrift courts, by the rc fpeftive judges of the fame. t And be it further enacted, That until fur ther provision ftiall be made, and except where by this aft or other ftat-utes of the United States is otherwise provided, the forms of writs and executions, except their style, and modes of process and rates of fees/except fees to judges, in the circuit end diftrift courts, in suits at common law, lhall be the fame in each Hate refpeftively as are now used or al lowed in the supreme courts of the fame. And the forms and modes of proceedings in causes of equity, and of admiralty and mari time jutifdiftion shall he according- to the comic of the civil law ; and the rates of fees the fame as are or .were last allowed by the states refpeftively in the court exercising su preme jurifdiftion in such caufesft Provided , That on judgments in any of the cases afdre faid, where different kinds of executions are idoable in succession, a capias ad Jatisfacien dum being one, the plaintiff lhall have his elcftio.i to take out a capias adJatisfaciendutn in the fit ft inllance, and be at liberty to pur sue the fame until a lender of the debt and toffs in gold or silver ftiall be made. And be ti further enadted, Tha t this aft fliall continue in force until the end of the next fellion of Congress, and no longer FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG,. Speaker op the tlovje.cf Reprcjentatives. JOHN ADAMS, b ice- Prefaent of the United States , and Prefeteut of the Senate • Approved, Sept . 29, 1789. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States . » RESOLVED the Senate andHouft cf Re* frejentatives of the United States of. America in Congreis as embled, That it be re* commended to the Lcgiflatures of the several Ifate.s to pass laws, making it expressly the du ty of the keepers of their gaols, to receive and fafe keep therein all prisoners committed under the authority of the United States, until they lhall be discharged by the due courle of the tews tbeieof, Under the like penalties as in the calc of prisoners committed under the autho rity of lucli lfates refpeftively ; the United States to pay for the tile and keeping of such gaols, at the rate of fifty cents per mbnth for 'each prifoucr that lhall, under the*r authority., be committed thereto, during the time lucii pnioncis lhall be therein confined ; and also to lupport luch of laid prilouers as shall be committed for offences. FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG, Speaker 0 f t y t Houft of Rip rejentutrvts. ADAMS, Piee* President of the United S/a //, and Prtfidtmoftbt Senate. Approved — Sept, as, 178 •). GEORGE WASHINGTON//^**/ - ej tU United Statu* | Fromtbe GAZETTE cf the UNITED STATED. ExtraS of a letter from Paris » [Concluded from pur laft.j ABOUT the fame instant, a treacherous. correfpoiideuce having been discovered iu M. de Fletfclles, PreVolf des MtfrchandS, they fieze him in the Hotel de Ville, where he was in the exeicife of his office, aud cut off his head. Thele events, carried imper fectly to Vey failles, were the fubjeCt of two fticceffive deputations from the States to the King, pistil)- The King went about at n o’clock, accompanied only by his brothers, to the States General, and there read to them a l'peech, in which he aiked their iuterpofition to eftabinh order—he returned to the Chateau on foot, accompanied by the States: They sent off a deputation, the Marquis de la Fa yette at their head, to quiet Paris: He had the fame morning been 1 named Commandant en’ chef of the mi I ice ,bt»urgebrfe, * and Mons. Bailly, former Premlent of the State; Gene ral, was called for as Prevoft des Marchaims. The demolition of th*e’Fa‘ftile was now order ed and began : A body of the Swils guards,of the regiment of Ve'ntimi’te, and the city hotle‘ guards joined the people: The alarmatVer failles iucreafed inttead of abating; the foreign troops were ordered off instantly ; every Miiiirter resigned; The King confirmed bailly as Pre voif des Marchands, wrote to Mr. Neckarto recall him—sent his letter open to the States" General to be forwarded by them, and invit ed them.to go with him to Paris, the next day, ’ to fatisfy the city of his dispositions. On the. 16th the King came to Paris - -Omit ting the.Tefs important figures/ of the fion, I will only observe that the King’s car-' ; riage was in the centre/ on each fide of it the States General in two ranks on foot—*-at their/ head the Marquis de la Fayette as Command er in Chief, on horseback, and bourgeoife* guards before and behind. About C»o,oooci tizeus, of all forms and colours, armed with the mulkets ot the Baftile, and invalids as far as would go—ihe rest with pistols, swords, pikes, pruning hooks, feyrhes, lined all the 5 streets through which the proceflton parted. The King alighted ar the Hotel de Ville—there M. Bailly presented and put into his the popular cockade, and addressed him, and de livered his answer to the audience. On their * return the popular cries were, Five le Rcy et la Nation. He was conducted by a garde bourgeoife to his palace at Verfailles.—Let tets wn ten with his own hand to the Marquis de la Fayette, remove the scruples of his pn fition. Tranquility is now reftdred to'the ca pital; the lhops are again opened, the people ' relume their labours, and if the want of bread does not disturb our peace, we may hope a ' continuance of it. “ The demolition of the Bafiife'is going on, v and the milice bonrgeoile' organizing and training. The ancient police of the city is abohthed by the authority of the people : They beiieve flill that three thousand people have falJeh victims to the tumults of Paris. We cannot find with certainty that any body has been killed but the three before mentioned, and thole who fell in the affair!t or defence of the Baftile ; how many of the garrison were killed, no body pretends to have ever heard ; of the aflailants, accounts vary from 6 to Coo the mbit general belief is, that there ' fell about thirty,' There have been many re ports of inflantaVieout executions by the mob, on such of their bodies as they caught in a£ts of theft or robbery ; loine of these may per haps be t-i-e. There was a severity of ho neity oblerved, of which no example has been known; bags of money offered on various occalious, through isar or guilt have been uni formly refuted by the mobs. The churches are now occupied iu singing “ DeProfundis” aud “ Requiems for the ref oft of the Jouls of “ the i>ru<ve ana •valiant citizens •who have “ jealeJ with their blood the liberty of the na “ tionf* AUG US T A~Ofloler 94. On Tuefday the a<;ih ulr, both Houses of Congre.G adjourned their fefliou until the tint Monday in January next, having parted the followin£ i *tti unci relolvei during the lellion, vie* I. At) A A to regulate tW time and minner fur 4*bui»»trtfnng certain 'Mth*.-
