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THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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PROCEEDINGS of CONGRESS.
Ia the HOUSE of .REPRESENTATIVES of
the UNITED STATES.
Tuefday, March *3.
.7. -*C. -v
7* H E committee to whom was referred
the petition of Richard Wells and
John Hart, brought in the following reports!
Rcjol<ved, That the pofleflurs of the conti
nental bills of credit, emitted by the autho
rity of Congress, before the -18th day of
March, 1780, on bringing the Tame into the
Tieafury of the United States, fltall receive
certificates for the fame, at'the rate of one
dollar fpccie value for one hundred dollars
of the said bills; and the fame (hall be fund
ed on interest in the tame manner as the o
the« debts of the United States, ' The inter
efi to commence on the day the said bills thall
be lodged in said Treasury; and all fucb bills
in the Treasury of any start exceeding its -'
quota required by the aft of Congrefirof the
yth Oftober, 1779, and the'ltfth da 7 of
March, 1780, on being brought mint’d the
Treasury of the United States, (ball be cre
dited to the account of fuchltate at the rate
aforefaid, on interest of fix per centum per
annum, from the time it was received into
the Treasury of tbs rtfpeftive fates.
Laid on the table.
It was then msved, that tbc Honfe should
take up the report of th. committee of the
whole on the memorial of the people called
Quakers.' This motion was opposed b7 Mr.
jachfon, Mr. Smith, Mr. Burke, and Mr.
Bland s They feveraily observed that the dif
qufiion of the fobjeft has already excited a
spirit of diften.uon among the Members of
the House; and that every piinciple of poli
cy and concern forth* dignity of the House,
and the peace and tranquillity of the United
States, concur (hew the propriety of drop
ping the fubjeft, and letting it sleep where it
it. On the other 4iind, Mr. Vining, Mr.
Hartley, and Mr. Fage; obfervfd, sat there
was the fame propriety -jn taking Vp the fub
jeft at the present moment, fend bridging, it.,
10 a conclusion, as there was for fir# taking
it up; that it has been To fully difeufted, it
cannot be supposed gentlemen vrill go over '
the fame ground again ; it may soon be de
termined » to jjafs will be unprece
dented, and wifi leave the public mind in a
state of uncertainty, - from which they can
eievcr come to t determination. ;
The motion for taking up the reportwas
v/amty contefled in a lengthy debate* and
finally pafied in the affirmative by a inanity
of on*. ? This was followed by q metiotr for
entering the report of the feleft commrhee,
and the report pf the committee of the whole,
on the journals; of .the House. This motion
called up the fpeakirs from all /ides of the
House, and was at left determined by ayes
and noe» as follow: * - %
Jyts— Meffn. Bocdi«ot,Csdwallador, Con
fee, Floyd, Fofler, Gerry* Gilmaa, Good
hue, Griffin, Hartley, Ha&orn, Jfeifler,
Huntington, Lawrence, Let, ‘Lionertti Me
difon, f. Muhlenburg, Farker, partridge,
bebureman, Seat, Sedgwick, Sherman, Syl
vester, Sinuickfen, Vining, Wyehoop.-—*9. 1
Any/—MeflVe. Amts, Baldwin, Benson,
Blind, Burke, Carrol, Coles, Gele, Grout,
iaekfon, Livermore, JMetthewi,, Moore,
age, Tib Rißltelletr# »«iih, M. Imith, 6,
GEORGIA:
C. S one, Sturges, Sumter, Thatcher, Trum
bull, Tucker, White, Williimfon.— *5,
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‘ '-'H'tdntfday, March 04.
John Baptist Adi, Esq. from Nortb-Caro
lina, appeared in the House, produced his
credentials, and took his teat. - '
The H mfe proceeded to the confidtration
of the amendments proposed by the Senate to
the Appropriation Bill, whereupon it was re
folded, that the House concur with the Senate
in the said amendment.
The House then proceeded to the confede
ration of the amendments proposed by the
Senate to the Bill for the remission and miti
gation of fines, forfeitures and penalties, in
certa'n eases. After some debate upon the
fubjeft, the KOufe came to a.ftCulution,'ap
pointing a committee to confer with a com
mittee from the Senate, upon the amend
ments' proposed. *?,-J $ 4
' 1 Then the House - refolved' itfelf into a : .
committee of the whole, upon the icport of
the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a
provision forthefupport of public credit; and
after some time spent thereon, rose, reported
progress, and are to fit again.
Then the House adjourned until eleven
o’clock to-morrow morning.
f ’ Yhurjday, March ij.
Mr. Lee, Mr. C'adwallader, and Mr. Se
ncy, were appointed a committee to prepare
and bring in a bill to fufptnd part of the aft
for regulating tbc collision of the duties im
posed on the tonnage of veffcls, and on goods,
kc. imported into tbe United States.
The House spent great part of this day on
fecrct bufmefi.
Friday, March if.
The House went into a committee of the
whole on the bill to prevent the exportation
of. the produce of the United States, without
befog infpefted agreeable to the laws of the
fe'vcral Rates. • The hill, was ordered to be
read the third time-on Monday next.
The bill accepting the cession of North-
Carolina was agreed to with one amendment,
and ordered to be engrossed and read a third
time on Monday next.
The House then adjourned to Monday.
Monday, March *9. v .
The House proceeded to the coafidsratioh
of the report of the Secretary of tbc Trea
sury.
The three firft propoHtion*; that had bevn
before the committee of the whole, were
agreed to without opposition. *
. . The fourth oue being rnd, refpeftin* the
aflumpsiou of the ftaie/dcLti, Mr. Carco!
made a motion that it be re-committed. Th.s
brought on a long and desultory conversation.
At length it was agreed to. Yeas ay
Noes *7. '
: The House then adjeuraed. ;
j LONDON, February !.
*n#**HE Grand Sultan lately had sit arrow
y .fbot at him, walking on the
bank! of one of hie canale—-tt rnnte in • d;*.
retlion that made It /tippofed t» was timed
from iheTowgrof f moffpK. . ? f
h*- fifif*. ri hive i,
• £ K
begun te make experiment, at their tail quar
ter feflioua, upon the effect* of solitude as a
pnnifhment for disorderly behaviour a id fault
thefts. They feutenced fevefalculprite, fume
to three months, Come to fix months, to one
saod two years confinement, during which the
prisoners are excluded from all cenverfe with
that community among whom they hare (hewn
tliemfelves urifit to live. The peifon who
carries their food is not to speak to them.
As Golouel Fullerton was walking about in
the flreete of fieta, that quarter of Conftan
tmopfc, or rather a neighbouring town, where
Chi inians and other strangers chiefly reside,
he fa# a boy driving* few sheep, with home
painted: witq gold. Ori enquiry, he found
that they were some of the Iheep that had re
mained after the great annual charitable feaft
of the Hiram, for which they had been de
fined. He purchased them at a eery deaf
rate. A good ram cost fhrs guinea*. It hae
been tuAomary from the tarlieft time*, for
the Tartarian and Indian tiibee to gild tho
horni of both their flieep and cattle on cer
tain folemnicics. It is foiuewhat of thia per
hapa, that is at the bottom of the antient do
ries concerning the golden fleece, that excit
ed the enterprize of the Argonauts.
A recollet of C'halon, in France, a Itw
weeks fiuce found means to make himfeif
matter of a very considerable portion of tha
treasure of the convent of that town, with
which he ia said to have taken a flapping for
some part of America, under the eharaftec
of a milionary for propagating thk chiiftian
religion.
So warm a party spirit ia excited at Man
ehefter, by the application of the diflentere
for a repeal of the tefl ad, that upwards of
three hundred gentlemen have formed them
felvcs into a club, fer the fupporr of the
church: They wear in uniform of blue, with
frar Ist collars; the collegiate church on the
button, with the xnetto, ‘‘ Pn ANs it Ftu?
According to tf»e accounts from Courland,
there has been r'commotion ia that dueby.
Abotit 800 peafante wafted on the Duke, and
del red him toSpen the corn magazines, and
to depofcthe bailiff of Grimhoff. The Duke
granted both, and thereby reffored tranqui
lly. ;"K ' ■ ' f '
TUt Ruffians have entered the Ukraine,
and taken up their winter quarters there.
By accounts from Smyrna we learn, that
the Pomona, a f.renth frigate, cemmauded by
the Marquis de St. Felix, arrived there with
a piratical totfair in tow under Ruffian co*
1 lours,-who, ifter having taken .twer French
vefTe ls, laden with Turks, and Turkish com
modities, J wis berfelf made a prize of in ihc
port of Vifuto, on the coast of the Mores*
This conduct of the French has k^ #{l R rfat
fatisfadion to th* Turks fettled,at Coran and
Candia, a* well a? here, as it wal before ra
»her fufpefted that they were carrying on some
fecict meafure* in favor of the Rufli ’ns.
Cherbourg, f» noted for it* stupendous,
but unfoccefkful eff ut* at formings harbour,
ia an instance of the mod rapid increase of
population, in memory o' min, excepting
Petcrfbufg. In the year 178$, there were
not sbove 33-10 pe"ple in it; bnt since the
Mmifir y began to improve the bafoo and har
bour, thee hae been fich an influx ol inha
biienu, e d fych • number of hoofs* built,
that it t* pew thought to contain
pelfoas#
[Vol. IV. No. CXC.J
