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PARTERRE. f'rom the New-York Courier 1 * SS® hundred pmofts were Aisc^e^rrotn foertvlasT ?*»*,were ttfentyitfo, nay# eieveft-majority eleven, ttef and let those on society, without employment, and — : » k “ —* k “ "’ k ” frail Hit with the instructions of crime. To uiese roust be THE TOMB OF BURROWS. X saw the gTeen turf resting’ cold On Burrows’ hallowed grave; No stone the inquiring patriot told Where slept the good and brave; Heaven’s rain and de v conspired to blot The traces of the holy spot. No flowrets deck’d the little mound* That moulder’d on his breast, Nor rural maidens, gath’ring round, His tomb with garlands drest; But sporting children thoughtless trod On valor’s consecrated sod. I mourn’d who for his country bleeds Should be forgot so soon, That fairest fame and brightest deeds Should want a common boon; But, oh! the rich have hearts of steel, And what can pen’ry more than feel? At length “a passing stranger”* came Whose hand its bounties sited, He bade the speaking marble claim A tribute for tile dead; And, sweetly' blending, hence shall floW The tears of gratitude and woe. '■Mr. Davies of New Tori’. THF, S AUNTERER. 1 was walking on the bulk of the Susquehanna. The fcun had sunk bemnd tne western mountains of Wyom ing, and his last rays still lingered upon the tops of the opposite range of iuUs. The river was c dm and smooth—the air was stiii and clear. The swallows Were skimming the surface of the river, and the night dlawks sailed around the top of the hill. Nature ap peared preparing to repose herself in the cool air of the evening, after the oppressive neat of the sultry d»v.— Our belies and beaus, who generally indulge themselves upon such an evening with a Walk upon the bank of the •fiver, w re just returningfroin their promenades. I had .been musing on the former scenes of bloodshed and murder which these plains have witnessed, and con Tast ing them with tile peace and security which the society How ertjoys; when -almost involuntarily I stepped out of the path, and seated myself at t.ie foot of a large oak /which the river had partly undermined,-and which lien Stretched its venerable branches almost to the surface of the stream. H ere I fed into a profound, reverie upon the earlv history of Wyoming; when suddenly a venerable old man who had unperceivediy advanced near, accosted me in the following manner; '“Young man, I iiave observed that you frequently take a solitary walk, near this place; y-ou. perhaps have had friends killed here during the troubles of Wy oming? Hso.I shouift like knowtneir names, and perhaps to sym pathize with y-ou!” “Why sir, have you lost friends here?” “Yes, sir.” said the old man, se„'uiig himself beside me —“here I lost a brother and a son. We had fought in the battle of Wyoming—We fled among others, ciosely pursued by the Indians, who took my youngest son a prisoner oil the opposite bank of the river. We here swam across; as we rose from the water they were killed and I was severely wounded. When I recovered strength enough to creep away from tins bank, the village was burnt and tne savages gone. 1 buried my brother and my' son near the root of this tree, and having recovered -a little strength, I left my j^aiitition and returned to New England?” “What became of your wife .nd fami ly?” They were massacred by the savages.” “Where did Tour plantations lie?” “ Ail that fine plain before us for halfamileon the river.” “Andhave you since sol 1 it?” “No, I returned no more for many years. VIv papers Were all destroyed, and when I did return to visit it, the heirs of the former owner were in possession: they would not give it up. I could not contend, and I re turned. I had a little property left on the banks of Housatonic. That little was lately destroyed by fire. 1 am still able to gain subsistunce by making a few brooms, and I have at last returned here, to visit the ashes of my Tamilv and lay my bones beside them. I occasionally cross the river to visit the spot where my' little cottage stood on that rising ground beyond the willows. There my Mary and me tended our little garden,-and taught our children to play uoon that moss grown bank.— There my William listened to the stories of my former years—but, alas! he is no more—even his bones do not re- .main; for the river has washed them away. And here, .good stranger, let me entreat tiiee, when a few more days have passed away, to laymv bones beneath the branches of y'onder copse where once my cottage stood.” Tears and sobs prevented the oid man from proceeding. At length I enquired if he uad ever Heard from uis son whicii the Indians carried away. “No; never.” “How aid was he.” “Seven.” “What was his name?” “Henry'.” “Hen ry!” said a man who suddenly rose from a small copse of hazles near us—“Henry?—Is your name William?” “It. is,” said the old man. “I am your Henry! my father! Oh! Hny *ather!”—Gleaner. aided the convicts returned from Ho tuny Bay. Mr. Col- quhoun stated, that he never knew an instance in which : person returned from Botany Bay did not pursue the a .me course as before his transportation. He (Mr. Ben- net) was not surprised at all at this, when he considered die regulations of our police, the seveimy and consequent uncertainty of our law, the expence bf prosecution, and the state of our gaois, in which the new comer couiu only spend his hours m listening to and hearing applaud ed the anecdotes of successful crimes. With this machi nery, and with the addition of the hulks a id Botany B-y, all in active employ for the creation of vice, no oilier re sult could be expected than that which we found so dis tressing;^ In looking at tile papers before the house, he saw that there were convicted (if we heard right) in lo./?, 1070 individuals; in 1808, 1810; in 1809, 1243; in Idle, 1207; in 1811, 1216; in 1-612, 1475; in 1813, 142u.— During the last year were committed to Cald Bath fields 1800; to Tothiil fields 60O; to Newgate 380; and of tuese eighty were oniy from eight to fifteen ve.,rs of age There were in Newgate, last Saturday, thirty-five under sentence of transportation, and twelve under sentence ol death; one boy there, of twelve years old, stated that he had been deserted by' ids family at six years old, and that since that time lie had been frequently in custody; that he went down, with thirteen others, to Porusdown fair, for the purpose of depredation—a distance of seventy miles! This child Was now under sentence of death; but he (Mr. Bennett) ir isted that some me..ns might be found of restoring hirn to society, if it were possible to effect hi.-, reform, lie was aw alt; that it would not be pos sible for that house ail at once to find a remedy for these enormous evils; but he Was sure that, much might be done by following up tin me. sures recommended by a former committee, by ex..mining whether die police were well administered or u i; by ascertaining whether a ge neral bo rd might i d be cst hli-.iie<l, and communica tions kept up T> :*a t‘ c ioc.u police, so that some check might be given ..o .is sys cm of juvenile depravity.— At present there were'up less than nine thousand chil dren upon the town, living by depreciation or mendicity, lie should therefore move, that a commit!ee be appoint ed to inquire into tne state of the police of the metropo lis. From Cobbett's Weekly Register of May 4. < O ORRESPONDENTS. The gentlemen, who Have written to me on the sub ject of taking out manuscript :o A.nerici, shall receive a notification i i next week’s Register, if not sooner, written to by post. . It is impossible for me to answer all the let ters m vvriling. In answer to one gentleman who asks ne wucthcr b' la wful to take out printing types, I have b la wful to Like out printing types, I I to observe that types may be exporud to America like any other merchandize. The duty in America is, I be lieve, about tiurty per centum on the value. There are verv good tvpe i mderies in the United States; but, if a printer has . n office completely furnished, it m..y be worth his while to lake it out with him. In answer to tiie question of a correspondent, w'iio is a mason, vv nether there be any' d.-ngm- in ins going our of the country, or whether any one cun stop him, I nave to observ e, that it is impossible for me to s.;j' what may be dune to any one; bug that, according to the la-w, as ir. now stands, such ; person may go out of the country -when and him lie plea ses, without bung liable to any questions from any body. In orucr to save trouble I may as well state here -.that the law is, upon the subject of emigration. If any person contract with any .r.ifcerisn -wool, iron, steel, bruss, or oth er mend, elode makers, match makers and other artificer or manufacturers, to go out of the king’s dominions, or entire them to go, suen person is liab.c to a fine oflUU pounds, ..nd to three mon hs’ imprisonment. The punish uient has since be*. n rais. i o 50 0 pounds and a years’ im prisonment, ana, f or the second offence, lOoo pounds and two years’ impnsoumen'. Besides which, thereare heavy penalties on masters of sin >s assisting m such seduction, •lut, as the .iHificvr, or niaunl cturer, himself, the law in flicts no punishment, other tliau that which may arise from being niade an alien. Thus: if an artificer, or manufac turer be seen inane foreign-country, in America, for in stance, by an English amb: ssador or consul, and the am bassador or cousin warn him to return home, and he do not return home m six months from the time of be ing so warned, tn. n the said artificer, or manufacturer, is uis. bledto ho.i.; lands in this kingdom by descent or Uv will, he is incap-.ble of t: king any legacy here, and is IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. POLICE OF TUB CITT OF*LOUDON”. Mr. Bennett rose to move for a select committee to en quire into the state of the police of the metropolis. The ■question, he said, had been often before considered, in 1772, in 1794, and in 1812; but the labors of the last -committee, as far as any beneficial result might have been looked for, amounted to nothing at all. Much curious matter might be found in the papers; such as, regulations in the time of Edw .rd I, orders of lord Burleigh, and -other matter of the same description, but no practical be nefits ensued. He should first state, that he considered the system of giving 40?. on conviction for offences of magnitude, a very bad one: the money was technically called blood money; and t' consequence was, that of fenders were allowed to escape, till, by the progress of crime, they increased in value. The giving of money in the way of reward's, had also been found very pernicious on the same “principle. There were uo less than one hundred and twenty-eight fash houses between Westmin ster hail and Temple bar. To these the profligate of all descriptions repaired as regularly us a merchant to his shop; and he felt a sort of repugnancy tn:it the police of ficers should associate in all tliis low debauchery, and laugh at the same board with the offender, till his blood became worth the price fixed on it. He conceived the cause of all this great increase of crime to be, the un certainty of our laws, and the chance that an offender al ways had of escape. If the punishments were less se vere but always certain, the number of offences would immediately diminish. Jit present there were six thou sand seven hundred penal offences m the English law, and Blackstone hiin«:lf admitted that this formidable list of punishments, so far from lessening, increased the fre quency of crime. Whetherfrom compassion in the pro secutor, unwillingness in the witness, or a leaning to wards mercy in the jury and judges, because they thought the punishment disproportioned to the offence, the runtiber that escaped greatly exceeded that of those who were executed; while hardened offenders, looking not to those who suffered, but to those who escaped, per severed the more in their iniquitous courses. Another objection to the present system was the great expense of prosecution. It had been said, that the Eng lish law was open to every one, and so was the London > tavern. But it was the expense that hindered us from hunting down offenders, and chasing them from society a3 soon as they appeared. The expence of the different prosecutions last year amounted to 40,000?. or 50,000?.— Besides this, there were many provinces in, England in which the gaols were no more than schools for vice and depravation. In Newgate, the Cold Bath Fields, Tothiil fields and other prisons of this metropolis, there was no classification whatever of offences: the eye of the pub lic was removed, and innocent and guilty, young and old, novices and hardened offenders, were all thrown together; so that when they were discharged or acquit ted, they were turned on society with lost characters at least, if not with vicious acquirements. Within these * few daws he had himself visited Newgate, and never was there a scene so distressing. Boys of twelve and fifteen were found there, herding with the most hardened and abandoned characters. The hulks wee, in the same manner, another grea school of deavprityr, and a means of Hkicmyy nating- vice and misery. No less tjgw sevep deemed an alien. So that if any artificer or m anufacturer be in hopes of having a landed estate by inheritance or by will, or be in hopes of having a legacy, he runs a risk of losing them by emigrating to America. That is the only punisniiii nt tne law inflicts on him. Indeed, it is impos sible to inflict any other; for, until the man be in the fo reign country, He cannot have committed the offence.— Tne only persons which the law punishes, ..re the sedu cers.. nd tile masters of ships: and, as I have no relish for fine aii-1 imprisonment, I must beg leave to decline any interview witii any artificer or manufacturer upon the subject of going to America, and mast beg to be excus ed from writing to any such person on the same subject I will-never, as l have said two or three times before, ad vise any one to go to America; but I will from time to time give to my readers the best, the most useful and most corrtct information I can obtain relative to that country, the prosperity and iiappiness of which is without a paral lel in die history of nations. Bread does not drop down from the clouds into people’s mouths in America. Roast ed pigs, with knives and forks stuck in their back, do not run about the streets squeaking “come eat me/” But 1 assert that any able and sober and industrious common labourer may, bv common labour, in the cities, earn hundred pounds sterling in a year: and 1 also assert, that all articles of food are at a lower price in America than in England. I assert that such a labouring man may, if he chooses, have plenty of meat, butter, and cheese' every working- day in the vv eek, and a goose, a turkey, or a pair of fowls on Sunday. I;• ssert that any such labourer may live thus, and save besides thirty pounds sterling a year. But, the fact is, that, iu a very few years, every such la bourer ceases to be- a common labourer. A few vears puts hi n in possession at property, the just reward of abil ity to labour, sobriety,'and industry. The stupid, the fee ble, and the decrepid, are badly off in America as weii as here; and the idle, tile drunken, and the squandering, ..re, and ought to be, miserable in every country William Cobbett. following are the names cf the members who voted on tills question—those of ttys federal gentierten in Italic. House or Representatives.—Yeas—Messrs. Alexan der. Atherton, 7ladies, Betts, Birdsall, Bradbury, Brecken- idge, Brown, Calhoun, Champion, Chappell, Chipman, ..■lark, 5. o. Clark, Ky. Clayton, Clendenmn, Condit, Con ner, Cooper, Creighton, Culpepper, Davenport, Gold, Grosvenor, Harden, Henderson, llopkins, JlulUrt, Irving, . v. Jackson, Jewett, Johnson, Ky. Kent, Kerr, Va. Bing, Ms. King, x. c. Law, Lovett, Marsh, Mayrant, M'Lean, \v. M'Lean, O. Middleton, Milner, Moore, Mosely, Mei- Ms. Newton, Mo yes, Ormsby, Parris, Pickens, Pick- ■ ing, Pitkin, Randolph, Heed, Robertson, Sargeant, Sa- «• ,gc, Sharp, Sheffey, Smith, Pa. Smith, Md. Steurns, Star- f yes, Taggart, Tall mug;, Tait, I'aul, Taylor, 3. c. I horn- -,s. Throop, Ward, Ms.'Ward, ts. r. Webster, Wendover, Wheaton, Thomas Wilson, Woodward, Wright, Yates— 61. Nays—Messrs. Adgate, Baer, Barbour, Bassett, Batt- nan, Bennett, Bioilnt, Bose, Burnside, Cannon, Gilley, Clopton, Comstock, Crawford, Crocheron, Cutnbert, Dar lington, Desha, Edwards, Form.}, Forsyth, Gaston, Glas- gow, Goldsborongh, Co.idvvyn, Gridin, Hide, Hail, Hani- nonu, Hawes, Herbert, Huger, Hungerford, Ingham, •ohlison, Va. Lang don, Lewis, Love, Low imes, Lumpkin, Lyie, Lyon, M.iclay, Mason, M-Coy, Piper, Root, Ross, Sinitn, Va. Southard, Salford, Strong, Taj lor. n. y. Te:- ur, Townsend, Tucker, Vose, Wallace, VV aril, v. j. Whiteside, Wilcox, Wilde, Wilkin, Williams, Willough by, William Wilson, Yancey—67. Senate.—Yeas—Messrs. Barry, Bibb, Brown, Camp bell, Condit, l)aggart, Dana, Gaidard, Gore, Harper, Horsey, Howell, Hunter, !-acock, Mason, n. fi. Morrow, Roberts, Talbot, Tdit, Thompson, II ells, W ilii. ins—22. Nays—Messrs. Chase, Goldsborongh, King, Macon, Rug- g*es, Sandford, Taylor, Tichenor, Turner, Varnum, Wil son—11. DISSECTION AND DISTRIBUTION. There were present on this vote— In the house of representatives, one- hundred and forty- eight members, viz. ninety-two republicans and sixty-six federalists; forty-one republicans and forty federalists (81) voted for; and fifty-two republicans and fifteen fe deralists (67) voted against the bill—majority fourteen. In the senate, thirty-three members—viz. twenty-one republicans and twelve federalists: thirteen republicans and nine federalists (22) for, and eight republicans and three federalists (11) against the bill. In the two houses—one hundred and fourteen republi cans, and sixty-seven federalists—total one hundred and hty-one members; of whom fifty-four republicans and forty-nine federalists (1j3) voted for, and sixty’ republi cans and eighteen federalists (78) voted against the bill. M. jority m the two houses, twenty-five. More than one half of the republican members, and more than a fourth of the federal members, voted against, the bill. In regard to the strength of parties in• both houses, tlie republicans in the negative have a proportion to the federalists who voted on ti.e same side, (nearly) as two is to one. If the federalists had voted, in either house, against the Pill in the same proportion to their numercial force that the republicans did—it could not nave been carried in either house. But as a party question it cannot come before the peo ple, thanks to the practice of recording the yeas and iiais; for either party, acting with utility, might have de feated it, in either branch of the legislature. comparative view. For eight ye-rs, l..st past, it is stated that congress has been'in session one thousand three hundred and twenty- two flays, on an average of one hundred and sixty-five and a quarter days per annum. 165( days, at 6 dollars, ■ ’fha* thiedispjorition manifested during the late of congress, to bestow large portions of the faublic . nev in nevl- salaries to the officers of government compensation had been greatly increased beyond was originally deemed amply Sufficient is calculated't* render that government expensive and burthensome t the country; and is wholly inconsistent w th tlie ecoti ° iny of oiir republican institutions, and their just aD " prehensions of extravagant salaries, pensions and all im" necessary expences were well known to their represc-ii" fatives in congress; and yet have been slighted and regarde'd, by a majority of those representatives, in the measures complained of. And it is further the opinion of this general assemV.v that it is an extraordinary and highly improper rr,( ;. s / for legislators to convert themselves into salary ofi, ct , ^ —and that it is inconsistent with the dignity of the i, sentative character, inasmuch as it renders it equr. whether the representative of the people accepts ) lls pj from motives of duty and patriotism, or is allured toy by tlie emoluments of the office. It is therefore further resolved, that the senators , representatives of this state in congress, be request. , exert their utmost influence at the next session ft' , gress, to obtain a repeal of the fcet grant.ng Salaries their members. New York.—Auburn, June 4, 1816.—Sir—The r . y of tlie late election for -members of congress in this trict, furnishes evidence that niy S> rvfces as a repre-s i tive have not met with the approbation of nsv cor-a- ents. Haying received that office by their fret cl founded po doubt upon tile belief that 1 should disr; its duties according to their wishts, I Cannot rtci w to my feelings, or sense of duty, to withhold fro-: the power o r choosing an agent who it better qu; nr,, execute the- important duties of that station. I ?: , resign mV seat ns representative in congee ss. 1 hai honor to be, See. E. T. T.iutu His excellency D. D. Tompkins. i Vermont.:—The grand jury for the county ofChittoi. den, in the state of Vermont, after having closed tla ir,-- quiry into the offences that came w itliin their kiiowitbrt took occasion to remark— “That before we separate we beg leave to expr ss ou? disapprobation of a late act of congress, raising, In s.,i;. ry, the pay of its members about tiir. c fold its font ; establishment; and that at a time when the public bur. dens hung heavy on the farming interest, who are rhe nerves of the community; and when the frowns ot He;, ven hung dark over our heads, threatening our land wrj scarcity and famine. * Travelling charges at an average of The annual salary is Travelling expences as before Difference in favor of members, per ann. £991 50 313 15 SlJu9 65 1500 0() 318 15 1818 15 §5o9 50 “Under these solemn impressions, we have direc that tliis communication be signed by our foreman -- — ‘D “.i xitNiiuui, ai., ,-7 that lie request the same to be published in tlie Nor hey Centinel, w ith the ayes and nays taken in congress on • subject of said act, for the useful information of the pu lie. “Signed by direction, “Elias Buki i ’ ‘Foreman of saidjor. Kf.vttckt.—Stephen Ormsby', esq. member of t_ gress from the eighth congressional district of this sq in an address to the citizens, says: “In heart and principle a democratic republican, L- conscious it is no less m\’ inclination than my dutvo consult your will, and faithfully to represenfc.it; or, hit. ing mistaken it, to be always ready to comet sm ,-rrc: into which misapprehension, has led me.” Thtrifort ! have no hesitation to declare that my endeavors Shall be used at the ensuing session of congress to effect art, ! of the present (compensation) law, and restore the a law, or to make such provision for the compensation members as my best judgment shall dictate, and n, r conformable to your wishes.”, Ohio—Mr. Mr Lean has published a very' aim of his vote in favor of the law. It occupic-, fire and a half of a closely printed iicwsp. per, L i long for us, and we are fe rful of attempting an of it, least we might not do it justice.* r. f: From Miles’ Weekly Register. THE COMPENSATION BILL. STATISTICAL and political. The bill passed at the last session of congress, to “change the mode of compensation to the members,” ”.-.c. as it is entitled, has excited no little animation among the peo ple, and we have thought it might be useful and conve nient to collect together the principal things belonging to us statistical and political character. TUI ACT. An act to change the mode of compensation to the mem bers of the senate and the house of representatives, and the delegates from territories. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United Slates of America, in cong-ess, assembled, That instead of the daily compensation now allowed bv law, there shall be paid annually to the senators, repre sentatives and delegates from territories, of this and every future congress of tlie United States, the following sums respectively: that is to say, to tiie president of the se nate pro-tempore, w'here there is no vice-president, and to the speaker of the house of representatives, three thousand dollars each—to each senator, member of the house of representative*, other than the speaker, and de legate, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars: Provided, ne vertheless, that in case any senator, representative or de legate, shall not attend in his place at the day on which congress shall convene, or .shall absent himself before tlie close of the session, a deduction shall be made from the sum which would otherwise be allowed to him, in pro portion to the time of his absence, saving to the cases of sickness the same provisions as are established by the existing laws. And the aforesaid allowance shall be cer tified and paid in the same manner as the daily compen sation to members of congress has heretofore been. H. ClaT, Speaker of the house of representatives. John Gaillard, President of the senate, pro tempore. March 19,1816.—Approved JamkSjMadison. _ TEAS AJTD NATS—POLITICALLY DESIGNATED. TEfe bilt passed the house of representatives by a majo-' rity of fourteen votes—^eighty-one members being for it and sixty-seven against it| and in senate the^eaa There are one hundred and e ightv-two representatives and thirty-six senators—to which add the allow ance of two members to the president of the senate, and the extra pay allow ed to the speaker of the house, and the whole difference to be paid by the people will be, 220 at jr,509 50 per annum. §112,090 00 And the whole cost of the legislature, independent of the clerks and officers employed and incidental expences for stationary, fuel, &c. will be about, §4U0,3ol 65 PROCEEDI NTS ON THE BILL. The legislatures of .Yew-Hampshire, (rep.) and Iihode- Tsland, (ted.) have acted upon tlie bid in expressing their disapprobation of it, and urging its immediate repeal. !n Vermont it is reprehended by both parties. The members from this state who voted for the bill are fede ralists, and it seems agreed by that they will not be re-elected. In many parts of JYew- York th® people in their public meetings, and at the polls, have clearly expressed their disapprobation of tlie law, and some very good men have not been re-elected. Among them is Mr. Throop—who, finding he was not the choice of the people, arid acting- on the broad principle that a representative should speak agreeably to his constituents, has resigned his seat, and given them an opportunity of immediately filling his place w ith a member more pleasing to them. In Pennsylvania, South-Carolina and Ohio, certain parts of the people have been greatly excited, and it is proba ble thatseveral of the old members will be left out; and one or two changes, partially on this account, may take place in Maryland, and in several other of the suites. But it is in Kentucky that the law is the most warmly opposed. It seems as if it might shake the standing even of Mr. Speaker Clay, and tlie amiable and gallant colonel R. M. Johnson. Mr. Ormsby has stated, that being “in heart and principle a democratic republican,” he will obey the voice of the people, and support such a modi fication of the law as appears agreeable to them. We should esteem it a misfortune indeed, if the passage of that bill should deprive us of the services of those gentle men, while we confess ourselves pleased with the spirit of the people, to reject even Clay and Johnson, men they have so much loved, for acting contrary to tlieir will. The ground taken against the law here’ is, not so much because it allows a great compensation to members, as on account of its converting them into salary officers; which, it is said, was never contemplated by the constitution. If the toasts drank on the 4th of July can be considered as indicative of the general sentiment of the people of the United States, and they are sometimes so accepted, the current of opinion is certainly against the law:—for, as the Columbian observes, it has been “toasted until it is black.” And tms, at least, appears agreed upon—that the'law ought to be and will be repealed. But many members will lose their seats in consequence of having- voted for it. ' DOCUMENTS. Rhode Island.—The following resolution disapproving the late act of congress increasing the compensation of the members, was adopted, almost unanimously, bv the general assembly of Rhode Island, at their recent session: Resolved, That this general assembly while thev dis claim allpnterferqnce in the ordinary proceedings of the federal government, within the sphere of tlieir constitu tional powers, cannot avoid expressing the strong dissa tisfaction which they feel and believe to be universallv felt, at the late act of Congress appropriating high sala ries to themselves out of the public monies collected into the treasury by a course of burthensome taxes, and which the people are led to believe, and had a right to expect, would be strictly and prudently applied towards relieving the country from the still uncalculated expences occasioned by the late war. * These eight years are said not to afford a fair state ment of the time employed by congress, on account of the extraordinary circumstances in which the nation was placed; for that, in the first six years of Mr. Jefferson's ad ministration, congress was in session only 673 days. 6 years’ salary at 1500 dollars, <S9000 673 days at 6 dollars, 4038 Difference, g4962 Or, thirteen dollars and twenty-two cents per day—- whereas, for tfifc eight years given, the members would have received only nine dollars and eight cents per day I think it jnay be fairly estimated that, peace continuing- We have thus given what appears to us a fair >, J partial view of the subject; bt.i r is due to k a . •.. . »o ?• state—thiit it six dollars per da) , for the com e; -. -n 1 of a member of congress, ie;.* : ng ins home „ro’.’ I..- ness to attend to tlie affairs cf 'lie pub.ir, was much when the law first allowec. it, i( is a gr^at !t.l little now; for within those two periods the nomir.-. i rage valuis of every article of food and cloatiiiny ha-'- I doubled-4-and certainly, 15UU dollars a year ran te, object to a gentleman possessed of talents suffice: • ,* represent an enlightened people in congress. '.T:.r tsa; of suoii, most assuredly, might be more profit„b -. -l- proved at home. There are tens upon tens of thoiisir.ci'- of common formers and mechanics who c: n earn nr: than this; and there are few that can consider it a r./ nev making business, though it may be convcnii.-.!r some who- can leave their homes without niuen dri-..:. nient of tlieir affairs. But whether the manne ■ in tie the compensation is to be made, and the present am fitting far the purpose, is another question. Myhun. . opinion , is—that neither is proper, and I hope that is. law may be repealed. I glory in that vigor of the pi opt which so manfully opposes what displeases then : utijf think seVeral things have been done, which might hr. occupied their attention as profitably as the conapei::- tion bid. Rut this is “travelling out iff my record” Some of the members who voted for the law are se verely handled for their opposition to the donatio, r d land proposed to be made to the disbanded offices' the army. Tlieir argument against tliis was, that tLs officers entered the service on certain and known c-.-r.d-, tions, and that they had no claim to the gratuity. how great force does the argument appiv to the n, jE bers themselves!—But there was this essential dilhr Jpw in the condition of the parties—the disbanded '/-'ffelj could not vote on their own case.' (fj’ Just as tliis paper* was going to press, we obse? that a stir is also making gainst tlie bill in Ge by presentments of grand juries, &c. *Mr. M’Lean was, during the session, appeir.'-- judge in Ohio, and of course has resigned. From the Motional Intelligencer., Perhaps most of our readers are not av .re cf the '■ that congress passed a resolution, requiring th. w, - 1 to lay before tlie congress, at tlie next ses.-ioT: ,n - stated periods thereafter, a list of all officers nf'.iK- - eminent, tlieir names, salaries, and places of in. liri.; "• whom this idea originated, we do not exact.i fanD-ti it would certainly have been more complete, if the d 1 ’ these pyibiic officers had been required, their sit.;- 1 r life, whether of married or single blessedness; the nan.e tlieir parental and avuncular kindred; the nana-'/ number of their children, if any they have. It must V hewn an oversight in Congress, we think, to consent ’■ requestion of tiie birth places of everv person ir public enq.loy, from the head of a dep rtincnf to _ cierk of a deputy postmaster. We met vi itli the t lowing circular yesterday, which it vvas no more th n duty of (lie office therein mentioned to issue, but enibra a species ol inquisition which- it appears to us beneatu dignity of the government to institute. Whatever r place of nativity, ail citizensare equal. Circulars of - iar import, we believe, have been issued by all tlie liir-- ent officers in the government. “General Post Office, Julv 10,131°-. Sir—To enable me to comply with a resolution the!- congresp, I have to trouble you for anansw er lowing questions.- In what state or country were you bom? If any clerks are employed in your Post Office, their names and salaries; ahd in what country " erC born? your’s respectfully, Return J. M‘ " J Pnstmaster Postmaster at - CONSTITUTION OF INDIANA. rj [That our readers may have some idea of the ^ I features of the Constitution of the new State, 1 following out lines, copied from the Indiana j —National Intelligencer.] ^ The seat of government is fixed at Con don tor J years. .. The constitution not subject to amendment unti m twelve years, in any one of its provisions, and ne' ta the same excluding involuntary slavery. -u The executive part of the government is to , cR - 0 ;|rJ ed of a governor, with-* salary of one thousand ^ J per annum, to be elected by the people for three and may be re-elected once—a lieutenant, who is t r| in .like-manner, for a like term, and is to rece'S^ f dollars per diem during the session of the leg 1 /- jjl T^e legislative a house of represented*