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• H T J "JUST 4, Abril ».
RETIE# of Ti S'-'fUON of CON
CRESS.
Tin proceedings of the fsHion of
congref?, which writ this d iv terminate,
are too intereliing to our fello w citizens
to he pilled over in silence. We have
t!ie more pleasure in bredy reviewing
them, as we rind tint tiie good wiiicii
h i- been done this feifion is chiefly ow
ing totiiofe fame patriots who prevent
ed the mifchief which was near being
done it tne ThenlWft promirient
meatures of the present le.lion, are an
, authority to the president to station
troops it Pittflb’rgii, rite naturalization
b'.il, the tnuiury eitabiifhment, the
aiit for rifting forth the militia to sup
press insurrections and repel invaftons,
a provisional relief Outlie good citi
zens wide property was destroyed in
tiie weftern country by the infui JF
some further regulation- f--*r tbe{JP&f
ing of peace on the frontiers, by res
training the la < id's inhabitants of thole
region*, a provision to facilitate a loan
for the Algerine negociatiof,:, and the
aft for ths support of public
credit as. ! iye redemption of the pub
lie debt The rituatiolt of the welern
country so evidently called for the rirll
tpe.ilure, that it was agree-I to without
opph ition in both luj.ifes.
T'’e naturalization hill w;> s introdti
Vced by a member whole chief inject
|hj&p«ariJ to be the exclulion ts forljgn
, 'ers from tlie commercial
jpenjoyed by American citizef'S byt a .
V tr»!i e enlarged and b mih'chil Yli£ r ’‘i'jjT
5 wis given to it after it gotjf
home of reprifentatives.wlsN*
, fp njpdtfisd.as to ex chi ie foretgnMHpNMn
4 a jJWtictgtt|Jop of political rjiMH un
it T til i loiijj tefiti of proba ion 'a \ the
yljf proof ol good moral c!i n icier ayd priu
[* Ciplet should entjiie them ther/to*
I? | The •nilitflry been
■ » rendered {flo_fe adequate to tfne else tn
|§» defence of the frontiersVoy incre af
the py and bountyJ The fame
llr ' {') rU I yW s*,' *"' ,r Several y.-Jlrs has ftiiiiu
r jJ‘ w d to tuY ‘ V»f'?TES f fl|bftitiite nliiitta
al: V *jS»» ars for the frontier
opperationh/J Wee dn attempt in this
fuiraou to xydr 1 the weftern army ; but
,^ e rece^PHB !eol irs * need's, its ds
c d-d over m ’btia in many
in the article
of ck ■ ’nf e JK ll a<^e d defeat of the at-
t ‘ n? t abnfl a nutter of course. The |
' a j vmilages <l^rtved from that army 1
Y ive (, t en con'"'triedby tiie application
for oe ic ' by the Winn tribes who were
♦tnOlf": policy tit* Wuluir i>^
W ing our force . at the moment of vifto.
ry, would lu "e been only equalled by
the ridiculous atfedt.ition of tliol'e who
pretend that a i n all army is jnconfirtent
with our libertfcr.
The adl providing for calling forrh
the militia to suppress InfurrecTons, is
varied from the former lava-, by leaving
it to the dilcretinh and reljronlihlfity of
the executive to judge of the-exigency,
in (lead of requiring, as in the former
aft, a certificate of ajldge. Tiie re
g- medy '.vilj thmbe not only more prompt
|\ but i«fi liable to Ire nbftruct-d by tiie
||% rfto fttuce »r hßtTi.Kion of a judge to
Js|k neceilVy c^-iiricate.
The aft for the relief of the weftern
who *2 proper.y mv:-. dellro , C J
the wfurgeut*. wa: a, just as it was
political, and will ire attended with ob
vfoufly good elfefts The tf-rers are
however conli Je, eJ a- bound to nrofe
cote tlfb often.lers, and recover what
•they can* winch they are to, account
for; the provilion :icde for them bv
, cohgreu being oniy to aiford- them a
temporary aid, and to indemnify them
agaiiift any future lot's, in the event of
their fairing to recover, of which,
. bo vever. there is little prol'peft, the
, ofFe-idtrs being be competent.
To feeurc peace on the frontiers, a
restraint of the whites.is found i
i f K c ; the fa’es of hinds by of(
r+ Georgia will ear. re ale the of
vigorous reflraints, 'or war witfT tiie*
mil formidable tribes will be unavoid
a tie. This is among the mod difficult
i'fms of leg'-.1. tion; 3 timid policy,'" l
' cohiV mtlv withholding thole regalati
ois which can alone curb the licen
tious.
• ■ There are few objects more defira
b'? 'i ;n the liberation of our fellow
: now in captivity at Algiers, and
4 of
h.’re ;fter inthe vicifltty of.the mediter
ranean. To obtain both tiiefe objects
cong-efs have at the prei'ent session,
with alacrity, concutred in such mea
l.ires as have been recommended • y
the executive, to give full effedt to bis
operations, and a flattering hope is en
tertnine'd that they will be crowned with ,
luccel's.
Atjjon£ the lad in order, though a
mong the nrd in importance, is the aft
f°r the redemption of the public debt.
This measure was intteduceJat an ear-
Iv period clblm feftion, by Mr. fnitb -
-<r t u whole motion
■' was i efolvsctcy the.hnfe, that fur
ther provifioit ought to be made for the
redu : ..u of the debt.
i lieu rii tlm report cf the comiiiittee
ippoinred to prepare a plan, wa made
early in tit a leihun, it encountered so
ouch onpo i ton, *i : ,.J from iliolc v,, o
ud v.v /steer, the clamorous tor
* redact on of the debt, t.iat it was
near tiie dole of tiie feifion l- fore the
report was agreed to; atid had it not
b:en, for the perleveiring efforts and
repeated exeriioos of that member and
a few others, this bufinef.s, interesting
a, it is to the nittoti, would have
frirthe prelent, defeated. While the
continuation of tiie neceflary revenues
for this purpose was under difcullion,
tiis then lecretary of the treasury, Mr.
Hamilton, feat in a very able report,
which, in addition to a variety of va-
Hi! ib!e matter, eviiued ilie liecellity of
te.- r e revenues, without however dim!
n Hiing the opposition to them. Tliis
report recommended to congress feve
rai important points, loine of which
were incorporated in the ad for the re
duclion of the debt/ By that ad, a
poking fund is conftiiiited, cpmpoled
»f the lurplufles of revenue*—of the
b-mic dividends, and of the proceeds
of the weftern lands, when fold. This
fun I will not on'y amj4P futfice to pay
"ft !o nmch of i i cer,'. and de
ferred Jij i)t a : ilio government has tiie
fkight to redeem, but will have an o
iverpiu* for purchal’es of flock in the I
market. To prevent the mil'.,ppli mi- 'I
on, or dividon of this fund, f; am its
intended ule, the monies bW utging to
ir art) ve/ted in the totktKifiioftert of t he
Jit.king fund, as property, in irttjl, to
be applied to the discharge iid redetstp
tion of the debt : end the f .ith of the
government is I'oieinnly pledged, thru
they 111. ill be inviolably applied to that
purpose, nod no other. Though this
proviliou was the bell in the /id, and
the key flor.e of the lyftem, it was op
poled with a warmth which could only
have been e/peded limn thole whowilh
ed the debt never to be difeharged; and
which aftonilJ'cd, by the quarter from
which it cams. he invariable expe
rience of t’.icfe countries which are
groaning under enormous debt 3, ought j
to hare adrstonidiej every retfonable i
mind, that to leave the monies of a I
finking fund liable to be diverted, on
every dec tliotvil exigency, from the pi r
prtltfs of its inftitutibn. would b. t . - ,
feat every serious tiforr tq get out ,
dc-'i'. r! er-«lon ft I- ,ie( of ii •• t!ii. j , s
'ivu.m, prevailed over an in>; >
f' linked f'n a pretended /.;.<! I'ori!ic ii
bur-y of the h mile of reprel'eiiutives,
to ci(# Slid (ittuo it its pie,mi re fortu*
nve!y a fytlern is now ellabiithfd which
doe; no lei's honour to the wifdcni and
(•arriotil'm of its promoters, than it re
lit et, lufler on the government of the
United St-.t-s. To eAabliJh a fit,king
fund !avi It and unalienable, which
ss to be lie Jiiiiy applied to tlie redaction
of the national debt, until ti e v. hole
of it be dilcharged ; and which fund
is competent to the difeharge of the
whole debt within a Jliort prri>d of
years, is a great ami. glorious meaiure,
the example of which is fir It given by
the Uiuted States to the nations of tu
rope.
c sale of the weflern lands will,
it is ...>ped, hereafter cnnlidsrably in
crease the flrength of -lie fit;king fund.
A bill for opening land otfice- in the ter
ritories north and Couth of the Ohio,
was reported to tiie house, but the de
lay produced by the opposition, which
hi; been mentioned, occasioned a poft
poiientent of it to the next fctlion.
Hat :his fund will not yield much, if
the fpecuhtions in the territory fold by
Georg! t iljould draw adventurers to that
qtiafer: It is imagined, however, and
not without reason, that the energetic
meaiure;, contemplated by the govern
> ntetvr v States, wbj ako
fi e,l,er projects of the
A new niliti iTVleem brought
forward ; but a dilfarejice of ientimeut
on a fundamental principle, and the
lateneis of session, induced a postpone.
merß to the next congress: In the mean
time, a thousand copies of tlte bill are
printed, in Vder to be didributed
throughout the da.ts, and thereby to
invite infoi nation, and obtain the sen
timents of the people, on a subject as
difficult as it is intcrelling. . '
Several other matters engaged the j
attention of congress, duripg the fef
fton : Some aids pa (fed for ante
liorating the revenues of the United
States ; and affording additional Bene
fits to cdTnmerce and navigation ; thus
i fetlion has closed, with as mucli har- !
inony as lias been witnessed since the i
edablifhment of the government, which |
,may truly be laid to ha'/e been as be
ne ictal to the nation as any former fef.
fion- March 3.
' r ' r *A, •« i c?inber 2?.
' ,nt ' : > ei >‘j r>.ainbc; lain to
tbs grind duke of f.Ycariy, it i.- re
jurteJ undertakes *|ji urney to Paris,
o couc tide a cot. v|niion relative to
he neutrality of hr tout,try.
Seventy more.lnspected perlons are
arrelted in Hungary.
The exportation 1 cf trem manufacture
is agaiu permitted at Vicuna.
LONDON, February <y.
The minister has fucteeded ive un
derstand in his with the fti- *
rectors of the Ealt India company and
owners, for taking tip a nut..bet- of their
large ft. ps for tt.e public teivice.—
Thirty (hips are to bi trg-iged by go
veru iicut in tiiis d y, wi. ci, will carry
from 23 to gum e„ch.
Ihe command b officers of the
Queen's Boys*, and £ the Royal North
Lincoln militia, quavered in Norwich,
have let a laitd'acTtuJteatnple, by order
itig the soldiers to tjiconrinus tlie uie
ot powder and flour in titeir hair, ex
ctpc witen on guards* it is computed
that eac.i luldiwj. ilb ot iiour
a week. v TV
It ;s a no'or’ocs that fogreat is
the de'ire of the peci-le at Lint iugham,
W .17*1, cic. for p-. n? r that at Y\ ei
neibury a barber L.s writ.cn upon his
sign, 4 Democrats ihived for 4 penny.
—Anflocratr owing teethe length of
their f..ces mau p'T'Tfee halfpence. *
When oar left le.ijtfs left Utrecht, a
common council wa 1 " lining, at which
a French hollar pre.'ded, armed with
piltols. 'i he lurch every where
fraternise with the iVcnth who have
not yet laid ti.• coin . r y under rontri
but ion. It i toeir intention to lay the
principal burthen, .mjye aristocrats.
and tliole Coutraftor who encour igrd
the war. after it had been fomented ai
the H gue by the rn gihfli ambailador.
By tljts last mi i f1 am Holland, re
mittunces are r -.re,ved to the amount
of upwards of half - .million .
Letters from War w, of the Ift inst
reprelent that city/>. be in the moll
dtpior.-bl- It ate \t \the inlutb tarns
are reduced to beggly. Nothing hut
allignants w<-e aliclt, 1 and the ready
specie had a.l h>*J pourec. into the
public elicit leagues a
round Warsaw, norejtlam, no cattle
and no poultry are t>. be seen.
The hftaftktte, w ]ti the llutementof
tie f.irrendcr of VV It law, arrived at
td ." gb < tjv. I 30th Nov The
- > ~,Mi>:j.d on the Ift o
J < t er. i 11, tsoU'cls Immediate,'.
’ . i Jt fIyWyMT- -- ,-/j r
.f 1 ami. lent
1 in 11 a in T.aal’a in diamonds.
I'liat Ic.l rgt the em
ptefs of RuiFia, with whom we were
not long titice on .bt point of enterfti”
in.o a war to prefetj/e the hal nee ol
Europe—but whole powerful co ope
ration we are 11 v.iffb frequently told
of—lias now compf,iely enslaved the
virtuous and uiifo. t |ia.e Boles; and,
from accounts wide! may be reiied on,
it appears that SuarrtL, one of her fan- *
guinary general, i 0 lately deftroved
30,000 of ih it unofonding people, in
the space of 2a duji; three thousand
of these victims wc|l defencclels wo
men and children.
The monarch of Pruflia, to whom
we h*«e paid feverai lundred thousand
pounds, has of late dine little else than
aHi ft tlte cruel and Reliable Catha
rine ; and yet it is cciiidently aliened,
and we believe with perfect truth, that
we ftiil continue hisjnormous subsidy.
Mr Sheridan conitjented upon these
; facts yesterday in t!fc house ®f com
! moils, in liis l’peech ifpcn tlte motion
; s's repealing the' a t palfed the lall
I’elfton for I'ufpeudinu the habeas cor-
j pus.
4 See (said Mr. Slieridan) how that
(hamelefs anJ penjdions defipot oi'
Pruiiia, that trickilej and tyrant, has
violated every principal of truth, hoflor
and humanity, in hi; murderous, though
impotent attempt, at plunder and rob-
Poland S/Ha who had enco
, and even to them their
constitution: See him, with (can lalous
profanation of the resources which he
had wrung by fraud from the credulity
of Great Britain, trampling cn the in
dependence he was pledged to maintain
and seizing for him eif the countries
he had pioteft. Mark the
(till more sanguinary effects of the def
potofßufiia, taithh.s not to us only
and the cauie of as it is called,
| but craftily out wit mg her perjured
| coadjutor, profiting bv his dil'grace,
and grafpino to herfe f the victim which
had been drained to guilt their joint
rapacity. See her thanking her fa
vorite general S narrow, and, itill more
inV-ously thanking Heaven for tie op
j (•'htnnjty; thanking, him for the moil
j 1" ]uract of cruelty the blooey
ip ■ of inuH'y ev»r recorded; the
m . derouj Icene.at Fraga, where, not
in tie fury of aflion, rot in
the firu of revenge, but
. #
after a deliberate piufe cf ;?r.
hoars, with temperate brabariiy, he
or,:ered a conddemte, methodical maf
facree of ten thousand women and
children. These are the actions of
mom.reus. to tht exur.-.yle cf
Kmgi. ’
In the course of the debates in the
houte of commons yesterday, on the
habeas corpus act, tue fuiiown g uif
graceful fait was introduced :
Mr. T. Thomas depreciated in strong
terms the lulpcniion of tiie habeas cor
pus act, and the many outrages agaitift
the liberties of the fnl ject w ith bat:
taken place to his know ledge in differ
ent parts of the country, particularly
by inferior m; giftrate«, since the bill
paiied. One circumf.ance occurred
very lately, which l.e thought it ticcef
lary to state in his place, he went
to the public ofiice, in Bowftrecf, w l:ere
an apprentice was brought for fteaiing
from his mailer ar. old Ic.iffolding Loaid,
originally valned at nine-pence. 'I he
mafttr informed Mr. Justice Bond, that
l.e was willing to forgive him, and the
ju'tice toid him 10, adding tl.at he mu!
terye ti.e king as a foidttr. Major
Leeion’s ierjeant was called in, and the
lad was told that lie mult etilift with
this osiicer: he fa id he would not, t.tlft
cou.d hot : he had an aged mother
hole foie fupporr derived from his
labour, and he couiJ itot th.nk of leav
ing her to Itarve. The jullice then
laid, take Inm into cultody ; he fliall
be lent as a sailor ;*and the lad was
dragged away in thh fhameful and il
legal manner, lie (Mr. Tluunplcn'
l.ii'J tli.it wl 3 strange law; and lome
body who heard him repeated his I
.vords to the jtilhce, who cslied out in j
1 voice of authority, who laid so? I 1
anl wered that I, a member of Parlia
ment, did. He laid i mult know that
the king wanted men. I laid lie did.
and I was afraid inuft want manv
more if this ruinous war continued, but
that this was not the way to get them;
lending men to the field I considered „
lending them to the (laughter house,
but that this proceeding was fcanda
tsus and illegal. Mr. Bond laid, I
might investigate the bulinefs in the
house of commons, but he would de
cide there, and that he had his indruc
tions in a circular letter from the fe
cretary of state, and lords of the trea
fury ’
The accounts from the continent are
most melancholy, in regard to the ge
r.eral fear city which prevails over
..urope. In Hungary and Bohemia
- T•• ’••• Vl,p-- Jc _ u
tt 1 and Pi'isiid, which uTad
to be the granary of tpat part of the
vnrld, by the Korrors which we ha<;e
connived at, if not enabled our allies to
commit, so far from ass rding the n
reLef, is in the most pitiable state of
want, in consequence of the ravages
which have been peipcirated. Even
Holland itfelf *is ill provided, a!id
amidlt all its other alarms, has to 4rcad
the approach of a famine.
The sortie from Luxembourg was
made with the whole garril'on, a thing
which is never done but in cases of
extreme distress. They . inuft be ob
viouily in want of provisions ; in which
case it ;%not unufal for a German del'
pot t- .. ake a lullv f.,r the purpose of
lefi'enir.g the number of mouths he has
to feed- If this was their object it
prolpered, fortbetween 4 and 500 men
were left in the field. This is what
Mr. Windham calls regaUve success-
Letters from Ireland mention, that,
in tlie next feflion of the Irish parlia
mont, a bill will be brought in, to grant
the Roman Catholic inhabitants «;f
‘bat full equality of rights
with thole cf the protestant and other
religions; and to capacitate them fer
fitting in parliament, arid holding ail
other public places, except thofb of
lord lieutenant, chancellor, cheifjuf
tice, and Ipeaker of the house of com
mons. It is also rumoured that a pen
sion of 2ocl. will he granted to the
Roman Catlu'.ic bilbops, one of
sol- to each curate of that rffigicn-
The emperor lias the city
of Uim with 'military executidn, t!;e
burghers having refuied to let the can
non he removed from the arsenal, and
otherwrfe resisted the magistrates am!
the duke of Wirtemberg.
The following letter has been sent
by the committee of public fnferAn
Barthelemi, the French
Switzerland, dated De?:.'2 3.
1 We are informed, th?.t the emi
grants and pffefts, who have been
transported, affeeft to fay that they fttall
loon return to France. We can alone
atribute ro these reports the facility
with which the Cantons appear to tole
rate them cn their territory. The
rfcfult is, that these men have ! een in
yiguing in the neighbouring depart
ments lor the purpose of producing frefh
disorders. We diredt you to declare to
a.l the Cartons, that the •migrants,
justly leaded with the execration and
_ " •
Contempt of all Europe, u ill forevtfr
be considered by the French nation as
tutors, and that the just vengeance of
:1m republic will pursue them.
♦ We do not doubt but tha f this de
ation will be fulEcrent to induce a
government whidi has giver, u: so ma
ny proofs ot us j. ftice, franknefs and
friendlhip, to rid itfcif of this impure
horde which breathes cniy c.'me?, and
Jiloi'd^rs; which wan'd only ir.d;t ufi#'
>f the hofpitaijtv of a gentrous pebnlt
tor the purpole of lowing discord, and
by these means would punilh u.c S\Afa
Cantons for their unlhaken atiachictot
to tlie French people- *
Letters from Mentz of the 3d iuft,
fay that on the ift the arch ahtka
Charles, the duke of Saxe TefCL.cn,
field tnarflial MoilendoriF, and gen.
Clairfuyt, held a conference there, and
left the city on the evening of the 2d. I
According to letters from Poland, of *
the 2d mft. the king will be under the
hard r.ecefiity of obeying the ensprefs
of Russia’s order to repair fioni Warlavv. A
to Grodno, without knowing when, or ™
if ever, he mall be allowed to return.
The intended fate of the ur.bapy coun
try is ftiil kept secret; but it i general
ly apprehended that it i to be parcelled!
out byway of compenfatioD. for the
facriiices which the fucceies of the '
French arms will compel certain pow ers
to make. Ruftia is already in polie<]toti
of I.uthuania and Samcgina; and in
concert w ith the nobility es ("norland*
file will atll cl. that duchy and < ?em>galii
to the domains of her empire, at lead by
the fame ties of I'overeigtuy which unit
ed them to Poland.
A mono the Poliih generals raker by
the Ruffians, is general de Mirbach,
who has been lent from Rigvo to
Mittau to i.e tried according to the laws
of the country.
The French, in their progress, haVtf
found so much of the (fores and cloath*
ing Cent out for tlie Britifli army, that
on the representation of general Picheg
ru, tlie committee of art 3 and manufac
tures has b-*eu directed to report on the
bed mo le of dying red cloth blue.
The (ladtholder does not correto 'his
country empty h tnded ; he has brought,
with him specie to the amount of
60a,0001. Ifirlitig which he Secured *
oar of his private property.
A caricature tngraesr has !a*e’y fi
nhiicJ a print repreltilting the I'ubiime
emprel- us all the Ruffias, endeavoring
to cover the whole kingdom of Poland
with her ample petticoat, while a tur- I
baaed co ties qii,etlv behind het,
T '■-•V- f , I ' r ' I *HI iffll
On Tuefd iy the corporation of Nor
wich nn m mmtily voted an addrch so
the king, praying that steps might be
taken to accomplilli a speedy peace,
and dating the diftrelied (ituation q;
. the poor of that city. • v *
Copies o* the following httsr, fittp'fed
to be written by the king of Poland,
to the empress of R/*£la t so -t after
the capture of IV a'faw, hr e b--cn
. circulated.
• Madam, my filter,
4 The whole of Poland,is in yout 1
hands: your power and your wildoni
Hiail decide upon it. Wlfatever may • •
be your intentions with rofpect to mjfi
own person, it i£iot permitted to me
while I can to negleifl my duty
to my nation, by invoking in its favor
.Ylajelljr.
1 The militarytof is de(troy
j ed; the nation hotMyer' (fill exiftsj
but it will soon *if your orders
! and your greatness of foul come not to
its aid. The tumult of arms has pre
vented low mg the ground in a great
part of 'he country. T’llage is ren
dered impoflible, ®s 'he cattle have
been carried off; tlje peafartts, whose
ban s are empty, whose e&ttages have
been burnt, or rendered uninhabitable,
.have tied by thousands to foreign lands.
Many of the'erritorial iords have done
the fame, and for the fame reasons.
I 4 Poland already begins to refen ble
| a defan; for the next year is almost
j inevitable; especially if our neighbors
| continue to carry off our inhabitants
and our cattle, and to occupy your
territory*. . Ai
4 It seem« referred for the power .
whose arms alone have subdued every
thing, to prescribe bounds to every
o’her. when it (tail have the
use it meansjo make of its vi^ories.
I prefnme not to amiteat'e thi| use,.
but I am sure that ha most
truly glorious f r vrnj, vvhfTwill rendei
three millions of men the lead unhap
py, will always have the flrong.eft claim
to influence your determination.
4 May you, madam, receive favor-*
ably the representation which your I
grand char acter gives me confidence-tc f
and accept at time of
expreflion of the sentiments with which
I am. .fire. j
Warsaw, Nov. a t, 1794.* . /
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