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L O U IS'VII. I E,
n £I)NESI)M' } Drcrniler 17, 1800
- 'Si, /7i 1; v * —— ■■-
Died, cn Thurfday evening,
the i nil infbnt, after a few days'
illneE, Capt. Patrick Con-
N O L L Y .
Died, on Monday night, the
ft of December, Mr. John
Parsons. #*
Died, fuddcnly, in the tov/n
of Sparta, Hancock County,
Mr. Simon Day.
TI IE POINT SETTLED.
The votes of South fie North
Carolina, arc now no longer
doubtful. Eight in the former,
and nine in the latter, fo the
republican candidate, Thomas
J lffEßsorl, for the prdidential
chair. Six in Maryland, and
feur in Rhode-If!and, making
the neat majority 71, independ
ent of Pcnnfylvania, fo that
even without counting Rhode-
Ifland we fhall have 67 votes —
being/Ye more then cue ugh.
CITY or WAS] I IN G TON,
C O N G R E S S
Of the UNITED STATES.
House of Representatives,
r Yuej November 25.
The hftufe went into a com
mittee of the whole on the Pate
of the union*, to take into con
lideration the Prelident’s fpeech.
A number of refolutions were
(Tired cn the different fuhicbls
f Emitted to CongreE ; but as
it was deemed premature to enter
into a difcidlion of them before
nr. an Ever \va given to the pre
ii dent’s communication, the
committee rofr, and the refolu
ti* ns were directed to be print
td.
The letter of the fecretary of
the treafurv, notifying hi; inten
tion to refign, and T -lie:ting an
enuuiry into his official conduct,
was called up, and a committee
ii] r in ted to confider it, and
n.a!:e report.
A refoiution was laid on the
table, fof the appointment of
a committee to confider and re
port, on the beft means for
commemorating the political
and military conduct of George
V\ afnington.
A refoiution was laid on the
table for the appointment of a
committee to confider whether
any, and what amendments were
medlary to the aft eftablifihing
poll roads.
P ednejdny , November 26.
1 his day, the houfe went into
a committee ot the whole, on
tht anlwer to the prefident’s
lju < mu 1 he anlwer was agreed
tp in committee ; in the hmife,
the' yeas and nays were called
upon ir, when it was agreed to,
p 6 to 22.
The refoiution refpefting
Ge< rge Wathington, was called
up. and agreed to.
The refoiution re fpecling poll
roads, was called up, and a
dopted.
' nomination of chaplain?
v a ma le, and to-morrow al
ii gned for the appointment.
A com;-! it tee was appointed
to wait upon the prefident, to
deliver him a dopy of T,C an
fv.er, and to know of him, w hen,
and at what time, lie would re
ceive it. I fe appointed to
morrow, 12 o’clock, at his own
houfe. The houfe agreed to
proceed in a body, to prefer::
the fame.
Thurfday, November 27.
A bill extending the ufual
privilege of franking, attached
to the members of the houfe,
to the delegate horn the terri
tory N. W. ( f the Ohio, and
for making prov-ifion for Ids
compenfation, was read twice,
and referred to a committee of
the whole houfe to-morrow.
The houfe then proceeded in
carriages in a body to the houfe
of ilit* prefident, to deliver their
addrtE. A confklerable num
ber of members remained be
hind.
In a fhort time the members
returned, when the ipcaker took
the chair, and the reply of the
prefident to the addrefs of the
houfe ware read.
The houfe proceeded to the
±
election ot a chaplain.' Mr.
Dent and Mr. Otis w as appoint -
ed tellers.
A meffage was received from
the tenure, informing the houfe,
that they had defied bithep
Clagget their chaplain.
1 he eleflion w as then gone
into by the houfe, and rev. M.
I yfle, previoutly nominated by
Mr. Parker, was chofen.
Friday, November 28.
The houfe w r ent into a com
mittee of the whole on the pro
fidcnt’s fpeech, Mr. Morris in
i. *
the chair.
’Proportions foi the reference
Jl
of the fcveral parts thereof to
fclefl committees were made
and reported; to which the houfe
agreed, and the committees w 7 ere
appointed.
Mr. New moved that, a bill
regulating the grants of land
appropriated for the refugees
from the Britilh provinces of
{ 'anada and Nova Scotia, palled
laft fefiion by the houfe of re
prellntatives, be referred to a
lelefl committee which was a
greed to.
IN S E N A T E-,
November 25.
An anlwer to the prefident’s
fpeech was agreed to, and No
vember the 26th, it was pre
lim ted to him.
k
The following Letter , written by
Thomas Cooper, Ffq, of
Northumberland , and addrejfcd
to General Hamilton, at
Albany , cn the fuhjeft of bis
late [editions and libellous pam
phlet, a grind Mr, Adams , we
eytrahl from the Albany Ee
ry for.
o •/
SIR,
I came to New-York for the
purpofe of afking General I la
milton, in perfon, whether he
w as the author of an attack on
the character of Prefident A
dams, which bears his name ;
and to fay that 1 mean to ufe that
information tor the purpofe of
milituting againft you, fir, a pro
fecution under the deteftable
e-t ol Congrefs, commonly
known by the name of the
“ [edition lave."
Tnder this law, palled through
the influence of a party, of which j
you are (and I think juftly) re- j
girded as the head, i have fuf- |
ferred fix months tedious impri- I
fonment, and paid a fine of ico \
dollars. I therefore have a right |
to retaliate : 1 have aright to try '
die experiment, whether repub- |
licanijm is to be the v:6lim cf
a Jaw, which arificcracy can
break through with impunity.
There have been many petty
offenders in this rcfpect, among
what is called the federal party ,
but 1 have nothing to do with
the Fenno’s, tlie Wayne’s, and
the joi rneymen of fedcraldm.
You are worth trying the expe
riment upon. Your energy and
your talents have rendered you
a confpicuous object cf praife
anti blame,
1 therefore have determined
that in one way or the other you
mail be brought before the pub
lic on this account, and I did fo
far calculate on your character
as to fuppefe, that you would
not deny what you have really
written and fanClioned with your
name. I expect by your anfwer
(directed to me at Lancaftcr,
I’ennfylvania) the fame informa
tion which I Ihould have hoped
for perfonally. I came to town
lad night between 7 and 8, and
fent to you immediately. I
write this haftily at eight this
morning, to fend by the ftage.
I fhail purchafe your pamphlet
at 1 ang’s, but make no life of
that opportunity of profecution
till I hear from you, which I
expedi by return cf poft. The
anfv cr, I have no doubt, will
be inch as becomes your cha
racier.
lam your obedient fervant,
THOMAS COOPER,
Of Northumberland.
To General A. Hamilton ,
at Albany.
COMMUNICATION.
To Alexander Hamilton.
In the whole of your letter
concerning the public conduct
and character of John Adams ,
uiq. Prefident cf the United
States, you have cautioufly a
voided giving your real fenti
ments as to the government beft
adapted for the people of the
United States. Permit me to
a Ik you thefe queftions—
id. Why have you withheld
your opinion, as you have had
now a fit opportunity for doing
it ?
2d. Do you know Mr. A
dams’s fentiments on that fub
jeCf ?
3d. I lave you ever corref
ponded with him upon the fub
je<st before or fince the adoption
of our prefent conllitution—if,
yea.
4th. Did you not, whilft Mr.
Adams was a minifter from this
country at the Court of Saint
James’s, receive a letter from
him upon the fubjeCt of the go
vernment beft adapted to the
United States ? And in that let
ter, did not Mr. Adams give it
as his opinion, that a monarchical
government was the beftj end
advife with you to confuk infiu
cntial characters in the United
States upon the fubjecl ? And
did he not, in that letter, pro
pole one of the Rcy ! KarGiy
of Great-Erimin as a fukab,,*
perfun for a King to rule cy f
ns? And what anfwer did v n
rdve to that letter ?
o
Your Anlwers will old' -
AN ENQUIRIIe.
From the /JUROR./.
The Editor, after attendee*
the proceedings at lancaG-r
from the opening of the Union
left that Borough on Wednet. n y
mohning, in confequence of t
impreflion made on his mind hy
the proceedings of the confert
and the hoftility of the thnm x
members of the fenare to tl.:
peace, credit, and due weight
of this date in the union, a; j
of their fixed and determined
purpofe to oppofe the voice (f
the majority of their conflu
ents-.
An article prepared for this
day, vas about to go to p ref,
when an exprefs lent from I ,an
caßer arrived, and the Editor
by that medium, learns that the
houfe of reprefentatives had
undertaken to make another
effort to fave the (late from dh
franchifement.
In order that the public fbouki
be pofieffed of the ground upon
which the rights of this flare am
placed, it will be proper to give
a light fie etch of the bufinefs,
deferring the detail and the de
bates nor yet given, for to-mor
row and the next day.
The conferees of both ho efts
had five feveral meetings, on
1 # O'
the immediate bufinefs of their
condiments.
We lubjoin the prcpo/itions
of the popular branch of the
legiflature ; for, flrange to tell,
the houfe of reprefentatives have
ached rather like fupplicants,
and been treated as inferiors
through the whole tranfaction.
The following are the props*
ficions and the reply.
Prcpcfiticns cn behalf of the com
mittee of conference of theheufe
of reprefentatives , to form the
hafts of a free conference cn the
EleElorial Bill.
1. That the choice of
fhall be made by a joint vote ot
the two branches of the legilla
ture, but the above fhall be fo
regulated as to p*ive each branch
O \ c
a portion cf the number choltn.
2. That before the joint meet
ing each branch fhall nominate
a number of perfons, equal to
the whole number of debtors
to be chofen ; and at the pint
meeting each member of the
two branches fhall vote for fif
teen electors of whom
fhall be taken from the nomina
tion of the fenate and
from the nomination cf the houfe
of representatives.
3. That the fenate recede
from their amendments to the
bill; and that the bill be fo a
mended in the houfe of repre
fentatives as to conform to trx
firft and fecond propofitions.
REPLY.
The committee cf conference entj-*
part cf the fenate , deliver t 0
the conferences cn the
the heufe of reprejentatmes in ■
the prepejitien cn Monday
ingi 17 tb Ncv. in tic fh
neon.
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