Thnt r hrtf (hall he nominated a commit- 1 Ketttttas wis vefterdav liberated from orifon
tee ff Vi ril mrg. mmnnfrd nf rifrht nr ten I bv a'jrc-it of habeas cirtus. On this occafion
niemh-Vs rhrV'm frrtm flip mhti nlin4itfd I a nnrther of citizens attended at the prifon,
andzealoiis ctt iiim into a krfo, in which they
iJ-eieaeuovtiiereprcicntaiivcsoi mere peer- i i:irateu iiaum iumwiwuei'''-,;.'sz
vc provinces in ucn a raanneranu upon mtn i unuuycu iuc ''."',
afooting-as may be agreed upon. ' I cap ff liberty; ported by MrKettletas
(Signed) D113BETS, Regilter. andfpamedreprelentaDonoiaman wippcv
or tw whmninor mil. aner me unuewcu
.4? the Ctmmont Houfe vf the Province y at Leeit-
'Mdydciii Jan i, 1796, ;-:
mode, with a fcrollin thefe words, lovervthe
B O S T O N, April
headtt ther-whipper--" what, you rafcal,
I yer foeriQrs !" The; Ptaori was
xnjving to take up the Spanifh Treaty in pre
ference, that hehad arighwocQnfultthein
terefts of his immediate conftituents, and that
frbnithenex interefts
of the various part s of the continent through,
their refpecYiye reprefentatives, the interelt
of the great whole could only be collected,
in 4 vote. Befules it was urged," that; that:
member when he uftd this argument deda
red, that it was induftrioully circulated a."
mong hisimmediateconftimenrs thadit was
in
: 1M0IE OF-BRITISU AMITY.
Captain Elkanah Mavo, who arrived
town this week from New-York, has favour
ed us wah the folio wine" account of the crue
treatment ne anu nis men receiveairom tne
olHcers and men of the Britiih frigate La Pique
;it Barbadoes, in December lait, vi2. Capt
Mayo, in die fliip Polly of Cape Ann, home- .
ward bound from a whaling voyage, was
drove in by itrcls of weather to Ba-rbadoes,
. vhere he lay. near1 three weeks for, the lirriyal
-; of iovne Americans to ireighr his. oil . home ;
during which time, the Britiih Frigate v: La -
, Pique arrived there troin a cruiie, and in two
. dnvs nfrpr hrefTed t w' o of his hands. Cant. Mi'
A ,L71-V. I.W im - . . I 7 J ' '
A,,CaA tVio mon tn , Kp rrlrafVH three flnVs
after Capt. M's. boat was alhore with 3 men
waitino- for him, the. frigate's barjre hau'ed
- in rl'nfp. tii his boat, and boarded . him with
cutlad'es, .toprefs the menby force, the men
: called on captain Mayo, from the fnore, who
run" to the boat for their . relief where he
1 the crew of the Britiih Triffate with
" " the tiller of their barge, beating his men over .
- .their heads with faid tiller, 'tillthe blood gulli
ed from their mouths and nofes, and other-'
wife mangling them in a barbarous and lhock-
iiit manner, , capt. M. fprang into his boat,
and cleared it of the Britiih crew ; the com
manding officer, who was thenon the wharf,
faid he would have every man on board the
ihip ; Mr. WoodrulF, with whom cap:. M.
did bufinefs being on the wharf, offered his
. Wd to the captain of the frigate, that he
..,w Krincrhisoroteclionson more. Capt.M..
then went on board his- flu p to brii g his pro,
tcdions--while he was on board, the com
mnn.lintr officer of the frigate and all the Tell
f mfirers cot into their barge, waiting
for cant. M- who was returning with all his
. 4 -
drawn hy-citiien sxhrous;lithe principal Greets
m thecitydrumibeatingwith a numerous :
body 'of attendants," to the Tontine, from
thence" up Wall-Strcet into Broadway, then
-L':. ':il.i,w.i'nmnt V.iiifV rtnA lvvrV frv TTlin-
ters Hotel, where'liMr 'Kettletas made a
fliovt fpeech to th: people in nearly the fol v
lowing words: ' 1 -
. . Fd!w Citizens, . '.': t r.' '
" I (hank you for the rffpeft v;liic1iyou have
this day paid me : in a par ticular 'manner for
the honor of bearing the fibular d of liberty ,
which you have placed m my hantls. 1 our de
. corup, combined, with all you'iniignia,- evi
dnceltome your attachment to. the conftitu-
l tlpn and tje 'lavs of'youf country -hey , are
belt Reporters of liberty, and I am fure you
revere them.' ' r :---r
; He A:as ulienfet dowQ at his own dopr, and
i the company, after giving 3 cheers, retired in
r t!ie utmcli ofder, enraptured with the virtues
of their fellow xtizerrpvhoi had endured near
five weeks imprilbnment, by what, has been
'called aii arbitrary edict
1 1.1 1.;.. .i',,. 1
protections, tncy ooarutu imu,
inr omee-jumped into capt. M's boat with
, Arm cutlafs, and drag-d by force all
his men into their barge, and then presented
his cutlafs to capt. M's brealt, and ordered
him into the barge, winch he retulcd, alter
which he pricked him feveral times in the .
brealt,- and then towed captain M.-on board ;
the frigate; he put capt. M's men into the,
hole among his men who were fuk with the
yellow fever ; he then ordered a pair of irons
to be fixed on captain M. which were not'
lbied howetcr; he kept him on thequar
ttr deck until evening, then ordered capt.
t.ir.i he hauled U9. and ordered him
yk a uwfc '
Ccngrefs of tlie United StatesV
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES
, : ' April 1 ' " t ',
The houfe refoh ed itfelf into a committee
of the whol'e'on the flateof the Union. '
'ihe amendment 10 lirike out that part, of
the rck)lution. before this committee which
related to.the A-1gcrine ,and Britiih Treaties
recurred. The object of this motion was to
take up jKeSpanilh treaty ifirft. -.
In favour of tliis motion it was urged,
That the Spanilh treaty would take up
little if any time hi difcullion,that all appear
ed to be agreed, as to its propriety, but that
the Britiih had occalioncd great difference in
feutiment, and that the time occupied in its
dilculiion li.ould not be a bar to proceeding
on another very urgent, and on which there
r appe.tful 116 dilagrccment. , That thcPrefi-
dint, m hismcllage accompanying thebpa
nilii reaty, recommended it to the immedi
ate Ktrcnti n of the houfe to pafs the nccef
iUrv: nrovifions. -
lu onr-oliiion to taking up the tubi
not intended to make proviiion for the Spa
nilh Treaty ; that the iubjeft and the BrU'
tun Ajreaty could not be difconneaed, and ;.
that if one fell the other muft : To do away -this
erroneous idea he wilhed the Spanilh- im-
meuiateiy taken up. -
4 he queftipn was taken on ftrikSncc'out th&
Algerine Treaty, with a yiewwejiiave "al-.
ready obferved, of coming to th? Spanilh J
firft . 1 he motion was agreed to without a
dlVlllOn. .,..:r:.----
The queftion on ftriking out the Britifh
Treaty oil the fame ground, was alfo agreed. "
to without a divilion. . .
As was a queltion to ftrike out the lndiau
:Treaty; '
. It was thpn moved to ftrike out the words
" proviiion ought to be made-by law for the .
Treaty,," and inferc " that it s expedient to
pal s laws to carry into effect the Treaty ,
i his was agreed to 48 to 40.
. The words " good faith" were atfo (truck
out, on ihe ground,' that they were ufelefs,
if they meant that Treaties lliouldbe carried
fully into effect when finally fancTioned, and'
that they were improper, if they meant,-that
Treaties lliould be carried fully into effect
the houfe muft without the exercife of difefe-
tion, - provide for Treaties ratified by the Exe
cutive. They were ftruck out, 5a rifihin
the affirmative. ; "
1 he rcfolution tor carrying into effect 'the? ' -Spanilh
Treaty was then agreed to. Alfo one ;
of ihe fame import as to the Indian Treaty,
and one for the Algerine' Treaty. The twd
firifc unanimoufly. ; 1
When that for earring into effect the Bri
tiih treaty came under conlideration.
Mr. Maclay moved the following as i
fubltitute. ' ! ' -- "
The Houfe havingtaken intoconfideration
me ireary.oi vmity, yommerce ana- wavi
gation between the United States and Great
Britain, communicated by the Prefident, in.
his meffageof the firft day of March lalt, are
of opinion, that it is in many refpects highly
injurious to the ir.t:reft of the United States 5
yet were they pofleffed of any information
which could juftify the gjreat facrifices contain
ed in tin Treaty, their iiucere defire to cherini
harmony and amicable intercourfe with all
nations, and their earneit wiih toco-operate
in haftcning a final adjuftment of the differ-
11 oppoiiuon to laKiug up tne lubject ot
the t-'pamlh treaty firlt, it wn surged thatthe.
Briti;!; claimed a priority in date, and iu ur.
gency. It was firft negociated, laid on the I ences fubiiiting between the United State
ubk lirit. and contained it'pulations which ana ureat Dntam, mignt nave inuueeu mem
rcomred immediate attentmn. The nnfU to wave their obiections to the tieaty :
were Itipulated to bedeliveicd on or before I when they contemplate the conduct of Grc
the t (I of Tune i arrrnrements muft be made lintam m pcrlcvcnng, fmce the treaty v
ac
as
onboard alone. Captain rvi. requcuai mm io-10 that period, for takinir poffeffon of Med, in the imrrdlment of American fea-
to let him have a man to go witn ninc.wii.cix. lhcm anJ lhcfe arrangcnien( rould pot bc Incn and the feir.urc of American vcflcls (la-
the captain of the frigate rciulcd ; men laid in;,lL; -uU U Nvas kn0NVll whether the houfe den with provifions) contrary to tlie tlearell
lie would caft him oil, and Jet hungo adr.lt,; nic;u,ttocxmitc the treaty. ThatthePrc rights of neutral naions, whether this be
' he told him he might pcrnli at lea, to s Inch . i; Ja,: hc thc s vicVC(1 as the conftruaion meant to be given
houfe only mentioned that proviiion fl.ould o "y articles in the treaty, cr ascontrary to
be made du ing t!ic prefent ' fcllion. The and an infraction of the true meaning and
commililoncrs to act under it were to meet in fptrU thereof thc houfe cannot but regard it
tins city and ; therefore might bc appointed a incumbent on them, in fidelity to the trull
lllc very imi. way -i Jtii.on. lliat It was I icpuitu ui uiuii, u 1u1uv.11, iMiuu iuvuii
no rcafou ftr taking up other treaties in pre- I cumibniesj" taking at prelent'any ative
i, -V,rd' he hor-cd he would. Cnpt. M.,
told h'un he would not go, unlcfs hc caic htm
off hc then took his barge, and towed capt. .
M.' cn board his own (hip J thc ncr.t morn
incr capt. M. went to the Governor and com
plained of the officers' conduCt, the " Gover
nor ordered his men to bc immcdiatciy relea
fed which were accordingly lent on fliore :
Wnr divs after three of his men were taken
With the yellow fever which they took while
fcrcncc to tic IVitilh treaty becaufe thc lit-
tcr would create much difcuflion ; for this
argument vould equally apply to taking up
tnen and cargo o mc vimiukimm ) ui6
coiuluitof o-.tr new treaty allies ocxaTioncd
die lof of 8000 dollars 10 his owners.
1 thefubftriber dotcftify to rlicaWeac
count. ELKANAH MAiU.-,
new.yo a k, jpriiti.. .
The Legillature having adjourned, . Mr.
cobnant to thc intcrcfts and wilhes of thc
immediate conilitucntsof that nicmlxrr for
th the intcrcfts of thc whole and not a part
fhfild bcconlultcd, in determining which
bujnefs (liduld have the priority.
-a 1 rcP u wa oorved, that that member
hamadc this oblcrvjtkni to account for liis
mcafures on the fubjedt, therefore
Refihfd,
That under the circunftances aforefaidt
and with fuch information as the houfe pof
lcf$, it is not expedient at this time to concur
in paffm&tbc laws neceffary for carryingihe
faid treaty into effect.
It was declared But of order, aU4om
mittceiult firlt difpofe of thc foer rcfo
lution; and they had no table oa which it could
bciifdr .
The committee rofe and reported the three
rclolutions agreed to. -
In the houfe it was moved to reinft ate the
word " ought to le ca." in ft fad of "it is ex.
pedient &c.'' Tliis was negatived ayes 37