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frtKtht-G-tizfttt f.JAe pnto&j&mi T HAVE feen a number of refuluitorb. entered into X I . h the Leillatur ot ueorgia, on ine mouon Qt Sames Tackfon, pu,blilhed in the. Argus of Se w- Y ak ntheaid intt in which among otner things I am kifi'flti nrnrriru which tiaa lrv ure. . aoppoi itu "7 ......... .... Suooorted by an integrity wmcn nas long srr. . - - i . . . ... feej myCelt quite unaffected by a proceeding dictated the ad vice by the malevolent iraiuci ut, unapyuiiutii inuu -and (houlcUot cnLmiveJUheJiotkeU Houfe of Rcprefcntativcg do not claimny-l-fofedmittaireBd ?meyrce and repain kruicb I now do, out for refpecVdue to the public opinion, liable to oe miucu uyaruai pu Jiicacions. The bad of this etrordinarVDrocee.ding,i8a charge of my having attempted to corrupt tome of A fcrwmtera oHhe-Leaiflature, in thKfale" of the " weftern territory of trut. Hate, and whicMs fa!d tW"eigi byriDriiH.noerwtheir.'bein taken-.; - Not by a judicial procefo, and the opportunity ofter -e& of a crofs interrogation i but by a fecret commit' te nf which lames lacnion was cnairman.. inc - ' .7 r i 1 i. r queflIonSwer"e alton. onejidei'smd fuclranfwrrr.'or nam of anfwers, as were not liked, were ilriken r hpfore thev were reported. . But even thofe af fidavit taken and reported a tlwywere, not . amount to a charge or my attempting the integrity of any member -1 hey go as to what oneman thought "another beardand trrwbat f faid-to one man or notlier. ,f lay ftrels upon General fackfon's being chairman of the committee, becaufe his enmityjo nnrh around, is well Known. lUMiifl weu known, that there has been fermentln Georgia tor fnme time na(t;.that lie had put himl'elf af the bead of a prey ailing party, and has abufrd ihe public con fidence. A orecedent has been eilablimTJ of unlP inted raffichieftm the evidences of right and or property; ana tlie ju IicUI fyftero, the beft fecurity in a "republ can go Vernmenr. hal been entirely deranfrfd ,, ' . ,, -M'eJirftjjt.jrU The IToule went into a committee of the whole on the tneflage, when Mr. Blount, after a few pre iiminary obfervations, moved the following relolu tjons: .. .--:.., . eted,-jhafc3fcnedawdve feftion of the. fecond article of the conltitution. r-oy ana witr confeut of the Scmte. to make trea ties, provided two thirds of the Senate prefent, con- i.:- - i- ; , "" .. I,. ' . ,. -Jiis Majefly, tbey wouid be Ijeard in hearen whofe -vengeance would be wreaked on the cuilty lieada ir of the tninittry. . . - , - On i be- night of the 22d of January, the prefs gang, at Liverpool- prefled an Amt-ricin (xilon. .. Fthey nad donrfirverat ttmeir befijf efSrWclimtdh! mt to their houfe of rendezvous.- Thole recrated in- ulnuo trrrrartd iteierrcanilrrTlirr n fembled in a body of about 250, went l the houfe and .demanded their companion. 1 hey were re. agehev in thakinir treaties : but that whrn a treaty (lipulates remilatiohs on anv'of the fubiecls fubmit ted by thej conltitution lo the ppwtr of Congrefs, it J j.r !; i...t-ji 2'-- 1 i n- . T ' . uiuii ucpena lor us cxccoiioir as.10 tucn uipuiationii, on a iawwiawsto bpafled by Cenffrefs j-and it Js ts laid to the conllitutional rmht and duty ot the Houfe of appear 'by. feveral ainaayus. J neie aoitiavna ioe-prepreJentatives, in all luch.cales,: to deliberate on the expediency or ' InrxpedVerky ofcarryrriK Tiicb treaty into tflfect, arid to determine and act there- irTnetrnudgment7maybeTHpncondutTve foT It is oot, however, my wllh jo be qnHerudod is treating the afts ol the Legidature lightly. It. is the government ; andtnrvoiee, in.generai, Ought to be refpected : but the ambitious andunconuoulcd afcerjdancy of an indrvidual, for-the moment, and tinder circuinllanees of a peculiar nature, would, in ve-tlieHMHigeyaii4I not-t4w-nbi- aflcd jeprefcntation.-ofa- free.. peOplcAwlI ani- wauantec in laing,.by recent letters trom that flate, that the tide of opinion is r pidly changing,: An inveftTgation is ordered by the Legiflature, af fecting a 1 jrge defcription of perlons ioterelieJ .in the late purchafc, fn which 1 confider myfelr imp.U cated, and whjcb I, M anricipi'ting ai fdo, the approving relult of an" ini partlal enqoiry.V If. is-.wjtli Reluctance and puin I trouble the public ; :and my.apologv is the occafion The printers who publifli tliejrelolutions will have the jullice to puhlifh this. , . - " J. GUNN. I hilaJeiphia, March 2 jM, 1)96, - :1: ilousf of Representatives. 7hn-l'ajJ Mirch it. Mr. BInunt-moved, t refer the HnelTige feceived Refolved. That It Is hot nereflarV to the" proprie ty of any application from this Houfe to the Fxeor tiyejor. jniormation defired by them and which may relate to any conllitutional funfttons of ihe "Houfe, that the purpofes for which fuch information may be wanted, or to which the lahje may be a idiedrfliouldoTsilafed iflrthrapplication.r , .Mf. Harper, Mr. Dayton, and Mr. Kitchell, of fered a few. remarks' with rcfpedl to the propriety of tonfiderW the refolutions now moved, or thole laid upon the table by MrKitchell a few days ago af ter which, Mr. Madifon role and went at Icncth in to the ftihjecr and then the committeeVole, and the Jtourc adjourned. atter ordering the reloiutions to 4.eprmLed ed the man; and after i)Uc5no il tain and Officers in the cemr. of the roomfom- I pelled them to give three cheers to the Unitrd States '' ,I j1'-:"K 'I'faitbfnjndat-ce of the iam Mwlccorrfa.;,TBe Tailors again aflenibled, and took- from the prels gang an American whom ljy had prtffed 1 beat the whole gang leverely, threw ' j"iH,,''m int0 ,ricdo, 'where one wa dion ti ed, Killed one on the fpot, and the remainder flW w? V' "XWUaryy the Amerwqp Gaptairrs inrroff .wrre rummcned toi;ptar,bore-the Mayor.and -L t ri i, Mr. Blount'o refolutions were taken ud fn committee of the whole, and agreed to ajes 57, noes 3.5 ; B O S -T-O.N, March ip'. "- , The ?lgernie .Sequin,- nicniioi.td in t ie Treaty with Algiere; in value is one dollar 96 cents ; mak ing tne annual fubfidy Between 23, ceo and 24,000 dollars.'' . ' , yederday from tlie Pretident, in anfwer to the call for papers,-! a commlrteg of thewhole."- - ' At ws fuppjrted cbiefly on the ground, thit it . Would be Droner. as the i'refident had accomnanied his j-efulai with his-reafons tht 'thrf Houle Jhouid enter their reafons forrfe-call, on the journal. -si It was objectedjjllat fuclt a-llqvivili lead fo a conrroveWy,' which would irritate witjioutintatfet lng to the public good. A " 1 ) . The refereTice was agreed ,x ' 1 The Veas and Nays pn this queltioi) Hood asfol- --''j.''-'Againlt ;.it . lt ;Tbis btrfineli Was nia.(Je ,Ue orer pF-the dar for --Mcurinay next, . nti earner ttay wapropoled, but Wednelday was carried by the fpeaker)s calling vote. y ; -" .friJaj, April 1. '. , ii: .Mi. Kitchell faid, as lit appeared from the megage ot rh Pre(identJatefx-cii)municatedtothe Hou!e," -Jlbfi. !e , :ha4aty fid the ..ma jpjifloijbatHowfer ivho palled the'refolutiort to which tl)t meiTage wa an anlwer, had entertained opinions which lie him "elf as one pf that majVrity wilhed to'difavoV. rHe' ri prppofed to fuhmjt two reloiutions -to the confidera - tion of the I loufe, whicli xontaine'd his;fentiirtents "port the becafion, ahd which he fhould wllh to be i?fetredXQ ihe. committee of the. whole tawhoin . was referred the Taid mefTige.' ' They wew to the ' following eifea 1 ' . ReWved, That it is the opinion of this IToure," tht theconftiturion has verted the power of making treat ies exdtfflvrly in the Prefldeiit.and Senate, and that; the Houfe of Rf prefen atives da nof. claim any eJ!IJlLJl iikuig ireaticsr-or-4ft-rttifyina-tbein - whepmade," , ', " ReWved, that it js the op'nlon pi J,b$ Houfe, iat when i treaty h made which requires a law or -ws carrying itrTnto efFect, that jn fuch cafe, '01s rjooff has a, conllitutional tight to deliberate I . , npon and determine the, propriety or Impropriety of enabling fuch law or Jaw, and to aft thereon, as the public good (liatl require."' " T : ' : -The Speaker informed the' Iloufe he hadVln liis 1 5and:a cnfidemianomliuh!catibn from the PrehV int, and the Houfe and galleries were accordingly was requelled by cia 'r fay rst 0 be' f or' t hree "hwnt hs opt- toef rencn-i renera i would not-arcedrtorir;-The firll requifjtion had 'iarcneoTcdinpofed-princi pally of young men.' A fleet trrtiakifig op artadiz toconint pi lyiauot.ireacnand 1 J ipanilh llnps of the line, to Carry into erfiljthe panifh Treaty inJSt.DomThgo, ... The Emperor has folicited the Cvuvt of Uenmark, to mediate a peace between the Empire ajd the Republic ; in confluence of a refo lutiun of the Diet.V - A letter of 'the- 10th Feb. from ITavrej informs, that Knglilh CommifttJners had arrived in France, for the puipofe cf nenociatinz Peace r thar trms Xwere.oiGuedJ-the.JVeoct, whkh-wr thought by inem io te very nonouraDieto totn- parries j but that the Enolifli Commiltlohers tmaeiined them too hufnliiating to fubmit to, and immediately took their ucjirtuie lor cngianu. - . . 1 1- 1 1 .- ( ... :v:' ' S A t, E JJ-Mafcla. ' ' ' 1 he accounts trom the Trench nat ou are more - Francis Cole, and George CoHeywere tried at the adiniraTty leflioni m I ondon, the 22d January, for the murder ol C'aptan Willlem Little, of the (hip American Kagle, of Newbury port; and" the Jury after bejng out only tfn,miiuites( brought in the. r verdic emlty., and they were fentencedto be exe cuted the Monday followinu The other, two con ceraedn" and could not then be tried. I lie circurnJtances attending the murqer, are iiiocKingto tiuimanity. LATE FROM FRANCE. ' Vederday arrived here the Sloop Prefideht. Cant Punninpham, in 40 days from 1 lavrer We have on .lyrime andrapm to mention tbat after the tirf ender lanne tut, t he- A itAr va Ri-eomiarilesl hr afrt Wr.- "im "au piiuuiiT nuura me r nine, were oi.neea to recrois; naving Deen levereiv pfefkd .upoot JouEdan and Pichegru The ccflatioBHttf hollilitjes, Maglftfatet of Liver pool A The v aciordil. peated, and were requelled by the Mayor to keep ...c.r lauors jinoer Jwtter luhjection, and not fufTeV ' '' j, P?9Ef asjhey 4 ad done repeat- -MJy, by infultjng ihe prels.gaiig. I'e added that a,s ,0"K thyAavedthemieKes with civility. ' f- but it that they renewed their intuits, they (hould be ppnifljed With the uttnoft feveti-y of the law. - 7 Ihe Captains in aniwtr rellied. that America 1s WaM at war u, it li n.. t M I:...., .', . u j 'ii'! out mat ireir citizens had beer repeatedly infulted by the Britilh fhips of walTiaLtte nation, and would receive no inruTis'Vith impunity jvvirr Tja-.nju-ana tnt ttie at tempts to ijnprels their men ws an ouuage and an tnfult that the Enelifli cocrnniii a-A oi ;,inu and that if they would tiotjrouble the '.Americans, they would copdud themlelves with nronrieyva'iid yeAbelaAfteiiXh nutan-,4i8fr was-; moItuVd their conduct wis ludi as Jullified the ti-: tie of freemen. and they1appoited the honour of the nation to which they belonged. ' zizEAT. E T T E V I L L E, Aprii, a i . f Extr'aft of. a uttn jrom iuniutt B.)ui d, tjq. Agent of tbt United Stale iH London , It a gentleman in I hi. - ; faljplia. dated January 1 7. ' ,.: ..' , .-' . " As foon 'as Mmiiry learn the line of conduct' which the Houfe of Reprefenia'tives hiean to puriue, , 1 am periuaded thejr condud, as it regards ut will . b left ftiiaaating. Should the floule coincide wii It the Prudent and Senateeery thing herelwjilgo. welly Should obftacles on the other hand be th rown in the way by thepopuWrliraticiTofllie government, " I dohbt whether the weftern poils will be furrender edof Teftittitipn. made orpiir capturedvproperiy, Howeverri trull that every man who has any rrjtftrd 1 -t-i-l.k t.v.Z' ..- i. -ri ! -.r-. -r T- ' " .c !xiiiJi!LLLnc 'aitn, or intereit ot nis country. 'w.ili'leenlie hecefilty of parrying the treaty fully in., to effect, fo.lar as regards the United States." . : Tri tfieldetayPwiW ot Uepn fentativeS on tie 4th -jitift thjejollowijiefojution to ; r - - jiZ'.3' the Secretary of the Treafury'be d'reed I to i prepare and reportto tbe Houfe pt 'Re prelebtarives at thenevtelIiona plan for' laying and col lecling direct taxes, by apj)ortionmnr among the feveial Itates, agreeably to rhe rule prednbed by tjbe conftitutibn j . adapting the fame as nearly as may be to fuch objects ol direct1 taxation, and Rich guides of collection as may appear, b th law's and practice of the dates refpedively, to be moll eligible" irieath, - .- ;: lived-. That the fum of -i dollars novht - At to ne obtained olfeb4roe ;Be debt Juero the hank 01 uie united Mates, by creating a Itock heal ing an ' " ''2ia"f'tf' "s intereit of firerjrenl,and ir redeemable for' - "" 'r'lfJt: years;, the recfemption thertfoi to commence thfcre- . " . 'F'irl after an to be payable in y .yearly inlhdmjnts. ' . s -fri'f.T J be comniutcc of ways and mens wete directed 10 report a Rill ip ptirhiance thereto. -J : favourable than were expected. - ; They are perplex ed by -rhe prefent .Hate ofiheir finance.., In the LoujkiI ot 500, the arrears were reprelented to be 30c millions, borrowed from the Bank kl millions. and 7 millions due to foreign Correfppndents, leav ing in ailirmts above a,L a millions of llvres for the expences of Tan. 1 706. ', - Several chiefs of the Chouani have been taken near Rennes, and all alarms from armed parties in the nation have ceafed, s' . Vetial information y from Capt. Bbckltrf arrived at . , .', ., : Marblehead from Liverpool, . Letter from Driflol mentioned that the eoaft and f "PaieitetiltU' ji'hrtl 1 1 .L. t J - ! J ..--l:J ;!.U t:i 1"- ' ' uie L.aim a iiiu W41 jjiicu whu vafcviks bihx Oilier fpectacles ot djftrefs. The weather on the Englilh and Irifl .coaft has been more levere than wis ever known It being computed that the lots of veflels from November to February, amounts to nearly JOO fail and to.ooo fouls -many of the tranfports h'av'. ing becii loft.. The deftrucltion of property has riot been lo great in 20 years. I he cries -ot the people in the manufacturing and othe T.jowiir. againlt the uniurt and unnatural war with France 1 as it is term ed ; had. arilepfo an alarming height,, and It was hot doubtedthat if they did not reach the ear of F OR S A L E ' FHR HOUSES and I.U V now occupied bv yVT. Whearon & Tifdale in' this town. PntTeiTinii ' may be bad on the firlt of Augufl next: -' For erm! PP'yto ? r lAtVUAWUF.Y. . ltit cpartnerihipof5MiTHLowDERT:i is oy mutual content difiolved-i- bv mutual cnnlent il ilTnUi-H 1 hnle n h hare demands againft faidfirm wjll be pleaf'd to call i paymonc, ana tnoe indebted are reqnelted: to rtiake. Immediate payment to thtr fubferiber, who i anthorized to fettle faid bufinefs:', : 1 ' ' - - 1 txr..:. . : ... ' .t "M.OTICE is hereby given, that the fubfcrP ber qyahtied at the preicnt icnn ot tuniWr-: -land countyrcourt, as Xxeciitor.jo the lad will 'of John Botier, dec. lie therefore requefls all perlons who have claims againft the faid eftate. to bring mem rorward properly attetteds and all thole m debted thereto are required to make payment: 7 ":" jllfJfhfiperfonaLcltate wiUieJbld on the 3d Lot May next. -wXhe terms will then be made known. April if. : 3 JOHN M'KQY, Jxe, . v '- - Sri- ;,,-t r. r- '- -: '.7 'if 'rtj 1 ; .-3- ,.; r J '1 - - - - i v -l.v.l -.'' i r :-rZ? :.: .p-S
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