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Ouri are the Pleat of fair ieligttful Peace,
Unwar'd Wy Party Rage t live like Brother.'
VOL. II.
Tuesday, December 16, f j8o.
No. 6i.
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RTH-GAROlJlNA I state gazettte.
VOYAGE 0 F DISCO VER Y.
From a Utc FrthciiIajer. ;
ALL the paprs'hayc fpoken of
1. t!r4 voyage of 4ifcoyery to be
taken by the two fx tJcK (hipsNa
tuValifte and CcHgfHunder the
coifnTriand of Gaptna"nIPnc
of 4he objefli iof ?the expedition is,
toe ftablifh in a xpofi tiye rian lier the
;my!gaUfVNewHonatid; The
t FrcnciiiGovernjnentf harvtr adopted
fall, fhe meaiisintheir povver renacr
the, voyage ufeful t natural hiitlory,
and to ;thc kovledge of Uhe inan
ners of lavage life. At the fame
tiiric Vaillarit: ;fo celebrated for his
travels in the interior parts ofiAf-'
rics, will ; let off to explore new
reetons. He is to feck, for the fa
mous city which is laid to belituated
in the Torrid Zone, and he is to
prepare or eflablifh commercial re
lations with thofc countries, with
which, hitherto, no trade has been
carried on but the flave trade. - The
expences of his journey are to be
defrayed by a company of merchants
Marseilles, called the Society of
Interior Africa. This Tociety wifh
ed to fhew its refpeft for the pcr-
i'ons employed in the expedition,
by giving a;farewel dinner to, Cap
tain Baudin. Fifty perfons were
invited ; iiaudin was placed between
Vaillaint, who did the honours of
the day, and Bouganville. All the
toads were followed by airs, played
by the icorifular band whicli was at
the battle of ; Marerjgo. Vaillant.
gave as a toafl To the (hips, Na
. turalifte and Gcoraphe, may they
fail without danger tO: the farthefi
part of the world Captain Baudm
gavclluonaparte, the Firll Conful
of the Republic, and patron of the
expedition. ' The expedition will
fet fail almofl iiDmediately.
'the Capitol in the Federal City.
'From a Northern Pa for.
THE RED CHAIRS.
.-That part f the Capitol which is
fimfhed, and fitted up for the ac
commodation of the two Houfes of
Congrefs, is prepared iri a .ilyle of
elegance which reflects much credit
upon the afiiduity and tafte cf
Claxton, who has thedireftion f
if; much more indeed than the ex
travagance of the appropriations do
upon the economy of. thole who
voted for them. In England the
members of the Heufe of Commons
are fo Mmplc in their manners, that
they ! can (it upon benches. This
practice has attained in moft of the
American States. Where then thail
we find a precedent to juftify, or
reafon to excuri'e the profligacy of
expending twenty dollars to build
a gaudy, fumptuous chair, for the
feat of a Member of Cowgrefs?
Does it comport with the pjainnefs
and fisnplicity which ouht to per
vade every "branch of a Republican
Obvernmeht ? Or ioes it quadrate
with the Mate of our finances, when
our national debt is encreafing with
girmtic flrides (it will always en
creaCe in equal pace with corrup
tion land extravagance) and when
we are payirig ufurous interefl for
additional loans every year ? Is it
ot extraordinary that a country
extending two thoufand miles in
length, bounded on the two fides
by the Atlantic and the Miflifiippi,
cannot procure materials for that
fimple convenience a chair?
Surprifing! But it has been
thought t necefiary to fend to the
Weflf-Indies for mahbgany ; to
London for "red morocco or goat
fkins, and to Birmingham; foi nails,
to conflrucl this intricate piece of
furniture! Where is the" furprifing
advantages of thofe gaudy fixtures
in the Senate Chamber? We fee
that the members do not fly to their
glittering feats with more ardour,
nor with lo much punctuality as do
the Representatives, whole furni
ture js more plain ; and where is the
Voprietyof this diitinaion ? Two
ords will account for the exotic
(i-ljties of the red chairs! BritiJIi
inflitence! The Britilh wifhtopro
:r'0te, exiravagance with us to def
lrov our Ren uhlican fvftpm ? Thev
us to go to their lflands for ma
i -
"zany,Lfor the fame reafon that we
n!h;
th
'in to come far our lumber-:
can fell us manufactured
if
Sn.v '0-
promotes their rnanu-
ti-.rvr
facturng iiirereft : So it is with the
brafs nails, &c. I
Although we cannot excufc the
folly, or apologife for the profli
gacy of this managementr ; i-e-flection
ought to reft with Mr.
Claxton; he has bly performed
what he was ordered to do, and
that with much ncatnefs and. ele
gance, : .
.DOUBLE WRITING.
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The following LAdvertifement was putlilhcd
in a London paper of September 1 aft. .
: By his Majefly's Royal Letters
Patent, the newly invented machine
ror writing wun two pens, pro
ducing at th fame inflant two ori
ginals, according to the common
mode of writing, is offered to the
commercial, legal and literary
world, as well as to all perfons de
ft ro us of preferving authentic re
cords of their correfpondence,
ftatements, Compoitions, Ice. &c.
This invention, which is reduced
to a practice botheafy and free from
every defeft, has been fanftioned
by the patronage ef fome !of the
moft diftinguifhed charadters in the
Kingdom, and F feveral foreign
ambafladors. Many perfons, who
have been obliged to have recourfe
to the copying or niher pre fling
machine, ha ve experienced the moft
complete fatisfaction in the ule of
the Double Writer. The trouble
and inconvenicRce attending the
former, are' totally fuperceded by
the latter, which is fojuftly formed
"hat there can be no miflake in its
ufe, and conftructed with fuch me
chanical exatners and folidity, as
to preclude the neceflity of all re
pair. - By this machine, on the me
rits of which alne the patentee
relts his pretentions to general en
couragement, the merchant and
trader, thofe concerned in the va
rious departments of the public fer
vice. gentlemen of almoft cverv
defcription in the law, and all per
fons engaged in an extehfive and
important correfpondence, will he
enabled not only to favc the, great
trouble and expence, but alfo to
avoid the poflibility of incorrect,
nefs, to which the beft copyifts are
too frequently liable, '
The Double Writer will be found
peculiarly ufeful in copying draw
ings, and to gentlemen who travel
it mult be more valuable in point of
accuracy and fecrecy than the raof
able and confidential amanuenfis.
The execution of the machine is fo
exactly minute, as to render it im
poflible to difcover the flighteft dif
ference in a hair flroke, or in the
marks or punctuation. The Ipace
occupied by the machine is very
trifling, as it is contained in a fmall
fized portable writing defk.
Manufactured and fold only by
J. H. Farthing, No. 43, Cornhill,
London.
WASHING TON CITY.
BY JOHN ADAMS,;
Prefident of tJbe United States of Amerkay
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a Treaty of Amity
and Commerce between the United
States of America and his Majsfty
the King of Pruflia, was concluded
and figned at Berlin on the eleventh
day of Julyj' in the year of our
Lord pne thoufand feven hundred
and ninety-nine, by the Plenipo
tentiaries of the faid United States
and of : his , Majefty . the King of
Pruflia, duly and refpectively au
thorifed for that purpofe :
And whereas the laid Treaty has
by me onthc one part,"by and with
the advice and confentof the Senate
of the United States, and by his Ma
jefty the Kug of Pruflia, on the o
ther part, been duly approved and
ratified ; And whireas the ratificati
ons thereof were duly exchanged at
Berlin, on the twenty-fecond day of
June laft paft ; Now therefore,
to -the .end .hat the laid Treaty may
be executed and obferved jwitk
punctuality and the moft fin cere re
gard to good faith, on the part of
the United States, I do hereby make
knowti thepfemifes, and enjoin and
require all perfons bearing offices,
piyil or military, jwithia the Uni
ted States, and all others, citizens
or inhabitants thcjco.f, or being
within the fame, to execute ancfob
ferve the faid Treaty accordingly. v
In ftcjftimOny . whereof, I have
caufed the teal of th United
States of America to be affixed
to tkefe prefents, and figned
the fame with my hand. Done
at tie city of Wafhingfon, the
fourth day of November, in.
theyear of our Lord one thou
fand eight hundred, and of the
Independence of" the United
States the twentyfifth.
(l. s.) i . JOHN ADAMS.
By tht rrejidtnt,
John Marshall.
I Secretary of State.
Letter jrptn the Secretary of tht Trca
i Jury to Congrefs.
i Wafliington, Not. ax, 1800.
: s., ...
I deeai it proper through you to
inform the Houfe of Reprelenta
tives, that I have obtaiaed pertnif
fion of tHe Prefident of the United
States to; refign the office of Secre
tary of the Tieafury, at the clofe of
the prefent year.
I indulge a hope that I may vvith
out prefumption declare, that the
differentlofhces with which I have
teen cntrufted fince the cftablifh-
ment of this Department, have been
executed! according to my beft fkill
and judgfjj;nt, with a confeientious
regard tophe rights of individuals,
and under an imprefii ve fenfe of iel-
ponfibili(y to the government. In
conformity with thefe profellions, I
now freely fubmit the whole of my
conduct to any inveftigation which
tha Hqu.f of Reprefcntatives may
os piealea to mrutute.
I canpft omit xliisoBiy opportu
nity, which may ever be flbrded of
expreffijog the fincere iehtiments
of gratitude, which I; now feci, and
fhall evert cultivate, for the mahy
proofs of confidence and indulgence
vh-ch I jhave experienced in tfie
courfe f Ry official communicati
ons with; the Legiflature ; at the
fame time I requeft, that if theli
berty . I have now taken to invite
their attention to a Matter of peria
nal concern, fhoiiid be deemed in
any degrte unfuitable, the error
may be-atiributed to a juit and rea
fonable d4firc, that my conduct may
on proper evidence, appear to have
deferved their approbation.
I have the honor to be, with per
fect eftecm and deference,
I Sir, '
Youij moft obedient fervant, ;
OLIVER WOLCOTT.
The Hon. Tjieodore fcedgwirk,
El'q. Speaker of the Heuic fcf
RtprefeAt4liifeR. 3
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The Cemmiffitnsrs ef the Sinking Fund
Refpe Afully report tj Coagrefs as folUws V
That! the meafures which have
been authorized by the board, fubfe
quent to their report on the 1 jth of
December,! 1799, fo far as the fame
have been completed., are fully de
tailed in the Teport of the Secretary
of the Treafury, to this board, da
ted the twenty-leventh of eyem
ber, 1800; and in the proceedings
of the officers of the TreafuryithereL
in referredto, which are herewith
tranfmitted, and prayed to be recei
ved as part of this ' 'report j-j
j jOHNX HOWARD,
Prefident of the Senate pro tern.
Nor. 24, aieo.
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. The Secretary of the Treafury
refpecijully reports to the
Commtjji oners of the Sinking Fund
That n pui chafes of the debt of
the Unite;d States have' been made
fince the date of the laft report to
Congrefs o the 1 ih day of Decem
ber, 1799;! and that the fums of
the Capita) Stock heretofore pur
chafed and transferred, prior to the
prefent yeaf, in truft fox the Uni
ted States he intereft whereon is
appropriated by law towards the re
eduction of the public debt, - amount
;to fo- r millions, levea hundred and
nineteen dollars and fixty cents, as
will more; particularly appear from!
documents hereto annexed, marked
a. " . y. .:
1 That the following fums have
been applied towards the difcrurge
of the principal debt of the U.nitedj
States fince ;thc date of the laft re
port to Cbnrefs of ih hth of De
cembers t7$9 , '
lit. Tfthe th inftal
ment of the, fix per cent,
ftock. bearing a prefent
intereft, which purfuant
to the act,: entitled "An
Act ijiakirtg further pro
vifion far the.fupport of
public credit, : arid for the
retlcmpjion of the public
debt," pafled on the 3d
day of March, 1795, and
the act in addition thereto
pafTeden the 28th day of
April, 1796, became pay
able oji the firft day f
January, 1800, the fum
of 7l6S94 36
2d. To the payment of
the eighth inflalment of the
fubfeription loan forbank
flock, due on the laft day
of December, 1709, 200,006
f!?3d.- To the payment of"
the third inftalmcnt of a
loan of one million of
guilders obtained in Hol
land, and which fell due
in. the prefent year, pur
fuant to a contract dated
firft of June, 1787 eftima
ted at forty cents per
guilder.' ! 80,006.
4th. To the payment of
theiacond inftalmeRt of a
loan of 1 million ef guil
ders obtained in Holland,
and which felTduc in tiie
prefent year, purfuast to
a contract, dated the 13th
of March, 1788, eftimated
at forty cents per guilder 8o,oco
: 5th. To the payment
of an instalment of a loan
of three million of guil
ders obtained in Holland,
and which fel! due in the
prefent year purfuant to
a contract dated the. firft
of January, 1790. eftitna- -ted
at forty cerits -perguil-der,
240,000
Amounting in. the
whole to: Dols. 1,316,894 36
The payments before enumerated
have been made out of the follow
ing funds:
lft. The intereft fund,
or the furas which accru
ed upon the flock pur
chafed and transferred to
the Commiflionars of the
Siuking Fund in truft
for the United States, as
particularly flated in the
document hereto annex
ed, marked B, 522,323 10
2d. The fund arifing
from the paymentof debti
which originated prior to
the prefent Conftitution
.of the United States, as
particularly flated in th
docuncent marked C, 2,943 39
3d. The fund anfing
from dividends on the
capital flock belonging to
the United States, in tho
bank of the United S-ates,
from the firft of July,
1798, to 30th of June,
I799;after deducting the
intereft on the fubferip
tion, loan for the fame
period, as particularly
flated in the document , ..
hereunto annexed, mark
ed D, : - ; - 29,040
4th. The proceeds of
the duties on geods,
wares and mtirchandize
imported; on thetonnage
of fhips or veflels, and
on fpirits diftilled within
th United States, and
flills appropriated by the
8th legion of the act of
March gd, 1795, intitlod
" An a6t making further
prbvifien fer the fupport
f public credit, and for
the redemption of the -public
debt," being for
the peri6d and in the re
ference to the objects
mentioned in this report,
- 763:587 85
Dulls. 1,316.894 36
Making in the whole' an equal
amount to the reimburfements be
fore mentioned. ;
There remained in the hands of
the Treafurer of the United States,
aS agent of the Board of Comtnif
fiOiitiSj cn thflt t wenty-fifth day of
the prefent month one hundred
and fixty-nine thoufand and eighty-
feven dollars and four cents, which
with the growing produce of other
appropriated funds, will be iuffi
cient for the reimburfementj at th
clofe .of the prefent year, of the
fixth rnflalment of the. fix per cent.
tock, hearing a prefent intereft,
rand the 'ninth inflalment of thc
fubfeription loan for flock of the
Uryted States; which reimburfe
ments are required to be made by'
the 11th fection of the act of Con
grefs, paflei on the 3d of. March,
1795, herein before mentioned.
AH which is moft refpectfully
fubmit ted by
OLIVER WOLCOTT.
Document A. is an enumeration
of; the different defcriptiohs of
flock redeemed, viz. 1,841,607
dolls. 9 cents of fix per cent.
514,836 dolls. 47 cents of three per
cent. 966.376 dells. 4 cents- De
ferred i, 280,000 dolls, of five per
cent, 1,400 plolls. of per cent
It alfo contains a fpecification of
the . various fources of revenue; .
which makeup the total fum re
deemed. Documents B, C and D,
are not given, as the contents of
each are exhibited in the preceding
report, with fufficient detail ta fa
tisfy the mind of the reader.
HOUSE 0 REPRESENTATIVES! '
Monday Dec. 1, iooi "
The bill for compenfating, and
extending the privilege of franking
to the delegate from the Tetiitory
N. W. of the Ohio, was, read a
third time, and paffed,
Tuefday, Dec. 2; .4
Mr. Macon, from the committee f
of claims, reported that the demand I
of Philip Wilfon was barred by1 th
act of limitations, and that findfntr 1
in his cafe no reafon for fufpending
the act, they recommend that tho
prayer of the petitioner ought not
to be granted. . The report was a
greed to by the Houfes
Mr. Claiborne Itatcd that during
the laft feflion, a committee Wasap
pointed to enquire into the late of
the tfade. authorifed hv law umU
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the Indian Nations. That! Com- T M
the trade. But defirousof maturing
with deliberation a new plan before
the old one was fupplanted, they,
had reported a bill for continuing
the exifting fyftem for one year
The bill had pa fled the Houfe of
Re prefent at hves unaniaoufly, but
had been poKpoacd by the Senate to
this Seflion.
For his own part he was altogether
unfavourable to the trade ; for ho
believed that it anfwered no good
purpofe in relation to tho Indians,
while it was a lofs to. the United
States. It, was, however, .proper
that fome leg i fla ti ve p ro vi fion jfhoiild
be made immediately. The old law ,
regulating the officers who had :tlieV
fuperintendance of the trade, had
expircd, and they were of cohfe
quance under no legal control.' N
He therefore moved the appoint-'
ment of a committee, to enquire in- '
to the expediency of carrying VNbii
any further trade on a capital fur
nifhed by the United States, to re- -port
by bill or otherwife, which
motion being read , a econd time,
was agreed to, and a committee; of
! three appointed. j -H j ;"
Mr. Utis oblcrved, that at the
time he moved for the reference of
the letter from the Secretary of thei -Treafury,
he was of opinion that it' .
might be neceff-ry to give particu- "
lar instructions to the committee to
regulate' their meafures in the con
templated inveftigatioh. Button -further
refle&ion, he thought ic '
would be beft to leave the.Qommit
tee at large to make inveitigationfiri
luch way as they," in the progrelsfbf
their inquiries, might deem robft : -fatisfactory.
. Objects, not or e-
icn, mjgnt occur, requiring ditfc-
rent modes of proCedui'e cfroifettryr- '-''i
no w agreed u pon . Such - was,rthe -
j opinion of the committee Wh;had:t
to the committee, toisStMtmt i
and lo'jpportifgt
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