nort h-c arolinagazette vol xii saturday febrmry 4 1797 no 577 .] congress houfe of representatives thursday december 29 a letter w;\s received from the se j " . cretary of the treafury iriclofing a re port nd i'undry itatements refpecting the v 1 1 k debt in purfuance of a refolution of lal leflion and an account of the receipts and expenditures of 1 796 referred to thecom mr.tci of ways and means r dwight foiter fro'm the committee 01 claims made reports on the petitions of henry roberts george callees george carnel and james rowland which recom mended a difagreement to tlis prayer of their feveral petitions 1 he houle concurred in the reports mr swanwick from the committee of commerce add manufactures m.ule a report 0.1 the j r'.iion <;! francis coppi iger in l.e half oi i '• lileita which re^on mended a dtdgretment to the prayer oi the petition the houfe concurred mr muhlenbcrg prefented the petition of da id h t : ou'.c 1 fukher in the late war pray ng foi a full penfion mr r spngg jpn prcfentcd the petiti on of gaffamy vvutkius praying to have a lam v rra.it replaced which had been loll v.u i\.c above petitions were referred to the - ommittee of claims on motion of'.vir williams the houfe re foi -: itir iro a convnitree of the whole on the reports of committees on the petitions of findry refugees from canada and nova ; id this bufinefs underwent ibme dif cuifion principally upon the beft method of fmisiying the claims in queition the fol low ng refolution was at length co.ue to a committee appointed to bring in a bill accoi dingly ' r jived that provifion ought to be mad . ' law tor granting donations of land to l.«n ar and nova scotia refugees in con ic ry to ihe reiblves of congrefs of the 2 d of april 1783 and die i^tii of april ■ s r ."' kir swanwick called up the order of the day onarsport ot tne coiiim ctee of com merce and manufactures made the i a it le li on on a memorial from the fhee of delaware refpsctmg tlic kidnapping oi negroes and uiuluttoes tiie home accordingly rcibived iti'elf into a committee of the wn 11 () ) tlia fu jei when a contiderable debate tooi otuce j h ned r i is bufinefs being dii'pofed of mr ho ' t rrioved that the noiil'e inould go into a ■ nniittee of the whole on the report of t ■'.-.• r-.r of war pn t'lt petition of )■ gh fj.iwlo v l i:c th--3hoiile scccrc'iiig v it i . co nijiittce oi ih hole on th;s i , nn ftcr the iiil>jv..t im.l undergone li.fcui'ion the committee rof had leave . fitag^in and die 1 mil iij ur,icd dece i'cr 79 th p houie rcfolvctl leii huo a coir.nittee 0 .'■•■ •■•' i 1 '.'. mr mulhe-.ibtrg 11 the thair 0.1 ii report hs committet 1 of commerce ph inanufa res on ilic fubject 01 kidnap y.av 10 . iv mu'atioes i'lus w ■ i.'t w i grounded on nn appliciti o'.i fro . he ihte of delaware for fome pro v>!j ■.<) prevent the carrying oft from that ftad itc 1 egroes hd muluttoes by mailers oi eflels to other ft.ites i he report to cine this evil provides that every mafler of a ve'ill mould have ccrriiii ;•.»■., with fuch ne groe.i hid mulattoesof their being free no effectual regulation it was hated could be made on this fubjectby the individual tates as theirjurifdiction did not extend beyond their territorial limits si me members con tended that the laws of the individual llites were fufficient to proud againit tlie evil '} he rep rt wasoppofed as incomplete and the fnbject was fpoken of as of too delicate a nature to engage the attention of the houfe riam talks held with the agents of the u btates m which they were promifed aftkhince in cafe they were attacked by the red people and praying for payment on trcount of the maintenance of a colonel and 46 men for 90 days who had marched to their afliftance when attacked by the creeks without order from government referred to the committee 01 claims ihehoufe on motion again refohed it ielf into a committee of the whole on the re port ot the iecretary of war on the petition oihughlawfon white and after confider able cjilcullion on the fugge'tion that farther information was neceflary to be obtained be tore a decilion was come to the committee role was refuted leave to fit again and the report and papers accompanying it wet e referred to a ieleft committee of five members mr coit laid that there had been fevera petitions from revenue officers for an increai'e of lalary part of which had been referred to the committees of commerteand manufactures and others to the committee of compenfation ln order that the whole might go into the lame hands he propoled a refoution to the following effecl .- kefolved that the committee of commerce and manufactures be initructed and required to report whether any and what alterations are neceflary in the compenfations allowed 7 by law to revenue officers and that the com mitteeof compenfation be difcharged from the com ideration of fuch memorials as had relation to the officers of the revenue.—a greed mr w smith called for the order of the day on the report of the committee of ways and means on tbofubjeft of certain balances due from individual ftates to the u states u he houle went into a committee of the whole accordingly when a very long debate took place ; at length the committee rofe and had leave to fit again adjourned till monday i .....--■- u i . i as it bore an affinity to the fubject of emanci pation to this latter idea it was well anfwered that the queition was by ne means about e mancipating laves but whether proviiions ihould not be enacted to prevent freemen from being laves becaufe they were black 1 he committee role without coming to a decifion and the report was recommitted 46 to 30 with liberty to the committee of com merce and manufactures to report by bill or otherwile the houfe went into committee of the whole on the report of the fecretary at war on the petition of hugh latvfon white b 1 his petition w ill try the principle whether the militia which were called out under gen sevier in 93 to act againil the indians are entitled to compeniation i'he report it ates that the expedition was undi 1 taken without authority froit the ge neral government and for the avowed pur pule oi carry hg the war into the cherokee country , tlut the inftrudtions from the war department forbid offenfive operations that i however itappears that previous to the ex pedition the inhabitants of tenneflee were much hair nlfed by the indians who had kil 1 led at two ftations one within 7 miles of the i capital 15 perlons and that it mult relt \\ ith congrefs to fay whether die circumftance 1 of the cale warranted the expedition as a juft j and neceffary meafure i in the courfe of the debate it was denied tha the expedition had been undertaken for the avowed purpofe of carrying the war into the cherokee country : and dated inadditi ■ on to the circumltances mentioned in the re port that 1 200 indians before the expedition carried a ftation and threatened to attack knoxvillci a jackfon moved the following re folution '• relblved that general sevier's expediti on into the cherokee country in the year 93 was ajuitandneceflafy meafure and that provifion ought to be made by law for paying the expenceb thereof the committee role without coming to a de ilion and had leave to lit again a communication was received from the fecretary of the treafury on the fubjeft of the loin tor the ufeof the city of columbia which w;.is read and ordered to be printed it w;is agreed on account of the fliortnefs of the feifion 40 to 30 not to take up the bankrupt bill 1 he followingrefolution was moved and ordered to lie on the table refolyed that a committee be appointed to enquire if any and what alterations are ne ceflary in die act entitled " an aft refpecting fugitives from juftice and perfons eicaping from their mafters adjourned december 30 ntr dujght fofter from the committee of claims made report on the petition of andre v ramfey and nathan smith re commending a non-complimce with the prayer of the petitioners the houfe con curred mr freeman prefented a petition from johi marlkm and others prnying for the payment of certain bills of credit iffuedbv the united states in march 1780 of which they are holders referred to the committee of claims mr gilhort prefented a petition from lewis h girlam of new york praying for a remillion of duties on certain wines def troyed by the late fire referred to the committee of coni.nerce ami manufactures iv'r a jatkfon prefented a petition from george calvert one of die ch f's of the chickafaw nation complaining of a non performance of ftipulations entered into in take notice all perfons having demands on the fub fcriber are requeited to prefent them for payment : and all thefe indebted to him are deiired to pay their relpective balances he will fell the houfe he now occupies near the county wharf on very reafonable terms alfo a very good aflbrtment of dry goods by whole fale at firlt coft or by retail unul'ually low : isaac cole january 21 n e he will alfo fell feveral trafts of land in this date mid the ftaie of pennfyl vania ran-away a likely negro ud lately the property of mitchell doivns efq j now of mrs alary bryan his name is j o h n ke is of a middle ftature and has a thin vi fage whoever will fecure him fo that he may be got again will be handfomely re warded and all reafonable charges by durant hatch n 15 all perfons are forwarned from harbouring or employing him and matters of velfel and others are particularly cauti oned not to carry him away undo the pe nalty of the law on monday next j'.'tll be publ[fhed and for fule at this office ; hamlltons vs eaton c a * s e lately determined in the circuit court of thb u b respecting british debis i'rn-e jo ccuti