INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. ALLEGHENYTOWN. Lead Factory-Messrs. Charlton & Co. are erecting an extensive lead factory which is in a state of forward ness. This town has recently been incorporated; and as a pleasant recess from the business and bustle of the city,it Vineyard-John Towne, Esq. has made provision for is equalled by no village in the vicinity of Pittsburgh. the cultivation of an extensive vineyard; and with a view The surrounding prospect is truly delightful: particu- to this object, hehas laid out his grounds on a plan equallarly, the scenery formed by the junction of the Alleghe-ly novel and beautiful, that, proper attention being paid ny and the Monongahela, the Ohio in its incipient stage, to it, cannot fail of enabling him to realize his utmost its regular curvature, the vista extending from the bridge to the termination of the bend, the valleys, and the indented hills, constitutes a landscape on which the eye rests with the luxury of vision. We notice this view minutely, because it is one which travellers and visitants mark out as peculiarly attractive. Buildings.-There has been erected within the corporate limits of Alleghenytown, during the last 6 months 64 buildings, and the foundations for many more are already laid. Interesting Assemblage.-Below the Allegheny bridge, on the bank of the river, fronting the city, and included within the corporation of Allegheny town, there are twelye dwelling-houses, some of which are elegant, situated in the midst of a romantic scenery, and within a neighboring distance of each other, owned and occupied by the following gentlemen who pursue their respective professions and avocations in the city:-Mr. M'Clean, a printer; Mr. Loomis, a bookseller and stationer, Mr. Carpenter a book binder; Mr. Savoury, an engraver; Mr. Nelson, a painter; Mr. Mollineux, an engraver; Mr. Milwaine, coach-maker; Mr. Snowden, printer, with whom also lives his son, Wm. M. Snowden, Esq. attorney at Law; Mr. Vendegrift, a carpenter; Mr. Woods a carpenter; Mr. Fitzimmons, a merchant; and the Rev. Mr. Kerr. wishes. The gentlemen who compose the Common Council of this borough, are entitled to all praise for the exertions they are making to improve it. The time is not far distant, when they will witness, as, in a good measure, the fruits of their efforts, large accessions of popu lation, wealth, and refinement. BIRMINGHAM. Glass Works. These works are carried on by F. Wendt & Co. and are known by the name of the Birmingham Glass Works. This concern manufactures 400 boxes of glass per month. Air Foundry.-This foundry has lately been erected by Mr. Jacob Hartman, who has made provisions for doing a large business. Lock Manufactory.-This establishment is owned by Messrs. J. & J. Patterson, and is the most extensive one of the kind in the west. The locks manufactured by this company, are equal, if not superior, to any made in any other part of the United States. The concern is now erecting an Air Foundry for the manufacture of brass and iron cast ware, on a large scale. Western Theological Seminary-Active preparations We have seldom seen a more practical illustration of are being made for the erection of this edifice. The internal improvement, than what we witnessed a few elevated site on which it is to be built, commands a full days ago in Market street. An ox wagon stopped at the view of the city, the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, house of Faris & Co. from the hind part of which was and a large extent of country. When completed it taken an unusually fat calf; together with sundry other will be 150 feet in length, and three stories in height, articles of marketing, and from the fore part, one hunto which, provision will be made for the addition of dred and twenty pieces of blue and mixed cassinetts, all wings, if found necessary. It would have been difficult from the farm and manufactory of A. & J. Murphy, to select a more eligible situation in the West for this Fleece Dale. We look upon such signs as better calcuSeminary, than the one determined upon; and from the lated to please the true philanthropist and patriot, than exertions manifested in the preparations for its erection, all the political ones that have of late appeared, from we are led to believe that it will be completed in a short-the Chatahooche, to the Kennebec. er period than was expected when its location was decided upon by the General Assembly. The Rev. Dr. Janeway, Professor of Theology, arrived sometime since with his family. Pittsburgh Cotton Factory.-This is a new factory nearly completed, owned by Messrs, Blackstock, Bell, and, Co. pleasantly situated opposite the city, a short distance from the western termination of the Allegheny bridge. It is four stories high including the basement story which is built of stone; the rest is brick work. The dimensions are 158 feet by 48, and when completed, it will contain from 8 to 10 thousand spindles, together with a proportion of power looms. The machinery is in a forward state, and the building will be ready to receive it in the month of October, or November. Among the many recent improvements and accommodations of our city, we notice a stand for hacks at the corner of Third and Wood streets. The novelty is pleasing, and the general appearance both of horses and carriages, is highly creditable to the enterprising ownWe wish them success.-The Hesperus. ers. 2 Peter Hay 1830 Matthias Morris 1832 Jacob Drumbeller 1832 John Ryan 1829 *Thomas Jackson 1832 John Leech 1829 Eben Smith Kelly 1830 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Philadelphia City-Wm. Lehman, William Boyd, Benjamin S. Bonsall, Henry Simpson, Wm. Duncan, D. S. Hassinger. Philadelphia County-Benjamin Martin, Wm. Binder David Snyder, Michael Riter, J. Hergesheimer. John Folkrod, Thomas J. Heston. Bucks-James Horner, Jacob Clymer, Chas. Lombart, James Wilson. Delaware. Edward Siter. Chester-John Morgan, Isaac Trimble, Robert Miller, Dr, S. McClean. Lancaster-Benj. Champneys, John Forry, jr. Henry Haines, sen. Nathaniel F. Lightner, Henry Hostetter, James A. Caldwell. York-Michael Doudel, Stephen T. Cooper, Thomas Cumberland-Peter Lobaugh, Wm. Alexander. Berks and Schuylkill-Philip A. Good, Thomas J. Lehigh-W. C. Livingston, Geo. Miller. Union-Ner Middlesworth, John Drisbach. Westmoreland--George Farrell, Benjamin Byerly, James Long. Indiana, Armstrong and Jefferson-Joseph Rankin, Fayette-Samuel Evans, S. G. Kreps, J. Fuller. Dauphin--John Roberts, W. Lauman. Lebanon-Peter Shindle, Peter Wolfersberger. Luzerne and Susquehannah-Garrick Mallery, George Dennison, Isauc Post. Bradford-John Laporte. Huntingdon-John Blair, John Owens. Allegheny and Butler-Ross Wilkins, Jas. Powers, Mifflin-Ephraim Banks, John Patterson. Somerset and Cambria-John Phile and John Geb bart. Lycoming, Tioga, Potter and M'Kean-Solomon Bastress, Curtis Parkhurst. Green-Barnet Whitlach. Adams-James M'Sherry, Thomas Stevens. Centre and Clearfield-Thomas Hastings and Henry Crawford and Venango-J. Galbraith. Those in Italic are Administration men. Expeditious Travelling.-The passengers that left N. York by the Union Despatch Line, on Saturday, November 1st, arrived at Philadelphia, in the steamboat Burlington, at 4 o'clock and 52 minutes, making the short passage of 8 hours and 52 minutes. Printed every Saturday morning by William F. Ged des, No. 59 Locust street, Philadelphia; where, and at the Editor's residence, in North 12th st. 3d door south of Cherry st. subscriptions will be thankfully received. Price five dollars per annum payable in six months after the commencement of publication-and annually, thereafter, by subscribers resident in or near the city, or where Those names with are new members. Those with there is an agent. Other subscribers pay in advance. † are re-elected THE REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA. DEVOTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF EVERY KIND OF USEFUL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STATE. VOL. II.-NO. 18. EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD. PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 15, 1828. NO. 46. EXPULSION OF CONGRESS FROM PHILADEL-ed by the disorderly and menacing appearance of a body PHIA. of armed soldiers about the place within which Congress were assembled, and the peace of this city being endangered by the mutinous disposition of the said troops in the barracks, it is, in the opinion of Congress, necessary that effective measures be immediately taken for supporting the public authority. der that further and more effectual measures may be Some months subsequent to the signing of the preliminary articles of Peace, General Greene, in order to spare the Pennsylvanians the fatigues of a tedious march, and to save expense to the United States, engaged a | letter of marque belonging to Rhode Island, to transport two companies of that line to Philadelphia. A change Resolved, That the committee, on a letter from colonel of climate being considered as necessary to the rc-es- Butler, be directed to confer, without loss of time, with tablishment of my health, which was at that period much the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, on the impaired, I obtained permission to embark with them, practicability of carrying the preceding resolutions into promising to await the General's arrival in that city, effect; and that in case it shall appear to the committee where he expected to have much business to transact that there is not a satisfactory ground for expecting adewith Congress. We arrived at a most important mo- quate and prompt exertions of this state for supporting ment. As our troops disembarked, a considerable num-the dignity of the federal government, the president on ber of mutineers of their own line, from Lancaster, sur-the advice of the committee be authorised and directed rounded the Hall of Congress, demanding the prompt to summon the members of Congress to meet on Thurssettlement of their accounts, and threatening vengeance day next at Trenton or Princeton, in New Jersey, in orin case of refusal, or even an attempt to procrastinate the consideration of their claims. It was my misfortune to witness this outrage, and to find, that too many of the men, who had returned with honour from the south, forsook their officers to join the disaffected, and support their unwarrantable proceedings. Violence was now increased to so high a pitch, that General Hamilton, at the time a member of the National Legislature, having fruitlessly endeavoured, by expostulation, to subdue the wrath of the revolters, and moderate the extravagance of their demands, joined his colleagues in the Hall of their deliberations, and calmly advised them "to think of eternity, since he confidently believed, that within the space of an hour, not an individual of their body would be left alive:" The supineness of the authorities of the state, under these circumstances, was the cause of general astonishment. It was said, that Gen. Reed, and many distinguished military characters, indignant at the treatment offered to the National Representatives, strongly urged the calling out of the militia, volunteering their services, and pledging themselves, by a decisive blow, to restore tranquillity. Governor Dickenson, however, was determined to avoid violent measures; and as danger was inseparable from delay, Congress, during the night, left the city for Princeton. The mutineers, with increasing insolence, now threatened to take the law into their own hands, and to satisfy their claims from the Congress conceived the dignity of the union somespoils of the Bank. The menace at once electrified what touched upon by the appearance of an armed body every bosom; and it appeared every man's concern, to not under command, and as measures were not so immerender the threat abortive. The whole city were in-diately entered into by the state for preventing it, as stantaneously in arms, and in a few hours, the insurgents Congress conceived the dignity, (not the danger) of the were either dispersed or prisoners. To their honour it case required, they adjourned their next meeting to should be known, that Major James Hamilton of the Princeton. 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, (recently arrived from the army of General Greene,) and Captain Bond, who commanded the troops from the south, immediately landed, used every exertion to check these disgraceful proceedings, till frenzy increased to such a height, that to save them from assassination, their friends compelled them to retire. [Garden's Anecdotes of the Revolutionary War Resolutions of Congress. June 21, 1783. Resolved, That the president and supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, be informed that the authority of the United States having been this day grossly insultVOL. II. 35 A number of soldiers, about three hundred, of the Pennsylvania line, with their arms, and without their officers, assembled at the State House, where Congress and the Executive Council of Pennsylvania sit; but it was on a day (Saturday) which Congress do not sit; and they were adjourned from the evening before until Monday. The intended application of the men was to the Executive Council, and not to Congress; and perhaps their coming with their arms is to be attributed to their never having gone without them, or that they wore them only as ensigns of their services, and not with any hostile intention towards any body, much less towards Congress, who had proceeded even to a degree of anxiety in recommending and expressly pressing on the several states, the adoption of measures for the reward of the army. Our correspondent concludes, with remarking, that if the king of England was to withdraw every time he conceives himself affronted, he would long before now have been in Hanover; but he is used to them. And it is very remarkable, that our American tumults (if they may be called tumults,) are the most orderly, quiet, harmless and peaceable, of any in the world. We are now as still again as ever. [Pennsylvania Packet. By his Excellency ELIAS BOUDINOT, Esq. President of the United States in Congress assembled. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a body of armed soldiers in the service of the United States, and quartered in the barracks of this city, having mutinously renounced their obedience to their officers, did, on Saturday the twenty-first day of this instant, proceed, under the direction of their serjeants, in a hostile and threatening manner to the place where Congress was assembled, and did surround the same with guards: And whereas, Congress in consequence thereof, did on the same day resolve," That the President and Supreme Executive Council of this state should be informed, that the authority of the United States, having been, that day, grossly insulted by the disorderly and menacing appearance of a body of armed soldiers, about the place within which Congress were assembled; and that the peace of this city being endangered by the mutinous disposition of the said troops then in the barracks; it was, in the opinion of Congress, necessary, that effectual measures should be immediately taken for supporting the public authority:" And also, whereas Congress did at the same time, appoint a committee to confer with the said President and Supreme Executive Council on the practicability of carrying the said resolution into due effect; and also, whereas the said committee have reported to me, that they have not received satisfactory assurances for expecting adequate and prompt exertions of this state for supporting the dignity of the federal government: And also, whereas, the said soldiers still continue in a state of open mutiny and revolt, so that the dignity and authority of the United States would be constantly exposed to a repetition of insult, while Congress shall continue to sit in this city. I do therefore, by and with the advice of the said committee, and according to the powers and authorities in me vested for this purpose, hereby summon the Honourable the Delegates composing the Congress of the United States, and every of them, to meet in Congress on Thursday the 26th of June, instant, at Princeton, in the state of New Jersey, in order that further and more effectual measures may be taken for suppressing the present revolt, and maintaining the dignity and authority of the United States, of which all officers of the United States, civil and military, and all others whom it may concern, are desired to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly. executive council of Pennsylvania, through their dele- Ordered, That it be entered on the journal. The committee to whom were referred the letters and papers communicated to Congress by the executive council of Pennsylvania, through their delegates, report, That they had a conference yesterday, as directed, with the supreme executive council, in which, in the first instance, the propriety of calling out a detachment of militia to intercept the mutineers on their march from Lancaster, was proposed to the council, suggest ing the danger of their being suffered with impunity to join the troops in the barracks, who a few days before had manifested a dangerous spirit by an insolent and threatening message sent to Congress in the name of a board of serjeants, and who it was apprehended would be ready to make common cause with those on their march for mutinous purposes. That the council having shown a reluctance to call out any part of the mili tia, expressing an opinion that they would not be willing to act, till some outrage should have been committed by the troops: there appeared to the committee no alternative but to endeavour to dissuade the mutineers from coming to town, and if they failed in that attempt, to make use of expedients to prevent the troops in the barracks from joining in any excesses, and to induce the detachment from Lancaster to return to that place. That in this view, and at, their desire, the assistant secretary at war met the detachment then on its march to the city, and endeavoured to engage them to return to the former place, urging the considerations contained in the annexed instructions to him, but the said detachment persisted in their intention of coming to this city, and arrived here this morning. That upon conferring with the superintendent of finance, they find there is a probability that the paymaster general, to whom the Given under my hand and seal at Philadelphia, settlement of the accounts of the army has been com in the state of Pennsylvania, this twenty-mitted, and who having all the documents in his pos fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord session, can alone execute the business with propriety, one thousand seven hundred & eighty-three, will shortly arrive from the army, and will immediately and of our sovereignty and independence the enter upon a settlement with the troops in this state; that in the mean time measures will be taken to prepare the business for a final adjustment. That there will immediately be sent to Lancaster, a sum of money to be paid to the troops on account of the month's pay here tofore directed to be advanced to them, the payment of which has hitherto been delayed by particular circumstances, together with notes for three months pay, intended to be advanced to the men when furloughed. That they have desired this information to be transmit ted to the commanding officers here, and at Lancaster, with this declaration, that the corps stationed at Lancaster, including the detachment, can only be settled with or paid at that place. seventh. ELIAS BOUDINOT. Attest-SAMUEL STERETT, Private Secretary. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Princeton. Tuesday, July 1, 1783. On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Ellsworth, and Mr. Bland, to whom was referred a motion of Mr. Hamilton. Resolved, That Major General Howe be directed to march such part of the force under his command, as he shall judge necessary, to the state of Pennsylvania, in order that immediate measures may be taken to confine and bring to trial all such persons belonging to the army as have been principally active in the late mutiny, to disarm the remainder, and to examine fully into all the circumstances relating thereto. That in the execution of the foregoing resolution, if any matters shall arise which may concern the civil jurisdiction, or in which its aid may be necessary, application be made for the same to the executive authority of the state. That the executive of Pennsylvania be informed of the foregoing resolutions, and requested to afford their assistance whensoever the same shall be required. The committee, consisting of Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Ellsworth, and Mr. Peters, to whom were referred a letter of the 17th June, from colonel R. Butler, at Lancaster, and sundry papers communicated to Congress by the SIR, The instructions to Major Jackson. Information having been received, that a detachment of about eighty mutineers, are on their way from Lancaster to this place, you will please to proceed to meet them, and to endeavour by every prudent method to engage them to return to the post they have left. You will inform them of the orders that have been given, permitting them to remain in service till their accounts shall have been settled, if they prefer it to being furloughed, and of the allowance of pay which has been made to the army at large, and in which they are about to be included. You will represent to them that their accounts cannot be settled without their officers whom they have left behind them at Lancaster. You will repre sent to them with coolness but energy, the impropriety of such irregular proceedings, and the danger they will Your most obedient Servant, A. HAMILTON, Philadelphia, June 19, 1783. The committee, consisting of Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Ellsworth, appointed on the 21st of June, to confer with the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, on the practicability of taking effectual measures to support the public authority, having delivered in a report: Ordered, That it be entered on the journal. "The committee appointed to confer with the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, on the practicability of taking effectual measures to support the public authority, in consequence of the disorderly and menacing appearance of a body of armed soldiers surrounding the place where Congress were assembled, on Saturday the 21st instant, beg leave to report; That posed to do every thing in their power to support its The council observed that they thought it their duty to communicate their expectations with candour, and passed from the subject of the practicability of vigorous measures to the policy of them. They stated that General St. Clair, with the approbation of several members of Congress and of council, had, by a declaration in writing, permitted the mutineers to choose a committee of commissioned officers to represent their grievances to council, and had authorised them to expect that a conference would be allowed for that purpose. That it was said the mutineers began to be convinced of their error, and were preparing submissions. That from the steps which had been taken, the business seemed to be in a train of negotiation; and that it merited consideration, how far it would be prudent to terminate the matter in that way rather than employ coercive means. The committee remarked with respect to the scruple about giving an answer in writing, that they could not forbear differing in opinion as to its propriety. That nothing was more common than written communications between the executives of the different states, and the civil and military officers acting under the authority of the United States; that for a much stronger reason there was a propriety in this mode of transacting business between the council and a committee of the body of Congress. That indeed it would be conformable to the most obvious and customary rules of proceeding, and that the importance of the present occasion made it desirable to give every transaction the greatest precision. That they had a conference the morning following with the supreme executive council, agreeably to the intention of Congress, and having communicated their resolutions on that subject, informed the council, that Congress considered the proceeding on which that resolution was founded, of so serious a nature, as to render palliatives improper, and to require that vigorous measures should be taken to put a stop to the further pregress of the evil; and to compel submission on the part of the offenders. That in this view they had thought it expedient to declare to the executive of the state in which they reside, the necessity of taking effectual measures for supporting the public authority. That though they had declined a specification of the measures which they would deem effectual, it was their sense, that a number of the militia should be immediately called out sufficient to suppress the revolt. That And with respect to the policy of coercion, the comCongress unwilling to subject the United States to a re-mittee remarked, that the measures taken by Congress petition of the insult, had suspended their ordinary deliberations in this city, till proper steps should be taken to provide against the possibility of it. With respect to the practicability of employing the militia, the committee observed, that this was a point of which the council was alone competent to judge. That the duty of the committee was performed in explicitly signifying the expectations of Congress. clearly indicated their opinion, that the excesses of the mutineers had passed the bounds within which a spirit of compromise might consist with the dignity, and even the safety of government, That impunity for what had happened might encourage to more flagrant proceed The council, after some conversation, informed the committee, that they would wish, previous to a determination, to ascertain the state and disposition of the mili-ings, invite others to follow the example and extend the tia, and to consult the officers for that purpose. The day following the committee waited upon the council for their final resolution, having previously presented a letter addressed to his excellency the president, of which a copy is annexed, requesting the determination of the Council in writing. mischief. That the passiveness of conduct observed towards the detachment which had mutinied at Lancaster, and come to the city in defiance of their officers, had, no doubt, led to the subsequent violences. That these considerations had determined Congress to adopt decisive measures. That besides the application to the state in which they reside, for its immediate support, they had not neglected other means of ultimately executing their purpose, but had directed the commander in chief to march a detachment of troops towards the city. That whatever moderation it might be prudent to exercise towards the mutineers, when they were once in the power of government, it was necessary, in the first instance, to place them in that situation. That ConThat the Council had a high respect for the represen-gress would probably continue to pursue this object untative sovereignty of the United States, and were dis- less it should be superseded by unequivocal demonstra The council declined a written answer, alleging that it had been unusual on similar occasions; that they were unwilling to do any thing which might appear an innovation in the manner of conducting conferences between their body and committees of Congress; adding. however, that they were ready to give their answer in writing, if Congress should request it. They then proceeded to a verbal answer, in substance as follows: |