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» >c root or a titc. Hie water rushed
into the lower pon.L and thence pro
« ceded through a forest of heavy tim
lx •*, six miles, to Barton river, carrying
* fi tvti) thi tg it met, and tearing up
1 soil It then look the course of
Barton river, when it proceeded with
he same d* Vacation till it arrived at
dike Moonphretnagog. Although the j
iountry through which it passed is but I
tniidy settled, ycl the dam ige sustained *
i> inunence. Farms, which lay on the ,
banks of Barton l iver, were covered, 10
or 12 f el,with stones timber and earth,
v.ud their owners left in a state ot con
sternation and despair. Two saw mills,
a g*ist milt, blacksmith's shop, rive
fi. fibres, a horse, and a large number
of sheep! See. were swept into the
lake.
The scene it presented was awful.
\Y But mu it have been the sensations,
produced bv the sight of a column of
water, a number ot miles in length, and
30 rods in width, filled with trees and
earth Sc rushing with horrid crush and
thundering sound ; filling up the valies
and levelling the hills in its course J
l he earth for many miles around trem
bled beneath the load. The noise was
beard at a great distance ; the inhab
itants residing on Barton liver, in the
first moments of surprise, supposed it
to be distant thunder j but the cloud
less sKy soon convinced them of their
error, and the increasing sound presen
ted to their affrighted imaginations the
idea of an earthcjuaKe, but a nearer ap
proach of the water discovered the re
;Jitv, but then, aline ignorant of the
cause and extent of so uncommon an
appearance, they Knew not where to
f y for safety. Perhaps the history of
\merica does not record a more extra
ordinary event. No lives were lost.
Letters upon French Influence.
NUMBER VI.
i'j the Peo/Ue of live United States.
Although the writer of these letters lias
come to the conclusion, in his own mind,
that he is under no obligation to keep con
cealed, either the secict documents upon
which Congress have acted, or the secret
debates of that body, yet various considera
tions &ec in to require, previously to enter
ing upon the developeme.it which must
result from such a determination, that cer
tain objections to this course of conduct
should be met and resisted.
Each member of Congress, as the solemn f
duties of his high station, vs' obliged to take •
an oath to support the Constitution of the
United .States. In addition, therefore, to
those powei iolmotives to duty which are ev
er operative uj*on an honourable mind, in
every scene ana situation of life, the man I
who i» called by the people to perform a
part of the great task ot legislation, must
commence his work by calling God to wit
ness that he will at all times support the
constitution from which be derives his pow
er, in us true spirit, and ail us parts. It will
be said that although the letter of this con
stitution only authorises Congress to keep
secret a portion of their “ journals," vet the
fair construction is that their documents
and debates should also remain undivulged.
This must be mere matterol'opinion- One
wiM think the spirit of the constitution is one
thing, another that it is something else, j
To tiie writer it ap;>ears that the spirit of
tiie constitution is publicity, and that the
f»Pv^erto ’ cep even the journal secret, is an J
anomaly in the system. With him this itn* •
i-ortaul consideration derives new force j
tromuhe reflection, that the secret proceed- I
mgs to which he is inclined to direct his J
lust attention respecting the exercise of j
powers peculiarly belonging to the House i
of Representatives, as the guardians of the
public treasure. Could it ever have been
contemplated by the people, during the for
mation ofthi constitution, that l vws should !
be passed with closed doors, laws, too, !
which should iinp< < heavy contributions on *
the public purse ? Lav* wi tch .iiouid dram i
the treasury for which uo mortal
could have 1. uew, at the time ot the j
o.g.uiizavi ,u ot the government ? Laws cal
culated to abandon the high character of .
me nation, rs an independent republic, and j
to convert the people, not only against their *
■will, but without their knowledge, into t
hum de suppliants for favour and mercy at [
the feet oi a foreign power ? j
C »uld t,uch thipgs be, j
Ana overcome us, i.ke a summer a cloua, l
Without oar special w-mJev ?
It is impossible that such can he the spir- |
it of our exce llent frame of government. It l
m a spirit of liberty, not a spirit of despo
tism. U is a spirit of rational limitation, not
:t spirit of indefinite extension. It is a spir
it of Republican h rvour, not a spirit of de
gradation.
Again, it will be said, that although the
letter of this part of the Constitution may
justify the course which is now pursued,
jet the letter of another part of that in*lm
ment is c >ncUi»ive to the contrary. Each
Hou>e may determine the rules of its pro
ceedings," iko. |t will be contended that
the H Hist* of Representatives having estab
1 she 1 certain rules upon this point, and hav
ing thus acted clearly within the purview
of its cons’ nation ;d powers, its act in that
rate *s valid and binding, at .ill times, an l
upon all persons. This object ion lias been
anticipated, and has already been met by
the obvious, and, it is humbly presumed,
unanswerable remark, that the rules of the
House -re binding 11,1011 members only, and
upon them only while they continue mem
bers. The rules arc made tor the purpose j
o* regulating debates atvd decisions. They
are in no s..: «e laws of the bud. It is a 1
rule, that members shall address the Speak
er in a cerum manner 1 it is another that
they shall s;>c:>k in - b c.uous style, and
shall be silenced if tV*v do not; it is arm
ther, that they shall speak but a certain
dumber of time* upon a uueatian ; it is ano
ther, that their votes shall be collected, and
the dec sioa announced, in a particular
for®, Tjcsc, a*.d every other “ idle’*
t *t wan lx mentioned, relate to the ter'fo
t» y regulation of the proceedings of a legis
lative body. S .coni} letely are all these rules
temporaly in their nature and character,that
! each successive house assembles without
« any rule whatever, and ti e Clerk of the r re
[ceding House, himself officially defunct as
’ well as eveiy other member ot that House.
! calls for the votes of the members for a
j Speaker, Lecatise some step must he taken,
! m tlie 11 .vise can never organize itself! The
! “ rules” are to precede the formation of
* “ law>,” and to enable the two Houses to
i rorn» them, but have no binding force upon
a.iv person without the walls of the Capitol,
or be yond the mne for which the members
who make them are elected. Theconsthu
tionai powet to “ punish members for dis
orderly behaviour, and with the concurrence
of two thirds, expel a member,” is connect
ed with the power, to determine “ rules of
proceeding,** and this e mnection shews
clearly dial it was not contemplated that the
rules should operate upon persons other than
members, or upon in*, rubers bevoml the time
for w nich the house should be elected, which
should matte such rules. The letter of the
constitution does not, therefore, enable the
j Hoii^e to do more, in this respect, than de
I termine the iules of its proceedings, that is,
[ the rub s lhat shall govern the House while
i it re maun a House, lhat it shall govern its
proceedings while it exists, and neither tel
ler nor spirit authorises the House to impose
by any such rule, an injunction of stcrecy
upon any individual whatever, upon any sub
ject whatever, bejond the period of its own
constitutional existence.
If these arguments be conclusive, as
to the writer they appear to be, there is noth
ing on the score of duty that can prev ent him
from nuking as full a disclosure of concealed
documents and debates, as he may deem
essential to the great object he has in view.
But duty is one thing, policy another. A
certain sense of decorum and propriety, also,
is always to be regarded. All things that
may be lawful may not be expedient. The
government should be treated with same res
| pect, even when it has ceased to respect it
self. However, as the point of duty has
been made clear, that of policy will only be
incidentally examined in the progress of the
main subject,to the view of which the reader
will be introduced without further delay.
The writer could never for one moment
entertain the ideas of violating his oath to
support the constitution of his country.
Sooner should his arms drop from his shoul
ders, and Iiis tongue become mute forever.
But having given to the Public the reasons
which convince his own mind that he is not
abuut to be guilty of such a violation, he
must act under the impression of a sense of
duty to the cause of Liberty and national
Indedendence, paramount to all other con
sidertions*
jforrign Smelts.
The Spanish papers received at Phil
adelphia, by the London Trader, are re
plete with official advices of skirmishes
with the French, in which the Patriots
appear already to have had the advan
tage.
At Villafranca in Catolonia, a regi
ment of 900 infantry and 20 horses were
attacked by Brigadier Juan Cora, who
forced them to take shelter in the bar
racks at the entrance of the town,
where, after a resistance of two hours,
they surrendered with very considera
ble loss in killed ; amongst the few
wounded on the side of the Patriots,
was the Commander Don Juan Caros,
who was in consequence obliged to sur
render the command to Don Fervasio, "
Pasco, Colonel of Cavalry, who on the
3d of May, followed up their successes
bv attacking a flying column of the en
emy between Espanaguira and Abrera,
of w hich they took 500 prisoners, and
left 400 killed and wounded on the field
of battle, the remainder of the column
which consisted of 1200 men, were
dispersed, and only two hundred got to
Barcelona, of which 50 only were ar
med. Proud of the success obtained
over the enemy at Villafranca and Fs
paeaguira, the Marquis de Campo
Verde determined to lollow it up and
attack the enemy at Manresa, which
was recently under the direction of
Brig. Don Francisco Miter, who suc
ceeded in routing them from their po
sition at Manresa, and pursued them in
their flight to Barcelona, as far as Saba
dcl, where, aitacting them with the j
bayonet, he completely fiuished them—
the result of this action was 500 killed,
among which were twelve officers, and
a woman of the General’s family—899
prisoners including two women, ten offi
cers, three surgeons and the Physician
oithe Army. Genera) Savery tsewped \
with two wounds, alter having his horse j
killed under him.
1 he report adds, that the gaeat num
ber of killed is owing to their having
given no quarters in consequence of the
treachery of the enemy, who having
surrendered twice, on the Patriots com
ing up received them with a close fire.
A remarkable phenomenon is men
tioned in the French papers to have
occurred on the 17th of January on
the mountains in the department of
Piaisancc, where some red snow fell
at the moment when thunder was heard.
The snow that afterwards fell was
! white and red intermixed. A French
j chemist has applied this phvnomonon
j to the explanation of the ancient stor
ies ol a rain of biood, which lie suppos
ts to have been red snow.
| Extract cra letter fron l.undon> dated
the 1 St/i ef A/ay.
“ Last Saturday night’s Gazette eon
! ?sins an Order in cour.cib ordering
capture and condemnation of \vualing
andfishing vessels ol all nations that
exclude Jlritish ship.*Jrom their ports,
jr nations under the ttjiuenie of bona.
parte.” --
Canrz, ma v 3.
Yesterday, the pan tuts oi Madrid,
who had fieri to C adiz and the island
of Leon for rc iuge, celebrated, with
solemn hours, in the Carmelite church,
the remembrance of their illusuious
fellow-citizens, who, on that day two
years, fell victims to the cruelty of the
i’rench, and their own zeal for the ltb
erty of the Nation. 1 he assemblage
of the Ministry, the Members of the
Diplomatic body, the Grandees, Mag
| istrates, Generals, Spanish and English,
{ both of sea and land, and the numerous
j Officers of the three allied Nations,
i Spain, England and Portugal,— the
j martial appearance of the Troops, the
j view of the harbour and opposite shore,
! crowded with innumerable vessels,—
j
! all conspired to render the scenery
I grand, which was heightened by the
arrival, the same morning, of the two
ships of the line, the Algeziras and
1 Asia, fiom Vera Cruz and the Carac
cas, bringing with them 7,000 000 of
dollars and 4,000 joes, sent to our sue
, cor by our brethren in America.
—
A humorous French w riter, in des
cribing the peculiarties of the English,
tells a story of a man who w as going
dowm the Bird cage wralk, in St James
. Park, to drown himself in the canal,
but was stopped in his passage by the
’ centinel, who refused to ltt him go on,
j though much intreated to do it. The
' other, enraged at his disappointment,
flew into a passion and cxclained, that
English liberty was lost forever,
[London fiafier]
Domestic ^intelligence.
FROM THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
A Demo Paper.
“ WASHINGTON, 5th MARCH, 1810.
** It is a consolation to reflect, that the
spirit of the national representative body
is not totally extinct ; and that if it is not
exhibited against the enemies of the coun
try, there is at least a courageous manifes
tation of it against the printers. In ray o
pinion the orators of congress ought to be a
little more tender in this particular ; for
! where is their reputation to be found if it is
not in the newspapers ? Ten years ago the
freedom of the press was considered by the
republicans as the unalt rab e right of the
citizen ; but the patriots who contended
for unlicenced discussion, whilst they were
freezing in the arctic circle of opposition,
are no sooner ripened into the torrid zone
of power by the virtuous energy of the press,
than they depreciate its merits, and cry out
scandal !
** It is not onlv allowable, but it is the in
dispensable duty of a freeman, to investigate
the characters and conduct of those persons
who administer, as well as those who make
the laws by which he is governed ; and
whilst I exercise the l ight and perform the
task with decorum, 1 thank God that it is
not in the power of even the Congress of
the United States to compell me to undergo
an inquisi orial examination at their bar,
except by a gross breach of the Constitut ion.
Without meaning the least disrespect ft»r
that honourable body, I must be permitted
to remark, that th«re appears to be a very
great degree of aptitude in the House of
Representatives to forget that the delegates
of the people are not the people themselves,
and that there is at least one sovereign tribu
nal to which Congress itself ts strictly amen
able for its actions. The time, we must
hope, lias not arrived, when the citizen shall
stand in awe of oppWssion from the usurped
authority of the Representatives Body ;
nor, as Mr. 1 a>lor expresses it, when con
gress convene at the capitol “ to plaster up
characters by legislative acts.”
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at
Washington, dated the 18r/i of June,
“ Our little Navy is now in prepara
tion to sail in two divisions—they will
sail under the command of Rogers and
Decatur to the two extremes of the U
nited States ; there will also be a small
force under the command of captain
Campbell at Charleston.
“ The Heads of Departments will
leave this after the 4th of July.**
PHI LAD. JUNE 23.
A British brig of 14 guns has arri
ved at New-Castle, with 200,000 dol
lars on board, for the Spanish Minister.
The money was originally suit from
Vera Cruz, on board a Spanish ship,
bound to Philadelphia. Being in dis
tress at sea and unable to make this
port, she was fallen in with by the a
bove brig, and had the money put on
board her to be landed here. As all
British an French armed vessels are
excluded from our waters, it is not
known whether the money will be per- ;
mitted to be landed, or the vessel or- |
dered oft’—As it is a ficculiar case, we
should suppose the former. But there
is no knowing what our wise rulers
will do vu the occasion.
_ i
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 28,
Letters have been received by the wife of
Samuel Pray, kite lru.eof the ship I.aco.
U'i, oi this jK'it, dated at 15a)onne, Mart U
16.u, 1810, wherein lie states, he is suiter
ing t v< n ti.ing, but death, hi prisons and
hospitals, and just recovered from a severe
sickness, occosioucd by unwholsome air,
and diet, and close cutifnenieru with which
I he is ktiluiied ; that the merchants who
! own the privateei,which captured the Laco
nfo, are diletmined iiol to jetes-e !..•*’, i.«*r
allow him any assistance, until ll.c money -s
paid or security given tor its payment, wi h
was promised on the release ot the s <ip ;
that he has applied to the American Consul
there for assistance, who ha* atiordedn >th
ing for his relict and that he depends for his
► daily support on charily from American
vessels, which have been carried into
France ; and should they be condemned he
expects no better fate, than to starve in pii
son unless some measures are taken tor Jus
ransom. --
j It is safer for one to steal a horse y than
for another to look over a hedge.
General 1'urheav—The minis
j tfcr of his Imperial Majesty has a seat
near the Emperour’s capital of the
United States, the Imperial city of Bal
timore. As soon as his highness heard
j of the arrangement made by Mr. I rs
| kine, with our government, he kit his
i country seat in a great rage, and wc-m
I sweating and blowing to Washington,
to call our administration loan account
in the name ol his master. He w rote
. a note to Secretary Smith, which, ii re
j port speaks truth, was more insolent,
j overbearing and irritating, than the '
letter of the polite Due cle Candor e, to |
our General at Paris. Mr. Secretary ,
did not fly into a violtnt passion, as in
the case of Mr. Jackson. It was not ^
politic to shew resentment just at that ;
time. 1 lie government did not wish ;
to be rid of General 1 urreatr, not to
offend his master. Mr. Smith was
therefore instructed to have it hinted
to his highness, that he could not an
swer a letter couched in such terms, it
was too harsh for a gentleman — i lieie
were probably some other hints given, j
such as that the arrangement was a
shame and that it would not be ratified ,
I by the British government. The gen- ;
i eral was so far appeased as to withdraw
| his letter, and write another, more a
i greeable to the feelings of our manly
administration. This letter was an
swered and the intercourse continued
as usual. So much for an affront from
Gen. Turreau. The reader is well
j acquainted with the treatment Mr.
| Jackson received for an insult which
has not yet been found. But here the
case was altered. Gen. 1 mreau is a
Frenchman—Mr. Jackson is an Eng
lishman.—A*. Y. li. Post.
The rTrenton Federalist thus aptly notices
the reception tire British MinisHer lately
met with in our metropolis :—
The Brisish Ambassador lies lately paid
a visit to Boston. By the civilized part of
the community he was treated with civility,
and by the savage part, as was to be expec
ted, with brutality.
Extract of a letter from, a father, in the Dis
trict of Maine, to his son, in Baltimore,
dated August 5.
“ Your brother Peter is a prisoner in one
ef the French prisons ; his crime, being
cast away in Cadiz bay, i» the late storm.
He was on board the ship Commerce, Capt
Colburn, of Hollo welt. Should there be
any vessel going from Baltimore to France,
beg the masteV to make inquiry for him.”
Extract of dlecter from jitinafiolh) dated
Jime 26.
“ We have nothing new, except one
of our brigs of war arrived here this
morning from Norfolk ; the captain of
which has gone on to Washington, to
know what is to be done with a French
privateer schooner they have taken pos
session of. Said schr. came in under
pretence of distiess, and landed from
30 to 40 thousand dollars worth oi
merchandize, and is said to have as
much more on boaid. The collector
ordered her out, but the commodore
took possession of her. Said to be last
from Charlston. I hope they will take
as good care of her as Bony has done of
our vessels and cargoes under his
clutches.
®armD,
la this town, by the Rev. khabod Nicholls,
Mr. Benjamin Lunt, to Mifs Ann Clinton —
Henry H. Gurley, Efq. of Halowell, to Mifs
Lucy Goodwin, of Portland.
By the Rev. Mr. Blood, Mr Francis Doug
las to Mifs Susan Ca*kn.
By the Rev. Edward Payfon, Mr. Elra
zer Wyei, to Mils Nancy Warren.
The deaths in Portland in June laft, were,
5—3 adults, 2 chi’ !rea and 1 filicide.
iDortlano &t)ip
July 2—Arrived fchooner Valentine, Hnn
trefs, from St. Barts, with Rum to Mr. Du
rant-July 3—Arrived hark Jane, Crol'»,
from do. with Rum and Molafles to R. Crofs
—fchr. Adventure, Gardner, from Windlor,
(N. C.)-July €—brig Merchant, Gruby,
34 days from St. Ubes, with .Salt to E. Mayo.
Left there, brig Orion, for Newburyporc to
fail 4th June—failed in company with ikip
Francis, M’Lellau, for Portland.
«——■—mmmm——— m ■ —» -— .»■ —— *• ^
Commonwealth of Majfachufetts.
IN SENATE, June 13, 1810.
ORDERED, that the Prefident, Direc
tors and Company of the Penobicot Bank
be requefted to appear before the Legifla
ture on the fecond YVednefday of the
| next fclfion of the prefent General Court,
to fhew caufc, if any they htve, why the
Chatter cf faid Bank Ihould not be de
clared vacated, and that the Report of the
Committee be publiihed in the Xn» Eng
land Palladium, and in the ntw loapers
printed in the D if rift of Mains.
Stnt down for concurrence,
il. G. O TiS, Pf flidtut.
f
.Vo. of Am-oj
Shares* &«***
the
William Orav, 471
Samuel Parkin an, 100
Thos. JL Wintfuop, 100
Samuel Spear, 50
John Crt lbv, 76
Mafon Shaw, 89 ‘S ^
Stephen Peabody, 85 ^
John Lee, 114 11,4'
Silag Lee, 60 6’ca
Joieph Lee, 4,'>\
Ala Peabody, 46 *'
John Ben fan, 40
George Odiorne, 33
Molts 3c Amos Patten* 20
Bridge Sc Wi/liaras, 04
Samuel Thatcher, 15
Caleb B. Hall, 14
John Crtdby, jun. 3° J v.n
Jofi ih Hook, A
William Abbot, 6
Daniel Buck, 3 xJJ
Samuel Butlct, 6
Geifliura Fiagg, ^ ^
Dli:/7’6r0
It pears by the bool^ ^
that the Diicdota have declare** ha*
ly dividends ot all the protits r:i ’ ^
iniums and intered of fa id Bank up ^ I
fixteei.ih day of December Uui w f |
Inft dividend wa=> made, except*'1?
*.►:ancc, which was the intcret *l
on the ttocfc notes from the I'Xtf*
of December, A. IX eighteen hr
fcveti, to the fifumtn day ot ■j], 1
teen hundred and eight t4 I
was in virtue of an older to m * I
tors to the Cafhier. of the *i.dv
fumed, directing him not to ca . ^ ^
on the dock notes t.• m the I-’ " t’ ,
and jaha^uu Shaw, L%*
In the Houfe of Rep?efu»lati<\
idio.
Head amt concurred
PEKFZ MORTON,'^
A true copy—Afteft,
N. COrFlN, Clerk of the Senate
To the Honorable Senate and Houfi 0f p
refentatives of the Cammmnaeeltb ‘u
Maffachufettsstn General Court afemilr
I HE Committee appointed b, „ r
A of the Legiflature at their ftflior
January laft, to “ examine the dnnffSr
the Penobfcot Bank/’ have attend u
that fervice, and beg leave to fubirit *
following
REPORT ;—
That it appears from the bools of f4v
Bank, that on or before the fifteenth^
of June, in the yeas of our Lord ,
thoufand eight hundred and (»;;, theS:oel
holders depoftfed in the vault; of "faid
k venty-five thoufand dollar: in lbtcie V
being one hall of tlie c«*{ ia! ftock of fL
Bank, agreeably to the chute- t;lt,CQt.
and that on the twentieth day of d.c fir.*
month, the holders oi twelve hundred ^
feventy-three (baresof (aid flock,
loans from faid Bank to the amount of (; !
ty-threc thoufand lix hundred a fid
dollars, and gave their levcral notes to
the Prefldcnt and Directors of laid
and, at the lame time, made a eoco,tioc4'
afiignment of their fevtral fhares tliertm
to the Prefidtr.t and Dirt&ors, a 0.
ral fecurity for the payment of their f<.vm’
notes ; and that afterwards, between tii
faid twentieth day of June and thetwem
ty third day of September of tL i,.».
year, t he holders of one hundred and f,a.
y-feven other ihares in the flock of h d
l?ank, cbtained Io ns from laid Backt>
the amount of niru bouland thr e hun
dred and fifty dollars, and gave tlict, U
erai notes to the Prctident and Unction,
with a conditional alignment < f their ro
fpedive (baits as collattcral fecurity
aforefaid. It alio further apptajg bv ft*
books of faid Corporation, that the LV
rectors thereof ordered that the further
fum ol feventy five thoufand dollars
be paid by the llockholdtrs into thev,uies
of faid Hank, on or before the l:x:«entb
day of December, in the year of our Lord
one thoufand tight hundred and fix. and
that the fame was paid in accord?*
the payment was principally : a : i*i»| |
of the Bank, ar.d cur re ; *
the Directors declare. It : - p.
pears by laid Books, that the! k,
the fame fixteeth day cf DtCehibc;, :x::J
the holders of ttocke hundred and ».,**•
four (hares in laid Bank, tlie ameui.t i
one hundred and twenty-eight tbor,f.»*i
and four hundred d«>llaia, and took their
refpeftive notes, with a conditional
meet of their rdpe drive tharcs as collating
(ccurily as afortlaid ; by naans of ubui
loan, it appears that there were cancrlW
of the faid ftock notes, previotilly giwv,
the amount of 1'ixty-four thouftr.d anil
two hundred dollars. Tt nlfo appears,that
on the fix? - e nth day of June, in f't year
of oui Lord one inoutand eight hur.drwt
and feven, the laid (or.ns to ltoc :..:crs,
on ftock fecurity, were increafe-d to ^ j
hundred and for;v-nine thoufand and t*«
4
hundred dollars ; an a on the fifteenth da?
of December, of the lame year, the ud
loans to Oockholders, on ftock fecurity*
were lurther mcreaftd to the fumtfoue
huudicd and forty-nine thoufand and few
hundred dollars, and was continued i»
that amount, being renewed every fix
months, until about the middle of Sep
tember, A. D. eighteen hundred and nine*
when it appeals that one half the amount
of the aforefaid (lock loans on feven hui
dted and eighteen Ihares, being the fum «
feventy-one thoufand t ig lit hundred dd
lars, was paid into faid Bank ; and ontto
fixteeuth day of December, of the
year, there was a renewal ot ftocklioldrn
notes on ftock fecurity, to the a mount of
feven hundred and leventy fix (hares, beK
the, fum of lever,ty-feven thoufand fix hun
dred dollars, which faid lalt meotiomii
notes remain in the vaults ot the Baiik r
this time. W i
Your committee alfo find, that the
of faid Bank appears, by the books,to f*
held by, and the (lock notes due from tfe
feveral perfons hereafter nanx d, in the pu'
portion and fum* let agaiaft th*-ir ival#i>
to wit