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F'R!*, PCT. 2 %
P epa^ati r.s arc making for an!
»* iu aufp cious to the hopes oi
fraud and ihe world — M Uuboi,
is ppotntcd Arroutherto the Lm
prets, aod Madame the Counted
tie Xhnttfquiiu (one of the ancient
Ir bility) 'Jovernels to the Children
oj frame.
VIENNA, CCT 6.
The Emperor of Aujiria has con
c'uded a convention with the Em
peror Napoleon, by which cur Em
p ror engages to furnifh 80,000 men *
for the lervice of trance. Count
Hfeternick who has negotiated it is
exnected h-re to-morrow. I he Em
v i
peror Napoleon has prefented the
court a fervice of plate of the value
of jOOjQGo francs.
HELSINGBURG, OCT. 20.
Hi< Royal Highncfs, the Crown
Prit ce \_Ue*nadette"] landed here this
aueinoon under a lalute from all the
batteries, He embarked at IVihourg,
in HoiJtein% and pafied the Cattagat
to Zealand hi fight cf 500 fail of En
gl fh merchantmen, and to fail of
£nglifh armed vefT-ds. From Zeal
and he crofted the Sound in fafe
ty.
RIGA, OCT 6.
Count Gortorp, Ex-ICing of Swe
den, lias arrived here from St. Peters
burg Previous to Ius departure
he addrefsed a letter to the King
and Diet of Sweden, wherei.i he up
braids them with their recent
choice of a Crown Piince, which
be terms ignominious and dif
gracefu! in the big hell degree, and
rowfigns the Government to eternal
oblivion anil contempt, ae unworthy <
the confideration cf their luv.tul ;
Monarch.
I ONDON, OCT. 29—3I, I
The LoTds of the Admiralty have
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informed ihe pub ic of the great iu
ertafeof the enemy's privateers in
the channel and North Sea ; and
that new orders have been given tor
the protection of trade therein,
l be return of Mr. Canning and
Lord MDMruTH to the Mimrtry is
ftiil expected.
The Ministry have determined to
ror.fider Lucien Bmaparte a prison
er of war *, and he and his family
are to be brought to England imme
diately.
A violent ~a’e of wind hat been
experienced in tie Bay of Bifcy,
and (Irong bars are entertained iof
the fafety cf thevcileU and perions
engiged in an expedition from Cor
round to the Sparufh places he’d by
the French cn the Bay.
Letters w re ydlerday obtained
from Bordeaux ft the date of the
17th cf this month. By thefe we
learn that 5000 troops, 2000 of them
Dutch, had entertained that place
between the 12th Oct, and the day
on which the letter was written.
A paragraph, in the Paris M:ni.
tuer, Ua'es, that Gen I).oner, with
the troops under his command,
which is an entire corps of the
French, is proceeding te Almeida,
to ktep open MaiLna's communi
cations in the rear—in fret, to co
operate with Mailer a in any manner
he may have occafion for.
The Trench Emp ror has iflufd a
decree permitting the importation in
to France of Colonial Produce row
in Hotftein, which may b? ?h; car
goes of vdiets captured by the Danes
provided hov -wr that on entrv at
Hamburg the new duties (hall be paid
thereon, and that the declarations
rt ih.e fadts lhonld be made at Ham
burg before i\rv 1.
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Ir is fitted in letters from Holland,
that no hi% than fix teen French
Courets were imprisoned at liavon
t\r f >r 1 av;i,4 refufed to proceed to
the arrp'es in hnaiti and Pottuza1
with rifosrchfs — Hazily one md.
* , *
ion* »r onr of ux, who takes the
rout of the V.Tctl:in Pyrenees, h
known to arrive at his d.«uir<a
V ,
t ion*
An Oftrsr of high rank at Malta, I
i- r porlcJ r»> rare fallen in Jura
with the eidwd daughter of I.uum
i£?l r.f,
Lx train cf a Utter from the majler »f
a veffel belonging to Providence, da
ted Marfeities (France J Septem
ber I 2.
“ Ycfterday I received the con
demnation of my vciicl and cargo.
The reafn ajfgied was that ice were
Americans.—bincc my arrival here,
I have had the mortification to fee
eight of my countrymen, that be
longed to tjiebrig Burnet, of Boflon,
chained and fent to prifon ; two of
the number w ere the hrfl and fecond
mates, but they were chained arm
and arm with the Tailors, marched
through the ibeets of Marfeilles to
gaol, where they had nothing but
bread and water except what I fent
them from on board my veffel. —Our
conful denied them protection, but
after repeated applications and
threats from the American gentle
men here he faid that he would do
fomething for them ” j
Baggy aj'.p
The Britiffi packet I^ord Hobart,
failed with defpatches for England
on the 13th intt. from Newyoric.
Cumberland (T—
T aken by Executions and to be fid at
Public AuFlions cn Mondays the 28tb
day of January next, at 11 o'clock
in the forenoons at the A ret inn R'cm
fj timothy Fletchers Exchange Street
Portlands all the in equity cf redan/•
t:on% which Daniel Gammon his in
redeeming the three following df rib
ed pieces of mortgaged real estate
J\t anted in the town cf Gorham.) hour;-1
FALMOUTH, OCT. 25.
1 he Queen Charlotte packet
wi ic\ failed from hence on rite 15th
irritant, with mails for America, n et
a heavy gale of wind on the 22d. in
which Ihe was difmafted, and met
oilier ferious damage.
Letters from L indon of the 26th
and 31 it of Oct. mention that they
were anxioufly waiting to know what
the lirfl ot Nov would bring f. urih.
No decided opinion was f.rmed
whether the Orders in Council
would be repealed or not. Some
who had for a time thought th y
might be repealed, now incline to!
a contrary opinion. Vety little;
ielijnce was placed on the repeal',
of the Berlin and Milan Dtcrces. j
The only knowledge or intimation of
the repeal feemed to be derived ]
from the Duke of Cadore’t i«ter.
The Duties agreeablv to the
French Decree of Aug 5, will be
levied on all colonial prOviuce found
in any port of the North ; thofe of
Ruflij, for the prefent, only excep
ted. |
aca as f outwsi viz— »
rT*HE fit# p ace lying on the eaCcr*/CJe of
the Jp,ir rtJd read, lead ug from the coumy
road by jaiues Phiuey’s jnn. to Queen Greet,*
fo called, iu Gorham.beginning ar the fouth- •
wefterly corner of faid land a d on the north-;
weft comer of land owned by the R#r Ca- j
le'» Jewett ; thence running northerly cn faid
f< ur rod road, 13 degrees weft, until it ccme*
to land owned by Barnabas Bangs} thence
running eaftcr'y JS degees north on laid*
Baugh* land until it comes to land owned by
the fail Daniel; theuce foutherly 18 deg-ce«
eaft, until it come* to land owned by Jofcn
Gammon; thence weft 18 degrees, fouih 44.
rod* ou faid John’s land; thence fou*h 13
dtgrees cart, 144 rods to land owned by the
fatcl Jewett; thence weft >5 degree* on faid
Jewett’s land, until it com** fo the northweft
co Of-r of his five au-r* lor—thence fouth 13
decrees weft on faid Jrwett’e land, until it.
cone* to a thirty acre lor, formerly owned by
Lemuel Jones, row owned by the f id Jewett ;
thence wet* thirteen iouth, to the Koucd- firft
mentioned, fee record of a deed from Jofeph
Gamnr a, to laid Daniel G/mmon Book 32,
page 383 yf6#—
Ore other tract or parcel of land (hunted
in laid Gorham, it bemg the fame where the
faid Darnel Gammon new live*, i* part of the
ion acre lot, No. 46, bounded pi follows, vlg —
Beginning at the foutheaft comer of the 30
acre iot. No 93. owned by Thomas Bang*—
theuce cad J3 drg-rrs no’-th on the line of
f*id JOG acre 'ot, until it corner'.o horn Veef
road—thence fcu berly 30, to acrofs faid 100
acre lot—thettee weft I 3 degrees fouth on the
line thereof until it come* to the corner of J v
fepli Gammon’* 100 acte lot, No. 44—thence
north 13 weft, PO rod. more cr Icf*. tc the ft ft
hound* —fee record of a deed, from laid
f.-pik Gammon,to faid Daniel Gtmtnnd, re
cords in Kegifter’s Book 57, page 272.
Alts—One o'her tract or parcel of land ly
ipg tu faid Gorham.c r.tainiug byeftlmat'on.
thirteen and a third ac e* more or lef —Boon
«d x* fo tr *’«, viz,—Beginning at a large pine
(lump, finding near the road Iradirg from
the dwelling It rule of William Gorham,Ffq
to Horfe-beef, In called, on the weflerly fide
thereof, and about one rod from fa;d road—
} cun thence wefl *3 degrees fou’.h to (behind
I el ngmg lo Jofeph Gimmoo, aforefaid—
t.ierce northerly, thereby, to laud improved
by Daniel Gammon aforelaid—thence tafteily
'be cby.to the two rod road reading as aloie
ibid—thence fouiberlv thereby, til] it comer
abrt-afl of laid pme flump —thence thereto the
bou .d# firth mectioHeJ—faid land being the
northwederly corner of the 100 acre lot, No
4S—fee record of a deed from ThomaaBanga
to faid Dune! Gammon, as recorded in Re
gi lit r’e IViok 58, page 812.
JOSEPH M. GRRRISII, D. Zle-iJ.
Pj* Ej*J, D'. tflhtf 22, 1810,
Messrs. Newton, Mitcrull, Cutis,
Pitkin, M'Kiin, Seybert and Bibb. i
Committee of Way 1 and Means.
Messrs Eppcs, \V. Alston, Tall
msdge, Montgomery, Bacon, Smilic
and Johnston.
Committee of Public Lands.
Messrs Mbrrow, Goodwyn, Ely,!
Boyd, Gold, Cobb and M’Kee.
Committee of Revisal and, Unfinished
. Business
Messrs. Southard, Jackson and
Witherspoon.
Committee for District of Columbia.
Messrs. Yrao Horn, L. J. Alston,
Weakley, G. Smith, J. C. Chamberlain)
Tracey and BreckeiniJge.
Committee of Accounts.
Messrs. N. B. Moore, Turner and
Kenan.
Conrnitte of Post-Dffices and Post
Roads.
Messrs. Rhea, l'en. Thompson,
Deina, Stanford, Troup, Calhoun, Mor
row, Davenport, Chittenden, Key,
White hill, J. Smith, Potter, Wilson,
beaver and Hufty.
Priday, Dec. 7.
Messrs. Fi*k» Mosely, Quincy, Cock
ran, 13 «rd and Miller, were appointed a
committee to fix the ratio of the next
representation.
A petition was presented and com
mittee trom the Collector of Norfolk,
for an increase of compensation. [De
mocratSy si'ungc as it may seem, are not
averse to Jut salaries ’]
i In the French iufWei fo a leRcr
of Gen. Armstrong/ ii is laid,
44 the law of reprilal mu'f govern
as to the fate of American fequefter
I ed property ” That isFrame feiz
es our property, although we have
feized none of hers —arul fli: will ic
turri what fhe his taken, when we j
Ihall have humility enough to feed
her pride, by palling a la w to return j
what we have not taken.
eufcnufj €onarrsA
MOUSE or representatives,
Thursday, Dec. w.
The House resumed the reading the
documents—after they weie hnishtd,
on motion ol Mr. M&con, they were re*
ferted to a commiuee of the whole on
the state of the Uuiou.
On motion ot Mr. W. Alston the
following standing committees were
appointed by the Speaker.
Committee oj Ejections.
Messrs Findley, Clay, Sturgis,
Troup, Taylor, Van Rciuellaur and
Taggart.
Committee of Claims.
Messers- Root, Butler, R. Brown, J
Stanley, GhoUon, Goldsborough and
Shaw.
Committee of Commerce and Manufac
tures. •
Alandcy, Dec 10.
Mr. Lewii presented the petition of
tiie President and Directors oi the Bank
Potomac, praying tor a charter referred
to the corniniure on the disuict of Co
lumbia.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
In Committee of the whole, Mr.
Root, moved the following resolution*
viz.
Resolved, That so much of the Mes
sage of the President of tlie United
States, as relates to the subject of our
foreign relations, be referred in a select
committee.
Resolved, That so much as relates
to that pail of West Florida, acquired
by tne cession of Louisiana, be referred
to a select committee.
Resolved, That so much as relates
to the encouragement of American
manufactures and navigation, be refer
red to the committee of Commerce and
Manufacture*.
Resolved, That so much as relates
to the ins jluti >n of a National Univer
sity, be referred to a select committee.
Resolved, 1 hat so much as relates to
the violation of laws inteidieting the
Slave trade be i eferred to the Co n
miucc of Commerce and Manufac
tu es.
RwSolvec, That part relating to for
tifications be referred to a Select Com
mittee.
Resolved, That that part in regard
to the militia be referred to a Select
committee.
ntsulred, i hat so much as relates
to tne Corps ot Engineer s and Military
Academv, he leleired tu u Select Com
mittee.
On motion of Mr. Bassett the fallow
ing resolution ivjs aui*pted :
Ktsuived, that so much us relates to
the Navy of the United Ssatcsbe refer
red to a select committee.
i’iie committee lose and repoited
the resolutions to the iloast, which
were immediately adopted ; and the
several committees ordeicd to be ap
pointed accordingly.
Amendment to the Constitution.
Mr. Macon said that he laud, late in
the last session, laid upon the table a
motion tv a monel the constitution of tire
Tuesday, Dec. 11.
The House made choice of the Rev.
Jes3e Lee, to officiate as Chaplain.
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Wednekday, Dec. 12.
The Secretary of the Treasury made
his annual report.
Mr. Fisk reported a bill for the ap
pointment of Representatives among
the several states according to the 3d
cnumeiation—the ratio was left blank '
It is supposed the rate will be one re
presentative to 40,000.
The fallowing is au ex' - act of the report of
the Secretarv of thcsTreasurv, coraimini
cated to Congress the present session.
By this statement it appears, notwit hslan
drtig the increase of the revenue from the
revival of commerce, that the jeo: It* wiU
have to p \y more smart money in cnn.se
quence of the ruinous ettecis of the em
bargo poliw) Mr; G-dlatin recommends
a further hh.n of
5,450,000 dollars,
to meet the current, expenses of the year
1311. So much for the political wisduin
of Mr Jefferson and his co-pat-riots,
i( Mr. Gallatin's Report
u Thu nett revenue aiding from du
ties on merchandize and tonnage whicii
accrued during the year 1808, •moun
ted to S 10,3 18,000
“ The nett revenue ari.ing from the
same i,curces, which accrued during
the year 1809, a mounted, as will ap
pear by the statement to
35,527,000
“ The statement exhibits in detail
t!ie several species of merchandize utid
other sources from wt i:h that levenue
was derived during the year 1809.
u It is ascertained that the nett re
venue arising Tom Lhe same duties,
Called St. tes. He had d< ne. it at V i
time merely will) a vit\v to g’.^e no'Le
ot Ids intention »o offer Mien a position
at the present session — l his anund- j
ment spoke so plainly for itself that it j
was unnecessary to explain it. It
’ would be seen that its object "as to
J prevent any member ol Congress ttom
accepting an appointment in the Pre
sidcttttd lei m dui ing which he might
I be a member ; for instance, it would
go to prevent any member oi the p»e*
sent Congress* from accepting an *.p-,
poinlmcnt under the present chcif mu- ;
gistrale. The following is die icsolu
tie.) :
Resolved, by the Senate and House
of Representatives ot the U. States oi
Ameiica in Congress assen.bled, two
thirds of both Houses concurring, that
the following section be submitted to
the Legislatures of the several states,
which when ratified by the Legislatures
of three fourths of the states shall be
valid and binding as a part oi the con- j
stitution of the U. States.
44 No Senator or Representative, af
ter having taken his scat, shall during
the time for which he was elected be
eligible to any civil appointment unt'l
the expiration of the Presidential term,
during which such person shall have
been a Senator or Representative."
A his resolve was on motion of Mr
Macon referred to committee of the
whole or the state of th« Union.
has, lor the tnree first quarters ot the j
year 18 to, exceeded 7,500,000 dollars ;
and it ia believed tha*. it will nut, lor
the whole year, fail short oi twelve
millions.
“ The sales of nublic lands north of '
the river Ohio have, during t. ,e year
ending on the 30th o( September, 1810,
as appeared by the su -um • amoun
ted to to 159,000 acres, and the pay
ments by purchaser to 610,0JO dol
lars.
44 The same statement tows that
the total amount of sales, from t ie
establishment of the land offices in tne \
year 1800, to the 30th.oi September,,
1810, have amounted to 3,168,000 a* 1
•res, which have produced $6,68 *.,000 ;
of which sum 1,646,000 dollars re
main due by purchasers. The sales,
in the Mississippi Territory, being (af
ter deducting expenccs) appropiia- j
ted in the first place to the pay-*
mem of $ 1 2 50,000 to the state of Gcor- j
gia are distinctly staled.” i
Wiiii regard to Hsceins and Ex
pendituu xs, Air. Gali.au,,' re
marks :—
“ It appears that the actual re-1
ceipts into the Treasury have exceed-’
ed the current expenccs of govern- j
ment including the interest on the debt, j
by a sum of $500,000 ; 1 nt ex pen-;
ces had during the preceeding veur ex- ;
ceecicdthe receipts by a sum ofthic-}
teen hundred thousand dollars. The 1
difference arises, not from an i;icrt\±*e '
in the rucei/ttg, but hom a diminution \
in the expenecs, particularly those of:
the military anti naval departments,
y.asf quarter of'the year 1810.
<l f lie receipts for that quarter vill, j
it ii believed, be more than sufficient j
to defray tlie current expenses and
interest on the debt occtning during
the same period. But the payments
to be made on account of the ptin
; cipal of the debt in order to complete
j the annual appropriation of eight mil
lions* of dollars, amount if>g to more
t It an 5,100,01 0 dollars, a loan first ne •
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%ZTC.1UTI0X.
Counterfeit Five Dollar Hills, of the'
Worcester JJavk, in imitalio* of Fr.»«
kin’s sterotope steel plate, (former ini
pressionO arc in circulation ; they arc
pretty veil executed, but on close ex-*
animation may b* detected.
Gen. Hampton, left Cdiirnfai
S. C. Nov. 21, for the Natchez* t'J
refume the command of the IT. S.
troops i the vicinity of that place.
This officer will, under Gov. Clai
borne, execute the order for taking
prill flion of Weft Florida.
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Sortlanb,
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Monday,' December 24, 1810a
By an arrival at Boston, from London*
papers oftliMt City have been received to
October the 31*t, four days later than for*
mer account! The intelligence f otn Re*
tersburg, is, that propositions for a Peace
betwixt Russia and Tuikry have been made;
by the former, who propose t*> relinquish,
their pretentions to Moldavia and Walls
chia, which a;e now in possession of the
Tu b. It is stated that the hoe arrange*
m nta of Bonaparte in the North of Furo e
among which i- the election of a E rtochman
to the throne of Sweden, and the project of
creating Bettlfier king of Poland, has exci
te.! a sirong sentiment in the Court of Sr.
Petersburg, that ti e Emperor of France is
meditating hosiile designs against the Rus
sian Empire, though the French paper*
continue lo assert that « good und«r*ljuiumg
subsist* between the twj ecu Is.
i g°r** 'cd for 3.7 :*C '*/.*% and ih, r \
j reduced to 2,750 000 tlollir*, ... ^
j necessary.'*
t he 5rcrrf?rv recommends an ad*
j ditionaf I'- :n to meet ti e cuurM t> pen
i ces ot 131 I < of the *«ni<.unt of ti w* j in*
cipal of the publick cltbt *o be r,-.Tvl , .
sed during that war. in oti • u«,
a loan of S5,4„0 000, vviii hr \ p, i.
red. «
On the /a*/ loan the Secretary s^'•» r
“ I he loan authorized by t1 e act of
las? sessio n lied ut lust been negoci
uted in the latter aid of May, for
3,550.000 dcllots ; hut the exptnrts
having proved Jess than b>d be n sup
posed, it was by mutual consent itfin
ced in October to il 750,CO>. V itli
that object in vb.w, in older that io
greater sum should be ultimately bor
rowed than might be necessary, d
also in order to avoid as long as prac
ticable an increase of stock in the mar
ket, and that ct a mote pt rnianrot spe
cies of debt, « temporary loan from the
bank of the United States, was prefer
red to anv other mode. It is reimbur*
s&ble on the last thy of Deccn.ber 1811
with a reset vation that the bank moy'
in case of a non-renewal of its charter,
demand nn eatlier payment on giving
three months notice. '1 his condition
may, il enforced, save some interest u»
the public, and can produce i.o incon
venience, as ther* w ill be no greater
difficulty in effecting a new loan, il ne
cessary, in the middle than in the lav*
ter end of the year.
A convention has bet n entered into be
tween li.e Ein|>eror of AusUia and Bona
parte, bv which the former is to lutuLh..
80,000 troops for the service of France.
The paj e-<* cf the 30t!t and SIof Octn»
her mention that the King cf England w«a
seriomly indisposed, (complaint a fever)
and considerable f'eai s were entertained of
his situation George the 3 1, is in the 73 l
year of ku age; ?nd in case his disorder
should prove vlie event would un
douhtedly have a great effect on the ilTans
of Europe. It is well Known that the Pr.nce
of Wales ha^ different political view> frnn*
the present Ministry—a change, of CwUim.^
would take j Lee in the Cabinet.
The Eng-l'jh Government arc silent as to
the operation of the Oidei» m C -uncii —
ft will be recollected that they have for
merly declared that they will tl.e ofcwur»e,
when Bonaparte actually repeals his decltwet
No mention ii m«ue of the appointment
of a successor to Mr. Jnck»ou, a* al.iiuur
13 this country.
No lster accounts respecting the opera
tions of the v xr in Portugal It-is been receiv
ed since our hist. Gen- D"0viet*» corps
has been ordered to the frontier of Ponu
g 1 ovkecpo jen M -jsena’s communication
w th Spain. Five vln*»ia*ira r.ui.i.
paused throu ;h Bordeaux on the 17th of
October, on their w») ta Sp-in.
On ihe 17th of GcteVr, M«»aen» issued
» Proclamation to his army, in which I r
states tv* vhriP, that they ha* e a rycoml
t,me conquered i*ortog-i ; in the
c,u, w of ;hree weeks ihey have {rawed 3
ptched haMle, Uken 6000pritoners, 15 pie
ces of cannon, 100 waggons and h ut s and
of colors—tells them that the Iwighiy
h*U ate now wilt.til their cn-tus or li, o*
fore them, and that while the) fight under
the bmuiar of Najiohiuu the) no>i Oc victo
rious.
A letter from C.»l. I'ownoy intue tu-.
lt*h ftimy mentions* d»*t i*ie f*».ce witii
M*ssen* amount* to loOGUb uu.n, -i‘d ru.it>
U*«y are iu no wont «*t nrousioi**.
FR Ej\ C li 1 v EL UEA C E.
The blind and ! ** I parti »iiy, that
exists in mocLra democracy, toward
France, is calculated to exctte the at
tention, alarm tne leurs, and arouse the
indignation of s[»inled and independent
Americans. A pa. tiality that must be
eradicated, or it will ssp the foundatu
ol our Ubeiut*, subvert our indtj t .