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„, where the examination may be
^ /, efficacious and uniform.
An account of [he receipts and expenditures
/ £he ' a " Y ear > as prepared by the Secretary of
" <Treafury, will, as usual, be laid before ydu.
The fuccefe which has attended the late fates of
the public lands, shews that, with attention, they
may be made an important source ofreceipe—,
Among the payments, those made in discharge
of the principal and iatereft of the rational debt,
will Shew that the public faith has been exadly
maintained. To these will be added an estimate
of appropriations necessary for the ensuing ydar.
f his last will of course be eifeaed by fitch modi
fications of the ffitem of expence as you dall
pink proper to adopt
A flatement has been formed by the Secreta
ry at War, on mature consideration of all the
posts and Rations where gafrifons will be expe
dient, and of the number of men requisite for
each garrison. The whole amount is conGdeta-
My Ihort ml the prefect military cftablifhment.
For the surplus no particular use can be pointed
out. For defence against irivafion, their number
is as nothing ; nor is it confitieted as needful or
fafe that a flooding army Should be kept up, in
time of peace, for that puipofc. Uncertain as
we muff ever be, of the particular point in our
circumference where an enemy may choose to
invade us, the only force which can be ready at
every point, and competent to oppose them, is
the body of neighboring citizens, as formed into
a militia. On these, collected from the parts
moll convenient, in numbers proportioned to
the invading force, it is bed to rely not only to
meet rhe firft attack, but if it threatens to be per
niJnent, to maintain the defence until regulars
may be engaged to relieve them. These con
fidetdiiohs render it important that we should,
at every session, continue to amend the defers,
which from time to time (hew themlelves, in
the laws for regulating the militia, until they
are fuffioiently perfc& : nor should we now, or
at any time, leparate, tihiil we can fay we have
done every thing for the militia, which we could
do, were an enemy at our doof.
The provision of military stores on hand will
be laid before you, that you may judge of the
additions still requisite.
With refpe& to the exterit to which our naval'
preparations should be carried, some difference
of opinion may be expedited to appear ; but ju&
attention to the circumstances of every part of
the union will doubtless reconcile all. A small
force will-probably continue to be Wanted, for
aßualfervice in the Mediterranean. Whatever
annual furn beyond that, you may think proper
to appropriate to naval preparations, would per
haps be better employed in providing those arti
cles which may be kept without wane or cbn
fumptiehjfand be iti readineft when any exigence
calls them into hfe. hogrefs has beeh madcap
Will appear by papers now communicated, in
providing materials for feVenty-foUfgun Alps
as diredtedby law. .
Hou/ far the authority given by thelegiflature [
for procuring and eftablifhihg sites for naval;
purposes, has been perfectly underwood and pur-t
fired in the execution, admits of forne doubt.—,
A statement of the cxpences already incurred,
'on thht fubjedl. mail be laid before you. I have'
in certain cases suspended or flackered these ex
penditures, th^t the legislature might determine ;
whether so maty yards are necessary as have
been contemplated. The works at this place ;
are among those permitted tb go bn : and five
of the seven frigates directed to be laid up, have
been brought and laid up here, where, besides
the fafety of thei^ petition, they are .under the g
eye of the Executive administration, as well S 3
of its agents, and where yourselves allo will be
guided by your own vieW, in the legislative pro
vifionr refpeaing them, which may from time
to time be neceffafy. They arc prtferyed in
f&c'h condition, as well the veffeb as whatever,;
belongs to them, as tb be at all times ready for :
sea on a Short warning. Two others are yet tb
be laid up, fd loon as they (ball have received
the repairs reQuifite to put them alfb into found
condition. As a faptrintending officer will be
necessary at eath yard, hi, duties and emolu
ments, hitherto fixed by the Executive, will he
a more proper fubjc& for Legislation. A com
munication will also be made of our progress in
the execution of the law refpeding the vtffcl's
directed to be fold.'
The fortifications of dur harbors, more or less
advanced, present confidcrations of gfreat difficul
ty. While feme of them are on a scale {efficient
ly proportioned to the advantages of their posi
tion, to the efficacy of their protection, abd the
importance of the points whhin it, others are so
executive, will cost to much in their firft erec
tibri/fo mtith ill their maintenance, and require
such a force to garrison them, he to make it
qucftion-.ble what is bed how to lie done. A
statement of those cotnmehced or projected, of
theexpenfes already incurred; an'd estimates of
their future cuff, as far as can.be forefeen, Ihall
be laid before you, that you may he. enabled to
judge whether any alteration is necessary in the
laws refpeaing this fubje^t.
Agriculture, manuFaaUtc,, commerce and
navigation, the four pillars of ourprofperity, are
then most thriving, when left mod free to Indi
vidual enterprize. Protection from cafu^f cm
bartaffmehts,however, may foretimes be season
ably interposed. If, in the fourfe of your ob
fcriations of enquiries, they should appear to
need any aid, Within thefodrs of our conftit'u
tiobal powers, your fcnfe of their importance is
a Sufficient affot^bce they will occupy your at- ,
tention. We cannot, indeed, but all feel an 1
Anxious folicitudc for the difficulties under which
bur carrying trade will soon be plated, How
far it can be believed, otherwise than by tune,
fan fubjed of important' confukranibn.
The judiciary system of the U.S and bipedal
ly that portion of it recently erected, will of
course prefcht : ftfetf Wife cpntfcpfatyp pl
&fyffli; and shat they may beable toejudge
of ^ pjhpbrHon ,6hich tjejnflitntion bears co
the^ufintfs it hai to pVrfohi/i have caused to
be procured from the federal Rates, and now
lay before &>ngtefs'ih' &# pacemint of all
the causes decided since the fiyl cttabhfhment
of the courts, and 'ofthofe Uokh were depend
ing when additional courts apd judges were
bretyht Into their Aid. "'
- 'krfti^hile on the judiciary "organization,^
wdl be worthy your co^fideration whether the
proteaion of the inestimable conilitution of ju
ried has been qtended to all the cases involving
the fectirity ofotir j^ffons and property; Their
impartial ftleWpb affo being cffential to their
Value, we ought farther to confidedwhether
that is ftifficiently fechredin those flutes, where
rhe,afe tinned by a foaifhal depending oh e±-
e<fyce will, or deftgriated by the court, dr by
bffiteri dependant on them., „ -ri
%cabnot omit recommending a revifal of the
few# On the fubje^ of naturalization, Conffd
. fling the ordinary chances of humaty life,a fe,
nial of cititenfhip under a residence of fourteen
fatafy ^denial td a great proportion of those
Who ask if: arid controlA policy puifted, from
fati±Mk ferilcment, by many of these Rates,
few believed of c6nftg&encc to their prof
pcilit. And ffiall wteteluft: to, % unhappy
fugitive! from difreft, thaj hofe^^
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^fc^ Wty&WW
the savages of the teilaernefs extended to cur
fathers arriving in this land ? Shall oppressed
humanity find no asylum puthis globe ? The
IConftitution, Indeed, has wifely provided, that
f° r admifton to certain offices of important
trust, a residence ffiall be required, fufficient to
deVeiope chara&er and deflgri.' But might not
the general character and capabilities of a citi
zen tie fitly communicated to every one mani
fefting a bona fide phq@|. df embarking his
life add fortunes petmaoedtly with us > with'
reftriaions perhaps to guard against the fraud
ulent usurpation of our flag; an abuse which
brings so much ettbarraffment and loG on the
genuine citizen, and so much danger to the na
tion of being involved in wat, that no endeavor :
ffibuld be flatted to detect and suppress it.
These, fellow citizens, are the matters rcfoea-(
ihg the Rate of the nation, which 1 have tho'tj
of importance to be submitted to your confidcr- fr
atibn at this time. Some others of less mo
ment not yet read, for communication, will be
the fubjeti of fepirate merfages. lam happy
, in this opportunity of committing the arduous
affairs of ottr government to the toileted wis
dom of the union. Nothing Rial! be wanting
on my part to inform, as far as in my power
the legislative judgment ; nor to carry that
judgment into faithful execution. The pru
dence and temperance of your difeuffions will
promote, Within your own walls, that concilia
tion which so mtch befriends rational ccmclU
fion: and by its example, will encourage among
our constituents thfflprugrefs of opinion which
is tending to unite *em in object and in will,
That all should be fatisfied with any one order
of things is not to be ±pcdled; but 1 indulge
the plcafing persuasion that the great body of t
our citizens will cordially concur in honest and
disinterested efforts, which have for their ob
jed to prefers the general and Rate govern
ments in their constitutional form and equilib
rium; to maintain peace abroad, and order
and obedience to the laws at home; to eftab
lilh principles and practices of administration
favorable to the Security of liberty and proper
ty, and to reduce expenses to what is necessary
for the ufeful purposes of government.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, 1801.
Mr. Nicholson offered a motion tb the
house on the fubjed of the accounts of
the late Secretary of Gate (Mr. Picker
ing.) He observed that the public
mind had been very, seriously imprelfed
with an opinion that several officers of
the late administration had considera
ble sums of the public money unac
counted for ; the fubjed had been agi
tated for along time in the public pa
pers ; and a committee of that house
had been appointed left feflion with a
view to investigate a particular part of
the Subject,and they bad made a report
thereon, such as the nature of the case
and the time would admit. He believed
he might take Upon him to fay that the
committee considered itfelf bound sim
ply to report Upon the general merits
of the accounts,and to ascertain wheth
er or hot the public Were to be ulti-'
mately Infers, so that the public mind
might be set at ease on that fubje&.—-
He believed allo, that the enquiry was
committed so the accounts of a single
individual (Mn Pickering) and did
not embracertfie whole scope of Similar
accounts. The committee did accord-'
ingly call for accounts, but it was hot'
to be presumed that the tin^e allowed
f for the enquiry would admit of a ml;
r.ute investigation into the details of
various points of an intricate nature,
they made a general enquiry and # the
result taught them to prefurtie, that
there could not be any great deficiency
after the accounts mould have been
completely digested and balanced. It
was with a view to present to the pub
lic a more etaQ and ample detail Upon
this fubjea, that he offered this prefect
hiotipn—That the Secretary of the trea-
Ibry be requeued to lay before the
h^ufera statement of the accounts of
the late secretary of state, Timothy
Pickering, ^.together with the vouch
ers therefor. Thq.motion was second
ed by;Mr. Giles.
Mr. Griswold wished to know the
fpecific object of the gentleman in mak
ing this motion; whether it was intend
ed to form the bail, of any sub sequent
proceeding, or merely! as a matter of
, information. At the last session pa
pers and vouchers were called for and
laid before the committee ; they had
not indeed time to . investigate every
document minutely as the gentleman
has suggested v but they had Sufficient'
time to form an opinion, and they took
for granted that the accounts were all
right. The clamour to which the gen
tleman has alluded exifteda long time
Ibefore last session, and that report
:Ihould'have put an end so ft. He was
I therefore at a loss, after filch a report
r had been made, hpon.'what ground the
present motion was brought-forward,
What was its Specific object. / He did
;hot conceive this house the proper place
to investigate such Subjects',the house
was pbt competent fo* the talk, it Was
not constituted to examine public ac
counts, There is a Treasury Depart
ment, ,'hnfe special province^ is to ih-
Veftigate such fubje&s, ahd to report to
Congress upon ,them. If we are to be
erected, into an accounting board, let
Igentlemenlgentlemen tell us so and we (hall be a
ble to fay what is proper oh the fubjeft;
we have neither the tihie necessary, not
the documents tb go Upon, in invelli,
gating all the accounts of the publit^
If then, this, is not the object of the mo
tion, it Should known; what * the bb
je& and if itappeared to be a fair one,
he Should not oppose it.
Mri ^Nicholfon, said, be did not think
the committee of last feffionaUthorifed
Itcrnqute into the mintite detail of the
1 . „fr^ ito'^
monies expended, by all the public a
gents or even by the individual alluded
to ; he was well aware that it Was not
possible for any committee of that house
to take up such fubj'e&s and. difeufs
them in the detail ; but they may en
quire with effect into correftnefs of par
ticular questions, and general refolts;
This they had done lift session, but as
the Accounts upon which they had been.
Employed were not then completely -
adjusted, and as the committee had on
ly given an opinion that they probably
/would be adjusted withbut loss ofa ma
terial riature to the public,it was proper
that the people of this country who
Were impressed with a sense of heavy
4defalcations, Should be corre&ly and
'circumstantially informed on this point,.
The gentleman mistook Hirts,if he sup
posed the motion intended to criminate
Mr. Dickering, or to charge him with
the application ofa Single dollar of the
public money to his own use.—Nay he
I was at present willing to believe that he
had discharged his duties of office with
,honor and integrity. But this difpofi
tiori iff him would not fatisfy the pub
lic, nor wotild it be so effMual to the
credit of that gentleman, to have the
question to rest upon such A ground.
The committee had only executed an
iniperfed duty. The nature of the
case, and the time allowed did not im
ply a full ahd complete deciffon. That
is required to be done, and this rcfolu
tion is such as may be likely to produce
all the information requisite to a per
fe& conclusion.—As the gentleman had
a(ked so particularly for hii fpecifle ob
jeft, he thought it proper to be thus ex
plicit ;—-„ay, he would go farther : al
though fc was difyofed to believe Mr.
Pickering had hot applied (he money
entrusted to him by the public to his
personal use, he was free to fay that he
had cause to fufpe& that the public
money had been applied by him to
other purposes, than those intended by
law rand as the mal-appropriation of
money belonging to the public, is itfelf,
a serious wrong to them, it appears pro
per that this house should notice it, and
the public know the truth.
[ft/, is highly honorary to Mr. Nicholson, We
tuijb every member mere equally candid and boneft in
their confeffion of fam, the truth of ipbicb i^e be
believe not one of them doubts : yet Goto many !ajuft
indignation prich us) bow many joy in having,their
Gonfituents believe that Mr. Dickering, Mr. Hay
ton, &c. have been defaulters and defrauders ; bow
many : glory in the murder of that loftier refutation,
towards which they can never reach. Duane food
back of Mr. Nicholson, in the lobby; and tbffome
flight addition might b4ve been made to bis natyral
bideoufnefs of visage, be bore tbefro&ns of general
fcom and condemnation with all the triple brass
Yubicb usually diAinguifhes this lame imitation of hu
manity.] [Washington F&feralifc
Mr. Griswold, said that the rcafofrs given did
hot appear to him fufficientf to juftifv trajaf
fage' of the resolution.V waiVery wall known
to every man conversant in public affairs, that
Aims appropriated for public ftrvices, often fall
deficient, and that aneceffit, frequently arises
to draw for the deficiency bn other funds.
There have be@ instances of fom is iq zo
such occurrences between two fefffons, andCon
grefs has alwaystaade good the deficiency. The
public 'receives no injury from this, and many
ufeful ends are answered by it to the public;
service.
Dr. Euftis (bf Boeon,ririe&taember)"fai^it!
was with reludance foe rose as a member new*
ly entered and yet; Unaccußomed,to the forms
of proceeding ii,that house to exp'refs his dis
approbation of the refolutiop prbpnfed. It was
not on its bear merits hid repugnance was founds
ed, but on the ground that the investigation
Should not be confined to the single accounts of
- an individual, but extended to the whole branch
where defalcation had or might be. fufpetfled to
)have occurred.
[ Here the debate loot interrupted h the arrival
bf Mrt Levris,,private Secretary to the Prefdent,
who presented to the Speaker a MESSAGE, the.
tranfeript of wlicb is infected ih the frf page °f
, this paper.)
After reading the Merfage, a desultory con
versation took place on the printing ; Mr # kan
+dolph and Mr. Giles w#e for print iUg 500 co
pies of the Meffige, and pocuments which ac
companied the farn e', for the Use of the Mem
bers; Mr. Bayard for 150 only. Mr. Bayard
observed that the documents were vol umnious,
and the expence of printing would be great ;
that he was willing to go as far as any gentler
man ih a prop#'economy of the public money.
The motion for 500 copies was however car
ried.
The resolution of Mr. Nicholson was then
taken up, and after a Short debate postponed
until Monday.,
.P^H Library.
,The petition of John M'bonald, Rating that]
be had been at^great expense in fUrnifhing a li
brary for the pie of Congress &c and playing
to be appointed librarian with such salary a^
might be thought proper, was referred to a
committee appointed to confer with a commit
tee of the Senate on the fubje<fb of Books,
Maps, &c. ^tOrtt^f. 1 1 r -t 1
Wednesday, dec. 9,
The Treasury.
The Speaker laid before the House aJetter
from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the
Receipts and expenditures of 1800.—Which
was referred to the Committee of Waft and
.Means. ri^J
Several private and local petition# were dis-,
pefed of, as usual.
Thursday, bee. to.f
The Doorkeeper was authorized to employ
an additional Assistant, two servants, and two
'horfes, during the session : for which he {hall
*be allured Five Dollart, Twenty-five cents per
day.
The Senate informed the House, that thty
.had chosen on their pafrt& the Rev. Dr. G,"s
as Chaplain. The Houfe* proceeded, on their
part to the election of a Chaplain, when ±[
} Rev. Mr. Parkington Was chosen. [Tb&,otft
'•were,fir Mr. Partington 50, Rev. Mr!,affi.
^6.— The Chaplains of the Senate apd House are
to interchange weekly.) -
Mr, S. Smith moved, That the Secretary of
the Treasury be dire&ed to report to the House
a feheduic of. all the duties on goods, &t. im-;
I ported into the United States. Laid en thctable,
b 4
Aliens..
Mr. Mitchel prefaced two pctirffif/rom
certain Aliens, residing in New-YogL^ate,
complaining of the naturalization 4aW,- and
praying for redress. Referred t. the Committee
of the Whole.„
. A Committee of seven, wag raised, to report,
what amendments are neceffar, to the-P&l-Of-'
fice, and Post Road laws.
Trotion of Mr. S. Smith a resolution was
laid on the table, That the Committee of Cm
merce and Mariufadlures be directed to Report
what alterations may be necessary in theimfoft
Laws. —0
Friday, dec. 11.
Mr. Wadsworth, from Maffachufctts, Mr.
Peirce from New-Hamplhire; Mr. Hill from
North-Carolina; and Messrs. Claiborne and
Clopton, from Virginia, took their feats this day.
A letter was received from the late Treasurer
Os the United States, accompanied with docu
ments relating to the last year's accounts, and
laid before the house?
Dr. Eufti, ptefented a petition of Joseph
Chafe, of Nantucket, praying for a rc/ißet to
a foreign built vessel owned by him. Referred
to the Committee of Commerce, &c.
Mr. Nicholson mo+ed, that a Committee be
faifed to report on the laws refyeaing fugitives
from justice, and perfoni escaping from the fervicte
of tbeir masers. A. committee was appointed.
Gen. S., Smith's motion that the Committee
of commerce,&clbe directed to inquire whether
any and whatalterations may be necessary in the
a&s laying duties on goods, wares and mer
chandize imported into the United States, was
taken up.
Mr. Griswold thought that thk fubjedtbe
longing to the revenue, properly attached itfelf
to the committee of ways and means. He con
tended that any alteration whatever, would
either increase or diminish the revenue, and
therefore belonged to the financial system,
which the comittee of ways and means, efpe-'
cially had in charge, on that account moved its
reference to that committee.
Mr. Smith contended that it was usual and
necessary for the fubjedh to be difeuffed by Com
mercial men, of whom alone the committee of
commerce and manufacture was eompofed. It
was desirable to consolidate dll the revenue
system, as much as possible into one law ; it
was also desirable to know the precise Rate of
our imports; and of our progress in manufact
ure: By a reference to commercial men, the
house besides those might be acquainted with a
very desirable object, co wit :—how far certain
articles would bear additional duties, or how
far others admitted a dimunitiofi, proportioned
to the wants of the country.
Commercial men were practical men,
and therefore, without disparaging the
merits or talents of gentlemen, com
posing the other committee whose ex-,
press appointment did not so pointedly
relate to,commence, but tp revenue, foe
thought the original motion ought to
be carried.
Mr. Griswold had no doubt but that
either committee would do justice to
the fubje& ; but it was an usual refer
ence for all fubjefts relating to revenue.
It certainly contemplates a total revi
fioftpr that part of the revenue, and
he again contended that all matters re
;lading, to revenue otight to go to the
committee of ways and means, for
' \rhich purpose alone that committee'
was formed. He should not have risen
i he said, but that he : did not' fee the
chairman of the committee in his feat.
Thf speaker said, that either refer
ence was perfedly in order, & therefore
either motion would have been proper;
1 the reference to the committee of com,
merce and manufactures at present had
tl)£ preference, being firft moved.
Forty-fix rising in the affirmative,and
,b^ing a majority ; the reference moved
by Mr. Smith whs carried. 'Adjourn
ed till Monday.
The following is a. correct lift of Sena
tors & Representatives chosen to the
Seventh Congress of the U. States.
Members qf the Senate.
Nenu-Hampjhire —Mr. James Sheafe, and
Simeon Olcott.
Maffaebufetts—Mr. Dwight Fofler, and Jon
athan Mason.
Rhode, Ifqnd — Mr. Theodore Toiler, an d
!Phrifiopher Ellery..
Coime&icut —M^. Jame# Hillhoufc, and Uriah
Tracy.
hrment —-Mr. Nathaniel'thipman, and Ste
phen R. Bradley.''
JV^-rarh—Mr.Govtrneur Morris, and John
Armßrhng.
Pennfyl?ania=-Mr. James Ross, & G^o- Logan.
Delaware—-M r& William H. Wells, and Sani-,
uel White,
j Mary I,nd —Mr. John E. Howard)and Rob
ert Wright / ,1 '' ' ''
'Virginia —Mt. Stephen Thompson Mason,
and Wilson C. Nicholas.
Norty-Carolma—MT. Jclfe Franklin, , „d
tb^vid Stone. >.
I Xentuckey— Mr. John Brown, and John*
Breykenbridge. '. ; "
South-Carolina—Mr. Calhbon, -'-'—, vacant.
Georgia—Mr. Abraham Baldwin, and James
jarkfon, < :
Tenneffee —Mr. Joseph Anderson, and W.
Cooke.
AQ.j%y—Mr. Jonathan Dayton, and
Aaron Oguen..
Members of the House tf Reprefentatitef?
.New-Hampshire:— —Abiel Fo^er, Joseph
'Fierce," Samuel Tenney, Geerge B. Upham.
I Meffiebufefts—John Baton,* Phannuel Bith
ty,.Mo@h Cutler,* Richard Cutts,* Wil
liam Euftis,* Silas Leeffi Eben.^Mattoon, Wil-*
liam Shepherd, Joseph Smith, Nathan Read,
Joseph B. Varnum, Peleg Wadsworth, Lemuel
wilhams, Seth Haftings,^
kbode-Iftand— Thomas Tillinghafi, Joseph
Staunton, jup.*
Conneaicub—John Davenport, Samuel W.
bans, Calvin Coddard, Roger Griswold, Ellis
Perkins,* John C. Smith, Benjamin Talmage.'
Vermont— lfrael Smith, Lewis R. Moiris.
ATev.rorl—Theodore Bailey, L^cas Elmen
dorf, Samuel L. Mitchell,* Thomas Morris,*
Kilan K. Van Rerffellear, David Thomas,*
John Smith, Philip Van Cortlaudt, John P.
Van Nefs,* Benjamin Walker. ; : §
New. Jersey. —John Condit,Ebenezer Elmer,
WilliamHclmes, James Mott, HenrySonthird.
^Mfy/^fa—Thomaaßouqte ,Robert'#.
Andrew Gregg, jofeph Hemphill," c^
Heister, William Jones, John A. Harm. .l>
Stewart,* John Smilic, Michael Leib, 1^
• Vin Horne, Henry Wood, William Hoge.
Maryland —Samuel. Smith, John Archer,
^• John Campbell, John Bennies, Daniel Heifter,*
,Joseph H Nicholson, Rich Sprigg, * Thomas
'Plater.*<
Delaware James A. Bayard.
1 irginia —Richard B^nt, Samuel J. Cabell,
IMatthew Clay, Thomas Ciaiborn;* John Clop
|on, John Dawfim; Edward Gray, William S.
Giles, D?vid Homes, George'Jackfon, Thomas
Neu toojun *Anthoty New.frhnSmith, John
Stratton,* John Trigg, Abraham Trigg, John
Taliafero, juu, John Randolph, jam Philip R.
Thompfon.*
Nortb-Garaliha —Willis AIRon, William B.
Grove, Archibald Henderson, Wiliam Hill,
Nathaniel Macon, Richard Stanford. Stan
ly,* Charles Johnson, Robert Williams
Holland.*
South Carolina —William Butler,* Benjamin
Hunger, Thomas Loudes,* Thomas Moore,
John Rutledge, Thomas Sumpter.
{ Georgia—Charles Taliafero, John Milage,
; Kentuckey —Thomas T. Davis, John Fowler.
Tenmtfe—William C. C. Claibourn.f
* Those wi tb ibis mark arc new Members.
f Appointed Attorney to the DiJiriH of Maite.
I Appointed Governor of the Miffifrppi Territory.
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United States.'
TRENTON, DEC. Jj.
',„ IT WAS A GOOD THING
/N the Diflriß Court of Connecticut, to let
Mr. Jefferfon knm, when he attempted to
restore, by his order, to his good .friends
the French, the prize money of a French
schooner, which was captured, and legally
.condemned at lawful prize in that cotirt,
that he was " feeling power and forget
ting right." Mr. flefferfon has been so
long accuflomed to govern ilaves, that he
hardly knows how to all in the government
^FRXEMEN ; but h^rver implicitly fir
commands in a land df slavery may h^e
been obeyed,fe mttf be cautious how he or
ders, without authority, in. New-England,
or he will fur sly get bintflf affronted:
BALTTMOk E, DEC. 12.
The following is the acknowledg
ment of Lt. Sterret, of the letter hh
lately received from the President.
" Baltimore Dec. ißof.
SIR,
“ I do myfelf the:honor to acknow
ledge the receipt of your Excellency's
letter of the firft inil
“ It has been my greatest ambition
to difeharge my duty as an officer cf
the American navy, at all times, with
promptness and fidelity ; and to have
received my country's and your excel
lency's approbation of the late couqueft
over a faithlefs and barbarian enemy,
atchieved by the valour and good con
dud of the officers and crew I had the
honour to command,is a reward which
I estimate beyond my merits ; bpt of
which I shall ever cherish a grateful
recollection, particularly for the very
flattering manner in? which.ypur excel
lency has been pleased to convey it.—'
1 have the honour to be with profound re--
fell, your excellency's obliged htirtildeferv't,
“ANDREW STERETT,
, " Lisut and Commander of tbeU.S..fb,Enterprise I'
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'DEC. 8.
On Saturday lad sentence of death
was pronounced on Eleanor^ Bandy,
for the murder of Margaret Russell ;
Intoxication, it is said, had frequently
produced quarrels between them,which.
terminating in a contest, occasioned
the fatal event, on account of which
the awful sentence was palled by the
court : On examination of the body of,
the deceased by the Coroner, a physi
cian was f%orn, 'who declared that the
wound given by the convicted party
could ndt 'be:mortal : Ibis underfteod
ahat these two women,lived in the mod
a^<f*t fo^bich Lnmiin.&mgf iff)
t h e r laid ffcivil society can be reduc
ed,^' : —^ ion well calculated to destroy
ever'"' ar ional faculty attached to Hf
fl&t ea l \ —o—.
'^ y NEW YORK, DEC. 14.
Jo", O'Neal, who has b^en tried ,
and jiviaed for uttering and pQlijbiffc
as me a counterfeit bank pul of too
'dollars of the Union, Bank.of Boston,
has been respited until March next, in
order that, the opinion of the judges of
the Supreme Court in January term
next may be had on feme questions
which have beeb raised by his counfcl.
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' '-DEC. 16.
MUNICIPAL DISSENTION.
On Monday lad Jotyn Bogart, aiders
man, and Nicholas. Carmer, affiflant,
agreeable to the determination of the
Board, presented themselves to be qua
lified according tp lsv : /when the May
pr, Edward Living Aon,Efq, refufed to
administer the neceiLy— .oaths—-ap—•
plication was then made by one of the
board to the Recorder, who hkewife
refufed. A mo:ion°\ras"then made by
alderman Coles, that the names of Cor
nelius C. Roosevelt, and of Peter H.
Wendover, Should be drirck out of the
minutes, agte4ble to ^ election an the
preceding meeting. On a decision be
ing called, these persons thenrfelves, to
wit, 'Cornelius C, Roosevelt, and Peter
H. Wendover, voted ohrhe queftiqn
that, their names (Kouki not be ftruci
put ; 4^ll there was a majority of »±
in favor of the motion, when the May
or, after observing that the majority
flood &gainft his party, gave hivown
vote in the negative, Thus making a
I teff^ ;whteh the board immediately