United States oracle and Portsmouth advertiser — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-01-15 00:00:00, page 2

ANTA
jf theU.States.
OND SESSION.
cot Representatives.
WEDNESDAY, DtC. 2%.
louse went into committee on the fob
drawbacks on goods exported to New
", Gen Varnum in the chair. The com
et rofc and reported a bill; which the
ouf took up, and on the question of engross-
$ ~" the House divided, fata 34.— Noes 34.
■ T Speaker voted against the bill, which was
toft
Thursday, dec. 23, 1802.
A letter from mr. Tiffin, President of the
mention of the new date of Ohio, covering
a complimentary address to the'Prefident was
read, and committed.-'
Ih: House went into Committee on a report
of a committee for a remission of duties paid by
Joba Holland, jr. in proportion to the dam
^g.luGained by his vcffel taking fireon the
ri„t of entering the goods imported in her
and before they were landed. The report
wasfupported by meffrs. S. Smith, Dana, and
I'L tis,and opposed byxneffrs.Macon and Gregg.
After debate, the report on motion of mr. Gris-
Wold, was recommitted for information.
Several papers on rhe fubjedtof the new
Rate of Ohio, were presented and committed.
7wo resolutions on- the fubjedof the Post-
Cfficg were laid on the table ; as was a rcfoln
uon refyeaing the erection of a port of entry
and one of delivery at, Fort Adams and Natchez,
on the Miffifippi,
FRIDAY, DEC. 24, 180%.
A communication was received from
the Secretary of State covering an ab
ftra& of returns refpe&ing the relief of
American Seamen ; and extracts from
communications of agents abroad, for
the relief of American seamen.
A petition from Maine, praying for
a division of the diftrift of Waldoboro',
, was presented by Mr. Thatcher, and
committed.
The resolution on the fnbje& of ports
of entry and delivery, on the Miffifippi,
on ''; suggestion of Mr. Griswold so
modified, as to confine it to an inquiry
t into the exigency of making Natchez a
port of delivery, was passed. A motion
was laid on the table, for a bill fore-
TecftiLg a monument to the memory of
general Herkimer,purfuant to a refolu
tio^f Congress, passed Od, 4, 1777.
f-motion of Mr. Morris, the Sec
rt^y of State was directed to furnifh
dements relating to the claim of C.
E;rf?nt for services rendered in laying
cut the city of Waffiington, under the
direction of the President of the United
States.
[The Commissioners ofNaval Penftoners
CT ? & Dec. 17, 1802,Ratface the .31,
2/ I Sot, the fund for fatisfying Naval
,c% m, had received from their fleck
§3odolb. loctf. which added to a bal
"fa on hand last year, forms an aggregate
^9387d01ls b 6l cts. Ihat thepenjions paid
if yea^ amounted to 3200 dolls. 37^.
leaving an unapplied balance of6i^dolls,
That they bad teemedfrom m
ffif ^ Eluding a small fern previ
^f on hand 42,562^1^^05 —.which
^ have invested in the funded debt of the
United States. The Navy Petfons paid
in 502, mere thus distributed: In New-
Hampjhire, 216d0115.; Maflachufetts 552;
Rbde-Jdand 102 ; Connecticut 228;
Nemrork, 635^. nets. Pennfylvnnia,
B^idolls. 84^. Maryland, 2zqdolls.7Sets.
Virginia izodolls. making with the pen
fan ffohn Mufhua, and arrears of 239
dolls, tbe.above total sum of ^zoodolls.
37ctt -o-
MONDAY, DEC, 2%
A report from the Secretary of the
Treffpry, was read and referred.
Cr imotion of Dr. Mitchel 500 ad- #
diuord copies of the Report of the Sec
,j&T of the Treasury, made the 10th
ir^ were ordered to be printed,
"° ° av ' s presented the following
re mon, viz. °
/B<ved, th^t the committee of elec
> to enquiry whether
j^n.RVan.NefsQasnot, firice his elec
to a feat m th\ ho uf e , and having
tt as a m% r , forfeited the
the acce P ta Me and exercise
^'^ a ^ bed ^ office of
,^ I^l ^° f % U. States
tor diftria of Columbia.^.,
W Mitchell, from a fegaß to the
Deangs of his colleague, and as) pie „
ient^d a new question to the House; J
quelled that the fubje& might be poh,
sof oh:d for a few days at lead. Another
8^ Wronger motive operated on his
M^d-üßy the removal of that geritle
.the state which he represented
1 Id be deprived of one of its mem
b|Hf He hoped the moverof the ref
dution would not press the fubje&.
Mr. Davis had no desire to prefs' a
decision unreasonably. The idea Oruck
m the firft day he took his feat, and
foe had suggested his opinion to others,
,e liad no pei fonal motives in. moving
the resolution, but firmly believing that
theConftitution was violated. He would
fOWever cenfent to a postponement till
norrow."
(The 2d paragraph, of the 6th sec
t! n of the ift article of the Constitution
c the U. States fays, “ Noperfon hold
sgany office under the U. States, fall be
member of either house, during his con
nuance in office.”]
0- ~
TUESDAY, DEC. 28.
The President, by message, coromu
^.ated a design, plan, ahd documents
re Dating to the dry dock, ' proposed to be
built at the city of Wafnington ; which
CT^ed. [ft is fad the ex
^W oj t% dock mill be near a million of
a^ars.
Late Secretary of War.
The (peaker communicated a letter
from James M'Henry,late secretary of
War, addressed to the House. It ap
peared to be a vindication of his char
ader from the insinuations of the fa
mous investigating committee. The
Clerk had proceeded as far in reading
the letter as where the writer consider
ed the proceedings of the committee as
the all of Messrs. Giles, Nichalfon, Wil
liams and Elmendorf, when
Mr. Aifton objeded to the communi
cation, as not coming from an officer of
. the government ; and therefore not
, worthy attention. He moved th t the
further reading of it should not take
place. r
mr. Stanley wished to know whether
it was by inspiration, or firm judgment,
that mr. A. thought the letter should
not be read. He considered it an im
portant fubjed, involving the expendi
ture of public money, as well as the
character of a late officer of the govern
ment.
mr. T. morris said, to dispense with
reading the letter would be an ad of
great injustice to mr. m'Henry. „^ was
an appeal to the House—His chatader,
he supposed, had been injured °; —He
had been a public officer, and had a
right to look to that house for redress.
There were nothing indecent in the
manner of presenting the letter, or in
the expreffionsapplied in it tothe House.
mr. Randolph observed, he was not
in want of inspiration to tell him what
was proper on this occafiom There
was but one principle on which the
reading of the letter could be called for
—a rule of tke h„fe. He considered
the letter indecent criminating some,
and exculpating others^—lt was a pa
per which ought not to be received by
the house, whether coming from one
who had been, or now was an officer of
thegovernment.-Hecongratulatedhim
felf, he said, that his ideas of decency,
and on everyother fubjeft, differed from
that gentleman (mr. T # Morris,)
Mr. Morris said, he beleived his ideas
of decenc/, weref as corred as Mr. R's
were—Mr. M'Henry supposed that
his chara&er had been unjustly attack
ed by some members of the Committee
of Investigation :—in vindicating him
felf he exonerated certain membetsfrom
the charges which he had made against
others.—This he certainly had a right
to do : for the gentlemen thus exemp
ted, had declared, on the floor of the
house, that the report had not met their
concurrence. In this there could be
no impropriety. As to the mariner in
which mr. M. H. treats the majority of
that committee, it could not be urged
as ^^jeafentoj reading it, if in mak
ing his complaint, ne rdioQ from
expressions offenfive to the house.
Mr. Bacon said, thsTetter appeared
to contain not only a complaint, but a
high charge against the majority of the
committee. He thought it Should be
read, and some order taken on it.
mr. Davis read a rule of the house
on the fubjed ; when the speaker decid
ed in favor of reading the letter, m
Davis appealed from the decision of the
speaker to the house, who, by yeas and
nays, confirmed the opinion of the spea
ker—yeas 62, Nays 16.
Several local and private petitions,
&c. were read and variously disposed of.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29, 1 802.
mr. Gray, of Virginia, said, he
rose to offer to the House, a fub
je& of an uncommon natures In
order that the crime of murder may no
longer be deemed honorable, and with a
view to mark with difgracs a wicked
and pernicious pra&ice, which has late
ly destroyed the facial harmony of
some of out faireft cities, and brought
some of our most valuable citizens to
an untimely end, he moved,
That a Committee be appointed mith in
fractions to inquire into the expediency of
difqualijjing any person from bolding any
office under the government of the United
States, mho shall hereafter be concerned in
a duel, or in fading or carrying a challenge.
On motion ,f Mr. Randolph, the
{proposition was lain on the table.
'°""""' ee °' ''' was raised to
$" '' e '"'''" °' 'he gtenfion of
loc ating land Warrants.
° f Mr ° D " is ' the com
mittee of &% ns was inftruded to in-|
forfeit h7% Van Nefs had not
,fM dh r fe t Accepting the office
c^= ^ ^ of
Mr. Davis, after some
observations, gave notice,^^
the Territorial Delegates
P art °f^ United States,^&
State of Ohio, resigned, he Should offer
amotion to vacate his feat.
A committee was raised to report an
amendment to the rules of the House
s^^^^^ &c
An Alexandria paper fas
days Since passed through this diftria,
on their journey to the Westward, a
f T'r /<"' ° f Germans, who had pur
chased 6000 acres of land in the neigh
bourhood of Chilicothe of Gen. Kofci
oSko at 3 dollars the acre, a second and
larger party are, we underhand, daily
expend at Norfolk; these worthy
• P r°L' d'^ ' ld '° be fr ° m the left bank
or the Rhine, and will prove valuable
citizens to the new Slate Ohio.
FROM THE CINTINEt.
BA^K SHARES.
WE present this day the late
Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, which relates to the fate
of the Bank Shares belonging to
the United States^
A number of fads readily pre
sent themselves to view on read-,
ing it. It appears,
ift. That the ftatemeAt made
some months since in the Centi
nel of the sale ofthofe Shares, was
accurately true, notwithstanding
all the denials on the fubject'
which were made in the demo^
cratic papers at the time.
2d. That 4,439,830 guilders
of the debt of the United States
due to Holland, is payable in
January, February, -'March, and
June of the present year.
@3=This debt bears an interest
of five per cenf.'per annum ; and
could have been reloaned at that,
or a less rate ; Certainly could,
have been paid out of the boast
ed surplus of Five Millions ofdol,
lars,now lyingufelel s in the Trea^
fury, bringing no interest in. But,
yd. That to pay part of this
debt, 2220 Bank Shares be
longing to the people of the U.
States, have been fold" to Mr.
Alexander Baring, of London,
and transferred th Great-Britain.
for 580 dollars per share, bei^4^|
the rate of 45 per cent, advance.
And this too, when an annual
dividend of eight per cent, has al
ways been paid on those shares,
independent of the proportionate
value attached th them from the
elegant buildings which have
been erected for the accommoda
tion of the bankj, and the extra
dividends which have been de
clared every thirdyear; and which
have made the annual dividend
at least nine pet cent .• — When
too, there were native citizens
who stood ready to purchase the 1
shares ; and when their current:
value on the Exchange was an ad-1
Vance o ffifty-two per cent, at leaft.'
t. To corroborate this last sass, we
%fj, tl , t , a „l™bfc fate of the
effects of a Bankrupt in this town, ;
about the time Mr. Gallatin made (
his lofmg bargain, thefßatik Shares
of that bankrupt were fold at an I
advance of 53 per cent, with the : I
interest off; which if on, would I
have made them worQ 574 per 1
cent. —Nos, however, to calculate 1
on the height of the market, it is na t
more than fair to assert, had Mr. 1
Gallatin directed those fares to 1
have been difributed among the &
Loan-Officers of five, fix, or more 1
of the States, and advertized them 1
for Jale, they would have been fold 1
in one week, to native citizens, at 1
an advance of 52 per cent, at least, 1
or at 608 dollars per Jhare. 1
4t h. That instead of thuspro- <
ceeding, the Secretary of theJ
Treasury, from ignorance of his 1
business, or from a. worse cause, 1
has fold to a foreigner, all the pro- <
perty of the people of the United <
States ; and at a loss too, at the t
lowest estimation, of TWEN
TY-EIGHT dollars on each 1
share, making a total and dead[
loss to the People, of SIXTY- 1
TWO THOUSAND dollars, 1
in this single bargain !
sth. It may be added, that 4
the rate at which Mr. Baring is
to remit the money—at 41 cents (
per guilder—is something higher :
than the going rate of exchange<
between the United States and'
Holland.l
Thus much for the vaunted,
talents of Mr. Gallatin as a Fil
nancier ; and for the fort of econ- I
omy which is the boast of the pref- 1
ent administration ! 1
' Rtffell & Cutler at Boston have iffu- (
« F°tt to f ° r Printing a new w °rk, entitled.'
A political and historical view of the civil and <
miliary truncations of Bonaparte." Tranflat
, French of J Chas. Price one dol
lar. The work will make about 300 pages.
A letter from Bridgewater, to a gentleman'
in this town, mentions that on the night of the 1
th ult. two men in that town took a kettle of 4
'° to • cib < o °m, When going to bed; ,
1. mor ^ ^ wer e both found dead, ,
Josiah Winslow was one of the persons—
O° a workma , with him. It is hoped 1
this will prove a lulling caution against the use 4
of wood coals in a dofc room. [AHft \
From the N. YORK kv-ninc post.
FORGED LEI TERS.
,The following xtraf of x letter,
just received j,%n Mffin^n
gives not an uninte? cfino crcowit
, of the manner in which the a;^
^ the Geffroy letters has,forthe
prefect, closed : —
December 20, 1802.
tEAR SIR, _
" You have heard enough of
the forged letters which have been
afenbed to Mr. Rutledge, and of
the part which EMery a Senator
f^n Rhode-Ifland, is supposed
to have taken in that nefarious
tran faction 4. On Sunday last El
lery went to Port Tobacco, about
five and twenty miles from this
city, and without the territory of
Columbia- . On Monday morning,
by accident or design, Mr. Rut
ledge was found at the fame place,
™ c ¥"P an y with Gen. Morris, of
Vermont. Gen. Morris was im
„mediately, t^ bearer of a message
from Rutledge to Ellery - the
latter was not to be seen, but the
friend with whom he lodged of
fered to Communicate the mef
^ge $ which it seems was nothing
more nor less than a Challenge.
This Ellery utterly refuted to ac^
cept, declaringhe considered him-
^ under the protection of the
Senate of the United States.—-
""^Qfe"^ theni told the friend
of Erery, that possibly the efr
ctimftance of his (Ellery's) being
nearsighted might be his objec
f'on proposed conflict, but
that hW&as inftruded by Mr.
Rutledge; to assure him, that
this difficulty should be removed,
by his consenting to a much near
er pojition than was usual on such
occasions , and further that un
less this fair offer should be ac
cepted, Mr. Rutledge wopld feel
himfelf constrained to take ven
geance on the hide of Mr. Ellery
wherever he should find him, in
any part of the United States, ex
cept the State of Rhode-IJland. —
To all this Ellery only answered
No.
" Yesterday morning as the
parties were on the return, thy
casually met at a tavern on the
Maryland fide. As soon as Ellery
saw Rutledge, he instantly called
for a room, but the knight was
too quick for the fugiti^^mi
followed him into the rod,
without ceremony comra
the difciplihe of the came
byWay of interlude, a little tvring
ing of the rtofe, and rubbing of the
ears. The Senator defended him
felf with teeth and nails, calling
most piteously on the tyftander
for assistance. Morris looked on
with folded arms; eventhe land
lord was*a calm fpcaator. At
length with much fang.froid he
enquired of Morris it “be did
not think it was about time to
separate the combatants ; " Mor
ris told him, the house was his
own—he might do as he pleased.
Sackbut then interposed, and thus
the affray ended.
“ Much conversation and va
rious conjectures have of course
grown out of the tranfadion.
Whether Ellery will lay his case
before Hie Senate is not known."
— .J
Extract of a letter from a'ver, intelligent
gentleman at Neu-Orleam,dated Dec. 3.
"My last conveyed the Proclamation
of our Intendant for doling this port,
as a place of deposit for the American
commerce. Whilst the fubjed was in
agitation, it excited the most violent
sensations in this place, amongst all par
ties, as well colonists as American citi
zens, as we are perfectly persuaded that
the profperiry of this city chiefly de
pends on the intercourse with the U
nited States. The Intendant's Procla
mation excluding your countrymen,
without aligning an equivalent place
of deposit conformably to the treaty of
St. Ildefonfo, has entirely paralized our
commerce. We can no other wife ac
count for this extraordinary measure,,
than owing to express orders from our
Court. The Intendant never would
have dared to have aded thus from his
own authority. The measure has un
doubtedly originated in the palace, of
St. Cloud. Bonaparte is determined
to accept of no ceflion of the ancient
colony of Louisiana, but in undefined
terms, and unreflridcd by any conven-
•
tions that have tea am&, fife the
bale surrender o! this place to Spain,
by the Duke de Choifc'uf.after th perce
' °f 1763 —an event that can never Ft
obliterated f>oti the memory f cut,
colenift% as long v, a grey head exh? ,
that witnessed the cruelties coir mitt&x
by General O'Reilly—to append lie
murmerS cccathmed by his Piceiarra
:ti&h, the Intendant has been adrifed^
write to the Governor General at " ?
Havanna, to open this port as afent *
rary place of deposit, until the tut ~
phafure of the Court of Madrid
be known—where remonstrance, wU
be sent against this very injuriou r. c:^
ure. You kndw, however, whit litre
refpea is paid by our Sovereign tet^
interests of his fubjeds. It is ri 2 fate
of this colony to be transferred, ihe f>
many negroes, wichodt confalt ^g the
interests, or regarding the prejudices r
partialities of the colonifts.—Ged or n y
knows who is to be our next matter
We apprehend that this place will be
come a feene of contention, as w; drerd
the rage and resentment of the people
of the upper waters. The Kent dicker
men have often wished for ah 0] ortri
nity of sacking New-Orleans, rad the
day may pot be far distant. i 1 with "
that myfelf and family were tras /plant
ed from this place, to some peaceful r~
treat within your juriiai&ion,
BOSTON, JAr 10,
FROM DEMAR^RA, dec. 2.
" On the 25th ult. His Excellency
Governor Meertens, and suite, with
1400 troops, arrived here from Hof
land, and landed yesterday ; the irt
British Weft-India regiment command
ed byCol.Z/iflop,and the Orange troops,•
having prevjoufly embarked This l
morning a salute of 21 guns were fired,
and the flags changed, Every th,
was conduced with great or er :.:
regularity. We shall know i: alw
days the regulations of trade. Upo<
the parade to-day, fix or seven folciere
dropped down, and were carried ,rs
the ground, and lam of opinic >, ; 1-
in fix months more than half of them
will be dead. To convince y Lew
much the English have enriched tl3 (
country since they have had it ifpm.
session, I can assure you, front correct
flatements, that the exports frlh 1;0
to 1802, have been 15,600,000 ot.--
number of vessels loaded,l icg;. .&.:rau
ber of flarves imported 30,45,"
^rT™rr™?™- ~" —— ±c — —±..3p—a
PORTSMOUTH, yANUARY x< ^
Foreign Articles.
Glafem papers to Nov. 19 fee been
received at Norfolk —they contain London
dates to Nov. 14.
London, nov. 13 —Ld, Whitworth, cot
Miniftef to the French Government, arrived at
Calais bn Wednesday Ixft. He wt received
with the most decisive demonftrationj of joy by
^1 —u. ft.^ welcomed te the -Kr^tre to.
the evening, with ne tune or Got ; .^
King, and the loadeft acclamations.
It is reported, that the French and Engiilh
Governments have adjured their dr rencei^
fpeding Malta; that it is to remain in tha
hands of the English.
IffThe mail arrived at to last night - t/nder
Philadelphia head of a Bollen piper, hr
Rd a nervous paragraphift calling & 'n re..if..
tens to af&mhle, and take into confo eiat.cn the
' unhappy situation of the fufferers ir hit tovr,
and reminding them of a handsome contribute „
forwarded them in the summer of 19, by th,
citizens of Portsmouth.
Extract of a letter from Kennelmk.
Toukai had ams dreadful pfe,
tisn at PortfaeWh—We truji hfi <
the fufferers twill in a great meaft ; ifo%L
up — There is a fubfeription ons •here fi r
their relief, and a Mr. Lord tea
ed 20 dollars. A
Among the many donors to 1 • ffm^ '
in this to^n, <we notice woith pet if so
sure, that from the ^ Society oj hIQ
at Dover - With 4 liberality j e ^^ m._
co?dart with the mile and genir',ms of
their religious faith, has this j P&
scribed for the fufferers.!
The Donations from our cow. w ; friend,
Should be peculiarly acceptable- fppj&
scribed from empathy, and fra fyf ^^ 1
fruits of laborious indufiry,Jho\.^/%%&?.
the ,arcfl fenfWity, and genera tie %1
liberal vims. After this f^rm^t Q %,
cannot refrain mentioning ag© fot^^
of Greenland.
From a tat e Boffo
On Friday night last abaft; a oil
ter before 12 o'clock, a fire 1 4
ered by Mi. David Henrick ere &
town watch, under Mr. Ti fl., i n a
workshop, situated on Lyman's Wharf
and occupied by Messrs. Sn]ih aid Cix ~ -
ft )ip-wrights, and Mr. frit ^fo,'
which was entirely confumei. totofe
with an adjoining store, owi.J , M r .l
Leach, in which was 800 <r
fiffi-and a copper's shop, occupy tr
Mr. Clark This is the third .14 fl
has occurred in the North part <fo e
town this winter, and all of th<m
in workshops. Os the tv firft, no
positive circumstance has arr.i to make +
it evident that they werqtl chua<,f
design, and of the last, it k pietty well
afeertained to have been canfed by the
carelessness ofa boy who was In tlx:'
habit of working late in the evening,#
the fire was difeovered kindling in that
part of the building where lus work
bench flood. Mechanics !as yetvdue
your property, and the welfiie and se
curity of your fellow.citizens, f# 4^
selves, to the doling of your flam ;d
iworkfhops—lf you want y< teh; '
Iwell done, fays Poor Riclr? / ."
'YOURSELF
1
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