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,fe 'well know in this country. The flalk^formed into \
reeds,filled with a white ,u), from their drengtb 1
towards the root, were ferced'te have been gut about
two feet from the Jurface of the foil. The straw er
rather re 'd, Mr. Doraff got cut with a machine, and
served to borfes as a fubffitutefor oats, on which they
greedily fed, ar.dfeemed to thrive on it as well as on
their ufualfood, The general produce of wheat, re-
J,efting the feed,was ten barrels wantingfx pounds;
on grinding, the proportion of bran, rebelling the
fear, was three pounds of the firmer to one barrel of
the latter.
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Congress of the United States.
House of Representatives.
SENATE— FEBRUARY 18.
THE Lcuifiana Government bill puffed to be enacted.
Yeas 20, Nays 5.
FRIDAY, EFE 17.
THE committee on the fubje&, reported a bill ^rc ef
fethalt, to fccurr tbe Independence of the "pudges of the
United S/ata—[g,This security is to be found 'm the pro-'
Tifton, that they ffiall be ineligible to hold any other office,
while they continue on the bench—The object of the bill
is said to be, to call a fide-way slur on the administration
of President Washington, for appointing Judge Jay, to ne
gotiate the treaty with great Britaiir]
The bill making further provision for extinguishing debts
due from the United States was read and referred—[g, The
•bjeA ®f this bill, ve learn, is to apply the sponge to all the
alamo vbicb the creditor States bave in tie United States —
Tbe creditor States are, New-Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Khode-lfland, ConDedicut, New Jufey, South-Carolina,
and Georgia.
A committee was directed to inquire into the expedien
cy of amending the fcvcral ads fixing the compensation
of officers of the cuftoms fr ".
A memorial presented by Dr Mitchell, bn the fubjedt
* of vessels originally of foreign construction, but rebuilt two
thirds within the United States and vessels originally built
within the " Britifo territories, destitute of registers, &c.
was referred to the committee for foftering and encour
aging the Riberies.
The Prefident/by Mr Harvie, his Secretary communi
cated, by message, information refpeding the fituatiau of
the lands of the United States near Detroit—Referred.
The Naval Peace Establishment supplementary bill was
read and referred. [This Bill provides for the appointment
of fandr, agents to superintend tbe fifes in ordinary.]
' A resolution passed, investing the Circuit Court in the
diftria of Columbia with the power to allow divorces;
and a bill was ordered.
Tax on Slaves. -~
The order of the day, to confider the bill laying a tax
of Ten Dollars upon every Slave imported into the United
States; after a long and intricate debate, was postponed
until the Second Monday in March. {©The National In
fcUigencer, remarking on these proceedings fays, “ to pre
vent an erroneous impression being made on the public,
ft is proper to remark that, during the whole difeuffien, not
3 finglc voice was raised in defence of the ad of the Le
gislature of South Carolina allowing the importation of
Slaves; but that, on the contrary, while b,y force of the
Speakers its immorality and impolicy were severely censur
ed, by all its exigence was deprecated---A large? number
of those who voted for the postponement, advocated it on
the ciprefs and sole ground that it would give the legis
lature of South Carolina an opportunity, which they bc
iieved would be embraced, to repeal the ad."
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Mr^ppes offered a refolutioc, for the appointment of
h committee to enquire, whether the monies drawn from
the treasury on account of the Marine Corps, from 1798
to I*o3, have been faithfully applied according to law —
Committed to Messrs Eppes, Sands, McCreery, Leib and
Beyle.'.
A committee was inftruded to inquire into the expedi
ency of abolilhiug the office of Lieutenant Cofol Conm.xd
ant of & Marine Corp.
Louisiana.
A committee was directed to inquire into the expediency
of authorising the President to employ pedons to expire
such parts of the " province" of Louifana, as he may think
proper — [g,Tbe object of tbe mover of this resolution (Mr
Afore) mas to obtain a good geographical defcriptiin of Loxi
fiana ; b, übicb its limits may be ascertained ; as tbe time may
not, perhaps be difant, -when its boundaries may be a fubjeß of
negotiation between the former owners and tbe United States]
A report was made on the fubje& of laying duties for
the support of Light Houfes—[£,7^ Report propofa a
duty of forty cents a ton on foreign veffcls, for tbe support of
light boufts]
A bill making provision for persons disabled by known
wounds received during the revolutionary war, was debat
ed, amended, and postponed to Tucfday next.
A bill came from the Seriate, allowing all who were in
habitants of Louisiana, April jo, 1803, to obtain register
for vessels.
MONDAY, FEB. 29.
Mr 7 Randolph,after a ftriug of intradu&ory observations,
proposed a resolution, " That no part of the five millions of
acres reserved for Satisfying and quitting claims to the laws
ceded by the Stare of Georgia to the United States, (hall
be appropriated to quiet or compensate any claims de
rived under any aa, or pretended a& of Georgia, passed or
alledgcd to ,be passed during the year 17,5 — This resolu
tion wascarried; Ayes 53—They were then referred to
the committee of the whole, when on the fubjed of the
public lands—[g,Tbis meofure defrays all tbe hopes of tbe
Luifona —A memorial from the merchants of New Or
leans, praying redress for grievances under which they la
bor for tbe payment of export duties was referred.
The bill for dividing the Indiana Territory into two
Governments, was taken up, and passed to a third reading
tomorrow. [lbis bill defenates tbe new territory b, tbe name
of Michigan.]
A committee on the fubjed t reported, that the present
session be elofed the rath March— Postponed until Friday,
The bill providing for Light Houses, buoys, &c. was
read and referred.-
TUESDAY, FEB fl.
A bill to authorize the Courts of the United States to
appoint Commiffiouers to take depositions out of Court,
passed—Ayes 70.
The bill to divide the Indiana Territory into two Gov
ernments, was debated, and on the question, Shall tbit Bill
,ass? It passed in the negative: Nays 59, Ayes 5% —So
the bril so toft-}
The bill making appropriations for the support of gov
ernment for IXO4, was difeufted, and passed for a third
reading to-morrow.
The Salary Bill haspaffed the Senate, Yeas 20, Nays ~
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22.
The Bill for the relief of persons wounded during the
revolutionary war, being under consideration, on motion
of Mr Elliot, the following amendment was adopted .
"And also all thofc persons, who, in conference of
known wounds received in the actual fa vice of the Uni
ted States, during tbe revolutionary war, have at any pe
flod since, become disabled in such a manner as to render
diem unable to procure a substance by mutual labor"
Mr Lattimore offered Several resolutions on the fubjc&
of the sale of public lands, which were agreed to.
The city of Washington incorporation bill passed
The support of government appropriation bill, for 1804,
paled.
The bill providing for the recording, registering, and
enrolling thfa the diftria of Orleans, passed [#7%„
bill autborites tbe inhabitants an tbe totb December and tbe
cities of tbe United States rtfdiag thereto, to regfc their
vepl
The Naval Peace E&ablffiiment supplementary bill was
taken u, in committee of the whole. To this bill two a
mendmeuts were made, one for abolishing the office of Lt
Col of Marines, &c and another for allowing Captains re
quired to hold themselves in readintefs, the fame relations as
when an aerial Service
~ Thursday, Feb ij.
The land transportation drawback bill passed
The Naval Peace Establishment supplementary bill was
read a third time—Mr Varnum moved, the Striking out
of the fedion allowing rations to captains &c which was
agreed to—Yeas 63—Nays 54 —The bill then puffed---
Ayes 63.
Monday, fib. 27.
The petition ofa number of citizens of Vermont pray
ing for a townfllip of land for Settlement, in Louisiana, was
referred to the next faffioß.
The House, in committee, made progress in a Resolution
to lay out the money collected for the relief of seamen in
the ports wherein it is collected.
The Spanilh Treaty appropriation bill was reported rind
referred.
The Poll-Office bill paffed.,-'
John Smith having accepted a feat in the^enate, tbe
Speaker was directed to acquaint the Executor of the va
cancy-...1
A resolution for appropriating 15,000 dols, for holding
a treaty with certain Indians, was negative^ 7
TUESDAY, be. rtl
The House, in committee, took up the b£,fron the
Seriate, for creating Louisiana into two tefrories, and
providing for the temporary government thertf. A de
bate ensued on the provisions of this bill, whim we muff
pollpone,
Late Foreign Advify, &
Lond%, j&kte
Information is received that Admiral Cornwallis
fix days since, was off Brest in the Ville de Paris
of via guns, with a squadron. That the idea
of an expedition from Holland before the Spring
was ostensibly given up andthat a part of the
French Troops had marched from the coast.
This was hoover conjectured to be a maozuvre
to conceal their real destination. A Ruffian
Army, assembling on the Polish frontiers is to
be So,ooo Strong.
Jan Irt Bonaparte left Paris 01 tbe 30th
of December ; he is expeded at Fluking. Re
ports from Constantinople mention great alarms
in the City, on account of the approach of two
rebel Pachas, and a confederacy in the Capital.
The rebels retreated on the approach of the
Janiffaries,and the mal contents concealed them-
Selves. Violent gales in the channel on the Bth
inst. A writer prc/pofes Shutting up Boulogne,
by finking half a dozen large old Ships iq the
mouth of the harbour,
Jan 12 — Accounts confirm the danger which
threaten the Ottoman Power, and represent the
disease of infurre&ion as having fixed upon the
vitals of the Empire.
The bank h„ damped their dollars with the
King's head, and propafes to receive them at
5s in order to prevent their being melted down,
and with a view to bring them into circulation.
YeSlerday, fomtimes, and this morning from
day light until redob, an incessant cannonade has
been heard in the direftions of Boulogne.
Result unknown. Large numbers of Light
Horses parade the coast every night.
Jan. 13.—Accounts from France, Rate that
great diferder and diffatisfa&ion prevail among
the French troop's at Boulogne. A letter from
China, of a recent date, fays, that the Emperour
of China is about to address the Emperour of
Russia in consequence of the Ruffian troops
disturbing his dominions; and that immense
prefenth are prepared to attend the address.
A large number of Caravans for the speedy
tranfpbtation of troops, provisions &c. conftruft
ed byotder of government have been sent to dif
ferent parts of the sea coast.
Jan. 14. —Bonaparte arrived at Boulogne
the next day after he left I'afis ; his obje& ap
pears to be the accelerations of the preparations.
Troops arc hastening from all parts of France
to the coast. Large quantities of provisions are
accumulating. The firing lately heard,was from
the batteries of Boulogne,cannonading our frui
zers, which, however, have received but flight
injuries. Admiral Cornwallis, remains with 13
fail of the line off Brest. The enemy remain
quiet in their harbours, Paris accounts state
that the King of Spain was fttuck with an
apopledick fit on the 9th of December, and
that he remains dangerously ill. Arrived a rich
Batavian East Indiaman valued at £ 100,006 ;
prize to the Mayflower, Privateer, Likewise a
French (loop transport, and a vessel from Schie
dam, with Gin- prizes.
Jan* 16.—Accounts have been received from
Admiral Sir J. Satimarez, announcing the cap
ture of above twenty of the enemy's vessels
chiefly coasters. A French Lieutenant be Vaif
feau lately taken, informs that the naval part of
the expedition are averse to the projeQ of inva
sion, knowing the insecurity of the crazy vessels
in which they are to embark. Reports of an
inevitable rupture with Spain and Portugal. A
riot took place at Chester, lately, on account of
the impressment of one of the Volunteers, who
had been 3 feamah ; the difturbanee continued
for several days.
Jan. 18.—A gentlman from Affifterdam, Jan 10
—brought intelligence thaCThe emterkatiori of"
the troops had commenced at Fluffiing- that
the Dutch are opposed to the plans of the ton
ful, but dare not resist. He dates the number
of Dutch troops to be cmploye^in the expedi
tion to be 9000. The officers are appointed by
the French. Letters from Gibraltar make
frievous complaints of the licence whick the
rench privateers enjoy in the Spanish ports,from
which they sally forth and commit depredations
on our trade. The Emperour of China has is
sued a Proclamation ftri&ly forbidding all
Fruechmen from being found in arms ; and if
any such are taken in the rebel army,
they are to be put to death immediately. The
Pcifkwa is Rated to have ceded to the company
a Territory yielding fitty lac# of Rupees annu
ally, in payment of the subsidiary force affor
ded by the British Government, to ntyfate and
maintain him on the raufoud.
Jas. tl.—A Capt. of a French transport :
Rates the numbers of gun-boats at Boulogne to
be 500. A convention was signed between the
6th an'd 20th of Dec. between the Governments
of France and Portugal, by which the latter is to
pay seventeen millions of francs, as the price
of neutrality. An individual repeats theproDofi
tion of finking large ftips in the entrance of the
harbour of Boulogne, and offers as an induce
ment,the inconvenience which had been sustained
by the finking of the R^al George in the har
bour of Portsmouth.
Jan.l9 —lt is a mb(lhonourable fa& that after
the rest of our fleet were blown off Brest by the
tremendous gale of the 25th of Dec. The har
bour of Brest was blockaded by a single British
74 Eaßware bay, near Dover, which has hither
to been considered as accessible to an invading
foe, is now put into a good Rate of defence. Im
mense labour has teen beftbwed in fortifying this
part of the coast.
Jan. 20.— The First Consul returned to Farit
on the 6th inst. without visiting Holland. An
article from Boulogne Rates the arrival of 100
additional fail, belonging to the war flotilla &
flotilla es transports. There are said to be be
tween 30,000 and 46,000 troops at Brest ready
for embarkation; arid at Boulogne 130,000 and
750 gun boats.
Jan. 21.—8 y accotiats from Setylin, hated
Dec. 2, it appears that Ali has not been so for
tunate againftthe rebels as he was at the Otto- *
man Court. He.has made a second attack up-|
on them which has proved as unfuccelsful as the I
former. It is said that he^left „o dead ,1 thel
feene of adion. Notwithstanding Lord Hawked '
bury's letters, prohibiting vessels coming from
Holland under neutral colours, from entering ar
English port except Yarmouth and the Downs,
numbers of (hips Dutch in reality, but carrying
the colours of ocher nations, arrive in the Thames,
every day from Rotterdam, and other Dutch
ports dired, and unload even at our Custom
house. It appears that Lord Nelson kept his
Ration off Toulon during the most tempefluous
Weather ever experienced in the Mediterranean.
Jan. 24. —Suspicions of Spain acquire Strength
The funds rife ! Defense works zlong the coast
near Cork are going on rapidly under Sir C.
Holtoafs infpedion ; from 5 to 6 hundred
workmen are employed on them daily. It is
not easy to guess the motives that dictated Bon
aparte's laR journey to Boulogne ; in his whole
tour to Calais, Eftaples and Boulogne, he pre
served a fallen fileneq. His intentions are kept a
profound secret.
Jan. 2s.—Our Squadron has, for these three
or four days, been forced to return to the downs,
owing to tempeftubus weather. At noon yest
erday a heavy firing was heard at Deal, in a S.
S. E. direction ; at four, a signal was made of
the enemy's flotilla being in motion from Bou
logne. Signals were immediately made to our
Ships, and they worked out, of the Downs, with
every inch of canvas spread ,
Two thousand, one hundred and ninety chil
dren have been inoculated with the Cow Pox,
in the publick Difprnfary in Edinburgh, and in
no instance has it failed of the desired effect.
Jan. 27. —It is objected to the proposition to
fink large Ships in the mouth of harbours of
Boulogne, that if vessels are funk at high water
the enemy may remove the obßraaion ; and
if at low water, the mufquito fleet of the Corfcan,
may pass over them. The writer obferve# that
"policy dilates not to do it. Is not the ty
rant squandering millions to no purpose ? Let
the boats alone ; they will do us no injury : if
he had not these boats to amuse him, he would
be employed in deviling more injurious meant
to ruin onr Commerce. This pigmy warfare of
his must soon, and to his eternal Shame end in
disgrace."
Jan. 28. —Accounts of an unfavourable fixture
have been received from Bombay. The Com
pany's troops have had some Severe a&ions with
the Mahrattas; After being twice repulsed with
loss in attempting to storm a fortrefs in posses
sion of the latter they at last succeeded ; but
their faccefs was purchased by the fall of several
valuable officers and men. It is complained
that the many thousand pounds worth of dollars
lately ifftied to the banking houses for publick
use are not in circulation. That only now and
then^a draggling dollar is seen!
LONDON, JAN. S.
A letter from St: Peterfburgh, dated Dec. 9, lays ;
“ The three Ships belonging to the Ruffian Ameri
can Company, which are arrived at Ochotzk from
the coast of America; have brought furs confining
of beaver, sea ottet, and fox Skins, to the valye of
two and a half millions of roubles. We have re
ceived at the fame time the unpleafaut news that the
frigate Phoenix, which Sailed from Ochotzk to Ka
diac, io the year 1 799, cm board of which was a
Greek BiShop and hi^ fuite,and of which no news
had been received, has been Soft at sea, as is proved
by the pieces of wreck found on different Inlands."
jaN. 16.— Frequent conferences are Rated to
have taken place at Paris between the French Min
ister of foreign affairs and the Austrian and Prussian
Ambassadors, relative to a difference between Aus
tria and Bavaria. An Außrian army of 60,000 men
is mentioned to havamafeh&d rounds the Bavarian
frontiers. The prevailing opinion on the continent
was that if tbe erifting mifuoderftanding Should
lead ip an a&ual rupture between Austria arid Ba
varia the former will be aided by Russia and the
letter by France, probably also by Praffix It was
further understood that the obvious inclination nf
his Prussian majesty to adopt this line of coudud,
had produced some lerious reraoußrances uo the
part of the emperor Alexander.
CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. JO.
Intelligence of the moR animating nature has
been received here, though not quite official, from
Arabia, Rating, the defeat and nearly total anuihila:
tion of the fed of. Abdul Wechab in Arabia. The
Pacha of Gedda, to whom we are indebted for this
Signal vidary, bad encumbered them in twenty-fix
engagements, in which he loft the gteateft part of
his officers, and of course a great many men, hut
the rcfylt of which has been sac retaking ufMeto,
where the Scheriff has resumed his authority. The
remainder of Abdul Wechab's adherents, who el
caped the general carnage, have fought Shelter in
flight. This intelligence, the truth of which is ar
dently lioped, does not Rate the fate of this celebra
ted Reformer.
General Brune, the French Ambassador, has been
informed, by means of a French Courier who is re
turned from Caire, of the arrival of a French Com
missary in that city. When Said Commissary en
tered the city, the pacha there received him with
great marks of diftinaion : he sent him a guard of
honour, and gave him liberty to plant two piece,
of cannon before his Hotel, and to hoist the tri-co
loured flag. .
The late report of a reconcilation with the E
gyptain Beys, Seems to be confirmed. The Porte
is laid to be treating with them at present by means
of Plenipotentiaries ; and, although the event rosy
riot prove so glorious as in the case of Abdul We
chab, a perfed accommondation is nevertheless ex^
peded to be the result.
—, i VIENNA, OCT. 22.
. The Duke of Modena, who died on the 14th in-
Rant, has left a considerable property behind him.
In the bank of Vienna he had a capital of 700,00a
ducats; and betides this, more than a million of
ducats, and a million of feuddi in ready money.
The Arehduchels Beatrix, contort of the Archduke
Ferdinand, is left general heiress.
I,XkihußG, oct. 23.
^,er um< f.r re :? troubles, the court of Vi- .
6 G 1 iy positive deQtomfcnmf'
I ^ lf <, r< to^£,%fyl.
;~ f ^. cm bv&ever all doubts are Varafhed
j^ : •''>^ '• . ?pears by the following
:i..%. # >ve > 1,/e public.
/'Friberg, Oaober 17, 1803. '
'Gentlemen—! had requested Baron Vob Mul
ler Van Muleck, Charge d'Affaires of the Helvetic
republic at Vienna, to exert his endeavors at the
Imperial Court, in order to learn the reasons which
have induced his imperial majesty to withhold an
answer to t3e letter which I have had tht honor of
feeding him, and in which I informed 6im of the
new confederative convention which has been in
troduced into the republic of. Helvetia. These en
deyors have induced an official note, a copy of
which I have herewith the honor to fend you. I
view it as perfeaiy agreeable to the Helvetic con
federacy, as well by reason of the Rattiring expref
uons in which it is couched, as that it announces, 4
the approaching arrival of a minister plenipoten
tiary from his Imperial Majesty. Assuring you of
thy perfea high esteem, I commend you to the Di-
Cine pro teaion.
The Lawdammari of Switzerland.
Lewis D'Affry."
"Baron Von Muller, Charge d'Affaires of Hel
vetia, has been informed, in answer to the note of
the 22d of last month, that the Sentiments of-amity
and good neighborhood, the affuranccs of u'.ich he
has been charged to renew by the diet of Friburg,'
has excited in his Majesty the Emperor an uncom
mon Satisfaaion. In nominating the Baron Von
Crumpipen to he Imperial Miriifte Plenipotentiary ..
his Majesty has given an incbbtro ribic proof of
bis amicable sentiments ; and it tralv hoped,
that the particular esteem which his rr. ! —
ihanifefted for the Helvetic republic, ? oc
misunderstood, through the delayi i c h<
minister, since by that delay his r ?\) < , , _ a
an evident proof, that in the critic cu-so i,;„s
in which Switzerland has found it :,bevßd
by no means interfere with the interior .: 1.,; ^
that free Rate. ,
"His Royal Highness the Archduke of Salrhurg,
brother of his Myefty, had an that interval re
qurfted, that the Baron Von Crumpipen, in whose
ability he placed the higbeft confidence, might, for
that moment, be charged with taking poffe^on of
the countries which have hllen to him for his in
demnities This mission will immediately termi- *
nate ; and the Baron Von Crumpipen is shortly ex
pe&ed to return ; consequently he will instantly
repair to his poss, provided with the necessary pow
ers and credentials for the reigning Landan man
and the Diet;
"This opportunity is embraced with Sincere joy,
to renew to Baton Von Muller the assurance of the
meft perfea high esteem.
,Lewis CouNt Von CoEENTZEL.
Vienna; Oaober 2, 1803.
ROTTERDAM, DEC. 9.
Coffee is not brisket; ind Bourbon seems to
be lower than all the other forts. On the Bth
of Feb. next, 900,060 lbs. of Java coffee will be
exposed to sale at Amsterdam, which is lying ia
ware-boufes at Bergen in Norway;it is not,how
ever, thought that this sale will tend to lower
the prices. Sugar and tobacco as before. Gin
is dull, and remains noted at ill. for London
proof, as in our last. The funds have uad;r.
gone no alteration.
We hear, that lord Elgin has been committed
a close prisoner iff France, byway of retaliation
for the frippofed confinement of general Boyer
in England. For the fake of his lord/him we
hope the French government will soon find its
mistake. We lately dated, on tbe authority of
the Morning Chronicle and other English papers
that general Boyer had a wholecity at his com
, in and.
A courier has left Peterfburgh for Paris, char
ged with aletter written by the Emperor himfelf
to the First ConfuL The belligerent powers
having refafed the mediation of the Ruffian
courthis imperial majesty is said to have propo
sed a congress, to which he has offered his best
services. Should this congress take place,it will
probably effe&juft as much as tbe so much tal
ked of mediation, at least under the present cir
curnftances. To make peace, without Striking
one blow of importance, can hardly be erpeded
of two powers who seem to hold bach other's
vengeance in such foveriegn contempt.'
.That Genoa was not immediately blockaded
in pursuance of the orders issued by the British
government, is to be attributed to the capture
of the English Ship by the French, which carried
Out the orders to admiral Nelson. A duplicate
of the dispatch has now readied that admiral
who instantly sent a division of his fleet thither
arid accordingly that port is sow closely block
aded. —w: