The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-03-10 00:00:00, page 2

WEDNE^DAY,FEB. 18.
The following Message was yesterday re
ceived, and committed to Messrs. Rutledge
Otis and J, C. Smith:—
Gentlemen of the Senate, and *
Gentlemen of the House of RfpreJentatives,
I with to know the pleafure'of Congress, and
request their advice concerning the disposition of
the property of the United States now in my pof
session ; whether I mail deliver it into the hands of
the heads of departments, or of the commissioners
of the city of Washington, or of a committee of
Congress, or to any other persons Congress may
appoint, to be delivered into the hands of my suc
cessor ; or whether I (hall present it myfelf to the
President of the United States on the fourth of
March next.
Any of these modes will be agreeable to me;
.JOHN ADAMS.
United States February 16 1801.
The bill for franking all letters to John
Adams, palled.
Naval Peace Ejlablifoments
\ A bill providing therefor, and for other'
purpose, ; and a bill refpeaing Navy Yards
and Timber ; were read, and committed.
The Land valuation amendment bill ; the
1801 appropriation bill, the 1801 military
ejlailijhment appropriation bill, wefe read, &
ordered to be engrossed. ^ debate ensued on
the appropriation of 22,000, dollars for rations
to the Indians ; which Meffrs.,Claiborne and
Davis wifoedflruck out ; as an useless expense
only serving to produce inebriety and profligacy
on the part of the Indians ; who were^ not ci
vilized nor rendered more placably thereby—
the only guarantee of th?ir pacific disposition be
inga military force. Messrs G^tyold, Otis,
Ratledge, and Shepard were in favar of the
allowance /from the food effects it had produc
ed there having been peace on the frontiers e-
TUESDAY,FEB. 10.
The honfe of Representatives palled a re
solution, that they would to-morrow at 12
o'clock attend in the Senate chamber for
morial of Thomas Hcrry, reported a Reso
lution authorizing the Secretary of State to
purchase Copies of Herty's digest
of the Laws of the U States to be diftribut-
the purpose of being present at the counting
of the votes for Pretident and Vice-Preii
dent, and that Mr. Nicholas be the tellers
op the part of the House.
Intercourse with France.
A Bill reported by the committee ofa re
vifal and unfinifhed business, for continuing
in force the a&f^fpending commercial inter
course with France was taken up, and af
ter a warm debate rejected by a large Ma
jority..
On Thursday last Mr. Clark from the
committee to whom was referred the Me-
ed in the manner directed by the a&, inti
tled "an a& in addition to an a& for the
more general promulgation , of the Laws of
the United States" and like a number of the
gifts of the last and present Session proposed
by him to be published.
CongVef^ of tbe Unites States
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
And that he would be pleased to prevent
the. spreading of contagious and mortal sick
ness, and continue to us the enjoyment of
health :—That he would bless the labours
of the husbandman, and so order the ensu
ing seasons, that the earth may yield her in
crease, and the year be crowned with plen
ty :—That he would prosper our Com
merce, Navigation, Manufactures, and
Fisheries :— That he would continue tofuc
ceed the means of education, and cause them
to be more ex^nfively beneficial in promot
ing ufeful knowledge, and formingthe rising
generation to virtue and goodness.
And that he would grant, that the Unit
ed States may ever be a feat of knowledge
and liberty, and the residence of all those
virtues that improve human nature, and
support and adorn society : —That the vio
lent commotions in Europe may speedily
terminate in the eftablilbment of peace and
righteousness :—That war may cease for
ever, and .the progressive influence of the
gospel produce a period of great and durable
prosperity in the earth, and that the favour
of the knowledge of Christ may be made
manifett in every place.
Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, this
nineteenth Day of February, in the Year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and one
and in the twenty fifth Year of the Indepen
dence of the United States of America.
Caleb Strong.
By bis Excellency's Command, with the advice
and content of the Council.
And it is earnestly recommended to the
people of this Commonwealth to abstain
from unnecessary labour and recreation on
the said dav.
graces and virtues of the chriftian chara^er.
—That mutual charity may prevail among
the different religious denominations, and
that all may unite in the Support of a gov
ernment which affords them equal protec
tion ; —That the people may regard their
Constitutions with veneration and love, and
be preserved from infidelity and dissoluteness
of manners.
JOHN AVERY, 'Secretary.
GODfave the Commonwealth of Mafachujetts.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman in Wafhin,
ton, to his friend in New-York, dated the 10th of
' Feb. 1801.
“ Going from the capital, to George-
Town a few days since, I observed a piece
of paper on the road ; led by curiosity, I
alighted, picked it up, put it in my pocket,
and rode on. When I got home I found it
ah advertisement for certain Amufementsat
Washington. By its dare thou wilt per
ceive that; a wonderful Entertainment was
given on the 30th ulh Tho'l am one of
those people called quakers, and visiting
places of amufemeht, is held inconsistent
with our religious tenets, yet I must confefs.
that had I known it sooner, I fbould have
been tempted to have become one of the
fpeaators. My friend, I never could con
ceive that there is an evil in visiting places
of this kind, when the amusements are in
themselves hdrmlefs : and also, 1 am one
of those who think and aft for themselves,
Itrued to tend (unless by consent of the house
previously obtained, or in the case of disor
derly behaviour) to the expulsion of any
person either from the lobby, when intro
duced by any member of the house, or from
the gallery, when the fame is generally op
ened.
A bill for continuing the „a& generally
denominated the Sedition^Law : was read.
A motion was made to reject the bilLon
which a debate ensued, The Yeas and
Nays were taken and were : For rejecting
the bill 50. —Against it 49. —The Speaker
declared himfelf against reje&ing.—The
votes being equal ; the motion for rejecting
was loft : —
YEAS—Mellys., Alston, Bailey, Bishop, R.
Brown, Cabell,Chrittie, Clay, Claiborne, Condit,
Davis, Dawson, Dent, Egglefton, Elmendorf, Gal
latin, Gray, Gregg, Hanna, Heilter, Holmes, Hu
ger, Jackson, Kitchell, Leib, Lincoln, Lyon, Linn,
Livingston. Macon, Muhlenberg, New, Nicholas,
Nicholson, Parker, Randolph, Smilie, J. Smith,
Spaight, Stanford, Stone, Stuart, Taliaferro,
Thompson, A. Trigg, Tazewell, Van Cortlandt,
Varnum, K. Williams— 50.
tion refpeaing the Speaker. A warm de
bate ensued. Several questions of order
were taken on it. It was finally voted, that
the fubje& ought to have been committed—
-54, 10 46.
Mr. Gallatin's new rule w^s then called
up ;—which was dismissed by the previous
question being moved by Mr. Bayard, Shall
the main question be put I Yeas 50 —Nays
53- . ° V <
NAYS-Mr. Speaker—Messrs. Baer, Bartlett,
Bird J. Brown, Champlin, Cooper, Cfdik, Dana,
J. Davenport, F. Davenport, Dennis, Dickson,
Edmond, Evans, Foster, Freeman, Glen, C. Good
rich, Griswold, Grove, Harper, Henderson, Hill,
Imlay, Kittera, H. Lee, S. Lee, Morris, Mattoon
Otis, Page, Pmckney, Platt, Rowell, J. Reed, N.
Read, Rutledge, Shepard, J. C. Smith, Sheafe,
Tenny, Thatcher, J. C. Thomas, R. Thomas,
Wadsworth, Waln, L° Williams, Woods?— 50.
verface it hits .been allowed; and war prior
thereto The item was retained.
The additional Post Road Bill was re
ported and committed.
New PreJident.
Five members, on the part of the House,
were appointed of a joint Committee to con
fider what accommodations ought to be
made for the President of the United States
after the 3d March next.
A bill refpe&ing the rate at which the
fica rupee, and star pagoda, shall be eftimat
►ed in the Custom-Houses, was difeuffed;
but no decision had thereon,'
THURSDAY, FEB. 19,
Several bills already mentioned passed.
The Committee of inquiry into the offi
cial conduct of Winthrop Sargent, reported,
a full investigation of the fubjed, and re
commend that the House do come to the
following resolution ;
Resolved, That there does not appear
cause for further proceedings on the matters
of complaint for mal-adminiftration against
Winthrop Sargent, as Governor of the Mif
fifippi Territory.
( e President Election,
A Committee was raised so notify Tho
mas Jefferfon ofhis election,
' — Speaker's Privilege,
Mr. Gallatin moved the following rule—
The power of the speaker or chairman of
the committee of the whole, shall not be con-
Mr. Davis laid upon the table the fol
lowing resolution : —
Revived, That the Speaker of this House
in directing the sergeant at arms to order &
expel from the gallery of this house, Samuel
Harrison Smith, a citizen of the United
States, usurped a power not given to him by
the rules of this house, and deprived the said
Samuel Harrison Smith of his constitutional
right as a citizen.
He prefaced it by observing that it was
right the power of the speaker Should be
designated, so that neither his power nor
the privileges of any citizen might be in
the least impaired. He wished to bring the
fubjeCt into view, and obtain a right under
handing how far these powers and privi
leges extended.
The House took up Mr. Davis's refolu-
From the republican watch -tower.
FRIDAY, Per. 20.
Theatre Royal, Washington.
Grand Entertainment ! !
This Evening, will be Presented,
A feties of Entertainment, no less new than
Extraordinary ! !
Signior Spadrillo, from Naples, will play
a Concerto Solo, Adanto, Effe&uofo, et
Maeftofo, while balancing on the Slack
Wire—Accompanymants on the Harp by
Patrick F I, and Matter O'Tis wild
Young United Irishmen'. " Return en
raptur'd hours, when Maria's heart was
mine," by Alexander Pamphlet, from the
New-York Theatre. As this gentleman
has lately recovered from a severe indisposi
tion, occasioned by jealousy and disappointed
love, it is hoped the audience will make the
necessary allowance. Timothy Fickle
herring will imitate the Melodious Notes of
the Crocodile, in a very fuprifing manner ;
also, fliew the curious mode of catching flies
with the under jaw, as pradifed with great
success at St. Domingo, reciting at the fame
time the pleasures of a cottage life in the
Wilds of Luzerne. Robert Liftunder will
play, solo, the popular tune of " God save
Great George our King," on an old violin
with one firing only. " 'Splood what a
charming thing's a battle," by Jemmy M'-
Jemmy, who will dance a hornpipe with his
heels upwards, delivering an occasional ad
dress on the utility of flying artillery.
The new piece of music, called, “ The
March of the Jacobins to the enemies lines,"
by Richard, of degraded, deluded, and gin
toddy drinking memory—And another to
the tune of the Old Hundred, called, “ On
evil times have we fallen indeed/' by John
Brimborion.
Uriah Tracy will deliver an oration in
the Rnffian language, on the great advan
tage of extermination, with an Episode on
the use of heels in cases of Insolvency, not
omitting a fitblime description of the gran
deur of the Niagara Falls.
Goody Harper will deliver a declamation
in the French Jacobin style, against the new
art of Swindling, commonly called pafling
through the mill ; and give a geographical
account of the Road to Mexico, and of sev
eral hundred thousand acres of back land.
To which will be added
A Serious Historical PANTOMIME,
CALLED,
"The frehfury Conflagration."
Harlequin, by Jonathan W , who
will jump thro' a barrel of fire upwards of
twelve feet high, set in a blaze by cbmbuf
tibles from the War Department. The
aftonilhing feats of Shadrach, Mefheck and
Abednego, by Patrick F 1, Basil W—ds,
and Edward [ n's, who will, Salamand
er like, walk thro' a heated furnace with
out even having their hair singed.
A Fandango, by X, r, rind Z,
Aflitted by Gen. P y, who will deliver,
extempore, an ingenious leaure on the
conftru&inn of Tubs with falfe bottoms.
Brigadier General Thunder will amuse
the audience in performing the part of the
" Lyon" in “ Pyramus and Thifbe" —He
will roar in a voice like thunder, that Duane
shall cry out, encore, encore, let him roar,
once more, once more.—As the General is
not " a very sweet faced man," the audience
will make the necessary allowance if the roars
fbould be so terrible as to make the ladles
shriek. After the Conclusion of the Lyon's
part, the General will commence a learned
difeourfe on the dodrine of (peculation in
land warrants, not omitting a description of
the beauties of Chilton.
The duties of the Secretary of War, de
veloped by Lucius Horatio Stockton ; the
laws of chivalry laid down in a perfpicnous
manner, by Roger Griswold—the most ex
pert mode of raising infurreaions, and ar
ranging Presidential elections, by Jemmy
Ross : with notes on living in style, and the
anatomy of boneless turkies, by Billy Bing
ham.
Gov. Morris, after speaking the Epilogue
will dance a highland reel, to be followed
by Pickleherring and Liftunder, walking the
Minuet De la ceur, displaying the airs and
graces ; Timothy singing the whole time,
" Ballinamora, five hundred thousand dol
lars for me."
To conclude with the comic dance of the
" Federal and old Tory devils in an uproar,"
to the favorite air of " Rule Britania, Bri
tania rule the waves." Scenery, machine
ry & transparencies, on a scale entirely new.
Swindlers, speculators, spirits, hobgoblins,
poll-office robbers, and ConneQicut attor
nies, by the rest of the company.
N, B. Ice-Cream and other refreshments, A la
mode-d%-Paris, for the accomynodation of the Au
dience.—-(^Gentlemen are defred to take par
ticular care of their Pocket-Books.
*, Tickets to be had at the Office of Sammy
Dextrous, Book-Keeper, near the Munjoteum,
independent of the opinion and prejudices of
others. .To thee, who haft seen many such
things in New-York, this entertainment
might not have afforded much merriment —
To me it would have been surprising ! !—
This fame Pickle Herring mull be an odd
creature. THY FRIEND.
Mr. Adams feeins determined to five hify
successor, Thomas Jefferfon, the trouble of
making appointments--A number of those
whom he as already nominated,having de
clined, he is about to procure in Europe oth-fr
ers in their Read. /-
To which the President ele&, was pleas
ed to make the following reply:
“ I receive, gentlemen, with profound
thankfnlnefs, this testimony of confidence
from the great representative council of out
nation. It fills up the measure of that
grateful fatisfaaion, which had already been
derived from the fuffrages of my felfow-cH
tizens themselves designating me as one of
those to whom they were willing to com
mit|this charge, the most important of all
others to them. In deciding between the
candidates, whern their equal vote prefented'
to your choice, Tam fenhble that age has
been refpecled, rather than more a&ive and
ufeful qualifications. I know the difficul
ties of the Ration to which I am called, and
feel and acknowledge my incompetence to
them. But whatsoever of diligence, what
soever of justice or of affectionate concern
for the happiness of man, it has pleased
Providence to place within the compass of^
my faculties, shall be called forth for the
discharge of the duties confided to me, and
for procuring to my fellow citizens all the
benefits which our constitution has placed
under the guardianfllip of the general gov
ernment.-—-Guided by the wisdom anti -
patriotism of those to whom it belongs to
ex)rtfs the legislative will of the nation,
I will ^ive to that will a faithful execu
tion. I pray you to convey to'the honora
ble body from which yoq ^re deputed the
homage of my humble acknowledgements,; 1
and the sentiments of zeal and fidelity, by J
which I shall endeavour to merit thefe'
proofs of confidence from the nation and its
representatives.
Accept yourselves gentlemen, my particu
lar thanks for the obliging terms in which ,
you have been pleased to communicate their /
will.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, / I
February 20, 1801./
Messrs Pinckney, Tazewell,) •
and Bayard. , —^ ,|
pPniLADEtPHIA,FERRUAPr,^.
Extras letter, dated, Wafkington, February
" An attempt was yesterday made to push
the Sedition Law, through the house, and
so eager were the federalifts to accomplish
their objefyhat Mr. Platt, of New-York
chairman of the committee which reported
in favour of its revival, moved to have it
read the third time even before it had been
read thezd time. Upona division for read
ing the bill a 2d time to morrow (this day)
the noes were 50—ayes 49—the speaker of
conference, by his calling vote,carried tor
the 'wfe^''' evera ' republican members
were Trent as usual ; general Sumpterwho
is sick, Mr. Goode, Mr. Fowler, and some
others, had two of them been in their feats
the matter must have funk forever. There'
is no apprehension, howevef, of the issue.
" The Editor of the Aurora, was notified
by the Speaker yesterday to leave the house;
he had been introduced by a member. The
message was conveyed by the Serjeant at
Arms while the House was in committee of
the whole, but the Editor would not oppose.
Soon afte^Mr. Gallatin introduced a resolu
tion to the following effect—which was laid
on the table.
" Mr. Otis is nominated diftria attorney
for Massachusetts, in the room of Mr. Da
vis appointed a Circuit Judge!
“ Mr. Bayard's nomination as ambassa
dor to France, has been confirmed unani
mously in Seriate—but there is an odd secret
in the business to be developed hereafter -
(Bayard does not go !) Mr. Adams is now
the ridicule of his former adorers" !!
" That it be a landing rule of this house,
that the Speaker of this House shall not^
prevent any private citizen from atteding in
the gallery of this House, uhlefs when the ,-
gallery shall be closed on special business
nor from attending on the floor of the area"
of that House when introduced by a mem
ber unless the authority of the House shall
have been previously obtained."
" This question will be taken up this day
I expe&, and is likely to cause some de
bate.
Extraft from another Letter, dated Feb. ar, 1801,
" It is with pleasure I announce to you
that this moment the Bill to revive the Se-„
dition Ad, was negatived by a majority of
53 to 49° Thus has this iniquitous la*
met with its just fate,"•
WASHINGTON, FEE. 2,1
The Committee, inßrufled on the 12th infl. to wait oh\
The Prefdent elect, and notify him of his eltc-\
tion:"
REPORT—
That they have, according to order, per
formed that service, and addressed the Pre
sident elc&, in the following words, to wit,
" The committee beg leave to express
their withes for the prosperity of your ad
ministration, and their sincere desire that it
may promote you/ own happineft and the
welfare of your country."