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clearance for New-Orleans, and issued de
bentures of drawback on the cargo ; but on
application for payment, the petitioner was
informed that the law of 2d March, 1799,
precluded him from being paid : --The pe
titioner therefore, prays relief from Con
gress.
" This case having been fully underwood
at last session, the committee confider it un
necessary to go into any reasoning thereon.
They submit the following resolution :
" Resolved, That the prayer of the peti
tioner ought to be granted, & that the com
mittee of Commerce and manufaanres be
direaed to bring in a bill conformably there
to."
Mr. $. Smith advocated the report.
Mr. Griswold, though inclined to allow
the prayer of the petition, thought a general
provision ought to be made for all similar ca
ses. With this view, it was moved that the
committee rife.
Carried ; —when the committee was dis
charged, and the petition of Samuel Corp,
and the report thereon, were recommitted to
the committee of Commerce and Manufac
tures, with inftruaions to enquire into the
propriety of providing by law for the pay
ment of debentures that have been issued for
drawback of duty on goods, wares, and
merchandises exported to New-Orleans.
Mr. Randolph, from the committee ap
pointed on Friday to present to the President
of the United States, a resolution of the
House, touching the violation on the part of
Spain of the treaty of friendship, limits and
navigation between the United States of A
merica and the King of Spain, reported
that the committee had performed theduty
assigned them, and had received for answer
from the President that he would cause tile
proper information to be laid before the
House.
Mr. Nicholson, from the committee, ap
pointed on the petitions of Richard Wilson
and Nathaniel Seagar, with inftruaions to
enquire into the expedience of making a
general provision for the relief of insolvent
debtors, within the diftrid of Columbia, re
ported a bill for the relief of insolvent debt
ors in the diftri& of Columbia which was
twice read, and referred to a committee of
the whole on Thursday next.
On motion of Mr. Mattoon, a resolution
Was paded requesting the President to direa
the proper officer to lay before the House a
ft itement of the militia returns last received
from the fdveral states ; and Messrs. Mat
toon and Jackson, appointed a committee.:
On motion of Mr. Euftis, the petition at
John Holland, presented last session, was re
ferred to the committee of Commerce and
Manufactures.
The following are the committees ap
pointed on the resolutions entered into on
Friday in the House of representatives.
On the part of the President's Message
that relates to our.concerns with the Indian
tribes and the establishment of a new settle
ment ; Messrs, Dawson, T. Morris, Hoge,
Hastings, and Meriwether.
On that part which relates to our Navy-
Yards, and the building of docks ; Messrs.
Mhchill, Rutledge, Hanna, Wadsworth and
Mott.
On that part which relates to the provid
ing sot the return of American seamen dis
charged in foreign ports, and left abroad ;
Messrs. S. Smith, Goddard, Josiah Smith,
Woods, and Gray.
On that part which refers to the warfare
with Tripoli, and to the relation with the
other Barbary powers ; Messrs. Euftis, Per
kins, Elmendorf, Tillinghaft, and Talia
ferro.
On that part which relates to the militia
institution of the United States ; Mellrs.
Varnum, Upham, J. Smith, of Virginia,
Holmes, Brown, Butler, D. Heifler, Stan
ton, and Stanford.
On that part, which relates to the fofter
ing of the fifheries of the United States ;
Messrs. Huger, Bishop, J. Heifler, J. Trigg
and Van-NJs.
Tuesday, Dec. 21.
Mr. Rutledge observed that the State of
’ South Carolina had lately taken measures
for a supply of arms for her militia. He
thought that an object so great and desirable
ought to be encouraged by the General Gov
ernment, by exempting arms imported un
der such circumstances from duty. He
therefore offered a resolution purporting that
any date, importing pieces of ordnance, fire
or fide arms for their militia, should be ex
empted from the payment of duties.
Mr. Randolph said the resolution propo
sed contained some important principles.
Itsadoption would affea the revenue in
some degree ; and in a still greater degree,
affc& home manufa&nres, and especially
those the most essential to the good of the
community. It did appear to him, that if
any manufaaure required the aid of pro
teaing duties, it was the manutaaure of
arms in preference to all others. The re
solution embraced not only ordnance, but
fire arms also. He was not prepared to
lay that a diftinaion ought not to be made
between these two descriptions of arms.
For the Ledger.
Mr Nutting,
If it should be thought that the following address of
a minifler in this vicinity, (the last Lord's day)
to encourage his parifhoners to contribute to the
relief of the fufferers at Portsmouth, has a ten-
dency to promote the benevolent design, by exciting
others to imitate the example of the Good Sa
ma ritan, yon may, if you please, make it public.
January 5, 1803. ' /1
Brethren and Friends, 1
r T'HE solemn, awful feene, exhibited at
4 Portsmouth the last Lord's day, when
that town was involved in devouring flames,
is the most alarming event ever experienced
in this part of our country ; in which dis
penfation the almighty fovercign ie speaking
iondlv, not &ily to that devoted town and
the immediate fufferers, but to us all, and
calling our serious attention to confider—
the vanity' of all earthly things, and the folly
of depending on them for fuppurt and hap
piness.
When we viewed the columns of smoke
and fire afeending toward heaven over our
capital, it was a striking comment on the
expressive language of the sacred writer,
“ Riches make to themselves wings, and fly
away as an eagle toward heaven." A great
part of the wealth of that town, the fruit of
years of honest industry, was flying to.
ward heaven in the smoke and fire with
which it was enveloped, and many worthy
citizens, who the evening before were living
in case and plenty, reduced in a few hours
to penury and distress. I
What can more forcibly inculcate upon
us those divine exhortations, 66 Lay not up
for yourselves treasures on earth, which are
so fleeting and uncertain"—" Trust not in
uncertain riches, which are liable to so many
casualties, but in the living God, who is the
infinite, unfailing source of happiness to all
who trust in him, who will never leave nor
forfake us tho' all our earthly friends and
enjoyments should r" —We may be convin
ced by the course of human affairs, and par
ticularly by the event before us, that nothing
is more uncertain than these things on which
we place our dependence for fafety and
happiness. The bright day of prosperity
may suddenly be changed into the dark night
of adversity, and those who in the evening
were in prosperous circtimftances, before
the next morning may be reduced to pover
ty and distress. Have we any better security
of what we possess than they had ? We have
not —Therefore make not houses, lands, gold
or silver thy confidence, vainly imagining
that thou art independent and secured against
want, or the charitable affiQance of others,
Say not in thy heart, like that fool mention
ed by Jesus Chrift—"Soul, take thine ease,
eat, drink, and be merry, thou haft much
goods laid up for many years, when thou
knoweft not but this night thy foul shall be
required of thee, and in a moment thou shalt
be forever separated from all these things in
which thou art putting thy confidence, or
they may be taken from thee by a sudden
unexpected event."
2d. By this awful providential event we
are called to look forward to that more aw
For these reasons he wished the resolution
to lie on the table.
Mr. Rutledge said he had no objeaion to
its retting for a day or two; when on mo
tion of Mr. Randolph, it was referred to a
committee of the whole, and made the order
of the day for Monday.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Nicholson for four days.
A short debate took place on a letter re
ceived from the clerk on the fubje& of
New fpapers delivered to members at the
public expense. The letter slated
that application haying been made "by some
members to receive a number of copies of
Newspapers (not daily) equivalent to a dai
ly print, the clerk' desired the inftruaions of
therhoufe how to nfF.
After some conversation, Mr. Mitchell
said as a diversity of opinion exited,he would
submit a resolution to try the ldnfe of the
House. He, therefore, moved a resolution,
purporting that a member may take such a
number of copies of a paper not printed
daily as amount to the price of a daily pa
per. '
This refifetion was opposed by Messrs.
Smilie and Smer, and supported by Messrs.
Dana, Stanley and Rutledge.—Carried —
Ayes 50. -
Mr. S. Smith, from the committee of
Commerce and Manufactures, reported a
bill to allow a drawback of duties on goods
exported to New-Orleans; &c: Which was
referred to a committee of the whole and
made the order of the day for to-morrow.
Mr. Randolph moved that the House
resolve itfelf 'into a committee of the whole
on the fubjeft of the Mint.
Mr. Griswold said the House had not yet
received the report of the Director of the
Mint. He thought it better to wait till it
was received, as-they would then , better un+
derftand the Rate of the Mint, and the ex
pences attending it. The report might be
sent in within the course of a week.
Motion of Mr. Randolph loft, Ayes 25.:
end of this world, when the Lord Jesus (hall
, defeend from heaven in his own glory, and
• the glory of his father, with his holy angels,
to judge the world in righteousness and de
termine the eternal state of mankind, accord
ing to the deeds done in the body ; when a
; fire Ihall go before him, and the heavens and
earth ; all the works of nature and of art ;
the magnificent palaces of the great, and the
;fuperb monuments of antiquity Ihall be dif
-Ifolved, and like the baseless fabric of a vision,
leave not a wreck behind. When, as the
apostle Peter fays, in his description of this
awful and glorious feene, " The day of the
Lord will come as a thief in the night; in
the which the heavens. fhaU pass away with
a great noise, and the elements ihall melt
with fervent beat, the earth also, and the
works that are therein (ball be burnt up." —
We, my beloved friends, ihall be fpeaators
of that awful feene, and (ball be found either
among those who are his enemies, and who
Ihall be involved in the general ruin, or his
friends, who obey his gospel, and who shall
lift up their heads with joy and triumph
amidtt the ruins of a diflolving world !—
O ! let it be our concern, that we may be
found at that great day among the happy
number of those who ffiall Ihare in the joys
and honors of that new heaven and earth in
which dt+elleth righteousness. In order to
this, let us make the judge our friend, by
.believing in him as our Saviour and Lord,
and yielding obedience to his commands—
and to guard us against delays in this mo
mentous affair, let us confider, that nothing
is more uncertain than this present life ; and
the opportunity of being reconciled to God,
and prepared for a happy eternity.
The fuddehnefs of the distressing calamity
with which our friends have been visited, is,
a solemn admonition to awaken us to dili-i
gehce that we may be prepared for the com- ;
ing of our Lord, in death and judgment. —
When they retired in the evening to their'
nightly repose, their houses, and worldly
interests were, apparently, in fafety. How
alarming their fears ; how great their con-;
fufion to be suddenly rouzed out of their
quiet slumbers with the cry of fire, in a late,
hour of a^dark night ! How fad the reverse,)
from ease and affluence they enjoyed that)
evening when they retired to rest, before the!
next evening to be turned out of dwellings,:
in this inclement season of the year ; ftripE
of their property, some even of their cloth-'
ing, and left naked and destitute ' to depend
on the charity of their friends for the neces
saries of life. -Similar to this, we are taught
will be the circumstances of the moral world,
at the second of the Lord to judgment.—
They will be funk into a state of carnal,
security, and infidelity will generally prevail.
3d. The present melancholy occasion is
the loudest call we ever have had, in this;
part of our country, to exert ourselves for ;
the relief of our fuffering, distressed friends;
in the metropolis. I shall only add, that he
who believes, that ^we ought to do to others
what we think would be their duty to do to
us, in similar circumstances—that he who
giveth to the poor leriderh to the Lord, and
the Lord will repay him—that it is more
blessed to give than to receive—and to do
good and to communicate forget not, for
with such facrifices God is well pleased.—
He who believes that these declarations and
promises are the words of a faithful God,
cannot hesitate one moment to know what
is his duty.
Brethren and Friends, —Your former
liberality on similar occalions, leave no room
to doubt of your cheerful readiness to obey
the present loud call of Providence, by con
tributing to the relief of the diltrefled fnffcr
ers, according to your ability, and as the
Lord hath prospered you. And let it be'
remembered, that the poor [Widow's mite is
no less acceptable with God, than the large
donations of the wealthy.
BANK SHARES.
From the Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury,
accompanying his Report to Congress, which
was forwarded to us by a friend,we have extrac
ted the following proceedings of the Commit
fionefs of the Sinking Fund. The Report will
be given at length in our next.—[Chron.
The Secretary of the Treasury reported to the
Board, that provision has already been made to
meet nearly all the demands which will become
due. In Holland, during the course of the pre
sent year, but that it is necefiary to make imme
diate provision for the payments on account of
principal and interest which fall due there, during
the firit five months of the year 1863, and amount
ing to four millions, four hundred and thirty-nine
thousand eight hundred and thirty Guilders, and
payable at the following periods, viz.—iff of Jan
uary, 872,700 Guilders.—ift of February,9B6,3so
do iff of March, 601,000 do.—ift or June,
1,979,780 do.
Lhat from the great dimunition of trade, be
tween this country and Holland, he has afeertain
ed during his late excursion to New-York and
Philadelphia,that it is impracticable to obtainbills
on Holland to that amount: That the rate of Ex
change is already 41 cents per Guilder, and that
any attempton the part of the Government to pro
cure the large amount now wanted,would indupit
ably raise confiderably,the rate of exchange : 1 hat
if it mail be attempted to remit by the way of Eng
land, the loss will be also considerable, the present
rate of Exchange with that country, being now a
bove par and railing, and would indubitably be
enhanced, flwuld Government come into the mar
ket for large purchases ; and the rate of Exchange
between England and Holland, being by the bft
In the night between Wednesday and Thursday
the 16th and 17th inst. a melancholy event occuft.
ed in the violent gale of wind n hich was then ex
perienced. The Greenwich Packet overfet in the
river Delaware, nearly oppefite to Bill fyfporf,
hi the county of Gloucefler. By this accident Isa
ac Wheaton, kfq. of Cun berland comity, his
daughter, and Mils Schallenger, A young lady of
Philadelphia, and a young man, were alt unfort
unately drowned.
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tie Republican Lebgen
"TRUE AS THE DIAL TO THE SUN."
Portsmouth, (n.h) January ii, 1803.
-—«s<,,{!>❖> —
Col. John Page, of Rolewell, an able and
tried patriot, has been cheien governor of
Virginia, without oppofnion, in the room of
Col. Monroe, whofc c nltitutional term of
service (three year.-) ha v mg expired rendered
him ineligible to a re-t ectirn.
We underhand that the Esprit Society in this
town have obtained leave of the honorable Judges
of the court to held t^r meeting i» the court
chamber in the State Honfe.
Thursday riff w ^ 3 cbtcrred, as a day of humi
liation and pra\er, in this town, in coideqi ence
of the late arirnu^ and diUreQg calamity.
MARRIED —In this town. Capt. Wm. Ramf
dell, (a Resident) to Mils Hannah Waterhouse—
Mr.'jofiah Gilbert, to Mils Potty F. Lord.
DIED In this town, Mis. Elizabeth Ratchlief,
wife oLMr. William K.—Mtiler Henry Him, ag
ed ri years, yonngdi son of Mt. Timothy H.—•
A child of Mr. Adam Simpson, aged 4 years.
400 acres. A valuable Farm
FOR SALE,
^2 ^ CONTAINING abort
''wi& '—' '° ur hundred acres of
excellent good Land, with
rßuildings thereon, fuwated
m Epping, about four miles
from Newmarket landing, confiding of good mow
ing and hue easy tillage land ; there is # a number
of good orchards on said fa m, with a great quan
tity of timber and wood ; which considering the
nearness to market makes it very valuable indeed.
Said farm might be ealily made capable of keeping
50 lead of cattle the year-through—more than
300 acres of said farm lies in a body together—the
other part containing about 60 acres within one
mile of laid farm, and is full of wood and timber,
which will be fold separate, it more convenient to
the Durchafer.
Said trad of Land will make two good
Farms ; the whole of said lauds are finely
watered. For further information apply to
CHARLES CROCKETT, living on the
premises, or to.
SAMT PLUMER, jr.
Epping, 7 an « 7, 1803.
advices ten Guilders eight Silvers per pound ffer
ling nor likely to become more favorable, which
tuppoting the 0 hole ainoohc in bills on England to
be procurable (w hich is not beleived to he the tatt)
at 168, would, including the comnUffion of one
per cent in England, amount to forty-three and a
half cents per Guilder: I hat the Bank of the Ig
nited States having been applied to, has refilled to
undertake to contrast lor making the necessary re
mrtance ; and that the two only considerable of
fers made to the Secretary, are now submitted to
the Board, viz.
The Manhattan Company" offer to remit the
whole at the rate of forty-three cents per Guilder.
Alexander Baring offers to remit Guilders 3-
140, 487 16! payable in AmHerdani, at the follow
ing datfs. viz.—ilt pt January 1803, 605,000 Guil
ders.— ill of February, 685,000 do.—lit ot March
425,000 do—ilt of June, 1,425,487 16| do.-.-and
at the rate of forty-one cents per Guilder, provid
ed however that the United States ihall fell to
"him the two thousand two°bundred and twenty
flares of the Bank of the United States, owned by
the United States, at forty-five per cent advance
or at the rate of five hundred and eighty dollars
per share ; which jaff proportion is recommend
ed by the Secretary of the Treasury, as the inoft
eligible ; as exclusively of the advantageous rate
of Exchange, thereby fetured, th^tranfaaion w ill
not have any unfavorable effect on the rate of Ex-|
change generally, and by so conhderabiy dimiu-I
inline the demand, will enable the United States ,
to obtain what is mu warden e.,t^^nxble rate.
And beenufe in his opinion the price obtained for
the Bank Shares, is more than could be obtained,
were they thrown into the market for tale, and
more than their intrinsic value.
Whereupon, it was resolved by the Board :—
" That the Secretary of the trefury be authorized
to fell the Shares of the St<ck of the Bank of the
U. States, belonging to the Suited States ; and
that the proceeds thereof be applied to the pay
ment of the capital or principal of any part 01 the
debt of the United States, which had become due
to the Bank of the U. States, before cl during the
course of the year 1796, 2^ whch remains fh,i
unpaid, in conformity to the provisions of the a&
entituled “ an aft making provision for the pay
ment of certain debts of the United States,' 'paff
ed on the 31st day of May, 1796."
(Signed) m Janes Maddison, Sec'y of State.
Albert Gallatin, Sec. ofTr'y.
LEVI Lincoln, Attorney Gen.
Attefl — Edward Jones, Sec'y to the
Board of torn'is of the Sinkir.fr Fund.
! PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 2,.
Yesterday arrived (hip Patty, Snell ; brig Sally,
Stevenson, and schooner Adventure, Crandon, all
from Cape Francois, which they left in company
the 9th infl. By these veflels we learn, some troops
had arrived from France, that a 74 with troops
had been sent Irons the.C^pe to retake Fort Dau,
phin, which they took without blood shed, as the
negroes had evacuated it before the n arrival, hav
ing burnt 13 of 14 honfes —the yqreturned to the
Cape about theijth inst from the above expedi
tion. That Grace the arriv 1 of Rochambean, they
were more quiet at the Cape, the brigands having
withdiawn themselves 1; or 15 miles from the
town. That Rochambeau « as endeavoring to re
(tore order and tranquility to the town, which he.
found in a very deranged date.
TRENTON, dec. 27.
MELANCHOLY.
Latest I'2 tin ^ails.