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ttf t > &r» t tu by tie state n P**uusy tvooia,
lor cr<ctik$ an impartial tribunal to de.
tide c s> «>tv* beontu state* ; and by tbe
State ol Wgihia fur the removal ot Sena
tor* of the United'States on the request of
a majority oi the Legist a. ure of each state
respectively.
December 7,
On notion of" Mf Root, the House resol.
..tree 'tsclt ictua committee oi she whole on
the Mate ol attc Union, Mr M.con io the
chair.
Mr Root thru mowed the sppdtatment of
•several committee s on tlic Picsideut*! met.
siije ; hut it being sugggesUd that the do.
cuuntits had not been laid ou the tables of
Cue n*enrtierirj • .
• The committee rose, without deciding on
ar.y thihg in relation to the message,
Mr Lewis presented the petition of the
Sti*cklhciders of the Faiaver*# Rank of A
* Irxur.dria, pruying tor a charter; wh:ch
»n 11 lerred ton committee cn the Dis
trlct of O ion bta.
USEFUL INVENTIONS.
Cn n otion «t Mr Bacco,
solved, That tbeStcrctnxy of State be
, dii k len to lay before, this H«-u*e a l>st ot
tvt t>.rr.CS of per-ons who have invented a
o) r.sw ot useful arts, machine, niuuufac*
ttfre or composition of matter or any itn.
pre vernem thereon, and to whom patents
iwtvv been issued for the same from that
efi cr :ubsrquent to the 23d day of Janua.
TV 1803 with the dates and general objects
cr “CCh patents.
APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESEN
TATION.
Mr Fnk laid tipon the table the follow,
iff resolution ;
'liesolved, That the apportionment of
Rep rrsentalikes among the several states
according to the third enumeration oi the
Y epic ought tube m the latioci one re.
I tsentat.ve for every — thousand per
t n» in each state, and th.ta committee be
*' appointed, :o report tfttteuu, by bill or o.
imiwiK.
g^Or. iltc supgenticn oi Mr Alston that the
kpl i nionium1 i-vght tube fixed, before (lit
ccuuis of each state vai kn.,wn, and ttius>
- avoui a u fticuby wh.CU w<u*U arise in hx.
mg ot> a u.h>«
The iii.use new took up the resolution,
wli c. wus .--greed to, tod a tommiuee of 7
appoint! <* ?vc«n dinjrv.
N After «•-.* itrtier.tiit.ai and referreirce oi
s suQ»( oilier pet: rims unionist winch were
p» u ior.s lrcm sundry wgar i*.fimrs—
’ihe iiou t adjourned 10 Monday.
a Washington CiT¥, Dec. 8.
The ftderal editors of N. York are
tremcly angry Ik cause it L stored
to be the opinion of the Secretary oi
the Treasury that the law of May fast
w«s really tnea.it fo have seine etiect ;
wnd heraur* thrrHore British vessels
and manufactures w ill tint be admitted
after the 2d of February nexr. One
would imagine titat they think laws
are or.ls made to bt; violated or eva
did.
Washington City, Dec* 11.
It will bt se*.n by the minutes of the
Congressional proceeding, that the
Presidents mesisg-.- hasbeen referred
to various comm iices, in both Hons •
e*. These committees cannot be ex
pected to report in less than a week
or ten dbys, and there evil! probably
be but little btisiress of moment dene
in either hooFe belpre that time.
A life of Thomas Paint, bom thp
pen of Mr. C. Hickman, is announced
in the I. it-li prints. Why has no in
ti Uigent American undertaken to
wnte a Biography (not a Ubel on the
character) of ih s ci izen, so distim
guided in our Revolutionary Annals i
.Nut. Int.
W« are assured, says an Orleans pa
per, th ft the governor of Pensacola
[Fi*lh] marching for Bayou Sarah
and Ba en-Houge, at the head of the
troop-, which c»«u!d be collected at the
seat of his government. The Choc
mxvs and Talaj ocches Have taken up
*>rm% and ranged thenm.elves under his
tanners. We learn by a person of
Veracity that the militia of the oppo
site whore of the Lakes have received
orders to hold themselves in readiness
to maicn. ib.
V1KG1N1A I.bGISLATURK.
HOUSE OE DELEGATES.
• Saturday, Pec. 8.
Mr. Mont'e reported the followirg
resolution from the committee of l'ri
TUr.jje«i and Elections, after examining
Xr s Sht-ridA* returns of Delegates to
*u\i m the prefer t Assembly, viz.
ffesoivtd, as the opinion ofthi a com*
mittce. That tin4, return* of Delegates
from the counties of Albemarle,
. . Brook., Culpeper, C.tbtl, Chesterfield,
Charles City, Fianklin, Gloucester,
* Henrich, King Wil.iam, I.antas’er,
Lrr, Mononga’ia, Nottowav, New*
Krnt, Fringe George, Powluran ami
Southampton, are not in the form pre
scribed by law.
Ordered, to be laid on the table,
Mr. P. Johnston, trow she commit
tee lor Courts of Justice made a favor
er report on the Following petitions \
From W iliam Du-Val, fkc_
Fiona Jacob Pci k—From James, o
cherwise James Butler, a slave—and
bills were ordered to he brought in
1 he petition of J. Cheatham, praying
lor a oevurce, was rejected by Use
committee—Laid on the uble.
'N** vi I
\ t**
n Ci<K
Petitions were received from the fol
lowing persons, lead and referred,
viz
From sundry inhabitants of Gveen- j
brier, praying that £4-5 paid by each |
;of the petitioners in consequence of a
'judgement reudered against them by
i a magistrate, may be restored—
] From Richard Loving, praying for
! a duplicate of a lost certificate—
From Jingo, a black man, praying
{p rmiaman to continue to reside in this
| state, he having been lately emancipat
ed.
| From R. Gilmour, praying the re
, mission of a Em —
1 From Francis Hagin, praying to he
relieved from the effect of a judgment
rendered against hi<n—
From 12 persons, prating leave to
introduce and hold ccruin slaves in
this state—
From the counties of Washington,
Lee & Wythe, representing certain de
fects m the organization of the courts
of ihancery—
From sundry members of the Mu*
tu:d Assurance Society against fire,
praying for certain alterations in the
mode of collecting thtir debts—
From W. Sterrctt, clerk of Mason
county Superior court, praying to b«
authorised to kirep his olfice at his pie
3ent place of residence, till an office is
provided for him—
Frc m J. Bryson, for leave to open
a road through the Blue llidge in Gray
son, near the Gocd Spur, and receive
toll of passengers—
Fiom P. H. Fontaine, praying that
»»V may nu> c ucuu iur wCtlalu 1115*01
vent militia fines put into his hands for
collection—
From the town of Romney, praying
that certain dangerous anti disorderly
practices iti said ;own may Lc prohibit
ed by law—
F ern Rockbridge, praying that the
court of said county maybe a uhorisrd
to make an annual levy for improving
and keeping in repair the channel of
the Norh Fork of James river.
Fivm E. C.ty, preying for a law au
thorising the erection of a bridge by
subscription acrovsHack river, &c. &c.
F> om W. Prout, Mating that in 1702,
he received in payment lor goods % 75,
OOO of Virginia currency bills at the
rate of 40 for one, and praying for re
lief.
A-so a petition of Rachel Williams,
praying to be divor • d from her hu»
band William Williams—
And the qtics ion being put on the
reference of the baid petitions, it pass
ed in the negative—
Resolved, Thai the said petitions be
rejected.
Samuel Pleasants was re-appointed
public printer by a joiut ballot of both
Houses.
Ordered, l hat leave be given to
bring in a bill «k To amend an act, en
titled, an act to amend an act, reducing
into one aitthe several acts concerning
the court of appealsand that Messrs.
Blackburn, Monroe, Mallory, Preston
(of Rockbridge) Smith (of Greenb ie )
j Mercer, Taylor, Parker (of North nip
ton) Stith, Newton, Archer Bovyer
and Madison, do prepare and bring in
the same : and that so much of the Gu
veruo ’s communication as relates to
t e said court, be referred to that com.
miitee,
Monday, December 10.'
Mr. Momoe, from the committee
app' inted to inform J''hn Tyler, esq.
of his reappointment to the office of
Governor or chief Magistrate 01 this
I commonwealth lor one year, reported,
that the committee had, according to
orcer, performed that duty, ami that
the Governor was pleased to make the
following reply ;
Gentlemen—I receive the notifica
tion of my third appointment by the
L gislature oi my country to the office
of Governor or Chief Magistrate of the
state, with all that scnsibihty which
my,ht reasonably be expected to arise
from a grateful hchrt.
The motives which you were pleas
•d to say, induced the first call lor my
feeble services in the executive depart,
ment, will be remembeied by me with
feelings not easily to be expressed, and
if upon due ret! ction my past life can
be viewed so as to ptoduce a full con
viction of my ha\ ing done my duty ac
cord ng to the taleut given, I shall be
trulv happy.
With you, Mr. Chairman, as with
many of my fellow citizens, yet alive,
I have had a long f optical course, and
I trust that none oi us have, at any
time however trying, doubted thr righ
teousness cf our tau*r, or had rc. son
to t ev.r: t those privations which wc »us
tained in the arduous straggle for our
independence, the fruits of which we
so abundantly enjoy above all the civi
lized world, and which it is devotitiv
, hoped we shall «dw,«ys cherub and p o
tect with a truly itomaa fortitude and
virtue. Be pleased to inform your
honorable body that i wdl again enter
oa the duties of tbs uiaic with the same
seal and assiduity, which I trust my
past conduct has evinced ; and for the
polite and friendly manner in which
your communication has been made,
accept my warmest acknowledgments*
The Speaker laid before die House
a fetter from the Governor, covering
certain resolutions of a number of the
citizens of Wood county , in relation to
the conduct of the escheator and com
monwealth** attorney of the said coun
ty of Wood, and also of Harrison
county, in certain proceedings under
the escheat laws, and also covering an
advice of Council on the subject of the
said resolution* ; which tetter and do
cuments were read, and on motion,
referred to tjhe committee appointed
to bring in a bill fo-amend the escheat
laws.
Mr. Madison from the committee of
Propositions and Grievances, present
ed . •
A bill *• concerning the public ferry
from Hampton to Norfolk and for o
ther purposes,” And
A bill u authorising Charles Sco t to
erect a dam across au arm ,of Dan ri
ver and for^other purposes and
Mr. Claypool presented, according
to order, % •
A lull “ concerning the town of
Moore field, in tfie county of Hardy
I which were received and read the first
time and ordered to be read a second
time.
A petition was presented and read
iro n i number of ihe inhabitants of
Accomack county, stating the existence
of cer:ain delects in he constitution er
form of government of this common*
wc..«mi, »hu praying me adoption ol
measures by the legislature to call a
convection to reviae and amend the
same.— Referred to a committee of the
whcle house.
A petition was presented and read
from the officers and non-co:r-mission
ed officers and privates of the 5<5h aud
57th regiments of the militia, stating
certain defects which exist in the pre
sent n.ilitia si stem, and praying' the
passage of a law making certain altera
tions therein—and referred to Messrs.
Mercer, Johnston (ofPrir.ce Edward)
Randolph (ol Nottoway) Madison,
Monroe, Blackburn, Ritchie, Coleman
(ol Pittsylvania) Yancey, Mims, Green,
M’Farlane, Wvatt and Lewis.
1 He following petitions were pre
sented, read and referred, viz.
From C-Mhariue Willis, praying for
a divorce—
From C. M’Pberson, a man of co
lour, stating certain hardships inflicted
on persons of his description, by an
ordinance of Richmond, in prohibiting
them the u e ol hired carriages, fkc. and
praying the interference oi the legisla
tute—
From Mary Webb, praying to he au
thorised to sell certain lands of her
dec’d. husband, 8cc.
From Pompey Branch, a black man,
who lately cbtaiuedhis freedom, and
p'tying to be permitted to remain in
t*is state —
Froih W. Ingles, praying that the
stati 7* right to certain land may be re
leased to him——
F;oin sundry persons, for leave to
iv traduce and hold certain slaves in
in this state—
From sundry inhabitants of Stafford,
stating certain delects iu the present
chancery system—
.Fiona sundry members of the Mu
tual Assurance Society against fire on
buildings, relative to the manner oi
collecting their debts —
From a number of inhabitants oi
Hatr.ao.:, pray ing for adivise n of their
count)—also, from sundry’ other in
habitants oi said county, in opposition
From sundry inhabitants of Shenan
doah and kckinghur, praying that a
new county may be founed out Ot a
part o' each of the said counties—al
so, from sundry other inhabitants, in
opposition ih. reto—
Fr< m Z. Ward, paying for a law au
thorising thfc establishm* nt of a manu
factoring society at Occoquan —
F n it sundry inhabitants of Gooch
land, &c. stating many depredations,
ou- made on them by persons navigat
ing Jantes river, ami praying tor a
law regulating ar.d restricting such dis
orderly persons—
From the Potomac company', prayr
mg foren extension of the time allowed
lor co r.plrtmg the navigation of P<,to*
mac £< Shenandoah rivers—also from
sundry persons in opposition thereto*—
Fiona N. KUicott and others, for a
law to incorporate a company for turn,
prkis g part of the road from Alexan
dria to Fredericksburg—
From a number of persons, in oppo
sition to the petition from Campbell,
k:. for a toll bridge at L\ nchbdrg—
From Nicholas Keeder, stating hrs
inability to support himself in ftia dc
dining years, in consequence of a num
ber of wounds received during the
revolutionary war, snd praying some
did from the Legislature ; *
From a number of the inhabitants of
Cabell, praying that Jolm Carter may
be taken olf the pension liut—laid on
the tabic.
j Also a pttit'on of Drury Fletcher,
of Lee county, praying to be divorced
from his wife S.nrah ;
Also a petition from the Sheriffs of
Monongalia, Ohio, Harrison, Ran
dolph, iSrooke and Wood counties,
' £nd of sundry other persons, prayiug
that provision may be-made forma
king compensation to sheriffs meet.,
ing to compare the polls, who may be
detained and consequently subjected to
cos is and a K&s of time; .
And the question being put on the
reference of the said petitions, it pas
sed in the negative.
Resolved, That the said petitions be
rejected.
Mr. Johncton (of Prince Edward)
from the Committee for Courts of
Justice, made the following report:
The Committee for Courts of Jus
tice have, according to order, had un
der their consideration the petition of
John Tharp, to them referred and
have agreed upon a report, and come
to a resolution thereupon, as follow t
It appears to your Committee by the
I affidavits of sundry persons that in or
about the year 1802, the petitioner was
united in matrimony to a certain Milly
Terry*, a widow, wi;h whom he cohab
ited till about twelve months thereaf
ter ; that during that time he treated
her with great tenderness and affection,
and within the same period she had a
child which the petitioner recoguisrd
as his own ; but in a short time there
auei suspicions were entertained as to
tlic chastity of the said IMilly, and
soon co! £i med by her ciopement from
her husband with anoiher man, with
whom she has since resided iti an ad
joining state u.wards of six years, ha
ving in that time several children.
It further appears to your Commit
tee by the affidavit of another witness,
that the said Milly has declared a de
termination ne Vi r to return to :he'house
or protection of her said husband.
Resolvt d as the opinion of this com
mittee, That the petition cf the said
John Tharp, praying tnat an act may
pass divorcing him from hit, said wife,
is reasonable. Tn«; report was agreed
to by the House, and a bill ordered to
be brought in.
On nioiion, Resolved, That the com
mittee appointed to bring in a bill “ To
amend an act, entitled an act, concern
ing public roads,” be instructed to take
into their consideration the propriety
of incorporating in said bill, provisions
respecting ferries, bridges & navigable
wa er courses.
Ou motion. Resolved, That a com
mittee be appointed, whose duty it shall
be to examine into the pr sent state
of the Public Jail and Penitentiary, 5k
to report by bill or otherwise; and a
committee was appointed of Messrs.
Johnston (of Prince Edward) Parker
[of Northampton] Henry, Fitzgerald,
Davis, Hopkins, Simon, Young, Land,
Hairston, Evans [of Monongalia] and
Randolph of Nottoway*]
Ordered, i’h.t leave be given to
bring in a bill44 To amend the act, en
titled an act to prevent the hauling of
seines at certain places within certain
periods annually;” and that Messis.
Mallory, Finnic, Watts, Gurow, Jones
[ot Warwick] B.rrc-tt, Gee, Blunt and
Perrin, do prepare and bring in the
same.
Ordered, That leave be given to
bring in a bill44 To amend the act, en
titled an act, for reg dating conveyan
ces ; and also the act, entitled an act,
reducing into one the several acts con
cernmg wills, the distribution of mtes.
tatts* estates, and the duty of execu
tors and Administratorsand that
Messrs. Stevenson, Stanaid (of Spott- :
sylvania) Mallory, Hairston, Saunders,
Claiborne & Preston (of Rockbridge)
do prepare at:d bring in the twine.
IN CHANCERY.
In Fluvanna county court, November 06,^ lfllo
Ma thew Fa rar, M, ;he.v Anderson and S*1
ly hii wife (!a'c Sal.y Fartar) Lundy Jone*
and Lucy hit wife(late Lucy Farra-) which
»ani Matthew fa-rar, Sally and Lucy are
distributee* of the estate of Anne Fanrar
deceased, Fltfa.
against
Stephen Fa. rar in hi* own right, and a* ad.
minnlrutor fti she e*tate of Anne Farrar,
dtceasc.i, Tsrlton Lee in right of hi* wife
Elizabeth (late Elizabeth Farrar) John Han. !
ejek in ngnt of hit wife Fanny (fate Fanny j
Fa<tai) who areals distributees ot tbesaij '
Anno l anar, liecexiccl, Deftj,
Oefeniati il *r>ion Lee and Jonh Han .
cock, not having entered their appearance
j and givensecuriiy according tothe act of Assem
bly and the met of ir.ii tour;,, and it appeali »g ,
| to the satisfaction of the court that they arc not |
inhabitants oi tbo commonwealth , On the mo.
tion of the phimirfs by their counsel, It is or.
dfrc»lrf that the said defendant. do appear here
. on or before the first nay of March court next,
and anrwer live plaiatifts' bill« and that a cop,
ot tnts order be for;hwi.h inserted in some news.
P"tpw pubhehed in tbc city of Ricumon 1, ami
continued for two month* sarc**t<ve>y^ a » l also 1
pcoiar! at the (r*sl door of the court.hrase of j
tins county.
A Copy. Teite,
_John Timbarflake, jr. n. o* f. c. 1
RAIL and DELIVERY RO*suc>,
Jor sale ut th is sjfite.
RICHMOND,
FRIDAY, Dkc&aiiir 14, 1810.
PAPER BLOCKADES.
The administration is admirably for
tified on t e doctrine of Blockades, and
the Federal yelpers for recent British
innovation have got all their teeth,
knocked out by their own leading men.
Let us .arrange the authorities on the
subj et pro. and con,, and see- where
reason aud respectability preponderate.
. Asainst Parka Blockadu.
1* The- British government in lSfyW
Sv-e Mr. Merry’s letter to Mr.
Madison.
2. Rufus King.—See hht letter to
the honorable Timothy Pickering.
3. Judge Marshall, {of Virginia.)—
See his official letter to Mr. King,
wherein he allows the reasona
bleness of even the French defini
tion of a Blockade as stated by
Champagny, but which th« pre
sent administration does not re
quire from G. Britain.
4. Thoin'iS Jefferson.—See his prin
ciples clearly’ developed in the
letter from Mr. Smith, the pre
sent Secretary of $*ate, when Sec
retary of the-Navy.
5. Mr. Midhon.—See his letter to
Mr. Pinkney, our minister ac
Madrid.
6. Mr. Secretary Smith, in his let
ter to Commodore Preble, and in
his official correspondence with
our ministers in France and Eng
land subsequently. <
7. To these we may add lord Gren
ville, and many dther enlightened
English statesmen ; as well 49 the
law of nations, if the law of nati
ons were of any account in th®
present day.
tCT The reader will remark that we
put the highest Federal authority
riaiT.
For Paper Blockades.
1. Dr. P.trk, Editor of the Boston
Repertory.
2. The Bostpn'Palladmna, Gazette,
and Centinel.
3. The Caaette of the United States,
published at Philadelphia.
4. facob Waguer, Scribbler for a
Newspaper at Baltimore.
5. The Alexandria Gazette ; a very
intelligent paper indeed.
6. The Richmond Pa riot.
7. With various other authorities of
equal weight.
|CP We do not wish to Influence
public opinion on the subject; but
leave every one to judge for himself.
On all great points of policy, (it ie
worthy of remark) Mr. Jeffers >n and
Mr. Madison’s administrations have
won the approbation of the most en
lightened meu of the Federal party.
Oo the embargo, Oliver Wolcott and
Mr.Smith, £ot S. C.j became converts ;
On the question of Blockades, Rufus
King and Ju ige Marshall coincide
with the Republicans,
The Federal printers condemn Mr.
Madison and say he does not do
right; *h<ch is as much as to say
that the F dcral printers have bet'er
understandings than Mr. Madison.
Now we ask any candid man, whe
ther he really believes that the Fedcr
at printer* are wiser n.en than our
present chief magistrate, who, though
he has never calumniated hi* antano
aists, has nevertheless received a re^i«
lar education and ha* spent thirty
successive years of his life in tho
transaction of public business l
Mr. Wagner, of Baltimore, declares
that the President has construed the
act of the first of May last, in the let
ter as to France and in the spirit as
to England. We beg leave to refer
Mr. Wagner to the letter from Mr<
Smith to Gen* Armstrong, of Nov. 2f
1810, wherein the Secretary of State
says, ,
** Yon however, le* the Fwch Cover*,
mer.t andcr«»nd, ihai Uiiu bas bean done on th«
ground r |l\»t ihe repeal of the** decree* dres in.
volve an extipjrui.hment of all the edicts of
i'ranee actually involving oar neutral riglli*, and
that »he reservations under the ^xpre-slon • It
oving under* oo-\J art not condition* price .en*.
affec ing the operation of the re; 6*|!"
This, we think, is spirit cnougd as to
France, The President requires a re
peal of 4i all the edict* of F ranee ac
tually involving our reutra! right*.’*
We require no more from England s
She muse abolish Paper Blockades, for
they involve our neutral right*.
The dinners given to Gen. Arm
strong, are an indirect and very Hal
tering compliment to the Administra
tion i for, if(ten. Armstrong conduc
ted hiins< If at Paris in an independent
manner, he did so by the instruction*
he received from the President, A
fninisier^aln ays obey hi* in.tructioi a.