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K n fiction of debt, by such assistant,
*/e unc half to the use of the United
L’.r:tC3.
Sec. 7. Anti be it further enacted,
'd hat each and every assistant prevL
cut to making his return to the mar
shal or secretary’ (as the case mav be)
shall causc a correct copy, signed by
himself, of the schedule containing the
number of inhabitants within Ms
division, to be an set up at two of the
most public places within the same,
there to remain for the inspection of all
•concerned >' for each of which copies
the said assistant chall be entitled to
> arrive two dollars, provided proof
of the schedule having been so set up
and 6uQ‘ered to. remain, shall be trans
mitted to the marshal or secretary,
(a.a the case may he) with the return of
the number of persons ; and in case n
«»y assistant shall fail to make such
proof to the marshal cr secretary as
aforesaid, he shall forfeit the compen
.sat'.on by this art allowed him.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That the Secretary of State shall be,
and hereby is authorised and required
to transmit to the marshals of the sev
eral states and to the secretaries afore
said, regulations aud instructions pur
suant to this act, for carrying the same
into effect,and alio, the forms contain
ed therein of the schedule to be return
ed. and proper Interrogatories to be
administered by the several persons to
be employed therein.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted,
That in case there shall be no secreta
ry in either of the territories of the
XTnited States, the duties directed by
this act te be oorformed hv the aer.re.
tar)-,' ma\ be performed by the Gov
ernor of such territory, who shall re
;eivc the same compensation to which
the Secretary w ould be enti led for the
performance of said duties, and be
subject to the same penalties.
J. B. VARNUM,
\peaher of the House of Representatives.
GEO : CLINTON,
/ite-President of the United States,
and President of thiSenate.
Mfch 26, 1810,
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
ROUSE OF REVR&SEA'lJlirks.
April 5b
Ou montion of Mr, Qnincev, the
committee of the whole to whom was
referred the report of the committee
sppoin‘ed to enquire into the state of
'he ancien* public records of the U.
Sutes, were diftchorqed from the fur_
ther consideration thrrtoL The re
port was recommitted to the select
committee with directions to report
a '-'i'l; and Mr. Q uincry from the
snaie comriitt-e, forthwith report
ed a bill providing for the better ac
commodation of the post-office and
pniei t-office and for other purposes ;
which was tw ice read and committed.
national bank.
Mr. Love, from the committee tc>
whom was referred a proposition on
the subjected a National iiank,repor
*„••! a till t, r the establishment a
flat ions Bank. [The Bank to he
tabliv.'. «<". at the City of Wb&i/ufgion,
with branches in each territory ; n«J
__ e
> ’ W T I'JVO l»IV VUII9V III. VI » v.t.
s»: ■ e legislature* shall be obtained
tk reto.j The bill waa twice re«c:
and committed.
batture;
The CTigrotstci bill providing the
means to ascertain the title to the
Biuture io Iratit ol the suburb St. Ma
ry’s in the city of New Orleans, was
re.rl a third time wad p«*ge d—V ott
Bji Nats lb.
NO -INTERCOURSE.
1 he order of the dav was called
for on the following resolution, sub”
iv fted on Saturday hat by Mr. Hob
dolpll,
44 Resolved, that the act interdict-,
io*commercial intercourse, Stc.oughi
to be immediately repealed.”
To this an amendment had been j
moved bv Mr. Montgomery in the
1 Mcwir.p words i “and that provision
ht »-> b made by law to maimnim
the right*, honor and inde..
I tnUrr c, of the United S a’cs gainst j
die edict*oW;rcat Hritain & France.”
Mr, Rhea n*>ve,i to postpone the
further considerate of lhe
t,.l Jo-iwoto* . ,0 ,ak* ,
* the bill tor establishing Pu. r
Mr. Livermore objected to a,f mo.
e*on j he mold not see what pr.s.;,)te
1..*u«fit would be derived from poi.
y.-nyment
..Mi. K >ca spoke in f^yor ofptai*
pdataun- ’ i
,vU
f Mr. Randolph spoke against post
ponement, as it wovdd go to defeat his
principal tihject, dispatch.
Mr. Mcfctgomrry was aUo against
postpone mem. Since the com nur
j eial bill hfad been lost between the two
Houses, he thought some other mea
sure should be immediately originat
ed, for he believed that to repeal the
non intercourse lav, without a substi
tute, would be submission.
Mr. Dana spike against postpone,
ment. If the subject was uot p'*,s,por.
cd, he vibhud to see to ne modifica
tion cf the amendment of Mr Mont
gom? rv, which only pledged the House
to inai'-taln the independence of the
nation against G. Britain and France.
He feart d lest mentioning those two
should imply an unwillingness to de
fend our rights against the encroach
ments of other nations.
Mr. Randolph again spoke against
postponement. He said it was not at
all surprising to him that those who
could brmg themselves to believe that
the present non-intercourse, as prac
tised upon vras resistance to the bel
ligerents, should also believe that to
repeal it was submission—both o{
which he denied.
Mr. John*on made some observa
tions in favor of postponement. He
coutended that the proposition sub
mitted on Saturday last by Mr Ran
dolph, and now moved to be postpon
ed, was the sime in substance with
that which the House had decided but
a few minutes before.
Mr. JLyou spoke against postpone
ment.
Mr. Taylor spoke against postpone
ment. He thought it the duty of the
House immediately to repeal a mea
sure whose operation was confessedly
injurious to ourselves.
Mr. Key also spoke ngains* any post
ponement. No good purpose, he con
tended, would be auivvered by such a
course.
Mr. W. Alston spoke in favor o(
postponement, lie preferred to See
the law die of its own accord, unlesa
the House should re-enact it.
The question on postponement till
to morrow was taken by Yeas & Navs,
and negatived, 55 to 57.
And the House agreed to resume
the consideration of the subject 55 to
49.
Mr. Radolph said his sole object
was to try the sense of the House on
a naked proposition to repeal a mea
sure the operation of which everyone
acknowledged to be hurtful; but an at
tempt having been turtle to defeat h a
purpose by moving an amendment, he
said he should accept the amendment
as a part of his own motion, and call
for a division of the question, so as to
take the question simply on hie origi*
Hal proposition to repeal the non-inter
! course.
Mr M Kee moved to amend the propo.
sltlon ond* r consideration, by striking out
the word •* repealed,” and inserting “re*
vised and amended.”
This amendment, beiug in the nature of
a substitute for the original motion, was
declared by the Speaker not to be in or;,
der.
Mr Taylor «poke at considerable length
in favor o| the repeal of the non-inter.,
course. He explained his ideas of the in.
| jurious opei atioo of the measure. He said
lie could ste Doihtng of resistance in it, nor
any thing piooucing benefit to the U. S.
its optrudoti lie said, Was partial, affect,
ing aijDw»i exclusively the products of tlie
| south. He contended also tuat there was
unreason why the repeal cf it should be
| simultaneous with the adoption of uny o_
I thar oieasura.
Mr Mumfoid spoke against Mr Ran.
i tlofphN proposition. He would not con.
j sent to repeal it withrut adopting some o.
ilier measure. He ©bfe**ed that at nre.
i hent cm tun oi tobacco could not be sent to
1 Fiance, uudr t an rmtinknee o. 50 per cent,
tvn if it w,ia slrt-atiy known to be in one
•H the riven oi r ranee, beciu«e of tiu , ,.g
f confiscation, if it went under convoy,
however, inturah’ce might be tl<>ne at :o
j. r teat. b( c.u»o the nature of the pro.
perty would at certainly known ; ami tboic
iote .ne object of the gentleman from .Smith
Carolina would not be answered by a aim.
pic repeal.
Mr M'iklm was not insens ble of the in.
jdnous operation cf the ron.interconrse
Uw, and was wiling m repeal it whenever
he could do so consistently with the honor
uf I be United Stusts. Flint the House
n.itnt have a full v»ew oi the subject, he
moved to amend the proposition under cun
s'deration by adding the follow.ng “And
that pros ikon, he iliaJc bv law for pruiu.
biting importations frem Great British U
fii.r.co and their tlepsndencies.”
Mr Randolph accepted the amendment
*a h part of his mt/tiutf, and again called
for a division of the rjsiVtOn ; which again
items on Mr Kandnlph’s proposition.
.Vii 1 itvermore spoke in favor of rfie mo.
ticn. Ife haul that, notwiii.Handing the at*
tempt* made te divert the attention of
the Jlr.u.'e from the irsl question be
fore them, it was ibis W mild they
now ri pval the n»n.ir.tcrxcur«e oi let it ex
pire «t ii,e end of the msv.ch f
Mr M'Kee sai.l ns his feriMr motion
had l?etn 'dtrlaftd out of r*tctr, he could
gut r.t his objet»j if ife prst-tru propositi.
t»n should be rrjictr'l, hy Mibstituimg a
prtpoftii.ou to ccnliruc arid enforce the
(Hfi.inttrCMut it. Hr ftmilni n-.uen that
the tut wiin.h h*»fl er ginatrd in thin Mouse
| pd be* n io«t } hut If tueie was a mt n:ucr
House, who wnddin tne prt.cm
“u to tii.r.jk > rtnc rtcn4*ot«rcouia«
ottd do nothing rise, hr wrat not worthy
hr name nf an American c:t»x*n.
Mr Moot said that he had pen hups ** nr.
!**nt a desire as any gentleman io crttld
Af tnc re«frnims on our commerce : 1 tfc he
did not wish our vessels to be mvied, «s
it were, into the port* n* the r-pactcus
mist ress of the ocean. Mr. R. mrve » o
amend the whole proposition, as ir t»fird,
'*9 a* to rend, “that the act interdiHmg
commercial intercourse. StC, ought \o he
repeated^ when provision shall have been
made by law to maintain and defend the
rights, honor and independence of the If.
S. against the edicts of Grc-t Britain and
France f*
Mr Randolph conceived th’s motion to
be out of r.rd< r; but the Speaker overru
led thia objection.
Mr Randn'ph contended that the prnpo.
*VJon which he had submitted on Satu' day
| whs not that which the House bad jus* be..
r.,te decided. When the bill c ncvrnlng
commercial intercourse had passed this
Mruse, the section repealing the non„in_
tercourrs hatl not bren stricken out , and
when the same bill was returned Imtn the
senate, it still contained that scc’itn. 5n
lhat it was fairly to be presumed that both
House* were convinced of the propriety of
repealing the non-intercouse law.
Mr Johnson explained his former argu.
ment, ami insisted on the ground he Had
thken before^ viz. that the naked pro.
position for the repeal of the non inter
course was in substance that which the
House had decided on baturd y last. He
was proceeding to reply to some other re
marks of Mr Randolph—when
The Speaker reminded him that the
question was on Mr. Root’s amendment*
Mr Randolph said lie thought that the
question was on an appeal which he had
made from the Speaker’s decision on the
point of order.
The Speaker observed that he had pol
heard the repeal S.conded.
A motion was made to adjourn and car
ried.
April 3, ,
GENERAL WILKINSON.
Mr Pearson called for the consideration
of toe resolu*lrm offered by him kcine time
ago, relative to an enquiry into the conduct
of Rrigadicr General James Wilkinson.
The House agreed now to consider the
resolution, Iteas 34, Nays 15*
A division of the question was called for,
so as to take the question i!:stincth^^|
each clause. The first question
first slaose, in the following words; ”
Resolved, That a committee be appoin
ted to enquire into the conduct of brigadier
general James Wilkinson, in rela-icn to
his having at any time whilst in the ser
vice of the United States, corrupts*- re,
ceivtd money from the govemcn^it of
Spain or its agen s, or in relation to having
during the time aforesaid, been an accom
plice or in any way concerned with the
agents of any foreign power or with Aaron
Durr in a pi eject against the dominions of
the king of Spain or to dismember these
V. S.
This part as well as the proposition gen*
orally, was supported by Messrs* Pearson,
Pitkin, Key. Si>«ffey, Lyon and Macon, and
opposed by Messrs. Ruea, Holland, M’Kim,
Smilie, Taylor and Findley. The donate
turned principally on the right of the house
of Representatives to institute an enquiry
Into she conduct of the commander in ohiel
or of any olficer of the army of the United
States. The debate will be given hereaf
ter.
A motion was made by Mr Bibb, under
the impression that it was too late in the
session to act on the subject, to postpone
the further consideration of the proposition
indefinitely. The motion wat negatived, 79
to 33.
The question was then taken on the first
clause ot the proposition, when there ap
peared to be a majority of upwards of 40
votes in favor of it. Before, however, the
result of the votes was declared, a mem
ber who voted with the nr.ajcrity, observed
that he had intended to vote in the nega
tive, and wished his name to be so entered
by the Clerk. The bpeaker having di
rected me Clerk so to rectify the vote,
this coarse was objected t », and a discos,
sion arose on the point ot order, winch
occupied tne House till five o’clock, when
the House adjourned, 57 to 13.
F O R E I G N.
Philadelphia, April 3.
LATEST FROM SPAIN.
The Caledonia, captain Taylor, of
this porr which arrived yesterday, ha
ving left Cadiz the 10th of February,
brings ndvice that the French had
reached Port St. Mary’s, on the north
shore of the bay of Cadiz, where on
their arrival, they immediately began
to intrench.
I St. Mary’s is a small town about
| ten mi.es east of north from the citv of
Cadiz, and Ironn this place that city is
supplied with water, having no w. If*,
nor any fresh water beside, but what
is kept in artificial reservoirs*
Immediately after their arrival, they
sent a summons in the name of Wing
Joseph to Cadiz, to which an answer
was returned, that they knew no kin'
but Ferdinand VII.
1 he junta, end the greater portion
: of those who were adverse to the
I French at Seville, had fled on the ap
proach of the Franch army, and vast1
numbers had A >ck«d into Cadiz ; the
juntr took up their residence at lllea,
a small town, about twelve miles near-'
; lv w»»t of Cadiz, on the ground cnl-i
led the island o* Lson, winch is form
ed by a branch of the river Sf. Pedro, j
at the forks of which, on ih<* main t
land, is Situated tne celebrated naval
Arsenal of Carracas ; which b t Iso on ;
the inner bay o.‘ Cadiz* *
The Frenrh and Spanish ships of
wnr which were dismantled ot the
I first entrancsop the French into Spain,
I had been eijuipt lor •#*»> and hud their
s*il« bent, to the number of 17. The
Briti h admiral Purvis had 12 sail of
the line in the Bav.
A B'i i**h 74 gun ship and 40 cun
boats had hauled in under the thore
where the French were erecting their
works, and battered and bombarded
them, but without having received a
shot in return or apparently retarding
the progress of the working parties,
j An American vessel lying iothe bay
yas suited to t-*ke water for the use
of the sh'.p, Irom St. Mary’s unmole*
ted. *
ASpanni .h boat which came of the
Rani^n rand, was sent back, informed
that they niight think themselves well
off in not being made prisoners.
The troops at that point on duty
when the American boat’s crew went a
shore, appeared to be all Dutch, as ’.h -
was the language spoken ; but prrhap*
it wnc the tour of dutv ol the Dirch re
giments on that point of tbe linuci
on that day.
Cadiz being so much.^ crowded
with people from the country, watei
was very scarce, and all 1>usiiess at i
statuW
jjje ship Philadelphia aod brip
Smiwi^aiul schr. Five Brothers, had
just arrived from Philadelpha.
Aurora.
Capt. Hamilton, of the sh«p BainVid?e
from Madeira and Isle of May, informs, thai
about the 7th of Feb. two fleets, (the East
anil Wcst-Indta outward bound) from Eng
land, arrived at Madeira, in passages of fi
or 10days, who informed that intelligence
had been received in England of the re.
I vocation ui me oenm uctrccs—uwi
Jackson was immediately to be recalledj
i ard a Mr Elliot, brother to lord Minto,
\ now governor of India, was to come oui
j to succeed him.
i The ship Howard, from New York, had
j arrived at Madeira, previous »o the sailing
of the Bainbridge. [Phil. Gaz.J
> s'
' WASHINGTON CITY.
NPriic’/f jlfiri! 6i
_
Rylfte Portia, we h ve received the Star,
a London print of the 25th of January, thr
j latest, probably, In the country. But S'J
■ irember* attended in 'he house cf Com
mons on the 24th of Jan. which was ad
jou'-eed by the Speaker for want of a quo*
rum. American intelligence had b>-en re
ceived to tho 21st of December. Tn>- re.
solutions offered by Mr Macon on the 15th
of December. together with the most im
por’snt of the proceedings of the House of
Representatives of the 19ih, taken from the
National ImclMgencer, containing an ab
stract of the proviiions of the b II report,
ed by Mr Macon, are given. An article
trom Constantinople states that aiter the
/ battle of S'liatria the Russians applied for
an armistice far two m< nths, which was
i refused by the victorious Turks. The ej;*
! king and queen of Sweden h*d arrived at
Stralsund, on their way to Switzerland—
French Papers had been received a; Lon.
don to the 19th of Jan, The S'ur says
“We mentioned on Tuesday the arri
val of an American gentleman from Calais
with dispatches for Mr Pinkney II s
name is Caldwell, and the rumour in the
political circles is, that he has brought in
telligence that the French Emperor has
ordered the confiscation and sal - of ail A.
merican property in the ports of Spain,
Italy and France ; that Geo. Armstrong
was in great alarm in consequence ot the
state of affairs: besides which, report adds,
that an order had been issued to prevent
any A u'vr-cans from quitting F'rance.
“ Th4*gentleman alluded to spates, that
lie had been very ill usid at CalaisDy the
officers of the government, who took from
him all his private letters, and were even
proceeding to seize Ins dispatches, which
he saved only by say ng, mat they must
first make him prisoner/' [Nat. Int
Land for Sale.
PURSUANT to"a decree of the
county court of Buckingham, will be sold
oft the premises, on Friday the 27th day of
April next, to the h'ghest bidder for cash,
to satisfy a debt dne Warner Williams, a
1 RAC f of LAND, lying and bcinz^fj the
county of Buckingham, belongi.i/'’uNLsse
Melton, containing t wo hundi e<yCni ifen.
ty two acres, more or less, am?w^iclevt
adjoining the lands of capt. Jose|^j \Vj>old
ridge,, and others, and within about two
miles of Hutson Morris*'* Tavern in said
county.
Daniel Moseley, 1 Com
Jamcs ^Viilker, > missi*
f John Walker, \ othn s.
Marcl^pOth, 1810. w3t^>
V IN(jINlA~x --
In Halifax County Court, In Chancery.
26*.U February, 1810*
I Michael Clardy, p(.y
Against
j Michael Clardy, jun. Deft.
I'he defendant not having entered fcu* ap.
peerage# rm| given *cuvity ac B
the get of Assembly -' ■.a the i
Conn, and it appearing to thi ,
(>! the cottft, that he is nut an*
this Commonwealth—r)n [n_
plaintiff b> his counsel, it is ordered, that
the said defend tot, do uppear here on the
h Monday in June next, and answer the
h i! of ih’i plaintiff, and that a copy of th s
ornrr be forthwith inserted in one of News
l*ap«r» ptfejlsned m the city o: Richmond
for eigKTY^vks success ivety, and posted at
l ie front tffx»r «f the Courihonie ot t^e jaifj
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Stephen Huddleston and Mary Huddleston
his wife, administrator and adtniniatra..
trix of Willtdftl Younger, deci ritU*
A gainst’
William Hoskins and John Stone, Defts,
The defendant William Hoskirja^iot ha
ving entered his n;jpearancew^and%given
security, according to the. Ac/of fiXnbly
and the rules of this court,-Mul \f affnar..
•n£ to„tiie satisfaction of lh«lconrt,/i4t tie
is not inhabitant of this c\twu*n wealth j
on motuxv of the plaintiffs by their counsel,
it is ordered, that the said William Hoskins
do appear litre ontne fount. Monday in
n _
tiffs, and thnt a copy of (his order be forth, j
with inserted in one of the newspapers,
published in the city of Hichmnid for eight
weeks successively, am) posted at the font
door of the Courthouse of the said county.
A Copy, Teste,
SAMUEL, WILLI VMS, n. c. h. a
—
Will be Sold, .
TO tbs highest bidder, at Hanover
Court House, on the^f h Wednesday in
April* next, biing she 25th day of the
inontn^ ^
A Tract of Land,
# %
IN Hanovcf’county, containing I>e
tween two and three hundred Acres-, ad.
joining the lands of Kdward G. by (Thor,
iobn and Heuben Howard^ and M»c or.
phans of John Tait dec about W or 12
inics from 11 chinond. on the capable of
ihe main road leading f.rifii klurpUM to
New C«t3*.lc Hanover Town, Mev ial
■streams run 'hreugh the Had, on which
nrieado«fj| might be mads) also o go:>d
Sit» Mi* scat, which has hc<m asctr.aio*
.rd by level and admeasure,n«nt- It '*
|srell timbered, and * healthy suujiion —•
I * hree small 'enrrnen'H a'C on ffcc l-ati'J »
[the stove Lnd la c.mvef td to *0': i>»uu*t,
jby John S.*»bro<ik to «4'My r.<jw«rrl G.
%>yd«or, a curtain turn thereto expies*ed»
I he ^j'.e wifi be tor,da i» conformity to
the Act of Assembly, sntilkd'* /•'» Ait
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Tho: Tinsley, TYusl 'C.
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