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ceflarr to rrfort to the raifing additional reve
nue. Should there he a 'non-importation a£t,
which had been lately a fuhjc t of difcullion in
the public prints; *4 \$uuld necetliuily’afftiH our
revenue, and before it could be agreed to or
a»51cd on, it would he abfolutely neceifiry for
the committee of.. Ways and Means to enter In
to an invefligation how th? necelf.iry revehoe
could be obtained. If we refort to the expedi
ent of railing the duties on manufactured arti
cles. he would gfk if that were not .a proper,
fiihjedt forthe committee of Ways and Means.
The meafure conld not but atfeilt our revenue
deeply, anti would it not become neoeflary for
the committee of Ways and Means to enquire
to what extent the duties might-be-laid without
producing the neceflity of reforting t«* new
taxee. But as the gentleman from Maffacbu'
fetts was deliroua of inftniCting the committee, I
he had no obje&ion fo to modify his refolution
as to add to it the latter part of the refolution
offered by him. . .
So modified the refolution was read from the
Chair as follows:
5. Re/bhfd, That fo much of themeflage of
the Prelidenr of the United States as relates to
■the conduct of the belligerent powers towards
the U. S. and to the onjuftifiahle conllruClion
lately given hy fome of them to the law of nati
ons, as it regards the rights of neutral, be re
to the Committe of Ways and Means,,
with inftruftion to enquire in what refpeills, and
to what extent our neutral rights have hern vio
lated, and what legiUatire: meafures the true in
xereft of the U. S. requires to counteract fuch
Violations.
Mr. Bid well enquired to whit committer the
'defenfive meafures recommended by the Presi
dent hail been referred.
The Chairman replied to.a felefl committee.
Mr. Bidduell laid that fubjeilt appeared to him
as much connected with the revenue, as princi
ple! which refpefted the law of nations. If
that fitbjeft had been referred with propriety to
a feleft committee, furely this might alfo, as it
was not fo neccflarily connected with revenue
as to melee it the peculiar bu Suds of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means.
Mr. Smith remarked that it appeared that
tile ideas of both the gentlemen wne incorpor
ated in the refoluMon as it Hood ; and that the
only fubflfttng difference was as to the com
mittee. This was not of fuflieicnt importance
to occupy muen of their time. The fubjeft
might moll properly go to a commercial com
mittee ; hut as he believed the Committee of
Ways mil Me ins perfectly competent, he ffiould
not object to the refolution.
The queftion w is then taken on the refoluti
on and palled in the affirmative, Ayes 56—
Noes -12.
The committee rofe and reported the refolu
tions, which the Houfe immediately took into
confideration.
The firlt, ferond, and third and fourth were
agreed to without a divifion ; and the fifth—
Ayfs .57.
The irennd ref dntion was referred to Mcfirs.
.Dawfon, N. Williams, Blount, Ely, Dai by and
Fifk. . ,
The third n-folutinn to MefTrs. Varnum, Baf
fer, Sturges, Lambert, Rea of Pen. Marion and
Blake.
And thr fourth, to MelTra. Gregg. Garnett,
B'dwell, Goldiborougn, Hough, Wynns and
Ruflel.
Agreeably to the orilcr of yefterdav, the
Houfe pro reeded to t ht'eleClion of a Chaplain.
Mcflrs. Wilmer, Laurie, Glendy and Gantt
h iving been previoufly nominated, and Mellrs.
JVDo Creery, Varmim and Smith (of Connecti
cut) appointed tellers. .
The ballot3 were counted and declared aa fol
lows,
In the whole loo ballots.
For Mr. Glendy 46
Dr. Gantt 16
Mr. Laurie 92
Mr. Wilmer C
No election.
On a feoond trial the ballots were,
For Mr. Glendy 70
Mr. Laurie 2S
Mr. Wilmer 1
Mr. M’Cormick 1
Mr. Chalmers l
Mr. Glendy is eonfequently eleCted Chap
lain.
The Senate have made choice of Dr. Gantt
as Chaplain on their part.
On motion of Mr. Latthnore, the memorial
of the legifht.ire of Mifliflippi, prefented the
Jiftfeflion, was referred to Mcflrs. T. M. Ran.
dolph, Lattimnre, Sutilie, Olin and Taggart.
On motion of Mr. Stanton, the petition of
the inhabitants of Stonington and Wefterly, in
Connecticut, praying for the ercCtion of a light
houfe, was referred to the Committee of Com
merce and Manufactures.
Mr. Lattimoreprefented a memorial from the
jegiflature of the Mifliflippi territory, reprefent
ing certain obft.icles which had arifen to the le
gal proceedings of the land board of commifli
oners, and praying that the firft inltalment on
certain lands may be received after the granting
of certificates.
Mr. Tutltbmre likewife prefented a petition
from finulry inhabitants of the Mifliflippi terri
tory, pr tying that the right of pre-emption may
be extended to them for unappropriated lands
on which they have fettled.
Which memorial and petition were referred
to the committee appointed on the preceding
memorial uf the Jegiflature of the Millilfippi
territory.
Thursday, December 5.
Mr. yabn C. Smith ohferved that thehoufeat
t’ eir lafl f. th>n,h id had iRfore then a fuhjeiitof
Conliderablc importance, which not having been
then definitively aided upon, lie thought it
would be proper again to take into confiderati
on. He therefore moved the following refolu
tion :
RefolveA, That a Committee be appointed to
enquire whether any, and, if any, what deferip
tion otciaims ag linfr the united Stares arc bar
red by’ the ft.it ute of limitations, tvhirh in rea
fon and jo dice ought to be provided for, and
that faid committe be authorifed to report there
on by bill or otherwife.
This refolwtimf was immediately conlidrred,
agreed to and referred to a committee of feven
tcen members.
A meil'age was received from the Senate ad
riling of th*ir appointment of Mr. Gilman Oh
their pari on the committee of enrolment,—
Whereupon the i I mfc appointed a committee
on their part.
On motion of Mr. ContaA the following refo
lutir.n wan adopted:
RtfolwH, That the door keeper of this floofr
b-- allowed the fame fum, as has heretofore been
allowed, for the purpofi* of employing men and
hi'rfesto enable him to execute the duties of hia
office,
Mr. T.tib moved the following refolution :
RtfolurA, That a committee be appointed to
enquire whether any, And if any, what alterati
ons might *o be made bi the acl to regulate and
fix the comprnfation of the officer* 01ihe donate
and Houle of !<. prefrntatives.
Mr. I -ipfv I it would lip rerollrfh d that a?
the ettd of every tcHion heretofore, it had tr:n 1
uftial to fuhmit propofitions fbran extra allow
ance to the ohircrx of tive Iloufe. It wasd^G
rahlethat tbecompenfat ion of the officers IhouU!
be fixed. That they might be fixed, and that
no 6'jnilar prqpofitinn (Wild be olfered hereaf
ter, was hi» neaTon for.o&rtn;* thlST refutation:
The Iloufe immediately took it up, agreed
to it, and ^eferre', it to a committee of three
tnembers.
0:i motion of Mr. Lenvu the petitions here
tofore prefented for andagninlt a bridge acfofs
the Potomac at the city of Waffiington were re
ferred to * committee of five members.
TTj* Our readers will remark that in fevrral
inftances the members appointed on commit
tees arc 'not named. This unavoidably arifes
from the mode of procedure in the nomination
of committees, .which generally is not made by
the Speaker until the eufutng day. In all cafes
of importance we (hall give the names on a fun
fequent day, when not printed in the firfl (ketch
of pox eedings.
With regard to the' presentation of private
petitions, our uftial cottrfe will be to refrain
from noticing them until we (hall be a tie to
have accefs to the Journals of tile Ilonfc ; it be
ing almofl impoffible corrttflly to catch the name
from the mention of it in the Iloufe. This will
occafiou a fiiort delay, but it will infure accu
racy.
i Ciirapeati 3f«rclligntcr,
NEW-YORK, December «.
We have the pleafure of laying l>efore the
readers of the MftRCANTit.lt Advertiser Eu
ropean Intelligenc e to the 25th of Oflober, 19
days later than any advices previoufly receiv
ed.—We are indebted for this to the politeuefs
of Captain Croftrhwaite, of the (hip Ard«*nt,
which arrived at this port lafl evening in the
fliort paffage of 38 clays from Greenock.— Our
fL-lrfliono, from the extreme barrennefs of the
papers and the late hour at which they were re
ceived, are neceirarily brief.
Peace is concluded in India hetween Lord
Lake and the Rajah of Rhurtpore. This event
occurred on the loth of April, and the irttelli
gemv of it reached England by an overland dif
patch.
The whole of the Eaft India fleet which it was
reported had been captured by the Rochefort
fquadron, have fafely arrived in. the Britifh
ports. The only veffel loft is the Calcutta, by
whom the fleet were convoyed.
Hoftilitics had not commenced in Italv or in
Germany at the dare of our lateft accounts from
thof -quarters. In the former the force of the
French under Maffena was cflimated at 120,
oon.
The Auftrians had concentrated their forces
in the Adige. They had retired from Ulm, (a
free and imperial fortified < ity of Germany, in
rhe circle of Suabia) of which the French hail
taken pnffrffion ; and were apparently in a ftate
of inactivity, waiting the arrival of the hordes
of Ruflia. _
In the meanwhile the French and Bavarian
army had violated the neutrality of the Prnffian
territory ; and thiscircumftance, it was finon
fed,- would have the cffedl of inducing Pruflia to
join the coalition.
London, October 7. .
The American brig Henry and Jane, which
arrived at Falmouth on Wednefday laft from
Senegal, reports that fhe beard a heavy firing
which continued feveral hours, on the morning
of the 26th and the night of the 27*h, in long.
11. This was near the time and place of the
Calcutta’s action.
• October 21.
It is dated,on the au'hority of nrivate letters
from Holland-, that Pruflia and Denmark h ive
entered into a Convention with Saxony. Heffee,
S: fomt of the finaller dates, For preventing the
landing of all foreign troops unon that part of
Germany, and their paffage through their ter
ritories and dependencies.
A Ruffian fquadron, r on lifting of five line of
battle fhips, parted the back of the Goodwin
Sands yefterday. They were probably on thri
way to Portfmouth. ' r
The Secretary of S’ate has directed that no"
tice he given to America, Denmark, Sic. that
Britifh veffels, captured hy the enemy, and
pnrehafed by Americans, Dines, Sic. cannot
be admitted to enter into any of the ports of
this kingdom.
According to letters from I.ifbon, tranqui
lity has been reftored at Madrid, and fomt of
the perfons who had been obliged to leave the
capital were allowed to return. The fame let
ters add, that the camp before Gibralter has
been r.onfiderably reinforced.
Some velfels have cleared out for Hamburgh
direft, in confeq uence of the fufpenlion of the
blockade of the Elbe.
The territory of Anfp.ich, which the French
troops have invaded, fo contrary to the faith
hitherto invariably by bellegerent powers with
Neutral States, is the Margraviate of that
name, which the- former King of Pruflia pur
chafed of bis highnefs the Margrave of Anf
pach, now refident in this country, for a life
annuity of 400,0001. fferling.
G*eenock, Oltobcr 23
The Hamburgh Mail due on Wcdnefday I.ift,
arrived on Friday. The following is the fub
ftance of the very intcreftiog intelligence com
municated by it.
The French troops under Bernadofte and
M trmont, with tile'Bavarian Auxiliaries, march
ing apparently towards Bohemia, had turned
fuddenly round, and proceeded in three co
lumn* towards Nienberg, Duoawert, and In
golftadt, with a view to turn the (link of the
Auftrians. To reach hid dcltination with the
greater celerity, Gen. Bernadette, siting by
previous jnftrultions, proceeded or. his march
through the Pruflian territory of Anfpich !
The Pruflian Commandant protefted, but in
vain—Bernadette alledged hispofitive orders—
and the Pru Ilians were forced to retire before
a fuperior force. This outrage was next day
renewed by the paflage of 20,000 Bavarians
through the fame territory, in a parallel line.
Againfl this violation of neutrality, the Pruflian
Miniftcr at Anfpach alfo protected, and his dif
patche*, narrating the trunfaltion, excited the
ftrongert fenfation at the Court of Berlin. A
Council of grate was immediately held, and
the rcfult fent ofT to the Iving. Ills Pruflian
Majdty arriving the fame evening at hit capital,
held a fecund Council, after which difpatchrs
were fent to th- Generals in all parts of his do
minion.',, and to nil the Courts of Europe. Some
private letters fay that h»s Pniffian Mijtfty has,
m cotifrqHence, declared, “ That he would al
low a free pillage to the Kufli.vi troops through
his dominions—ami that lie would not in any
way oppofi the entrance of the allied forces in
to llanover.” But Blocking ns it is, this is not
the only alt of violence and injoffice which
this Mail enables ur to record. Tire uftirprr
has again violated the rights of the Diplomatic
qharalter, and the Law of Nations, by Bluing
order* for the arreft of Two Foreign Miniftcr*,
their four Secretaries of Legation, and a Charge
dc’Affaircs, at Stutgaard !— <»rders given at the
timi wiuiujJif was hoipitaMy fntfrtai'Xfi at rhe
p 'ahe of L,> nfbprgh, belonging .to the Duk
of Wmember;, whofe capital he haj l.j groi»jyi
hifnUfJ. Among ft the perfonsi. thus anrefted,
, with every circumltanee of hnrlhnrfs and publi
city, were the. Anftmu a.ul Rulh.m Mniiften..
The whole I'tkre put intoc.lofe confinement.'
The only intelligence from Italy by this Mail
is that the Auttrian troops .irf concentered on.
the Adige ; and the Archduke Charles has re
moved his head-quartern from Ptdnn to Vicenza.
. The difembarkition of 20,000 Ruifi ms at
fitralfund is fully confirmed. T*»rv are to be
joined, in Pomerania, by 14.000 Sweilis, and
thejonilion of our German largion wiil render
•them an effective fnrre of more than 40.000 men.
Dutch papers of fo late a date as the l5rh in
ftant were received on Saturday morning. Some
extracts from Paris Papers, of the 13th, are con
tained an thefe Journals, by which we have.the
latiof ivftion to find, that the French arc Rill un
able to boaft of any (treater fuccels-in Germany,'
than the entrance oftheir army into Ulm ; and
even this is given merely as a report. The Auf
triar.s are, in the mean time, concentrating
their forces ; without, however, abandoning
any fortified place, nr ftronc pafs. The arri
val of the Ruffians will, it is hoped, fnon ena
ble them to enter uoon a more brilliani o»«eei\
l'o haften this, no lefsthan threethoufand wag
gons arc employed upon the conveyance of one
column, confifting of forty four battalions of
chot'en infantry.
The Hamburgh papers are filent, refpeifling
the return of the French troops to Hanover,
mentioned in our lalt. We know, however, too
much of the dominion, under which thofe pa
pers are printed, to comider this as any refutati
on of the report.
The fcarcity of money at Hamburgh is foch,
that commercial difeounrs there, have imweafed
tofen percent, ami fome of the greuteft houlcs
areexpetfled to Hop payment.
Odober 25.
A Gottenburgh mail .arrived on Sunday.—It
chiefly details thofe movements of .the RplTi.'^n
armies, of which, from other fources, \ve have
been aheadv informed. One letter, however,
dated St ra I fund. Rates pofitively, that fhould
any part of the Fnifi.in territory be violated by
the troops of tithir of the Belligerent powers,
the armies of his maiefty will he put in motion
tochaftife fucli violation. It did not appear*o
he known at the time this letter was written,
that the French had forced their march through
the diftrirtof Anfpach.
A Secret Expedition will, it is friel, leave this
country in the coirfe of the enfuing week. A
detachment of the Guards is to accompany it, a«
well as the German Legion, the greater part-of I
which has air adv empaiked. It is alfo Rated
that Sir Sidney Smith is to have the naval com
mand.
Doitirffic Intelligence.
WASHINGTON, December .7.
The Hornet brig wi 1 fail on a cruife to the fouth
ward in a day or two. It ia thought (he will re
lieve the frigate Adams, wbichif, laid to\vant much
repair. The Hornet is a very, fwift jailer and is
probably much better adapted to.proteA that portion
ol onreoad from piratical cruizer* titan a larger vef
lel. She will not fake any Marines to Orleans, as we
have luggeft^dj government having we undefiland
determined to recruit in that place, where men whafd
conditutions are more congenial with the climate can
Le procured.
T he Franklin will leave this Ihortly for New-Or
leans with a few marines, and open recruiting ren
dezvous for marines at that place.
IPcJk. Fed.
T lie only hiifuiefs of « public nature, tranfa^led
by the houfe. verterday, was the bringing in a bill
to prohibit the exportation of arms and military
(lores, which was referred to a committee of the
a hole houie, and made the order of the day for
Monday next.
1 he doors were afterwards clofed on a confiden
tial communication received from the f'refident
by his lecretary, and continued clofed about two
; hours.
1 he houfe then adjourned until Monday.
Lotue* M/ixtiv, Efq. liasrefigned the office of !
Attorney General of the (late of Maryland.
REVIEW OF SOUTHEY’S MADOC.
The following notice of Madoc is taken from the
Briti/b Monthly Magazine,
Jhe heroic epopea jultly p.ifTes for the molt
difficult achievement of poetic art i the clafTical
works ot this kind are ftili rare, not in our lan
guage only, hut even in the collective mafs of
literary production.
File fahle of M idochas much peculiarity. It
is the conquefl of Mexico by Cortes, antedated.
It has two parts. In the former, Madoc nar
rates to his brother, the WelHi King, both the
motives^nd the confequences of his voyage and
ditcovery, and collects a frcfh fupply of com
mits to fettle the country ,he had found. His
dipai turc from Wales tcrrniDfites this divifion
of the poem, which has eighteen books. The
fineft of them are entitled Cadwallon, Llewel
lyn, Li lian, Rodri. The (lory of the blind Cy
t netha, the interview with the rigidfut heir of
Wales, the difeovery of Hotel’s child, and the
farewd of Rodri, are among the moft pathetic
Icencs in the whole compas of epic poetry. The
fault of this part confiltsin its dwelling too lit
tle on the voyage, which is the proper hufmefs
of the poem; and too much on the internal
feuds of Wales, tlierefult of which are not to
occupy the reader’s attention. There is alfo
an improbahie refembfthee between the fcveral
female chandlers introduced.
In the fecond part, Madoc and his new af
fociates arrive in Aztleu, but find the native*
m» longer in a friendly and hofpitable temper.
Their fupcrftitious prejudices have been alarm
ed, and they are confederated to expel t!.
clirifli.it> intruders, A war begins. Madoc is
taken prifotier, & onthe point of being facrificed
to idols. The courage aijd (kill of the few
Wellh at length triumph ovtfr thefavage hordes,
wiio agree toevacuate a province in favour of
Madoc and hiscompanions. This divifion of
the poem has twenty.feven Imoks j thofe might
have beer, much condrnf.-d, which are fubfe
quent to the rrfeve of Midoc ; for the event
is from that time decided, and the intere/t de
cays. The Snake-Ood, the Battle, the Vidlo
ry. are good cantos 5 and theepifode of Coatel
and Liucoya is aftrding. The changers of the
favages are well drawn; they are more diferimi
nateand varjous than thofe of the European*.
The total ahfenceof mythology, eonfonance
with chronicle and tradition, and tha antiqua
rian fidelity of coltiime, with which the man
ners both of the Wellh and of the Indian nati
on* are depiTcd, give to this poem an impref
(ioo of reality attained in no other fimllar wo*k.
The degrre of illttfion approaches that produ
ced by the hiltoric phys of ^hakelpiere 1 it
bcarsto thofe epic porin'*, in which fupernato
ra! machinery is employed, the relation which
a triced y bears to an optri. Arifb»t)e define*
Hu? epopea to he tragedy in recital; this defi
nition applies clnfely to Madoc.
With the exception of marvellous interpofiti,
on, this poem has many rcCrrnblance# with the
OdflEy, the JSnrid, and the Luliad ; ami will
loinK, eventually be ranked by criticifui
Oic Rrft and lull of thrfe poem*..' it ?if i 1
ttfe advantage uw them all, in the charsftrr ft
majefty of the chief pcrfunigc, \V th < lima
one hardly become* acquainted ; he j* no »rq;e
of a hero than the name of his !h’;v .feneas m
v«*r interefts but on hiaway tohell: hisciyUty to
PalinuniK (except the ift/e fubi/i'o' oMvtrrtsj) tit
file «»«tly trait--of heart in his clfjrafter., The
rapacitv, th • (Idaih unfeeling, the low"cunning
of'OdydVns-detrratli.'him from that moral rank,,
which is eflential to fympathy. Sophocles felt
this deficiency of Homer; and in a fine feme
of his PitilnfleteJ. his contrived the fincereaitd
g’-nerbus Neoptoteriioa. with the inlldipus and
crafty Oily 1Ru<• Madoc is fu>-h a Ncoptwir
mos in middle age: he futerefts at once and all
alohe/hy his rtfteftions. his rcfotirc.es, his diffi
"cuhies, and his virtues.
! The ftyle is equal, as in Leonidas, not vari
ous, as in Th ila'ia ; i» is c'orynfl-not daring ; it
is moft fuccefsful. in » le deferiptive padages,
which are every where vivid and pifturefquc ;
the met tphors are few ; the epithets arc inlaid
with n ivel aptnefs. The language is rather
friHine, I’ke t'vit of Spenfer, than condtjnfcd
like that of Milton : it is fomewhnt deficient in
( rapidity, vigour and fplendour, and would .gain
hy the infi-rMon of more limitations, liriiilic s, &
j btirfts of diclion. The ocaiory too 111 mid be
fuller of thought, argument, and maxim. The
poet has pnrfued to excel* the praife of inventi
on and originalit y; he has difdaiuet tranfplan
tatiovs from the works of his predevcT-rs, thp*
TalTo wrought fo beautiful a patchwork with
ftireds. It is iis literature as in the world, he!
ranks higheft who fpends mod : no matter whe
ther he borrows, or.owns what he beftows.
Plagi.irifm is even a f mrce tjf reputation; for
the well-read'cnti.cshave in all ages taken pica
fureto indicate the <wb?nee of (jolen pafiages, &
therefore edit and announce mutt it-illingly the
purlointr.
Mid Mr. Southey got fhis poem done into >
Wellh by Mr. O ven, pr„fpitic other zealot of
Mvvian Archeology ; and be fo piililiihed it j
with a Latin interpretation and then given us j
the original as a mere yerfiqn friun fume old ’
Hard ; envy would H-ivr..been cheated and Ci:ri- '
olity nroufed, and Madoc would foonhave fur- i
pafTed the Eiiropeanity of reputation the pre-,
tended works of Offian. In its prefent Giiecrfc \
form it will win a lelsrafy way oF fame ; but it
will not have to rpake a returning fte'p. -
It is eafier to blame than to praife; cank
er-like to nibble at the laurel-leaf, than W>\i ater
its varnifli into higher luftre, hut our limits for
bid the detailing of thofe feat tvring oaflagtS in
which we.wilhed for abbreviation. As a .whole,
the cenfure of Madoc is difficult 5 one mnft
make a grievance of the levelnefs of manner, of j
the extent of narration, and of the ahfencc of,
the wonderful, in. order to provide the hoftilej
.converfer .with .topics, of inveifiive. Againft j
fuch cavils, t-lie philofophic criti« ifin of IlohhiiS
has fuggefted the appropriate reply. « Theie
arefome (fays he) who are not plea fed with fic
tion unlrfs it heboid:, riot.only .to exceed the
work, but. alfo the poflibility of nature. They
would have - impenetrable armours, inchantetj,
caftles, invulnerable ho lies, iron men, flying
horfrs, and a' ihmifand other fuch things, whjch
are eaGIv feigned hy them that dare. I diffcot
from thofe who think that"the beauty of a po
em confifteth ih the exorbitancy of the fiction.
. For as truth is the hound of hiftorical, fo there*
feniblance of truth is the utmnfl limit of poeti
cal liberty. In old tine among fhe heathens,
fuch Grange fiftions and metamorphofes were
not fo remote;from the articles of their faith, a$
they are now from ours, and were therefore not
fo unp.'eafiiit. Beyond thy aftual works of na
ture, a port may now go ; hut btjvond the con
ceived pufilhility of nature never.”
To all the other epopeas conftrufted on this
prin.iole, fuch as the Henriad, the Araucana,
tne Piarfalia, Mr. Snutbev’s is far fiinetior.
Since the appearance of Milton's Paradife Loft,
1 no perfon has quitted the Engliih prefc equal in !
I merit to Madoc. It is a great arid disable ac-1
ceftion to our literature, a-fit obi eft c£ national;
pride, aad of European gratukKioh.
GENERAL A -STIMBT.Y' Ot VIRGINIA.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
'
Saturday, De.tmler 7.
The houfe, according to the order of thu day, pro
ceeded by Joint ballot .With the fi nite,, to the choice
°* 3 Brigadier General to fiippfy the vacancy occasion-'
ed by the rcftgnation of Brig idier General John B.
Scott ; am) on counting the ballot* a majority was
found in favor of Peter John flop, Efq.
The houfe according to the’ further order, of the
day, proceeded bv joint ballot with the fen ite, to the
choice of a Brigadier General, to fupply the vacancy
occafioned by the death of Brigadier General Richard
Kennon ; and‘on counting the ballot* a majority wa*
found in favor of John Pegrarn, Efq.
The fpeaker laid before the houfe a letter from the
Governor, covering the refignation of Jofeph Jone«,
of his conunifTion of Major General of the firll di vi
fion of Virginia Militia—Ordered, to lie oit the tible.
On motion, Rcfotvcd unrntrnuupy, that a .cofnittee he
appointed to wa‘‘t ort Hugh Holmes, efq to convey
to him the thanks of this houfe for the ability, atten
tion and dignified manner in which he difcharg.*d the
duties of fpeaker of tjtis houfe; and a committee was
appointed of M. (TVs. Harvie, Harrifon, (Amelia) Mi
nor and Robertfon.
Ordered, that a committee he appointed to wait on
William H. Clbell, pfq. and inform him of hi* ap
omntment to the office of Governor or phief Magif
frate of this commonwealth for one year; and a com
mittee was appointed of MefTrs. Smvrb' (Wythe)
Henning, M<“r?er, Minor, Brooke, Jones fhfotto
•vav) l.ove, Harrifon (Amelia) C. B. Hirrifun and
Wooding.
Adjourned ’till Monday I 2 o’clock.
Monii'r, li;Cfmt>er ft.
Mr. Brook reported from the committee for Court*
of Jtifliee,
Afc/i.'-ivif, That it is the opinion of this committee,
that the petition of fun Iry inhabitant* of the parifh of
Briflol, in the Counties of Prince George and Dinwid
dle, praying that ana^may puf* anrhorifing a fide of
the glebe of the fa:it p.-rifh, and an application of the
infereft ariflllg on the proceed* of the f-jl... f,"
nefit of the prefeot incumheht of the fajj parifh, du
ring hi* inciimbenfy, i* reasonable.
Mr. Harvie reported fro->t the committee appoint
ed to convey to Hugh Holm. s, efq. the thanks of
rhis houfe for the manner in which he difeharged the
duties of Speaker whilf* he #(5l*d as fuch, that the
committee had, Recording to order, made fuch com
munication, to which Mr Holme* was pleafvd to
make the following reply ;
Meffri, liaride, Minor and Robertfon,
THE thank* of the Houfe of Dclega-e* which you
have been deputed to prefent, are to me, at thijtimc
peculiarly flattering and acceptable. The manner in
which 1 have been feparated from the lr 'iflatore ; the
confequente* of fuccef* or difappomtment among the
friend* of rival candidate* in all tnferefting election*
would mofl probably, it* thofe unacquainted with a
Virginian AlTembly, feem to forbid any tinited <**.
! preflloo of approbation ev.-ti on poipr* •I'ltminrdted
with fuch e!eA;oit»t Btlf for my part, gentlemen,
when I dr (pair of the msgnaniwitf and jflhrre of th
Virginian I^egiflature, I lhall then, and then only, d»f
pairofthe commotv*re ,*rh. Thi* tribute of A^peA
w,/h which you are charged. is much appceHved
by the mode which the Houfe A TVfrgati^ hav,-,.’
•looted in conferring ;hc e.mipljment, aa w?i! ,,
the maamr tn whirfj yon turt bees pionfed to ore
<uu the duty you. I Vs tern ra« r*!f>cS[{uU
[** oVri *' -
the high c.i.fid-r-.l^uv* for
you individually* * .** 11 ^ 4 % * - > .7
’ ’ ‘ V!UOH*HOlA'fES.'
d ?**>.■-. ........
A (mjctoo was nr* l» by Mt I,d*v, that thihoufe
■ctime to the following relolution ; ‘ *
* ■Whereits-rWts houfe deem it propel to.exprrf» the
approbation »t feel* of the roudu.f . f foeii of the ci;.
ttentt tif.thU - commonwealth, as Gg::alce xlvemfelvys
in the. fervice nr fh.-ir cpioVry ; ct:d that ht r.orr.ry
rewards bellowed ,fir Pliant exploits, ar. not only
coue.ni.il t</ the fpirit of a republican gxiverhinejc,
but alio offer an uietul encouragement to the enter*
prising: chiradriw of America.
JffiU't.i thftejnr-t, 1 li*l this boufe. for the above
reafons, and in order to rxnrefs the high f- nfr it en*
t.-rtams, of the valour and intebpidit) of Lieut. I’r-1*
Iv N. Ooannon, a citizen of this commonwealth, in
executing the or.lors of hisgaibnt eotnhujqdtr^. in the
attack and capture of Dcrne, in ctmjuti&ion with l-;*
heave, countrymen; at»J a,3 an hunirary reward for
l|it fcrh^ii, in the expedition again!! 'Uripnli; that
the Executive of this commonwealth be reqtirfted,
and they ere hereby requeued to h;ive mad^» a fw.wd
of tlie maimf.i^lory of Virginia, and a gold medal,
one fi le id which !hall be engraved with a deferiptw-n *
oF the achievement ih erecling the American baud'
ard on tire walls ofO-rue: anti the other lidt v* ith
, u figure of the (loddefs of Libarty, holding in o' t
j hand a banner, and ppintin, wirh the other towerr *
■ a CaHle ; with the following morto on the fume fide,
“ Let my votaries be alTured of niv proi»;lion.M
j And that the executive be reqnelW to take the «arw
iiell opportunity which.may offer after the faid /weird
j and medal arc prepared, «f prefe-thur tU;a to Li.u*
tenant Obunnon.
On a motion "made, *
Ordered, I hjt the faidrefblution do fie ou the table^
VALUABLE' PROPERTY1.
j-T AGAIN offer for'fale, that valuable and well
! u ’ri ,n<t Forks «»f Hanover, call J
! HlILFIRLD; .containing by efli,pat ion and old fur
l vey s 1G7G acres, be the fame more hr 1.15. Theie
j are Cleared of tins fra-9 about Or above 350 acres,
j liid out into three fields, including 150 acres of Lots,
' r.iaft of which arc‘well fet with clover. O- this
; plantation i» frtwed about 400 buihel* of wheat a
j barley'; of thtr former 350, upward* of 100of wbicli
| v. on followed and maritired land, and very well pur
J in. 1 be plantation is ihpreuvgurtd oixler—has foive
| valuable M.-adow Luhd, which, at much labor and
I expence lias hi-en prepared and juft getting into i-fc_
■ a tolerable dwelling houfe, and cotivtnrenr houfe* ;()r
[ negro-., with hams,'«;orn houfe, liable*, &c. &c.
: If- this eft.ire is pot fold at private fale on or befoie
j Monday the I‘ttji of January next, it will he offered
at public and)ion, on that Jay, if fair or the next Gir
Idsv, at which rime and place will likewife hr offer
I fd.for fair, between ad and 90.valuable LA
BOURERS, con fitting of may, women, hoys, »ir's
I anj children, to be.fold in families, together with ?11
! the (lock of every deferfprion of cattle,- fhcei* and hog s;
j levttn hrood mares, a numbrr of blooded colts' 1. 2,
and S years old, 1 | excellent weil-brokc mu?.-*, and
fome work horfes, and all the plantation Utenfils, and
the crops of*corn, fodder and rye, now dh the land,
of from RtX> to lOOb bamL.—Should a fale of the land
not take place, then only ali m’ GO negroes will he-for
fale. and part only of the corn, and the Hock, end
plantation articles.
The fqncri? of lots, v\*:*h the appurtenances, at pre
fenr in th* ocCUjw.iey of-John A. Chevaltie, Efq. but
pnrteffion wifi nor be given until the Ml o£ Auguil
| next, unlels it (bail be fanner-convenient.
1 A life eftate in the tenement at prefent in the pof
feffmn o'- Mr John Banks, on Church Hill.
8 pipes of Madeira Wine, which coft £ -11 fterlitig,
imported by niyfolf, nearly two yvars ago.
1 likewife wifh to/ell, part, of about 20,000 acres
ot Military Land, lying in the flatus of Ohio, Kentuc
ky, an.! in the Indiana Terri'ory. 5000 acres of
this laud lie on the'little Miami and on Pond Run—
| GOOO acres on B=g Barren, or Peter’s »r Snell’s Creek,
and on Deer Creek, being fome id the water* of
Ore.n River—upwards of 5000 acres on the North
Fork of the Trade wa»er—20'K) acres on the raft
bank of Cumberland River—1000 acres onRi ffeli’s
! ;'re,A. lying withm a mile of the town of Columbia,
in the county of A .-lair—SOP acres on Gref fy creek,
in the-fame ertuntv, near tie Cumberland River, and
on-ihe weft fide of it—and the habnee in the Indiana
Temtnrv. On fame- of thcle lands I have recently
| been and know them to be extremely valuable, be
ipg in ;* thickly fettled count v, very rich, of deco *
bisck foil, well watered « Ith • fi.rings ami ft-it a for
ntiih, and heavlv timbered, and frveral fettlewi-nr*
| upim them, winch am tenanted for the next year and
at one dolut per.acm tor tlm cleared, land. .Of . he
I others that I did not fe*. I have receive l good hifor-.
in.uion in general as.to the quality and fitiiatino. O-k
ly 15,000 acres of thefe lands are for tale, b it the
I whole is offered to fuit purchalers, being eoo»’inrr-d
niyfelf, that all i< valpabL*, and niv obj-tft, which is
a diftant one, will be anfwered by the refervation of
anv part.
! • 1 hatealfo for file, about .5000 acres oflanif, ly
ing irt the connAvs of M -rcer and Nvlfon, binJiMhefe
land* were fm-vey-J on "Trnifut'v warrants, and of
thu deferiprion th -re are many difputes n* to title, I
will only convey the right 1 legally hoid. The pa
tents have long H*cn in my pnff*!lioii and I have ne
ver known the title to be cnntefl-d.
Sarisfadory titles rn the fortuning property will
be made according to the four* by which I hold it.
I i.e terms of fale generally are, one fourth in band,
and the balance in two annua! inftalments, to'bear in*
tereft from the date., but a difeount of 10 per cent i
for ready money, will bo allowed on each inftalmenr.
Bond, with foch ftcuriiy as f fhall approve, will be *
required for all fom* above 100 dollars, all under
that Alia will be paid in cafh. To facilitate fettle
rnents and payments, l will take in difeharge of
cither inffalment, at the current or agreed value
any flock of the. United State* or of the Bank of
the United State*, or any ftate or private*. Bank*
or Infurance Companies within the fame. It is my
intention to r»main here until fhti firft of Augutl"
next, for the purpofe of winding up and adju'llng
every tranfa ftfon of my life, and to prepare for that
event which tnnfl (boner or later number me With
thofe who have gone before me.
JOHN HOPKINS; '
Richmond, December 12, (thtf.
MAY MARKET GARDEN,
r“I~,HF proprietor of the May Marker Garden, ref,
I pcdl fully not'din the chinem of Richmond,
Manehcfter, and the public generally, that the pcirdrn
will be kept open during the frffiun of the General
Affbmhly, Mxljeat and Hit9»n i Mf pww.i
minis rendered under hit own diredljnn. Jfarii.g
made an engagement with an excellent IVIufician. hY<,
dcrick Augutl bchwicker, l:*t«r from Z irit h, lj, Swit.
zarlamlt natiiCtppmntmem will take place m fun.**
as to mufte. Mr. Schivkkvr will give la|1oo» ori tl »
Piano Forti, Flute. Violin,Tenor, Vinliocrllo n ,fj0oi’,
Clarinet, French Hern, Trumpet and Onittar, t r’
account of the propriefnr: fpesimeni of hit perfonn,
nice on each of thofe indriimenw, may he recn
heard at any time in the li.ll room of tl,0 jrard. rt
ail-1 Piano Forfis tuned, The pardon now enlargin,/
and other-wife improving, n ay he rented f. r on#
more years or feafons by a perton qualified to owe f;l.
ti*fn»k>ri to the vifitor*. An eicelltnt fee ho-ife
henttnettad to the garden. ’ ‘
Th? Dwelling Houle (tfnrnnnefled wf»h the nvhl't
^irdenf may he rtmteJ for on# or more year# f, r
♦aterefMence. 1 "
Dl ».:i.hcr I-’, th 5w,
DOCTOR I,ARIT«,
leave trt inform the lod ward
I of this city, and the Public gen-raily, that h"
wiH iiMuimu, M formerly, to pumice as a DI N*
f IS J. I list' vfio titty plui.k* m employ him in th *
tin# of>ht# pnihffian. taiy a^Jy w, t|ie 0ri£U-Q Mleac
turn by bi n to <jp»c V»iiy *
Jh *.#.«,her K»