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«»♦' C'-eat Britain is restric'.-d to the use of West
I idi • rum, excepting in particular situations. If
foreign spirits become higher by the imposition of
higher duties, the merchant ships must use whis
key.
“ If it be thought inexpedient to prohibit fo
reign grain spirits, hut to admit them under liigli
• r duties, no drawback ought to be allowed on
l heir exportation. This will enable us to enter
into competition with them on favorable terms ;
nod we will undersell them both in the West and
Kast-Indies. The present time seems particular
ly suited to the introduction ot our gin into the
Kast Indies, as very little or no Holland gin can
be there. The eastern members may object to
an increase of duty on molasses, but the present
scarcity and high price of that article being fol
lowed by a proportional increase in the price of
runt, will shew them that this will continue to be
the case, even if a very considerable duly be im
posed.
“ A system of this kind would add from 30 to
50 per ct. to the present price of our grain, usu*
ally.emplnycd in distillation, unci would enable us
in many places also to distil wheat, as is already
done in our Western country.”—Hat. hit.
COMMUNICATION.
The important measures for the internal im
provement of our country with which Congress
la about to be engaged, are worthy of the atten
tion of oi'r citizens, at least, in as great a degree,
as those which relate to our intei course with fo
reign nations. Some weeks ago Mr. Pope intro
duced into tl»o Senate, a bill, the object of which
was, to extend national patronage and assistance
to all the principal communications by canals or
roads, which by facilitating or opening an advan
tageous internal intercourse between the most
(listanCparts of the United States, must necessa
rily tend to strengthen and perpetuate their uni
on ; and to advance this nation rapidly to an inde
pendence Tlpon foreign countries, by bringing in
to general us • all the riches and resources of our
country The following rep »rt and resolution of
the Legislature of the stat of New-York, wi l
be read with pleasure at this m :ment. .The U
liited States are highly interested in the opening
of the Western navigation of the state of New
1 ork. Many millions of acres of public land are
in a great measure dependent upon a communica- ;
tion between our sea ports and.the great lakes for j
their value. Mr John Nicholas, formerly mem
ber of Congress from Virginia, was one of tli' '
principal promoters of the measures which have j
been taken by the state of New York, in refer- !
ence to the western navigation, and was chairman
of the committee bf the Senate, which jointly
with that of the Assembly reported on tlie sub
ject.
Mr. Pope’s bill, in the Senate, not having yet
been acted upon, by that body,Colonel Porter has
introduced a resolution, having the like object, in
to the House of Representatives, which has been
referred to a committee consisting of a member
from each state and territory, to the report of
which committee, we look with considerable in
terest.
( Here follows the Report.J
ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Abstract of the returns lately laid before the
House from the Department of War, shewing
the state of the Army of the United States, and
particularly of the force destined for the defence
I New-Orleans.
“ Military Peace Establishment.”
General Staff 54
Corps of Engineers 43
Regiment of Ai-illerists 1,421
First regiment of infantry 491
Second do. 680
Recruits not attached to regiments 32
Total aggregate 2,765
v “ Additional Military Force.'’
General end subaltern staff 4
Reg’t of light Dragoons, . 451
Ileg’t of light Artillery 533
Third regiment of Infantry 487
Fourth do. 570
Fifth do. 637
Sixth do. 543
Seventh . . do. 362
Regiment of Riflemen 597
Total aggregate 4,189
“ Regular Forces allotted for the defence of Nev
Orleans.’’
Of the peace establishment
Of * th» additional military force,’ or
dered there December 2, 1808
Aggregate 2,772
Disposition and effective strength of the additional
military force ordered for defence of New Or
leans, according to a return dated October 31,
1809.
Fit for duty 444
Sick 745
A bsent 409
In arrest or confined 9
1667
Of this detachment 52.7 have died from the
1st of M iv ta the 15*.h November, 1899, as stated
in a return of that dale.
Resignations, dismissals and deaths of officers, of
the Army of the United States, since ffanuurv 1
1809.
Resigned 59
Dismissed 9
Died 16
P. escnt disposition of General Officers, C'C.
'■ Brigadier Gen. James Wilkinson. Washing
tbn, iV|. T.
“ Brigadier G»ner„l Wa-le Hampton, relieved
Brigadier General Wilkinson, in the command of
• he troops in the territories of Orleans and Mis
sissippi, the 18th of Dvc. 180‘J, Brig. Gen. Wil
kinson being ordered to icpair to the seat of gov
ernment.
“ Brig. Gen. Gansevoort, Albany,N. York,” &c.
fkc.—lb.
The report of the day is, that Dr. Logan has.
within a few days, embatkedm a vess 1 for
Europe, his destination England, and that the
object of Ins mission, is in its character much
the same as the journey in which he volunteer
ed a few years ago to France ; that his*present
purpose is to avert a war between England and
the United StaWs. Any measure which has
peace upon honorable and rational principles for
its object, is laudable, however excentric the
means by which it may he brought about • tho’
we very much question the success of the pre
rent undertaking of Dr. Logan—we cannot with
hold our applause from the generous and bene
volent purpose which ,s its object. With tlic
statesmen of England, it is not a question of so
much relative indifference, as it was with the
statesmen of France when Dr. I.ogan succeed
ed in averting a war ; with Fram e, it was only
» question of momentary pride or passion ; with
England it amounts to toe decision of questions
going to the fundamental power sod policy of the
iiriio.li government ; it-goes to the sacrifice of
• lurr pretrnenn-* to the sovereignty of the oc<-sn,
to a a vrifi. e of their 'landing in! rim of monopo
ly. *"»' «i y"rs to call upon them to forego tht r
j-alousy, and th -jealousy of their shipping, mei.
cai. lie, !.ist I'hIi., We«i India, an | general ns
vigating interests, of our growing wealth and
mari* ni*- enterprise.
It is requisite to x>.tp these conaideralijns in
view : because it will be unwise to calculite up
on suc-ess } and any disappointment, it'it be a
gainst our expectations, will not mily be more a
greeablc to the United Slates, but more honora
ble to him who niHy accomplish it. Some pains
have been taken to spread abroad a report that
Dr. Logan undertakes this business at the desire
or government ; the purpose of quel* a report ia
not difficult to discover ; it is but fair to let Dr.
Logan enjoy all the merit which is properly his.
Aurora.
TO THE CIT1ZF.VS OF I* II11. A DEL r H I A CITY
AND COUNTY DISTRICT.
Fzllow- Citizens,
In order to keep you at home this
day,* the exclusive friend* have reported that Dr.
Logan has taken his passage in the British pack
et for England, under the direction of our gov
ernment, in order to negociate a permanent good
understanding between the two governments—
We do not know what Dr. Logan’s intentions
are in going to England, but tills far we are
bold to assert, that he is not going with the au
thority ot the American government.
A frier.a to the Utuun ami Laves.
* /'■' writer alludes to a meeting of the citizens
cf the Congressional District ( of Philadelphia, J
convened “ to express their sentimeuts on the pre~
sent crisis of national a fairs."
TH0M TUB AURORA.
Having been a few ,dav9_ago in the city of
Washington, I visited among other objects of cu
riosity, the office where patent are issued for in*
vendors, where copy l ights of books, maps, Sic.
are secured, and where I believe there is such
an exhibition of curiosities laying in heaps as
never weru before seen I told the gentleman,
who superi itends the office, that I thought he
ought to burn oil such rubbish annually, to which
he replied that I reminded him of the Turk?
who burnt the Alexandria library. lie said his
countrymen surpassed the rest of the world in
inventions, and that they could soon equal any
country in manufactures, for they work by the
head, and one l.ead is equal to a hundred hands.
I observed to him, seriously, that it excited r-iy
astonishment that while in France and England
places are dedicated to the productions of genius ;
and the conservatoire Jet arts in Paris surpasses
your President's house and executive offices to
gether m extent : you permit such valuable ma
chines to lay in heaps, in a »ma11 room, as use
less lumber, and as if you despised tho produc
tions of your ingenious countrymen. In Paris
too there were r/«ree directors, men of the high
est talents, and members of the national insti
tute, about eight clerks, and as many doorkeep
ers, model makers, and a treasurer. He answer
ed “ we should have been better prepared for
displaying the genius of this Western World, if
wc had not been inundated by its efforts-but
the Congress have long been convinced of the
propriety of rendering this establishment worthy
of a great people^ whose increase in knowledge
and genius, surpasses even their increase in num
bers : and yet such an establishment may b«
made as shall nnt subject genius to a tax to sup
port nil extravagant system—In this country the
only fee is g 30, which is paid into the treasury
for a patent for fourteen years, while in France
the fees amount to about 201. sterling for five
years, 401. for ten, and 601 for fifteen years ; and
in England from 180 to 250 guineas for fourteen
years. But more lias been done by the producti
ons of mechanics, under the support of patents,
for the British nation, than by the effect of any
other system whatever ; and were it not for the
machinery used in the arts, the manufactures of
England could naver have surpassed the rest of
the world ; especially under such an immense
debt, and consequent tax on labor.”
1 asked what was most admired in the patent
office here as ingenious, and useful ? He said
“ the cotton planters thought the gin, the farm
ers, the threshing machine, the manufacturers,
the spinning machines, and the machine that by
water will weave several webs at once, the
blacksmiths the nail-making machines—those
who live on head waters the steam boats, the la
dies the patent hed, and the cradle, &c.”— 1 took
the number ot the patents that had been issued
dur;ng the several years from the beginning, and
it may amuse the public to sec the list.
Patents for Inventions issued from the office.
In 1790 . 3 at S 30 each 90
1791 33 990
1792 11 330
1793 20 600
1794 22 . 660
1795 12 360
1796 44 1320
1797 51 1530
1798 28 840
1799 42 1260
1800 41 1230
1801 44 1320
1802 64 1920
1803 97 2910
1804 84 2520
1805 58 1740
1806 80 2400
1807 95 2850
1808 153 4740
1«09 219 6570
13°6 S 36,180
I asked him how lorfg lie had superintended
the patent office, lie said seven years ; during
which time I seethe patents have produced to
tne treasury g 23,730, though in the preceding
thirteen years, they only produced S 12,450, leav
ing the astonishing increase of g 36,180, which
19 highly to the honor and credit of your coun
trymen !
FORASTEROS.
Transcendant and abominable fraud.
We rely upon Mr. M’Kim to unfold, and
on Congress to correct (ami that speedily
too,) one of the most ingenious and shocking
modes of swindling ever devised or executed.
\V e mean, the manner of snipping goods
trom l'.ngland t» America, and defrauding
the revenue by false invoices, 8cc. This
clandestine practice has been and in severe
ly felt in Baltimore ; because an understun
ding between two British agents (or Ameri
can renegadoes) ohein Philadelphia, the o
ther in New York, enables them to/iluy in
to each other's hands: The one receives a
false invoice, the other receives the profits,
and both sh it e them ! The honest trade, is
ruined by these means, and government is
defrauded. Being fold, that a memorial is
preparing, in Baltimore, to explain this ini
quitous business, to Congress, we say no more
at this time—but suggest the propriety of
authorising and commanding the custom
house officers to open all packages, b-des,
hogsheads and barrels, &c. and compare the
articles shipped with the invoice. This will
effectually st» p the fraud, or lead to a inode
of remedy.
It is true, if we resort to non importation,
Inis fraud as to Kugland is at augend; but
't is worthy ol consideration by Congress
whether the revenue laws do not require an
amendment ot a permanent nature in this
respect. The honest citizen as well as go.
vereu ent is interested in preventing the dou
hie cheat of invoicing goods at one third or
one halt their value, and importing nume
rous articles not invoiced at ail.
All the itspectaole federal merchants in
this city, are ashamed ot the posture of our
degraded country; whose life blood is daily
sucked by mercantile b'ack snakes, in the
\iew of a Congress, w.io ac-.-in charmed in
to motionles and fearful stupidity. Let us
have laws to protect the honest merchant ;
and let those laws be executed:—Let the
laws too be intelligible without treasury glos.
ses to explain them, or treasury edicts to
suspend them.
It is a fact, *hat the quantity of British
goods now received and receiving into this
country ought to produce as much to the
treasury as the importations of any other
year!
it/* It is » fact, that a federal merchant
of Baltimore, who scorns to evade the laws
of his country, has been lately offered En
glish 0 feel, 6 rass. ISc..much cheaper* than
lie could purchase them at Liverpool—where
this same gentleman has a quantity of those
articles, in part paid, which lie could not
import coutrary to law!
If this state of things be endured, the
country is undon^..-.Baltimore Whig.
* In the proportion, I think, of seventy-seven
to one hundred.
Levi Lincoln having declined being consider
ed as a candidate for the ollice of Governor n»
the approaching election, the Ilcpublicans of
Massachusetts have nominated Ci.hriocbGbk
hy f»r»Guvernor, and Wm.Gkay lor Lieut. Gov
ernor of Massachusetts.
CJ “ EDITOR!/vL VILLAINY.”
We thank the worthy editor of the “ Albany
Register” lor rtpcllisg the foul falsehoods ofcer*
tuin federal printers, who are too vile, treache
rous ami hypocritical to he n.lined. Men, who
dufeiwl the British monarch every day, affect to
be alarmed at the proposition of “ Messenger,”
whose writings I published and refuted in the
same paper ! These ** n.ale prostitutes,” as Jfu
tiu* would say, the Wagners Lewises, M’Cor
kies and Brons'>ns, may be as useful in the moral
or political world, as turiev’huzzarjs are in »<>nie
islands, to consume tiiat putrid filth, which no
other scavenger would touch, no o>!.cr ani
mal devour. Let them receive the same protec
tion.
But, I am glad the subject is revived ; as it
allows me the opportunity of staling some of the
declared motives of “ Messenger,” as he stated
them to me :
Several New-England gentlemen, tome of
them nu miters of Congress, wished to engnge him
in a plan to separate the Union. He says, (8t let
him deny or admit the fact) thattliey m de propo
sitions of that nature to him He being in a situs
lion to leurn much of their in:rigues at Washing
ton and elsewhere, was, as he told me, aLnued
lest the union should be torn to pieces—ami so,
lie (simple man !) proposes to give a strong ex
ecutive cast to the general government to resist
their machinations ! I only regret that “ Mcs.
senger” lias not exposed their names, as I confi
dently anticipated. Had he done so, we should
have an unerring index to those members’ mo
tives (if we have it not already) who have de
fended Jackson on the floor of Congre.s—mem
bers, who tampering wi.h ignorant and waver
ing democratic members, have brought us to the
lowest point of degradation.
One main reason for publishing ** Messen
ger’s” communications, was to excite Congress
to something manly ,* by showing them that their
imbecility, &c. bad produced such projects.
God forbid that democracy be judged by the ir
resolute, fickle and impolitic proceedings of th«
10th and 11th Congress !—Balt. TVhig.
NEW-YOIlR. LEGISLATURE.
The following letter and affidavit were
read by the Speaker:
February 3th, 1310.
“Sin,
1 have the honor to enclose you the
following affidavit, which shows that a se
rious charge is made against one of »iie Jus
tices of the Hon. the Supreme Court, and
against me as a member of this House.
I submit to the consideration of the
House, whether any, and if any, what mea
sures should be taken in order to a speedy
and thorough investigation of the origin and
foundation of that charge.
1 have the honor to be,
With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
AB. VAN VECTIIEN.
“To the Hon. the Speaker of }
the House of Assembly.” 3
City and County of Albany.-Ira Day,
a member of the Legislature of the Stale of
New-York, being duly sworn, says, that on
the 2d day of February, instant, in the pre
sence of this deponent and Isaac Van Loan,
Daniel Rodman, of the city of Albany, to the
best of this deponent’s recollection, did de
clare, that Robert Williams, (alluding to
Robert Williams of Poughkeepsie, then a
member of the Council of Appointment from
the Middle District,) was bribed; and then
said, suppose that one of the Supreme Judg
es and the new Attorney General were the
contracting parties with Robert Williams;
and suppose Judge Van Ness was door
keeper at the time, and that there was a
man secreted in the closet who heard the
contract; and suppose we produce a small
piece of paper in the hand writing of one of
the Judges, stating a part of the contract—
what, said Mr. Rodman, will you think of
all that? And the said Daniel Rodmande
clared, that all the above facts would be
made public before the next election.
IRA DAY.
Swovn before me this 8th day of Februa
ry 1810.
K. S. 1 HEAT, 1
One of the Judge* of the Court of Com >
tnon Pleaaof the County of Albany. j
Air. Brooks said, he did not know what
would be the most proper Course to pursue
on this occasion. It was a new case, and
one that struck him with amazement. But,
considering that the honor of this House was
implicated in the conduct of all its members,
he hoped that this affair would not be pas
sed over without due investigation, if it
was true, that any of the officers of the
government had beeu guilty of the offences
ascribed to them by Mr. Hodman, it was
highly incumbent on the House to examine
into it—and if not, steps ought to be taken to
repel the al.imny, He therefore moved,
that a committee be appointed to examine
into the subject, and that they be authoriz
ed to send for persons, papers, record, &c.
Motion agreed to—and Messrs. Cady, Mit
chell, Grosvenor,Skinner auri Kice appoint*
ed a committee for the said purpose.
On the 23d nit. arrived at New Orleans
from Jamaica, (inn Boat No. 65, ('apt. Car
ter, which had been dispatched in quest of
Brown the Collector, who lately eloped from
New Orleans. Brown was at Kingston; he
had deposited 10b,000 dollars in tlie hands
of a house there, for which he had obtained
bills on England. The Governor of the is
land declined interfering for the arrest of
Brown. A warrant to ariest him was ob
tained front" the Mayor, but Brown having
concealed himself, the warrant did not au
thorise a search for him. The bills hive
been advertised, ami information has h-en
transmitted to our minister at London tos op
payment of them. The bills were offered
t«>r sale to the drawers after they had been
; advertised at a discount, but the offer was re
jected with indignation.
COMMUNICATION.
On Saturday, at Cong’s Hotel, Mr. Fulton
delivered a lecture to about 200 persons, on
his system of sub marine attach hv torpedoes,
and its |M‘ohuble effects on the liberty of the
seas, lie exhibited these instruments with
all their apparatus, harpoons and harpoon
guns, mid the nude of using them, to the
pcrJeci satisfaction of his hearers. lie con.
eluded the lecture with a most impressive
address on the progress of the useful arts,
and the obstacles that the ignorant multitude
oppose to new discoveries, and to the real
interests of st>ciety. The address will be
printed at the desire of the audience.
VV i! 1» great pleasure we announce to tire
public, that tire converts to this mode of at
tack are daily increasing, and that tire Se
cretary of tire Navy, convinced oF its impor
tance, is particularly desirous to see it fairly
experimented....A at. Ini.
EXTRAORDINARY sagacity in the
CANINK SPECIES.
A short time since, a gentleman at Rich
mond, Surry, betied his friend a rump and
dozen that his dogshonld go from Richmond
bridge to Brentford, and return with half n
crown, in two hours. The d‘»g was accor
dingly taken to the entrance Cf Brentford,
where his master placed half a crown under
a stone, and then returned to Richmond.
1 he dog was then dispatched to perform
his master’s wager, and he went immediate
ly to the spot where the money was formerly
placed, but the stone had been removed, and
tin* half crown taken away.
Unable to find the money, the dog ran to
waitlj Kew-bridge, v. here he overtook u
gentleman an * followed him into his house
near the Green. The gentleman endeavor
ed to drive the animal away, but Prince re
fused to quit him, and struck by the singula
rity of the dog’s attachment, the gentleman
j made no further efforts to part.
I lie time having elapsed for winning the
bet, the owner of the dog expressed a belief
that some accident had prevented the nni
nml from returning, 2c requested his friend
to go with him in search of the dog. They
then went to Kew Green, where they obser
ved the gentleman betore described coining
out of his house, with Prince at his heels.—
1 he owner instantly accosted the gentleman,
and requested to know how he came by the
dog, observing, the dog was his. The gen
tleman described the manner in which the
j dog had followed him, and assured the par
I ty he had no wish to detain him. The own
|er the-i asked the gentleman, if he had any
! thing about him that was not his own proper
ty ? In answer to this interrogatory he ex
claimed: “ What do you mean, sir; do you
take me for a thief?” The master of the
dog replied: ‘‘Ton my honor I mean
nothing personal: but the dog has a wonder
ful sagacity in discovering any article that
may have been in my possession. Pray, sir,
have you found any thing?” The gentleman
returned : “ Why. I have f und something of
| small value: returning from Brentford, I
picked up half a crown by the road side.” The
j dog’s master, with a hearty laugh, exclaim
ed : ‘‘That half crown, sir, has been the
cause of my dog’s attachment to you. My
triend 2c I placed the half crown on tne spot
you found it to decide ?. wager, and sent
the dog for it; not finding it, lie has traced
it to you, and, as a proof of the truth cf what
I assert, put the half crown down among
twenty others, and if my dog don’t pick it
out from the rest, I’ll forfeit 100/.” The
gentleman with surprise, instant’*.- laid down
the half crown among five others. It had
been previously marked, and the dog imme
diately selected it from the rest, 2c carried
it to his master, to the great asto:iishment#of
ah who witnessed the circumstance.
The dog has frequently done similar ex
ploits, and is considered a most extraordi
nary animal by the surrounding neighbor
hood.
_Congress.
IN SENATE.
Fm da v, February 15.
The bill granting a right of pre-emption to pur
chasers of public lands in certain c-.ses was read
a third time; and on motion of Mr Brad/e, re
committed. The committee consists of Messrs.
Bradley, Gregg, Meigs, Franklin and Camp
bell.
Mr. Ber /, from the committee to whom was
committed his motion for amending the constitu
tion, reported the same amended to read as fol
lows ;
" No title of nobility shall he granted by the
United Stales ; and no person holding any office
>f profit or trust under them shall, without the
consen <f Congress, accept of any -'resent emolu
ment, office or title of any kind whatever from a
oy emperor, king, prince or foreign stale : And if
any citizen of the United States shall accept of
any Idle of nobility or of any other title or (|i«
tinr.tion above or below that of nobility from any
emperor, king, prince or foreign state, or shall
hold the*.me by descent, such citizen shall
thenceforth be incapable of exercising or enjoy
ing any of the rights and immunities ot a free ci
tizen ofthe United Sutes, or of the individual
slates ; ami shall also he incapable of holding
any office of profit or trust unJer them or cither
of them.”
Mr. Smith (Md.) reported the bill from the
House of Representatives, making appropriati
ons for the support of gov.-rnmwnt for the
year 1810, with amendments; which were read.
Mr. Ihtlhoutcsubmitted the following resolu
tion for consideration :
" Beto/veil, That the President ofthe United
States he requested to causa to be laid before the
Senate information ofthe manner in which the
act entitled " An ac» to amend and continue in
force certain parts of the net entitled “ An act
to interdict tins commercial intercourse between
the United States and Great Britain and France
and their dependencies, and for other purposes,”
lias been executed, and how far exports to and
imports from the ports of Great Britain have
been or now ate permitted ; and whi ther collec
tors of districts in the United Slates do not admit
to an entry goods, the growth and manufacture
of G B. and it so, under what authority the same
is done.”
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 14.
TOR PF.DOES.
Mr. Dnivton made the following report s
" The c,mmiltee to whom was ref rred a let
ter from Mr. Robert Fulton to the Speaker of
tin- House of Ui presentatiVes, dated on the 9th
inst teg leave to report, in part, that at their re
quest Mr Pulton attended ttic committee on this
morning and explained to them ps vi-ws of the
uses and die la of J orpci’o--, on which the com
/nittee forbear n> g<v«. «r. opinion and of »r the
' following t ea din km •
sr*'*** r*# tfousesTtaV adjnti-u
on Friday nest, it will adjourn to meet on Mon
d y ; ao.l t n <i i Mr. . iiUoo have the use nf |)iiH
I lu ll on baturdny tor the pmp.,se of exkibiting
. t e Torpedoes and delivering a lecture on their
j practice aiul utility ”
I Mr. H,\ea moved to re-con mit the report to
| tlie committee who repotted it, with a view toob
| tain a report on the merits of it— motion ncir
| at ivrd ”
Mr. Livermore called for a division of the re
solution reported by tlie committee, so as to take
a question separately on the words “ Resolved
that when this House sh ill adjourn on r iinry
( next, it *djoum to meet on Monday."
j Toe question on this put of the resolution >-as
det uled hy YtM» and Nays—Y*as yi, Nays 29
1 he question was then stated on the remainder
' o* the resolution.
| Mr. Lrvetmot*, moved to postpone the further
i consideration ot the subject indefinitely.
| A desultory debate took place on those various
I q« 1-si ions It Was said that the hull of the House
o' Rfpre-entati»es was exclusively appropriated
j Ul '' g’xiatsve pur; uses, and that at this ume to
appropriate it to the purpose of experimental lec
tin es would i <!• i d u precedent which would ke
injuricus ; that such a measure if admissible at
ait «honld r>ot be taken, unless the House were
convinced'ot the practi-abdity of the system pro
posed to he illustrated, because it would hohl
out the idea that the House ol Representatives
had sanctioned it. It was also said that this sys
tem could quite as conveniently be ilhislrntad m
one of tbe other apartments of the Capitol, with
out spreading on the Journals a formal record at
i lowing Mr. Fulton the use of this House. In r<
' ply it was said that this was an invention which
promised to he of great public utility, and it was
hut reasonable, as the inventor was known to he
a scientific man, that he should have an opportu
nity of demons', rating its efficacy, when he had of
fered ins services for that purpose. If it succeed
ed, it might he a r «vmg of many millions to the U.
S.; k if u tailed, tire House would, by paying at
tention, to it, have she wu their disposition to en
courage science. The argument against, the re
port ol the committee, that this lull was exclu
sively devoted to legislation, it was said, would
operate with equal force against p ■anitting
divine service to he performed thereon Sundays.
Before any question was taken on the latter
clause of the report of the committee, Hie House
adjourned.
Thursday, February 15.
The order of the day on the unfinished business
ofyesterday (the report of the committee on Mr.
Fulton’s letter) being called tor—
Mr. Newton moved that it lie on the table—mo
tion uegat ived, 42 to .82 '
After further debate, the question was taken
on the latter clause of the resolution by Yeas an l
Nays, and negatived 6L to 55
A motion was then made to re-consider the
vote on tlie first clause Of the report of the com
mittee, and carried.
Debate arising on questions of order, the
House adjourned at •! o’clock without taking any
other question on the subject.
From the Alexandria Gazette.
Fh id at, Feb. 15.
Mr. l.ove presented a resolution to appoint
a committee to enquire into the expediency
of making some alterations in the law for
the relief of Oliver Evans. Referred to a
select committee. .
A motion was made to lay the unfinished
business of yesterday on the table. This mo
tion prevailed. [The Speaker decided that
as he considered the proceedings on the re
solution for adjourning from this day until
Monday incomplete, if no further order is
taken, the house will adjourn ’till to morrov
as tuual.]
On motion of Mr. Rrssett, the Alexandria
j Church bill was taken up. Mr. Love in >
j ved to postpone the consideration of the
bill indefinitely. The question was lost 45
j to 49.
| Go motion of Mr. Gardenicr, it waspost
! polled uuf.l the first Monday of March next,
i _ bn motion of Mr. Johnson, the house we <t
1 into a committee of tnc whole, on the report
1 of the committee of claims on the petition
j of Elizabeth Hamilton, Mr. Bassett in the
| chair.
i The report waf- read, which stated that
! the claim of Mrs. Hamilton was ju^t. That
commutation was due to Col. Hamilton and
had never been paid, but that on account of
the statute of limitation they were nece'isi.
tated toofT.-r the following resolution:
Ft solved, Thai thu prayer of tne peti
tioner ought not to lie granted.”
Mr. Johnson spoke in favor of Mrs Hamil
ton’s claim, & against the rigid enforcement
of the statute of limitation. Amotion was
made to strike out the word nor.
Mr. Dawson was in favor of striking o.u;
he was in favor of every just claim, notwith
standing the statute of limitation, which i»e
did not think could he a guide to him as a
legislator. thougUi* might be toa judge in a
court of law, lie called for the reading of
the case ol Gen. Koscuisko, who was paid
his just demand, by order of the house some
years since.
Mr. Boyd was again:* the striking out;—
as his conscience would not pcr.itic hi n ro
take the money from his constituents and
pay it to a person who had himself relin
quished.
Mr. tihrfTcy spoke long and well in favor
of the claim and against the statute of limi
tation
The motion far striking out the word not
was withdrawn.
Mr. JohnHon explained the report of the
committee—he spoke nobly in favor of the
claim of Mrs. Hamilton.
Mr. Varnum spoke against Mrs. Hamil
ton’s claim, not because it was barred by the
statute of limitation, but because he was sa
tisfied in his own mind that(i«-n. Hamilton
never was entitled 10 commutation or half
pay.
The house adjourned ’till Monday, without
taking the question.
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